San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-07
GARCIA GETS
DRAW WITH !,
SANDERS
Main Eventers in Furious
Bout Mahan Kayoes
Stephens. :.

In one Of the fastest glove swing
ing sessions of the season, Carlos,
Garcia, late Of Monterrey, and George
Sanders, Hot Springs featherweight,
fought to a noble draw in the feature
event of Jack Shelton's cauIiflower
card at the National Thcatcr Tues.
day night.
As Promoter Jack, who refereed the
affair, said after the final bell had
forced those two scrapping demons TO.
desist: "Whoee. That's the most
gloves I've seen in long time.
1t was one of those bouts that calls
for return go, and Shelton inti-
mated that he would rematch them
soon. They tore into each other in
every one Of the 10 rounds as though
they never would get another chance
to settle it.
MAHAN TO THE FORE nt
Not to detract from that whirlwind
bout between Garcia and Sanders,
but Dummy Mahan, the Mailing Mute
from Brackettvillc, furnished a lot of
entertainment, himself. Sending home
staccato of let's and rights which
left his opponent helpless on the ropes.
he forced Brooke Stephens seconds
to toss in a towel in the second round.
Stephens kept his celebrated left
glove cooked" throughout the open
ing round and up to the time he heard
the brides MARBLE, but the slippery
Mahan never gave him a slanee to
pull the trigger. The Dummy floorvI
Stephens early in the second chapter
for the count of six. Stephens stag
gered up, only to go down again from
a crushing right, this time for a nine
count. As he wobbled to his pins, the
Dummy measured him for suite OF
lefts and rights TO the jaw that drapcd
him over the ropes, stomach first.
FLAHERTY MAKES BOW
This was the second knockout with
in very few minutes. as Martin Fla
herty-now of San Antonio, If You.
please-had just celebrated his first
local appearance by rocking Danny
Long, Of Kelly Field. to sleep with
well-timed, unhurried right smash in
the third stanza Of their scheduled si1-
rounder. The cool, calculating man
ner in which Flaherty went about his
task OF rocking Long TO sleep presages
plenty OF popularity for him here
abouts.
Evenly matched in height and
weight, both willing. game scrappers,'
and both there with the determination
OF beating his opponent to death, San
ders and Garcia made an ideal pair
from the spectators point of view.
After the opening round. which they
devoted to feeling each other out, they
went at it hammer and tongs. For a
space they would furnish n pretty OK
hibition OF the boxing art. then fly.
into each other with both fists flai;.1
ing, bringing the fans to their feet.
DOWN TO ONE KNEE
In the midst of one of their thrill.
ing exchanges in the fourth round,
Garcia clipped Sanders on the chin
with a short right which dropped the
Hot Springs hattlcr TO one knee for
an instant. but Sanders came up fight
ing harder than ever, scorning 4
count.
Sanders slightly the better boxer
Of the two, went after Garcia from
the first with determination written
all over his face. The roly-poly Car
los fought back like a corncred tiger
sending as good as he received. San.
iers' best punch was his straight right
to the jaw. 1t didn't carry the steam
10 make the sturdy Garcia wobhle.
however.
Sanders carried the closing round
by mile. The gallery even went "a
FAR rs to turn its back on its oil
Iavorite. Garcia. and boo him roundlv
Tor his hippodroming tactics.
Jimmy Barrcra had the better ~
Red Graves in fast and furious-
four-round curtain-raiscr, Jimmy
substituted for Ben Sava.