The evening world. Newspaper, August 11, 1900, Page 3

Se SEP AYR CRE eRArs oc reeE: NORE he Mengnem, 2+ - 4 oonge! ws THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1900, TERRY M’GOVERN, FOR THE EVENING WORLD, TELLS GRAPHIC STORY OF THE BIG FIGHT. —— + —— -_ _ ‘ aan oer esta THE KNOCK-OUT BLOW. TOON OOO OO COU OOOO Ono COU Conor OOTOO® -_ Gives in Detail the Rounds and Points Made by Fitzsimmons and Ruhlin, © : : ° ‘ing around |tke a blind man he |atruck out wildly and caught Fits in the | stomach, but {t didn’t hurt him. 3] FEEBLE JABS. =| B| Que tried left jatw, but they atdn't amount to anything, Fitz was forcing |} ing now, b couldn't get in| wht, So far tt & red hot session and doth men were dead tired. | They swung any old way and trusted luck tn landing. It was a pure sug ging came now, without sctence, The fiewt bard punch by either would have } been good enough for my money Fite got in something like !t with his | loft to the stomach, and Gus clung on ‘Terry McGovern, the greatest little for dear rg A good eae Fes pnd would have pul an te ie fighter of the age, hat his first ex- nging. Billy Madden and Corbect perience as a newspaper reporter were shouting to beat the band for last night at the Fitesimmons-Rublin ip ogtptheg hedge hs Ay: Malad to do It, but he wae wu meet it. fight at Madison Square Garden. dove He occupied seat 43 in the press US Was Snenins. Fiu stand around the ring and dictated pot « Jim Hiekey to the jaw which the following story of the fight to a sent Gus on a drunk just as the bell stenographer for The vening & rang out, It was lueky for Gus, for he World. ‘was in a bad way golng to his corner, Madden and the rest of them worked BY TERRY M’GOVERN. Little Fellow Knew Barly in the Game! that the Australian; Was a Sure Winner. | | over him good and hard, but they could jnot bring him back strong. He made Well, the big fight is over an Fits Digest mistake in his life in trying | wen, Just T thou he 4. 1 o siug with Pits, That's Fi always ould since he me h was ar land he's a bird at it, Pits ange Pie would win quickly i | covers quickly, and he was in fair and aid. If the fight had gone H fourth-round gong then Ruhlin would have OTE at ett thee ened righajrres h with tha r but tt didn't, and poor . body, and. Gus abbed had Gus was knocked out A on Charley” White broke them and Phe got in right and left to the Jam, but aot oa the Fight spot They were s iftie too tow for aa hard é é | finishers. Ruhtin must j have « strong , for he took many a| 3! wallop. He was second in the run for | >| the money now and Fite didn't do a but keep after him. B| thin ; RUHLIN HITS THE JAW. 9] In the forcing Runtin xt his right to Z it uu w n ic Soant int hock Pea at all’ to houg! Tt was an aw nession right from art, and the punch won as f ex- The punch always 1 Ruhlin made a big mistake when he to mix tt ter the second round all day with him, He wae game though, but Pita was better in every other way. 1 am giad I had them right before the fight, but I am sorry for Ruhiin. He's | count. tt Os & nice big follow. ducked Runiin’s next, ¢' h, and sent fn a left to the body and a right to the A big crowd saw the fight. I shoul? say about 0,00 people were there. It was a bigger house than the night I beat Drne, and talk about @ fine sight- | ef Ruhltn’s seconds, had been wringing | (rying to force Fits and get him to m! well, | can't tell you Just how it looked, | G08'9 gloves to take the padding away Bob was smiling and dead willing, | * 110.8) NMP GOAD COPDOODOAGOOD but [t was fine From my seat at the fom the knuckle part. When he got|for that his game. Ruhiin got |» y. Poor r ORY _ _ - - ringside, near Rubila’s corner and op- | through the gloves were put on Gus and | close with a body punch and thea started |awung out wildly. Bob ducked with nt, while Fits put in hard ponchos | Fite piled tae left to the bea, gn) Pere Guo ene 4 8 “rough-house.” Pits was right with! . nd pn started to punch Rublin ot to hh h both 4s to bis face and body. Car ting how he ¢ a ae the out swing. ba Py * we a hacdty h rte left jie got his right the neck (whee and) whole business, He