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Show DEMPSEY TO BE ! HEREJONIGHT i Champ Going East With His I Manager; to Meet -Keller in Denver Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion pugilst, will arrive In Og-den Og-den this evening at 6:40 o'clock with his manager, Jack Dempsey is en route to Chicago. Demp3ey is scheduled sched-uled to appear In a six-round exhibition exhibi-tion at Denver, July 2, with Terry Keller of ' Ogden. This contest will be staged at tho Union Stockyards. The title holder has been receiving offers galore for matches since his acquittal according to Manager Jack Kearns. and from now on the champion cham-pion will be on deck to meet 'em all. At Benton Harbor, July R. Benny Leonard and Eddie White will mix for honors In the lightweight class with Dempsey the third man in the ring. In an interview with a representative representa-tive of the Standard-Examiner yesterday yester-day Manager. Jack Kearns stated that Dempsey would in all probability meet Goorges Carpentler for the world title somewhere on Labor Day. He said: "Jack will settle down lo hard training now that he has been acquitted ac-quitted on the charge3 of draft evasion evas-ion and is open to meet all comers. Carpentler has been praised as a world beater, but still he wants to sidetrack the Dempsey bout for another year. In my opinion Jack will easily defeat the Frenchman, but there arc those who have their doubts. "I will confer with Descamps and Curley at New York in regard to the championship match and If we can agree to have our men meet tho contest con-test will be staged Labor day. Jack has been in constant training and Is In the best condition of his career. He tips the beams around 190 In fighting fight-ing togs and has a wallop that will send many rivals to dreamland in coming tilts." Plans aTC now in store to have Dempsey box a ten-round exhibition in Ogden with Terry Keller. Manager Man-ager Kearns has agreed to have the star appear and considerable Interest has already been manifested over tho contest. It is expected that scores of fight fans will be on dock to greet the chamnion and his manager this evening even-ing when they arrive in Ogden. |