Show I Asks for Next Battle I 1 c I S o Ai I SAY A AES W I nuT nuT- 1 tE c- c 5 52 e- e 2 5 r- r rI I uE S ME Fo P L i iI I t L i By fly X NEA Service ice NEV TEV JEW YORK Jan 26 ls Is there thele 1 no justice In the world 1 wall wail the high brows brow n as they real read that Gene runne funney Is to receive close to a million dollars the next lie be defends defend his heavyweight Ilea title Noted scientists college e educators tors medical experts and time the he like spend leers ears and years In sacrifice for tor the lIe good goot of ot mankind ned and re- re ye re ceimo cehe In return a I miserly pittance compared to the figures Gene Tuil-ncy Tuil Tun- Tun Tunney Tunney ney can demand The question thoroughly thoroughly discussed dis cu cussed se 1 from froni the viewpoint of ot ed educators ed- ed and others recently was put to Gene runne one of the tho persons most vitally concerned Dont you feel that thai you and other heavyweight boxing cham cham- champions champions have been overpaid In tn the past past Tunney- Tunney ws was as asked Possibly co no came the boxer boxer- philosopher boxer pJ philosopher Tunney's surprise nn- nn an answer It doesn't seem seeni right but butI butI butI I dont don't know that I or any other heavyweight champion can rightly be e blamed To lo what do you OU attribute the i unusual condition where a J heavy heavy- heavyweight weight heavy wet weight champon can get almost a million dollars for from 10 to 15 rounds of ot fighting or 01 boxing Tunney deliberated tor for some somo sometime sometime time on that one Then vcr very slow slow- slowly slowly I ly as It If picking his Ills words he re ye reo replied plied Its a reflection on our OUI civilization civilization tion and on economic conditions condition It ll doesn't seem seem fair that some seine of oC our ou greatest t Intellects who have given so much In the way ot of service service lice ice and knowledge should be paid In som some somo cases not mor more than per year yeah eal for fol their talents I hI personally know lenow one of oC the I greatest pathologists in the coun coun- coun- coun country country try try services to mankind I cannot e be le reckoned in dollars dollar and cents who has an annual salary or of ss s 00 I professors know 1 in mathe mathe- mathematics mathematics matics mattes and other othel In sonic some of oC our leading universities who do donot donot donot not receive more snore than per year Yet for tor my n engagement In defense of oC my title I may draw down as much as ns Champion boxers are arc not to blame entirely for tor this condition I 1 believe that It IC I can attract a I gate I havo have earned my I share whatever It may be Since the tIme public Is willing to pay and pa pay I would be b foolish not to accept But h why pick oi on the champion fighters to promo proe pro e there is no tic Jus-tic Jus- Jus lice In tho the world 1 Take tho the actors and actresses appearing In the iio ic today 1 understand It Is not unusual tora for fora fora a Charley Chancy Chaplin or a larold Lloyd to receive as much as a mil million mil mil- million mu lion dollars In salary and royalties from a film filet that is 13 a I big lilt hit Many of those tho stars tar have havo no better foundation in nil nn intellectual tuat way than most of o the fighters who arc drawing down rut rat purses When a boxer gets big money mo ey pro protests tests go Ul UI up from ever every quarter Dont blame the tho champions en- en entirely en entirely for tor this frenzied finance In InI I sport Look to our OUI economic Con I con conditions for tor the answer I |