Show wonder man with one leg Ss Is sto star college athlete 26 year old law student sets amazing record in sports OXFORD MISS A one armed one legged law student at sity of mississippi continues to amaze everybody with his unusual athletic prowess don lost his left arm and fais left leg in a railway accident when he was 11 years old at the age of 26 he has behind him bim an amazing record despite his handicap now a sophomore law student in the upper third of his class at uni hersity of mississippi al ready holds one degree from temple university in philadelphia A star athlete he is a nimble participant in handball tennis soft ball football and swimming is a realist when he suf his childhood injuries he made up his mind not to let the loss of his 1 abs get a psychological grip on him he worked hard and adapted himself to conditions developed arm not particularly sensitive about ti s missing members has developed the remaining arm and leg to a remarkable degree and probably most important he has developed his mind to keenness when he was graduated from temple in 1945 enrolled at the law school of university of pennsylvania forced by illness to withdraw he turned to the south and university of mississippi there he won respect and has earned learned the good natured kidding of fais bis mates a tact fact he grinningly in ter as a sign he s accepted as one of the boys and not as a freak he gets around with aid of a crutch a support which he wields with amazing dexterity he can boot a football tor for distance stra through the uprights while balanced solely on the single crutch excels in swimming in swimming he s at his best using a lung ng stroke cuts through the water with a speed and endurance that made mainer many any a two armed and two legged swimmer swi g ve up just to add frosting to the cake he can do a complete back somersault off the high diving board Is no slouch on the wrest ling mat either weighing around pounds he figures he d tip the scales at about with his other arm and leg but despite his dif fi culty a lot of the campus boys who consider themselves strong give him a wide berth in the grap pi pl ng ring A member of phi delta phi na lional honorary legal fraternity ry back even has overcome that final bugaboo of most law students he s learned to type w th one hand bang ing along at a respectable rate of 30 words a minute sponsored accord ng to the re quire ments of pennsylvania law by justin D G rolanbo a bethlehem at torney plans to return to pennsylvania next year to take his bar examinations and start his final apprenticeship as a law clerk |