THE BIG FIGHT

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 28 July 1928, Page 9

THE BIG FIGHT

ACTION OF REFEREE. SOME ADVERSE COMMENT. HEENEY MADE MISTAKES. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) —United Service). Received 12.2 p.m. o-day. VANCOUVER, July 27. Tex Rickard has announced that the actual loss on the fight was £30,000. Jack 'McAuliffe believes that Heeney might have recovered and the referee had no right to stop the fight when the eleventh round had only eight seconds to go. The challenger was game, but made many mistakes, the chief of which was that he tried for Tunney’s head all the time, instead of going for his body. Tunney declined to say anything to-day aboatt a return match. “Heeney put up a wonderful fight. He was a worthy challenger,’’ said Gene. Heeney said: “Tunney beat me fair enough, but I was handicapped after that eyelash turned inwards into my left eye. I -simply could not see after the sixth round.” Charlie Harvey is loud in his protests against the referee stopping the fight and grumbled at Heeney because he failed to crouch in the eleventh round. Instead Tom stood straight and was wide open. __ . John Mortimer, Heeney’s English manager, that Tunney won fair and square andi on his merits.

rickard Loses 155,000 dollars HEENEY COMING HOME ON A VISIT. • (Australian Press Association—United Service.) Received 12.15 p.m. to-day. NEW YORK, July 27. Tex Rickard officially , announced that- the Madison Square Garden Corporation lost- 155,00 dollars over the Tunney-Heeney bout. Heeney has stated that he- intends to proceed to New Zealand for a- few weeks’ visit to' his parents, and -then return to America to continue his ring career. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) GISBORNE, July 28. In reference to the receipt of the fight result, telegraph office documents show that the message by wireless was lodged at the Gisborne office at 2.7 p.m. and the cable message was lodged- at Wellington at 2.8 p.m.