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A POSITION STATEMENT

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH , PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION

SMOKING: THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY

The report of the Surgeon General's Committee , Smoking and Health, pub­lished in January 1964, is clear and un­equivocal in its indictment of cigarette smoking as a health hazard . The schools must, therefore, accept their responsi­bilities for providing programs consist­ent with the known facts. The actions of the schools should be directed to­ward several different areas of the total school program, and consideration should be given to each of the follow-ing : (I) the importance of adulLk~ h_~ample to youth..; (2) the timeliness and nature of the instruc­tIOnal program: (3) the utilization Q.f t~10tivational potential inherent _jQ spo~ts part~i~!i2I!; and (4) th~~lJ.m,,­inatlOn of the m:actic~ " giJr()vid!,~ school smoking facilities .

The fact that most of those who smoke regul arly start during the school years points up the role the schools must play, The development and con­tinuation of the smoking habit by children and youth is related to emula­tion of what appears to be accepted adult behavior. Efforts to educate in home and school begin with the exam­ple. School personnel, particularly teachers and coaches, frequently serve as models which will be imitated by many children . Thus the school's fun­dalllental responsibility in providing an effective smoking education program involves behavior by teachers which will reinforce the more formal learning experiences. The American Association for Health, Physical Education and Rec­reation urges all school personnel who smoke to recognize the inevitability of education by example, and to take ap­propriate action to provide an image consistent with the facts regarding smoking and health .

If present and future generations are , to be educated concerning the effects

§ of smoking on health , an effective edu­'.j cational program must anticipate the g problem and thus begin prior to the H teen years, Tbe AAHPER urges a pro~

tl gram of in ~tlJ!.c;:.t)on thr.<;,~gho~l.!!iU'l!: ,.:; mary ' g~~s_ ~mphasizmg experiences

whi_cb_~ill pr~i<k..<;:!:tilc!r~n with an ~..:_ poituriity to deveIQIL _.tb~::-:rO!JI!Qations essentialtci 'sel r understanding and s~iF, ­acceptance. Such a ' program should be -carried out with an awareness and un­derstanding of the child 's developing and emerging system of values which will ultimately serve as a sounding board for weighing facts and making choices. The effectiveness of later edu­cational efforts related to smoking will in large measure depend upon the na­ture as well as the quality of the pri­mary school program.

ble with the striving for maximal per­formance inherent in competitive ath­letics. T~§§_o.£ill!i£~u!.~J.!!Q.~-.L~ sponsible for s§'orts programs to utilize

[J) tfie motivatlOna potential of sports par:_ t:; fiCipatWnm'eaucatmg youth to retrain o from smokmg dunfigffie-yearSwl1enthe $ deCISion to smoke or not to smoke IS

c In tl'!e int~r.~ediat~ grades a clearly o identified segm eii ( - 6Cth-es choo1 day 'B snoilICfl5eaevcifeafo---anealth IllStruC­:::1 tT()~_,2rogram III which the effective t phYSical, SOCial, and mental functIOning i§ 61 me lluman organIsm provides the

>--< ~t. Boys ana girls should be given opportunities to study many topics with which they will be concerned, including smoking. The making and testing of decisions and the evaluation of alterna­tives should have prominent places in the intermediate grade ~chool program. T~ health instruction of the ju!1lq!:..

and senIOr high school student should provide---anDpportunIty to ex-plate- lri ' ere-pth the psychOlOgicat;'/:fhyStntogkal, ana soclO16gicaTTa:cwrs

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to ' D-e Ci)rlsig,­ereO _.!ri ni,~~.illi~=-~:-de.0j]on - !.t::gardi~g_ smoking. Evaluation of pressures such asiT-ioi£ present in advertising should be a part of such experiences, and the importance of basing decisions on facts should be emphasized.

Additional learning experiences should be planned and provided through cor­related or integrated materials in other courses , to reinforce and expand un­derstandings. Responsibility for the co­ordination of the school's efforts should be assigned to the individual responsible fo r the school health program .

F..Qr'~1I ~g~ _ lt;,'I~J~>_ it , ~~I2e_'Nis~ [J) ,for schoofs to recognize that evidence ~ contIllues to mount suppOi1lngtl1ePOSI,:-­u tion of coaches and tramers ffi~ath­~ 1~~Sho~ld -ii?t .smohi.'The-acute- in:, =­u palrment OfCardlO-pulmonary efficiency

resulting from smoking is not compati-

mostiIkely to be maoe:------- ,-- --- , Many schools have provided smoking

rooms for students and staff. However, the provision of such rooms must be justified on the broad base of effect on the total educational effort of the school. As a societal institution the school has an obligation to children to provide ex­periences which contribute to their ef­fective function as citizens and health is one of the most important factors in enabling the individual to assume the reponsibilities of citizenship. Certainly no child should be exposed to practices in the school which are likely to in­fluence his behavior in an undesirable way. Often cited as the reason for hav­ing smoking facilities in the school is that with such a room available the edu­cational program is less likely to be disrupted by enforcement of no-smok­ing regulations which may occupy dis­proportionate time and effort of ad­ministration and fac;uity. A ~hvrt-Ia'lge disciplinary problem should not, how­ever, prevent consideration of a long­range health objective. The Association '

0.. reco_mmends that all schools present}y o provldmg--- faCiIIiies- T6f -- srTIpKiI1K_le.:, t-< examine this practice and take appropJi,. VJ 'ate---sleps to ellminateslIcJ'TaciJities. ---_ ... - -. -- "--- --

A mandate for action is thus pro­vided for those professionally concerned with the health and education of chil­dren and youth. Further research is necessary to make possible the elimina­tion or control of the harmful substances present in tobacco smoke and to aid in the development of the most effective and appropriate educational programs for youth. The AAHPER commends those persons and organizations en­gaged in or supporting such research, and recommends that such research ef­forts be intensified . •

NOTE B FROM THE EDITOR

SMOKING AND GYMNASTICS do not mix any more than does smoking and any other sport. You may see some top Coaches smoke, but that is just a personal bad habit which they would not like to pass on to you ... in fact, any coach will tell you it is a bad habit and don't start it. You may see a few top gymnasts smoking, but they are not top gymnasts because they smoke; they are tops in spite of smoking .. . from just plain hard work ... and would undoubtedly be even better gymnasts with more endurance, stamina, and abi lity if they quit smoking.

* * * * * Have you ever heard anyone say " I wish I could start smoking" (that is, any mature person, anyone other than a subteen who foolishly may want to start smoking because he thinks it's grown-up or smart)? I hardly think you will. But it is not a bit unusual daily to hear someone say " I wish I could STOP smoking." In fact, anytime the subject is brought up in a group of people, they start talking about kicking the filthy habit or how the weed controls them, and they wish they were stronger to fight it off. Nowhere other than TV com­mercials or the printed ads have I ever seen an expression of enjoyment in smoking. And those ads .. . they are really sick ... all aimed at a moron's IQ. None of the ads claim anything good about a cigarette; they know better than that, so they do it by association, pretty girls, rugged men, cool streams, fresh air, sports, airplanes and extravagant living. And the silliest one of them all shows you a room full of wonderful things you can have just by smoking a certain brand. Any person with the slightest intelligence knows that by not smoking at all you could have several estates full of furniture and more with the amount of money you would spend on cigarettes to get a room full of prizes. Think about it.

* * * * * Paul J. Getty, often spoken of as the "Richest Man in the World", recently wrote an article in a national magazine stating how and why he stopped smoking. It seems he was staying in a little village hotel in Europe and woke up one cold night with a .craving for a cigarette - only to find after rummaging through all his belongings that he had narry a one. He then started getting dressed to go out to search in the village for a pack, but before he finished dressing he sat back with a start to analyze what he thought was a take-it-or-Ieave-it habit. He decided that anything that would make a man get up from a warm bed in the middle of the night to go out in the cold searching for a cigarette was controlling him and he was not controlling it ... so he stopped right then and there. Wise man.

* * * * * Just the other day Edward R. Murrow, a heavy smoker, died painfully of lung cancer after being bedridden the tast few years. Quentin Reynolds, an,other famous reporter and smoker, stopped sometime ago and wrote many articles on the evils of smoking - but not soon enough, I guess, as he died of cancer while the articles on how he beat the cigarette habit were still running in publ ications.

* * * * * A bad habit, yes ... just the fact that it can run one's life should be enough reason not to smoke . .. but the added fact that all the medical reports show beyond a doubt it is physically harmful to the point that it can also ruin life should make it against our conscious law at least for use or purchase, along .with the other poisons listed by the U. -So Department of Health. Perhaps you have heard the remark as I have, "So it's proven bad for me, so I live a few years less, so what? Nobody wants to live forever." This is foolish rationalizing. That your life can be cut short by smoking is a proven fact, but it is not the whole story. The statistics show only the point of termination of life while ignoring the possible years of sickness, pain, agony, and expense, plus the burden on loved ones who stand by to the end helpless to aid or comfort.

* * * * * THIS IS OUR POINT ... DON'T START SMOKING . . . YOU CAN STOP ... AND THE EASIEST AND THE BEST WAY TO STOP IS NOT TO START SMOKING and not STARTING starts with youngsters. We hope all you teachers and parents will take note and do all you can to discourage youngsters from smoking ... READ the AAHPER statement of FOUR POINTS on the opposite page again and act on them in your community and schools ... Act now, prevention is much easier than rehabilitation.

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VOLUME VII APRIL, 1965 NUMBER 4

CONTENTS

SMOKING, THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY .. 4 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .... Gle nn Sundby 5 CHALK TAlK .......... .............. ............. 6 USGF MEXICO TOUR . . ...... Sam Bailie 6 USGF DIRECTORS REPORT .. ....... Frank Bare 8 RESEARCH AND FITNESS .... James S. Boscoe II WOMEN 'S NATIONAL COLLEGIATES ........... .

Herp Vogel 12 OLYMPIC PHOTO SEQUENCE RO'UTINE ........ 13 1965 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 18 OLYMPIC PHOTO SEQUENCE ROUTINE ........ 22 QUESTIONS AND POINTERS ........ Art Sh urlock 26 HELPFUL HINTS ... ..... ......... .......... Jim Farkas 27 GYMNASTICS IN P. E ............ A. B. Freder ick 28 TRAMPOLING .................... ....... Jess Robinson 30 JUDGING NOTES ............... ....... ...... ·.Roy Dav is 32 WHAT'S THE SCORE ............... .. .Jerry Wright 33 LETTERS .................................. . ...... .... 36

MAX J. RUDERIAN __________ Publisher

GLEN N SU N DBY __________________ Ed itor

A. BRUCE FREDERICK .... Education Editor

DR_ JAMES S. BOSCO __ .... Research Editor

THE MODERN GYMNAST is published by Ameri­can Physical Fitness Research Institute, Inc., 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, California . . Second class postalle paid at Santa Monica , Calif . Pub­lished mo nthly except June, August and October which are combined with the previous month 's issue . Price $4 .50 per year, SOc single copy . Subscription correspondence , THE MODERN GYMNAST, P. O. Box 611 , Santa Monica , Cali­forn ia . Copyright 1965 © all rights reserved by AMERICAN PHYSICA L FITNESS RESEARCH IN­ST ITUTE, INC , 410 Broadway, Santo Monica, California . All pictures and ma nusc ri pts sub­mitted become the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and suffi­cient postage are included.

