Page Sixteen
Our
Athletes
By FRANK BECKMAN
QID LUCKMAN was graduated
" from Columbia University in
1939.
His occupation since then, as
you all know, has been: Quarter-
. back, Chicago Bears.
Of course, that is putting it
lightly; for Sid
is probably the
'b e s t quarter-
back ever to
wean a Nation-
al League uni-
form.
Right now,
everyone would
expect Luc k-
man to he on
his last legs as
Beckman a gridiron per-
former. He's an old man as foot-
ball players go and has taken
plenty of bruisings under his
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
long tenure in collegiate and pro
ranks.
That's why we were surprised
at the statement of his coach,
George Halas, to the effect that
Sid would have his best season
this fall.
• • •
In Top Condition
THE FORMER All-American,
slimmed down to 194 pounds, has
spearheaded the Bears to three
victories in exhibition contests.
His play has been so outstand-
ing that two other gifted quarter-
backs, Johnny Lujack of Notre
Dame and Bobby Layne of Texas,
both much younger than Sid, will
have to be content with substi-
tute roles.
• • •
Seigle Makes Grade
THERE WILL be many other
Jewish stars "playing for pay"
this season.
The New York Giants, for ex-
ample, have Bob Dobelstein, a
guard who came up from the
Friday, September 17, 1948
University of Tennessee; Jules U. S. Olympic squad, Sunday in
Seigle, hardrunning halfback for New York City.
the 1947 Northwestern Univer-
• • •
sity eleven; and Jack Rosenthal.
an end and former captain of `To Be or Not to Be'
Pennsylvania's great team of
AARON SILVERMAN has an
1945.
important decision to make.
• • • •
The 26-year-old hurler for the
Two major fund raising ef-
Buffalo Bisons recently learned forts of the Detroit Zionist dis-
Hirsch Returns
that he had passed his bar ex- trict will be united with the
OTHERS IN the NFL are Sam aminations and is now ponder- merger of the Balfour Ball and
Goldman, an end, and Sonny ing whether to go into practice or American Zionist Fund cam-
Karnofsky, a halfback, of the stick in organized baseball.
paigns to raise funds for Zionist
What makes the question more activity :locally and nationally.
Boston Yanks, and Mery Pregul-
complicated is that Aaron is hav-
man of the Detroit Lions.
Harry Cohen, veteran Zionist
In the All America Conference, ing a successful season and prob- leader, has been named head
ably
will
be
given
a
tryout
by
Ed "Buckets" Hirsch is back with
a of the combined activity, Mor-
the Buffalo Bills and Lou Sossa- major league club.
ris M. Jacobs, district president,
mon has returned to his center
announced.
post for the New York Yankees.
PRINTS FRAM SERMON
The entire ballroom floor of
Hirsch was named to the all-Big
The Union of American He-
Nine team while playing guard brew Congregations has publish- the Statler will be taken over
for the annual ball, Nov. 13,
for Northwestern in 1946.
ed Rabbi Leon Fram's High Holy Cohen revealed. In addition to
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Day sermon, "The Twilight of the usual two orchestras and the
the Year," in a volume entitled cocktail lounge, a
Thorpe Aids Israelim
feature this
"A Set of Holiday Sermons."
year will be professional enter-
JIM THORPE, the Indian grid-
tainment, he said.
iron immortal from Carlisle Col-
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