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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
September I1, 1942
Review of Year in Jewish Sports
Review for 5702
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THE SPORT NG PARADE
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Jesse Silver has joined up with
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corps.
Baseball, football, boxing, has- th e flying
ketball and track—the big five of BASEBALL,
Pitchers Harry Feldman and
the sports world and the five
leading contingents of the sport- Harry Eisenstadt of the New
and Cleveland In-
ing parade in which Jewish York
.
. ath- G•ants
letes have distinguished them- dians, respectively, are carving
selves once again this past year excellent records for themselves as
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as they have been doing during relief hurlers. Handsome Harry
the past two decades. And despit Danning, the workhorse catcher
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the fact that for the past yea of the aforementioned Giants, is
slipping and unless there is a
we have been a nation at will decided improvement in Spring
sending hundreds of our top-notch Training come next year, we are
athletes into the armed service very much afraid that this hith-
L'Shono Toro Tikosero:
of America, the records compile( erto perennial backstop will be
by our sporting fraternity speak relegated down the river to the
well for the future of the Jewish minor leagues.
Max Wrotslaysky
athlete in this country.
Three other well known base-
MONUMENTS
Before we even begin a resume ball names figured prominently in
of the year in the world of sports the news during the current year.
formerly located at 9521 G011(1l%
may we present our honor rol They were Moe Berg, the scholar-
New Shop and Showroom
of our athletes who are at war. ballplayer who was appointed a
We are listing the names of only "good-will" ambassador to South
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25 men of the thousands and America; Dolly Stark who came
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thousands of our athletes who are hack to baseball as an umpire only
in some branch of the Services.
to be forced out again almost
Lieut. Hank Greenberg, now a immediately because of a had knee
flying cadet in the U.S. Army; injury; and last, but not least,
Barney Ross, former triple title Al Schacht, whose tour of the
holder now in the U.S. Marines; villages and hamlets was cut short
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Benny Friedman of the U.S. Navy because of auto restrictions.
Outstanding though in the base-
Reserves; Lieut. Norman Fertig
of the Signal Corps; Allan Tol- ball news of the year was the
mich, national hurdles champ; case of Lieut. Hank Greenberg
Jerry Stein, football, now Flying who re-enlisted in the Army after
Lieut. in the U.S. Army; and he had been dismissed because of
being over 28." Greenberg's move
Sergt. Dave Smukler.
The others are: Dick Plasman, the day after Pearl Harbor won
Siggi Lander, Bill Holzman, Bernie him the gratitude of a nation and
Friedkin, Leo Penchansky, Harry the sports fans in particular be-
Kaplan, Harvey Begrow, Ruby cause in that move of re-enlist-
Goldstein; Angie Ratner, Robert ment he seemed to symbolize the
Brodkin, Leo Rosen, Barney Mintz, feelings of the country at large.
HYMAN ALTMAN
Al Davis, Georgie Abrams, Izzy The baseball writers awarded him
plaque for this gesture.
Jewish Announcer
Singer, Oscar Weiner, Bill We'll- a BASKETBALL
berg, Victor Levins,
Bob Gerber, the tall, bespec-
AUTOMOBILE RACING
tacled sharpshooter from Toledo
Because priorities and the re- University was, in our opinion,
strictions on tires as well as on the outstanding basketeer of the
gasoline and cars, this sport was year. And, make no mistake about 5703 - HAPPY NEW YEAR - 12
curtailed completely. However, be- it, the past court campaign was
cause of a ruling of the American again one of the more brilliant
Automobile Racing Association, the basketball seasons and presented
last winner of the Memorial Day hundreds of Jewish dribblers and
Indianapolis Speedway Champion- passers the country over who
ships retains his title until such were not only good ballplayers
a time as a new race is held. but absolute standouts and top-
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Thus, Mauri Rose, who placed notchers. Bill Holzman of C.C.N.
third in 19:39, second in 19-10 and Y. was a unanimous selection of
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first in 1941, will hold on to his the Basketball Writers Associa-
tion
along
with
the
Rader
Broth-
title of number one racing driver
ers of L.I.U., Hamburg of Illi-
for the duration.
The "toy-cars" division—or mid- nois, Vogel of N.Y.U., Lippert of
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
Southern California and Becket
gets—have likewise been affected of
Duquense.
Oxygen
Acetylene Medical Gases
by the curtailments and leader
Equipment
Howie Engelman, outstandin
still of the collegiate court a yea g
Plants Chicago. Buffalo, Detroit.
Toledo Et Cincinnati
ago, once again proved himsel f
a full-fledged "industrial" cam
paigner 1;y his brilliant play with - WALL CHEMICALS
the Phillips "(11;" . . . Profession-
DIVISION
ally, Ossie Shectman seemed t
he the find of the year , . . afte
OF
four years as a star for L.I.U. r
The
Liquid
Carbonic
BoxING
Corporation
This sport once again went beg -
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ging for a Jewish champion. Fm
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the fifth consecutive year in
cuss on, no Jewish fighter has held
a world's title although from 1908
through 1936, one of the four
Hebrew-Americans, as the record
books so quaintly dubs them, held
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
a title in one of the recognized
divisions. During the past year
Abe Simon and Buddy Baer, the
Gargantuans of the rosined arena,
fought twice with Champion Joe
Louis but their efforts fell far
short of the mark. Both big fel-
lows were cut down in record
time leaving that mad-cap buf-
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foon, Maxie Adelbert Baer, with
the distinction of being the only
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Jewish heavyweight to hold the
title since the Marquis of Queens-
bury rules were adopted. Maxie
Berger, Georgie Abrams, Siggi
Lander, Burnie Friedkin, Al Davis
and Isadore Kaplanstein tried
their hands at the lesser weight
A Happy New Year
divisions from the light-heavy to
the fly-weight but here again as
in the case of the dreadnaughts
Simon and Baer—the score re-
mained nil. All of these lads just
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or Coast Guard.
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The annual bowling congress
sponsored by the Bnai Brith last
February 14 and 15 was a huge
success. Ben Tolpen, the man be-
hind the guns of this annual skit-
tle jamboree, is to he commended
for the fine work that his organ-
ization has been doing in keep-
ing Pace with one of the fastest
growing sports in America.
Honors in this sport go to
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