The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-05-18


jab have ever seen. 2:- !. B. NJ IL.
Il have be4ea With SOME 81 the
greatest men Ia the ring, but never
saw T. IMAM that could hit az hard at
Very short range al Bill:
Has Terrific Punch.
peter jackson was De#eff short
arm hitter and be was Ntssinl1hdhs,
but think BuAires ut the game 81
jo!tint smashes Is the hardest hitter
I ever saw. / saw his hheef cut PETS
or Felix with smash te the Jaw
that did not travel sid Inches And Pete
was out for fifteen minutes. That Win
show you how he can hit.
"T4ehtins man like G'Brien he
will keep that long left arm of his
pumping into oBrien's faee-ahd he
can work his left jab as fast az Young
Critic ever d!d-and I think Mr..
o'Brien will DO 4 very tired man when
he has smelled that glove few times,
because there will be $50 pounds Of
the liveliest muscle behind that jab
that O'Brien ever tackled.
Burns I figure will be still easier
for Bill. The Canadian ID not hard
hitter, either. from what I can gather.
From all accounts he had O'Brien all
In when they met and yet could not
finish him. Now a man like that has
no business with squires. Going back
Of the O'Brien fight I have been look
ing up the Marvin Hart fight and
find the same story. He did not have
the punch to put Hart out, although
Hart seemed to be at his mercy sew
eral times.
Haze Hard Uppereut.
"squires uses a left uprercut that
will work very well against Burns.
After rushing in. which, it appears, is
his favorite method Of battling Burns
clinches and works both arms at close
quarters. Well, if he tries that on
squires he will find that left uppercut
ripping into his face and body like
q redhot iron. The force Squires can
put into one Of those short uppercuts
Is terrific, s1ckening.
There seems to be an impression
here that our man is not clever. I
want to tell you that he is clever.
One of the cleverest fighters that ever
drew on a glove. We know something
OF fighters in Australia even If we have
been without a really first class man
up to the time Squires came to the
front, but there is plenty of milling
going on over there and I daresay the
average over there isn't so much be-
low yours as you might think. OF
course you have one or two wonderful
men here. Jeffries, for instance, and
Joe Cans, but outside Of these DO not
think your men will overtop ours so
much.
Saw Melody Fight.
II saw Melody and Sullivan fight in
Los Angeles on my way east. Sui
Ivan is more on our style Of fighter.
He has cleverness. Melody is a grand
mixer and tremendously game, but he
| is not Of championship material. Sui
Ivan lacks the ability to administer
knockout blow.
Il should imagine that Melody and
Sullivan would stand pretty we'll as
representing Squires and Burns, with
Melody representing the American
and Sullivan the Australian, only in
Squires we have a man that can hit
a good blow any time.
"Our fighters are cleverer than yours
In most cases, I believe, but the style
of hang on fighting that prevails here
does not suit our men, who are most
used to long range fighting and break
ing at the word of the referee with
out interference. A man that would
hang on like they hung on in the Sui
Ivan Melody fight would he disqual-
flied in Australia or England.
Will Defeat Americans.
"Squires, however, will be able to
take care of himself at that style OF
going. He is strong enough and big
enough and while should not like to
predict the outcome Of a match be-
tween Squires and Jeffries, not know
ing what condition the big fellow is
in now and whether he could stand
training after his long absence from
the ring believe our man will whip
Burns and O'Brien when they meet
in the ring"
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague are visiting
friends in Chicago and will leave for
New York this week. Mr.. Sprague
expects to be at the ringside when
Squires fights and is hurrying through
his sightseeing trip so as to be ready
to go back to the coast to see his
compatriot battle.