SPORTS Whatever Happened To The Great Jewish Lacrosse Players Of Yesteryear?
Their names were once etched on the sticks of
aspiring Jewish lacrosse players everywhere. From the Catskills to the streets of Brooklyn, children traded their playing cards
as if they were a highly valuable commodity.
Yet nowadays names like Saul Weinberger, Fred Epstein and even the legendary Buddy Blum -- whose four goals for the Hoboken Wildcats against the Yonkers Roughriders in 1909 rocked the nation, if not the world -- have long been forgotten.
A picture of the 1927 Canarsie Clippers. Will Jewish lacrosse ever be as great again?
The Jewish Lacrosse Hall of Fame hopes to change all that.
According to its president Wally Weisberg, the Hall strives to establish the foundation on which future Jewish lacrosse players can build.
“The contribution the great Jewish lacrosse players of the past have made to today's game must never be forgotten,” Weisberg asserts.
Located above Kaplan's Matzoh and Muffler Emporium in Boise, Idaho, the Jewish Lacrosse Hall of Fame is dedicated to collecting and capturing the great moments and people that have constituted over a century of Jewish lacrosse.
From the incomparable Ira Cohen's playing jersey to an autographed photo of the 1927 Canarsie Clippers -- otherwise known as the 'Borscht Bombers', its all here.
“Never again will today's Jewish lacrosse fan draw a blank when asked about such stars as Irving Katz, Solomon Bernstein and, of course, the inimitable Garry Shapiro,” Weisberg hopes.
