Show I Fans to 10 Stand I 0 j To S See t Dempsey Fight M 9 j By Geor George b bI Kirksey Un United ted Press Correspondent I I CHICAGO Feb Jack 16 Jack Dempsey returned to Chicago today for the thc most important tes trail which is ising reap reap- w ing ng a golden harvest har- har J I vest cst for the former t l heavyweight i Dempsey w with h t three is h r e c e successive f knockouts to his credit will meet King Lev Levinsky ins ky Wf I I ranking h heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- e a v y rI weight In a four- four I round bout with ten ounce g 1 0 v cs es at the thc Chicago stadium stadium sta sta- T Thursday h u r s day night 4 k The outcome of ot of W the Levinsky bout J j. j promises to the public a definite deli deti- Levinsky Le n nite te line on Dempsey's chance tomake tomake to make a real bid to win back the hea heavyweight ht title this summer Dempsey has appeared in 29 cities boxed 81 opponents and scored 28 knockouts since he started his exhibition exhibition tour in Reno August 19 TWO IN HURRY In less Jess than a round of fighting last Jast night in Flint Mich Dempsey added two knockouts to his record He stopped George Gcorge Kohler and finish finish fin- fin r ish h Pat McLaughlin Waupaca S Wis in one minute and 12 seconds I with a series of lefts and rights to tc I the head These two opponents both of in in- in inferior fighting lighting ability proved nothing nothing noth noth- ing more about Dempsey than what wha t was already known that he has ha I retained his punch and has a chance chanc to stop any fighter he can hit Dempsey's a aggressive style and Levinsky's dangerous right hand promise to pack Thursdays Thursday's scheduled scheduled sched sched- 12 minutes of fighting With y as much action as if it it were slated for 10 rounds with six-ounce six gloves The fact that Dempsey uses 10 ounce gloves doesn't take much of t the he kick out of ot h his s wallop He opened a two-inch two gash in Meyer K 0 O. Christner's cheek chek with one of his l left eft hooks He paralyzed McLaughlin lin tin with his potent punching He has had every opponent he has met since ince s he resumed the thc second phase of his tour on the thc floor al at least once My 1 bout with Christner sharpened sharpened sharpened sharp sharp- ened me mc up said Jack and I was punching accurately in Flint last night I am in better shape now than at any time since I resumed my tour about two weeks ago I am going to togo togo go co after Levinsky with everything I have and tr try to knock him out I have no fear tear of his punching ability STILL PLENTY POPULAR Dempsey's popularity popular ty has enabled him to net about for three appearances and less than 24 minutes of fighting in the thc last eight days His end at Milwaukee February 8 was 36 He received 30 for stopping Christner in m Cleveland on Thursday night Last night in Flint he lie attracted a capacity crowd of about and receipts of about His end was the usual 50 per laer cen cent or about Leonard Sachs Sacks Dempsey's manage manager manager man man- ager age announced today the thc advance sale for the thc Levinsky bout had reached and that only about tickets were cre left Four thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand standing-room standing tickets the first time there has ever been a demand for them at the Chicago stadium willbe will be placed on sale tomorrow |