Show STAR ATHLETES IN EVERY BRANCH OF SPORTS I BADLY iNJURED SHOW REMARKABLE ABILITY I A with both arms gone a champion boxer with a dislocated el elbo elbow el- el how bow a pitcher picher who is shy two fingers and a cricketer with only one leg Jeg Sounds like Uke fiction doesn't It Yet tho the names of these remarkable athletes who have achieved nence nence despite serious Ious disqualifications I disposes of or tho 01 old Idea that to be he successful sue suc ce an athlete must have the per ncr feet boe body I Tho ho armless Is Albert Alhert Sot Sul- ton tori Ho lie hns has all aU over the tho of tho thoAs k h. h cd rJ C o ii c n t to n As g an exponent of fancy shots the kind 1 of o exhibition that causes the tho average aera av as' a era e lover lo er of or the cue game gme to hold hohl holdup up tip his hands hand in amazement that such things can cn be done Sutton Button is second to lo no one Sutton Sulon has been playing for many years ear and yet et he has only onh two stumps both arms being off or above the elbow It I Is worthy of note that h he gets the he better beler all al the tho time lime I When hen the Chicago Nationals won I I the tho championship last year ar a large part art of or the credit was given to Pitcher Brown He was far Car and away awny the teams team's winning pitcher picher and with him himon him himon on n the slab there seemed eem l no wa way th the Cubs could coull lose Yet Drown Brown Is a mutate mu- mu athlete Ho lie has only three tate fingers ingers or rather two fn fingers ers and a on his bis pitching han hand Tho The first and second fingers he lost host in an acci- acci dent Another ball pla player el who Is known all over the country Bill Bi Coughlin ni the he hard working worling third baseman of oC the be Detroit Americans is minus ono finger on his hiR throwing hand band hut but no noTe nono none no Te ne would ver aver know t from time tho WA ns the bag Bill who cornea comes he ie plays plas baS from tho the coal regions o of Pennsylvania being his home was a n breaker boy bop before he discovered that baseball was his rIght calling caling ana anti he nc lost his bis finger er in a amino mine accident enl fn which are arc all al too loo frequent nt In that hard life lo Hut But even more remarkable In a baseball wa way is Sam Griffith the ono one arme armed pitcher picher of Philadelphia Sam lost his left ler arm many many years ears with the right alone alono he has yet t ago no wih been heen able ahle to earn arl an excellent living lie pitches with a 0 motion moton similar le to that used usell h by Sam Leaver Leever the not noted eel PIttsburg r h twirler who does doe oes with his left arm when he little very cry JC I winds up to let ct the ball bail lal go 0 Griffith can get considerable spee speed and arid ha has played playe on n a number of oC strong stron semi professional teams in the vicinity vicinity vicin vicin- Mack man man- Connie home it ity of his of or the Philadelphia Americans nger champions of 1905 1005 1 05 thought enough o or of but hut th the Griffith to give hc him a trial one armed wonder was not quite quie fast fas enough for tor lug big league hig Nelson elson intire in inthe of or Th The successes mote more Important Un Im- be been hecim have p perhaps l tire the ring tl of oC any boxer o of than the work worl He lie is one of or tho f few years recent men mon developed le In the hc last a tn v good gool unknown resident o oan of From Flom nn an years Hc almost almo t unknown town ton an nn Nelson el on fou fought ht his way beating benUn III ill II lande handed after man till ti ho he h. h finally man knocking ou QUI I th the championship Then by hy h be he lost to I the he co col col- I Jimmy d w wonder Brit J. J Je J Gills Cans GlIS on Oil a fou toti l CO after u a I light fight of or H rounds Sportsmen have ha e backed backe Nelson elson anc and andon won on big mone money on th the outcome of his fights Perhaps the they would have been heen less les willing to take chances chance had they known that the battler batter is a virtual cripple His Ills left heft lef arm was wa injured at atthe atthe the elbow and Is so 50 stiffened that he ho cannot straighten It out out This mal makes cs it ft almost Impossible for COt him to jab for he be cannot deliver delver the straight hl left left nut hut Nelson says as that far from being elbow I s I-s n iL Iris hIs crooked a handicap I n to him Jm It I enables him to deliver r nt at short hort rind lio ho blow a up bloW lanJO li unc mICh on r v t Jt It I in hr cement at the tho tt elbow to prevent my thy give when he lie lands a blow It Is a noticeable feature of oC all al oC ot I he is ever on on N t fights that and preferring the milling at close rC range e rath rather than at Ion long dis- dis Lance ance There I Is a reason for this At long a range that shortened left leC arm Is vir- vir of no u use e to him It I is Js only in close lose range that he can u use e It Jt with wih effect Thence Hence the reputation he line hns gained for Cor as aggressiveness res l Is partly enforced en- en forced on him hire b by by- hIs bis damaged