$EPTEMBER 24, 1935 T-HEI MI.CHIG r DAIICY PAGE NINETEEN. THE MTCTTI4~N DAILY F4~ Ii~ETEEN hItramural Orientation Week Sports Program Begins Today Ass Of 193 WiilInspeCt 1- FacilitieS T urneys Planned In Golf Srooting and Swmmu " 18 Sports Are Offered Vreshmnai Grid Candidates To Report To Coch Ray Fisher Sept. 30th By RAYMOND GOODMAN The Intramural Department's an nual Orientation Week athletic pro- gram, featuring a diversified schedule of 18 sports, will swing into action at 4:30 p.m. today, when the freshmen groups will start a tour through the largest Intramural plant in the world. The tour will continue through Thursday. Opportunity for active competition with fellow freshmen will be afforded the first year men in bowling, golf, handball, horseshoes, rifle shooting, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. In boxing, codeball, cross-country, fenc- ing, gymnastics, Sigma Delta Psi, and squash instruction will be oered as well as a chance to meet others in- terested in these sports.. Men desir- ing to report for freshman football and wrestling will find this included in the schedule. Golfers Get Chance The tennis singles tournament will take place at 1:00 p.m. Saturday and will provide excellent practice for the fall All-Campus meet which will begin soon after the opening of school. Tryouts for the Freshman tennis squad are advised to see Coach Johnstone immediately. At the same date and hour which marks the opening of the tennis matches, golf enthusiasts will meet at the University course ready for 18 holes of medal play in the Orien- tation week matches. Players will be required to pay the usual student green fee of $.50. The Michigan Union alleys will be the scene of the bowling tournament. Freshmen desiring may report at the Ujrion at any time during the week and roll two games for a total score. BQwling will be free to everyone dur- ing the opening week. Swim Finals Thursday The swimming meets, which will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Intramural pool, have always thrown some light on the freshman team in the past and this year should prove no exception. First and second place winners in each event on Tuesday and Wed- nesday will meet on the final day to determine the ultimate winners. Freshman football candidates will report to Coach Ray Fisher at the Yost Field house, Monday, Septem- ber 30th at 3:00 p.m. Uniforms will be distributed at this time and as- pirants will be put through a light drill. Morrison Tcnnis Winner Last year's Orientation Week win- ners in the tournaments were Mor- ison, tennis; Ransom, badminton; Alexander, bowling; Van Winkle, golf; Speicher, handball and squash; and W. R. Crow, rifle shooting. In the swimming meet Polatin, R. Young, J. Young, Frederick, and Cheetham were winners in the five events. Students desiring a more detailed account of the program should con- sult the Orientation Week handbook which can be obtained at the I-M offices. I. f Largest Intramural Athletic Plant In The World 0 I-M Program D ivided Into Three Goups All Students Given Chance To Participate In The Year's Activities Following the general plan that has been in use in the past few years, the Intramural Department will divide its participation program for the student body into three classes: Independent, Interfraternity, and All-Campus. In addition there will be the usual Faculty and Cosmopolitan competi- tion. This diversified program gives, everyone opportunity for organized athletic play as well as informal par- ticipation in the sport of his choice. For the organized men the frater- nity will, as usual, be the pivot point around which all of the Interfra- ternity schedule will center. The feature of this section is team-play, all of the sports following the tourney plan with points being awarded to the house instead of the individual. Of major importance in this section is the All-Year Championship which was won by Alpha Omega, scoring 1007 points, in the 1934-35 season. The Independent division will fol- low along the same lines as the Fra- ternity, being based on the tourna- ment plan and team play. Last year 34 teams entered and competed for title, the D.D.'s piling up a total of 811 points to win. Every student rated in the Independent class is eligible to join "one of the teams or organize a new team should he wish. Each year a large number enjoy organized team competition through this medium. Has No Restrictions The All-Campus sports program is not subject to any such restrictions and is basically for the individual, tourneys being held in all of the sports in which teams are not neces- sary. Many All-Campus winners in events boasting Varsity squads have later found their way to these squads. This has proved especially so in the case of the tennis, wrestling, golf, icey hockey and swimming tourneys. Every year the Intramural De- partment has drawn more students. Last year 7,500 men took part in Director Of I-M ELMER D. MITCHELL some competitive sport. This was more than 70% of the student body.