Sport: Pundit v. Downunderer

There were three significant men at the fight: Jack Dempsey, 33, who climbed into the ring before the fight, waved a straw hat, shook several hands, evoked the loudest cheer of the evening and such remarks as: "There's a real guy, a colorful guy, for yuh." James Joseph Tunney, 30, pundit, who again demonstrated that the public can be damned, that he is the cleverest heavyweight boxer since "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, that he also has a punch which might well dispute Dempsey's reputation as peerless killer....

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