South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17
WILLARD, RUHLIN
BOUT TO BE BEST
IN MANY MONTHS
Contestants Evenly Matched
and Should Put Up Great
Go Wednesday.

Clarence willard. conqueror Of
Eddie Welsh at Goshen and claim
ant OF the Indiana welterweight
title. win meet his strongest oppon-
eut on next wednesday night when
Johnny Rubin. the "fghdng Irish
man from Nfshawaka f" swa
punches with him. en- the final six
round bout Of the initial monthly
smoker at Johnny McGowan's new
gymnasium at Michigan and Wayne
SITS
With four other bouts. every one
OF which should develop into a clever
exhibition of six rounds. MCGOWAN
has completed a card that Is by far
the best TO be held here in quite
some time. Wizards ability as a
slUgger is well known. He bars no
body. fights hard from the starting
gong and I'm all his career as a NIT
man has evaded successfully every
effort made by his opponents 20
knock him out.
In n bout with Eddie Welzs 81 TIE
oliver theater Willard, fighting for
"a chance to meet Jack Britton. tore
into the local welterweight and they
stepped faster and better than was
expected os either boy Quite a few
az the fans believed that Willard had
the better OF the go in every round
except the last. when Welsh was
credited with a whirlwind finish.
Later the two boys met at Co
shen. II was quite a fiascO there
with Accommodations void. a barn for
a dressing room. a cold tent for a
boxing place and a mighty poor
house as a reward It was some
thing OF a Sailing affair for a while
and WIZARDS manager claims that
Welsh would not box. However, in
the three final frames Of the battle
practically everybody agreed that
tho Elkhartan had decidedly the best
81 tho fray
Held Smith To Draw.
In a recent fstic encounter with
Rock Smith. the knockout king
from Battle Greek and the new
stable mate OF Sob Martin OF A. T..
r. fame. Clarence Willard more
than held his own. He forced the
bout from the start and despite a
wealth or punishment melted him
kept milling away without n falter
and held Smith to a mighty good
draw. a week before meeting VIII
lard Smith had knocked out Al Doty
.n so seconds of fighting.
In Johnny Rubin. a former New
Jersey lightweight and weller. we
are OF the opinion that the Ekhart
pride Will meet Just as dangerous and
a much more clever battler than
Rock Smith. Rubin has a waHOp
that IS a genuine sleep producer
while he steps about tn his daily
workouts at MCGowan's gymnasium
like a lightweight He delights IN
having his sparrinE partners. Whitley
Clements. Johnny Thiel and Freddy
Becker sock away at him while he
merely wards of those that appear
TO be headed for a tender spot. such
as the eye or the lips He is a bear
for punishment and though Clarence
Willard has a wicked punch IL is
very doubtful that he will make
much CT an impression upon RUN
lin when he lands.
\ Bear for Training.
As a boxer Rubin appears TO be
more scientific than his rival he
has a wicked left hand and a great
one-two punch which he uses most
81 the time With n couple Of -ood
strong feet beneath him. ne lacks
nothing that Is important in the
makeup OF a boxer
Though I'm Mishawaka little over
six weeks. Ruhlin has made friends
galore. His "fear-nothing" attitude
and willingness TO box at all times
has impressed everyone. He is bear
for training. too Every morning
long before most or the inhabitants
Of that scene Of the Dodge victory.
have seen the light OF the new day.
Ruhlin is trottinE over the hills and
along the brook that is found on the
outskirts or the town AZ night he
reports early at MCGowan's gymna-
stun. followed by sometimes 40 root
ers from Mishawaka. and then he
dons the gym toys and works hard
for over two hours. He boxes two
rounds piece with each q his spar
ring partners and then gives every
piece OF EymnastiC apparatus I'm the
club a try He means business and
Is confident that Clarence Willard
will be stretched 20 the limit 20 pro
tect h!s claim as champion weller