The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-01
From the New York Sun.

 "wo hundred members of Mrs. Gus
 Ruhlin's Progressive Political
 ! league found last night that they could sit through nine or ten perfectly realistic boxing bouts without even faint- ing once. The discovery was made at the Long Acre Athletic club.
 '1t doesn't seem to me a bit more exciting than those lovely sword fights they do on the stage in white ruffied shirts and knee brooches and buckled shoes," remarked a young woman ln white opera cloak who sat in a ring side seat. It's nice, though, that they let US smoke" And she tossed one cigar cite on the floor and lighted another. I'm the only one though. Suffragettes are not so emancipated as I supposed" Red ONeal's landed a good solar plexus" remarked her escort, a tall blond youth. who was wearing the only even ing dress clothes in the audience. And there's right upper cut for Willie Mac ponald.''
 The woman admitted languidly that it might be so. But Dorothy Fruchs, the
  in a blue sailor suit and a semi Salva- ton Army bonnet, was so intensely in terested in the exhibition that it took two men to answer her questions.
 When Harry Hill, in green trunks flanked by a sash in assorted Persian tints, leaped into the ring she clapped her hands and breathed, "Oh, how magnificent,' As for Charlie Hill, in his red and green trunks-well she left swing to Barry's jaw.
 "Barry's got in a dandy backhander," volunteered the man on her right. Great right hook of Charles,'' added the man behind her.
 Dorothy clasped her hands and the bell rang.
 ''Barry's round," chorused the es- corts.
 l There were two more rounds-aw- | fully fast ones, Dorothy said. Why, 1 they hit each other all the time, and l it doesn't seem to hurt a bit," she | added
 | Right you are, young lady" shouted third man. They're only love tappin. Gloves too heavy. Couldn't stun a fly with 'em.
 l Dorothy's escorts glared and talked about uppercuts and right hooks and straight lefts until the bell had rung twice more, and the man who had lutted in announced that it was a draw.
 "Barry's by points," insisted one of the escorts. The other was silent.
 Nobody thought the bout between l Kid Black, Middle Atlantic states cham pion. 11S. pounds, and Young Mango was l a draw. | The kid seemed to remember that la deis were present and in the first round landed a series of soft slaps that irri- l tated the fight ~fans who hadn't come in the capacity of escorts. Put one over kid," they yelled. "Aint you able to get to him? Can't you hit him once on the nose? Why, the ladies could beat that.
 These jeers so goaded the kid that he forgot everything but the work in hand, | and backing Mango into the corner he proceeded to put over a dozen or so trip hammer right and left hooks to the body that really distressed Young Mango.
 There was a bout between Jerry Gaines and the Bleached Blond that would have been very bloody if Gus Ruh- lin had not plucked the contestants every once in so often. As 1t was the bleach ed blond's second had to apply sponge to his nose for fully minute after the last round. It was Jerry's fight, as he easily outpointed, but of course no de- cisions were given.
 | In the estimation of the women Mike Glover won his bout from Johnny Clutch and Young Saxe came out way ahead of Kid Walter in furious four-round
 fight refereed by Young Corbett Kid
 Walter refused to shake hands with his
 opponent. when it was all over and sev-
 cral of the suffragettes cried "Shame!
 Young Gitney finished with big lead
 ever Kid Goodman and Professor Mundy
 failed to throw Young Leary in 15 min-
 utes, as he had promised.
 Altogether it was as Gus Ruhlin said.