Best Wishes for the
New Year

Young Stars Emerge in World of Sports

By HAROLD U. RIBALOW

young and will get better be-
fore they are much older. Kou-
fax is only 28. Fischer is in his
on the immediate horizon. The
same is true of boxing, which early phase of his career. Gub-
is in terrible decline financially ner is a youngster. We have a
few super stars of our own and
and artistically.
we are satisfied with them and
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their achievements.
Next year, the Olympics will
be with us again and it is cer-
tain that a number of amateur
Mrs. Esther Temchin
Jewish athletes, in the United
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States and abroad, will emerge
Oak Park
as headliners.
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wishes her relatives and
friends
Apart from a handful of super-
stars in various games, the
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sports world itself is experienc-
New Year
ing a decline of interest, in a
sense. There are more specta-
tors than ever, but fewer top
Goldie Wartosky
athletes. Golf, for example, now
has millions of people watch-
and Son, Harvey
ing tournaments on television.
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Bowling is very popular as a
participant sport but here, too,
wish all their relatives and
millions more watch the game
friends
on TV. TV helped to ruin box-
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ing. Tennis is slipping. Baseball
is losing adherents to other
games. The entire sports world
is in flux and turmoil. It is no
LE SHONO TOVA
wonder that the Jewish con-
to
all our relatives, friends
tribution to •it is changing and
and customers
cannot al ways be fixed and
pinned.

