BURNS AGAIN BEATS SQUIRES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 57

BURNS AGAIN BEATS SQUIRES.

A GREAT FIGHT FOR -THE CHAMPIOSTSHIP.

SYDNEY, August 24. _ Fight was the topic to-day. It overshadowed the Great White Armada andthe great review of naval and military £^% T ¥ Stadium, a huge structure erected specially for the occasion at Rush18,000 people, presented a remarkable; scene. It was constructed m the form of ofrv Ih to their utmost dapa- ?£ * T?- * ,' 1 m terraces round the fighting platform, were peopled by an excxted auJience Trains came filled with Newcastle people, miners predominatingUMne .to see our townsman Squires face the invincible Tommy," -reating the impression that Goalopolis mxxst be I SesextSj and the Stadium was bathed in sunlight rt. i^. W ° n choice of Positions • In the first round. Squires shaped very fairly , He frequently went for BW 8 head, butT that portion of ..the American's anatoW seemed th 0 least vulnerable. ThT IX clinched frequently, and three times i»~ rapzd succession the referee had to sepa- * rate them. Squires was leading most. H<* times, whilst Burns was making principally for his opponent's body. SquireS «a*no£ ftfi y r^ b< L St Of tfae roun<i > landing Burns solidly three times on the ribs - *t 1- j second round Squires again' started attacking with straight lefte ro the head. Then Buots got m? * r if ht ,- on *° Squirea'e ribs! J.ne Australian responded by drawing b!ood -troin the American's nose. Squires wenfc a LiT 18 OPP 0 " 1^ willingly, and had altogether the best of it. Burns brought hia footwork into play, but even tihen Squires continued to fcae P blows off and be tihe , aggressor. In the third round the mea were atf clinches early. Squires got one in that sent Burns's head back with a click. Burns, however, displayed extreme cleverness in) dodging blows. He olinched and 1 landed bmnres a heavy right upper-cut to thet" ! otun. Squires, however, got in several .neavy fc«ad blows. -In in-fighting Burns" was much the better man. As tihe .round! o'osed Squires drew blood from the Ame« rican s mouth. In the fourth round Burns we-nt to closel quarters and gave the Australian a very, bad' time, bringing blood from his nose and! moufch. The men. were now fighting at a terrific pace. " In a couple of brisk "mixups Squires got a left on to his oppo, nent* ribs and a right on to his jaw, staggering him. Both men were displaying trouble on their faces, but Squire* | appeared to be the fresher of the two. In the fifth round, spurred by success',., the Australian went in and got a left onf to Burns's jaw. But, despite punishment ,j the American kept right up to his man* Squires dodged round the ring with "iia opponent after him, the latfcer doing thet attacking. As the round closed Squire!*, landed a heavy right on to Buxns's jaw, and the crowd became delirious with delight. . j By the sixth round both men hadf I weakened. Squires had some narrow,escapes from being knocked out. Ho gofi several blows on to Burns's neck, but thei champion was fighting with more success, though both men wore belting- freely.- ! In the seventh round Squires had Burns dodg-ing around the arena. They then* clinched, Squires getting a blow in which* rattled Burns, who was having a rather, bad time. But Burns displayed grea.il capacity for receiving punishment. The; round ended ir> Squires's favour. ■ In the eighth round Burns received Si terrific blow in the face. Squires was having more success in the clinches. In the ninth round Squires was aggressive. Then, sud-denly, Burns hooked his left tothis opponent's chest, and, getting to close quarters, pummelled him viciously. Burns hooked his left on to Squires'e jaw and followed with a right on to the chin. The fighting was terrific, and the referee had) all his work cut out to get the men apart.In the clinches Burns demonstrated 1 hie superiority, and punished Squires's body, •the latter'e ribs showing up scarlet from» the heavy punching. Despite th-e fact fhafc Burne was bleeding from several points on the face, he seemed to regain hi« strength, and foug-ht strongly. In the tenth round Squires fetched Bum* a powerful blow on the side of the hca<f,. t>xit "Exxrrts oompelle<l Squires to br-&al£ - ground, and landed him a terrific swing that 6ent the Australian back a few feet.' Then Burns attacked Squires's body with* frreat vigour, and had him in sore straits. Squir-G^'s left eye wa3 blackened. Ths« Australian sent in a dozen fast blows whicH somewhat dazed Burns, but Squires could? not shift him off hie feet. In the eleventh round Squirte got in thiee staggering blows on the neck, an<i lm chances seemed better. la the twelfth xoiind Squirefe'e blovva io3t

ijjrce, but in in-fighting Bio Australian evened matters a hit. ' The thirteenth rount! opened quietly. Then Burns livened, matters by drawing Wood from Squires's cheek, and in a rally the American laaided the Australian right on the ofiin, and Squires ■went down to a sitting posture and remained' there for nine seconds. He could have not up, but availed himself of the rules. On his feet again he rushed after Burns »nd punched 'him hard, on the cheek. Burns replied with his right, and Squires went down for eight seconds. Burns now had him at his , mercy. He etruck him heavily on the ] cheek, and brought his right hard on to fhe Australian's neck, and before Squires ifaad time to fall his left got him on the side of the eye. . Squires sank and failed to rise again. He ultimately made an effort to get up. but was counted out. As he rose th^ Superintendent of Police stopped £he-> proceedings. The Sydney Morning Herald- -says: — " The issue leaves -no doubt as to the reBpective merits of the two men. Barring i accidents, Squires .would be beaten by j Burns every day in the week, and that in j spite of the fact that the. Australian pre- j Tailed during nearly the whole of , yester- : day's fight and at every stage was an un- ! doubted winner on points. The difference j -between the two men 'ie 1 -that Squires is a pugilist who has developed '.powers cf a, high degree, but still he Is only- a pugilist, j Burns is a scientist who' has applied his brain to solving the problem of the knock- ; jut. Added' to his scientific precision of i lx>xing is his capacity for taking punish- j ment, which is almost superhuman. It may ; be posible to Hurt Burns with a battleaxe. j but most of those who witnessed the performanoe will be inclined to doubt it. Burns states that it was one of the hardest fights of his life. Squires is one of the gamest and strongest fighters he {has ever met. He could beat most of 'the heavy-weights in the world. ' Squires, who was not much distressed by his punishment, said: "What I want is two or three more fights, and then, it 1 don't win, my name's not Bill Squiree. It is stated that the taicings at the gate amounted to £13,400.- ______