Koufax & Kling

By HAROLD U. RIBALOW

Teach-Korelitz,
Engagement Told

Radomer to Unveil

(Copyright, 1963, JTA, Inc.)
Monument for Victims
It is most interesting to study Award, the prize that for the
and read and analyze the base- past eight years has been given
The Detroit Radomer Mutual
ball exploits of current — and to the finest pitcher of the sea-
Society, in conjunction with
past — diamond heroes. There son.
Radomer g r o u p s across the
are differences, but there are
country, will unveil a monument
He was the Most Valuable
also similarities. I have found Player in the entire National
late in the spring of 1964 in
it instructive to combine infor- League. Sandy Koufax made it
memory of the victims of Naz-
mation on Sandy Koufax and as big as anyone can. He has
ism, particularly those of Ra-
Johnny Kling, the great old been named the National
dom, Poland. For information,
catcher of the Chicago Cubs League's MVP. This is only the
call Louis Levitan, LI 8-2998, or
back early in this century.
Jack Waksberg.
second time since the inception
It isn't difficult, of course, to of the Cy Young Award that a
find material on Koufax. At this pitcher has won both accolades
time, the newspapers keep re- (Don Newcombe in 1956), and
the eighth time a pitcher has
porting his new accolades.
Sandy became the first unani- been MVP since the award was
mous winner of the Cy Young first made in 1931.
How did the voting work out?
Award as the outstanding major
league pitcher of 1963. He won Well, 20 members of the Base-
every one of the 20 votes cast ball Writers Association did the
by the special committee mak- choosing. And 14 of them picked
ing the selection for the Base- Koufax as No. 1. In all, Sandy
MISS PAULA TEACH
ball Writers Association of polled 237 votes. Dick Groat of
America. The Cy Young Award St. Louis, -the runner-up, earned
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Teach of
is now eight years old and no 190 votes. Hank Aaron of Mil- Hubbell Ave., announce the en-
other pitcher ever won it with- waukee was third with 135. Ron gagement of their daughter,
out a dissenting vote. And, of Perranoski, Sandy's teammate, Paula Beth, to Jay Albert Kore-
course, Sandy was named to got 130; Willie Mays 102 and litz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
the Associated Press Major the others were all far, far back. Korelitz of Littlefield Ave. An
League All-Star Team, and thus
October wedding is planned.
Michigan Star Ball
it goes.
It is harder, at this stage of to Aid Stricken Kids
MUSIC ! ENTERTAINMENT !
history, to track down Johnny
Kling, a truly great catcher. But at Children's Hospital
The third annual Michigan
in the flush of the World Series,
I happened to come upon a rare Star Ball, benefitting the Vari-
and fascinating book called ety Club Growth and Develop-
and his orchestra
"The National Game" by Alfred ment Center of Children's Hos-
When you Buy his
H. Spink (of the Sporting News pital, will be held 8 p.m. Sat-
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Bar Mitzvah suit
family), published in 1910 by urday at Cobo Hall, announced
from . . .
the National Game Publishing dance instructor Jack Barnes,
Company of St. Louis, Mo. - organizer of the event.
PLASTIC FURNITURE
In a section entitled "The
The bands of Warney Ruhl
COVERS
Great Catchers," Spink wrote a and Panchito will provide music
MADE TO ORDER
handful of paragraphs on John- for continuous dancing until 1
or READY MADE
ny Kling, perhaps the best of a.m. Featured also will be am-
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Here are some of the old- all of North America are in-
fashioned, but pertinent para- vited to compete for the Mich-
graphs, on Kling by Spink:
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"John G. Kling—The player, of judging will be based on
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A special a w a r d for "Miss
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the catcher of the Champion Elegance" will be decided by
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"In 1906 Kling caught ninety- attend the dance. Dress will
six games for his team, - in 1907 be formal or semi-formal.
Tickets will be available at
he caught ninety-eight, and in
1908, 117. In the winter of 1908- the door or can be obtained at
1909 Kling quarreled with the the Jack Barnes Dance Studio,
5440 CASS at KIRBY
Phone TE 1-5700
manager of the Chicago Club 22111 Coolidge, Oak Park (LI
Easy Accessibility to Expressways
and retired to his home in Kan- 7-2933).
sas City.
"Kling, besides being a great
receiver, is great as a thrower
and great as a batsman.
"John G. Kling, now the great
catcher of the Chicago Cubs, is
33 years old, and has been in
professional baseball fourteen
years, having been secured by
With a fine, large selection of
the Cubs from St. Joseph, Mo.,
team with which Kling began
antiques, pearls, diamonds, watches;
his professional career. Kling
was looked on as the king of
bracelets and charms galore !
backstops for several seasons.
His ease behind the bat is most
marked. He throws and bats
right-handed."
SPECIAL !
The style of writing is differ-
ent. But the hero worship is
the same, then and now, Kling
or Koufax.

****

SAMMY
WOOLF

BEAV JAME S

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The Hebrew University High
School opened in Jerusalem
this month in new quarters
built by the National Council
of Jewish Women of the Un-
ited States. The school is the
practice-teaching and demon-
stration center for the John
Dewey School of Education of
Hebrew University. Shown in
sequence from top to bottom:
1. "B'ruchim Haba'im" — the
sign says welcome on the
facade of the school plant de-
signed by architect Shimon
Powsner, 2. Dr. Samuel Knel-
ler, junior high school princi-
pal, is shown welcoming a
ninth grade mathematics
class. 3. Police Sgt. Otto Fried
gives traffic safety lesson to
seventh grade. 4. Music teach-
er Zvi Kaplan teaches ninth
graders about how musical
tone is produced. 5. Students
talk about the new building
at their first recess.

Best in Everything

He was the best pitcher of
the year. Everybody knew that
even before the World Series.
And so he won the Cy Young

New Work by Chajes
Will Be Featured by
Center Orchestra

Theme and Variations for
String Orchestra will receive its
first performance at the Center
Symphony Orchestra concert,
Nov. 26 at the Jewish Center.
Chajes, musical director and
conductor of the orchestra, com-
posed his new work last August.
Other compositions listed on the
program are Weber's "Oberon"
overture, Haydn's Symphony
No. 102 and Dvorak's Cello Con-
certo with Jerome_Jalinek, pro-
fessor at the University of Mich-
igan, as soloist.

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29 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, Nov. 15, 1963

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