The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-01
DuNLEAVY AND
MAYF|ELD DRAW.
Police Interfere in Twelfth Round
of Olympic Club Bout-Dun-
leavy Was Winning.

| After twelve fast rounds had been fought
last night at the Olympic Club in what was
to have been a fifteen-round bout between
! Jack Duneavy and Elmer Mayfeld, the po-
/ lice interfered on the ground that Mayfield
! was beaten and that there was no reason
| for prolonging the contest. Billy Zachritz,
the referee. declared the fight draw.
| Dunleavy had the advantage when the
| fight was stopped. and would in all prob
| ability have won had the fight been allowed
| to go the limit. Mayfield sustained The
most punishment in the last few rounds.
and was bleeding from a cut over the left
| eye. At that he was fairly strong and quick
! and looked able to go the limit without
| trouble.
Mayfeld probably showed up to best ad
vantage as a boxer in the first few rounds.
| evading Dunleavy's blows without trouble
| and having 4 duck or dodge for every
| blow that the latter tried to land. Dun
leavy got onto his method after four rounds
had been fought. however and at the close
he was doing most of the fighting. Mayfleld
acting on the defensive and only rallyinS
! occasionally for a sharp interchange.
| Hitting was allowed in the clinches, but
| clean breaks were ordered. To the hitting
| in the clinches may have been due the yo-
| lice interference in part. as crowd OF
Mayfield sympathizers kept yelling Elbow
| whenever the men clinched, their grounds
! being the alleged use of the elbow by Dun
| leavy.
He used the forearm block throughout.
which gave the Maydeld men a chance to
kick
The men were announced as weighing 40
| pounds each. Dunleayy was seconded by
Danny DAILY and Dummy Schenck, while
Charley Cornwall and Joe Howard seconded
I-fie ey fimpkpeDpr and
Billy Zachritz referee.
MayAeld Opens Fighting.
Mayfeld opened the bout by leading for
Dunleayy's jaw. finding it twice lightly,
and cleverly ducking and lodging returns.
Dunleavy decided to rush things in the
second, and landed several good left punches
on his opponents face and body. The cry
of elbow" was raised as Dunleavy pushed
Mayfield away with the forearm and ell
bow.
In the third round Dunleavy was on the
defensive. In the fourth and fifth he land
ed some fairly hard punches.
In the sixth he tried to adopt the May
fields style. but was Strengthened up with
a few uppercuts.
MayHeId Fought Gamely.
Honors were even in the seventh. but the
eighth was Dunleavy's round. He rushed
hard in the ninth, landing hard stom-
ach blows. The tenth was a series
of rushes and occasional hard landings Of
rights by DunIeavy. In the eleventh May
field seemed tired, and Dunleavy rushed In.
only to get a straight right on the Jaw and
a hard left to stomach.
In the twelfth DunIeavy landed hard up
percut. two hard rights and left swing.
Mayfield stepped In with hard right once.
but was retreating around the ring. with
Dunleavy landing occasional rights and lefts
and pushing him hard. At this tuncture
Sergeant William Smith of the Central Dis
trict ordered the bout stopped.
The decision of O draw was well received.
In a preliminary six-round bout between
Andy Stevenson and William Stanton, Ste
venson got the decision.
In the opening bout Of four two-minute
rounds between Cotton Billsper and Joe
Yanger. at catch weights. the decision was
q draw.