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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-05-03, Page 7When Harry Greb eat Gene Tunney Harry Greb, one of the ring's greats — some say the greatest, pound for pound — was never greater than the night he de- •lteated Gene Tunney, May 24, 1922. It was the lone defeatin the career of the man who was to score one of the ring's big- ipgest upsets by toppling Jack Dempsey from the heavyweight throne. The win over Tunney earn- ed Greb the American light - heavyweight crown. Before his death four years and five Months later the Pittsburgh Windmill, as Greb was known, had trounced no fewer than ten pugilists who attained champ- ionships. They were, in addition to Tunney, Mike McTigue, Batt- ling Levinsky, Tommy Lough- ran, Tiger Flowers, Johnny Wil - Nen, Al McCoy, Mike O'Dowd, George Chip and Mickey Walk- er. Though never more than a middleweight, Greb also van- quished many topnotchers in the hive divisions, welter to heavy- weight inclusive. Yie scaled one-quarter of a pound over 162, twelve and one-quarter less than Tunney, the night of their first meeting, :!n the old Madison Square Gar- den. It was Greb's tenth year vs a pro, and Tunney was, younger by four years, but on this occasion youth was served za terrific shellacking. At the ilinish of the 15 -round battle the younger and heavier man was one of the worst beaten ever to totter from a ring. Before the clang of the start- ing bell had died down, Greb was clawing and ripping at his heavier rival. In the midst of this first furious attack, Harry whipped over a right that broke Ms opponent's nose in two places; moments later he opened 41 gash over Tunney's left eye so wide and deep that it bled throughout the 15 rounds. Greb's gloves were soon blood- soaked, and by the time the fight was a little more than half over, it had become so one-sided that Referee Kid McPartland tried to intervene. But each time he'd move to stop the mas- sacre, the beaten man would protest that he had a title at stake. So one gruesome round followed another, and how Tun- ney went the distance is some- thing to be attributed only to his courage, Why the gash over Tunney's eye could not be patched up is hard to explain. Doc Bagley, an expert on cuts, was chief second in Gene's corner, and he all but poured adrenalin into . the wound, but to no avail. Despite his loss of blood and Greb's relentless pounding. Tunney was never Of his feet, amazing the ringsiders and, most of all, even Greb. More sur- prising was the fact that after a punishing first and second round, Gene made spirited ral- lies in the next two rounds, though in the fourth he suffer- ed a severe cut over his other eye. By now the affair was a shambles. But in the seventh Tunney made another pretty good rally, arousing hope in his corner. Maybe the Windmill was start- ing to run down? A false hope, indeed. Greb's main stock -in - trade, in addition to his proud fighting heart, was his inex- haustible stamina and his trick of relaxing without appearing to do so. He had this ability so well perfected that he could appear to. be mauling an op- ponent hen he was doing noth- ing more than smothering an attack, Then, as his opponent tried rP c (EIGHT HONORABLE WINSTON CHURCHILL'S LANDRACE BOAR "Chartwell Viking 3rd." bred four imported Swedish sows just received by Fergus Landrace Swine Farm, owned by Jack Tweddle and Harry Cassie of Fergus. One sow is seen above. The proud owners of these outstanding imparted Landrace sows which were bred to this outstanding boar of Sir Winston Churchill, also received with this shipment a total of 13 imported tows and 1 boar of different Swedish blood lines. These ani- mals were purchased from some of the most outstanding breeders in Great Britain. This shipment makes the fourth importation of Landrace swine which the Fergus Landrace Swine Farm have brought to Fergus within the last few months. 95% of the swine in Denmark are Landrace, but in the last few years this breed has become very 'popular in England, Scotland and the United States, and many swine breeders in Canada believe they will become very popu- lar in Canada. They are the bacon type hog, longer than many of the breeds in Canada, they do not become as fat, are very hardy, and ii is predicted they will play a very important roll in improving the quality of our bacon and other Pork products in •Canada, 1 WELL DONE—Joel Shaefer, 13, returns to his home in Chicago and his mom's proud welcome. A' Boy Scout and a polio victim, Joel has just completed 131/2 hours of walking to fulfill re- quirements for a hiking merit badge and the Eagle Scout rank. Hiking 