Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-05
ALARM
EASY FOR
BURNS
AUSTRALIAN OUT IN
VERY FIRST ROUND
Nine Thousand RingSiderS
Snort With Indignation When
Foreign Champion Goes Out
at First Hard Punch.

San Francisco, July 4.-Bill Squires
the muchly-heralded champion of Aus.
tralla, succumbed to the blow of i
Canadian fist at Colma today, after he
had been in the ring two minutes will
Tommy Burns. The men who wit
messed the brief meeting between the
two pugilists We're charitable enough
not to call him a dub" They desig-
mated him "a false alarm" who should
have been pitted against a fourth rate
fighter, rather than any pugilist with
the slightest possession of ring skill.
To say that the 5000 persons who
~lOuFneyed out to Colma to witness the
fight were disappointed, would be
phrasing it too mildly. II waS a hi
day and the journey to Colma was n
disagreeabie one Hundreds of per-
sons came from other states to see
the leading fighter Of the Antipodes
battle with the light heavyweight
champion of the United States, and
anticipation was keyed up to the
highest point. From the standpoint
OF the average spectator, the outcome
would have been amusing If less ef-
fort had been required to reach the
arena.
The eight was practically ended the
moment the gong sounded for the men
10 advance to the center Of the ring.
That the defensive skill of the Austral-
ian was extremely poor was speedily
shown, for. in ten seconds he was
prone upon'the nat. a Well directed
right from Burns fist struck him fun
on the Jaw. 1t did not have force
enough behind II To give Squires his
quietus, and after taking the count
of four. he arose in a wobblV fash
ion and rushed at Burns. The "
came into a clinch Immediately but
were quickly separated IN the center
of the ring by the big Jim Jeftries the
-. 80, lngf M ttn14 in fnllnrN.
ing un the advantage he had gained
so early. But the end was not yet.
Squires evidently a some staying
powers in the face of the punishment
administered To him and he rose up
weakly and slowly, while Jelfries hetf
back Burns until his adversary WAS
IN q position to defend himself. BUT
Squires had little defense left. The
terrific rights to the jaw had accom-
plished their result and the men were
barely I'm position again when the
Canadian resumed with telling effect
his aggressive campaign. Burns
landed when and where he pleased,
and in a few seconds. under the rain
of blows. the arms of the Australian
dropped in a helpless fashion by his
side. Then the finish to the tight
came. Burns deliberately selected his
mark. and with all the power that was
lodged in his shoulders, he sent MS
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seemed almost needless for Jeifries T.
go through the Formally of counting
the mar out. There was not a specta-
tor in the arena that did not realize
that the light was Owe and a rush was
made TO the ring to congratulate Ia"
winner. The fight tasted exactly two
minutes and eight seconds.
The fight proved nothing more than
that Squires was a muchly o~ver-rated
man. Burns, while demonstrating MS
immeasurable superiority over the
Australian. did not have an oppor-
tunity to demonstrate whether or mo-
he Is actually entitled to the high pa
gilistic title that has been bestowed
upon him.
When Squires was seen after the
fight he said that he had been led
10 believe thatt Burns was not n
'knocker out"
He had been told that Burns did
not possess the strength TO put a man
to sleep with q few blows. and this
belief had made him careless at the
beginning OF the contest which re-
suited in the early blow to the jaw
which dazed him.
Burns said. Il saw the moving
pictures on Squires i'm training which
was placed on exhibition. When |
saw how he carried himself and how
he acted, knew that | would not
have any difficulty in defeating him.
] went into the ring with the tul-
lest confidence that | would b. tho
The receipts Of ne fight were s27'