The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
lie Insisted on Side Bet of
Five Thousand Dollars
on Match.
SQUIRBS IS MORE OF A
FAV0RITE THAN EXPECTED
First Big Wager That Has Been
Made Since COIbett-SuIli-
van Contest.
Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service,
san FRANCISCO, june 22-When
Jimmy CoHroth CysJ proposed to give
Tommy Burns fight with Bill Squires,
and Burns insisted or $4,000 side bet,
many asked whether Tommy was sin
ccrc in his desire to aunea tha. amount
of the Australian s coin or wiethcr he
thought that when the real wagering on
the contest opened he would be
strong odds.on favorite and could af-
ford TO ''lay portion of it of, as
they say on the race course Tor in.
stance, Buns may have conceived the
idea that were he | 80 2 faVoyitc he
could play sato by betting $500 on the
other end, thus protecting his $1,000 in
the original bet. This would net him
$500 II SQUireS lost and permit him
to break even II Squires won tho tight.
Now, however, il appears that Toni
my will have to do some tell manipulate
ing should he try TO break ahead of
the game by hedging 4 little on his
opponent. The FIRST money to BIC bet
on the battle was a commission Of 500
TO be placed on Squires against $1,000.
which established . I to 10 fayorite.
The coin was sent To D2rouX, who con
ducts the Sausalito poolroom, with in
long as Squlres was short ender
Whether the bettor will he able TO
get him money on at this figure Is an
other question. for some Of the wisest
in sportdom who have visited SQuires
and seen his workouts freely predict
that he will enter the ring a favorlte
over Burns. Among those who have al
ready declared their intentions to make
large wageTs on the Australian are
Jack Welch, Nat Goodwin, George
Weldon of New York and Harry Pol
lock. There is a strong opinion that the
visiting fighter is the peer of the best
heavies that ever came from the Anti
podes. and not few do not except
Goddard, Slavin and the great Peter
jackson.
In Los Angeles, where Burns has
made most OF his fights, he will be
( played strongly TO wIn. The Los An
gelenoes are unanimous IN thinking that
he can defeat any lighter now before
the public. Cy Myrick, Charlie Fox,
Mike Poaski Hen Berry and manv
other Southern sports declare they Will
! bet strongly on Burns S chances, So
it may turn out that Squires will be
/ favorite here and that Burns viii
have the call in the Angel City.
Under the agreement between the
men the Stockholders Will hand Referee
James j. .Ieifries $4,000 in coin when
the men enter the ring, 30 be handed
the pugilist he names as the winner at
the conclusion Of the fght, This is
the first large side bet made between
pueilists in modern ring history Cor
bett and Sullivan battled for big
purse in New Orleans fifteen years ago,
and $4,000 was wagered on the side
sullivan demanded the side bet from
Corbatt, refusing to Fight HIM without
it Poor Corbett was mp against it for
this amount, but his friends rallied and
made up the requisite sum. Sullivan IS
money was posted by four prominent
sporting men of his time
John Wren, the Australian bookmak-
er. is backing Squires, and 1T is said
that he will bet $4,000 or more on the
fight. Burns is putting Zip his own
money. a story recently appeared TO
the effect that Squlres opened favorlte
, at DarouX S poolroom al odds OF 10 to
= but the Sausaito Dispatch should
have put the Australian on the short
end.