The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18
Four Round Boxing
Soon to Flourish
Promoters Find Way TO Keep
Within the Requirements
of Lam


After giving the matter consideration
since the first of the year the men who
were identified with the promotion OF
four round boxing bouts have found a
way to meet the strict requirements OF
the law and the game viii soon flourish
with all its old time vigor The Stun
bling block in the way of the promot-
ers in the last few months has been
the attitude of Chairman Stafford and
his associates on the supervisors police
committee.
They have insisted that the city or
dinance governing this class of boxing
be observed, which would have been an
impossibility for the men who controlled
the game in the past They had no
clubs and no clubrooms and did not
meet any of the laws requirements.
Most Migrant of all was their violation
of the amateur law in the giving of
cash prizes.
The Dreamland athletic club will be
the first to bid for patronage under
the new order of things. In order to
make its shows profitable it will have
to find a way to sell tickets to outsid-
ers. These will probably be in the
form of membership cards which APP
parently entitle the holder to the priv
lege of the club for month. There are
practically no privileges other than
Witnessing the fights.
Alex Greggains has been trying to get back
into the game and he is preparing TO make
a decided stand with the authorities. The San
Francisco athletic club has moved from the
Jefferson square building to the Auditorium,
where rooms and gymnasium are being ntted
up: running track is also being built Greg
gains applied some days since TO the Pacific
athletic association for membership The appii-
cation refused. but he will try again.
Without the sanction of this body bouts can
not be held.
The promoters will find that the. present
controls amateur athletics will hold them 70
a strict account. The bouts will be strictly
amateur or they cannot be held
Rudolph "Boer' Unholz viii arrive here
this morning and it is expected he viii be
signed for a 45 round fight with Battling Mel
has been fighting for four years He is ~ years
old aud is a remarkably developed athlete.
few months through his fights in Los Angeles
with George Memsic and Battling Nelson. Each
of these was at 10 rounds and under the law
there was no decision by the referee. There
was a difference of opinion each time among
the spectators as 10 which man was the win
ner
Unholz is under the management OF Joe
Thomas while Nelson has retained t. Wil Illus
| proved a shrewd match maker since he has
been acting for himself,
Tommy Sullivan. who is to fight Abe Attell
on the last night In the present month before
Luke Marisehs club has taken of ~ pounds
since he started training week ago. He weighs
l 1881 pounds and must make 1923 at o'clock
on the afternoon Of the fight. He has expert
| enced no bad effects in taking of weight NJ
| to the present time and expects to make the
! required notch without losing any of HIS
strength. The first official weighing Will be
! done tomorrow by Msrisch. He does this to
| protect both the pubic and himself as he
( wants TO know before he advertises the fight
whether it seems possible for Sullivan to make
/ the weight.
I
! Atten fights Eddie Kelly in the open air
| near Seattle on Monday afternoon. Attell has
! been guaranteed 81, 900, but 1t is question
whether the attendance will warrant such a
purse.
Joe Cans is due some time tomorrow from
| the east. 1t is expected match will be made
/ for him within short time. Manager Gleason
| has already begun to advertise that Cans will
| fight at the Coliseum the night of May
"a. Jack Blackburn seems the most likely op.
moment for Cans