Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-16
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FAMOUS ring Man
Was THE LATE
GUS rubin

a few weeks ago. was one of the fast
decreasing band of lighters who -four
ished when the heavyweight title
meant something more than handle
with which To turn the vaudeville bus
mess into easy money. His often ex-
pressed wish that when his time came
he would 20 quickly, and without
knowing what 1t meant to be sick.
came true with startling fidelity.
Rubin at one time an aspirant for
the worlds heavyweight pugilistic
championship, died with his boots
on" ........ .. ...... .u.
Standing In the dining room OF his
home at No. 1890 Myrtle avenue. Will
liamsburg. the Akron Giant" called To
his life. ..a.
Hurry up the grub! I'm hungry"
Then. as he opened a book belonging
to his wife. to see what might be
meant by its formidable title, The Art
Of Longevity" he groaned and fell.
Mrs. Rubin hurried from the kit
chen. She called DIR. X. A. Tashall.
When he arrived AT 1880 he said Ruiz
lin had died almost instantly. The
fighter. he said, probably had suffered
an internal homorrhage.
In the old days Gus Rubin fought
many good pugiiists. But since his
retirement from the ring Ave or six
years ago his fame faded so that his
principal Interest to the newspapers
was as the husband of Mrs. Gus Run
lin the dvertingly militant sunragette.
lie often was seen. when the saloon
beneath his Hat did not require his
attention, standing sheepishly in the
headquarters of the Women's Progress
sivc Political League, his wife's suf-
frage organization.
A Young Man.
Rubin, q native of Canton, o.. was
only forty years old. but he had long
put aside as impossible OF attainment
his ambition to win the heavyweight
championship. He announced In 1906
that he was through with the ring.
After that little was heard OF Rubin
until his wife's suffrage work brought
him into the light again He had
bought saloon and kept adding real
estate to his holdings until II was said
he was well to do
Rubin was six feet two inches tail.
and In his prime weighed 200 pounds
when trained. He entered the ring in
1895 as the Akron Giant" and fought
seventy odd battles before he retired.
For Rubin the small fry were easy
but he Just fell short OF the class OF
Jeffries and Fltzsimmons. He managed
to hold Jefries to n draw decision In n
twenty-round mill, and subsequently
Choynski and Peter Maher,
Kid Mccoy proved IA tough customer,
He won the decision after a hard
fought battle. Joe Kennedy repeated
the operation. There was excitement
over Ruhlin's match with Tom Sharkey
and much mirth when the sailor land
ed punch IN the first round and put
the giant down for the count.
Rubin got his revenge at Concy
Island. He faced Sharkey again and
In the fifteenth OF a bitter series of
rounds he had the satisfaction of see
ing his opponent lying helpless while
the referee droned; ITEM"
Irish Champion.
They called Rubin "Dutchman."
but he had the distinction of having
been champion OF Ireland. After he
had been beaten by Fitzsimmons he
wrested the Irish title from Peter Ma
her. He met the Irishman In Phila-
delphia and put him out In the second
round.
When Rubin faced Jenries for the
second time he did not fare 80 well
He lost In five rounds. The sporting
world said then that Rubin was on
the decline, but he accepted chal-
lenge to fight Tom Sharkey again.
The battle with sharkey was Rub.
, Inns last. The men met Coronation
, Week In London before the Nationa
Sporting Club Sharkey meant bust
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