Evening star., 1933-03-01

Death of Gentleman Jim" Corbett.
once world champion fighter, serves to
remind the country of his great sery-
Ice in putting the sport on a plane
much higher than it had previously
attained. His personal ideals are re-
called and he Is ranked among the i'm
mortals in the world of sport.
Destiny made him the one who,
In the opinion Of many. started fistiana
on the way to comparative repute and
respectability. says the Newark Eve
ming News, an opinion which is echoed
in the tributes of the New York Herald
Tribune, the Rock Island Argus and
the Scranton Times. That he Is en-
Is attested by the Baltimore Sun, the
Rockford Register-Republic and the
Birmingham Age-Herald.
OF his victories, the Indianapolis
Star offers the estimate: Perhaps the
fact that prize fighting was then an
outlaWed sport tends to vest recollec-
tions OF it with the notion that it
had q rough grandeur and virility of
which the fighting Of these later DAYS
Is feeble imitation. At any rate, the
later heroes Of pugilism have never
seemed to loom up as so important
as Sullivan and Corbett. Somehow
each OF these men, so different in
physical makeup and character, kept
the kind Of regard that goes to an un-
beatable champion long after Corbett
demonstrated his unquestionable supe-
r1ortty over Sullivan in the ring and
Corbett in his tuxn was beaten"
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HE introduced to this country the
science OF boxing as more effective
than hard-fsted slugging," AYERS the
Roanoke World-News, while the
him "a scientific fighter and good
sportsman" The Akron Beacon Journal
declares that with his victory over
John L. Sullivan, he inaugurateo the
greatest era In the rings history" and
that he died leaving name that will
be q legend so long as excellence in
athletics is esteemed by men" The
Cleveland News recalls that before
he became the worlds heavyweight
champion, boxing was not a manly
art, but was merely a test of brute
strength" The Danbury News-Times
feels that he made boxing an almost
polite recreation" and the Haverhill
Gazette recalls that "he became a
tradition-a pleasing tradition, rightly
regarded with respect and admiration.
because he possessed to a high degree
the qualities that won him the name
of Gentleman jim" The Appleton
Post Crescent AYERS that che was an
influential figure in the cleansing of
public opinion and the ultimate liber-
ilization of the laws to serve and de-
velop a great sport"
HE was rich in resources of skin and
character" states the Toledo Blade.
There are no substitutes for these
qualifications IN any important Occupa-
tion. A student Of anatomy and
psychology, he knew his business and
knew his public. He learned to con-
serve and make the most of his physical
assets. He found out also when and
where to reach the most vulnerable
points of beefier boxers. He had suffi-
cient intelligence also to perceive that
clean sport is ultimately more profit
able than reducing 1t to a virtual racket
for quick gain"
He was one Of the finest specimens
of physical manhood in the world"
records the Yakima Daily Republic, and
the Hamilton Journal says: He had
become, to q certain extent, the ideal
of American youth. To his credit he
sought ever to live up to this ideal, with
q clean life" The Abilene Reporter
describes him as "an artist who COM
bined brains with incredibly swift
muscular coordination" and the Es-
CANADA Daily Press comments: "This
generation should not overlook the fact
that It owes q debt to Mr.. Corbett and
many another manly and chivalrous
figure willing to endure months OF
gruelling training and any amount Of
merciless pounding to appease that
natural craving found to some extent
In every healthy man, the assertion Of
physical supremecy."
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He was Gentleman Jim,'" remarks
the Fort Worth Star.TeleUaua, THE