Title
James Corbett forsook a bank clerk's future in S.F. [San Francisco] to defeat John L. Sullivan, become world's heavyweight champion, ...
Full Collection Name
California Faces: Selections from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection
Other Identifiers
POR: Corbett, James John:1
Type
Image
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Full titleto defeat John L. Sullivan, become world's heavyweight champion, and change masculine hairdress...swarms of small boys followed him whenever he appeared in his home town in the gay days, and when he was defeated by Fitzsimmons the loyal small fry of the city boycotted Fitz, and refused to follow him.
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