The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12
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Alarming Condition of Rubin
After the Mill.
HIS RECOVERY SLOW
WAS UNCONSCIOUS MOST OF THE
NIGHT.

New York, Aug. 11.-"Gus" Rubin,
who was knocked out in the sixth
round by Fitzsimmons last night in the
contest at Madison Square Garden, is
at the home of Billy Madden in
Brooklyn, recovering from the terrible
punishment of the fight
After he received the Knockout blow
ne was taken to a Turkish bath house.
HIS condition was considered so serious
that physician was summoned. RUN
lin mad violent hemorrhages in the nose
and was bleeding from the ear. When
the doctor reached the patient he was
unconscious. The physician admins
tered strychnine to Rubin and applied
ice bags to his head Water was
dashed into Ruhlins face, and smelling
salts were frequently applied between
Ruhlin's alternate stages of collapse
and revival. After an examination, the
physician declared that there were no
internal injuries.
Blows Were Responsible.
The blow which Rubin received on
his head when he struck the stage at
the Knockout, together with the blow
IN the solar pleXuS and the punishment
he had received about the body. was.
the doctor declared, responsible for his
condition. 1t was the opinion of the
attending physician that no serious re
suits viii follow.
At 10 o'clock Rubin had sufficiently
recovered to talk of his condition. He
said: 1T was the heat as much as
Fitzsimmons' body blows that weak
ened me. l trained too hard. | fought
too soon after the Sharkey fight !
was not fit and the heat and the punch
ing laid me out. / am as good as ever
| now
Fitz Says He's Sorry.
Fitzsimmons said. after reading the
! condition of Rubin:
Il am awfully sorry. Rubin is a
| good fellow. I knew he was a mighty
| sick man when he left the ring. He
could hardly hold up his head and
shake hands. I'll go to see him. can't
| tell you how good it makes me feel to
| know he is out of danger
Fitzsimmons' face showed the effects
| of some of Ruhlin's punches in the
earlier rounds. He complained of diff
! hculty in swallowing, caused by the
| contact of his throat and Ruhlin's ell
bow. FitzsimmOns was tired and warm
! but hardly more so than his attend
ants.
Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey Wis
| tied F'itZSimmOnS and rendered their
! congratulations. Jeffries promised
! Fitzsimmons a fight and suggested that
! it would be an easy matter to arrange
| the details.
Thought Rubin Dead.
Ruhlin's collapse after the fight gave
| rise to many sensational rumOrs. One
! of them was that Rubin had died as
! the result Of the injuries sustained in
| the battle. Although it is true that
Rubin was very i'll for several hours
his life was never despaired of.
/ Barring slight bruise over the left
| eye FitZsimmOns looked none the worse
| for the blows of Rubin.
James J. Jeffries, champion heavy
| weight of the world, today issued ar
! open letter in which he says he is
| anxious to give Fitzsimmons and Tom
| Sharkey each another chance for the
| championship belt before September
| and states that he proposes to do it.
With Rubin, who was the logical
/ candidate for q championship battle
| out of the way, four men are left who
| might want battle with Jeffries- Fitz-
| simmons, Sharkey, Corbett and Mccoy
! All of these are matched. their money
| is posted and not one of them would
allow the other to break his engage
| ment and fight the champion.