Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Dundee. In 1907 he went out to Colo
RADIO and it was while there he became
interested in a piece of land near Den
yer. He wanted to become a farmer.
but the fighting game was too much
for him and after year on the farm he
started out once more to battle in the
ring. He visited California and then
came back east again.
In. the fall of 1908 he went over to
Australia and trained with George
Hackenschmidt, the Russian lion, who
was then considered the champion
wrestler of the world. While in Aus
the title and lost on a foul in eleven
rounds. but won from Michigan again
in two rounds. On wager, he took
Arthur Grips. the Australian middle
weight. and fought him twenty rounds,
although Rudy at the time only weigh
ed about 1913 pounds. He remained in
Australia until the winter of 1910 and
then returned to the states. He had
of his hardest being with Stanley
Yoakum at Las Vegas. n. NJ. the night
before the Johnson-Flynn fight for the
championship. In this contest Rudy
battled twenty rounds with foakum
and it was a case of roughing it all the
way through. the decision being
draw. The writer happened to be at
Las Vegas at the time and after the
contest Rudy came to me with his en-
tire earnings. and putting the money
in my pocket. said: Il want you to
keep that until I get back north. as ]
may need it then" He never even
counted the money, and when insisted
upon giving him receipt for the
same, he merely said: "Oh, that's all
right. Just give it to me when | get
back north" 1t probably was well that
Rudy did so. for the money came in
handy for him later on when he re-
turned north. 1t was just such free and
easy methods that probably left Rudy
Unholz broke when he became victim
of the white plague and had to rely
upon his friends to send him to Cali
fornia He was whole-souled and
would divide his last penny with any
one in need.
His last fight of any note was with
AID Wolgast at Fond du Lac, Wis, when
he was knocked out in two rounds 1t
was really shame to put the boy on
in a contest of that kind at the time. for
he was in shape to enter the ring.
1t probably was match of charity at
that, for the boys may have realized
that Rudy was not himself and acted
accordingly. There is, perhaps. no
fighter better known around the world
than the same Rudy Cnholz. and he had
friends wherever the fighting game
prevails.
A little inciden: occurred at Los An
geles when Rudy fought Battling Nell
son. One of the papers gave him the
best of the fight and he went up to
Bat Nelson's room the next day to SYM
pathize with the former champion. He
found Bat very busy folding papers and
sending them to different parts of the
country Rudy did not know that Bat
had obtained about 100 copies of anoth-
er paper giving him all the best of the
fight and was mailing them to his
friends. What are you doing with all
them papers," said Rudy. ooh. just
mailing them out. Rudy. to show our
friends what a good fight we put up"
said Bat. "All right, / will help you"
said Rudy. Without even looking at
the article he proceeded to help Bat
told the 100 papers and mail them out.
1T not until some time afterward
that he discovered what had been done
and he merely howled with laughter
when he thought what a good joke
Nelson had played on him.
Rudy Will be mourned by many
friends in various parts of the world.