New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-05
REICH MAKES
SAD SHOWING
IN THE RING
Driven from Post to Pillar
by Gunboat Smith
i'm Bout.

Al Reich was weighed in the pugil-
istic balance AZ the 81. Nicholas A. C..
last night and found wanting He met
Gunboat Smith in ten-round bout,
and was badly beaten in every round
after making the most miserable OK
hibitions. The fans were Disguised
with the affair. and many left the arena
after the fifth round. Those who re-
manned tried 70 get their moneys
worth By cheering satirically, clapping,
stamping and whistling.
Reich seemed 20 lack the tempera-
ment, the instinct and the moral oour-
age. He entered the ring with every
advantage. and not the least of these
was twenty-five and half pounds in
weight. Height. reach and boxing skill
were his, but state of nervousness
that bordered perilously close 70 panic
rendered those wondrous gifts OF nat
ure nil. Fright, it cannot be expressed
in any other way. prevented his brain
flashing the orders 20 those wonderful!
muscles.
The result was pitiful. An Apollo in
mould, an Ajax In strength, he was
helpless before the onslaughts OF man
who by every natural law should have
been beaten in five rounds or less. But
he stood out there at long range, taking
a myriad of jabs and being butfeted
from pillar to post. lie covered well
and avoided much punishment, but he
took many, many blows which might
have been avoided had he only cut loose
and fought as fighters should.
Smith, forcing the pace, had only 10
keep leading in order TO drive his man
10 cover. and this he did from start 70
finish. Twice did Al cut loose. In the
sixth round he landed a couple Of hooks
on the body, and in .he tenth he drove
a terrific right home TO the chin. But
lack of instinct robbed him of the ad-
vantage gained. Instead of plunging IN
10 fight he plunged in 20 hold and the
chance 10 gain fame fitted away.
II the bout failed 10 please it was
no fault of Smiths. He forced the
pace from start TO finish. waaing in
and trying with both hands. He soon
discovered that Reich had perfect
defence against the right hand and not
once did the Gunner land with IT. Al
kept his chin buried down behind MS
left shoulder and supplemented this
impregnabe defence with a clever
glove guard. But he also discovered
by keeping up a bombardment with his
left he could prevent Al from leading
10 him. And that left hand won the
battle. such as it was.
Neither man was marked at the close.
This was natural. Smith lacked the skill
to land clearly. Reich lacked the nerve
TO lead at all Al paved and clinched.
and clinched and paved until the crowd
WIS driven TO distraction.
The first bout was sad affair.
Andre Anderson, giant from the
West, beat Jim Johnson, Of the South
Sea Islands. Anderson is feet b
inches in height and weighed 2l711
pounds. Johnson was not six feet IN
height and, weighing only 1877 pounds,
lasted nine rounds.
AL Mansfield, Of England, wan dis
qualified for foul work in the hnal
: round Of ten round contect with Abe
round Of ten round contest with Abe
up his own rules as he went along
until Billy Roche called a halt. But
ting and hitting on the breaks were
minor breaches of the code.