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THE EVENING WCRLD, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907. ve. TORIES OF SPORTS OLD BY _ EXPERTS ‘ll SQUIRES AFIGHTER, gAYG ~ ROBERT EDGRE ‘Evening! World Representative the, First New York Expert to Inter- view the Australian Candidate for the Heavyweight Prize. BY ROBERT EDGREN,. AN FRANCISCO, June 8. — Bill) ~ BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK - Sauines iUP TO DATE, NEWSsy! |AND WELL WRITTEN “BILL” SQUIRES’ S piakpe FACE AS VIEWED BY ROBERT EDGREN SOME OF HIS STUNTS FoR DEVELOPING THE PUNCH . “PAADE tT Squires, of Australia, is a genu-| NERY HOT Fo 3 His Tw : Ls Whatever else may happen at Col- : ¥ / QUARTERS - ma on the Fourth of July, Squires o* on & fh will show that he is a fighting man. | He will “make good,” win or lose. inte ea I, And unless I am mistaken no one WwW mM’ WwW R will refer to.che-teinon grove when Even if McGraw’s Team Takes| | 2 GRA DIRECTS the championship fight with Tommy Be reas ‘ E oO ") Cc Burns in over. | To-Day’s Game, Series HIS TEAM FROM BENCH. I have just returned from a visit to Sysiree Hamt. nod vt or eit ee Goes to the Cubs ERY, are some of MeGraw's ideas on directing his club from the Vench ; is a oe never oritich dayer for maxing an error of comsuission, Squires’s training camp. | Nevada Fight Po Promoter Says} Lewis Fights Sullivan Te-Night Summers's Trainer to Box Bgoad — | is of the hand apd not tne head Billy Shannon answered the ‘phone | , have en op-| AN Wicks. the Mnation Cichter and » 2 y merry He never criticises a batter for fniling to make o hit where tt te early in the morning. Yes, Squires| Mike Is the Coming Cham- 7 Leta: see oe cena’ emetewery ta BY BOZEMAN BULGER. vate ‘ ever Quaker City st) tm action a io try Special to T! ening World.) ’ s Z ‘would put in a day's wor. Yes, ne pion of ’Em of All. Lentp te, to. mon Te mane ciaver| ate pore ale a tet When batters are changed in an extrema effort to make a hl he accepts would go out on (he road—in a few ~ 6 seuss And hard-n‘iting = UZ sécond Important series of the [| t@ entire responsibility In case of failure. —_ fee @ a etek cumitis nd ‘ McGraw figures baseball according to percentage, and the players are minutes. After luach he would rest : : snoula be en tatereetinn 3 Daweball meason bas gone to Chi 1 cowed upon as just so many numerical chances. He does not consider awhile, and at 8 o'clock would work BY JOHN POLLOCK. ave no trouble in outpointing his | the near future. Pa ete there is no relief. Even T ingm as individuals. They are, to. him, futegral parts of a machine, and tn with the gloves. Here the ‘phone| Tex Rickard, the fight promoter of] Langford Sorry He Went to England] Big Boxing Club Slated for Brooklyn. iveag sae ogg im ide to-day * same | ase of success or defeat one ts looked upon with no more favor or disfavor j jangied and Shannon's voice taded | 24. Nev. who gnve fistiana a big] fam Langford. the colored fenter of Bo earn oi tae pit ues femain the prop-| Fiian the other , boost in this country by having Joe] ton. who knocked out Tiger Smith and Jef | weekivn, tote have | A big feetion: erty of the as rain cut off any “ er is ever biamed for maxing an error, he would be © 1 While no play away. But that was all I cated to ‘Thorne, the Busi fighters. in bouts in| OP® !s being at presem by ®/ chance of the Easterners capturing the , Gans and Battling Nelson engage in «| ™ u er ach ber ng sno bores | china galas \et-the for sohedu skinned alive with caustle words for committing an act