22-Friday, November 8, 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS I Israeli Communists Denounce Soviet Policy
Tommy Okker Stars in Open Tennis
By JESS SILVER
(Copyright 1968, JTA, Inc.)
Tommy Okker was both a win-
ner and loser at the first $100,000
U.S. Open Tennis championships
in Forest Hills, N.Y. Although
beaten by amateur Arthur Ashe in
the final, 12-14, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6,
the 24-year-old southpaw from
H a r 1 e m, the Netherlands, cap-
tured the $14,000 first prize. As a
registered player, Okker is an
amateur who is eligible to com-
pete for prize money.
To reach the finals, he defeated
veteran pros Pancho Gonzalez and
Ken Rosewall. He stopped Gon-
zalez 14-16, 6-3, 10-8, 6-3 in the
quarter-finals, then beat Rosewall
in the semis, 8-6, 6-4, 6-8, 6-1, for
the prize money. It was Rose-
wall's first loss to an amateur
since the start of open tennis.
Okker won an additional $1,-
149.22 for his play in the doubles
competition. He has collected
about $20,000 this season. Con-
sidered one of the quickest play-
ers in the history of the sport,
the 5'10", 140-pounder began his
tennis career at age 12 with the
encouragement of his parents, both
good club players.
He has been the Netherlands'
No. 1 player since 1964; won the
Maccabia Games gold medal in
1965; and after 18 months in the
Army, won the South African,
Italian and Irish Open champion-
ships this year. He is undecided
about turning professional.
• • •
Amateur Torgen Ulrich was an-
other of the outstanding foreign-
ers competing in the U.S. Open.
A Dane from Copenhagen, the 39-
year-old reached the fourth round
before bowing to Australian pro
John Newcombe, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 8-10,
4-6. Earlier, Ulrich stopped U.S.
pro Marty Riessen, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3,
6-2.
Ulrich's most recent tournament
victory. occurred at the annual
Montana International in Switzer-
land. He also reached the finals
of the Canadian Open by stopping
Mike Belkin in the semifinals, 1-6,
8-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. Belkin is ranked
No. 1 in Canada.
• • •
Besides playing tennis, Ulrich
is a television writer and music
critic. He sports a beard and long
hair, and has played on the Dan-
ish Davis Cup team since 1948.
His younger brother, Jorgen, is a
lawyer as well as an interna-
tional tennis player.
Like Okker, Torgen is a south-
paw and has one Jewish parent.
Ulrich's mother was Jewish,
while Okker's father, a dress
manufacturer, is a Jew. Both
suffered during World War H.
"My mother was Jewish," Tor-
gen informed the N.Y. Post's
Larry Merchant. "We tried to
escape to Sweden during the
war on a fishing boat. As we
were making our way out of a
narrow harbor we were shot at.
Two fishermen jumped off the
boat. We tried to start it up,
but we couldn't. They had put
sand in the engine so they
wouldn't lose the boat. We
were captured and put into a
concentration camp. After a
while we were released, because
any father wasn't Jewish. We
wade it to Sweden es the sec-
ond try."
Okker's father dodged Nazis is
Amsterdam, where Tom was born
in 1944.
fit • •
Julie Heldman of New York
City was eliminated in the second.
round of the U.S. Open, but she
has played good tennis recently.
She won the singles crown at the
Montana International; gained the
final of the Swiss International;
won the Bavarian tennis cham-
pionship in Munich; reached the
semis at the West German Open
and won the Heart of America
tournament in Kansas City.
Lenny Schloss scored his an-
nual big upset at the Pennsylva-
nia Lawn Tennis championships
by defeating America's No. 1
ranked player Charlie Pasarell,
2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Schloss lost to Okker
in the first round of the U.S.
Open, 1-67. 0-6, 4-6.
Mrs. K. Fred Netter and her
daughter, Nadine, of Scarsdale,
N.Y., won the Eastern mother-and-
daughter tennis championship by
defeating Mrs. Ernest Aschner
and Marilyn Aschner of Hollis-
wood, N.Y., 6-2, 6-4. The Aschners
were the defending champions.
Former Canadian Davis Cupper,
Ellis Tarshis of Toronto, was a
member of the Stevens Cup squad
which lost to the United States.
The Stevens Cup is an interna-
tional competition for senior play-
ers. Mrs. Millicent Lang of Great
Neck, N.Y., won the Eastern sen-
ior women's clay court doubles
title.
