Shakespeare Is “A Dead One ,” According to Tom Heeney
(United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P,A. —United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. NEW YORK, Monday. THE New Zealand boxer, Tom Heeney, has arrived here. He appeared to be in excellent condition. He laughed at Gene Tunney for recently giving a Shakespeare lecture at Yale University, and said: “I never read any Shakespeare. Shakespeare is a dead one, and a fighter ought to fight instead of taking up literature.” Heeney, who declared that he was in the pink of condition, immediately started training.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 342, 1 May 1928, Page 1
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