The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
ECHOES FROM THE FIGHT.
GUS RUHLIN WAS IN A BAD
WAY FOR SEVERAL
HOURS
F1Tz ORDERED LEMoNADEs
When Told Of His Ant,lgonist's Sc
rious Condition He Expressed
sympathy and Promised to
CaIsRnd See Him.

NEW YORK, Aug. n.-"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, recover
ing from the terrible punishment of the
fight
For several hours after he received the
knockout blow, after he had been taken
to a Turkish bath house, his condition
was considered so serious that medical
aid was summoned. The defeated mans
friends We're so much alarmed that they
believed ne was knocked out for good
Rubin had violent hemorrhages in the
nose and was bleeding from the ear
When the doctor reached the patient the
latter was unconscious; and only regained
his senses under the influence of powerful
stimulants. A short time after Rubin
fell asleep, but the attending physician
thought it best to remain with him for
several hours.
About clock this morning Rubin had
sufficiently recovered to be able to leave
the baths, and the doctor accompanied
him, it is supposed, to Madden's home.
After the arrival of the physician at
the bath house this morning, he admin
ice bags to his head. Water was dashed
into his face and smelling salts were fire.
quently applied between alternate stages
of collapse and revival. After an eXami-
nation, the physician declared that there
were no internal injuries.
The blow which Rubin received on the
head when he struck the stage at the
knockout, together H'itiEthat on the solar
pleXus, and the punishment he had re-
OH he do
clared was responsible for his condition.
1t was the opinion Of the attending ply
sician that no serious results will follow
At o'clock the heInolfhage had ceased,
and Rubin was resting easy.
Fftz meanwhile WIS resting quietly at
the Hotel Bartholdf. and while Rubin
was suffering Bob was. ordering settler
lemonade. ~ IS
At % o'clock Rubin had sufficiently re-
covered to talk of his. condition. He said !:
''It was the heat assmlch as Fits body
blows that weakened me. I trained too
hard. l was not fit, and the heat and the
punching laid me out. l am as good as
ever"
Fitzsimmons said of the condition OF
Rubin:
"I am awful sorry. Rubin is good.
[ knew he was very sick man when he
left the ring I'll call on him. I can't
know he is out of danger"
RU1LIN IMPROVING SLOWLY.
NEW YORK, Aug 1I.-With his face
bruised and discolored. his right eye al
most closed and his nose fiattened out,
Gus Rubin walked about his training
| quarters at Bay Ridge today wondering
how it all happened. The big Ohio fight
| er appeared to be quite weak. In spite
| of his appearance Rubin said he felt all
right, and in the same breath expressed
| a desire for another bout with Fitzsim-
| mons.
Although the Akron giant was we'll
| enough to move about unassisted, 1t look
| ed for time early today as If the pun
! ishment inflicted by Fitzsimmons III their
| battle at Madison Square garden Friday
| ing the garden Rubin was taken to a
| Turkish bath establishment. While there
| he became unconscious due to loss OF
| blood and the extreme heat.
His condition for a time was critical,
and DR.. Lombard who attended him,
succeeded in reviving the injured pugilist.
SOME SENSATIONAL RUMoRs.
Ruhlins collapse "a the bathing estab-
lishment gave rise TO many sensational
rumors. One of th9se was that Rubin
had died as the RESULT OF the injuries
sustained in the battleF, Although it is
! true that Rubin was very i'll for several
| hours, his life was meyer despaired of.
lie came around il0goad shape about
| o'clock this morning. and left Tor the
| home of his manager, Billy Madden, at
Baylidge There he spent the day ex-
planning his defeat TO Several ADMIRERS
who called.
Barring q slight bruise over the left