Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...means a political blind alley are the Philippines, as the subsequent careers of onetime Civil Governor William Howard Taft, Governor-General Henry Lewis Stimson and High Commissioner Frank Murphy well demonstrate. Far from relinquishing his Presidential ambitions last week, Paul McNutt let slip to the press that it would probably be only a year or so before he was back on the U. S. scene...
...Overbrook's ablest current wrestlers are the Marcucci brothers, Raymond and George, identical twins who were born blind 16 years ago. George is national blind champion at the 50-yd. dash. Raymond is national blind champion at basketball throwing. Both are talented woodworkers. Last week both won their matches, George in 5 min. 5 sec., his brother in 20 seconds less...
Since Coach Near S. Quimby introduced wrestling at Overbrook in 1929, it has been adopted at five other U. S. schools for the blind. More remarkable, however, than the success of wrestling among blind boys has been the success of Overbrook's wrestlers against non-blind opponents. In the past five years, the school has won 31 matches, lost none. Almost all of its victories have been against non-blind opponents. Last week's victory was Overbrook's fourth this year, its first against blind opponents...
Against non-blind opponents, a blind wrestler is at a minor disadvantage until both are on the mat. Coach Quimby emphasizes grips designed to get an opponent off his feet as quickly as possible, teaches his charges not to let opponents wriggle out of their grasp. Once on the mat, a blind wrestler's acute sense of touch often outweighs his opponent's ability to see. Twitching muscles betray the grip an opponent intends, permit a blind wrestler to break it before it is completed. Broken arms and ribs among blind wrestlers are no more common than among...
There are no blind professional wrestlers but at least one of Overbrook's graduates is able enough to consider such a career. He, Robert Allman, who left Overbrook in 1934, is currently a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies in Braille, wrestles as a regular member of the team. Last week while Navy wrestlers were beating Penn, 23-to-3, Wrestler Allman lost his match to Navy's Charles Chandler but his display of defensive technique was so impressive that 4,000 spectators cheered him throughout the bout, gave him an ovation when it ended...