The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-29

O<iS dAlcinOOu ana dIlcuueQ d local
show last night The Boer is under
the weight now and appears strong.
rugged and ready for a gruelling bat
tie. Murphy is also full of confidence
and he is not worrying over the result
of tonight's mixup with his old rival,
Lew Powell
ing any eager interest in the bouts. a
fair sized crowd is expected at the
arena this evening. There is no cham
pionship, or anything pertaining to
give promise of being stubbornly
fought and for this reason a large num-
Der of spectators will be on hand when
the first pair of millmen are sent to
their work by Billy Jordan.
NELSON TALK NONSENSE
Some deIuded fight fans figure that
the winner of tonight's scrap will get
a whack at the champion of the world,
Battling Nelson. There is just about
as much chance of this happening as
Abe Attell getting a match with Jim
Jeffr1es. Neither Unholz nor Thomp-
son has shown class that entities him
to even ask Nelson for match, let
alone expect<such an event to happen.
So far as tonight's show is concerned,
thompson SHOULD win from UnhOlZ- He
has more experience. heart of oak,
and can take an awful walloping. I'm
holz has never shown anything like
championship form. He is the clown
or the prize ring, and II humorous an
ties could win a battle the South Afri-
can would be champion of the world
in every division OF the fighting game.
There is little doubt as to where fight
sentiment is lodged tonight. Murphy
and Powell furnish the magnet that
VIII draw the crowd. and they are sure
to occupy the calcium spot. These lads
have been fighting herea bouts for sew
eral years. and they have a large fol-
lowing. When they get together the
fans expect a rare DonnybroOk sort of
battle.
MURPHY EXPECTS TO WIN
Murphy said last night that he ex-
pected to trim the pugilistic sails OF
Powell. Lew was just as confident that
he would attach the immortelIes to
Murphy's ring aspirations. Which
ever way this fight goes, it is sure to
be battle all the way. The boys have
met twice in six round battles in Oak
land. In the first of these engage
ments Murphy was returned the victor,
but in the second engagement there
was not hairs breadth between them
and the referee returned a draw de-
cisiOn.
Murphy will have the advantage in
tonight'S fight of having gone the derby
route in at least three ring engage
ments, while Powell can boast no such
experience. This should help Murphy
considerable.
Powell can hardly be said to be as
SlIOnS as murphy. III ldCly So IdE DIS
looks go. Lew resembles delicate
piece of crockery. but for all his lack OF
physical powers he has good fighting
head, and if he can nurse his strength
and stay the limit with the Fighting
Harp" he is likely to get the decision.
He is better boxer than Murphy
Johnny, however. does not propose to
play game of tag with Powell, and
will sail in from the gong and expects
to hand his rival a sleeping powder
before the twentieth round is reached
Neither of the men who appear in
the main event has a surprising ring
record nor has either one shown much
| Improvement in his late fights. Thomp-
| Unholz and he appears to be the more
rugged scrapper.
UNHOLZ LACKS GANENESS
The mark that Joe Cans placed on
! Unholzs ring escutcheOn still glares in
| the eyes of the fight fans. 1t is sure
| that the Boer did not show the proper
quality of gameness in his battle with
| Cans, and If he displays the slightest
streak of ocher with Thompson tonight
| he is a lost fighter, as there Is abso-
lutely no mercy in the makeup of the
Dane from Sycamore. Ill.
Larney Lichtenstein expressed him
self on Thompson's chances with the
Boer yesterday. and he said he did not
expect Unholz to tarry more than eight
rounds tonight.
Both Unholz and Green Hat Nc
! Donald his trainer are confident that
Rudy will be returned victor. but few
| of the fight public share this view and
many of them expect Rudy to be
slowed away after hurricane battle.