Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-31 | Page 16 | Rodenbach to Box with "Kid" [Illegible]

rodenbachIob WITH "RIO" U'K Having resolved to forsake thtfl'! of amateur boxers and Join UhiBM professional pugilists, WllllamjwTjil bach, who recently won the 9lcK amateur heavy-weight champSC has succeded In making a miMjK!) "Kid" McCoy. The light will teEfee 1 in San Francisco next NovembriK( comber. Tho naming of the exadtTi: is dependent upon tho improvenJijt Rodcnbach'a Injured elbow. vmfyl It Is understood that the flgiElw: take place before the Hayes YallfBLjn letic club, and will be limited to jjK Though he has only held the Wtkl amateur heavy-weight charapiKT, for two years, Rodenbach haslocBL.fc recognized as one of the clevtraKii ers In the United States. HehuMC-S string of victories in hard-fourhB-i tics to his credit, and he titSK! championship two months ago hHi featlng Sam Berger, champion Kiii Pacific coasL BSL Berger had boxed with Jim Bob Fltzslmmons and Champ!oiKr fries and all of these old ring saMt pronounced him to be a second UKL. Berger wns disposed of by RoaR?j in Jig time, but It was ia this AjIKuh Rodenbach received the InJurjvEiS elbow that has since kept hlmjR Rodenbach Is scheduled to MidBl,T in tfce boxing programme In the'tfa pic araes in St Louis, and lRS hopes that his elbow will haJH clently recovered by that timt jf ble him to appear. 'HkF Though a trifle shorter than "B?J delphla Jack" O'Brien, RodesliKJ not unlike that fighter In appjW-1 He Is five feet ten Inches In MiRr,, remarkably deep chested. He lJK?f orous two-handed fighter and tsKf ble of taking a lot of punlshmenLSB"