Israeli Capers Topple Yeshiva U.
to Play in Detroit Next Thursday

News that Israel's Olympic
Basketball squad won its first
victory on a tour of the United
States has skyrocketed ticket
sales for the team's appear-
ance in Detroit this coming
Thursday, in the University of
Detroit Field House.
The triumph was a close 61-
59 squeeze over • a powerful
Yeshiva University team, and
was witnessed by a capacity
crowd of 15,000 persons in
Madison Square Gardens.
Starting ticket sales rolling
for the tilt between the Israeli
cagers and the Michigan Colle-
giate All-Stars, a team com-
prised of leading basketball
players from several Michigan
colleges, was Nate Lurie, chair-
man of the. U. S. Sports for .
Israel group in Detroit, who •
made a $500 purchase. Many
other local businessmen have
followed suit, according to Lou
Luckoff, Detroit advertising eNi
ecutive, • and Herman) Fishman,
insurance agent, who are han-
dling publicity: and ticket sales,
respectively.
. The Israelis will field a 12-
man team, under coach Elmer
Ripley, of Notre Dame. Here
is the Israeli lineup:
Zacharia Ofri, 6-3, 24-years-
old, a member of the Israel
Tank Corps.
Marcel Hefetz, 6-2, 26, mem-
ber of the Israel Army.
Chaim Kestan, 6-0, 20, 'just
released from army service.
Albert Hemmo, 6-4, 22, an
Egyptian Jew.

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AL HEM1110, an Egyptian
Jew, is the tallest ,man the
Israeli Olympic Basketball
team will field. He stands
6-4.

- In contrast to Hemmo is
little (5-8) DAN EREZ, who,
despite his lack ot height, is
the leading scorer on the Is-
raeli team.

David Frish, 6-2; 21-years-old.
Shimeon Shelach, 5-10,..24, an
Israel Electric, Co. employee.
'Dan Erez,. 5-8, 24, a farmer
at Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov. •
Izchaq Peled, 6-2, 22, a truck
driver for El Al Airlines.
Yehuda Gafni, 5-8, 26, em-
ployee of the Israel Electric
Co.
Chaim Chazan, 6-3, 18-years-
old, the youngest member of
the team.
Eres Lustig, 6-0, 22, recently
released from the Israel Tank
Corps.
The Michigan Collegiate All-
Stars, coached by Bob Calihan,
basketball coach at U. of D.,
will have in the lineup: Blaine
Denning, Lawrence Institute of
Technology; Bill Aubrey, Notre
Dame; Ralph Goldstein and
Sam Taub, U. of D.; Walt God-
frey, Michigan State, Werner
Killen, LIT; Duane Peterson,
MSU; Mac Supronowicz, Uni-
versity of Michigan; Norm
Swanson, U. of D.; and Har-
vey Williams, U. of M.
Assisting Calihan with the
coaching are Forddy Anderson,
Michigan State; Joel Mason,
Wayne State; and Bill Perigo,
University of Michigan. The
game will begin at 8:15 p. m.
A plus attraction` will be a
preliminary game, at 7:30 p.m.,
between members of the De-
troit Lions basketball squad vs.
a team comprised- of Major
League baseball players, mostly
from the Tigers.
The Lions will field Charlie

Ane, Dome -Dibble, Jerry Rei-
chow, Sonny Gandee, Jug •Gir-
ard, 011ie Spencer, Gene G-ed-
man, .Stan Campbell and Lou
Creekmur.
Sure starters for the Major
Leaguers are Steve • Gromek,
Don Lund, Reno Bettoia and
Cass Michaels. Others will be
filled in by game time. .
The Hearst Newspaper Syn-
dicate (represented he_re by The
Detroit Times) and the U. S,
Committee for Sports in Israel
are jointly sponsoring t h e
American tour of the Israeli
Olympic squad.
The team did not compete at
Melbourne because of the -fight-
ing in the Sinai Peninsula at
the time. The Hearst papers
are paying all expenses of the
team, both traveling to' and
from Israel, and during their
stay • here.
Before coming to Detroit, the
Israelis will play Brandeis Uni-
versity in Boston and have an-
other - game scheduled in Balti-
more. They also will play in
San Francisco and Los Angeles
before returning to Israel.
A- half-time exhibition for
the game here will be put on
by the University of Michigan's
Big -Ten champion gymnastic
squad.
Tickets are available at the
Davison and 10 Mile Jewish
Centers, Grirmell's, the U. of
D. Field House or from the
Basketball Editor of , The De-
troit Times. They are priced
at' $5, $3 and $2.

