The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-05


 Nelson came into the arena at o'clock and were greeted wirh cheer.
 The big, fellow looked as big as ever, but one side of his face was swoly from the effects of toothache. Jerf said he was suffering from n.n ur
 atsd tooth, and he was more 2 d
 of 1t than all the prize fighterf lat
 could be gathered into the ring one time. He declined to express aY z pin- ion as to the probable result the light. %
 wards and Johnie Murphy wo 12o
 pound boys. entered the r z for the
 ten round preliminary. D his time
 nearly every seat in the ay was occu
 in. It was an orderly k,d natnred
 crowd and each celebrit .s he march ed down was given good natured cheer.
 Billy Jordan. as usual. acted as mas ter of ceremonies and did the announc- ing. Eddie Haiion refereed the prelim-
 mary. The Preliminary Bout. The preliminary between Murphy
 and Edwards resulted in draw at the end of tenth.
 It was ten minutes to two when the preliminary ended.
 While not particularly exciting, 1t. served to whet the appetite of the big crowd that fined every seat in the arena and stood up against the enclosing walls
 There was a buzz of excitement while the moving picture men made
 ready their apparatus and newspaper photographers flocked into the ring. At five minutes to two o'clock. Squires preceded by Tim McGrath. car rying a blue flag, entered the ring. He was greeted with cheers. SQuires
 wore green trunks and q brown sweat CT and . campaign hat. He did not give the impression of being d big
 man, but he looked well built and rug ged. When he took off his hat. his hair was seen to be closely cropped CT of the ring and awaited the arrival
 of Burns.
 A couple of minutes after Squires came in. Burns. attired in @ long bath robe. entered the ring. but neither man
 was greeted with much enthusiasm.
 Burns walked over and shook hands
 with squires and then sat down in the
 opposite corner from the Australian SQuires had his wrists and hands
 bound in tape. Souires posed for his
 picture while his manager stood be-
 hind him and waved the Australian flag. Billy Jordan introduced him as a
 'roudy damon" from Australia, "Biu Squires." Then Burns stepped up, with
 the American flag waving behind hirn
 Jordan introduced him as the heavy
 weight champion of America Tommy
 Burns. Burns was clad in green and red tights with an American flag as g
 belt,
 Jenertes then entered the ring to ref cree the fight. Jordan introduced him as "the great and only undefeated
 champion of the world, Jim Jefrvies.'
 Joe Rogers challenged the winner for $5, 1000.
 Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt then came into the ring and were in- troduced by Bill Jordan. Britt was introduced as 8 native son of the Gold en West, and Nelson as the hardest
 nut to crack.
 Al Kaufman challenged the winner
 of fight,
 The Fight Begins. At .z:07 D. m.. the men stood in the ring and received thetr final instrue- l. tions from JeftrieA At 2:lo p. m.. the men commenced
 squifes went after Burns, feintins and leading. Theypcame to ciinch l in a corner but 10 damage was done. Burns landed right to the jaw and Squires went down. He stayed down four seconds and came up fighting. T.
 broke Burns missed a vicious rignt swing. Sauires poked a right into Burns body. Burns landed another right swing under the sjaw. The knockout blow followed several that landed on Squires' jaw as he rushed into Burns. It landed squarely | on the point of Squires' chin and he collapsed and fell flat on his face. | Big Jim JeffFies stood over him and | slowly counted off the ten seconds, but l he might have spared himeslf the trou- | ble as 1t was evident that the Aus | tralian was down and out for keeps. | Immediately the crowd swarmed into | the ring, while Squires' seconds car | ried the false alarm" from Australia l to his corner. The 45-round glove contest between | Bill Squires, the Australian champion, | and Tommy Burns of America, was for | the heavy weight championship of the | world, a percentage of the receipts at | the gate and side bet of $5,Ooo; The fight was one of the most tm- portant events since James J. Jeffries. l the undefeated heavy weight cham pion, who refereed the contest, abdi- cated. and it aroused intense interest l in the sporting world. What added in- | terest to the fight was the declara- | ton of Jeffries that he would re-enter the ring and fight the Australian if Squires won.
 Squires Was Disappointed.
 When Squires was seen after the fight, he said that he, had been led to l NNlFN4T alFANa