Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-30

Sayers as be pleased. and finally seizinp him bv
the neck, he bent his head under his arm ana
heid hln there aud against the ropes com pIeteiy
. at nLS mercy mercy Left 10 himself, ssyers must have
SUNK helpless 70 the earth, incapable again 70 re-
spond again 20 time, whereupon nnding dsspe.
rate crisis had arrived, the adhereu-s of The
3 ma nPlGn actualiy took hold of Heenan's arms,
ana while they kicked and struck him. dragged
tue beaten Champion from his hold
Round 80 The confusion was now So great
hat lhat no appeals could possibly be heard and the
ring oeing broken in 6y the friends Of Savers Al
the same moment the sferee yery imnronerly ,,ot
up ana retired Heenan. however apprehendino
some new arunce 20 prevent him from obtaining
'le belt he had so fairly won. remained IN tbs
ring and when time was ca led went arr S,,-srs
again through the centre of toe. crowd that Do,y
sWatmed within the inner ropes of the arena
Sayers was pushed up towards him, but ne easily
nv nv nlIn down or pursued him to the corner anorg
his seconds, as a man would drive a boy
In the 10th and ilst rounds this disbonorable
treatment was repcSted. Savers neither tim, bs-
ing brought up until Heenan presented himself
before hun, and demanded he should come ogt
ana AsLt. Finally, when he went up the last time
Round ~. finding that though Savers co,lJ M,
or would not, rise from his seat in his corner and
us seconds refused 20 award him the yictorv that
os!ohged TO him, by throwing mp tue sponge he
duHdnced upon him in midst Of his seconds and
struck him where be sat Being struck IN rsturn
Dy some one else in that corner he turned unon
tha' olher party, and. ia his Just indignation at
tue Outrageous manner in which the object of his
ambition had been dishonourabls Iyrestsd rom
Nun, he opened a free yht against them ali fIis
friends, however, interfered. and carried him
pdch ch !" MS corner. from whence. after declaring
hiIse!I 70 be the winner If the ght and the true
owner Of the belt and title Of the CbaIuri,n 81
England, he left the ring Fair minded ana
hononFaole En%llshmen wifi decide whet l-r these
rights, SO dearly and bravely won shall not be
given him because he is a stranger TO their soil
REMARKS
me hour al which We are obliged 10 20 20 press
m otue[ 20 getour tarSe transatlantic edition ready
we have been called upon TO write since three
O'Clock this afternoon, preclude us from the priv
liege OF any extended series of remarks in this
coh.ecuoh. we cannot however, avoid this op-
fottuhltY 10 say that we deeply regret the pro-
ceedlngs which the friends of : -yers adoDted 10
save hln from the loss Of his proud title and Il
tEe same uine express our belief that IL has dam
dSed MN more To retain the trophy from a brave
ana honorable victor in that way than II he had
sustained half dozen such defeats as that whicb
was really administered TO him on Tuesday last
w nave TOO good an opinion of him personally
20 oeIeVe ne was IN any way party 10 this out
rage, for no one knew better than himself that he
had been fairly encountered, and that he never
once nad chance TO vim. Heendn outfought
him at every point, and every unbiased man
VINO saw the h5ht will say without hes tation
that any pretence to match them again would
pe teSsrded IS a prePosterOus proposition 10y
any friend Of Savers. We hone inoreoyer
that he viii not consent to 20 throuyh any
new farce of that description If the battle
cf Tuesday last was not 70 him victory il vii
contend
we are sorry that we cannot dwell upon the sub
Ject more at length just now, but let il be suf-
nc ent for the present that We put in our protest
against the base proceedings which ext icaied
the beaten Champion Of England from the hands
OF Heenan at Marlborough on Tuesday last and
that We claim in the same conneC ion tba. 5cbH
{. HseHaH iS TishJHHy entitled 20 b. ,cHsff.7.d
~ rnStt'Sitc FotHt Of ristr, tS, Champion Of "a,
World.
INCIDENTS OF THE GxKAr FIGHr
ne London Times correspondent writes to
tndt journal as follows, The evening after the
'' J visited Heenan last evening lrthl and
found him most comfortable and Ia eAcellent
spirits lie is anxious to fight Savers as soon as
possible, If be is not satisfied with the present re-
suit The ind dignation OF the Americans here.
ana in fact of large portion of the British public
Is loudly and vehemently expressed The ring
vas croken INFO by pack OF thieves, who used
the excuse TO rob every one
'it was well known that Mr. Heenan would not
De allowed 10 carry the Champions Belt out uf
the country; and the EnglsshEen who lad bet
tOeir all on Savers as soon as they found their
Champion was losing, resorted 70 the most uufafr
rfr-'ssSs.-kl klg King Heenan and pulling him down
"a meeting ~ tAe = mericans will take place I'm
London tonight (lSth)S and you may expect TO
Sc some tyentT controversies ia The newspapers
Mr. George Wilkes will demand the Belt for jol n
heenan- and VIII furnish testimony t. prove he Is
entitled TO it.
"Of one thing your readers may be certain-
Heenan's lights will be properly attended to- and
his position will be maintained to the last
"A passenger on the Vanderbilt, who Witnessed
the fight, gives the following account OF the
closing scenes
"On the last call of time, Heenan came up
promptly, ANA the referee left Savers was not
up To Tune, bat was sitting on the knee Of bis
second. Heenan, after waiting for him, walked
up 10 him, with his second behind him, and
said :-'Glve me this fight - To this there was
no reply. give me this fl ht | saw - repeated
HeenaH; but still there was no reply. and the
sponge was NOT thrown up. Hesnan then drew
back and slapped Sayers in the face with tie
palm Of his hand, knocking him down when
outsiders rushed in and ended the fight
The same passenger states that when the Eng
lish rushed in TO break up the fght Mr. wilkes
called upon the Americans to see fair play wLers-
upon tue latter rushed in and cleared the ring Of
shoulder
-Ih.re are various rumors adOat. among Others
that lTcSsiSSey, who had heavy bets on Savers
was the first man - JbLeak through the ring
The New York TribUiie--,-S the following:
MoRRIssEy Ours THE RoPE2--A gentleman
now at the st Nicholas, and who wffh--ssd the
fight says that when Heenan had got Savers rssa,
such 4 position that he must inevitably have won
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