Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Rudolph Unholz Makes a Show
of Battling Nelson.
BEST IN TEN-RoUND GO
Fought Before 1000 People at Los
Angeles Last Night.
NEXT PLACE TO JOE CANS
Farrell Buys Newark Club-Racing
at New Orleans-Big Bowling
Tourney Closes.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LOS ANGELES. Cal. February "a
new heir apparent for the throne of the
Kingdom of lightweights now claims the
recognition ard respec: of the public. He
is Rudolph Urholz, the champion light
weight of Pietermaritzburs and the rest
OF unpronounccable South Africa, who.
by giving Battling Nelson terrific beat
Ing for ten rounds before the Pacific A.
c. in this city last night, won the right
TO claim next place to champion Joe
Cans. No decision was given at the end
OF the bout. as ring verdicts are tabooed
here. brt it would have been plain to a
blind man which fighter was the winner
The Rosr's sudden rise to the second
rung from the top Of the championship
ladder was due. however. not so much to
his victory over Nelson. as to the manner
of fighting in which he gained that vic
tory. 1t must be admitted that Cnholz is
slow in footwork, but in the art Of dodg
ing and .duckins and Of planting telling
Mallops there appear 10 be few who are
his superiors in the lightweight class.
Nelson was outfought at every stage Of
the fight. and try as he would he always
failed TO land a telling blow on the rough
little Boer The South African was like a
rubber ball bouncing around the ring
lodging every blow that looked danger
ous and getting to Nelson's chin and wind
with clean swings and short arm jolts.
In the first round Unholz floored the Bat
tier with a right swing to the jaw, but
the former lightweight champion was UP
in an instant and ready to mix 1t at close
quarters. The Boer landed ten blows to
Bats one. and what Is more they carried
more steam with them.
nat ~...oS rb;r~.
The second. third and fourth were al
most a repetition Of the first. Bat did
the leading and a serious mess he made
of it. as Nelson would lead and the Boer
would dodge. step in close and send Bats
head back time and again. In the fifth.
following the advice of his seconds, Nell
son went in to try and finish his sturdy
opponent. and for a time he had the best
OF it. but Unholz came back strong and
had an even break at the gong: In the
sixth Bat landed a low one. and cries Of
both men kept on fighting no attention
was paid to It,. The Boer was evidently
in distress for a moment. but he rallied.
and even In this round had shade at
the close. The seventh and eighth were
both in favor of Unholz.
The bell sounded good to Nelson in the
tenth. for the Boer landed ten clean jolts
TO Bats jaw and got away without re-
turn that caused any damage. 1t was I'm
holz all the way and ring followers pre-
dicted at the close of the contest that the
Boer would easily dispose OF Nelson or
any lightweight but Cans in a finish fight.
1t Is hard to describe the Beers tactics,
but every one who has seen him in ac-
ton declares that he can hit harder and
escape more punishment than any man
OF his weight in the world. He probably
ducked 500 swings In the ten rounds, and
whenever he mixed 1t Nelson was clearly
outcIassed. c4.+..--
Zig Crowd on Hand. =
The contest was witnessed by fully
ZOO people. The receipts were estimated
at $4,000. OF this amount 80 per cent goes
to the fighters, 5000 to the Boer and
$500 to Nelson. George Memsic, Britt
and Cyclone" Thompson all ask for a
chance to meet the Boer, but, judging
from his performance last night, it is
a foregone conclusion that Unholz could
whip any two Of them the same night.
the men entered the ring. but they had
not gone three rounds before the spec
tators could see that the Dane was Wild
in his aim and that Cnholz was landing
The Boer opened things well. During the
first round after a few easy swings to
the head and body he sent left to the
face as they came out OF a clinch, and
Nelson went down fiat on his back. The
Dane never waited for a count, but jump
ed to his feet at once and started after
Cnholz. who retreated slowly. meanwhile
pounding Nelson about the body and
making the face of the favorite a target
for his left. There was no doubt tl.at
Nelson was aggressive, but while he was
willing enough he fallen to land most of
the blows he had started, and this fall
nre continued throughout the fight was
what beat him.
The Ser0nd roilr1 much thu mo
the opener. except that Nelson went into
ciinchcs more frequently to avoid Ru-
delph's singing jabs. Cnholz stood near
his corner when the third began, and
avoided Nelson's blows and got several in
himSelf, both to the head and body The
Dane by this time had adopted the South
Africans tactics OF trying to beat his op-
ponents head on, but most of his swings
went wild. and when he landed jab
there was an apparent lack Of steam be-
hind bis blows which was most surpris-
ing TO those who had seen the Battler
perform in his palmy days.
Unhelz's Effective Retreats.
Cnhoiz continued 10 show a desire to
retreat In the fourth round but this didn't
do Nelson any good, for while the Boer
retreated he was swapping Nelson's head
back with straight lefts and rights and
taking but few blows in exchange. The
ffth round was repetition OF the fourth.
but in the sixth Nelson balanced his &C.
count by rushing Tnhoiz 50 fast that the
latter slipped to the floor twice Then
Nelson sent over a low left and a yell Of
foul went up from the Beers corner, but
the claim was not allowed even though
Cnholz was apparently in pain for q short
time. The Boer came back however
with perfect shower OF rights and let's
which landed SO fast on Nelson's head
that in spite OF the Danes early advan-
tage he had no better than an even break
at the end. To the dissatisfaction of the
crowd Upholz rested more or less in the
seventh round and. thinking he was STALL
ing. this dissatisfa elton was shown by
misses. II could not move Cnholz from
his plan. though and the advantage he
gained thereby was plain in the last three
rounds
He came back much refreshed in the
eighth and both men showed great will
ingness to mix = uD. They were stiIl
hammering away at each others faces
and We're badly battered. although Nelson
showed the more bruises Of the two AS
they shook hands at the beginning of the
tenth the ceremony was made az shor, a i.
possible. lust a mere touching of the
gloves. and they were at Il again. Each
missed a couple OF swings ard then I'm.
hol5 rushed and was met with a stasver
ing left sHtna to the head The blow did
not even check him. and he came In with
q right uppercut to the nose and left
swing to the head that were heavy counts.
Nelson got in straight left lab that
nearly sent CnloiZ to the roDAS ana tha