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Show ENEMIES SINCE TBEY WERE BOYS Chicago, May 24. James J. Corbel Cor-bel t former heavyweight champion Is staying here a couple of days on his w ay to Rowardennan, Cal., to help con-dltlou con-dltlou Jeffries for his fight with Johnson,- Asked concerning his old time feud wlib Joe Choyniiki, Corbelt laughed and said: "No, I don't suppose we could he called irlends for we've been enemies ene-mies practically since we were boys, but li should prove no obstacle lo our mutual efforts to help Jeffries. I've forgotten any hard fccllnps I ever had and I hope .Ice hah. This Is too big a thing for petty bickering to enter en-ter Into the plans. I don't suppose Choynskl and I ever will room together, togeth-er, hut, ho far as I am concerned, I will greet Joe just ns cordially as if we never had hod any differences. ' When I told Jeff some months ago that I would do all In my power to help him beat John.'on. I meant every word of it," said CorbetL "and I began be-gan light training at. once and Increased In-creased It until for the last two weeks 1 I have b'-en doing what might be call-; j ed hard training." |