Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
THE PUGlLlSTS
TIPS FROM
 THE BOXERS
Bill Squires Offered a Big Purse Psdlar Palmer Up For
 Manslaughter.

Chicago, May 1.-W. S. Johnson, manager of the Casino Athletic club, Tonopah, Nev, over which NJ. NJ. Riley formerly presided has raised his offer of $7,500 to $10,0O0 for a battle between Bill Squires, the heavy | weight champion of Australia, who is now at San Francisco, and Mike Schreck, of Cincinnati. Johnson wants the fight to come off on July 4. Tele- grams have been sent SQuires, but ! nothing has been heard from him re- garding the offer at yet. He has a forfeit of $5,000 posted in San Fran cisco to meet the winner of the OBrien-B Burns fight, which date is set for May $. Schreck has accepted the Tonopah offer.
 William Hale Thompson, chief booster of the new Illinois Athletic club, has lifted the boxing lid so high that Mayor Bussee can't reach high enough to pull it down. There is to be boxing ill Chicago, and the Illinois Athletic club is preparing for four day fight tourney, from June b to l9. The feature of the big program is to be six-round bou beween Joe Choynski and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. This, with swimming, wrest- ling, track competition and fencing, comprises the bill Each evening s program is to be practically a repcti- ton, in order that the members. num- bering close to 5000, may watch the show without overcrowding the club house.
 The defeat of Honey Melody the holder of the welterweight title, by Mike (Twin) Sullivan at Los Angeles, Cal, last week, marks another import l ant event ill the doing Of pugillsts. Sullivan showed himself to be one of the best ring generals and 2anlest fighters seen on the coast in many years and he is now looked upon as the best man in the world at his weight. Melody had fully eight pounds on him at their meeting, but Sullivan's class brought him through all right. There Is some talk of matching Sullivan against Joe Thom- as at Los Angeles, Cal, but in making this match Sullivan would have to concede as much weight. If not more, to Thomas than he did to Melody.
 The boxing bout at the Rockville Town hall last night was a tame af- fair. There were two six-round bouts, the first being between Kid Woods of Rockville and Shorty Cans of Hartford. The second was be- tween Austin Rice of New London and Kid Lawson of Hartford. A number from Hartford and Man. chester were in attendance.
 Jack Johnson, the colored heavy weigh champion, and his manager, Alex Mclean, have parted company in Australia. They had a row and Johnson broke McLean's nose with a right hand punch. Johnson was ar rested and fined So5 in court He has a new manager now and has started in to train for two matches that he will take part in during the second week in May
 George Gunther, the Australian lightweight who has more than made good in all his fights in this country. will meet George Cole. the clever and shifty colored middleweight of nen- ton, x. J., tomorrow night for six rounds at catch-weights in the star bout at tse Broadway A. c. of Phil adelphia. Cole has draw with Philadelphia Jack 0'Brien, and while Gunther has proven himself fast and powerful hitter Coles ring gen. eralship ought to pull him through the short route.
 A coroner's jury iu London yester- day found "Podlar" Palmer. the Eng fish pugQlst. guilty of manslaughter in causing the death of Robert Choat. gas house stoker. Palmer struck Choate fin a railroad car coming from the Epson races April 24 because the man refused to stop singing when Palmer requested him to do so.