Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-03-17
Tom Sayers-.A Pen Picture.

Tom Savers can, physically, be best described,
! says a London correspondent Of POrterS Spirit by
/ the word sturdy. He stands like a rock; walks
with his launches on firm. easy swing: makes you
/ fancy that " it's use knocking that chap down
he'll be up again before can say Jack Robinson,
and, like the Titan twice strong for having kissed
/ his mother earth" That's where the chief point of
/ difference between the champions lies. Sayers
/ face when he is out of condition. is large, and
somewhat inclined to be puffy. His eye is of the
! pig bridesmaid deep set, and inscrutible. 1t is
most dangerous, because YOU cannot understand the
bearings of Its expression. 1t does intensity in
gaze when he means mischief and so give you warm
| ing Of the coming "auChoneer,' but Is the same
stOical. imperturbable-eith when he has Just
OOred, the moment before he prOpels the terrific
Highlander that is to send to the grass the unhappy
candidate p" who stands before him Then, fighting
never was reduced to such cold bOOded, matter-of-
! fact science as 1t has been by Tom.
From the moment he enters the ring, he regards
his opponent as subject thatitis his duty to dis
sect This idea in the stOlid way It Is pressed upon
his mind, never leaves him until he the sponge
thrown up by somebody, whether by his own or the
other side, it does not E.atter, those who his
fight with Nat Langham will remember. Such power
of set-deyOtiOn to, and Commemorative energy upon
given object. renders him for the time, in my Opn
ion invincbe. You cannot, by severity Of punish
ment, divert his mind from the one undivided idea
and intent Of ultimate victory; ana his body is so
tough that YOU cannot wear that out before you
have demOralized the less material part Of his or
ganizatiOn. To beat him, his antagonist must do
of the two things blind HIM or stun him. Gould
Nat" had science and strength enough to do the for
mer and come off cOnquerOr. / am told the Benicia
Boy has the requisite amount Of scdge-hammer in
his fists his heXors and eXtensOrs to do the latter.
We shall see. Tom has been taken off lis pins
with "ribroasters' and 'Jaw-breakers' before now;
yet he always managed to shake himself up in the
thirty seconds allowed between rounds, and cone
up to the scratch at the timekeepers in roughand
ready sort Of way that not to be tritied with.
In his second fight with Aaron Jones, for instance.
some sporting lord [Drumlarig, l Think offered
Jones a pretty d0uceT if he would get the first
knock-dovn in a certain indicated round. Jones,
who was as plucky the whats-hs-name, went in
TO earn his money with a will, and regardless Of
consequences gave the gentle Tom such straight
ener on the side of the neck not only stretched
prone but caused his hackers serious doubts as TO
whether he would get up any more But Jenny
Massey spoke up sharply to him, gave him an extra
squeeze Of the sponge, and he woke up somehow,
everybody round the ring by his steady
march 70 the scratch Old hands exclaimed at the
time by lingo # it wouldn't take HindIan club
to knock the senses hoIt of such cove as that.