Show SQUIRES S TO IS FAST FASTI FACT I AND HAS SCIENCE I Big Australian Favorably Fa Impresses Im mi- presses Critics Who Have I Watched Him Work I HAS HARD VICIOUS WALLOP Kangaroo Scrapper Will Vif li l Show low Ability In lii Battle Battlo With Burns July 4 41 It remains for ot or time the hl lug big light tight between ct Bill mil Squires of Australia lla and nd Tommy Tomm Burnt Burn at It San Francisco Fn to show the caliber call cali her ber of oC tIme tho I foreigner ncr but there seems to tobe tobe tobe be doubt th that t he lie will prove pro to hethe hethe he ho the hard hald nut that ha hiss has been predicted All 11 of the tho sporting writers who have S seen the lie big fellow out a agree rec that lint h he will mako his mark in iii this lila country Squires Is clover in a 0 clumsy sort ort of or WU way to they say and will either cither defeat t Burnor Burn or 01 Rive give him n a battle hattle that will b bo be wort worth traveling tr a n Rood good mUll many miles mlle to see sec lie has a punch hunch I that ha t Is a n corker has a arach roach reach even cn better than that o of I mons and looks ru rugged enough to take punishment here Is what hat Robert Hobert Ed Ld- Ld gren a n prominent t sporting write writer says sas of Squires after ho lie lidd n the big ll fellow working with Joe Joc Thomas ThomasIn In lii San Francisco I 1 found Joe Thomas at nt Squires's WI q tens cis OIS at nC San Saum Rafael this morning Joe Toc JoeSt St ItS UHS as looking for a 11 pia place co to train for foi his hla coming welterweight championship light fight with Twin Sullivan an quire Squires was Ju Just t U beginning work Yolk DrilL sweating from rom a run on the road didn't care lo to bo box w with him hEra In Iii fact the lie bl big I Australian Is havill having trouble in securing it a l sparring partner He lie knocked out Battling J on a l local cal heavyweight and Johnson went back to on hue I next train Joo Joe Kenne Kennedy Jeffs Jeff's old trainer train train- and decided to er en 1 looked Squires over O stick slick lo to o his job mixing drinks And nd none of ot tho ho other bi big fellows fellow's had time lime So Squires has been working alone 1 wanted to see ace him box Taking Joo Thomas aside abide I asked him if It he lie would mind putting on tho ho gloves glo with the big Mi fellows fellow Anything n to o oblige ll c. c said Mid Joe Jimmy Britt brou brought ht out O shoes an trunks Thomas stripped cd I asked Squires if he would spar with ThomasI Thomas I dont don't mind at nt all said Dill Bill but Im I'm not much of or a If It hell he'll fight n It bit It will suit me mc J JI I assured him that Thomas would like to fight a hIt bit S Time was called They went at it Thomas is pro probably abl the thc cleverest elc middle middle- in the country Just now 11 It t wouldn't h have hc c b fen cn s surprising if IC ho iio hat hap Squires's h head bad at ore oft nut But as s 's s thU mixed It J Joe Job o dropped d his hYs right over v r on Bills Bill's Ja Jaw jan Slid and lIlI the Australian t tore re rh th- with a nigh to the time heart a n. left letl feint to the tIme hod body a sudden left hook for fOl th th J law jaw W that Joes Joe's head and almost lifted him him from his feet reet Thomas with his ils smooth beautiful footwork danced In n and out feinted jabbed and punched awa away but bul Squires w was always set Ills seemingly clumsy clums footwork carried him swiftly In and out He lie W was II always alas willInG wiling will wili big InG ng to exchange blows blow and at in lighting lie he 10 was a wonder LOll Long Anns Squires has enormous enormously long like ape arms aims His Ills reach is greater than that of or Fitzsimmons He lie Is not like Fits III in acton ac action nc ac- ton tion but bul soni somehow how he has the Lie same sarno won won- accuracy Time and ag again ho he lund lund- d d cleanly on ori Thomas In the mixing and the clever er middleweight ht seemed unable to block or u avoid void tho the And there was isas a Jar In iii blows It h was pl plainly evident that ho lie did dill didlot not lot cut loose yet ct In tho the third round lie nearly knocked Job Jot down with a short left letL hook on the tho Jaw SquIres smilingly apologized apologised 1 but Joe smiled 1 too and went ton onI on I am of or the lie Impression that Thomas Thoma who lacks tho the curious conceit of or of the ordinary lighter did not tr try t to show V off ft for my benefit Ho lie Ic did just What I ask asked him to do do lie he drew Squires out fi Ho made made- Squires es show hl his points And Arid Squires certainly looks hooks like the thereal thereal real thing tIming A famous amous referee who W went nl to tho lie quarters with me mc said alter after the third round This fellow rellow is 11 tt l tighter lighter Hon Holl knock Burns out of or six rounds or Im I'm a poor POOL Judge Perhaps not Burns Durn is a great creat man of lila his Inches incites too But unless I am am mistaken mis isis taken this Australian will wilt bo bu the surprise of or the ito year ear He lie Is cold eold as ab Ice yet ct eager cager to Lu fight He lie Is 18 clever er in an wa way So was Ho lIo can hit hilt as ns hart hard hardas as ns the tho freckled wonder That means he can cun knock out any man ho lie lands on on- on barring tho tIm invulnerable Jeffries Just before boxing with Thomas Squires had gone gono through h 20 0 minutes of or rope skipping tig Immediately after the tho third hot round he lie Jumped for tho thu 0 punching punch punch- ing hug ba bug bag Ten lell minutes of or hammering and ho Ito wound that cx c up a a. full minute of or slugging that shook tho ho buildIng build build- Ing 1 asked Joe Thomas for his lila opinion o of Squires I rca lies the real thing timing salt Bald Joe Joo lie He has everything c a n lighter needs Ho lie I 1 Is fast and he hc can hit lilt hard 1 lies Hoa cool ool and tricky I know he is game You lou can cant cantell cantell t tell that by hy looking at nt him Burns Is Isa isit a it clever lough rous-h. rugged c 1 lighter lis but this Isis fellow will m make him travel The only question is how ho Squires can call take punishment punishment punish punish- ment merit if it is b n ii gruelling JI light ht I think from torn rom his looks a and ld the thea a way ivay ho Ito boxed th that t he lie can take talce as much as alJ anybody Hell He'll I light ht on oti a aggressive that's that's sure Squires worked c hard n a full hour without a n rest rost S Do you Ou always work like this so 50 long lOllS before a fight I asked him Why h I 1 ha haven't mt started stalled yet ct replied Squires soberly Ill work a lot hot harder harde the Ito las last t two weeks It is plain that Mr Squires intends to nako a sure Muro tiling thing of this Bursts Bums light fight He tic f la Is la In tooth and nail An Australian Aus Aus- tI i who Saw him hint in lii his native land called at the thc J el quarters Ill wa wager cr m my m earthly on un him hint if he lIghts fight Mr h Jeffries sal said the lie antipodean S Ill string with 1 11 t you O pard chipped h In lit i I Billy Shannon |