The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-19
THE RING

The fact that Jeffries failed to put out
Rubin, the Ohio giant, in the contest
at San Francisco, caused much disap-
pointment in this city. All of the re-
ports agree that the Los Angeles boy
was the better Of the two, and had the
fight lasted another round it is more
than probable that he would have got
a. decision. AS it was, the call of time
saved Rubin. 1t is believed that, acting
on the advice of his trainer and second,
Jeffries delayed mixing up matters I'M
til it was too late to finish his man, who
appears to have been the best that he
has so far gone against. Jeffries shows
marked Improvement in every contest,
and there is no reason to believe that he
may not set to be the champion.
In its account of the Jeffries-Ruhiin
fight the Examiner says:
The contest developed two things
first, that Jeffries is not quite as good az
was claimed for him. His best efforts In
the punch line are left swing at the
head and a right-hander at the body.
In delivering the former he frequently
holds his left arm rigid, working it in the
manner of a pump-handle. He found
Ruhlin's Jaw many times last night and
towards the finish the right side of the
visitors face was swollen out of all pro-
portion.
Jeffries did a good deal of execution with
his heart punch, but he probably deferred
using it too long. He left marks OF his
handiwork on Ruhlin's ribs after the
twelfth round, and rear the end of the
fight the man from Ohio acted as If his
| left side was hurting him.
Rubin, While a good many pounds
| lighter than Jeffries, is equally as pun
| ished a hitter. He is quick in all his
| movements and seemed to gather him
self together better than his opponent
after mix-up. In the early rounds he
sent in straight left-handers which
brought blood from nose and mouth, and
he managed to partially close Jeffries,
left eye with well-timed right counters.
He tried as the contest progressed, and
overreached himself frequently in trying
to land a Knockout with his right His
showing from start to finish was cred
table one for novice. and there is every
reason for believing that he will de-
velop into a fairly good man.
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| Solly Smith will very likely cross the
ocean again next fall, this time to cross
"daddies" with that crack-a-jack, Ped
lar Palmer. Solly will find the Pedlar
| the toughest game he has yet tackled.
The Los Angeles boy is pretty tough
nut himself, and anyone he lands on
| fair Is likely to be in serious trouble for
| several minutes. Solly of late has been
perfecting himself in straight hitting
from the shoulder, and if he gets that
art down fine" as the boys say, he will
| be by 20 per cent better man than here
| tofore.
Says Sporting Life: The failure OF
Dan Creedon to- meet Kid Mccoy and
make match with him after coming all
the way from England for that purpose
| has excited good deal of surprise. but
| 1t is said that the reason is his: Creedon
| is backed by Colonel John D. Hopkins,
the well-known vaudeville mana ger who
has implicit faith i'll Dan-when in con-
dition. He has learned that CreedIon has
| been having "a high old time" in Eng
land, and that as a sequence 1t
would be folly to back him to meet Mo
| Coy, or any olther good man, in the near
| future. In short Dan will require eight
| or ten weeks of steady training to- pre-
pare him for a ring contest with Nc
| Coy Creedon has not the means to back
| himself, and even if he had, has such i'm
plicit confidence in Colonel Hopkins that
| he would not make a match against his
advice and consent Dan has had good
| frisnd in Hopkins and it behooves him
to retain his friendship. 1t is said that
a prominent brewer in st. Louis thinks
very highly Of Creedon also. and that It
is his intention to set him UP in a saloon
business in the Mound City after he re-