| Show GEORGE SILER ON Bill SQUIRES Veteran Who Picked Australian to Win Anxious to Give Him Another Chance BY GEORGE SILER The work of nearly three months un undone undone done In less than three minutes just about fits Bm Bill Squires In his fIght for the championship of the world with Tommy Burns at Colma Cal on Independence day In other words Squires trained nearly three months received three punches from a man who It was said was not gifted with a knockout punch and was lugged out ot of the ring the quickest defeated American champion aspirant In Inthe inthe the history ot of rules fighting To sa say Burns hurried victory came as asa asa a surprise would be putting It mildly He was the In the betting was the smaller man was considered a mayer maer lck Ick champion and was touted a sure loser In fact he was not given a look lookIn In For weeks the cry has been not who would win but how many rounds Burns would stay Of course we knew nothing of Bills qualifications but the western students of the game those who had seen him go through his training stunts and those who had assisted him himIn himin In hIs preparatory work never considered Tommy in the hunt Not Strong on Burns The fact f that Burns won a champion championship ship fight In the shortest time in the his history tor tory of the rules does not make It necessarily follow that he is time the greatest fIghter bar Jeffries that ever evershed evershed shed a bathrobe In a ring Neither can he be termed a lucky fighter who landed a luck lucky punch or two that won him the greatest honors in the th game He may mav fight Squires again tomorrow or a week hence and may not win but he turned the trick on Independence day without the assistance of what Is generally generali termed a fluke punch He cannot be credited with planning the blow that first sent the Australian wobbling along Queer street nor the two that followed which kept Squires on the unconscious thor thoroughfare thoroughfare long enough to be counted out as he was ignorant of the ways or of orthe the Antipodean Knew He Had Speed He knew which thousands of others did not he had speed and force enough In his right mawley If he could laud land It to make Bill wonder what had struck hm hIm He did not introduce that speedy speed and for forcible cible cibie right in an any of his previous fights but the man is studious and while the sporting world was reading or of the doings of the Australian Tomm Tommy was practicIng the punch and how to deliver it While so 80 doing dohig he also hotfooted from ten to fourteen miles every morning over the mountains at Harbin SprIngs and In a aletter aletter letter received several days das before the fight he stated he never was better in his life that he surely would win and that Squires would have to be a to defeat him The fact that he said he surely would win did not fluster me as that Is a stare stere of all fIghters as Squires will admit He was confident of winning but not ro co quickly quick Confidence Is a staple article with fighters but Tommy must have more than the regular allowance as he repeatedly signIfied lila his willingness to fight Jeffries and lie he really believes lie he can defeat him Victory Not Popular I doubt If Burns victory was gratifying to a certain class of fight followers who hoped for his defeat for the part he took In the Jack OBrien affair at Los Angeles last March Also because he Is not a na native native tive American his birthplace Han Hanover Hanover over Canada He is not responsible for his birthplace but Is for adopting this count country so he will have to be con considered an American The result or of the battle may be a st se stere yore ere blow to Squires and his manager Barne Barney Reynolds as the they behaved like gentlemen and true sportsmen since their arrival In this count country Bills defeat and the quickness of It ft will shock his ad admirers admirers at home GIve Him Another Chance The They thought him capable of defeating any man in America even Jim Jeffries and to be settled In less than one round by bv a man whom the they considered easy picking Is Ind Indeed ed sho shocking king Bills going down and out In the initial round leaves us liS in the dark regarding his fighting abilities During the short period he was before Tommy he was never given a chance to demonstrate his qualities So let us not jud judge e him harshly nor too quickly nor dub him a He was unfortunate to get In time the road of Burns right hand delivery and from which he never fully recovered There is no doubt he can fight else wh why should his hh backers toss In so much money him The They kno know the game from A to Z have seen all the good ones perform m in their country and surely would not go to the trouble and expense of sending over overa a Dill Bill may want to hike bike right back home but he appears such t a anice nice follow tellow we would like Ilke him to get et an another another other chance at some of our heavy 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