THE MICHIGAN DAILY IER, ETTER, CRISLER: (k Sports Department Enters Busy Season U. . .. By TOM WITECKI While Coach Bennie Oosterbaan and Co. are feverishly preparing for the coming Big Ten football season on the turf of Ferry Field, another team, this one made up of administrators and office workers is also making ready for autumn's annual gift to the Michigan sport scene. This team is housed in the beautiful, modern Athletic Admin- istration Building located at ,the corner of State and Hoover. It is from here that the huge Michigan athletic plant is governed. Fall Activity Busy all year around supervising the Michigan athletic scene, resi- dents of this building reach a peak of activity each fall as the football season draws near. Perhaps the biggest job being done here at this time of the year is the selling of up to 101,000 tickets for each of Michigan's six home games. In charge of this particular activity is iDon Weir, Michigan's ticket manager. Year Around Job His job of ticket selling, while now reaching its peak, began last spring when letters were sent out to all of Michigan's season ticket holders giving them an opportunity to retain their seating positions for the coming season. Alumni and alumni organiza- tions are also contacted in the spring for information as to how many tickets they want. However, despite all this advance, work things always seem to get hectic as the football season ap-, proaches. This is especially when, games are sellouts./AtIthe last minute everyone wants to see the big game and the ticket office is flooded with all kinds of impossible requests. ' No Sellouts This year, with both the Michi-, gan State and Ohio State games (sellouts when played in the Michigan Stadium) being playedJ on the opposition's gridirons, sell-c out hopes seem dim. However, Navy and Iowa ticket sales are rising rapidly and ift Dosterbaan and Co. can get off to an impressive start there is 'ai possibility that either of the gamest could be a sellout. : Even without sellouts the ticket wirndows at the corner of State and Hoover are busy handling re-I quests from students, faculty,1 alumni and the general public. A problem develops as everyone1 seems to want seats between the goal lines. This is virtually im- possible because of the fact thati :nly about 30,000 of the stadium's * TO OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 101,001 seats are located between the goal lines. Student Tickets About a half-block away in Yost Fieldhouse another part of the ticket distribution is under way. Here approximately 21,000 students annually trade their athletic cou- pon for a seat in the stadium. Once the football season starts ticket manager Wier assumes an- other important responsibility, the organizing of the Michigan Sta- dium staff. Hiring of gatemen and ticket takers, arranging for boy scout ushers and an adequate police force are some of the duties which keep him on the run. Other Duties . There is also a first aid station at the stadium which treats about 20 persons a game. Heart attacks happen quite often at football games (two people died at games last year). Thus, ambulances are kept on duty at the stadium. A third duty of Wier's is to make arrangements for the football team when it goes on the road. This includes transportation, liv- ing quarters, food and etc. He must keep track of all the team's expenses and also the expenses of the coaches who travel to' scout Michigan's future opponents. Publicity Man Another man whose duties) in- crease as the pigskin season nears is Michigan's Sports Publicity Director, Les Etter. From Etter's office in the Athletic Administra- tion Building pour out press re- leases on Michigan athletics for national distribution. To men con- nected with college sports his weekly releases printed in blue ink on yellow paper are a familiar sight. When the home grid schedule begins Etter oversees the beautiful,' new Michigan Stadium pressbox which is one of the most modern and largest press boxes in thel country. Press Duties The pressbox fills up rapidly for9 big games, thus Etter's job of allo- cating space for reporters, radio and television broadcasters, and cameramen becomes a mammoth one. Also located in the Atlhletic Ad- ministration Building are the1 offices of Athletic Director H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler, who is the top man on the Michigan sport scene. 1 Now in his 21st year at Michi- gan, Crisler has been Athletic1 Director since 1941, when he suc-1 ceeded Fielding H. Yost. From this position he has directed the mas- ter building program that hass given Michigan one of the finestt athletic plants in existence any-' where. HEAD MAN-Athletic Director H. O. "Fritz" Crisler, one of the most respected men in the collegiate sports world, finds fall his busiest season as the football games keep his staff hopping. Ticket sales and athletic publicity, under the direction of Don Wier and Les Etter are the biggest autumn jobs. As head football coach at Michi- gan, Crisler drilled teams that UL U " TO THE CAMPUS . TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS SUBSCRIBENOW! NO- 23-24-1 Iii never lost more than three games in any of of 'his ten seasons. Twice his teams copped conference championships. The highlight of his coaching career was in his last season when his "Mad Magicians" rolled to 10 straight victories, including a 49-0 whitewash of Southern California in the Rese Bowl. NCAA Committee In 'addition to planning and directing this program, Crisler has played a vital role in the conduct of college football as chairman of the NCAA football rules commit- tee. 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