The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1901, Page 3

— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1901. EXPERTS SAY RUHLIN COULD NOT WIN - 1 | ar | °F a’r’_r Foca <ooto E 3 { No one & | BUT JEFF. | { | | | | <Eo. Siree. - ENJoveED ;IICA}?C" | AHD EVERS Piily .. ] | f THEY K EPT | THE RETEREE i BTy | & —3 DELANEY SORRY CONTEST WAS SO UNSATISFACTORY ELANEY, Jeffries’ manager, said: “I knew Jeffries would win. I saw that he ) had Ruhlin’s measure from the very out- ) set, and I thought it was but a question of time when Gus would be forced to give up the battle. I am very much pleased with the result, but would have been bet- ter pleased if it had ended in another way. It is the first championship battle that was won and lost that way. Although the man unched harder than the spectators appreciated, still it have been better if Ruhlin had been counted out. It gives e a chance to talk, and this has a bad effect upon the game. Jeffries cannot be blamed. He did all the forc- g, and jollowed his opponent all over the ring from bell to . Jim was in splendid condition. Not a blow that Ruhlin nded caused him any bother. He had not begun to fight. Had e gone at his man as we all know he can, he would have made lively. He has a punch that hurts when it lands. Ruhlin not stand those he received. When he went to his 1e close of the fifth round I knew that Ruhlin was refore did not surprise me to see Madden throw nge. 1 felt all along that Jeffries would win, and the 1ce I had was felt by the champion. He was as nber, and fought just as I wanted him to fight. irry, because he had plenty of time before him. entitled to the title of heavy-weight champion of borne out, in my opinion, to-night. - He is now ight Fitzsimmons or Tom Sharkey. Jeffries will go ©F was p d he peo: o kS Jirt Keyes EA URE oL TICKED THE ° Co JVINNER , THE RIVAL GLADIATORS.AND SOME NOTABLES WHO SAW THE FIGHT. IaveH -Maker, Jim KENNEDY %xzsmvp" - 1G CARL KOEMNING OF faAcR.AMENTO iing for a2 week or so and then return to Harbin to r his next contest, if one can be arranged.” SOME OF THE NOTABLE INTERIOR SPORTING MEN WHO VIEWED THE FIGHT O other contest ever held in the , Dan Kevane, Colonel Frank RuhstallerE o ac uch a delegation | and Chief of Police Jack Sulllvan. The | EFORE the last brace of boxers in the preliminary bouts were out of the ring, men representing 1l go home as a per- of the result | ors. Billy Lamphrey, a well-known poli- ticlan of the capital city, answered roll . call. and make sure of the success of the De Haven Backs Ruhlin. ture machine. Among the enthusiastic supporters of Ruhlin was Ed de Haven, a mining spec- ulator, hailing from Chicago, who bet | enough to draw down more than $1000 if the Akron man punch. r George received of the spectators near rting folks, | entire party was chaperoned by “Fatty” | the Edison Company appeared man y | Martin, the hack magnate and only rival | with a new canvas of dazzling bet on Jef- | of “Fatty” Blodes for heavy-weight hon- | whiteness for the ring floor. This was Intended to reflect the fierce | light which beat down upon the boxers A frame suspended over the ring held a number of arc lamps which threw a total | of £0,000 candle-power light upon the ring. comd haye landed a | When the light was turned on the faccs the ring were Francisco | Joe Gavin, a widely known sporting | thrown out in bold rellef. A rippls of ap. n the mayor- | = lause went through th were Frank Wright, | Continued on Page Five. o g B o p Tpnsciak the view burst upon the spectators. It was as pie- ' CHAMPION'S MOTHER HAS FAITH IN HIS PROWESS OS ANGELES, Nov. 15.—Mrs. Jeffries, mother of the redoubtable James J., had h an abiding faith in her son’s prowess that she would not leave home to-night, but retired early, just about the time her son entered the ring. So confident of the outcome vas she that when asked if she cared to come downtown and read the reports of the battle in the north, she said: “No, I will wait until the mornin g—we will all know then. That.will be soon enough.” Mrs. Jeffries believed that a few hours of waiting would not change the outcome a bit, and so she looked at the matter ina philosophical way. She has not heard from Jim re- cently and does not know much about the fight. . “You know more about it than I,” she said this evening. for sure. '\\'c wil] all know in the morning.” Mrs. Jeffries does not approve of her son’s business, but inasmuch as he has adopted fighting as a profession, she is proud to see him at the top of the list. The champion’s mother expressed some solicitude when informed that it was raining n San Francisco, but concurred in the belief that those who had journeyed so far to see the battle would not be deterred from seeing it by a little thing like rain. : “I suppose they already have bought their tickets,” said Mrs. Jeffries. She knows her t fighting for his health, and properly has an eye to the maif chance. John Jeffries, the preacher, the father of the champion, has written from Europe that, ough he despises his son’s occupation, he hopes that, so long as James is fighting, he will successful. The elder Jeffries was confident his son