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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Detroit sportsmen negotiate with Jack Dempsey for a July 4 boxing match against Johnny Risko at Navin Field, featuring Sammy Mandell vs. Phil McGraw, per Michigan boxing commission member Charles M. Hall.
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Want Jack Dempsey
to Box Johnny Risko
Detroit, June 4 (A.P.)—A group of
local sportsmen, headed by Floyd
Fitzsimmons, is negotiating with Jack
Dempsey, former heavyweight cham-
pion, to meet Johnny Risko of Cleve-
land in a 10-round boxing contest
here July 4, it was announced by
Charles M. Hall, member of the
Michigan state boxing commission.
The proposed bout, which would be
held at Navin Field, American
League baseball park, would head-
line a lineup including a light-
weight bout between Sammy Mandell and Phil McGraw.
Already tentative
matches here
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Detroit, Navin Field
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July 4
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A group of Detroit sportsmen led by Floyd Fitzsimmons is negotiating with former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey to fight Johnny Risko of Cleveland in a 10-round boxing contest on July 4 at Navin Field, announced by Charles M. Hall of the Michigan state boxing commission. The bout would headline including a lightweight match between Sammy Mandell and Phil McGraw, with other tentative matches.