The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-14
SUNDAY sPoR1.
Lively sparring Match al the Vaudeville Last
Night Edwards Wins on a Foul.

Night Edwards Wins on a Foul.
In accordance with his past record
Manager Simms, of the Vaudeville thea
ter, provided an excellent programme
for his patrons, concluding with grand
sparring exhibition last night.
The exhibition last night consisted OF
farce, singing, dancing, club swinging,
ETC., winding up with the great event Of
the EVENING" sparring contest between
George A. Edwards and George II.
Coates.
This feature had been literally adver-
tised, and attracted full house to wit
ness the fight. The programme previous
to the sparring match was brilliant and
appreciated. The house was full from
''pit to dome," and the audience was
probably one of the most varied that
could be gathered in San Antonio.
There were present lawyers, doctors,
merchants, clerks, saloon men, sporting
men, policemen, drummers, justices Of
the peace, deputy sherlfis, contractors
and newspaper reporters.
When Mr.. Charlie Frye came out and
announced that the next act on the pro-
gramme would be the sparring
contest the greatest enthusiasm
was manifested. Mr.. Frye said
that the match had been made be-
tween Edwards and man named
George II. Coates for $500, the fight to
be governed by the Marquis of Queens
bury rules. lie thanked the audience
and public in behalf of his manager for
their patronage and called attention to
the splendid programme provided for
the present week. The chief feature of
this will be DIR. Il. G.. Johnson, the won
derful mesmerist, who has astounded
the whole country and confounded all
the doctors who have put him to the
test. He invites the closest and most
rigid tests Of his power.
Mr.. Frye announced that while Ed
wards and Coates were preparing Mr..
Sanford would put on the gloves for
friendly bout with whoever wished. Mr..
Cochran from the audience answered
this challenge and fought three rounds
with Sanford, giving the latter decidedly
the worst of it, After short overture
the champions of the evening came on
and were greeted with loud applause.
Edwards invited a delegation Of the
sporting fraternity to come upon the
stage and see that fair play was had. Ed
wards was seconded by Mr.. CO.
burn and Coates by Mr.. Lay
ton. Mr.. Herbert Ashton acted as
umpire. Time was called at IL o'clock
and the contestants soon got down to
their work, both giving and taking some
hard blows. The round lasted "a min
utes. and Edwards got the best of it; a
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Both came promptly forward for the
second round, and some lively sparring
was witnessed. Coates got in his work
on Edwards nose, drawing liberal
supply of claret. The men clinched, and
left the stage several times. When time
was called on this round Coates had
decidedly the advantage. The night
was warm and the heat affected the men
greatly, and they were several minutes
getting ready for the third round. Both
came up on time and after few passes
Coates again tapped the claret from
Edwards nose, and, getting into close
quarters, forced Edwards back, and the
latter seeing he was getting the worst Of
1t dropped on his knees. Coates struck
him heavy blow after he was in this
position, and on claim of foul lost the
tight. This was the decision of Mr..
Ashton, the umpire, but it was greeted
with loud Misses and calls for the tight to
go on. Mr.. Ashton announced that he
had decided the fight according to rule.
and II 1t was not satisfactory he would
leave it to committee of five to be Sc
lected by the audience. He also an
nounced that he was willing to give a
practical demonstration ofhis knowledge
of prize ring rules by putting on the
gloves with any man of his weight in
the house. Nobody accepted this chal-
lenge, and Edwards bagged the purse.
Offers were freely made that Coates
could whip Edwards and $3.50 was
raised in the saloon, after the fight, to
match the two men. Edwards, how
ever, did not cover the money.
An attractive and interesting pro-
gramme will be served to the patrons of
the show this week, and all during the