THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Holds Briton Who
8—Friday, August III,, 1972
'Admits Spying for Jordan

Dandy Day For Handy Sandy

• him if it was true. (The Yankees'
hid, of course, was in vain anyway.
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as they didn't offer enough cash.
As deftly as he used to slip The irony is that until current
third strikes past unwary batters hotshot Rom Blomberg -- pro-
-2.396 of them in 2,325 innings flounced "Bloomberg" -- the Yan-
Over 12 years --- Sandy Koufax tees were embarrassed by an al-
entered baseball's Hall of Fame li•ged inability to come up with a
in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Aug 7 Jewish star. )
with a brief speech extending "a
Handy Sandy, who will he 37
great deal of thanks" to those on Dec. 30 and is married to actor
who had had "a lot more faith David Janssen's daughter, was
than I had, to be honest" that his born in the Born Park section of
"inglorious" start would lead to Brooklyn as Sanford Braun. His
superstardom. • mother, Evelyn, divorced his
Later, surrounded in his hotel . father, Jack, when Sandy was 3,
lobby by autograph seekers young and married Irving Koufax when
and old, Sandy fielded a question Sandy was 9. Since then, the, ath-
from your correspondent: Did it lete has always considered Kou-
mean anything to him that he was, fax as his father. He was an ad-
one of only two Jewish members mittedly "indifferert" student; but
of the 134-man Hall of Fame there was fun with the neighbor-
(Hank Greenberg having been hood "nut," a boy named Butch—
elected in 1956)' If Koufax re- Sandy's grandmother used tol
sented the question, he didn't show throw water on that "meshugana,"
it, replying graciously — and in-', but he survived and became Buddy
terrupting his signings to do it — Hackett.
that "I'd rather be known as one
During his high school years,
of only nine left-handed pitchers the Jewish Community House be-
in the Hall of Fame." (There are came Sandy's "second home."
25 righties enshrined ) One of
He failed elementary physical
those lefties, as it happened, was
training because be forgot to
being inducted the same day — bring in a dental note, but made
Lefty Gomez. And two others were up for it when his JCH basket-
sitting only a few yards away — ball — yes, basketball — team
Lefty Grove and Rube Marquard. beat Worcester. Mass., in the
Carl Hubbell was absent, and Herb first America-wide championship
Pennock, Eddie Plank, Eppa Rixey competition sponsored by the
and Rube Waddell are dead.
National Jewish Welfare Board.
Sandy, showing no outward
But baseball was his future, and
reaction when someone shouted after being rejected by the Yan-
"Mazel tov!" was then asked ; kees and the Pittsburgh Pirates
why he hadn't discussed his he made it to the big leagues in
religious beliefs in his otherwise 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers
outspoken 1966 autobiography,
without having thrown a pitch in
"Koufax." He responded that
the minors. He registered his first
"My personal life, as far as I'm
win in his seventh game, striking
concerned, is personal," and said
out 14 Cincinnati Reds along the
he hoped his questioner would
was Throughout his career , he
understand. lie was reminded
confirmed to this writer, he re-
that there was in fact one point quested and received permission
in his 293-page book in which
not to pitch on the High Holidays.
his Jewish nride — in the best
The Dodgers didn't resent this, he
sense of the word — surfaced.
said, but he felt extra pressure on
It concerned his early contract
himself to win on his rescheduled
negotiations with the New York pitching days — working with a
Yankees. After courting him day's rest less or more than usual.
with several non-Jewish scouts, • (Greenberg also didn't play on
the team sent a Jewish scout those holidays.)
to handle the actual signing. "It
Sandy was forced to retire in
offended us." he said in the
1966 — at the peak of his career,
book, "It was just a little too
at the age of only 30 — so as not
obvious."
to risk permanent damage to his
Koufax advised that he had , arthritic arm. His joy at being
omitted this incident from his the youngest man ever elected to
original memoir, finally includ- the Hall of Fame is balanced by
mg it only when his collaborator his sadness at having had to re-
learned of it elsewhere and asked tire so soon. He is now a sports-

TEL AVIV (JTA)—John Paul
Clover. a 42.year-old British sub-
ject who has lived in Israel since
1969, was detained here July '17 on
Marge; of spying for Jordan, Is-
raeli authorities disclosed.
Ile was said to have confessed'
to maintaining contact with Jor-
danian intelligence through the
Jordanian Embassy in London.
Glover was detained in the Arab
village of Abou Diss near Jerusa-
lem.

By GEORGE FRIEDMAN
JTA Staff Writer

SANDY KOUFAX

caster for NBC. The slender south-
paw's Coopertown plaque reads:
SANFORD KOUFAX
"SANDY"
BROOKLYN N.L. 1955-57
LOS ANGELES N.L. 195846
Set all-time records with 4
no-hitters in 4 years, capped
by 1965 perfect game, and by
capturing earned-run title five
seasons In a row, 1962-66.
Won 25 or more games three
times. Had 11 shutouts in
1963. Strickout leader four
times, with record 382 in 1965.
Fanned 18 in a game twice.
Most valuable player in 1963.
Cy Young Award winner 1963-
65-66.
The Young award recognizes
each year's outstanding season-
long pitching. It is named for the
only man ever to capture 500 ma-
jor league victories, the late Den-
ton True (Cyclone) Young, who
won 511 games and once told a
young fan, "Son. I won more
games than you'll ever see:"
Brooklyn and Los Angeles were,
of course, the same Dodger team:
Koufax was never traded.
Your reporter asked Koufax if
he had felt unusually "up" before
pitching his four no-hitters, if
he had felt by game time those
days that he might have n little
something extra on the ball. "No,"
said the nifty lefty. "Sometimes
you think you have good stuff and
you get knocked out in the third
inning. You never know."

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