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Show PS A hat becomes of the great fighters the champions, after the have passed out of the sporting spotlieht? When a champion Is at the height of his career, he is the most talked of Individual In the country. Howover, when a champion lose his Town, and drops out of the public pub-lic eye, he Is soon forgotten. The sporting public Is mighty fickle During the summer we have evidence evi-dence of that fnct every day on the ball field. One duy player Is a real hero because ho won a game through somf rernarkablo pluy The next day he Is a club when ho loses the game because of some mishap. 4 i During his pugilistic heyday Young Corbett was one of the most colorful fighters In the game. Corbett fur- pers because ho was decidedly original Many of hc fight fans of today havo forgotten about Young Corbett. Those of tho older school, while having a keen remembrance of some of his gnat fights, have no Idea as to the present whereabouts of the man Who was once the idol of the prize ring In his day Terry MeGovern was a groat little fighter. There was some- thing about Terry's style that mud. , hit with you. He was a real fighter I who novor gave on inch, who carried the fight to his opponent from tho tap ' of the gong to the. and Of the round McGovern was a popular hero. He was regarded oa Invincible And then there came out of the west a voung man by tho mi - of William Koth- i well, who had taken the nnmo of! Young Corbett as his ring monicker. Young Corbett was matched with Terry McGovern No ono oonceded Corbett a chance. Terry would sure-I) sure-I) knock him out, was the verdict of I all tho experts. Tho bout was staged at Hartford. Conn Corbett knocked out McGovern In two rounds It was one of the most seiiHutlonal bouts In tho history I of the ring. see He had come from the west, practically prac-tically unheralded and In two short' round had lu il.-n rlown I lie great .M -Govern, "Terrible Tarry " He was of- ' xaroa iiiDUIous :.unia nn.ni .t , , i , box and fancy salaries by rlv.l ,t-rical ,t-rical producers. In a few short years Corbett made ! perhaps a quarter of a million dollar. That was some money In those) days He lost most of his money as quickly i SI he made it. 8o-called friends found him wsy to ' touch He bet on horses that lan I ist and was a fall guy for the wheel, When he lost to Jimmy Hritt It wus the turning point in his career. From them on he didn't soem to ' care. He sllppod rapidly as a fighter and was soon In tho has-been class, i Ills ubllity and most of h i.s nomej ua;, gone. Broadway which owned him a living, has treated him rather shabbily . . . Now, after 21 years on Broadway ho is going back home Going back to Ills dad who owns u little farm Outside of Denver, He Is tired of Broadwa) and tho bright lights. a Young Corbett told his story to Charles Btonehatn, owner of the Nan Yurie Giants, the other daj- Btone- k - ham staked him to a roll Young Corbett Cor-bett has bid Broadwoy goodby. It made him and broke him |