Three hundred Y. M. H. A.’s and Jewish Centers throughout the country are preparing today to register and train young Jewish athletes for participation in the second Maccabiad at Tel Aviv, Palestine, in April, 1935. Tryouts for men and women aspirants will be held at these Y’s, it was announced yesterday by the Jewish Welfare Board. An athletic board comprising representatives of the Maccabi Association and the Jewish Welfare Board will select winners.
At a conference Sunday at the Ninety-second Street Y. M. H. A., attended by physical educators from many states, it was decided that an effort would be made to sponsor local Maccabiads in the various Y’s, to be held at the same time as the Tel Aviv events.
David White, executive director of the United States Maccabi Association, spoke at Sunday’s conference. He described preparations throughout the world to send the best athletes available to the Jewish Olympic games.
Other speakers were Dr. Jay B. Nash, professor of physical education at New York University; Miss Ann F. Hodgkins, field secretary of the women’s division of the National Amateur Athletic Federation; and Samuel Leff, director of health and camping of the Jewish Welfare Board.
Physical directors representing organizations from various parts of the country discussed new activities and methods they had introduced. Among the leaders of this discussion were:
Nat Holman of the New York Y. M. H. A.; Harold Beker of Philadelphia; Irving Schiffman, Bronx House; Emanuel Cohen, Scranton, Pa.; Edward Lindenbaum, Jersey City Jewish Center; Max Schneider, Syracuse Jewish Center; Albert Sloman, Albany Jewish Center, and Miss Fredda Satz and Harry Stutz, Newark Y. M. H. A. Samuel Leff of the Jewish Welfare Board acted as chairman of the conference.
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