BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 122, 15 February 1908, Page 9

BOXING.

: (I3r Jlhucukv.) S. A message'from Eos' Angeles, Cal., January :1, says 'I 'can't fight; H-hat's ?j»ll .tlicro. ,is': to ..it," sadly remarked . big Bill; Squires ,afteri liis, fight, with' -vat>Bakersfieldy Cal.,-'onv tho\night :of ■,Dec,ember--20. ;,In the sixth, round of that-:, fast Heavy-weight 'fight Flynn landed a right uppercut: on tho' jaiv. of Bill Squires,.:and the ..Australian champion' f ell'to,tKei-mat,a .defeated; man .for the-Vthird- time '/on-"American 50i1.,: Tho . milling;, from the tap -on .the gong -to,tho. finish, ,-was .fast/and gruelling. ■ ,;Squires., was,' ,as game aisaye'r,Jiand.ibut;for, iliis papen.'jawi'.ho would .ig'imgfwcak'vSpbt, and so -'tlio ■ papers- -here ~ 'MVe-''suiVg'' his -requiem. As a-fighter "Boshte;: Bill'' Squires is ! do.wii'fand' but for'ever, as' fare's. 'America is- concerned." An ospert who travelled from •hero to Bakersficld , for the sole .purpose ■ of 'seeing .the -' Australian, said ' MterWardsi— V ''Squires-'made' his best'showing since his arrival ;,from. Australia..-..He:'displayed .unlimited: gameness and courago, taking,a hard beating, j and always cominir back for more. Ho landed-on',' Flynn-almost at' will,- but lacked-speed and,a-guard>for_ihe jaw. He covered up well-in the lighting, and made Flynn's stomach ,an ' 'easy mark', in'.- the 1 clinches. He fought with bulldog grit, and was doing business every minute of tile fight. His unprotected jaw, however, was Flynn's mark, and ;the American, landed on it several times. '•'

•' "Flynn hid'a 'decided-.- lead •.in^-'allthe rounds except the fourth, when the.Australian staggered him with a hard nght/to tlie ja\Vj.;ancl if' the had .had'.'the strength he might- havo /ended. the fightthero./ .But he iv'as .too. slow. Tho end/Came two rounds Squires Jia(i been:, forcedv.acr'oss the <mg!' : He was coming; 'out of ' a'clinch when?'a'hard'rightaippercut put -hiin-on; the mat.- Tho big. Australian sank; ;>vith" ' his back/to the victorious: fireman Colorado. ■ He\laid on 'his side 7 till , the/count of 'two;'.; aiiid ,tlien : slowly turned oil his stomach while'the refereo told off 10. It was'-fully throe oiv.foui-: minutes before he came 'to.". ■ (