Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-13
BOER RUNS OUT
ON PHIL BROCK
CHANGES HIS MIND REGARDING
WEIGHT
SAYS HE is SUFFERING WITH
INJURED BACK
Manager Mccarey Quickly Calls OF
Match When UnhoIz Indicates
His Desire to Avoid
Cleveland Boy

Disguised at the unreasonable talk
put up by Boer Unholz in insisting
upon changing the conditions of his
match with Phil Brock, scheduled for
June 26. Manager McCarey has called
off the fight and washed his hands of
the Boer forever. It looks like a case of
frostbite of most acute type, and by
no manner of reasoning, save that of
charity, can Unholz be justified In his
unexpected and unreasonable stand.
In an attempt at 1ustifying himself
in seeking to have Brock put under
bond to make 1873 pounds at o'clock
the night Of the fight, instead of meet
ing at catchweights as per the original
articles of agreement, Unholz says that
he does not want to fight for five or
six months, urging that he is suffering
with an injury to his back sustained
several weeks previous to his fight with
Cans. He says this injury has troubled
| him for a long time, and that after
three days of hard training at Arcadia
| he finds 1t impossible to get into con-
dition and put up his best fight owing
| to the pain involved in training. He
| also says he weighs only 1919 pounds,
| and does not propose to allow Brock,
whom he understands is a near-welter.
to have an advantage in weight when
| they meet.
| At first he only objected to the catch
weight proposition, and insisted tina,
| in at 1873 pounds at 6 o'clock. Finding
| that the change would not be made, he
asked to have the fight called off, say
| ing that his back is so seriously in
| jured that he cannot train properly, and
would be unable to put up his best
| fight. When 1t dawned on McCarey
that if he insisted upon Unholz going
ahead and living up to his agreement
| to fight Brock at catchweights there
| might be just cause for criticism OF
his action, he did not hesitate In calling
off the fight and deciding to sever all
negotiations with the Boer forever.
McCarey has had too much experience
with fighters to take any chances OF
getting in bad any more.
Since the fight has been called Off
Unholz' back seems to be improving
remarkably fast, as he will leave today
for San Francisco to help train Jimmy
| Gardner a welter, for his fight with
Kyle Whitney. He says that after the
| fight he will go east and get into tho
| short-round game for few months,
and then return to Los Angeles for
winter engagements. His lack of sim
certify in the premises has ended his
| local career. He made his reputation
| in the local ring when he fought
George Memsic and beat him, when
Memsic was in no condition to fight a
| sick baby.
McCarey is undecided as to what card
he will put on for the vacated date,
| but he is so thoroughly disguised with
the methods employed by the fight fra
| ternity and their lack of consideration
for the burdens and responsibilities or
| a fight promoter that he almost Is de-
cided to cater to the less prominent
| fighters for a time by putting on weekly
shows of half dozen bouts at popular
prices. The portland put up
good fights, please the fans, and are
more reliable regarding their contracts
| than the average near-champion. The
little fellows fight for all they are worth
and are on the square, while too often
| 1t Is true that the classy" fighters cut
| out real fighting and stall through their
| bouts or agree to fight pretty" for the
distance Just to get the money.