Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-09
Cartoonist Brown Will
Be On Hand.
Simms and Honan Waiting For
the Word.
Dasue Players Defeated by CIothiers
Sporting News.

sporting news.
The contest between Gus Ruhliu and
Madison Square garden, New York,
Friday night, is attracting great at
tcntion all over the country.
IL Akron the interest in the match
is much more marked than in many
other places. This is due to the fact
that one of the pug!lists Is an Akron
man.
In order 10 furnish thorough and
correct account OF the contest the Dem
ocrat will have representative at the
rlngside. Mr.. d. w. Brown, the well
known cartoonist OF the Democrat,
left for New York. Thursday. He will
take a number of sketches and notes
SO that he can both illustrate the con-
test and write descriptions Of many Of
the interesting features that will not
be found in the ordinary press ac-
counts.
SOUR GRAPES.
AS rule fighters opinion of the
chances Of another fighter in IA contest
nre not very valuable, says an Eastern
writer John l.. Sullivan used to think
that Patsy Kerrigan was a world
beater in his class. Well, he wasn't
by a long shot. Poor Jack Dempsey
was about as poor a judge of fighters
chances as | ever met. Jim Corbett
at one tine had an idea that Steve
O'Donnell could lick Bob Fitzsimmons,
and was willing to bet money on it.
Everybody else knows that steve
wouldn't be one, two, ten with the.
Cornishman.
Tom Sharkey, who is matched to
meet Fitzsimmons this month, has
been giving his, more or less valuable
opinion as to the outcome of the Fitz-
simmons Rubin affair. Judging by
what he says Mr.. Sharkey has re-
, markably high opinion of Fitz's fight.
ing abilities. He thinks that Fitz will
win in very easy style.
But for the fact that he says, in
substance, that Rubin isn't much of
a punisher his opinion might have
more weight Every one who saw
Rubin hammer nine kinds of tar out
of the sailor knows that he gave him
about as bad punching as he ever
got.
1t would seem to be up to Sharkey
TO keep his mouth closed about Ruhlin.
Gus so clearly demonstrated his abil-
ity to trim him that If they were ever
to come together again the odds Will
probably be to 1 that the Akron
giant can repeat the dose In 10 rounds
or less.
There may be more method In Shar-
keys remarks about his brother light
ers than is apparent at first glance.
He is to meet Fitz In a few weeks, and
he probably thinks that Bob VIII not
he fully himself after his encounter
with Rubin, and consequently that he
may have u first-class chance Of beat
ing him, In which event his laudation
OF Fitz is explained. We will sde.
LITTLE BETTING.
Though but two days remains before
Rob Fitzsinmons and Gus Rubin, the
Akron Giant, meet In the ring Of the
Twentieth Century club in Madison
Suuare Garden there has not been a
single big bet heard from In New
York This is ono of the odd features
of this coming contest, and shows
how much in the dark the wagerers
are in their opinions as to the out
come. In fact, as q betting PROPOSE
ton the fight is causing sporting men
n lot of hard thinking, and today oh
a rough guess it looks like even money
and "take your pick" So completely
hSs the clement of uncertainty enter
ed into the coming contest that 1t is
just as easy to get an argument on the
outcome as it Is to stir up political
discussion.
FINISHING TOUCHES.
Both men are putting on the finisn-
ing touches at their respective training
quarters, and friends coming up from
the beach after day at either place
report their favorites in splendid fettle.
Rubin is the picture of rugged man
hood, as everybody expects, but some
doubts had been expressed regarding
FitSs condition, especially when ru-
mors of his arm being injured were
rife. "Big Bill" Naughton, the San
francisco writer, had look at Fitz-
simmons. He said today the Cornish
man is In fine fettle and looks as good
as he did at Carson City when he
vanqulshed Corbett and won the cham
pionshlp
! WINNER HARD TO PICK.
With both men in fine fettle it mar
rows down to a harder choice in the
picking, and the wise ones are holding
OF, as 1t seems the general opinion
prevails that Rubin will be bit ner-
vous when he faces Bob. If this should
prove the case they count upon the
Antipodean wadlng in AIN putting his
husky combatant to the bad before
he can get his big arms into dangerous
action. Ruhlin's stage fright before
sharkey accounts for this. The men,
however, seem to lose sight of the
confidence which his splendid victory
over the sailor must have prompted,