"A HEART-BREAKER."
Brother Jack's View Of How Tom Heeney Wins. "en boute to newhaven. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 11 a.m.) VANCOUVER, June 22. "If Heeney is crowned lieavy-weighi king he will mount the throne over the broken heart of Tunney," is the opinion given by Heeney'a three brothers, Jack, Arthur and Pat, on arriving here by the Aorangi on Thursday. The newspaper men had to comb the town before discovering the trio hiddeD away at the home of Jack McQuarrie, a local sportsman. Jack Heeney said he never expected Tom to get where he is, and always thought the other fellowwould be too good for him. "He's » heart-breaker," said Jack. "I haven't any opinion on whether he'll win, b'it if he docs it will be because he breaks Tunney's heart. He's a heart-breaker They keep hitting him, and hitting hiir, round after round and about the end of the fight they drape themselves around his neck. That's how he has won all hi* fights." The three brothers left for New York to assist in Tom's training.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 9
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