Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 9 | Reich, Once Star Athlete, Hopes to be Great Heavy

REICH ONCE STAR ATHLETE HOPES TO BE GREAT HEAVY fr- fr 5 JI poA t. I I I soMe I I g 10 ce ceA A MAJ 0 AF I SUcCess iL k r. AP-r. bATI u g U Cli ALL MADE Th I II I I 1 f I fI Al 1 ll G Gotham tham heavyweight as aspirant as- as t. t declares that he will vill stick t to the game anti and cop th the th ba bay leaves len yet et etIn In spite of the severe ere lacing ll Jim Coffey Coffe Cof Cof- fe fey to- gave ga e a him not so long ago Reich says IU It f in It his hla determination to put a little pep Into heavyweight clr circles and theres there's nothing can stop him once hes he's started Sport experts experts' who hn have Vt watched Reich nelch p perform declare that t he ho shows promise and that there ther Is no reason wh why he should l not some Bome da day do all that he claims he ho will A few years ago Al AI was a R. star athlete to with tho the Irl Irish American Athletic Athletic Ath Ath- letic club of or New ew York Hammer throwIng throw throw- In lag Ing and oth other r weight stunts were his I forte and he mado made several very hand- hand sonic Home record records Out But he glanced I through the its sport aport pages pagou one o day to see leo that I prizefighters w h ii ic wJ tu to tat lat wages and nifty p purses Reflecting that he himself was wad not riot such a 1 little thing thing- Reich Urich concluded that he would take a chance at It and perhaps amplify fy h his Income He Tic soon loon made great strides In amateur amateur circles lie He had the strength and physique to win wIn- wIna a 1 fight tight on alone and h he soo soon dune came to he be known as a tough proposition About here hare hereIt It was that he told his dearest t friends he was war going after the real thing Learning t to bo box bov well wen Isn't the tho easiest of undertakings und 8 and Al Reich admits It Just the same he known that lint t he ho has made mado appreciable Improvement improvement Improve improve- ment and t that he will yet et make more marc The Coffey fight which he lost loat only determined him to work the harder and com dome back n next time with a great deal more stuff to snow show