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P»*e 12 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 12. 1979
You’re Invited...
Sunday evening, October 21, 1979
Atlanta Chapter of CITY OF HOPE
city or HOPE
cordially invites you and your friends
to attend an exciting and enjoyable evening at a fine
^PST
to be held at
COLONY SQUARE — Midtown Hall Community Room
145 15th Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
Auction at 8:00 p.m.
Admission $ 2 0(r
Visa & Master Charge Accepted
Free Lithograph to each couple attending
Wine and Cheese
Viewing at 7:00 p.m.
Free Parking
National Art Gallery Inc.
GATE CITY LODGE, B’NAI B’RITH
invites you to an evening with
ROBERT J. LIPSHUTZ
Counsel to the President ana Past Recipient of the Gate City Distinguished Service Award.
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1979
COCKTAILS 7:15 — DINNER 8:00
THE STANDARD CLUB
Club Drive, Atlanta, Ga.
This will be Mr. Lipshutz's first public Georgia appearance since leaving the White
House. He will address us on current issues and has graciously agreed to respond to
questions.
RSVP
No later than Oct 19
Gate City Lodge, Suite 246
3272 Peachtree Rd, N.E.
Atlanta, Ga 30305
$10.00 per person
(cash bar)
Atlanta’s Most Elegant Ballroom
Has A Completely Separate
Kosher Kitchen.
The Atlanta Biltmore
Hotel features a completely
separate kosher kitchen to
serve you on the premises
or off. For vour next Simcha for 100 or more, call Mr. Kalman
Held, General Manager, the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel. Also
available — Airline style kosher meals for hotel guests.
Atlanta Biltmore
817 West Pencil tree Street. Atlanta,Georgia 30308 404 881-9500
Cheering Israelis celebrate a goal for their team during a recent soccer match.
Winning season
1979-A great year for sports in Israel
by Alan Eisner
An exciting and occasionally
thrilling year in Israel sports
reached its climax in June when
Israel's national basketball team
reached the Finals of the European
Nations Championship.
In the previous championship of
1977, the Israeli team established
itself among the top flight by
coming in fifth. However, in 1979,
Israel shocked the whole of Europe
with its bright, refreshing
approach to the game and
aggressive attacking style. In an
unforgettable match against world
champions Yugoslavia, the smaller
Israelis surprised their famous
opponents with the speed and
imaginativeness of their attacks
and won by one point. Against
Czechoslovakia, another dramatic
single point victory was obtained
in extra time, while Spain and
Poland also fell to the Israeli team.
However, in the finals of the
competition, Israel came up
against a gigantic team from the
Soviet Union and went down by 22
points, 98-76, so that the team had
to be content with second place in
the competition.
The soccer season was
dominated by two teams—
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Be tar
Jerusalem—who fought out both
major trophies. In the league,
Betar was leading by two points
just three weeks from the dose of the
season and looked set for its first
league championship. However, in
a crucial encounter with Maccabi in
the capital, the Jerusalemites failed
to live up to their true abilities and
were downed by a single goal.
Maccabi then went on to clinch its
12th league title in the remaining
matches of the season.
The two rivals met again at the
Ramat Gan stadium to contest the
Cup final and this time, in an
exciting and skillful match, two
great goals by Betar gave the
Jerusalemites a lead which frantic
Tel Aviv pressure could not
overhaul and Betar ended up 2-1
winners. Faithful to tradition,
thousands of delirious supporters
of the I the streets of the capital to
celebrate the victory with an
impromptu night-long street
party.
The worldwide tennis boom has
now reached Israel and the game is
rapidly moving from a selective to
a mass sport. Indeed, a survey
commissioned by the Israel tennis
association, shows that, with more
than 30,000 registered players,
tennis has become the country's
most popular participant sport,
comfortably ahead of both soccer
and basketball.
The main reason for the boom
has been the emergence of the
sixteen-court Israel tennis center
(ITC) at Ramat Hasharon, near
Tel Aviv, which includes the ultra
modern 4,500-seat “Canada
Stadium.” The ITC offers free
tuition and equipment to children
of all ages, and since its opening
three years ago 15,000 boys and
girls have received training at the
center.
The ITC, built at a cost of $2.5
million—most of it contributed by
North American Jewry—last May
opened its first eight-court sub
center at Jaffa which is serving the
many underprivileged children in
the area. Similar sub-centers are
also going up at Kiryat Shmona on
the Lebanese border, Jerusalem,
Haifa and Beersheva.
Thanks to the ITCs world
standard facilities, Israel has now
arrived on the international tennis
scene, and the country’s first
$25,000 ATP (Association of
Tennis Professionals) tournament
was held last autumn at Ramat
Hasharon. Holland's former
Maccabiah champion, Tom
Okker, emerged as a popular
singles winner, while Israel's own
tennis champion and new ATP
circuit player Shlomo Glickstein,
21, reached the semi-finals. Prize
money will be doubled to $50,000
at the ITCs second annual ATP
tournament, now taking place.
Another sign of the advance of
the local game of late was Israel's
impressive performance in last
March's third-round European
Zone David Cup tie against West
Germany in Augsburg. Glickstein
and American-based professional
Steve Kiulevitz both won their
singles as Israel stretched the
highly rated Germans to a 3-2
victory.
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