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Pisgah-Zeiger bowling league
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October 8 • 2009
iN
he competition and camara-
derie that were hallmarks of
the Pisgah-Zeiger B'nai B'rith
Bowling League are no more. Faced
with yet another decline in the number
of bowlers and teams, league officials
suspended operations last month.
The league's storied
history dates to the
1920s. There were five
divisions in the league
when Jerry Gurwin
joined in 1951. This
would have been his
60th season in the
Lyle Schaefer
league (he missed
two years when he
was serving in the U.S. Army.). There
were still two divisions when Barry
Fishman started bowling in the league
25 years ago.
There often was a waiting list to join
the league, which was known as the
Pisgah League until a few years ago.
That's when the Pisgah Lodge merged
with the Zeiger Lodge.
Many of the best bowlers in
Metropolitan Detroit B'nai B'rith
Bowling Association history repre-
sented the league, both in local and
national competitions.
Last season, there were only eight
three-man teams in the league. This
season, it appeared there would be
only seven three-man teams. "We really
needed to have at least eight teams to
give it a go:' said league president Lyle
Schaefer.
The number of bowlers in each
Detroit B'nai B'rith league has been
declining for years as work and fam-
ily responsibilities and entertainment
options have increased.
Michigan's economy hasn't helped.
"I'm sure some guys decided they
couldn't bowl anymore because they
can't afford to pay the $21 a week','
Fishman said.
He thinks changing from four-man
to three-man teams also hurt because
longtime teams were broken up.
There is a chance the league could
be revived. "It's all up to the bowlers:'
Fishman said. "If we can get some
new bowlers, maybe the league could
resume next season. Or maybe we
could start up again the second half of
this season:'
Pisgah-Zeiger bowlers competed
Thursday nights at Country Lanes in
Farmington Hills. The league's three
previous homes — the Bowl-A-Drome
in Detroit, Oak Park Lanes and West
Bloomfield Lanes — no longer exist.
About a dozen Pisgah-Zeiger bowl-
ers, including Gurwin and Fishman,
have joined the Brotherhood-Eddie
Jacobson League on Monday nights.
Prospective Pisgah-Zeiger bowlers
can contact Fishman at (248) 755-6161
or Schaefer at (248) 882-5953.
Stephanie Wins
Michigan's delegation at the 18th
Maccabiah Games in Israel this summer
didn't return home empty-handed.
Stephanie Crawford of Novi was
a member of the gold-medal winning
U.S. women's soccer team.
She scored the team's first goal in its
first game — an 8-0 shellacking of Brazil
— and she scored four goals in a 12-0
romp over Great Britain. The U.S. beat
Israel 4-0 in the championship game.
Swimmer Haley Mitchell from
Walled Lake won golds in the 400-
meter and 800-meter freestyles,
Edward Bernard of Kalamazoo won a
gold in masters tennis, Eva Solomon
of Ann Arbor earned a silver in ages
40-45 women's triathlon and Jeffrey
Merrill of Ann Arbor won a bronze in
the 800-meter run.
Nicole Meisner of Huntington
Woods, competing in junior division
track, won silvers in the 4x100 and
4x400 relays and a bronze in the 200.
Jews In The NFL
There are five Jews playing in the NFL
this season, according to the Jewish
Sports Review newsletter.
The list includes San Diego
Chargers long snapper David Binn,
Dallas Cowboys defensive end Igor
Olshansky, Jacksonville Jaguars punter
Adam Podlesh, Minnesota Vikings
backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels
and Carolina Panthers offensive tackle
Geoff Schwartz. Binn has played more
games for the Chargers than any player
in team history. El
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