Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-11
FIIz ON TOP
I Fitzsimmons Victor over Rubin at the
End Of Six Bloody
Rounds.
Ruhlin Scores First Blood and Fitz
Evens up With q
Knockdown.
! Both Men Very Tired at the End Of
the Bout and Evenly Punished
l Hard Battle.

the Bout and Evenly Punished
Hard Battle.
New York, Aug. II Bob F'itzsin-
mons defeated Gus Rhulin, the Akron.
giant, in a fierce six-round battle last
night. Fitzsimm ons had the better
of the battle throughout, although
both men were badly punished and
very weak, The end came in the
sixth round when Fittz dropped Ruth
& lin beneath a shower OF blows, and the
Ohio man was unable to, rise before
the count expired. The following is:
the fight by rounds
Round Feinting and fiddling,
then Bob swings a right on Ruhlin's
eve. They clinch and Rubin sends
right under heart Gus chases Bob
around ring and throws left and right
to body. Fitz hook on ear and Gus
hooks right on ear. Bob reaches eye
with left and Gus sends hot left on
Bob's nose, then shoots left on mouth
Fitz is. trife worried hut he is back
with staggering right on jaw. Gus
@bores it with left, and right on stom-
ach and Fitz is on the rope. Fitz.
lands a right under heart and Gus
draws blood from the nose. and he
gashes at left eye with a corking right
swing. Another left to the chop and
Fitz. is groggy Bob was tired when
he took his corner and the bell rang:
Round Fsitz misses a left and
Gus staggers him with left and right
on jaw, Fitz is now fighting like a
madman, his left smashes nose draw
ing blood in a stream. Gus is tired.
Gus hooks right on eye and Gus
clinches but Bob beats him off and
hooks left eve Gus smashes eye and
mouth and clinches when Fitz ham
mers stomach. Rubin lis cautioned
for using his elbow and when they
break Bob drops him with a stiff left
to the jaw. Ruhlin8 takes the count
and gets up very groggy. The bell
stops further proceedings.
Round 8. Both up slowly. Ruhlin
rushes and Bob clinches. Fitz misses
double hook but lands a hot left on
mouth. Gus smashes nose and Bob
sends left to face, then to stomach,
Rnhlin jabs face three times with left
and Bob hooks left on neck. Both are
very tired and are swinging in air
Gus lands weak left on face and Bob
is just as tired. But ne hooks left on
ear. misses bis right and Gus sends
left on nose. Fitz misses right but
lands left on stomach. Fitz swings
right on eye and when they clinchI
both are willing to hold. After the
break they can hardly hold up their
hands but manage to land left on ston-
{ act. Bell.
ssa Round Fitzs left on stomach and
solid hook on Jaw drives Gus to ropes
where they clinch. Gus misses double
swing and Fitz lands hard left to eye.
Gus jabs face with three lefts and Bob
swings right on ear He misses his
left and Gus smashes his eye. Bob
follows his man across the ring and
sends his left to stomach clinching
and hanging on. Both weak. Rnh-:
lin jabs left on mouth and hooks srig ght
4 on ear. Fitz rishes and with q. left
and right on jaw he sends Gus to his
knees. Rubin Is very groggy and
! sitz splits his right eye with left hook.
They are clinehed at bel Both So
tired they can hardly stand up.
Round 5. Clinched AT once. Bob
swings right around head and another
sclinch. Bob lands lett on stomach
and Rubin misses a left Bob sends
left To vino, then left on eve and RUIZ
lin retaliates. Bob snaashes nose with
d left and Gus elinches Rubin right
on ear and three lefts on face but
blows have no steam behind them. Bob
swings right around head and Gus
iolts Jaw with left Bob swings right
on shoulder then on ear. Fitz jolts
Jaw with LETT and Rubin clinches.
Both very weak, Rubin jabs left On
face, Bob swings II ght on ribs and be
misses right for head inst as the bell
rang. Both men are reeling around
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