Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-09
KNOCKERS
Landed on Rubin.
They Have No Time For
Akron Giant
Because He Refuses to
Squander Money.
Brewster and voris on the
Cornell Varsity.
Earl Carriers Large Score--Local
Sporting News.

Sporting News.
The greatest pest to latter-day pugil-
ism is the knocker. In every town in
America where boxing is permitted
you can always find bunch of knock
ers Nothing hurts the sport as much
as this same class of people. It's hard
to please them, and they would rather
kick all day than to spend 10 minutes
putting in a "boost' for the game.
The worst feature about the knocking
element in the fighting business is that
they are so unjust. They will accept
complimentary ticket to boxing
show and take up the best seats at the
ring side, and after the show is over
make wild rush for the street cor
ners to get a chance to knock the
show they just witnessed on free
pass. The real sports, who paid their
81 or IS for seat, walk home con-
graduating each other on seeing such
n lively evenings sport Their hearts
are full of hope for another show of
the kind, and when they go to work
the next day they tell others what they
missed by not being present mt the
contests the night before. The knock
ers. instead of going on about their
business, will wait around to find some
other ill.minded individual who likes
30 vent his opinion aloud in public, and
they will get In crowd, and from the
tone of the conversation one would
think that they had been bunkoed by
band of circus grafters. These same
knockers wait around for some one to
buy them a drink, and the man who
does this always proves to be good
fellow If you don't buy booze and
jolly the knocker you are rated as a
stiff. Noble deeds and gentlemanly
conduct never come in for considera-
ton with the Knocker. You have got
10 buy booze and throw the Mexican
salve for them or they won't like you
nor can they see anything good In
what you do
LANDED ON RUHLIN.
Judging from the Eastern press dis
patches 1t appears TINT the knockers
have landed on Gus Rubin. They
have branded him chump because he
does not go out and get drunk and
stay up all night entertaining crowd
OF wouldbe sports.
When they knock Rubin 1t is only
shining example of what low-bred
specimens Of humanity. the knockers
really are, II ever there was good
hearty, gentlemanly fighter with many
noble traits of character II is Gus Rub
lih.
No one ever heard OF Rubin slugginG
an inoffensiye man or getting mixed
up 10 row with woman. He Is moi
that kind of fellow, Gus would
rather sit down and have n social chat
with person of intelligence than I,
spend a night on the Tenderloin In q
crowd OF brainless youths celebrating
ON money they received from home.
Rubin has always made It point (,
look after his mother and sisters anC
they have enjoyed the fruits of hi
victories as much as the big fellow
himself. II is credit TO the Buckley
State 10 have such noble young fel
low, full of health and strength, striy
ing for honors that only perfect man
hood can achieve, and none but tn
knockers begrudge him new laurel
in the prize ring. Rubin is a fighter
but a gentleman.
MATCH FELL THROUGH.
The proposed match between Pete
Maher and Gus Rubin having appal
emily fallen through, there is talk O
go between the Irish champion an
the gigantic black, Bob Armstrong