The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-04
TWO OLD CHAMPIONS REVIEW THE
HARDEST BOUTS Of THEIR CAREERS

J OF THEIR CAREERS
Rubin Gave the Worst Pun.
ishment to Robert Fitz-
simmons
Fftzsimmons insists that the hard
est fight for him to win was that with
Gus Rubin In Madison Square Garden
on August 10, 1900. He said recently:
II don't believe any fighter ever
got such a pounding as did in the
first three rounds and then finally
won out. In April of the same year
I beat Ed Duhkhorst, who at that
time was Jeffries' sparring partner.
and JEFF has told me often that he
could not hit Dunkhorst hard enough
to knock him out.
II met Dunkhorst in Brooklyn on
April 80, 1900, and put him away in
two rounds by hooking him flush on
the jaw with my left But when
hit him l broke a small bone in my
left hand, which was not attended to
properly, and it gave me a lot Of
trouble, and never seemed to get any
better, no matter what treatment 1t
received. Shortly after my fight with
Dunkhorst l signed articles to meet
Rubin in New York, and each of us
put up $4,000 forfeit money.
although my hand was some bet
ter it was not entirely healed by the
time I began to train for my fight
with Rubin. Whenever I boxed 1
bandaged It up we'll, and it gave me
no trouble. On the day before the
fight I went into a Turkish bath and
afterward took swim and caught
cold in my sore hand. Ten minutes
after 1 came out of the water my
hand began to swell and it panied me
so that called in a physician. and he
treated it enough to ease the pain,
but that night, which was the one be-
fore the fight, scarcely slept an
hour.
Fitz In Bad Shape
"The next morning the physician
told me that was in danger Of blood
poisoning If fought that night. But
1 had that $4,000 up and could not
afford to lose it, so had the wound
dressed as we'll as possible. Even
my friends advised me not to fight.
and they said they would collect q
pool and give me back my forfeit
money, but there was nothing doing.
When l was dressing was SO weak
and my hand panied me so much that
/, came near throwing up the sponge,
but something inside Of me kept say
ing Go through with it, Fitz, old boy.
Elm all my fights l always had a
box reserved close to my corner for
my friends, and as I crawled through
the ropes l remember George Dawson
saying, You don't look right, Fitz.
but only looked at him and smiled
a sickly grin. When we stood in the
center of the ring listening to the
referees instructions, my knees
weighed a ton each. What an eff
fort it was for me to put up my dukes
when time was called, and absolute
ly was unable to stop any OF Ruhlin's
blows, although l could see and an
ticipate them.
"What punching I did get. Why
in the first round he nearly closed
my eyes, he cut my upper lip. and hit
me many times, while was 80 slow
l. could not even hit him.
Hook to Stomach Drops Gus
"When the bell rang for the end Of
the first round l staggered to my cor
ner and leaned back against the post.
They 7pSnged me off and rubbed me
down, but was still weak and unable
to get myself together. I kept say
ing to myself, Too slow, you are too
slow, Fitz,' but. couldn't steam up.
In the second round Gus hit me on
the jaw, which caused me to stagger
backward, but I saw him rush me, so
I sidestepped him and drove my left
into his stomach and dropped him.
stood over him waiting for him to get
up. He rose slowly when the referee
counted eight, and as he finally got to
his feet he let go a haymaker that
caught me over the right eye and cut
a deep cash, but I was determined to
go on, for knew l soon would get
stronger and be able to fight better.
Ruhlin's Punches Weaken
"Ruhlin just kept after me and
peppered me all over the ring, Out ne
was unable to hit me hard enough
to make me take the count, while
was able to land effectively. When I
went to my corner at the end of the
second round George Dawson was
crying and my other friends were
urging me on, while some of them,
believe were trying to use mental
telepathy on me.
81 continued to be the receiver gen.
eral in the third and fourth rounds
but toward the end of the fourth ses-
sion l seemed to get stronger all of
sudden, while believe Gus weakened
a little. landed some singing
blows in the fourth round, and when
I went to my corner at the end Of the
round sat up straight in my chair
for the first time. When the bell rang