JNF's Tribute to
Mrs. Fannie Perin;
Bequest for Forest
34 Israelis at Olympics; Their Chances for Success Slim w
By ELIAHU SALPETER
The Israel team will be com- ordination. It is felt that Israel sports competitions; c) a chance
posed of contestants in the fol- basketball failed to keep pace to participate in international
lowing categories:
with the development of this competition is a very strong in-
JERUSALEM - While Israel
Track: men-Gideon Ariel, Amos sport in the world. Thus, again, centive for Israelis to do some
Might have produced some of Grogenovski. David Kushnir, Meir observers are rather pessimis- hard training at home; d) the
Baruch Feinberg. Women
the most promising scientists, Pentilat,
-liana Adir, liana Karshak, Ila tic about the likelihood that contestants, as well as the
Hazroni.
engineers and excellent soldiers
Swimming: men-Amiram Trouber, the Israel team will come out trainers, gain invaluable ex-
and officers, it has certainly Yitzhak
Lurie, Yoram Shneider, Ger- among the five finalists in perience from such an inter-
failed so far to produce out- shon Shefa.
national competition.
Bologna.
Sharp-shooting: Peles, Kristal.
standing sportsmen. This be-
Fencing: men-Van-Gelder, Menda,
Al though the overall outlook
came clear again when the Varon.
Weight lifting: Meron, Cohen.
is rather gloomy, considerable 10 DAYS OF FUN
Israel team for the Rome Olym-
Cycling: Otion, Ben-David.
Gymnastics: men - Cohen, Minz, importance is attached by Is-
pic Games was being organized.
Kaminski, Hofmann, Lubo- raeli sports circles to the team's
Israel participated in the Klein,
shitz, Lustig,. Frish, Ben-Bassat,
1952 Olympics in Helsinki and Hammo, Kastan, Hazan, Kupfer. participation in the Olympics.
Women - Ruth Adler; Rally Ben- There are at least four good
in the 1956 games in Melbourne Yehuda,
St 411
Miriam Karp.
reasons for this: a) the very
with relatively small teams.
The following table, showing idea of the Olympic games calls
This time a group of about 34 the achievements of Israeli
men and women will represent sportsmen and sportswomen, in for as broad participation as
this country in Rome. The short comparison with official inter- possible; b) Israel must be rep-
distance between Israel and national records, should give a resented in the most important
Italy made it easier for the Is- fairly clear explanation of why international sports event, par-
rael Olympic Committee to Israelis are not too optimistic ticularly in view of its consist-
thru
raise the money necessary for about the chances of their rep- ent fight against Arab efforts
to prevent Israel participation
the dispatch of a large team.
MRS. FANNIE PERIN
DETROIT
resentatives at the Rome games: in various other international
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Jewish National Fund Council
ATHLETICS
Isr. Team
Branch
Pers.
Israeli
World
leaders this week pay tribute to
Member
Record
Record
Record
Ariel
Discus
48.28 met.
48.28 met.
59.16 met.
the memory of Mrs. Fannie Ariel
Shot-put
16.02 met.
16.02 met.
19.98 met.
Grogenovski
100 m.
10.7 sec.
10.6 sec.
10.1 sec.
Perin, who died on Aug. 11, and Grogenovski
200 m.
22.0 sec.
21.8 sec.
20.0 sec.
PAYING 507 Dividends
whose bequests included the Kushnir
Jumping
7.28 met.
7.28 met.
8.13 met.
Oat Current Prices
Pentilat
800 m.
1:56.7 min. 1:56.7 min.
1:45.7 min.
OVER
sum of $15,000 towards the Feinberg
Javelin
70.72 met.
70.72 met.
84. met.
planting of a forest in Israel on Rana Karshak
Jumping
5.39 met.
5.39 met.
6.39 met.
liana Adir
100 m.
12.4 sec.
12.4 sec.
11.3 sec.
JNF soil.
Davis, Rowady and Nichols, Inc.
Ila Hazroni
Shot-put
13.02 met.
13.02 met.
17. met.
Member Detroit Stock Exchange
Irving W. Schlussel and Wil-
SWIMMING
ow i n g .
liam Hordes, who were con- Amiram Trouber
1 00 m
N. M. MABARAK, Registered Representative
59.8 sec.
