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Show I H I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I K ' g 1 " 1 ' If 'j ' ' l . s ' tllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllll ; J Football Most i Brutal Sport t - J f , .a , f "ttOLLLGB football is more brutal t I than boxing," Gene Tunney, T heavyweight champion, told I members of tlie Men's, club of the V Lafayette Reformed clmrch In Jersey t City. Tnnney was the guest of Gov. A. i Hurry Moore of New Jersey. 4- . utteuded jo .football game In X Washington ' recently." mild Gene, "and I saw five liun knocked otlt clean. "All1 I of tlipiu required tlie attendance of sur- j fcons ii li (I were revived. I never saw i! such a fpectaele In boxing." t The champion declared Hint Injuries 1 i Cen Tunney. T i. received lu football were often apparent V ' twenty years later. "Injuries sustained In Bcrlmmnge. he said, are T " vnore permanent than those received in boxing." J T The reason whv brutality goes unnoticed in footb;:!!, according to X X Tunney. 'Is that the Fpectntors are too bflsy watching tlie bull to be f worried nhout what happens to the men.' In boxing, lie ald, the' eyes . . of the crowd Were upon tlie men; hence staggering blows and subse- I ijuent Injuries were thrown Into the spotlight. , ' X J . In football, ncconhng to Dempsey's conqueror, the men followed I the coaches' ideas or were removed from the game. In boxing It was f up to the Individual to rely on himself, he said. I When the champion had nub bed contrasting football and boxing Ji to the detriment of the former he launched Into a discussion of the .. $ history of pugilism. Appropriately enough, he began with mention of ;; J. pugilism bv Homer In tlie "Iliad." From this point In remote antiquity f he followed tlie sport through Pompeii und tlie Koman days to the X II present. IV fore going to Jersey City Tunney turned out to be the lion of .. '.' the eviiiiiig at mi entertainment featuring H.me of tlie highest ? luminaries of the literary and theatrical worlds given by the Authors' .. League of America at the lioosevelt hotel for tlie bench" t of the league's ;; " fund for needy writers. " Impeccably attired In evening clothes, with a dress tie knotted Just ". -ight over u gorgeous expanse of white shirt front. Tunney fought a battle with woman novelists nnd short story writers who seized hit " 7 hands and tugged at his arms or coat lapels and pulled him about the f room while gushing introductions to their friends. i m i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 i ) 1 1 m m ; n i t ;wh-'-:h-h- |