EFOUR I THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947 I-M Open House Proves Popular Athletic Event One of the most popular athletic events during the course of Michigan's school year is the annual Intramural Open House staged in the spacious interior of the Sports Building. The entire student body is invited to attend an exhibition of every kind of sport from necatos to basketball. During the evening's proceedings several intramural championships are also decided . 5,000 Attended Last March As an example of just what goes on, look at the crowded schedule +f last March's affair, a sports party that pulled in 5,000 people The doors opened at 6:45, and from then until 10 there was never a dull moment. Three championship basketball contests were held to determine the crown- Boxers M ake wearer of the independent, fra- ternity,'and residence hall leagues. If the cage competition becameCampusDebut a little tiring, the spectator had Athletic Board KO's Fighters Request for Varsity Standing Gymnasts ReceiveVarsity Status Boarid in Control Approves Sport After 14 Years on Non-Letter Level amUy to step over to the iports Building pool and watch the tussle for the fraternity and dormitory swimming titles. To provide re- lief from the races, the dorm wa- ter-polo championship game was sandwiched in. Gymnasts Exhibit Scattered in and among these various games, matches, and meets, were a series of special ex- hibitions. Newt Loken and his tumbling crew gave one of their usual superlative shows, amazing the crowd especially with their famed trampoline performance. The number one and two men from the varsity tennis squad, Andy Paton and Fred Otto, dis- played the form that makes net champions, and teamed up to play an exhibition indoor match with their mates, Captain Bill Mikulich and Dean McCluskey. A trio of Matt Mann's sterling divers filled in odd moments at the swimming pool with some ex- amples of varsity diving, mixed with the customary ecrowd-pleas- ing clowning. Other Exhibitions To keep things from becoming boresome, there were exhibitions in volleyba'll, codeball, necatos, weight lifting, handball, fencing. All in all, the Intramural De- partment guarantees without hes- itation that every person on cam- pus will find at least one athletic activity going on somewhere that will catch his interest. r The following titles were won last spring: independent basket- ball, the Rebels; frat basketball, Chi Psi; residence hall basket- ball, Greene House; frat swim- ming, Sigma Chi; dorm swim- ming, Hinsdale House; profes- sional frat swimming, Nu Sigma Nu; dorm water polo, Hinsdale House; paddleball doubles, Lee Setomer and Bill Juskowitz; and frat paddleball, Phi Gamma Delta. First Ring Tourney Draws Huge Crowd By JERRY ALEXANDER Michigan's first All-Campus Boxing Tournament, held as part of the annual Intramural Open House last March, received un- qualified approval by a bleacher- filling crowd of 1,500 fans and provided a tremendous boost to glove gladiators who have been striving for varsity recognition the past year. The fights had everything from toe-to-toe slugging to, su- perior displays of boxing skill and finesse. Two or three men showed excellent possibilities as far as intercollegiate competi- tion is concerned. The tourney was staged as the main attractionof the annual In- tramural Open House. Seven champions were decided. One of the outstanding per- formances came in the 155-pound class, where the only KO of the evening occurred. Don Ayers flat- tened Bill Muha in'1:27 of the second round. Ayers displayed a powerful right - hand offensive which marked him as good varsity material. In addition to Ayers, two ex- cellent , p r o s p e c t s exhibited themselves in the lightheavy battle. A close decision went to Mark Abend over Linus Litsey. Both fighters employed spar- kling boxing strategy and form in the first two rounds, but in the final three-minutes Abend switched to a slugging offensive that momentarily perplexed Litsey and gave Abend the bout. In the other bouts: Chuck Dean decisioned Dick Kudner at 127; Milt Higgs decisioned Bud Mar- shall at 135; Bob Harrison de- cisioned Jack Keeler at 145; Ed Burns decisioned Jerry Wingeart at 165; and Ralph Kohl decisioned Dick Kempthorn at heavyweight. While gymnastics achieved the select circle of letter-winning var- sity sports last spring, a similar campaign staged by boxing fans on the Michigan campus fell short of its mark. The Board in Control of Athle- tics turned down a proposal to make the fistic sport an inter- collegiate activity last April, the same afternoon they voted fa- vorably for the'tumblers. Setomer Led Drive Lee "Satoh" Setomer. was the leader in the pugilistic drive for recognition. He gathered petitions containing the signatures of 1,000 persons to present to the Board, and acted as unofficial coach for several aspiring leather-slingers who worked out daily at the Sports Building in hope that a varsity team would soon be formed. The petition procedure was a repeat-performance. Several years ago the same kind of plea was drawn up and presented to the Athletic Board, but it didn't get by the first round. The main reasons given for the negative action were that insufficient competition was available at the time and, further- more, that boxing may be consid- ered too dangerous for the inter- collegiate'level. Board Cites Deaths The Board this year cited spe- cific examples which influenced their adverse decision. They de- clared that two deaths had result- ed from the sport in the East last year. In addition, they pointed out that Navy had dropped in- tercollegiate boxing with the same objections in mind. The Board also felt that a col- lege boxing team here would be a mecca for professional prono.ters seeking suitable material fo e: -the money-fighting game. The door was left open, how- ever. An investigation is being made of other schools sponsoring boxing teams in an attempt to secure a complete and accurate picture of all the pros and cons. The Board is particularly interest- ed in facts concerning the likeli- hood of fatalities and serious in- juries. Backed By I-M As to the immediate future of boxing at Michigan, the Board declared that as much as possible would be done for the sport through the existing intramural organization. Thus, if the inves- tigation returns a favorable an- swer, the step toward creating a full-fledged varsity mitt team would not be too difficult. A long step forward was taken last March when