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his biography, will provide a
running narrative.
"My only regret about this
project is that I never got a
chance to meet Hank," Kemp-
ner said.
Greenberg, who was born
Jan. 1, 1911 in New York Ci-
ty, died of cancer Sept. 4, 1986
in Beverly Hills, Calif.
It took seven years for
Kempner to research, co-
write and produce Partisans
of Vilna, which has been
shown at film festivals
around the world and on the
Public Broadcasting Service's
(PBS) Point of View series.
The record based on the film
was nominated for a 1991
Grammy Award.
There are plans to
distribute The Life and Times
of Hank Greenberg to movie
theaters and show it on more
than 300 public television sta-
tions coast-to-coast.
It will be available for
release on cable television
and it will be provided to
schools, libraries, religious in-
stitutions, civic groups and
sports organizations.

To date, Kempner has been
able to raise funds for just five
days of shooting. She feels she
needs another 25 days along
with six months of editing to
complete the project.
Kempner estimates about
$400,000 must be raised and
$90,000 has been generated
so far, including a $6,000
grant from the D.C. Com-
munity Humanities Council

It will be available
for release on
cable television
and provided to
schools.

and a $5,000 research and
development grant from PBS.
"As we approach the end of
the 20th century, the most ef-
fective medium for getting a
message across is cinema, but
it's also the most expensive,"
Kempner said.
lb contact Kepmner, write
to The Ciesla Foundation at
1707 Lanier Place, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20009 or
call 1-202-462-7528.

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"I Played Handball With Hank Greenberg"

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Hank On Film

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It was a rainy day. The
year? 1936 or 1937, recalls
Meyer King. The exact date
isn't important.
It's what happened at the
old Jewish Community
Center on Woodward and
Clairmount near Detroit Nor-
thern High School that King
always will remember.
On that day, King, now a
74-year-old retired tool
salesman who lives in Farm-
ington Hills, played handball
with his boyhood hero,
Detroit Tigers star Hank
Greenberg.
"There was nobody playing
when I first got to the Com-
munity Center, so I thought
I'd hit the ball off the wall for
a little while. You know, get
some exercise and go home,"
said King, who was about 18
at the time.
"Well, I had been fooling
around for about 15 minutes
when a guy walked in who
looked like Hank Greenberg.
I didn't believe it was him,
but I knew one thing: I'm
6-foot-1 and I was looking up
at this fellow."
It seems Greenberg, who
was 6-3 and weighed 210
pounds during his major
league career, wasn't needed
at Briggs Stadium because
the Tigers' game was rained
out.
He went to the JCC looking
to play handball, and he ran
into teen-ager Meyer King. At
the time, Greenberg was in
his mid-20s.
"I was a pretty good hand-
ball player then," King said.
"I wasn't world class, but I

Meyer King

thought I was competitive!'
After the two men volleyed
for a while, they started play-
ing and Greenberg won 21-0.
"I was surprised," King
said. "I asked Hank where he
learned to play handball, and
he said he used to play a lot
at the 'Y' in the Bronx, where
he grew up.
"I felt bad because I didn't
give him much of a game. In
the second game, he let me
have three or four points.
"After it was over, it dawn-
ed on me what a great athlete
thiS man was. I'm sure you
know he still was a fine ten-
nis player in his later years.
I also thought this would be
something I could tell my
grandchildren!" ❑

Steve Stein