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Show BETTING MART WILL START THIS WEEK By Universal Service. TOLEDO, Ohio. June 21. A betting market is expected to open here next 1 week with Charlie Christler of Chicago : among those in charge. Up to the present pres-ent moment there have been but few 'wagers of any consequence and freak offerings laid in divers cafes have gone besrging for takers. , Dempsey's return to fighting harness this afternoon showed that the layoff of nearly two weeks has taken a little edge 'off of him. His hitting judgment was; a trifle awry and he wasn't quite as i fast. A few days of banking, however, will put him in tip-top form again. A brace of ex-managers browsed around (own today and added to the trials and tribulations of the noble athletes who will perform on July the fourth. Tom Jones, who piloted Jess "Willard into the heavyweight championship of all the contests, cast anchor in Toledo "for a few hours." Jones visited the Demp-sev Demp-sev camp in the morning and confabbed at Ienelh and quite secretly, too with the challenger. Then he popped into the lobby of the Hotel Secor and. seeing Wil- , lard, walked over and extended his paw. Big Jess, who dismissed his manager , some months ago, was not at all cordial to his firmer boss. j |