Word: corbett
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...CORBETT...
...since Jack Johnson pounded Jim Jeffries to his knees under a scorching Reno sun, and thereby marred the greatest record in the history of the heavyweight game. . . . Jeff had beaten the titans of his era-men who would have ranked as titans in any era-fighters like Gentleman Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey. And beaten them each, not once, but twice, before retiring as undefeated champion-only to be lured back into the ring again after six years by public clamor for a "White Hope." But that needless humiliation and punishment did more than just mar Jeff...
Mile relay: Tom Watkins, Larry Corbett, Jack Eberle, Doug Pirnie or Don MacKinnon...
...mile relay team has been struck heavily by sickness. Ted Graves has sinus trouble, and Ted Meredith is laid up with a pulled muscle. But Larry Corbett, a Sophomore who starred in both Millrose and B. A. A. contests, and Tom Watkins, who never ran over 220 yards last year, insure a strong combination...
...Watkins, Corbett, Pirnie, and Donahue foursome won the final relay by about ten feet in 2:13.2, and Pirnie squeezed out a third in the broad jump. Bob Partlow won the event with a leap of 22 feet five inches. Previously, he and John Bunker had tied for first in the high jump...