The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, August 9, 1978-Page 11 'U' COURSE HOSTS MICHIGAN OPEN: Celebrities teeing it up By ALAN FANGER Simon has also decided to interchange the front and back Everyone basks in life's glory moments at one time or nines, since the scenic 9th offers a superior gallery vantage another, but Tom Simon has it a bit different. He's shining point. This change is only planned for the actual tour- amidst a week of glory. nament, however, and not for today's play. The head professional at the University Golf Course, site of the 59th annual Michigan Open, could barely contain his Tom Deaton, the defening champion and pro at Franklin excitement on the eve of the Pro/Celebrity portion of the Hills Country Club, is considered to be the frontrunner in tournament, and with good reason-top-flight golf has the four-day event, although Simon sees a good share of reached Ann Arbor. golfers fighting it out for the $4,000 first prize. - "You have to consider Randy Erskine as a contender, At noon today, a host of celebrities, including former since he's had tour experience," Simon said. "I also think President Gerald Ford, will tee it off shotgun-style in the Jim Appleton (Washtenaw CC) and Jim Picard (Lochmoor five man best-all prelude to the statewide professional CC) have excellent shots at it." championship, which begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. Crowds of between 3,000 and 5,000 are expected for all five days of the tournament, although tomorrow's is likely to Simon has put in long hours preparing for the onslaught of eclipse that mark. They will see a Who's Who of Detroit and players and fans; the 6,865 yard, par 71 tract looks nothing Michigan Sports, as participants include coaches Johnny short of immaculate. "In the time that I've been Orr'and Bo Schembechler (both of whom will be playing professional here, I've never seen this course in better con- with Ford), former head football coach and Iowa athletic dition," he proudly commented. director Bump Elliott, basketball standout Cazzie Russell, and many more familiar faces. The real drawing card, however, will be Ford, former Along the way, Simon and his crew have sharpened some president and Most Valuable Player on the 1935 football areas (the rough is 1 " higher, greens faster) to further team. And security will be airtight as the ex-chief executive test the pros on this moderately difficult course. The mostto his alma mater. prominent of these alterations will be the shortening of the Tickets for today's Pro-Celebrity ($3), and the Open ($2) 9th hole from a relatively easy par-5 to a more difficult par- may be purchased at either the Michigan Ticket Depar- tment or the golf course. READY TO CLAIM TICKETS? Blue football action all sold out Blue athletes honored tonight By ALAN FANGER Hundreds of Michigan sports enthusiasts will takea unique trip down memory lane tonight at Crisler Arena. That's where the first annual Michigan Hall of Honor dinner and inductions will take place. THE HALL of Honor will an- nually pay tribute to those former Michigan athletes and coaches who, according to Athletic Direc- tor Don Canham, "have made a significant contribution to the Athletic Department and Univer- sity community." The initial group of inductees includes former President Gerald R. Ford, Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon, three-time All-American Bennie Ooster- baan, basketball All-American Cazzie Russell, former Detroit Tiger catcher Bill Freehan, and Wolverine football broadcaster Bob Ufer, once a record holder in track, but duly recognized for his emotion-packed broadcasts of Wolverine grid clashes. The evening will be highlighted by a sight-and-sound presen- tation of each inductee's athletic career. The six men will follow their respective tributes with personal remarks. TICKETS for the Hall of Honor Dinner are $50, and may be pur- chased at either the Athletic Department ticket office or at the Crisler Arena door. All proceeds will go to the Michigan Athletic Scholarship Fund. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m., with dinner following at 8:00. by BOB MILLER Once apon a time there was a football stadium that seated 101,001 people and sold out once every two years when Michigan State came to town. But those days are long gone and even though the capacity has increased by 700 seats, even the lowliest of op- ponents have been assured of playing before a sold-out arena. This year is no exception. IN WHAT HAS to be one of the earliest dates in Michigan (if not NCAA) history, all the tickets for the entire 1978 home season have been spoken for. That means the athletic department can count the receipts of at least 610,206 paying customers before the kickoff of the first game on Septem- ber 16. "We've never sold out like this before," said a spokesperson at the ticket department. In fact, the demand to see