PAGE SIX TILE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1966 PAGE ~1X THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1966 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS will have a representative on campus November 16, 1966 For information about certification, procedures and teaching opportunities, arrange for appointment at: UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT OFFICE READ AND USE DAILY CLASSIFIED ADS TV ball: Big By GRAYLE HOWLETT Did you notice last Saturday how many measurements there were? That the refs had makeup on? It was a beautiful day de- spite a 50-50 chance of snow? Clancy made so many circus catches? And for the first time this year a visiting team's band came? Act of God? No, act of ABC television bringing in their crew to regionally televise the Michi- gan-Northwestern game. Everyone wanted to get into the act from the referee who painfully signaled that Michigan was an inch short of a first down looking right at the zoomar lens, to Carl Ward who thought that ABC was still televising the fights. Long Show The schedule read Northwestern at Michigan, November 12, but for the television crew it started much earlier than that. Beginning way back in May when the television schedule was announced,. ABC technicians, producers and direc- tors were already sizing up Michi- gan Stadium as a place to broad- cast. At that early date, the camera placements were decided upon. Four were to be situated along ASPECIAL TOUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS SWHOPPE R" (or Fish Sandwich) Present this coupon at Burger King window. Limited: 1 per customer. Not good after Nov. 25, 1 966. ~- m o - m - m - -- - inm - amm - --------- - - - o scene. The producer in this case was Mac Hemion, the man in charge of making the whole sys- tem go, and the director was Chet Forte, the guy that stations him- self down in the van beside the press box watching five monitors at a time and deciding which one we the viewers will be looking at. However, having covered many sports events in the past few years, I doubt if either have seen one of the games live and in per- son. 'Don't Trade a Headache...' Shivering in the 30-degree tem- perature after leaving balmy Bat- on Rouge where they had finish- ed doing the Alabama-LSU game the week before, 'Hemian and Forte peered out on the field wondering such things like wheth- er or not they could get a better shot of the "House that Cazzie Built," or if the band would start the National Anthem before they came on the air, or if they would be stuck with a 45-minute post- game show (they had to stay on until at least 4:15), or if the set would show up, or if it would snow, or if... on and on. Saturday was relatively calm with the crew running through checks and the director looking once more at the camera shots. Saturday morning was also spent getting the lineup and scoreboards set up for the superimposed shots, and about two hours before game time the announcers, Bill' Fleming, veteran Big Ten and play-by-play announcer, and Ter- ry Brennan, former coach at No- tre Dame and now color man, ar- rived at the booth and ran through their game plan. Long Seasons Fleming, who had been in town since Thursday, talked about how he prepared for a game: "An- nouncing the Michigan-North- western game started a long time ago, back in the spring as a matter of fact. Then I was as- signed to the game and I start- ed keeping a notebook on both teams. "I gather press clippings and information from the two schools and as the year progresses I col- lect squibs and columns from the papers and any other interesting things. That way I know who to look at for the good years." During the game Fleming does not use spotters but depends en- tirely on his studying. "What I do during a ball game is refer to the various boards I've made up. On these boards I put both the of- fensice and defensive teams and the various formationstin which they line up. In other words, how they line up on the field is the way they line up on my boards. I also put interesting facts under their names, such as for Vidmer the fact that he sat out his soph- omore year with a broken leg. Tin ime "Actually, a few days before the game I go on a crash study pro-c gram and memorize the players'C names, their numbers and theY ways they lin up on offense andC defense. By game time I know as t much about the teams as their" coaches." And Now a Word from Our ... C To those watching at home, no-t ticeably absent were such ABC features as the sideline camera and the shotgun sideline mike. No-t ticeably present to the some 59,- 000 fans were the obvious TV time outs and a man on the side- line dressed in white who decided{ when the game should resume aft- er the commercial was over. To those at home, the decision to keep the cameras off the field was made clear back in May. H. 0. (Fritz) Crisler, Michigan ath- 'TIME OUT' LET'S SEE THAT ON ISO 9111 I I the photographer deck and the I fifth was to nest high up on a scaffold in the south end zone. Also, back in May meetings were held with the Athletic Depart- ment to decide the do's and don'ts of televising from Michigan Sta- dium.