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Show over crippling injuries of a plane accident, Jana Froman later was honored for entertaining troops. Triumphing mm bPsWv.Hp H m ab Blind from birth, Alec Templeton overcame his handicap to become expert in Bach and boogie. Burned so badly as a boy doctors said ha would navar walk again, Glenn Cunningham m ,KMaa became a great runnar. 4 APr?;BK it" IB Never Gave on history after his battle against polio. Handicaps are not respecters of Presidentsor of senators. Charles Edward Potter stepped on a German land mine during World War II and subsequently had both legs amputated While on leave from Walter Reed hospital in 1946, he attended many congressional debates because he considered them "the best therapy possible.' Potter, who now gets around on artificial legs with the help two'cuiieaV'ran'Tof representative in 1947. He traveled 5,000 miles in the campaign and landslide. In 1952 was elected in a he ran for United States senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Arthur H. and won handily. or us have known people who, faced with serious illness or crippling handicaps, have said in despair, "What's the use?" The world turns gray overnight and life becomes a chore, rather than a pleasure. But if any advice could be given them it might be: "Don't let a handicap handicap you!" The number of famous people who ignored their handicaps and triumphed despite overwhelming odds would fill the record bootak Take George Washington. The "father of our country" would never have been accepted into any modern army. At various times he suffered from tuberculosis, smallpox, malaria, influenza, and dysentery. His teeth were bad, his complexion sallow, and his chest hollowed from childhood rickets. Although a man of great vitality and a giant physically, there were many times when he left a sickbed to lead troops into battle. Fate stacked the cards against Washington but he still made good nor was he the only President who triumphed against handicaps. A man who had had an active childhood, Franklin Delano Roosevelt came down with crippling infantile paralysis when he was 39. With the help of his wife and personal secretary, he fought the illness and was able to take part in the Democratic national convention of 1924. After the convention, he went to Warm Springs, Georgia, where he strengthened his muscles by swimming. He learned to ride a horse and drive a car, and eventually he managed to get around with, braces and two canes. A well-knofigure before his illness, Roosevelt left his real mark two-to-o- ne Van-denbe- They triuiiipliod in sports, toe Sports annals are filled with the names of men who overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Take Golfer Ed Furgol. who won the National Open in 1954 against com- 0. Roosevelt at 39, but he won M$ battle against the disease to become a great President. Polio hit Franklin Some of the most famous people in the world have suffered' from crippling handicaps and had to learn the hard way what it takes to attain success. wn v 4 IAHH.V WlfKlY MACAZINi DfCfMftfft If, rg 1953 I- - petition like Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, and Bobby Locke. When Furgol was 11, he broke his left elbow in a playground, accident and the arm was never set properly. Other boys called him "Crooked Arm" and, later on, old golfing pros dubbed him "Wingy." Furgol loved golf and made it his life's work, though he never made a big splash in the game before the Open which he won despite a withered left arm that is 10 inches thorter than his right arm. Other sports also have their share of handicapped stars. Ham Richardson is rated America's Number 3 tennis player and 7th in |