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on the neck. Hssnan getting in two struggling
hits on Morrissey's face, whichswas by this
time dreadfully disfigured. Heenan was also
much injured about the nose and mouth, and
was bleeding very much. Bis weakness togeth-
.er with his despaning look-for twas evident
thatshis strength hadll him, andShe vas fast
falling was discouraging to his friends Morris.
sey, on the other hand, seemed to be getting
stronger, showing the hardest hitting. He de-
llyered more effective hits in the round than
Heenan, and put in two or three heavy hits on
Heenan's kidneys, which hurt Heenan very
badly. The round closed with clench, and by
MorTissey throwing Heenan. Some cries of.
foul werc heard as Morrissey's hand accidens
tally passed over Heenanss facein the struggle.
EIGHTH ROUND,
Heenan came up TO the scratch staggering,
his hands hanging by his side waiting for the at
tack, but with no seeming disposition to hasten
lit, while Morrissey went up TO his work, with q
great deal ofco0rage. Heenan, after pass from
Morrissey, put in two blows with his right, and
received in return six or eight hits from Nor
Tissey in the face and body, some of which were
very severe. Heenan's blows seemedto have
lost their force now, and had little effect on Nor
Erissey's adamantine head. The round closed
with Heenan falling from exhaustion.
NINTH HOUND.
Heenan seemed all abroad. He waited for
Morrissey to come to him, and seemed to fight
from compulsion alone. He struck out several
times without hitting his antagonist, turning
completely round with his blows, givingM orris-
sey great chances of Furnishing him and finish
ing the fight, but the later was not sharp
enough TO follow up his advantages. Norris
sey, however, got in some clever hits, and final
ly knocked Heenan down with right handler
on the neck.
TENTH ROUND. s
The hitting in this round was altogether in
favor of Morrissey, although the number of
| blows was about even, and nearly all about the
head. Heenan's blows hadno force ut ALL AT
ter a clinch Heenan was thrown.
ELEVENTH AND LAST ROUND.
Heenan came up staggering, and looked pitt.
| full, the fight being entirely out of him from
Morrissey's severe hitting in the latterspart of
the fight. he was hardly able to stand up, and
4 when Morrisscy went up to him his guard went
down, and Morrissey hit him a very severe blow
on the jugular, which Knocked him out of time,
land he fell on bis face, MorFissey stopping away
| from him.
And thus ended the fight, for the champion
iship of America. ~
Morrissey, at the end of the fight, jumped
lover the ropes and walked TO the house, while
Heenan didnot recover his consciousness for
lhalf an hour after the fight was over.
Morrissey says this is his last fight, and it is
to be hoped he will keep his word.
Prom the New york rirnes.l
wHAT,THE SPORTING MEN SAY ABOUT n.
Tom Hyer Desires fgtt 1forrisssy or any 9th.
1 or Han in the World, for $4,000. * l
Though the pugilists, Heenan and Morrissey,
are, as their names indicate, OF immediate Irish
extraction, if not of Irish birth yet one of them,
Heenan, was by force of circumstances looked
| upon in the recent combat as the champion OF
\ thatportion of thei.:roughsn denominated came
II IAN, of which Tom Hyer'is the Teputed chief
i The pugilist:c squabbles were first brought to
flight by the Stanwix Hall tragedy, which, as
every one knows, resulted in the death of Bill
1 Poole. This event, which so stirred the com
mnnity at large, occasioned a compulsory truce
among the fighting men, which was broken by
the shooting of Paudeen, of the ANTI Morrissey
crowd. Between these two events, (and during
1.-THE truce named, the two greater factions be.
came split, and sub.diyided into as many
cliques as the Democracy suffers nowadays
1t was determined on one side, however,
with considerable unanimity, that Morrissey
should be. whipped, and the man to do it
was sought for. Atlength, toethe great ioy Of
the sporting world, the sBenicia Boy (Heenan)
ARRIVED in this City from California, where be
had made himself noted for hisprowess, though
The never there OF elsewhere had had rng.f1ght
\ he was immediately and urgently pressed to
meet Morrissey and give him the chastisemeni
which. it was believed he so richly. deserved. =
Heenan seemed not very eager for thet fray, pre-
ferripg, as he said ito lead lifeother than that
Of pugilist, and soon afterwards he was ap:
tpointed to situation in the Gustom-h house at a
salary Of 81 800 per annum.r But he was not
permitted to enjoy his place or carry ont his
lgood intentions. He was constantly beset BY
hisprofessed friends with entreatiesl TO agree to
a match with Morrissey, while the latter was
tgoaded to seek the fight by representations
that Heenan had repeatedly and tauntingly said
that he had come from California. for the ex.
with such men matters could not long remain in
this condition. Several bitter and belligerent
notes were exchanged between the parties
through their city organ, and, at length, after
tedious negotiations, q Eight was arranged for
50, 500. This is Eight which has just taken
Aplace. 7s
From the beginning the odds were ii. favor Of
Morrissey, whose game and calibre had been
shown in power BY his former ring fights, but
more especially in his contest with Yonkee Sui.
Elivan, at Boston Four Corners. He had also as
hackers the'chiefof faro men, and, as a gem
eral thing the less respectable of the sporting