The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-18

might make much with the snowy ar
tillery of his straight left and swing
ing uppercuts, but Burns, confident IN
the resistant powers of his Harveyized
jaw, was content to pound away with
the unostentatious infantry of the half
arm labs until it was time to bring up
the cavalry.
Up to the end of the tenth round
the Australian crowd was happy.
Though the fight was well contested
throughout, Squires was so much in
the ascendant that it looked extreme
ly probable that Colma and Paris would
be avenged. Then Burnside Burns
who had been battered numerically
for half an hour-seemed to mysteri-
ously develop a faculty for hitting
Squires. Up to that time he had hard
" delivered a long blow, and most of
the short ones had passed unseen. On
the other hand, Squires, who had spent
glorious half hour in inficting the
blows, suddenly and just as mysterious
ly grew weak. It was not the short
labs of the clinches that did it. 1t
was simply that Squires was exhausted
by the hard work he had done. He
was in the same state of collapse as
any other athlete after strenuous ex-
ertion, and when the twelfth round
opened it was just as if the runner
who had lust breasted the tape after
a ten-mile race was pitted against a
boxer straight from the training room.
The concourse of spectators sudden
ly made the acquaintance of new
Burns. Not only did he accept the
few blows which Squires still inflicted,
with a smile on his face, not only did
he continue to jog blows with a bent
elbow into Squires in, the clinches, but
he showed a new fachlty-the faculty
of standing off his opponent and send
ing in long, well-aimed hits which
went straight to their marks like the
thrust of a lance. When Squires came
forward for the thirteenth round, there
was scarcely an Australian i'll the
crowd who did not realize that the day
was lost. There was an exchange and
clinch, in which Burns jabbed heavi-
"; then a scuffle, in which Squlres
made a final desperate attempt at a
knockout. The men clinched again,
and more from sheer exhaustion than
the effects of any of the blows, the
Australian sank to the floor. He rose
at the end of nine seconds, to the
cheers of his countrymen, but Burns,
with cool confidence, struck Squres
three times. At the third Squires fell.
He did not sink this time. Eight
seconds were counted before he came
up to time. The final blow was scarce
" a second later Burns chose his |
spot. sent in left hook, and Squires, !
crumpling up like a sheet of wet paper, |
fell face downward His seconds threw !
in towel in token of surrender, but |
it was not until long after the expira-
ton of the ten seconds limit that
Sauires was able to stand.
Briefly, the fight belonged to Burns
from beginning to end. Despite the
fact that Squires was all over him
for several rounds, there is not much
doubt that had he seen the necessity
Burns might have applied aggressive
tactics at any period, though his meth
cd was plainly to let Squires tire him,
self out before making his effort.
"As a spectacular boxer Burns IS
failure. He wins fights, but his IS the
art that conceals art. He has almost
resolved pugilism to a matter of touch
ing buttons.
s'As for Squires, his boxing was never
seen in Australia to better advantage.
He has developed tremendously since
Australia All the same, posi-
blv through continued attacks of rheu-
matism, he has lost his punch. Heavy
as were many of the blows he landed
on Burns Yesterday. they were far less
destructive than those which won him
his fobts before he sought hOnors
abroad
.'The management of the fight had
a telephone at the ringside, and through
the whole thirteen rounds Mr. Min
-osh communicated the varying phases
IF the battle to Mrs. Burns. who stood
at the other end of the wire, waiting
To learn of her husband s fortune. As
Souires was counted out, the receiver
was handed to Burns, who was heard to
saw. is that vou.' Jewel2 This is Tah-
my. 1t s all right.
cone salient factor of the contest
was the American method of fighting
adopted by both men. which IS new to
this land. Under such Interpretation
If the rules hitting in holds is not only
but permissible to a de-
yree astonishing to Australian follow
ars of the sport. Throughout elinehes
the men hit one another wherever an
opening showed and even when the
referee >drags them reluctantly apart
they continue to swing in variety OF
blows. until they are ont of range. I'm
Ter these conditions of boxing the posi-
ton of referee is certainly no sineeure,
and Mr.. Nathan, who oficiated yester-
H. hoH snrnral narrow ESCAPES.