Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-05-16
The Famous Pish,.

The great fight between nesnan aud Ssyres Ia
come oH and Mas hvI'y contested sayres Was knock
ell down almost every time In the hrst dozen rounds
; We clip the iollsWins from the Telegraph;
The fight between ileenan and Sayres was des
perately contested, Sayres iell to the ground al
must every limo during the Let dozen rounds.
IN one round ilseman got in tremendous blow
which completely knocked SayreS 0f his legs
Sayres arms suffered severely from lleenans heavy
blows. lieenan's eyes were muuh hlaekrned 10.
ward tho close VI Ihe hght aud after tho last
round lao bccalne quite blind. lleenan showed
splendid fighting qualities. lloenan shows much
more pGniA!'ment than Sayres, Sayres drew r!o
/ first blood. On the lOtn round lleenan lifted
sayres completely from the ground and threw him
heavily with the greatest ease, Thu Sth found
lasted 20 minutes, atI ended iu sayres going
down
| The 7th round lasted Is minutes, during this
round thu most wonderful skill was displayed on
both sides. II Is unknown whether they will
tight again The contest was declared u drawn
battle. The fight came Ofat o'clock in tie
morning, at u place called Ash, near Farnhan -
lieenan claims the lst knock down. Notwith
standing the carly hour that the fight commenced
tho crowd was great to witness the peri FINANCES,
and tue most intense excitement prevailed. The
affair was tho all absorbing topic of the day
throughout England
NEw YOGH, April 2S.-Another account Of the
great prize fight by the steamship Vanderbilt,
says that On the 80 round which was the last,
llcenan got his arm around Sayrcs neck and to
all appearances was strangling him. when the
crowd outside the ring became dsorderly, and
shouted let him CO. this, however, had no eject
on the combHtnnts.
FOUL PLAY ny sAYRrs FRIENDS.
The Americans in Englanu and large portion
OF the British publc are very indignant that the
fight should have been interrupted in such II
shameful manner. Their Indignation is loudly and
vchcmsntly expressed. They assert that the ring
was broken into by pack Of thieves, who used
the occasion as an excuse to rob every respecta-
bic person present. II was we'll known by Amer
leans in England that lIeenGn would not bc al
lowed to carry the champions belt out Of England,
had he won the fight ever fairly.
LONDON. April lS.--A meeting of the Ame.i-
cans, took place to night On the subject of the
unprecedented conduct Of the friends Of Sayrcs !
and the foul play which it is admitted on all
hnnds was exercised during the fight. Mr. Geo
Wilkes, of "Wilkes Spirit of the Times" will
demand the chapion's belt for Iloenan, and will |
prove to the satisfaction Of all unprejediced minds
that he is entitled to it, lleenan's rights will be
properly attended TO and protected by the Amer
leans in England.
Many Englishmen are satisfied that IIcenan got
the best Of the fight
A DAsTARDLY AcT.--Ne,c York, April 2S One
Of the evening papers says that gentleman now
1T the St. Nicholas Hotel in this city, who wit
messed the fight from beginning to end, states
hat when Ileenan had got Sayres into such a
position that he must inevitably have won the
sight, John Morrissey, who stood Immediately be-
hind Hcenan. cut tho ropes, and let lleenan fall !
to the ground, thus releasing Sayrcs from the iron
grip Of his antagonist.