Show R CE W HAT two men would you say played the most prominent roles in in making Gene Tunney the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world It must be admitted at the start that Tunney did a fair job on his own He was was still the vital factor He did most of the work and most of the thinking But he still needed some outside help for Gene was a araw araw araw raw product on the way up In his first match against Harry Greb Tunney took the worst beating of his career But from that fight on Commander Tunney kept moving up The two men who helped me most Tunney told me a few weeks ago were Jim Corbett and William Villiam Muldoon It was was Mr Muldoon who wh ga gave ve me early eady encouragement when I needed it badly He was also the theone theone lone one who gave me sound advice on I II I physical conditioning and training Master Boxer What boxers need today Tunney Tunney Tun Tun- ney said is variety of attack Jack Dempsey didn't need this so much with his devastating left hook He could knock your head off with this one punch And dont don't forget that Jack was extremely fast I had no such punch So I needed variety which Corbett gave me At least Jim gave me the general idea For Corbett had more variety than anyone anYone anyone any any- one Ive I've ever known After talking and working with Corbett I went to work on several types of punches I t mean by that the b bod body o d y uppercut which few boxers 1 had eve ever r used i Most uppercuts are headed for the chin i There were several other punches I Ii i worked on day after day I might even say year after year I made Gene Tunney a close study of the human body to find the most vulnerable parts Especially Especial Especial- ly the nerve centers I had discovered discovered discovered ered that a punch delivered to some spots would have no effect where effect where the same blow a few inches away could cause trouble Fitzsimmons applied this knowledge in his famous solar-plexus solar punch that left Corbett paralyzed for a minute or more Six inches to the right or left this punch would have had no such effect It was Jim Corbett to whom I went for ring advice In my opinion there has only been one Corbett when it comes to the science of box box- ing I boxed with Corbett when he was past CO GO He would feint with his left hand hand and and then hit you with the left Or he would feint with the left and and nail you vou with a right There was no way to to- to tell just wl what at he was going to do He could mix up more punches than any anyone one I ever saw Corbett not only had amazing hand and foot speed but even more important important important im im- im- im he had a smart brain Even at that age Jim could really dazzle dazzle dazzle daz daz- you He could still keep you be be- So I can imagine what he must have been when he was 25 or 30 years younger I can only say that Jim was always kind to me always interested in helping Few Vulnerable Spots 1 Judging a fight from the viewpoint viewpoint viewpoint view view- point of blows that hit certain parts of the anatomy is something more than you can ask a referee or any judge to consider And yet it is a avital avital avital vital factor Ive I've heard fight crowds cheer loudly at some solid thump an opponents opponent's shoulder This on L TL means at ai an 11 u is JUS dust wasted effort no matter how effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef it may look to the crowd There are only certain parts of the human body that give way to that punishment These arc are parts few boxers today even know about It was Corbetts Corbett's advice that led me meto meto meto to study these vulnerable spots At least Jim proved to me beyond any doubt that boxing was more of a science science science ence than mere brute strength A scientific boxer can ean make a crude fighter look awkward although the latter might be twice as strong Ive found that few of these terrific terrific terrific ter ter- ter- ter punchers can hit a moving target target target tar tar- get who knows how to keep out of the way You may recall how many punches Max Baer landed on Jim Braddock who was no section of lightning I dont don't believe Max landed even one solid soUd blow in 15 rounds But Max couldn't miss big Camera Carnera Boxing is one of the finest and one of the most scientific sports r t 1 h ld It Tt T. 11 ld b VIA h. a a n gr eat in lilt un e wor v ii uc a L b. H help to the game if a few of the modern generation coming along were only willing to work along these lines Which so few of them are Return o of 0 Lombardi Lombards When Ernest Natali Lombardi lay stricken in the dust of Cincinnati's ti's home plate in the final world series game of 1939 the big fellows fellow's career seemed to be bc closing put out But it is all different now The big Giant catcher has again become one of the tile most valuable adjuncts to his squad one of the strong men from either league Lombardi normally a hitter dropped down to a average average average aver aver- age last season But now in in his year he has again been thumping the ball lustily |