Show THE LIGHT SPORT LIGHT SPORT SPORT- By GR RICE lUCE Copyright S 1020 New l York C Inc Trademark RegIstered l U 11 S 8 Patent Ot Of flee ke TUNNEY'S HARDEST FIGHT There are arc two battles which Gene Geno Tunney regards retards as his hard hard- hardest hardest hardest est fight fights each one on hard hud for tor a different reason One On was his hi first fight tight with Harr Harry Greb The Th other was vas his battle with lIh tha Italian heavyweight at the tb Polo Grounds Ground lie He H lost lot the lint fIrst one mentioned and won the th second but each was os loaded with trouble troubie TUNEY'S J AGli 0 OX THESE The Tho first tight fight with Harry Oreb Greb says say Tunney a nightmare after a head collision around the th third round where my nose noso was pretty well weli battered In Inand inand Inand and I had a heavy cut As a re- re result re result sult suIt of this collision which did not come from a punch I 1 lost more blood than I 1 ever lo lot lost In la all alI the other fights put together I must have hao shed three thre or tour four quarts of f blood It wo was almost Im- Im Impossible impossible Im Impossible possible for lor mc to breathe In the tho thelast thelast last 12 rounds My legs Ices were so weak from this cause that It was LEn an effort to stand But I 1 knew then that If II Greb couldn't stop mo me moIn mein In that condition with 12 rounds to work on I 1 could win next time And It was the tho last timo ho ever beat me mo In four more mor attempts I 1 think those last 12 rounds after aler I had begun b gun to lose lore so much blood were longer thin than any 12 eek that I 1 ever had known be- be before before be before fore Dut But In spite of that I 1 was never oft off my feet THE TIlE Sl LL p nTY My lly fight with was a tough lough one ono tor for another reason I saw at the start that while strong and a II hard hitter he was Wi wa pretty crude So I 1 became early In the tha fight and when looking for foran foran toran an opening I 1 forgot to duck and took one on on the tho jaw It was w ft A full punch and It caught me mo on onh the button I 1 am willing to admit I saw EOW stars tar The funny tunny part was that after this I 1 couldn't keep my head out of tho the way J I would surge back but ut ut not quite far farenough enough so ho kept on bittIng me lie He landed two or three times after atler that as I tried to sway way tack Mck out of reach and I 1 couldn't get ray my head out of range ranee It was a II tough touch spot tougher than any on In the I crowd ever eer knew During Durin the th Intermission In- In ray my head cleared UP I I I and I 1 saw my mistake at once SO In the next round when Spall came at me Jn In n place of swaying back I 1 slid my head forward and let his wings wines curl around my neck After that I 1 had no trouble But Dut It taught me a lesson leson about abut being 11 lEV TOUGH ESsIO SESSIONS S Tunney like DempseY has ba as had few tough sessions In the last live five or six years ers except lh these Fo two m mentioned He lie had no great Iret margin marein over Oreb almost none at all nil In their second meeting but he bad had the advantage In their last three battles where Oreb after his fifth attempt told he h would neVer fI fight ht him again In their lost last tight fight Oreb Greb says sas tay that Tunney hit tt him harder than he h 11 had Cad ever ver been heen punched d before with a right right- hand hand body that CAme near coming out through his spine But even een this tailed to knock knork Greb down Tunney's last hard fight was WIlS against Johnny in 1 Clove Cleve Cleveland land last fall A low punch dl did 1 O Gene n Io no io good whatsoever er but after aller he te had hod red red this hI he hewon won won on points although h the the Cleveland rubber man refused to leave his hi feet The rhe Gibbons fight was wa rot par par- particularly particularly hard In any way Tom landed only once oneo or twice h and andone andone ono one of ot these shook up the ma- ma marine matine ma marine rine tine but hut had him In no great trouble Early In his ring career Tun- Tun Tun Tunney no ney had trouble with tenures features that were rather easy to cut Ills lis skin and flesh h were soft sort and a 11 punch In the face f c usually Stoll stalled staled led tuG tho crImson tide But Dut constant living out In the th sun un an and wind end the thO extensive training ho has haa carried on with sparring partners partner for tOr the thelast thelast thelast last few row years year have hav toughened to UP the facial covering Tho The trouble he has ha hll had with a sore soro lip up still sho ShoPs s there thero Is a tendency toward thIs early trouble but tha thu tough tough- toughening toughening ening process has hils ha been marked with the passage of ot the th l rr rs In the tho last lt few tew years year Tunney hoe has used hi brain In every form of traIning He H never WM wa the natural ring product that Demp ley soy sey always alway has ha been heen so o artificial effort had to be b used He lie haa ha studied for one example the th art artor artor artor or science of hitting and the ap- ap application application ap application of power He has bee h made madea madea a 8 close cloe study of timing his punches to get the tha ma maximum speed at the th moment of impact which of course Is I tho the foundation of timing All this thi hItS hs hi given riven the tho th game a greatly Improved Tunney over the young oun tighter filthier of a II few years year ago Tunney always alway always has hu been a fighter fliMer along counter lines but he h has built up his boxIng and hi his bit bit- hit hit ting by long hard work ork that last last- lasted lasted ed winter and summer ummer Just how well the tho artificial product will II go against the tho more mor natural product will 1 not be bo known until a week away In spite of all on the that takes place But It should b be a pretty well developed product that Tunney has baa worked out It 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