The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-05

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| ing battle he has ever been mixed mp IN.
| Contrary to his general tactics. he was
not reckless for minute. and every round
| showed that he was feeling his mans
| power like postmaster A noticeable
| change In his work Is the difference in his
guard and attack. He fought Jefries with
his body well open, and faced him almost
squarely in the Australian style. Since he
met Billy Woods in this city in 1891 and
knocked him out, Choynski has not fought
| so long or SO well as he did last niknt. The
| fact that he was not the aggressor, PROP
ably considered BY Macdonald when he
rendered his decision, ought not 10 have
counted against him for the reason that
| with fifty pounds disadvantage In weight,
| II was the best kind OF generalshp TO keep
away from the rushes, and to duck. Choyn-
| skis ducklng was superb, and mis- splendid
work in this direction eliminated and
| brought down the house In the sixteenth.
He fddled and allowed Jeffries to force
him into his corner, and the big fellow, be-
lieving that he had his opponent 1T close
quarters, jabbed him against the cable,
and In a give-and- take struggle Choynski
caught the big fellow four smashing let's
In the Jaw, ducked terrific swing from
Jeffrics, which threw the Los Angeles boy
against the ropes. and then flew in with
his right on the side of the head, the only
time he used 1t effectively in the whole
of hot situation by his clever foot work.
ard by the last round he stopped several
mean lefts by throwing his body across
Jeffries' arm The men fought at 10 ana
200 pounds respectively.
The enround glove contest between
Gus Rubin and Tut" Ryan at New Or
leans did not prove a brilliant success
from sporting point OF view. TO say the
least OF 1t, and the result only goes to
show that legislation which limits con-
test TO ten rounds is likely to be al
most rs effective In putting an end 20 prize
Fighting Tor to be more accurate. glove
fights as would Il total prohibition of box
ing contests.
Rubin weighed 100 pounds aud Ryan
l67. In addition to this Rubin was much
longer in the reach than his antagonist.
Then. as II these advantages had rot been
cnough for the Cincinnati man. Ryan had
the thumb ct his left rand so badly fes-
| tered that the hand WAS almost useless
| 1or odcnsive purposes and OF little use as
| means of defense. Those who know
Ryan say that he is essentially a left hand
| lighter; at all events it is certain that
| he is not particularly handy Or accurate
Il
| greatly handicapped in being compelled
10 depend almost wholly upon il. Now
| with all these advantages Ryan still
! entertained the notion that he ought %
| win, and knowing that he only had ten
rounds in which to 10 so. he forced the
| race from the start up to the end of the
| seventh round. For a nan with ais best
hand crippled. giving away twenty three
| pounds and several inches in height aud
| reach to attempt to force the igoting
! against such odds was simply suicidal
| Rubin had a good ring general behind
| him in Jack Everhardt. who coached linn
with admirable Judgment all through the
| fight, and OF course. as long as RYAN was
! bent on hurrying the pace. Rubin was
| instructed to keep away and let him do
the leading. Thus 1t was that the urht
| for the first seven rounds consisted main
| ly of a series of ducks and PUSHES on The
| part of RYAN while RuhIin stood nff and
| received the enemy as best he could IT
| seemed impossible for RYAN 10 be efYcc-
| tive with his right excent at very short
| range. and with A ylew Of landing on
| RuhlIn's heart region he wo,ll always
erdtavor to duck under his guard.
| In this way he delivered MANY yery ~
fective right handlers, although most of
| them landed trifle TOO Ear bock to he
produe.iye Of The hest results. hut in or
der to Lad ,,,i,h hi. Vow, short ri ,,,, pyan
would always expose his head 70 n hook
or an uppercut from Ruhlin's light. After
a time Ruhiin hac these PUSHES 40 atcu,
sa,say,, e"usuu .,,as WIZ ne hi'ns ',. Meau
| Invariably land with telling fo,re ,,,on
the side OF Ryan's head or mock Indt ed,
after a time IL seemed as II ?van WIS he nj
on continually duclsing into ltuhlin's r!rht
| Rubin. on the other hand. seemed sin
gularly deficient In anything like offensive
| Tactics and il Ryan had been co,t,rt 10
keep off and induce Rubin to do some
| OF the leading It is not impossible that the
/ result might have been ilT ,rant
In any event the result Of the contest
can hardly be taken as a inc on the Prob
pair with both fit and we'll. Netaer men
exmblted anything like champions zip fo' m
sevaral otbar COO ncxoss "s ',,, o. a ny
way. 1t may be unfair to Judge Of Ryon's
ability by his one handed performance lest
VII, l., p us,, exen MS most sraen, acnr.rs
emily ducking when taking he s,t,,ssiy,
would be almost sure TO get him into varv
serious trouble in fight With n ref,,y
quick and clever man. II shonld 10 nj dei
that RYAN showed no ond AZ nlucl and