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SENSATION IN KIEV by Yuri Sabirov

(New M.G . correspondent in Moscow) The Soviet gymnasts fini shed the 1964

Olympic year in Kiev, where the National Championships were held. The goil! of this Championship is mainly to search for new would be candidates who in the near future would be able to compete as a member of the National team in important Interna­tional competitions.

The spectators of Kiev could see the skill and outstanding sporting proficiency of all the Olympians but Shachlin and Titov re­ceived much of the attention.

Two young male gymnasts who received much attention were Michail Voronin, 20 years of age and Valery Karasev, 18 years old . Michail Voronin was in reserve at the Olympic Games. During the last few months he has been progressing with rapid strides and placed fourth in Kiev. He is being trained by Vitali Beljaev, a young coach who has developed his own methods of training gymnastics in Moscow. Valery Kar­asev made his debut in Kiev. His manner of working is very much like that of Eageni Korolkov the famous Soviet gymnast who is now coaching Valery.

Victor Lisitsky , Silver Medal winner in Tokyo became the All-Around Champion of the USS R. He is the top gymnast of the USSR at present.

The women's competition proved even more sensational. For the first time four 15 yea r old gi rls were in the fin als. They had their first gymnastic steps only four years ago while Lari5sa Latynina was the All-Around Olympic Champion. Now a school girl Larisa Petric, 15 years of 'age from the small town of Vitebsk occupied the top of the pedestal. Natasha Kuchin­skaja also caused much excitement among the specta tors. She was the leader after three events bu t unfortunately she slipped from the Balance Beam and received a lower score. Nevertheless her future smiles upon her.

At this date the best gymnasts 'of the USSR are preparing "for the Cup of Europe which will be held in May.

RESU LTS : Kiev, December 11-13, 1964. ALL-AROUND : Women: 1. L. Petric 37.55; 2. L. Latynina 37.5; 3. E. Tiazelova 37.40. Men: 1. V. Lisitsky 57.35; 2. Y. Tsapenko 57.1; 3. S. Diomidov 57 .0. TEAl'vI: 1. So­viet Army; 2. Dinamo; 3. Byrevestnik.

RESULTS: Petrozavodsk, December 17-19, 1964. International Competition: Fin­land-Moscow-Lenin grad-RSFSR. TEAM: 1. Moscow; 2. RSFSR ; 3. Finland ; 4. Lenin­grad. Individual: 1. V. Lisitsky 57.55 !RSFSR); 2. Y. Sabirov 56.55 (Moscow); 3. G. Michailov 56.4 (RSFSR).

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COMING IN JUNE The March issue of the Modem Gymnast

included a number of articles and letters re­garding gymnastic judging. Perhaps it might be helpful for interested readers, both men and women, to get a copy of the new Division of Gii-Is and Women's Sports (AAHPER) Gymnastic Guide which will be ava ilable in June. Included are some eminently qualified contributors and, in connection with judg· ing, an excellen t article appears. "The De· ve lopment of Qualified Judges" by Marie Provaznik , former FIG President of the Women's Committee, Czechoslovak Sokol Director of Women (over 1,000,000 mem­bel's,) leader of gold medal Olympic team, and reknowned educator gives the steps nec­essary to become a top-level judge. Gym­nastics is growing so very fast in our school program-over 35,000 copies of the 1963-65 Gymnastics Guide were sold- it is import­ant that we be alert to the possibility of topsy-turvy growth. Mrs. Provaznik leads us along sound roads in the step-by-step training of gymn astic judges. Don 't miss the arti cle "The Development of Qualified Judges" in the 1965-67 DGWS Gymnastics Guide. Write-AAHPER, 1201 Sixteenth St. , N.W., Washington, D.C.-cost $1.00 . .. (Norma B. Zabka, Editor- 1965·67 DGWS Gymnastics Guide) .

DR. CURETON Often mentioned as a sponsor or co-author

of research proj ects mentioned in the reo sea rch column of the Modern Gymnast, Dr. C. K. Cureton is shown in the photographs as he proves to an audience of physical, educators, YMCA physical directors and others in related fi elds that to practice what one ,ireaches can pay dividends even in the golden years. Dr. Cw'eton was part of a team participating in a regional fit· ness conference sponsored by the President 's Coun cil on Physical Fitness at Harrisburg, Pa. We are happy to report that gymnas· ti cs has been singled out "as a specially em· phasized activity area and that gymnast ic demonstra tions have been a part of many of these regional conferences. (Close on the heels of Dr. Cureton, and forcing the air from his lungs as suggested, is Dr. Simon McNeeley who is a member of the staff of the P. C.P.F.

U.S.G.F. NATIONAL TEAM TOU RS MEXICO CITY

by Sam Bailie·Coach

The U.S.G.F. National Team was selected a t the I'den's Championship Meet at the Western Gymnastics Clinic on December 29th at the University of Arizona.

Team members were: Rusty Mitchell, Greg Weiss, Art Shurlock, Glen Gailis, Ray Hadley, J ohn Quintana and Coach, Sam Bail ie, (Gymnastics Coach : Univ. of Ariz.)

The U.S.A. team was the guest of the University of Mex ico and the gymnasts of Mexico City. Our stay of 4 days was oc· cupied with work·outs with local gymnasts, two exhibitions, and sight seeing in what must surely be one of the worlds most beautiful cities.

Our work-outs at the sports academy were very gratifying. We saw a group of eager young gymnasts who will become the ba<.:k · bone of gymnastics for Mexico in the future. These gymnasts were receiving expert guid· an ce from Armando Vega (a member of the 1964 USA Olympic team). Armando will be in Mexico City for the next three years helping to prepare the Mexican gymnasts for the 1968 Olympics. From what our team observed in work·outs of these young gymnasts and the Mexican Nat ional Team who performed with us during the two ex· hibitions the gymnasts of Mexico will be a strong entry in the 1968 Olympic Games.

Our first exhibition was held on Satur· day a ftern oon at the Monitores V. Carranza High School under the direction of the gym· nastics coach of the University of Mexico . Our second exhibition was held Sunday evening at the Feria Del Hogar in the sports room. Both exhibitions were enthusiastically received." Among all of our workouts and exhibitions it would be difficult to single out anyone outstanding performance but I am sure they are still talking about what they saw as the entire team performed ex· ce ll ently and many times looked as if they were working for that Gold Medal in 1968.

Some observations of Mexico City and the 1968 Games : The training gym for gym· nastics, all tIeW housing and competitive areas are a lmost complete and seem to be well planned. All types of promotion for '68 is well un der way. The people of Mexico are tremendous, the food is great and of many varieties, and transportation is un· believable. It is a city of taxis in which yo u can ride for miles and miles for less than $.50. And , for no extra , they throw in the th rill of stock car racing between taxis and busses.

We must express our sincere thanks " to Ted " Segura (former Big 10 Ring Cham· pion from Iowa and now with Ford Motor Co. in Mexico City) and Armando Vega and their wives who ' helped show us the sights of Mex ico Ci ty.

And our special thanks to Jose Luis Her­rera, a young gym nast who was with us almost all of the time. He helped us with our shopping and kept us from getting lost in tax is. In all he .became a close friend to all of us and we are looking forward to seeing Jose aga in soon.

On the light side of the trip- We had a new rend ition of " Hello Dolly" (Mexican style) by J ohn Quintana and Gregor Weiss was a riot trying to converse with the local population usin g English with a Spanish accent.

The last thing we heard was come again soon and next ti me bring a gii'ls team also.

MEXICO VIS IT Above: Musical we lcome outside A irport and Gymnasts enjoy sidewa lk cafe in Mex ico City.

Right : Scenes from exh ibition with Art Shurlock and John Quintana on the H . Bar; Greg Weiss in Floor Ex . and Rusty ·Mitchell on the Side Horse.

Below: Rusty on the H. Bar at the Sports Academy where Gymnastics wor kout fa­cilities are now under construction for the 1968 Olympic Gomes. Also pictured at the Academy are coach Bailie and several members of the US team with A rmando Vega, Coach of t he Mexican Notional team and General Luis Riovs (Confederation Deportiva de Capacitacionj" in charge of the Sports Academy al ong with gymnastic students o f the Academy.

At lower ri ght: USA team l ine up f or exhibition; Rusty Mitchell flog bearer, Sam Bai l ie Coach, Greg Weiss, Glen Gaili s, Roy Hadl ef, John Quintana and A rt Shur lock.

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New NACGC officers: left t o right; V ice President Hubert Dunn, President Jake Geier, Sec. Treas. Clair Jennett.

Scenes from t he NACGC banquet and meeting

Above: George Nisssen receives Hel ms Hall of Fame award for his contribu- ' tions to Gymnastics from Gymnastics Hall of Fame Award Chairman George Szypula.

Lookir1\l from speakers. platform out over the audience at the Gym nasfics session of the National convention in Dallas, Texas

Scenes from the W estern Conference Gymnastic Championships at Provo, Utah.

Sculpture of a handstand was the winning trophy in the arts section of the AAHPER convention.

Bill Meade receiving Caach of the Year Award from new NACGC President Jake Geier.

USGF President Dr . Dona ld Boydston re­ceives silver tra y award f or h is untiring efforts on behalf of the USGF.

Z' i'tec,to't~ it: eft0~ THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION

P.O. Box 4699, TUCSON, ARIZONA.

FRANK L. BARE Executive Di rector

SALT LAKE CITY, TAB . .. and Brigham Young ni· versity (in Provo) hosted the 3rd Annual' Western Athletic Conference Championships which I was privileged to at· tend. B.Y. . has fo me of the finest physica l education and athletics facilities in the nation now and is currentl y in the process of enlarging their physical plant. Host Coach, Rud y Moe, joined with Coaches Norris Steverson (Ariz . State)' George Gilmore, (New Mexico), La Von John50n, ( tah ) and Sam Bailie (Arizona ) in a pre·meet coaches session and they 'then settled down to work on the floor of com· petiti ton. Arizona came out on top for the third stra ight year and moved on to the regionals in Denver. Brigham Young boasts a new gymnastics gymnasium and a vibrant interest in thi s sport. Dean Milton Hartvigsen (College of Physical Education) was kind enough to give me a tour of their outstanding faciliti es and this great University is in a setting almost too beautiful to describe as it is nestled against the snow covered mountains and over looks Lake Utah. Ouite a beautiful spot and we'd like to have our USGF Na tionals up there one year soon!

