Jeffries and Ruhlin Sparring Contest at San Francisco Cal November 15 1901 (1921)

On the night of November 15 1901 James J Jeffries of Los Angeles California and Gus Ruhlin of Akron Ohio engaged in a sparring contest in the ring of the Twentieth Century Athletic Club at Mechanics Pavilion San Francisco By special arrangements with the promoters of the contest Messrs JC Kennedy Wm Madden and Wm Delaney our cameras were on hand and we secured authentic pictures of the contest In order to record these pictures it was necessary to specially equip the building with a large number of arc lights To this end no expense was spared and when the fighters entered the ring it was illuminated with 30000 candlepower of light Thus we are able to present to our customers not imitation or fake pictures of the contest but the actual exhibition just as it took place with the audience assembled The pictures that were secured show every movement in the contest from the time Jeffries entered the ring until he left it a victor in the 5th round