of stupidity, no ‘able to go out and run well on the road. But at 3 o'clock Squires would | ¥#* the largest sum of money angtord writes he received no money | sage once = week. It le learned that the | piong of the East and those of the No matter how fast a player may be baturally he cannot remain a Giant § 5 battled for by any pugtlists in the -$ yp ictores_ as they | Ciermont Avenue “Rink has besn- engage. | *' ze re 3 ft he ts found to have @ stupid brain. or, as it is technically called, a “bone 1 wanted to see him with gloves on. I wanted to learn whether or GER ais thses “ddd Shh Gudennedn Rg Ag: AE Yo SI Sy, the proce of the, piu, and at West the Cubs have won on pointe-as |! 4 be a ounceme 2 many ver, manager ‘ommmy erpay. 3 yead he knew anythingvat all about the game—whether be was a monkey-|inat te will back Mike Schreck, the} 2) seine etraea™ Ot howe Bnd Cahtt eer rae eee ree = Ost tassalee part of baseball te luck. That ts McGraw ' Sinctnnati hi el res Pug y ao - bh : Ing boxer of the O'Brien school, a real fighter, @ clever, foxy Fite | einer ot the. Tommy Hurns-bit| Coffroth Has Probably Got to Britt| arteli and Nell to Ba Matched. | TAt assertion applies to the run-get- | ons, another rough Sharkey or « plain lemon. Squires battle i 4 wae es F10,%0, ror Eales of Jimmy Britt to Lary hie ‘aiiels and Guaskic Moti may @eat| {eh labo as the viiiee ier a ced. He sla therefore cool and calcu qame playea Rae Wedneeray. ta ak 0: nteed | forfeit of $2.500 for bis twenty-round t . S| stance, on four occasions a hit woul ng and always has success. While | “contest raw says the nis were FAMOUS QUARTERS OF FIGHTING MEN. puree ef $5008 Lor: the men to conteni| with Battiin~ Nelaon tn San Francisco on} 26% ney 6re * pine pond peta Bave won tat lost game with the Cubs he is not lamenting the hae of the eer, | trimmed good and clean and thoy never eat on ne might of July Nt . ~ ) Grounds, same a ‘® patural of | (ad a look-in. In all the other, ENTY mifutes Inter, standing on the deck of the forry-boat TY-! ‘fuouans ied Senrech pes im pin | ly Ttas °C iul @ loka an ie Fim Cat | estat Satin Mui at haan | plies! Se. lout here on ‘Thursday, | sere’ be chowed. we last might: where | ‘tiers were muinetous Instances weete a, two fights aga aad Mar-| uritt end 14 ke ° - ot a cou et a alt at the Usa “. have onl: one game | hit Would have bagged the game. buron, I watched the dull, dusty ruins of San Francisco drifting back | {*° [2 0/" S83\)"! 2° Psd j ree Pay Hg at Loe Angees They will flant before we ‘so be On te ee, eee, ee ony oe ene ee sakh ton bane a He op “Mt club offering the jarwest puree. this season ey up yo ope and into the hazy distance. Five or six miles across San Francisco Bay, “fie Mail be * ro ne at te wine. SF aor Ee bat i| Nolan's Bluff Did Not Go Through ne Cuts were able t wit| change to win. That was Dien Accom: Sblbchand Ul be presen y . 5 | by a chilly breeze, brought me to Sausalito. Train for half an hour Present Af the Barna- and’ Nelson woud’ hurt his show the chances Billy Nclan, manager of Battling Neisoa, | SM AA Vock eect hice I Ne may ot » ua bet ew ws through picturesque valleys and I found myself at a little station | ~ | ees wired to the Dane to start for Sen | cleanly in cliher case there was ho op- | the outskirts of San Rafacl. Two blocks away was Shannon's road: | Franciaso ae once, as he bas toatched bien POFUHIiy for s real kick’ or a baseball famous quarterr of fighting men, There Squires and Britt are| Qmdt Jimmy Britt for twenty rounds. | ie ilanta acd that 4 ” the