The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-04
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African land 81 war and revolution,
become the successor Of Joseph Cans
when Father Time has robbed the
Old Master OF his strength and cler-
erness? There are many sports In
this City of Angles who are inclined
to answer this question in the al
armatiye. Rudolf (Boer) Unholz Is
the name of this phenomenon from
the dark continent, and his bout to-
night with Battling Nelson viii go
far toward deciding his future.
Much unholz money Is in sight anil
the general opinion is that the Bat
tier will have to show considerable
Improvement over his recentsform II
he proves his superiority over the
clever. slashing Boer. Joe Thomas
saw Unholz fight Memsic, and was so
greatly enthused that he is said to
have placed thousand simoleons on
the Boer to beat Nelson in to-night's
ten round bout.
Like Billy PaplSe and Packy Nc
Farland. the Boer was practically I'M
known until he made fair reputa-
ton fighting in different towns in the
East, He fought Young Kenny,
Young Donohue and Kid Pantz at
clubs around Boston. and then he
drifted West. where "Rawhide" Kel.
icy. ex-manaser OF Cyclone Thompson.
took hold of him. Kelly touted I'm
holz as the goods, and after falling
out with Thompson he matched the
pair. The Cyclone was put away in
punch after thirty seconds of fight.
ing. Thompson was Just after going
twenty rounds with Memslc at Los
Angeles
unholz then came to Los Angeles.
where he posted forfeit to fight any
lightweight in the country. and. afte,
waiting several weeks. George Mem.
sic finally took the Boer on for a
ten-round go. thinking he would be
soft picking. In that fight Unholz
was an easy winner after the second
round batterlng Memsic around the
RUG and winning the house over b,
his aggressive style.
In the opening rounds Memstc
forced the fight, but the defense the
Boer put up was SO perfect that it
was impossible for the Bohemian to
land effectively. They fought at 1875
pounds at O'Clock. and split the
money seventy-five and twenty-five.
Unholz is great kidder. and had
Memsic in the air tossing mean say
ings at him in German; and that is
not the only language he speaks. by
the way. Rudle is quite llnguist.
and can chirp in eight different Ian,
guages, which comes in handy when
fighting boys of different rationale
ties.
Unholz is natural lightweight anil
looks more like a weight litter than
anything else. He is another freak
fighter of the Nelson class. His mus
cles stand out prominently all over
his body and he has the endurance
of n. bull. He has fought close to
$50 battles and has never been
knocked out. Before coming to this
country he cleaned up all the fighters
of any prominence in South Africa,
from featherweight to light heavies.
In the event that the Boer wins
from Nelson. his manager will post
a forfeit to fight any lightweight in
the world. Packy Mcfarland or Joe
Cans preferred. and will make a
$4,000 bet on the side. Unholz has
proven that he is no lemon" but.
to the contrary. looks like a candi-
date for championship honors. His
past ring performances will no doubt
be interesting. now that he has made
good. He has fought. in Australia and
England, having had fifty.nine bat
ties in the latter country.
A few of his important battles fol.
low:
Gypsy King. D., As rounds. South
Africa; Watty Austin, D., 20 rounds,
South Africa; Jack Nelson. K. .
rounds, England. This Nelson Tough.
Spike Sullivan a twenty.round draw
prior to meeting Unholz The Boer
had fifty.nine battles in England.
In johannesburg. South Africa, I'm
holz knocked out Jack Sampson. Sol
ly scobel, Jack Spencer, Jack Hynis,
Jack Barton. Bert Pedder, and drew
with watty Austin for the feather
weight championship at 126 pounds.
Ee has also fought and defeated all
the Iightweights in Australia. In his
fight with Jim Holloway for the light
weight championship of South Africa
UnhoIz gained the decision, thus win
ming side bet of $1,000 and a $1,000
purse.
Since coming to this country I'm
holz has fought Young Donahue, BIZ
Iy willis. Young Kenny, cyclone