Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
THOBPSON-TARO
BOUT ON JULY "a
Lightweigtts viii Clash at Ogden
Saucer Track in Twenty
Round Contest.
ABOUT SoUlRES AND BURNS.
Latter Docs Not Believe Offer OF Wren
is Made i'm Good Fhith---win Not
Go to Australia.

TO ID auStrstllt.
Aside from the Thompson-Tarp 20
round bout scheduled to take place
mt the ogden saucer track on the
evening Of July "a, the pugllistic at
mosphere IS clear once more. The
proposed Britt-Nelson fight, sched-
uied for July ;, fell by the wayside
and was postponed until the last of
the month. and there are reasons to
believe the bout will not take place
at all There Is nothing to talk about
locally except the Squires-Burns fias-
co and the coming contest between
Cyclone Thomp son and young Taro
There Is considerable interest in the
latter bout and 1t will be surprising
If there Is not d large crowd of lovers
of the boxing game at the ringside
when these llghtweights meet in the
squared circle" The contest is to
take place at 1880 in the evening and
arrangements have been maze for
Special trains TO run TO the scene of
battle Thompson and Tarp are even
~ matched and If they are in proper
physical condition the contest win be
be a stubborn one. Taro has made
an exceptionally good showing in his
recent conflicts and he has many adj
mirers who believe he can defeat
Thompson Tho latter is well known
In Salt Lake md In Ogden and since
his first appearance here the only
fight he has lost was that with Dick
Hyland when the latter got the de-
clsior after 90 rounds of fast boxing.
The boys will weigh In AZ o'clock on
the afternoon of the contest at 1913
pounds Taro will train in Salt Lake
and Thompson viii do his work in
Ogden.
soUIREs-BuRNS TALK.
with reference to the squires-
Burns situation. W. W. Naughton. the
san Francisco fight expert writes as
follow:
Bookmaker Jack Wrens deep-sea
message TO Barney Reynolds convey
ing the tldings that the defeat OF
Bosher BIZ Sqlires had cast a gloom
over all Australia" gives an inkllng of
the "shlpload Of money" that would
have changed hands on the Burns
Squlres fight II there had been any
way of bringing the sports of opposite
opinion into full conflict.
OF course. the supporters of Burns
did very well as II was but the
amount won was "a mere bagutelle"
to what might have been cleaned up
If the rank ana file of Australians bet
ting phaanx and the small fry of
wagerdom on this side of the Pacific
lenge each other 10 putting up con-
test, or say that when the match
was first arranged a small band of
American sports had taken steamer
FOR the antipodes loaded down with
drafts and letters of credit. Think of
the killing The gloom which now
rests upon Australia would be several
shades deeper.
Right or wrong. II must be said
that the Australians are staneh in
supporting their opinions. A great
deal of the money that was lost on
Squlres was clbIed here and II came
In such volume that Squires was al
ways the favorite. AT the time the
men entered the ring the commission
ers were still looking for Burns back
Ing, and Offering. In some instances.
odds OF 10 TO Z.
In the light ~ what has happened
II is hard to figure how the best
Judges Of Queensberry doings in Aus
tralia should have lost their heads
over Squires. one noted critic there
wrote to a friend here: Il have seen
men like Goddard, Slavin ana Peter
Jackson gradually develop and at
tain their fun power and / have no
hesitation In saying that Squlres could
have outed any one of those in short
order"
Another-and no sent 1850 to be
bet on SOUR as--WrOte; when you
see nm "a action watch ms hst play
re can hlt I'VE uhles 10 the otilsr
man once 49,
ana apput tne olliy 'hlhs Squlres MT
mr. ,,, was tne ilooI'
,oa1, tbc "S vat natn sU ~ the cnny,oct
which exists bctweon s1uires and Book
maker Wren of Melbourne. Here ara
the terms: Wren Is TO control Sguires
from the time Kosher Bnl left Australia
unti a period OF rs months shall have
expired. During all that time Wren is
To pay Squires' living travelling and
training expenses. II squires falls sick
Wren must find medical Attendance for
him ana If squires buys something at
the drug store II is charged IN to
W,ren'R account. The only expense
SquIres rs put 10 Is for wearing apparel.
That IL so far as the necessities OF life
arc concerned.
Wren win take down 50 per cent OF
an money earned by suulres, either
fights or theatrical onga eerncnts, and
ut the end OF rs months win give
Squires "a bonus OF 5000.
Roughly gauircs' share OF tho Colrna
contest amounted 40 $4,000 OF THIS
Wren N entitled 10 half and out OF his
share comes a norton uf Tho eNpenses
attached 10 the taking OF moving nc
lures.