cd that at New York, was. into trim. has probably given up hope ef | a clean-cut victor a rom | | It was hot. Whew! It certainly was hot! Coming from the cag! feinfated dat" SimanyCogtrosh aud Jimmy | Ae MAF, NOW, looking at it that wer trade winds of "Frisco Bay into Shannon's place was like stepping from A Bris att owes from ‘te fick eckded, the Cube would still heve| seidtinat messes, ut ia a te Tor Nie _ ‘Wefrigerator into an oven. Jt was a little, deep valley, shut ia.on all sides | Arrangements forty-first an- nounces that the \thirty-third anneal closed be would’ never. tet = i= | an edge onthe former word's cham HERE 1s more trouble at hand for | fery}oms: but that he expected to land a" By rolling hills. The sun teat down into it, and not a breath of air | 2A! remstia of the atte Yacht | aon the, Hudeon River. | Brit eget thal mooey pions. "In the two games played here HERE 1s more trouble at hand for | fori [pcos of the maior Venue tenn fa . The sandy soil underfoot threw the heat up Into my face like a|t? be sullxd on the lower bay Thomas and Sullivan May Box June 25. wes absolutely nothing to Interfere with ers for the next few days. Hughey pi5 t from a furnace. If a fighter wants to take off weight this place, with | Tees» starting an tes play. There are no excuses to 5 President Pulliam. who stopped at Pittsburg dry, hot air, is the {deal spot for his training. polat being off the pretty piagelbe wen, rene. es |Jennings’s fast collection of ball fends | on his way around the Western cities, would As | looked around for Shannon's roadhouse along came a stocky man Se» Gate. save bren made 7 for the purpose of open- ace ot ee Tan Goren ©" Gabe al the oe ee ae wet is eee Shoal the Nnverferonce a’ Siainteidt "htc fm dusty clothes and a broad brimmed felt hat, striding down tho street, |!*r bent THC-Diy regatea Ine up the boxing game again In that city, |Polo Grounds. In fact, the rowdyiam |sPowins in the American League rece | cost’ oe dete co Ha an instant I knew him for Bill Squires. I hailed him. The Aus. |** ne of the most Importan: | With favorable weather conditions to-day. sim: Sank, they eve Goon, promions | At beam, places wae lareuly imaginary. | ‘aie Zeer, are acheduied to play Gr eer y would give it dus come fan fighter stopped and extended a fist like a bam. “I have just coms |! er bg isrop Bi sown: raeacta of toe na "doe Themes ued | load in’ Mia reine and mead conte ee | te ee ee | omy areal RET et oer from New York to see you,” I said. auieh er Lance cat for the 60 per cent: of the !jungs and there is bound to be & nots BGR piNy ne 8 te ARMIES AcRsRe muee ; Rfid Tne re sot deg oky ih, W433. TEL noise ip what some De pa grounds to-day. This will be the first | Frank Chance, Jimmy Slagle, SAW SQUIRES WORK IN GYMNASIUM. of races ® - bis , Hoops, ad rowdyism, but as a matter of faot the | appearance of the Detrotta here this | 4 Jimmy Bcheckard are hare at? ae i MM, es wail rewult, ty je festue wii be the baseball fan is the most harmless form | y ; > QAQUIRES looked interested. But he wasn't at all surprised, He te be- | raters recontly tans he heae Bee McKeever Starts Training. of Insanity, The baseball bug never ary mer ge Eee al | \ecatrah, re matte " atention to atte. wi x Dre to t han ab oy did against Lajoie's-crowd to break | low pret ot gd 4 ; “Come tc the gymnasium,” he sald. “In a little while I shall|tered the sal: tn these parte. for he haa st ingining| But coming back to the Cubs and |even on the series. twelve. Hyver third with eleven. and Bheck- . ‘nellus , | ac