The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-11-21
JfFfRIfS SILL HOLDS THE It'll
NO ONE MORE SURPRISED AT run
OUTCOME THAN THE CHAM.
PION.
RUhLIN MAKES LAME EXCUSES
INTIMATES THAT HE WAS Tx.
FAIRLY HANDLED AND IN
JURED.

san francisco, NOV. lin one of
the most unsatisfactory prize fights
ever witnessed in this country. James
j. Jeffries proved the victor last night
over Gus Rubin, the Akron giant. In
the fifth round of what was to have
been a twenty-round struggle Rubin
wilted and then surrendered to his peer
to the utter amazement and disgust Of
the assembled thousands. No one was
more surprised at the outcome than
Jeffries himself, who asserted that
while he had delivered one telling blow
in the second round, he did not expect
to win the victory SO easily Ruhin's
sole explanation of the outcome of the
fight is that he received a chance blow
which utterly disabled him and that
Jcffries persisted in fighting him low.
While Rubin will make no absolute
charge that Jeffries committed foul,
ne intimates that he was
Unfairly Handled
and injured as a result. In this con-
tention Rubin received the support Of
his seconds, who say that 1t was
hopeless case after the second round
When seen in his dressingroom after
the fight Champion Jeffries said:
II was certainly surprised at my
easy victory and Ruhlin's amazing de. |
feat. While it was true that he did
not punch me hard enough during the /
five rounds to cause any alarm, be- |
lieved him strong and cautious up to
the moment of his collapse and was
surprised when he quit l certainly
had no trouble in whipping him, and |
had the fight gone on the result must
have been the same. Rubin was in
accurate and in poor wind. and can.
not say that ne even had the courage
and force L expected to encounter in
him. Rubin took stiff punch in the
stomach in the fourth round which
presume gave him trouble. Nevertha-
less / expected him
To Lose Harder
than he did Rubin can doubtless best
explain his own position, and as for
myself l am willing to meet Sharkey
next month and thereafter to defend
as best / can the title hold
When Rubin went to his dressing
room he was followed by a very DE-
pressed retinue. The defeated man
complained of no pain and moved
about without assistance. He stated;
II believed from the tap of the gong
that l would win, but as the fight pro-
crossed / was beaten down until re-
ceived blow on the stomach which
must say was very low. 1t may mol
have been foul, and no man coula
have survived it. Jeffries departed
from the written rules and from the
common regulations OF boxing when ne
threw himself upon me and wrestler
rather than spared. | do belie's
that had / not received the stofnauh
punch which ended me in the MIN
round I would have worn dow: JefrFs
a few rounds later and beaten him q
a matter Of endurance. l ann ready
fight him again and believe that
tine / will have the opportunity
showing that can defeat him. ina
is all / can say"
Suspicion of Fistic Ssyindie.
Lou Houseman and George sie'
both of whom were at the ringside
gether with George Harting, the
fetal tinekeeper for the club, deciafe
after the fight that Rubin had pee
greatly overestimated. that his nioe
were weak and easily blocked an
that he was positively without enuui
ance. While some expressions vi
heard in the throng after the hsn
placing the stigma of a fake affaif
the management. 1t was the concehs
of opinion that Rubin fought iosiH
battle In order to obtain the snort sA
of an enormous prize. Boxing IN
Francisco has not been helped by la
event. City supervisors at the fns
side expressed great dissatisfac'0
and even went so far as to name
suspicion In their minds OF IT,
swindle. 1t is estimated that there W
over $4,000 realized al
box office. and Of this 62 IL per ~
divided In purses Of rs and 70 per
goes to the partfcipantS Of the even"