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Bruss has joined our Farmington Hills office as a Vice President-Investments. he Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announced the winners of its first annual high school student-athletes of the year. Heather Davis and Eddie Wolkind were selected for their achievements both on the playing field and in the classroom. Ms. Davis, a senior at Berkley High, is a three- sport athlete, and has let- tered iri both soccer and basketball. She was named team M.V.P. for soccer and now is captain of the girls basketball team. Active in both school and social activities, Ms. Davis waits tables more than 20 hours a week, is a member of the National Honor Society and takes a college-level English class. She was nominated by her high school athletic director, Bob Gershman, and didn't know about the award until she won. "I got a phone call and that was the first time I had heard about it," she said. Ms. Davis is planning to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder next year, where she will par- ticipate in some intramural sports. Mr. Wolkind, now a freshman at the University of Michigan, won seven var- Eddie Wolkind: Country Day star. sity letters at Detroit Coun- try Day School. He was All- District in baseball. and All- Area football during his senior year. "Eddie was a tough, hard- nosed player with the heart of a lion," said his football coach, Joe D'Angelo. His baseball coach, Frank Orlando, echoed those sen- timents. "Eddie was the inspira- tional leader of his team. His intensity and com- petitiveness raised the level of play in all his team- mates." Mr. Wolkind also won cum laude academic honors at Country Day. The winners are chosen by a committee of local sport- Heather Davis: Berkley leader. swriters, with nominations taken from area coaches. The award is sponsored by the Hall of Fame and The Jewish News. Winners will be given plaques at the Hall of Fame's annual dinner, which raises money for the Hall of Fame Games and col- lege scholarships for needy Jewish student-athletes. A silent auction at the Nov. 4 dinner will, according to Hall of Fame secretary James Grossman, "have some stuff that nobody else has." Among these items: an autographed Wayne Gretzky jersey, a basketball signed by several NBA superstars and dinner and a basketball game with Piston GM Jack McCloskey. Mel Allen: Voice Of The Yankees GERRY MORRIS PaineWebber 32300 Northwestern Highway Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (313) 851-1001 Member S!PC Now Open at the New Orleans Mall: PARKSIDE FOOT CARE . Dr. Scott Trager • Medical Treatment For the Foot & Ankle • Office & Hospital * Surgery Available • Diabetic Foot Care • Transportation Available • Foot Care For The Elderly FREE * INITIAL CONSULTATION Call Today For An Appointment 443, 0027 58 MOST INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991 15622 West 10 Mile (1 Blk. West of Greenfield) Special to The Jewish News H e was the voice of the Yankees and he was the voice of a friend. He knew "The Babe" and "Larrupin Lou." He named DiMaggio "Joltin' Joe" and Tommy Henrich "Old Reliable." From 1939 to 1964, inside the coop behind home plate at Yankee Stadium, Mel Allen broadcast the play-by- play of all Yankee home games, first for radio, then TV, too. He rated the best seat at 20 World Series and 24 All-Star games, covering the years of the Yankee Dynasty, when Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel managed the guys to Gerry Morris is a freelance writer. 14 pennants in 16 years and when the players had names like Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle. With the sounds and smells of another season, we can hear his Alabamian drawl echoing from our youthful memories. Like the game itself, the magnetic voice of Mel Allen is timeless. Today, at 77, the lifelong bachelor lives with his sister in Greenwich, Conn. Despite all the years in New York, the tall, mash-nosed sportscaster still has a lot of that country boy in him. He's as en- thusiastic now about the game as he was in 1939, when he broadcast his first game. Asked about his trademark phrase: "How about that!," he was off and running. "It was a common expression throughout the South, and yet people up North thought I invented it," he replied, still marveling at the notoriety. According to Mel, the ex- clamation started during the crucial Red Sox-Yankees series of 1949.."Joe DiMaggio had missed the first 65 games of the year because of an in- jured heel," he recalled. "When he got a hit his first time up, I shouted into the microphone, 'How about that!' And I said it every time Joe belted a home run in the three-game series." (DiMag- gio hit four homers, drove in nine runs, and led the team in a sweep.) Thereafter, followers referred to Mel as "Mr. How About That." Fans claim that Allen could make even the most boring game sound exciting. As they listened to their walnut- stained radios back then, Mel