20 miles along the historic Lincoln Trail, the scout used crutches most of the time. to ease up for a breather, Harry would turn on the heat. When Greb opened upon Tun- ney in the eighth as though the bout had just started, Gene's backers lost all hope. All they wanted now was to see their man go the distance. This did not seem humanly possible. Through the last half of the battle, the only respite afford- ed Gene by an opponent who seemed equipped with a half- dozen tireless arms, came when Harry pushed his victim to one side to dry his bloody mitts on his trunks, or on the referee's shirt. But Tunney remained on his feet even through the thir- teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rounds. Yes, Tunney was still on his feet at the .final bell and man- aged to reach his dressing room still erect. But no sooner did the door close than he collaps- ed unconscious on the rubbing table and was out for several seconds. His body was so badly swollen as a result of the beat- ing that it was actually neces- sary to cut his tights off. As this was being done, Gene re- gained consciousness and mur- mured through his battered lips: "I'll beat him the next time I' "He"s sure got guts," was Greb's comment, It is the contention of some that Greb, already losing sight in. one eye, was on the down- grade from this fight on, but the record doesn't bear this out. The following January he beat the up-and-coming Tommy Loughran in ten of the 15 rounds fought for the crown Harry had' wrested from Tunney. And, only 24 days later, he again put his laurels on the line aginst Tunney — which goes to prove the kind of champion Harry Greb was. • E' 1 True happiness springs from Moderation — GOETH E (1749 - J832) Men who thunk of tomorrow practice moderation today If Harry was over the hill by now, the return tilt with Tun- ney failed to prove it, even though the decision went against Greb. It was decided on a split decision after fifteen rough- house rounds, and was so close that the title changed hands on the word of Referee Patsy Haley. Before 1923 was over Greb was again a champion after trouncing middleweight Johnny Wilson in a battle which made him look like the old perpetual - motion fighting machine. Two months and ten days later Harry made another bid for Tunney's light heavyweight championship. It was another stirring scrap, though there was no doubt as to the better man this time. If Greb had not slip- ped some by now, then Tunney was much improved. They met twice again in 'non -decision ten - rounders. In one, at Cleveland, the going was again close. In the other, at St. Paul, Greb got a severe going over. According to Tunney, it was in a late round in this fight during a clinch that Greb said: "Gene, don't knock me out." Still, Harry looked , anything but washed up only a little more than three months later in his famous fight with Mickey Walker, then welterweight king. Mickey scaled 152 for the con- test, and only the heavier man's laurels were at stake. Though Mickey gave away six pounds in this clash, he was to go on to capture the 160 -pound laurels from Harry's conqueror, Tiger Flowers, and to fight the top- notchers among the heavies and light .heavies, beating Paul Ber- lenbach, Leo Lomski, Johnny Risko, King Levinsky, Paolino Uzcudun and a long list of others, including Jack Sharkey. But against Greb, the Toy Bull- dog, as Mickey was known, ran a decided second. Greb was definitely no longer the old Greb when he lost his middleweight laurels to Flowers, though the 15 -round verdict was MOTOR COAT — Continental motoring coat in water-repel- lent, windproof white poplin is a recent newcomer to this country. 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However, Harry had lived suf- ficiently long to see his predic- tion concerning his old rival, Tunney, come 'rue. Soon after Greb's fifth meet- ing with Tunney a writer ran into Harry and joshingly in- quired as to when and where was the Greb-Tunney series to be continued. Then it was that Harry made an amazing admis- sion. "He is one party," Harry re- plied, "I am positively through fighting." "Why?" we asked. "Gene's grown too big and too strong for me. Say, that guy has developed a right drive to the heart that just about tears your insides out. Take it from me, some day Tunney'll be in there fighting Dempsey, and when that days comes, I'll have a nice bet on Gene to take the .heavyweight title." Greb collected a good chunk on that fight one month before he passed away. Harry died af- ter an eye operation on Octo- ber 22, 1926. Was Greb the greatest of the middleweight? 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