Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-07
DEMPSEY MATCHED
FOR A S4OO,OOO "GO"
WITH CARPENTER
American and European Heavy
weight Champions 70 Meet
in Lower California.
a FIFTEEN ROUND BATTLE
nr Asn,cta toi rreas ], nverr EtenLne

nv Aseoctatod Frees to Every Evening
Los Angeles, Cal. Jan Z r. m
Tia .Iuana, Mexico. Will get the
Dempsey Carpenter fight. said Jack
Kearns, manager for thc worlds
champion, today
Kearns Dempsey and Coffrofh
said they favored July as tho fight
date and all expressed satisfaction
with Georges Carpeniiers acceptance
81 Coffroths offer They SAID thov
would agree to Carpenter sug
geation on limiting the fight 10 =
rounds
Paris. Ian. Georges Carpcntior and
lack Dempsey viii probably meet in
America Tor the championship of the
world as result nf the acceptance last
night by Descamps manager for CaT-
rentier. of an offer ~ 800 600 purse for
tho bout hy James CnTrnth
Dempsey has already accepted Cof
rnth terms and NJ tha' remains ~ er-
sure the meeting If tho two pugllsts s he
settlement of tho number If rounds the
men viii fight and tho division # the
purse
C.offroth IS the president Of thc Lower
California Jockey Club NJ Tialuana, Low
=
the fight probably will be staged there
Cotirnth offer was for bout going -
rounds. but objection to 4 fight of this
length i expressed IN tho Carpenter
camp Carpenter would rather have he
fight limited ~ ) rounds or eynn 10
Descsmrs declared last night that Il the
ISSUE la nof settled IN less than fifteen
rounds, neither Dempsey nor CarpentIoy
il worthy n bc champion ~ the world 7
II was indicated Descamps would AJAX
for an even break ~ the purse holding
that Carpenter Is ss great drawing
csrd az Dompsey
fns Angeles. Cal Jan. : Jack Dcmr-
sey. heayYwe ighi pugiliatir champion IF
tho world. woke Up this moruing 10 learn
from the public prints that hc and t,corgfa
Cafp~ntifr ~ France world meet ~ tho
ring some tlne soon IT Tin Juana lower
California
James u. Coffroth recently obtained an
agreement from Dempsey manager Jack
earns for . purse oi 500 go.
and news cnhlegrame have brought
word that Carpenter $ manager. Dcs-
campe, had agreed - the match The
only stipulation waa that Il be not over
fifteen rounds and ~ this Coffro'h 10 San
Diego, expressed no disagreement
~ fight of that length ought to bc de-
cisivc. especially wlth heavyweights, he
SAID
Regarding The date for the match. CofT-
roth said he could not fix IL definitely,
although he expressed 4 desire 10 hold il
as soon a. the arena be plans could be
constructed at TInIuana This arena, lie
announced, would seat $4,000 persons.
Construction, he declared would take
several months. The site of the arena wIii
X near he rack and big xrandstiAnd af he
Lower California JOCKEY llh.
hepe for IT attendance HhIrh will
total 81 10000 Coffroth said
There viii b. no trouble ~ getting h.,
rallroad line 20 the east which rasaea
through Tia iuana Those coming from
the north viii take other dncs or steam
ships or automobiles
Naturally, ! should Ike 70 have the
fight u the summertime, when ae can &c
absolutely slrc hat tho weather VII nc
good But the date rnust depend largely
on wis the boxers Themselves say about
II
Tho division Of the money is another
queS tion which the boxers must decide.
That II will IL the greatest match the
world has known, at least IA point OF IN
terest. Is certain 1t Is more than ma
tional: 1t Is more than racial Every one
knows Of Carpenter partly from his war
fame everyone has 4 good idea IT what
Dempsey can do. The whole world wlll
be interested III the outcome.