Evening star., 1863-04-11
THE EVENING STAR.
THE RING ENGLAND,
Heenan and Tom kins-Great Match for
$1,000 a side.

be now altogether discarded in England, and
that, 1T last, we have match for great stake
between pugilists. of the largest stature and the
heaviest weight, who are very well known.
The American, John Z. Heenan, has conclu.
ded, no doubt in purs uance of our recomnen-
oat;ons 10 that effect, to take up the gauntlet
which has several times been thrown down be.
fore him in England: and being happily
matched with one whose size exceeds his own,
the door Is shut against those allegations of dis
proportion, by which notable achie vements
have D+en deprived of part of their glory. His
competitor in the coming struggle Tor 5000
s,de and the virtual Championship OF the two
hemispheres is Tom King-a good man doubt
less. hut NOT. in our opinion, great one.
Below will be found all the partic ulars of the
making OF this grand match. In the future we
shall have weekly letter upon puSilistic
topics from one of the abie>t sporting writers
In the British Islands, and one who neither
lacks the means TO obtain the earliest and most
accurate intelligence for mis- own use and ours,
nor the penetration to sift and reject the mass
OF abs urdities and falschoods in which news OF
tins character is commonly involved. A few
wor ds Of the pugilistic doIngs OF the men Will
not be inappropriate at this time Heenan's
first right in The ring WAS with John Morrissey.
Eut though that was his debut as prize. ght.
tr, he had been formerly en-, aged in many con-
tests 10 protect his rights yindicate his supe-
riori'y, and his reputation for strength and
pIoW.ss was very great.
GIFTED by nature with frame Of the largest
size and the most excellent symmetry: not
without much manly grace, and endowed
with activity and qnickness seldom found with
such stature and such bulk, ueenan seemed
mace to order for the Championship of the
World. Yet in shis first ring encounter he fell
before tie burly strength, bull dog courage and
lndornitabie resolution OF the redonbtable
Mori issey. True it is, that Heenan was not in
capital condition, but the friends of the ether
man allegf, and apparently with some truth,
that he was not III good condition either. AT
the s-einning OF the battle, Eeenan led off with
uncommon rapidity and great effect. Norris
sly pas out-tought and almost reduced to in.
sensihiIity in the first five six rounds. But
Heehan was unable to put him quite out of
lime. OF stall his rnShfs when he mad begun
to recover from the effects of the first onset
As Mcrris>ey got second wind aud renewed
strength, Heenan's force faded into thin air.
At The close of the eleventh round he fell in a
state Of great exhaustion and prostrarion, and
was unable TO renew the battle. But though
the luck was against him, his heart was in the
right place He sought another match with
Molrlssey, and being unable to obtain il, rode
up aUd struck the shield, gorgeous with
victory, which the Champion of England had
hung 10 defy all coners in The boxing lists OF
that country.
he history OF that memorable battle is TOO
long 10 be given here, and TOO we'll stamped in
the memory of our readers to be forgotten.
Ia, h OF the men lost tie effective use of one
hand early in the fight, Heenan by reason Of
the putting OF his knuckles, Sayers by The rup-
turr OF the igaments of the fore arm. AT the
close Het nan was the most punished. though
he had seemed to have the best of the hitting:
legs, Sayers was very weak, and must have
lest the battle, if the mob had not iaterfered to
snatch victory from the transatlantic grasp.
Keenan, is unques iiOhably a scientific fighter,
hGt some Eave douhtrd whether he poss esses
the puDishiDg quaIiti' FOR which b .ichrr, j. en-
Wa1G, bendleo. Sayers. Tom Iiyer, Yankee
Sullivan ard some others We're so remarkable.
1t is q IUZZling tact. even 10 us. that Savers
was very little hurt about the head in the great
fight. Considerable allowau ee must be made
tor tie condition OF Heenan's lett hand towards
the n iddle of the battle.
