The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-21
COLONIAL
4. FAvOR|TE

Call.-A report has been current dur
Squires- s-Burns fight had opened with
the Australian a pronounced favorite
at odds of to 10. The report seems to
have been founded upon the fact that
Jack Welch, the we'll known referee,
had asked a pool seller to place some
money for him on Squres If he was on
the long end of the betting at odds of
10 to Z. Some one twisted the figures
about, which accounted for the confu-
sion.
1t was believed at one time that
Burns would enter the ring at l to 2
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
a slight favorite. One thing which
will have tendency to cause this will
be the fact that the big money is like
ly to go in ON Squires. A number of
men, who do their wagering in thou.
sands, have already expressed their in
tention of having a 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 sharp workout with
Joe Thomas, the crack welterweight
during the week and demonstrated why
1t 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
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solve, as he hit so hard that men did
not care to put on the gloves more
than once with him. Squires is entire
ly without intent to injure the men
who hook up with him, but fighting 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 show
ed that he is a great body puncher.
and this must be one of his most |
effective styles of attack in the ring. |
He has a great left hand and one of |
his most effective blows is a left feint |
for the body, which is then brought up
quickly to the head. Thomas, with all |
his cleverness, could not block this
effectively Although it was evident
that Squires was under wraps, his
blows were so hard that he almost
lifted Thomas off his feet several
times. 1t was only the wonderful bal
ance of the latter that kept him on
his feet.
1t must be said in justice to Thomas
that there was a difference of % or 80
pounds in the weight of the two men,
which would naturally place the light
er man at a decided disadvantage.
Squires is always we'll braced on his
feet and seems in a position to deliver
a blow at any time. He is not given
to make many moves with his feet, but
he gets around in 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
question which the fight alone will de-
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 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
entertaining. He finds the training
over in Marin county ideal,
and in the language OF the turf he's
good doer." I