The evening world., 1912-02-17
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COLUMN

~ stop ashting. He was . young
~ 20 eat I know he'd drop some d.
z remember when people used 20
~ that Gus wasn't game. Well. don't
~ forget Il Rubin was a. game as
~ man.. He wa one OF those fast
eenews VINO Jabbsd quick and got In
80 cut again. but thsrs wasn't any
outt IN him. He rave mo an awful
0cking Tor ave rounds that time {
hocksd HIM and Tom sharkey out
within two weeks. never got . worse
ooo4lnG. ~ sick before that dSht
~ wanted 70 postoons Il Tor . wesh.
~ Diliy MAIDEN saaA: I've head that
8eues before-whsn they're afraid Of
~ Aghtsr they prstsnd they stuck .
0eke through their hand or something
~ that
~ went on and fought Ous
e~iAnSAtsrsd mo at 0rt. iIe wss fast
- b hit me Q mAlton times .
a1Dots. Al I could see was . bunch
9 0ovss. I eeSsAn't st soiag. !
~ TOO Glow tor him.
(IYN The avt round I tsrnsd towssd
my oorner OF the tell ana 0Nn
= 11dn't hear Il and swung an aw.
~ punch and cut my eye vide open.
I otaGssrsd - my oornas and - I at
1eWu { heard somebody In my private
~ OF the oorns say: Tho poor old
~, he ought 10 DO something else.
Ne can't 6sht any more turned to
george Dawson and asked: 'Oeorgs. am
OsttAng too oldf'
ssNo. Bob. no. said George. Utmost
NyAG. you're winning!' And just then
ysPey wiiiiama leaned over the roper
- ASKED: whats the matter with him.
osorUsf' After that Got an awful
lanmsring. A. the end Of the nth
sssnA ! could Just walk to my corner.
Y0L for the nrst time In my lifs I
wnt 10 my corner feeling defeat: I
~ that I was ickeL
when the bell rang they lifted me
q ny feat and ! saw Gus standing
there waiting and looking At ms with q
grin.
"'You can get him. Bob whispered
Dawson. and ! made up my mind to ge'
NJ ~ "a down trying. went straigh,
- I'm. and a. soon ~ I reached him
ia my right 60. easy. n as GU
pulled back I shifted and sunk my ief
iato his body with my whole weigh
beAtnd Il. Gus sunk down to his knees
Roaning.
oh. that hurt you. did tr I said
80 Gus got up slowly. I was waitinl
Soe him. still with my right loot shifte,
70 he front and with my left ready 4
stast another solar plexus blow. but 10
. million dollars l couldn't nave moys
my toft arm al Inch. I was ~ near al
-. II put my last ounce IN the puncl
that dropped him. Gus stood me OF
and got stronger ana his speed cam
baok and he Jabbed me. l got a littl
stronger. n every time I hit he wen
oown. ] wasn't wasting any punches
Tbs end came when ! started u RICH
(ous vas always afraid OF my right
40 ~ lifted his guard high. / slowe,
~ night down and Just showed
against his ribs and pushed ana shifte
NJ eest. That's u trick no other nghte
av0e discovered. II was one OF m
1oworttes. You see. when a fellow feel
that hight pushing against his ribs he
bring his guard down every time, \
. ~ Gus began to drop his arm
ho1 my left started. and this ume, IN
Db Va " Hsn su inc bOly
brought II up to his Jaw and he wen
out cold. The police captain came I
my dressing room and said. 'Fitz, YOU
have 10 stay here u little while
"'Whst!" ! said. Isn't Gus al! right
"'No.' said he. he hasn't come to yet
II guess that was the worst scare
eves had IN my life, but after "A whll
the captain came In and said. AL rish'
F1ts; he's come to-
kHV rs, that was one tough HelI
n nobody can tell me Gu
wasn't game. the waS h ca n
~ and fought after he got that sola
pisxus punch twice as hard as Corbe
81 Il at Carson. We were both We
beaten up, Why. three weeks later "
went down to Philadelphia. where Pro
LAJbin took moving pictures OF the hsl
% Q roof. We both had black ey,
stiil and I painted Grs M so that h
LOOKED dne. Then Gus painted min
We fought the light again insi the wa