The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-01
GREAT INTEREST IN
 SQUIRES- BURNS FIGHT Australian and American to Meet at San Francisco
 on July 4th.
TO GO TWENTY ROUNDS
Sheridan Most Formidable in All-Around Athletic
 Championships.

| Three events of international inter- est, as we'll as score of others of scarcely less importance, are on the sporting cards for the week. These are the boxing contest on July between William squires, the Australian, and Tommy Burns, American; the Grand Prix race under the rules of the, Auto- mobile club of France, and the match play between the tennis representatives of England and America.
 The squlres-Burns Fight.
 Chief interest centers in the result of the squires-Burns fight, not only be- cause it is match between heavy weights-a fact sufficient in itself to- attract wide attentlon-but because one of the principals is from Australia, whence so many great boxers have come and the other the most likely heavyweight now boxing in this coun- try. The fight will take place at Col ma, just outside the limits of the city of San Francisco, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of July 4. If squires should win, and win so deeisively as to stamp him great fighter, it Is not unlikely that J. J. Jeffrles would be coaxed from his retirement to defend the champion ship which he rellnquished only when there were no others worthy of his skill. The hope and possibility of draw ing Jeffries back into the ring lends the strongest element of interest to the out come of the Squires- Burns fight.
 The two principals in the coming fight are almost of Q size, weighing close to 1SO pounds; both short and stockily built Squlres is described as not much of boxer, but a rugged, rushing fighter, never giving ground before an adversary, and possessed of enormous strength. Burns, on the oth- CT hand, while also very strong and aggressive, depends more upon his cleverness than upon his strength. He is much more skilful boxer than ssaires. and it is this fact and the fa- miliarty of the public with his record that has made him favorite over the Australian at odds of 10 to s. A slash- ing fight is looked for from the very start, and twenty rounds probably will be more than sufficient to bring de-
 cision.
 All Round Athletic Championship on 4th On July 4, at New York, the all-
 round athletic championship of America will De fought for. Martin Sheridan of ] tho Irsh-Amsrican Athletic club, New
 York, is the most formidable competi- f tor, as John Garrels of the University , of Michigan will not enter.
 Concensus of opinion gives Sheridan the high jump, the walk, the pole vault, : the weight and the mile run, while the , 100-yard, the hurdle. the shot, and the
 broad jump are doubtful While Sheri- dan is regarded as holding all others safe for the championship, there will be
 several other formidable competitions. , These include Richard Cotter, club mate of Sheridan Dennis Murphy, a great Irish athlete of Dublin, and John J. Dalton of the Christian Brothers coI- Q lege, St. Louis.
 s15,OO to Winner of Threc-Year-Old Ids
 The principal stake on the cards of ? the metropolitan race tracks during the week Is the advance for three year olds
 and upwards. The distance is railc
 and three furlongs, the value 10 the
 winner $15,0oo, and the date of the run 3 ming July 4 All the good three-year- s olds now at sheepshead, including Peter q Pan, Montgomery, salvldere, Faust and
 Electioneer will probably start as well as some of the older horses. These may include Nealon Accountant, Tokaon n Sir Huon and others.
 r Active Week in Tennis.
 This will be a very active week in ten
 nis both in this country and in Eng
 land, where the American representa-
 tives are leading up to the play for ths
 Davis trophy next week At Orange
 N. J., the middle states championships
 will begin on Tuesday, and on the same Ia 1o4a tla sau+bern rhamOiOn shiDs 1yil