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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Feb. 21, 1969
The Sports Scene
stein won the 16-and-under and repeated as his nations
doubles crown. No. 1 player. He was elected to
Pierre Darmon won the French the directing committee of the
Closed title for the ninth time French Tennis Federation
By Jess Silver
Tor* Okker has earned high
rankings for his tennis play last
reason. The Flying Dutchman was
No. J in one recently published
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world list and No. 5 in another.
His No. 3 ranking equals Dick
Savitt’s best ever by a Jewish
player. In the first year of Open
tennis, the present list includes
professionals as well as amateurs.
Savitt gained his ranking in 1959
when he won Wimbledon. Both
men are former World Maccabiah
Games singles champions, Savitt
winning in 1961 and Okker in
1965.
The 24-year-old Okker played
in 35 tournaments and won nine
including the South African and
Italian championships. He shared
another title and was the runner-
up in eight other tournaments.
Okker was 8-4 against members
of the World’s top ten: 1-0 with
Laver; 1-3, Ashe; 1-0, Rosewall;
3-0, Graebner; 0-1, Drysdale;
1-0, Gonzalez and 1-0, Ralston.
He also registered victories over
the Jewish players, Torgen and
Jorgen Ulrich of Denmark; Pier
re Darmon, France, and Len
Schloss of the U. S.
Julie Heldmari did well on the
Autistic Children
Subjects of Film
At Festival Cinema
The Georgia Society for Au
tistic Children is sponsoring. a
documentary film, “Warrendale,”
from February 27-March 12 at
the Festival Cinema on Spring
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Winner of the New York
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children in a mental institution.
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West Berlin Again
Attacked by Soviet
Propaganda Sheets
BONN (JTA) — Soviet propa
ganda organs have resumed their
attacks on West Berlin because
the ultra right-wing National
Democratic Party is once again
functioning in that city^
The Soviet Ambassador of East
Germany reportedly raised the
question with West Berlin’s
Mayor Klaus Schultz when they
conferred recently. The NPD, a
reputedly neo-Nazi party, volun
tarily liquidated its West Berlin
branch last year when it appear
ed that the City Council would
appeal to the Allied occupation
authorities. — the United States,
Britain, and France—to ban the
party.
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distaff side. The New York City
girl was No. 2 in the national
rankings. It was the highest U.S.
rating ever for a Jewish girl. The
best previous showing was by
Helen Bernhard who was accord
ed a No. 4 ranking in 1942.
Miss Heldman, daughter of
Gladys M. Heldman, editor and
publisher of World Tennis mag-
azne, returned to tournament play
after sitting out a year. She re
corded wins in Mexico, Italy,
Switzerland, Sweden and Ger
many as well as the United
States. With one exception, all
her losses were to players in the
World’s top ten. Only amateurs
made the national rankings this
year.
The national list contained the
names of other Jewish girls. Pam
Richmond of Mission Hills, Kan
sas, was ranked No. 18 and Mar
ilyn Aschner of New York gain
ed the No. 21 spot. In addition,
Miss Richmond was No. 6 in the
18-and-under division. Nancy
Omstein of Washington, D. C.,
was No. 10 in the 16-and-under
and Susan Epstein of Miami was
No. 4 in the 14-and-under na
tional rankings.
The men didn’t fare as well in
the U. S. rankings. The best was
Len Schloss of Baltimore at
No. 30 in singles and No. 12 in
doubles. Others listed are Paul
Cranis, No. 36; Ron Goldman,
No. 49, and Lester Sack, No. 51.
In the 16-and-under group, Har
old Solomon, Silver Spring, Md.,
was No. 3 and Brian Gottfried,
Cape Coral, Fla., No. 4, while
Mike Fishback, Great Neck,
N. Y., was No. 3 in the 14-and-
under division. Solomon, who at
tends high school in Fort Lau
derdale, Fla., had a good win over
Mexico’s fourth-ranked player in
the recent Austin Smith tourna
ment in that city. He bowed out
in the quarterfinals. Solomon
reached the semis at the Orange
Bowl Junior championships. At
the same tournament, Susan Ep-
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The Public Is Invited
Atlanta Post No. 112 — Jewish War Veterans
34th Annual Commander’s Banquet
HONORING
ARNOLD GROSS
Post Commander
HON.
GEORGE T. SMITH
Recipient
Outstanding Citizen
Award
COMMANDER'S BANQUET RESERVATION CARD
Atlanta Post 112, Jewish War Veterans of the U. S.
Please reserve plates . . . Enclosed is $
at $10.00 per person for the Commander's Banquet, Feb
ruary 23, 1969. Dinner 7:30 P. M.
Name* Phone
Send your reservation* to
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Please pick up your reservations at the door
Please list all names for which you
make reservations.
NOAH LANGDALE, JR.
President
Georgia State CoUege
Guest Speaker
SUNDAY
FEB. 23,1969
7:30 P. M.
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