The sun., 1905-11-21
THE FIGHTING JEW.
The Remarkable Proves OF Jews In the
College Football Arena.


TO THE EDITOR OF TIE Sun Sir; There
has prevailed for years, even In this enlight-
| ened country, the almost universal belief
that down the fguratlve backbone Of the
jewish race there runs deep, indelIble
streak Of yellow, Even those whose senti-
ments are Of a pro Semitic nature have ever
tolerantly shrugged their shoulders and lifted
their eyebrows at the idea OF the jew as a
fighting man.
The popular sentiment has always been
strong that mighty as Is the roar Of the Lion
OF Judah In forensic debate IL is correspond
ingly weak in the historic animals spirit in a
rough and tumble personal argument.
Allow me to express my deep rooted con-
vlction that popular opinion IL based on
faulty and fallacious grounds, and permit
me 10 ad vance the original II startling claim
that unless the sturdy sons Of Ireland look
well TO their laurels they are destined In tho
future TO lose their proud title Of the fight
Ing race"
Let them read the handwriting on the wall
let them study the spirit OF the times and
they Will everywhere see evidence OF the
existence Of this marvel Of marvels tho
lighting Jew.
And now to few Of the facts which form
the foundation for what might otherwise be
well termed the vainglorlous vaunt Of Il
bra ggart, or possibly charitably attributed to
mild form Of monomanIa.
As q student at the University OF Pennsyl-
vania the writer has had occasion closely to
study the football events and history Of this
as well as past seasons. Early this fall,
when the Pennsylvania coaches were work.
Ing on what was destined to prove the nu-
cleus Of championship eleven, there reported
on the field one day an understood. stocky
youth whose features bore unmistakable
signs Of his Semitic ancestry. At first he
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the varsity. but as the season wore on and
larger and stronger men were tried and
found wanting little Levine got his chance.
He underwent a baptism OF fire when he
entered his first game against the savage
Carlisle Indians and two weeks later the
play 9f the underslzed end was the unques
PeRasyiysna e downed o ned larVarsd GS1 sf'"e III ""'"
ns sSr ste tI rfeng and gr9pgsy 9m 9
bleeding, .pluckily returned to the game and
by sensational plunges and tackles made him
At the same time, on the side lines kept
out Of the game only by the fact that the
centre for whom he was substitute was cap
brilliqnce, sat dark skinned.. curly haired
Bankhart last year the far famed fighting
r OF sSbeG one Sf the m mof s9ushf
now, universally admitted to be one OF the
hardest players in the Pennsylvania squad.
iis Strn,Iin dIy AVA tbs ,,a aiia suh.,
tutes are found Gimb4i oiaan Il. cIit and bposd
of ah@nidar whosa wnriI Leh a. sev.rni ,ninn
ga,Ses has stampsd Kim aa n an sbIe nin wer
And oy thIs c;imbei snntber Wnrd pay
Every year on Dewav bav ar PannsvIvonia
hoying' -, tnbaa ara Sssld s,twoar % W. frash
man ana snnhoa,rrn cioSseS In his AT
wear at the Iniyersitv e;mba represented
his class In the heavyweight class and easily
"a in of this vesr's hasehall tea,n, wy ~ vesr
tbis sa,,n heliinsPsud so~ ~ III. nnnI,,,,na
in ths roned arsna az 'o'e" up'" w Wv oa'''V
Tia higgast and ar trorgest man in tha frasb