Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-26
THE GREAT ATisTERNAIIONAL PRIZE
FIGHT BETWEEN HEENAS
AND KING
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| Round liking tried his right bu 4rs o,bar
| was away with great agility. HeeGp . rushsd
| in and got the others head in chansery and
hbbed merriy till he iell on him, King vsinly
| eroeavoring to extfieate himself and these
| tactics of the Boy evidently showed the lire of
! policy he intended ID adopt KluS's return
| tie back. -8a
Th:s preliminary round was decidedly in
| favor OF the American, and there was perfect
| ovation at lis corner. .l
| Round 2.-King got on first with his right on
| right io1l, and the exchanges were of the mos {
| rapid character. King delivered another sting.
| er On the cheek. Then Heeuau retaliated by 4
severe counter with his left, giving smack
upon the "ivoriesn ~ Fighting fast and furious,
and eventually Heenan, by sheer dint of
strength, threw his adversary.
Round 3-Heenan followed his man to the
middle ropes, clu rched his arm round his op-
poGeGts head, twirled him over IL Kidgs own
corner with brt very little brief exchanges
Round 4.-HeenaE mp first and smiling King
doing exchanges 20 a close, when both werH
down, King underneath. The appearance of
matters at this early stage of proceedings indi-
Gated that the Stars ana Stripes had the best OF
it, notwithstanding King stood SO gallantly to
hackers, who rallied around him lii goodly
numbers.
Round 5.-KIng let fly a tremendous hit With
his right en- the jaw. He seemed quite elated,
ar d kept to out-fighting, and danced around,
repeating another with the same success, am! d
the tr' men6ous cheers of his friends They
then rushed 10 the corner, when Heenan put
on the hug again aud threw his man easy as
glove.
Round 6.-They We're no sooner up han both
were up. Rapid deliveries followed OH both
sides, when Ieenan threw his man with ils,
such similar ease as in the preceding round.
Round 7.--Bo;h countered straight to the
dial, when Heenan got his left hand roupd
Kings head and cast him to the earth. Another
burster.
Round S.-Both advanced eagerly 10 WORK.
with not the slightest desire to shrk business
King was the first TO lead off, played with his
left till he got CORE CT measure, when he let Il
his dexter fin on the mouthpece, and fetched
first blood. Heenan would not be denied, and
slashed away with his right until he succeeded
in getting his hug on again, and eventually
bore King down. East end patrons were in
ecstacies at their man conduct
Round was very brief. King once more
planted his left upon the claw" while Heenan
delivered his right with marked precision and
lush on point of nose and mouth, which made
Tom stand back for moment, although he
never suffered his courage to be daunted, and
resoiutely went to close quarters, but got
thrown, as Heenan was best in wrestling pro-
pensities. ..-s.E .-I--..
Round le-The men had been fighting very
fast, and were evidently blowing, Heena1
bleeding at the mouth, and had clearly copped
one on the lett pepper, to the disparagement of
the Americans vision. King also showed
cochineal from his lips. Heenan shot out with
his right, bat did not appear to do any damage
They then closed, King reaching his adver-
sarys ribs with the left, but was cast to the
grsensward in the end.
Round l1.-Neither seemed disposed for de-
lay and got at work rapidly. AS before, King
landed severe shot with his right on the
mouth and drew copious supply of red
wine. Heenan bore his man to the middle
stake. but King got a grasp on him and this
time the EasteEder had all the best of it and
threw Heenan cleverly; the American decided
ly getting weaker and slower.
Rounds II, 13 and Ia were very short, scarce
ly any blows given, for Heenan hugged his
man and threw him each time
hound lS-klAg nurSSd his right and nailed
it on the chin; ter Tom caught him by
ropes, for which he was cautioued by the ref
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Round l6.-A tolerably good amount of work
done il which King cut his opponents right
eye, ard the round was finished by a heavy
body bio W from Heenan, which made the sail
or stegger back, and the ground being slippery
L Eound 17.-Eeenan's fast fighting and throw
ing now began to tell its own tale upon himself
and he came up piping though smiling Mob
hers were exchanged, and some body blows,
and in the end King was again thrown.
Round liking now led off, and visited the
damaged eye, and also got on the cheek, which
riled the Benicia Boy, who gave him stinger
on the head, closed and threw him so heavily
1t was thought he was out of time, and it took
his seconds some time before they could get
him round again. S2-a A... - At"
Here the Kingites broke into the riae, and
the remainder of the fight was carried on
amidst much disorder. In the confusion we
missed the two succeeding rounds; but they
soon recovered, and Immediately after wards
turned the tide Of fortune in his favor, Heenan
rapidly and suddenly getting weak. ..
Round 21.-By the advice of his seconds,
King led off, and planted well on the damaged
eye, also On the nose, fetching more blood from
both places. Heenaas returns wer5 short, and
King at once closed with and threw him-a
regular burster.5 fa fSs
Round 22.-Again did King get we'll home on
the nasal organ and right pepper, and, receive
ing it in the riDs, closed and threw Heenan.
Round 23.-Heenau came up quite groggy
and his heart seemed to be failing him, for
when King once more planted a straight one
on the mouth he appeared quite perplexed
and helpless. He tried to plant his left, but
did not reach. After some sharp in fighting
he was again flung heavily to mother earth,
and, when picked up was nearly senseless
Round 24-Ne sooner were they at the
scratch than King again visited the mug, and
knocked the "Boy" clear off his pins.
Round 25-and last-Sayers soused Heenan
well with cold water, and got him once more
to face King; but the latter again plantei ON
the mouth, and flung him almost senselpss to
the ground. This was a settler, for when
Heenan tried to leave his corner for another
round he was as helpless as child, and
amidst shouts of "Shame shame. to allow
him to come up again, Macdonald ga ge in for
him.
The "Boy" was seconded by Tom Sayers
and Johnny Macdonald, and King by Jerry
Noon and Bos Tyler.