ST. LOUIS, MISSO RI ... and the First National Invi· tational Collegiate Championship for Girls. Hosted by Wash· ington University (St. Louis) the meet drew an excellent representation of outstanding college-girl gymnasts . Dale McClements (Univ. of Washington) was on her way home from England and stopped in for the competitions. Donna Schaenzer (1963 USG F All-Around Champ) from South­ern Illinois Uni versity, walked off with All-Around honors and her teammates gathered a considerable number of points in winning the team title. Missouri University had a fine representative team as did Stevens College (Colum­bia , Mo.) and San Francisco State College (California) . The University of Wisconsin , the Univ. of Massachusetts and the Uni v. of Washington all entered bringing the teams

represented to seven, Gail Daley, Canada 's great young all­around champion also participated and wrapped up sec­ond in the Uneven Bars, third in Floor Ex and Vaulting and 4th in Beam. In the finals Dale McClements won Vault­ing, Floor Exercise and the Unevens .. . while Jan is Dun­ham (SI ) won the Beam. The meet was held before an excellent crowd and much credit for the entire excellent event goes to Shirley Kropp (North Kirkwood Jr. HS), Herb Vogel (SIU) and Marge Meredith (U. of Mo. ) along with man y members of the Missouri Gymnastics Association who pitched in and worked to make this first Collegiate Meet for girls the truly fine event that it was. It was a trea t to see such fin e coaches as George Lewis (Seattle) , Kitty Kjeldsen (Mass.), Vannie Edwards (Louisiana ) , Gene Mitchell (American Turners) and the others mentioned earlier working closely with a group of fine judges in Mildred Prchal (Sokols), Inez Caon (USG F Tech. Comm.) , Alyce Vogel, Fred Orlofsky and Jim and Dolores Brislane, the Gontermans, .pete Sal­sich ... in short a fine meet, a tremendous start , hosted by a very outstandi ng group in St. Louis.

MEXICO CITY, D.F .... and for those of you who at­tended the Western Clinic last December 26-30th this will not be news, but a reminder. The last competition of the 1964 Western Clinic was a trials to select a six man team to go to Mexico City . . . and the Clinic Championship which drew more than 40 entries per event wound up with the finest possible team being selected and a grea t group of alternates lined up should they be needed. R STY MIT, CHELl , GREG WEISS, ART SHURLOCK, GLEN GA ILIS, JOH 1 QUINTANA, AND RAY HADLEY . .. made the top six and alternates in order ... were Lonn ie Kapp (Cal), Rick Fields (CaL), Jack Kenan (Ariz.) and Bobby Dick·

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son (Ga. Military) . The team formed as ' they were sel· ected ill late Ma rch and departed fr om va rious U.S.A. 10' cations to assem ble in Mex ico City, Sam Bai lie, liniv. of A rizona Coach who hosted the tria Is was Coach/ Manager and awa y they went to spend fi ve da ys in beautifu l lTexico City. Some of the photos wi ll tell the story very well . .. exhibiti ons, demonstrat ions, and sight·seeing at every op· portunity ... well received by the host Country and we were very proud to send them an' entire gro up . Quite a powerful team ... that could have done well any where the competition awa ited . For the future . . . it stacks up pretty well in our book to send three experienced Olym. pians .. . and three non·Olympia ns who might well be in the next few years, so it is my humbl e opinion this team was great for man y, man y reasons . . . mostl y because of the abil ity and character of thi s f ine gro up of American gy mnasts. There's not an other group of six in the USA that could take'em on!

DALLAS. T EXAS . .. nex t the National Convention of the A.A .H.P. E.R ... . in Dallas. Here nearly 4,000 teachers assembled for the week.long convention . One of the ses· sions was on Gymnastics . . . hosted and conducted by Dr. Ha rtley Price of Florida State University. Dr. Price, long a leader of the sport in the United States, brought together such notables as the legendary (a nd trul y grea t ) Coach . of so many national tumbling ch 'lmpions it is di f· ficult to count them ... LES GRIFFI N. of the Dallas Ath · letic Clu b. If there is a Grand Old Ma n of tumbling in all the world ... Lester Griffin is the man! J ami lie Ash· more, gymnastics coach at Texas Uni v., gave an excellent talk on Floor Exercise and also had a demonstrati on group present for illustration. Cha rlie Pond read a paper by J oe Giall ombardo on High School Gymnastics in the .s.A. and Glenn Sundby and I spoke on trends in gymnastics with Glenn taking in the in ternati onal picture and follo wing his fine presentation with fi lms fr om Tokyo. The session was crowded and it was obivo us that interest in gymnastics was very high . .. a good sign and what's more a sign of the times as gymnastics grows and grows every where. Dr. PI'ice is to be commended . for his constant dedica tion to this annual program.

CARBO NDALE, ILLI lOIS ... the Na tional Collegiate Ath· letic Associa tion (N.C.A.A.) Gymnastics Championshi ps. Two teams . . . clashed head·on for the team title with Penn. State, under the guidance of Gene Wettstone, taking the 1965 ICAA Title home with a victor y over Washing. ton, coached by Eric Hughes, and the individmils events were extremely tough ... wi th some fine performances at every turn. The results are shown herein ... and the fa ct that CBS televised the meet made it possibl e for everyone to see it ... besides the 6,500 fans who packed into South · ern Illinois Universities beautiful Arena (which is a sight in itself). Congratulations to host Coach Bi ll Meade who walked off with 1964·65 Coach of the Year honors him· self . . . for an outstand ing job in making everyone feel welcome .. . and leave with the positive feeling they'd just seen a real national championship .. .. great meet!

CARBONDALE, ILLI NOIS .. . in conjunction with the ICAA, the National Association of College Gymnastics

Coaches met and elected offi cers for next year. New Presi· dent is MR. JAKE GEIER. Uni v. of Nebraska ... Vice· President Hubert Dunn. of No rthern Illin ois Univ .. Sec. · Treas ., Clair Jennett of San Jose State College. N'ACGC represen ta tive to the USG F is Bill Meade. An Award of Honor was betowed upon George Nissen . . . by the NACGC for his outstanding contribution to the sport over the years. So turn yo ur glance to the pictures and we' ll let them speak for themselves.

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CARBONDALE, ILLI NOIS .. . the Nation al High School Coaches Association met on Saturd ay morning to discuss their plans and future. President, Vic Lesch (Willowbrook H.S., Ill. ) conducted the excellent morning meeting and this group has published a high school association book that is well worth ha ving if you are interested in working with them. Excellent representati on and a fine group of high school coaches . .. and when President Lesch wraps up the minutes of their meeting he' ll report to yo u all on the new plans.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFOR IJA ... actually in Lakewood, Ca li fornia. THE FIRST IN THE U.S.A. is what it said on the notices .. . the NORTH·vs. SO TH ALL·STAR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . and that's exactly what it was, all girl, and truly ALL·STAR. I ha ve never seen a more out· stand ing competiti on. GAIL DALEY, DALE McCLElVI· ENTS, LI IDA METHANY, DONNA SCHAENZER, and nearl y thirty other great performers of various ages in the finest exhibitions of competitive women's gymnastics I have ever witnessed. The level of competitions was tre· mendous ... grea t ro utines .. . and a packed·house that had to turn them away at the door. The SO TH ERN CAL· IFOR NIA ACRO·TEAM (SCAT) hosted the meet which was Directed by SCAT Coach B 'D MARQ ETIE and the parents of the group pi tched in to host the youngsters at·· tending.

AN IMPORTANT WORD ABOUT SANCTIONING OF MEETS ... THE U.S.G.F. is happy to provide their official sanct ion for appropriate amateur gymnastics competitions sponsored and/ or conducted by recognized organizations and groups. Re· quests for Sanctions should be sent directly to the U.S.GJ. Office and should allow for two weeks or more of processing.

IT IS IMPORTANT that if your meet is to be open to Col· legiate (under·graduate) athletes that you apply for approval of the N.C.A.A. Extra Events Committee. The N.C.A.A. has long supervised the parti cipation of member athletes in other sports and has recently enacted legislations to bring track and gymnastics into line with other existing policies. This is not a restrictive policy but rather one which protects ath· letes by seeing that non·co llegiate entities conducting com· petitions are appropriately managed and supervised and in· quiring into the basic financial workings of the event. A great step in the right direction which the U.S.G.F. feels has been needed for years. Send to the U.S.GJ. office for information but it is important that you allow sufficient time for pro· cess ing your meets and obtaining a Sanction if you desire to invite coll ege gymnasts.

On the HIGH SCHOOL front, one of our USGF requirements for sanctioning is that th e sponsoring group (or the USGF if you request) inquire to the State High School Activities Association involved to determine el igibilty rulings for high school ath· letes. Every State has slightly varied ru les concerning high school athletes and their participation in open events. It is a relatively simple matter to proceed through the State Office concerned and determine the proper method· of obtaining ap· proval for high schoo l athletes participation. f you have ques· tions please inquire to the U.S G.F. Office and we will attempt to find the answers for you . Most meets are scheduled well in advance ... so inquire for your U.S.GJ. SANCTION early and we in turn will provide you with all the assistance we ra n to help promote your event and give it the recognition it deserves .. .

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James S. Bosco, Ph.D. San Jose State College

RESEARCH AND FITNESS

This is the fOlirth of a series of six articles dealing with the effects of participation in gymnastics activities On cardiovasClilar measures . A series is being planned in the area oj mechanical and kinesiological analysis of gymnastics activities. Please forward all articles to the above addre ss . WRIGHT, James Nelson, " The Effects of Gymnastic Training on

the Heartograms of Young boys," Ur­bana: M.S_ thesis, Physical Education, University of Illinois, 1954. Pp. 96.

PURPOSE: The purpose of thi s s tudy was threefold : ( 1) to determine the

reliabili ty of ten Heartometer measures taken on 14 yo ung suh jects, (2) To construct ex ploratory Nornf Curve Graphs for each of ten Heartometer items on 225 selected young boys, for use as control measures, and (3) To determine the effects of a gymnasti c training program of trampolinin g and tumbling on the Heartometer measures of this group ·of 14 young boys.

METHOD: A single group experimental procedure was used. Each of the

14 male white subj ects (ages 5-11 ) were tested on 10 selected Heart­ometer items prior .to the introduction of an ex perimental factor, trampolining and tumbling. The group was retested again at the conclusion of the eight months training· period. The resulting data were statisti cally and graphically treated in the determination of 0 ) reliabilities of measurement, and (2) significance of the changes between T-1 and T-2 measures over and above errors of measure­ment and changes attr ibutable to normal growt.h. All Heartograms were recorded and measured under standardized procedures fol­lowed in the Physical Fitness Laboratory at the University of Illinois. The ten measures selected for investigation were: 0) Area, (2) Area/Surface Area (3) Systolic Amplitude , (4) Diastolic Am­pl itude, (5) Obliquity Angle, (6) Ejection Angle, (7) Systolic Blood Pressure, (8) Diastolic Blood Pressure, (9) Pulse Pressure, and (10 ) Pul se Rate_ Body Surface Area was also included in the basic data and stati sti cal treatment. The 14, subjects were analyzed both on a group and on an individual basis, the critical ratio being the chief statisti c used in these analyses. In add ition, each indiv­idual's T-1 and T-2 measurement s were plotted on Norm Curves constructed for each of the ten Heartometer items. These Norm Curves were developed in this study on 225 selected young boys between the ages of 6-13. The resulting graphs were used as con­trol procedures in the evaluation of -any sign ificant changes; al­though no cla im was made regarding how truly these graphs rep­resented the curves of the normal population.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: I. 1. Reliabilities on each of the ten items measured ranged

from .379 to .979. W hen the comparatively low reliabilities of the blood pressure measures were excluded, the range improved considerably : .822 to .979. The Systolic Amplitude, Angle of Ej ec­tion , and Pulse ra te items had the highest reliabili ty figures. 2. A study of .six Heartographs taken at varied cuff pressure levels, along with observation and analysis of the graphs collected on the subj ects in this study indica ted that a standard of 80 mm. H g. of cuff pressure did not always yield the subj ect's best pulse wave. 3. Group analysis of t.h e data revealed that only one measure, Sys­toli c Blood Pressure, showed a significant change over and above the errors of measurement. This item dropped from a mean of 97.85 in the T-1 measures to a mean of 84.64 in the T-2 data. This change was in the direction opposite to that indicated by the Norm Curve Graphs as the normal trend associated with growth_ Each of the other items showed little change over the training period. Seven of the ten measures, however, did move in a nega-

ACTUAL HEARTOGRAPH

tive direction ; while two measures improved and one remained constant. 4. Although the general trend was not, in most cases, consistent throughout each of the individual 's ten measures, the case analysis revealed that none of the 14 subjects tended, gener­ally, to become poorer in circulatory fitn ess (as measured by the Heartometer) , whi le two boys showed im provements, and three r e­mained unchanged. The complete picture of these changes would not justify concludin g that there was significant loss in cardio­vascu lar fitn ess during the training period , however. The trends can only be noted.

