Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-29
THINK SQUIRES
is The GOODS
Jack Curley, Ring Critic,
Says Australian Will
Beat Burns

h0'NN NdtCHSu MANY nSnlerS
training for battle, but none have evel
impressed me so much as this
Squires, writes Jack Curly of Chi
cago, the well-known ring critic. He
is all that his hackers claim him to be
and If he fails to defeat Burns on July
A. then I am poor judge of knight
of the ring. Bill has all the require
ments of a champion, and can use
them to good advantage He is an
other Fitz, and will beat Burns in less
than 10 rounds.
"Squires, from side view, is the
exact picture of Jack Root. He is
quiet, both in speech and appearance,
and always in earnest. When in con-
versation, whether talking business or
about pleasure, he carries the same
stern and businesslike expression. l
made two visits to the camp and on
each visit learned more about this
wonderland from the wonderland. On
my first visit / arrived just in time
to see him get his rundown. His mus
cles are in splendid condition, his skin
clear and his every move roves him q
well trained athlete.
"On my second visit to his training
camp l was given the opportunity to
see him in action with Joe Thomas,
the middleweight, probably second to
none in the country. Squires did some
work this day, and when 1 say work
1 mean it in the true sense of the word
From the time he starts in to do
his work until the days training is
over he goes at it like a workman who
is continually being watched by his
foreman. The closest observers of the
game have been around his quarters
looking for inside information, for
some fault to find, blu the Australian Is
like an experienced mechanic.
Bag New to Squires.
while the punching bag is new to
Australian training methods, Squires
has already learned to master the pig
skin, and he can hit it with great
speed At rope jumping, wrist ma
chine, pulleys, medicine ball and sand
bag he is a revelation.
after an hours work at the gym
nasium paraphernalia he boxed eight
rounds with Joe Thomas, and the set
to appeared more like a real battle
than anything else. There are few
fans in this country who do not know
the ability OF Joe Thomas as a fighter,
so it is not hard to impress the read
err that Squires had no easy mark be-
fore him. To best picture the battle
to Chicago fans would be to see Benz
ny Yanger and Jack Root go it in
pretty fast style.
watching Squires from every view
point, one must conclude that he is a
good fighter and that Tommy Burns is
in for a terrible beating. Bill has the
cleverness and speed Of our topnotch
] lightweights and his punch is snappy
and is delivered with great force. He
has a good crouch is set firm on his
feet and his aim is perfect. While he
did not hit with all the power that
backs his blows, he had Thomas back
ing repeatedly, and on one or two oc-
casions when he let go little harder
than he intended Joe would go reeling
toward the ropes.
Is Clever Blocker.
For three rounds he did the land
ing, then he devoted three rounds to
warding off blows and the remaining
two rounds they mixed it again. For
clever blocking he has 1t on many of
the present day would-be champions.
He stops his opponents blows before
they get started picking them off in
the James ]. Corbett style. He is
clever on the feinting act and can
force even as clever and experienced
fighter as Thomas to fall for his
| feints.
"At infghting as well as at long
range Squires is a wonder. He can
bore in with head down and rip ter
rife waIlops to the body, and he can
stand up and fight cleverly.
Though Squires is to fight on q
percentage and while the street car
strike in Frisco will do much to in
jure the attendance, the Australian is
worrying little about the receipts. II
is known that Burns is to receive an
$4,000 guarantee.
Here is the way Reynolds ex-
presses himself:
"'we expected a big house wher
the match was made and accepted
percentage. Since then the strike has
changed things. but we are not wor-
| rvine> ourselves over the receipts, al
though the bigger the better we like 1t
But we have another object, and july
will ind us ready to fight Burns FOL
the $1,000 side bet, even without dol
lar in the box Office
Reynolds showed two cablegrams
from Jack Wren, the Australian
bookmaker. Here is one:
"'Cable me weight. conditions and
betting ON Burns-Squires.'
"The other: III trouble over date
cable me for money to build arena and