Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-11-04

Colgate got pcnallzcd fifteen yards for
unnecessary roughncss
while l was In the hospital the
doctor came into my room with sew
ernl leather collars. saying that
would have to wear one Of them for
nn entire year, Repelled by this. told
him TINT | would rather take n long
dive from the hospital roof than 20
ont into the highways and byways
earning pity with one of those dog
collars. The very thought of II then
and there gave me the determination
to fight my broken neck harder than |
had ever fought an opposing team on
the football field That Is why I say
determination has brought me back
from deaths door to the playing fields
Of the roughest game in sport. That
Is why my physical condition and
weight are as normal ms they were
that November afternoon"
A Miracle
-NTi"NN "'l' Vi tiF
warrior. DIR. Ellsberg OF Mt. Sinai
Hospital remarked that 1t was one Of
the most perfect fractures and dislo-
cations that he had ever seen. "The
patient Is dead of course" he declared
But DIR. Cooper. Herbert's physician,
replied that he wasn't, and that he
was in Syracuse hospital.
An operation followed and Herbert
was in sandbags for about six weeks
during which time his left arm became
paralyzed. A second operation on the
vcrtebrne followed and n second time
the young gridster had escaped death.
The Moral
| We gave so much space to this splcn-
did example of Jewish courage and
vitality because, after all, no other ac-
tivity but sport could have prepared
Herbert for such life and death
struggle as he underwent.
Carrying OF the Family Tradition
Dispatches from Berlin bring en-
| i'poitS VI lHt VI
Joseph Breitbart. Those Jews and
sports followers who are not short Of
memory will recall that Sigmund Brett
bart was one of the greatest strong men
Of all time. Well this Joseph Is Sig
mund's brother, and Is snid to be per
forming feats equally rs marvellous rs
/ ,f 1AaAoOnl sit-n
though Joseph is comparatively young,
he has done some tricks that have been
too much even for veteran strong men
of Europe. If the reports continue en-
thusiastic 1t is entirely possible that
some enterprising American impressario
will import the Jewish strong man for
stage.
1t felt good to have Jew as n
strong man In this ycountry-in fact ms
the outstanding strons man. Perhaps
that feeling of security and pardon
able pride will return with the coming
to this country of Joseph Breitbart.
ooNNA ~ AAA oAsA
The Jewish soccer champions, the
Hakoah- Wanderers of Brooklyn, Now
York, are having a hard stand. The
fact that they play q splendid game
and that all the members of the team
are good sportsmen who play the
| fairest brand of soccer makes it still
harder for them.
The trouble is that there are quite
lot of so-called "fans" who go to
the Hakoah- Wanderers games in or
der to see those darn Jews beaten.
And this unsportsmanlike attitude
apparently communicates itself to the
Gentle team which opposes the jew
ish players. A typical example of
this occurred in New Bedford the
other day. New Bedford is one of
the strongest teams of the American
Soccer League, and the public at that
particular game was anticipating a
defeat for the Jewish boys. But, "un-
fortunately" the Jewish boys played
rings around the New Bedford kick.
ers, and finished the first half of the
game 81 in favor of Hakoah- Wan
derers.
This was too much for the New
Bedford "sportsmen." In the second
half, they started rough tactics. the
like of which has not been seen in
the American Soccer League for a
long time. In few minutes they
crippled the sterling center back, Leo
Druckcr, and the brilliant full back
Robertson. Then the New Bedford
KILLERS" went after Neufeld and