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Campaign Units
Set Gifts Meetings

Special gifts affairs and meet-
ings to complete section organ-
ization hold-- the week's spot-
light as all divisions of the 1957
Allied Jewish Campaign pre-
pare to help meet rescue needs
throughout the world and sup-.
port on-going programs in our
city and country.
The • dentists and dental
, tech-
nicians section of the Profes-
sional DiVision will hold. a so-
bial at 8 p.m., Thursday, at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert
J. Bloom, 19480 Cumberland.
Dr. Ted Winshall is section
chairman, and, Drs. Louis I.
Galin, Samuel Krohn and Mor-
ris Ruben are associate chair-
men. Counselors are Dr. Alvin
B. Lezell and Dr. Martin Nai-
mark.
- Paul Handleman and Milton
Mahler, will outline the cam-
paign objectives at the meeting.
The insurance section of the
Services Division will meet at
8 p.m., Monday, at thd home of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bertin,
on Fairfield Ave., to plan strate-
gy for the 1957 campaign.
Junior Division men have in-
vited Irving Rose, co-chairman
of the Real Estate and Building
•Division, to address their spe-
cial gifts party at 8 p.m., Mon-
day, Jay .W. Allen will be host.
William M. Wetsman is division
campaign chairman.
Mrs. Harry L. Jones, chair-
man of the Campaign's Wo-
men's Division, will be the hon-
ored guest at a brunch fol.
Junior • Division Wonien at . 12
noon, Sunday, at the home of
Margaret' Paysner. Junior Di-
vision Women's special gifts
chairman is Mrs. Philip. N. Kra-
witz Jr. Assisting at the brunch
will be Harriett Bergstein and
Audrey Seligson.
The laundry and linen drivers
section of the Services Division
will hold a brunch at 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday, at the Davison Jewish
Center.

Temple Players Set `5th Season'

"The Fifth Season," comedy Temple Beth El office or at-the
about the New York fashion box office the evening of- the
industry which had an 82-Week play.
run on Broadway, will be pre-
sented. by • the Temple PlaYers
Be a Sport! Help Sports for Israeli
of Temple Beth El at 8:30 p.m.,
Feb. 23 .and 24.
HISTORY-MAKING
The lead role of Pinky, popu-
larized by MenaSha Shkulnik,
will be portrayed by Leon Way-
burn. ,
Also in the cast, which is di-
rected by Burton Wright, pro-
ducer-director at-VVWJ-TV, are
Paul Caplan, Elaine . Hy man,
arol Kottler,
Ben- Berman, Carol
Harriet Stone, Helen Alexander,
Midge, Unger, David Armstrong
Frederick Morris, Helen Wep-
man, Saul Wineman and Bever-
THURS., FEB. 14th, 8:30
ly Cohen. -
U of D MEMORIAL BLDG.,
Written by playwright Sylvia
McNichols at Livernois
Regari, "The Fifth Season" de-
Football Heroes
tails the trials of two businesS-
meet Baseball Stars
men and their efforts to stay
Detroit LIONS vs.
solvent in the high-fashion wo-
men's clothing industry.
Detroit TIGERS
PRELIMINARY GAME
A highlight of the production
7:30
will be the parade of models in
Sponsored by Detroit Times and
the play's first act, which fea-
U.S. Committee, Sports for Israel!
tures some of this season's most
TICKETS $5,13, $2 On sale at
attractive feminine attire.. -
U. of D. Memorial Bldg.,
Tickets are available from
Gfinnell's—Downtown, Jewish Centers,
Detroit
Times Sports Dept.
members of the cast, at the

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