II. 1. The reliabilities of ten Heartometer measures on the 14 young subjects in this study are quite comparable to those recorded for adults. This evidence suggested that the Heartometer can be used quite as satisfactorily with younger subj ects as has been shown with ad ults. 2. A standardized cuff pressure 80 mm. Hg. was not found to be sati sfa ctory for use in recording the pulse waves of yo ung­sters. Investigation suggested that the most des irable cuff pressure for a subject lies slightly above his Diastolic Blood Pressure (about 5-10 mm. above) . Time permitting, a pre-recording at several grad­uated pressure levels, in the vicinity mentioned above, should sug­gest a cuff pressure which will yield the most accurate pulse wave tracin g_ 3. The Norm Curve Graph has been shown to be a desir­able control technique for use in studies of thi s type. 4. The gym­nasti c training program of trampolining and tumbling gave no indication of improvin g the youngster's cardiovascular fitness as a group , though one individual did show sign ificant gains. On the con­trary, although the evidence is inconclusive, there were indications that the circulatory fitn ess of the majority of youngsters tended to become poorer during the training period_

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SOUTHERN'S COEDS CAPTURE WOMENS NATIONAL COLLEGIATES

in the First Na tional Invitational Gymnas tic Champ ionship for College Women

Thirt y-seven college women, representing seven colleges and universities made gym­nasti c history on March 27th , 1965, in the F irst National Collegia te Gymnastic Cham­pionshi p for Women_

An excess of 2,000 spectators flowed into the Washin gton Uni versity Field House in SI. Lou is, to watch the top ten event final­ists in this first exclusive fi eld of college women '5 gy lnnastics.

The " premier" event , held on an in vita­tional basis, to collegiate teams and indi v­iduals meetin g eligibility requirements in teams of academi c and medical standard s_

Specta tors were met by the well -organ­ized open ing ceremony, direc ted by Dr. Drews, De partment Chairman of W _P.E. , Washington University , which was high­li ghted by a very impress ive " grand march" of a ll parti cipatin g con testants. Dr. McFar­land , Chairm an of the i\'1en's P.E. Depart ­ment , can be cred'ited wi th the " behind the scenes" deta ils of fin ance and facilities.

Meet Direc tor, Ed Franz of the Washin g­ton University coachin g sta ff, ably handled the meet organ izational particulars with Shirley Kropp, Missouri Association of D.G.W .S. a ~s i sted by Mrs. In ez Builderbeck , Eugene, Oregon, carry in g out the admin­istrative chores of registrati on, scoring, eli­gibility- the " hack stage" duties that are so meaning ful to the success of an event, bu t so often times go unheralded. The success of the "collegiate first" is indica­ti ve of the pre-planning and long hours that these fo lks contributed.

Clerical duties and the general work staH were provided by the women's section of the Missouri Gymnastic's Associat ion, Washing­ton University Majors Club, and Washin g­ton University Staff personnel, Vannie Edwards, Women's Gymnastic mentor from Centinary Coll ege of Louisiana and 1964

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U.S. Women's Olympic Coach served as coordinator of the " judges class" and served as " head judge".

Marj ori Mered ith, Women's Gymnastic Coach of University of Missouri , coordin­ated the scoring duties with Gene Mitchell , Nat ional Physical Education Director of the American Turners, as the meet referee.

Dr. Rachel Bryant, National Representa­ti ve of A.A.H.P.E.R. of Washington, D.C. , with Marjori Meredith (U. of Missouri), Dr. Drews (U_ of Washington) , and Shirley Kropp (DGWS) , as chairman served as the "eligibility committee" assuring that all contestants meet the eligibility specificaticns governin g the " closed" collegiate com peti­tion. Contestants Donna S chaenzer, 1965 Captain of the South­

ern Illinois Women's Gymnas tic Team, captured the collegiate women's National all -around title, defeating pre-meet fa v­orites of SIU's Gail Daley (Canadian Olympian) and Dale McClements (U.S. Olympian ) . Donna, the 20 year old Junior in Physical Educat ional Major, added the National Women 's Collegiate tumbling title, lead­ing her team to its First National Col­legiate team titl e.

Dale !l1cClements, University of Washington, Seattle, Physical Education Major, came back from a "shaky" preliminary compe­tition , whi ch governed a fourth place All -Around fin ish, came back strong in the fin als to capture National Collegiate titles in Horse Vaulting" Uneven Bars, and Floor Exercise. In the Floor Exercise event, Dale turned in the outstanding performance of the competititon and con­sid ered by many the best of her career.

fanis Dunham, 18 year old, Elementary Ed­ucation Major, of SIU, captured the Bal­ance Beam Gold _ '1edal award , with the National Collegiate Beam Title.

Pam ela Berry, of the University of Wiscon­sin , captured the National Trampoline College women's titl e_

Geographical Representation- indicated in the bid for the Nat ional Collegia te Team Title.

The Southern Illinois Uni versity Women's Tea m, coached by Herb Vogel and assisted by Miss Jack ie Puhls, S.LD. Women's Phy­sical Education Staff Member, ill ustrated balance and depth to win the National In­vitational Collegiate Wom en's Team titl e, leav ing little doubt that they traveled to S I. Louis to perform well - and perform well they did.

THE TEAM SCORING: Southern Illinois University, 209; Univ ers ity

of Washington, 58; University of Wisconsin, 35; San Francisco State, 23; University of Mass. , 3. Individual Event Results

All-Around: Donna Schaenzer (S IU ) 36.34; Gail Dale. (S IU ) 35 .93; Irene Haworth , (S IU ) 35.59; Dale McClements, (Wash) 35.48; Mary E. Toth , (S IU ) 34.58; Janis Dunham, (S IU ) 34.29; Caro l Elsner, (Wash) 30.28; Sue Conrad , (S. F. State) 29.55; Diana Martin, (S. F. State) 28.05; Sandra Wachs (U of W is. ) 27.82. Balance Beam.: Janis Dunham, 18.00; Donna Schaenzer, 17.832; Mary E. Toth , 17.69; Gail Daley, (S IU ) 17.63; Irene Haworth , 17.29; Carol El ser, 16 .16; Sue Conrad, (S. F. State) 15.83; Dale McClements, 15.56; Diana Ma rtin, 14.66; Sandra Wachs, 12.59. Floor Exercise : Dale McClements, 19.13; Donna Sehaenzer, 18 .66'; Gail Daley, 18.53; Irene Hawor th 18.46; Mary E. Toth , 18.29; Sue Conrad, 18.16; Janis Dunham, 17.73; Diana Mart in, 16.53 ; Sandra Wachs, 15.23; Charl yn Webster, (U of Moss ) 14.79. VaUlting: Dale MeClements , 18.79; ' Mary E. Tot h, 18 .29; Gail Daley, 18 .23; Donna Sehaenzer, 18.06; Irene Haworth, 18.03; Janis Dunham, 15.76; Caro l El sner, 14.83; . Ph y l is Nimmer, ·(U o f Wis) 14.36; Sue Conrad, 13 .89; Charlyn Webster, 13.63. Uneven Bars : Dale MeClements, 18.69; Gail Da ley, 18.46; Donna Sehaenzer, 18.23; Irene Haworth , 18 .09; Janis Dunham, 17.79; Caro l El sner, 16.56 ; Mary E. Tath, 15.49; Sandra Wachs, 13.53; Diana Mart in, 1.2.23; Shi rl ey Mertz, (SIU) 11 . 13. Tumbling: Donna Schaen­zer, 8.066; Sue Conrad , 6.733; Irene Haworth , 6 .533. Trampoline : Pamela Barry, (U. of W IS.) 6 .000; Sherry Kosek, (SIU) 5.366; Becky Bates, (U. o f W is.) 5 . 133 .

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OLYMPIC FINALS - SEQUENCE PHOTO ROUTINE

POLINA ASTAKHOVA, FIRST PLACE WINNER UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS. OLYMPIC GAMES, TOKYO, JAPAN 1964

(Following 4 pages) Jump to glide kip, change to upper bar

with dislocate grip, swing backward, arch lunge forward with release of grip to for· ward hip circle, straddle pike swing below bar to full body extension, stoop legs be· tween arms, reverse kip, swing downward, and upward to high straddle regrasp, swing forward with straddle legs, immediately release and regrasp low bar, swing forward, stoop through, reverse kip, fall backward, disengage, kip, reg rasp high bar, swing backward, straddle legs forward , extend over low bar, drop and bounce legs off low to pull over, extend backward and stoop legs between anTIS to a stand on low bar, If:, turn jump to straddle " L" support, strad· die circle backward with a high % tum extension, swing forward with mixed grip, hip circle on lower bar; to double eagle regrasp on high bar, swing backward, pike le6s and place feet on low bar to a pike stand, immediately push off to a fonvard seat dislocate extension, swing fonvard , hlp circle backward to a hecht dismount with a 1,4 turn and % twist inward with a pol· ished fini sh and a 9.666 average score for the routine.

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Coach Gene Wettstone, and the Penn State Gymnasts 1965 NCAA Team Champions

Washintgon Team

TEAM SCORING: EVENT FREE EX ERCI SE SIDE HORSE T RAMPOLINE HORIZONTAL BAR LONG HORSE PARALLEL BARS STILL RINGS ALL-AROUND TOTAL:

PENN STATE 7

15 21 32 43 52V2 62V2

6 68 V2

WASH. 9

17 27 32 37 43V2 49V2

2 51 V2

ALL-AROUND: Mike Jacobson, 54.75; Glenn Gai lis, 53.45; Steve Cohen , 53.25; Ed Isabelle, 52.75; Bob Holl , 52 .75; Rick Field , 52 .00.

1965 NCAA CHAMPIO'NSHIPS

FREE EXERCISE : Frank Schm itz, SIU, 9.575; Mike Jacobson, Penn St ., 9.250; Jim David, Wash ., 9.200; Ed Isabe l le, Penn St ., 9. 125; Jim Pet ri no, Temple, 9.125; Dan Millman, Calif ., 9.025.

SIDE HORSE : Bob Eisinger, Springfie ld, 9.375; Ken Gordon, Iowa, 9. 145; Bob Hall , Wash. , 9.145; Steve Cohen, Penn St. , 8.950; Gary Herter, Wise., 8.925; Glenn Gailis, Iowa, 8.850.

