The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-14
Rubin and Jeffries Have PraCti-
caIIy Ended Their Preparations
for Fridays Big Fight and Are
Ready for Gong
BOTH MEN FEEL
SURE OF WINNING
The Champion Admits Rubin Has
Improved Since He Last Met
Him But Expects to Polish Him
Off Inside of Fifteen Rounds
Rubin Also Confident

San Francisco, Nov. 13.-While inter
est grows in the Jeffries Rubin fight
set for Friday, the odds are still 10 to
and no Rubin money is to be seen.
Both the champion and the akron
Giant" were visited at their quarters
today by admiring throngs.
The men have practically ended their
preparations for the contest. Very
light exercise was all that they did,
today. Tomorrow morning short ram
BILE will be the last work each will take,
and Friday will see them in the hands
of their trainers and rubbers.
Harry Corbett, who will act as
referee, said tonight that the public
could be assured that so far as he was
concerned, the men would fight from
the moment they went into the ring
until one or the other was declared the
victor.
"There is to be no hugging in
clinches." he said "The people who
patronize boxing have grown tired of
these disgusting exhibitions OF hang
ing on, and it is about time an end was
put to 1t. OF course, a referee cant
prevent the fighters from coming to-
gether in a clinch; but l want 1t under
stood from the beginning, that when
give the word, Jeffries and Rubin are
to break. The man who hangs on after
that will be watched, and If he tries
to save his strength in this manner,
with a full understanding of the warn
ming he has received, let him and his
hackers abide by the decision"
Jeffries was asked today for an esti-
mate of the length of the fight.
well" he said, 81 know that Rubin
has not been standing still since l mel
| him last. He has improved very much
and 1 have an idea that he will bore IN
from the start Maybe I'll stop him
in the first round; may be the second
but really l do not think 1t will last
longer than IS"
The same question was put to Rub
| lin.
II feel strong" he said, "as well as
ever did in my life 1 feel as though
can fight and fight hard, but it's the
| best man that wins and how can l tel
now but what Jeffries is the best? O1
| course, 1 don't think so, but l woulc
not want to say that the fight woulo
go five rounds, or ten rounds, or that
could polish him off in one, though
may prove my ability to do So"
Two San Francisco physicians exam
| ined Jeffries this morning just after M
| finished his road work, and they pro
nounce him to be in superb condition
His heart action was strong and regu
lar, which, taken with his genera
health, indicated to their minds the
possession of an ability to go to the
| limit of human endurance.
Another physician said the same
thing about Rubin, He found his
pulse to be as, which thte medical mar
declared to be a marvel. The cham
,,111ce &c raCIIlaT a If 500
Billy Delaney. acting for Jeffries, has
made arrangements with the San
Francisco A. c., to bring about a meet
ing between him and Tom Sharkey on
Dec. 20, in the event o Champion JEFF
fries beating Rubin. Sharkey is eX-
pected to arrive Friday morning and,
if the outcome of the big battle is ia
vorable to the proposition, he will go
into training Immediately.