Black Basketball Trainer to Lecture in Israel
By JESSE H. SILVER
(Copyright 1971, ZIA, Inc.)
IN THE PROSPECTIVE father's
waiting room at Sinai Hospital re-
cently, Ronnie Caden paced ner-
vously as father-in-law Morrie Fel-
senfeld told him to relax . . . A
nurse came in and told another
gent who had been waiting two
hours previously that his wife gave
birth to a healthy batty girl 61/2
lbs. and 22 inches long ... "That's
about the right length," remarked
Morrie. . . . Half hour later, Dr.
Allen Lalken entered the room and
told Ronnie, "You're now the father
of a healthy baby girl, 7 lbs., 1 oz.
and 18 inches long" . . . "What do
you mean, 18 inches long?"
screamed the excited Ronnie at
the top of his voice. "I thought all
babies are supposed to be 22 inch-
es long!"
THREE - YEAR - OLD Bertram
Sanders, after struggling with the
back button on his long winter
underwear, finally gave up, trot-
ted to his mother, Ellen Sanders
(Mrs. Moe), and said, "Mommy,
open my bathroom door, please."
AFTER 15 years and three chil-
dren, "Phyllis Kohn has finally
graduated Wayne State University
. . She wed husband Alan while
still a student at WSU . . . but
never got within range of the cov-
eted sheepskin because of his
being constantly transferred with
the FHA around the U.S. — .
Alan's graduation present to Phyl-
lis is a trip to Jamaica.
TEMPLE KOL AMI, which start-
ed out with seven families in 1966
and now has 120 meeting at the
Birmingham Unitarian Church, has
purchased five acres on Walnut
Lake Rd. between Farmington
and Drake Rds. . . . and will de-
cide its building program when a
175-family membership is reached
. . . Latest fund-raising project by
this very progressive congregation
is a series of gourmet dinners at
the homes of various members .
seven to 10 on the same night, with
each serving from 10 to 12 people
. . . Theme stays the same (Span-
ish, Israeli, Italian, French, etc.)
but the hostess makes up her own
menu .. . . First one, Saturday
night, is Mediterranean ... . Then
Feb. 13 is Americana, and March
13, Asiatic (Indian, Korean, Chi-
nese, etc.) . . . The small intimate
dinners not only are fund raisers,
but also serve to bring the mem-
bers closer together . . . Attorney
Gerald Freedman is president, and
Rabbi Ernst Conrad is spirtual
leader.
DISA 'N DATA ... Welcome to
WJBK-TV on Nine Mile Rd. be-
tween Greenfield and Southfield
... Sammy Lieberman will break
ground this spring on a new motel
and restaurant next to his Raleigh
House . . Sammy, by the way,
refused any affair for New Year's
Eve and stayed closed instead ...
Arnold Lubin is new worshipful
master of Perfection Masonic
Lodge . . . Billy Field (Felsenfeld)
does a terrific job on that bank
TV commercial . . . The new mus-
tache on Billy looks great ! . . .
Need a few laughs? See Steve Ru-
by—he's got a million of 'em, and
wife, Kathy, American Savings
manager in Southfield, is his best
audience . . . There were more
New Year's Eve home parties than
ever before . . . Overheard at a
local travel agency by Nate Tri-
vax ... Two matronly ladies talk-
ing to tient . . . "We'd like to get
completely away from civilization,
near some nice shopping district."
Buddy Taylor, the trainer and
traveling secretary of the Utah
Stars of the American Basketball
Association, plans to make his sec-
ond athletic pilgrimage to Israel
next summer.
He's been invited to lecture and
conduct clinics at the Orde Win-
gate Institute of Physical Educa-
tion, the only school of its kind
in the Middle East.
Taylor's invitation was extended
by Professor Uriel Simri of Win.
gate, who first encountered him in
Israel, during the summer of 1969,
when Buddy served as the trainer
of the - United States Maccabiab
Team..
"In most foreign countries a
trainer means a coach," Taylor
said. "But Simri went to school in
the United States—at CCNY and
at West Virginia—and he appre-
ciates the value of a good tape
man. He was very much impress ed
with my work in 1969. Anyway,
Israel is first becoming apprecia-
tive of the trainer in the American
sense."
Taylor is, be believes, the only
black trainer in professional
sports in the United States. Be-
'fore his job with the Stars he
was the trainer at Tennessee
A&I State University, and he
put in a hitch with the United
States Olympic Team in Mexico
City in 1968.
Taylor is affectionately known
to athletes as "The Man with the
Magic Touch." He has just co-
authored a book with Dr. Max
Novich entitled "Training and
Conditioning of Athletes," pub-
lished by Lea-Febiger of Phila-
delphia.
By turning Taylor loose at Win.
gate, Israelis will have the oppor-
tunity to observe the man who has
tunity
trained more Olympic gold medal
winners in track and field than
anyone else in this country. The
list includes Wilma Rudolph,
Wyomia Tyus, Ralph Boston, Edith
McGuire and Madeline Manning.
"Israel holds a special fascina-
tion for me," Taylor said at a New
York City cocktail party announc-
ing publication of his book.
In 1969, I really didn't know
what to expect," Taylor, who is a
Baptist, continued. "I went over
with 155 American Jewish ath-
letes. It worked out great. Not a
single problem—except maybe the
language problem. I still can't
speak Hebrew or Yiddish.
black man. I mean, his face really
began to light up and he started
to speak very quickly and move
his hands.
"Of course," Taylor said, "I
didn't know what was going on.
Finally, I got an Israeli to inter-
pret for me. It turned out that the
old man was the poet of Ashdod.
In my honor he promised to write
a poem—by one black man about
another, a black Jew writing about
a black Baptist from the United
States. I guess it can only happen
in Israel," Taylor said with a
smile.
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"I was accepted for what I am,
a human being with a job to do.
There were times when I thought
that maybe I did my job too welL"
In his high pitched, squeaky
voice, Taylor went on to explain
that his services were in demand
24 hours around the clock. He
had little time to himself for
relaxation or exploration. He was
on call not only to the United
States Maccabiah team, but to
athletes from Israel, West Ger-
many, Australia and even South
Africa.
Taylor's eyes sparkled as he
spoke about a South African cyclist.
"The- boy fell right at the finish
line of a sprint race," he said. "He
got a bad case of road rash. They
rushed him to me for emergency
treatment.
"The boy looked at me," Taylor
said, "and I loked at him. Then he
said, 'Can you please do anything
for me?' I .said 'Sure, sit down'
and went to work on him."
That night Taylor was visited
in the American compound by
South African officials who shook
his band and thanked him pro-
fusely. So did the cyclist and
his mother.
Taylor is a religious man and
recalls with delight his trips to
Nazareth and Jerusalem.
"Jerusalem," Taylor said, "is
truly one of the most beautiful
cities in the world. I walked down
the Via Dolorosa and was emo
tionally moved. It was the same
when I visited the Western Wall
with the American team on Tisha
b'Av. I can tell you first hand that
whatever your -background, Israel
has meaning for everyone."
Taylor then described a par-
ticularly 'moving experience in
Ashdod. He was on tour after the
Maccabiah. "I was standing on a
sandy bill overlooking the Medi-
terranean, and a tall, white-haired
black man in Arab dress came
over to me.
"I could tell by his face that
he was surprised to see another
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