Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-08 | Page 27 | College of Idaho Student Able to Put Shot despite Blindness

College of Idaho Student Able To Put Shot Despite Blindness BOISE Idaho May 8 Floodlights will roll back the night for all but hefty Archie Lowe College of ot Idaho weight weightman man when contestants file contestants file on tho the field next Friday night for the southern Idaho intercollegiate track and field m meet t. t Archie is blind A gasoline explosion several years ago robbed Archie of his bis sight eight but it did not rob him of a spirit it of dogged determination to tomake tomake tomake make good The results thus far Lowe a regular member of the college track team consistently heaves the shot upward of 40 feet He is a devoted football fan Ian and sees many games As a Ii freshman student he manages manages manages man man- ages to make go good d grades How be he did it polished up on ott his shot 4 putting stance tance by observing other athletes tes Under the tho guidance guidance guid guid- ance anco of Coach Jess Swan he used wed his hands to feel fecI how his classmates classmates classmates class class- mates tossed the balL Tho The youths youth's roommate Clyde Cantrell of Castle Castleford ford Idaho ac accompanies accompanies ac ac- companies Lowe Lowe- to football games and loans loons him his eyes Cantrell Cantrell Can Can- trell gives a rapid-fire rapid play by play ac account of the the- games Lowe keeps abreast of his studies studies stud stud- ies les by using a special set of textbooks textbooks text text- books and with willi the assistance of Cant Cantrell wHo r reads ads t to him