The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

Schaefcr I'm the Same Boat.
Schaefer's hands are as delicate
as Hopes, and since he began
playing billiards as n small boy he
has taken care OF them. If Schaefer
could do whatever he wanted to.
aside from playing billiards. he
would choose handball as his favor
lite sport. But he doesn't dare to.
Hitting hard, or even u soft ball,
would ruin his hands and keep him
out OF "a fortune. He can't even
play tennis or golf, except very
rarely, because he would develop
muscles that would work against
his delicacy OF touch.
But for nearly all atnletes paiI
of big strong hands is a winning as
set.
Brick Muller IL famous as n foot
ball tackle and for his ability to
make forward passes OF more than
so yards, handling the football very
much as II It was a baseball, throw
ing low and straight. Muller is six
feet tall, strongly built. and has
such huge hands that he can fairly
wrap his fingers around a football.
That Is part of the secret of his
speed and accuracy ia delivery.
Jim Duncan, worlds record hold
er for the discus throw, who earned
a lieutsnant's commission at the
front during the war and Is now in
France. has the biggest hands /
ever saw on an amateur athlete. His
little finger is as thick and strong
az an ordinary mans thumb. His
palm is broad and thick, and
punched with muscles His fin
gers are long. The discus never
slips from his grip, although he gets
the record distance with a tremen-
dous whip and gives speeding
whirl to the missile with a tug OF
the fingers.
Julian Elliott, who weighed l45
| pounds and put the 16-pound shot
over 45 feet. spent years developing
his hands. acquiring punched mus
cles OF thumb and fingers that gave
him n great Flip" as the shot left
his finger tips.
Tom Carroll. greatest Of all pro-
| fessional weight throwers, has n
hand that measures just six inches
across the knuckles. AS an ordina-
| rily big mans hand measures only
1-2 inches Il can be seen that Car
I roll has n powerful efgine to give
| the final impetus to any weight he
throws
He tried boxing once, but after
| knocking out couple OF men by
| dropping his huge paw on their
chins he gave 1t up for fear he
| might kill someone. The first pro-
fessional heavyweight he boxed was
knocked out for "a hours.
John l.. Sullivan had thick hands,
wide across the knuckles. and with
very heavy wrists, Jetfries had
thick wrists. but his hands were not
large in proportion to the rest OF his
physique.
Bob Fitzslmmons had very big
hands and very small feet. He
! wore No. @ ahoe. There was n
peculiar thing about Fit2slmmons'
hands that / have never seen In any
other fighters maulers. When his
fist was closed the knuckles formed
I a straight line. Usually the knuckle
OF the second finger stands out far
thest and the third knuckle nearly
as far,
When first noticed this
thought Fitzslmmons' knuckles had
been battered back by much hitting,
although this was before Fitz began
breaking his HANDS. hut he told me
they always were level. lie thought
this had something 10 do with his
great hitting power as the blows
were landed with all four knuckles.
Later, when he fought Jeffries the
second time. Fitz broke the first two
knuckles OF his hand and drove
them back out OF limo. He broke
them again on Gardner, He drove
the first two knuckles OF his left
hand back by hitting Jeffries, IN
1.-THE same fight. but not so far. His
hands never were much good for
fighting afterward.
Young Corbett had hands like
John l.. Sullivan's, and he could hit
The only great fighter ! can re-
member who had really small hands
was Jimmy Britt. James was han
dicapped by his small hands, which
were little larger than girls. Ho