Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-19
Our Sporting Column
BY HAmy CONxEL
They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted
We have hAsn receiving . lot Of
mail lately. After We got through
reading all the enthusiastic, compE
nasatary, Aattsring, critical, condemn
ing sttsrs we wonder. We wonder IL
this coluna, which is gaining readers
week by week, is exactly what ths
majority of you readers wsnt 1t to be.
Here is the crystallized pro and con
against our colpmn:
From . pro reader:
1t 10 just what it should be. l can
always mt ners sport news and dry
results from the daily press. l want
your comnsRt and Jewish sidelights.
l want Jewish sporting column
which is more Jewish than sport.
do not siRply want sport events
where Jews are participants talked
about in sporting lingo. want a
Jewish attitude toward sport-and ]
find It IN your column.
From = css reader:
want q Jewish sporting column,
but think your eolumn is too lite
rary. There is so much boxing news
and other athletic events which you
never report. Don't be misguided.
Your column is read by regular sports
fans and they don't want anything
except real live Jewish sport news
but let it be real sport news.
We say:
We don't know. We believed up till
now that this column was being read
by pers0ns who are not ordinarily in
terested in sports. We could not very
well spring sporting lingo on them
without wsrnlng. We have, therefore,
pursued the middle courss, mixing
sport reports with sport comment.
But We are willing to revise our no.
tioAs and change our course. We are
eager to know what the majority Of
our readers think, so come along,
gentle friends and critics, and tell us:
What column do YOU want?
Alsx "Shon" Klein
Benny Friedman, the Michigan foot
ball hero, has captured the entire
spotlight of the Jewish and non-Jew-
ish sporting world. The following let
ter will remind us that we have more
all-American team material:
Dear Sir:
am taking this opportunity OF
writing you about q Jewish student
here, at Ohio State University, who
Is covering himself with glory on the
gridiron.
His name is Alex "Shonv Klein
and he is stationed at center on the
State eleven. This is Klein's third
year at that position. He did not play
last season as he was not in school
but stood out the two years before
At the beginning of the season there
were eight men out for the position
and Klein got the call over all OF
them, and since has been a mainstay
An example of his play can be gath
erred from an incident in the Ohio
State-Chicago game few weeks
past.
Early in the fourth quarter the full.
back dropped back to punt. Kleir
threw the ball to him, and breaking
through the Maroon line went dowr
the field and recovered the ball which
had been fumbled by Chicago play
er. 1t is this ability which is making
him an outstanding figure on the
gridiron here at State. Klein is 9
member of the Zeta Beta Tau Fra
ternity, and one of the COMMITTEES
chairmen here at the Hillel Founda.
ton, Columbus, Ohio.
Sincerely yours,
NORMAN SEIGEL.
LASER. the Miracle Hurdler
Harold LASER, formerly from New
ark, n. j., and now at the University
of Michigan, is regarded as certain
choice to represent America in the
next Olympic games.
Since 1928 he has always captured
places Of honor in all events he par
ticipated in. This year his record in
collegiate meets has stamped him as
the premier 220-ysrd low hurdles
racer of the University, which
brought to the fore De Hart Hubbard.
He is only nineteen years old, but
gosh! what a stride this Jewish lad
has.
Not So Bad
We have just received letter from
Marty Gross, brother Of the famous
Leach Gross, the dentist fighter"
Marty, although not as good killer
as Leach was pretty good fighter
himself. Marty informs us that he
is in the cloak and suit business and
H. a..1 ~