The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-05

feet symmetry of the man and the splen-
did development Of his chest, arms. and
shoulders.
HeenaH's colors consisted OF a white
handkerchief, with red, white, and blue
border with an American eagle in the
center, above IT'S head appearing the
memorable words. May the best man
vim Sayers' kerchief was cream color
ed. bearing the royal standard Of Great
Britain and Ireland, in eOlors. in the
center, with a Hon rampant shield az each
corner, and was bordeTed in crimson.
There was no delay at the call of time,
and each. with a smile. spTang at each
other with the agility and ferceness OF
pantheTs. Heenan chose his position by
advice OF Macdonald, close in his own
corner, with the view Of drawing Sayers
upon him and hitting as ne advanced. in
stead Of following him. as had been the
fatal policy of most of Sayers' previous
opponents. The Englishman drew first
blood with light jab, which cut Heen-
ans lip, the American, angered, rushed
in, ciinched. and threw Sayers heavily to
the ground, and there were wild cheers
from the Americans friends.
Sayers Goes Down.
Heenan used his left cleverIy in the sec
ond round. and brought trjckle of blood
from Sayers lips. The Englishman, in
endeavoring TO counter, rushed in, and
was again thrown to the ground. More
cheers for Heenan. The third round was
a repetition of the other two. excepting
it ended by a clean knocEdown for Hee-
nan, who caught Savers with a stiff left
hand JOLT Sayers was again knocked
fifth to avoid punishment.
down in the fourth, and dropped in the
Wagers were offered now at TO on
the "Benicia Boy" and Heenan justified
the confidence in the sixth round by end
ing the round by knocking Savers down
Heenan, however had stopped a nasty
shOrt-arm punch, delivered at close quar-
ters. and his right eye was pulled. The
Englishman took this as target and soon
opened the wound from which the blood
trickled, and he was knocked down for
his pains. Sayers made a desperate rally
In the eighth round, and kept banging
away at Heenan's lacerated cheek bone
The American exhibited signs Of weaken
ing, and TO was offered on Savers
This round was Of the most terrific fight
ing, and it lasted fifteen minutes, ending
with Heenan knocking Sayers down in a
vicious mix-up,
Sayers showed distress in the ninth
rush, and once when he made blind rush,
losing his balance, Keenan, dropped him to
the ground. The tenth. eleventh, twelfth,
and thirteenth rounds ended by knock
downs, in which SayeTs was the receiver
general Both went down together in a
wrestle ending the fourteenth. SayeTs
was knocked down in the fifteenth,
sixteenth, Seventeenth and eighteenth
rounds, and somebody yelled S,600
to anything on Heenan. The Ameri-
can wrestled Sayers TO the ground
in the nineteenth. Heenan scored knock
downs in the twentieth, twenty-frst, and
twenty-seeond, while Sayers fell on tap in
a wrestle which ended the twenty -third.
-Sayers was knocked down in the twenty
fourth and twenty-fifth, and slipped down
in the twenty-sixth to avoid 2 vicious
right-hand blow. which swshed over his
head as ne went down. He slipped down
in the twenty-seventh, and an uppsrcut
put him On his back IN the twea.y-eighih,
A left on the point of the chin IroIped
Sayers in the twenty-ninth.
The EngIishman made a desperate rally
In the thirtieth, and Keenan, was badly