Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-11
SIX HARD ROUNDS
FITZSIMMONS STILL IN CHAN.
PIONsHIP CLASS.
:|RUHLM WAS OVERTURNED,
Cornishman Still a Marvellous Fighting
Machine-Saves Battle Through
Sheer Grit.

>S" ~A ANo ASA01AAAkxOQ8,
|ex-champion pugilist Of the world. met
Gus Rubin. the Akron giant. at the
Twentieth Century club, Madison Square
garden, and won by knocking the
lOhioan down and out in the sixth round.
Before the fight and for some weeks
past there have been many reports to
the effect that Fitz was too old to cope
successfully with his younger opponent,
1t was argued that Fitzsimmons' we'll
known knowledge of the game and his
capacity for hard hitting would not be
able to counterbalance the youth and
strength as well as the recently acquired
ring tactics of the Ohio man. Tonight.
however, all this has been changed.
Fitzsimmons did the trick clearly and
cleverly. 1t was a fierce and bloody bat
tie while it lasted, and at times it looked
as if Rubin woul get the better OF the
older man, burt Fitzsimmons at the
proper time cut loose with his fearful
body blows, which finally snuffed out
the Ohio boxer's light.
h betting all along had favored Fitz-
simmons, many wagers at the rate of
100 to 80 on "Lanky Bob" being made.
Tonight, however, at the ringside there
was a flush of Rubin money, which
forced the odds in Ruhlin's favor at the
rate of 100 to 80. This state of affairs
die not last long, and by the time the
men put up their hands for the opening
round they were equal favorites at equal
money.
Fitzsimmons himself conceded about
t~hirty-two pounds and this in itself was
a serious handicap. But as the result
showed, Fitz was 0 equal to the task
he had set against and won out with
that terrible solar plexus blow, which
whenever it landed, shook Gus from head
ITO foot. From the word Go the men
started in with h~urricane-like force.
Both were wild at times, but Fitz was
always the quicker to steady himself.
Rubin clinched a good deal and for
three or four und was the aggressor.
He landed some hard straight lefts on
.Fitz's face and swung his right to the
body and head with fearful force. Sew
eral of these blows staggered Fitz, but
none of them landed on the mark, as
Fitz was too shifty. At times both
many of Ruhlin's were lodged in the
cleverest n Fitz forced Rubin to
break ground, and in hot mix-ups the
Ohio man was always the first to ease
up and take refuge in a clinch-
Time and again Fitz forced Rubin
to the ropes, from which position Rubin
got away rather clumsily while Fitz
was always very quick in his foot move
ments. When Ruhlin's nose began to
bleed from a left punch the sight Of the
blood seemed to have a deterrent effect
on him, which Fitz was quick to see.
llc lIISI SlSIS VI WEAKNESS IN tkuu-
Inns part Fitz began his attock on the
body and each blow which he landed
there made Gus vince with pain. Fits
partners kept urging him to play for the
sloar plexus, but he only tried it Occa-
sionally. Evidently he was waiting an
opportunity for a right swing to the
In the fourth and fifth rounds both
showed plainly the effects of the
stiff and rapid work they had lone in the
preceding two rounds. Both were tired
and leg weary, but Rubin showed up
much the worse Of the two. Fitz was
always the quicker on his feet at. the
call of time, but now and then during the
rounds he seemed to stand still and glare
at his opponent. Rubin at these times
also stood still, being evidently grateful
for the chance Of breathing which Fitz
afforded him. Just once Fitz touched
the floor, when he slipped down from a
clinch at the end of a round.
In the sixth round Rubin was slow in
coming to time, while Fitz jumped at his
man. Fitz got round Rubin and while
the latter sent straight lefts for Fits
head, Bob side-stepped safely and landed
rights and aefts to the head and neck
and with a fearful left on the solar plex-
us Fitz hit Ruhlin in a heap to the oor
This was the beginning of the end which
followed. Rubin, after taking min sec
onds of the count, arose to his feet grog-
l BY " tIS SllS1IS III NifC Diu". IllA
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
Onward as if struck with an axe 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 everyone
in the building wanted to greet the win
! ner or ~sympathize with the loser, and the
police had a busy quarter of an hour in
getting the people out of the building.
Fitz left the buildings five minutes after
he a struck the winning blow, but 1T
O Rubin twelve minutes to come
around so he could walk to his dressing
room. Fitz was a little bit .dazed when
he reached his dressing room and asked
some of those gathered about him If it
was not the, 18th round in which the fight
was finished. He soon recovered his rea-
son IND ythpn ipdJIl0oI in % hon ~ To- = orb