Frank Schmidt, Free Ex Champion

Bob Ei singer, Side Horse Champion

Frank Schmidt, Trampoline Champion

Jim Curzi, Para llel Bar Champion and Co­champ on 111e High Bar

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TRAMPOLINE: Frank Schmitz, 9.625; Dan Mill­man, 9.400; Fred Sanders, M ich. 9.375; John Hamilton, Mich., 9. I 00; Terry Day, Denver, 8.875; Gary Erwin, Mich., 5.300 .

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HORIZONTAL BAR: Mike Jacobson, 9.400; Jim Curzi, Mich . St., 9.400; Ed Isabelle, 9.225; Bill Wolf, SIU,: 9.200; Glenn Gailis, 9.150; Rusty Rock. S. F. V alley, 8.900.

LONG HORSE : Dan Mi ll man, 9.700; Frank Schmitz, 9.675; "Rich Black, Springfield, 9.550; Brent Wil l iams, SIU, 9.525; Mark Buckingham, Wash .• 9.300; Jim Selby. Iowa St. , 9 .225.

PARALLEL BARS : Jim Curzi, 9.525; Paul New­man, Calif., 9.350; Mike Jacobson, 9.200; Rick Field , Calif., 9.200; Bi ll Wolf, 9.100; Jerry Crowder. Iowa St. , 9.100.

STILL RINGS : Glenn Gailis, 9.575, Bill Wolf, 9.450; Rick Field , 9.450; Tom Cook, SIU, 9.325; Bob Diamond, S. F. Valley, 9.295; Les Christian­son, Ariz . St. 9.125 . .

Mike Jacobson, 1965 NCAA A ll Around Champion and co-champ on the High Bar

Danny Millman, Long Horse Champion

Glenn, Gailis

QUESTIONS and

POINTERS A~

~ We forgo the questions jor this edition and concentrate on pointers using the Olym­pic jinals sequence photos taken by Editor Glenn Sundby of Russia's Lisitsky's Hori­zontal Bar Rouitne ( preceeding 4 pages) and Japan's Ono pictured below.

L1 SlTSKY, USSR, 4th HORIZONTAL BAR, TOKYO OLYMPICS 1964

(preceeding four pages) Mixed grip cast, back uprise double r ear

(note straight arm above head halfway through the double rear), back seat circle, cast backward to german giant, disengage shoot ' 112 turn , mixed grip forward swing change to double undergrip (note the ex-

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treme height of the body above the bar prior to the straight body kip ) , straight body kip, % reverse giant, change grips to reach under, back uprise, rear vault, kip change to under grip, reverse giant, stoop thru, extend to 2 inverted giants, dislocate giant, hop change to immediate pirouette, 2 back. giants, full twisting fly-a-way to a solid landing.

This routine received a 9.7 average score. His two "C" moves were the eagle hop with 1h turn and the full twisting fly-a-way. Both of which were not performed correctly. The rest of the routine however, was per­formed with good style and precision. A.S.

TAKASHI ONO PERFORMING " DOUBLE GERMAN TO STUTZ"

The gymnast performing the "double ger­man giant with a stutz" turnout is Tak­ashi Ono, the originator of both these moves. Takashi Ono has been a member of four Japanese Olympic teams, and has twice missed being Olympic All Around champion by .005 of a point (1956- & 1960).

In order to perform the "double german" an excellent cast backward with a good pike and extension is essential. As the legs are pulled backward over the head ~n the back­ward cast, the shoulders must be kept as high as possible. This is accomplished by looking fonvard' and pushing the arms down­ward very powerfully against the bar un-

til the body is completely extended back­ward. The body is fully stretched on the downward rotation in order to develop as much momentum as possible for the up­ward lift of the body. As the performer rotates upward the body is pulled into a very tight pike at the top of the first ger­man giant. The arms again press powerfully downward against the bar to keep the hips high off the bar. This is continued until the hips pass completely over the top of tl~ e bar at which point the feet are extended directly backward (not upward ). The sec­ond german proceeds exactly as the first.

The german giant to stutz involves the performer waiting until the shoulders lift above the bar at which point he explodes into an arch with a half turn releasing one hand· and pivoting on the other. This move is similar to the stutz on parallel bars. The legs are pulled into a pike on the upward swing and then r eleased into an ar~h with a 112 tum toward, the bar.

In the photo also note the techn.ic used on the back kip prior to the backward cast. Note : All the sequence photos pre­sented in the Modern Gymnast should be thoroughly studied for they provide one of the best means for the understanding of ad­vanced gymnastics. Decipher the technics of the advanced gymnast. Remember all hu­man movement is governed by the laws of mechanics. A.S.

Helpful hints by "Jim" Farkas, Instmctor of Physical Education, of The Milwaukee Turners,

Wisconsin

TEACHING OF "DISLOCATION" ON THE UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS

The teaching of gymnastics almost in­variably requires manual help (spotting) by the instructor. Although students must be taught to spot, in most instances their presence is more of a hindrance for the performer, than actual help. When teachers face large classes the physical demand for spotting can be so enormous that they, will rather skip the teaching of demanding skills. However, most advanced exercise ele­ments can be approached in easy steps and through various equipment usage, which will not require manual spotting. The "Disloca­tion" is one of those skills which easily lends itself to self-teaching methods.

Before the actual exercise element would be approached, first the shoulders must be prepared for the unusual action of turn­ing from rear-hang to front·hang. A simple preparatory exercise (Fig. A.) will do the j ob. Standing rearways in front of a low bar, get a wide grip (from above) then maintaining the complete ex tension of el­bows squat down and sink the hips under the bar. Without slowing down straighten knees and emerge to stand behind the bar (so that it will be in front of you now). Swing under the bar back and forth grad­ually decreasing the distance between the hands. Continue this exercise until the dis­location of the shoulders can be done with smoothness and without discomfort.

The next step would require the intro· duction of proper kinesthetic sensations which would signal 'the start of the action. The performer grasps the lower bar with an under grip ( thumbs point outward ) and descending under the bar, with both legs squa ts through between the arms to a "bent inverted hang" (the bar should be 4·5 inches away from mid-thigh and the

fa ce turned toward the knees) . Maintain­in g the relative balance in this position the performer is brought to a pendular swinging motion by the spotter. After sev­eral swings a dislocation must be started from a forward ( toward the face) pendu­I um. The dislocation is guided by a hold under the performer's knee and powered by a push behind her Sacrum (Fig. B. 1.). Immediately after the dislocation the per­former must be kept " floating' (her body held contrary to downward fall) to pre­vent a sudden strain on the shoulders, which is possible at incorrect first at­tempts (Fig. B. 2.).

Two or three "feelers (lead-up exercises) usually prove enough. A gymnast is now' ready to get into " production" ( to repea t the movements innumerably until a certain degree of automatization has taken place).

Fig.A.

Fi g.c.

Here the teacher may combine the avail· able equipment so that the arrangement will enforce the proper technique and at the same time will provide an unerring and tireless spotting. Fig. C. provides such an arran gement. Following a "112 rear-hipcircle­forward" to a "bent inverted hang" the dislocation begins through the "gate" (pro­vided by the bar and the rolled-up mat) and ends-after full extension- in a plea­san t belly landing. The usual early dislo­cation is impossible because the mat would stop premature hip-extension. The soft and safe-looking arrangement , encourages bold approaches, which is so necessary for the successful accomplishment of this skill.

Aher the automatization there is little problem to transfer the learned " dislocation" to the Upper bar and combine it with other elements.

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MAKE YOUR OWN MEDALS

By followin g the suggestions below you will be able to make very good looknig as well as inex pensive medals to use in your club or intramural programs.

You will need to use a toy known as a VAC-U-FORM. If you are not familiar with this toy , just ask any of your children about it and enlist their aid in this proj ect.

Since the toy will enable the user to re­produce almost any shape, you must first select a pattern for your medal. Any medal having a sculptured rather than a flat, smooth surface might be used. Or, you may use clay to form a medal of your own de­sign. This latter method is preferred even though the medals shown in the photo­graphs accompaning this article were made with a medal which is available commer­cially.

The company which manufactures the toy also has a medal kit available from which a inse for your medal can be selected. We chose a circular shape for the base of the medals shown here. By using such a solid, cylindrical shape we were able to obtain the depth we required for the medal.

Having formed the medals in plastic, we carefully cut out the circular shapes. These were then placed upside down and fill ed with plaster paris. (See diagram ) Right after the plaster paris was placed in the medal forms, a metal paper clip was be'nt and one half of it was placed below the surface of the plastic. Upon setting, the medal then had a permanent hook. We used th is hook to attach a ribbon. It might also be used to hang the medal in an appropri­ate place in the winner's !;louse.

The plastic edges of the medals were then trimmed and spray paint was applied. Gold, silver and copper spray paints were used. One small can is more than enough to spray medals for many many meets.

by A. BRUC E FR EDERICK - 2125 ARMOU R ORiVE

WILMING TON 8, DElAWARE

The medals shown in his article were awarded to boys and girls who participated in a meet at the Wilmington Turners. (Wil­mington, Delaware) Since the medals were placed around the necks of the boys and girls, there was a kind of Olympic atmos­phere surrounding the presentation of the medals. (Note : The children had partici­pated in a meet in which they were required to do req uired exercises suggested in the AGE-CROUP WORKBOOK of the U.s.F,C.)

EDITOR'S NOTE The language used in the article below

has been intended for children and adults alike . It will seem to be a bit oversimpli­fied in spots but this was the original intent. T he article is presented to those who are teaching gymnastics so they may actually use the contents in their own work. The article is also suggestive of a method of presentation which can be easily adapted in the teaching of other basic gymnastic stunts The main idea is to present a stunt on a mulbi-level or continuum basis so there will be a challenge presented to all members of the class regardless of ability. There is also a possibility that such an aid as a "ladder" will serve as a self-help kind of aid and require little or no help from the teacher in many instances. The teacher may then concentrate on those members of the class who are really having trouble. A.B.F.

THE HEADSTA N D LADDER The headstand is not at all a true head·

stand but it is a head and hand stand. It is easy to do. Most people learn to do it in time if they have been taught properly and if they will practice.

One of the first things you must learn in any kind of balancing activities, the better the foundation . . . thf' better the balance. Look for a moment at the picture below. (See "A") If "A" is a drawing of a piece of paper wih a figure on it, will it balance on the bottom edge? Very likely it will not. However, if the paper is folded as in " B" the little man does a headstand quite easily. The part of the drawing which is shaded helps you to understand why. The shaded area ·in " B" is much larger than the shaded line in "A". To balance like "A" would take ~ fine degn;e of skill.

Therefore, if you are a beginner you are go ing to have to learn how to make a good foundation for your headstand. Only ad· vanced performers can stand on their heads using only one hand or in some cases no hands at all. In fact , if you try to do a head­stand like the one in "A" you will find that it, too, is diffi cult.

ONCE YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE THE FOUNDATION WE HAVE SHOWN YOU IN " B", YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO UP THE LADDER AT THIi J<:NlJ UF THIS f'AMf'HLt.T. 11'

YOUR FOUNDATION MOVES AS YOU TRY TO DO DIFFERENT HEADSTAND STUNTS, YOU ARE LIKELY TO FAIL.

