The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01

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as histronic aspirant. Mrs. Fitzsimmons
said that she had already said enough
about the fight and would now go back
to homework and let her husband do
the talking.
THE EXHIBITION.
Fitzsimmons played to a full house
at the Grand and satisfied everyone
present with the exhibition which he
gave. Every seat in the theatre was
! filled and standing room was at pre-
MUM. The early ending of the Cor
bett show gave many an opportunity
| of seeing both men, and some dozens
| of them came down ere the champion S
entertainment begun. 1t was at the
conclusion of the performance of THE
New South" that blonde young man
with mellow voice came out from
before the footlights and in few well
chosen words introduced Martin
Julian, who is the manager of the
Cornishman.
In this connection it may be said
with all candor that Martin is some
thing of a stump speaker. He hasn't a
rasping voice-just an easy flow of
words-and while his vocabulary is
somewhat limited, the people had no
chance to misunderstood him, for
everything he said was right to the
point.
ROBERT APPEARS.
Martin informed the audience that he
was about to present the ''pugilistic
marvel of the age; the champion mid
dle-weight of the world; the cham
pion heavyweight of the world; the
champion of champions, Mr.. Robert
FitZsimmonS. He was as good as his
word, too. for he presented him. The
lanky Cornishman was attired in red
tights and a winning smile. He looked
r1an hoe m
20, 900 cold hard dollars by putting an
other man to sleep. There was an air
of confidence, of complacency. about
him which was beautiful to behold.
In the center of the stage there was
a punching bag hung on steel frame,
which said frame was decorated with
the stars and stripes and several other
flags, although the national colorS were
chiefly in evidence. The others were
there merely to illustrate that Bob had
damned some representative of the
country for which they stood.
Mr.. Julian gave it out that Bob
would punch the bag a few lines to
show the people a portion of the work
which was done by man who was
punched it. He hit his right and he
damned it left and uppercut and I'M
dercut and jabbed; caught it with one
elbow and then with the other He
played Come Where My Love Lies
Dreaming and L Have Just Put Lit
tie Jimmy to Sleep" and several other
melodies on that bag. He hit with one
hand and then with two, and it rat
tied and clattered and banged from
one side to the other while he lodged
and ducked and avoided and had a
first class old time with it.
The crowd was delighted with the
show and they gave Bob an encore.
He responded very graciously for a
man who is the champion slugger of
the universe, and played tattoo on the
sack of wind, which caught the house.
They would have encored him again.
but he didn't give them a chance. He
just smashed that bag chopping
smash and the string broke.
MARTIN SPEAKS AGAIN.
Mr.. Julian then made a few more
remarks. He alluded to the fact that
Mr.. Fitzsimmons was the champion of
the world, and that also he was a
great man at wrestling. To prove this
he would have a bout with Ernest Roe
Der, who is the champion Graeco-
Roman wrestler of the world. Martin
then introduced Ernest
1t was ten-minute bout and
Fitz won the fall The two
men went to business in the
beginning. with F'itz as the ag-
gressor. 1t wasn't three seconds until
he had Nelson, but the other man
got away from it. Fitz then arm
locked him, got hammer-lock or two,
but finally got his man on a half Mel
son, although Roeber kent him off with
a leg anchor for several seconds.
Hickey, Fits trainer, and the cham
pion were next billed for a three
round go, just for fun.
MORE REMARKS BY JULIAN.
Right here Julian made another
speech. 1t was at this juncture that
he demonstrated his abilities as all
orator. Said he:
Ladies and Gentlemen: l under
stand that Mr.. Corbett has made a
speech at the theatre in which he
asks the assistance of the American
people in getting on another match
with Mr.. Fitzsimmons. Now, L sup
pose you want to know what we are
going to do In this connection it
may be well to state that Martin is a
born editor for a country newspaper
He has that we down pat !
Well, we followed Mr.. Corbett for
five years, trying to get a match
with him and he tells us, Go fight
Jim Hall and then L will see what l
can do for YOU So we goes and fights
Jim Hall and licks him. Then we tries
Creedon and get a reputation So we
goes and fights Creedon and we licks
MIN. Then we goes after Mr.. Corbett |
and he says, 'Aw, go fight Choyinski, |
and show you are a fighter. So we has |
TO fight Choyinski and we ticks him, !
too Then we goes after Corbett again !
and he SAYS, You show you are a |
fighter and lick Maher.' Well, we ticks |
Maher. Then we goes after Corbett |
and he says. oh, lick Maher again and |
let us see whether you are a fighter in |
my class So we has another fight I
with Maher and then we ticks him |
again. Then we goes after Mr.. Corbett |
and we makes that Hot Springs match, |
which was fiuke, and all because Cor |
bett, as Brady himself confessed to me |
three or four nights ago, was not in |
condition. Then we goes after Corbett |
again and we gets him in the ring and |
we ticks him.
BY this time the audience was roar
ing. But Julian didn't care He kept |
right on talking '.Corbett met Bob a |
few days before the fight and after he
had seen him he told some of his |
friends that Bob was a feather-weight
and was all trembling. Then he signed
4 statement that he was in the best
condition he was ever in his life Then
DE gets into the ring and gets licked,
md now ne says it was a chance blow.
Now, there has been a great deal said
about the sixth round. | want to say
that Corbett got a shade the best of
he newspaper reports. because the re-
sorters were all from Frisco and were
inns friends. l saw Bob when he went
Town that time, and asked him how he
was. and he said all right. Then l
watched the time-keeper and at eight
seconds I told Mr. E'itzcira to