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Show Fred Steele Risks Title By WILLIS B. Dl'NIWAY I'nitrd Froae Bpavta Writer SEATTLE, Sept 11 (UP) Freddie Fred-die Steele, world's middleweight boalng champion, will risk hla Utle for tha fourth Uma In 14 months tonight, meeting Ken Overlln. Waahington, D. C, protege of Jack Dempeey. In a bout echeduled for IS rounds. Overlln. the Na 1 challenger, remained re-mained confident he would win the crown fltoole lifted from Eddie (Babe) Rlako hera July 11, 1434. But Ittoola waa fareeed against tho tang heat opponent ba hae me4 emee ha became raker af tho 144-peood 144-peood division. A "Jinx" atmaaphara hang ever the fight, pestusaid twtee la tha but four men the by Illness aad For tha first Uma since ha began hla ring career 10 yeara ago aa a IB-year-old boy, Steele will be fighting fight-ing without Manager Dave Miller In hla corner. Miller died laet month In Taeoma after aa emergency operation op-eration for maatotd. Steele aad Overlln were ta have fought originally May 4. but Overlln became 111 with yellow Jaundice after ha started training and Promoter Pro-moter Nate Druxman had to poet-pone poet-pone the match indefinitely. Millar's death foreed the aecond postponement from August 11 to tonight Tha New York athletlo commission commis-sion and tha National Boxing association asso-ciation recognised the match aa tha legitimate one for tha championahip. champion-ahip. Now Yerk Promoter Mike Ja-aiai. Ja-aiai. batttlng with Draxmaa for control of tho middleweight dlvt-eleek dlvt-eleek Mlled a bout m New Yerk feeptasnbea 44 between Marred Thll, champion af Europe, and Fred ApoatoH, Baa Fraaelaoa, aa ana far tha world title, but tha N. B. A. said Steels waa tha champion. Both Steele and Ovarlin 'have beaten ApoatoU. Overlln recently beat Young Stuhley In Hollywood mora dectaive-ly dectaive-ly than Steele did In three attempta. Steele defended hla tlUa the first time against Gorilla Jonee, Ukron, Ohio, aegDO, ln Milwaukee laet New Year's day. Than he beat Rlako again In New York and polished off Frank Battaglla. Minneapolis, Canadian Cana-dian champion. In three rounds here last May It The champion's la eat fight waa a nontltlo charity ahow agalnet Char lee (Hobo) Williams la Waahington, Waah-ington, D. C, this summer. |