The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-08
PugiliStic Has-been Made a Sorry
Showing.
FIGHT GIVEN TO RUHLIN
OHIO MAN HAD THINGS HIS
OWN WAY.
Knocked the Australian Down at
Every Blow and Goddard Finally
Laid Down to Avoid Punishment
Fight Ended In the Fifth Round
-Jeffries-F itzsimmons Bids.

New York. March 7.-Gus Rubin OF
Akron, O.. met and defeated Joe God
Gard of Australia. in the fifth round OF
what was to have been a twenty-round
bout before the Lenox Athletic club
tonight. Both men stripped in excel
lent condition, but Rubin had the call
II the betting. This was certainly jus
Jned, from his appearance, and from
the outset he held his opponent cheap
~. He evidently saw that Joe could
not offset his rushes and from the very
beginning forced the fighting. The AUS
traiian went down frequently with good
cause, but toward the close of the con-
test he dropped without cause and was
deservedly disqualified. Rubin was a
Two to one favorite in the betting.
Round Goddard opened with left
to the body. landing lightly. Gus land
ed with left and right on the head and
body and was cautioned for hitting in
the breakaway. A light left from Gus
sent Goddard to the floor. but the old
timer was up Immediately, only to go
down again with a right on the jaw.
This time Goddard lay down eight sec
onds. When he got up he tented with
his left and was met with a hard right
on the face and went down the third
time, remaining on the floor almost to
the limit, and when he got up. there
were only a few seconds left before the
round ended
Round 2-Ruhlin sent the left to the
face hard and Goddard dropped three
times in quick succession. He repeated
this dose and knocked his mar down
with each blow. The referee counted
six, nine and eight consecutively while
Goddard was trying to regain his feet
and the referee cautioned Goddard to
stop holding"
Round 3-Joe was quick in toeing the
mark and jumped to the center Of the
ring. He lodged vicious left from
Rubin, but went to his knees with a
hard right on the law. After lot of
fiddling Gus forced Joe to the ropes in
the opposite corner and put him down
with right smash on the jaw. The
odd boss" seemed used to such rough
treatment and came on the defensive,
only to go down again with another
smash on the Jaw. Toward the end of
the round they were both again eau
toned for holding.
Round 4-Ruhlin landed two left
hooks and a right on the head. which
sent Goddard down. He stayed down
eight seconds and came up, only to
dodge a vicious left hook for the head,
but it landed in the shoulder and down
he went. Throughout the remainder of
the round Goddard remained on the de-
fensive.
Round 5-Goddard opened with a left
lead to the body, but Rubin sent
right and left in quick succession on
the face. Then Rubin sailed in with a
series Of right and left hand smashes,
every one of which landed hard, and
Goddard accepted them like an iron
man. Each man was again cautioned
by the referee TO avoid holding but
Goddard could not Withstand Ruhlin's
enslaughts and dropped to the floor
without a blow to escape punishment.
This being obviously a transgression of
QueensDuIy rules, Referee White or
dered the boxers to their corners and
declared Rubin the winner