The herald., 1897-04-15
LOTS OF GORE
Pleased the People Who
Saw the Pugs
STEINER AND CREGCAlNS
SLUG EACH OTHER FOR TWENTY
ROUNDS
STEINER AND GREcGAINs
Agnew of Chicago Jams the Jaw of
Thompson Of Utah, Winning
the Fight
Associated Press Special Wire.

augural entertainment of the Pacific
Athletic club possessed all the elements
dear to the patrons of boxing and 5000
spectators went away happy. There
was plenty of science, gameness and
blood, and the length of the contests
was enough to satisfy the most enthu-
siastic. The particular stars, as adver-
tised, were to be Alex Greggains. a San
Francisco heavyweight with reputa-
ton for cleverness, and Jack Stelzner,
who has absorbed some Of Fitzsimmons'
glory from close association with that
celebrity, while preparing for his fight
with Corbett at Carson. The Agnew-
Thompson contest. however. divided the
honors in point of fast fighting, Agnew
putting his man out in the twelfth
round.
Greggains and Stelzner both showed
up well, with a slight advantage in
The first three rounds were slow, Greg
gains merely feeling" his man, and
trying to draw him out. Except in the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
rounds Greggains was the aggressor
and had the best of the fight. He did
most of the landing, seldom failing to
land his left-hand jabs on Stelzner's
face. After the tenth the San Francis
co man began to tire, and in the thir-
teenth couple of swings from Stelzner
sent him reeling to the ropes with cut
over the left eye. He was almost out,
but saved himself by cleverly ducking
his opponents swings. He recuperated
wonderfully, and in the fourteenth sent
Stelzner to the floor with crash from
right swing on the jaw. Stelzner arose
dazed, and managed to stay the round
out, by covering his fact with both
arms, Greggains not having sufficient
strength left to finish him. From this
time on it was about an even thing
both men being tired and in such q
condition that a good riff punch would
have settled it. The referee made 1t o.
draw, which decision was generally sat-
isfactory
In the first and second rounds of the
Agnew-Thompson fight Agnew did all
the leading, Thompson contenting HIM
self with an occasional right swing
which the Chicago lad easily avoided
With the exception Of a hot righthander
on the negros jaw, Agnew struck no
very effective blows.
Thompson adopted hurricane tactics
in the third, but after Agnew had landed
a right swing on the jaw and left
punch in the wind he again assumed the
defensive. They got together at close
quarters, however, at the end of the
"a 70 tn r,,i5ct
of hot rally, in which honors were easy.
The pace set in the third round was too
hot to last and the pair eased up for
wind in the fourth, >but in the next Ag-
new landed both hands on his opponents
jaw. and Thompson visibly weakened.
He recovered, however, and came up
strong for the sixth, swinging his right
upon Agnew's ribs half dozen times.
In the seventh Thompson again es-
sayed to rush matters, but soon retired
after giving hard swing on the jaw and
clinched at every opportunity.
Although some of his blows lacked
steam, Agnew in the eleventh sent
Thompson to the ropes with a hard
right on the jaw Just as the round closed.
Thompson had to be carierd to his cor
ner.
Agnew sent his man down in the
twelfth, and upon regaining his feet
Thompson ran away. Agnew followed
him up and knocked him down with a
right swing Thompson remained on
his knees until counted out
GREGGAINs-S -STELZNER.
For the first five rounds Greggains
who assumed the aggressive, had every
fhino his Vxp q f1ho NJ flvy nd dit,o
at will upon Stelzner's face, neck, jaw
and short ribs. In the sixth, however,
Stelzner seemed much more confident
and landed one or two effective blows.
Honors were more easy for the next two
rounds, but in the ninth Greggains
landed hot left punch on the jaw, which
made Stelzner reel as the gong sounded.
Stelzner was weak when he toed the
scratch in the tenuth and Greggains went
right after him, but the former recuper-
ated wonderfully and punched Alex in
the jaw with his left. The next two
rounds were Greggains'. but in the thir-
teenth Stelzner became aggressive and
rushed his man to the rope. Gr9ggains
swung wildly and Ste!zner got in several
hard swings and had his man almost
out when the round closed.
In the fourteenth Stelzner sought to
end the fight but the pace began to tell
on him and Greggains landed left swing
which put his opponent as groggy as
he himself was. A punch would have de-
ciced the contest either way, but neither
man had one left.
Greggains was weak when he came up
for the fifteenth, but game to the core,
and Stelzner was unable to land the blow
he was evidently trying to strike.
In the sixteenth Greggains was the
fresher of the two and after hot rally
Stelzner was sent down and almost out
with right swing. He saved himself
until the gong rang by ducking his head
beneath his arms.
In the next three rounds both were too
weak to do effective work, but in the
twentieth GTggains showed up the
fresher and jabbed his opponent all
over the ring. A right swing on the
jaw, however. caused Alex to clinch and
the round and fight closed with q hot ex-
change in the center Of the ring. Referee
Pringle declared the fight draw.
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