Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-22
DICK CULLEN.
BEATS UNHOLz
FAIR ON POINTS
REFEREE GIVES GO AS
DRAW-BAD DECISION

Although outfought oItgeneraled
and outcassed, even at infghting
Rudolph Uuholz stood in the center
of the ring at the Stadium last nigh
at the conclusion of his contest with
Dick Cullen, and had the cool ct
frontery to appear disappointed. But
apart from that feigned look unholz
was sorry-looklng object. He haC
been beaten all over the ring through
fifteen of the twenty rounds fought.
and bore unmistakable signs of what
he had been put through On the
other hand, Cullen. apart from Il
slight discoloration of the nose. es
capped unscathed. And that notwith
standing that at no time did he de
cline an invitation To rally, and that
he was always there when there was
anything doing The faster Unholz
desired to make 1t the better pleased
was Cullen. He crowded him dur.
ing the greater portion Of the time
and outpointed him at every depart
meut Of the game taken up. But in
keeping with the custom which
seems to have grown up of late, the
decision given by Referee Snowy
Baker was wrong one. During
the last three or four rounds 1t was
clear to almost every individual
around the ring that UnholZ requir-
ed to administer Knockout to save
him from defeat. Not only did he
not land that punch, but he failed
to improve on his showing of the
previous rounds. When they final
ly shook hands the margin between
the pair was so wide that even the
unlnitiated must have been able to
choose the winner. During fifteen
out of the twenty rounds Cullen was
on top, and there should not have
been the slightest hesitation on the
part of the referee In declaring in
his favor. But after having put up
what was probably the hardest and
one of the best battles of his career,
Cullen had the keen disappointment
of having to listen TO declaration
that he had finished up on equal
terms with his opponent.
Cullen, who weighed 9st. lib.
and had the advantage of 5lb. in
weight, did not show TO advantage
Immediately. He appeared to be
suffering from stage.fright, with the
result that for three rounds Unholz' s
star was in the ascendant. The
tenth and thirteenth rounds were
the only others in which the Boer"
was on top. When Cullen threw off
his nervousness and warmed up to
his work he fought splendidly, with
the result that those who went to
scoff him came away loudly praising
him. Nobody expected anything
wonderful of him. On his display
against Frank Thorn he was put
down as about the poorest sample ri
boxer ever sent from the United
States to Australia. He neither
boxed nor fought. but last night he
excelled in both departments While
he boxed, unholz simple "ate his
left During the periods In which
they mixed things he more than held
his own. Unholz certainly did the
most punching on those occasions,
but nine out of ten of his blows
landed on protecting glove. Every
now and then Cullen came out OF
his Meeghanlike smothers, and then
Unholz always felt a singing blow
on the jaw, At lnhghting, con
siderable amount of which was in.
dulged in, Cullen was also on top.
He always held his opponent safe,
and in breaking away from the
ollnches almost invariably swung
one of his hands heavily to the
side Of the head, Unholz, however.
was always willing and anxious TO
be up and doing Notwithstanding
the punishment he received he was
always up to the scratch and ready
to mix things From the fourteenth
round EDWARDS he realized that he
required Knockout To win, and
set about the task with determine
tlon that must have been admired
But Cullen was always on hand with
something carrying steadying power
and consequently unholz was un-
able to accomplish his object. Not
withstanding the pace he maintained
throughout, Cullen was much strong
er than his opponent at the finish.
This was particularly evident during
the last two rounds, when he han
died his man comfortably, and on
three occasions almost sent him of
his feet with u heavy left 10 the jaw.
Cullen fought coolly, determinedly,
and with beautiful judgment and
was particularly unlucky In bolng
deprived OF such hard tight.