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Show FIGHTERS READY FOR BIG CONTEST Dempcey and Miske Complete Training for Labor Day Title Event DENTON HARBOR. Mich.. Sept .1. Jack Dempsey, world's champion heavyweight and Lilly Mlake, challenger challen-ger for the title today entered on the final three days of training in preparation pre-paration for their ten round heavy; weight championship contest here next Monday afternoon. Dempsey plans lo gradually cut' 'down his work with the gloves and probably will only go six rounds this afternoon Miike also will start to taper tap-er off in his training, finishing up Saturday aiternoon. Denton Hubor Is beginning to wake' up, rather, the out-of-town visitors are arriving lo wake the town up to the fact 'that It has a heavyweight championship contest on Its hands. Hotels Ho-tels uie crowded and boarding houses arc quickly filling up The town folks are beginning to wonder where they are going to feed the throng of visitors. There will be plenty of sleeping ac-1 comodatlons, aa private homes will be : brown open. Etooml In private homes will be five dollars a night and hundreds hun-dreds already have been reserved for tho three days beginning Saturday. Dempsey, who boxed eight full rounds yesterday, declared today that he was thoroughly .aiisfied with his londltion. and that be felt better than! he did at Toledo a year ago, when he had reached the 3ame stage of his! training for Jess Wlllard DEMPSEY READY. I know I am ready to step the lull ten rounds ut top speed,"' the champion cham-pion said, but I don't think it will go that long 1 made up my mind yesterday yester-day to let myself out to satisfy myself that I Was right. When I finished, I didn't feel a bit tired and my wind was good. I don't know what I II do for tho remainder oi wie training Ki-lnd It will depend largely on how 1 feel from day to day " Miske had recovered today from a combination of circumstances which forced him to curtail his workout yesterday. yes-terday. The challenger topped off a chicken dinner at a private horns with a bulging dish of pie ala mode, which overloaded his stomach and caused him to feel like piling in bed Instead of hitting the road ana whaling lus sparring spar-ring partners. He laughingly promised promis-ed to leave pie ala mode alone until after the Labor Day battle. Promoter Kitzslmmons announced) today that Mujor General Blddle, commandant com-mandant at Camp V uster, und six of his aides would bo his guests at the I i h.nnplonshlp contest. The other members mem-bers of the party will be Colonels' Dey and I'llnc. Majors McAlpIre ami1 Harney and Captains Wllcher and Brown Th, r.iher officers were Dempsey Demp-sey I guests at dinner lust night. 00 |