would be returned a winner in his it with Ruhlin, : Jim’s sister looked at his battle much as did her mother. She had the same abiding 1 the man’s strength and good fortune as had others of the Jeffries family. None of the mily seem to think that this was the time James J. Jeffries was to lose ‘the championship. ffries agreed that “they all must iose some time,” but she did not think the occasion arrived. “None of us know anything -4 son is —f s — ,which he put on, doing away witl light as noon-day in the immediate vi- cinity of the ring, the remainder of Lhe pavilion being in semi-darkness, as the other lights were turned out. Jeffries was the first of the boxers to put in an appear- ance. He came down the aisle dressed In a bright red sweater and black trousers and shaded his eyes with his hand as he entered the ring. Following him were De- ianey and his attendants. Ruhlin climbed through the ropes from the opposite side of the ring and imme- diately sat down. Jeffries eyed him cu- riously, and then strolled about the ring, testing the holding quality of his shoes on the new canvas. Some friend at the ringside handed him up a gray golfh ctague. necessity of shading his eyes. Ruhlin selected the southwest corner of the ring.” There was a short discussion as to where the men should sit, resulting in Madden and Delaney tossing a coin for choice. Delaney won, and chose the cor- ner in which Ruhlin was sitting. Jeffries was seconded by Billy Delaney, Jack Jef- fries, Dewitt Van Court and his sparring partner, Bob Armstrong. Behind Ruhlin were Billy Madden, Charles Goff, Denver Ed Martin and Young Gibus. The time- keepers were: For the club, George Harding; for Jeffries, Jack Roberts, an: ‘| for Ruhlin, Phil Wand. ’ Fighters Are Introduced. Billy Jordan, the master of ceremonies, presented the men to the spectators. He first led out Ruhlin and, with a wave of his hand, said, ‘“‘the Akron giant, Gus Ruhlin.” He then took Jeffries to the center of the ring and announced him as “the only champion of the world, James Jeffries.’” ‘“‘Harry Corbett will referee this contest,” was his introduction of the referee. Police Captain Wittman entered the ring and he was handed-the gloves the men were to wear. He felt of them care- fully and pronounced them satisfactory. Madden and Delaney also inspected the gloves and apparently had no fault to find with them. The usual conference in midring between the principals and the referee was a brief one. "They - shook hands and agreed readily to the instruc- tlons given them by the referee. Tim McGrath challenged the winner on behaif of Tom Sharkey. The friends of Harry Corbett from Bakersfleld at this juncture sent a toy bear into the ring and this was presented to X'l!fl!il"‘y Corbett. It bore the following inscription: % “Pl'epei(ed to Harry E. Corbett, the bear hunter, by the Bakersfield Bear Club.” There was a slight dispute as to wheth- er Corbett or the timekeepers would count off the ten seconds if eith man was knocked down. Delaney sald: “We agreed that Harry Corbett was to do the count- ing.” He then directed his conversation to the timekeepers and said: “No one is to count out loud except the referee.” ‘When Jeffries s!rlg?ed down it was seen he was dressed in black trunks with an American .flag around his waist. Before he commenced fighting he removed this and attached it to the ring post in his corner. Ruhlin wore closely knitted white trunks. Billy Jordan announced: ‘This fight is for twenty rounds, berry rules. Will break at, the order of the referee.” . The two Fflndpul and the referee were Jeft alone in the ring, and the gong sent them together for the first round. They Marquis of Queens- | LJEFFRIES’ HARD BLOWS IN THE FIRST ROUND. TOO MUCH FOR RUHLIN fiddled about for a few moments, when Ruhlin led with his left, landing lightly on the body. Jeffries then crowded him around the ring, Ruklin backing off and “BASE-BALL 3 Ax\x\\q\\;‘\m\“fl ) 3\ A Lou HouselMarN, OF CHICAGO, ToLD ABOUT oTHER. FIGHTS HE HAD SEEN.. IToaLy_L\U ; Lo ;inézr.?? 7 S FTorGoT TH ) MADDEN EXPLAINS REASON l v PENHANT Foi THE ‘TIME - BEING .. HROWING UP SPONGE ILLY MADDEN has this to say: “After the third round I saw that my man was out of it, and when Jeffries slugged him all over the ring in the fifth round I knew it was no use letting Ruhlin stay there. Therefore when he came to his cor- ner at the end of the fifth round I decided to throw up the sponge. Gus was weak and almost defenseless afid I did not want — to let him go up for the terrific grueling he certainly would have received in the sixth round. ‘Fitz gave Ruhlin an awful beating in the same round of their fight, and when I saw that Ruhlin did not have a single chance in ten mil- lion to win I did what I thought was a humane thing to do. There is no use letting a man stand up and take punishment sim- ply because the audience want to see a man knocked out. I am more disappointed over the result of the battle than anybody knows. I thought Gus would win to a certainty, but fate was against us. Jeffries is a big, strong fellow with a terrific punch, and he got the lead on my man in the third round. He hit Gus several stiff raps