El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-29
.WO welI-konwn AUSTRALIAN heavy

~ WO well-konwn Australian heslES
weights are making an effort
4 to come back-BilI Squires, who
was dubbed the ounce" when he came
over here to meet Tommy Burns for
the championship, and BIZ Lang, an
other aspirant, who wanted to annex
the heavyweight title
Squires' last battle Of any account
was in the fall Of 1909 when ne met
Bill Lang in MalbOurne and was pul
out in the final round OF a -U-rouuu
battle That took the fight out OF BIZ
for a time and he went to live on ms
station cor FARM IN New SOuIn w ales-
When Billy Papke and the american
boxers were over there in 1910 an Ell
fort was made to match Squires with
Paplze for the light heavyweight title
of that country, but Bill would not re
enter the rims, claiming that he could
not get into condition. The TACT was
that BIZ wanted a nice chunk OF money
for the chance against Papke, out
when the stadium offered to make
good he backed water Lang was also
out of the running at that time nav
ing hurt his hand. but last year he
took another chance. after having been
knocked out by sam McNey and fought
q 20-rOund battle with the changeaDle
Jim Barry. Bill lost the decision
While all the heavies were in Aus
tralia last winter getting the money
SQuires was taking life easy on his
farm and Lang was busy training other
fighters for matches Now they have
both signed up for five battles each
before the stadium management In sgd
ney and its is expected that they VIII
be sent against the English heavy
weights and also some rom America
who are expected to sail later on.
If the two Australian Bills can work
the comeback stunt then there is hope
for some of the Americans VINO have
appeared nasSe- Squires is in the thirty
rHH q O.
has touched the 80 mark, so IL is plain
they are not young ROSTERS Here IS
a chance for Peter Maher. Peter Court
ney. Jim Mccormick. steve ODOnnell
and a few others of the last decade
to set sail for kanEarOOland and grab
off a few matches with the comeback
vets. And IL might be well for Kid
Mccoy to make trip to the AntipOdes 4
and tackle the entire bunch, for il is
dollars to dOughnuts that the Kid. with
his 30 years hanging on his should B
ers, would walk through the lot with
ont trouble There is no need to in
clude Jim Jeffries in the lot as Jeff
has given the lie to the statement that
he intended TO make another attempt
to come back.
Efforts are being made to bring about +
a welterweiEht bout that viii settle
the worlds champion in that division
Snowy Baker, the Australian promo
ter. is doing his best to get Johnny
Ray Bronson, the claimant Of the
American title. together. and il looks I
as though they might be matched be- I
fore Summers completes his contract !
with the Sydney stadium
Regarding the matter Col Dyer OF I
London, writes as follows cit is stated I
here that the next opponent for Johnny I
Summers out in Australia viii be Ray I
Bronson. If this bout is fixed up it I
should go some way towards settling (
the veNed question Of the worlds well I
ter title Summers can easily make Z
142 pounds and If necessary, can do 4
140 pounds ringside, and slam with I
Bronson would be made at 14Z ring
side Bronson lost to Sid Burns here I
two years ago on an alleged foul, after I
breaking even all through to the 18th d
round He was far from being in good I
shape then and did not appear to me 4
to care whether he won or lost Burns I
has been sOundly beaten by Summers /
since then and is out of the title race /
having also been beaten by the new
star, Tom Mccormick. The latter is Z
q proposal to go out to .
Sydney. but / question if he will make /
the trip. He is desperately anxious I
for a title battle with Summers and /
IS looking for defeat on foreign shore
As the best of the challengers he is /
fully entitled to a chance at the Ions I
dale belt next season. when Summers I
VIII be home asain- Johnny has writ
ten home about his contest with Frank Q
E1catO, in which he says that Frank D
gave him a tough bout and he was far
from confident of victory until the /
finish came in the 18th round
ct have just learned, too. that Matt !
Wells has definitely made no his mind /
to journey out to Australia and has \
signed up for three contests under the /
of Snowy Baker of sgd
ney- One of these is certain to be with I
Hughie Michigan, who beat him on d
foul over here and subsequently lost I
TO Wells on points after 20 rounds Of :
furious fighting The next battle be-
tween the pair should pack the famous
a H en- n