58.8 sec.
54.6 sec.
sulted by the deceased and in Amiram Trouber
Rowing
400 m.
4:40.0 min. 4:40.0 min.
4:16.6 min.
whom she confided that she was Yitzhak Lurie
Butterfly
Davis, Rowady and Nichols, Inc.
making the bequests, stated that
100 in.
1:10.1 min. 1:10.1 min.
59.8 sec.
Back
1518 Buhl Bldg., Detroit 26, WO 2-8470
Mrs. Perin, who was a life-long Shneider
100 in.
1:08.6 min. 1:08.6 min.
1:01.5 min.
member of Poale Zion, in which Gershon Shefa
Breast
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200 m.
2:44.7 min. 2:44.7 min.
2:36.5 min.
her late husband also was a
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of "Introduction
From the above table it is
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all her life for the JNF. • fairly clear that none of the ber, Shefa and Shneider in
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Mrs. Perin was active in Pio- Israeli representatives at the swimming. The picture in sharp-
neer Women and Farband and Games has any good chance of shooting, fencing, weight-lifting
was deeply interested in Far- reaching the top. In athletics, and cycling is rather hopeless.
band Camp where she estab- Grogenovski and Kushnir The chances are only slightly
lished the Perin House in her should, though, make a fairly better in women's gymnastics,
husband's memory.
decent showing, as should Trau- and this thanks to the consider-
able effort devoted to training
by the recently immigrated
trainer of Hungary, Miss Agness
Kelety.
The showing that will be
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Until Wilt Chamberlain came able to escape the final cutdown. team is awaited with consider-
for all ages
along to challenge Philadelphia
"That hurt," says the 23-year- able interest, since in the past
Warrior opponents in the Na- old former • Brooklyn St. John's this team stood up quite well
Nursery, Kindergarten and AM Grades
tional Basketball Association ace who hails - originally from in several international con-
with his 7'2" frame, the Detroit Flushing, L.I. "I figured I was tests; it reached fifth place in
Pistons boasted the tallest man good enough to make the team, the European games in Mos-
will take place
in the league with 7-footer Wal- but the Hawks kept all their cow and eighth place in the
International
Basketball
World
veteran guards . . . and my
ter Dukes.
Sunday, September 11,
The Pistons once again are chances went out the window." Games in Rio de Janeiro. The
Seiden didn't sit around long Israel basketball team is being
flaunting the size of one of
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
their players to the basketball and mope, however. He signed trained by Mike Fisher from
the
U.S.
and
it
will
leave
soon
world these days . . . but to the with Williamsport of the East-
at the Synagogue Building,
ern League and fashioned a for the elimination contests in
opposite extreme.
8100 W. Seven Mile Road
In Alan Seiden, and he pre- commendable 20.4 average in 20 Bologna where the five teams
will be selected for the Olym-
fers to be call e d Al, they now games with the Billies.
When Dick McGuire an- pics. Despite the good showing
have the smallest player in the
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Seiden, who stands 5'111/4", an active player to devote all experts who have watched the
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inherited the "smallest" tag of his time to coaching the performance of the basketball
with the recent retirement of Pistons, he askeel General players in recent weeks feel
that they lack speed and co
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Slater (Dugie) Marti n, who negotiate a deal with the
Hawks to get S e i d e n. Mc-
measured 5'9".
Guire, also an ex-St. John's
By normal standards Seiden
luminary, had seen Seiden
is not small. But in the world
play and liked what he saw.
o f professional basketball,
Seiden and McGuire both
where the average player
stands better than 6'6", he's a were tutored by Joe Lapchick,
Classes at the Key School, Rosemary and Jerome
considered by many as the lead-
midget.
Though he has yet to see a ing authority on basketball in
minute's action in the NBA, the world. Their styles of play
Seiden is no stranger to the are quite similar with emphasis
pro game. He tried out with St. on playmaking and long, out-
Louis after being selected as the side two-hand set shots.
"Al has the stuff to make this
Hawk's No. 2 choice in the 1959
college draft, but wasn't quite club run, run and run some
more," says McGuire of his new
"He's the kind of hol-
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McGuire when the Pistons
launch pre-season training at
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(School begins
on Sept. 15.
What does Seiden think of
Sept. 11th)
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