The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-23
RuELlH PROVES no
MATCH For JEFFnIEs
tco.,isses from Esrss f-ss-.l

{ time IN the Eghf- At the sound Of the
gong he came out for business. From
i that time forth il Was q fight between
Il a bear and a mastiE. with the mastiff
/ playing TO escape In the third Rubin
+ vas staggered By q rain OF stiff punch
4 es il the face and body. IN the fourth
+ he was weakened and tottering. and
the crcSd. hot for Jehries in sympa
thy. was yelling TO the champion to
! finish his man as Ruhlin went down
and staid the limit
i They came up for the fifth rouad in
! the same order. Rubin trying every
{ dodge in his repertoire TO escape the
inevitable, Jehries unable to get In
the drive that would end il because
his man would not stand Down went
Rubin again, staggered up, clinched-
1 lied u strike out and was saved by
+ the gong. He tottered to his corner
and fell into the arms OF his seconds
as q sponge was tossed into the ring
/ For a moment the crowd did not IN
deFstand- Then. as the referee step
I ped 10 the center OF the ring aad sum
moned Jeffries a murmur passed
through the Pavilion. which blended
| into a storm Ct derisiye boots as they
realized that San Francisco had paid
for another easy-money proposition.
Il was a championship decision and
there was hardly a cheer for the win
ner.
The crowd at the Pavilion was the
largest in recent times. It was not
so great as that at the Jeffries-Shar
key fight, which was the record in
this citv.
The ts%%,o preliminaries were suppos-
ed TO be miner affairs. and the hold
ers of boxes timed their arrival to
coincide with the coming of the big
fellows. Those who followed this
schedule missed the only real fight
ing in the evening. for the second OF
the warming bouts. that between Joe
Fields and Spider" joe WEIGH, was
grilling bantam-weight go that brought
the most hardened ring followers TO
their feet. The men resembled Shar-
! key and Fitzsimmons in miniature.
and Fitzsimmons. in the person of the
lathy Spider" knocked out his op
ponent in the fifth round. The other
preliminary. between Billy Condor
and Mike Curtin. was as slow as the
main attraction and went the limi.
10 a draw.
Announcer Billy Jordan stepped IN
TO the ring and grew black in the face
attempting TO make the crowd stop
smoking in order that the view might
not be clouded. Then with hiss the
light came on, more brilliant than the
brightest day. The gas lights in the
rest of the house paled. From the gal
leries the great crowd was dim and
indistinct: only the glittering. glar
ing circle of light was visible. Two
women, heavily yelled, the only mem
bers of their sex in the house. slipped
into front box and escaped in the
darkness the customary remarks from
the crowd.
a moment later JeffTies vaulted in
to the ring all alone aud stood smil
ing awkwardly at the plaudits of the
multitude. He Was dressed in a red
sweater and brand new brown trous
ers and new ring shoes. He pulled
an insignificant little cap out OF his
pocket, drew it over his eyes against
the lights and stood against the ropes,
chewing gum and chatting with
friends in the boxes. From then on,
except for the moment when Rubin
surprised him and for the few seconds
when he was puzzling with the prob
lem OF a Knockout blow. that smile
never left his face
Jeffres' seconds came next, and then
Rubin. He was received with faint
Fecho of the greeting given the cham
pion. By contrast. he wore q faded
sweater and trousers. By further con-
trast, he was deadly serious and FUN
bled neryously with the ropes. In
Ruhlin's corner were Billy Madden.
Charles Golf Denver Ed" Martin and
Young Gibbs. Jeffries was seconded
BY Jack Jeffries. Dewitt Van Court.
Billy Delany and Bob Armstrong. On
the toss for corners, Rubin won.
sending the champion to the quarters
occupied by Terry MeGovern in the
late affair with Gardner Tim Nc
Grath was introduced, and challenged
the winner for Tom Sharkey. Captain
Whitman came forward and examined
the gloves. drawing from the crowd
the widest applause OF the evening;
the men wese introduced. Jeffries
chewing gum and slipping OF his
clothes as he was exhibited. The
champion drew OF his American flag
belt and hung o over the ropes. and
the fight was on
They we're a disgusted lot as they
streamed out OF the Pavilion. People
had come from all over the country
for the sake of seeing . fight and
they were rewarded by seeing Jim
Jefries in action. a sight that they
could see for prices from 81 to Size
down by attending one OF his theat
rical peFfol maaces-
IEONIns FALL