jumped in with @| Fits did the posite Fire's, tt seemed as though every. |%* *t down with his hands on his " news. ry nt Ms Dody had left his coat and vest at home, | > Maden tried to keep Gua busy Hei and Fs ‘& cuckoo right on Rub ent RTORRY | eft hook and got Ruhita to mix \t with | from benind his back itn's Jaw. jon! /¢ » Inte him and drove ugh used the the jaw. As he # 1 didn't eee anybody with ether on, | talting, but he sat there looking over left | him. He w Where | same hooking stagwers already! | had ' a left | the bell rang. Another minut dids lly. Gu Jaw and | the right to the ot id left got on top of him and put nd held on to) Both nis eyes were nearly closed an \ceberg. He was amtling 8% Bob grabbet ni after him all the time. Fitz was very | Would have done It, o &nd cherry colors, and was stlk all the | as coo! way round. Then those big white fans/anj patting his gloves on his knees | S** Me balast, but h looked great, always swinging Dack and! wntie ‘he bell was ringtng for order for |‘h*Y broke away Fitz worked that shift forward as if they were worked by a) tng gee of his, It was great, for he got Gus man, Ms Py . Ls » ot : See reS Soi ays esat “nnn wom HOW I FELT WHILE BOB WAS WINNING, ™22er ineeeen, Os ee, never take him to be over forty years — = | Pugilist’s Wife Describes’ 300 (00 the Contest by Rounds | j ol, Ruhlin didn't Nike thome teeth rattlers, POOND® DING HDAOOHNG They tell me it was Jost the eame the |” Hoch men had thelr gloves on and |Dut he was wane and got core tr Pits, | COQ IAAIAAOMOMIMBMAIADATDOORER ISO8OS — as She Received It by night I fought Brne, but I didn’t notice wore waiting to be called out to the cen. | irying to rough it. Bob dy mind it B CHANGED HANDS, then, Last night, I tell you, it was a| by Referee Charley White Fits | thourh.and was slways ready to got un- Bulletins in the teu Hoek MOSTLY ATEVENS sight worth looking at. looked anxious 10 begin, but poor Gus | er anything that looked like the real told myself, “THe eald he woulda"? end | Boo He did Gus made a jong | Me word is law with me.” : ner a whh hi lot FITZ APPEARS. dimsant gived to bis Knees, Pita was 0% ot him and r nose with hia The bell sounded thet cont Bub and Biggest Wager One of Before Fits and Rubtin came into the| shoving his gloves together and was|#loves and kidded Gus with the funny Rublin fighting. Ob, the herrer of the | Bo far it was Fite all the way. Gui The sixth round tired, but he had a he t hort, When Everything was blue, white and pink. |4@t Pita, and every now and then he|F ¢ put bi we ure . need One awel! chap in a box near the ring, | sighed. Te was nervous eure to the belting and worked the right up| "Ye hse comer Fis was emiling in “wo the kidneys NR i Sauk tna fae hohe T think hie name ts Huhn—I wpe tntro-| , on his Jaw. Rublin looked bad, and I} eft eye had a lite lump on ft, but he| seemed b Ne tried with i'he tf bs eee colon | tne Wits was trying “te get him Geese to bi the pretiest shirt in FITZ’S FUNNY SMILE. thought he was going out. He didn’t, | * om, Ae oe Weed | Judarme m Pits was Just walling for & good! for the real watlop, He did, too, wi was s r and never aT the bullding. It was = mixture of red| Fite was silting down all this while ‘Dough, bul ran after with three seconds had washed nis face.| He w fy bleed: Me and had th i with a solat-plenus | ani Etede ene pe ag a Ge the ‘y 3 - none, w tL was eames wor va OT trae, up! }looked very unhappy when the fifth’ tuhlin now held on every chance helgteat deal fresher ne had been. | shouting: A BAGIS i : smile Rubin was after him 4 after Geo Monro od wy one % eo! nroe a Dilly | ready at any minute, rushed Fite over to the Ryan bad put up @ good preliminary| Joe Humphries, the announcer, . bout to @ draw, everybody around me| climbed into the ring, followed by Tom pr jaw. Mal Ag brad atte was talking nothing but fight, Fita had] @harkey, Tom was introduced to the| tou tu: Bie wea noes ane better @ lot of friends and 40 id Ruhiin. | orowd and then walked over and shook | 12", Wore at it cen hop ne away: n of them were in thelr dressing-| hands with Pits and then with Tuhiin. | 0s