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Show JACK DEMPSEYTOBQX" Will Give Four Exhibitions With Terry Keller at Los Angeles, March 5 LOS ANGELES. Cal.. March 4. Jack Demnsey will enter the ring here tomorrow night for the first lime since he won tho heavyweight championship champion-ship at Toledo, O.. July 4, last, to box four exhibition rounds with Terry Keller, of Ogden. Jack Kearns, Dempsoy's manager, said Keller years ago boxed to a draw with Dempsey Keller also claims a decision over J.oe Beckett, English 'heavyweight when the latter was ! fighring under another, name, which Kcarns did not recall. lie also said Keller had fought a draw with Dempsey when the champion cham-pion was young in the ring, but that Dempsey iater had dofcated the former for-mer Ogdenite. Dempsey has been training daily for several weeks. The announcement from Los Angeles Ange-les that Jack Dempsey and Terry Keller Kel-ler are to box a four round exhibition match Friday night recalls the famous match between the two in Ogden three years ago at the Alhambra theater. At that time Dempsey virtually was unknown out of Ulalv although he had a fine Salt Lake reputation. He had been showing class with all he met. Keller had returned to Ogden vlth quite a rep and the match with Dempsey Demp-sey aroused considerable interest. The theater waG crowded. It was a ten-round affair. Dempsey had the better of every round. . He gavo Keller quite a beating and gave the fans of the state something to think about. From then on Dempsoy's Demp-soy's rise to fame was rapid. When Dempsey was training for the fight with Willard, Keller was ono of Dc-mpsey's sparring partners. |