Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-03-18
Nr. Gollonb Explains

Mr. Gollonb Explains
Some time ago George Daley. In hl.
sport 1'nlR, discussed the question rs Ia
why Jews should do 50 well In the box.
Ing ring. Daley. who is II very clever
journalist and great authority on
sports. could not help remaining puzzled
and did not come to a definite conclu.
sion, So, Joseph GollOmh, gentleman
we have not the honor Of knowing. sent
In u very interesting letter. which We
quote partly;
Boxing
May ! suggest their history as the
answer For 1000 years and perhaps
another thousand before that they were
massacrcd by Nsiatic tribes Egyptians,
Romans, Greeks, Spaniar,lS. Slavs,
Magyars, Mohammednns, and what not.
Such u race must either die or fight
well The Jews did not die. Is 1t sur.
prising. therefore, that their fighting
ability should tind itself also nt home in
'l' H'-''''' RiiH' iiHI iNlN pbllh
lar question was not discussed. hut the
answer seems to be n reasonably con.
vincing one Those Of any race who
have been forced to battle for a foot.
hold or even an existence have devel.
opcd hardy stock.
Football
What to me Is more amazing. how.
ever, Is that II Jewish team should beat
British champions at soccer, as the
game developed by Anglo Saxons. who
for ages have developed sports to high
point of proficiency. And here Is n
Semitic race. for 1000 years herdcd In
airlcSS little ghettocs, stepping ont and
beating the British at their own game
aud on their home grounds. 1t is as
though n team OF school teachers were
to play pcnnant-winning baseball
team and lick them AZ the Polo Grounds
Basketball
] agree with You that sport has
touched the Jews. at least In America
more than little. | taught in public
school on the East Side for ten years
and know what Jewish boys have done
in public schools, athletic lea que ath.
letics. Then. too, an upstate basketball
championship WAS held for several
years by the Rochester y. VI. c. \. on
which team -four Jewish brothers
played II big part One of them is now
In Congress | wonder with you that
so few Jews are in professional base
for sedentary occupations accounts for
this"
|. HaltOah Members Young
The New York headquarters of the
IIakOah Sport Club, the all-Jewish
,1Iper.soccer combination. informs us
that the team will consist of ~ players
the ages ranging from Is to 20 years
Sicgricd Workman. the 1S-year-old
member of the squad. is the only one Of
The group who iS not an international
figure in the European soccer world.
Practically every other player ON the
Hukoah eleven has played on the ma
tional team of Austria in its notable
matches with Hungary. Czecho-Slo-
vakia. Sweden. Switzerland, Germany
and Roumania. Two of the players,
Alexander Ncufeld and Alexander Fa-
biun. are known throughout the Cont
ncnt and have received much praise in
the European press.
Neufeld who will captain the Ha-
kOah team. is the most popular player
in Austria He is % years old mer-
chant by profession, and in soccer one
of the best offensive and defensive
players in Europe Neufeld is known as
"NemeS' among his teammates
Between the Rounds
Louis tKidl Kaplun. Meriden, Conn.
featherwelght champion, and Eddie
(Kidl Wagner. Philadelphia. fought
twelve rounds to II draw in Philadel-
pha. The judges disagreed and the de.
cisi0n was given by the referee. Kap.
lan's title was not AT stake the meeting
being ut catchweights
Dan Lieber is one of the new heavy
weight boxers who stamps himself He,
brew heavyweight champion of Harlem
New York. Lieber made n pretty good
impression on MS the other night, when
Jersey City. in n ten-round bout In