Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-16
RuHLIN GIVES UP
IN FIFTH ROUND.
Jeffrles Retains Title Of the Worlds
Champion Pugilist,
UNSATISFACTORY CONTEST,
champion Delivered Only One Tell
Ing Blow, which Was In the
Second Round.


most unsatisfactory prize-hghts ever
witnessed in this country, James j.
Jeffries proved the victor tonight over
Gus Rubin. the Akron giant, and
thus emphasized his right to tl-e heavy
weight championship title. In the
fifth round OF what was to have been
twenty-round struggle Rubin wilt
ed 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 as
serteG that while he had delivered one
telling blow In the second round he
did not expect to win the victory so
easily
RuhilIts sole explanation Of the out
come Cf the night is that he received q
chance blow which utterly disabled
him ana that Jeffries persisted in
fighting him low.
RUHLINs CASE WAS HOPELESS.
While Rubin will make no absolute
charge Of Jeffrles having committed a
foul, he ntlmates that he was unfair
ly handled and injured as a result.
Rubin receives the support Of nib
seconds, who say that his was a hope
less case after the second round.
Early In the afternoon a long line OF
anxious men assembled on the Larkin
street side Of the pavilion and held the
weary vigil In drizzling rain until
nightfall, when the sale of gallery
seats was opened. Never in the his
tory of San Francisco has there been
such a crush Of humanity at pugilis-
tic event. Hardly had the sun
dragged itself beneath the hills toward
the ocean before the great pavilion be-
gan to fill with the enthused crowd
gathered to watch the championship
contest.
STATE OFFICIALS ON HAND.
Thousands poured into the gallery
when the doors were finally opened
and long before the first preliminary
was called the upper portion OF the
pavilion was black with spectators.
People who came from points between
Vancouver and Mexico and embracing
well known state officials, members OF
the judiciary and prominent sportins
people early took possession Of the
htgh-priced seats.
AT S:l5 o'clock 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 Gus Rub
lin, the Akron giant, had reached the
scene OF conflict from Blankens Six
Mile house, and an uproar ensued
Rubin went at once TO his dressing
room, accompanied by Billy Madden,
Denver Ed" Martin. Charley Golf and
"Young Gibbs" who later appeared in
his corner when the fight was called
PRELTMINARIES ARE ANNOUNCED
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 popu-
lar sentiment condemned the story as
canard and the betting at the ring
side was not affected by the incident.
M. II. de Young, the millionaire edl-
tor; Mayor James ID. Phelan, Mayor
elect Schmitz and almost the entire
bench OF the county Of San Francisco
was early at the ringside. Billy Jor-
dan, the veteran announcer, was early
on the scene.
When the preliminaries were an
nounced and the first fight brought on,
the assembled thousands betrayed in
some part the extent Of their excite
ment and wrought up feelings and
cheered vociferously, although the cur
tain raisers were unimportant.
CHAMPION RECEIVES AN ovA-
TON.
Jaffriaa accomnaplad hy pulv IA
laney. Bob Armstrong. kid" Eagan,
his brother Jack Jeffries and De Witt
Van Court left the Oakland side Of the
bay on the 1880 train, reaching San
Francisco shortly after o'clock. The
champion entered the building while
the first preliminary was In progress,
and as Capt Whitman, In charge of
the police detailed. cleared the way.
proceeded to his dressing room, while
the throng that entered the building
made a demonstration.
In great Impotence the crowd waited
for the appearance OF the two gladla-
tors taking but passive interest in
the elght-round bout between Billy
Condor and Mike Curtin and in the
encounter between Joe Fields and Spi-
der Joe Welsh
BETTING WAS COMMONPLACE.
The betting at the ringside steadied
down just before the big struggle to
odds OF two TO one, although there
were bursts OF enthusiasm from either
side In which longer odds were offered,
I'D Kelly, the Chicago bookmaker, had
$4,000 which he sought to place at 10
to 4ia. OF this sum $1,000 was covered
by the Ruhlinites miner named
naIl net L.. Il
wagered $500 at the same odds. Aside
from this betting was commonplace.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS.
When the second preliminary had
been concluded resulting In the victory
+ OF Spider Joe Welsh over Joe Fields in
four rounds, a corps OF workmen
bounced into the ring, scaling ladders
and taking other positions about the
myriad OF electric lights ranged along
+ The border Of canopy above. The op-
orator at the kaleidoscope machine nd
3usted his instrument and a flash OF
light through the array Of lamps pro.
claimed that all was In readiness as
far as the company was concerned. A
moment later burst OF lime-light 2Ss. =
900 candle-power Illuminated the vast
reaches OF the pavilion and came TO
further enthuse the great host OF sDCc-
tators as an immediate forelunncr OF
the championship struggle. George
Harting, official timekeeper for the
Twentieth Century club, took his po-
clifton TO the south side OF the ring with
Phil Wand, timekeeper for Rubin.
closely following.
FIGHTERS ENTER THE RING.
At 9:es o'clock Jeffries entered the
ring. shading his eyes. After him
came his trainer. Billy Delaney: Kid
Eagan, Bob Armstrong and brother
Jack. Harry Corbett. referee. then
stepped into the ring.
Two Minutes later Gus Rubin en-
tered the ring, followed by his sec
onds.
They tossed for corners and Rubin
won. taking southwest corner OF the
ring. The extrere heat from the pow
erful light over he ring made Itself
felt from the very beginning but was
not as intense as that which ham
pered the Sharkey-Je1ries Tight Two