The evening world., 1903-09-08

ION form handicapped a Obu heCOHo'
owing to a trihing little weight dis
crepancy of some forty or fifty pounds
OF bone and muscle. the rrolleyvllle
prodigy <et a pace from the llrst brazen
clang OF the gong that carried Mr.. Gus
his feet, tiptoed him to the head Of
the stretch and only let him get up u
time TO be beaten out a nose IN a drtv.
finish.
And All Was DerIsionIeAs.
''Decisionlcss" Philadelphia forbidding
the picking of a winner. Mr.. Referee
one Rocap-bowed his way, lockjawed
from out the clearing smoke OF the car
minc-spotted battlefield.
Delying into his thinking apparatus to
pick a winner, IFS dollars to doughnuts
lie would toss up with himself to see
If the do~uble-oughts of "A dead heat or
the number tackled next the handle
OF the olond-haired Brooklynite should
be run up.
Ruhlin's six feet two of Drawn
muscle. towering head and shoulders
above Carriers tow-topped sky-piece. the
knight OF the Mltts from the CITY OF
Churches as an OBJECT Of pity-enterins
the ring. lie left 1t through a lane of
cheering. crazy. oloodthirsty savages.
List Gong Found Rubin Relieved
He had carried his handicap into the
camp OF tine Ruhllnites with a wicked
ness that brooked no obstacles and
come forth with a bit of Uncle sam 8
flag that circled his waist fiuttering
! ioyously in the breeze of victory.
Dashins through crashing rights that
.,,o,, ,ha rtny 1IkA n hla ct nf heavy ar
! tlllery. tearing past long stabbing lefts
TINT carried death and destruction In
every muscle charging the fortliica-
tions OF his massive adversary every
moment of the battle with undaunted
courage, Crrter was the mcarnauoh VI
tloodthirsty viciousness and a gliht VI
relief shot to Ruhlin's eye as the gong
slippei the sixth and last session mo
the turned-over pages of warfare
Crowd Didn't Turn Out.
The low ceilinged. di~shpan-hke arena
OF the Washington Sporting Sluo
showed bare in spots when the call 10
i'm ttle came. Followers of Dame f1stiana
love a goood fight. but a ugh they
dodge. Nine out of ten counted last
r,gbt,. programme the advance PROOF
OF a Spanish bull pit.
So they went to the ping pong touena-
ment
Therefore the quantity OF sheckele IN
the box office hardly warranted lhe
granddaughter aspect OF the traS. eu'
Mossrs. Gus and " Fought theif
aght and battered and oacn
other with an abandon that wott"a no.
Of box office or gate receipts or any
other old thing other than q mutuai
annlhilation society.
BEFORE the Slaughter.
Climbing into the arena mid the
cheers of their p~artisans. of whom
Carter seemed 10 have the major por-
,ion. they pulled on their war toys
the same being hve-ounce maulers-
shufaed their feet Into the resin and
smiled their greetings at JACK mum
roe. which same worthy was introduced
from the canvas.
KID Mccoy, automooiled 10 'ne
ring side from the wave-lapped SHORES
of Boardwalk Town, Atlantic CITY,
handled the guns behind the breast
works OF the Rubin fortiications
on to Good start.
"Crockey Boyle and one Vicery dis
,urbed the atmosphere tween rounds
in the Ruhlln camp will a couple oil
towels. mississippi a bunch OF
r,,ckle-pushing darkness; KID How
,rd and a couple OF rag wielders famed
the hlond youth. Rochp's getaway adj
vice. the gong, and they were on TO a
swinging start 49,.
carter in the lead by n nose: right
flush on It, too. Gus smiieo' out II
was the bull, 1t didn't go. And then
he started for ~Brocklyn's pride, and
for the fag end OF that three MIN
utcs there were certainly decldeoiS
souolly times. with Carter oadly
=. tangled IN in the business end oil the
{: squat, 49,
n ..1yhere nothing to II. Ruhlin's toe
hir was the verdict " the ran p'rdS'
And 1t icoKcu that way
mt Carter cot Away.
p,, an, Of It all came Edward smil
p"N ,nnnair, Shifting in ms t'rle
rs p,anncd a charge, ana with me oy.
nv NJ echoes OF the gong he made IL
h9 III sho, from his eorner like a thun
8 iS,it working overtime. There was
I SSvina melee of plunglng hsts, ana gu
: ~ az IL backed u blond-haired
: : St RI,s sm'' rHa sushcd in a stream dow
I; pnnhhmn's face. A cash streaking HI
IIttnrsnt ave marked the wound.
4 rIT"' USs first blood for the KID.
,,bL.s ramgy. barn.like pit of these twen
y :" century, Romans rahg with IN
2 TO- o.cry OF the Carterltes. But thei
iov was short-hvcd'
!. ,,,. .J.b went Through.
,,other Charge and Carter was snit
Nn"r nI ohSSing rs the blood stream
mig aannu",n streaked his henv1nS ches
ing lines Of crimson, His nose ha'
WIN ,nio the dig 'un : lett mau'"r.
h1s,vo gnre doesn't make n champion
n" mole than smoke make = Watei
loo, areamland wsllop to the jaw wa
lhe aim of these two worthie;
the, sUnn,y swung for II often enough I
anu nay a dozen champions, or eS
SLOW Sons or would-pe champions.
ehan stil sklnging for II the gor
% Hmj them both n bit leg-weary al
% tounn IN ,ne bellows department.,
~ i'SsSTT' Mr.. Ruhlin had been learly on
q p91m,e",ii ,e smile that won't come OF We
81 s,im on duty. II was the Bull" bl
Il stuck.
nd T,c Willy Mccoy In Evidence.
,,l Two more three-minute slaughter
40 49, -..tnoaa fha SECOND and thirJ