Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-16
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 Harry Corbett, San Francisco: Keep cool and always remember that you are the boss. Keep card and pencil in hand and mark down any important thing that happens. Never mind the crowd. Good luck. JIM. z Corbett received visit from George Siler who urged him to keep cool and pay no attention to the crowd. Just watch the men and never mind the i crowd and you will come out all right" said Siler. 'The men are clean fighters. and I feel sure you won't have any trouble with them
 Never i'll the history of San Fran cisco has there been such a crush at q pugilistic event Thousands poured | into the gallery when the doors were l opened, and long before the first pre- i liminary was called. the upper part l of the pavilion was black with spec tators, people coming from all points, | between Vancouver and Mexico, and | including well known state officials, members of the judiciary and prom inent sporting men. M. H. De Young, Mayor James D. Phelan, Mayor-elect 1 Schmitz and almost the entire bench of the county Of San Francisco were 1 early at the ringside.
 The first preliminary between Billy | Condon and Mike Curtin, eight round affair at 140 pounds. was fast and interesting mill. It was declared a draw. After the preliminary the po- lice put some of the spectators out of the gallery, it being much oyercrowd- | ed. At 9 o'clock many people were turned away at the doors
 In the second preliminary Joe Welch knocked out Joe Fields i'll the fourth round with hard left uppercut on the point of the jaw.
 The operator at the kinetoscope ma chine adjusted his instruments and a flash of light through the array Of lamps proclaimed that all was in readiness for the big fight. George Harting, official time keeper of the Twentieth Century club, took his DO sition to the south side of the ring. with Phil Wand, time keeper for Ruh- lin, closely following.
 Jeffries entered the ring at 9:2S D. m., shading his eyes. After him came his trainer, Billy Delaney, Kid Eagan, Bob Armstrong and his brother Jack. Harry Corbett, referee, then stepped into the ring.
 At 9:30 D. III. Gus Ruhlin entered tine ring, followed by his seconds. They tossed for corners, and Ruhlin won. taking the southwest corner of the ring.
 The extreme heat from the power ful light over the ring made itself felt from the very beginning. but was not as intense as that which hampered the Sharkey-Jef fight. Two minutes after the men entered the ring they were announced by Billy Jordan. who then presented Referee Corbett. Deaf ening cheers greeted the big fighters, but an instant later when.a police cap tain entered the ring to examine the gloves. groans and misses filled the vast auditorium On behalf of Tom Sharkey, Tim McGrath challenged the | winner of the contest. Time was called at 9:37. The fight by rounds follows:
 Round T. Ruhlin led for the head and landed lightly with the left They clinched. Both men were cautious Jeffries' left went around RuhIins head, but no damage resulted Jef- fries tapped Gus lightly on the head with his left. The latter cleverly 1 ducked q light left. Jeffries upper cut Ruhlin to the jaw with his left. .Ieffries landed left on the body but missed another for the head Ruh- | lin countered with his left Jeffries swung again, but missed. Gus blocked q left jab for the face. lief fries tried left for the body, but the | Dlaip rRol1 nf Taf 1 fries was smiling. The round was tame with the champion having q slight advantage
 Round ,. They clinched. Ruhlin ! was hooked around the neck with q | left. He accused Jeffries of foul 1 fighting. Ruhlin then shot in his | right and found Jeffries' ribs. follow | ing this up with an intellectual left 1 swing for the head. .Jeffries waxed 1 aggressive. Ruhlin planted q right l and left to the face. then rushed. | landing on the body. The champion led with the left and was countered. Ruhlin found Jeffries' head and in q short exchange neither had the ad- vantage. The men fought at closer range, Gus again landing on Jeffries' i face and stopping the latter's attempt | at retaliation with q strong right
 Ruhlin feinted with his right and shot q straight left on JeffrieS. nose, ,but the blow was partly blocked.
 Round 3. The men came I'D strong and Ruhlin shot in with q right and a left which were stopped. Jeffries el- bowed his way back and'ffnally caught Ruhlin with terrific left to the neck. Jeffries pursued Gus and swung with l both hands. In a rush JeffrieS landed weak body blows. Ruhlin again ap- pealed to the referee. Ruhlin feinted and came back with m intellectual short arm punch. .Jeffries easily held the advantage with Ruhlin constantly complaining. The men closed in seY- eral times. Ruhlin fighting low and | Jeffries apparently looking for a chance to land a knockout punch Ruin lin missed q left swing on the jaw. Jeffries landed a powerful left on the | jaw too low to be decisive, and Ruh- lin clinched to save punishment. The gong saved Gus from further distress.
 Round A. Jeffries with head down followed his man and taking several light blows on the face. landed two heavy lefts on Gus's heart and fol- | lowed this in mix-up in the corner l by right over the heart. Jeffries, smiling like q big boy. followed his man around, and despite Ruhlifl's fre- | 11s T I. al