New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-14
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of p,r,ss,s ss,irt or the Times. wriicstwo intere
; ,stt,s< Il tlat paper regarding the great Gsssc
t,,Susrscsls. from which we extract the failcwiag
s,s,a tl,irty-seven- lastas Beats Life calls
Z X I unIy saw the Boy hit Sayefs twiee--onee
s5tl lsfs right on the ribs and tauch Oh the jaw
sf a si,s iisclfer sai tan,ult around the ring ia.
sssasof Ia riotous proasDs<ons Heenan dashed foe
j ward caught the CfaMpion's neck q the vice el
his len arm aud there squeezed Il nnt Tosa's face
i grew black and ha tsngue began 10 hang out II
4 sseeraed To- Ian that Il WAS al up with him, snd
have 10 tauht 1t would have beea IT, at this crisis
i tie faab With xell and q rear, louder anS more
xefpcous than ~ that had goae before ieaped into
] TIE ring ti,e list thing \ saw was Jsmras Welel
/ and a lot Of others trying % drag Heenan off-a
/ rapid run TO the Boys assistance froFa his owl
/ cesner. and then was struggling and hustling il
the midst Of boiling. surgng sea of rsiansm, al
view Of the ring shnt out and my personal safety
/ Ii an ERpisasantly precaTious predicsnent twas
six or seven minutes before Isucceeded in squeeze
| ing near the ropes ssain and thea was told twt
more rounds had been fought, In which the Bsy
1 had aene what be pleased with Tom. Certainly a
| Sayers staggered sp to meet rs antagonist, il
wtet must have been the fortieth round he seemed
d beaten man, and stood helpless and stupid willis
Keenan, walked deliberately to him and knocked
/ him of his legs. now discovered that Mr.. pow
ling had left the ring. and saycrs' seconds sough
to make this an excuse for not sending their maj
4 ap. 1t was very shrewd dodge to enable Sayer.
% recover from the effects Of his sfrangfng.
4 Keenan, had absolutely to go up to Sayers as he
sat o. Brunton's knee before the latter would be
i ein round forty.second. Heenan forced the fight
ing ferociously, and Tom on the retreat got into
the Americans corner, where he was again ~
danger Of being caught and placed in the hing,
a when Jenny Welsh pnrposely placed himself in
the way and paid for his temerity by receiving Q
nasty hit frem the Boys right on his head and
i hsmity, Heensn then struck at one Of TWO Others
who looked like interfering, and finished by once
more knocking Sayers down.
In what mnst, suppose, be called round forty
s. II<r~ had 40
skirmishing ali round, fighting Welsh and two Or
three Of the ring keepers to get at Sayers, whom,
when he reached, he again put in chancery, and
punished until actually pulled of. Here there was
q tremendous rush from the Yankee phalanx, and
some of fham went in with q Will to tight out the
ring. This produced another grand commotion-
the crowd swayea almost in irresistible eddies and
for the second time was carried away from the
scene Of action. ! was afterwards told that Hee-
nan, in his excnsable anger at being SO abominably
cheated ont of battle which he must have gained,
went up to Sayers, insisting upon another round,
and falling to make Tom rise, he slapped him of
Brunton's knee with bis open right hand, and
swore the fight was his, and that he wonld be ac-
| knowledged Champion Whilst he spoke, Mr..
Bowling returned, and told the seconds to take
their principals out OF the ring, as he had resolved
| on o postponement, whereupon the Boy rushed in
for another free tight, and had to be removed by
his friends. don't wonder at his being half mad
with rage and modification and cannot blame him
if he did lose command Of his temper. But there
was left TO him land submission was the only pol
| Icy 10 follow. Don't believe what Bell and The
Sporting Life say about Heenan attacking Sayers
seconds The seconds, or rather Welsh, and some
81 the ring.keepers, attacked him first, and he was
| justified ID doing anything he conld to them.
