The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-31
STEINER WINS ON A FOUL.
sILvERTHoRN PERSISTED IN
THROWING HIM DOWN.
A just Decision, but an Unsatis-
factory Ending to Last
Nights Contest.

contest between Jack Stelzner and Tom
Silverthorn, of twenty rounds.
The records of the two men and opin-
ion of many that they were very even
| ly matched had aroused great interest
in the match, and 1T was expected that
it would either go to the limit or be
sharp and decisive. The result was a
disappointment to all, for the match
was given to Steiner in the eleventh
round on foul
| Frank Mcconnell, the featherweight
champion of the Pacific Coast, acted as
referee, and his decision was pro-
nounced fair and just, as he had sew
eral times warned Silverthorn not to
persist in his tactics. Stelzners sec
onds were Professor Young Dutchy
Hellman and Trayne, and Silverthorn S
were Pendergast, Abbott and Murray.
Steiner was applauded when he en-
tered the ring. being known to many
of the spectators. Silverthorn looked
the broader and heavier of the two
men, and is certainly much the
stronger, and seemed to depend largely
on his wrestling powers when forced
to close quarters, catching Steiner by
the legs and throwing him hard four
times during the contest once pitching
him over his head. His game seemed
to be to dodge Stelzner's blow, catch
him in the stomach with his shoulder
and raise him off the floor. He stood
in a crouching position, anything but
artistic.
Steiner, on the contrary stood erect,
his hands covering him well, and was
on the aggressive all the while, follow
| ing Silverthorn, who seemed quicker
on his feet, around the ring. The latter
took the aggressive only a few times
when he made sudden rushes, and once
or twice caught Steiner mapping.
| In the first round the men fiddled
around the ring for a minute or more,
taking each others measure Steiner
landed his left lightly on the face and
again on the head twice. He landed
on the face again, and Silverthorn was
short for the body. There were light
counters on the neck, and the round
ended with no damage done
| In the second round Silverthorn put
in a good left On the neck, Stelzner
putting in a left swing, and again
| landing on the head. Silverthorn
ducked, caught him by the legs and
threw him. Cries of foul. Stelzner
landed on the head and put an upper
cut ON the mouth. Silverthorn rushed
Steiner ON the ropes and put in a good
one on the neck, Steiner ON the head,
and Silverthorn countered Silver
thorn rushed and got in a hard one on
the body, Steiner countering on the
neck. Silverthorn had the best of the
round.
| In the third round Silverthorn put in
a heavy right ON the neck, and Steiner
put his left en- the mouth. Silverthorn
rushed and landed on neck and body.
Steiner put in a hard one on the chin
and repeated it, Silverthorn clinching
to avoid punishment. Silverthorn land
ed a right on the neck, and Stelzner
undercut him heavy on the face. This
was Stelzner's round
| In the fourth Steiner landed on the
| face twice, and Silverthorn put a
couple of hard ones ON the neck.
| Steiner put in a couple of hard jolts
on the mouth, and Silverthorn missed
vicious right swing. Stelzner missed
a left swing and they clinched. Silver
thorn put in right on Jacks neck
while the referee was parting them,
and the crowd Kissed. Steiner landed
on the face as the bell rang. Stelzner's
round.
| In the fifth Steiner put a heavy one
| on Toms mouth. Tom landed on the
neck, and Steiner countered in the
face. Steiner put in a heavy upper
cut on the mouth. Tom rushed and
got in a couple of light ones and
stiff one on the body, but Steiner
caught him heavy left on the mouth.
Silverthorn put a hard one on the neck.
Stelzner's round, and both fresh in
spite of the pace.
In the sixth Silverthorn put in a
heavy right on the kidneys and Jack
countered on the face. Tom visited
the kidneys with another hard right
and put in one on the body, Jack get
! ting in a lift on the head, and followed
| it with another Jack put in left and
right, and followed them with hard
one on the mouth, and repeated it.
Stelzner had decidedly the best of this
round.
In the seventh Steiner put a hot one
in the face Siiverthorn ducked Jacks
| lead. caught him by the legs and
threw him over his head heavily. Cries
the neck and. repeated it, Jack seeming
considerably shaken up by his fall. Tom
put his right hard on the ribs, and
| Silverthorn opened the eighth by
lodging and throwing Steiner Silver
thorn got in one on the neck. Stelzner
led and Tom caught him by the legs
and threw him hard. The crowd Missed,
and the referee cautioned him sharply.
Jack landed on the neck and Tom put
in a light one on the face. Jack upper
cut him hard with the left on the
mouth and viSitad the neck with his
| left as the gong sounded.
| Silverthorn led d right on the neck
in the tenth, and in the clinch caught
Jack by the legs and threw him again,
and was again cautioned. Silverthorn
put two hard rights on the neck, and
hitting the second time in the break
away. He put in a couple of hot ones
and rushed Jack, who seemed weak.
Tom would not break when ordered
to, striking Jack again and again. The
referee finally separated them, and Tom
rushed in to finish Jack, but was as
| tonished by a right on the neck that
| staggered him, and the bell rang just
| in time to save him from a possible
knockout Both seemed weak in their
! corners.
In the eleventh Tom landed in the
face and then on the. ribs, Jack clinch-
| ing to avoid punishment. He came
up fresh again, however, and put in a
heavy one on the ribs. Tom landed on
the neck and then on the body. Jack
put in a hot one on the body and an
other on the neck. Silverthorn caught
| Steiner by the legs and threw him
| heavily, falling on him. The referee
ordered Silverthorn to his corner and