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Show H fitf 1 Mutilated Athletes Will Figure In Sports This Season H By tommy clark- MUTILATED athletes aro on the wiu-pnth. In fact, they havo been for some time, nnd if fortuno permits they 1 LI4 !" flKure In sports tho coming sum-H sum-H r men Baslllo Fcrro, the well known H 5 one legged runner of North Bay, Cana-M Cana-M J do, has challenged any one legged run- tm nor In Canada to a race of from llvo to H f ten miles. with a sldo bet of $100 to Fa Tho -ihove challenge will remind vet- B cran sportsmen of a one legged race M K that took place cars ago In Ottawa H & botwecn a Major Strutflcld and a gen- m ST tlemnn named Jarvis. M ff" Crulchea were admissible according M I to the agreement of the race, but ar- H f tincial legs were barred. B f There was a handicap for tho man H i who had lost his leg most recently, bc- M p cause It was considered that tho other M "f hnd an adv.intago In being more accus- M , tomed to running on one leg. JH The major won i L Tho challongo also calls to mind the C number of men who havo achlov'cd I prominenco Jn the athletic world dc-flplto dc-flplto ncrious disqualifications. It disposes dis-poses of the old idea that to bo mic-cessful mic-cessful an athloto must have tho por-fect por-fect body. For lnBtance, there la Al-bort Al-bort Sutton, tho armless bllllardlst, TTo has appeared tll over tho country coun-try and haBplaycd tlic best of tho two armed champions on oen terms and has only had to yield to men In tho front rank. Sutton has been playing for mnny years, and yet ho has only two stumps, both arms being oft abovo the elbow. Tho day also Is not far distant when tho title of one armed golf champion of the, world will be sought for. John Hasklngs, tho one armed champion of Great Britain, Is planning another visit to America tho coming summer and Is anxious to meet Charles Hvde, tho one armed player of Wichita. Kan Judge Shleldo of Omaha- Is anothor one handed hand-ed golf Htar. New York has two well known single arm plavers. They aro Arthur S Lyons, Ly-ons, professional of the Brlarcllff club of Osslnlng, N. T., and Dr. P. A. Mor- I I ALBERT SUTTON. 'l row, amateur, of tho Richmond County Country club, Staton Island, Now York. Tho Ebscx County Country club of New Jersey has a one armed caddie, Louis Angols, who is becoming formidable. formi-dable. England has a high class one legged cricketer, Lunt of the Knotty Ash Cricket club, who ,!s good enough to hold his place against the competition of athletes who hao all tho parts with which nature endows mankind. Yhen plaIng ho Is usually assigned to keep tho wicket. With a crutch under un-der ono shoulder ho supports himself without apparent discomfort, and once ho gets his hands on the ball it Is a r n JOHN HASKINGS. sure catch. He Is really romarkably agllo in tho duties of tho position and stumps many a bat6man by his spod. B H. Adams, New York Athletic club, Is a name that frequently figures In the swimming records. Adams has won so many evonts In competition w 1th club members thnt now he Is colled coll-ed on to represent the N Y. A C. In matches with other organizations. Adams Is a cripple. Some hip trouble shortened his left leg,' and ho walks w 1th a decided limp, but otherwise hols ho-ls a notable specimen of manhood. Two j cars ago Chicago university had s. one armed guard in tho football team, and he was so good that no opponent aared take any liberties with him. On Lho Pacific coast Matthew Safcra. a ono 5 lesgod tennis playor, moro than holds oxccllcnt living. Connie Mack, mana-hlH mana-hlH own-wlth somo of tho cracks. gor of the Philadelphia. Americans, Philadelphia haa a crack one armod thought enough of Griffith to give him pitcher in Sam GrlflUh. Sam lost his a trial somo years ago, but he was not left arm many years ago, jet with the quito fast enough for bljr league corn-right corn-right alono he has been ablo to earn an pany. MATTHEW SAFERA, ONE LEGGED TENNIS PLAYER, WHO HAS . DEFEATED SEVERAL CRACKS. |
