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Show Tunney Gives Marines Mascot i- fvs- ' ' t " , , i i 1 1 V ' ' ' I ' s :l i - ' The Photograph Shows Champion Gene Tunney and Jiggs II. Meet Jiggs II, the new marine mascot, mas-cot, and Gene Tunney's gift to his old outfit. . The champ's gift Is a rough, tough little hull pup well qualified to fill the collar of the late lamented Sergeant Major Jiggs, who for 'many years brought good fortune to marine football foot-ball and baseball teams. When Sergeant Major Jiggs lingered lin-gered too long in the chow line and paid the penalty of high living, marines ma-rines began to search the country for a worth-while successor. Tills was not easy, for Jiggs was a remarkable dog. He was a perfect specimen of English hull Willi an undershot jaw that stood out like the piazza on a bungalow. His legs were as bowed as a barrel hoop, and his chest was the size of the G. I. bucket. It was Gene Tunney, champion of the wofld, who finally located the right dog. He bought the pup and gave It to the marine cotps, in which lie served during the w? r. Jiggs II weighs 47 pounds and i: 17 months old. He has all the pointi; of Sergeant Major Jiggs, Including the jutting jaw and billiard table legs. |