The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-29
GUS RUHLIN IS
NOW A HAS.BEEN
NO LONGER ABLE TO BEAT EVEN
THIRD RATERS.
Rise of the Akron Giant Into Prom
inence Was as Sudden as Has Been
His Fall in Public Esteem-kid
Mccoy Still After F'itz and O'Brien.

The passing of Gus Rubin, the Akron
giant, as he Is popularity known to follow
ers of the ring, is peculiar, in view of the
comparative youth Of the heavyweight. It
has been quite as sudden and unexpected
as his rise into prominence.
A few years ago Rubin was a dub
He was a trial horse for ambitious men
like Sharkey and Kid Mccoy. The form
er once knocked him out in one minute,
and the latter cut him to ribbons in a
twenty round bout. No one expected that
Rubin would ever be more than second
rater. .l.I
Then Rubin secured a second match
with Sharkey, after the latter had had
his strength and spirit broken by the
twenty-five round beating he took from
Jeffries. Rubin, who had gained much in
speed and cleverness easily defeated the
sailor in fifteen rounds, and later knocked
him out e. second time in a bout in Lon
don. Rubin took position in pugilistic
circles second only to that Of Jeffries and
Fitzsimmons. When he was matched to
fight the latter, about year after Fitz
had lost the title, quite a number thought
he had a good chance to beat the Cornish
man. who was getting on in years. F'itz
knocked out Rubin in six rounds, how
ever, and the latter was no longer a
championship possibility. tho he secured
match with Jeffries in the fall Of 1901.
Jeffries beat the big fellow decisively,
Rubin refusing to come to the scratch af-
ter the fourth round.
Still Rubin was reckoned in the same
class with such men as Corbett, Mccoy
and Sharkey. A few weeks ago, however,
he was outboxed by Jim Jeffords, good
third-rater, and showed that he had lost
his skill and speed in a large degree. Then
he fought Marvin Hart of louisville, a
fighter whose record has been so cratic
that he has never been highly regarded,
and who weighed about twenty five pounds
less than the Akron man. Hart beat him
decisively. and Ruhlin's showing was so
poor to elicit many sarcastic comments
in the eastern press. A Philadelphia pa
per, reviewing the contest, says:
Gus Rubin gave a remarkable exhibit
tion Of courage at the National Athletic
club last night
For six rounds he bravely stayed in the
same ring with Marvin Hart, and stoical-
ly concealed all desire to quit and rush for
the street.
| ."Gus was fighting under a great tandi-.
| cap. He was not more than foot taller
than the Louisville man, and could not
have outweighed him more than twenty
Eve pounds. Yet in spite Of these odds
the Akron man never lost heart, and once
or twice actually plucked up the nerve to
! fight back
| "Ruhlin is the well-known wrestler who
met Sharkey, Monroe and others during
| the last two years. He was once a boxer"
| Rubin is said to have sailed down a
| good roll, which is Fortunate as he has
small chance to accumulate more money
| In the ring.
Kid Mccoy is still making strenuous
effort to win the middleweight champion
| ship by defeating Fitzsimmons and Jack
| O'Brien. The Kid holds that Fitz Is
still holder Of the title, and counts Tom
my Ryan out of it. He is Professionally
matched with both O'Brien and Red Rob
| ert. In talking of the middleweight stu
alton recently, he said
! I'm the boy who will make those fell
| lows come thru or drop their claims on
| the middleweight championship. In nv
| mind, Fitzsmmons is the real champion
| He beat Dempsey for the honors and has
| defended them ever since O'Brien and
Ryan have no grounds for their claim
They Just filled in while the old fellow
| tried for every other championship on the
boards. He has the dope, and they have
to best him in order to cop the glory. Do
I think I stand chance? Well, I really
| think have. He can't last forever, you
| know.
I'm not saying that I consider him in
| or anything like that No, no, not for
mine. That fellow is the most dangerous
man in the ring to-day. and he's years
older than the Oldest I'll beat him, tho.
|
been. Don't dope me on that Placke
fight. I wasn't right then. You see, I
felt new; it was the first time fought
t for long time. and I was as nervous as
stranger in New York. I'll be fine in
a week or two. tho. This week 1 will
meet all corners at Philadelphia. the
newness will wear off. I'm punching bet
ter than ever, and really think there's
nothing to it. I'm going to get that mid
| dleweight title, and the sooner I get in
the ring with those fellows the better
I'll like it.
/ Don't I consider Ryan champion?
Well, yes; he's a good man, but beat
| him once. I want these other fellows.
They've been having it easy too long, and
they'll have to pull out their samples soon.
because I'm going to try them all. That
! title will be mine. or else it's me to- the
| plot with the headstone."
PAPER STOCKINGS
/ Paper gloves and stockings are now be-
1 60, yr,f.-