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THE JEWISH NEWS
That's For Me!
Among the outstanding rookies
Friday, September 28, 1051
was Joe Ginsberg of the Detroit
Hanna Weber, a 1-year-old
Tigers, who became the leading
catcher for the Tigers. Saul matches at . Vienna . . . Abe Sap- born in a DP
R o g o v i n, an up-and-Coming erstein's Harlem Globetrotters camp of Ger-
By BILL WOLF
pitcher, started the season as a open 18-game series _ with the many, Who ar-
(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
teammate with Ginsberg, then 1951 college All-Star basketball rived with the
The time has come for a brotherhood week, Hank was traded to the Chicago White squad . . . Don Sheff sets new aid of HIAS,
sweeping .look at Jewish athletes Greenberg, manager of the Sox, where he went on to still pool record at Yale by doing along with her
and athletics during the past Cleveland Indians, said: "We greater glory. Also on the White 100-yard freestyle in 0:51.5 . . . father, mother,
year, and a mere glance shows in Cleveland have ;adopted Sox was another hurler, Mary The Westminster dog champion- two brothers
unmistakable expansion in the motto that ability' counts, Rotblatt, who made a good name ship is won by Bang Away, a and a sister on .
Jewish sports. The year was not race, color or creed. It is for himself, but was dropped boxer trained by Nate Levine the General
highlighted by increased activity only 'natural, therefore, that from the roster in July and sent and considered one of the top Sturgis, reached
Hanna
in community centers through- the Cleveland Indians lead the to a farm club. The most sen- show dogs in the country . . . happily for the
out the country, the blossothing way • by judging players on sational showing of all came Sportsman's Club of Los Angeles flag of her new country as she
early in the season when Cal donates $25,000 toward the can- leaned out of a porthole on her
of a sports ,program in the new performance only . . ."
Abrams, Brooklyn Dodger out- cer program at the City of Hope, arrival in NeW York recently.
nation of Israel, more interna-
BASKETBALL: Wholesale cor- fielder, went on a hitting spree national medical center at Du-
tional competition, and the ruption was exposed in the bas- that kept the sports columnists arte, Calif. . . . Hy Buller, voted
meteoric rise of several new ketball world and the sordid tale working overtime. Abrams best defensive hockey player in
Best wishes for
stars whose names have become of bribery touched the team of sparked a Western tour of the the American League last sea-
A
Happy
New Year
known
throughout
the world.
The
broad
scope of activity
de- one of the outstanding Jewish Dodgers by batting over .600. son, is traded to the New York
sportsmen,
coach
Nat
Holman.
Later
he
cooled
off
and
had
a
To
All
Our
Business
Rangers
from
the
Cleveland
mands brevity, so let's take a Holman's City College of New
Associates and Clientele
rapid run through the back files. York squad was one of these in- tough fight for his place in the Barrons . . . Bert Hirschfeld is
line-up.
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traded from the Montreal Cana-
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dians' hockey team to the De-
ISRAEL: The colorful and ex- volved in the mess, which re-
TENNIS : Tennis is one of the troit Red Wings . . . Betty Cohn,
in • taking
out
of
citing Macabbi games held in sulted
Madison
Square CCNY
Garden
and
Israel last fall . climaxed the bringing games back to the sports in which anti-Semitism 51-year-old grandmother from
is notorious. For the most part Brooklyn, leaves for England to
rapid development of sports as a campus.
tennis is organized on a club attempt Channel swim.
part of life in the new state.
Adolph Shayes of Syracuse in basis and it is not easy for a
Israel's top athletes competed the National Basketball Associa- Jew to get on the inside, let
An example of the Ma'abaroth
Reaut Salon
with those of other countries, tion showed himself to be one alone zoom to the top. This year (immigrant settlement) have
including a prominent aggrega-
tion from the United States of the top players in the league. was a standout. Not one, but altered the face of the country
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under the leadership of Irving The NBA took a historic step at two Jewish athletes became the is given by the rapid growth of
"Moon" Mondschein, f o r m e r its annual meeting in Syracuse leading courtmen of the coun- Nahariya, a summer resort on
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New York University track star by instituting a 12-foot lane. try. The entire sports world the Northern shdres of the Medi-
terranean.
