Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-10-10


Sayers, champion of England. 1t took
place at Farnsborough, England, ON
April II. 1850, early In the morning
ON cold and biting day. From start
to finish the English sports did every
thing In their power to make The
American lose, breaking into the ring
at critical moments and forcing him
away from Sayers and trying to
throw him when he was getting the
best of 1t. The much-boaSted sports
manship OF the English, of which so
much was said during the recent Val
kyrieDefender fizz!e, did not show up
very favorably in the Heenan-SayerS
fight. In fact Heenan and the few
Americans who attended knew that
1T would be only by miracle they
were allowed to win
Heenan had terrible left, which
he used during the fight with killing
effect. Round after round was ended
by Heenan smashing Sayers in the
face and knocking him down. Sayes
| was game and took the punishment
manfully but at times he could barely
walk to the center OF the ring
aggressor. Sometimes he had to chase
Sayers all over the ring and corner
him before he would fight. Half a
dozen times the Engllshman was
knocked through the ropes and had
to be carried TO his corner.
| To-. 81 ,,s,
got Sayers' head I'm chanrcry and was
furnishing him terrifically. The Eng
lishman was all but out when his
friends cut the ropes and the fighters
We're thrown TO the ground with Say
ers ON top. Some one had caught Hee-
nan by the leg, but the American boy
held on to Sayers, and dragged him
down, too.
Sayers could hardly stagger to the
scratch in the fortieth round and he
was at once knocked down by a left
handler. He was carried to the grass
outside the ring and a wet blanket
thrown over him to revive him. Hee-
nan had Sayeis all but senSeiesrs in the
forty first rolIn>., when Welsh, one of
the EngliShman's seconds, interfered
and was knocked down in flash by
Heenan. A free fight followed, which
gave Say ers time 10 rest.
Interference marked all Of the sue
ceeding rounds and finally Savers, who
could not stand, was CARRIED away by
his seconds, while Heenan stood In
off fh.. ,.fn nll A.
them TO bring back their man. Even
1 in the face OF this the EngllShman
had the nerve to cali the fight draw,
although 1t was as honestly won by
the American ais any battle In the
history Of the prize ring,
OF the earlier prize fighters, WI
| liam Thompson, called Rendigo, was
champion OF England In the thirtles
and for many years after. He was a
| small wiry man. with considerable
science and strong hitting powens.
! He was an adept at hitting a man
and then failing to escape return.
This was allowed by the old London
rules and Bendigo, when pitted
against a big, heavy man, invariably
adopted these tactics. He had dot
| BILE motive in fighting this way. 1t
usually angered his opponent. so that
a foul would be committed giving
Bendlgo the verdict.
To enumerate all the great fights OF
| the past, those Of Joe Goss, who
taught John l.. Sullivan; Paddy Ryan,
john Morrissey and Joe Coburn would
require volume.
| The grandfather OF William Court
Gully, the present speaker Of house
of commons, was famous fighter
nincty-odd Years ago. John Gully was
one Of the first pugilists to introduce
science into fighting. In October, OF
1906, Gully fought Henry Pearce,
J known as 1.-THE chicken" and the
champion at that time. Gully was
only twenty-five years old AT the
time, but it took sixty-folr rounds
to defeat him. Later on Gully be-
came the champion.