SOME NAMES IN
SPORTS

By HAROLD U. RIBALOW

Crashing the sports pages of
the nation's newspapers, winning
roaring acclaim from fervent
spectators, stealing headlines
from fading stars — these were
some of the startling accomplish-
ments of Jewish athletes during
5701.
Jews excelled in boxing, base-
ball, football, basketball and
many of the minor games as well.
Names like Abe Simon, Buddy
and Maxie Baer, Georgie Abrams,
Hank Greenberg, Hank Danning,
Sid Luckman and hundreds of
others hit the headlines with
regularity.

BOXING

It was in boxing in particular
—a profession which boasted of
great Jewish boxers, sluggers,
fighters and fancy Dans — that
the most sensational developments
took place.
Joe Louis, whose reign as
heavyweight king has begun to
tremble during this past year,
fought two thrilling bouts with
two Jewish boys who won the
admiration of the pugilistic world
with their courage, stamina,
fighting ability and ambition.
First Abe Simon, gargantuan
New York Jew, carries Louis to
thirteen bloody rounds before
succumbing to the paralyzing
blows of the champion. Big Abe,
at whom they once laughed, made
them eat cake when he shoved
r. ponderous left into the Brown
Is omber's unemotional PAce
throughout the entire bout. No
matter that the big boy was tak-
ing a royal licking. He was mak-
ing the championship go a mara-
thon contest, a pleasant sight
after all the lightning knockouts
handed out by Louis. When
Abraham finally collapsed, it was
forgotten that Joe was the win-
ner. "How long did he last?"
screamed the sports world. "Thir-
teen," came back the astounding
answe•. And Abe Simon, of the
pushbd-in face and the tremend-
ous hands, had joined the hall
of fame of boxing.
Buddy Baer, who had lived
under the shadow of the verbose
Maxie, decided to step out and
do things his own way. So when
he faced Louis, Buddy — in an
attempt.to save the Baer reputa-

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tion — aimed a hard right cross
to Joe's jaw as the bout opened.
To the surprise of all and sun-
dry, the smack landed flush on
the champ's jaw. T h e Brown
Bomber crashed against the
ropes and fell out of the ring.
After that the snarling cham-
pion, no longer expressionless,
went to work with all the venom
at his command. Buddy was a
beaten hulk within six rounds,
but what a half dozen sessions
they were! The next day Joe
Williams, ace sports columnist,
exulted : "Buddy's my boy. He's
the next champ." Maxie, more
or less chagrined, took solace in
his accomplishments of the year.
Ile licked the overgrown, over-
ballyhooed Pat Comiskey, wal-
loped Two-Ton Tony Galento and
took a beating from Yogi Lou
Nova.
The deeds of t h e two be-
hemoths, Simon and Baer, in-
spired the smaller fry. Georgie
Abrams trimmed Billy Soose for
the third straight time. Billy,
alas, forgot to haul his title into
the ring with him, and so Georgie
remains just another pugilist.
Bob Pastor, who had three shots
at the champion, spent the better
part of the year knocking out
would-be challengers of Louis'
crown. Al "Bummy" Davis, tough
and loud, won, lost, joined the
Army and took a royal licking
from Fritzie Zivic. Maxie Ber-
ger, of Canada and the Bronx,
and Maxie Shapiro, of the Bronx
exclusively, did quite well. The
Magen David on boxing shorts
touched canvas rather seldom
this year — and when it did,
the occasion was glorious, pugil-
istically speaking.

BASEBALL

mer Gross, Duquesne's Moe
Becker set the pace for basket-
ball players the country over.
One sport which seldom had
good Jewish players has now
come up with a healthy crop of
youngsters. Tennis circles buzz
with he names of Henry Pros-
off, Seattle giant; Seymour
Greenberg, Midwestern star;
Izzy Bellis, perennial Philadel-
phia winner; Joey Fishbach;
Arthur Marx, Groucho's robust
son, and Millicent Ifirsch, one of
the best of the women players.
Perhaps golf, with Herman Bar-
ron as the sole Jewish star, will
take notice and follow the path
of the tennis court.

OTHER SPORTS

Just to sprinkle the sports
cake with some more chocolate
trimmings, it is no more than
fair to note that Henry Witten-
berg, Jewish wrestler from City
College, has yet to taste defeat;
that Harold Bogrow is the moit
improved member of N.Y,U.'s
championship relay team; that
Sol Schiff is world's table-tennis
champ; that Hirsch Jacobs and
Phil Schwartz are consistent
winners on the race tracks of
the nation. Now if the Jews
would only develop a world's
chess champ from its wealthy
source of Fines Reshevsky's,
Hanauers and the like, all would
be well.

Eloquence may exist without a
proportionable degree of wisdom.
—Edmund Burke.

FOOTBALL

BASKETBALL AND TENNIS

Basketball has sometimes been
called the "Jewish game". Some
of its greatest players, indeed
some of the entire squads of good
teams, were Jewish this year.
City College of New York, one
of the outstanding tennis in the
East had Red Holzman, Julie
Gerson, Al Goldsetin and Al Win-
ograd on its starting five; N.Y.
U., last year's powerhouse, claim-
ed Ralph Kaplowitz, Ben Auer-
bach and Iry Davis; L.I.U.'s Os-
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Those other national manias,
baseball and football, did not do
so well by our Jewish lads. Hank
Greenberg, one of the most feared
sluggers of all time, played ball
for Uncle Sam instead of De-
troit's Tigers. It was not a good
trade in a strictly sports sense,
since neither the Tigers nor the
Army won any pennants. Hank
managed to inspire countless edi-
torials on the touching subject
of: What Hank Greenberg did
for the Army. But, slack, Hank
left his mates to face the
Yankees alone. Consequently, the
New Yorkers clinched the flag
in early September as the Tigers
wallowed in the second division.
Hank Danning, Giant catcher,
and Moe Arnovich, his Jewish
team mate, labored disconsolately
as the former McGraw greats
stumbled through the season.
Buddy Myer, former star second-
sacker of the Washington Sena-
tors, sat on the bench most of
the year, dreaming of the days
of his past glory. Harry Eisen.
stat, of the collapsible Indians)
watched Bob Feller win fo
Cleveland ; Moe Berg, erudite \
catcher-coach of the Boston Red
Sox, starred on Informatiori
Please with Kieran and Company,
while his buddies on the Sox saw
Ted Williams run wild and trail
the Yankees home.
There are, however, coming
stars in baseball who are Jews.
Sid Gordon, of the Jersey City
Giants, is a brilliant newcomer.
So is Harold Feldman, who
pitches for the same team, as
Sid plays second base and cheers
approvingly. Cy Block, Bronx
boy, is a minor league sensation.
Lou Klein is the best shortstop
in the American Association.
Goody Rosen, former Dodger,
may engineer a successful come-
back.

Football found only Sir Luck-
man this season. Called by his
coach the finest player in history,
Sid led the Chicago Bears to
a 73-0 rout of the Washington
Redskins for the pro title. He is
clever, passes beautifully and is
a n all-around athlete. Of the
others, Marshall Goldberg, Buc-
kets Goldenberg and Lou Marks
all were more than fair, but
they were not Luckman. The
college game boasted of some
fine player.s The best of them
were Mort Landsberg of the
powerhouse Cornell squad and
Ambie Schindler, star of the
Rose Bowl game.

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Character'i:! what you give;
When to this truth you waken,
Then you begin to live.
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