ey inn skort one on hie wate Tooms then, getting rubbed down, like] Jim Corbett was next introduced. | vit half ellvped to the Moor, He mot nn we all do before the fight starts. The| phere were pome cheers for him, but | in g jiffy and Ruhiin soaked him & pris one wae getting ane waiting and) was surprised to hear some hisses. I) eye after the dell sounded. Gus didn't = fi il ppl think Jim was surprised, too. mean it, for he didn't hear the bell. Fitz was to the bad and for a couple of ll I Saeeret a ow y sie Picking A LOOK AT THE MEN. Seconda stood in the centre of the ring we os looking around like a fellow puasied Standing up cheering him to beat the| It was getting near the time for hae FP ‘ 4 4 band. real business, and they were eponging| !1'8 seotds gl g i wan the u corner ard he eomed a Climbed through the ropes with|Ruhiin in hie corner, while Fits was} 0 ule ite seconds fanned and @ long bathrobe, Gee! he looked in| resting easily on hia stool, He saw me)” ot te et Madden poco amo OS @! 3 | report of that first round! “Bed sag. $2,500 on Fits to | gered by Rublin,” said the ticken, 6] “No, that cannot be There's © mie $2,000 Ruhiin, ; 4 |take sure,’ I said. | But the words were repeated. Ruhiin | was said to be having the best of it. Breat chapa He Looked around the| opposite and yelled over: “Helio ‘ House and then walked out in the centre] “Hello, old pal‘ 1 sald, and he amiled | Tor *alune Hunlls how to do the trite, How nfy heart ached! Surely defeat was of the ring. where he saw a bundle in|that same funny sort of a grin. ma kes ase fanning npg white wrapping naner. They were the| Humphries came over to the centre of erg ly orig a Gloves, b tuto make eure Fits just|the ring and Introduced the figh Yecond svasm. Upned them with hie foot and ‘s name was witely cheered, and Grow out another pair of light ng, bowed out atthe crowd) = THE SECOND ROUND. Rudlin got a good send The next round told me that. Bod waa as at che start, Rublin started |in New York City, Up the State the Oh, that he would | betting fraternity put out bets emounte rs would poon be end- | Ine to about $10.0%, while the remaindes from under his bathrobe. t eb ; fown and placed them on t ¢ got up and ducked hie head! That gid frltow came out re we and Hob could again de with me, 1, of the $900,000 was dtvided among the Sig nd st like @ little fetiow| around strong. 00 db t ot bad nothing against this young oppe-|ciles in the West end South. sand, but, inasmuch as Even Money at Ringside, jone had to beaten, | hopet st would be| men money was the rule at Rubin, nanide last night. ft had it again, Fite trying his Diamedest with bat f of his that they 4 was dopey. sle wanted to get it to the Jaw, nent of does building a house out of blocks. He! 41 onis game seemed to tire Fit, He walked back to his corner and gat down. | ayin't like to walt eo jong; he wanted to had the corner i sat in the]. get going. night he fought me. Poople around the! Cyn cns white the into the| Dut only got In on Gus’s neck. He then || ns fing said, Vite hes the losere| cherey White then jumped ryaght out, his left viumb on Rubitn’s : T oS in fever of Pixsimmens ring and the crowd cheered him. They , i HAN JOY. Jearlier in the he's goin’ jo get locked. 1 foce and then got his ritht on the side : wor he Say, dient. think oe, thourh, but 1 didn't]! Seemed to like Charley. He mowed)» pins face. ©! oom sends hid left hard into Gus A great deal of the money bet was pay @ Word to any one. I was there to) M* hand to both corners and the ABM'-) Gus pugged for all he was worth. and | stomach a him to the floor y|diaced oy men from out of town. Most report the fight for The Evening Worid|¢r# and their bunch of seconds moved t0/ wien they droke his fuce was biealing almost overcame me. My nerves w f these * favored Runiin and i end | wanted to pay otr the centre of the ring cod took | 2 & stuck ple and he didn't know almost tnstreng, 1 cou " . 