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Jabs, Punts andStrangle-HoldsHave the wrestlers developed a newdisease peculiar to their game, or arethey merely succumbing to an eye trouble as the result of fierce draining during matches? Jim Tjondos, C'.re* k champion, John Kreeburg, one*of the leading heavyweights. andWladek Zor«zko. are all having trou-ble with disea?od eyes. Zbynzko was the first to become a victim of the,Strange malady Kreeburg was the |no vf -oitTorfo* *a n ri now JilTl IxmdOS ism a *• ^ m — *a victim, $nd may lo.se the sight ofone eye. according to a t'hicago specialist.A half dozen specialists have investigated the optic troubles of these men.and not a mother's son of the half idozen will venture an opinion as to what the trouble is Zbyszko tirstinoticed his eye trouble after a matchin Des Moines. One of his optics be- ;came inflamed, was painful and great-ly interferred with his work, because the puin increased whenever he ap-plied pressure to th« hold on an opponent. Zhvfusko wad obliged tlt;* giv«up work temporarily, and under themost attentive and drastic treatment his disabled optic improved much but jdid not fully recover 1Free burg apparently lt;ontralt;*telt;l his; trouble in a match i: Chicago. He atlirst believed the inflammaiion came |from r**sin dust. which hr- bad reason jto believe had gotten into the eye The svmptoms w re almost identical tothose in Zbyszko’s case. After a weekor ten days both of Freeburg's eyeswere infected and he was forced to. sofk rlt; Uef in a hospital. He is rounding into goo lt;\ shape again, but his optics give* him much pain when he istrains to apply pressure on a hold,}Lendos 311st returned east from Fal-lfornia He was in the best of condition when he left the coast, butwhen ho arrived ir Chicago four days lat* r his « os were in a terrible con- ’ i dition from inflammation and neglect lt;incident to travel He complains that, 1his vision is vanishing. On his at- lt;rival in Chicago he declared he could not see mote than 20 feet away. ! ■1/ondos has already made an ap-jpontment with slt;*mc of New York'sif*adcr.s anion? ey** specialists. and within two weeks hopes to be able |1 o b arT, d«-finitel\ th** cause of the j 1t. flt; I t be resin the jmat men plan to '*att t campaign todo away with the anti-slip powder,that is used liberalh in most boxing ,and wrestling rings j
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Racine Journal News
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Feb 21, 1921
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