Wednesday, July 11, 1973
THE SUMMER DAILY
Page Eleven
Tennis court shortage answers few
Ed. Note: This is the second and
final part o jf an analysis of the
role the Summer Tennis Club plays
in the current Ann Arbor tennis
court shortage.
By RANDY PHILLIPS
Although the Summer Tennis
Club, which operates on the
eleven varsity courts under the
auspices of the Athletic Depart-
ment, has an increasing propor-
tion of student members, com-
plaints about the present Univer-
sity handling of the court prob-
lems still exist.
Besides complaints about the
restrictions the club places on
court usage, especially by non-
members who may or may not be
students, the cost of lessons by
Tennis Coach Brian Eisner and
assistant Ken Kirkendall, one of
the features of the. club, has been
attacked as restrictive, even
though the lessons are given at
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SINCE THE lessons were a bit
too high for student budgets,
lessons were primarily given to
faculty members or other resi-
dents. Kirkendall indicates that
this summer's "Tennis Every-
one" boom has reversed that pat-
tern this year.
Even so, it is still valid to
argue that members and others
should be given the opportunity
to take cheap or free group les-
sons as the city provides for
children. Beginners may not want
to invest large sums for lessons,
but may want to get a grasp of
the game so they can play for
fun.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Can-
ham suggests that cheap or free
lessons would be impractical be-
cause of the unavailability of
instructors in the summer and
the lack of money to pay them.
Perhaps, though; the present in-
structors could be induced to
give a couple hours a week for
cheap group lessons.
Other complaints are aimed at
abuses of the club. There have
been occasionsawhen unauthor-
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courts for the purpose of giving
private lessons for personal gain.
Canham indicated that this has
been a problem but it is now
solved. One person has been kick-
ed off the courts this year for
giving lessons.
Last year Eisner used several
courts to work with his Youth
Development Group. Complaints
arose from this misuse, and the
youth groups have been put off.
THE ATHLETIC Department
has an agreement with the city
recreation groups for the use of
the varsity courts and instructors.
About four courts were occupied
through this program in the peak
late afternoon periods at the end
of the regular school year. Since
University people should have
priority, it can be argued, these
groups should be scheduled at
less busy periods, if at all. Can-
ham disagreed, citing an incon-
venience to the instructors and
children as his reason.
Even with the operation of the
club, the courts have been poorly
maintained. Sand and dirt often
accumulate; the lines are faded;
some nets are torn or shabby.
Compared to Eastern Michigan's
varsity courts, Michigan's are
simply lousy. In-addition, there is
no convenient water fountain or
dressing room facilities.
Canham explained thdt the
courts should be properly swept
by the people hired at the club
and that wear and tear over the
years has brought about the bad
state of repair. He indicated that
$10,000 will have, to be. spent
next fall to resurface and re-line
the courts. A water fountain will
also be provided when the courts
are resurfaced.
The membership fees go mostly
for wages to pay the super-
visory people. Last year about
$800 was cleared by the club,
and this year the figure is ex-
pected to be less. Canham said
any profits will be spent on the,
resurfacing project.
SINCE THE CLUB has not
been a big profit maker, Can-
ham says there will be a switch
next year to a flat user fee sys-
tem. The switch was to be made
this year, but was never gotten
to.
A flat user fee has some plusses
over the club. At least the fee
will be apportioned on the basis of
use. However, this could become
prohibitive to regular players if
the fee is not kept to a bare
minimum such as under $1 per
court per hour.
Another alternative would be
to have free use of the courts
with supervision. The supervision
would protect the courts and help
maximize the use of the courts
by enforcing a time limit rule
and utilizing sign-up sheets. But
it is unlikely that the Athletic
Department would pay the cost
of supervision.
An unsupervised alternative is
ruled out by Canham because of
feared abuses and resulting dam-
age to the courts.
HOWEVER, the fact is that
the present club supervision is
not adequately limiting abuses.
People in street shoes play all
the time, especially on the back
courts. Bicycles are brought on
the courts; even baby buggies
have been carried on the com-
posite surface. So, if protection
is the goal, supervision must be
improved or else the argument
for supervision doesn't hold.
How the Varsity courts will be
used in the future will be decided
by the Athletic Department. Any-
thing short of many more courts
will not_ solve all the problems
regardless of how the courts are
used.
US jumps to lead
TEL AVIV (A) - Americans began reaping a harvest of medals
yesterday in the first day of the Maccabiah Games.
American swimmers captured two gold medals and seven silver
and bronze. U. S. judoists took the top trophies for the heavyweight
and lightweight classes.
Maccabiah records in swimming events tumbled to new cham-
pions, and even a record set by Olympic star Mark Spitz was nudged
off the books. However, no world records were broken.
IN THE 800 METER RELAY, the United States finished 11 seconds
ahead of second place Canada, setting a record of 8:19.5. Michael
Cook, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., broke Spitz's record for the first leg
of the relay by two-tenths of a second with a tie of 2:02.2.
Jeff Latz of Tempe, Ariz., won the 100 meters freestyle in 55.4
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