Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-26
BILL SOUIRES WHO
WILL FIGHT JOHNSON

should have II ln IlNt lOl tNdulplbu- f
ship huuOra Although one Of the
greatest fighters ever developed in
Australia, Squirys is an accident, 80
ur gs puli.ism goes. Formerly a
miner and SUNDAY school teacher, his
ability TO fight was brought Out un-
oXpcctedly. and from novice he went
to the front in jumps.
The following article tells how
Squires fights and also how he came
to- enter Jun prize ring:
"BughtDr' tMagHihreuD Bill SqiTes,
ID, Newcastle, Australian, fighter who
Is anxious to- meet james JehIies for.
the worlds championship is patriot
iCally claimed by every Australian as
he last word In pugilismH Old tme
followers OF the game aver that Squircs
l8 a fighting phenomenon and would
have routed" Fitzsimmons, Jackson,
Slaylu and Goddard In shuri order
had he huuHshpd al that period when
they were giants in the land. A
d Is, Squlreg has "wOodened' every
heavyweight OF note In the Australian
Commonwealth with as great ease as
amy well trained athlete could knock
out beer sudden wreck Of seventy.
Squires is natural fighter Two
years ago he was hewing coal In the
pitg of the Pelaw main mine at New
castle ignorant OF the fact that his
hands were capable ol aught but labor.
His work was his pride. To-day, when
he stand champion of the continent Oi
Australia. with no other man capable
Of standing three rounds before his
mighty fist SQuire's pride remains in
the wOrl, he did stripped and begrimcd
I'm the bowels OF the earth.
That he H. champion OF Australia,
and has solid body of his country
men believing that he will he champion
of the world, troubles him but little.
lie does not care for discussing fight
Ing. But bis face brightens and his
voice grows eloquent when he tells OF
the hundreds OF tons of coal he broke
down or the thousands Of plates he
laid on the railway contract before he
started coal mining.
II don't like to 'skite,'" says Bill,
but never met n man yet who could
work alongside of me-"
Like most Australian workingman.
| Bill is a Socialist \ prominent mem
Der of the Miners Union he has for
years been one Of the foremost work
er3 in the cause OF the Labor Party In
Newcastle.
Though he never reached greatness
In any other department OF sport.
| Squires great strength and activity
made him a leading football player IN
| the State OF New South Wales, and
he was swimmer of note In the land
where everybody Is a swimmer
That Squires today is boxer bio
| ding for the worlds championship Is
| due TO chances. A sober, quiet man,
whose only interests in life We're to
bring heather 10 the fold OF Social
ism aud truGnt Youngsters TO his sun
! day School. Squircs was one who had
never an opportunity of finding the
power of his potent fists. He passed
through his first youth humping moth
| ing but the Bible at his meeting house.
| when disputes would arise In the mine
hnd Squire's fellow miners would jeer
at him, they would be received with
q quotation from scripture. Still. al
/ heart, the man was an athlete, and,
| though taking no active part In box
Ing he invariably attended the fights
put up by visiting pugs in Newcastle
| Many times was he seated at the ring
side gazing with admiring awe on
sccOnd-raters whom he has since
knocked ont In few seconds.
Fought when He Could Find Time
One night several miners prevailed
upon Squires 10 visit an athletic hall
kept by local pugilist named Bill
Smith. For the first time In his life
Squires pulled on the gloves and was
brought as the sucker" that Smith
pupils We're to practice on.
How'll | start?" asked Squires, a,
Smith called on him to begin.
Go in as you like" replied Smith
Hit whenever you can"
The words were scarcely out before
Smiths pupil was Squires had rush
ed in with left swing the like Of
which Australia had never seen before
Smiths other pupils came IN one b,
one ana had TO be carried into the opel
air and revived, and Squires fellov
miners who had been accustomed L
giving him back talk in the pit ant
soothing AT his religious sentiments
started patting him on the back ant
calling him "old man"
Smith lost no time in putting tn
polish on this raw material of champ
ionship, Every evening Bill coul'
spare from his prayer meetings h
would visit Smiths athletic hall, whic
I! became so purified by his innuenc
81 soon not blasphemous word was
beard.
IN the ring Squires is more like
.aismic disturbance than man. II
Is San Francisco incarnate, Vesuviu
contracted TO l72 pounds of fiery man
hood. He is the personilcation q
strenuous life adapted TO pugilisti
principles
His Remarkable Reach of II Inches
Squires Is p years OF age, FIVE fee
lnine and half inches tall and weigh
[ l72 pounds In condition. lie has
spread Of six feet five inches betwee
the hands, his chest measures fort
inches in repose and his biceps fiftee
, inches. He neither drinks nor swear!
aud smokes rarely.
Australia rejoices in the fact tina
squires Is purely Australian, both hi
parents having been born in the South
p ern land. Unlike most puglists, Their