Show CORBETT TAUGHT JEFFRIES TO BOX Wh When n Jim Corbett was tho the brilliant scientific worlds world's heavyweight champion he never dreamed that the big slow lumbering husky boilermaker Jim Jeffries Jeffries Jeffries Jef Jef- fries would eventually develop Into a famous famous taI fa ta- fighter and become a a. great world beater I In ll 1897 97 when Corbett was was as training for his battle with Bob Fitzsimmons at Carson Carson Carson Car Car- son City Nev he took Jeff Jett into his camp as one of iris sparring partners I and used him to a great extent as amere a a. amere mere punching bag In his dally daily work worl outs Previous to this Jeff had never boxed I such a skillful ster as Corbett Itis It ItIs Itis is true he had defeated three third raters by his crude slugging but he knew very little about the fine points I of the game Corbett little thought when he lie was bombarding Jeff to his hearts heart's content and Incidentally teaching him n n. lot about the manly art that the young powerful boilermaker a would i in a couple of years become his master and knock him out out not not once but twice twice twice-In In his terrific grueling style Neither did he imagine that Jeff would flatten Fitz after the latter defeated him Corbett by his famous solar plexus punch But such are fortunes of ot even evenI I warriors Great champions have frequently met defeat from the hands of pupils they thought were only third raters Novices No have haven b beaten t their their former form form- er masters not only onty in the ring but lut butIn butin In fn some great war battles in the history of ot the time world |