Tom Sayers, Sometime Champion of England: His Life and Pugilistic CareerS. O. Beeton, 1866 - 188 pages |
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Aaron Jones adversary appeared attempt backers battle belt Ben Caunt Bendigo Benicia Boy blow Bob Travers Brettle Broome caught Caunt Champion Championship Collins corner countered dashed defeat dodged evidently exchanges followed exchanges took place favour of Sayers feinted fight fought friends getting go his left Grant hands Harry Harry Broome head heavily heavy exchanges Heenan hour Jack Jack Macdonald Jem Ward knocked Langham left and right left cheek left ear left eye left peeper let go looked Martin match minutes mouth Nat Langham Nat's once opponent Paddock persevered planted his left popped Poulson prize-fighter proboscis pugilistic punishment reached Tom's received referee retired retreated ribs right cheek right eye ropes rushed Sayers returned seemed side of Tom's Slasher slight exchanges smiling sparring stakes stood stopped struggle Tipton Tom Cribb Tom Oliver Tom Paddock Tom Sayers Tom's left tried his left
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Page xxiv - Australian settler, who had travelled fifteen thousand miles to see the fight, and to transact a little business of minor importance. His dress was light, his manner self-reliant, and he looked the kind of man to go round the world unencumbered with luggage, with a cigar in his mouth, and his hands in his pockets. Opposite this passenger was a mild, longfaced...
Page 176 - ... with the right, still with no effect. Tom now turned and ran, Heenan after him, when, on turning round, Tom napped one on the nose. He, however, landed another little pop on the good eye. Sharp exchanges at close quarters ended in the downfall of Tom. Two hours had now elapsed. 36. The Benicia Boy's face was a spectacle to behold, while Tom was very weak. ' The Boy ' rushed to a close, and caught Tom round the neck, dragging him to the ropes. At this time, the police, who had been gradually making...
Page vi - The contrast between the men was then still more marked than before. Sayers is only about five feet eight ; his chest is not broad, nor are his arms powerful, and it is only in the strong muscles of the shoulders that one sees anything to account for his tremendous powers of hitting. Sayers, too, looked hard as flint, but his deficiencies in regard to his antagonist in height, weight, and strength, and above all, length of arm, made it almost a matter cf surprise how he could hope to contest with...
Page xlviii - SATERIUS and HEENANUS Milled in the days of old. The Beaks and Blues were watching, Agog to stop the Mill, As we gathered to the station In the April morning chill. By twos and threes, by fours and tens, To London Bridge we drew ; For we had had the office, That were good men and true ; And, saving such, the place of fight Was ne'er a man that knew. From east and west, from north and south, The London Fancy poured, Down to the sporting Cabman, Up to the sporting Lord. From the Horse-Shoe in...
Page li - How through two well-spent hours and more, Through bruise, and blow, and blood, Like sturdy bulldogs, as they were, Those well-matched heroes stood. How nine times in that desperate Mill HEENANUS, in his strength, Knocked stout SAYERIUS off his pins, And laid him all at length; But how in each succeeding round SAYERIUS smiling came, With head as cool, and wind as sound, As his first moment on the ground, Still confident, and game. How, from HEENANUS...
Page lii - Victor and vanquished, iu all eyes, An equal meed to pay. Two hours and more the fight had sped, Near unto ten it drew, But still opposed — one-armed to blind, — They stood, the dauntless two. Ah, me, that I have lived to hear Such men as ruffians scorned. Such deeds of valour brutal called, Canted, preached down, and mourned ! Ah, that these old eyes ne'er again A gallant Mill shall see ! No more behold the ropes and stakes, With colours flying free! But I forget, the combat — How shall I...
Page 176 - Tom, but the latter slipped through his arms and fell. 37th and last. — Tom was first up, and seemed the better man ; he made his left twice on Heenan's eye, and the latter at length caught him round the neck at the ropes and there held him. Tom's efforts to extricate himself were vain, but he administered severe punishment to the Boy's face. The police at this time got closer, there was a, rush to the ropes from all sides, and we, in company with others, including the referee, were completely...
Page xxxviii - Thouiantl;" when a lieutenant, was broke, on a complaint of the French ambassador, for obliging a French ship of war to lower her topsails to his ship at Spithead; but by the king's order was the next day made a captain : died in 176*2.
Page l - Roman nose Freely the tell-tale claret flows, While stern SAYERIUS' forehead shows That in the interchange of blows HEENANUS' aim was good ! Again each iron mauley swung, And loud the counter-hitting rung, Till breathless all and wild with blows, Fiercely they grappled for a close ; A moment in close hug they swing Hither and thither, round the ring, Then from HEENANUS...
Page vii - ... surprise how he could hope to contest with him at all. When to these disadvantages are added the superior height of the ground on which Heenan stood, and the light of the sun full in Sayers's eyes, it will be seen how tremendous were the obstacles with which he had to contend.