El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-08

THE American soldiers who viii not
l return from France for several
months are well supplied with base
ball paraphenalia. a little over q
month ago the Y. II. c. a shipped
from this country $3.50 basebalis,
2SSO bats. 1880 gloves Of various
kinds. 313I mits. 22s masks. 951 chest
protectors. about 100 sets OF bases.
5000 score cards and loss books OF
playing rules This shipment is by
this time in France and is now be-
ing distributed among the various
camps. Besides baseball equipment
the y. n c. A. sent over several
thousand basketballs. boxing gloves
and medicine balls The entire ship
ment was worth about S175,0o0.
James Smyth, better known as
Red" Smyth. the former Cardinal
outfielder. who was drafted into the
National army last July. was recently
mustered out OF the service at Camp
Funston Smyth did not get over TO
France He was an excellent soldier.
however. for il five months he rose
from the ranks to be top sergeant.
GUS RUHLIN.
It has been many years since Gus
Rubin vas a familiar figure in the
pugilistic world. and nearly seven
years have passed since he was laid
away for his final rest The older
fight fans viii be glad to revive
memories OF the day when Gus was
in his glory. and the heavyweight
division was full OF good men Born
20 years later. the Akron Giant might
easily have become q champion. but
has was at his best when COrbett,
FitZsimmons. Jeffries. Sharey. Maher.
ChOynski. Kid Mccoy. Goddard ard
other big scrappers were making the
heavyweight camp a mighty lively
one.
Rubin was born on Jan. s. 1874
in Canton. O.. but II vas in Akron
that he mad his pugiistic debut He
became a professional fighter rather
late in life, and he was - when he
fought his first important bout This
was at Barberton. O.. and his oppo-
nent was Con Tobin. a heavyw eight
from New York. Tobin wasn't any
marvel. but he had quite a reputa-
ton in New York. and the Akron
fans didn't have much confidence in
the ability Of the local novice Rub
lin. however. had Kid Mccoy in his
corner. and after a little hard s'ed-
ding at first the tide OF battle turned
his way, and Tobin quit in the fifth
round This victory doomed Rub
Inns stock. and he followed II by
twice defeating Steve O'Donnell. the
Australian heavyweight. in AFron- In
1897 Gus went TO san Francisco and
fought Jim Jeffries 20 rounds 70 a
draw, and then defeated Tut Ryan
in New Orleans. Woolf Bendoff in
Baltimore. and other scrappers Rub
lin then fought his old tutor. Kid
Mccoy. IN Syracuse. and lost the
decision in 20 rounds. and q little
later was knocked out by Tom
Sharkey at COney Island
Rubin afterwards whipped Ed
Dunkhorst, Australian Joe Goddard.
and other good men. and in 1900 re-
venged himself on Sharkey by put
ting him 20 sleep in the fifteenth
round at Coney Island Gus then
tackled Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim
Jeffries. and was defeated in both
bouts. but in 1902 he knocked ont
Pater Maher- Gus last fight was at
Coima in 1905. when he knocked out
Jim Mccormick in the eighteenth
round.
KID HERMAN GREAT
LOVER OF FLOWERS
On this date in 1908 Kid Herman
and Clarence Forbes fought a six
round draw at CHICAGO. Both Her
man and Forbes were great scrap
pers in their day. and there was a
time when the Kid, who was a Chi
cagO product. looked like a coming
lightweight champion. He stubbed I
his toe on Joe Cans. however, and
the black man remC ined too great IN
obstacle for him TO overcome. Her
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