The herald., 1895-10-13

| One day in April of 1s4S Sullivan was
celebrating in well-Known saloon at
that time, at the corner of Broadway and
Park Row, when Hyer entered. Although
badly incapacitated by liquor, Sullivan
began to taunt Hyer and III a minute or
two they were hot at it, the result being
that Sullivan was badly trounced. Hyer
narrowly escaped being ]ynched by the
friends of Sullivan, but after the excl te-
ment cooled down arrangements were at
onca made for the fight.
Owing to its political features there was
plenty of money on both sides, and there
was no trouble in each party raising
$4,000 to back its man. The men spent
couple of months in training. Red
rags" or beefsteaks barely toasted,
formed the principal diet for training
table in those days. Not 30 much atten-
tion was paid to speed, but the men were
made almost muscle bound and as strong
as wrestlers.
Sullivan on the day OF the fight weighed
but las pounds and stood feet .1014
inches in height. while Hyer weighed IFS
pounds and stood + feet ~ inches
Sullivan was overtrained.
Sullivan was as agile as cat and q
fine wrestler, and wrestling counted in
those days. But the heavy weight of
his antagonist was against him. ia Every
broke it by an upper hold and fell time
and time again on the smaller man.
Sullivan in these heavy falls frequently
struck the back of his head against the
frozen ground, dazing him badly.
Hyer was clever at catching sullivan 8
the bones almost snapped. and causing
the small man intense agony. But Sulli-
van was game all the way through and
fought on the offensive almost to the last.
The sixteenth and last round of this
memorable fight was described at the
ad
Sullivan was slow in rising from his Sec
ond's knee, and it was evident that his
fighting star had set TOR the day at least.
He walked IN a tired manner to the
scratch. and when he put up his left arm
the tremor which shook it showed how
wait for him, but, advancing beyond the
line. let fly right and left, both landing
in Sullivan's face. who, though he could
not return tie blows, took them without
wincing in the least. Hyer then rushed
to the ropes again, and after short strug-
gle thr,w Sullivan and fell heavily upon
him. Sulliavn locked his leg over Hyer's
while on the ground, as though he would
hold him in his place. When Hyer was
lifted off his man Sullivan was found to
be entirely exhausted, and when he was
raised from the ground he reeled half
ward the ropes. The fight was done.
Sullivan could not come again. and Coun-
try McCloskey took him from the ring
without waiting for time to be called.
Hyer's second, Joe Winroe, as soon as
this toUk place, advanced to take SulI-
vans colors as trophy, but being pre-
vented by Johnny Lying, Hyer rushed
forward himself. seized Lying bv the arms
and enabled his friend to take the prize.
Then Hyer was cheered heartily as the
referee announced him the winner OF the
fight and the champion of America.
Thus ended the contest, which had, up
to that time. excited more interest than
any other pugilistic encounter that ever
took place in this country, but which,
though 1t engaged thousands of minds for
period of six long monht,, was done
up when once begun, in seventeen min
utes and eighteen seconds.
Another old-time fight of peculiar in
terest to Americans is tnat between John
G. Heeman, the Benecia boy. champion
of America, and Tom Sayers, champion
of England. 1t took place at Farnsbor-