Show HEENEY MODEST AND unassuming cannot see why he chance to beat tunney shaggy na as ever modest and unassuming in the spotlight thrust upon him tom heeney new zealanda Zea lands gift to the heavyweight division has settled down to training for hla his title joust with gene tunney in july today as tho the accepted challenger for the heavyweight crown a modest fortune already to his bis credit arid and a greater one ahead tom was just na as modest about his fighting ability as when he first came over here in the hope of earning a few dollars fighting second raters ue he think then that he was of title caliber tom still has no exalted opinion of his bis ability just a iRger he says cut but I 1 cant see aee why I 1 an even chance to whip tunney the new zealander declared im just as strong and tough as he is gene la Is no superman and well just be fighters in there on rather even ground when the gong rings straight to the st nicholas gyro gyn a low training parlor tor for the rank and file of the racket beeney hustled to get the kinks out he plans to work several days rest it a few more and work again easily until time to start the grind at a regular training camp outdoors out dors atlantic city probably will be chosen as the site for the final six weeks of preparation tor for tho the match tentatively set for july 28 26 at at the ute yankee stadium heeney has a feeling that he trains train best indoors ile he will cut outdoor work to a minimum as far its as possible it let alone tom would do alt all hla his work at st nicks kicks for it was good enough for we me eiten I 1 started and its ita good enough now tom trained for every fight in the winter elimination series in a room that also served as the work shop for a couple dozen preliminary 11 fighters from F rom that room h went out to battle jack sharkey johnny jimmy maloney and jack delaney all of them favorites to beat him none kone of them did strangely enough neither tunney nor mr beeney ever has seen the other in action within the roped battle ground when gene fought jack dempsey in chicago last fall tom was busy training for his match with maloney the 1020 edition of the tha dempsey tunney series found heeney living in london on 1250 a week lip because of a dullness in the leather market it was a case of a long tinie time between drinks torn tom explained |