12—Friday, September 30, 1966

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Shamsky, Holtzman - Baseball Stars

BL JESSE SILVER

(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)

Koufax. "Koufax is in a world by
himself. I can't throw hard like
he does. I have to be cute and
move the ball and throw that curve
ball a lot." (Last Sunday Holtzman
was the winning pitcher against
Sandy Koufax.)
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Art Shamsky may never make
baseball's Hall of Fame but his
bat has. A Cincinnati Red out-
fielder, Shamsky recently equaled
a major league record by hitting
four home runs in four consecu-
tive times up, and the bat that did
Gabe Paul will stay on with the
it is now on display at the Hall Cleveland Indians as president and
of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
general manager. The new owner
It all began in a game at Cin- of the Indians said his purchase
cinnati against the Pittsburgh of the team was contingent upon
Pirates an Aug. 12. Shamsky rode Paul agreeing to sign a 10-year
the Reds bench until the eighth contract with the new organization.
Steve Richman, a shortstop from
inning when he went to left field
for defensive reasons. When Sham- New York, was named to the all-
sky came to bat the first time, star second team of the Central
his homer put the Reds ahead Illinois Collegiate Baseball League.
8-7; his next shot tied the score Richman played for the champion
9-9 in the 10th inning; and his Bloomington club. The 19-year-old
final blast in the 11th, tied junior has been chosen captain
the score again 11-11. However of the 1967 Columbia U. baseball
all to no avail the Reds lost the team. He led the Lions in batting
game in the lath inning 14-11, last spring with a .394 average.
The Atlanta Braves selected sec-
with Shamsky having driven in
ond baseman Jack Goldberg of
five runs.
Union, N.J., in the annual draft
His fourth home run came
of players from the American Le-
on Aug. 14 when he appeared as
gion junior baseball tournament.
a pinch-hitter in a game against Goldberg is 17, 6-1, 185 pounds,
the same Pirates. The string and is righthanded all the way.
was broken in his fifth time at
The Los Angeles Maccabee
bat when he singled against the
soccer team won the Fred Kahan
Dodgers in Los Angeles.
West Coast Trophy at a tourna-
Shamsky, a native of St.
ment held in San Francisco. Los
with
in his second season with the Angeles defeated the San Fran-
Reds, has been used mainly as a cisco Mercury team 6-2 and the
pinch-hitter. The 24-year-old, 6-2, San Francisco Hakoah 2-0, while
170 pounder is in his seventh year the New York Maccabee squad
of professional baseball. At times lost to both San Francisco
during his minor league career teams. The New Yorkers then
Shamsky had been described as
traveled to Los Angeles the fol-
shy and lackadaisical. His atti- - lowing week for a contest.
tude has changed since making
Harlan Cohen who played on
the major leagues. Shamsky's the 1961 and 1965 Maccabiah
greatest asset is a pair of quick Games volleyball teams is the coach
wrists which help him to whip of the U.S. National women's vol-
the bat. This makes hitting home leyball team. He was also an as-
runs look easy. Many feel that all sistant coach of the men's team
Shamsky needs to make it big is that played in the world champion-
more confidence in his own ability. ships in Czechoslovakia.
Was Shamsky elated after his
Steve Sandler won the National
three homers against the Pirates? AAU one-wall handball tournament
Not very. He seemed more dis- at Coney Island, N.Y. Sandler of
mayed over the Reds defeat and the Jewish Community Center of
refused to go on a postgame radio Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, won only
show where they wanted to award because his friend Howie Eisen-
him $25 as the game hero.
berg talked him into playing. Who
"It was one of those games," did Sandler defeat in the final?
he said "Everything I did was You guessed it, Eisenberg, 20-21,
right. I never hit three home runs 21-5, 21-11.
Eisenberg of the 92nd Street
in a game before in my life. I
don't think I was the star of the YMAH had some consolation as he
teamed with Ken Davidoff to cap-
game because we lost."
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ture the doubles crown, 9-21, 21-8,
Ken Holtzman, the Chicago Cubs 21-7.
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rookie pitcher, has already estab-
Mike Epstein cooled down some-
lished himself as the best hurler
on the club. Holtzman, just 20, what from his torrid early pace,
has lost more games than he's but the big Rochester first base-
won but he has the best ERA man was still hitting over .300
on the Cubs pitching staff. He has and driving in runs in mid-
gained some fine wins with a last August.
In an exhibition game against
place team.
Some people have criticized the the Boston Red Sox the big guy
Cubs for pushing Holtzman too hit a home run for the Interna-
quickly in his first full year of tional League All-Stars. Then
professional ball. Henry Holtzman, against the parent Baltimore
Orioles, Epstein slugged a home
Ken's father, disagrees.
"Ken has been pitching since run and a single which knocked
he was 8 years old and he in three runs and helped Rochester
probably has been in more games defeat the Birds 7-6. Epstein's
homer cleared the 405-foot mark
than pitchers twice his age."
Holtzman never lost a game in centerfield.
Epstein, who likes to slide into
in four years of pitching in
first base on close plays, reports
Little League competition.
"This experience under com- that he receives about 10 letters
petitive conditions," said his father, a day from fans around the coun-
"has enabled him to acquire the try, and that he is being stopped
poise of a veteran." on the street even when the team
His teammate Ron Santo is is on the road. "I guess, said
very high on Holtzman as is the Epstein, "I'm becoming a draw-
St. Louis Cardinal manager Red ing card in a way."
Schoendienst. "He's a terrific
Ed Linn wrote this in a recent
young pitcher," Santo said. "He
could be another Koufax. A beauti- issue of Sport magazine: "I have
ful arm. And what I like about recently written a book with
him most is that the guy loves Sandy Koufax, and it is part of
Koufax's charm that he never
to win. He battles you."
endorsed anything. Even while he
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Holtzman tells his teammates was being blasted by the more
that he speaks Hebrew. "I really idealistic sportswriters and fans
speak Yiddish," he admits, "but I for trying' to coax a few thousand
say Hebrew because its too diffi- dollars more from the Dodgers,
cult to explain what Yiddish is." who had only made $4,000,000 the
Holtzman is good friends with previous season (mostly due to
Shamsky, who like Holtzman, is Koufax), he was turning down at
from Missouri's University City, a least a half-million dollars for
merely renting out his name.
suburb of St. Louis.
"I'm just another Jewish .left- That's rather simple-minded in
. hander," Holtzman replied when our commercial world. But that's
someone compared him to Sandy Koufax."

