The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-01

conditions resulting from the loss OF hto
hands. and his shoulders end back w
grown TO favor the use of tae stumps."
Another doctor, who visited Days 5ur~
ing sutton's engagement there. pre-
nounced the handless expert the most
wonderful and valuable object lesson he
had ever known.
II am" said he, going TO have my two
sons come and see that man, not as a bill
llard player. but as a physical wonder,
one who has demonstrated that eXtraord1-
nary things can be accomplished by de-
termination and application, ever when q
person loses both hands.
AS a rule, persons who suffer such .
misfortune abandon themselves to fate.
and do not try to develop the use of
whatever they may have left OF their
arms. The rule applies to both young ana.
old. This mar is a remarkable and en-
Tightening exception"
Or. l.. l.. Mall, one of the leading anna.
teur billiard players of New York, when.
asked what he thought of Sutton's play.
ing, replied:
II consider it the most astonishing 81
ever saw. II he had been pointed out to
me and my opinion respecting his ability
to play billiards had been asked I would
nave given my opinion as a doctor that he
could not play at all, and, While not q.
betting man, would have been willing to
nave backed that opinion., 1 know how
50 " Il matt WIFI w SOOO nAnO0
TO play more than an ordinary game Of
billiards, and, for that reason, fully ap-
preciate what Sutton has shown he can
do"
Uses His Elbows.
When the cue ball is close to the rail- be-
hind which Sutton stands in making =
shot he rests the cue across his left Of.
DO" JOINT and holds the butt in his right
elbow joint In all other cases he holds
the cue between his stumps. When maxi
ing a masse shot he rests the butt of the
cue on his right shoulder.
GENERALLY he rests his cue on q bridge.
When the cue ball is nea. the middle OF
the table or farther away from where he
stands In playing q shot, the bridge and
handle lie on the table. With the cue ban
a few feet from the rail next to which
ne Stands, he raises one foot, and with.
only one foot on the floor is almost Al.
rigid as a piece Of satuary.
The facility with which he removes the
bridge from the table in order to avoid.
fouls Is interesting and amusing and pre-,
sents frequent escapes by small margina..
his stroke is nearly perfect and is a rev.
citation to those billiard oracles who be-,
lieved and assured other people that .
certain wrist motion" was an essential.
In expert billiards. A few years ago whom,
Schaefer had a fractured right wrist there,
were many expressions to the effect he
would never again be able to exhibit the
skill he had previously shown. Since that
time Schaefer has played better then ever
before. II he has not exploded the fallacy
about wrist motion" George H. Sutton
has.
Shows Improvement.
The handless expert has run over 100 a,
l4-inch balk line and averaged 16 in 400
points at the same style of play. A short
time before his departure for Europe he
played a practice game at Louis Benz
singers Randolph street room, in which
he varied from 1872 to ISL and impressed
observers that he had improved since last
spring. He has played carom games q
ltt!e over four years. Prior to that time
ne was a clever pool player. He took to
billiards out OF curiosity, just to sec what
he could do at it. Having attracted
French employers of billiard talent and.
obtained an engagement from which he
VIII derive 5000 a month, it must be con-
cedea he has done fairly we'll.