25, 1944 THt MICH IGAN DAILY . ... Athletic Facilities Are Numerous atMichigan Ferry Field, Waterman Gymnasium, Yost Field House, All Have Colorful Histories Wrestling. (Continued from Page 3) By STAN SAUERHAFT Recreational facilities have come a long way since 1858, when an old military barracks was transformed into Michigan's first gymnasium. It was a tent pitched where the Physics Laboratory now stands, and its apparatus included only a few .ropes, bars, and rings. Although this makeshift gymnasium was en- tirely inadequate, it wasn't until 1891 that a permanent building was as- sured. After many previous attempts at raising sufficient funds had failed, Joshua W. Waterman of Detroit offered to give $20,000 for a suitable structure provided a like amount was raised from other sources. The building was completed in 1894 with $6,000 being allotted for equipment. It was 150 feet by 90 feet, but was enlarged in 1916 to 246 feet. The elliptical track is up in the gallery and is -10 laps to the mile, making it one of the largest gallery running tracks in the country. Ferry Field Built In the meantime demands for facilities for outdoor play had been met. Since the informal play that had been taking place on the old fairgrounds in the southeastern part of the city was entirely insufficient and unsatisfactory for college games, the Board of Regents in 1891 pur- chased the south 10 acres of what is now Ferry Field. This original field was called "Regents Field." In 1902 the Hon. D. M. Ferry of Detroit donated an additional 21 acres to the University and the com- bined tract was given its surviving name, "Ferry Field." Later expan- ion enlarged the entire plot to ap- proximately 80 acres. Stands were built around the field to accommo- date 17,000, which was the maximum attained at the final football game on the old field in 1905. New Stadium Made in 1927 In 1906 the site of intercollegiate activities on Ferry Field was shifted to a center on the north part of the field. A new gridiron was built there with a quarter-mile cinder track encircling it. The baseball diamond was also moved to the north. Wood- en stands were erected at the new gridiron, but in 1914 those on the south side of the field were removed in part to the baseball field. In that same year, 1914, the first unit of a contemplated concrete sta- dium to hold 48,000 was started. However, this seating capacity wa not believed to be adequate, and P new stadium site, to the. south ane west of Ferry Field, was purchased in 1925. In 1927 the new stadiin was completed. It was built like a bowl and was capable of seating 87,000. The cost was $950,000 and the site was purchased for approxi- mutely $240,000. Ycst Field House Next Meanwhile, the crowded conditit- of Waterman Gymnasium made add- ed facilities, particularly for 'inter- cllegiate competition, desirable, and in 1922 Director of Athletics Yost was appointed chairman of a com- mittee to investigate the possibility of a gymnasium field house on Ferry Field. Final action approving such a building was taken by the Board in Control of Athletics with the accep- tance of designs for one great room, 286 feet by 160 feet and a space entirely clear of obstacles 67 feet high. The floor was to be dirt with an eight lap cinder track and a 75-yard straightaway down the mid- dle. The seating capacity was to be 12,000, but without the second bal- cony, which was not erected, '8,500. A portable basketball floor, on which intercollegiate contests are played, can be installed in the center of the floor. In May, 1923, the Board in Control of Athletics designated the building as Yost Field House. The name "Field House" was the inven- tion of Mr. Yost, and has since been used many times to designate the particular type of building. IM Building Is Newest The Intramural Sports Building was erected in 1929 on Ferry Field. This building, erected at a cost of $743,000, was the first of its kind in the country. It contains almost every conceivable feature which can be used in indoor sports and recreation, including four basketball or tennis courts, 13 squash courts, 14 walled handball courts, a golf driving net, an auxiliary gym equipped with gym- nastic apparatus, wrestling room, boxing room and a natatorium with a pool, 75 feet by 35 feet, in which the intercollegiate contests have been held, T HE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STADIUM-Here thany of the great ,Wolverine football teams have played before crowds of 80,000 thiilfed sprctators. Last year the 'Maize and Blue-Notre Dame contest was pla~yed before 86,123 persons, the largest crowd in the history of the stadium. Basketball Squa... (Continued from Page 1) - - - - - - - - - ~ - ~ much acclaim for his aggressive backboard tactics. The following night the Wolver- ines played host to Illinois, Confer- ence champs of the previous season, and humbled the "Gee Whiz Kids" 52-45 for, an upset in a see-saw battle. King continued to set the pace with 16 'markers. Following the even break in the opening week-end of Big Ten play, Michigan trekked to Wisconsin for a two-game series and proceeded to drop both contests, 50-41 and 52-31. In these tilts it was the play of de- pendable Strack which stood out although he worked for a lost cause. The next week-end the Woverines entrained for Purdue and another two-game duel. The first contest went into overtime before the Boiler- makers eked out a 46-44 triumph. Strack hung up 19 points in this affair. In the second tilt Purdue fin- ally found its vaunted power to coast] to an easy 51-35 win. Michigan came home for