Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-05
TiGjuGn0 the Scene
of Title Scrap if
CARPENTER Consents
Dempsey Agrees to Meet
FrencEnann Over 45-ROUnd
Route in Mexico.
100000 PURSE is BID
Jim COfr0th Makes Effort to
Promote Worlds Heavy
Boxing Championship.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IA proposition
made by James NJ. Coffroth to stage the
proposed Jack Dempsey Georges Carpen-
tier fight at Tiajuana Lower California,
had been accepted todaS by Jack hearns,
manager for the American heavyweight
boxing champion. The proFo sition pro
vides a purse of 100000 for a forty five
round bout.
Tiajuana Is just over the border line
In Mexico, eighteen miles from San Diego.
Cal. Kearns announced Coffroth was
making every effort to procure Carpen-
tiers consent to the bout through MS
representative in Europe.
Coffroth is president of the Lower Cal
ifornia Jockey club and has promoted
several big fights, including the Corbett-
Jehries and the Jeffrles- Fitzsimmons
bouts.
otis I'D to Coffroth now to sign up
Carpenter" said Manager Kearns. and
/ understood he has a representative,
Charles Harvey, in Europe now, trying
TO do just that
"This is the most satisfactory offer we
have had We are willing TO accept II
on winner or loser basis, perhaps S3OO,OOO
for the winner and 100000 for the loser.
These details will be worked out later.
"Cofroth may not want motion picture
rights, but whether he does or not, we
will want a percentage Of them and all
other privileges.
Kearns' announcement was made after
he had been asked If he would accept an
offer to Dempsey of S2OOOOo ana zen
weeks theaterical engagement in Europe
at 5000 a week, announced in chicago
by Charles Cochran, an English theatrl-
cal agent.
Commenting on the Cochran offer
Kearns said
Il will not consider anything less than
%250OOO, and his offer of 5000 week
does not interest me. Dempsey got So
600 a week in his theatrical engagements
here In America. II these European pro-
moters want to get Dempsey they'll have
to pay double"
COCHRANE EDGED
OUT OF DEAL.
Promoter Coffroth's lot seems more
hopeful than that of Charles Cochrane.
the London producer who Is here chasing
Dempsey with a parchment signed by the
blaster of England's hopes. Cochrane,
It seems, made bum play too early in
the game Instead of getting the cham
pi0n in close quarters for his bid Of
100000, he exposed his hand, and Coff-
roth Immediately slammed one higher on
the board. He also let the American
know that Carpenter had sign~u Tor
S1O5,0o0.
1t is no secret also that Carpenter
wants to fight on this side of the water.
He Is right in believing that the gate
would not be so large in England or
France. Some on the inside of fight
dom have maintained from the start that
Carpenter signed up with Cochrane just
to get the ball rolling. 1t was also said
that the Frenchman let it be known to
Dempsey that he wasn't particularly
anxious to have the champion sign with
Cochrane and that it would be to their
mutual advantage to mark time while
some other of the promoters were get
fight.
Dempsey is Rverse to fighting in Eu-
rope He has very good personal rea-
sons. Strange climate, strange crowds
and strange rules might not be to his
liking. So, If ConrOth has a few dollars
in the hole to offer the Frenchman In the
way of a bonus for signing, he seems the
best bet to date.