24 January 31 • 2019
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Ex-Tigers
Star Headlines Bagels
& Bragging Rights

T

he Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation’
s Bagels &
Bragging Rights event is open
to the public for the first time, and
the foundation has lined up an inter-
esting speaker.
Former Detroit Tigers pitching
star and Detroit radio and televi-
sion personality Denny McLain
will speak Sunday, Feb. 3, at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
The free event will be from 11
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and include tours
of the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame and Bob Matthews sports
exhibit.
An RSVP is required by calling
foundation executive director Sari
Circurel at (248) 592-9323 or send-
ing her an email at Scircurel@
michiganjewishsports.org.
Circurel said the event in the past
was an invitation-only celebration
for Hall of Fame inductees and
Pillars of Excellence award winners.
It still has that purpose, but now it
has another one.
“It’
s an opportunity for the public
to learn in a casual setting what the
foundation does in the community,”
Cicurel said. “They’
ll learn about
our events, and the money we raise
for scholarships, cancer research and
the Hall of Fame.”
Circurel said she hopes to make
Bagels & Bragging Rights an annual
event, perhaps holding it in early
fall.
McLain, 74, is as well known for
winning 31 games in 1968 and help-
ing the Tigers win the World Series
as he is for his off-field problems,
which landed him in prison twice.
He’
s a popular speaker these days,
with more than 150 engagements
annually. And he recently launched
a podcast with former local sports-
casters Eli Zaret and Bob Page titled
“No Filter Sports.”
There will be time for questions
and answers after McLain speaks at
Bagels & Bragging Rights.

FIRST-HALF CHAMPS
They’
re off and running in the sec-
ond half of the Brotherhood-Eddie
Jacobson B’
nai B’
rith bowling league
season. The first night of competition
in the second half was Jan. 21.
First half-winners were the Manute
Bolers in the Pistons Division, the
Dream Team in the Tigers Division,
Pin Pals in the Red Wings Division
and NeinandTenn in the Lions
Division.
Each half has 14 weeks of bowling in
the weekly league.
Three weeks of playoffs follow the
second half. In the first week, the divi-
sion winners in the first and second
halves compete if needed. If a team
wins both halves in its division, it gets
a bye.
That sets the stage for the final four
competing in the second week of the
playoffs and the two surviving teams
playing for the league championship
the next week.
“Last year two teams won their
division championship in the first and
second halves,
” said league spokesman
Gary Klinger. “That was rare. Usually
we have zero or one team win both
halves.
”
The big story in the league this sea-
son has been the scores. The league
moved to the 300 Bowl in Waterford
Township from Country Lanes in
Farmington Hills, its home since 1986,
and scores fell precipitously at the
start of the season, mainly because the
bowlers were unfamiliar with the lanes.
“Scores started coming back up
about halfway through the first half
and they’
ve continued to climb,
”
Klinger said. “But it’
s going to take a
while for a lot of guys to get back to
where they should be. Their averages
were down 20 to 25 pins.
”
Top first-half averages belonged to
Mike Kolb (218), Aaron Radner (218),
Dave Shanbaum (217), Klinger (217)
and Phil Horowitz (214). Lyle Schaefer
rolled a 300 game and Radner had a
792 series. ■

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