its next two contests, meeting Ohio State. King racked up 27 points as the Buckeyes won the first 53-49, and was effectively stopped in the second which Ohio State took 51-37. Wolverines Win Two from Indiana Against Indiana the following week-end, thenMaize andBlue finally got back on the victory trail with a double victory over the Hoosiers, tak- ing the first game in a walk, 65-49, with Hirsch getting 22 tallies, and squeezing through to a 46-44 win in the second. The hapless Chicago Maroons were the Michigan victims in the next game as the Wolverines poured on a 71-34 drubbing. Oosterbaan's char- ges closed the season with a surprise 50-45 upset of Northwestern to a- venge the earlier trouncing by the Wildcats. King Sixth in Scoring King finished in sixth place in Conference scoring and was elected the most valuable player on the squad. Strack was tenth in the Big Ten and was named honorary cap- tain. He also was named by the Detroit Free Pressas the outstanding basketball player in the state. Hirsch wound up 13th in scoring. In an effort tonbolster this some- what weak record and pull the cage Oosterbaan .. (Continued from Page 3) squad up on a level with the other. championship teams summer basket- ball drills were instituted by Assis- tant Coach Bill Barclay this spring. Such drills are the first in the history1 of the University. Two Veterans Report In the beginning only Naval and' Marine trainees were invited to par- undefeated and Nettesheim's victory gave the Boilermakers their first score of the afternoon. Chip Warrick then put the Maize and Blue into the win column again by gaining the nod over Bob Arm- strong in the 145 pound bracket. But the Purdue matmen were not giving up that easily and they came back strong, winning the next two match- es on decisions to knot the count at nine all. Newt Copple, Purdue 155- pounder, won a hair raising decision from Curtis of Mih:igan. while Jack Shepard defeated Wilson in the 165 pound division. Boilermaker Spurt Throttlcd This sudden spurt by the Boiler- makers was throttled when Galles, Wolverine 175-pounder, registered the only fall of the day over Bruce Porter and with the three points added to the Michigan total by act- ing captain Green's win over Bob Wilson in a heavyweight encounter, the Wolverines ended their success- ful home debut. As Michigan approached the half- way mark in the season with their two toughest teams out of the way, the title-bound Wolverines put their untarnished slate on the block two more times, against Minnesota and Indiana. Gophers Beaten Easily The Maize and Blue matmen had little trouble subduing the under- manned Gopher squad, 25-3, as they registered two falls and five decisions and only lost one match to the hap- less men from Minneapolis. In the Indiana tussle, the power- laden Michigan outfit routed Coach Billy Thom's Hoosier matmen, 23-3, to chalk up their fourth successive victory of the year and finish the season undefeated in four dual meets. Coach Ray Courtright's charges- had things pretty much their own way with Indiana, 1943 Big Ten champions, even though three regu- lars, Galles, Wilson and Gittins, were absent from the starting line-up. The Wolverines won six matches, lost one and gained one forfeit. 1944 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 16 Iowa Pre-Flight home Sept. 23 Marquette (night) away Sept. 30 Indiana home Oct. 7 Minnesota away Oct. 14 Northwestern home Oct. 21 open date Oct. 28 Purdue home Nov. 4 Pennsylvania away Nov. 11 Illinois home Nov. 18 Wisconsin home Nov. 25 Ohio State away TOMMY KING THE GOOD OLD DAYS: Michigan Played and Won First Gridiron Contest Back in 1871 HUME TWINS-Bob, last year's track captain and Ross, captain- elect, are two of Michigans greatest distance runners. During the past year they broke the Wolverine mile record when they ran the distance in the good time of 4:14.6. Trackmen Triumph... ticipate, and a squad of 15 men, including veterans King and Bob Stevens, reported for duty. Later, a call was issued for civilians, and the ranks were swelled considerably. Although most of the players now working out are unknown as far as the Michigan coaching staff is con- cerned, several promising performers have been unearthed. When the Michigan gridders trot out on the field Sept. 16 against Iowa Pre-Flig., will mark the opening of the 65th Wolverine football sea- son. May 30, 1879 marked the first football game ever played by a Mich- igan team, and that obscure outfit inaugurated a tradition of winning football which has been upheld ever since. On that day the Wolverine representatives defeated Racine Col- lege, 7-2, under the guidance of a' student coach. In the fall of the same year Michi- gan played two more games on the gridiron, one a 0-0 tie with Toronto and the other a repeat performance of the earlier win over Racine, this time by a 1-0 score. The next year, 1880, saw the Wol- verines play only one contest, win- ning a 13-6 victory over Toronto. But the next season found some of the eastern schools, then the acknow- ledged powers of the football world, on the schedule. This first venture into the big time was hardly a suc- cess as the Wolverines dropped all three of their games, losing to Har- uard, Yale and Princeton. This unhappy experience must have given the Michigan supporters something of a shock because no games were booked for the 1882 sea- son. In 1883, they tried again, but were little more successful, winning but one tilt and losing three. Evidently, Michigan gave up on the eastern schools for awhile after- ward, confining its gridiron activities