PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 13,:1955 PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 Swimmers fce Paddleball Game Originated Here; Now Spread Completely Over Nation) .P o isin ° Year Records Fall in IowaWin Sophomores PerformWe By JIM BAAD How many people who play pad- deball know that the sport was invented at the Intramural Build- ing? Director of intramural sports, Eary Riskey, inventor of paddle- ball and president of the National Paddleball Association, says the game "just happened." From Paddle Tennis It was actually derived from a game called paddle tennis which is played with paddles and a net. Mr. Riskey enjoyed playing pad- dle tennis and was also proficient at handball. He decided to mix the two games and paddleball was born. The game uses handball rules, but the ball is hit with a paddle instead of the palm. Insthe transition from paddle tennis to Paddleball, the paddles were made heavier and a more resilient ball was introduced. The official paddleball is actually a tennis ball with the cover re- moved. The paddle has a thong attached which goes around the wrist, eliminating the possibility 'BalletHigh' LONDON (I)-When Walt Davis of Texas A&M said he'd spent six months studying es- sentials of ballet dancing be-' fore setting a world high jump record, he started something. Arthur Gold and Ron Mur- ry, British track coaches, sug- gested high jumpers should study movements of ballet dancers to gain more height. . of the paddle flying out of the hand. Paddleball started at Michigan in 1930 and began to spread out slowly. During the war, the game really caught on. "The reason for this," says Riskey, "is that the servicemen-who took part in our intramural program hated to play handball, so we switched to pad- dleball. They liked the game so much they spread it wherever they went. Now it is played all over the U.S." Fairly Simple To Play Riskey thinks the reason for the game's popularity lies in the fact that paddleball is simple enough so that two men who have never seen the game can step in and have a lot of fun and exercise playing it. Other games like handball and tennis take some skill before they become fun to play. The first campus paddleball tournament was played in 1930 and has now become a regular I-M event. Fraternities and residence halls compete in a team elimina- tion tourney every year. A team consists of two singles men and a doubles combination. All-Campus Tournament There is also an all-campus elimination tournament, both sin- gles and doubles, for individual participants. Winners become the HARRISON WEHNER ... promising sophomore all-campus paddleball champs. "Although paddleball uses hand- ball rules," says Riskey, "it's real- ly more like squash than anything else."' To prove his point he tells of a Detroit Athletic Club squash team who came up to play Michigan and were beaten. After the squash match, however, a paddleball game was played for fun. "Although the DAC men had never played pad- dleball, their squash experience paid off and they beat us," said paddleball's inventor. :.x"^:::tr:v::v.v. :rrrm:' :.:v:r ^..s"v,,;} ~~r:i"""":: . .:?:"::5r. . . ..:;:rrr::i {;:.ii5."i .ir 5.:" " t:::::::":: v"" :{{{i...::: s*....*.. ::"."i: i}:*.*.*.*.**. . .. .. ::ii {:... . .:""::"'i"f..:,": :: : :: t^} tiI 1{' } i " :s { i "t . .Y 11 SALE! Sport Coats and Slacks 20% off' Yes, our entire stock of fine all wool sport coats and slacks is included in this great sale. Select the coat and slacks of your choice and then deduct 20% from the regular price ticket. That is your saving? Trouser Cuffed Free - Other Alterations at Cost. ALL SALES FINAL 7~ ;c :; : r:;: '' By DON LINDMAN Michigan's swimming team is in f; or a banner season, if Monday's '-An over Iowa State is any indi- c ation of the strength of the Wol- t arine natators. In winning, 60-24, the Maize a> id Blue men bested a vtell-bal- at c:ed Cyclone squad which prob- ati'Y will rank next to Ohio State as tihe top dual meet opponent of the 1955 season. ,yen meet marks, two pool rec- ords, and one national standard fell b afore the Michigan onslaught, as se xteral Wolverine tankers dis- player I mid-season form in rout- ing C o'ch Jack McGuire's prote- ges. OM Event-Three Records One