Now .. . look at the ladder. Start at A·I and' see how 'far you can get. If you have some trouble, the suggestions on the pages which follow may help.

The suggestions below may lielp you if you get stuck on one part of the ladder. If the suggestions do not help, you will have to get your teacher to explain.

A ·l - Make sure that while you are crawl· ing you do not move your head or hands. This is very common mistake.

A-2-Get a friend to watch. Ask him to see if your back is going past an upright position as you try the stunt. If it does, you

m," 'ry " hold" h"k ~

~~ THIS NOT THIS

A·3-Lower slowly. While doing a frog stand, spread the fingers wide. Feel support in each of the finger tips. The frog stand is slightly harder than the headstand so do not stop at this part of the ladder be· cause you cannot do it. Go on.

A·4- Roll quickly. Push vigorously with hands so head gets through. Hand action is quick after the push. They must be placed quickly ahead of the body so that you will balance. If you do not show this quick hand action you w:ill simply roll over to your knees or feet.

B·l-This move'l1ent will be easier if you first move your hips in the direction shown.

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" " Lift the knees after this little movement of the hips to make the stunt easier.

• • 0 - _ .

B·2 Start very low in a squat stand (se figure below) and move slowly,

£ 5Q,., ""d

C·l-If you are having trouble with this, go back to B·l. From position B·I you try to" slowly extend your legs. Get a friend to place one finger against the top of your foot as you go up or your friend may grasp your toes with the thumb and index finger and give you a very gen tle pull as you go up.

C·2-Get one leg up at a time. The straight leg is first. When it is " locked" try to pull up the other one.

C·3-Some people call this a "drag" head· stand because the feet are pulled slowly across the floor with the legs held straight. Your hips will move ahead of your head as you go up and then will return to a position over your foundation.

AHEAD OF " HIPS ~~"

HEAD ~ . .- DRAG

C·4-The trick here is to stop the for· ward mottion created by the roll and then do the headstand without falling over. If your roll is fast and your headstand is in good control, this trick will be very inl' pressive.

C·S-Show the handstand position only. You need not hold the handstand. Lower to the headstand.

C·6- Keep your chin down on your chest so your roll is smooth. Master A·4 first. Then as you get better at A·4, try to go up to" the> headstand and hold without first digpin~ . t~e . fl?l?t. do.wn ~ as you .. ?? in . A·4.

C·7-Lower to the headstand immediately after you do a momentary balance on the hands.

C·B-Hold a front scale for two seconds. Bend the supporting knee and kick up to the headstand. Bend the knee very deeply. Master C·2 if you still fail to do the stunt.

C-9- Do you perform a good cartwheel in both directions ? Can you stop your cart· wheel % way through? Can you do C·5 perfectly?

C·lO- This is like doing only one half a back handspring, stopping for a moment, and then lowering to the headstand posi· tion. This is very difficult to do. You may live a lifetime and never see it done.

HEADSTAND LADD;ER OBJECTIVE: Before you try the steQs of the lad­

der, you must know how to make a good base with your hands and head.

A- "1 Crawls up slowly to position: places one knee at a time on elbow. Head and hands must not move.

A- 2 Can jump into position from knee stand . A- 3 Can "tip" into position from frog stand. A- 4 Backward (tuck) roll into position.

OBJECTIVE: Hold "A" for slow ten count B- 1 From Position "A", slowly lift to position

B- 2 Jump into "B" from stand.

OBJECTIVE: Hold "B" for slow ten count. C- 1 Can control "c" for slow ten count. C- 2 Kick to "c" with one straight leg. C- 3 Press (straight legs) to "C". C- 4 Do a forward roll and immediately perform

a headstand. C- 5 Kick to momentary handstand; lower to

headstand. C- 6 Y2 back roll to headstand. C- 7 Back walkover to headstand. C- 8 Scale; dip knee and kick to headstand. C- 9 Y2 cartwheel to momentary handstand;

lower to headstand. C- 10 Bock dive to hands; lower to headstand

C Y2 saut-de-mains en arrierel.

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1965 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Above: Donny Millman second place winner

Upper left: First Place Trampoline Champ Fronk Schmidt

Bottom iJ:,ft to right : Fred Saunders, John Hamilton and Terry Day

1965 By Jess Robinson

NCAA CHAMPIONSH IPS Frank Schmltz performed a 9.55 routin e

in prel iminaries and a 9.7 routine in final s to become 1965 N.C.A .A. National Tram­polin e Champion. In doing so he defea ted World Trampolin e Champions Gary Erwin (965) and Danny M illman 09641. Com· petition was held at Southern Illinois Uni· versity sport s arena, Carbondale, Ill. , under the able direction of Bill Meade.

The li st of top name trampol ine compe· tit ors was almost as impressive as the beau­tifu l new sports arena in which the lIlee t was held. R eturnin g from 11Ist yea r were 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners Gary Erwin, J ohn Hamilton and Fred Sanders all of Michi gan. Frank Schmitz of S .I . U. and Dan Millman of California were first year

.C.A .A. competi to rs and headed a fi eld of 17 other top trampolinists from a.ll over the nation .

After watch in g workouts and with com­petitors' records in mind , s ix finali s ts could be guessed before preliminari es began: Er­win was workin g extremely hi gh and with fl awless form ; Schmitz, performin g on his own home growld would be pushin g Erwin to the limit ; Millman , who los t a split de­cis ion to Schmitz a few weeks ago could be fi gured for a top s pot ; Sanders was work· in g higher than ever and his twisters were as sharp and clean as ever ; Hamilton, re­cently recovered from an operation, didn ' t seem to have the sharpness of last year but would still be ce rtain of qualifying; and out of the pack Terry Day of Denver , who nar­rowly missed qualifying last year, appeared to ha ve the little ex tra needed to join the select group.

PRELIMINARIES Preliminary scores came out pretty much

as ex pected : Erwin 9.6 9.6 Schmitz 9.6 9.5 Millman 9.5 9.3 Sanders 9.4 9.2 Hamilton 9.2 9.3 Day 8.5 9.0

9,6 9.5 9.3 9.5 9.0 9.1

9.7- 9.60 9.8-9.5S 9.5 - 9.40 9.4-9.40 9.0 - 9.10 8.9- 8.95

Scores of 6-12 plus (not q ualify ing fer final s) were: J oe Dupree, Iowa State 8.85 Pete Bauer, Wisconsin 8.80 Jim Selby, Iowa State 8.65 Norm Bishop, Colorado State 8 .60 Jim David , Washin gton 8.60 Brent Williams, S.I.U. 3.50

Complexion of things chan~ed night of the final s, however, when F red Sanders showed up with a pulled muscle in his back and couldn 't warm up. Also Gary Er­win was having trouble with hi s knee. H e had sprained it after prel iminar ie3 and it had swollen slightly and s tiffened to a point that he had difficulty stretchin g his leg. Newt Loken, their coach , was visibly concern ed about hi s boys but no one felt their condition would seriously effect the ir routines.

FI fALS Terry Day was first up. H e started his

routine with piked bar any out f1iffi s and continued with double back, double twist­ing back, full twisting back, Rudolph , full twisting back , 1'Y.1 back somersault. At this

point he had planned a doub le tw isting cody but was out of position and in a s plit second changed to a double cody. It was an unfortunate decision as he over­turned the double cody and fell to a back drop, unable to fini sh with back, triple twistin g back as planned. H e scored an &8 .

Second contender, John H amilton, changed his mount from the barany out f1iffi s, double back he used in prelims to a 2:j(~ front, dou­ble barany bailout (double front somer­sault from back drop to feet with % twist in second somersault ). He performed the 2% front beautifully fi nishing the somersault high above bed with plenty of time to spot before land ing. From back landing he gave a good kick and make the double barany ballout with time to spare but to the amaze­ment of spectators (and J ohn 's) he didn 't put hi s feet down for the landing and lit on knees instead. From knees he threw a barany to feet, double back, full twisting back, double back, bar any out f1iffi s, full twistin g back, back with lh-% front flif · fi s ( performed with a style only John has perfected) , 1% twisting ballout, layo ut back, full twisting back, tdple twisting back . It was a well performed routine but the knee drop, dropped the score to 9.1.

Fred Sanders' routine was: triple twisting back , double back, full twisting back, double twisting back, full twisting back, double twistin g double back. Rudolph, back, full twisting back, double twisting back, 1:)4 back, double cody. He probably would have scored higher han 9.35 had he not traveled a lmost into the s prings at one point in the routine. In hea t of competittion Fred didn 't appear to noti ce hi s ai ling back but upon leaving trampoline had a diffi cult time catchin g his breah.

Dan Millman mounted with piked Ru­dolph out fliffi s ( piked double front somer­sault with 1% twist in second somersault ) to a double twisting back. A flying back regained height in preparation for piked double back, double twist, back, piked ln rany out fliffi s, double back, full twist­in g back, back, 2% back, double twisting cody. The 2% back somersault ( triple back to s tomach ) is one of the most diffi· cult moves performed on t rampol ine today because of the timing required to land correctly. To use it at the end of a difficult routine requires a great deal of skill and courage, Dan's routine as a whole, however, was not performed as smoothly or as high as he is capable of doing and because of this was scored down severely to a 9.4.

Frank Schm itz is a tough competitor. He used same rou tine in preliminaries as in final s : tripl e back, Rudolph , full twisting back, full twisting do uble back (with twist after the tuck ), double back, double twist­ing back, Rudolph, back, full twisting back, piked I %. back, double cody. It was an easy routine compared to Frank's tremend­ous abil ity but contained ample difficulty, was executed well and deserved the 9.7 it received.

Pressure was on Gary Erwin when he stepped onto the trampoline. The 9.6 he had

scored in preliminaries had to be bett erea in order to tie or win. He al so plann ed to use same routin e as in prelims which was: triple back, barany out fliffi s, double back, full twis ting back, piked double back, Rudolph, full twisting back, doubl e twisting back, double twis ting back, 1% back, dou­b~ e cody. He looked fin e in hi s prepara­tory bounces but did not land well out of the triple back and threw the bru·any out fliffi s into the springs. He was not seriously hurt but lit in a painful position and was calTied into the dressing room for a check­up. He soon walked back into the arena and received a standing ovation from the crowd- not only because they were pleased to see he was uninjured but also because they know him to be a great competi tor.

Editor's note: It is conceivable that Gary missed the triple back because oj the pres­sure 0; th.e meet but since he has been nnder this pressure many times in the past and has always come through we don't believe this was the case. He was java ring his knee in warmup and it is our opinion "hat it was the knee that caused his timing to be slightly off.

In the training room Gary was mare dis­appointed than hurt . He had given us his intended routine before the meet and said he would let us know if he decided to change it. When he looked up from. the train.ing table and saw us he said, " I didn't change the rontine- I ( ju st shortened it a little.")

F inal results were: 1. Frank Schmitz, 2. Dan Millman, 3. Fred Sanders, 4. 10hn H amilton, 5. Terry Day ; 6. Gary Envin.

SCHMITZ AND lI1lLLMAN F rank Schmitz and Dan . M illman had a

fi eld day at this year's meet. Schmitz was a home town hero and some spectators di s­played a banner proclaiming "Go Frank Schmitz." He didn ' t d isappoint them. In addit ion to winnin g the trampoline event , he won Free X and was narrowly edged out of first place on Long Horse. Highlight of his Free X routine was a beautiful (and orig inal) full twisting front dive.

