Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-11-04
BOyiw Notes

Pittsburgh. Jack and Pete Zivic, are
! still winning more fights than they are
losing. The other day, Pete won II
decision over the dangerous Johnny
Vacco, while jack drew with Tommy
Freeman. Tile Zivics are still young
despite the fact that they have been
lighting for some years. Red Chap
man, who despite his name, Is n Jew,
and one Of the leading contenders for
the featherweight throne. decisively out
pointed Steve Smith of Bridgeport.
Solly Seeman, the sad looking Hebrew
lightweight" made short work of
BILLY McCann of Cleveland Solly
knocked ont Billy in the fourth round
of scheduled ten round bout. :.
joey Silvers. the Jewish welterweight.
and Phil Goldstein. the fentherweght,
won their last few bouts in classy fash.
ion, thereby still keeping their places
as favorites of the Jewish boxing fans.
1t seems that Yale Okum has n
rival as Jewish light heavyweight
champion In the person of Murray Git
liiz. formerly of the Yale boxing team.
Gitlitz has scored 1G knockouts in "a
starts. As to our old friend, Jack
Bernstein, the former junior light
weight champion, not satisfied to ruin
the hopes of host Of American box.
ing aspirnnts. set out the other day to
prove that Charley Rosen. the Ghetto
favorite." has still lot to learn. Out
weighed by 1919 pounds. the Jewish
veteran gave Rosen neat boxing les
son, winning the decision by n mile.
The Difficulty Of Building a
Jewish Team
Nat Agar. Jewish owner and man
ascr of the famous Hakoah- Wanderers.
| is not relaxing in his effort to build n
strong all-Jewish soccer team. The
last addition to his list of Jewish
fplaycrs is Mokolos Haar, center for
ward, who created n sensation in
Europe as u member of the celebrated
Jewish Vivo of Budapest. In all the
observation-disclosures now have nine
Jewish players in their lineup. OF
course, you can easily imagine that
these great continental stars have In
creased Mats weekly payroll to an
amazing figure. unheard of in Ameri-
can soccer circles. Fortunately for Nat
Agar. the Jewish public has enthus-
iastically accepted the Hakoah-Wand
erers as their pet team and are flock
ing in great numbers to their games
But the success of the Hakoah-Wand.
erers has resulted in considerable envy
among certain circles, and Nat Agar
has met with anything but cooperation
| from a certain direction in his efforts
to build Il Jewish team. Evidences Of
this na ture are seen in the initiating
of the Wanderers actions by another
prominent American league team,
which has secured few Jewish
players and is now making a play for
Jewish patronage.
The Wrong Way
This American league club has
copied the name of the Hakoah-Wand-
erers and has broadcasted such ire
sponsible and untrue publicity as the
statement that the Vienna Hakoah and
their team had united We wonder
what Adolph Buslik. the former Jew
ish owner Of that prominent American
league club, is thinking today Of this
cheap play for Jewish patronage. The
story of how Buslik was forced out of
soccer and how the present owners of
his club secured his franchise without
cost TO themselves would indeed he very
Illuminating in connection with the at.
tempts of these gentlemen to win" the
Jewish public.
Jewish Vitality
Once declared dead by one of the
greatest spine specialists In America,
Harry Herbert. former Syracuse Uni
versity football star and named for an
All-America birth in 1921 by Walter
Camp. is still alive enough to make the
Boston University football team.
Five years ago, this fall. this lad
was carried off the Syracuse field with
broken neck, given up for dead. He
was removed to hospital, where he
remained for fifteen weeks. Today he
is the fectest member of the Boston
University squad, and one would never
know he nearly met death few years
back.
Tells Own Story
"It all happened in the first quarter
of the Syracuse-Colgate game" said
Herbert to n reporter. "a knlck from
Colgate came to me, and not daring
4 to take chance on catching the ball
the field being in n muddy condition
l fell on 1t and Colgate men were
down on me in no time. l went to
the hospital for fifteen weeks, while