12 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle September I1, 1942 Review of Year in Jewish Sports Review for 5702 NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO ALL! GARDNER WHITE CO. Furniture 6309 MACK AVE. 7000 FENKELL AVE. 5607 W. FORT ST. 14155 GRATIOT AVE., near 7-Mile Road GREETINGS OF THE SEASON EDDYSTONE HOTEL HOTEL FORT WAYNE HOTEL ROYAL PALM Detroit, Mich. ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS That the coming year hold for you all an abundance of good health and happiness is the wish of the • Vienna Sausage Mfg. Co. CHICAGO, ILL. Serving Detroit's Best for 40 Years J. LEFKOFSKY'S SONS Sole Distributors Broadway Market RAndolph 1664 We Deliver Rosh Hashonah Greetings .. . and By VICTOR WAYNE THE SPORT NG PARADE 570:3 - HAPPY NEW YEAR - 11 1 Jesse Silver has joined up with 12 i 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 3353 MICHIGAN AVE. as they have been doing during relief hurlers. Handsome Harry the past two decades. And despit Danning, the workhorse catcher LAfayette 5070 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 3201 JOY ROAD 25 men of the thousands and America; Dolly Stark who came TYLER 6-0196 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- 15101 LaSALLE BLVD. 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 UN. 2-0605 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 - 1059-65 W. GRAND BLVD . ging for a Jewish champion. Fm LAFAYETTE 6180 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- 2915 GRAND RIVER foon, Maxie Adelbert Baer, with the distinction of being the only CHERRY 2330 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 CONSUMERS mentioned are in the Army, Navy or Coast Guard. • METAL CO. BOWLING REEBER FURNITURE CO. STATION WJLB Friendship Plasterers Building Supplies BEST WISHES TO THE CONTINENTAL BAKING CO. ....ENTIRE.... JEWISH COMMUNITY We wish to thank you all for your past patronage and hope to merit your confidence in the future. UNITED DAIRIES, Inc. 4055 PURITAN AVENUE 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. 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