the Wolverines is so high, that- almost all the alloted tickets for Michigan's five road games are already taken. NOTRE DAME and Ohio State sold out the first day road tickets went on rain~~~ ~ ~ % he r naht fat the coupons they were given at CRISP for the actual book of tickets starting on September 5. At that time, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Track/Tennis Building, students will have to provide a valid ID card for fall term, a drivers license or some other picture identification and the voucher given out at CRISP. THE IMPORTANT part about the new distribution policy is that: * Tickets will have already been assigned, and all a student has to do to claim them is sign the voucher. . . * There is NO NEED TO WAIT IN LINE because students can pick up tickets anytime between the 5th and September 8, from 8 till 4, REGAR- DLESS OF CLASS STANDING... * The Athletic Department is going to take a tougher stand against people who have lost their vouchers: So be aware that in order to claim tickets, students must bring the necessary Michigan ID, picture identification and the voucher. Office, corner of State and Hoover, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. And just for trivia sake, Michigan will record its 17th straight sell-out (101,701 or more) when Purdue makes an appearnace on November 18. At that time the Wolverines will have played in front of 22 consecutive 100,000 plus crowds dating back to 1875 when In- diana only drew 93,857. u - - - Doc to Bird: Don't pitch until spring. DETROIT (AP)-Mark "The Bird" noted "especially since Fidrych, the Detroit Tigers' colorful manipulative procedures he receive young righthander, was grounded New York June 28," a referenc yesterday for the rest of the baseball Fidrych's treatment by the New Y season because of chronic shoulder Yankee team physician. troubles. "Chances are good thatm The word came from the American prolonged rest and rehabilitation, M League ball club which had sent the 23- will be able to pitch next spring,' year-old ace pitcher to doctors in said. Detroit, New York and California in \ The usually talkative Fidrych1 hopes of straightening out the painful nowhere near Tiger Stadium w tendinitis in his right shoulder. word was passed that he was thro The announcement by Tiger General for the year. Manager Jim Campbell followed But when he arrived in Detroit ear medical reports from Ford Hospital in Monday he said: "I know I can p Detroit that Fidrych should be rested again but not with the way my ar for the balance of the baseball year. hurting. Why go out there and look Campbell said Fidrych would be a fool?" placed on the 60-day emergency The Tigers had been hopelful Fidi disabled list which will extend beyond would be ready to pitch tonight aga the regular baseball season. He also the Texas Rangers. It would have b said Fidrych will not play winter ball, a his first game with the Tigers s decision that puts off his return to the April17 when the tendinitis kicked u mound until spring training next Tiger fans had bought up more t February. 30,000 tickets for the game, but p The Tigers said the sore arm was for a big comeback by the vaunted: examined Monday by Dr. Edwin Guise, went awry when Fidrych threw e an orthopedic surgeon, who said pitches for the Tigers' farm clu Fidrych had "made tremendous im- Lakeland, Fla., Saturday night prove gent from-he tendiniti'-but still complained of stiffness again. was nrt in condition to pitch. Fidrych was sent there July 21 t sale, anda ese are some, out A lot of interest in purchasing season tickets left for dates at Wisconsin, Iowa tickets started as early as two years and Northwestern. ago when people realized that Notre .se n dame and Ohio State would visit the As far as the home portion of the friendly cavernous confines of schedule is concerned, ticket depar- Michigan Stadium in the same season.-. tment personnel are busy processing Everything else about football tickets and sending out season tickets to people remains the same as it has for almost who have purchased them in the past. eternity. Once that is done, then they will mail SEATS ARE GIVEN out on a class out season tickets to a very lucky little priority. This year, though, all the group of people who are buying season names of seniors were put together and tickets for the first time, drawn out one at a time urtil all the seniors received seats. The same ap- Students need not worry as their plied to juniors, down to freshmen. tickets have been setasideand are not . Tickets not picked up by 4:,00.p.m. on, includedin'the amount of seson ti ckets September. 9 canbe. gotten-between. sold. 'ud'ens -will be able-to redeem ';, Septeberx ,15 at the Ath etie ReTe the d in e to York with [ark " he was hen ugh rlier itch m b like rych ainst been ince Lp. than lans Bird ight b in and o try ITUI I {j .. { i1Cr itL. ...r.r s77N i4 }Ya..a.a. YA y Y a .o . F . . s !