M illman's full in fliffi s (double back with fu ll twist in first somersault ) di s­mount from the high bar was the talk of the prelimin aries. It is another " first time" stunt. He placed 7th on high bar narrowly missing the final s. In addition to placing 2nd on trampoline Dan won the Long Horse event and placed 6th in Free X.

A pretty falr showing for a couple of boys who once worked trampoline only. UNUSUAL STUNT OR WILD ROUTINE

Two stunt cpmbination : full twisting dou­ble back (full in first somersault ) to a triple back somersault, performed at Car­bondale by Ronnie Munn. Ronnie has just learned the triple back and loves to throw it a t the end of three and four bounce routines. In one of th ese routines the tripl e was ou t of a doubl e twistin g back .

RECORD OF THE MONTH 17 double porpus (double front somer­

sault from back drop to back drop ) also performed by Ronnie funn at Carbondale. T his breaks the record of 16 se t by Albert Heinrich of Denver, Colo.

FUNDA_1ENT AL CHARTS We have print ed another 500 copies of

the point rated fundamenta l charts and have sent them to all who sent in stamped se lf addressed envelopes. If we have overlooked anyone or if yo u want these charts .send yo ur envelopes to J ess Robinson, c/ o Tram: polin e Inc.. 4207 W. M agnolia . Burliank. Calif . Also, if yo u have a minute, send information of trampoline activity in your area.

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NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE

by Roy Davis " Here we go 'round the briar pat ~h"

Trends from the NCAA Meet At the recent NCAA Championships in

Carbondale, many late and early morning hours were spent discussing the judging of the various events. Some items of im· portance:

1. Free exercise should be continuous, with an absolute minimum of stops (pref· erably no more than one) , poses, and bal· ances interrupting the exercise. A hand · stand need not be held, nor a press (un· less it is a strength stop such as a planche) . The judge must decide if, in movin g through a handstand, .the gy mnast commits an error .

2. The tape on the long horse should be within the fair portion of the zone it is marking so that the hand print will be clearly visible if it is on the sari ril e side of the tape ( i.e. towards the middle) and therefore subject to penalty.

3. The gymnast need not hold any move which is normally held if, in executin g the total sequence, he convinces the judge that it was not his intention to do so, and if, in the execution of the move he does not falt er or display obvious effort (example. front lever 2 sec., L cross 2 sec., pullout ; or: handstand, lower slowly and continuo ously through inverted cross, through mal· tese, through straight cross, pull out to L). New Scoring S ystem

The quality and accuracy of judging is becoming increasingly important. No longer can we be content to post an approximate score for a poor routine or appraise an in· comple te routine fairly accurately. Gymnas· ti cs is now a nation wide competition de· manding. consistency in philosophy, inter· pretation, and application. This fact becomes more em phatic every year, and next year will be of even grea ter importance for two principal reasons :

1. Raw scores will replace the 6·4·3·2·1 place·point system of scoring in the col· legiate ranks. For example:

Team A Team B 1st man 9.0 9.2 2nd man 8.0 8.2 3rd man 7.0 7.2 total new sys tem 6 pts. 10 pts. total new system 24.0 pts. 24.6 pts.

In this example, one can readily see that the sum of the raw scores more truly re­fl ects the difference in the quality of the two teams. Another example: 1st man 9.2 2nd man 8.5 3rd man 6.2 old system new system

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10 pts. 23.9 pts.

8.2 8.0 7.9

6 pts. 24.1 pts.

From this example, one can see that each man is important. The imbalance of team A bows to the equality of team B empha­sizing the necessity to develop balanced team strength. If this doesn't discourage the " prima-donna" aloofness of some gym­nasts and make them team helpers, then they are hurting the people they prize most - themselves.

2. Intersectional judging-There is a ru­mor afloat, because of some unhealthy du al meet outcomes this yea r that the regional champion ships will have judges from all areas involved- perhaps even neutral judges. This procedure shoud help to eliminate re­gional bias and honest but persistent re­gional differences in philosophy. Such differences are not only embarrasin g, but, under the new scoring system, definitely detrimental. This again emphasizes the need for greater com munication between the judg­ing associations of different regions. Nat ional Certification System

Wouldn ' t it be great if every judge in the U.S. could be certified by a national agency (such as the USGF) and ranked for dif­ferent levels of competition. A judge could move from one area to another without having to worry about taking another test and losing valuable time making persona.! contacts. One nationally circulated written test and film would eliminate the present duplication of effort by the various asso­ciations throughout the nation.

If communication were com plete between the various groups, then the film schedule could be planned correlate neatly with the association meetings in all areas. Present certifying officers could submit sanlple ques­tions, minutes, and suggestions to the cen­tral agency. This type of organization would not only solidify our national thinking, but would undoubtedly lead to an elevation of our judging prestige internationally. Such a . system could go far towards removing the politics in the selec tion of international judges.

J UDGES' ASSOC[ATIONS- U NIT E ! Write to me the idea.

anu let me know if you like

Such a great pool of ideas and minds could solve many problems of judging at lower skill levels and act as a lobby for standardizing rules and programs of events in the high schools throughout the nation. It could be a great step toward s a tndy national and truly American gymnasti c~ program. I need your ideas. What are the advantages ? Disadvantages? Is this pos­sible? What do you think ?

Clari fy ing the still ring requirement : " . .. a ha,ndstand passing through a hang or a half-inverted hang . . ." Does this permit a forward kip to handstand to sat­isfy the swing requirement ? In my mind, Yes ! as long as the move is continuous from start to finish. Naturally deductions would be necessary for leaning on the straps and bending of the arms or legs. Why else would this position be mentioned ? A di s­locate and an in.locate both pass through a hanging position- clearly removing shoots and uprises from consideration in trus pharse. Quiz

Fill in the correct answer and mail to : Roy Davis, Mission San J ose High School, 41717 Palm Ave., Fremont, Calif. (cite sup­porting evidence by page number in the CODE, if possible) 1. Must a high bar exercise contain an "in­

bar move or vault for maximum credit '?

If " YES", then what would be a suitable deduction for the omission ?

2. Does a kip to handstand satisfy the swing handstand requirement on rings?

3. Does a peach basket to handstand satisfy the release requirement on parallel ba rs?

Judges Associations: Please submit your addresses and offi cers to this column so we can discuss some common problems here. Fill in the box below:

P lease submit a ll mail to the follcwinu address : Mr. Roy Davis, 715 Laurel S t ~ San J ose, California 95126.

Name of group

Mailin g address

OIficer-5 :

Meetin g Dates :

....... , an extra constitution is ava il ab le, please

enclose it.

IIWHAT'S THE

SCORE?" l3y J erry Wri gh t

FraJl ~ i:;~o State College

WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL T ITLE WON BY GRANVILLE

FOR 3rd CONSECUTIVE YEAR The competition keeps gettin g closer, but

Granville still r eigns as Gymnastic Cham­pion among Wisconsin Schools. Granville, a Milwaukee suburban school located in Brown Deer and coached by Bob Bowen, won its third titl e by scoring 56 points compared to 55 for runner up Milwaukee Bay View in the State Meet at the Uni­versity of Wisconsin on March 13.

Granville was no underdog going into the State Meet but they had been beaten by Runn er Up Bay View in Dual and Open l'vl eet competi tion earlier in the season and fini shed with an 8-4 record. The Gran­vi ll e Coach confides that the team reached its peak in the State Meet Prelims and conti?ued the top performan ces throughout the fmals to make the victory possibl e. With the majority of the team returning, the 1966 squad has similar designs.

Granville didn ' t win an individual t itle but won on the strength of its fin e depth­in cluding two seconds, two ties for second and two fourths. Madison East tock third with 45 points, two more than Milwaukee Marshall with 43. Only 121;2 points sep­arated the next six teams, led by fifth fini shing Milwaukee Boys Tech wih 38.

Top Individual was Curti s J ohnson of Madison East who won in Floor Exercise and .Long Horse and took second in the All-Around for 29 points. Teammate Craig Hopper won in Still Rin gs and added a fifth for 16 points. Number two in the in­dividu al scoring parade, however, was Pete Bradley of Madison West, who was just a half point shy of Johnson. Bradley had firsts in All-Around and Horizontal Bar and tied for second in the Parallel Bars with Stich of Granville for 281;2 points. Other individ ual champions were Ron Se­manko of Bay View in Parallel Bars and Rich O! son of Eau Claire Memorial in Side Horse. Brian Kanter of Milwaukee Marshall and Ron J akus of Milwaukee King shared the tumbling titl e.

The competitive picture in the 1965 Wis­consin State Meet was improved over a yea r ago and the indication is clear that future title winners in the Badaer State will certainly have to top this ~ear's ef­forts to become champions.

Above: Coach Tom Hesiak and his Bav V iew team, At right : CoaCh Boo Bowen ana the Granv ille High School team, Wisconsin State Champions 1963-64 & 65

NCAA EASTERN REGIONAL QUALI FICATIONS

Penn State dominated the field in the Eastern Regional qualifi cation meet held at the University of Virginia, March 13.

In the dual meet between Penn State and the Univ. of Virginia P enn State won 94-23. Steve Cohen, Mike Jacobson and Ed Isa­belle qualified 1-2-3 in the all-around to lead all qualifiers.

Pete Sapanaro had a fine evening captur­ing first place on the Floor exercise and the trampoline.

Bob EIsinger led a 1-2-3 Springfield sweep on the side horse followed by Ross and Tom Auchterlonie.

Culhane of Penn State joined Saponaro as the only dou ble winners as he led the field on the parallel bars and the high bar.

Sid Oglesby got back up there where he belongs and led the long horse field and Zimmerman got revenge on Walters on the still rings after the Eastern Intercollegiates to lead that event.

RESULTS All -Arou nd : Steve Cohen, PS 53.90; Mike

Jacobson, PS 53.65; Ed Isabelle, PS 53.60; Jerry Spencer, WV 50.25; Jim Saceo, Pitt 49 .20. Floor Exercise : Saponaro, PS 9.3; Petrino, Tern 9.25; Cohen, PS 9 .15; Isabelle, PS 9.15; Jac­obson 9.05; DuFour, Army 8 .85. Side Horse: Ei singer, SP 9.45; Ross, SP 9 .35; Au chter lon ie, SP 9.3; Meury, SY 9.2; Paoletti , PS 9.0; Cohen , PS 8 .9. Trampol ine: Sapona ro, PS 9.3; Long­houser , Army 9.15; Parks, LSU 8 .95; Black, SP; 8.8; DuFour, Army 8.5; Watson, PS 8.45; Para ll el Bars: Culhane, PS 9.4; Spencer, W.Vir. 9.35; Jacobson, 9 .2; Isabelle , 9.05; Cargill, SP 9.0; Cohen , PS 9 .0. High Bar: Culhane, PS 9.55; Bellavi a, SY 9.4; Isabelle, PS 9.25; Cargi ll SP 9. 15; Alt, SP 8.9; Jacobson, PS 8.65. Long Horse: Oglesby, SY 9.65; Culhane, PS 9.6; Black SP 9.6; Saponaro, PS 9.45; Jacobson, PS 9.45; Cargill , SP 9.35. Sti ll Rings: Zimmerman, SP 9.4; Peek, SP 9.35; Cohen, PS 9.2; Edwards, SY 9.1; Wa lters, SY 9.05; Jacobson, PS 9 .0 .

