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Show oo : WITH THE BOXERS L .1 J CLKHART, lnd.. Dec 17. Jack Dempscy, world's heavyweight boxing I champion, and his manager, Jack i Kearns, left a westbound train here early this morning and departed for South Bend in a taxlcab. They arc on their way to the l'aciflc Coast, where they will spent the holidays wh'r Dempsey's parents. The purpose of the men s departure from the train was not learned, but it was belleed likely they were going to South Bend for a conference with Floyd Fli7.siminon3. Benton Harbor. Mich., promoter. It is known Htzslm-tnons Htzslm-tnons has been after the bout between rpentier and the champion Fits-Simmons Fits-Simmons also is said to be after a match between Dempsey and either Harry Greb or Tommy Gibbons, of St Paul. KAN'S AS CITY, Mo.. Dec. 17. Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion, cham-pion, expects to train intensively three months In preparation for his bout with Jack Dempsey in New York, March 17, according to a statement I made here by Ray Archer, his manager. man-ager. Discussing the coming bout with Dempsey. Archer said "Willard isn't thinking about money He wants to prove to the public that he was not himself at Toledo " NEW .YORK, Dec. 17 Kddlc Mc-Goorty, Mc-Goorty, veteran middleweight boxer. Is among the 162 men granted licenses I l.y the New York state boxing com-I com-I mission, it was, announced today. j CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dee 17 Joo Burman, of Chicago, nnd Carl Tre-main, Tre-main, of Cleveland, meet in a ten-round ten-round bout here tonight They agreed to weigh 120 pounds at 3 p. m BALTIMORE, Dec 17. ' Kid" Williams, Will-iams, former bantamweight champion, w as award! d the decision hero tonlgni at the end of a sensational twelve-round twelve-round fight with Chailie ledoux, bantamweight ban-tamweight champion of France. J EST LOUIS, Dec 17. Andy Chent.v i of Baltimoie. knocked out Harry Ka-' Ka-' bakoff of St. Louis in the first round of a scheduled eisht-round bout to' night. They are featherweights I TACOilA, Wash., Dec. 17 Joe Ea-i Ea-i gan oi Boston, had an easy time out- pointing Johnny Celmars of Toledo, j here tonight. They arc mlddleweighta I Eagan led in every round SPRINGFIELD. Mo. Dec. 17 Fred Kulton, of New York, knocked out I Dick Franklin of Minnesota in tho i second round of their cheduled ten-j ten-j lound bout here tonight ROCK ISLAND. III., Dec. 17. Sam-I Sam-I my Tenin. of St. i'aul. and Harvey ' Thorp of Kansas City, boxed to a draw here last night in a ten-rounil , bout. Both men are welterweights. L "3 |