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Film traces Jewish hoopsters, long before
Magic or Michael
or Larry Brown.
the award-winning film The Life and
Times of Hank Greenberg.
The First Basket's executive produc-
er, Vyorst has raised about $40,000 in
New York
private contributions, including a
ike millions of New
$10,000 National Endowment for
Yorkers, David Vyorst grew
the Humanities grant. He needs
up worshiping the Knicks.
His basketball gods were $250,000 to complete the project in
time for planned distribution in the
named Dave DeBusschere, Bill
spring of 2004.
Bradley, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe,
Vyorst recently wrapped pre-pro-
Walt Frazier and Willis Reed. His -
duction, which took him to Inverry
temple was Madison Square Garden.
Bagel near. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where
When Vyorst's father spoke rever-
every month the South Florida
ently of Nat Holman, he "thought it
Basketball Fraternity gathers to nosh
was just some guy my dad was bab-
and kibbitz.
bling about."
The group includes Schectman,
Years later, Vyorst learned that
who scored the first basket in profes-
Holman was the legendary "Mr.
sional basketball on Nov. 1, 1946,
Basketball," a star college player in
when the Knicks beat the Toronto
the 1920s who coached the City
Huskies 68-66. The game marked the
College of New York to an NCAA
debut of the Basketball Association of
championship in 1950.
America, the precursor to the National
He also learned that the forebears
Basketball Association.
of Frazier and Reed were men named
Other Jewish hoops pioneers whom
Leo Gottlieb, Ralph Kaplowitz and
Vyorst filmed at their monthly meet-
Ossie Schectman, who were on the
nearly all-Jewish starting team for the -- ing included Max Cohn, Nat Frankel,
Sid Gerchick, Meyer Goldman,
Knicks when they debuted in 1946.
Manny Kaplan, Solomon "Bud"
"People don't talk about it, but
Schwartz, Jack Silverman and Sy
Jewish people played a pivotal role in
Rose.
the development of basketball,"
A half-century ago, they were part
Vyorst says.
of a much bigger brotherhood, which
But they'll soon hear about it if
included players like Brooms
Vyorst, 42, has his way.
Abramovic, Jerry Fleishman, Hank
A Washington-based communica-
Rosenstein, Dolph Schayes and Max
tions specialist, Vyorst is producing a
Zaslofsky.
new documentary film, The First
The landscape of the floorboards
Basket. It's a meditation on Jews' early
differed vastly from today. There are
participation in — and later exodus
no Jews in the NBA today, as the
from — basketball, and how that
Jewish presence in the league ended a
journey mirrors the American Jewish
few years ago with the retirement of
experience in the 20th century.
Danny Schayes, son of Hall of Famer
"How Jews got involved in basket-
ball is only half the story," says Jeffrey Dolph Schayes.
Back then, though, there were no
Gurock, a Yeshiva University history
superstars dominating the game like
professor who appears in the film.
Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neill,
"The other part is the conflict of
Magic Johnson or Larry Bird.
Jewish identity and sports."
When the Knicks first played, "it
The First Basket had a world pre-
was more of a team game" with play-
miere of sorts at the Center for
ers applying full-court defense, pass-
Jewish History in New York on June
ing rather than dribbling and driving,
3, when Vyorst showed a 10-minute
then relying on the set shot rather
trailer for the film.
than layups, Vyorst says.
Sponsored by the museum's
"The ball never hit the ground," he
American Jewish Historical Society,
says. "It was like ballet."
the event functioned as a fund-raiser
If Jewish-flavored basketball was a
for The First Basket. It featured an
kind of dance, it was a distinctly
auction of Knicks items and speakers
urban movement, Gurock says.
such as Aviva Kempner, who directed
JOE BERKOFSKY
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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