The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-21


 witnessed in this country. James J. Iet- fries proved the victor tonight over "us Ruh,ln. the Akron giant. and thus em- phasir.d his right Co the heavyweight championship title In the hfth round ot Wh,t was Go have been a twenty-round str1rrl, Rhuiiu Wilted, and then sirrcn 5,r,.i ta hts peer Co the utter amazemcnt anal liscrSt of the assembled thousands No ou, was more surprised at the out conn. than Icfrrics himscff who asserted thlt while he had delivered one telling blow .r Che second round. he did not eN- f..rt to win the victory so easily Rhulin's .,i,. cNplauati1n of the outcome of the Heht is that he received a chance blow which utterly disabled him. and that Jef- fries persisted iu fighting him low. Whte shuin win make no absolute charge "t '-rrics having committed a foul. he inti-T mates that he was unfairly handled. and lr .urrd as result RhIuu received the import of hts seconds. who say that h-s was a hopeless case after ,hc second -r'iud
 When sevn in his d-cssinv room aftc- th.. rrht. Ch1rrrion Jc0ries said
 -f was certainly surprised ot my easy victory and BhInn's amazing defeat While to is true that he did not punch ,rr bl-i enough during the i've rounds to cause mo any alarm. | believed him ,ironr and cautious up Go thc moment ot i.s corrrsc. and was surprised when he ,.sit certainly had no difficulty inI ,. ,.',ir-.r.. him and had the aght gone on. t,.. ..,it must h1,, been the s1uc. Rhu- .r vrS inaccurate. and in poor wind and [ ,.,ru.f say that he even had the coIr- 4.-. arI f1rrc thnt . cxpccted Go encount- .r Tn hirl. Rhuiin took stiT punch in fh. rorr.h round which ! presume. gav" hIri truuif, nevertheless. ! expected him is f.sr ht-ler than hc did, Mir Rhulin ,ta Jorbtl..s best explain his own condi- .ar. ant as f'r myself | am willing to u.,t Mr. ehlrk,y next month and there ,f,,r .o jrs,pd as best can the title ha'I"
 Nh.1 Uhuu' rcturncd Co his dressing -.um hc was followed hy @ very dcprcss- .I rro~, Tho defeated man complained .f rp ..u1. trl moved ahout without as- s.stlrc.. ff' stated.
 ~t bc.,vcl from Che tap of the gong thlt | voI'd win. but as the fight pro erasscd | wa beaten down until ! rc- csivel a blow i1 the stomach. which ! must say w1s v,ry low. which no uving mln coull hlv, survived. Jcffrics dr- partcd iron, thc written rules and the common r--ui1flnns of hoNing when hc threw h.rs.f upon me and wrcstlcd rather th1r srr -r,l. [ do believe that had mo r,ccir..l th1t stomach punch which enG..l u-e if tNe rrht ! would have worn down NIT q f'ri,s 90 few rounds later. and beaten him 1s 1 rrtter of endurance am rc1,lv Go rrht him agoin. and believe that ln tim- ! win have the opportunit' of showing trlt [ c1n defeat him. That ls au c1n rts."
 In thc opinion of James Kennedy and Itck Clemson. oe Che Twentieth Century Club. which h-ourht OF thc event. Rhulin was drawn too Hnc. and went Co pieces b.caus. of his -rc't zeal in training. Lou TTouscm1n ant Ccoggc Siler. both of whom wer at thc r.ng side. together with Geo. Harding. thc official |, time k..par the club declared after the Hcht EhIun been greatly over .s,. ...,l that n ows were weak and .. blocked. as .lt hc was positively
 tt -ndurlr
 Nhu. some .ssions were heard in th,. throus a+ .. .he dght. placing thc -fi.rnn or aWlir on thc managv-
 rn,ut. t v thc couseusus of opinion Rhnun fou o losing battle In order Co obtain tre iort end of a generous purse Boxing fn S1n Francisco has not been h,lrsi i.v this event. City Supervisors at thc rIrrsljc tonight expressed great dis .,f.srtctiUn. and even went so far as Co nr a- a s,,.nicIou In their minds of a fistic sv rlic
 t, estimated that there was somcth- ..- oy,r SNeo realized at the box office.
 .d of this ssis per cent. dlvideu iu purses
 90 and e per cent goes Co thc partici- arts In tonight's light
 f.ariv In the afternoon a long line ot anxious men assembled on the Larkin .tret side of the pavilion and held the weary vigil in drizzling rain till night f,n. when the sale of gallery seats was .r..ne,i. Never in the history of sun Francisco has there been such crush of humanity on a pugilistic event. Hard- t, had the sun dragged Itself beneath the hills toward the ocean before the great r,vnian began Go fii with the enthuse crowd gathered Co watch the champion ship contest. Thousands poured Into the ,.,u.ry when the doors were finally open al and long beforc the first preliminary vaS called the upper portion of the pavu- lon was black with spectators. People coming from points between Vancouver and Mexico. and embraced well known state officials. mcnb-rs of the judiciary ,nd prominent sporting people early took r,osses.ion of thc h.gh-prced seats.
 Al S:is o'clock a stir at the east end oi tb. paviiion Indicated that one of the r-,cipais had arrived and was proceeding ,, b,- dressing room. The word was soon ,,..sd that Gus Buhiin. the Akron giant. b,d reached the scene ot conflict fror" nl,,k,n'- Six-Miie house. and an uproar .--.,,1 Ruhnn went at once Co his dres ding roorn. accompanied hy Biily Madden. Denver Ed' Martin. Charley Con and ..yourr" Gibbs. who later appeared ln hts ,,,,.r when the fight wrs called
 -,,r,or ernanated from Oakland seize ,n. crowd early in the evening Co th" CT feet ,b,t Jerrie- had suffered an inllT to one of his hands before starting TOT san rr,rciscp but popular sentiment ''" .i.m,ed Inc story as a canard. and tho betting at the rinS eide was not enec'e" by the Incident.
 w. I pc Young. the millionaire editor Mayor James D Phelan. Mayor-elee' Schmtz and almost the entire bench oi the county of san Francisco was early at the ringslde
 When thc prclimlnarics werc announced and the first light brought on. the assem- bled thousand betrayed in some part the extent of their excitement and wrought