Show PAYS A BOXER TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE ON THE LEVEL LEVE Young Corbetts Corbets Short but Bril Brilliant Bri Brilliant lant Career Is s a Good Object Lesson L William Wilam H II Rothwell Bothwell better beter known as Young Corbett was w not the tho greatest fighter the American ring over ever produced pruce but he was w one of ot the greatest says the tha Referee Reter n the tho Philadelphia Ledger Recently In New Sew Orleans Orlean he gave a flash fash of his form lorm by b earning a draw with Phil Phi Brock Brok that sturdy western lightweight after aCer ten grueling rounds round When hn hen Corbett left lef Broadway no one ever dreamed that he would ever be bo able to got get into anything like ring condition As A soon son as a he boarded barded the steamship he sought out the captain and the privilege liege of 01 working as a stoker in n the coal coalhole coalhole coalhole hole His Hi wish wih was gratified Muscles began to show on his rotund form Corm and when he reached reache the Crescent Cresent city a few days at the Young Mens Gymnastic lub club did the rest rt Brook Brock is a good god light lightweight lightweight weight and earning a draw with wih him virtually meant a victory for Young Cor tor Corbett Corbett torbett bett Jim Corbett lives in ring history as the theman theman theman man who whipped John L 1 Sullivan Sulvan the Terrible John Young Corbett stands out as the man who licked Terry Ter Mc McGovern McGovern Govern Goern when the Brooklyn Terror Terr was wa the greatest little min man ml on earth And enough glory for any man manI I 1 any wonder but I am the tho theman thoman theman man who licked McGovern Is Corbetts proud boast And he lets let it go at that This is supposed to be the story of Cor Corbetts Corbetts Corbetts betts career creer Absolutely without fear he never considered consider losing when he entered the ring He had bad been knocked out three times before he whipped McGovern Ring experts say that one knockout takes away awaya a mans confidence and makes him back bac out of the big But Young Cor Corbett Corbett Corbett bett was wa an a exception to this rule as he was an exception to almost all aU other prize ring rules His career was short short sweet and full ful of excitement He flashed out as a a cham champion champIon champion pion when the betting was 30 3 to 1 against him He whipped the best in his class in ina Ina ina a short time and ana then the Broadway life got him Ills His Ils greatest delight was to walk walkup walkup walkup up and down the great white way buy wine for lor himself himsel and friends stake every everyone everyone one who was broke broke and never expect a artur return He wound up his ring life in poverty and today toay depends upon his draw drawing drawIng drawing ing as ag a a exhibition for Cor a living Always Honest Some athletes retain their following for forever forever forever ever Great ring ability or absolute hon honesty honesty esty draw the cries cies of the Ue populace for lor all al time Ume Corbett had fine fn ability but his honesty in the ring is his greatest asset He never faked taked never laid down and never asked aked anything more than an even break brek He came out of the west dubbed a mark for McGovern He struck Hart Hartford Hartford Hartford ford with a breezy nervy nen confidence that carried cared all al before him and he was soon son surrounded with wih romances and sentiment which comes comes with mystery and victory He lost later and people said Its Is too bad be was W a fine fellow and honest and ad the te glow of strange to relate relate still stil remained The little fellow felo had his pathos as well as his smiles A friend fried landed some money in the west wet and on his return to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York dropped into a well wel known kown cafe Corbett dropp was there down to his last dollar dolar How are you jou ou making it Billy he be he asked Badly Baly replied Corbett Did you get got anything In the west Sure Sure replied the friend friend Want ant twenty ty Yes I do said Corbett C Im Im broke and rye Ive Ive spent thousands In this very ery cafe See that fellow over there well he ce owns ow this thi place and Ive Ive made thousands for lor him in bets and trade trae But he take tae my marker for a a planked steak