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Friday, Sept. 27, 1968
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Page Eleven
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Silver on Sports
from page 10
Leibowittz who played with
three different clubs. LaRusso
had one of his greatest years
and was a second team all-star
game and led the new league in
assists while Chubin set a one-
game assist record.
Each pro league had a coach,
William (Red) Holzman with
the N. Y. Knicks, and Max Zas-
lofsky with the New Jersey
Americans. Holzman took over
at mid-season and led the
Knicks back to respectability.
Owners of pro teams were Marv
Krater of the champion Boston
Celtics; Irv Kosloff, Philadel
phia 76ers; Abe Pollin, Balti
more Bullets; Bob Brietbard,
San Diego Rockets; Eugene
Klein and Sam Schulman, Seat
tle Supersonics; Arthur Brown,
New York Nets and Gabe
Rubin, whose Pittsburgh Pipers
captured the first ABA title.
Ben Kerner sold his Hawks, but
Wesley Pavalon and Marvin
Fishman acquired the new Mil
waukee Bucks of the NBA.
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The Israel National Soccer
Team had its way with the U.S.
and Canadian opposition in
1967 and won all four games
on its tour. The big contest oc
curred at New York’s Yankee
Stadium as the Israelis defeat
ed the American Soccer League
All-Stars, 3-1, before 22,000 fans.
Israel lost its Asian soccer title
to Iran, but qualified for the
Olympics. Mordechai Shpiegler
and Giora Shpiegel are the Is
raeli star players.
In other soccer developments
Dov Markus of LIU received
the first Robert R. Hermann
Award as the outstanding col
lege player of the year, and
Steve Greenberg was selected to
to the All-Ivy team as a goalie.
Israeli halfback David Primo of
the Baltimore Bays was named
to the North American Soccer
League All-Star team.
Tom Okker created the big
gest excitement on the tennis
scene. The young Dutchman
won the South African, Italian
and Irish titles and shared the
London grass court crown. With
the advent of open tennis he
embarrassed many professionals
with easy victories. He defeated
such pros as Laver, Hoad, Emer
son and Ralston and amateurs
Santana and Ashe.
Other tennis internationalists
were Julie Heldman, U. S.; Tor-
gen and Jordgen Ulrich, Den
mark; Alan Fox, U. S.; Pierre
Damon, France; Len Schloss,
U. S.; Mike Belkin, Canada; Es-
me Emanuel, South Africa; Na
dine Netter, U. S.; Vickie Ber
ner, Canada; Eleazer Davidman,
Israel; Marilyn Aschner, U. S.
and Veronica Burton who won
the British girls’ indoor title.
Texan Marty Fleckman be
came the first golfer in history
to win the first professional
tournament he entered when he
captured the Cajun Classic last
December. He had considerable
difficulty after that, but did
Come back to tie for fourth
place at the PGA champion
ships after leading for three
rounds. Fleckman won over
$20,000 on the tour.
Amateurs Dick Siderowf and
Bruce Fleisher did well. Sider
owf, a Connecticut stockbroker,
was low amateur at the U. S.
Open and took the New York
Amateur. Fleisher of Miami-
Dade Junior College, won the
National Junior College cham
pionship and was named an All-
American. He also qualified for
the U. S. Open. Israel sent its
champion, Laurie Been, 16, to
the U. S. for some golf compe
tition.
Don Aronow of Miami led
turing both the world and na-
the powerboat drivers by cap
turing both the world and na
tional ocean racing champion
ships. He and Milton Horwitz of
Chicago were inducted into the
Gulf Marine Racing Hall of
Fame. Horwitz won the nation
al predicted-log cruiser compe
tition. Other ocean drivers in
cluded Jerry Langer, Bill Wish-
nick and Barry Cohen.
In track and field Steve Marcus,
UCLA, won the NCAA outdoor
shot put crown and Milt Son-
sky established a new Jewish
best in the javelin throw. Other
standouts were Steve Robbins,
Gene Zubrinsky, Gene Comroe,
Bruce Selman, all of the United
States; Rayman, Great Britain
and Irena Kriszenstein-Szewin-
ska of Poland. Israeli walker
Shaul Ladany broke his own
American 50-mile record.
Jockey Walter Blum rode his
3,000th winner, and the new
Belmont Track opened in New
York . . . Ben and Julius Slut
sky and Louis Resnick owned
Nevele Pride, harness racing’s
top horse, and George Morton
Levy was named the sport’s
Man of the Year . . . David
Matlin was re-elected president
of the AAU . . . Death claimed
Jake Pitler, Willy Meisel, Rich-
hard Berenson and Ray
Baer . . . Dr. Alan Calmat lit
the torch at the Winter Olym
pic Games . . . Olympian Henry
Wittenberg took over as CCNY
wrestling coach, as well as
coach of the U. S. Olympic
Greco-Roman squad . . . Dick
Sofman regained his National
AAU freestyle title.
Young Barney Aaron was
elected to the Boxing Hall of
Fame . . . Jim Prigoff again
won the national squash tennis
title . . . Steve Cohen captured
the National AAU rings event
in gymnastics . . . Harlan Cohen
was named coach of the U. S.
women’s Olympic volleyball
team, and guided the Westside
Jewish Community Center to
the Open Division championship
of the U. S. Volleyball Associ
ation . . . Neal Shapiro was a
member of the U. S. equestrian
team that toured Eur
ope . . . World rowing champion
Don Spero retired from compe
tition . . . Howard (Cookie)
Krongard was the winner of the,
Outstanding Club Lacrosse As
sociation Player award, and
Fred Goldstein captained the
Oxford University cricket
team.
It was an exciting year in
sports, and the coming year,
with the Olympic Games and
World Maccabiah Games sched
uled, should be better yet.
A very Happy New Year to
all!
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