Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-10
BATTLE TONIGHT
FITZSIMMONS AND RUHLIN IN
NEW YORK RING.
FRIENDS SAY BOTH WILL WIN.
Age and Experience Meet Youth and
. Strength-Lanky Bob the
+" 5@ Favorite.

New York, August 1O.-Comparatively few
~agers have been placed on the fight which
Is to take place in Madison Square Gar
den tonight between Bob Fitzsimmons and
Gus Ruhiin. OF the few wagers placed
odds of 10 to s were laid that Fitzsimmons
would win. Those who pin their faith to
F'itzsimmons believe that his experience,
original tactics and great generalship, to-
gether with his great hitting will more than
offset Ruhln's advantage in weight ana
youth.
Final exercise was taken by Fitz and
Ruhlin at their respective training quar-
ters last night. Each man finished his
days training in good shape and both said
they were in condition to fight. Fitzsim-
mons weighs 16S pounds and Rubin tipped
the beam at 1870 pounds.
Several good judges who watched Fitz-
simmons critically at his work, expressed
the opinion that the former heavyweight
champion was a bit drawn. They thought
he had trained down too fine.
When attention was called
to the comments on his condition he said
that he cared little for the opinion OF
others about his looks, and added that he
was the best judge of his own condition,
and that he never felt better in his life.
Ruhlin's friends can find no flaw in the
They say he is physically fit, and are con-
tident that he will take Lanky Bob's meas
ure when they meet tonight: Rubin ex-
p w;1n de himself aondit;on as .r t~hor To'a n s ats ed
friends hat he will defeat Fitzsimmons
as handily as he did Sharkey.
Don't worry about me being nervous"
he added, because there will be no occa-
sion for it. My timidity which was so APP
parent in my contest with Sharkey was
due to the fact that l had been beaten by
Sharkey on a chance blow, and a desire
on my part to prevent the sailor from re-
peating the trick. Sharkey has a very dan
gerous right hand, as he swings it very
wildly when in action, and an opponent is
kept guessing as to where it is going to
land. After 1 had judged how to stop
them, my nervousness wore away and
My victory over Sharkey has given me
the confidence ! lacke prior to my meet
ing with him. Fighting with Fitzsimmons
is an entirely different proposition. Fitz
is a more or less clever fellow. You can
watch yourself better against a clever man
than with a rough and ready fighter of the
F%itzsimmons' friends also point that
"Lanky Bob has a greater variety of
trick blows than any other living pugilist.
and they hey believe bell, that he has several new
introduced tie solar plexus blow,
which was so effective in his fight with
c 9n;rbst IT. It is .s also pointed out by his ad-
much harder blow than Rubin. That
Rubin is not a very hard hitter they in
sist was shown in his fight with Sharkey.
Rubin hit the sailor mostly on the head,
and although he eventually knocked him
out it took him a long time. Fitzsmmons
has always knocked his man out with a
single blow on the head or body.
Ruhlin's supporters say that their conn.,
dence in the Akron giant is due to the lat
ters wonderful Improvement during the
last six months.
In their opinion the Ohio man is lust as
clever as any big pugilist in the ring today.
That he is clever with his hands as we'll
as with his feet, they insist was clearly
demonstrated in his fight with Sharkey.
In that contest he showed ability to fight
a battle on lines marked out for him
weeks Before the event took place. They
admit he was a bit nervous in the first
round, but his timidity wore away. and
after that period Rubin had things all his
own way. They also believe that youth
favor and eventually give him the vic.
tory.