The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-04
AS TO BILL sQUrREs, PUGrLIsT.

Australian Critic Says lie IS a Detlel
 Man Than Fitzsimmons and Peter
 Jackson.
 Who is Bill squires, the Australian heavyweight pugilist, who is expected to visit America shortly to meet Jef- fries, Burns and other big fighters, and what has he done in the ring? Wher- ever the prizering Is discussed this question is always asked, but few can give any authentic information J. I. Beckett, well known writer on pugil- ism in the Melbourne Age, however, has just given this line on the Antipo- dean: After a careful and conscien- tious study of Squires l am of the opinion that he has been perfectly furnished by nature with all the attri- butes necessary to excel as a boxes. 1 see much of the boxers and their meth- ods and have schooled myself to criti- else them inpartially. l rarely en- thuse over any of them, but of Squires cannot help expressing admiration as type. Here is the way he appeals to me:
 Exceptionally speedy and well bal anced in all his movements, quick as terrier on his feet, possessing the abili- ty 10 strike blow at weight, twelve stone six pounds (one hundred and seventy-four pounds), that would be accounted powerful in man weighing fifteen stone (two hundred and ten); the same terrible punch with either hand and as fast as a ferret after his man. In all the fights l have seen him in he has struck his opponent at least five to one, and has never yet been knocked off his feet. All his victories have been knockouts. He lost on a foul to Arthur Crlpps, but Cripps has publicly stated since that he would not meet Squires again, as he did not think that he was in the latters class,
 "Squires Is a quiet, modest, unassum- ing fellow who does not brag or blus- ter. He has never vet ventured an opinion that he would win fight He merely says My chance is good, III do my best As his honesty is as true as his courage, his best has always prevailed and 1 think he will win over any one at present in the American, ring. l cannot see how any one of l Squire's weight is going to prolong fight with him through twenty rounds, The pace he sets is far too hot for that, and one or the other must surely go out in half the time.
 ''Squires Is a conscientious worker and clean living man. Unlike most athletes who when strung up in high | training want to tear around all the l time, Squires when he has finished his work, conserves his energies. You may | find him always at home lounging or reading the paper. He does not smoke, but usually takes glass of stout with ! his meals.
 l T watched him train for his contest with Mike Williams. He hit the ball at top speed for twenty minutes, com | menced to box with Fireman Waidie, who weighs fourteen stone cone hun drel and ninety-six), but had the bad l luck to knock Waidie out in the first round Squires then went In for shad- ow fighting for quarter of an hour, and then wrestled for twenty minutes with a strapping big athlete After that he picked up the skipping rope, | and using all sorts of fancy con1bina- tions kept at this branch of exercise until his trainer, Jimmy Russell, called halt.
 T have seen Fitzsimmons Jackson, Goddard, Slavin, Farnam and Dooley in action, and I am sure that Squires would have routed any of them in i short order. l was the first writer to | proclaim Squires the coming champion | This was after I saw him perform on Starlight. The other papers laughed at the opinion, but they nave all taken it back since, and every professional here has had to grudgingly acknowl- edge that Squlres possesses undoubted superiority over any fighter that Amer
 ca has produced. In his workaday
 moments he is variously a miner, axe man, teamster. horse trader stockman, shearer and high grade workman at each, He is, in fact, typical sef-re- liant Australian, born in Norrabri, New South Wales, twenty-elght years ago, He is a remarkable athlete in other | ways outside of the ring.