Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-22
Two Contests of Importance Are
On the Bill for Next
Month.
THE sQulRES-BuRNS FIGHT
Promises To Attract Large Crowd
Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt
VIII Meet Again.

After more than a few months of
dullncss, If not adbsoiute quiet in the
boxing game, there is enough in the
wind at the present time TO keep tho
most ardent fight fan stirring. With
the Squres and Burns match for the
afternoon OF the Fourth of July GER
talnty and Jimmy Britt and Battling
Nelson promised as an attraction for
the evening of July g. the spectators
are in a fair way to have more offered
to them than they viii be able to ham
die in so short space of time.
Squires and Burns are naturally the
card that win be the subject of the
most discussion. While il Is true that
Squires Is An entirely unknown guam
tity, the American public likes mys-
1ery. 1t likes 10 dope out n fight and
then go to see Tor itself just how the
real article shows up as compared with
the product Ol their dreams. There Is
n world OF chance 10 speculate. on
the part OF Squires, you've got moth
ing TO start with He may he a Rob-
ert FitzsmmOns come back TO sun
Francisco, or he may be a Jack Palmer
of England. Nobody knows, and the
wise ones watch him spar few rounds
and then determine for themselves just
how good he Is and whether he has a
punch that will be able to do any
damage
Coffroth is exceedingly frank when
he declares that Squires was absolute
IL no card when he arrived in Amer
lea but that h. has been the subject
of more notices I'm the papers than any
other man who arrived I'm America With
his reputation yet to make, Cofroth
is right, Sdulros has been fortunate.
There IL little halfway opinion about
the man. Most of the fans who have
seen him. and a majority OF those who
have read the papers, either think he Is
good or they believe him sure 10 be
defeated. That kind OF feeling breeds
discussion and IL is bound 10 make the
Coma fight largely attended affair
Battling Nelson ana Jimmy Britt
vim clash at Frisco on the night Of
July 8 I'm - round fight. II Will
he the third meeting Of this pau and
there Is considerable local interest I'm
tho match because both boys are well
known In Salt Lake. Their first meet
Ing resulted In Britt getting ;he de-
clsion Their second fght was 10 q
finish and Nelson knocked out Britt
I'm tho eighteenth round In a liulsh
nght Nelson would undoubtedly beat
Britt again but I'm limited AFFAIR the
native SON has a good chance 20 carry
on the decision because Of his clever
l.ss
Whom Britt was In salt Lake tho
last time he declared that the knock
out al Colma was an accident. Nell
son could not DO that trick again IN
roo years" said Jimmy ~ am more
clever than Nelson and was winning
night up 70 the time OF the knooROut.'
or course. the loser always has an
excuse but on The third Britt VIII have
n chance 10 mako good rlc contest
viii also demongtratc whether on not
nelson has "gone back" since his
wonderful fight against Joe Cans
with this battle on the third ana The
Burns-Squlras night on tho Fourth
the fight fans VIII have plenty 60 talk
about
san Francisco june ell Prapnra-
lions for the squlras Burns glove con-
test "a occur NJ CcSla on July : are
mailing rapid progress. and Jim cone
roth promoter ~ the fight, Is conf-
don't that everything viii be IN readl-
ness Tho arena VIII aQccmmo-
date $500 persons and though many
applications cor seats are coming In
daily 81 IA expected That there win be
no lack u room, The tight VIII be- for
the championship OF the wnrd M