PRESIDENT AND BOXER.
TUNNEY AT WHITE HOUSE. Mr. coolidge's impressions. (Received November 20, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The heavy-weight boxing champion, Gene Tunney visited the President. Mr. Coolidge, to-day. Mr. Coolidge told him that he was impressed with the hatter's physical, condition, but said he looked more like a film actor than a prize-fighter. Tunney told the President he would not go on tho stage or sign a film contract. This seemed to favourably impress Mr. Coolidge.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19799, 21 November 1927, Page 9
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