Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-04
MEL SON AND
UVHOLZ ARE
BOTH READY
LIVELY BATTLE EXPECTED AT
CABIN
DANE MUST PROVE ENDURANCE
AGAINST BoER
Butch Gaines Runs Out on Match with
Johnson, and Another PreIim
Must Be Arranged
Today

1T MESS all signs fail-and they
often have, at that-one of the
~ hottest fights ever staged ir Los
Angeles is due to come off at the Cabin
tonight, when Rudy Unholz and Bat
Nelson get together to mingle over the
ten-round course Nothing like lack
of condition can interfere, for each
man says he is in the best shape ever
and ready for the fight of his life
The principals have been hard at
work for the past two weeks, and no
stone has been left unturned to be fit
for the encounter. Nelson, at the Oak
wood inn, Arcadia, went through
grind such as no fighter ever sur
passed, and Unholz, with headquarters
at the East Side club, worked day after
day with but one object in view
physical perfection.
According to the dope Nelson should
win, although it is by no means cinch.
The Dane, supposed to have been all
in until his battle with Clifford, dis
plays all the vitality and ability to
assimilate punishment that he did be-
fore being whipped by Jimmy Britt.
Right now let 1t be said that if the
Clifford go is the only thing to dope
on then the Battler is still has-been.
Clifford has the thinnest kind of a
paper jaw, and the first real punch
Nelson hit him sent him to the mat.
But Nelson is Jas rugged as ever, and
the pity is that he had no better man
than Clifford on whom to prove it, In
his works at Arcadia Bat displays all
the ruggedness, all the speed and all
the bull dog tenacity that conquered
for him over the best lightweights in
the business, and unless he is what the
railbirds call morning glory, the Dane
will fight in his best form.
Boer Never Knocked Out
In Unholz Nelson meets a man who
does not know what the ten seconds
count is. The Boer, while his record
does not dope him as much better than
a thirty-third degree pork-and- beaner,
has everything that goes to make
champion, and he is sure to make any
boy his weight in the business hump
some when he gets busy.
Sizing it all up, it dwindles down to
question of whether Nelson Is still
the Durable Dane. Should he be one
whit less strong than he was in days
gone by Unholz is apt to cop, but Mel
son says this is not the case. Unholz
is in his prime right now, and if he is
whipped the Dane will know that he
has not been to a Sunday school picnic.
Tipping the winner of anything is
not permitted under the ordinance now
in force, so it is impossible to tell here
who should win. Suffice to say that
if he loses Nelson will be down and
out for good and also far as the
ring is concerned-and those who think
they know say that Bat will be a
shining light in the arena for some
years yet. Let 'er go.
Butch Gaines went down and took
look at Battling Johnson yesterday and
then decided that he didn't care for
the big fellows game a-tall This
leaves McCareY one preliminary shy,
but he will look around today and by
tonight will have a full card again.
Kid Dalton and Leonard Lauder
promise to put up real battle. and
the winner will earn what he gets.
The spaghetti champ has been work.
ing at the Nelson camp and looms up
with his regular endurance and pile
driver punches, while Lauder has been
performing at the pavilion and appears
20 per cent better than he ever did.
With the Gaines-J Johnson show out
of the way it looks like a prosperous
evening for the Queensburyites, and
should the other preliminary yet to be
arranged fill as it should there will be
three real battles for the fans to talk
about the next day.