HEENEY’S CHANCES.
MANAGER NOT OVER-CONFIDENT MALONEY HAsTMPROVED IN 18 MONTHS. (United Service.) Received March 2, 12.25 p.m. NEW YORK, March 1. Tom Heeney, the New Zealand boxer, is returning to the ring at Boston, after a lengthy lay-off—since the bout last July against Gene Tunney. Heeney to-night is facing Jim Maloney, whom ho knocked out in the first round eighteen months ago. But Malonoy lias blazed a successful comeback since then. , Air Charles Harvey, Heeney’s manager, is not over-confident about his man’s condition, but to-night means much to the New Zealander. If he wins he will retain his place in the elimination against Sharkey, Sclimeling and Uzeudun. Heenoy will meet Otto Von Boram at Chicago on March 13.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 10
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118HEENEY’S CHANCES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 10
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