The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
.RUHLIN EASY FOR JEFFRIES Champion Successfully
 Defends Title. END CAME IN THE FIFTH Akron Giant No Match for
 Burly Californian. Champion Was the Favorite in the Betting at odds of 9 to land
 Met the Expectation "f
 His Backers.

San Francisco, Nov. 15.--In one of tn
 most unsatisfactory prize fights ever wit
 neses in this country. J. J. Jeffrie
 proved the victor tonight over Gu
 Ruhlin. the Akron giant. In the fftl
 round of what was to have been twen
 ty round struggle, Ruhlin wilted ant then surrendered to the utter amazemen' and disgust of the assembled thousands
 No one was more surprised at the out. come than Jeffries himself. who asserted that while he had delivered one telling
 blow in the second round, he did mol
 expect to win the victory so easily
 Ruhlin's sole explanation of the outcome
 of the light Is that he received chance
 blow which utterly disabled him and that Jeffries persisted in fighting htm low.
 While Ruhlin will make no absoluts
 charge of JefYries having committed .
 foul, he intimates that he was unfairly
 handled and injured as a result, Rnhlir
 received the support of his seconds ir
 this stand, who says that his was q
 hopeless case after the second round
 When seen in his dressing room after the fight Champion Jefsries said!
 '.I was certainly surprised at my easy
 victory and Ruhlins amazing defeat
 While 1t Is true that he did not punch
 me hard enough during the five rounds to cause me any alarm. I believed him strong and cautious up to the moment oi his collapse and was surprised when he quit. 1 certainly had no trouble in whip ping him and had the fight gone on the result must have been the same. Ruhlir was inaccurate and in poor wind and cannot say that he even had the courage and force that expected to encounter in him. f .s.
 "Ruhlin took stiff punch in the stomach in the fourth round which pre- sume game trouble. nevertheless l ex- booted him to lose harder than he did
 Ruhiin can doubtless best explain his own position and as for myself. I am willing to meet Sharkey next month or thereafter to defend as best l can the title hold"
 When Ruhlin went to his dressing room he was followed by a very depressed retinue. The defeated man complained of no pain and moved about without assistance. He stated: T believed from the tap of the gong that I would win. but as the fight progressed l was beaten down until received a blow on the stomach which l must say was very low. 1t may not have been foul and no living man could have survived 1t. Jef- fries departed from the written rules and form the common regulations of boxing when he threw himsek upon me and wrestled rather than spared. l do be- lieye that had not received the stomach punch which ended me in the f1fth round l would have worn down Jenr1es a Few rounds later and beaten him as matter of endurance. l am ready to fight him again and believe that in time l will have the opportunity of showing that can defeat him That is all l can say" :"
 In the opinion of James Kennedy and Jack Gleasor of the Twentieth Century Club. which brought off the fight ,Ruh- lin was drawn too fine and went to pieces because of his great zeal in training. George Siler and George Harding, the of- ficial me-keeper for the club, declared after the fight that Ruhlin had been greatly. over-estimated; that his blows were weak and easily blocked, and that he was positively without endurance. While some expressions are heard in the throng after the fight placing the stigma of fake affair on the management, 1t was the consensus of opinion that Ruh- lin fought a losing battle in order to ob- tain the short end of an enormous prize. Boxing in San Francisco has not been helped by this event. City supervisors at the ringside tonight expressed great dis and even went so far as to express suspicion of fisttc swindle.
 It is estimated that something over s40, 900 was realized at the box office and of this 62 1-2 per cent. divided in purses of 75 and 25 per cent. goes to Jeffries and Ruhlin.
 An assembiage of 10000 persons at the Mechanics Pavilion which has been the scene of many a bitter and important struggle saw James J. Jeffries of Los Angeles, Cal, successfully defend the title he has held since his memorable battle with Fitzsimmons. Early in the afternoon a long nne of anxious men assembled on the Larkin side of the pavilion and held their weary vigil in a lrizzling rain until nightfall. when the ,ale of gallary seats was opened. Never n the history of San Francisco has there been such a crush of humanity at a 1ugilistic event. Men coming from points between Vancouver and Mexico and em- 1racing well known State officials mem 1ers of the judiciary and prominent
 
 nigh priced seats.
 At 8:15 o'clock a stir at the eastern part # the pavilion indicated that the prin-
 paIs had arrived and were proceeding O their dressing rooms. The word was assed that Ruhlln had arrived. and an lproar ensued. Ruhlin went at once to is dressing room. accompanied by Billy dadden, Denver Ed Martin, Charles Golf md yoHng Gibbs. who later appeared in is corner when the fight was called. A. IT. De Young. the millionaire editor; dayor t ID. Phelan, Mayor-elect Schmitz md almost the entire bench of the coun- l y of San Francisco were early at the | ingside.. Jeffries. accompanied by Billy Delaney, | Bob Armstrong Kid" Eagan, his broth l r, Jack, and Dewitt VancOurt. left the 1 Oakland side of the bay on the 7:SO train, | eaching San Francisco shortly after 8 | 'clock, and the champion entered the | uilding while the first preliminary was | n progress and the throng made dem | nstration. In great impatience the crowd | waited for the appearance of the two | taking but a passive interest | n the eight-round bout between Billy l .nndon and Aika Curtin and in tb 1