The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-25
Jim JeffOrds Goes Down Before
Gus Rubin.
1T WAS A SHORT FIGHT
PLENTY OF sLUGGING IN FIRST
FOUR ROUNDS.
Californian Mixed Up Things Too
Freely to Withstand the Akron
Giants Rushes - Vanquished
Man Was Literally Beaten Down
In Last Two Rounds.

New York. oct. 2i-Jim Jenords, the
young California pugiist, made his debut
at the New Broadway Athletic club to-
night and was knocked out in the fifth
round by Gus Rubin, the Akron (O0
giant There was Il lot OF smuggling III the
first four rounds and if Jeffords had not
mixed things up 50 freely he might have
stalled off Ruhiins rushes. The latter
simply battered him down after Jeffords
had gained a very decided advantage
Rubin fioored HIM three times in the
fourth round, and put bim oil with q
straight left early in the lex >rouilsi.
Ruhln was "a big faVoii.e in ne ba.tdilg,
to I being freely laid or A4Tl.
In the preliminary bout kid Thomas
of New York won from Jin HAYWARD
(colOred) Of Chicago in ths fUu~th ruuilU
This was Haywards first defeat since
coming east. lie was knocked down three
times I'M the fourth round.
Gus Rubin was the Trst of the big Eel
lows to enter the ring. He locked TT He
was accompanied by has manager ana
trainer. Billy Madden. and Cockey Boy.@
Charley Cor and Joe Hurst, VINO acted
as his seconds.
Ten minutes later Jim Jeffords appear
ed. He had as his seconds Mysterious
Billy Smith, Billy Needham, Charley
O'Brien and Harry Tuth5ll. Jeffords said
he weighed 1872 pounds and Rubin owned
Up TO 1870. They were announced 10 go
twenty rounds under Marquis OF Queens
bury rules.
The Fight Begins.
First Round-Gus rushed and Jeffords
sent his left to body. They clinched.
.,effords sent has right TO Ruhlins ear
and then TO the body. Ruhlin clinched
and in the breal1away sent his right TO
Second Round-Jeffords rushed, trying
left and right swings for the head. wnlc4t
We're blocked. Jim iabbed left TO body
and face and then shot his right to the
jaw. Gus jabbed left TO the face. Both
began smuggling with Jeftords having the
call up 20 the bell.
Third Round-Jeffords rushed and Gus
swung wildly They exchanged lefts on
the face and then Gus whipped right and
left TO the head and smashed a hard right
on Jeffords nose which began to bleed.
Jeffords staggered from this blow ana
Rubin slugged him. The Californian
looked to be beaten, but he suddenly
braced up and sent a couple OF right
upper-eulS under Rubin 5 chin, when
changed the tide in the Californian 5
favor. Rubin was very much used up at
the close Of the round.
Beginning of the End.
Fourth Round-They got to close quar-
teSs three times in succession Jetrords
was the aggressor. Hard exchanges fol-
lowed among them being a right upper
cut from Jeffords. which sent Gus back
a few feet Rubin pulled himself to-
gether quickly and sent three stralsht
let's 10 the face and sent Jetfords 10 the
floor with a short rig'ht-arm jolt on the
Jaw JeffordS took eight seconds TO get
ilD only TO be sent down again with q
straight left Jeffords managed TO get
TO his feet and Rugged Rubin when ne
got up. bur Gus showed him off and heat
him down with left-hand chops Jei-
fordS was 1oored for the third time and
was practically ont when the gong
sounded.
Fifth Round-Ruhlin now mad II AL ms
own way and went right at his man. He
sent a straight left to the lace, which
staggered Jeffords to the ropes. Then he
sent both hands swinging TO the mead, ana
as Jeffords staggered Gus stepped back
and. putting all the force in his big frame
behind a straight left. he landed it fairly
on the mark and Jeffords fell as II shot.
He lay prone on the floor of the ring un-
III Referee Johnny White counted him
out Time Of round, one minute and
fourteen seconds.