Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-17
THE Great Battle
Easily Won by the Baltimore Ohio
Product over
HIS FELLOW BUCKEYE
Rubin Was Hurt In the Stomach and Quit
After rho Fifth Round Fight Was a FslIo
FzlO and Tho Akron Giant Was Coarly
OuiolaSsod Iefirles Father Mustered Into
The G. A. R. by the Globes Editor

tween Jim Jeffries and Gus Rubin
was a lamentable but withal character
ictic tizzle, That Rubin was out
classed and stood no ghost of a show
to win was only too well evidenced by
the betting. Both men are Ohio prod
ucets, Jeftries being from Baltimore
Franklin county, and huhlin from Ak
ron. The editor of The Globe, when
G. A. r. mastering officer, mustered in
to the g, A. r. the father Of Jim JET.
fries in the little town Of Baltimore.
Jim at that time was a barefooted
kid and gave little outward evidence
Of the superb physical manhood to
which he afterwards attained.
Coming back to the battle fought Fri.
day night the account says that when
the two men appeared in the ring and
shook hands, Jeffries appeared far
heavier, but Rubin was in such splen-
did form that his friends looked to see
him make a good showing. In the first
round he sized up fairly well, as he
kept dancing arounu the ring, but IL
was plainly evident that when Jeffries
cramped him i'm corners, he could not
withstand the terrific right and left
jolts which Jelfues landed apparently
at win on his NECK and heart, and just
over the belt
The only return that Rubin could
make for the punishing blows was
light dabs on Jeffries' face 1t was ap-
| parent to everybody who had watched
Jeffries i'm previous fights that he was
making no attempt to protect himself
from these blows as soon as he dis
| covered that they had no Furnishing
power
Jenries, with his huge, buifalo-like
| head sharply advanced, and his right
| shoulder brought up to protect his
neck I'm his ola familiar attitude fol.
| lowed his man around the ring. Rub.
lin was never in it from the beginning
Of the second round, and he never land
| ed a single Furnishing blow.
He drew blood, to be sure. in one
round, but this was in the second, and
was merely a light blow on the corner
| Of Jeffries' mouth, and did not distress
the champion for an instant.
The second round was a series of
| clinches on Gus part to escape the
/ heavy halfarm jolts from Jeffries' pow
/ erful right. He seemed incapable of
making any effective return, or even of
! protecting himself in breakaways from
/ clinches Several times, when badly
| hurt by these blows from Jeffmes' right
/ he appealed to the referee for protec.
| tion, but Corbett ruled, and ruled very
| Justly, that Jeifries was entirely within
| the rules.
The third round showed Rubin dis.
| playing evident marks Of suffering He
retreated around the ring, Jeffries fol-
lowing sayagely and landing terrific
punches with lei, and right on the neck
and over the heart
A glancing blow i'm this round
brought blood over Gus left eve. half
closing it. Gus was painting heavily
and showed every evidence of suffering
extreme pain from the body blows he
had received, while Jeffries winked at
his admirers at the ringside over Rub
Inns shoulders in the clinches. and act
ed more like big goOd-natured boy
than a prizehghter in a championship
battle.
In the fourth round Jeffries still
maintained the same tactics, following
his man about the ring. His face took
on savage look, and he began to deal
terrific blows on the neck and over the
heart, which sounded as though they
had been delivered with a baseball bat.
All poor Rubin could do was to clincb
after one Of these had jolted him and
then break away About the middle of
the round Jeffries uppercut Gus with
both right and left, and while he was
dazed landed over the heart and
brought Rubin to the carpet He took
eight seconds on the count, and came
up very groggy, but the gong saved
him.
AT the opening Of the fifth round
it was plainly apparent that Jeffries
meant to finish things before the gong
sounded again. With head lowered
he drove straight rightarm punches
into Ruhlin's wind, and when Gus
aoubled up some unuer these cruel
blows he landed on the neck and chest.
Rubin stood the punishment gamely.
but another very heavy right-hand
blow just above the belt again felled
him to the carpet. and again he took
eight seconds of the count. 1t was
evident that Rubin was whipped and
he could only last a few moments. but
he showed such Icleverness in clinches |
at he lasted out the round.
When the men had gone to their |
corners there was a great burst of ap- |
plause for Jefries, which was changed |
in moment TO a roar in incredulous .
surprise when Billy Madden tossed the .
sponge into the middle of the ring. .
1he master Of ceremonies pormptly an .
nOunced that Ruhlin's seconds ad- /
mitted defeat and that Jeffries was the .
winner In five rounds.
Rubin when seen just after the fight
said that he was ready to go on with .
the sixth round but Billy Madden
stopped the fight, as he did not want
to see his man knocked out. Rubin
added 81 might have gone on for two
more rounds. but the hard iolts in the
fourth on the jaw got me dazed. / /
am satisfied with the result, and have
no kick to make
Jeffries was seen I'm his room right
after the fight. He said.
81 was sure that | had him licked
I'm the first round l determined to
start on the aggressive to see II Rubin
would stand up to me, as his admirers
said he never broke ground in a fight.
! played most exclusively for that