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...survey picked their heroes from history and letters. Washington and Lincoln led the list, followed by John Greenleaf Whittier, Clara Barton, Julius Caesar, Christopher Columbus. Few of them gave first place to living notables; even such national characters as Champion Skater John S. Johnson and Heavyweight James J. Corbett rated only a handful of votes...
...Among Catholic prizefighting champs: John L Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Gene Tunney, Freddie Cochrane, Willie Pep, Jake LaMotta...
...famous actress (the late Alice Brady) and husband of another (Grace George); in Manhattan. Producer of some 260 plays, including such outstanding hits as 'Way Down East, The First Mrs. Fraser and Street Scene, Brady found time on the side to manage Heavyweight Champions James J. ("Jim") Corbett and James J. ("Jim") Jeffries...
EDWARD P. J. CORBETT Omaha...
Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane, lightweight champion from 1908 to 1910, conqueror of Young Corbett and Joe Gans in boxing's palmy days, shuffled out of Cook County Hospital, Chicago, after a five-day bout with pneumonia, back to his job as a mail clerk...