Show bit W WHAT HAT two men would you say played the most prominent roles in making gene tunney the undefeated heavyweight champion champ ion of the he world it must be admitted at the start that tunney did a fair job J 0 b on his D own ile he was still the vit vital a I 1 fc factor to ile he did most of the work and most 0 of f the thinking but he still needed some outside help tor for gene was a raw product on the way up in his first match against harry greb tunney took the worst beating beatin g 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 go were jim corbett and william muldoon Hul doon it was mr muldron who grave gave me early encouragement when J I 1 needed it badly lie ile was also the one who gave me sound advice on physical conditioning and training vaster master boxer whit what boxers need today tunney said Is variety of attack jack dempsey need this so much with his devastating left hook he could knock your head off with Us this one punch and dont forg forget et that tack lack was extremely fast I 1 had no tuch such punch so I 1 needed variety ivsich corbett gave me at least lim gave me the general idea for orbett had more variety than any ine ne ive ever known after talking and working with corbett I 1 went to work on several types of punches I 1 x mean by that the b body 0 d y lipper uppercut cut which few boxers had bad ever used most uppercuts upper cuts are headed f tor r the chin wore there several other punches I 1 worked on day after day I 1 might ven even say year 11 after year I 1 made gene tunney a close study of the human body to find the most vulnerable parts especially the nerve cent centers erd I 1 had discovered that a punch deU delivered vered to some ome where spots would have no effect where the same blow a few inches away could cause trouble fitzsimmons applied this knowledge in his famous leolar leolar plexus 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 1 vent avent fo for ring advice in my opinion ah there ere has only been one corbett when it comes to the science of boxing I 1 boxed with corbett when he ads was past 60 he would feint with his left hand and then hit you with the left or he would feint with the left and nail you with a right there was no way to tell just what he was going to do he could mix up more punches than any one I 1 ever saw corbett not only had amazing hand and foot speed but even more important he had a smart brain even at that age jim could really dazzle you he could still keep you bewildered wil dered so I 1 can fi imagine what he must have been when he was 25 or SO 30 years younger I 1 can orgy only say that jim was always kind to 0 me always interested in helping few vulnerable spots judging a fight from the viewpoint 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 vital factor ive heard fight crowds cheer loudly at some solid thump on an opponents shoulder this means nothing at all ail it is JU just st wasted effort no matter how effective it may look to the crowd there are only certain parts of we the human body that give way to punishment these are parts that bat i few boxers today even know about it was corbetts advice that led me to study these vulnerable spots at least jim proved to me ine beyond any doubt that boxing was more of a science than mere brute strength A scientific clenti flo boxer can make a crude fighter look awkward nebb ard although the latter might be twice as strong ive found that few of these terrific punchers can hit bit a moving target who knows how to keep out of the way you rhay may recall how bow many punches max baer landed on jim braddock who was no section of lightning 0 I 1 dont believe max landed even one solid blow in 15 rounds but max mlis miss big camera boxing is one of the finest and one of the most scientific sports in the world it would be a grea great t help to the game it if a few of the modem generation coming along Z were only willing to work along these lines which so few ot of them are return of lombardi when ernest natall natali lombardi lay stricken in the dust of Cin cincinnat clana Us home plate in the final world series game of 1939 1039 the big fellows career seemed to be closing out but it Is all different now the big giant catcher has again become one of the most valuable adjuncts to his bis squad one of the strong men from either league lombardi normally a hitter bitter dropped down to a a aver ver a ge last season but bat now in his rear fear he hw has 9 again beeri been thumping tie le ball lustily |