The Washington times., 1910-05-02
CHAPTER XII.
! Stop Rubin In Five Rounds.

] SIOD RunHU IN rive NOullNS-
- HERE was a great crowd at the
Pavilion that night. something
Ike ten thousand people Special
trains had been coming in all day
long. and the cities and towns algn5-
the coast had sent big delegations. II
looked good. fighting for 50 per cent OF
the gate receipts, and = per cent 10 the
winner In spite Of the rains men SLOOE
In line all day waiting for the Edlie-}
doors TO be thrown open and the CALLER
seats put on sale. when ] came IN al
hour before rlng-tlne, the lights Tor Jr 2
kaleidoscope pictures were about na 7
turned on With bllSTerlnE TeCollecIlCuA
OF the lights over the ring at COney
Island when I fought Sharhey, 1 looked
ta1em over, but they seemed 70 be well
arranged. and although there was heat
enough i wash quite IKE a furnace
The crowd surged around me so hard
! that Captain Whitman or the pollc--
had to clear a road 10 my dressing
room The police were busy that nigh
helping 20 handle the crush just about
9 o'clock they decided that the sal
Ieries were Cverpacked, and lot of
people had TO 70 downstairs. At last
zhe doors ~-ere closed and guarded. out
side in the street there was sthl a DiS
mob trying 20 get In around the ring
was Just the sort OF a cIgNc 80 : ot
: can always find al world S champion
ship battle There sat Mayor -helan
/ Of San Francisco and ScEmitz, mayor
elect, with all 'He big judges and
.
I Enters the Ring.
/ At half past nine we got into the ring
/ This time I didn't wait Ior che Other
/ fellow, as I usually do but climbed
| through the ropes first Euhlin fol
: lowed me Billy jordan began an
uouncinE. and all the lights were turned
/ or. 1t was ike noon IN the desert
We could feel a hot EzEe settle dow .
/ over the ring Jordan introduced Gus,
H Hlr he
J came my turn, and as Jordan shouted
] Champion Of the ORD there was q
roar OF cheers that shook the rooI- Al
7 around the ring men WeIt' SKI alEp-llr
about trying 20 get bets down. some q
them Offering better than two 10 one
on me. and not finding very many TAX
The ring was cleared Rubin was
talking wiki his seconds Billy Madden
Denver I'd Martin ana EuSene Var
I Court Delaney and KID E-.1--s-l SlePpel
hack through the ropes behind me
got I'D. and pulling the naE out OF M
beIt tied II around the post IN my cor
uer. Then / stood up and waited tor Ih'
bell Harry COTDeJIs the TeieFte. stSE
ned 70 he middle Of the ring CorDet
J was an a absolurelE square man Il oieu
make any difference to him tnaL ne ldt
been my first friend when I came z,
san Francisco 70 hght years oeIoTe ~
that I had knocked out ms bro-neI jan
The ben rang and the fight began
-
l. doesn't pay 10 be careless in me ~ +
, round with the world : champloIlsl
az stake. Gus Jabbed me lshIly an
20 3 steoued into q cliuch tapped nlr
+ lust as lightly I beEan gong atteT III
T. faster and Gus Ciinched or ducked VI
der my punches. The first was q tam
round
n IN the second Gus cut loose and 60
| home q dozen good punches on my 1a-
/ and on the hodv- But they didn't bur
{ and 7 kept on walking into him. lookin
; for an opening for the one punch Jhs
/ would 90 business Gus hooked his let
over against my CheekDoDe and
! 3 thought he WINGED Af-erWard J
! / claimed that he brole two lnuCkie
/ / with THAI punch. I d-Sn't feel II u-cl
/ He crossed his right 70 my eye an
/ / iarred me a little
II An Easy Round
II As soon as The third round began
III made up my mind that Gus cOuldn
/ do much more than he'd done alTea .,
/ / and that there was no use IN WaSLiU
III more time. I went right after him ar
sticking nv left oft staggered him wit
II a hard smash on the chin II WASH