Brown's gym Keever, ‘if he It beging to look very ‘also |" Por a time yesterday !t looked as ig] *M™ fourth with ten” Degin 01 work. pollu it be wots rire: will iva the beet of them a hard unless Mme. Luck throws inline Highlanders would break thelr Del Mai Reda’ pitcher, be beskihe © Squires talks like an Australian. He doesn’t mutilate the English | bos | is "Tooking afr bin Mthrents, an lta with the next smile |ing streak by taking the game from the : yoo Moe ‘. : start fr Aucust Olsen hea eold the launch Elen | feedy to maton him aaainat C o Giants. Lack of the | Napns With one run againet them the Janguage like a Cockney Wook na to ty dohn B."ialth, Of the Hudson diver | 7s, Rodt 7 MoGerry orl has put them In the seo-| Grittitnites cut loose in the third and “tas Nae . In the training house, which was a cool, airy place, was Jimmy Britt, | § Rigers Jimmy Handler Knocked Out Again. Unless the Cubs slso contract @ case | aanered se veh eee ere eer we | Jim gave me that of, California glad hand. Jim also handed out a little | ern and JA {Racing Aan ey Handler, the midte-welght: of) Mine TO Or tears te ine teams ct |ef.Hoftman's free pass and Willle| | The Mt. Loule Americans are maid to have” \\* . 2 , | be ml give Newark, wh bis “usetuiress | going {0 be tears in the lamps of | {leciere pretty drive to. left centre for |® stfing attached to Outtielder Jack Thoney, Gharacteristic “California bull The regatts bas 1 Ses non: The ants can’ draw swords and | {No OR6® Which scored Kielnow and |the Ft. Thomas boy. who iy playing wits “Billy told me some one had called up from the New York World,” met, Coarey dy 4|fcht on even terms when ability Is the acti eee held thelr toad unui | int, tke® fend ana link few bases ‘Bald James, “and | thought you had run a telephone wire across the con-| | on doaen branacatie aus nobady oan tackle a hidden jong "Seventh inning, when the balloon | [Hnent. ‘here's no telling what you'll do next.” 7 ¢ ° nats | Mer ren baseball on the law | Went up. Williams fumbled Fuck’s| On their jena trip away from home, which Squires without another word stripped for action. And this man ot ne anie in : : " je 00 ag’ tine, of pe * he does the » horse | Grek’ then yy re be eae Ao anee, gnded several the, Chicame Cuby | Bauires merits « description ndded specia aro to catch Fick on Bradley's bunt, allow. | these def fed ub 'by "the Reds, They have said that he is a Sharkey, but he isn't. He {s taller than! * ing Flick to tally and Bradley to reach — Tom, broader across the shoulders than Tom, muscular as Tom—and stiil|..7>* i second on the error Stovall ance foes Fielder Jones. manager of the Chieawe, entirely unlike him APs: ipayoepeoy sys tn Baa ‘the world a When Sharkey came ashore here from the Philadelphia he couldn't “s visible. fr aa Pa ay: AA corel tise a de gee eR TT Ply in Pat retentiy"threm a baseball 1179 ' talk. He could say yes and wo—that was all. He was “thick” e Fee mie ult teqine from the New Zork. and | ests’ as chow shaadi Hoffman. th - aul. ‘ aes i aes Mone attenda ors, with 8 rivh-American clubs, as weil as from | slie' relay’ tess far clube and eotiege, | man's long fly, letting Lajole and C k | Jack Harper, the Chicago National pitcher, Gquires talks Mitle more than Sharkey. But he isn't “thick.” . He's| dinner and evening festivttton ‘all the emuller athletic organizations teame of ‘four mano, runifi | scote-an. the error. | The ighlanders cm wd oj down after cr trial, @ulet, keenly observant, always watching. He is quiet with the curious ER iat a a enone | 2 the Metropolitan Assowlation, abe ex MCs on. cae not help matters along. or Gabe wg od @uletness of a cat, which lies with half-closed eyes, and then leaps into| «i= fee, Hudson Wiver ¥ ry ected to enter in Che Wig spring meet A ae vend run ard Tan, ®9-| ys stccuire. whp wean velesaed by the| Ptr it if pour condition jen action. He has a strong, clean-cut face, intelligent and foreeful — t Ba tio "rom J Of the Pastime A; 0. 