New Britain herald., 1923-12-19
 
GOLFERS, CRIPPLED AND BLIND, ARE
 STILL ABLE TO SHOOT FINE GAMES

Chicago. Dec. I9.-1'his is story about eripples who have mastered golf. most elusive and eXacting of all sports.
 It is not recital of deeds ot mir aele workers, but of men who love the game, laugh al adversity and pos ses the will to carry on.
 Once in d while you hear some perpleXcd golfer lamenting his phy sical deficiencies. I'm to tall, or too short or too fat
 Your physical build means approx imately nothing in golf. IL would be hard 10 find three men whose physi- cal characteristics are more widely different than Barnes Sarazen and Quimet. yet each has won q national open championship.
 Would you say a man without eyes to sec could play golf?
 A man without arms?
 A man with but one leg 10 stand on?
 A man with but one arm to swing?
 So much in golf, you know, depends
  the rhythmic beauty of your swing, the smoothness of body motion.
 Turner is Blind.
 Harris Turner Of Canada is totally blind, a pathetic victim of the World War. Turner plays golf, and plays il fairly well. He uses all the clubs, and plays all the shots the average golfer employs. His caddy aids him only in teeing the ball and giving him the proper direction to the green. Turner seldom misses a shot con- pletely His greatest trouble comes on he greens in sinking the ball Here IS where his strokes mount up. one of his best scores was 1U5 over course of championship length.
 Has No Arms.
 Tom McAuliffe of Buffalo was arm less, except for two stubby remnants on his shoulders. Yet McAuliffe, by holding the club between his neck and his shoulder was able to develop q satisfactory swing and so keep up his play. McAuliffe was handicapped chiefly in playing the long shots. The restricted nature of his swing made distance impossible; but he played his short approaches and chip shots about as well as the average golfer, and his putting was well up to inc standard.
 one-armed golfers who score low are rather numerous. One of the best one-armed golfers in the coun- try is Louis Martucci, a New Yorker, whose left arm is gone. Martucci is credited with q 6s over the Van Coartland links. A sS with one arm? What would he do with two? Follow ing Martncci's performance il is re- ported three physically perfect duffers who had never been under go went to surgeons office and arranged for immediate amputations.
 One Armed plascrs.
 Ohio has one-armed amateur, Jack Allen Of Ma-ssillon, who is good enough 10 play in the state cham pionship, and is always q starter, Allen is going badly when he scores above S4. Chicago has a one-armed professional, Ed Reilly, who is il match for anybody. Four years ago Reilly went around the Marquette Park course in 7i. Oklahoma offers John Funk Of El Reno, another one- armed star, with three consecutive sos to his credit.
 One-legged golfers are less com mon. Perhaps the best in the game is Alex Jones, a British professional Jones uses crutches. When he plays q shot he hands the crutches to his caddy, balances himself on one leg ard swings. Jones is reputed to be a 2o0-yard driver. and an expert with the bra.ssie and long irons. He scores in the 70s over some Of England's toughest courses