The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23
RuBE SMITH IS DUE
TO ARRIVE TOMORROW
Pugilist Will Leave Denver
Early This Morning TO Meet
Tony Caponi Here.
! BEAN PROMOTING BOUT
Italians Prospective Adver-
sary a Little Lighter, but
Is Real Boxer.
BEAN PROMOTING BOUT

Willard Bean of the e/SanGym got Rpbe
Smith in Denver on The long distance
'phone last night and after lengthy con
yersatlon with the pugiiist Bean an
nounced that Smith Will start for Salt
Lake this morning 20 box Tony Capoh'
Ten rounds Thanksgiving eve. November
70. Bean telceraphed Smith railroad
ticket last night
Tony Caponi has already signiiied ms
willingness TO meet Smith and Ia ready
. 10 sign articles the moment smith gets
: here.
An effort 10 get Caponi 10 accept the
def OF young Peter Jackson. the col =.
ored boy who challenged the winner ~
the Caponi Rogers bout. WIS MADE YES
1nrday, but Caponi said that only big
money consideration would tempt him. as
there was nothing 10 gal sa1n IN me ,s"son WAY o'
, caponi did not flstly refuse 10 meet Jack
son but Intimaicd That his price for his
services would be a pretty stiff ono lor
such a match
Ruhe Smith is pretty we'll knows anu
liked by fight fans in Colorado aud ltah.
His oWn naive description Of himself is:
Not champion, but can beat anyone
who thinks he's a champion.
Anyone who wants personal testimony
concerning Smiths fighting ability might
consult Kid Bennett, whom smith
knocked ont In Cripple Creek. as long ago
as 1902 when Bennett was IN his prime
Just 10 clinch the matter Smith won from
Bennett In January. 1909. Bennett, OF
course, is Supcrannualed now, nut SAN
I.akers who have seen the old man DoT
even in late years recognized flash ol
real science now and then. Kid Bennett
has high opinion Of Rubc.
Smith boxes a grea, deal like Caponi;
He is a clean hitter who stands off and
rights instead of rushing into cIinehrs
All the time. \ match between the Two
ought 20 bc the most scientific seen in
salt Lake FOR. a long time.
Many Salt Lake fans saw Smith when
he won In twenty rounds from Frank
Mantell. August 10. 1907, in Ogden, and
they Hike his style Of boxing. Smith has
met .et Nike sdS TTp san S"y"E shTss mnJ sm
out In eighteen rounds before Denver
crowd that pronounced il one OF the best
bouts ever seen there. In the same year
Smith fought a ten round draw with Sui
Ivan in Pueblo and q twcnty-round draw
with Sullivan in Denver.
On May 30. 1908, al t;oldfeld. New,
smith knocked out Larry Gordon in a
thirty six round fight. which set Nevada
fans wild with enthusiasm:
Smiths only fight In Salt Lake was in
1905 when he Knocked out Charlie VIII
Iianns in ten rounds. July or the same
year he wen twenty-round bout with
Frank Fields at Godfcd. In 1910 Inc
sousht two draws with Dick Gilbert, one
OF fifteen and the other OF twenty rounds.
1nrSe arc only n rev ~ NNilAh ; IlShNH'
His battle with George Mems,c in Den
Yer, for instance, was one OF the best
Ten round mills seen there FOR n long time.
Smith fights al from ltS TO $50 pounds,
which makes him about eight 10 ten
pounds lighter than Caponi can make.
Capoui. himself, believes that Smith is
a worthy opponent and would much rath-
rr go on with him than some unknown
man. caponi believes he can win tho de-
cision, but acknowledges that he Will have
Ia do his best,