GREAT HOPES FOR HEENEY
WILL COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND.
Gisborne, June 8
In a letter to Tom Heeney’s parents, his manager, Mr. Bernard Mortimer, says that Tom has never been hurt in any of his lights, and that Tunncy will not hurt him, as he is “made of wrought iron.” His want of real success in England is explained by a minor internal complaint, which Avas remedied before going to America. Whether he Avins or loses the championship bout, Ileeney Avill return to Ncav Zealand. Mr. Mortimer says that England’s send-off to Tom was the greatest ever accorded an athlete; and he adds: “Tom knoAVS that he has behind him the Avhole support and sympathy of the British Empire.”
The letter concludes AA'itli an expression of confidence in Heeney’s winning the title.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3803, 9 June 1928, Page 3
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133GREAT HOPES FOR HEENEY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3803, 9 June 1928, Page 3
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