The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-02-20
PROUD OF HIS VICTORY
Success of "Young Corbett"
Means Much 20 His Family.
gI1TERs WILD WITH DELIGHT.

Let Out Startling Yell when They
Heard OF New Champions Defeat
OF s.cGovern-popufar Favorites In
q Denver Crowd-Sioney Thrust In
to Their Hands.
s.Ycung CorSett." the new champion
featherweight pugiiist of the world.
who sprang into notoriety and fortune
THANKSGIVING day. has not had a life
of ease and luxury. says the New York
Evening World. Even during the PAST
two or three years. when matches
eume with more or less regularity. the
family of Young Corbett'' has not
Aad turkey on the table at every meal.
The cold hand of fate has been felt
with all its hardships. and the thou
sands of dollars that are now placed
to the credit of the fighter will be well
come indeed.
The Rothwell family consists Of IA
Their. two sons and two daughters
Will, known as ssYoung Corbett, is
twenty-one years old. James, the
brother. is sixteen years old. although
he does not look a day over twelve.
But the lad has a record of his own.
He is the champion bowler of the
west. and he has u score OF thirteen
consecutive frames to his credit. Eth
Ell, the little mother of the family. is
fifteen years old. and Sadie. the baby.
II oh
years ago. and since that time the IA
Their has been completely heartbroken.
The Rothwell family lives in two
rooms in the rear of house at Tween
tieth and Stout streets. Denver. Wills
income as Il fighter has not been
steady. Jimmy has charge of the al
leys at q bowling club. The fathers
work is not steady. and the new cham
pion has not made record as money
saver by any means
Ethel Rothwell claims some of the
credit Of her brothers victory. II help
ed Will train. and guess should feel
satisfied" she said after the fight.
For the past year Young Corbett'
has kept his sister with him as much
as possible. When training for his
fight with Broad. the girl ran and
walked with her brother every day.
She also put on the gloves with him
for an hour at a time. and although
she could not match the champion In
strength she Is quick as lightning and
gave. him great practice with his eye.
When the brother left for the east. she
begged to be taken along
Not this time. little one," was
young Corbetts" reply. "You are
needed at home. Be good girl. and
enough to- dress you two little ones
like queens"
Thursday afternoon [Nov. 2Sl the
1wo little girls were In the crowd 10
front of "a newspaper office In Denver
where the bulletins were announced
by a megaphone. They were entirely
unknown. standing In the dense
throng. with their arms around each
other. their little faces were white and
pinched with anxiety. The news from
the ringside came slowly. Then sud-
denly came the announcement. Cor
bett winsy' Both girls let out yell
that startled the men standing near
them. ~ a3SG~ stS q
seWhat makes you so interested p
was asked.
well. guess we're in this thing
ourselves. for Young Corbett' is our
big brother" was the remark:
That started the fun. The girls were
grabbed anG lifted over the shoulders
OF the crowd. Money. gold and silver
coins were thrust into their hands.
The word wes passed that these two
little girls were the sisters Of the
champion OF the world. and they were
atonce the popular favorites. iss III
'..Oh. say, let Us 60. s We must 60
home and get supper for pa and Jim
ME-" pleaded the older child.
''Surei % Jump into the earriage!s
shouted hackman. and the children
went galloping up the street in real
carriage. 'just like queens" they said.
But during all this time the boy Jim
mic was not idle. He was too busy to
look after his sisters. His place was
perched on the spike steps of an cleo
trio light pole. where he could hear the
word from the megaphone When the
fash came announcing the success of
his brother. Jimmie promptly let go
and fell on the heads of the crowd be.
low. dropping possibly ten feet He
played in clover as well as the girls.
The first person to recognize the boy
was Sheriff Jones. who had just won
$3.50 On the result. The sheriff handed
over two five dollar bills and told the
boy TO come back for more when that
was spent Then others in the crowd
forced money on the boy until he had
more than $50 in his pockets.
''Oh. say. the girls will have turkey
tonight. all right" was his remark.
John Fl Rothwell the father wa,
not as much in evidence az the chill
dren He kept in the background
at the supper table the night Of the
battle the two girls were very much
disturbed Their big brother had prom