Show ATHLETIC EXTTTRITIOIf Fitzsimmons Shows Up In Splendid Form Fitzsimmons exhibition at the Grand > st night proved a revelation to those who saw the fighter in street costume in the afternoon Bob showed up in wonderfully fine form when stripped and his work at the punching bag demonstrated his remarkable agility There were few in the audience who after comparing the Cornishmans work with Corbetts a few days ago did not decide in favor of the former Whatever What-ever Corbettscleverness and punching ability may be he will have a big contract con-tract on hand to put his opponent to sleep on the 17th of next month The exhibition was the finest of its kind ever given In the city It took place Immediately following the play and was a representation of the routine work of a pugilist when preparing for W J IM a championship battle Mr Fitzsim mons was Introduced as the champion middleweight of the world and the only recognized champion heavyweight heavy-weight a declaration that brought forth considerable applause Bob then amused himself punching the bag for a few minutes and his work was roundly applauded As a feature of this performance he struck a blow that broke the rope and landed the bag in the middle of the house The next act was a ten minutes wrestling match GrecoRoman style with Ernest Roeber From an athletic ath-letic point of view this was a very enjoyable en-joyable feature Both men worked haid for the stated period and gave a scientific exhibition of the art Roeber is one of the best men in his line in the country and Is much heavier than Fitz His wonderful head spin set the crowd wild with delight The next on the programme was an illustration of the various blows usually usu-ally used in a scientific fight Fitz also showed the audience how he knocked out Peter Maher and Sharkey Then followed a very lively and earnest threeround exhibition of sparring between be-tween the champion and his trainer Dan HIckey Dan is exceedingly clever with the mils and kept the big fellow busy dodging leads Bob was very shifty on his legs and can dodge a blow as quickly as a cat He can hit equally quick and Corbelt will have his hands full when he faces the former in the arena Fitzsimmons is In good condition His muscles are firm and there is very little surplus flesh to train off In fact he will go into the ring weighing very few pounds less than he does at the present time His wind Is fair but he says that will be Improved when he begins systematic training Generally speaking Fitzsimmons stock is UP several notches among the sport Ing fraternity in this city today on account of his splendid showing last I night |