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banders, Tom's right arm received its full force, and was dashed against 

 his face. 



^Yhen coming up for the seventh round it was plain that Tom's right 

 arm was badly hurt, for already had it become swollen. In this round 

 was displayed an amount of skill on the part of Sayers combined with 

 pluck and determination never before exceeded. With his right arm 

 resting across his chest useless, and giving him most excruciating pain, 

 did Sayers fight his man all over the ring. In vain did Heenan strive 

 to get away from Tom or administer another knock down. After him 

 Sayers went, planting shot after shot from his left fist straight on to 

 Heenan's right eye. Three times in this round did Heenan retire to 

 his corner for rubs down, while the gallant champion waited for him 

 in the centre of the ring, getting but one wipe from his sponge. Upon 

 one occasion, when Tom got Heenan into his own corner, he seemed to 

 have the giant at his mercy, and the crowd yelled to him to use " the 

 auctioneer " ; but there it lay disabled. Had this not been the case, 

 Sayers would then have finished the battle, for he never hit a man 

 with the full force of his right arm without knocking him out of time. 

 Not using it in this instance, with Heenan partially demoralised and 

 nearly blind of his right eye, everyone knew that Sayers' arm was 

 broken. This round lasted thirteen minutes, and was all through fast 

 and furious. Odds now veered back to 2 to 1 on Sayers. 



Xo. 8 was a repetition of the former round ; equally magnificent 

 was the fighting, but Tom hit his man nowhere except on the right 

 eye. Heenan, again preferring his corner to the scratch, sought several 

 times the advice and consolation of Jack Macdonald, and upon one 

 occasion, while sitticg on his second's knee, Tom went close up and, after 

 scrutinising the damaged eye, came away satisfied and smilingly 

 informed the spectators that having bunged it up lie would now see 

 what he could do with the other one ! This round was closed after 

 twenty minutes' fighting by Heenan giving poor Tom another clean 

 knock down. 



Both men now showed signs of heavy punishment, Heenan much the 

 worst, while Sayers seemed the weaker and most in want of wind, so 

 much so that in the tenth round Heenan lifted and threw him heavily 

 with the greatest ease. 



The men had then for a few rounds to spar for wind, and neither 

 answered with alacrity the call of " Time." In the thirteenth Heenan 

 again knocked Sayers down. 



Tom was very weak in the fourteenth round and Heenan forced the 

 fighting, but with consummate skill Sayers sparred till he somewhat 

 recovered wind, and then, with extraordinary activity, let fly stinger 

 after stinger on to Heenan's left eye, and both men closing, Tom, amidst 

 tremendous cheering, threw the Benicia Boy and fell on him. 



So matters progressed till the twenty-third round, when a stool was 

 given to Heenan to sit on, but it was ordered out of the ring by the 

 referee as being contrary to the rules. Heenan's hands had now 



