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The spectacle of Gene Tunney, attired in evening clothes, re-enacting semic of the phases of his Chicago. fight with Jack Dempsey while John McCormick took the part of the "Manassa Mauler," was afford.
guests of the Irish singer on night, according to a story From the Dublin correspondent of the "Sunday Dispatch."
The demonstration took place at dinner-party given by Mr. Me-Cormick at his castle, Moore Abbey, near Dublin, and the guests included the United! States Minister, Mr.
Sterling, and Colonel James Fitzmaurice, the trans-Adlantie flier discussion arose concerning Dempsey's knockdown blow in famous seventh round.
Tunney and MeCormick Tunney was explaining that he hat received a bad injury in his right eye four days prior to the fight he suddenly arose from the table te demonstrate exactly what happened. Then followed, the correspondent. said, the "strange spectacle of Tunney driving about in evening clothes in the lovely room with John McCormick facing: him and giving an. impersonation nf Dempsey Tunney admitted he wax in had shape when he went down but in: sisted that when the referee intoned the word "Four" he was again consciove., Me attribut Astigmatism fruny the eye injury, the fact that he was nearer to the ropes than he thought, and that he came away from them' too hurriedly.
The explanation was accor by a pantomime of the affair with Mccormick dozing liely from which were me ied by a boldly Tunney similarly displayed the had adopted against Heeney.
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