arm England has a a high class clas cricketer Lunt of the Knotty Knolly Ash Cricket club who vho t is good O enough no ugh to hold bold hl his place against the competition of oC athletes who vho have o all the parts which nature endows mankind al Mr Mt Il Lunt is only 30 years ears old and anti is extraordinarily strong In n the arms and shoulders shoulder When hen playing he I IK is usually assigned to o keep keel the wI wiCket kt With Ith a crutch un- un tier ler lIeI keel one ono shoulder houlder ho hi supports himself himsel without apparent discomfort and once he gels his mis hands bands on the ball bal I Is a sure sute catch H lie He Is really realY remarkably agie agile duties s of or the position o and he lie le In ri the stumps man many a n batsman by h his speed Ho lIe is alto alo a 1 good scorer himself himsel 10 Mr Ir has other in an ath nIh- athletic letic way He lIe recently finished second wheeling champion to 0 the one legged and has hns n a challenge lo to lorace of England chalonge o 1 race ELCO an any r man in th the United Kingdom who like le himself him has hns to use a crutch cli K g. II Adams of or the lie ow CW York Athletic Ath Athi- Idle letic 1 club I Is a name that frequently sporting records A figures in the foremost formost member of or tho the leading swimming clu club climb of the United States Stales that thai produced the Ibe the organization champion of oC champions in iii the water Daniels Adams has won so eo many dams I events in competition with wih club chub cub members members mem mem- bers that lint now he Is called l on to represent represent I Iother sent the X N. Y A. A C. C in matches with other organizations At the tho coming national championships he will be he pitted against the best men in the tho country Country and amid barring haning Daniels Handy lancy others no- no nobody or two and pet haps ono omie 01 une body is likely I to lo heat him hini bOIl Adams 1 I is a cripple Some hip trouble trou trou- his loft left le leg and he ble bie ha has shortened anI 11 otherwise otherl other other- But nut decided limp walks a wale wih of or notable specimen man- man wl wise l he I Is a and Iris his chest would do credit to lo wrestler 1 great Is tho the specialty Ills swimming 11 wonder wonder- Here his lunge hunge for distance l ul re reservoir is a n most important holds hold the record of oC the club ChIll ild iid He lie I. I and ha has never been defeated dc- dc or 01 thiis feat eat an n lr this ape ape- in competition in ty ha hao had caly university Chicago o Last season eason o a one-armed one guard suar in tho th football team and wa was so good good that no opp opponent him nent rient dared take talc any an liberties with wih For many years year one of or the tho most Interesting InterestIng in interesting In- In members of the Now York National League club line has bc been bein n Dumm Dummy Dum Duni- m my Tn Taylor 01 tho the famous deaf mute pitcher picher Although gh Alho he can cnn neither hear henr nor speak he lie hn has rondo made c a n name for himself In big league b baseball Tills This biG year ho ha has hea boon been falling failIng n f away a n trifle but hUL during somo sorno fomo Intervals t since 18 lS I M or not I tc im Jy r pl f main main- j- j r Dun y is very ery cry popular Ith his team mates males mates So that they theY could conver converse converse con con- ver verse c with him and ane I keep cep him from growing lonely lonel all al the members of tho the team have o ha mastered enough of the tho deaf and ad dumb code coee so BO that tho they can give o gl him needed neede directions about tho the condition of a game Especially skilled did Bowermon flowerman no who usually catches Taylor become Tire The two are arc fast friends and Taylor lor tells all his troubles trou trou- lies bles to the tall tal backstop Danny Hoffman the fleet feet center center- fielder felder of or the tho New ew York Americans has been heen virtually blind In one eye ee for fOI forthe forthe the last years as a result of or beIng being heing be he- ing Ing hit hi with wih a n pitched ball bali hal b by Tanne- Tanne lull hi no Boston's ton left lef For a a. time Hoffmans Hoffman's Hofmans Hofman's life was despaired despaired de tie- of and when he got In the game ame he found himself almost helpless helpless helpless help help- less before a it n left handed handed lef-handed pitcher picher for forIt forIt forit It was waR hIs bis right eye ee that was dam darn aged aled But nul now noW tile the left lef c cy eye s nas Tins accustomed Itself to tho the extra strain and Hoffman Horman and fielding finely has s been boen hitting hilling felding this year Munson the Cornell Cornel distance runner that oven avon In coin coin- eyes cyan had such uch poor Had to nf K AI A I ho hn mud clr ng tho track with with a 1 pair of or eyeglasses eyeglasses eye eye- gln glasses es across his nose nos as though he were vero on his way to deliver del cr a leet lec lee t ture U re All of which shows show that natural obstacles obstacles ob ob- ob- ob Al cannot baffle bario a man who Is de determined de- de to succeed od |