SQUIRES KNOCKED OUT BY LANG.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 9

SQUIRES KNOCKED OUT BY LANG.

LOSER DOES A 1 GOOD SHARE OF THE FIGHTING. Tho congest, between /Lang- and Squires for the heavy-weight ' championship • of Australia' took .plaeo nt .the " Sydney. Stadium on the. night of January 17 foro . a". crowd estimated at.: 16,00U, The cars. running to ; Ilushcutters' Bay ■ were crowded inside, and on tho outside platforms tho men were as thick as flies. It. is marvellous: that ..no accident, 'happened. ■ ; ' Squires, who-was tho;first to. enter the. ring,, appeared. in. excellent, condition, but seemed a trifle nervous. as ho waited,, the appearanco of. his opponent, who jumped over the ropes five minutes;later. Squircs's weight ; .was given at • 12st.' 81b:, and Lang's as 13st. J,' C. IColly; who acted as referee, announced that the men would fight.with a clean break. V : ' •After a short spar Lang dashed in with a, left, which Squires; avoided,, and:fell; into a clinch. Squires was fighting; caro-.'fully-yind,"contrary:.to his usual tactics; was all'on the defensive. He - ducked • a number; of -Lang's:leads," but on a couple' of . occasions - was " straightened ! ;up'/with' short jolts,; Squires hardly led during the first; round, "but, when? he'did. ho put. in; good work, f : ; V : ■"■■ln' the-second round Lang was anxious to force tho fighting. He was hooted on several occasions for hitting in clinches, but there was no reason for this, _ as both ■hands were clear,'and it was Squires who was' hanging 1 on.': Just before tho closo .of the round Squires, with a; heavy right swing, found Lang's, face, and ,the latter,' in ovading the : attack which followed, felt Half through; the. ropes;; -V-'Av ' r ■ Both meu|;'.warmed up-to . their work. ; ' Squires.vopened'his account -with a stiti left : in • tho face.- When "Lang charged Squires ducked; .and several-;;times '-the champion almost fell over him. ■ A short right on the jaw .livened" Squires,,;who.. got in : with his left and righ,t on the jaw, ana this rattled.' Lang, temporarily,-.;:but •"he managedto,. keep . Squires ■ atibay. till .the end of the round. .V •'■ •' ■•, Squires opened, tho fourth round; confidently; but his Vconfidenco'almost proved his .undoing, for. as .he. in-.iyitV an •unprotected. jaw Lang missed :a right.; jolt that would have ended•-the:" flgnt. ; ; A right swing'., to:. ; tho' jaw rattled Lang, who ~was . reduced : to, hanging .on;;,;'. The. ■refereo yseemed powerless v-;to jseparate; thein.' Squires got into all.sorts of carious, positions in attempting to get clear.. On one occasion he had his back 'towards Lang, with'.,the latter's : arms, around;his chest. . Squires again became .aggressive.. . He, etnrted'; tlio fifth: round:, - driving'; 'a stiff left ■.to I .'Lah^s. , -fao6'/:';.":',Lang-;ih'eii' i turned.' the . tables by swinging' '.a;'left hook to tho jaw, which stopped Squires; Lang's.'' blows,, were "all,,short,, ana one: ,bfi tho, .features', of ;itho ~ fight ! iyaa' the ; short irigbt; lippercuts to. tlio jaw which ho sent in, as his: opponent /closed , with' him—a blow, ;he : learnt frpm-. Jack;,: Johnson..'.Long scored .with a left liook ■on the.jsiw,:wKicli.he repeated a;'few,:mom7; ents. later. : Once,: as 1 - Squirt :was ; break-' ing ;'away .from a. clinch,; Lang .stepped forward and liooked ' haru on "tlie jdw. ; Lang was ' putting :, his' weight' on. Squire's: -in ' clinches.-' -A - short . rally took place before . tlo/.'gongr-i-and.. jnst is ; :it clanged ' Lang: caught ; Squires ' with, ariglit,;on - the jaw, -whioh' caused .Mm';to fall on bis; ' itnd.' knees'.;., ..The. ex.oliainpiorinppearod to. 'have':, recovered, 'when ,:the :i gong- sounded;;'for.', the.; next: round/' ;-. ?: v ■,':"■.,''■... : '. : >

Lang, who looked confidenco nil. ovor, attacked) at once.K> Squires; evading some liaidblows;; dashedm, and scored with. a right to the jaw, which, however, landed 'too far. round 1 to .do much damage, In tho 1 resultant/clinch Xang punchedv 6avagoly. The end; came with sur-prising-suddenness. Squires' had 'worked Lang.' into. ;his:" own; corner: Suddenly I/ang. and Squires, with" 1 a: short right -cross; : . which landed 'full on the ' point ■ of the A jaw.; Squires, fell on his side, and Avas counted out,: amidst, a V storm of .mingled .cheers' and hoots. 'Why the hoots were given, was not ''quite'; ole'ar; : except 'that./the sympathies.''ofav; vast. number -fof'V;the spectators appeared l to .be .with - Squires throughout. : -.v.y;™: .-/;./, feft seconds .after', the I .'count, out Squires, had. sufficiently recovered to be able.-to leave the ring.- .