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EDWARD P. J. CORBETT Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 18, 1950 | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

Last week Hoppy's public, by & large, was still wildly loyal to him. But here & there, kiddie-dissension reared its innocent-looking head. A few children seemed in an uneasy state of transition from cowboys to interplanetary travel as depicted in such programs as Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and Space Patrol Others just seemed to think Hoppy was too darned good for this world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Kiddies in the Old Corral | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

Died. Billy B. Van,* 80, palavering onetime vaudeville comic, who toured with Heavyweight Champion James J. ("Gentleman Jim") Corbett, retired 25 years ago to manufacture soap, plugged chewing gum on the radio, emerged from retirement last year to play in Mae West's Diamond Lil; of a heart ailment; in Newport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 27, 1950 | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...Other ex-heavyweight champs who tried, and failed, to regain their titles: Gentleman Jim Corbett, 33, against Jim Jeffries in 1900; Bob Fitzsimmons, 40, against Jeffries in 1902; Jeffries, 35, against Jack Johnson in 1910; Jack Dempsey, 32, against Gene Tunney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: They Never Come Back | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Max Schmeling were all knocked out. Jack Dempsey was outpointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: It's So | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

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