Page Sixteen DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Our Athletes By FRANK BR( KRAN DAVE ABRAMSON, 20-year- old Detroiter, is the latest Jew- ish sandlotter to sign his name to a big league contract. Dave has shown considerable promise as a catcher for Mans- field in Class A and, of course, his talents haven't gone unnoticed. Last week he was snatched up by a St. Louis Cardinal scout, and is now with Rochester in the Interna- Beckman tional League. Abramson played a lot of shortstop for Wayne University this spring and was one of the Tartars leading hitters. a • • • JUST ABOUT EVERY major league team is trying to sign up Mary Rothblatt, the south- paw who pitched the University of Illinois to the Big Nine title. Rothblatt wolt nine games this season and has lost only one during his two years as the Illinois' hurler. His most recent effort was a one-hit, 1-0 shut- out victory over the Detroit Senators, a Negro team. • • • IF STANLEY BROWN makes good with the Philadelphia War- riors next' winter, he will be the youngest performer in the Basketball Association of Amer- ica. Not yet 18, Stanley was signed by the BAA champions after a brilliant year with the Phila- delphia Sphas. Detroit fans remember 6 ft. 3 in. Brown as the boy who tossed in 20 points against the New York Renaissance at Olym- pia in February. • • • UN Group Contacts Extremists While Touring Old Jerusalem JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United Nations inquiry commit- tee this week established in- formal and unofficial contact with representatives of the two Jewish underground groups, the Irgun Zvai Leumi awl the Stern Group. The contact with the Jewish extremists was established while the committee was touring the Old City of Jerusalem. Two Jews, one speaking for the Irgun and the other represent- ing the Sternists—both Ameri- can citizens—met the UN dele- gates and chatted with them in- formally for some time. The majority of the committee knew beforehand that they would be met by spokesmen of the dis- sident Jewish groups. ARABS CONTACTED • Contact with the Arab Higher Committee was also established, through the secretariat of the fact-finding body, with a view to oxploring the possibilities of the Arabs calling off their boy- cott of the probe. Nothing is known as yet as to the condi- tions advanced by the Higher Committee as its price for halt- ing the boycott. (The American Zionist Emer- gency Council issued a state- ment charging that the boycott is "part of a carefully pre- arranged and premeditated tact- ical game, designed to maneuver the United Nations into regard- ing the Arab Higher Commit- tee as a 'wronged' group, and thus create an advantageous position for the Arabs in the meeting of the General Assem- bly which is to take place in September." The Council as- serted that there is no diver- gence of tactics between the Higher Committee and the Arab League, which is not participat- ing the boycott.") ASSAIL BRITISH The extremists' memoranda declared the refusal to accede to the UN request for a truce unless the Palestine government ceases deporting visaless immi- grants, stops street searches and military activities and abolishes military courts. The Irgun asked the probers to intervene with the government to halt such ac- tivities. — The Sternists asserted that if the occupying authorities evade a response to the appeal of the UN and continue to practice cruel methods of repression, we will be compelled to react to such acts of provocation." Loyalty of Rabbi. to Flock Is First • (Continued from page 3) rabbi by now; but he didn't ap- ply himself and, therefore, ear- ly in his life he was released from the Hebrew Union Col- lege. the theological seminary of Reform Judaism. Yes, by now, had he stuck to his studies for the Jewish min- istry, Segal would be about ready to reap the rewards of having been a laborer in the vineyard. He considers by what ways he could have made him- self most worthy to gather the good harvest of esteem that's coming to a rabbi who has served his congregation well. • • • A JEWISH BOX-ER, Al Phillips by name, is the new featherweight champ of Eu- rope. The British titleholder, Phillips took the crown by defeating Ray Faniechon of France. • • • ABE J. GREENE, Patterson (N. J.) newspaperman and TESTIMONIAL DINNER president of the National Box- 4T THIS STAGE he would have arrived at the time of ing Association, has been nomi- nated as state athletic commis- his career when everybody in sioner by Gov. Driscoll of New the congregation would have forgotten all the brillian ser- Jersey. • • • mons he gave. Forgotten, too, are all his ex- SINCE HIS return to Nash- ville after an unsuccessful bid tra-curricular activities: T h c for a Chicago Cub berth, Cy time he was the chairman of % - Block, the third-baseman, has the community chest drive. The been pounding the horsehide at+ time his commentaries on for- eign affairs were liberally quo- a .378 clip. • • • ted in the local press. The time he was president of AL ROSEN continues to pace the Texas League in the batting the Kiwanis Club. Forgotten is column with a lustry .358 his scholarly treatise on the dagish that was published in average. The 22-year-old third-base- the Zeitung des Judische Wis- man for Oklahoma City is a