Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-16
Give SQUIERS
ANOTHER CHANCE
Fight Fans Are Liberal to
the Man Who Lost
Out
Give Squires another chance.


That seems to be the consensus Of
opinion among all fair minded follow
ers of the game. His defeat in a sin
gle round does not mean anything. 1t
does not follow that he is a dub, as
many are ready to stamp him, nor
does another chance to meet Burns
mean that he is the master of his late
conqueror, writes Otto Floto.
But give him another chance.
He is entitled to it on his Australian
record, if for no other reason. He is
not the lemon he is believed to be, for
no man with the record he gained in
Australia can be so poor fighter as
the result of his meeting with Burns
apparently leads US to believe.
Others Fell Down.
Squires is not the first man to be
walloped out in punch or two. re-
call when big Jack Mccormick laid
Kid Mccoy low in single jolt and
yet no one the country over said Nc
Coy was a dub. The papers, one and
all, announced that it was a chance
blow with the Kid off his guard, that
did the work.
When Sharkey knocked Gus Rubin,
cold in single round not one of the
sporting scribes called Rubin a dub,
but rather thought that Sharkey won
by fiuke. And yet when Rubin got
another chance with Sailor Tom he
made him look like 80 cents and wiped
out that former defeat
When Martin Flaherty was knocked
out by Dial Hawkins in four seconds
after the battle started no one said
Flaherty was a lemon, but all voiced
the same opinion, that a lucky punch
won for Hawkins. could go down the
line this way for hours and mention
cases very similar to the Squires case.
When Sharkey Dropped.
Young Corbett knocked out Terry
McGovern in two rounds, and Fitz-
simmons did the same thing to Shar-
key and yet neither of the losers was
termed dub or a lemon. The trou-
BILE with US is that we are ever ready
to shout fake and lemon when there
is no occasion for it whatever,
Squires has fought all his battle I'M
der English and Australian interpre-
tat.ons of the Queensberry rules. He
was not made familiar with the Amer
lean style of protecting yourself in
the clinches." In England when the
trefc rec says break the men drop
Their hands and take a step backward.
When Jeffries sa break" in that first
clinch Squires stepped back and
dropped his hands, and as he did SO
Burns sent in the wallop that did the
work. He dazed the foreigner, and
when he had him in that condition it
was easy work to finish him.
Remove the Doubt.
1t is to remove all doubt on this
score and taking into consideration
the long trip across the Pacific that
Squires took that we deem it but right
and proper that the Australian have
another chance to show his worth. He
may yet surprise us.
1t looks very much now as If the
next big battle for the heavyweight
crown will be between Mike Schreck
and Tommy Burns. They are the two
most likely and most prominent candi-
dates in the big brigade today and the
public wishes them to settle the ques-
ton of supremacy. This would be one
of the greatest cards that any club
could arrange, and the financial re-
turns would be ample to repay the
promoter for his trouble.
Schreck is looked upon by many
good judges as the goods" and as
Burns has come fast and has given
good account of himself in his battles
of late, there are many who believe
that Tommy can take the measure of
the Cincinnati Dutchman. With this
difference of opinion prevailing. a |
meeting between them would attract |
worldwide attention.
There will now be heavy bidding
between Coffroth. Richards, the CAST
no club at Tonopah and Tom McCarev
at Los Angeles. May the best man
win.