SEPTEMBER 26 • 2019 | 75
Howard Weingarten had a passion for
baseball and specifically, the Detroit
Tigers.
The West Bloomfield resident died in a
car accident in late 2018 at age 65.
To honor him, his longtime significant
other Deby Lebow created the Howard
Weingarten Memorial Baseball Outing.
The outing was held Aug. 31 at The
Corner Ballpark, former site of Tiger
Stadium.
Proceeds from the fundraiser, which
included a game on the Willie
Horton
Field of Dreams and dinner, will benefit
Detroit PAL’
s Diamond Sports Program.
The program provides baseball, softball, T-ball and coach-pitch
opportunities for boys and girls and includes the Tiny Tigers program
and an RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) team. The Corner
Ballpark is Detroit PAL’
s first permanent home.
For more information on the outing, which will be an annual event,
contact Lebow at (248) 505-0199.
Jackie Kallen
Heroes:
• Hank Aguirre: Three-time
All-Star pitcher for the Tigers.
• Daedra Charles-Furlow:
Detroit PAL alumna, member
of the 1992 U.S. women’
s
Olympic basketball team and
Women’
s Basketball Hall of
Fame inductee.
• Detroit Demolition:
Championship women’
s
full-contact football team.
• Anne Doyle: One of the
first female TV sports broad-
casters in the U.S.
• Brenda Gatlin: Educator
and award-winning girls
and boys basketball coach in
Detroit Public Schools.
• Willie Horton: Ex-Tigers
great.
• Jackie Kallen: Barrier-
breaking female journalist
and boxing manager who was
the inspiration for the 2004
movie Against the Ropes, star-
ing Meg Ryan.
• Will Robinson: The first
African-American coach for a
Michigan high school basket-
ball team and NCAA Division
I basketball team, and the first
African-American NBA scout.
• Diane Madsen and Jay
Roberts-Eveland: Founders
of Communities for Equity,
which leveled the playing field
for Michigan girls high school
sports teams.
• Norman “Turkey”
Stearnes: Negro League star
and Baseball Hall of Fame
inductee.
• Ron Thompson:
Legendary Detroit St. Martin
de Porres High School foot-
ball and baseball coach and
leader in the desegregation of
the Detroit Amateur Baseball
Federation.
Kallen said tears of joy
flowed when she learned she
would be a part of the Walk
of Heroes.
“It’
s incredible that a
Jewish girl from
Detroit would
be included in
this exhibit, espe-
cially with Hank
Greenberg,” she
said. “What a
legacy for my
two sons and five grandchil-
dren.”
Kallen said being on the
Walk of Heroes also is a trib-
ute to her late par
ents, Phil
and Marge Kaplan.
“They encouraged me to be
adventurous, to do things that
girls didn’
t do,” she said.
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