The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

conditions resulting from The loss of his
hands, ard his shoulders and back have
grown to favor the use of the stumps."
Another doctor. who visited Days dur
ing outtoh's engagement there, pro-
bounced the handles expert the most
wonderful and valuable object lesson he
had ever known.
l am said he, going 20 have my two
sons come and sec that man, not as a bill
nara payer, but as a physical wonder,
one who has demonstrated that extraordi-
nary things can be accomplished by de-
termination and application, even when a
person loses both hands.
AS a rule, persons who suffer such a
misfortune abandon themselves to fate,
ana DO not try to develop the use of
Whatever they may have left of their
arms. The rule applies to both young and
Old. Th1s man is a remarkable and en-
Tightening exception
Dr. l.. i. Mail, one of the leading anna
teur billiard players of New York, when
asked What he thought of Sutton's play
ing, replied:
Il consider it ~he most astonishing T
ever saw. If 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 tina he
cou!d not play at all, and, while not a
betting man, would haye been willing to
80 "S4St liza OplIlOl. i know now
nara II Is Tor a man with two good hands
to play more than an ordinary game of
billiards, and, for that reason. fully an
prectate what Sutton has shown he can
do"
Uses His Elbows.
NNhen the cue ball IS close to the rail be-
nina which Sutton stands in making a
shot he rests the cue across his left ell
DO" Joint and holds the butt in his right
elbow joint In all other cases he holds
me cue between his stu1nps. When maxi
ing a lnasse 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 near the middle of
the table or farther away from where he
stdnNs IN playing q shot, the bridge and
handle lie on the table. With the cue ball
a lew feet from the rail next to which
ne stands, he raises one foot, and with
only one loot en- the floor Is almost as
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-
SCENTS lrcGuen escapes by small margins
his stroke is nearly perfect and Is a rev.
elatlon to those billiard oracles who be-
lleVed and assured other people that a.
certain wrist notion was an essential
in expert billiards. A few years ago when
49, " cu liz III WI1SI there
We're 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. If lie has not exploded the fallacy
about wrist motion George II. Sutton
has.
Shows Improvement.
Inc handless expert has run over 100 a,
l4-lnch balll line and averaged 16 in 400
points al the same style of play. A short
Tune before his departure for Europe he
played a practice game at Louis Ben
randolph street room, in which
he varied from 1872 to 1871 and impressed
observers that he had improved since last
spring. lie has played carom games q
little over four years. Prior to that time
ne was a clever pool player. He took to
billiards out Of curiosity, just to see what
he couid do at it.. Having attracted
French employers Of billiard talent and
obtained an engagement from which he
Will derive $500 a month, it must be con-