[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E696]
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                              HALL OF FAME

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 24, 1995
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, the Suffolk Y is the home of the New York 
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, honoring Jewish sports figures who have 
distinguished themselves in the field of sport. This Sunday, March 26, 
1995, induction ceremonies will be held at the Suffolk Y JCC to honor 
the 1995 inductees.
  This year's inductees are Mel Allen, baseball; William Beroza, 
Lacross; Hank Greenberg, baseball; Nat Holman, basketball; Margaret 
Lambert, track and field; Fred Lebow, track; Sid Luckman, football; 
Dolph Schayes, basketball; and Allie Sherman, football.
  The Hall of Fame's athlete of the year is Anita Kaplan, the women's 
basketball star at Stanford University.
  The objective of the hall is to foster Jewish identity through 
athletics. The New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame is housed at the 
Suffolk Y JCC, and a display of the inductees' plaques and memorabilia 
is permanently housed there as well.
  Sports has always been the international language, the unifier among 
all peoples. Everyone who participates in sports is a winner, but when 
figures rise to the top of their class, as with the Hall of Fame 
inductees, the victory is even sweeter.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing the superior career 
performances of these great athletes and fine individuals on the 
occasion of their induction into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.


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