Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-25
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Jeffries Considered ohe of the Greatest of Fighters.

His Work in the Past Reviewed. Ruhlin Should Be a Mark for the Boiler Maker-Tried to Raise Funds to Stop the Big Tight, but Failed Choynski Refused to Meet Hanrahan
 Because the Purse Was tToo Small.
 While there has been little betting | so far, local sporting mel say that Jeffries should be 5 to 3 favorite over Ruhlin when they meet in the ring at Cincinnati. Bobkmalier Joe
 Nendig is of the opinion that geffries | will win quickly and decisivelyl Ven dlg voices the sentiments of il num-
 Der of shrewd ring followers, who are | confident that the champion will retain his title. There are many ways to fig | ure on form. but there is just one item that carries weight enough to give a | fair line on the respective merits of the two men. Jeffries has always shown ability to keep his head under the most trying circemstanceE, while Ruhlin has displayed wepkness E in this respect. Jeffries has always been his own ring general. while Ruhlin has depended upon the advice alhd judg- ment of his seconds. 1t will be re- membered that Ruhlin looked to Cor ! bett and Madden for advice when Fitzsimmons had f1oored him in the second round of their mill with pow erful left handler in the pit. of the stomach. The punch not only took all 1 the steam out of the 'Akro4i Giant | but also clearly rattled him. He did l. not know how to fight the CorniShman
 after that and was an easy, mark in consequence. It was Jeffrids's head work that enabled him to Vi hip Fitz- simmons. The boilermakeE mapped
 out-a plan of action beforf entering
 the ring and adhered to it Had he been fustered Fitz would probably
 have landed him in d mix up. But Jeffries knew how to fight the Cor nishman and that proved the secret | of his success.
 Against Sharkey and Cbrbett the champion did not display the same skill as in the mill with Fftz. but he did not lose his head. even when Cor
 bert was punching it for hll he was worth in the ninth round and tine champions legs were wob ply. In q | word. JeffrieS has shown that he | knows more about the scitnce of the fighting game than Ruhlin q nd for that reason sporting men look to see the
 boilermarker win. Jefriej never has f been an aggressive rusher and punch CT. He has always preferred cautious ness and believes in tal>1tg his time. ! The same may be SaidI of Ruhlin, 1 though when Peter Mahertworked him ] up in the first round of their engage .ment Gus went the race 1so fast that the Irisfman let up for T rest. Many | ring followers would prdfer to see | Jeffries indulge in .ushkn just as John l.. Sullivan use1 td do. They 1 say that the champion witIh his weight. strength and agility, olEA Int to beat | down quickly some of the men who i have stayed before him f. br more than twenty rounds. Had JeIf Aries rushed 1 Sharkey and Corbett iJ is believed | that he would have lsto1ped them in the early rounds. He di1 not go after Sharkey until the twentieIth round, and
 administered such a bed ting between | that and the twenty-ffthI that the Sail or was sorry spect "leI when he left | the ring. Jeffries he 1 bff with Cor bett for twenty rounus, Iduring which
 time the latter ran arouihd on the de
 fensive whenever the champion led.
 Then the champion cut loose and after | a series of fierce rushes Ihe got TO Cor | bett's jaw for 8 finish. | Ieffries and | Ruhlin boxed a twenty fOund draw i'll
 San Francisco several ytars ago when | they were both green with the gloves l Neither was aggressiveI and the hght was tame. But both hdve greatly i'm
 proved since that incident, Jeffries in
 particular. It has beeb said that II
 Tommy Ryan goes behfnd Ruhlln ne
 will advise Gus to sail lin and mix it. | If Ruhlin should folAoW this tip It IS
 thought that he will find himself up
 against the hardest kinId of proposl- | ton. SIS Jeffries has .done his best work | with opponents coming to him. 1T | Jeffries cannot get down to 2lo pounds or less he may be handicapped, bH"nuse
 Ruslin. at 19O, can put Iup quite fast
 gait. The champion admits that he
 weighed 240 when he began training | several weeks ago and that he has talk
 en off twenty pounds. but Delaney, his
 trainer, says that it will be only the | hardest kind of work that will reduce
 him to the required weight at which | he beat FitZsimmonS and the others.