HEENEY SAYS "HELLO!"

NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 10

HEENEY SAYS "HELLO!"

Wellington Lauds and Listens

To "Honest" Torn Wellington had the pleasure of entertaining Tom Heeney on Monday evening last.

TOM, acoompanied by a party — one 1 was a "certain" party— came down from Gisborne to be the gruest of honor at a social function after an amateur evening.- „,'■' . " "...-,, All the big noises In the town 4 *, turned out—and quite a lot of them 1 \ will not be seen at the Town Hall, ; for a fight, ever again. ' r ;;. • As Tom and Mrs. Tom took" their seats on the stage, the crowd let go, and so much noise did they make that at one part "Dorrie" Leslie was a bit worried that the roof would lift.',. With the evening half gone, Tom was appointed referee, but bef or.e he went into the ring he came and. asked "Mick" Stewart a few questions. - The duration of the. bout had him a bit tangled, and, as he said after: "Gee, if I haid known it was four rounds I wouldn't have sooled those boys on." After the close of the boxing came the welcome home gathering and every class of- sport was represented. The politicians were m their glory and listening to their speeches it was easy to see an election was m the offing. Heeney and the fame he had won for

New Zealand took them back to some of the old-timers, and Bob Fitzsimmons was easily a first favorite— albeit, Mr. Mayor called him Pit zglbbonsl , -To "N.Z. Truth" sitting there lapping iip all,, this wisdom it was an awful shock to find that the only fair dinkum New Zealander to win a- world's title, was not mentioned. Billy Murphy, still as large as life, ex-featherweight champion of the world, was either forgotten, or never heard. of. • v ' . Still everybody was happy; and .they sang,: drank and ate to their heart's contents. Charlie Ulm dropped m, looking dead tired, and had a few words to say. This fellow is anything but '• twofaced. : . . ' -Turning to Tom he told him he thought Tunney' would beat him. "In fact," he said, "I wagered five dollars against you!" \ The outstanding feature of the whole affair is the praise Tom gives to the Americans. f , In his speeches, and m his conversation, he cannot say enough about the fine manner they treated him.