The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
RUHLIN.s RECORD.


Prior to attracting attention as g light
er RuElin won few battles from ordi-
nary men. such as Jim Wond, Con Tobin
Dcminick Kane and Steve O'Donnen, and
was defeated In sixteen rounds at Balti-
more by that very ordinary trial horse
Yank Kenny. Then came twenty-round
draw With Jim Jeffries, in San Francisco;
defeat Of Tut Ryan, in ten rounds, at
New Orleans, and walkoVer with Bill
Smith, of Texas, in two rounds, at Hot
Springs He next knocked out Woolf
BendOh, in two rounds, and lost to Kid
Mccoy, on points, in twenty rounds.
Then Tom SharlIey stopped Rubin in a
round. at Coney Island and the Akron
giant knocked out Tom Mccormick in
eight rounds, in Brooklyn. Ruhlin's next
victory was over Ed Dun6hurst, the hut
man freight car" in twenty-five rounds.
He then defeated old Joe Goddard. in
five rounds; drew with Peter Maher, in
twenty rounds, and then lost to Joe Ken
aedy. of San Francisco, In twenty rounds.
He knocked out George LAWYER, In nine
rounds; defeated Jack Stelzner, in seven;
Jim JefoTds, in five, and Jack McCor-
mick in six rounds, and finally became
suddenly famous and supposedly formid-
able, by defeating Tom Sharkey in their
recent meeting, which achievement made
Rubin eligible to the lists of first-class
fighters The record speaks for itself,
1t is not brilliant. And yet 1t Is not lad.
WHAT FITz HAS DONE.
Ruhlins opponent has a record that
shines. His fighting career has been
most brilliant. The record of ring bat
Ties begins back in 1889. when Fitzsim-
mons defeated Dick Ellis, in Sydney,
Australia Fitz had fought before, but
that was his first record battle. Then
came the Jim Hall affair, of four rounds,
IN which Hall got the decision. That
was on Feb. 10, 1890. The barney" oc-
Cured in Sydney. F'ltz was broke and
needed the money-at least that is the
claim made by the Cornishman, and
backed up by his friends and admirers.
That he was Halls master Fitz showed
IN later occasion. of which mention will
ne made. Fitzsimmcns came over in a
'reighter, and met and defeated Billy Me
earthly, in San Francisco, in nine rounds.
1t Is related that Fitz awaited square
meal on that occasion until after the bat
tie. because he lacked the price before it.
He next knocked out Arthur Upham in
New Orleans, In five rounds. Then, on
Jan. II. 1891 came the menlora BILE four
teen-rOund battle with Jack Dempsey, in
which Fftzsimmons so clearly demons
trated his superiority in the middleweight
class that all admitted there were none
to dispute the title with him. Fitz next
met Abe Congle, in Chicago and won in
two rounds. Then he DEBATED the BLACK
Pearl" In Minneapolis in four rounds.
On March 2, 1892 Fitzsilnmons met and
defeated Peter Maher, in New Orleans,
in thirteen rounds this being his first de-
parture in America from the middle
weight division. Fitz then won number
of easy battles from such men as James
Farrell, Joe Godfrey, Jerry Slattery and
Willard Gender.
DEFEAT OF JIM HALL.
On March 8, 1928, Fitzsimmons wiped
out the one blot upon his record by de-
feating jim Hall. in New Orleans, in
four rounds. Hall seemed to be doing
famously up to the fateful round, when
he was SO completely knocked out that
he was oblivious of what was going on
in the world for so polonged a period as
TO alarm his handlers. Fitz next defeat
ed Phil Mayo, one Warner, and Jack
Hickey. Then came his battle with Joe
Choynski, in which joe sought to take
advantage of Bob. and the police inter
fered while FitZsimmOns was tossing
Choynski about like a child. Two rounds
was all that were needed to convince
Frank Kellar that Fftz was his master,
and in two rounds Fitz blotted out Dan
Creedon's aspirations for middleweight
honors. Al Allish was stopped in three