The herald., 1897-07-17
BIG BOXERS
Draw Big Crowds to See
the Fight
jim JEFFRIES MET RUHLIN
BUT FAILED TO MAKE MEAT
OF HIS MAN
Twenty Hot Rounds Find Rubin
Nearly Out, but the Referee
Calls It a Draw
Associated Press Special Wire.

ring, and as the Columbian Athletic
association brought together the two
biggest men in the pugilistic world as
the star attraction in tonight's boxing
carnival, the attendance was large.
About 5000 people poured into the arena
of Mechanics pavilion, the scene of the
recent Christian Endeavor exercises, to
witness the battle of the giants.
Jim Jeffries of California and Gus
Rubin of Ohio were the giant boxers
contending for honors and gold Both
men are Remarkable for their size and
muscular Development Jeffries Is a
man % years old, six feet one and one
half inches in height and is in fine condi-
ton at 212 pounds. He has powerful
shoulders, jutting out squarely from
neck remarkable for size and strength.
The only fault in Jeffries' construction
is in his lower limbs, which are much
too large for quick footwork. Rubin,
the Ohio giant, tops the Californian just
one inch and weighs in condition 200
pounds He is more symmetrical in
build than his opponent and has much
longer reach, but not such tremendous
driving power as Jeffries. Both men
were in first-cass condition.
1t was 1915 o'clock before the event of
the evening was announced and, the big
fellows entered the ring. Rubin, who
was the first to make his appearance,
was not accorded a very warm recep-
ton, but Jeffries was greeted enthusi-
astically when Master of Ceremonies
Jordan introduced him to the crowd.
After a long delay occasioned by the
fact that JeffrieS hands were several
sizes larger than the gloves provided for
him, and another pair had to besecured,
Referee Wand admonished the pair, and
without any further waste of time the
men proceeded to business. The pace
was terrific from the start. Rubin
opened the ball with a left hook which
missed it's mark, and after a clinch
rushed and swung his right, but again
missed Jeffries, who got in two hot lefts
in the face and landed twice on the wind.
In the second Jeffries landed a straight
left on the jaw, but Rubin retaliated
with a straight left in the wind. The
Ohioan assumed the aggressive but was
cleverly stopped with straight left in
the neck.
The fourth round was the hottest of
the fight, for Jeffries opened up with
right and left swings on the jaw and
the Ohioan lost his head temporarily
He cooled down, however, and jabbed
the southern giant in the nose, drawing
first blood, but was Immediately sent to
his knees by right swing on the back of
the head and remained down nine Sec
onds Rubin jabbed Jeffries in the
throat just as the round closed and stag
gered him.
Jeffries was the aggreSsor when they
came up for the tenth and rushed the
Ohioan to the ropes. He landed several
times over Ruhlins heart and the latter
only landed a right swing on the neck in
return. AT the close of the round Jeffries
swung his right hard on the Ohioan's
jaw, staggering him.
In the nineteenth Jeffries assumed the
aggressive and repeatedly planted his
right over the Ohioan's heart, until the
latter perceptibly weakened. In the last
round Ruhip was sent down and almost
out by a terrific right swing on the jaw,
and only the call of time saved him. The
referee, however, declared the fight
draw, decision which was received
with mingled cheers and Kisses.
The finish was most exciting. Jeffries
was fighting against time as much as the
big man from Ohio. At the opening Of
the last round Jeffries went after Rubin
in earnest. After a few well-directed
swings with his left and a couple of
right punches over the heart, Jeffres
ratified his man and penned him in
corner. Then, with wide right swing,
he put him on the floor, a clean knock
down. Rubin took nine seconds and
rose in dazed and almost helpless con-
dition. In his haste to end the fight,
Jeffries was little wild and fell short
in left swing for the jaw. In the mean
while Rubin was lying against the
ropes almost helpless, with hands half
in position. One more blow would have
ended the fight in Jeffries' favor but just
as the big Californian prepared to de-
liver the blow, just as the whole house
was on its feet wildly excited, the bell
changed with discordant and unwel-
come sound and the fight ended.
At the beginning the big fellows set
fast pace and kept it up for four rounds.
Jeffries several times staggered Rubin
with his left swings on the neck and
jaw. Ruhlin's blows were mostly OF the
jabbing kind-the kind that bring
blood but do not produce unconscious
ness. However, his right is sufficiently
stir enough to end any contest, should
luck and science favor it's delivery.
Billy Madden, a veteran al the game of
fisticuffs, and Billy Delaney, who has
acquired fame in the role of trainer of
pugilists, were behind Rubin, and JEFF
fries respectively, and did almost as
much as the actual contestants in con-
Quoting the fight. The intermission be-
tween rounds was devoted entirely by
the noted trainers in coaching the men.
Delaney kept Jeffries away from Rubin,
instructing him to resort to ducking and
finally to devote his attention to pound
ing Ruhliu's body. 1t is the general opin-
ION that had Jeffries mixed matters in
the early stages of the fight that Ruhin
would have succumbed to the Califor-
MANS swings and punches before ten
rounds had gone. Madden, too instruct
ed his man to be very cautious. Rubin
had not the generalship of his opponent
He followed instructions, however, and,
almost to the surprise of his seconds, he
stayed out the twenty rounds.
Many Of therounds between the fourth