El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-27

him in the least. Harrison gave up
\ the fight in the eighth round Jimmy
has beaten everything IN the fly and
| bantamweight class over here, except
Joe Fox. holder Of the bantamweight
title. The last OF this month Wilde is
TO meet fancy Lee for the flyweiEht
/ title. before the London Sporting Club.
! To my mind, the little Welsh wonder
will give Lee a fine trimming this
time
There have been a number Of New
York clubs trying to get Wilde on your
side as they want to match him with
some OF the best bantams in the States.
The little fellow wanted TO Join the
army. but they rejected him on account
Of his light weight. For youngster so
small, he has a fearful wallop and I
cannot conceive Of anybody bea ting him
! even in America. unless he has to give
away too much in weight He viii Ger
tainly make great hit with the fans
over there, and I trust that YOU may
be able to see him I'm action"
Fighters Now Save Money.
Inc lighters Of today may not have
the real fighting instinct Of those who
battled in the ring a couple OF decades
ago. but they certainly have better fl
nancial ideas than the old-timers
Fighters Of today are not considered
IN the front rank unless they have a
bank toll to back them up Joe Vol
cotty the famous negro WelterWeight
who fought men of all classes. from
welters TO go pound heavyweights.
made barrel Of money in the ring
according to reports OF people who
worked with him. but Joe. like a ereat
many others. forgot 10 put away some
Of his earnings for a rainy DAY The
little giant killer. as he was known in
the ring. had a wonderful record and
fought the best in the world Now he
IS working in bowling alley setting
up pins It is certainly an awful come
down for the once great WoIcott
Ring Loses Rudy UnhoIz.
In the death OF Rudy UnhOlz, better
known in the boxing world as the
lighting Boer'. the ring loses a very
peculiar character and at the same time
one OF the best little fellows who ever
trod the arena Rudy was a native OF !
Mannheim on the Rhine. Germany. and
was just So years OF age. His career |
had been rather a romantic one. more I
so than most fighters have For = I
young man, who had such a rugged !
constitution, IL seemed sad that he /
should be 4 victim Of the white plague.
Rudy Unholz. in addition 10 being a I
very good lightweight. was a comedian
OF more than ordinary ability: in fact.
he was never at loss for work no I
matter where he landed. as he could I
take positions in various capacities.
Could Do Many Things
he was fairly good singer and could J
dance and was not afraid 10 take to
the vaudeville stage when necessity de- I
manded. He was a splendid cook and
II necessary could 20 out and take a 4
position as waiter in a hotel as we'll
as any one He was also a fairly good
mechanic and had worked in the mines /
In Africa Rudy had sailed the seas
when he was very young and that is {
where he learned cooking He left his /
home in Germany about 1908 and went Z
10 South Africa. just in time 70 get
mixed UP with the war It was while \
in Africa that Rudy became attached /
TO the British army as cook He also 4
had number Of fights there and I'm {
1904 went TO England. where he boxed
a number Of very good featherweigu;s
and Ightweights. He was not salts
lied and returned TO South Africa aSaAn Z
and fought Arthur Douglas ther-, who
was considered cracker-jack at thar
time
He returned to England again and !
during the spring Of 1906. came 20 Inc
United States He fought through She l
east with the best boys there and never |
hesitated about giving away weight. In
1907 he went out TO Colorado and Il
was while there he became Interested
in = piece Of land near Denver. He
wanted to become farmer. but the
fighting game was too much for him
and after a year on the farm. he started
out once more TO battle in the ring. Z
He visited California ana then care
back east again
Battles With Michigan a Draw.
In the fall Of 1908 he went over TO
Australia and trained wita George
Hackenschmidt the Russion lion. who
was then considered the champion
wrestler OF the world. While in
Australia he fought Hughey Michigan
for the title and lost on a foul in II (
rounds. but won from Michigan again
in two rounds. On a wager. Ae took
Arthur Grips. the Australian miGdse-
weight. and fought him 20 rounds, al
though Rudy at the time only weighed
about 133 pounds. He remained m
Australia until the winter OF 1919 and
then returned to the States
Fought YOakuIn at Las Vegas
He had many battles around the
country, one Of his hardest being with
Stanley Yoakum at Las Vegas. New
Mexico, the night before the Johnson
Flynn fight for the championship In /
this contest Rudy battled 20 rounds
with Toakum and il was case Of
rcughing il all the way through, the
decision being a draw. The writer
happened to be at Las Vegas at the
time and after the contest Rudy came
TO me with his entire earnings. and
putting the money in my pocket said
II want YOU TO keep that until / get
back north. as 1 may need il then "de
never even counted the money and when
/ insisted upon giving him receipt
for the same. he merely said: -Oh,
that's alright Just give it to me when