The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
Cline to Attempt Ring Comeback
 h 1927 Season
JAMES J. CoRBETT

Irish Patsy Cline is attem p.ing ring most peculiar afflictions ever known to ringman. l Cline started his career several years ago, and came forward in cylclonic fashion. He took on one lightweight after another, and beat most of them Ito q pulp. A dozen of the best men in the game attempted to block his path way-but Cline bowled them over with remarkable ease.
 No modern lightweight beyond Benny Leonard made such a sensational ad- vance in that class as did Cline. He was pointed toward the championship and it seemed likely to many ring ex- perts that he might batter and pound his way to the crest.
 The opportunity came to him two wears ago in fight. with Benny Leon ard. It was hurricane affair through l the first rounds, with Cline havin, a decided lead up to the fifth session Leonard was forced to battle with all his cunning and skill to save himself from the furious rushes of the clever, ardhtting Irishman.
 During a fierce rally in the fifth,
 
 which caught Cline under the left eye lClne shook his head, blinked and then Jumped back into the battle appara ltly unhnrt However. when he returned 1 to his corner. he was unable to see aut 1 of his left eye. He continued to fight under this handicap, and Leonard from then on rolled up enough points to win the newspaper decision. Afterward Cline was a different l fighter. His left eye bothered ,im continually. He suffered from head aches and dizzy spells. The climax came in one of his fights when return ling to his corner, he said to his sec. onds
 ! q know there is only one man in the ring who is fighting me, but I see two 1 of them. Something seems to be wrong with this eye"
 l Cline's pugilistic star began to set from that time on. Even in contests
 with the most mediocre boxers he wasf a mile off form in hitting. To the byA stander 1t seemed as though he was not
 trying. He would make one wild swing
 after another. Frequently he would
 miss by 12 to IS inches. Patsy always explained to his handlers that this was
 because he could see two men in the
 ring, and didn't know which man to shoot at
 1 Eventually, Cline in disgust quit the
 ring. He concluded that his eyes had gone bad permanently. But friends in- sisted that he should consult special ists to find out if it was not possible I for them to restore his vision to per lection. Cline finally agreed, and 'hree specialists in consultation diagnosed his case as double vision.~ 1 One of the doctors explained Cline's In tl.; ;r1 ,txT having been destroyed by the blow the muscle controlled by this nerve Nas paralyzed. Therefore. the left eye could not be focused with the right eye on objects moving to the left because the left eye would remain straight while the right eye moved with the object. crossed focus of this kind means that the individual sees double, and shat Is known as diplopia. The inflicted rer- son, through this ailment, has differ. ent focal point for each eye. thus giv ing double impression of single image"
 Cline's trouble has been remeiisd. An operation was performed some months ago, and since then his vision has boon perfect. The youngster na-' turally has turned again to the prize ring work. and has shown In training most of the stuff that made him po- tential champion several years ago. Cline has been working out With Jack Dempsey. Clay Turner md [, thes big fellows. and soon after tho first of the year will be ready to jump Into harness and take on the toughest of them,
 And you can stake q fair-siHed hank roll on 1t that Patsy will not only be- gin where he left off sbefore the 4ye became affected. but he will go on to greater glory than ever before" de- elares Dean McKetrick. his manager Copyright 1920, by King Fea sures Syndicate, Ine)