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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
OUR ATHLETES
Cincy Brings
Higher Math
to Basketball
By MITCHELL TENDLER
WAS BOUND to happen.
1 Higher mathematics has finally
found its depressing way into the
sporting scene. Should this keep
up, it will be
just a matter of
time before we
discover our-
selves doping
out a daily
double over a
hot slide rule.
Blame it all
on Cincy Sachs.
During an in-
formal discourse
on the fine art of
Tendler
basketball, Cincy said, in so many
words, that the caliber of local
basketball talent is inversely pro-
portional to the economic condi-
tion of the period in question.
The game has deteriorated in
the past 10 years, he maintained,
because the present day youth
"have it too easy." Sachs attrib-
utes the decline to the abundance
of cars, the "easy buck," and the
luxurious life enjoyed by the
youngsters of today.
Young Israel Honors Dr. Jung
hz1vi
I
Aboire are Young Israel leaders and sponsors at a 'reception in honor of Dr. Leo Jung of New York.
Left to right, seated, David J. Goldberg, Rabbi Samuel II. Prero, Dr. Jung, Mrs. Henry Goodman,
who was hostess, and harry L. Blitz. Standing, Solomon B. Cohen, Samuel W. Platt, Max Kaplan,
Abbe A. Levi, Morris Rosenberg, Morris Karbal and Henry Keywell.
Wed at Ellis Island
• • •
Coaching 30 Years
OF ALL PEOPLE, Cincy should
know. He broke into basketball
in 1915 and is celebrating his 30th
year of coaching. Cincy is a
walking history book when the
topic of Detroit basketball is
mentioned. He has coached local
quintets to 28 assorted champion-
ships in recreation, state AAU,
pro and industrial leagues.
In between bites of a healthy
corned beef sandwich, Cincy de-
clared that the best teams were
turned out during the depression.
The reason for that, he said, was
because they were "hungry" ball-
players. There were not so many
diversions and they trained hard,
he continued.
• • •
Gussin Best
.
CINCY CONSIDERS Carl Gus-
sip, who played from 1933-40 with
the Hed-Aid and Dr. Toole clubs,
as the finest player he has ever
coached. Gussin has since be-
come a dentist and is working
out in Berkley.
Other cagers Cincy had great
respect for include Meyer "Suzy"
Shechter, Dr. Bob Gunn, Jack
Tucker, Paul McCall, Norm
Barton, "Whip" Kautz, ' Lloyd
Goldstein, Bobby Roth and Casey
Lopata. Barton was the best
pivot man, he observed.
Cincy coached the late Detroit
"Falcons" pro squad at the tail
end of the 1947 season. He
attributes pro basketball's debacle
in the city to the lack of organi-
zation. 'There were never the
proper men in the administrat-
tion," he said. "With the right
administration and good ball
players, pro basketball would go
over here," he insisted.
• •
Two Israel-bound refugees from Shanghai, Mr. and Mrs. Jean
Methner, witnessed the marriage of their son Harry, a resident of
Rochester, N. Y., in a dramatic ceremony at Ellis Island while the
parents awaited a ship to take them on the last leg of their jour-
ney, The voyagers, only briefly reunited with their son, who ar-
rived in the United States two years ago under the auspices of
United Service for New Americans, stood under an improvised
Chupah as he was married to Ruth Mumma, a newcomer he
met here.
Cigarets for Israel
•
AAU Tourney
RIGHT NOW Cincy is engaged
in the promotion of the Michigan
State AAU tournament. The
tourney began Tuesday and will
run through Sunday. The event
is being staged on a two game
knockout basis with 20 teams
represented. Players from LIT,
Wayne, U. of M., U. of D., and
Michigan Norma' are among those
participating.
lie intends to mate the tourney
an annual event. and in the future
hopes to send the winning team
to the National I" A T T Tournament.
Plans for the Siyum of a new
Torah, dedicated to the memory
of the late Paul Hoffman, are
being completed by the Isaac
Agree Memorial Society, the don-
or. Yeshivath Beth Yehudah will
be the scene of the ceremony,
Sunday, May 15.
Rabbis from all congregations
are being invited to take part.
The Torah will be placed in the
Ark at the Downtown Synagogue,
which is sponsored by the So-
ciety.
The Rev. Israel Rosin is chair-
man of the Siyum committee.
Julius Meskin, president of the
society, is co-chairman. Rabbi
Herman Rosenwasser, Rabbi of
the Downtown Synagogue, will
assist in preparations.
The society donated a room to
the Yeshivah at the time it was
constructed.
Austrians Pledge
Property Return
NEW YORK—(WNS)—Assur-
ances of support for measures
which would restore to the sur-
viving Jews of Austria properties
looted during the Nazi period,
and which' would provide a
measure of relief until such resti-
tution can be affected, were given
by leading Austrian cabinet mem-
bers and political leaders to Max
Isenbergh, counsel to the Euro-
pean office of the American
Jewish Committee.
Isenbergh discussed with Aus-
trian officials the plight of the
10,000-odd survivors of the pre-
war Austrian Jewish population
of 220,000.
He pointed out that nearly all
of the community had been
through years in concentration
camps, that many are unable to
support themselves, and that re-
lief facilities were maintained
only with the aid of American
organizations.
