The Washington times., 1901-11-16
JEFFaIES WOa III FIFTH ROUND.

JEFFaIES Won III FIFTH ROUND.
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l could have gone the limit without ex-
haustion. 1t was almost as easy vic
tory as that over Peter Jackson"
The general opinion of sports around the
rinGside was that Rubin would have
made better Showing if he had started
in on the Aggressive In giving ground he
played directlyElnto Jeffries hands. Still,
it was plainly Evident to any expert after
the first round that Rubin was wholly
outclassod.
The crowd that gathered early tonight
in the spacious Mechanics Pavilion
proved that San Francisco, for its size,
is the best prize fight city in the country.
Not only were there fully 1000 packed in
the great pavilion. filing every available
seat, but a mob of a thousand jammed
Larkin Street, outside the pavilion 3oors
for a block, while down town around
newspaper corners election night crowds
were outdone in size and excitement by
the throng that filed the streets and
sidewalks, and followed the struggle as
the bulletins were flashed on the illu-
minated boards.
Crowd Gathered Early.
At o'clock the pavilion was nearly
full, for most of the ticket holders came
carly. Imagine a huge rectangular space,
nearly a fun city block long, about half a
block wide, with a roof rising 100 feet
from the floor. Under this ranged per-
manent galleries that had been filled with
tiers of seats on the floor below. around
the central ring, were the box seats for
the select who can afford $40 for com
fo1table quarters Back of these were
row on row of seats in great squares.
and back of these an amphtheatre OF
raised seats which reached clear up to
the gallery.
The betting throughout the day was
steady at 100 to 45, with Ruhlin supporters
fairly ready with money
The first preliminary was an eight-round
go between Billy Condoh and Mike Curtin,
two 140-pound San srancisco boys, which
was declared a draw.
The second preliminary, an eight-round
match between Joe Fields and Spider Joe
Welch, both of San Francisco, at ll5
pounds, resulted in Welch knocking out
Fields In the fourth round. Fields was
built like Sharkey. and put up good,
game fight but Spider proved too clever
for him.
The Big Fellows Enter.
At $3.50 the kinetoscope was turned on,
and under the glare. Jeffries entered in
red sweater. Rubin came in a moment
later. Rubin won the toss for corners.
Jeflries' seconds were his manager, Billy
Delaney; Bob Armstrong, Jack Jeffries,
and Dewitt Van Court Rubin had be
hind him Billy Madden. his manager; Ed
Martin, Charley Goff, and George Gibbs
George Harting was timekeeper for the
club Phil Wand was timekeeper for Ruh-
lin, and Doc Roberts for Jeffries. Harry
Corbett was introduced as referee. Cap
tain Whitman then passed on the gloves
On behalf of Sharkey, Tim McGrath
challenged the winner of the contest.
little stuffed bear emblematic of Jeffries'
hunting exploits. was passed up to the
ring and excited much laughter. Both
men looked in the pink of condition. Ruh-
lir was very cle.sn ofssIsin, but he seem
ed nervous. Jeffries was hairy as bear
and seemed cool, and confident.
The Fight By Rounds.
Round 1-Jeffrfes Started in with head
lowered and his left out. He followed
Rubin around the ring. landing several
times heavily oni RHHlin's neck. Rubin
couutered cleverfy and showed greater
quickness. He landed twice with the left
on Jeffs breast e
Round 2-Jeffrfes began operations by
planting a left on the wind. JEFF followed
this in a clinch with heavy left-hand
punch. Rubin appealed TO the referee
against this blow in the clinch. but the
referee allowed it. jeff then followed his
man, dancing around the ring. In mix
up Gus landed a heavy left on Jeffs nose.
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Jen continued crouching ana landed rlsht
and left on Ruhlins body. In rally in
the corner Gus caught Jeffries on the
mouth drawing blood. but in the mtN-up
that followed Jeffries had all the best Of
It IN a lively interchange of blows land
ing clever left On Gus neck
Rubin Resorts to CIinchinG.
Round 3-Ruhlin started in on the ag-
gressive, trying to land right and left. but
was cleverly stopped by Jeffres. Jeffries
followed with a tremendous left on the
neck. and followed this with a left hook
on the jaw Gus clinched in evident dis
tress. Again Jenries handed powerful
left on the heart. and 81 Rubin could
give in return was two Ineffective blows
ON tine face. Jcffries followed With both
right and left on the breast. Both We're
heavy blows Then Je1ries narrowly
missed a left swing on the jaw. Jeffrics
landed a powerful left on the jaw tco low
to be decisive, and Rubin clinched to save
punishment. The gong saved Gus from
Round iEJeffries with head down fol-
lowed his man and, taking several light
blows on the face landed two heavy
lefts on Gus heart and followed this in
q n,ix-uD in the corner by 4 right over
he heart Jeffries smiling like a big
school bov followed his man around and
despite Ruhlins frequent clinches, land
I'd one heavy left over the heart. In a
breaKaway he mic Rubin hard in the
check and in the next clinch. gave Gus
q right and left upper cut a series of up
per cuts in ciiuch brought Rubin to the
carpet for a second. He rose groggy,
but the bell saved him. Rubin as he
went TO the corner, showed traces of pun
ishment. his left eye being half closed by
u glancing blow.
The Deciding Round.
Round 5-Jenries started in with a left
on the head and two right glancing blows
on the jaw. Rubin clinched repeatedly to
avoid Jim's rushes. Jeffries got in a
right on the body and left Just above
he belt He followed this with a heavy
left on the collarbOue which forced Gus
10 "A corner. Again Jim landed a terrible
left on Gus neck. In a cliEch on the
ropes Rubin received a terrible left over
the belt, and fell to the floor for eight
seconds Jeffrcs again landed a left over
the heart Jelfries rushed Gus to the
ropes and landed a left on the head.
1t was obvious that Gus WAS whipped.
At the end of the round RuhliA's seconds
threw mp the sponge.
THREE OFFICERS SELECTED.