to local teams for the next several seasons and compiling a better than fair record. Notre Dame appeared on the slate in 1887, and the records show that the Irish did not fare so well, going down, 8-0. The schedule was increase to five games in 1890 and then to eight'the following year. From then on the Wolverines played a full schedule every fall and were soon started on the road to national prominence in the football world. Great things come from small beginnings. (Continued from Page I) Following that meet, the team went to Chicago Stadium and set a new record at the Big Ten meet by scoring 75%/4 points to second place Illinois with 401/ Nineteen members of the Wolverines 23 man squad fig- ured in the scoring. Michigan cap- tured six first places and tied for another. Swanson high-stepped his way to a victory in both hurdle events, the Humes won the mile and two-mile, Ufer the 440, Dale tied for the highiump, and the mile relay squad was victorious. Win Purdue Relays Coach Doherty's charges complet- ed their indoor season by performing well at the Chicago Relays and by winning the Purdue Relays. After a two weeks rest, the squad started off the outdoor campaign with a bang, when they, stole the show at the Penn Relays by taking firsts in the four-mile relay and dis- tance medley and thirds in the mile and two mile relay. Eight men com- peted in the four relay events: Ufer, the Humes, Dick Barnard, John Pur- due, Will Glas, Fred Negus and Jim Pierce. One of the most exciting track meets was held at Michigan on May 13 when the Wolverines played host to Illinois and Purdue. Illinois paced by their two colored stars. Buddy Young and Bob Kelley, was expected to give the Wolverines a lot of trou- ble. However, Michigan's old reliable team balance was too much for the visitors,tandthe Wolverinesdtallied 71 points to 54 for Illinois and 27 for Purdue. % The thinclads tuned up for the Big Ten meet by winning a quadrangular meet against Purdue, Northwestern and Western Michigan by scoring 62 7-12 points. It was in this meet that the squad lost Ufer. In one of the most closely con- tested Big Ten meets, the Wolverines edged out Illinois 70 to 58 1-10. With three events yet to go -Michigan was ahead 521/2 to 5112, and it was only through team balance that Coach Doherty's men forged ahead. The thinclads took three firsts and tied for a fourth. Following the close of the Big Ten season, some of the Michigan stars competed in outside meets to bring down the curtain on one of the most successful Wolverine track seasons. The Hume twins went to Great Lakes to compete in the Central Collegiate Conference track and field meet. It was here that they recorded their best time for the mile. The next week, the National AAU meet was held at Milwaukee. Bob and Ross Hume again dead-heated the mile and Bob lost the half-mile in the last 75 yards to Illinois' Bob Kelley with Dick Barnard placing third. Baseball ... MARSHAALLAS "CUT RATE 365 DAYS A YEAR" 235 South State, Next to State Theatre SALE DAYS: FRI., SAT., AUG. 18-19 bam $1.00 - KREML SHAMPOO 59c 12 o:. 50c Phillips TOOTH PASTE BUY WAR BONDS - INVEST IN VI CTORY ; IF YOU WRITE, WE HAVE IT! HEADQUARTERS for Student and Office Suppies, Typewriter and Fountain Pen Repairs Typewriters student and Office of all makes Supplies bought, rented, Loose Leaf Notebooks cleaned and repaired Correspondence Stationery .- - --w.- - - -- lar career in 1928, it was only natur- al that he turn his talents to coach- ing and that his alma mater should recognize his service on the field *of play by giving him an opportunity to show what he could do as a tutor. In time, he was given the assignment as head basketball coach to succeed Franklin Cappon and also took over the job of end coach on the football squad. He has also done some work with the baseball team in his spare time. No Championships Unfortunately, his coaching career has not followed the same unblem- ished pattern that his playing days took. He has yet to win his first Western Conference championship in basketball, although he has had some fine teams and numerous individual stars including the Townsend broth- ers, big Jim Mandler and lately Tom- my King and Dave Strack. But those of us who know him are sure that Oosterbaan's day of tri- umph will come and that someday, perhaps this winter, his cagers will lead the pack to the finish line and climax his years of untiring effort to produce a consistent winner. Turns Out Fine Ends As a football mentor, Oosterbaan has tutored a lot of very fine ends, at least one of whom, Ed Frutig, gar- nered All-American honors. At the beginning of the presertt season it looked like he might have another in the person of Dick Rifenburg, one of the finest high school athletes ever developed in the state of Michigan, but Uncle Sam reached out his long arm and took him into the Maritime 23c' Ic Woodbury's Soap, 6, 75c 75c Doan's Pills..... 50c Molle . 26c 1.25 Seratan 66C .28c r 16 oz. Glycerine. .59c 50c Dr. Lyons 39c 100 5-Grain ASPIRIN 6c. 16 oz. Alcohol 70% Rubbing 9c, I I--- (Continued from Page 2) Michigan bats rang merrily down at Bloomington. Fisher then took his squad to South Bend, where the Irish gained partial revenge by shell- ing Bowman in the opener for a lop- sided 10-1 triumph. Hirsch came back in the second game to win, 6-4. Needing a split with Purdue in the last two Conference 'jousts of the season to gain the title, Michigan made it doubly sure by winning 4-2 and 3-2 in two exceedingly well- played and hard-fought ball games. 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