The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
IN CORBETT'S CORNER

| Dear JIM What has become of Bill
James arm went back kon him and the
Braves MACK.
James arm went back on him and the
last l heard about him was that he had
| decided to take a rest for a year or txo
in the hope that his wing would come
| back.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: What is the chest
measurement of Benny Leonard?
JOSEPH PINEvIA
| His chest measurement is 1874 inches
normal, 81 inches expanded.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: What are the rank
| ing hands in poker? p TrTOLO
| One pair, two pair, three of kind,
straight. flush, full house, four of a
kind, straight flush, royal flush.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: % What team
broke the Giants streak of 26 straight
victories? C2) Who pitched against the
| Giants when the victory streak was
| broken? ANDRE MARIO
! Questions l and 2. Tyler, pitching fer
the Boston Braves, broke the Giants
winning streak.
| Dear Mr.. Corbett: Did Jim Jeffries
J give his title to the winner of the bout
! between Tommy Burns and another man
and then did Jack Johnson knock out
! Burns? Or how did it happen? J. G. NJ.
| When Jeffries retired he refereed a
| bout between Marvin Hart and Jack
| Root. When Hart won he announced
| that he was bestowing his title upon
1 Hart. short while later Tommy Burns
| beat Hart and then Jack Johnson beat
| Burns. When Jeffries fought Johnson
| 1t was really as challenger for the
\ title.
| Mr. rtnft IIOrx- LrAo lo-,
my shoulders and strengthen the muscles
| of my arms, and how can l strengthen
! my wind? H. b. j.
! Send me self-addressed envelope, with
3 cents in stamps, and l will be glad 20
send you some exercises.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: In the recent bout
between Irish Patsy Cline and Johnny
| Dundee, woh was looked upon as the
winner. that is, who was the winner, ac-
cording to the consensus of newspaper
| opinion? JAMES SLUGGER
Cline.
| Dear Mr.. Corbett ID When Benny
| Leonard knocked out Johnny Kilbane,
did Benny win the featherweight title.
| (9 How many championship titles does
| Benny hold? CO From whom did he win
his championship? JOHN DEVLIN.
| ID No; Kilbane, although knocked
| out py Leonard, Still retains the feather
weight title. That is because Leonard
didn't weigh in for the featherweight
limit when he fought Klbane e. and 81
| Leonard holds but one championsh-
| lightweight He won that from Freddy
| Welsh.
| Dear Mr.. Corbett: Was Benny Leon
ard credited with knockout victory
over Vic Moran in their recent meet
| ing? B. X.
| Yes.
| Dear jim: Who were the five leading
batters in the National league in 1917?
| PETE, THE FAN.
Roush, .3A; Hornsby, 1927; Wheat, 312;
| Kauff, .3Os; and Grove, .3o4.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: What is the ra-
| tionality of Patsy Cline? B. t.
| Patsy Cline is of Italian parentage;
Irish Patsy Cline is of Irish parentage.
The two are entirely different men.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: Was Benny Kauff
! the only player who ever hit two home
runs in single world series game?
FRANCIS TENROW.
No. Two other players in world series
| history hit out two homers in a single
| game Harry Hooper. of the Red Sex,
! was the most recent to turn the trick,
Going it in the 1915 series against the
! Philies.
| Dear Mr. Corbett: Did Johnny Dundee
ever knock out Benny Leonard at any
| time? S & w.
No.
Dear Mr.. Corbett When was John L.
! Sullivan born? S. s MITRRAY
Sullivan was born in Boston, Mass,
| October Is, 1858.
| Copyright 1917, by King Feature Synd-
| cate, Inc)