the First All- Campus Boxing Tournament was held in conjunction with the an- nual Intramural Open House. By JACK MARTIN After a year-long drive for rec- ognition, gymnastics, the twist- and-tumble sport, was elevated last April to the status of a reg- ular inter-collegiate varsity activ- ity. It thus joins the select family of Michigan letter-winning sports after a lapse of 14 years. The last varsity gym team coached by Wil- bur West, was disbanded in 1933 as a result of the lean purses caused by the Big Blow on Wall Street. Tumblers Gave Exhibitions The decision by the Athletic Board. to reinstate the tumblers came as no real surprise, for Newt Loken, newly-named coach of the team, had been parading a group of crowd-pleasing, excellent per- formers around the Midwest on exhibition jaunts all season. The usual dull between-halves period at basketball games was turned into a pleasant, anticipated fif- teen minutes by their antics. In addition to Michigan, Ohio State adopted varsitytgymnastics this past year. The roster of West- ern Conference schools having in- ter-collegiate competition thus reads Minnesota, Illinois, North- western, Indiana, Ohio State and Michigan. Eleven-Meet Schedule An eleven-meet schedule has been organized for the coming season, an, ambitious undertaking for the initial plunge. The new squad will be unveiled Jan. 9 at Mt. Pleasant, Mich. when the Wol- verines engage Central Michigan. On Jan. 17 the sport will receive its Ann Arbor welcome in great style when Minnesota, the present Big Nine chamnps, invade the Sports Building, The remainder of the schedule: January 17, Michigan State here; Feb. 7, Central Michigan here; Feb. 14, Illinois here; Feb. 17, MSC away; Feb. 21, Ohio State away; Feb. 28, Chicago away; March 6, Syracuse away; March 13, Conference meet; March 27, NCAA meet at Chicago. Men Working This Summer Coach Loken has had his pros- pective varsity team doing some work on their own all summer. The leading candidates are Dave Lake, Bob Willoughby, Tom Till- man, Bob Schoendube, Glenn Neff, Chico Kennedy, Loyal Jodar, and Blil MacGowan. In addition to comprising the Wolverine gym squad these eight men make up the Maize and Blue cheerleading i contingent. So the cheers at this fall's football games will be a sneak-preview of the tumbling season. Pancho Saravia, Wally Neiman, and Dick Fashbaugh are also on the team. The young Wolverine coach is particularly enthused over a new event which has been recognized by the NCAA and AAU. -It's the trampoline, the drum-tight can- vas that is held a few feet off the floor and which sends the tum- bler shooting into the air like a diver. It was one of the boys' fa- vorite exhibitions on their tours, Newt Loken 'Tumbles' into New Position By IR WIN ZUCKEJ Newt Loken's determination to emulate the man on the flying trapeze has never deserted him. Ever since his early boyhood days in Minneapolis he's been coming up-and going down-with a se- ries of original stunts. In high school Newt was quite a gymnast already, and also all- city diving champion. At the University of Minnesota, how- ever, he had to choose between swimming and the tumbling sport, and he selected the latter. While at Minnesota he won sev- eral major titles. He climaxed his brilliant career in 1942 when he captured the NCAA and Western Conference All-Around Gymnas- tics and Tumbling crowns. He was commissioned in the Navy after graduation, and was assigned to instruct gymnastics for 16 months at Iowa Pre-Flight. In 1943, as a Seahawk representa- tive, he won the runner-up place in the AAU gymnastic meet. After a tour of sea duty as athletic and welfare officer he was discharged in 1945, and came to Ann Arbor to work on his master's degree. He joined the athletic staff the following year. 'M' Fencer Takes Title The unofficial fencing team added another laurel to its grow- ing list when 'it was announced that one of their members, Ray Chambers, had captured the State of Michigan Junior Sabre Cham- pionship. ANCORSAWEIGH ! M' Sailing Club Hopes Sport Will Cain Varsity Recognition Students longing for the sea' breezes may well envy fresh water enthusiasts of the Michigan Sail- ing Club who descend upon Whit- more Lake every windy day. Unpublicized and, until recent- ly, almost alone in Midwest, the Michigan Sailing Club operates independently of the University from early spring until winter ice makes sailing impossible. Ice Makes No Difference At the present time the Club possesses six dinghies and a sloop donated to it this summer. The addition of an iceboat may permit some members to continue sailing all through the winter. Only midwestern member of the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing As- sociation, the Michigan Sailing Club was founded in 1938 as an offshoot of the Quarterdeck So- ciety, naval architecture organiza- tion. Because the Club has no Uni- versity backing, its facilities are severely limited and all equipment and upkeep expenses must be paid from club dues. Memberships Restricted The limited equipment available has made it necessary for the Club to restrict its membership to 40. At the present time there are about 125 names on the waiting list for admission to the Club. Fondest dream of Sailing Club members is that some day sailing may become an intercollegiate sport at Michigan. The local Club has been requested by the ICYRA to aid in establishing other sailing clubs in the Midwest and bring them into the fold of the sailing brotherhood. Michigan S t a t e, Northwestern, Illinois and Wis- consin are reported to be interest- ed in establishing sailing clubs. NEW COACII-Newt Loken, newly -appointed gymnastics coach, demonstrates the art of "twist, turn, and tumble." That's Glenn Neff, an assistant, holding Loken. The new coach takes charge of gymnastics this fall, since the sport has recently been reinstated on the Varsity level. Expansion * *r* (Continued from Page 1) courts, will be built on the present site of the Coliseum. Part of the present student housing area near the Coliseum will also be used for this purpose once there is suf- ficient housing elsewhere for the students. Crisler woula noT give any esti- mate on the expense of the mam moth project, saying that even the architects and contractors found it difficult to give him any in- formation on its ultimate cost. The entire building program will be financed by funds from the athletic organization of the Uni- versity. 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