BILL SQUIRES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2185, 14 September 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

BILL SQUIRES.

THE YANKEE “POET” GETS HIS WORK IN. Here is a sample of the Yankee poet's handiwork, following upon Bill Squires’s defeat: “THE BLOOMIN’ KANGAROO.” (By. W. 0. McGeehan.) (Before.) “ ’E’s a rugged sort of beggar, Hand ’e as a wallop, too, Hand ’e’s blawsted good at boxing,” Said the blooming Kangaroo. “ ’E’s a bucketful of ginger, With a cannon cracker bang, Hand ’e’s always dancing tit you Like a blasted boomerang. “ ’E’s a ’itter, ’e’s a wonder, Hand you ought to see ’im duck, BJy’me, I feel blawsted sorroy For your blawsted Kanuck. Hi will wager hall my money Hand my blawsted wardrobe, too; Hi will wager you the islands,” Said the bloomin’ Kangaroo. (After.) “Ho, I say there, what’s the matter? Can my blawsted heyes see true?. Oo was that shot the beggar?” Asked the bloomin’ Kangaroo. “ ’E ain’t out. ’e’s only kidding ’E got kicked by some big mule; ’lt ’im, Bill, you blawsted bushman, Ho, get up, you bloomin’ fool. “Ho, I say there, Bill, old chappie, •Don’t lie down too blawsted dong; Lift your ’ands and kill the beggar.■ Blawst imy eyes, there goes the gong. Hit’s a long way to the island, But the seas are smooth and blue, So I’m swimming to Australia,” iSaid the bloomin’ Kangaroo. SQUIRES MATCHED AGAIN. WILL MEET JACK (“TWIN”) SULLIVAN. The following telegram was received in Sydney from Melbourne on “September 3: “Squires lias accepted Wren’s advice to try to get a mutch with some other boxer, for yesterday he cabled: ‘•Matched against Jack Sullivan, Sept. 28, at Oolma.’ Squires’, prospective opponent is known as ‘Twin’ Sullivan, and he must be a fair class of boxer, as he fought Burns a 20rounds’ draw, and afterwards beat the same boxer on points in a match which lasted 20 rounds. This was in 1905, and Burns was probably not as gcod then as he has since proved himself to be. Sullivan is a middleweight, and one of his latest fights was in America against the English boxer, Palmer, whom lie defeated.” Jack Sullivan is one of twin fighting brothers, the other being Mike of that ilk, and both have fine records. Jack Sullivan made pretty short work of Palmer, the ex-cham-pion of England, whom Mike Williams heat once in South Africa, and who lias a notch against Williams, gained through a foul. Jack Sullivan certainly was a middle-weight, but is such no longer. All his later battles have been with heavy-weights. He was fighting round about Dawson City, Klondyke, last year, and there defeated those big fellows, Billy Bates and Nick Burley. If Bill Squires gets away with Jack Sullivan. he can claim recognition from all’. America's heavy-weights bur the absolute champion. The fixing-up of the match is certainly a good move,, which it is hoped will serve the purpose in view, viz.., the placing of “our Bill” among the top-rungers-again, and better seasoned for what he may be called upon to do.

NOTES. Meeghan (writes “Amateur” in the Sydney Referee) wond appear to have given Charlie Griffin a severe knock in Melbourne last week, hut I don’t think it was so much Meeglian as that terrible time the plucky young New Zealander experienced at tho hands of Frank Thorn a month or two hack, when Charlie, it will be: remembered, suffered greatly for some days subsequent to the battle lie has not recovered from the punishment dealt out to him then, and’ may never do so. A bulldog will co ne and come again until he gets severe gruelling, and then lie’} “scratch” no more. The “bulldogr" in man is something similar.