Tom King was born in the year 1895. in that
part OF the English Metropolis where. accord
ing 10 the nursery rhyme,
One. two and :h:ee,
Say the bells Of Stepneyr'
He is consequently y years old. Like the ia
NOUS Cribh, the renowned Jack Serogsins
Harry Jones, Tom Smith, Chris. Lilly, John
honahan. and some otlrr noted boxers. King
follow. d The sea in his youth. He made yoy-
age or two 10 Africa. and was aftrrwa enl-
ployrd in ship yard near the Victoria D:'rhS
King was Long Tom Coffin sort of fellow
"a hen he unslung kis hammock i'll the African
trader and took employment III tie ship yard,
standing considerably over six lecs hl.n. He
Lad several lights with men oi some local rep
utation. To settle disputes and Tor small sums
CT money. Finally. he became acquainted
with lem Ward, the fine, artistic fighter. who
bear ON Cannon and Simon Byrns, and sue
cseG' Spring In the Championship. The
champion. alter keeping public house
Liverpool for many years, had removed 10 the
East End of London. His Judgment as regards
E=h'sne men Is very superior. 1t was under
his auspices that the famous Bendigo con-end-
I'd with the gigantic Ciunr. King WAS fir>t
match: with In k, of lortsmourh; who paid
fCrtti 10 hin1.
Another engagement was then made with
Camp of Nrwgatr Market, but he also forfeited.
After The battle betWt en- Heenan AID Sayers,
Ward issued a challenge for King to fight any
man III England, bar Heenan. Tor -.l5h a side.
his was not accepted. and the amount OF the
proposed stakes increaSe ID 10 $3.50 a side bar
g 4 T. N ~ ~ ned A IN
ore ommy 1ruckle, who rejoiced IN the title
u Champion OF Portsmouth, agreed to fight
King tor S250 side. Iruckle stood ) feet iOh
inches, and weighed 100 pounds on the morn
o. fighting. King lowered aluft. six feet Two
inches in his stocking feet, and drew down i-u
pounds in the scale. Truckie turned out To be
game fellow, but King had all thu best of the
hitting, and won in 10 rounds, hour aud =
minutes. The victor did not exhibit. much
science e, but il was found that he had u sling
ing right hand, which sent 1ruekle TO mother
earth four or Fl We times by hits on the w.
Alter Mace obtained the championship BY
defeating Sam Hurst, King obtained hackers for
a match with the former, and pending that,
a. reed 10 fight Young Bruome, who had no
great opinion OF the long fellows capabilities.
BrOome was agood man, Of his weight. He had
beaten one Kangaroo, darkey, in 30 minutes,
and had defeated Tom Roberts in 30 minutes
The disparity in size between Broome and King
was very great. BrOome stood SIT 10 in, and
weighed but l56 lbs. The battle took place ON
the 22d October, 1861 1t was d rapid give and
take fight. Both We're heavily punished, and
both displayed 4 fine quality OF game KING
Won He was strong ON his legs 10 the last. and
IN the course OF the battle knocked Broome
down TWO or three times by singing hits with
his right hand on the jaw.
The match with Mace for 81 900 and the belt
". mt on, and the mau met in January, 1862. to
fight il out. Mace weighed i57 pound when he
scaled the last time prior TO the fight. Not
withs tanding the great advantage King had in
size, the betting was two to one on Mace; for
the talents OF that boxer Were known to be of
such a superior and decisive quality that it
was thought he would defeat KING without
much trouble. But the latter was not 20 be dis
posed of out of hand. He "made all the run
ming" as the turtman say, got first blood in the
first round, and bothered Mace considerably
by his rapid attack and unexpected quickness
King had the best of the hitting, and the law
yers OF the odds soon got scared. In the both
round Msster Mace was fioored by a right
handed shot on the jaw, and King became the
fayorite. In the 27th round Mace as again
knocked down by another heavy light-handed
hit N the Jaw In the next round King hit his
hs I'D against the stake in falling: and the same
thing happened TO him in the 10th. The battle
was decided in the i3d round, when Mace
threw King upon his face, and the fore part of
his head struck the ground with such force
that he was unable 10 come to time. The fight
lasted one hour and eight minutes. Mace al
legged hat he was not We'll when he en- tered the
ring, but he admitted that he had been sur
sod nv no