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Mrs. Chaim Weizmann Joins Husband in Death

Weisgal, chairman of the Web-
mann Institute executive corm-
cil:
"Please convey to the family of
Vera Weizmann and to the entire
Weizmann Institute and the Yad
Weizmann family, our deep sense
of sadness and bereavement. Vera
Weizmann's presence lent nobility
to the Rehovot scene. She em-
bodied and communicated national
memories of highest significance.
Her vigorous and dignified person-
ality will be thoroughly missed in
our national life. My wife and I
have lost a cherished personal
friend, whose warmth and affec-
tion were given us in boundless
measure."

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

REHOVOT—Dr. Vera Weizmann,
widow of Chaim Weizmann, Israel's
first president, was laid to rest
Tuesday near her husband's grave
at the foothill of the Weizmann
home in Rehovot.
In accordance with her final
request, no eulogies were given.
President Zalman Shazar and Pre-
mier Levi Echkol headed the
mourning group which followed
the coffin from Memorial Square in
Rehovot to the graveside. Some
2,000 mourners took part in the
procession. They included mem-
bers of the diplomatic corps, gov-
ernment officials, army officers
and a large group of family mem-
bers.
An army chaplain recited a
prayer extolling the virtues of
women and recited El Mole Ra-
hamim, a traditional prayer for
the dead. A number of women
soldiers provided a guard of honor.
They and policewomen and Red
Mogen Dovid nurses placed wreaths
on the grave. The mourners dis-
persed after singing hatkiva.
Mrs. Weizmann was president of
Red Mogen Dovid, Israel's Red
Cross.
The body was brought from Lon-
don, where Mrs. Weizmann died
last Saturday at age 87, The cof-
fin was taken to Memorial Square.
After candles were lit, the public
began to file by the bier, paying
last respects.
Born in Russia, Vera Chatzmann
came to Geneva to study medicine,
and there met young Chaim Weiz-
mann, who was lecturing in Ge-
neva. They were married in 1906.
She received her medical degree
from the University of Geneva and
later studied at the University of
Manchester, England. She became
a health officer for the City of
Manchester.
Mrs. Weizmann was a patron of
Youth Aliya, world honorary presi-
dent of Jewish Child's Day; presi-
dent of the Israel and British Com-
monwealth Association as well as
president of the Israel and Swedish
Association; for many years presi-

Demand Knesset Session

VERA WEIZMANN

dent of the world executive of the
Women's International Zionist Or-
ganization, of which she was a co-
founder; and head of the Disabled
Soldiers Fund, in Israel.
After the death of President
Weizmann, his widow continued
her activities in Zionist work in
Israel and in many other countries.
She was very well known in the
United States from her many visits
to that country both as the wife
and widow of Chaim Weizmann,
and in her own right. Mrs. Weiz-
mann's memoirs are to be pub-
lished next year.
The Weizmanns had two sons,
Benjamin and Michael. The latter
was killed during World War II,
while flying a patrol with the
British Royal Air Force.
At the United Nations, Israel's
foreign minister, Abba Eban,
who is also president of the
Weizmann Institute of Science,
sent the following cable to Meyer

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tion with the economic crisis in
the country. Both parties assert
that the new economic plan of the
government will not have positive
results charging that is nothing
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