LANG DEFEATS SQUIRES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 5

LANG DEFEATS SQUIRES.

IN SEVENTEENTH ROUND. (d¥ T2LEGHAPU—rfiESS ASSnCIATIO:;—COrYItIGny,)' Sydney, February 4. s The 1 boxing match,} between ; ' Squires and Lang,- 1 for the.. heavyweight'-championship - of Australia, .'respited in : .the - defeat of. Squires in the ioventeanth round. • : : • > . AUSTRALIA'S BEATEN PUGILISTS. : Bili i Squires" ing : heavy-weights, had hot .met;before. Squires went world-touring, and Lang 'acquired the' title. ;of "resident . champion , of,-,- Australia, ■ so,* "on ■Squires s reiurn. the two-had to meet sooner or later to settle tlie ownership of' the Australian championship',. Lang; bad- am excellent •"Aus--tralian record until, he met, .and :was defeated" .by, Johnson,.the present-world •iuhampionvdur-' ing Johnson s first, visit • toVAustralia':*! TMiiV ' Squires, while .abroad, - was .twice;d<?feated>by ; •Burns. The the. occasion of two. more defedti\for<Sq'hit6s' (inj thirteen rounds) and .Lang (in "six,.rounds); -so iSquires and Lang' nowvrmet' on''v'ery :^eyeh; terms ;to ;; recotds..: ; •-It is. true that ' Lang ' was Iraocked -.-Out- 'by. •.Burns.. quicker, than. .Squires wasj r but rLahg: l.at- least floored: the .Canadian bnee,'^ ably surprising the exrchanipionV VSquires,%ho was a witness, of - the Burns-Lang-'fight, • thereupon expressed regret that he- wasn't in. Lang's place wjth what he f'that Lang (said Squires) .should'have * inasmuch' more through the opportunity; and gonemighty" 'close 'to .winning; but;-he.;wa^^not'iih-;it^at' • an 7 time/f-: And now. critio;and-criticised-'havo ' ■ met, with the resMU.'stated•ab6T«?-^^^'••• ,^ • " According to. recent advises , from Sydney' iSqtiires was,at- thdfc time -favourite; however,. was. more impressed' with Lang;- After his: fight with;-Lang, Burns' s'aidi.^Nq,Jlididn'ttai<e him cheapa (••bit.- . -He's-.a "good gam© fighter; who only, '.needs' experience to . do'" a lot' ;better. - That knock-down punch was"the biggest surprise l of my: career.'-and -the firs"t'ever '• scored ™ mo.;.Tes, Squires and- Lang'-will-mit-•J® * great fiuht if they. meet, and. .'tip.tne.iwinner with any confidence'."'-' 1 ' " "„> Tang*' (really Xantrfranolii)' is the''fine 'strati-' ping-son. of a Swiss father'and an Irish mother ; ; and. saw lieht first .at Carlton, Victoria - 27years aeo. .He hammered away "nt a'Melbourne'• blacksmiths anvil in .his-davs of:budding msin'-' 'ft???; P** wnt': '.'JooViii?'. for- opals. <at- , WhiteirbfTs, ririit'-baok. of 'Wilciinnia. without' imeartMng any of gi'»at value, which he' might keep for. himself. He nlso.fonnd ; emplovment :in connection with .Fremnntle (TV.A.) hnrhour ; works and'while thorn; did thin<r S in local fnhf- . ball, that won fame for,; him'. ' His first notable pugilistic, feats, wero' at Brbken Hill;