09 the sxainds | yard iim. saemule f eat Binnsare FereranY. WOO GUMMY engages | 20ek Kalaht bas aet'te on or Mack Squires ts as muscular as Sharkey, but In @ different way. Sharkey’s| yas thronen had az he bos [ey Agia boxer 1 don't think much of] at Minetioth strest and the Kast niv- | anne tend tame. reneine Mes tune. | Ulslentin resierlay, Te aay meee | ae tail an to Beene ter te seen Wich jes stood out in huge ridges. The Australian's Hie to long, wirelike away again with i> a rope. Th mn A a he knows far ime ut | Saturday afternoon, June ‘This | sixteen-pound # throwing disous, 120-yard | League team. to replace Bob Unelaub | the hope of making « iret tard base 4, His shovlders mre tremendously wide—so wido (hat when he * \ | barge He blocks Slevetit j 1g) Ma open meet, and judging from ine his," for betgn eee io the, etd faa, the ag made by Sock “ie ogame & blow over the loose shoulder swings forward and the deltoid | 2Y"",°% Awkward on his feet tise | number of entries already made tt will Sony. a0 he bas hed over wnety os opbie decided to rises in a rounded mound six inches in front of his chin. He {s|s04 w ks bite shorter wid With | ne one of the largest ever given by thia ¢| perience In the game, and besides 's wii ¥ broad that he looks short—and he stands & feet 10% Inches in bis|, Pritt was Chrough wt: its tan. the mowpale say club perience In the me, GAS Wesines fo well ms. Hin great shoulders give him a great reach, and his gorilla-|\®*.°! ~ . ree ien't ano ‘ ita’ ede a 1 ne pr | 6 Kitson soaked big Lajote on the Pee ay ie - . and en at the ¢ on The prises are of unusual value, the a he ae | arms hang so far down at his sides when he ts standing erect that his | t: Thay bowen tn non Pri ping pcs yy ide ney yee DEN ' In the first Maing with O0e of hia inshoats, BROOKLYN JOCKEY C CLUB. if tips touch his knees. I measured Squires's reach. It is 7644 Squires Went After Britt 4 medal, and the rs of sold ae Temradien, one {Slin*wisleh ‘inate’ the twitler very pale OX RACRs DrDAT. half an inch longer than (bat of Bob Fitzsimmone—and Fitz ts two seg 2 ver and bronge. Info p and en-| Stara In Roller Race Treine leave bast sth at. N. X.. vie Le y mt Auntralian's awkward leg wand Rwonee. Saigtmalion and on Flick ts certainly hitting the bail ‘ are Ray ag a he taller FF wees wit sion vantage cry bianks, are turnigies by Janes 3 | omy of tne tarpeat nd fastest flelds ever ae Si i ne BQUIRES A WELL-BUILT ATHLETE, | font tae An ane eet, ne alee OY i. Bpltzer, Pes” | roller-ekating champlonshipe to be decided Latey's men ey ‘ ¢im for Jimmy's cie a ant alae ine A. C., Ninetigth street and Ave i Nig RFit i ole on iputes, om 31. QUIRES'S arms are wiry. Hix bands are big and solid. His legs are|\ ss wenees aig eA. Now York 1.05 the Madlann Saar Garten Dink Webete: | Hae tee euamet t veer tae the, bah fron wath, “Tiirook len Q L ‘ ns aise tl ‘ | day might. The distances will be 220 yarde |{ing honote af the American’ feagus. "Nia | inte and trom’ the ti in good proportion and as musculyr as any athlete's, He cap run| with pet » halt ng in the Bothner vé, Pardello | ana one mile) Over thirty