- Between May and the day be- fore the game very little else was accomplished, buteon Friday morn- ing WXYZ of Detroit, doing the pickup for the network, descend- edupon the scene.t Cue In With a crew of about 18, dressed in pale blue coveralls that some- Swere from ABC, setting up was be- gun which merely meant putting the earlier survey report into prac- tice. Everything had to be perfect on Friday so that Saturday morn- 4885 WASHTENAW ROAD, ANN ARBOR ing could be spent making tests. " Friday afternoon. the brain thrust of the operation, the pro- ducer and director, arrvied on the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __----- - -- --- _- -- -_ - i letic director, vetoed the move and stated his reasons: "Actually, we did it for two reasons. First of all, we have narrow sidelines at the stadium and if you put all that paraphernalia out. on the field it makes it hard to see for those in the front row seats. Secondly, with all that eequip- ment it just raises the chances for serious injury." Fo: those in the stands who had to sit through the Dodge com- mercials without 'the benefit of even seeing the Dodge Rebellion girl, it looks like there is no re- lief in sight. "In 1964 they in- terrupted a college game 12 times sfor commercials," Crisler men- tioned, "and last year they upped to 14 times. Now they do it 16 times. This seems unreasonable because TV is actually getting to control the game. Why, if you're right in the middle of a drive and a TV timeout intervenes who knows what might happen to your momentum. I think the other col- leges should stand firm on these interruptions." Production Television's argument is of year we lost 20,000 tickets and course commercial. They pay the when you figure that at $5 a head dough so they should have some we can get economical, too. hand in the show. According to "What we want to do here at Crisler, Michigan's argument can Michigan is let the television peo- take on an economical turn too: ple broadcast the event as the "They pay the Big Ten confer- people in the stadium see it. Not ence $211,000 to televise the games to produce the event themselves." of which we all get a share. And So, the TV listings said Sat- they pay the home team $15,000 urday, Nov. 12. Football game: and the visiting team $12,000 in Northwestern at Michigan. 1:30 lieu of tickets not sold because it p.m., on Channel 7. But the story was being televised. Actually, for began far before that will extend the televised Ohio State game last long beyond the credits. ",o THE JUNIOR CIRCUIT By RICK STERN Changing Some Trivial Traditions Well, its just about that time of year when olde Yost Field House will be stepping happily back into the spotlight. The freshman varsity basketball game is November 22nd and the first regular season game is just two weeks later. Olde Yost has been around almost since basketball was in- vented but 1966-67 is likely to be its last full season of hosting the cage sport. Tradition is tradition, that's for sure, but its certainly time to start a new one'as far as where basketball games are played is concerned. And, after numerous delays, the new stadiun, which completes Michigan's intercollegiate athletic plant, will probably be ready for at least part of the 1967-68 season. But though we won't play any basketball in the new p (a)lace for a year or so, this year might be the right time to start some new traditions regarding what happens at the games themselves. Along this line I have two suggestions. First and perhaps most open to debate is the question of cheer- leaders. The young (men) who cheered our football team this fall will also be showing up for'the basketball games, if history repeats itself. The cheerleaders are well-coordinated and reasonably enthusi- astic about the teams. But no more so than any of the fans, nor is there any reason why they as opposed to myself or any other 'average' fan should get the best seats at the basketball games, as well as free admission. Hiring Clowns ... I find them amusing, sure. Some of their cheers are downright ridiculous, and they are sensible enough to realize that humorous cheers can add something to the game sometimes. But if that's what people want, lets hire some clowns. As far as inspiring either the fans or the team though, this they simply do not do. Rather because of the fact that they sit right at the entrance to the court, they tend to get in the way whenever Michigan runs on to the court. Personally I get far more excited watching the team man- agers sweep the court at halftime than I ever could watching the cheerleaders jump around. Every other Big Ten spool has girl cheerleaders at basketball games, and there's no reason Michigan shouldn't either. Second gripe concerns the programs which are distributed for 15 cents at the basketball games. Michigan publicity director Les Etter accomplishes here whatit takes five or six men to do at most schools and generally does a better job too. Yet in this one area, he falls short. Wisconsin's basketball program, for example, includesup to date statistics, pictures and stories on every player, as well as general articles about the team and other Wisconsin winter sports teams. Michigan's includes only team pictures of Michigan and rosters of each team. There are no statistics or articles. Pay for What You Get . . It seems obvious that if Michigan students will pay 15 cents for a roster and a few pictures, they would be willing to pay a little more for statistics, at least. And if the Athletic Department does not want to or perhaps cannot take the trouble to compile a useful program, then they too should distribute just a mimeographed roster at no charge. It is simply unfair to students to make them pay 15 cents for our little yellow program, when spectators at other schools are paying 25 or even 50 cents and getting five or ten times as much for their money. Tradition is changeable. The team has changed from a loser to a winner. Why not change the cheerleaders and the basketball programs from losers into winners? 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