The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-16
STILL THE CHAMPION
GUS RUHLIN AN EASY MARK FOR
JEFFRIEs.
OUT IN THE FIFTH ROUND.
AND PRACTICALLY WHIPPED IN
THE SECOND.

PugiIistic Contests Ever Witness
ed i'm the Country Was That ar
Frisco Yesterday-The Champion
Himself Was Surprised mt His
Easy Victory-GeneraI Scrap in
the Ring at the Close, While Ruh-
lin Is Denounced as a Quitter.
San Francisco, Nov 15.-In one OF
the most unsatisfactory prize fights
ever witnessed in this country, James
j. Jeffries proved the victor tonight
over Gus Rubin. the Akron Giant. In
the fifth round of what was to have
been a twenty-round struggle Rubin
wilted and then surrendered to his peer
to the utter amazement and disgust
of the assembled 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 victory so easily.
Ruhlin's sole explanation of the out
come of the fight is that he received a
chance blow which utterly disabled
him, and that Jeffries persisted in
fighting him low
While Rubin will make no absolute
charge of Jeffries having committed
a foul. he intimates that he was un-
fairly handled and injured as a re-
suit. Rubin receives the support OF
his seconds in this stand. VINO say
that his was hopeless case after the
second round
Almost from the beginning of the
fight Rubin appeared frightened. The
fight was practically finished in the
second round. when Jeffries landed a.
left hook on jaw that took all the fight
out OF Ruhlin
AT the end Ruhlins seconds COM
planned bitterly, but Rubin insisted
that he was the victim Of an accident.
Jeffries walked to Ruhlin's corner. ask
ed what was the matter, then turned
in disgust and proceeded to his dress
ing room. while the spectators rose
as one man and cheered the champion,
while they denounced Rubin as a.
| gutter and lfakir. The police tt,rnbied
! into the ring, stopped two fights in
which Corbett the referee and officers
of the club were involved The ut
| which Rubin made his way out OF the
| ring.
In the opinion of James Kennedy and
Jack Gleason of the Twentieth Cen
| tury Club which brought of the fight,
Rubin was drawn too fine and went
to pieces because of his great zeal in
training.
While some expressions were heard
In the throng after the fight. placing
the stigma of fake affair on the man
agement, it was the consensus of opin-
ion that Rubin fought losing battle
in order to obtain the short end of an
enormous prize.
It is estimated that there was some
thing over $4,000 realized at the box
office and of this 621s per cent. divided
in purses of rs and rs per cent. goes
to the participants in to-night's event
Before an assemblage of 10000
people at the Mechanics Pavil-
ion, which has been the scene
of many bitter and important
of Los Angeles. Cal. met Gus Rubin.
the Akron Giant, tonight and fought
for the title Jeffries has held since his
memorable battle with Fitzsimmons.
Early in the afternoon long line of
anxious men assembled in front of the
pavilion and held wearied vigil of a
drizzling rain until nightfall, when the
Never in the history of San Fran
cisco has there been such a crush of
humanity at a pugilstic event. The
great pavilion began TO fill at sundown
with the enthusiastic crowds gathered
to witness the contest. Thousands
poured into the gallery when the doors
were opened and long before the first
preliminary was called the upper por-
tioon of the pavilion was black with
spectators. People coming from all
points, between Vancouver and Mexico.
and embracing well-known state off,
cials, members of the judiciary and
prominent sporting men took possess
sion of the high priced seats early.
At S:15 O'Clock a stir at the east end
of the pavilion indicated that one of
the principals had arrived and was
proceeding to his dressing room. The
word was soon passed that Rubin had
reach the scene of combat from Blan-
ken's Six Mile 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 ap-
peared in his corner when the fight
was called A rumor emanating from
Oakland seized the crowd early in the
evening to the effect that Jeffries had
suffered an injury to one Of his hands
before starting for San Francisco. but
DDDuidi ctulititlll tOuQtIllltQ tHt SlOtY
as a canard and the betting at the
ringside was not affected
by the incident Mayor James
d. Phelan. Mayor elect Schmitz and
almost the entire bench Of the county
OF San Francisco we're early at the
ringside. Billy Jordan, the veteran an
nouncer. was early on the scene. When
the preliminares were announced and
the first fight brought on those assem-
bled betrayed in some part the extent
OF their excitement and cheered vocif-
erousiy. although the curtain-raisers
were unimportant. Jeffries. accompan-
led by Billy Delaney Bob Armstrong.
Kid Eagan. his brother Jack, and De-
witt Vancourt, left Oakland at 7:30.
reaching San Francisco shortly after 3
O'Clock.
Ats O'Clock the champion entered the
building while the firGt preliminary
was IN progress. and as Capt. Whit
man, IN charge of the police detail.
cleared the way proceeded 10 his dress-
ing room, while the thrOng that entered
the building made q demonstration
II great linpHtience the crowd awaif-
"a Tor fbe appearance of the two Rlad-
ietoff. taking bar a passive interest ia
the eiKhtsfcund bout between Billy
Ccncop ene Niks Curtin, and IN TIE
encounter between Joe Fisids and "Gpir
DER Jos Weich. The aecond preiins
inefy bftwesn Fields and Weirh go
fiKhfrfvune analr. wac ennounee1
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