entries have bean | #0! three sale ¥ Si, Berry every minutes all day long. | ket “ style, & e+ went at mH at a Time: treme George Tithner, the Meiimeignt etiam: | Had ur tothe present time, sore Unless the Ht brace >is 0 ‘ Pr - es sateen hae aaeeat nin hana the wor pion. aad Lee Pordelia, Wor latte M6 TMi tne gis, Mg WUE! | any and beat the Detrelte, Manager Drittith GHUTIC PARK At 2.20 Squires began work. First he skipped the rope. That is bis| gaqvires's jaw. « have mom of the Worked an Hour Without Rest weight, will try conclusions ‘'en the mat pL aR Ml rca Ty rere ye le to atv & severe lecture 9 Football ite exercise. There were no very fancy skips. He just danced stead-| blows stopped red and " oe ah the Mar Thestee! Mecmkire ny The liat include eam nas owt tout in On bis toes, swishing the rope around with a rhythmic motion, He |*®* YPPrree Squires 4 ba egg ec hae agreed to tong hie opponent Gasp scrote es Ae eats Ag light as & bunch of springs, While he was skipping away I firet| ‘un, Mm, blow for plow. OF cows?! muitos bad @ rab dows dre eeralght Latte wit none oy Gxt’ tie oper ime. YOURSELVES QUICKLY catlike quality of his mind. He had been skipping steadil. : BEE ie A Bal ies Fe p Afters The | somtant — Gfer many winutos, without the slightest variation. Watching closely, 1 |@tlfee Just 18 Jim 16. But that wid foes aonvinewd nt Jack Meowtoy, mbe sen wnenned ty Set ROBANDALEY, y pot mavier, Neither wee trying for " | Brookive Club « few days exo. wee # apecta ct v1 to notice that without turning his head he took swift glance|tnockout” The eurplong ting wan | ieee onaule by CAPSULES ou ne rpr ies 7 aa | sion oe Was pe | r oe apenas, Ne sredvady avet hesk & yard or #0; PUGH | hat the awkward Aue rasan landed al a bg “romething romult. Jon = aie Danity ure ta 6 = o tow rafters. uddenly | most frequently as Britt. Jom Copied to Rrat ty vii - Jimmy | lens high ud swished the rope around two or three times before hed him on <he Nowe, and b * , the floor again. The quick glance had shown him the gap, and |‘... , AMEMICAN LEAGUE, | : Jim could draw away Squires 4 and ight on with the regular step until he was under it Be ca A ent him Bob’ Secretary Burnhem. of the New York Fb Y &| him on the Jaw with « left hook eat| /#nl hin ¢ 1 " kee chica rs chareoierietic of bis Ang ine hey ‘are looking (or & food tough | A viates that entries are siteady com ae ig mY bast nye ’ beg | threw te head back to the shoulder | Ne “vain. ‘tite ecitte | ine tn, tos podincrn r ace fl oath ony cee ‘ghown (Sante st pelt ‘one ns Ey Teo leg get figuras in- the he Art ane, br ile ait quit a i peg ge Ree pyr boy ony pvr Per baits pata 4 Wath a Be be HY 1 nin. ae n in | being besten tow oulp in the Srat (rain feadhasis L YRSTERD. | tates ‘o ses, Doty, and again Aquives shopped jag boul. Bauirws dosen't box « RES eee tid Pl toe J ee ve | iow chat sont Jim singeetng. | rise Kennedy doitied the Jolla saan, sectag, 8.008, Me-Amert Cleveland. 0: Mom, York, 4 Witebare. Sige iran Cincinnatl P Mote of =, em uirws komt ms clone as be could rit wont wu h him etna an’ NY, Armertaane va. Deiveit-?, aud Mt. Leule eames post * | aii bey punched eneppily, and landed his blows | mare Britt. wanie Oy on - at . + Fone 1 boned. Hale ows | nett with Neisow Joo Thomas iv @o potladadeiesseawnsersitis = WH «© Jarniig effort Chalwromiand well : > sans SCHEDULED poe © TO-DA A weed herve, kind aad wemtie and he same lene speedy, Ae aeimativaey he + Bad Mend “Horse and to jolo him. tut Th wise de fot-win he oe uke do if ne he wanted | light. eee ee ei