The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-27

TaD wR1eTI.1Ra.
aumunaxy OF The PROCEEDINGS OF the
Third Day.
ndvin DdWards Declared the
Victor.
At ten O'Clock yesterday morning the
third days sport ut the Cornish Wrest-
ling Tournament began under 1avora-
BILE auspices, with everybody In . good
humor and propitious sky. The old
Cornish sports, which have been hand
ed down with comparatively little war;
alton for hundreds Of years, in the beau
tiful seargirt mountains Of G. rnwall are
peculiar, and almost necessarily pre-
serve their individuality. Young men
aud boys are trained up to them and
look forward tn participating In them
from t',eir very infancy. No one who
has attended the three days sport ON
the grounds south Of East Park street
can fail to be particularly impressed
with ut least one unusual feature, and
that is he general good hunlOr and fair
ness of the contestants. 1t has indeed
become by-word and reproach in al
most all distinctively American sports
that chicanery aud manipulation de-
stroy honest and hearty appreciation on
the part of the part Of the public at
large.
The process has already been de-
scribed by which the large number of
wresllers was gradually, by a natural
selection of the fittest, weeded oHt I'M
I'll only four were left. These cham
pions were finally determined on yes
terday afternoon, and as the recipients
Of the prizes, they are supposed to lie
the four best wrestlers. They are ~
follows:
Edwin Edwards, LIS pounds.
Thomas Te'nby, 15S pounds.
Samuel Jeffrey, Isl pounds.
William Hawke, 100 pounds.
And to these Jour in the order named
were awarded the four prizes Of 500,
$50, $50 and SO respectively.
An amusing feature of the morning
was y match between two fat men, w.
w. Soxar, weighing 3l6! pounds, and
Thomas Sodey, &w! pounds. After a
long struggle to get within reach Of Olfe
another Sodey won fall, after which
both were so much exhausted that they
went to sleep under the judges stand,
where they were at last accounts.
The judges, Messrs. Samuel Reynolds,
w. H. Mitchell and john DoLle, again
occupied their position next to the 5ar.
The Miners Union band again played
agreeable selections between rounds.
TOnkin, OF the Broadway sa-
loon, completed the list Of attractions
not down on the bills by his playful
FRANKS in the ring.
The second round was completed yes-
terday by the following matches: Ed
win Edwards, la pounds ami Harry
1875 pounds, Edwards winning
the fall after long and interesting
struggle; Smell and Thomas Tenlby,
the latter light weight, who after two
Or three good rounds, came out on top;
Samuel JcfIer. and William Williams,
the latter Of whom was not able to wrc:-
tie; Thomas White and Evan Jones, the
latter weighing 153 pounds and winning
the fall; Larry Gleason, l53 lbs., and
Samuel Jeffrey, 16l lbs., the former
McAuliffe, 162 lbs,, aud
Hawke, l58 lbs.. the latter coming out
victor, and finally Walter Jane and
Evan Lewis, Jane winning the fall.
This finished the round and left the
following eight 'stanlartls," viz Samuel
Jefiery, Evan Jones, Larry Gleason,
Walter Jane and Edwin Ed
wards. Then came the tug of war,
Ehese standards being matched to wres-
lie as follows: Samuel Jeffrey, Isl lbs.,
against Edwin Mathews, Jr., III lbs.,
he fall being won by Jeffrey after a
struggle, Mathews being u !
satherweight but ut the same time one
IT the most skilfull men in the arena.
Cemby, 100 lbs, against Walter Jane,
10 lbs, Temby winning the fall. Lar
y GieeI ON, 155 lts., against Edwin Ed.
wards, LIS lbs., Edwards winning the
all after most exciting contest. VIII
lam Hawke against Evan Jones, the
all being awarded to Hawke.
The victors in this contest are the last !
our, the men whose names are men,
Toned above a. having carried off the !
prices.
Between the second and third of these !
'ontests Fred Taylor got up u dog fight
'etween brindle bitch and a Shepherd