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Show RUMOR SAYS CORBETT . WILL FIGHT- AGAIN .TkTlfiW YORK. May 17.-James Jt" Cor-JlU Cor-JlU bett. former, hcai"kveJi;ht" champion, fcs .quietly' sawinj; wood .'these days, and, although he- is apparently not looking for a light, it ia exploded that he will bo seen In tho ring before- long. Those who are intimate with the ex-chnmplon say that he has oeen quietly doing work at his country home In Bay Side, and that ' when the ttmo comes for'hlm to ntor tho rlnir ho will bo In excellent condition for the- frnv. Never before in bin career has Corbelt been taking such good care of himself as he has been since his bout with JetTrles almost a year ago. When ho fought tho champion he was in grand form, as a result re-sult of hard work, and- since then he has been taking things easy, doing light training train-ing occasionally to keep down to wolght. It is said that Corbett sconta a match for tho near future.-but Just., who he Intends In-tends to tiike on has not been 'mentioned. Tho former chamjilon hua received a number num-ber of otters from Philadelphia and Chicago Chi-cago clubs, but he has not yet decided which one to accept. U Is said that he favors the Philadelphia Philadel-phia offer, as ho would ike to givo his many friends around Xnw York an opportunity oppor-tunity to se him In action, .luck O'Brien has been hot after Corbatl for some time, and so haa Fltzalmmons. With either one of these men as an opponent , Corbett would prove a groat attractou, especially so with Fltzslminons There Is no love between theo flghlors, and tho bout that he could put up In a six-round exhibition would be the kind worth going many miles to sei-. On of Corbett' 8 favorite pastimes Is baseball, hike his brother Joe, the former champion Is quite a player, lie Is at homo at first base, and when at tho bat he has his weather cyo on tho ball. |