The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-17
M'CLOSKEY BEATEN
BY REICH IN THIRD
Former Amateur Champion
Comes Back After Rough
Time in Second Round.
REFEREE STOPS BOUT

Al Reich took another Ions stride up
the fistic ladder last night by handing an
artistic trimming to Al McCloskey at the
Pioneer Sporting Club. Thu fight ended
In three rounds. but was q merry one
while 1t lasted. Though Reich clearly
demonstrated his superiority there was
enough excitement In the first two rounds
TO satisfy the crowd.
McCloskey showed great strength and
activity and in the second round landed
so often and so hard that the Reich
partlsans were plainly worried. Three
times in this round McCloskey sent home
a left hook that staggered the handsome
former amateur champion, but Reich
weathered the storm and came up strong
and smiling for the third round.
In this session Reich showed all his
old cleverness and he danced around his
man. skipping IN with right uppercut.
that damaged McCloskey severely. Two
OF these andcd with such force that Nc
Closkey was forced to take the count.
He lasted the round out. but at the end
Referee Patsy Hurley decided that Nc
Closhey was outclassed and stopped the
bout.
After struggling for the best terms
o~btainable the men who are behind
Frank Moran and Jim CofYey agreed
Yesterday to accept the offer of James
johnson for n battle In Madison SQUARE
Garden on January Z. Wcllman wanted
the bout decided in one OF the armories.
but Ike Dorgan grew tired OF waiting
and accepted an offer from the Garden
manager to box for a percentage of the
receipts.
Adj Wolgast. one of the hardest
worked lightweight fighters in the BUSH
ness. passed Il medical examination yes
terday afternoon that entities him TO en-
ter the ring against Leach Cross tonight
NJ the Harlem Sporting club. Several
days ago II was reported that Wolgast
had been so badly battered up In an
encounter with frankie Whitney at At
lanta that the chairman OF the Boxing
Commission considered it dangerous to
allow him to face another opponent.
Woleast was anxious tn fulfil his en-
Eagement. and Fred Wenck, who rules
boxing in this State, ordered him to ap-
pear before the commission yesterday
for examination by a physician. Dr.
james i. Thompson looked the fighter
over and found that the only injury OF
any seriousness was "A cut on the ton
Of the head. This damage was I'm such
an out of the way place that the doctor
thought it unlikely that the cut would
lie reopened in the battle with Cross,
The commission therefore sanctioned
his appearance and the hight will take
place tonight as scheduled.
Dan Morgan Is camping on the TRAN
] NJ 1aGE lkFil. rv urI TO iAnlf,u for 9. Aol,N
with the champion for his latest protege.
Battling Levinsky. Morgan insists that
his man has earned the light heavy
weight championship by beating such
men as Cuffey. Dillon. Mcmahon. Porky
Flynn. Jack Geyer. Welnert. Gunboat
Smith and Bob Moya. Morgan says
that Lcvinsky IL willing to take on any
Of the men mentioned and then will be
ready to challenge Willard in a limit
bout up TO forty-five rounds.
carl Morris is another heavyweight
who thinks he has a nance aganie the
cowboy champion, He declared himself
at Tulsa. okla. as willing TO enter the
ring against Willard. hut stipulatcs that
the bout be a long one, say forty-fvs
rounds. Morris thinks that Willard
might outhoN hin in a short go. but il
confident that he can win over a long
route. He points to the fight with Will
lard two years ago as proof of his abil-
ity. In that scrap Norris broke his
hand in the first round, yet he stayed to
the end,
lIcuuie Murphy Is out with a perfectly
good excuse for the defeat Of Soldier
Fairfield by Mike Glover in Eos,on on
TUESDAY night The recent snowstor1n
IL to blame for the Soldier not entering
tho ring in 1T condition to fight. Ac-
cordiug To Murphy it took the Soldier
nearly twenty-five hours to go to Boston
from New York. The train was cold
and the trainer could not get any food
for his man. Bartfield wants mother
meeting with Glover and promises a bet
ter showing.
Dutch Brandt is training IN his pri-
vate gymnasium in tlatbush for his bou,
with Terry Martin at the broadway
sporting club tomorrow night. Mar
Tin who is the New nglan bantam
champ on, recently fought brandt to a
standstill, and the Flathush lad is anN-
ious to reverse the order OF finish in tho
coming bout.
HOCKEY BEGINS TOMORROW.
- Ai.Ls In pIaN Nauut,.I Ss,r. 4.