Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-08
TIAJUANA TO GET
BIC PRIZE FIGHT
JACK kEARNS SAYS

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wteEI
Los Angeles, Calf, Jan. 7.-Tlaiu-
ana, Mexico, will ger the Dempsey
Carpenter fight" said Jack Kearns,
manager for the worlds champion
when advised today by the Associated
Press of Georges Carpenters condi-
tional acceptance of Promoter COT
froth's offer.
Kearns, Dempsey and Coffroth said
they favored July as the fight date
and all expressed satisfaction with
Georges Carpenters suggestion for
limiting the fight to fifteen rounds.
The fiftea ltounl lint set y
Descamps is o. k with me-" Keacns
said. "Pmsoaa'ly da not nclIeNe M
fight will last much longer than one
round. Six would suit Dempsey ana
Ine just as well as fiftee'..
Il feel that there should he Win
ner's and losers end of the purse and
believe 100000 to me winner and
100000 to The loser IS fair. Descamps
wants the purse spit fifty fifty, main-
tanning that Carpenter is as good a
drawing card as Dempsey.
THAT may be, but whether or not
he is as good a fighte.' Is The question
The French peCpie are sool srol;s
Now let Carpenter and Descamps
take a sportsman's chance; but the
splitting Of the purse will not hold up
the fight
"Coffroth told me that Dempsey
and Carpenter could split the moving
picture money fifty-fifty. Moving
pictures Of the show Will be more
valuable than any other ever held on
account Of the international aspect"
New York, Jan. 7--Following the
announcement this morning that
Georges Carpenter had accepted the
offer of James Coffroth for a battle
with Jack Dempsey in this country,
the statement was made here by Will
lam Fox, motion picture producer,
that he had made an offer aggregating
$3.50, 600 for the bout His proposition
has not yet been accepted
Fox said he had offered Dempsey
100000 and thirty-fIve per cent of
the gate receipts if he won or 10 per
cent if he lost, with the stipulation
that the other half be divided among
the Red Cross of the United States,
Canada, England, Australia and
France.
His proposal to Carpenter, it was
said by Fox, was SIPS, 600 for the bout
together with the equivalent of what
he would lose by the cancellation of
his vaudeville contracts, which was
estimated at an equal amount, The
offer in regard to gate receipts was
the same as that made to Dempsey.
Mr.. Fox said he telegraphed to
Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey,
pic M
tive from Los Angeles to see him but
that he had received no reply.
Chicago, Jan. THAT Jack Demp-
sey could not meet Carpenter at Tiaiu-
ana, Mexico, July A. was the state
ment made today by Charles b. Coch-
ran, London promoter, who said that
Carpenter was already under con-
tract to Cochran. The Englishman
who promoted the Carpenter and
Beckett fight in London, and who is
now in Chicago, declared today that
his contract with the Frenchman was
binding and that Carpenter and
Descamps, his manager, would be
liable If it We're broken.
He reiterated that he would not Of
fer Dempsey more than 100000 plus
ten weeks vaudeville at $4,000.
Cochran declared he doubted that
Descamps had actually accepted Jim
Coffroths terms. What | really
think has happened is that Descamps
has remarked that in the event | did
not sign Dempsey the offer made by
MIR. Coffroth would be accepted"
Cochran said.
San Diego, Calf, Jan. Jack
kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey,
Will be here tomorrow for a confer
ence with James w. Coffroth regard
ing the Dempsey Carpenter fight.
over a telephone today Kearns in
formed James w. Coffroth that he
had cabled Descamps, Carpenters
informing him that Demp-
sey will fight for Coffroth at Tiaiuana
and advising him to accept the match
II he has not already done so.
Late today Coffroth had received
no word from Descamps or Charles
Harvey, his foreign emissary.
Il am advised by the Associated
Press that Descamps has agreed to nv
terms and | am expecting a cablegram
from the Frenchman's manager some
time today" said Coffroth II am
convinced that there is no foundation
TO denals purporting to come from
farls stating Descatnps has not agreed |
TO my proposition. Kearns, | under |
stand has advised Descamps to accept |
the Tiajuana offer and that is bound |
to carry weight with the challenger
and his manager. | feel confident
that | will land the bout.
Paris, Jan. 7.--Georges Carpenter |
and Jack Dempsey will probably meet
N America for the championship Of !
The world as a result of the accent
'nce last night by Descamps, manager
or Carpenter, of an offer of a $500, GOAL
purse for the bout BY James Coffgash,