The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

liggmyEßs AND HEENAN FIGHT.

A` rather amusing American account of the
fight appellee in t&I Neth' York Herald:—
, One of the ?bloat thronged and interesting locali
"ties during the Whole of Saturday and Sunday
was " the. Exchange, 'r in Houston-street, the
proPtietor of which, • Harry Hill, was present at
the figiit, and returned in the Vanderbilt. It
was our good kick to drop in while he was nar-
rating some of the incidents of the fight, and by
the aid of short-hand notes we are enabled to
present his story to mit readers almost in the
language it was given to the tniscellaneous crowd.
He said—" There were probably 3,000 people
around the ring. • After it was all in order Toni
Sayers for a few minutes stood looking at Heenan
in a confident sort of way, as if he was taking a
measure of the man. Then he threw his hat into
the ring, just as coolly as if he had been going. to
breakfast. You couldn't see a particle of agitation
aboilt him. After a few seconds Heenan threw
in his cap, and then Sayers went under the ropes
and walked across to Heenan, who' kind of met
him half way. Sayers says, How are you, my
boy ? A fine morning this.' ' Yes,' says Heenan,
we've got a beautiful morning for it.' Yes,'
says Sayers, 'if winan can't fight such a day as
this he can't fight at all.'
" The two then separated. It was about half-
past' seven o'clock. Sayers walked back to his
corner, and commenced in a careless sort of way,
to unbutton his clothes, which were of a sort of
plaid, in which green and red were the principal
colours, turning his head occasionally to take a
look at Heenan. You could hear a whisper all
around the ring. After Sayers got his clothes
off he had a fighting dress underneath, and then
for a moment stood leaning carelessly on the
ropes and watching the movements of the Benicia
Boy. He didn't have much to say to anybody.
Heenan was dressed in a suit of gray, with his
overcoat buttOned up against his throat, and
walked into the ring just as coolly as Sayers,
behaving first-rate. Both men looked splendid
vvhen stripped, and Heenan especially was almost
as fair as a baby. After they were all ready,
both men walked up to the scratch and put up
their hands." _

. • Hill then went into a description of the -fight,
which is already familiar through different
'SourceS, to our readers, and after he was through,
several of the company asked him a number of
questions. We give some of them i—
" How did Heenan take his licking ?—A. Like
a man. I think he'd stop in that ring till he died.
He took every blow- in first-rate humour, and as
long as his mug could show a smile, it had a
smile upon it. He tried to laugh two or three
times 'after Sayers had cut him back ; 'but, 'pop
my soul, his face was so out of shape you couldn't
tell.whether he was laughing or crying.
"Q. Was he badly beaten P—A. I never saw
such a head on a man in all my life, and I never
want to again. Why, it was horrible, bloody
and bruised, and swelled, and all out of shape.
" Q.. How was it about Sayers P—A. Why, the
more knock downs he got the better he seemed to
fight. It didn't appear to produce much effect on
him, for he'd fall with the blow, and when he
was down would kick his legs up in a saucy way,
as if it was all sport—damnedest sort of fun 1
ever see. .
"Q. How did they act round the ring ?—A.
Damned shamefully. Good many of the. English
people seemed to doubt Heenan's pluck, and every
time that Sayers got a little the upper hand,
.they'd sing out, ' Ere's another sure thing, ain't
it, ho, ho, ho, take him away,' and such like
exproesions,.blackguarding Heenan and his friends
in the worst style.
" Q. Were his seconds as smart as the papers
say ?—A. Yes, they were ; mighty smart ; and
there wasn't a point to be made that they didn't
past Heenan how to make it. Whenever he'd get
off his ' speed,' they'd check him up and give him
instructions what to do. Heenan was inclined to
be,a little fast; and if he'd gone on his own hook
I ,don't believe he'd got along half so well.
. '" Q. Well, candidly, Harry, who do you think
is the best man P—A. I don't believe there's a
man in the world can tell ; but 1 believe if the
fight had been kept up ten minutes longer, one or
the other would have been whipped. They were
both worse off than I ever want to be ; and they
both fought to win. They were game all the *ay
through, and no man can grumble for losing his
money on his favourite.
" Ct. 'How do you think the fight will be deci-
ded P—A. As a draw, of course. You can't get
around it. The referee was crowded out of the
ring by, those in it, in the latter part, and I don't
. believe he will make any other 'decision than that
it is .a drawn fight. •
-" Q. Will they fight again P—A. - Some of.
Heenan's backers told me that if the other side
wanted it, he'd fight the next day but one ; and I
heard some of Sayers' men say that he would
fight the very next day. I think they'll have it
out yet, because you see there's probably 5500,000
upon bets, and every man wants it decided to get
his money.
" Q. Do you suppose that the referee is a pre-
judiced man P—A. No, I don't. I think he be-
hayed fair all through, and his reputation is above
any suspieLon of unfairness. .
" Q. What kind of blows does Sayers strl9, ?
—A. He stiikes a blow like a streak of lightning.
You could hardly see it, but you could hear a
' thud,' and the first you knew the blood would
be streaming out of some gash he had made on
Heenan's mug. He spars beautiful, and so does'
Heenan ; but 1 think Sayers is ahead.
" Q. Did the Benicia Boy show much science P
A. First-rate ; but I don't believe be has the
judgment of Sayers, though in time I think he'll
make the smartest fighter in the world."
Leaving this fire of question and answer, our
reporter made his way out.

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