The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-02-17
The Ftixe Fight.
The following account Of the prize fight IA taken
from the Baltimore Sun: en-

from the Baltimore Sun: fr
Prevented from the contamination of their Dur.
pose by The descent OF the police on Pools Island.
Int ehectl'ig their escape the principals to the
brutal afta,r were determined not to be deferred
from the sport. They succeeded in making their
way to the shofe of Kent county, Nd. aud pushing
about a Le INLAND. ring was formed in a pine
knoll, at about 5o'clock on Wednesday evening at
which time the fight actually came off, The parties
being undis,urbed from beginning to end.
We learn from person who was present on the
ground, that the parties met with considerable ex
hibition OF personal animosity, and upon exchang-
ing blows it was with evident determination to
make short work by sharp punishment. In the early
stage of the contest Hyer drew the first blood from
his antagonist, but was soon afterwards struck
severe blow in the throat and knocked down.
The fight then continued in rapid succession of
rounds Sullivan receiving at every blow from
his tremendous opponent very severe punishment.
The intermissicn between The several onsets was
so brief that it seems to have been regarded a
pretty steady fight. In one Of the rounds Sullivan
received severe blow the left eye, decorating
the scalp and lifting from the bone of the fore
head that 1t fell over his eye and obscured his sight.
This caused minutes delay, while it was fastened
up with sticking plaster In subsequent round
Sullivan was struck blow upon the back of the
head with such violence that it was thought his
skull was fractured as he dropped apparently life
less TO the ground. He soon recovered, however,
and again came up to the contest, until, in the
fifteenth round, when Sullivan received another
severe blow, which threw him heavily and awk-
wardly to the earth. Upon being picked up and
approaching his antagonist to resume the fight, 1t
was observed that he raised his arm to his usual
position for defence with much difficulty and great
pain. His features were expressive ofkeen anguish,
and his arm wavered and exhibited much weak
ness. HIS condition observed by Hyer, who,
rushing the contest with little difficulty struck
down Sulvan's guard, caught his head under his
left arm, and dealt him with his huge right fist
torrent of blows in the face and over the head,
until, Hyer released his hold, he dropped sense
less and bleeding to the earth. Thus this bruta
and disgusting exhibition closed, Hyer being de-
cared the winner.
In the course of the fight one of Sulivans friends
had attempted to pull Hyer from him, by seizing
his thumb, and wrenching it violently, and soon
as Sullivan had fallen, Hyer turned to his second
and was about to beat him for interfering with him,
but the friends of the parties mutually persuaded
him discontinue further operations for the present
Hyer, it seems, was but slightly hurt. One Of
his eyes was Iiscolored from blow, and he had a
cut over the other but he quite fresh when he
left the ring. The time occupied by the fight is
varousy stated at l6, "A and 80 mnues
OF the subsequent retreat Of the parties but little
to be known. Hyer is said to have got off in
his sloop to Frenchtown, while Sullivan is UNDER
stood to have come directly 10 Baltimore, and TO
have passed the night arFelfs Point His wounds.
it is said, were dressed early in the morning, and
he succeeded in getting off to York Pa.) before the
arrival of the Boston.