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Show Corbeti Gives Up Boxing Game For the Theater James J. Corbett. former heavy J weight champion of the world, has giv I en up the boxing game for all time Corbett h;i taken up his work as 1 1 moving picture actor, and has had sin gular success in his short experience before the lens. Corbett recently an nounced that he had planned to trait a couple of big youngsters down eas. (l lor the purpose of getting them read to meet Jack Dempsey in about a ycai I and a half, but his position with the I movie industry has become so important impor-tant that he will be obliged to give it ,j his entire attention. Corbett attained enviable success on the spoken stage. M and unlike most fighters, who turn j their attention to the footlights attet I a career in the ring, he really acquired more than ordinary ability as a tbes pian. He Is now working in a six reel feature that is being made dowp on Long Island. |