Big Swing

The Hank Greenberg tournament drew a
sold-out crowd to benefit Sinai Hospital.

ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

GLENN TRIEST PHOTOGRAPHER

ank Greenberg would
have been proud. The an-
nual golf and tennis tour-
nament in his memory
brought 180 golfers and 44
tennis players to Tam
O'Shanter Country Club
on June 12, and raised
funds for the Hank Green-
berg Memorial Cancer Re-
search Fund at Sinai
Hospital.
The annual tourna-
ment, sponsored by the
Michigan Jewish Sports
Hall of Fame in honor of
the late Detroit Tiger
great, drew a crowd of
celebrities and participants. In nament chair Steven Simons,
addition to fellow Tiger Al Kaline, with $1 million on the line, nerves
stars attending the day's events took over. Neither player came
included football's Joe Schmidt close to a hole-in-one on the 165-
and Reggie Mackenzie, former yard shootout.
Michigan State basketball star
The evening banquet was
Gregg Kelser, and TV sports per- highlighted by a Detroit version
sonalities Eli Zaret and Don of ESPN-TV's "Sports Reporters"
Shane.
show. ABC and ESPN's Dick
Bernie Brown and Mitch Schaap emceed the panel of
Mondry qualified for the $1 mil- Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free
lion Broder Brothers Shootout in Press, Jerry Green of the Detroit
a closest-to-the-pin contest. Un- News and Ira Berkow of the New
fortunately, said Greenberg tour- York Times. ❑

Top left:
Norbert Buckley, Keith Russell and Jim
Schram look relaxed.

Top right:
Jim Bellinson, Jerry Wolfe and Mitch
Mondry talk over their game.

Above:
It was a friendly match for
Chris Cosola, Al Dorfman,
Roger Trunsky and Fred
Morganroth.

Right:
Al Kaline was a
participant.

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