DEMPSEY AND CARPENTIER.
CHAMPION ACCEPTS OFFER. FIGHT FOR PURSE OF £BO,OOO. 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 0, 5.5 p.m. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5. Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, the world's champion heavyweight, has announced the acceptan.-o of James Cofforth's offer of a 400,000 dollar purse for a 45-round fight between Dempsey and Carpentier at Tiajuana, Lower California. Kearns said that it was up to Mr Coffroth to sign Carpentier. Mr Coffrotli is president of the Lower California Jockey Club.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14257, 7 January 1920, Page 5
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