New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-12
HIGH PROMISE Of
A SLAM-BANC B0Ul
AL Reich and Jim FLYNN |,
Meet at Last in the
Ring Tonight.
CHANCE TO CLIMB
IS BAIT HELD ON
Winner Will Be Matched W..
"Gunboat' Smith or Mayhs,
Battling" Levinsky.

Al Reich, Of this city. the van.
promising heavyweight. viii ~
gloves with Jim Flynn, the PENN. 90 90
man, in e ten-round contes, !, ~
Broadway Sporting Club Of b. -, r
tonight. ''N5i
This is the fourth time the MAJ.
been matched. Twice Reich We, "a" as,s
to keep the engagement bee.n..'st
boils which prevented him 80
Another time Flynn injured bis L..f
match. Now, however. ho,b "aae
condition and ready for the fysv " =
A match with "Gunbost" Smi,, .
Battling Leyinsky il offered -
winner as an additional incentive :. ~
a fast exhibition may be expee,,S ~
Even without the chance 10
either Smith or Leyinsky, action ~
ways in order when Jim FLYNN -.
through the ropes. He makes "A -"
tence at being a boxer. In fac, ~
mits that the Jim Corbett STUFF ! ~
In his line, but he stoutly declarss ~.
he can fight, and those who hays -.
him will bear him out When n.
sails into battle he steers s,,,,-,.
ahead, flashing out with both hama,
keeping his attack up until some -.
drops. Occasionally Flynn himssf :
first to stop, but not often. He 4 m.
the sort OF man 70 put Reich 70 tke r.,
which boxing fans have long waited -
see.
Too much cannot be said "a, Al
Reich. He is young in the game. "a (.
sure, but physically he is perfet,Iy
equipped, and he can box like a strp,.
in addition 20 having excsutior,i
punching ability. lie has Won IN y,
bouts, with the exception OF two. Nil
knockouts. The crafty veteran To-
Kennedy stood up under terrific bor.
bardment of jolts. iabs and hooks "a,
ten rounds. In his second professior,l
fight Al was defeated by Carl Morr,
in short order.
II Reich is the least bit faint-hesr,ti
it will show tonight. Flynn fights b
no set rules. He just tears ahead. vii.
ing to take a punch or any number .,
punches in order to get in close. Non
over. he is fighting for recognition, s,
all in all, the fur IS likely TO AZ.
The featherweight championship v
/ Newark will be definitely decided a.
Browns Gymnasium tonight. Bary
Lewis and Jimmy McVeigh. rivals .,
long standing, will cross gloves il a
ten-round contest which may be ter.
minated before the bell to star II,
tenth round is changed. "Bs,ilirr'
Jack Lee and "Y)ung" Erne also vii
lock horns.
Three ten-round bouts will be tp,.
tested at the Federal A. c. ,o-rigtt
Joe Wagner and Terry Miller will zee.
in the main bout.
Shugrue has posted 5000 to gsi'-
antee making 1875 pounds for rsturi
match with Freddie Welsh, but he y
sists that this time The match be q
! twenty rounds and TO a decision.
Word was received from San Frsf
cisco yesterday that Willie Ritchh
former lightweight champion Of ~
world, had accepted an offer to me-
] reNlle elSN III ltN-tOuHu OVuA
Madison Square Garden on or abss
February 9. Richie said he would f.
ter the ring at catchweights. He r.
fused to make weight for bout Of h.
than twenty rounds in which the ~
was at stake, except by the chance Of
/ knockout.
Now il comes out. Jess Willard hi'
been convicted of acting for the naV
ing pictures. There is no way out .
I il, either. for the pictures OF how es
Jess punches cows and boxers with %
solute impartiality were shown a. 's'
studio Of the Universal Film Nsna'
featuring Company yesterday. are
looking az the pictures one boxing ert;
said that he understood why Nuss
said last Friday that he had put IA q,
hardest day Of his life hooking as
swinging before the camera. Cheer "
Jess. The worst is yet to come ''a
Johnson is in the ofing.