Prison Inmate Asks
Public for Typewriter
HARVEY STONE, night club star, is swamped by cigarets do-
nated by the Roy F. Green Post, JWV, to Material forilsrael,
David Stott Bldg. Each pack of the 15,000 donated will carry the
name of the post. Left to right, Stone, Russell Greenberg, past
commander, and Oscar Freedenberg, commander.
• • •
C. C. Omissions
Siyum Charted
by Agree Society
20,000 Jews Live in Germany Now
Four members of the Campus
BERLIN—(WNS) —Excluding
Club were omitted from the
membership list in a recent col- those in the DP camps, the Jew-
umn; they are Harvey Goldsmith, ish population in all four zones
Nate Pollack, Harry Lipsitz and in Germany is slightly over 20,-
Mary Brooks.
000, according to a survey made
Do you need a speaker for your by the Federation of Jewish
organization? Call the Jewish Communities in Germany. In all
Chronicle, WO. 1-1040.
four zones there are 96 Jewish
communities.
A breakdown of the survey
shows that 11,116, with 48 com-
munities, reside in the British
zone. Hamburg, which once had
a Jewish population of 17,000, is
now the largest Jewish commun-
ity in Germany. It has 1,360 Join.
A Jewish inmate of the Michi-
gan state prison at Marquette has
sent a plea to the Chronicle for
an old typewriter in fair condi-
tion or for funds to permit him to
rent such a machine.
The inmate is a former account-
ant who is writing a novel which
has met preliminary approval of
a publisher. Anyone interested in
aiding him is asked to call the
Chronicle for particulars.
Friday, April 8, 111411
JWV
BULLETIN
The Lt. Eli Levin Auxiliary
met Tuesday at the home of Rose
Cantor. An election of officers
was held.
• • .
The Sgt. Morton A. Silverman •
Post will stage an installation of
officers as part
of a program
set for 8:30 p.m.,
Monday at the
Center. Harold
Moran will be
installing officer.
Hy Safran, re-
cently returned
from Israel, will
speak on "What
1
I Saw in Israel." Mrs. Rhodes
Safran will exhibit films he took
while visiting the infant State.
Mrs. Samuel J. Rhodes. presi.
dent of the Department of Mich-
igan Ladies Auxiliary, will also
appear on the program. Officers
to be installed are Edwin Wolf,
Jr., commander; and Irving
Yackness, Norman Wachler, Ber-
nard . Ilirsch. Jerome Marx and
Walter Klein.
• • •
A resolution praising the fine
work of Dr. Ralph Bunche, me.
diator in the Israel-Arab dispute,
was passed at the national execu-
tive conference held in Atlanta,
Leon Ginsburg, delegate from
Michigan, reported.
• • •
Meyer Dorfman, national conk
mander of JWV, appointed the
following local members to na-
tional posts: Leon Ginsburg, Ben
Desenberg, Maurice Bordelove,
Dr. John M. Horwitz, Hyman
Safran, Phil Cantor, Heeny Kitt ,
man, Sol Hoberman, Marston
Busch (Lansing), Evelyn Pollack,
Jerome Baseman, Walter Klein,
Joseph Jones, Harry PaskovitA
Arthur 'Lang, Sanford Rothman,
Herman Cohen, Harold F. Mo-
ran and Rabbi Morris Adler.
• • •
Through the combined efforts
of the 16 Ladies Auxiliaries in
the Department of Michigan, a
portable popcorn machine if en
route to the Murfreesboro Vet-
erans Administration hospital in
Tennessee. In 1948 more than
5,000 veterans were assisted at
an expenditure of upwards of
$10,000 by the JWV auxiliaries in
Michigan, Arlene Rhodes, depart-
ment president, revealed. Plans
for the forthcoming goodwill
luncheon and conventions were
discussed at a meeting Thursday.
• • •
The Pfc. Joseph L. Bale Post
and Auxiliary have scheduled a
meeting for 9 p. m., Monday at
the Northwest Congregation.
Tickets and advertising forms for
the third annual dinner-dance
will be distributed. The affair is
slated for May 30.
• • •
A joint hospital party of the
Raymond Zussman and Bale Aux-
iliaries was held Thursday at the
Dearborn veterans hospital. Con.
gratulations are extended Trudy
Sedon, president of the Lt. Ray-
mond Zussman Auxiliary and
Joe Bale, the Pfc. Joseph L. Bale
Post commander, on their mar.
riage.
Women Plan Evens
for Kvutzah
The traditional program spon-
sored by the women members of
Kvutzah Ivrittr, Hebrew cultural
group, will be held Saturday eve-
ning, April 16 at the Rose Sittig
Cohen Bldg.
Passover refreshments will be
by the ladies auxiliary, of
Daniel Frisch Backed - served
which Mrs. Julius Ring is pres-
by N. Y. Zionist Group ident. All persons understanding
NEW YORK—(1NNS)—The ex- Hebrew are invited, Joseph Katz,
ecutive committee of the Inwood president, announced.
Zionist district of the ZOA, with
a membership of more than 1,000,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weinerman,
adopted by unanimous vote a daughter Mrs. Shirley Rosenberg
resolution indorsing the candi- and children Jill and Jack, took a
dacy of Daniel Frisch for the short trip to Washington, D. C.
presidency of the ZOA.
and Perrofolis, Penna.