The record-union., 1897-04-15
The Clever HeaVyWeightS Fight Twenty
Rounds to a Draw.
Both Too Tired to Deliver a Knockout
Blow During the Close.
Fast Fight Between Agnews and
Thompson, the Former Knocking
His Opponent Out With Right
Swing i'm the Twelfth Round.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.-The in
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
were enough to satisfy the most en-
thusiastic. The stars advertised were
to be Alex Greggains, a San Francisco
heavyweight, with a reputation for
cleverness, and Jack Steiner, who has
absorbed some of Champion Fitzsim-
mons glory from a close association
with that celebrity while he was pre-
pairing for his fight with Corbett at
Carson. The new-Thompson con-
test 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
favor of the latter as regards condition
The first three rounds were slow, Greg
gains merely feeling his man and try
ing to draw him out. Except in the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
and had the best of the fight. He did
most of the landing. seldom failing to
land with his finland jabs on Stelz-
ners face.
After the tenth the San Francisco
man began to tire, and in the thirteenth
a couple of swings from Steiner 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 a crash from
a right-hand swing on the jaw. Stelz-
ner arose daZed, and managed to stay
the round out by covering his face with
both arms, Greggains not having suffi-
cient strength left to finish him. From
this time on it was about an even thing.
both men being tired and in such a
condition that a good stiff punch would
have settled it. The referee made it a
draw, which decision was generally sat-
isfactory.
In the Agnew-Thompson fight in the
first and second rounds Agnew did all
the leading, Thompson contenting him
self with an occasional right swing.
with the exception of a hot right punch
on the negro's jaw, Agnew struck no
very effective blows.
thompson adopted hurricane tactics
in the third, but after Agnew had land
ed right swing on the Jaw and a left
punch in the wind he again assumed
the defensive. They got together at
close quarters, however, at the end of
the round, and the gong rang in the
midst 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
Agnew landed both hands on his OBJ
ponent's jaw, and Thompson visibIy
weakened. He recovered, however. and
came up strong for the sixth. swinging
his right upon Agnew's ribs half a dozen
times without a return In the seventh
Thompson again essayed to rush mat
ters, but soon tired. and after receiving
a hard right swing on the jaw clinched
at every opportunity
Although some of his blows lacked
steam, Agnew was quick to follow up
his advantage in the eleventh. and sent
Thompson to the ropes with a hard
right on the jaw just as the round
closed. Thompson had to be carried to
his corner.
Agnew sent his man down in the
twelfth, and upon regaining his feet
Thompson ran away, but Agnew follow
ed him up and knocked him down with
a right swing. Thompson remained on
his knees until counted out.
In the Greggains- Steiner fight for the
first five rounds Greggains. who as
sumed the aggressive, had everything
his own way apparently, landing at will
upon Stelzner's face, back, Jaw and
short ribs. In the sixth, however. Stelz-
ner seemed much more confident and
landed one or two effective blows. Hon
ors were easy for the next two rounds,
but in the ninth Greggains landed a hot
left punch on the jaw, which made
Steiner reel as the gong sounded
StelZner was weak when he toed the
scratch in the tenth, and Greggains
went right after him, but the former
recuperated wonderfully and punched
Alex. in the. jaw with his left. The next
two rounds were Greggains', but in the
thirteenth Steiner became aggressive,
and rushed his man to the ropes.
Greggalns swung wildly and Stelzner
got in several hard swings and had his
man almost out when the round closed.
In the fourteenth Stelzner fought to
end the fight, but the pace began to
tell on him, and Greggains landed left
swing which put his opponent as grog-
gy as he himself was. A punch would
have decided 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 Steiner was unable to land