The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-27
SnARKEY KNOCKED OUT.
Gus Rubin Defeats the
Sailor.
The Result Big Surprise 10 the
Talent.
Victor Has Been Reck-
oned Second Rater.
A Hard Fought Battle of Fifteen
Rounds.

Seaside Athletic Club, Coney Island,
n. Y, June 26.-For the first time In his
puglistic career, Tom Sharkey went
down to decisive defeat tonight in the
arena of the Seaside A. c., and big Gus
Rubin, the Ohio pugilist, was his con-
aueror. 1t was clean knockout that
came after 10 rounds of fighting TINT
made memorable ring battle. Save In
the matter Of aggressiveness Rubin led
from the face of in every feature Of the
game, and all times had the fight well
in hand. Sharkey did not give up his
place in the line of first-class heavy
weights without n desperate struggle.
No soldier ever gave more desperate bat
tie no man sinking to INCONSISTENCIES
ever chung more ueterminedly to his
vitality. Even at the end when blinded
by the blows of his powerful opponent
and du,led mentally by the batterins OF
his foe, he chung instinctlveiy to the mas
siye frame Of the man who was his master
The decisive battle and the unexpected
results were truly surprise for the sport
ing public. No line OF form that could be
figured gave the Ohioan more than "a TO
2 chance. Sharkey had met and at least
stood Off all of the leading heavyweishts
now in the ring. He was known to be a
giant in strength, courageous to the
point beyond discretionsand aggressive.
Rubin en- the other hand had never made
particularly good showing against any
man of reputation and was regarded as a
second rater OF a pronounced type. Hence
there was apathy as to the fight. While
there was some spirited betting Rubin
never showed better than 10 to z, and 1t
was even money that he would not last
ten rounds, The management in fact
decided 10 put the general admission
down TO 81. There was big crowd on
hand and they were treated to a rafting
good fight with surprising results.
Ii was exactly ten O'Clock when Shar-
key entered the ring attended by Tom
| o 'Rourke, Jack Sullivan, Jimmy Buck
ley and George Dixon. The sailor was
clad as usual, in green trunks with the
American flag as sash.
Ruhlin entered moment la ter with
Billy Madden, Kid Mccoy, Charlie Goff
and Jim Corbett as his seconds Ehe
men tossed for choice Of corners and
| Sharkey Etook !. the corner he occupied
when he met JefTries. Each wore ban
dages and little time was lost in putting
on the gloves Both men looked to BIS in
excellent condition but when they shook
hand in the center, Rubin showed
remarkable advantage in height over the
more rugged sailor. Both We're met with
loud cheers when introduced. Referee
Johnnie White gave the men their in
struotions and the gong rang for the fray.
Sharkey Immediately assumed thu
aggressive and rushed Gus to a neutral
corner where they clinohed. Tom rushed
and led again. sending both hands to
body. Gus was ratified but soon collected
himself and landed hard with "A straight
left to the jaw. Tom rushed again,
reaching the body, but was short for the
head and Gus again nailed him with both
hands on the head, shaking Tom up but
hs came back with rush and was mix
ing it up when the bell rang.
Round 2-Tom rushed over to Rubin
corner and swung wildly for the head.
Gus planted a right over the heart and a
straight left to the face, but Tom would
not go back and coming strong, slammed
his left hard TO the neck. Gus then took
hand and jabbed his left hard TO the
face and followed with his right. Tom
steadied himself and worked both hands
to the body and Gus landed left and right
to the head. The lighting was remark
ably fast for big men and the crowd
eheered wildly.
Round 3-Tom rushed and Gus met
him with both hands to the head. "Hook
low and wallop'' yelled ORourke. But
Tom was mads and again rushed wildly.
Gus slammed him with both hands, but
could not keep him off. Tom then drove
both hands to the body and Gus coun-
tere with his left to the head. Tom
dropped to escape punishment. He was
right up, only to get both hands to the
face and head from Gus. Tom was
bleeding at the nose when the bell rang
and both men were tired.
Round 4-Gus danced about when Tom
rushed but when Tom closed up planted
hard right on the sailors body. They
then mixed it up in Sharkey's corner,
Gus was very tired and Tom was little
better. Tom rushed and jabbed his left to
the face. The round was much slower
than the preceding ones and both were
glad to hear the bell.
Round 5-Tom was first to his feet
and meeting Gus in the center planted
his right TO the body and swung his left
to the jaw. Again he land I'd the same