0 Life' SP 0 R T iT RKED . DETR UNC DETROIT WINE ORGANIZATION Blasting The Pins Southpaw averaged 223 in B'nai B'rith Bowling League. Steve Stein Special to The Jewish News B PRESENTED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY CREATED AND ORGANIZED BY DETROIT WINE ORGANIZATION arry Fishman was on a roll during the B'nai B'rith bowl- ing season. The southpaw strike machine broke records and won championships at a dizzying pace. "I'm competitive and I like to win, but last season was absolutely BENEFITING THE CHILDREN'S CENTER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 6:30 TO 9:00 P.M. • FORD FIELD, DETROIT 800 WINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD LIGHT HORS D'OEUVRES ENTERTAINMENT Barry Fishman SILENT AUCTION AND MORE... $80 A TICKET DETROITUNCORKED.COM • (313)262-1112 GUESTS MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE TO ATTEND the cAiLIKEN' ,5 ceder Ford Motor Company RENAISSANCE MEDIA 34 July 13 • 2006 amazing," Fishman said. Fishman's 223.44 average was the highest in the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League's 40-year history. Besides setting the record, Fishman was named the league's Most Improved Bowler because he averaged "just" 198.14 the previous season. The Oak Park High School grad also was the league's match point champion with a record 44 points, a particularly impressive achievement because he always went head-to-head against the opposing team's anchor bowler. Fishman rolled his first career 300 game Nov. 28, part of a 300-226- 265/811 series that is the highest in league history. The Bloomfield Hills resident also struck gold in several national competitions, especially the 65th annual International B'nai B'rith Bowling Association Tournament held at Drakeshire Lanes in Farmington Hills and Novi Bowl. He was a mem- ber of the It's All Luck squad from Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson that fin- ished second in the team standings. He also won the tournaments Class A (176 and higher average) singles championship and he rolled the tour- nament's top scratch game (280) and series (737). Fishman, 44, has some practi- cal advice for bowlers who want to improve their game. "Practice making spares," he said. "Because I'm a left- hander, I'm always working on making the 7 pin." It's also important to be flexible, Fishman said, because bowlers need to make adjustments from week to week and game to game to deal with changing lane conditions. Fishman bowled at Oak Park Lanes when he was a youngster, but he lost interest in the sport for several years. He picked it up again thanks to the urging of friend Bruce Weberman and he hasn't missed a season since 1984 despite undergoing back surgery in 1996 and 1998. When he isn't bowling, Fishman is selling used vehicles. He owns the Car & Truck Connection in Waterford. Jewish Jordan It has been seven years since there was a Jewish player in the NBA. There has never been an Israeli player in the NBA. Both droughts could end. Center-forward Danny Schayes, the last Jewish NBA player, retired in 1999 after an 18-year NBA career. Schayes has passed the baton to Jordan Farmar. The 6-foot-2 UCLA point guard was selected 26th by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of last month's draft. Farmar's mother, stepfather and sis- ter are Jewish. Farmar, 19, was raised in a Jewish home and had a bar mitzvah. He started all 66 games in his two seasons at UCLA, including the Bruins' loss to Florida in last season's NCAA championship contest.. Also, two Israelis were selected in the second and final round of the NBA draft. Lior Eliyahu, 20, was the 44th choice over all with his draft rights traded to the Houston Rockets. Yotam Halperin, 22, was the 53rd selection, taken by the Seattle SuperSonics. Eliyahu, a 6-9 forward, and Halperin, a 6-5 guard, aren't yet consid- ered NBA-caliber players, so they'll play for Ivlaccabi Tel AViV next season. Please send sports news to sports@thejewishnews.com .