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Show WILLARD AND DEMPSEY GAIN IN TRAINING TOLEDO. O . June 13 With the I heavyweight ehampionsbip contest between be-tween Jess Wfflard and Jack Dempsey set for decision three weeks from today, to-day, sporting authorities on the battle ground today are frankly at a loss to select their favorite All are agreed that probably no heavyweight championship cham-pionship contest since the memoiabie battle between James J Corbett and I John L. Sullivan hav e created such a j variance of opinion Sentiment seems to change every" I day. Willard. after an impressive I workout may become the favorite one day, hut the next may find sentiment .irehing to his youthful challenger. Willard is finding the second ifeek of his physical training vastly improved im-proved and there seems little doubt in the opinion of experts that he will be in first-class condition within two weeks His wind is improving rapidh and the flabbines of his legs and upper up-per arms is gradually hardening Into hard flesh and muscle. Dempsey is eager to resume his boxing box-ing but must wait another day. as the skin forming over his damaged eye js still loo tender to permit any rough work. Manager Jack Kearns an nounced that the challenger would not be allowed to pull on the g!oes untiU Sunday. A oung giant named Ketchel, re cently discharged from the naval vice, Is due to join Willard's saff ol sparring partners today. Ketchel, described de-scribed as a 192 pounder with a tyli similar to Dempsey's, was recommended recommend-ed to Willard by an eastern friend as a "find " 00 |