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FIGHTERS WHO
HAVE ARRIVED
Sidelights on UnheIz and Papke
Roche Should Be Easy
for Burns.

Rudolph Unholz, who came sudden
" into prominence by bustling Bat
thing Nelson about the ring in Los
Angeles. and who prior to that stood
George Memsic on his ear in the
Southern Californian city, is Is years
old. When he was a young boy he
went 10 sea for eight years from his
home in Mannheim on the Rhine. He
made four trips around the world,
dipped his tootsies in waters in all
the different parts of the globe. and
finally landed in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
He landed a Job in the kitchen of
the Rand club there and was the best
platter polisher they had ever seen.
Someone pulled pair Of gloves out
one day and Rude. looking as though
he couldn't appear much worse, put
them on and battered up a few OF the
fapjack sharps.
The manager called Rude on the
side after the first few days and told
him that he'd either have 70 quit box
ing or quit the job. Unholz blew the
Job and went into the cold, cold world
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Since that time he has engaged in $50
battles, and as yet has never been
knocked out.
AS a fighter he has certainly made
us sit up and converse connectedly.
AS a linguist he is a bit more start
ling. He has mastered eight languages
Danish, Dutch. Flemish, Swedish,
Norwegian. Boer-Dutch, English and
Portuguese. He can also speak four
dialects of the Zulu language. What
a swell insurance agent. Ell?
Willie Papke is the Apollo of fight
ers Physically he is a model. He is
built for the fighting game from his
toes TO the top Of his head. He IS only
q years of age, and weighs 15S pounds
stripped. He stands feet s 3-4 inches
and possesses reach of II inches.
This is only an inch less than the
reach of Jim Corbett, former heavy
weight champion, who is just five
inches taller than the new king of the
middleweights.
Papke was asked the other day how
he happened to become a fighter.
I've been fighting less than two
years" he said. ST fought my first
main event a year ago last November.
I knew Jim Barry a couple of years
ago. That was before he ever thought
of fighting men like Langford. He
was boxing and training in my town
and he liked to ride around with me
and help me unload coal. began box
ing with him a little and helping him
TO train. used 10 box and then give
him a rundown One day another
friend of mine had to draw out Of a
match down in Peru, I'll. He asked me
if I'd like TO go down there and fight
for him. went. just for fun. and
knocked my man out in thirty sec
onds with only a couple of punches I
thought that was pretty easy, and so
I changed my profession It's come
pretty easy ever since
Freddie Welsh, EngIand's light
weight champion, has only been before
the public as a professional for two
years. but in that time has engaged in
A. battles and has yet 10 experience
his first reverse. He has fought some
II the best boys in his class in the
Eastern States. including Willie F'itz-
gerald. Willie Moody, cyclone Thomp-
son. Hook Keyes, Maurice Sayers,
Young Erne. Jimmy Dunn, Tommy
Love. Frank Carsey, Eddie Lenny,
Tim Callahan and Boxer Kelly.
Welsh Is welshman. - years Of
age. He Is out with challenge to
meet any lightweight in the business
He may be matched with Packie Nc
Fariand for fight in san Francisco
in the near future.
The coming battle between Jimmy
Britt and Battling Nelson viii mark
the fourth meeting between the pair.
Britt holds two decisions over the du-