~ An even greater turnout is expected this year by the officials with the larger enrollment and more attrac- tive program. RIFLE TO BE GIVEN In addition to the ribbons awarded by the Intramural Department the R.O.T.C. will give a Krag .30 calibre' rifle to the man making the highet score in the rifle shooting competi- tion. Those wishing to enter should report to the officer in charge on Ferry Field immediately after the tour of inspection is completed. State Street a rber Shop for SATISFACTION SERVICE SANITATION Proprietors: "Steve" Hiuser Wm. A. Miller 225 South State Street Opposite Kroger's The erection of the Intramural Sports Building is the outstanding event in the history of the Intramural Department. The greatly enlarged facilities that it offered made it possible to expand the I-M program until now the University of Michigan boasts the largest Intramural athletic plant in the world. The main gymnasium, on which floor there are four basketball courts, is 252 feet long and 107 feet wide. The building includes 14 four-wale'd handball courts, 13.squash courts, a wrestling room, a boxing room, the swimmipig pool, 75 feet long by 35 feet wide}, and the auxiliary gymnasium, 96 feet long by 45 feet wide. The wall between the auxiliary gym and the swimming pool is provided with lifts which raise it out of sight and bleachers seating 1,500 can be set up for the swimming meets. Intramural Department Boasted Only 13 Sports At Foundaing Has 34 -Now 4g o* MELLOW GRAINS finer textured smoother suits 0 Fall fabrics have lost their shagginess. We match this move with Walk-Over Mellow Grains. Finer textured, plump, pliable leathers. Friendly on your feet, they grow old gracefully. BROADWAY: Brown or black Norwegian Calf. I At the opening of the 1913-14 school' year the Intramural Department was established as a branch of the Ath- letic Association, headed by Mr. Floyd Rowe and featuring a program of 13 sports. This was the small beginning out of which has grown the largest In- tramural plant in the world, boasting an Intramural Sports Building con- taining almost every conceivable fa- cility for indoor sport and recreation and a program of 31 sports, the result of much experience and, development. Dissolved in 1917 The department continued in its original form until 1917 when the World War brought about its tem- porary dissolution, its work being continued by the S.A.T.C. in a mod- ified form. The war caused great public in- terest in sports and at its conclusion the Intramural Department, which brought athletic participation not only to the trained athlete but also to the athletically minded student, had taken on an added importance which its founders, at the time of its inception had hoped might come to it. In 1919-20 the department was re- organized, headed by Elmer D. Mit- chell, who has held the position of Di- rector ever since. The next year the 'd I-M was transferred from the Ath- letic Association, which continued, however, to allow the department to use Ferry Field and its equipment, to the Division of Hygiene, Public Health, and Physical Education. Great Strides Made The erection of Yost Field House and the founding of the Athletic Board of Control both proved to be mile stones in the history of the I-M, one providing badly needed room and the other a more ambitious sched- ule, but it was the construction of the Intramural Sports Building that marks the greatest step forward. The new building made possible a vastly improved program, making available greatly enlarged facilities for swimming, baskqetball, boxing, wrestling, fencing, handball, squash, indoor :baseball, volleyball, indootr golf, water polo, badminton, and ten- nis. In addition locker room space for 4,000 men was provided. Each year the number making use JEWISH NEW YEAR CARDS of the Intramural Building has grown until last year the total reached ap- proximately 7,500. Officials attrib- ute this growth to three causes: the depression, the large enrollment in- crease, and the growing interest and desire to participate actively in ath- letics. However, to a large degree the increase can be traced to the very capable staff assisting Director Mit- chell. Assistant Director Earl Riskey, Supervisors of Sports Abram A. James, Randolph Webster, and In- structors Ernest Smith, John John- stone, and Harold Copp have filled their positions capably, the splendid record of the past few years speaking for their successes. BURTON'S WALXC.&JER 115 South Main Street -_. r: 1 Ii A Large and Choice Selection at 0. D. MORRILLS 314 South State Street '" V --_ CUSTOM TAILOR Welcome! FIRST-YEAR MEN * It will be to your satis- faction to visit our store which carries only the fol- lowing nationally known merchandise- CHENEY NECKWEAR MALLORY HATS MANHATTAN and VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS GLOVER PAJAMAS INTERWOVEN HOSE MacGREGOR SPORT WEAR WORSTED-TEX 11 featuring for Fall: IMPORTED HARRIS TWEEDS BRITISH WORSTEDS Our English herringbones in top- coatings and suitings are new on the campus. You must see them before purchasing your Fall suit. Prices Are Starting at $27.50 COME IN and inspect the most complete line of Imported and Domestic Woolens. HE NEW FALL SPORT SUITS are now ready We've a selection that Will open your eyes $34.50 Other for Less. In Van Boven Clothes the fullest measure of satisfaction is the knowledge that you are correctly dressed for the occasion. Even though you do not wish to buy today, drop in and get acquainted. I Suits .. $35.00 to $65.00 Topcoats $29.50 to $55. Hats .... $6.00 upward Shirts .. $1.95 and $3.50 Ties .... $1.00 to $3.50 Sports Coats. $19.50 Slacks .......$6.50 SUITS and TOPCOATS 1111