BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19998, 15 November 1927, Page 4

BOXING

HEENEY’S VICTORY MALONEY KNOCKED OUT END COMES SWIFTLY An acocunt of Tom Heeney’s victory over Jim Maloney is given in the “San Francisco Chronicle.” It states: “Tom Heeney, of New Zealand, knocked out Jim Maloney, Boston 'heavy-weight, in just one minute amd seventeen seconds of their bout at Madison Square Garden to-night. The swiftness with which the main bout ended drew a gasp from the crowd of 15,000. Not a telling blow was landed until Heeney, who was the aggressor, drove Maloney toward a neutral corner, catching the Boston boy off balance as he stepped backwards, with the short and snappy barrage that won the fight- Maloney did not appear in great distress when he was helped to his corner. The knock-out was one of the quickest Maloney has had since Jack Sharkey sounded the knell to his championship hopes last summer. The blow that sent him down to-night landed squarely on the “China chin,” that George Godfrey, negro heavy-weight, found an easy mark several weeks ago. Two hard rights, which, found Maloney’s uncovered jaw, sent the former title-contender to his knees before the bout was fairly under way. Maloney propped himself up on his hands on the count of nine, but got no further. Maloney weighed 205 and Heeney 198?’ In Quaint Style A quaint and amusing report is also supplied by Westbrook Pegler, the well-known sporting writer of the “Chicago Tribune.” He writes: “A long line of perspiring gentlemen, some with fur on their chests and some witn bald wishbones, held a number of fist fights within the new garden ring last evening, beginning another of Mr Tex Rickard’s heavy-weight elimination tournaments. After all the heavyweights have cliininateid on© another and th© customers eliminated much of their c?M;h surplus buying tickets for the eliminations, Mr Rickard will raaten Jack Dempsey with Gene Tunney for the third production of their great uplift demonstration. “In the principal prize fight of the evening Mr Tom Heeney, pronounced ‘Tawmn Eeny,’ of New Zealand, leaned heavily against Mr James Maloney’s sensitive chin in the first round, and Mr Maloney fell down on his countenance in accordance with his custom, remaining there long enough for a count of 100 by eights. In fact Mr Maloney remained down so long that although he entered the ring clean-shaven, he was wearing a full stand of whiskers when his proprietors picked him up, and one of his regular pall-bearers was heard to remark: “This isn’t our gentleman) this is John Alexander Dowic. ” “During a long pause in the prize fights, just before ‘Tawm Eeny’ leaned against Mr Maloney’s face, there occurred a stir among the 15,000 or more local devotees of uplift, and down the aisles came Mr Jack Dempsey himself, amid cheers, to limb through the ropes and accept gusts of cheers such as never smote his cars during all the years he was heavy-weight champion of the world. Mr Dempsey’s left eyebrow still protruding like the eaves of a bungalow, marked the spot where Mr Tunney barked him in the ninth round at Chicago, but ho seemed otherwise intact and both he and Mr Rickard who stood at th© ringside wearing the official open-faced suit and marsh-mal-low shirt-front of th© best people, seemed quite jolly to note his extraordinary