The Washington times., 1929-08-01
JACK Tells
ODD TRAIN
STORY
BY Jack Dempsey

Another yarn that can pc
told about Gentleman Jim
Corbett concerns the time a
few years ago when he was
riding from New York to Chi
cago and wandered into the
smoking room of a Pullman
coach.
Jim was wearing heavy trimmed
glasses and his hat was well down
on his forehead as he slumped into
d seat, pulled out a cigar Lit II,
sand started putting away.
e Two oId-timers were IN the ROOM
hey had been talking about fights
Mad fighters, reviewing this battle
aid that, and finally they swung
Found to the Corbett- FitZsimmons
lfair at Carson City, New. IN
97 One man was an ardent
N0rbett rooter: the other Fltz-
rnmons fan. &,
And they grew rather heated
A their discourse about chat
fieht and what would have hap
nened II Jim and Bob had
fought . second fight.
nCorbett was q mile in front on
N5infs when Fitz landed that lucky
5iar plexus wallop," insisted the
ECO on; he was only playing
aFound," goaded the other. He
cbuld have taken Corbett in any
fbund he named"
ssYeah," sneered the Corbett man.
ssWell, then. why didn't he give
Nm return match? Corbett
Rased him ell over the country
ying to get return match. But
itz lodged him.
.Tt's lust as well for Corbett that
Nftz did dodge" countered the t1tz-
mmons man He'd have kiIlec
!. GDrbett in a second fight?'
And this. while Jim sat there
noking and glancing at a news
TSuer and chuckling as the argu'
sent grew. hotter and hotter. The
Tnsa finally grew all frothsd up
riEsr the point Of what would have
Mnrened in a second bout, ana
flnally. the Fitzsimnaons man. turn.
ing to Corbett. askeds
"Say, do you know anything ABOUT
V4sA fight gamer" -
ga little" answered the OLD Mas
fkr of Fistiana.
ssRemember the Corbett-F Fltzsina'
ons ftght?''
"Why. YES, / do remember that
lane. . answered Jim slowly. "In
fact, / was there the day they
4fnn1hf?''
syou were, eh?'' exclaimed the
YAitzsimn1ons man. Saw it all, eh?
NTaybe YOU can settle this argument
setween my friend and myself. You
wv what happened, didn't you!
well. suppose they had fought
Rain? Which man do you think
could have won?"
Corbett, without the flicker of
mile. answered, "FitZsimmons, OF
S6urse! Corbett! Bah! He was just
ID overrated bumw
The Fitz rooter let out war
wkhoop. And, the Corbett admirer
nneered at Jim:
Seems to me that you were right
when you said you knew a little
about the fight game. That's right
Ia little-and no more. When you
nv that Fitz could have won in q
YhfIrn match" and the Corbett
nan shrugged his shoulders scorn'
fully.
9greeing with Corbett that Jim was
Just q lucky fellow-and q false
alarm-that Corbett,' he said.
s.Surew agreed Corbett.
rYou know" he confided to Jim.
tsSometimes / think that Corbett
quit in that fight; that the solar
paexus didn't hit him hard enough
Us finish him, but that Jim felt
tho had met his master and didn't
want to get beaten numerically
and so, when he went down. he
stayed there on purpose!
That's q lie!' spoke up the
COrbett man. "Jim was game-as
game as they come. Fitz got in
3 lucky smash-that's how he won.
Corbett would have killed him in
return match and I don't care
what you two nincompoops think
about itl'
Corbett was having a great
time. But the conductor spoiled
4 lt. He came in just then to
collect the tickets. He rec.
Ognized the ex-champion:
''Well, if it isn't Gentleman
jim Corbett," he exclaimed. After
he had gone, Jim had a tough
time placating the old-timer who
was a Fitz rooter and who had
been lured into pulling some tough
xkmarks about James ].
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