The American, Gary Gubner,
had an equally brilliant track-
The biggest Jewish star of and - field series of achieve-
this past year has been Sandy ments. He has become an out-
Koufax, the Los Angeles Dod- standing shot-putter and weight
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ger pitcher. In earlier years lifter and as he is not yet 20
Huntington Woods, Mich.
there were Jewish baseball years of age, he too, may
players who were of top status, emerge as one of the immortals
and some who were of lesser in his chosen field. There have
Best Wishes for a Happy,
importance. Yet none of the been Jewish athletes in track-
Healthy New Year
stars were pitchers. We had and-field, but few of his ability
Mrs. David Silverstein Hank Greenberg, a slugger; Al and stature.
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Rosen, a fine third baseman;
Mrs. Pauline Max
In c h e s s, there have been
Andy Cohen, a two-year flash
and
at second base, and of course, some changes. Mikhail Botvin-
Mrs. Thomas Fine
others. But Jewish pitchers, nik, the world's champion, lost
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who were few, seldom made it his crown to Tigran Petrosian;
big. Erskine Mayer, playing and Sammy Reshevsky, for
with the Philadelphia Phillies many years one of the top five
in 1915, was excellent, and one or six players in the world, has
Best Wishes for a Happy,
year Larry Sherry did a won- slipped, quite obviously. On the
Healthy New Year
derful job for the Dodgers. other hand, Bobby Fischer con-
Otherwise the Jewish pitchers tinued to show improved form
MR. AND MRS.
were a non-impressive bunch. and it is now apparent, given a
JULIUS BLASE
few years, he will be (if he isn't
Sandy Koufax is of another
already) the number one threat
style.
In
the
year
that
has
just
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to
Petrosian.
passed, he established a stand-
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Ferndale 20, Mich.
ard of performance s e l d o m
There have been changes in
equalled by anyone. He was so
effective that he broke or tied basketball. Dolph Schayes, for
brilliant pitching rec- a decade the finest Jewish pro-
Happy New Year To All many
ords. His earned run average fessional hoop star, has retired,
Our Relatives and
was exceedingly low. His shut- and will coach the new pro
I WOODROW
out mark was impressive. His team in Philadelphia. When he
Friends
It is a comfort to realize that
victories were many. His effec- quit, he was the highest scorer
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tiveness was such that when he in the history of the pro game the few Jewish athletes who
Mr. and Mrs.
Detroit, Mich.
yielded a run game it was news. and it is obvious that when the have come to the fore are
A. J. KATZ
He was a real powerhouse and stars of this game are measured
a strikeout artist as well. He for greatness, Schayes will rank
Best Wishes For A Happy,
was on the cover of Life maga- with the top dozen. This year,
The Detroit Senior
zine and the subject of count- two new Jewish players have
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Best Wishes to my family and
less feature articles in news- emerged. Art Heyman, the
Bicur Cholem
papers and magazines all over Duke University mainstay, has
friends for a Happy and
extends New Year's greetings
turned
professional,
and
will
the land. He was ranked as the
to all members and friends.
Healthy New Year
best pitcher of the year and, on play with the New York Knick-
And thanks them for their
the basis of his 1963 perform- erbockers, who expect him to
contributions toward the work
one of the finest twirlers lead them out of the wilder-
of the needy sick.
LAURA NUSBAUM ance,
ness.
Barry
Kramer,
of
New
in the history of the game. No
York
University,
still
a
col-
other Jewish pitcher had ever
attained such heights in the legian, promises to be even
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better than Heyman.
Best Wishes
game.
May the New Year be filled
* *
To All
for a Happy and Healthy
Sandy was signed, as a
with Healthy and Happiness
Even in golf, the one out-
bonus p lay e r, by the then
New Year to All
MR. and MRS.
for All
standing Jewish player, Her-
Brooklyn Dodgers in Decem-
man Barron, now in his mid-
JOHN A. ALLEN
ber 1954. He started to pitch
Dr. and Mrs.
Rabbi and Mrs.
fifties, won some important
for the club during the 1954
AND FAMILY
ROBERT
S. DREWS
tournaments
and
indicated
that
Kalil S. Rosenberg
season and from that date,
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the skills he displayed in the
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through 1962, Sandy's won
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days of Ben Hogan and Byron
and lost record has not been
Wanamassa, N.J.
Nelson have not entirely left
impressive. Even this state-
him.
ment must be clarified, since
Best Wishes To All On The New Year
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he won 68 games and lost 60.
Mrs. Samuel Weller
Some major sports remain bar-
A closer look at his record-
and Family
ren so fas as Jewish athletes
reveals that he won 32 of
are concerned. Tennis, which
those victories in two years
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once boasted Herb Flam and
of Krun-Chee Potato Chips
(1961 and 1962). Up until that
Detroit 3, Mich.
Dick Savitt, has fallen on mis-
time he was a thrower, not a
wish all their relatives and
erable days for all Americans,
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pitcher.
friends a Very Happy
and there are no Jewish boys
In 1955, 1956 and 1957, Kou-
New Year
fax won a total of nine games.
In 1958, he began to improve,
_winning 11 and losing the same
New Year
number. In 1959 and 1960 he
Mr. and Mrs.
won only eight games each
Joseph Frenkel
campaign. But the potential was
there because in those same
And Family
years his strike out mark was
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astonishing. In 1959, he struck
wishes their relatives and
out 173 batters (and walked
friends a Very Happy
92), and in 1960, he fanned 197
(and walked 100).
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In 1961, Sandy began to
Holiday Good Wishes
• pitch. He won 18 and lost 13,
but struck out 269 to set a
MR. and MRS.
league mark (and gave up com-
paratively few bases on balls:
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96). In 1962, he won 14 and lost
and FAMILY
seven, fanning as many as 216
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in 184 innings. His year was
Detroit 21, Michigan
curtailed by injury. And he
yielded only 57 walks. He was
learning control and getting
them out at the same time. His
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earned-run aver age led the
From
league; it was 2.54.
Mr. and Mrs.
Sandy Koufax is now only
H. Obron
28 years of age. His best days
remain ahead of him, for he
And Family
Miss Gloria Bellock
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Shmarak
is young and strong enough
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and
will
pitch
enough
to
break
Huntington Woods, Michigan
and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Jonas
records for many years to come.
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and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Carmi M. Slomovitz
On the international sports
scene this year we had Valerie
Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Kronen
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and Son, Randy David
Br u m e 1, the Russian - Jewish
TOVO TIKOSEVU
high jumper. Brumel made
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Israel
Levenstein
May the New Year bring you a
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz
news first when he whipped the
full measure of Happiness
and Family
with an abundance of health
American John Thomas again
and Son, Gabriel
ROVNER-LACHOWITCHER
and again. But Brumel has con-
Miss Marjorie Newberger
AID SOCIETY
Abe Saginaw, President
tinued to display c o n s i s t e n t
William Solomon, Vice President
Miss Sharon Stern
form. In almost every inter-
Alex Begun, Treasurer
Miss Mitzi Rachleff
national competition, he sets
Arthur Cutler, Financial Sec'y.
Sam Manis, Recording Sec'y.
records, and always wins. He is
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Raskin
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Zuckerberg
Joseph H. Siegal, Corres. Sec'y.
only 21 yet has established
Abe Applebaum and
and
Family
Rose Lewenthal, Hospitalers
and Family
himself as one of the premier
Molly Saginaw, Wedding Anniv.
athletes in world history

Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Heiman

(Copyright, 1963,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

VERN MASON

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1963-5724

The Jewish News Staff

Extends heartiest greetings on the New Year
to the entire Jewish community of Michigan,
with gratitude for the splendid coopera-
tion that has enabled us to work
together for good community spirit.

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