Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-08-16
FITZSI]INONS' VICTORY.
He Knocked Gus Rubin Down and
Out in the Sixth Round.
DESPERATE FIGHT THROUGHOUT.
The Clever Ring Tactics of the Old
Man, Together with His Marvellous
For the Ohio Giant.

The Clever Ring lacticS OF the Ola
Man, Together with His Marvellous
SoInr PIeNus BIov. Was Too Much
For the Ohio Giant.
New York. Aug 11.-Bob Fitzsim-
mons, of Australia, but now an Ameri-
can citizen, met Gus Ruhlin, the Akron
giant. last night before the Twentieth
Century club at Madison Square Car
den and won by knocking the Ohioan
down and out in the sixth round Be
fore the fight and for some weeks past
there have been many reports to the
effect that FitZsimmons was too old to
cope successfully with his younger op
ponent. 1t was argued that kitZsim-
mons well known knowledge of the
game and his caDability OF hard hit
ting would not be able to counter
balance the youth and strength, as
well as the recently acquired ring
tactics of the Ohio man. However,
all this has changed. FitZsimmons did
the trick cleanly and cleverly. 1t was
a fierce and bloody battle while it
lasted, and at times it looked as if
Rubin would get the better of the
older man, but Fitzsimmons at the
proper time would cut loose with his
fearful body blow.
The betting all along had favored
Fitzsimmons. many wagers at the rate
OF 100 to so on Lanky Bob being made.
Last night, however, at the ringside
there was a flush of Ruhlin money
which forced the odds to take a turn
in Ruhlin's favor at the rate of 100 to
h ic -tn of faip n onf 1n-
long, however, and by the time the
men put up their hands for the open
ing round they were equal favorites
even money being the rule.
FitZsimmonS conceded about 80
pounds to Rubin, and this in itself
was a serious handicap. But, as the
result showed, Fitzsimmons was equal
to the tasI he had set himself and won
out with that terrible solar plexus
blow, which whenever it landed shook
Rubin from head to foot. From the
word 'go" the men started in with
hurricane like force. Both men were
wild at times, but Fitzsimmons was al
ways the quicker to steady himself.
Rubin clinched a good deal, and for
three or four rounds was the aggres-
sor. He landed some hard straight
lefts on Fitzsimmons' face and swung
his right to the body and head with
fearful force Several of these blows
staggered Fitzsimmons, but none of
them landed on the mark, as Fitzsim-
mons was too shifty At times both
missed swings with either hand, but
many of Ruhlins were lodged in the
cleverest manner. Fitzsimmons fore
4 III l. i
miXups the Ohio man was always the
first to ease up and take refuge in a
clinch
Time and time again Fitzsimmons
forced Rubin to the ropes, from which
position Rubin got away rather clum-
silly. while titzsimmons was always
very quick in his foot movements
When Ruhlin's nose began to bleed
from a stiff punch the sight of the
blood seemed to have a deterrent eff
feet on him, and Fitzsimmons was
quick to see this. On the first signs
OF weakness on Ruhlin's part Fitz be-
gan his attack on the body, and each
blow which he landed there made Gus
vince with pain.
In the sixth round Rubin was slow
at his man. Fitz got around Rubin,
and while the latter sent straight lefts
for Fits head Bob sidestepped safely
and landed lefts on the body and right
TO the head. With a volley of lefts
and rights to the head and neck, and
with fearful left on the solar pleXus,
FitZ sent Rubin in a heap to the
floor. This was the beginning of the
end that soon followed. Rubin, af-
ter taking nine seconds of the count,
arose to his feet groggy from the ef-
fects of the blow. Fitz knew he had
his man and was ready for him As
soon as Rubin got up Fitz rushed,
sending two lefts to the face and then
shot his right with fearful force to the
point of Ruhlin's jaw. Gus pitched
forward as If struck with an AK and
fell on his face to the floor, where he
was counted out, and had to be carried
to his corner.
Wild scenes were then enacted in
and about the ring. 1t seemed as If
every one in the building wanted to
greet the winner or sympathize with
the loser, and the police officers had a
| busy quarter of an hour in getting the
people out OI the DnllulnS. fltZ lett
the ring five minutes after he had de-
livered the winning punch, but it took
| Rubin II minutes to come around
| sufficiently to be able to walk to his
! dressing room.
Billy Madden, Ruhlin's manager de-
clared that Gus defeat was due to
entertaining. James j. Corbett, who
acted as one of Ruhlin's seconds, also
| declared that Rubin was overtrained.
Charlie White. who refereed the
| bout, when asked what he thought of
the fight, replied: 1T was a hard and
fierce battle, in which both men
| fought fairly. Fitz clearly demon
strated that he is not a has been, and
still has the punch that wins. Rubin
lacks experience, which will be rene
| died in time, and | have no doubt that
| he will be heard from to much better
! advantage later on"