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THE JEWISH NEWS
City, State Notables Welcome Hapoel Soccer Team
alestinian Athletes Meet North American
All-Stars This Sunday at U of D Stadium
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Hapoel Precision Man: Itzhak Fried
By HASKELL COHEN
Itzhak Fried, a gay, mustached ers had to flee from Belgium and
young booter with the Hapoel the Netherlands.
Fried's closest competitor is
soccer team of Palestine, is a
precision .man both at work and Eliyah Fuchs, center halfback,
on the soccer field. That's prob- with two goals. Both his :tallies
ably why he's high scorer for the came on penally kicks, one in
famed visitors from the Near the Chicago game and the other
East. i at San Francisco.
The star wing forwards, cap-
A diamond polisher by trade,
Fried is setting the pace for tain Herman Ehrlich and Her-
Hapoel with a total of three goals. bert Meitner, accounted for Hao-
He opened the team's scoring in , pel's other two markers.
The American Trade Union
the tour inaugural at the Yan-
kee Stadium May 4 and then ac- Council of the National Commit-
counted for both markers when tee for Labor Palestine feted the
Hapoel was held to a 2-2 dead- booters at a luncheon at the
Gramercy Park Hotel in New
lock in .St. Louis.
The 24-year-old lad has been York.
After the betroit game this
a Hapoel star since 1945. Born
in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Sunday, the team will close its
Fried fled before Hitler's hordes tour at Ebbets Field. New York,
and finally found his way to Pal- the night of June 17.
THE PALESTINE HA POEL SOCCER TEAM
estine. During the war he served (Copyright, 1947, Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency, Inc.)
Palestine's great soccer team—HAPOEL—comes to Detroit this Sunday for its long-, with the Palestine police and
later resumed his work as a dia-
awaited game here with the North American All-Stars.
mond
polisher.
The foundation of the Hebrew
Invitations to the game have been .extended to outstanding state athletes, Council Presi-
Fried lives in the all-Jewish Education Society, Philadelphia,
aent George Edwards, in the absence from the country of Mayor Jeffries, Governor Kim
seaport town of Natanya, which 1848, was the first move toward
Sigler and others.
became the center of the dia- formation of a Jewish college in
Preliminary events at the game will feature the Detroit Police Band under the direc- mond industry during the war the United States. known 19 years
) tion of Sergeant Fred Mitman, and a colorguard from the Jewish War Veterans.
when most of the diamond work- later as Maimonides College.
-Dr. James G. McDonald, eminent Christian Zionist who will
- be in Detroit to address the rally of the Labor Department of
the Jewish National Fund on Sunday evening, at Temple Beth
El, will officially open the game with a kick-off of the first ball.
Arriving at Willow Run on a chartered plane from Philadelphia,
a police escort will accompany the team to downtown Detroit on
Sunday.
The line-ups are announced as follows:
HAPOEL
POSITION
NO. AM. ALL-STARS
Yaakov Chodorov
goal
Jos. Carelli. Pioneers
Abraham Palman
right fullback Ignacio Allegria, Pioneers
Moshe Melamed
left fullback T. Drummond, Greenbacks
David Matitahu Cohen right halfback John Butler, Greenbacks
cen. halfback A. McDowell, Greenbacks
Eliyah Fuchs
left halfback H. Phillips, Greenbacks
Shimon Zimmerman
outside right M. Lehman, New Detroit
Herbert Meitner
inside right
Izik Czezzyk
Walter Vagneti, Pioneers
center forward R. Watertleld, Greenbacks
Itzhak Fried
inside left
John Clark, Greenbacks
Naphtali Schwalb
outside left Les Medley, Greenbacks
Herman Ehrlich
RESERVES
IHAPOEL: Mayer Aron, Aryeh Habibi, Mayer Nebenhauz, Menahem
Rosenbaum,
lzhak Ren-Zeev and Arie Kresniansky.
Shevel, Erie
NORTH AMERICAN ALL-STARS: Joe Seres, Detroit Pioneers; Jose
Allegria, Pioneers; Torn Axe, Toronto Greenbacks; Jack David-
son, Toronto Greenbacks; Wally McCarroll, Toronto Greenbacks.
COACHES
EIAPOEL: Arthur Muir, Moshe Poliakov, Zament Kliot.
REFEREE
James H. Valance. Windsor
Linesmen—Robert Stoddard, David Carroll
, Leib Sirkin. manager of the •
team, who arrived here on Mon- best soccer is played, the Pales-
day to make final arrangements tine booting aggregation is ex-
for the game, stand that the Pected to make the best showing
current tour of Hapoel can be 'in the Olympics. •
considered a partial dress re- "However. I won't be surprised
hearsal for Palestine's participa- if our water polo team comes
tion in the 1948 Olympic Games through," Sirkin commented. "We,
in London. also have an Olympic boxing hope'
Sirkin. who was national secre- in Izak Bierenbaum, a welter
terry of the Jewish Seaman's weight who came from Poland."
Union of Histadrut in Palestine He explained soccer is the na-
" and is now a director of Palestine . tional pastime because of the
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Hapoel, said that Palestine, in emigration
of athletes who are
2 ' . planning its epochal inaugural skilled hooters from countries!
entrance in the Olympics, will where soccer is the principal
compete in swimming, water polo, , sport.
„t boxing. wrestling, track and field, With the nationwide good will
Madame Adrienne
gymnastics. rowing, tennis, and tour of the soccer team nearing
Designs Bras for
71of course soccer. its close, Zionist and labor organ-
Since soccer is the national nations throughout the East are
sport in Palestine, " we will prob-' bending every effort to make the
ably make our best showing on `' players' final days in America
the booting field;" Sirkin said. memorable ones.
"However, don't get the mistaken On hand to greet the visitors
idea that soccer is our only forte." will be representatives from the
"The people of Palestine are State of Michigan and the City
swim-conscious and there is at of Detroit. Delegations from the
least one swimming pool in each Jewish communities of Toledo,
village. That may sound para- Cleveland, Flint, Pontiac, and
doxical. in view of the fact that we other Michigan cities, representa-
have no rain nine months of the tives of the trade union move-
ment and representatives from a
year.
"Because of the scarcity of rain- number of the consultates, in-
fall. a system was evolved in cluding the British, have accepted
Palestine which makes for a per- the invitation to be present.
Members of the Hapoel team
: feet artificial irrigation system
and is a boon for swimming. will greet the Jewish community
Large swimming pools were con- when they speak over Weinberg's
t. structed in the settlements. Dur- Jewish Hour on Sunday morning
ing the day, the water is used_for and Altman's Jewish Hour on
'swimming. At night, it is drained Saturday.
I for artificial irrigation. Thereby,
Thanks to all-out work by the
both the land and the people re-. trade unions, a capacity crowd is
► ceive full benefit from the expected for the final contest of
I precious water.
the tour, scheduled for the night
"We have also developed long of June 17 at Ebbets Field, when
distance swimmers," Sirkin said. the Palestinians will engage the
'One of our annual features is strong American Soccer League.
calle'd the 'Crossing of the Tiber-
It also was announced that a
ius.' The lake is about 10 miles farewell dinner will be tendered
wide.
the Hapoel players at the Hotel
Since soccer is the national Commodore in New York on the
sport and the Palestine teams night of June 19. The team is
compare favorably with the rank- scheduled to board a plane for
' ing teams of Europe, where the Palestine June 22.
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