The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-20
RUHLIN won A FIGHT
DEFEATED STOCKINGS" CONROY
AFTER SEVEN ROUNDS OF
LIVELY MILLING
C0NROY STARTED THE PACE

The Akron Giants Stiffness and
Strength Were Too Much for the
Man From Troy, and Though Not
Unconscious, COnrOy Was Done ut
the Termination of the Seventh
Round, Which Was a Short One.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Gus Rubin, the
Akron, o., giant, who has aspirations for
heavyweight championship honors, de-
feated Stockings Conroy OF Troy, N
Y, in seven rounds before the Broadway
Athletic club tonight. Con put up
game battle, and sent IN some fearful
rights on Ruhlin's ribs and over the kid
neys, but he was unable to stand the
big Ohioan's swings and jabs, and was
almost out when the referee stopped the
bout, near the end Of the seventh round
There was a large delegation of Troy
sports around the ringside, and they
placed some faIr-sized amounts on their
townsman, taking odds of one hundred
to forty. They also bet money even that
Conroy would last ten rounds or more.
and lost a tidy sum on this score also.
Ruhlin was the favorite at 100 to 40
They were introduced to go twenty
rounds under Marquis Of Queensberry
rules
In the opening round Rubin sent right
and left lightly to the face and tabbed a
left to the wind. Conroy swung to the
ear, and at close quarters showed his left
to the body. Gus Jabbed left to the wind
following with right and left to the BODY.
Conroy sent his left to the body, and
got 1t to Gus ear a moment later. Rub
lin stepped in. Conroy met him with a.
left on the body, and Rubin planted p
right on the ear.
Ihey exchanged lefts on the body at
the beginning of the second round, and
Gus Jabbed three Iefts to the face with
out return. In a breakway from a
olinch Gus sent his right to the ear Of
Conroy and swung his right heavily over
the kidneys. Rubin Jared Conrovs
mead with couple of left jabs and
blocked Conroy's counters They were
sparring at the bell.
CONROY IN EVIDENCE.
Three right punches over the kidneys
from Conroy opened the next round
Gus sent two hard lefts to the head and
hard right to the body Conrov n!aced
a very hard left under the heart. and
followed it up with two stiff rights on
IiiS hi''heyS. Gus JaDDed left to the
stomach, and Conroy swung his right
over the kidneys just as the bell rang.
They got to a clinch when they came
up for-the fourth, and then Gus got his
left straight to the face, forcing Con-
roy's head back. Conroy came back with
fierce right swing on the ribs. which
raised big red lump. Conroy kent
plunging in, but Ruhlins stiffness fooled
him Gus jabbed a hard left on the wind
and got away clean.
In the fifth round they came to a cIinch
with Conrcy the aggressor. Conroy
swung his right over the kidneys and
Gus plugged his left to the eaer. He
CARED COnroy once more with g straight
left On the face. Conroy plunged in with
right on kidneys, but Gus sent him back
with hot right smash on the law.
Conroy'5 right eye was rapidly closing
from Gus left jabs, but he was I'D to
his man until the time was up.
END IN SIGHT.
Gus sent right and left to the face in
the sixth and just missed a right swing
Tor the jaw At close quarters Conroy
whipped his left to Ruhlin's head and
Gus replied with right and left to the