The record-union., 1897-10-20
STELzNER WINS THE FIGHT.
GIVEN THE DECISION OVER BIG
JOE McAULIFFE.
The Californian Slow and Awk-
ward From the Beginning
to the End.

LOo ANU tIIE1So, OCls IJ.-f5lS Joe
McAuliffe added another number to his
startling string of defeats tonight,
when Jack Steiner of St. Louis receiy-
ed the decision over him at the end of
the last round of a fifteen round con-
test. The big fellow was slow and awk-
ward from the beginning to the end,
and allowed Stelzner to slowly but
surely batter him down. 1t was any
body's fight, however, at the end of the
fourteenth round, and the referee an
nounced then that three additional
rounds would have to be fought unless
the pace was changed in the next one.
Stelzner changed the pace.
AT the opening of the last round Stelz-
ner tapped Joe lightly on the forehead.
The big fellow tried to respond, but
his attempts were painfully weak and
lily directed. There was a rapid ex-
change of short-arm punches, and then
Stelzner put a stiff left on Joe's face,
and followed it with a terrible right
punch straight on the nose. A Grim
son stream flowed down over Joe's
brawny chest, and the crowd yelled.
Stelzner followed the blow with several
light ones, which McAuliffe seemed to
lack the power to avoid, and this was
kept up until the round ended. The
referee promptly awarded the fight to
Stelzner, who had escaped without pun
ishment, and was fresh and strong.
The men came into the ring at 9:45
McAuliffe had Bob Compton and Pro-
fessor Young Dutchy in his corner, and
Steiner was looked after by Dan Long
Frank Barton and Jack Carter. Stelz-
ner weighed 175 pounds, and looked to
be trained to a superb condition Nc
Auliffe was fat and white, and weighed
220. McAuliffe was a 10 to favorite
with the bettors before the fight, but
after the tenth round money went in
even.
The first round was tame. Steiner
did most Of the leading in this as well
as in all of the following rounds. but
none of his blows We're very harmful
Stelzner did some clever ducking and
foot work.
The men went at it viciously in the
second, and Steiner avoided some
heavy lunges. 1t was remarked that
McAuliffe was faster than in any of
his late fights, but Steiner avoided his
blows and landed stea diiy.
McAuliffe had a shade the better Of
the third round, but Steiner steadily
avoided his heaviest blows and landed
constantly.
From this on until the eighth the
fighting was tame.
In the opening of the eighth round
Steiner gave Joe a hot rib-roaster. and
McAuliffe landed a left hook on Stelz-
ner's neck. which sent the st. Louis boy
to the floor. He was up promptly, and
made a good fight during the rest Of
the round.
Steiner forced the fighting from the
tenth round on, and landed on Joe's
chest and face repeatedly. The big fell
low looked distressed, and seldom led.
McAuliffe attempted to recover in the
thirteenth, but failed to land a hard
blow in any of the mix-ups He was
clearly outpointed. There were two
good preliminary bouts. Joe Baker Of
Denver, a lad built like lath, was put
on with Charles Smith, who depended
somewhat on the reputation of his
brother Solly, the champion. Smith got
the decision.
Phil Green of Oakland was having a
hard time of it with a local colored lad
named Whitesides. when the referee
gave him the decision because White
sides persis ed in falling before he was
hit.
John Brink. who refereed the Nc
Auliffe- Steiner combat, gave the best
of satisfactic n, and the arrangements
of the fights by the new Southern Cali
fornia Athletic Association were entire
" satisfactory.