Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-16

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leaves Dave Lewis practically the only
Jewish automobile racer Of note. Abe
Kaplan and Fred Meyers, wrestlers,
did not fare any TOO well last season,
and are not considered strong enough
for first-clags competition.
II would be useless to list Jewish
basketball players. Collegiate and pro
fessional basketball teams all over the
country contain almost n majority of
Jews. Nat Holman Of New York is
considered the outstanding Jewish bas-
ketball player of this country. The
Jewish predominance in the chess
world Is gradually weakening. .Eman-
uel Lasker, still on the top Of his
game, is our only master who can be
relied upon to finish among the first
three in any tournament Reti, Rubin
stein and other international Jewish
masters have been consistently beaten
during the last year, In America. how
ever, kuptchick proved his calibre by
beating Marshall several times, and
therefore looms MS the next chess
champion.
No sport review would be complete
l If it failed to include Joe and John
Alexander mot related to each other) +,
former collegiate football stars. TAX
| ing advantage Of the great boom which
professional football now enjoys in
America. they will henceforth devote
all their time to it as members OF the
strong professional football team, the
New York Giants.
/ The death of Sigmund Breitbart, the
worlds strongest jew, made deep
impression ON all those who saw this
modern Samson perform and who
knew his life and character. A six
teen-year-old New York boy, Harry
Luft, has amazed medical authorities
with his feats Of strength, very SIM
| liar to Breitbart's, as whose successor
he is now being hailed.
1t is Of course impossible within the
limits of n magazine article, to give
n complete survey of Jewish achieve
ments in the professional and amateur
athletic field. This review merely at
tempts to indicate in necessarily
sketchy manner the continually grow
ing share of the Jews in the field of
sports. AT the last moment, even. it
occurs to us that we have left out the
pole vault champion of Hungary, Kar-
lowitz, and the distance-runner of Fin
land, Katz. Doubtless there are others
of distinction who will be missed. Ii
is, however, a great tribute to Jewish
sportsdom that a reviewer must plead
indulgence due to the immensty of the
field.
We believe that we have finally
discovered one branch of sport in
which the jew does not shine. As n
matter of fact, we believe that there
is not single jew performing in that
international high society game, polo.
Why? The only Jewish polo player
we have heard Of was the late Fleisch-
mann of Cincinnati.
Football
our latest prophecy Is Is a warning
for our readers to watch John Fox of
the University of Southern California.
Fox plays center and is second Joe
Alexander. Last year playing his first
season of college football. he was a
sensation and was picked to head The
All-Coast team. Another player worth
watching is Al Miller of Harvard. Allie
Wolf of Penn State is another promis-
Ing youngstcr who will merit attention.
Bud Bergman, last years fullback on
the Penn State team, has been shifted
to the line and will probably play one
of the tackles. On the University of
Pennsylvania eleven, Simon Kaplan
chance for the team Kaplan is a
linesman and played with the fresh
man team last year.
| KOnrad- -EisenhOiicr. .SchOenfeld-
Drucker
What great combination these
| fellows are. What clever passing
game these blue white champions play.
There is Konrad. Cool and accurate.
He sees the opening in a flash and
knows the strength of his kick to the
fraction of an inch. He kicks side
ways and backward, in motion or still,
with the same precision. Konrad is
the brainy type of performer. Then.
the reliable Eisenhoffer. A youngster,
in the early twenties, built like wres-
tier, he gives the impression of unfal
tering fighting spirit. Eisenhoifer's
ability lies mainly in his remarkable
strength. His shots have the mo-
mentum of gunshots.
The veteran Schoenfeld. What an
experience! He makes up for lack of