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JAMES J. CORBETT

... JAMES J. CORBETT J>m» J. Corbett, former hory-weight cb.m-p.on world, died Sstnrd Known »• '•Gentleman Jim” Corbett, ho won the title John 1* Sullivan, at New Orleans, Lonttiana, io 1893, by a knockout in the 21et round, live tears later was disposed ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Rome, 14 61 Amsterdam, 14 1 Copenhagen, 24 8 I Berlin. 14 1

... Rome, 14 61 Amsterdam, 14 1 Copenhagen, 24 8 Berlin. 1 “GENTLEMAN JIM” DEAD. New York, Saturday. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer of the world for five years, dud today. aged 67. —Reuter. Anchor Line.—The steamship t.s.s. Camercijia ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 62 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GENTLEMAN JIM DEAD

... GENTLEMAN JIM DEAD. Boxing. World Champion for Five Years. FOUGHT 61 ROUNDS WITH JACKSON. Gentleman Jim Corbett, heavyweight boxing champion the world for five ■ears, died Saturday at his homo in Bayeide, Queen's, New York, aged sixtyseven. He had ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 238 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Dim OF A YORKSKIRetMU

... DIARY: OF-4-YORKSHIREMAN “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, A Leeds heavy-weight champion of the world Memory of from 1892 to 1897, who has died in New York at Timm” Corhett, the ge of 66, visited Leeds alter retire- ment from the ring. 1 remember seeing him ut ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1258 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

With the'&V.h lijr-e Island Sat-j urday of Gentleman Jim Corbett.i otherwise known Pompadonr Jim, i heavy ..

... With the'&V.h lijr-e Island Sat-j urday of Gentleman Jim Corbett.i otherwise known Pompadonr Jim, i heavy-weight champion the world for 'five years, there paeesd one o. the few survivors great days of bareknuckle fights and the sawdust ring With the passing ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 332 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SILK-HATTED BOXER WITH GUN ESCORT

... SILK-HATTED BOXER WITH GUN ESCORT gentleman Jim's' Fortune by Fighting ENTLE - MAN JIM CORBfTI the lormer heavy- weight boxing champion. who knocked out the •• Jn v Jim John I- Sullivan, died on Saturday In York aged 67. He had been ill for over a year ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 161 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

8 LIVERPOOL POST MONDAY FEBRUARY 20 TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST Mainly Fair And Cold General Inference Pressure ..

... for hour as protest against proposed cuts in salaries Teachers the public transport services will also be affected (10) “Gentleman Jim Corbett otherwise known as “Pompadour Jim” heavyweight champion the world for years died in New York at the age of sixty-six ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 5063 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GENTLEMAN JIM

... of Gentleman Jim. The greatest triumph of Jim Corbett's life was when he knocked out Sullivan. He took 21 rounds to do it. The purse was £5,000. with a side-stake of £4,000. Until ,ate met Ocrbett. Sullivan had been invincible. Gentleman Jim lost his ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 208 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GENTLEMAN JIM

... GENTLEMAN JIM DEATH OF ONCE-FAMOUS BOXING CHAMPION NEW YORK, Saturday. Gentleman Jim Corbett, otherwise known as Pompadour Jim, heavy, weight champion boxer of the world for five years, died to-day, aged G7.—Reuter. James J. Corbett was born on ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 251 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... weeks’ visit to England. wife off. Lord Bessborough was there to see his GENTLEMAN Deat of a Famcus With the death of “ Gentleman Jim ” Corbett, heavy-weight cham n of the world for five ears, at his pio Island home on Satur di a v at the age of , there ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 151 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HISTORIC FIGHTS RECALIED

... HISTORIC FIGHTS RECALIED NEW YORK, Saturday. Gentleman Jim Corbett, the former heavy-weight boxing champion, who knocked out John L. Sullivan, died to-day at his home, aged 67. He had been ill for over a year with heart disease, but had not been confined ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1933
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 153 | Page: 5 | Tags: none