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Page 24 The Southern Israelite □ ZACHRY 87 Peachtree Si. Hart Schaffner Marx (llotli rs Exelusively Vibrolithic Concrete Driveways and Heavy Duty Floors “Every Inch II ill Parry The Low/" (} Years of Faithful Service and 900 Satisfied Customers The Driveway Company, Inc. 34 North Ayr.. N. E. II Km. I *>*>)! A Happy New Ye ar To All Jacobs' Pharmacy Co. “Stores All Over Atlanta” K 51 55 51 5( 55 55 55 55 55 55 51 55 55 55 55 55 55 51 55 55 55 51 51 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 gj “ 1 SEASON’S GREETINGS \ A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS— PARTRIDGE CAFE 90 ALABAMA STREET, S. \Y. r 55'S K 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 it 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 5 5 55 55 55 55 55 55-X 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 S5:55 55«i55i: The Year In Sports By GEORGE JOEL The quickly passing year has sped into the past and left us, if nothing else, many memories. In the field of sport and more particularly Jewish sport we can look back on the many sterling performances performed by our Jewish athlete. Outstanding among the major a- chievements of the year was the rise of Jackie Fields, nee Jacob Finkel- stein, from obscurity to welterweight champion of the world. A year ago he was just another Jewish boy try ing to make good with his hands. He had compiled an enviable record but there was nothing unusual about it. Then he fought and beat the colored welterweight Jack Thompson, not once but twice. Jackie battled all com ers until he was given a chance at Champion Joe Dundee in Detroit. In a raging battle Dundee fouled the Jewish boy and Fields became cham pion which title he still holds. Corporal I/.zy Schwartz, flyweight champion continues to occupy the throne in his division and it looks as though he will retain his laurels for at least another year. In the heavyweight divisions there are no Jewish champions and little likelihood of one of our boys coming through. Yale Okun, Leo Lomski, Ar- mand Emanuel are the main contend ers but they are a far cry from tbe championship. Jewish fighters were active in their usual abundance and by actual count there were 305 Jewish fighters list- i*d in the “Boxing Record.” Hakoah Wins the Championship In Soccer Again the Jews predominated in soccer and again it was Hakoah who brought honor to the Jewish race. For the first time in history of American Soccer a Jewish team won the cham pionship of the professional soccer leagues. The team was the New York or All Star Hakoahs, a group of young men who had learned their soc cer in Europe and were brought here with the various Vienna Hakoah teams that toured America in the past few years. The interest that the Jews have taken in soccer is indicated by the formation of still another All Jew ish professional team which is play ing this year under the name of Brooklyn Hakaoh. Besides the profes sional teams there are Y. M. H. A. Maeabee and sundry other amateur sport organizations that have put Jewish teams in the field. Andy ( ohen Stays In Big League Baseball Jewish baseball players of first ranking calibre were scarce. Andy Cohen second baseman on the New ^ ork Giants was the most prominent Jewish player in the country. Moe Berg, catcher on the Chicago White Sox finished his third year in big league company. A number of Jew ish boys received tryouts with the major league teams but none of them made the grade. Rosenfeld, who play- etl in the Brooklyn outfield seems to have the best chance of returning to the circuit this year. Young Tennis Player Shows Promise Jay Cohn, of California was the only Jewish tennis player to win a crown this season when he became the Roys Single’s Champion of the . “ 3 wu, * Jl *ea an union. record by winning the title uitK the loss of a single set. He is haileH°° a coming star. The year witnessed the decline Julius Selgison who won a numwl nine ranking among the players* the country. He was the first receive such a distinction since tk days of Dr. Rosenbaum. Unfortn* ately Julius was unable to repeat h triumps of last year and will pas, of the classic ten. A pleasant SUr prise was the fine showing made bv Eddie Jacobs of Baltimore who cau* ed any number of upsets in the W tournaments this year. Another year or so and Eddie will be a figure t contend with. Our young women were again con spicuous by their absence from the tennis court. Clara Grosenspan 8 New York girl was thought to t* * comer but put in a disastrous year She was ranked number eleven hut will not repeat this year. Football Season Brought Out Man; Jewish Stars Intercollegiate football was respon sible for the uncovering of another legion of Jewish athletes. So many Jewish boys were prominent in the game that it becomes an impossibility to list even their names. With trepi dations I nominate Bob Barabee, end on the N. Y. U. team of last season as the outstanding Jewish player ir. the country. He was a choice on most of the All American and every on* of the All Eastern teams. Boy Jewish Golfer Makes Mark As I write my fourth review of the year in Jewish sport 1 must again with bow’ed head admit that there b not one single Jewish golfer in these United States that really ranks ever, near the top. A fifteen year old boy. JafTe is the most promising of the thousands of Jewish golfers. This high school boy playing his first year of match play won the Municipal Tourn ament of New York City and walked off with a number of junior trophies. He is after all but a possibility. The year failed to uncover Alport of Chi cago who won the junior title some years ago. Jewish women golfers were likewise kept under cover. Miss Beatrice Got- tleib who was active last year partici pated in but a few' tournaments thi> season and with varying success. Nat Holman Still Great Basketball Player Nat Holman, veteran basketball player continues to lead his many brothers on the basketball court. * is nearing the age when basket a players retire but he put in an act*'< season and lead his team to victory- For the first time in his career e played with an All Jewish team— e Hakoahs who were entered in •' professional basketball league. In co legiate circles the Jewish ba> e bailers w'ere swarming all over courts but no one player stoo above the others. jorts Have Jewish Performers g the year Berman versity sitting in the ■at barked his crew t ° vlC p|si] intercollegiate Reget - in of the Brooklyn Harrie - • the cross country cours * s ^ ecords. Porky Levine, star^