| Show i HOW CORBETT WO J Ji i THE J Jumped Into Fame by I Butting Beating One ty JohnL U other 01 J forU may he lie will tone loll be b i 1 mm aa the th man mn who beAt brnt the th ral at John I writ Bob Dob Hundred have MM that n woo line 11 for the lIMo picking and nd that Fet ron Rub hoh or other lieI hi H vw Ight of tile the time tI might t nave llave ion n the I hl work JuM Jt a M Cor Cori or i h It did But that tt la Ie all an Cor or Corbitt orI bitt I II DID f be t Sullivan Mid up to the ther I Iry r moment of th lla final I and knockout I lil how n WM thought by It evert r man manIn all alln In n tin th to be An n i h T Cot Corbett belong Inn cu n 1 pi 11 H ring glory a might rome III tu to an mall today 1114 who ho knocked out oUI our modern 1 J Jeffrie worked work hi up lip to tn tile the loWly et tt wh n fI did win It hIlt hla jump lo to worldwide fame ta WM no thI people forgot hi tIIa earlier and nd I HORN BORN IN FRISCO Jim waa born bon In n Valley ny Ian an In MM Corbett COr and ond Ift th the world a ft f th t h pat 11 all 11 won title till In country Corbett Rn ara American rI n born bom a naturalised waa w bon bora In Cornwall of IrIa parent puenta Corbet Corbett I wa aa an n ama amateur am But there were re few w amateur In III InMa Ma Ide t r and he noon took up th the cam me At that time h lie wan wu a clerk ok In III a bank a member at of th Olympic 0 club Hla lint tight wen re des desperate 4 pera aff wt i I c flu n 11 1 ft it tight walking 1 He fought Joe three time Rut But for fo might ha r 1 n A cham champion pion Th Tb th the two waa 11 keen and loll In one nn bUI waged on a barge at with ordinary walking glove C knolk out after righting XI r round rounda That gave 1 him bl quite a reputation on ou the Ho 1 went nl to New Nw and nd rated Jake Jk Back HallI In III pin again Corbett took on Peter Jk on n At that Ihal time the Iak waR wan upon aa the Ihl one on man who Ii a n ht l f et r WK one on of the moat built he weight I and aa a bOr had no COrbett met him In Ban B Round lifter round ther therit Ih it doing little footwork and nd orbett corbett going around him like a After or an JI round of furlou both met men began n to tn tire till th h on growing weaker wlter and all weaker w aker until after th fiftieth rn neither could hit a II hard enough nob blow to I do any en great aret damage In the t 1 when the w wr re tottering Int each 11 other hand down aown l to lift a glove 10 th refer f topped the hout and nd derided It waa W a draw II RUT ob made iliad reputation In very next month John I 1 thru tb touring the country boxed a 14 round exhibition with COrDett In San 1 hit hll and avoided leId hi but th terror of UI great nag made ad It hard han hanfor for even Cven Ban an to believe bell that the I alight could before him In a real battle After the th bout Corbett with e told hi friend Judge Lawlor La that he h could coul whip the champion Jim JI td the tb Judge youre ou Walt WH awhile But Bat Corbett knew more than han the mm the ring H Ha got a match I h with In New Billy Uy the beet trainer In Am America then and aud now handled him for fn th tile batt I D Dot laney alone Ion thought Corbett had a On tile the day dy before heIo tb fight paper an anover anon over on the land told tol how the great at winding up liP hi late training had bunt burat hla hili leather punching bag with 11 th I t fu furlou lr rlou rarD wing Friend of Jim Corbett t hoped that ho be killed and tot at atIt It go trO at t that JIMS The acht t proved roved C t Judgment Ju t right for ot few fe rounda rou Sullivan with hi bill old 1 to batter bat down tl Imprudent aa a h had battered down don eh champion to IlL the th thC Corbett C deftly with footwork and an blocking auch aa bad d vr er baen D wen II In a ring before foiled rag with When hUI blow too he broke brok aad away 1 The bla and hooted Corbett ring rill method That t wa w bee they Corbett waa t tIt with It h n new nw tyl 1 11 the ring clever nea he h had ha out of tile the brut fore toree Sullivan had mad popular But undermined by b began bean to wane wan lh w c cht what ht had been n walling wallin for HI HIblow Hie blow fell fn on the tottering champion Ilk Ulle rain In I hl H tI found John Joltn I 1 till but bul beaten Ien to t a pulp tot tol tottered and tell fell He Hp knew k that be wa wu being counted out but 1111 he r mid uld not rIM Corbitt w champion of the world the whole holB country we w wild 10 rc the new n man n who ho had hd m 1 tho th who had hd In the l champion of all 11 Corbett found In an anI I placed on tile the pinnacle of r fame rame 1 i til he wa wall whipped whiP by hr Robert rt lUl at Craon on 0 the of at ITh five ft yearn later lal r Jim Corbett lived I Ilk the king of th earth earthA A 4 SCRAPPER Whatever might be Mid laid of r Jim Jimi JI i orbit bett t he waa we a game am lighter Ilia IU de 4 tit outnumber hi bt but he M vrr 1 quit In a ring fight U H had Con COlI Connit nit McVey Jump Into the tb ring to a from a H knockout at al tb h hand handa of at Tom the fight on a foul th the battle hadT b already owen n i illy 11 V luat I He fought fohl Kid o Kc In New N Ny v y tk II and thi th waa famed fur for or orI I 11 1111 it to win In eld from th tb e two to In InI I 11 hi III record Hord 1 clean After the h Me Mr Mei i i II affair he h came back and d fought the Knat Jim twice m a manner that i him III In the r of 01 tot the porting world rid In that fight ht with Jeffrie Cor Corbett I bett tried to regain hla bIa old i To win that again would hau meant nt a million dollar and a aI re from thi Ih with honor hono that would laal a long Ion II aa ho Corbett Cor I went nt to the country for alx Ix month ont hand hiM hla mud mod of lit life trained hard and nd with d dI t He all of hla hi fou kill In I that For ForS ForIS I S IS round he h 1 and jabbed aM i at al tb tit hoad It body n waa wa Imet in night bL But I Jeffrie J running In caught him at with Ith a fearful nh that tha ended bl 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