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The fifth annual Howard Weingarten Memorial 
Baseball Outing, a fundraiser for Detroit PAL’s 
Diamond Sports Program, moved indoors at 
The Corner Ballpark (former Tiger Stadium site) 
this year but achieved the same goal: It was 
a fun event that raised money for the iconic 
youth sports program.
Founded and organized annually by Deby 
Lebow of West Bloomfield, Weingarten’s 
longtime significant other, to commemorate 
Weingarten’s love for baseball and the Detroit 
Tigers, this year’s outing brought in about 
$2,600 from attendees and others who made 
donations.
PAL Tiny Tigers players (ages 4-8) Samuel 
Garza, Josephina Munoz and Salvador 
Alvarado received Howard Weingarten 
Memorial Awards honoring them for their 

teamwork, leadership and responsibility, 
respectively. They were selected for the 
awards by their coaches.
Detroit PAL (Police Athletic League) is a 
not-for-profit organization that has benefitted 

Detroit youth since its founding in 1969. Its 
headquarters are at the former Tiger Stadium 
site.
Weingarten died in 2018 at age 65 from 
injuries he suffered in an auto accident. 

One big change he’s made 
in his game because of the 
lessons, he said, is switching 
from a three-step to four-step 
delivery.
Bowling so well has made 
this season one to remember 
so far, Isenberg said, because 
he’s always enjoyed compet-
ing in the league.
“It’s a great league, the 
strongest B’nai B’rith bowl-
ing league in the country,
” 
he said. “The camaraderie 
among all the guys is fantas-
tic. There are people of all 
ages and bowling abilities, 
and we all enjoy bowling 
together.
”
Klinger keeps league mem-
bers informed about league 
news with a weekly multi-
page, detailed report that has 
schedules (the league is off 
for two weeks for Christmas 
and New Year’s and will 
resume Jan. 8), standings, 
notes and comments.
He does his power rank-
ings once or twice during the 
season.
The 600 Club was No. 2 in 
Klinger’s latest power rank-
ings behind BBB. 
The Manute Bolers, the 
only first-half division win-

ner that went wire-to-wire, 
was No. 3. 
Uncle Miltie, the only divi-
sion winner not in the top 
four in the power rankings, 
was No. 11.
No. 4 in the power rank-
ings was NHL Property 
Management (Stu Epstein, 
Rick Sherline, Lyle Schaefer 
and Harold Grossbart), 
which finished second 
behind the 600 Club in the 
Earl Anthony Division at 
177.5-110.5. 
For the night of Dec. 4, 
Klinger reported that Dave 
Shanbaum scored his league-
best third 700 series of the 
season, Mike Weinstock 
bowled a season-best 255 
game and 680 series, “rookie” 
Avi Knopf rolled his league-
best 257 game and 646 series, 
Mauch rolled his fourth 
straight 600 series with his 
641 on Dec. 4 (the lowest of 
the quartet), Andy Cohen’s 
538 series was 121 pins over 
his average, David Little’s 
584 series was 68 pins over 
his average, and Isaac Pickell 
bowled a season-high 245. 

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A former professional tennis 
star with local roots is one of 15 
members of the 2024 induction 
class of the International 
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Aaron Krickstein, 56, 
was born in Ann Arbor and 
graduated from Grosse Pointe 
University Liggett High School. 
While playing tennis for Liggett, 
he set the Michigan High 
School Athletic Association 
record with 56 consecutive 
wins. That record still stands.
Krickstein’s parents are 
Herb and Evelyn Krickstein. His 
sister, Kathy, was the Big Ten 
women’s tennis champion in 
1978. Krickstein is the uncle of 
LPGA golfer Morgan Pressel, 
Kathy’s daughter.
Krickstein competed on 
the Association of Tennis 
Professionals (ATP) tour from 
1983-96. In 1985, at age 18, he 
became the youngest player 
to reach the top 10 in the ATP 
rankings. That record still 
stands. His highest ATP ranking 
was No. 6 in 1990.
He won nine ATP 
tournaments and made it to 
the semifinals of the 1989 
U.S. Open. One of his nine 
tournament wins came in 1983 
in Tel Aviv. At age 16, he set an 
ATP record for the youngest 
player to win a singles title. 
That record also still stands.
During the early 1990s, 

Krickstein was one of three 
prominent Jewish professional 
tennis stars along with Jay 
Berger and Brad Gilbert.
Injuries derailed Krickstein’s 
playing career. He’s now 
the director of tennis at St. 
Andrews Country Club in Boca 
Raton, Florida.
The 15 new International 
Jewish Hall of Fame members 
were chosen from among 150 
nominees. There are now 463 
members since the Hall of 
Fame was established in 1981.
The 2024 class will be 
inducted in July 2025. While 
inductees are named annually, 
the induction ceremony takes 
place every four years at the 
Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Hall Doors Open for Aaron Krickstein

Aaron Krickstein

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Detroit PAL Benefits Again 
from Howard Weingarten 
Memorial Baseball Outing

LEFT: Deby Lebow and Fred Hunter, CEO of Detroit PAL, gather with Howard Weingarten 
Memorial Award winners Samuel Garza, Josephina Munoz and Salvadore Alvarado. 
RIGHT: Norm Cohen, a close friend of Howard Weingarten, and Lila Nakhleh chat during the 
memorial baseball outing named for Weingarten.

PHOTOS BY DEBY LEBOW

