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Show ONLY CORBETT HAS CONQUERED STAGE Many High-Class Boxers Have Made Attempt and Proved "Busts." Benny Leonard has retired from (lie ring and will devote Ills entire attention at-tention to theatrical work In tlie future. fu-ture. Benjumln believes he Is gifted with histrionic ability and can make good as an actor. Benny Is conceited enough to think that if Jim Corbett can earn a comfortable com-fortable income from stage-work and writing articles for newspapers and magazines that he caji be equally successful. suc-cessful. Leonard overlooks the fact that of all the pugilists who tried to become actors, Corbett was the only one to succeed. "Gentleman Jim" always al-ways was gifted In that respect and Improved himself by hard study. Jlm-mle Jlm-mle Britt gets by pretty well in a vaudeville act, but John L. Sullivan, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Buttling Nelson. Bob Fltzshnmons, Jack Mc-Auiiffe, Mc-Auiiffe, Al Kauffraan, "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, Marvin Hart and Tommy Tom-my Ryan proved "busts" In their efforts ef-forts to elevate the thesplan art. Leonard will learn that his drawing draw-ing powers soon will wane now that he has hung up his gloves and tights, j The public during the past year flocked to see Leonard do his stage stunts because he was the world's champion, but now thuf he will be referred re-ferred to as an ex-chumpion, theatrical theat-rical patrons will not be so eager to lay down their coin to watch him perform. |