The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-05

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.-Bill
Squires, the muchly heralded cham
pion of Australia, succumbed to a
blow of the Canadians S fist at Colma
today after he had been in the ring
two minutes with Tommy Burns.
Those who witnessed the brief meet
ing between the two pugilists were
charitable enough not to call him a
dub" They designated him as a
false ALARM who should have been
pitted against a fourth-rate fighter,
rather than any pugilist with the
slightest pretension to ring skill.
To say that the 10000 persons who
journeyed out to Colma to witness
the contest were disappointed would
be phrasing 1t too mildly 1t was a
hot day and the journey to Colma
was disagreeable one. Hundreds
come from other states to see the
leading fighter of the Antipodes bat
tie with the light heavyweight cham
pion of the United States, and anti
cipation was pitched up to the high
est point. From the standpoint of
the averaGe spectator, the ortcome
wo nd nave been amusing II less ef-
fort had been required to reach the
arena.
She fight was practically ended the
moment the gong sounded for the
men to advance to the center of the
ring. That the defensive skill of
the Australian was extremely poor
was speedily attested for in ten sec
onds he was prone upon the mat A
well directed right from Tommy
Barns fist had struck him upon the
jaw 1t did not have force enough
behind it to give Squires his quietus,
and after taking the count of four
he arose In a wably fashion and
rushed at Burns.
The two came into a clinch imme-
diately, but were quickly separated In
the center of the ring by big jim
Jeffries, the referee.
Burns lost no time in following
up the advantage he had gained so
early. Out shot the dangerous right
again and a second time the cham
pion of Australia was on the canvas
with the undefeated champion of the
world standing over him slowly
calling off the seconds. But the end
was not yet. Squires evidently had
some staying powers in the face of
the punishment Burns administered
to him and he arose weakly and slow
ly, while Jeffries held back Burns
until his adversary was in position to
defend himself. But Squires had lit
tie defense left. The terrific rights
to the jaw had accomplished their re-
suit and the men were barely in pO-
sition again when the Canadian re-
sumed his telling, effective and ag-
gressive campaign.
Burns landed where and when he
pleased and in few seconds, under
the rain of blows, the arms of the
Australian dropped in helpless con-
dition by his sides. Then the finish
came Burns deliberately selected
his mark and with all of the power
that was in his shoulders he sent his
right to the point of the jaw. 1t
seemed almost needless task for
Jeffries to go through the formality
of counting the man out. There was
not many in the arena but knew that
the fight was over, and rush was
made to the ring to congratulate the
victor. The fight had lasted exactly
two minutes and eight seconds.
The fight proved nothing more than
that Squires. was muchly over-rated
man. Burns, while demonstrating
his immeasurable superiority over
the Australian, did not have an op-
portunity to demonstrate whether or
not he is actually entitled to the high
pugilistic title that has been bestowed
upon him.