Is VP of Keep Detroit Beautiful Committee
Fred Sweet, managing direc- bureau; is chairman of the
tor of Telenews Theater, a sub- theater committee for Armed
Street customer's man now en- stein of Rutgers, recent winner sidiary of Michigan Newsreel Forces Week; and, since 1957,
By ROY SILVER
(Copyright, 1962, Jewish
ables him to devote the neces- of the Philadelphia Open Cham- Company, Inc., has been elected has been a director of Variety
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
first vice president of the Club.
sary time to practice. Mike, of pionship.
American Jews are reaching course, is a two-time Maccabiah
Mayor's Committee to Keep De-
An
indication
of
Jewish
troit Beautiful.
world - class performances in decathlon champion and plans
Want ads get quirk results!
leadership in the sport may
every branch of athletics, and, to concentrate on that event.
The committee co - ordinates
be
'gleaned
from
the
fact
that
at the present rate of develop- He is a world class performer,
the effort of more than 1500
ment, will win a considerable easily around the 7,000-point four titles went to Jews in block clubs and neighborhood
the
Met
AAU
championships.
number of gold medals in the mark.
There are dozens of outstand- improvement associations, orig-
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1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Gerald Ashworth of Dart- ing Jewish basketball players. Mating a year-round battle
Perhaps the outstanding mouth moved into the sprint The best appears to be All against
against litterbug.
young American Jewish athlete
Sweet has been active with
ARE NOW BEING TAKEN
this winter. He clocked America Art Heyman, a Duke
at the moment is shotputter 6.1 for 60-yards behind world junior. Others are All-Ivy this volunteer committee of civic
On New or Existing Homes
Gary Gubner. a 19-year-old Sam- record holder Frank Budd and League selections Mike Cingiser leaders for some time. has been
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son with a crewcut. who is being figures to dip as low as 9A of Brown, Rick Kaminsky of on the board of directors for two
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called "the strongest boy. or for 100-yards outdoors.
Yale, and All-Met choice Barry years and chairman of the
man. for that matter. in the
theater
sub-committee.
FRANKLIN
Kramer
of
NYU.
Art Gardenswartz, a sopho-
.
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wol .
A veteran of 18 years with
MORTGAGE CORP.
more
at
the
University
of
,
Albert
Axelrod
remains
the
performer,
with
a
victory
in
Approved FHA Mortgagee
al
Arizona, could be the quarter- I leading Jewish fencer in Amer- Telenews, Sweet is Secretary of
915 First National Sidg., Det. 26
the shot in last summer's USA-
the Allied Theaters of Michigan
WO 3-4890
USSR dual track meet in Nlos - miler of the future. At least !ica, if not the world. Albie was and chairman of its speaker's
A
that's the opinion of . Millrose the only United States medalist
cow, as well as three gol d
i
Games
mpressarlo
Fred
in the 1960 Olympics. Two up
medals in the Sixth World Mac
Schmertz.
; and coming stars are Herb Co-
calnah in Israel, Gary is cur
G,i
ene
Zubrinsky
of
the
_L
s
1h
_ en and Jerry Halpern, both of
.
o,
rently national indoor champion,
i only 3 8 , !NYU. Another promising
and world holder. The NYU A ngeles Striders is
sophomore, who stands 6'2" and but he could be the big man :swordsman, according to Axel-
weighs 260 pounds. has put the , . In the high jump. He cleared ;rod, is Wally Farber of Batavia,
your favorite style of
- the bar at 6'10" last year. won N. Y.
shot 64' 1 1 , 34" and unquestion
the
national
junior
AAU
(ham-
Former Wimbledon cham-
,illy will reach 66 feet (lur i ng
.pionship, and then went sour in
pion Dick Savitt is still the
the outdoor season.
the Maccabiah Game. His great- greatest Jewish tennis player
Joe Healy. Gubner's coach, est problem is inconsistency.
in the world, but he's only a
places no limit on his potential_ ; , This winter he was at the 6'8"
weekend player these days.
I f 1 had to he pinned down,"
"I'd settle for 70 level. He should improve out- His duties with a brokerage
Healy says,
'doors.
firm have sidetracked his
1 eel."
One of America's finest
court activities, and his re-
After winning the Macca-
swimming prospects is 18-
cent marriage may curtail
biah gold medal in heavy-
year-old David Abramson of
them even further.
weight weightlifting, Macca-
New York, captain of the
biah coach Dave Mayor said
Harvard freshman team. Dave . The hottest young tennis pros-
Gubner was the "only man in
recently established two pect is 16-year-old Mike Belkin
the world who is capable of f NCAA freshman records in a lof Miami Beach High School, a
beating Russia's Yuri Vlasav, dual meet against powerhouse i former Canadian boys' chain
the world record-holder. How- Yale. He wasn't extended as pion and recent winner of the
ever, Gary would have to con- he posted 2:02.9 for the 220- Orange Bowl tournament.
