Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-09
CHAPTER Xxx.
! FINISH GUS RUHLrN IN FIVE ROUNDS
AT FRISCO.

FINISH Gus RUHLIN IN FIVE ROUNDS
AT FRISCO.
TNHERE was great crowd at
the Pavilion that night. some
thing like 10000 people. Spe-
cial trains had been coming IN
all day long, and tie cities and towns
along the coast had sent big delega-
tons. 1t looked good, lighting for go
per cent Of the gate receipts and 80
per cent 10 the winner
In spite OF the rain men stood In
line all day waiting for the gallery
doors TO be thrown open and the gal
lery seats 20 be put on sale. When I
came in an hour before ring time the
lights for the kaleidoscope pictures were
about half turned on. with blistering
recollections OF the lights over the ring
at Coney Island when / fought Shar-
key looked them over. but they seem
ed 20 be well arranged. and. although
there was heat enough. Il wasn't quite
Ike a furnace. The police were busy
that night helping 20 handle the crush
Around the ring was just the sort OF
crowd that you can always find at
worlds championship battle. There
sat Mayor Phelan OF san Francisco
and Schmitz, mayor elect. with ali the
big judges and lawyers and business
men OF the city.
At half past we got into the ring
This time 1 didn't wait for the other
fellow. as I usually do but climbed
through the ropes first. Rubin fol
lowed me. All around the ring men
81 "a.
down, some OF them Offering better
than 70 I on me and not finding very
many takers. The ring was cleared
Rubin was talking with his seconds.
Billy Madden, Denver Ed Martin
and Eugene Van Court. Delaney and
Kid Eagan stepped back through the
ropes behind me. l got up and, pull
ing the flag out OF my belt. tied Il
around the post in my corner. Then l
stood up and waited for the bell.
Harry COrbett, the referee, stepped 20
the middle OF the ring. Corbett was
an absolutely square man. II didn't
make any difference 10 him that ne
had been my first friend when ! came
to San Francisco 10 fight years before
or that ! had knocked out his brother
Jim in New York
The bell rang. and the fight began.
At first we were both pretty cautious.
II doesn't pay TO be careless in the
first round with the worlds champion
ship al stake. Gus jabbed me lightly
and stepped into a clinch- l tapped
him just as lightly. l began going
after him faster. and Gus clinched or
ducked under my punches The drst
was tame round.
In the second Gus cut loose and got
home a dozen good punches on my
jaw and on the body, but they didn't
hurt, and kept on walking into him.
looking for an opening for the one
punch that would do business. Gus
hooked his left over against my cheek
bone. and thought he WINGED. After
ward he claimed that he broke two
knuckles with that punch l didn't
feel IL much. He crossed his right 10
my eye and Jared me a little.
AS soon as the third round began /
made up my mind that Gus couldn't
do much more than he'd done already
and that there was no use in wasting
more time. ! went right after him
and. sticking my left out. staggered
him with a hard smash on the chin.
IL wasn't a snowy punch-just q
straight arm and little bit OF hook
at the end OF IT, Gus fell into clinch
and held on hard. ! pushed him away
and uppercut with both hands.
banged my left into his body. and be
complained 10 Corbett. I kept or
whipping my left In. Rubin had hard
work to stick the round out. / knew
that I'd whip him then and that the
fight wouldn't be a very long one. lie
couldn't take the body blows.
In the fourth | walked straight al
him and kept on walking when b,
tried to jab me away. All that was
necessary now was a good opening
RuhliD covered his body carefully. and
j popped one over that nearly closed
his eye and made him bring his guard
up. Then a left in the stomach bent
MIN over. pushed him back and
walked after him. whaling away now
and then for his body. Gus had such
a funny look on his face that almost
had TO laugh. He turned TO Corbeti
and said. "Make him stop chasing me
Harry Madden was IN Ruhlin's cor