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Show BEH LEONARD 10 MX JULY 5 Dempsey Scrap for Benton Harbor Is Evidently Off the Schedule Benny Leonard, world's lightweight mlt champion has been matched to fight Charlie White at Benton Harbor July 5 for the world's title, according to Associated Press dispatches. Tho champion is now completing ; nis movie ai .uos vngeics ana is in perfect trim for his ' contest, with White. The bout, It Is said will go twenty rounds. A few weeks ago Jack Kearns, managor of Jack Dempsey announcod that his champion would lock horns with a heavy star on July 6. Must bo somo trouble in tho wood pile or elso Kearns has decided to save the strength of the champion for his scrap with Georges Carpontler. And then again Dempsey will have to settle his llttlo argument with Uncle before he can schedule any moro scraps, at least that is tho opinion of the fight Of late the Dempsey. Benton Harbor Har-bor scraps has been off the sport mantel and little has been said about the. coming match. Evidently the match Is off at least tho matching of Leonard on tho same date for the same piaco Jeans tnc rana. to tnniK in that direction. Dompsey, when ho entered the movie field stated that he would be a fighting champion, but about all tho fighting the champion has done the past yoar has boon in the "movies" "mov-ies" playing the part of "Jack the Giant Killer." Yes, and what is more, he made public statements to tho effect ef-fect that he would take 'em one and all but thus far has failed to materialize. mater-ialize. He is yet to meet his first opponent op-ponent since the Willard battle. But then it Is a champion's privilege to do as ho pleases and that Is Just what the Salt Lake City heavy Is doing. All champions have had their own Ideas of being fighting champions nnd many o fthem have don Just aa Dempsey is now doing. But with It all perhaps tho Carpontler scrap will tond to give the present title holder now lifo and .with his instillod popper perhaps ho will then take 'em all on. At least the fans hope so. |