Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-05-03
THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT !
The Victory Claimed for Heenan !

from southampton, brings full details Of the
great Prize Fight between SAVERS and HEEN-
AN The fight took place on the morning of
Tuesday, 18th April in meadow near Farm
borough, on the borders of Hampshire and
Surrey, in the presence Of some three thousand
persons. Among the spectators, besides the
Swell-mob and rough characters who usually
attend such exhibitions, were Members of Par
lament, authors, artists and even a represen-
tation Of the clergy. The men were in excel
lent condition, and the contest was terrific
After continuing for two hours aad six min
utes, during which time thirty seven rounds
were fought, the battle was declared drawn,
and, upon the decision Of the referee, all bets
pending upon the result were Cancelled The
hackers of HEENAN were exceedingly indig.
nant at the conduct Of the mob, which broke
into the ring at the expiration of the thirty
seventh round, and prevented the continuance
Of the contest. 1t is claimed for the Amer.
can Champion, that, but for this interruption
of the pastime he would soon have decided
the affair by the emphatic defeat of SAVERS.
An'indignation meeting of Americans was to
be held on the following day, when, it was as
serted, conclusive evidence would be produced
to establish HEEyAN's claim to the belt.
The special correspondent of the Ncw York
Times writes as follows =
In little less than an hour from the stop
ping of the trains, the two men entered the
ring. 1t was the first time they had met,
HEENAN having missed a rendezvous made for
meeting some time previous, as is the custom
They shock hands and chatted pleasantly
while the preparations were going on, each
scrutinizing, in the meantime, his man, and cal
culating the work he was going to have to do
Both men were in good condition, looked con,
fident, SAVERS appearing naturally the most at
home in the ring. AS they stripped, each man
was loudly cheered, but the American had but
fifteen or twenty voices against two thousand
These few, however, made no mean noise, you
may be sure. HEENAN threw up penny, won
the corner. and threw SAVERS with his eyes to
the sun. They shook hands, and went to work
wary, both men smiling, and in good humor.
The end of the fgM is not correctly reported
IN London, and perhaps lcW not BE- had been
was too much money bet at odds in favor of
SAVERS for HEGNAN to he permitted to gain
the contest. English gamblers are Just as deS
perate as any other gamblers, and in the con-
dition of speculation in which HEENAN went
to the field, a fair showing was hardly to be
expected. The men appointed to take care of
the ring and see fair fight, were men who
had bet largely on SAVERS, and the whole two
thousand Englishmen present were yelling fu-
riously for SAVERS, an old fighter, while chaff-
ing HEENAN, young and inexperienced one
While nothing could be more admirable
than the department and skill of TON SAVERS
from the beginning to the end Of the fight, |
pretend TO say that from the end of the first
round to the close, HEENAN showed himself to
be the superior man, as well in endurance as
in strength of blow and skill. He was never
knocked down once, while he sent SAVERS to
the grass fairly about twenty times In all
the. .clenched falls which took place, HEENAN
fell under but once. HEENAN came to the
scratch every time first, and he did all the at
tacking, preserving a constant smile, and show
ing not only good humor but sort of honest
love of the game. The EngIiShmen all de-
Clared that they never saw $50 grit man "
for his age, in all their lives.
The fight had lasted about two hours, and
had been thus far conducted perfectly fairly
on both sides. There was not the slightest
show of "foul during all this time on either
side, aud both men were yet firm on their pegs
and capable of fighting half as long again.
HEENAN had the most marks, because he was
young, his flesh was soft, and whenever Say
ERS touched his nodde it swelled out like
puff ball But of the two HEEYAN had yet
much the most fight ip him. One of bis eyes
was shut, aud all SAVERS hope was to shut
the other. Everybody saw that it was his
only chance, and all his fire was directed at
HEENAN's remaining eye. HEENAN being
afraid of this game determined to throw all
his force into few concluding rounds which
should finish SAVERS
HEENAN now went at SAVERS most terribly
and succeeded in getting his head into chance
ry. In this position he held him hard against
the stake, within three feet of were | stood,
and here the fight would have been ended if
the English had not rushed in and broken up
the ring. SAVERS WAS black in the face, and
by the time HEENAN would have finished the
round if let alone SAVERS could not have come
to time. The English say that HEENAN was
killing him in that position, and that they
were right in interfering but the fact is that
HEENAN was only trying to throw him, and in
doing this his giant arm was stopping the cir
cuation in SAVERS jugu!arS. He would have
got him down before he was totally suffocated
and the fight would have terminated by SAVERS
not coming to time
After this there were three rounds fought,
in all of which HEENAN had the advantage and
in one of which he held SAVERS head again
long time in chancery. Each time SAVERS was
much too slow to the scratch, and it was evil
dent to everybody that the rest of the fight
was HEENAN's. Each time, too, the ring was