Three
years
ago
it
knows
the
names
of
Herb
Flam
and one of the world's outstand- Maurice Podoloff was re-elected
16647 LIVERNOIS
frig Jewish athletes. president and Haskell Cohen, for and Dick Sayitt. Dick won the was a townlet of 1,300. Today
Australian championship on a the population is 8,000 and by
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In addition, Israel won an OK many years the writer of this
world tour, climaxed the end of 1952, it will be almost
from the International Olympic column, was re-named publicity bang-up
the trip with winning the title 16,000.
Committee
to participate
at Hel- director.
sinki
in 1952,
but arrangements
Abe S a p e r s t e i n's Harlem at Wimbledon, then was named
Globetrotters continued packing to the U.S. Davis Cup team.
have been held up by the in-
* * *
ability of the Macabbi and Ha- the
in basketball
fans
world with
the throughout
same top-
TRACK:
Henry
Laskau, na-
poel sports organizations to form notch playing that has won
tional A.A.U. walking champion,
a united committee.
them a global reputation.
was the leading Jewish track
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Mondschein was named by the
star during the past year. He
U.S. Committee for Sports in Is- FOOTBALL: The i n i m i table successfully defended his title in
rael to go to the :Jewish state Sid Luckman, nearly 35, an- California. Another Jewish ath-
under the auspices of the gov- flounced that he was dropping lete who distinguished himself
en-in-lent and build an Olympic out of active play for the Chi- in track was sprinter Dave
team in addition to teaching cago Bears after 12 years of pro Sandler of South Africa.
* * *
prospective Israeli coaches.
ball. He said he would continue
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in the sport as a vice-president
1950 - 51 • HEADLINES: C n-
0 R G A NIZATIONS : The Na, of the Bears. Brandeis Univer- gressman Emanuel Cellar (D.-
tional Jewish Welfare Board sity, now old enough to have a N.Y.) heads the Congressional
stepped up its athletic program senior team, announced its-first committee that investigates or-
with bigger and better tourna- varsity football schedule for this ganized baseball for alleged
ments. Main event was the an- fall,
monopoly practices . . Phyllis
nual basketball tourney held in
Bren, 15, of South Africa, earns
Montreal, Canada, with the Ben- BASEBALL: The season saw a place as one of the best junior
sonhurst Jays of Brooklyn tak- the introduction of new Jewish swimmers in the Union . . Art
ing the title. JWB also held athletes to Big League head- Rubin of Brooklyn comes close
swimming and golf competition lines, but not - all of those who to upsetting billiard champ
with teams from centers and started survived. Some of the Willie Hoppe . . . Egypt refuses
stars were . still around
YMHA?s throughout the country previous
Sid. Gordon" of the Braves, Al to meet the Israeli team in the
participating. Various types of—
Rosen of the Cleveland Indians. table tennis championship
competition were also sponsored
by the Jewish War Veterans and
Bnai Brith.
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ANTI-SEMITISM: Some
strides were made in combatting
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anti-Semitism in sports, but a
spokesman for the Anti-Defam-
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tions remain much the same as
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e are happy to send cordial greetings
those reported in last year's sur-
vey included in the book, "A
to our many friends on the occasion of
Measure of Freedom." Impor-
tant inroads were made by the
Rosh Hashanah. May the New Year be
progress in cracking barriers
You at
against Negro athletes. It is
blessed with Peace and Abundance,
recognized that every time Jim
Crow is smashed, it is a battle
Good Health and Happiness for the
won for Jewish athletes as well,
because bigotry against any one
Jewish people and for mankind the
minority threatens other min-
orities.
world over
During the year there were
several incidents of Jewish
athletes being subjected to vile
name-calling. One occurred in
It is appropriate, at this time, to express
Chicago and the victim was
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Greater
Detroit
Stores
Mary Rotblatt, .pitcher who
our sincere thanks to the Jewish trade
was with the White Sox part
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
of the season. However, an in-
and the Jewish public for their friendship
c r e a s e d awareness in the
problem can be noted in some
and support. Their preference for our
quarters. On the occasion of

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