| Show Ii li J V ii Df j FR FRANK K B BAKER KER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR Sometimes the strongest men shudder at the thought of a few minutes in the dentists dentist's chair but after what Gus has undergone to rid himself of the dreaded dread dread- ed eye disease called trachoma the burly wrestler probably probably probably proba proba- bly would laugh at the thought of having a couple of wisdom wisdom- teeth removed j A lot of spectators marveled that Sonnenberg didn't crack his cranium wide open at the local arena last Friday when he crashed headlong out of the ring and bashed his head on the cold hard concrete H He made a furious lunge at Jimmy Londos the gorgeous Greek when the target leaped out of his way leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing Gus to soar between the ropes It is a well known fact that wrestlers have to know how to relax when they fall else they wouldn't be able to live and wrestle another day Sonnenberg has been around fully long enough to have perfected this art of how to fall Leastwise he has had plenty of oJ opportunity to practice with his frequent flights headlong headlong head head- lon long onto concrete floors into spectators' spectators laps and hastily Vacated va vacated vacated va- va seats To relax the muscles in ones one's legs arms and back is one thing To relax the muscles muscles muscles-if if an any any and and and the bones of a fel fellows fellows fellow's fellows fellow's fel- fel lows low's cranium however is quite a different matter And AmI Mr 11 Sonnenberg crashed with a pronounced thud right upon his cranium last Friday It gave most people a headache just to view the stop one-stop flight yet Mr 11 Sonnenberg not only staggered staggered staggered stag stag- about the ring a n few Cew minutes later under his own power but he also lived to go o serenely upon his way that very evening without even bothering to take a headache powder Even the most hardened arena customers went home jabbering about Sonnenberg's up crack-up as excitedly as any eyewitness to a three-car three collision at a busy intersection The chief exception amid all the excitement was Jack Doyle the soft spoken arena impresario Doyle simply refused to tobe tobe tobe be impressed Why that guy ju jut jus t isn't human when it comes to ab absorbing absorbing absorbing ab- ab pain he said You ought to have seen what he lie went through when he had trachoma Doyles Doyle's remarks suggested a story so I pleaded fox for more details and the story goes something like this Trachoma has been ih the bane of th the wrestlers' wrestlers existence existence existence exist exist- ence the daily dread of these boys who earn their bread and butter by acting like a lot of tough guys It begins with an inflamed condition of the eyes reaches dangerous stages when granular growths develop on the tIie inner surface of the eyelids and frequently causes blindness Some say that the disease was carried to America by imported from India At any rate it ran rampant rampant rampant ram ram- pant through the wrestling ranks a few years ago anc and although there still is much to learn about its treatment and prevention th the American have made big strides toward eradicating it by washing the mats every week laundering their ring garb after every engagement and washing their eyes regularly A virtually obscure doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor in Omaha has gained the undying gratefulness o of many too by curing nearly 90 per cent of the themen themen themen men who have gone to him with the ailment The Omaha doctor had bad not established his reputation when the tile disease struck Sonnenberg Medical science knew very little in in those days about com combating hating the malady One school of thought theorized however that if the eyelids were scared seared by hot instruments the resultant scabs would eventually away and carry the diseased membranes with them Sonnenberg underwent this treatment repeatedly Doyle says he lie has seen him sit stoically while white hot needles were touched against his eyelids uttering not a sound de despite despite despite de- de spite the intense pain Hed just sit there perspiring like he lie was in the midst of a long wrestling match Jack said sail Ed Strangler Lewis was a victim of the ailment t too o. o He spent thousands and thousands of dollars fo for treatment during the eight years he suffered from it its ravaging effects He crossed the Atlantic a couple o of times seeking aid from the best medical talent in Europe Once in in Hungary he submitted to a treatment in which his eyelids were stung by bees when he was told that th the thc reaction from the sting would combat the other mation Disappointment met him at virtually every turn Today Lewis is i a Christian Scientist firm in his belief belie that their teachings hel helped science restore his eyesight to normalcy I L A t. t i 1 r |
