The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11
Striking Pen Picture of Jeffries
and Gus Rubin.
BY AN EXPERT CRITIC.
Characterised as Close Range
Engagement.
The Good and Bad Qualities of
Both Men.

New York, Oct. 1.-Charlie WhlTe, whose
decisions in the prize ring stamp him
worthy of giving fair. unbiased opinion
of the coming contest between Rubin and
Jeffries. characterizes the battle as
close-range enga cement of heavy artil-
lery-a battle between two giants, two
huge masses of bone and muscle.
'.They going into the engagement
says White, .-Jeffries weighing probably
220 pounds, equipped with all the weap-
ons of fistic warfare, science to a degree
gameness unquestioned tremendous
strength, and, back of all of it, their
crushing weight.
''Such a combination can mean but one
thing under the conditions--a great bat
Under the best conditions it will be
grand battle.
OF these two gladiatorS shows this Com
parsons are nasty pills. however, and, as
out the winner. will simply draw pen
JEFFRIES' ADVANTAGES
OF the California boilermal1er, White
says:
Firstly, he is holder of the champion
Secondly, he has never been defeated.
He's going to fight like blazes to retain
ms laurels, Ills continuous string OF VIC
tories lends him an abundance of conf
dence-
due him The critics have sighted, the
public actually derided, him iI,l He is blamed
he shows his good sense.
BY doing. this he takes all the. advan-
tages and gives none; he makes his oppo-
nents fight as he wants them to, not as
they want to.
way he does not make the mistake of be-
ing overanxious, but waits for the proper
time to finish his man-waits with the
patience of Job
He could. .Fn acknowledge. be bit
np bg but so n fault might very
HE never makes a feint unless he
Gle has two good hands and his right
CHAMPION IS CLEVER.
''Jeffries has never been given credit for
cleverness. Nevertheless, he is clever. I
best. the most effective, L ever saw in a
big man
fairly good. That crouch of his enables
him to carry his weight and is in itself a
.sRuhlin stands right up to his work
There are two things about ,Jeffries
pon 9pe hih that he IS an bv hand
man to train. and the other is that he
leaves too many openings for his oppo-
RUHL1Ns GOOD QUALITIES
'sRuhiin is an easier proposition to draw
a line on He's big, game, nervous.
N 5oxsT sleyr Tgsh bng
Judgment as to pace and distance.
rules. and is fairness Itself when when in ace
ton;
His cleyerneSS Is OF the effective sort
BY that L mean he is not Jim Corbett
clever man, with fancy blows on top that
are brilliant without being dangerous. His
ceverness is more on the Mccoy style
blows that twist and hook their way in
and look sort of harmless, but that really
do a lot of dana ge
Against a man like Jeffries. man of
his own build and size, he should be at his
best
''Sharkey's height appeared to handicap
Rubin. He can hit good stiff punch and
at close range his blows have no end of
steam behind them. In fact his close
range work is far superior to his long
1.-THE old English hit and cross seems
to appeal to Ruhlin- Whether it comes
naturally to him or has been cultivated
1 can not say. Certain it is that it's not
to his advantage in boxing a man like
JeffrieS.
Rubin probably understands that it
will be to his advantage to wait; not to
force things with Jefries- The champion
has too stiff a punch to be trihe1 with,
and he stand too much punishment
to be carried by storm, unless, t,erchance.
the strife is a veritable cyclone
Summed up, Rubin certainly has his
work cut out for him, while on the other
hand, Jeffries will lind Rubin a far diff
ferent man from the chap he fought to a
twenty-round draw il Frisco back in
1897