The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
Bill Squires Likely
to Be Fduorite
Ouer Burns

Burns ngnt had opened with tne Au-
stralian pronounced favorite at odds
of to 10. The report seems to have
been founded upon the fact that Jack
welch, the well known referee. had
asked a pool seller to place some money
for him on Squires if he was on the
long end Of the betting at odds OF 10
to 4. Some one twisted the figures
about, which accounted for the con-
fusion.
Burns would enter the ring to
/ choice over the Antipodean boxer. AS
| experts see Squires perform from time
to time they grow more enthusiastic
over his chances. and 1t would not be
surprising If he enters the ring on
July 4 a slight favorite- One thing
|, which will have tendency to cause
this will be the fact that the big money
is likely to go in on Squires. A num-
Der OF men. who do their wagering in
thousands. have already expressed their
intention of having bet down on the
visitor whenever he starts and this
money will have a decided effect on
the price to be obtained in the open
market.
Squires had a sharp workout with
Joe Thomas. the crack welterweight.
during the week and demonstrated why
it is difficult to secure sparring part
ners for the Australian. When the lat
! ter came here he was asked what he
would do In the matter OF sparring
partners, and he said at the time that
| this was always a difficult problem to
solve, as he hit so hard that men did
than once with him. SQuires is entire
ly without intent to injure the men
who hook up with him. but lighting is
| his trade and when he has any one in
front of him he wastes no time IN
fancy sparring, but settles down to
work at once
In his boxing with Thomas he showed
this must be one of his most effective
styles of attack in the ring He has \
great left hand, and one of his most
effective blows is left feint for the
body, which is then brought up quickly
to the head. Thomas. with all his clev-
erness, could not block this effectively.
Although 1t was evident that Squires
| was under wraps. his blows were so
hard that he almost lifted Thomas or
his feet several times 1t was only
the wonderful balance Of the latter
| that kept him on his feet.
! 1t must be said in justice to Thomas
that there was a difference of 25 or 80
| pounds in the weight of the two men.
which would naturally place the lighter
man at decided disadvantage Squires
! is always well braced on his feet and
seems in a position to deliver blow
at any time. He Is not given to make
many moves with his feet. but he gets
around in a quiet, effective way. One
/ gets an impression OF great reserve
power driven by wonderfully well
| developed set. of fighting muscles in
back, arms and shoulders. Whether he
will be able to corner the elusive
Burns. who has wonderful speed. Is the
l
termine.
One thing of which the hackers OF
! Squires can rest assured Is that they
will be represented by a perfectly
trained athlete squires Is the picture
of health at the present time and he
is taking the best of care of himself
He perspires freely after he is at work
| a few minutes, which shows there is
little chance of his going stale from
overtraining. He finds the training
conditions over in Marin county ideal,
and In the language OF the turf he's
good doer."
W. s. johnson and Abe Brown. the
Tonopah promoters who handled the
recent fight between Hart and Schreck.
apparently think the newspaper men
throughout the country are making a
collection of souvenir fight tickets
Two days after the fight the promoters
mailed to people all over the country
envelopes containing the unused
tickets they had on hand after the
! fight As there were lot Of these the
promoters were able to reach a lot OF
people If they thought to fool the
newspaper men into thinking that they
were generous with their tickets be-
fore the fight they should have made
some arrangements with the postal
authorities to dispense with the date
on the stamp canceiins machine
JIMMY Britt has connded- to some
| of his friends his anxiety for
return match with Battling Nelson It
seems the California lightweight has
] theatrical ambitions and he wants to
have this one meeting with Nelson.
whom he thinks he can defeat He
will then retire from the ring and will
devote hts energies in the future to
| the stage Nelson has ideas Of his own
| as to the outcome Of their coming
meeting, and he is also planning along
! lines similar to those upon which Britt