4 that reduced the olds aguina® Hern's where | could get a @ OOK lost where he was, He was to the bad P t o fight 1 myself if mind from the fe shina ean: elena aa I try to do th at both of them. As they stood up Pits] 4.44 gure and Bob was forcing him ali he same blow w ron . ft ¢ X ane, son of as shorter then Ruhiin, but hie chest} sound the rine | ship fron few yeare Def land shoulders seemed bigger and wider.| Que wad grogxy after Fits got in an ast bawe bem, fer fe @ late Col. Pa ; anna moe of Mowers wasn't around. From the walst up he seemej much big- fy) crack to the stomach and Ruhiin Bite, oe lee eins » on Pitas mas 04 cher wer and stronger than Ruhiin. ‘shere/jooked licked. Pitz had him dead to Sto efeld. never revive from that bee pid ews Srookiyn” Sialay RUHLIN COMES ALONG. was more of the hiete about) rights and Rubin was making « bluff, t ke He Nd . Me : aaa ee “ Ps. him than Rudin. =H 1s were well roughing &. He wea looking for « e" He @ o om tp ot arTo. o cakes, When Fitz was sitting in his corner) iug-ied and he looked trained to the|chance ounch ami tt looked as if he an. People tn other parte of the Rotel] Joba L, Bet om Fite talking to friends near him the fellow). He wasn't a bit too fine might get it in for Fits semed wild 4 Ao — st as] Moo © Ia Gullty orienta May be he was kidding Gus, bet any- wow be came back with # straight left nd got in the double ght to the body and neck. BOTH DEAD TIRED. Both were dead tired, but Rublin deemed the wore. Fits te awful awk ward and he didn’t seem © met to jue right. He followed him around the Bext to me said: “Here comes Ruhjin.” ohn eat ae ie Cle RUHLIN TOO FLESHY. and 1 Gi as he climbed through the| Rublin was dig, of course, but I wasn't within three feet of me. |stuck on his look Me had a lot of 1 thought he joke’ nervous, but he al-|"e#h on that I don't think he needed qeays looks like that, they wey, Any-|Around the kidneys and in under h bow, he seemed to be In good shape, but | D*e* muscles he seemed @ jittle flabb: I didn't like his stomach. He had a| "iis looked nive la his pink tights, with dorporation that jooked like “Mtockings” |* belt of the American flag and some 1OiS) Holere eKSLeVeeLerelele eLersreie (eerie Sisleie Ser s+Ie #10 GSI. Ren oe tin Conroy's. Maybe that’s his butld, for|*ind of @ circle beng bys red tryine for a knock-out and tried $| tae # be Be goes in in the back and bie belly} When ther wore being instructed by | "teint for the Jaw. ; . : * must stick out some. Charley poh ged “ ape pe! eeigees Ruhilin was fooled, #0 Fits worked the — While he was standing up in his cor. | While Ru ies Goeth thes what was) eit again and sunk bis right in Gus's : +6 ner Fits was sitting down on the other | #0" 0% 4m Corbet chimed im for). iy 1: was a corker and Ruhlin went ; z Side woking over. Fits ls « funny fel- down on his hands and knees. He looked . . Some of the Bets. low. He's got a queer look and was| ADynOw | (My Aaventlibey | Pretty] itne « dead une, Dut he took the count TF tising Rubin up and smiling funny at | °**"? “4 the fgnt-| ing got up. He all but out when ; the same time He had « bandage on the bell rang in time to save him. This ¢ . x Bis band, but that was nothing: und without a doubt. : 4 there and had time to tn around when M ZSIMMONS 4 hand was . | ene bell eang and 1 RS. ROSE FITZSIMMONS. : : BAR 9:09 WANG be ner now THE FIGHT BEGINS, — . “hs BY ROSE FITZSIMMONS, | wouldn't let me eo He we as rus consent to my coming to the city. Mut ¢ athe w . I knew Bob would win. Mts suffering | permiated, and | won. How | dil nutter whic) peemed an age be he and F in that ring I know could not be com- miata te A ! ; : : song ag £ pare’ to mine, Seated in & room in the 4 sagenil (ime tnd again, deopite my be ‘. A | back " het. , nas ne The reports as they were brought to only time the word was used. li : Same . me were by deer onfirming my i ; he + . Se itemmed te hone C FIRST ROUND SCARED HER, | ""** Sena But how I longed to bear (hat roar erowé cheer the efforts of Hob! it They were being prepared. They shook . } Deen immense. The reports hands. My heart thradted convulsively.| Little wants sometimes have large rh of ihe applause, but I could | They would soon be fighting. diling ed sstised Im the great) 0”, “Leb wouldn't be long awe new,” 1) Sunday World, ~ , Ee ae Pdi olin ee ee