The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-16
Dazed and Beaten Rubin Early
Left the Ring.
ACTED LIKE AQUITTER
Akron Man No Match For the
Big Boilermaker.
Jeffries Much Surprised at Ad-
versary's Fluke.
Thousands Present DisappOint-
ed at Ruhlin's Act.

San Francisco. Nov 16.-Sporting men
who witnessed last nights contest for
the championship of the world between
Jim Jeffries and Gus Rubin agree that
it was one of the most disappointing
fights ever put up by heavyweights OF
reputation. No one expected such
tame termination and when Billy Mad
den, acting for Rubin, threw up the
sponge at the end of the fifth round,
there was a howl of anger from the
spectators. Referee Corbett plainly
showed his surprise and at first thought
that the sponge had been thrown into
the ring by some practical joker. In an
interview after the fight Corbett said:
Il think Madden made a mistake. He
should have thought of the crowd that
: had paid a big admission fee to see the
fight. The crowd that attends such ex-
hibitions wants to see the defeated man
knocked out The fight might have gone
another round or two when a decisive
blow might have been given"
Billy Madden said that he decided to
stop at the end of the fifth to save his
man from worse punishment Il did not
want knock out" said he.
Rubin got over his grOgginess quick
1y- He was not badly punished and bore
no serious marks of the fray There was
little trace of the heavy body blow in
the fifth round and he is little the worse
for wear
Champion Jeffries in signed state
ment says:
Il had not started to fight when Mad
den threw up the sponge. Had gone
at Rubin am sure he would not have
lasted two rounds Rubin was scared
from the first
San Francisco, Nov. 16.-Jeffries whip
ped Rubin in the fifth round last night,
successfully defending his right to the
championship title, the Akron giant
quitting like a cur.
The Mechanics pavilion at San Fran
cisco was filled to overlooking by 10000
patrons of pugiliSm, who had assembled
there to witness the battle for the
heavyweight championship of the world
between Champion James ]. Jeffries of
Los Angeles, Cal, and Gus Rubin of
Akron, o.. who aspires to the champion
ship title. The squared circle, which
occupies the center of the pavilion, has
been the scene of many bitter glove
contests between the stars of fistiana in
the past and early in the afternoon a
long line of anxious devotees of the fistic
game assembled on the 1arl1n street
side of the pavilion held the weary vigil
in a driZZling rain until nightfall when
the sale of gallery seats was opened.
Never in the history of San Francisco
has there been such crush of humanity
at a pugiliSuc event Hardly had the
sun dragged itself beneath the hills
toward the ocean before the great pavil-
ion began to fill with the enthused crosvd
gathered to watch the championship
contest
AT Old o CLOCK STIR at the east end
of the pavilion indicated that one of the
principals had arrived and was proceed
ing to his dressing room. The word was
soon passed that Gus Rubin, the Akron
giant, had reached the scene of conflict
from Blanken's six-mile house and
uproar ensued-
Rubin went at once to his dressing
room accompanied by Billy Madden.
Denver Ed Martin, Charlie Golf and
Young Gibbs, who later appeared in his
corner when the fight was called.
on ri id
laney. Bob Armstrong, Kid Eagan, the
champions brother, Jack and Dewitt
VanCourt. left the Oakland side of the
bay on the 1880 train, reaching San
Francisco shortly after 8 O'Clock.
In great impatience the crowd waited
for the appearance of the two gladiators.
taking but passive interest in the
eight round bout between Billy Curtin
and Mike Condor and in the encounter
between Joe Fields and Spider" Joe
WEIGH
The first preliminary between Billy
Condor and Mike Curtin, an eight round
affair at 40 pounds, was a fast and in
teresting mill 1t was nip and tuck from
the sound of the gong to the conclusion
of the eighth round by which time
neither man had gained advantage
The police put some of the spectators
out of the gallery. it being much over
crowded, and at o'clock people were
turned away at the doors and probably
the greatest assemblage of people ever
gathered to witness a prize fight was
packed within
The second preliminary between
Fields and WEIGH, was an eight-round
AFFAIR, in which Fields went down and
out in the last round.
The betting at the ringside at 9:15 p.
m Steadied down just before the big
struggle to odds of two to one although
there were bursts OF enthusiasm from
either side during which longer odds
were offered. Ed. Kelly. the Chicago
bookmal1er. had $1,000 which he sought
to place at 100 to 45. OF this sum 81 900
was covered by the Ruhlinites. A miner
named Bell, just arrived from the Klon-
dixie, wagered $500 at the same odds.
Aside from this the betting was COM
monplace.
When the second preliminary had
been concluded, resulting in the victory
of Spider Joe WEIGH over Joe Fields a
corps of workmen bounced into the
ring, scaling ladders and taking other
positions about the myriad of electric
lights ranged along the border of a
great canopy above. The operator at
the kaleidoscope machine adjusted his
instruments and flash of light through
the array of lamps proclaimed that all
was in readiness as far as the COM
pany was concerned. A moment later
burst of lime light of 236. 900 candle
power Illuminated the vast reaches of
the, pavilion and had the effect of fur
Their enthusing the great host of spec
tators. as an immediate forerunner of
the championship struggle.
George Harting, official timekeeper of
the Twentieth Century club. took his
position to the south side of the ring.
with Phil Wand, timekeeper for Rubin
closely following.
At 9:28 Jeffries entered the ring, shad-
ing his eyes. and after him came his
trainer, Billy Delaney, Kid Eagan, Bob
Armstrong and Jack Jeffries-
Harry Corbett, referee, then stepped
lnto the ring, and at $50 Gus Rubin
crept through the ropes. followed by
bis seconds. They tossed for corners