•
• •
Israel's national soccer team,
after leading 3-0 at the half, was
finally forced to settle for a 3-3 tie
with the United States World Cup
team at New York's Yankee Sta-
dium. Russian-born Mordechai
Shpiegler scored two goals and
Giora Shpiegel, a 21-year-old phi-
losophy student, the other, in the
opening contest of a tour commem-
orating the nation's 20th anniver-
sary. A crowd of 10,118 witnessed
the game.
The Israeli squad of 25, coached
by Emanuel Shefer, consisted of 10
servicemen, five clerks, two phy-
sical trainers, two students, one
painter, one factory worker and
one technician. This same team
will represent Israel at the Olym-
pic Games in Mexico.
• • •
Harold Valan probably never
received as much attention as a
professional boxer, as he has as a
referee. His decision in the recent
Ellis-Patterson fight in Sweden has
made him a famous, if somewhat
controversial figure. Born in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn,
Valan, 51, had 125 pro bouts before
he retired in 1946. He now works in
the linen supply business.
• *
Mike Stromberg replaced the
New York Jets regular middle line-
backer in the first two games of
the season. He won the job because
of an injured knee, then lost it for
the same reason. A 6'2, 235-pounder
from Brooklyn, Stromberg per-
formed well before leaving the
Boston game with pulled ligaments
in his left leg. The leg was placed
in a cast, and he will be out of
action for five weeks. A Temple
grad, he can now give more atten-
tion to his painting. He designs
book jackets for the New American
Library.
• • •
Steve Tannen, a junior at the U.
of Florida, and Bob Stein, a senior
at the U. of Minnesota, enjoyed
good opening season games. Tan-
nen, a 6'2, 194-pound defensive
back from Miami, scored a touch-
down on a 64-yard punt return, and
recovered the fumble that led to
the winning score as the Gators
defeated the Air Force Academy,
23-20. Tannen, who does the 100 in
9.7, loks like a sure All-American
selection if he avoids injury.
Already an All-American, Stein
contributed eight points with his
toe in the 1JSC game, but it wasn't
enough as the Trojans and 0. J.
Simpson dumped the Gophers,
29-20. A 6'3, 230-poUnd defensive
end, Stein hit two field goals, one
for 40 yards (a Minnesota record)
and one for 27 yards, and kicked
two conversions.
The Detroit Lions traded quarter-
back Karl Sweetan to the New
Orleans Saints, and the. Pittsburgh
Steelers picked up kicker Booth
Lusteg after he was cut by the
Miami Dolphins. Lusteg hit a field
goal in the first game for his new
club.
Prior to his leaving for Australia
and the World Cup tourney, the
City of Miami proclaimed a "Bruce
Fleisher Day" for the U.S. ama-
teur golf champion. The 19-year-
old received awards from the City
of Miami, Dade County, and the
State of Florida.
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Soviet Russia
and Poland were sharply attacked
by Israel Communist Party lead-
ers for their treatment of Jews at
the party's 16th national conven-
tion here last week. The party
called on Communists all over the
world to join in supporting the
survival of Israel.
The party convention, which re-
ceived official greetings from
President Zalman Shazar and
Knesset speaker Kaddush Luz,
opened in a hall draped with three
Israeli flags and three red flags.
Party general secretary Shmuel
Mikunis declared in his opening
address, "We shall not betray Is-
rael for a pat on the back from
Moscow."
Dr. Moshe Sneh, party leader,
said the immediate task of the
Israel Communist Party was to
Foe of Limitations Statute
Pays Visit to Israel
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help world Communist parties
understand Israel's problems and
goals. He issued a four-point de-
mand to Polish Communist Party
chief Wladyslaw Gomulka and to
the leaders in the Kremlin: Permit
Jews who wish to emigrate to
Israel to leave; let those who re-
main live a Jewish national and
cultural life; permit Jews to main-
tain contacts with democratic or-
ganizations in other countries; per-
mit Jews to assimilate with the
majority if they so desire. He call-
Education Ministry to Take
Charge of TV Authority
JERUSALEM (JTA)-The Israel
Ministry of Education and Culture
will take over the Educational
Television Authority established
two years ago by Lord Victor
Rothschild and the Rothschild
Foundation.
The transfer will take place next
April 19 and will be for a period
of two years. Its future adminia•
tration will be decided at a later
date. Studios and transmitters of
the authority were presented as a
gift to the Israel government by
ed on Russia not to intervene the Rothschilds. The
ministry of
against Israel in Middle East education will have to
pay for
'broadcasts.
affairs.
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