And SO, ingIoriously and incompletely ended the
Great Fight for the Championship Of England and
| America, about which the two countries have been
/! going mad for months past, only to be humbugged
| and outraged at the lasf.sg
rs saw Heenan on the train as we ratified back for
home, and assure you that his left eye was not
entirely closed then-neary half hour after the
fight was over. Macdonald says that, in the Ring,
lie could have kept it open an hour longer. = +
i am nightly indignant, Spirit; what you would
call, suppose, Mad a. Thunder ! feel indig
nant at the venerable boast about English Fair
Play being knocked 50 completely QUITO time;
indignant at the impotent conclusion of what
promised so brilliantly; more especially indignant
that it has been an American upon whom our
fighting element should develop the brutal, black
guard Instincts that distinguish the fighting element
of all countries England as of'every other. iii
Yes, Irepeat 1t, the fighting element Of England
Is very like your own las see il described in the
New York papers,. It is kept in check by our
superior police regulations and more certain
administration Of justice. But it is the same
at bottom. All the talk in Bells Life and other
pugilis.e journals about the mnaly nature of
the Baitish boxer, his noble regard for equal
ity of physical advantage and so forth, is
simple, nmihgated bosh. have no hesitation
in saying that il nine ont Of ten Of the men who
are famous in the British Ring had the legal liberty
and license Of public opinion to carry aud use
deadly weapons that You give in the United States,
they would do it just AS your 4 rowdies Z do. You
cannot develop the fighting tendency without cul-
tivatng desire TO MAIN and an Indifference to the
sacrifice Of life. The force Of custom keeps this
dangerous phase ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in check here
the greater freedom Of your institutions gives it
frcers scope. That is all the difference between
the lighting men of London and New York
think SO at least; though from no further knowl
edge of the matter than / could CLEAN from my
past acquaintance with native pugiists and two
OF three conversations with Messrs. Hughes and
sMcGabe. aSs5 81 49, ~ t7F5
81 hope you will put the miserable ending of the
fight down To the men who really were to blame
The only man Of any responsibility who can be
blamed was Dir. Bowling. 1t was the ringkeepers
Iprofessonal fighting men all Of thsm) and few
: fast disgfaces to the aristocraey that actually
broke in the ring, led. hotnecer. bY persons arho
came from yo,a; side Of ate And1itic. Of that
there is no doubt
/ Console yourself, Il yon can, with tho reflection
that Heenan was, 10 al intents and purposes, the
victor. He was-i, Britisher though be, yonch
for To- He is to-day champion Of England. right
fnly and according to the rules of The English ring
Tor sayers was taken4out Of the ring before the
referee gave any orders as to what was to be done
and this (hs being brought back doesn't alter the
natter) lost him the battle under any circum-
stances: though, had he persegered to the best Of
,lls ABILITY through three rounds more, he mrst
have been compelled to cry enough.
And on the truth of this relation Ito close which
at once the p0stoffice regulations barely leave me
time-I will write you again on Friday on its ye-
racity, say, in all m0mentous particulars, I do
pledge the word and manly honor of 81 +
Your faithful correspondent,
fS BIRDS-EYE FoGLE. j
IA, TWO DAYS LATER.
EosDoS, Friday. April 20 The excitement
ahont the great fight Is still of fever heat in the
taps and parlofs of our sporting houses and indeed
ln the drnklng.rooms Of every tavern, inn and pub
lie house from one end of Great Britain and Ireland
TO the other. Heenan has plenty of partsans,
can assure you, but the large majority are Savers
men TO ME back-bone--p persons who are only too
willing to regard the preiudiced reports of Bells
Life and the Times in the light of Gospel and to argue
therefrem that Tom had the best of the battle and
must have eventually tired Heenan into blindness.
But the Boy has some famous folk upon his side
Nat Langham, for instance--not bad Judge Won
must confess-wth many others who are no fools
including old jem Ward who declares that he Is
the best fighter living and Jem ought to know as
muchas most people on the subject Of pngilism.
For myself, forty-eiglt hours of calm reflection,
together with liberal allowance OF refreshing
sleep, have had the effect, think of dsabusing
my mind OF any lingering feels of prejudice either
way and my cool. deliberate opinion Of the whole
matter now is that Heenan must have won the
light 10 ten minutes more Of square, honest COM
bat He ID just as good big man as Sayers is a
little one, and we all know that IN that ease the
superiority of size and strength must turn the SCALE
Sayers never in better condition than on Tues
day and fought better than In any of his previous
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