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Show ENGLISH DID HIGH FOR DF.MPSEY JjO NEW YOIIK, March 27. An , eleventh-hour offer of a $500,000 purse by English sportsmen for the Detnpocj-Carpentlcr world's championship champ-ionship contest was announced tonight to-night by W. C. Perclval, American representative. The group, headed by Solly Joel, Britisher financier and sportsman, It was stated, desire to stage the contest con-test at the OlympU club, London, j the last week of June or at the Epsom Ep-som Downs race track the day after the English derby. Tex nickard, who Is expected this week to- announce a ijlto for the con test will be tendced the offer to-torrow. to-torrow. Mr. Itlckard would hnvo absolute charge of tho arrangements and would be guaranteed through Llojds .ngalnst loss by bad weather, injur) to the boxers or In any other manner, man-ner, Mr Perclval declared. I i |