Will `El Juli Ever Torear Again?
The comparatively minor goring that Julian López “E Juli” suffered during the spring fair in Sevilla might have actually served as a wake-up call for a far more serious condition. In fact, there is a terrible possibility that, like a shooting star that shines brightly for only a split second, then dies, leaving no race of its prior brilliance, the celebrated, 17-year-old Spanish matador may be forced to retire from the rings. The ring surgeons who had operated on El Juli’s goring had pronounced the wound menos grave. But, during the torero’s stay in the hospital, doctors became concerned about a tossing that the youngster had suffered, a few months ago, in South America. A bull had picked up the young torero and dumped him, unceremoniously, upon his head. Many spectators feared that El Juli had broken his neck, and might end up in a wheelchair, as has been the case of several of his compatriots. They were relieved when the baby-faced matador was able to get up and walk. But, since that