senschaft of Berlin. Now the time has come when native of Spartanburg, S. C., who now lives in Miami. Ile Rabbi Segal is given a testi- was voted the most valuable monial dinner in honor of his player in the Canadian-Amer- serving in all the years, A big ican League last year after dinner! Well, what do the hitting .323 with Pittsfield, speakers say? They are members of the con- ' Mass. • • • gregation and they speak their THE DETROIT Gem franchise simple hearts. Rabbi Segal, as in the National Basketball he sits at the head of the table. League has been purchased by recalls those public occasions Benjamin Berger, head of a when his vanity felt ecstatically chain of theaters in Minnea- illuminated by the glamor of polis. He will move the team the public spotlight. He feels the speeches should to Minneapolis. at least mention the eloquent he gave at the Detroiters Are Sought benediction meeting on V-E Day. The pa- full that day. by European Relatives pers printed • it in • • Berel and Myer Krishinski are being sought by their mother's 'GOOD BROTHER' sister. The brothers are reported RATHER ATHER THE speakers extol to have returned to Detroit after gentle human quality their discharge from the army. they have found in him. (Any- Their parents names are Motel way, for the purpose of this and Esther. Moses Kligerman, born in Bel- piece, let us take for granted achtow, Poland, is looking for that Rabbi Segal had this qua- his uncle, Jakob Przedborski. lity.) . .. "He has been like a Kligerman's parents' names are good brother," they say. They recall the times he Szmul Abe and Scysla. Information concerning these troubled himself on account of people should be sent to the Jew- their many small affairs, their ish Social Service Bureau, 5737 personal problems. their private travails—the time he shared I Second avenue, or by calling Tr. their worries about their chil- 2-4080. dren: When Sam had a hard time making a start in life he got that good job for him. He obtained the scholarship for Jack who couldn't otherwise' have gone) to college. He .helped to straighten things out the time Sally was about to contract a marriage that certainly must have turned out unfortunate. All that is best remembered of him, as the congregation honors Rabbi Segal. No speaker mentions his flashing forensic forays into the field of foreign affairs, or his notable treatise on the dagish. Yes, nothing else that he did was so rewarding at the end as the pastoral service he gave his congregation. In this light I answer: The best job a rabbi can do is to be the pastor of his congregation. Friday, June 27, 1947 Teen-Age Sophislicales • By HELEN TENNENBAUM I BELIEVE, I believe, yes, it's wonderful to have a whole summer ahead of us to get away from our daily routine. . . Fed- eral Judge Theodore Levin who spoke at the Central graduation exercises sen-ds this message to you vacationers: "Have a won- derful and refreshing time this summer and forget about schools, studies and practicing. Work hard at having a good time so that you will return in September eager and ready to take up your school work." This leads us right into the Central graduation. . . . Here are the proud winners of scholarships . . . Chester Relyea passes into college with an award for Har- vard. Norma Chud and Morris Peitz were granted scholarships to the University of Michigan. The win- ner of the Wayne award was Hal Firestone, class historian. The class valedictorian was Barbara Jay. . . . The best of luck to you where ever you may go. . . . • • • LENNHE BARON threw a house party for his fellow gradu- ates which was a huge success. . . . So was the surprise party which Sharon Weisberg gave for Jerry Gurvis's graduation from Durfee. .. . • • • Norma Chud and there were so many more that your reporter just couldn't keep track.. . • • GET WELL SOON .. . Is our wish for Margie Fox who has just come home from the hospital. . A Happy Birthday to Mar- lene Spatt for whom Rochelle Schiffman gave a surprise party. • • • THE JUNE '47 class at Durfee consisted of 492 bright and eager graduates who attended the dance held in their honor at the school gym after the diplomas were dis- tributed. . . The highlights of the dance were the singing of Ray Gilbert, Bob Weitz and that cute gal, Elaine Berman . . . also charming everyone were Marilyn Gilbert and Chuck Sachse who demonstrated their able dancing technique. . . . Chuck Levine showed up from Howe Mijitary School to visit his old classmates. The graduating class president, Bob Gans, wants to tell all his fellow graduates: "I wish you the best of luck in your new school, because if luck is with you, you kz_ are sure to attain your highest hopes in life." Thanks for hav- ing been such a wonderful presi- dent, Bob. .. . • • • VACATION WILL find Mary Katz going to his summer home in the East with Arnie Rosenthal. • • Dale Boesky plans to go to Cali- fornia. It's Camp Michigama, as counsellors for Lenie Baron, Bill Frank, and Burt Imber. . . . Jerry Gurvis and Jack Levy plan to spend the summer at Tamakwa . . . and Ann Willis promises her friends plenty of doings at her summer home in Pleasant Lake. . . . • • • THE KINGS played the Sheiks a game of hard ball with the Kings winning 5-4. 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