Page 12-B-Thursday, JuneG3, 1982-The Michigan Daily A GUIDE TO AREA ATHLETICS Summer snorts fun for everyone By RON POLLACK Daily Staff Writer It's summer time and you're won- dering what to do with your free time. After all, you can only spend so much time working on your suntan before you either get bored or burned to a crisp. So what is there to do besides put on more suntan lotion? The answer is reallyquite simple if you're at all interested in sports. Whether you're looking to participate in athletics or just watch, there's plenty to do in Ann Arbor and surrounding areas. One option is that of the Michigan recreational sports program. The in- tramural sports offered this summer including entry deadlines: slow pitch softball (July 6), co-rec soccer (July 7), an all-campus singles and doubles tournament (July 9), a volleyball tour- nament for men and one for women (July 13), a co-rec doubles tennis tour- nament (July 30) and co-rec volleyball (August 3). THE LIST of club sports offered this summer is even more extensive. These include aikido, American karate, bicycling, boxing, cricket, frisbee, kayaking, Okinawan karate, rowing, shorin ryu, shotakan, square dancing, volleyball (co-Rec, men, women), water polo, windsurfing and tai kwon do. If you'd rather cool off, rather than get all hot and sweaty from these club and IM sports, the recreational sports program still may serve your needs since both the North Campus Recreational Building and Central Campus Recreational Building have swimming pools. These buildings also have basketball, racquetball, pad- dleball, handball, volleyball, squash, jogging and weight lifting facilities. IF TENNIS is your game, then Palmer Field is the place for you, as there are 16 tennis courts there along with a basketball court, a volleyball area and a % mile track. Palmer Field is located adjacent to the CCRB. There are a number of fields in the central and north campus areas which provide space for softball, lacrosse, soccer, football, rugby, jogging, etc. Some of these fields are South Ferry Field, the Tartan Turf, Elbel Field, Palmer Field, Mitchell Field, Baits Field and Hubbard Field. For the locations of these fields or additonal in- formation on club sports, IM sports and any other recreational sports infor- mation, call 763-4560. But the recreational sports program does not have a monopoly on athletic facilities and events in Ann Arbor. To realize this, one need only look at what is offered by the Ann Ar.bor YMCA. Even if you aren't a member, you can use these facilities by paying $4 for a daily pass. SOME OF THE activities offered by the 'Y include basketball, swimming, racquetball, paddleball, volleyball, wolleyball (volleyball on racquetball courts using the walls), aerobics and dance, judo, karate, aikido, Tai, chi chu'an, golf, sailing, and windsurfing. In addition, a backpacking class and two such trips are offered. The first trip is to Pigeon River, August 6-8. The en- try deadline for this is July 13. The second trip is to Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada, August 19-22. The entry deadline for this trip is July 20. Another outing offered by the YMCA ae "spelunking" trips. The adult trip ua"ly"otoby JA'IE E THREE SHIRTLESS spectators watch the tennis action from atop Palmer Field and manage to-get a tan at the same time. will be July 16-18 to Bloomington, Ind. The family trip will also go to Bloomington. This trip will be held from July 23 to 25. The entry deadline for both trips is July 7. On June 30, a planning and orientation meeting will be held at 6;30-8:00 for the family trip and8:00-9:30 for the adult trip. WHILE THE YMCA and recreational sports program offer a wide variety of activities, for some sports enthusiasts there is one and only one sport to play over the sunmmer and that is softball. For such a person, the place to go is Softball City, A league will be starting at Softball City on July 12, and entries are expec- ted to be taken up'to that very date. Sof- tball City is located at Eight Mile and Woodward on the state fairgrounds in Detroit and there are 12 lighted fields allowing play to go on for much of the day and night. Each team plays 14 games before the playoffs, and the entry fee is $240 per team. IF YOU'D rather watch softball than play, you might still consider venturing out to Softball City. And you don't even have to watch amateurs play if you don't want to, since Detroit has its own professional team. This team, called Detroit Softball City, plays its games on the fairgrounds and can be seen in ac- tion against Kentucky (June 26, 27), South Jersey (July 2, 3), Milwaukee (July 4,), Cincinnati (July 24, 25), Cleveland (August 12) and Lima (August 14, 15). Admission is $2. For additional information on these pro games or on forming your own team, call 368-1850. But for the baseball purist, watching a softball game may not suffice. For such an individual, the only answer is to trek out to Tiger Stadium to watch the Tigers. THE TIGERShave been anything but boring this year, as bench clearing brawls, beanball wars and thrilling game-winning home runs have all oc- curred this season. Even if you aren't from Michigan, Tiger Stadium may have something of interest for you as Seattle, Cleveland, - Milwaukee, Boston, Baltimore, Min- nesota, Chicago, Texas, Toronto, New York, Kansas City and California will all be in town some time during the summer months. To find out when your hometown team (for all of you non- Detroiters) is in town, call962-4000. And what about the sports fan, who just can't wait for Bo Schembechler and his team to start the 1982 football campaign? Well if a football=fix is what you are in need of, then drive on out to Oakland University starting July 21. Starting on this date and location, the Detroit Lions start training camp. Practices begin at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and they're open to the public, free of charge. FURTHERMORE, the Lions can be viewed under game conditions this summer when they encounter the Cleveland Browns (August 14, 7:00 p.m.) and the Oakland Raiders (August 21, 7:00 p.m.) in exhibition games at the Pontiac Silverdome. Tickets are still available for both games. For ticket in- formation call 335-4151. But even taking the popularity of the Tigers and Lions in the hearts of Detroiters, the biggest sporting event of the summer for them may occur in nearby Windsor. On July 15, Detroit's Thomas Hearns will be boxing for the middleweight title against current champion, Marvin Hagler. The fight will be held in Windsor Arena. In boxing, baseball or football, a sports fan will be seeing events that have received tremendous attention and exposure over the years. But if you want to attend sporting events that aren't seen on a regular basis, the op- portunity is there this summer. ON JUNE 12 and 13 the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will make an appearance at the Detroit Willow Run Air Show. Other air show performers will include the nation's top civilian aerobatic team, the Eagles, the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, World Aerobatic Champion Leo Louden- slager. Also present will be dozens of World War II and static display aircraf- ts. On both days, the feature show will begin at 1:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $6 for adults and $4 for children. For more information, call 961-0122. The other sport that can be attended this summer, which normally doesn't get a great deal of exposure, is table tennis. On June 30th through July four- 'th, the 52nd annual U.S. Table Tennis Championship will be held at Cobo hall in Detroit. THE EUROPEAN, South American and Saudi American men's singles champions will be competing with Nor- th America's top players in this, the most important tournament in the United States. The U.S. Junior team will return from a two month training trip to China to compete in this tournament. For fur- ther information, call 756-7202 or 754- 5969. 4 .0 4 4 . .. tennis anyone?