Show RUHLIN THE WINNER buckeye boy defeats joe goddard of australia new nem york march S gus of ahron akron 0 met and defeated joo joe god ilard dard of australia in the fifth round roun d of what was to have been a twenty round bout before the lenox athletic club last night both men stripped in excellent condition but ruhlin had the call in the betting this was certainly justified from bis his appearance and from the outset he be held his opponent cheaply lie ile evidently saw that joe could not offset his rushes and from the very beginning forced tho the fighting the australian went down frequently with but toward the close of the good cause contest he dropped without cause and disqualified RuI was deservedly was a 2 to 1 favorite in the betting round bound one goddard opened with a left to the body landing lightly gus landed with left and right on the head and body and was cautioned for hitting bitting in the breakaway A light left from gus cent goddard to the floor but the old tinier was up immediately down again with a right on only to go tho the jaw this time goddard lay jay down eight seconds when jie got up he feinted fainted with hla his left and was met with the face and went a bard right on down the third time remaining on the floor almost to the limit and when ho be got up there wore only a few seconds left before the round ended round two ruhlin sent the left to the face hard and goddard dropped three times in quick succession he ile X repeated the dose and knocked his man down with each blow the referee counted six nine and eight consecutively ut ively while goddard was trying try ing to regain hla his feet and the referee cautioned goddard to stop holding round three joe was quick in toe ing the mark and jumped to the center ot of the ring lie ile dodged a vicious left from ruhlin but went to his knees with a hard right on the jaw after a lot of fiddling gus forced joe to the ropes in the opposite corner and put him down with a right smash on the jaw the old hoss ross seemed used to such rough treatment and came on the defensive only to go down again with another smash on the jaw toward the end of the round they were both again cautioned tor for holding round four ruhlin landed two left hooks and a right on the left which sent goddard down lie ile stayed down eight seconds and came up only to dodge a vicious left hook for the head but it landed in the shoulder and down 1 he went throughout the remainder of the round goddard remained on the defensive round five goddard opened with a left lead to the body but ruhlin sent a right and left in quick succession on the face then sailed in with a series of rf right ht and left hand smashes arvery one of which landed hard bard and goddard accepted them like an iron man each man was again cautioned by the referee to avoid holding but goddard could not withstand Rub lins onslaughts and dropped to the floor with without out a blow to escape punishment this being obviously a transgression of queensbury rules referee white ordered the boxers to their corners and declared ruhlin the winner |