The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-29
Rubin FIJI Fight
George SiIer Writes About
That PugiIistic Event
FIJI PICKED TO WIN
High Praise for Jim Corbett
as a Boxer.

| Chicago, May 2s-George Siler in the
| Tribune saws: Now that the smoke OF
| the Jeffries-Corbett battle has cleared
| away, preparations are being made for
the encounter between Bob FitZsimmons
and big Gus Rubin. While this battle
may not set the world ablaze, it is i'm
portant to the contestants, as the winner
Will be in line to talk business to Cham
| pion Jim Jeffries. l do not wish 20 infer
that the latter will condescend to negou-
ate with the winner only, as he mas
already sent forth his manifesto to all the
| heavyWeights. But the victor VIII nave
the first look In. The contest, as already
known, is scheduled to take place a.
Tuckahoo on June Is. under the auspices
of the Westchester club.it having been
postponed at the request Of Fftzsimmons
from June on account OF an injury to
one of his hands.
On past performances, or according 10
fight dope" which at best is bad, IL
looks as though FitZsimmOns should win
We simply figure him as winner on
Ruhlins fights with Mccoy, Sharkey and
Maher. Gus was easily outpointed by
Mccoy in Syracuse. was knocked out III
the first round by Sharkey AT Coney Isl
and, and went the limit with Maher at the
LeEox club. When he met Mccoy he was
comparatively a novice. Sharkey's quick
victory was considered lucky. Not that
the sailor did not outclass him at the
time, but as he had never before knocked
out a man Of Ruhlin's caliber in such
| oh gsnn
That, however, is neither here nor there
Sharkey has him on his record of victims.
His fight with Maher went the limit and
was declared a draw. The press accounts
Of that contest say it was the greatest,
from smuggling standpoint that ever took
place in this country. Both men were bat
tered beyond recognition, and were so eX-
hausted at the finish that tenth-rate
| lightweight could have gone into the ring
and whipped them both. That Itake it
| was the best fight Rubin ever put up
and proved him to be game and glutto1
for punishment.
Figuring his fights with Sharkey and
| Maher, and those of FitZsimmons with
| the same men, his chances to win from
the latter are indeed slim. That, however
IS fight dope" and fight dope" like
horse dope, cannot always be re led
upon. Some may argue that Rubin
fought Jeffres twenty-round draw, and
that the latter having defeated Fitz i'm
! mons, he (Ruhlin) must therefore be Fet-
ter than Fitz. But that is also dope,
and on that dope he looks the better.
The Rubin of the Mccoy, Sha-key Ma
| her and Jeffries fights is not the I:uhlir
of today and it rs a question whether the
Fitzsimmons that defeated Maher ana
made a chopp!ng block of Sharl,ay n San
! Francisco is as good now as he was upon
/ those occasions. One thing is certain
Rubin has been coming and Fitz. if he
| has not gone back, is surely standing still
pugiiisticalIy speaking 1 saw Gus against
/ Jack Mccormack here last winter, and
noticed a great Improvement since his bat
! tie with Mccoy. Upon that occasion he
1 was a swinger pure and simple. In hi;
! fight with Mccormack straight punching
was his forte. He failed to put the latter
away, but his showing, from a scientific
standpoint, was all that could be asked
/ for Every blow he delivered was accur
ate and no wild swings were INDUCED in
]
he was a bit crude at the straight punch
ing game. In fact he was just shifting
| from swings. 1t took Billy Madden, hi.
manager, who in his day was as clever a
any one in the business, some time TO con
vince Gus that the quickest and shCrtes
| route to an opponents ana omy was
straight delivery He undoubtedly re
membered his lessons. as he sent Jim JET
fries along queer street with straigh
left hand punch, then finished him with ;
short right jolt on the jaw.
Since then, or rather during the last twD
months of Corbett's training for his fgh
with Jeffries. Rubin has been CONSTANT,
boxing with the former. This daH prac
tice with Corbett, 1t is said, has impro yet
him immensely 1t is a question, how
ever, whether his boxing with C5roelt Ia
improved his old style. hat Of siraigh
hitting, or whether he has ed0p-ed tn
Corbett style, which by some wOClG b
considered an Improvement. 7. is diff
cult to teach an old dog lew tricks, an
the probability is that should he try n
new tricks taught him BY Coroett dpo,
might make mess OF IL.
All fighters. and Rubin is no exception
have a set way Of boxing; style tina
they naturally fall into. or a style the,
have been practicIng for yeaTseatoil
have been studying for years Teacl
them something new and you viii I'm
that in practice they viii be letter PEI
feet. but let them stack I'd for keep
against some one other than their instruc
tor and its dollars 10 doughnuts they
fan back into their old style II not. the,
vii. be apt TO get the old and the new
style mixed and then get waIoped-
Corbett's method OF boxing Is differen
from anybody's else His foot WORK ais
differs from other hghters. He IS graceful
in the ring, is a good judge Of distance
q lightning hitter and. Furthermore.
clever QUICKER. The most % tals fine worl
came ntcural 10 him Besides this, he Ia
made q study OF the scientific points 0
the game for years, and that has mad
INN what he IS today. the oleyerest an
most artistic boxer in the world lie. 0
course. impaired some 81 his knoEledE
az boxing 70 Rubin, but The iatse-'s styl
differs so much from Corbetg's thai il {
z question whether ne derived any bene
hts from soaring wlth h-m-thss is ait
regard 10 change az delivery. lis iEl
p-oveussnt. Z there % any would b +
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