The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-16
JEFFRIES VICTOR
in FIFTH ROUND.
Rubin Surrenders to
Crowds Disgust.
CHAMPION SURPRISED
Had Not Locked for So Easy a Vic
tory Over Akron Giant.
FIGHT HIGHLY UNSATISFACTORY
Rubin Appeared Frightened from the Start,
and a Left Hook on Jaw in the Second
Round Took All the Fight Out of
Him Iie Claims That
Jeffres Fought
Low.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Nov. 15-ln
one of the most unsatisfactory prizc-ights
ever witnessed in this country. James }.
Jetfries proved the victor tonight over
Gus Ruhlin. the Akron giant. In the
fifth round of what was TO have been a
2O-round struggle Ruhlia wilted and then
surrendered to his peer, to the utter
utter amazement and disgust OF the as
sembled 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 vic
tory so easily.
RuElin's sole explanation Of the out
come of the fight, is that he received a
CHARGE blow which utterly disabled him
and that Jeffrics persisted in fighting him
low.
FRIGHTENED FROM START.
While Ruhlm will make no absolute
charge of Jeffries having committed u
foul, he intimates that he was unfairly
handled and injured as a result. Rubin
receives the support OF his seconds in this
stand, who say that his was Il hopeless
case after the second round.
Almost from the beginning Of the fight
Rubin appeared frightened. The fight
WdS DIdCllCdllN llil!Sllctl III Lit StCOuu
round when Jeffries landed left hook on
jaw that took all the fight out of Rubin.
His seconds complained bitterly, but
Rubin insisted that he was the victim
of an accident. Jeffries walked to
Ruhiin's corner, asked what was the mat
ter, then turned in disgust aud pro-
cecded to his dressins-room, while the
spectators rose as one man and cheered
the champion while they denounced
D md f,l The nnIipp
tumtled into the ring, stopped two fights
in which Corbett, the referee and officers
= of %the%citIb, were involved. The utmost
exeter ent prevailed, during which
Rubin made his way out of the ring.
TURN RULE.
GATHERED EARLY.
Early in the afternoon u long line OF
anxious men assembled in front Of the
pavilion and held a weird vigil in .
drizzling rain until nighttall wnen the
sale Of gallery seats was opened.
Never in the history OF San Francisco
has there been such q crush Of humanity
at 8; pugilstic event. The great pavH-
ion began to fill at sundown with the en-
tilusiastic crowds gathered to witness me
contest Thousands poured into the g:ti-
lery when the, doors We're opened, ana
long before the first preliminary was
called the upper portion OF the paVlilo'.
was black with spectators. People cons
ing from all points between Vancouver
and Mexico. and embracing we'll known
State officers, members of the judiciary
and prominent sporting. men took i,os-
session of the high-priced seats early
At SIS O clock a. stir at the east end OF
the pavilion indicated that one OF the
principals had arrived and was proceed
ing TO his dressirg-room. The word was
passed that Rubin had reached the scene
of combat from Blanken's SiX-Mlie House,
and an 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 calls d.
RUMORED INJURY.
A runor, emanatins from Oakland,
seized the crowd early in the evening 70
the effect that Jetfries had suffered an
injury to one OF his hands before start
ing for San Francisco, but popular sentl-
ment condemned the story as canard,
and the betting at the rlng-slde was no.
affected by the incident.
Mayor James D. 1'helan, Mayor-Eiect
Schmitz and almost the entire bench OF
the county of San Francisco We're early
at the ring-side. Billy Jordan, the vet
erans announcer, was early on the scene.
When the preliriRaries were announced
and The first fight. brought on, those as
sembled betrayed in some part the extent
of their excitement and cheered Vocif-
ero,,sly, although the curta:n-ralsers were
uninrporta!lt.
,Jeffries, accompanied by Billy Delany,
Bob Armstrong. Kid Eagan. his brother
Jack, and Dewitt HanCourt. left Oakland
at 7:3O reaching San Francisco shortly
after S o'clock.
S O clocli--rhe champion entered the
building while the first preliminary was
in progress and as Captain Whitman, in
charge OF the police detail, cleared the
way. proceeded to his dressing-room. while
the throng. that entered the building made
a demonstrati ton. IN great impatence the
crowd waited for the appearance of the
two gla0iators, taking but a passive inter
est in the cght-round bout between Billy
Condor and Mike Curtin and in the en-
counter between Joe Fields and Spider"
Joe Nvelch The second preliminary. be-
tween Fields and Welch, an eisht-round
affair, was announced.
The first preliminary was declared
draw.
The police have put some of the specta-
tors out of the gallery, it being much
overcrow0ed
At . o'clock people We're turned away
from the doors, and probably the greatest
assemblage of people ever gathered 10
witness prize fight was nacked "itilh.
THE BETTING
9:l5 P. M.-The betting at the ring
side steadied down just before the big
struggle. to ODDS OF TO l. although
there were bursts OF enthusiasm from
either side in which longer odds were
offered.
Ed. Kelley. the Chicago book-maker.
had s3 coo which he sought to place at 10
tn IA. Of this sum 5000 was covered by
The Rubin men, n miner. named Bell
inst arrived from the iSlondille, waged
500 Mt the same odds. Aside from this
the betting was commonplace.
When the second preliminary had been
resulting in the victory OF