Show Tumie s Weight Advantage I I TI RE s S Over Jack Jacl Delaney Not Regarded as Handicap NEW YORK YORI Feb And 15 15 And the they say gay Im I'm too loo small to fight tight Gene Tunney The Indignant voice ot of Jack Delaney rose above the rat rat- tat rat tnt tat of a punching bag In the gym of oC the Acorn club at Bridge Bridge- Bridgeport Bridgeport port as the tho picturesque French Canadian paced up and down In abrIght abright a bright red and black lumberjacks lumberjack's shirt y f I dout dont think people realize Im I'm growing Iv ond and JACK putting on muscle mu cle and filling out to the peak of f DELANEY my strength It makes me feel eel like a baby like baby a miniature when champion champion when they compare me SA SAYS SAYSa YS YSa with Tunney and belittle my chances with Ith him Why Dempsey weighed only when he went In and slaughtered the ponderous Jess Willard I put on ou nine pounds between my fight tight with Berlenbach and Gor Gor- Gorman man Gor-man man I weighed for or the Berlenbach fight tight and for Gorman German and andI I want to tell you I worked hard for or the Gorman German fight too I did a a lot lf et t gruelling road work the day before I went through seven Beven rounds of fast otherwise boxing boxing otherwise I would have weighed more If It the opportunity is mine to be pitted against Tunney and mark Imy my nay w words 1 I think I will come through this elimination series 0 a ar aG t r-t r G 1 I I K I will weigh at least ry 7 pounds against t his pounds the tho t 9 J JI afternoon of o the contest i mi gi I So that explodes the weight bugaboo about Delaney Tunney I PI I despite an advantage of two taro t i c r y have bave v f inches In height will not Z the best of the scales scales- by tel tei pounds at the most Skill Punch Fighting spirit Delaney has bas the adva advantage advantage age there I and he has worked with the utmost Intelligence so his new poundage builds him up naturally to a sturdy turdy fighting machine I Shows I hate hale them them-I them I cannot bear grease rease paint on my face and spotlights in my eyes ees 1 I dont don't care to earn my money that way al- al although although al although though some mighty fine line people are In the profession I am happy enough now Pete neU neilly Reilly his manager woefully Informs me Delaney has turned down enough dough to make malce Mrs go 0 yi ying yi ying yi-yf-ying around a city block lie He was of offered three movie and two fat Cat at vaudeville contracts My Iy greatest ambition I want to hold both the heavyweight and light heavyweight championships That's my goal If It Delaney doos does get into the ring with Tunney the corners will be occupied by the two handsomest handsomest handsomest- specimens of o physical youth that that qs ever exchanged blows In r atonal combat Tunney Is aI afine afine a I fine tine example of the American American Cel Cel U tI til type while Delaney esque striking Is a regular Beau Deau Geste They call caU me Bright Eyes Eye and say Im I'm handsome That does Dot unit bother bolher me a bit In the ring he says I 1 never worry about my eyes nose 01 or ears cars but only fight harder If Im I'm clipped What boxer do you OU fear the most Including the champion down downto downto downto to the lowliest challenger I asked him and he answered very earn earnestly estly Jack Jaci I Dempsey Dempsey I still think hes he's the greatest of them all The next three chapters chapter will be on Jim Jm Maloney who meets Jack Delaney in the first heavyweight elimination bout |