The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-09
BETTING is LIGHT
SPORTS ARE INCLINED TO GO
EASY ON THE BIG
FIGHT
WANT TO SEE FIGHTERS FIRST
Jeffries Realizes That Rubin Will
BE a Hard Proposition-saIe
of Seats Is Very
Heavy.
WANT TO SEE FIGHTERS First

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S-With the
big fight only a week away there is sin
gularly little betting on the result. JEFF
fries is a strong favorite, but so far few
spectators have cared to place their
money. There is a general desire to see
in what condition they finish their hard
work If the champion meets with no ac-
cident he will enter the ring about a 10
to 4 favorfte.
Jeffries will break camp at Hardin
Springs this morning, and, accompanied
by Billy Delaney, Bob Armstrong and
his retinue of rubbers, he will go to Oak
land, and hereafter his breathing spells
will be done in the gymnasium of the Re-
lance Athletic club Jeffries realizes he
has done enough hard work, SO from now
until the battle begins he will take mat
tiers comparatively easy. He will take on
some weight before the bout with the
big man from Ohio.
BY taking matters comparatively easy
Jeffries means that he will take course
every day that would strike terror to the
heart of the average manipulation of the
gloves.
The time honored saying, HE is
glutton for work. fades into insight
icance when applied to the big boiler
maker. With the exception of James j.
Corbett, no champion has ever worked so
hard for contest as has Jeffries for his
coming encounter. He realizes that In
Rubin he has a tough customer, and so
wishes to step into the ring In the best
of condition.
.Of course, naturally expect to win
my bout with Ruhlin, he said, but L
want to tell you, boys, this fellow Rubin
is no cinch. / had rather fight half a
dozen Fitzsimmons and Sharkeys than
this fellow. He is young, tall. strong.
lean, shifty-in fact, has all the qualifica-
lions necessary to make a tough GUS
toner. don't underrate him by any
means, and on that account 1 have work.
ed harder than ever did in my life"
At Blankens. Six-Mile house the cha1-
lenger is getting in condition, and the
hopeful manner in which he refers to
the coming battle would lead one to be-
lieve Rubin and not Jeffries was the
champion. The big fellow from Akron has
taken on about ten pounds in weight, and
good solid flesh at that since he came
here.
Like Jeffries, Rubin is an exceptional
ly hard worker, and his trainer. Billy
Madden, has to keep watchful eye on
him ON that account
Rubin has done little sparring since he
hurt his hand over a week ago, and
from now on he will hardly put OH the
gloves at all except to thurnp the bag.
He has improved amazingly in his foot
work, and is now said to be as fast -as
any big man that ever donned the mitts-
Regularly every morning Rubin, ac-
companied by either Denver Ed" Martin
or Charley Golf, sets the pace along the
shore of the bay for an eight-nile run,
and so speedily does he cover ground that
his companions are often left some dis
tance in the rear.
Billy Madden explains the idea OF
Ruhlin's plan to indulge in no more box
ing as simply one of caution, insuring as
it does against the chance of injuring his
hands in his fierce milling with Denver
Ed"
The one feature of Ruhlin's condition
that gives any cause for apprehension
is his heavy breathing through his nose.
He explains this by the fact that he is
troubled somewhat with catarrh, which,
coupled with the repeated smashes re-
ceived on his olfactory organ. has so
c1ogged the passage as to give one the
impression from the manner of his noisy
breathing that his wind is in poor shape.
The sale of seats for the fight opened
yesterday and has been very heavy, all
though the managers give out no figures.