on the jaw which dazed him and left him open for left and right hand jolts in the stomach. I think the hody blows did the trick. Ruhlin might have fought a round or two more and he might not. At any rate he had no chance to trim the boiler-maker, and rather than see him unmercifully pum- meled I threw up the sponge. In the first round Gus hit the champion several hard jolts in the ribs which I think hurt Jef- fries. He sent a straight left to Jeff’s mouth which drew blood and shook the champion up a bit, and if Ruhlin had a chance to win it was then. If Jeffries had not caught Ruhlin that left hook in the body in the third round there might have been a dif- ferent story to tell. BETTING THE LIGHTEST EVER KNOWN ON CONTEST IN CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS . HE betting on the fight was the | money Jeffries would win inside twelve ggklllngfinfi‘;t-:x{stlfgt'boflfgrifielesflhfliA‘?ge lightest ever known in a cham- | founds. All afterncon the of utmost confidence in himself and did not plonship fight here. The chief | Ruhlin were ready with their money, in try to evade some of the blows. Ruhlin reason for this was that oppor- | Small amounts, but men to back Jeffries jabbed Jeffries on the mouth and Jeffries followed with a right o the body. Ruh- lin sent a right to the heart without re- turn. Ruhl! There were some light exchanges, and then which Ruhlin claimed after the fight shook him u Ruhlin intended to maike a runawa; as he duvl;!gg the latter part of the round. Ruhlin _looked while Jeffries had apparently not enou He r seemed’lacking, the men with the paste- boards having to decline many offoce Ruhlin money, = o ne Many of - bet $200 on Ruhlin tunitles for extensive wagering ‘were not present owing to the antl-gambling law. The principal places where money courd be placed were the cigar stands in the fower part of the city. Hardly more than $20,000 was placed on the outcome of the fight, as the money was chiefly placed in small amounts. The betting opened yesterday at 10 to 5, but the avidity with which the admirers of Ruhlin snapped at this price sent the odds to 20 to 9. This was the price throughout the day. After the price became settled betting men who favored Jeffries figured Jeffries missed a left swing and Joe Eppin, in ducked another onthe breakaway. 3500, Zick Abrams supplying the bi Orlthehbetfl.n e n the s mutuels at Ocean VI the first &0 tickets sold 110 were o:‘j“f ries and ninety on Ruhlin. On Jeffries on the line from one to five rounds fifteen tickets were sold; six to nine rounds, twenty-one; ten to fourteen rounds, twen- ty-six; fifteen to nineteen rounds, eight- een; twenty rounds, thirty tickets. On Ruhlin to win in from one to five rounds eighteen tickets were sold; six to nine rounds, twelve tickets; ten to four- teen rounds, eighteen; fifteen to nineteen Jeffries sent a right to the body, considerably. It appeared fight, effries en the men went to their corners far from being happy, one gh work to make him breathe hard. equired no attention from his seconds e kept backing away from e SILER SAYS RUHLIN HAD a way by which they could get better re- turns for their money. They bet even rounds, eighteen; twenty rounds, twenty. | ’ l Continued on Page Five. ATTACK OF STAGE FRIGHT EORGE SILER, the oldest and most prominent referee in America, who came here to report the fight for his paper, the Chicago Tribune, was disappointed at the outcome and had very little to say about the result. In an interview he gave his views tersely. “I thought in the beginning that the result was a foregone conclusion. I was very much surprised, however, at Ruhlin’s poor showing. I thought from the reports I had of his good condition and the speed he showed while boxing with Ed Martin that he would give Jeffries a pretty good fight. Of course we all know he easily outpointed the champion in the first four rounds. His hitting was very much the cleaner, but his alleged redoubtable left on which he depended to win the fight was not in evidence. He landed with it often enough, but there was no steam behind it. His best blows, those which proved to be the most effective, were rights to the body. Ruhlin was nervous, had no confidence, and seemed to be troubled with stage fright. Jeffries. fought just as I expected. He said weeks ago that he would not stay away, but would force the battle, which he did. He found in Rullin rather a hard man to catch. I thought the fight would end in the third round, when Jeff landed a hard left hook. Ruhlin was clever enough to stay the round out by clinching. The fight was the poorest champion- ship battle that ever occurred in this country. It is questionable whether Ruhlin could have gone much farther at the time he stopped. It is a difficult thing to gauge the shape he was in after receiving several hard punches in the stomach from a hitter like Jeffries. Mad- den declared he saw no use in having his man butchered, and he is a good judge. If Ruhlin could have fought all night he would have had no chance to ultimately win. In a word the fight was in every sense unsatisfactory, and I was greatly disappointed at the weak battle that Ruhlin put up.”