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Show Jack to Referee Match in Manila LOS ANGELES. Nov. (- Fight Manager George Parnassus announced today that former Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey would fly via Clipper ship to Manila. F. L, to referee th boxing match between Ceferino Garcia. Filipino claimant of the world's middleweight title, and Glen Lee of Nebraska. The bout la set for December 1 and Dempsey Is to leave New York 10 days earlier for the Jaunt, probably prob-ably the longest trip any man has ever taken to referee a fight. Parnassus, Garcia s manager, said he completed arrangements tor Dempsey' t appearance in behalf of th Manila promoter, Jess Cor- tea, and predicted the match would draw (100.000 gat receipts. Dempsey Demp-sey Is to get $7500 and transportation transporta-tion for the Job, Parnassus said. Th bout mark Garcia's first appearance In his homeland since l'J3k. He won recognition In New York and California for the middleweight mid-dleweight crown when he defeated fred A pos toll. ft |