Left: Ken Schiff and
son Alexander of
Farmington Hills get
an autograph from
Thomas Hearns.

Below: West
Bloomfield's Michael
Lutz and sons
David, 9, and Brad,
12, scope out the
memorabilia during
the silent auction.

Right:
Ephraim
Gross, 10
of Oak
Park, has a
laugh as he
gets rolled
during
`human
bowling.'

LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer

KRISTA HUSA Photographer

Above: The
crowd at the
Michigan Jewish
Sports Hall of
Fame induction
look at auction
items.

Right: Jeff Sonne
of Farmington
Hills and Geo
Schmidt of West
Bloomfield shoot
some hoops.

Alex Delvecchio shakes hands with Sam Grossman after signing
an autograph.

Athletic Greats Honored

The Michigan Jewish Hall ofFame celebrates its 14th induction ceremony.

M

ore than 600 people
attended the Nov. 2 cer-
emony inducting Mick-
ey Fishman, Mark Jaffe
and the late Jay Robinson into the
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
The induction, which took place at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in South-
field, lacked the array of star-studded
guests it had last year — Vinnie John-
son, Scotty Bowman and the Stanley
Cup. However, regular guests Alex
Delvecchio and Dave Bergman were in
attendance, as was former Detroit
Tigers pitcher Earl Wilson.

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a wonderful event that helps
people," said Wilson, who pitched for
the Tigers from 1966-1972. "I under-
stand the importance of charity and
get to see a lot of good friends."
Charlie Rothstein, co-chair of the
dinner's organizing committee, is
pleased because the money raised
exceeded last year's total. The funds
will go for cancer research at Sinai
Hospital, college scholarships, and the
Hall of Fame Games, an Olympic-
style event for physically and develop-
mentally disabled Jews.
"It's a wonderful, family-oriented

"It's

event," Rothstein said, pushing his
son Kevin in his stroller.
Indeed, many of the guests were
kids, running through the social halls
of the synagogue. They had hats and
pens given out at the door to retrieve
autographs. Two of the most sought
after signatures were those of Detroit
boxer Thomas Hearns, and his trainer
Emanuel Steward.
"The whole event is fun," said
dinner attendee Andy Langberg, 7,
of Bloomfield Township, who had
just finished participating in
"human bowling." He said, "I like

.

getting the autographs and playing
the games."
The longest wait of the night came
for the "human bowling," which
Langberg described as "really fun,"
where each youngster was strapped
into a round metal cage, then cata-
pulted toward large plastic bowling
pins.
Fun for the adults was a silent auc-
tion filled with memorabilia signed
by local and national pro athletes. A
live auction, hosted by talk show host
Eli Zaret, featured trips to see the Red
Wings play in Dallas and Chicago.