to today toda today day da Never a 3 Bad BOld Loser In the ring Corbett was supreme in his time He never kicked at losing except in the Britt fight fight and here his hs kick was wa justifiable He always awa praised the other fellow and was s friendly with his ments He was a a wonderful goat getter and talked himself into victory scores of times The writer remembers a bout ha he ha had ha in St Louis Luis after he had ha whipped McGovern for the second time He was s fighting Jack Keefe six rounds Corbett Corbet was hog fat and Keefe was like ilke a race racehorse racehorse horse In the first two rounds Keefe bat battered bt battered tere Corbett Corbet all al over the ring and ad floored for d him twice Corbett came out smiling in inthe Inthe Inthe the third He began talking and instantly got Keefe Interested a mean way to treat tret me Jack Jacko he said sid Here I am a champion of o the world world and giving you a chance to stay six rounds and you begin to nock knock my m head off ol Why arent you ou a good gd fellow and go along easy for tor the six rounds Just tap and get away like this then Ill Ill tap tp you and get away like that then you put a light one to the chest like that then I put a soft left lef to the jaw like that Bang Over went the terrible left to the jaw Keefe stood stock stok still sti a few sec see seconds seconds oxide then his knees trembled and ad down dow he crashed on his face tace It was a clean clen knockout Keefe came back baek to his sense half an hour afterward What Wat do you think of that fellow he asked In a dazed dae way Actually showing me how he knocked me out KI Kidded ed McGovern Corbett Corbet talked himself Into whipping McGovern McGover both times time In the first fight ht he Insisted upon McGovern getting into the ring first firt McGovern objected Im Im the te champion and Ill Il do what I please he said sid You ou get Into that ring first frt Corbett Corbet laughed laughe Terry looked an annoyed annoye annoyed noyed noye Nobody had ever laughed at the Brooklyn terror before Something was WM the te matter with wih this young youngster youngster youngster ster from the west westAll wet All AU right kid Ill rl get In first said Corbett And listen to me Ill get out first when they are picking you up and carrying cang you out feet first The pair afterward became the best of friends freds and business busIne partners They gave g an exhibition at a big charity hazer bazar In New York two years ea ago and the tip went out that tha McGovern ag was about abut to knock knok Corbett out In the tha te exhibition A friend told Corbett Corbett Look Lok out for him Billy cautioned the friend Your best game gme is to get st him first When Wen you close doso first frt time put him away Corbett looked pained paine Dont ont talk tk to me that way he said saidI sad sadI I never dObl a 3 man wan In my life and McGovern is the last fellow on whom I would ever think of pulling off of that kind of a trick I love that l I chap and ad I do anything mean to him to save my m very life And he be Lost a Thousand There Tere will wi never be another Young Youn Cor Corbett Cor Corbett Corbett bett Generous game with a heart as big as a a house house he gme is lS alone Absolute Ig Ignorance ignorance norance of business separates him from Nelson who has all al the te Corbett qualities but is a shrewd business man Kid Broad Brad was w fighting Eddie Hanlon 1 in Frisco Corbett bet 1000 m Broad would woud stay fifteen rounds He was w asked aske to referee but told ld of ot his hi bet all al right Corbett Corbett said Han HanIon Hanlon HanIon Ion lon You ou can bet bt a million dollars dola and still sun are a good go enough for me as a a referee orbett Corbett refereed In the fifteenth Broad was wa a a sight Hanlon HanJon had battered him to a pulp Toe Tue crowd yelled out to t Corbett to stop atop the fight Broad Brod knew k I about the thc bet bt and nd was wan wa working to save Corbett Corbetts a money Im Im all al right Bill Bi he yelled 1 I can stick Uck the fifteen and ad save the coin cIn I Son dont wan wanT want money moey mone won that way said C Corbett l l I T wont a see ee you ou Pushed punished that way war Kid KI Goodby to the sand for the fight is stopped thoo He ordered the tho men out of the ring lost his thousand but sved saved a game man a a terrific beating gme |