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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 23, 19131

Medical Aspects of Jerus alem Siege

By S.M. ZAMBROWSKY

to read his first novel, "Who
Healeth All Thy Diseases"
(Rubin Mass, Jerusalem),
will recall that in the writ-
ing of a novel by this distin-
guished physician-scientist
and scholar, the novel part
is very incidental. So it is
with the present novel,
"Saga of a Siege, A Medical
Historical Novel of
Jerusalem, 1948" (Rubin
Mass).
Prof. David presents in a
most forceful style the un-
surpassable record of
Jewish capacity of heroism
and survival. It is a unique
account and a brilliant
document dealing with
pre-Israel terrorism,
British betrayal and the
free world's conspiracy of si-
lence.
The style and quality of
this writing is so dynamic
that it reads like a drama.
The book brings to life the
daily desperate effort on the
part of the Yishuv to save
the Holy City. It recalls the
role of Hadassah Hospital
and its staff and other hos-
pitals in coping with the
countless casualties.
The exactness with
which the daily events
are penned by the author,
places him as a qualified
historian on this unparal-
leled period in the history
of the Yishuv.
As in his first novel, the
author does not fail to call
attention to issues he finds
difficult to make peace with.
But in this book the ap-
proach is more casual, and
by innuendo he brings to
light his psychological
depth, but nevertheless hits
at the core of our society's
ills that should not be by-
passed.
In addition, a wealth of
medical knowledge is ac-
quired by the reader.

Davis has done it again.
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By HASKELL COHEN

(Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.)

At a recent meeting of the
New York Bnai Brith
Sports Lodge the members
began talking about
baseball, and what with the
new president of the lodge
being Cy Block we got quite.
a breakdown on the de-
velopment of baseball, fi-
nancially, for players.
Block played for the
Chicago Cubs in 1942, went
into the Coast Guard and
then resumed his career
with the Cubs in 1946.
Today Block is one of the
outstanding insurance
salesmen in the country.
However, his first love is
still baseball and he de-
lights in talking about his
experiences in the game.
Block started his
baseball career as a bat-
boy for the Brooklyn
Dodgers. Baseball was in
his blood and was his
first love so that he kept
at it, having been a pretty
good athlete at Boy's
High School in Brooklyn,
until he reached a point
where he received an
offer from a class "D"
(lowest classification in
organized baseball) club
in Paragould, Arkansas
in 1938.
His salary per month at
the time was $65. From the
class "D" club he was prom-
oted in 1939 to a class "C"
tfeam and had an increase in
salary of $20 per month so
that he was drawing $85. In
'40 and '41 he played with
Macon, Georgia, a class "B"
team and in his first year
received $150 per month
in his second year $250
per month. One of his
teammates on the Macon
team was Eddie Stanky,
who later became a big star
with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Block related that from
the $150 a month salary he
was able to send home $50
to be put away in his bank
account. Being Jewish and
playing in Arkansas, it was
natural that the fans would
start picking on Block, yel-
ling, "Block you're a bum."
He laughingly recalled that
this slogan stuck with him
all the way through his

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in
organized
baseball.
Having travelled in all
kinds of circles, Block got to
know all of the name ball
players and became buddies
with them. He pointed out
that fellows like Ralph
Branca, a fine pitcher with
the Brooklyn Dodgers, who
won 15 games his first year
up in the majors received a
grand total of $1,800 that
season. Yogi Berra of N.Y.
Yankee fame in the 1940s
came up and received
$5,700 for his seasonal sal-
ary. His teammate Phil Riz-
zuto, who is older than
Berra, took down a good
lump at $7,500 per year.
Dizzy Dean of the St.
Louis Cardinals, proba-
bly one of the finest
pitchers who ever graced
the mound, was paid the
terribly high salary of
$11,000 and his kid
brother, Daffy Dean, who
was almost as good, re-
ceived $9,000.
Block, who has become
quite a financial wizard,
said that if it weren't for the
fact that the Pascal brothers
came along in 1946 and
began • throwing "big
money" around for the
major leaguers, and as a
matter of fact garnered a
few for Mexico, that
baseball might still be pay-
ing peanuts to some of the
ballplayers. Block told me
that Jorge Pascal in that
year — 1946 — offered him
a three year contract at
$12,500 per annum. Block
turned this offer down to go
back to the Cubs for $5,000.
Block recalls the fact that
he got out of the service in
time to join the Cubs for the
World Series of 1945. How
he rejoined the Cubs is a
story in itself. He was serv-
ing aboard a ship which was
on its way to Japan when
our Armed Forces dropped
the atom bomb on
Hiroshima. Midway during
the ship's travel to its desti-
nation, the Commander re-
ceived an order to turn
around and come back to the
States since he was advised
of the atom bomb drop. At
the same time, Block re-
ceived instructions to report
to the Chicago Cubs as
quickly as possible. —
He went to the comman-
der, saluted briskly, and
said, "Commander, I have
the opportunity to join the
Chicago Cubs and you know
they are in first place and
they are going to be in the
World Series. How about
letting me out so that I can
go to the Windy City?"
The commander said,
"Block, okay. But re-
member, I will let you go
on the condition I get four

World Series tickets. So
Block returned to the
States and went on to
Chicago and the Cubs did
get into the World Series.

As Block relates it, the
Series actually was a loss to
him money-wise. He got a
"big cut" when the players

voted him — $250 — as his
share from the World
Series. From the $250 he

had to pay $50 for four
World Series tickets which

he turned over to his former

Coast Guard commander
and he brought his wife out
for two or three days to
watch the games in -Chicago
and that cost him a total of
$230 bucks, so "I ended up
in the red on that one," the
very affable president of the
New York Bnai Brith
Sports Lodge laughed.

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