UNIVERSAL GENEVE

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Hall Of Fame Increasing
Community Activities

STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER

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PHOTOS BY GLENN TRIEST

. it enters its second can attend summer camp; $500 tendance, which pleased Hall of
decade, look for the Michi- scholarships for the winners of Fame officials because they have
gan Jewish Sports Hall of the High School Scholar-Athlete made a determined effort to at-
Fame to get even more in- of the Year awards; a donation to tract more youngsters to the din-
volved in the community.
CATCH on behalf of Detroit ner. The price for kids' tickets was
That's the word from Hall of Tigers manager Sparky Ander- reduced in 1992.
Fame officials who were among son, last year's winner of the
Mr. Milgrom said Monday's
a crowd of more than 625 at the Alvin Foon Award; and sponsor- silent auction of sports memora-
10th annual induction dinner ship of sports-related authors bilia raised more than $10,000, a
Monday night at Congregation who speak at the Jewish Book record, and Mr. Frank noted that
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Fair at the Jewish Community the 104-page souvenir program
An early example of the Hall Center in West Bloomfield.
was the biggest ever. Both
of Fame's expanded community
Besides getting involved in hu- praised the work of silent auction
activities will take place next manitarian projects, another ma- organizer Steve Simons and din-
Wednesday at the Cobo Confer- jor goal of the Hall of Fame is to ner chairperson Michael Apple-
ence Exhibition Center in down- provide, through sports, a way for baum.
town Detroit.
some Jews to affiliate with the
There were three inductees:
During morning ceremonies, Jewish community. Mr. Milgrom James Kamman, an NCAA and
the Hall of Fame will donate the believes the Hall of Fame has Big Ten wrestling champion at
glove boxer Joe Louis used to been successful in this quest.
the University of Michigan; for-
knock out Germany's Max
"You see a lot of people at our mer Wayne University (now
Schmeling in 1938 to Mayor Den- induction dinner that you don't Wayne State) track and football
nis Archer and the city of Detroit. see at other Jewish community star and Detroit Public Schools
Hall of Fame board member events during the year," Mr. Mil- athletic official Dr. Robert Luby;
and ex-Michigan boxing com-
missioner Dr. Stuart Kirschen-
baum played a major role in
making the donation a reality.
Said Hall of Fame president
Myron Milgrom, "When a small
group of six of us realized Alvin
Foon's dream by starting the Hall
of Fame in 1985, we never
thought it would be anything
more than a place to enshrine
outstanding Jewish athletes."
"But as time went on, we real-
ized that as Jews, we should be
doing a lot more than just patting
ourselves on the back for our ath-
letic feats.
"With athletics as a common
denominator, we have tried to
create a sense of Jewish pride
and identity by supporting hu-
manitarian causes both in the
Jewish and gen-
eral communi-
Above, Jared Brown,
ties."
9, of West Bloomfield
Probably the
checks out a
most recognizable
basketball
autographed by Joe
Hall of Fame ac-
Dumars and Grant
tivities are the
Hill of the Pistons.
Hank Greenberg
Memorial Golf &
Tennis Invita-
Left, the inductees
tional and the
stand next to their
Hall of Fame
plaques. From left
Games for devel-
are James Kamman,
opmentally-dis-
David Rott and Dr.
Robert Luby.
advantaged
adults.
At the induc-
tion dinner, the
Hall of Fame do-
nated the $25,000 it raised at the grom said.
and national handball champion
golf and tennis outing to the
Hall of Fame executive direc- David Rott, who has survived
Hank Greenberg Cancer Fund at tor Harvey Frank said the four bouts of cancer.
Sinai Hospital.
turnout for Monday's dinner was
For the first time, the in-
Other less-publicized Hall of one of the largest since the inau- ductees were profiled in video
Fame projects include donations gural event. •
presentations.
to the Fresh Air'Society so kids
Several children were in at- FAME page 20

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