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Show , uu RING AND MAT U The recent lightning-like knockout of Al welch by Tomnu Gibbbiis, of St. Paul, is charged to the lack of Judgment by Reich's manager. Charley Harvey. The hunt was not two minutes min-utes old when Reich hirnh d in (iii-boiis. (iii-boiis. lie sent .1 lelt td thfi lilidillf and a right to the jaw, anil Reich went down badly dazed When he arose at the count of eight, Harve; yelled for 19m to on's left hand Reich obeyed Instructions to the letter,- but he look his glance Ofl (libbons' right and this -cj no crashing oser to Reich s jaw and the bout was over. Many critics who witnessed the engagement en-gagement which was staged In Cleveland Cleve-land severely criticised Harvey for Interfering with Reich's work by calling call-ing his attention to the lei t hand and thus making I he way ood for (Jib- bun's trusty right. Bob Martin', A. E. F. champion heavyweight, has received no less than a dozen otferu to battle Rat Levinsky 'this summer. Floyd Fltzslnnions, Benton Harbor, Mich promoter wants ithe match, as does New uiIeans promoters. pro-moters. Jlrhnij Bronsoib manager of ; Martin Says he will accept the best of-fer. of-fer. uv r. i.liiiK th.e 1 -j ii t is scheduled for July. Bronson refu.sod to stata whether Martin would meet 'I'", my lOlbboris, as er an offer from Cleve-j land promoters. Bob Moha. the Milwaukee "Cave Man" has evidently figured he has a slim chance to coi the pugilistic 'title, 60 now he has hurled n def to ,the world for a game or a series of Fgamoa of handball Moha is said to be an expert on the handball court. I He plays the game every day, using it as one of his favorite stunts lo k ;i 'In condition. I Lryrin Downey. hc Cleveland middleweight, mid-dleweight, fighting unuei the direction or Jimmy Dunn, has hit a season of tough luck Downey sustained a badly bad-ly bruised nosv hist fall and w:is forced I to cancel several ' profitable engage-inients. engage-inients. W hen his nose rounded into condition. Downey's left eye began to bother him. He was immediatelv placed under the care of a specialist, but the trouble is not disappearing and last week he was forced to cancel four engagements tor April |