Other fine court stars include
centrate on lifting for at least
yard freestyle and 4:28.5 for
Mike Franks of Los Angeles and
a year. At the moment, he
the 440 freestyle.
uses it only to develop
Peter Fogarasy, a naturalized UCLA's Larry Fox and Larry
strength for the shot."
Hungarian. who was an All- Nagler. Julian Heldman of New
Another excellent 01t•mpic American before he was an York appears to be the leading
prospect is Andy Dunkell, a American citizen, is another ex- girl prospect.
Most of America's leading
junior at UCLA. Andy, who ceptional. A former national
Prefers to run while wearing AAU champion attending North Jewish water-polo players are
U. S. Jews in Sport
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Clark glasses, turned in a spar- Carolina State. Pete is currently Hungarian refugees and per-
kling 1:48.9 half-mile perform- Atlantic Coast Conference and I form for the New York Athletic
ante last year. The time was Eastern Seaboard 220-yard Club, the current national out-
the fastest ever recorded by a breaststroke champion and rec- door champion.
Gene Selznick, an eleven-time
19 ) ear - old!
ord holder.
Two other half-mile possibili- Among the other leading All - America, is the leading
ties are Neal Chappell. a 1:52 swimming prospects are Dave American volleyball player. The
performer from San Jose City Abramson's younger brother, I center of the sport is California.
College. and Maccabiah •ham - Richard, of Brooklyn Tech High where the West Side Jewish
pion Peter Brandeis, a Cornell School in New York; Debby Lee Community Center won the na-
graduate who is now food con- of Palo Alto, Calif., Lindsey tional championship in 1960,
roller in a Tel Aviv hotel.
Miller of Encino. Calif.; Marilyn and was runner-up last year.
Even in such non-Olympic
The leading Jewish distance Ramenofsky of Phoenix, Ari-
linn•t- at the moment i s Bobby zona; Maggie Rosenberg of Oak- spOrts as baseball, horseracing,
Mack. Yale's mighty mite, who land. Calif.; Eileen Weiland of golf and chess. Jews are making
their presence felt, too.
• ;ands 5'6", but makes up what New York; Gerry Sapodin of
Sandy Koufax, and Larry
ie lacks in size with heart and Cincinnati; and divers Dickie
and Norm Sherry of the
He successful)). defend- Morse of Nashville and Kathy
Dodgers have performed
•d his intercollegiate indoor Flicker of Summit. N. J.
creditably. Bonus baby Ho-
1 wo mile title this winter in the
Soon to be heard of nation-
neet record time of 8:58.3. In . ally, also, is 12-year-old breast- ward Kitt, a pitcher in the
l•ycland he even defeated stroker Leslie Rudolph•of Balti- Yankee chain, is a youngster
to watch for the future.
'anada's sensational Olympic more. This young miss posted
Willie Harmatz is the leading
lope. Bruce Kidd. Mack's best times last year which qualified
ultdoor time for the distance her for the American Macca- Jewish jockey and Hirsch
s 8.53.6. an Eastern record.
biah Games squad, but she did Jacobs and Jack Price are the
Mike Herman. a 26-foot broad- not make the trip to Israel be- best known trainers. The list
of prominent owners is as long
'limier, changed his mind about cause she was too young!
r ctiring and is hack in •ompeti-
The outstanding Jewish wrest- as your arm.
And when has a more promis-
ion. His new job as a Wall lers' . at the moment are Steve
Friedman. the national 160- ing chess star than Bobby
pound champion, who attends Fischer appeared?
The one sport in which there
Columbia Law School, and Bal-
timore's Ernie Fisher. recent is a dearth of Jewish competi-
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ern States Championships. An- Jews once held more than 20
other possihilty in Fisher's class titles. But this is true every-
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However, the overall picture
Even in crew racing, Ameri-
can Jews are now pre-eminent. has never been brighter. It will
! A fours - with - coxswain Macca- improve even more. A program
Famous for
biah shell won the President's recently was instituted by the
iCup on the Potomac last sum- U. S. Committee Sports for Is-
QUALITY and
mer, swept the river in Israel, rael to interest American youth
and now plans to race in the in sports and phyical fitness,
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falo this summer under the the Cohens will join the Kellys
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