Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-06-18 | Page 43 | Texas "U" Captain Has Only One Arm

TEXAS "U" CAPTAIN HAS ONLY ONE ARM Toxaa university haa omontf Us enrol IM ftu-driits ftu-driits a most unusual bat-Thai 1 player In Pick Hoopor, who, (JppUc the fin t thnl hJ t:a3 only ini' arm, has dppo pWtfd captain of the Tejcar. university nine. Hooper in an outriddfr and wfirs a glove on hln surviving hand, whirl) If th right one. Thero Is only & etump on tho left wide of his bony. When pi nylng bin position on tho diamond Hooper caiclics the ball and then toasts it a abort dletaora into the air abovo big bead. Thin gives blm a rhjnco to withdraw Mr rlplit band from th fclovr, which he places undnr u'hi; in left of hi lft arm. Wne-n tht; ball dcMc-r-nrls, he clutches It anfl throws It lo any pact or the diamond where thm In a chance for a putout. Hooper poos thrcvjKh with hi whole operation wiia wonderful speed. La-t geepon Hooper threw out ten runners at the plate, unl out of 105 Lhaiu-e In the field did not r.iak n error. He use a Fhort, thick bl nnrt hit bafely in nixffen consecutive- frame:, Inst Reason. He intends to enter Dartmouth uext year.