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Jewish Soccer Teams on Visit to U.S. Gain Victories

June 9, 1927
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(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

The Hakoah soccer team completely swamped the Maryland All Stars at the Baltimore stadium Sunday afternoon. The score was 9 to 1 in favor of Hakoah.

Part of the proceeds of the match, which was the first Sunday athletic event at the Baltimore Stadium since December 1922. went to the Red Cross Flood Relief Fund. About 2,500 spectators witnessed the game.

The Hakoah team was received by Mayor William F. Broening and was tendered a dinner at the Phoenix Club.

The Hakoah eleven defeated an all-Jewish team at Denter Park, Brooklyn. on Saturday. The score was 4 to 2.

The Maccabee team of soccer players from Palestine played before 15,000 fans at Ebbets Field on Sunday and gained a victory over the picked team of the New York State Football Association with 6 goals to 4.

The Maccabees led at half time by 4 to 2.

The scoring honors on the Maccabee side went to Joe Laszlo, who accounted for the first three goals in succession. Teno Stern shot the fourth and sixth goals for the Palestine team, and Julius Skalitzer the fifth.

Friedman, of the New York Hakoah soccer team had the distinction of shooting the first goal of the game.

Before Borough President John J. Byrne put the ball in play the two teams, headed by a band and a corps of Boy Scouts carrying the American and Zionist flags, paraded around the field.

The Maccabees will meet the New York Giants of the American Soccer League at the Polo Grounds next Sunday.

Former City Court Judge Samuel Strasbourger was elected president of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of New York to succeed the late Theodore Rosenwald.

Judge Strasbourger served three years as vice-president of the orphanage and has been connected with the institution’s work for twenty-five years.

Temple Ansche Chesed. for many years at Seventh Avenue and 114th Street. New York. gave up its present house of worship last week.

The synagogue will be reopened in the Fall at West End Avenue and 100th Street. where building operations are now in progress. Besides the synagogue there will be a community house. equipped with class rooms, meeting rooms, auditorium, library and gymnasium. It will cost approximately $1,250,000.

Temple Beth El. Detroit. has decided to purchase the property adjacent to the Temple. The two residences on the property will be used for the present to provide additional class rooms for the Religious School. It is contemplated that these structures will be removed and an addition in conformity with the architecture of the Temple built.

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