New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-23
.rl,e nsnIssa Bow Il. America.

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The reporter of the n. Y. Herald paid aeenap a
visit and from his lengthy gossip over the Eater
we extract the following
Keenan, has grown considerably siness his depsr-
ture and is now a very giant m nv proportions,
and would seem to be much taiif i if he had not
acquired English steutness id rotundity with
his increased hight He seer IS more manly, and
his broken nose. short ha' :. and burnt face make
him look quite the pugis &c gentleman he is. He
was in the very best Of health and spirits, aud en-
joyed his 8. ye e|s cry much Amid roars Of
laughter Of nis " glish accent, he hustled about
the room, dega ed at seeing old faces, and recall
ing old times ay all sorts of Jokes and stories.
Macdonald ~ retired, but after the first congratu
lations Wew over, Heenan ordered him TO be
called. aiia in the meantime took an arnc chair and
prepa,,e9 to answer his friends interrog atofies.
~ ha5 not brought the champion belt, he said,
Y o. not paid for, and DoWling would not let
lsl y ave it. Sayers' belt was in The same pre-
sSe nent, and The manufacturer now held the
taF ee beitsthe original and the two fac siEslles
~ guard him against loss SayeTs did not accom-
laiy him 10 tho steamer, because he had hurt his
arm by al fall from wagon, and though anxio&s
10 90. HeenaR refused To allow him to accompany
hiaa further than the railway station. SaFers
w'onid not suit our people; he was toe lashy, and
talked Of himself too much for eur notions
Ieenan ssld that he was mach more popular in
IFe1and, Ae thought. than Seyers wss. There had
been ne disturbance while he Was i'd Dublin ex
cept fresh the immense crowd. Sasers was grossly
insultea there, but Heenaa was lifted up liz his cab
and oasxied about three miles BIZ the people, who
| kept saying #ss You may walk oger our bodies and
souls and such expressions.
asas conversation was here Interrupted by an in
sRtazion to drink, which Heenan declined, saying
eaa he never took liauor-a proof that his strength
6i mind IS equal to his strength of hsdy, for hes
Cehtinualiy among drinking men and has no lack
5zG temptations. The remark was made that SsE-
saTs was great little man tHe is great men Y
i said Heenan; but a little man do you call Kim?
\ 1 wish you could see yEur little klan., That's d
strange idea some of you have about Sayers' size.
Mfy feiiyou ne Is two inches broader across the
/ shoulders than am, (glaneing at his irafaense
chest but not 80 deep: and when We are both
stripped Sayers seems the larger of tie two.
don't know how it is but its so.'t In answer to
many interrogatories, and with that modesty which
has always distinguished him. Heenan sais that he
had lost his left hand in the third round of the fight.
After that he had to close it before he let his sec
| onds knee ana then soaae one weuld halo
i You've got something in It = and he would have
to open and close it again with his right hand. He
leoEld not strike hard with it, and every time he
did strike, the pain went TO his heart. Savers had
/ been informed that lie vas a coward, and there
i MorTissey was the cause of this mistake, and this
I explains what the London Times says about Say
ers peerng curiously to see the effect of his blows.
4 Macdonald advised him not to rush the fight
| having seen so many big men whipped by Sayers
/ --or he would have finished il sooner. He put on
| the gloves with Nat Langhann three days before
the fight, and Nat had no chance whatever. AS it
IN the thirty ninth round he got Sayers under
him to give him q squeeze, since he could not hit
him with his left hand. His other arm was over
the rope, with wlSc it got entangled while he was
trying to hit SayeTs. Then they cut the rope hit
/ him with clubs, and cut him from head to foot
Shepard biz him with a club,.in spite of Bob Bret
ties Aoufishing whip and threatening to knock
/ Shepards brains ont. Then they pushed Sayers
i up, only to be knocked down and caught in chan
Gerry again. WEIGH then tripped Heenan up, every
thing being n confusion, and Bowling away
When Heenan went back to his second he told him
| what WEIGH had done, and that now he should whip
not only Sayers, but 6 the whole bloody corner.
He went to the scratch, and called on Sayers to
come out or throw mp the sponge. Savers was
leaned up against q stake in order to stand erect
Weleh came between Heenan and Savers and
Heenan knocked WEIGH down, then Broughton
and then hit Savers, who fell half over supported
by the stake. Then he took a chair atthe scratch
and if any referee had been there he would have
had the fight. He was sorry now that he had ac-
eepted the fac smile belt, but wished that he had
just come home without any belt, If they refused
him the original. When Shepard was accused of
bis conduct afterwards, in a bar-foom, he dropped
on his back and cried, I. Don't hit me when I'm
downs dare not fight you and he wasn't worth
noticing.
Some Of the party then related to Heenan the
manner In which various women had claimed him
as their husband, dwelling particularly upon tile
case Of Mrs. Adai Isaacs ETC., Menken, wha,S N,
even imposed on sHeenan's brothf 100, ri,
her vt the BoWery theatsEs .ar wba yist
+ annoyed Boyd, M Il heenan seemed We
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