NCAA Western Regional Gymnastic Championships The Western Regional championships

were highlighted by a strong truee way bat­tle between The Univ of Cali£., Univ. of Washington and San Fernando Valley State College.

The dual meet between the Univ. of Wash­in gton and San Fernando was captured by Washington by virtue of a 1-2-3 sweep on the side horse and a 1-2 sweep in Floor exercise and trampoline with the final score 701h for Wash. and 48% for San Fernruldo.

In the championship meet D= Millman led the NCAA qualifiers in the Floor exer-

cise by performing an excellent final night routine. After throwing his double back in the prelims he decided to drop the stunt the final night and performed a much stead­ier routine.

Bill Nash, of LA State, led the side horse qualifiers mostly by default-as his two nearest competitors, Rick Field and Bob Hall , had major breaks in the finals.

Dan Millman again headed the fi eld on the trampoline with a simple, for him, rou­tine probably because of the fact that he had a lack of top competition.

Paul Newman of Cal. , by virtue of two steady performances qualified allead of La­Moyne Durham of USC =d Rusty Rock. Rusty fell out of a hip circle shoot to a handstand but almost unbelievably covered it up by going almost immediately into a reverse stalder ). These three were followed by Dan Millman who fini shed with a full in fliffi s (a double fly-a-way with a full twist on the first flip-on tlle high bar yet) .

Millman was also the class of the meet on the long horse as he did 2 fine hand­springs (straight body) to edge Bill Gaf­fan ey of LA State and Herb Solomon of Cal.

Paul Newman of Cal. led Rick Field of Cal. on the parallel bars as the top 6 finalists from the prelims fin ished in ex­actly the same order as they qualified.

Rick Field and Bob Diamond of San Fer­nando tied for first on the still rings at 9.3 in spite of the fact that when it came time to ditto off the results it was discov­ered that someone had accidently waiked off with the master ditto.

There was an audience of about 400-500 both evenings and the officials were Roy Davis, Howard Moorman, Jack Smith, Er­win Volze, Elichi Gukushima, Helmut Haas, Don Nelson and Jerry W,ight.

RESULTS Floor Exercise: Millman, Cal 9.17; David,

Wash 9.07; Gardener, SFV 8.90; Diamond, SFV 8.87; Love ll , Wash. 8 .85; Rock, SFV 8.72. Side Ho rse : Nash, LAST 9.25; Hall , Wash 9.225; Field, Cal 9.145; Durham, USC 8.97; Chew, SJS 8.77; Mi yamoto, ST 8.475. Tro mpoline: Millman, Cal 9.25; David , Wash 8.55; Chrisman CP 8.50; Fonceca , Wash 8.42; End icott, CP 8 .37; Gardener, SFV 8.10. High Ba r: Newman, Cal 9.35; Durham, USC 9.2; Rock, SFV 9.1; Millman, Cal 9.05; Hall , Wash 9.0; Fie ld Ca l 8.9. Long Ho rse : Millman, Cal 9.325; Bill' Gaf­faney, LAST 9.3; Her b So lomon, Cal 9.275; Hall , Wash 9 .25; Durham, USC 9.25. Still Rings: Field , Cal 9 .3; Diamond, SFV 9.3; Josh Rob­ison, Cal . 9. 1; Chuck J enner, Cal . 9.00; Rock, SFV 8.8; Mini Inouye, LB 8.7. All-Around : cield, Ca l 54.25; Hall , Wash 53.65; Lovell , ~a~~. 51 .50; Du rham, USC 52.40; Rock, SFVSC

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Mid-West Regional Qualifications

Iowa State's Jerry Fontana led Coach Ed Gagnier's fin e team to an 80-40 dual meet victory over strong Arizona Univ. and led his team in t he Regional Qualification meet held at the Uni v. of Denver, March 19-20.

In addit ion to winning the al l around Fon­tana led the fi eld on the high bar to j oin teammat e Jim Selby as the meets only r10ubl e winners, Selby helped his team a littl e by winning the Trampoline and the Long Horse.

Steve Doty helped the Univ. of Arizona wi th a first on the Side Horse and a third in the All -A round.

1 im Crowder of Iowa State led the field on the parallel bars with a convincing win. Other winners included J olm Tracey of Den­ver in the Floor Exercise and Les Clu-is­tiansen of A rizona Sta te on the Still Rin gs.

RESULTS Floor Exercise: John Tracey, Den 8.7; Franc is

Al len, Neb 8.35; Bob Setchell, Col U 8 .32; Keith Ahone, Utah 8.25; Ralph Penley, IS 8.15. Side Horse : Steve Doty, US 9.3; Tim Bumann, IS 8.8; Tom Kraneman, IS 8.6; Dave Doty, UA 8.4; Higgenbot ham, UA 8.25; Dave Boland, CSC 8.15. Tra m pot ine: Jim Selby, IS 9.02; Terry Day, Den 8 .9; Norm Bishop, CSC 8.45; Joe Dupree, IS 8.3; Rich McCabe, Col U 8 .2; Fl oyd Horse : Steve Doty, UA 9.3; Tim Bumann, IS 9.3 ; Terry Higgans , AF 9.15; Lonnie Arfsten, Cu 8.95; Stan Thompson, Den 8.9; Steffen Monk, UA 8 .3; Norm Cox, Ariz St 7 .95. Long Horse: Jim Selby, IS 9 .2; Terry Day, Den 9.15; John Tracey, Den 8.95; BilJ Podia , Col U 8.95; Harry Howard, Neb 8 .9; Franc is Allen, Neb 8 .85. Pa ralJe l Bars: Jim Crowder , IS 9.35; Terry Higgins , AF 8.95; Ted Nadeau, Den 8.75; Jerry Fontana , IS 8.45; Francis All en, Neb . 8.4; Skip Johnson, ASU 8.3. Still Rin gs : Les Chri stianso n, Ariz St 9 .35; J im Jackson , IS 9.15; Bi ll Co le, AF 9. 15; John Tracey, Den 9.1; Tom Jenkins , Col U 8 .95; BilJ Cla rk, Den 8.75. AlJ ­Aro und : Fontana, Iowa St 48 .70; Terry Higgins , AF 48.30; Tteve Daty, Univ Ariz 47 .20; Franci s AlJen, Neb 47 .05; Jack Kena n, UA 46 .05.

2nd An nual Naf ional Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics

National Gymnastics Championships

In almost complete contrast to last years meet in wh ich the difference between the first two teams was one-half .of a point, Western Illinois Universi ty ran away from the fi eld this year to capture their second consecutive NAIA National team tit le, March 19-20 at Fort Hays State College, Hays, Kansas.

Coach Bob Clow's Leathernecks ran up an impressive 143 points to second place Eastern Washington's 75Y2 and third place Illinois State University's 62 to comfortably lead the fi eld. Other team scores included Eastern Michigan with 53Y2 , David Lip­scomb 46 %, Bemidji State College 38, East­ern Illinois University 34%, Ft. Hays, 25, Ft. Lewis 13, Stout State University 5, Univer­sity of Southwes tern Louisiana 5 and Dick­inson O.

Heading up the Leatherneck squad was its fin e all -around performer 1 erry Polacek who captured the all-around title, moving up from his 3rd place finish in this meet last year, and placing in the top 6 in five of the six all -around events. Ray LaFrancis of WIU contributed a big first on the tram­pol ine defeating last years winner J ohn Tob­ler. Mik Rodgers and J erry Polacek fin­ished 1-2 on the side horse, J erry Peterson and Polacek finished 1-2 on the parallel bars, Ray In gersoll captured the high bar and Gene Swanson and Howard Sokol fin ­ished 1-2 for the Leathernecks on the still rin gs.

The outstanding individual performance of the meet was probably that turned in by

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Paul Ziert who led Coach Wayne Truex's Illinois State Un iversity team by winning the floor exercise, tumbling, and placing 2nd on the tram poline and 4th on the long horse.

RESULTS All -Around : Po lacek, W IU 50.20; Steve Wood­

ward, EWS 46.87; John Mason, EMich 45 .80; Vic Av ig liano, EIU 43.17; John Tob ler, B.em 42.22; Pa ul Ziert, ISU 40.87. Floor ExerCIse : l iert, 8.9; Don Funderberg, EW 8.7; Bill Eads, EIU 8.3; Jerry Po lacek, 8.2; Dan W inters, EW 7.7. Trampotine: Roy LaFrancis, WIU 8 .95; liert , 8.4; Lyn Baker, DL 8.3; Tom Kordew lck, ISU 8 .05; Mason, EM ich 7 .5 . Side Horse : MIke Rodgers, WI U 8 .35; Po lacek, 8_ 15; Ted Imme­diato, DL 8.0; Woodwa rd , 7.7; MIke Ga rvin, EW· 74 High Bar: Ray Ingerso lJ , W IU 8.95; Da~ S"';ith, DL 8 .67; Tobter, 8 .6 ; Polacek, 8.4 ; Mason, 7 .9; Woodward 7.9 . Paralle l Bars : Jerry Peterson, WIU 9.0; Polacek, 8.6; Mason, 8.2; Avigliano , 8_1; Woodward , 7.97; Long Horse: Mason, 8 .9; Mark Giese, Ft . Hays 8.78; Ingerso ll , 8.78; liert, 8 .75; Dave Monroe, EMich 8.6. Still Rings : Gene Swanson, W IU 857· Howard Soko l W IU 8.55; Charles Baugh­"';an' Ft L. 8.45; ban Malloy, ISU 8.40; Jim Pick~tt , Bem 8.25. Tumbling : liert, 9.05; Bi ll Down ing, W IU 9.02; Tob ler, 8 _12; Baker, 8. 10; Eads, 8.10_

As of Press time the fo llowing results were available: Penn State defeated South­ern Ill. at Penn State. Washington defeated Iowa State at Denver. Also we have re­ceived no results from the Southern Inter­collegiate conference, The Big Ten con­ference, The Big Eight conference, and The Mid-East regionals.

Eastern In te rco lleg iates For the 14th consecutive year, in spi te of

a major upse t, a P enn State Gymnast cap­tured the Eastern Intercollegiate all -around titl e, held March 5 and 6 at Temple Uni­versity.

As fate would have it the major upset in­volved two Penn State gymnasts as Sopho­more Steve Cohen upset Senior l'vlike J ac­obson 56.40 to 55.75. Ed Isabelle, also of Penn State, 2nd last year, was third this yea r.

Steve Cohen also captured the Floor Ex­ercise event to join teammate Mike Jacob­son who won the Parall el Bars and High Bar as the meets only double winners.

Not only did Mike win the Parallel Bars and High Bar but he led a 1-2-3 Penn State sweep in both events.

Bob EIsinger of Springfi eld edged team­mate Tom Auchterlon ie for fi rst place on the Side Horse ; J ohn Longhouser of Anny ran away from the field for a victory on the trampoline; Rich Black, of Syracuse upse t 1964 NCAA champion Sid Oglesby on the Long Horse as Sid fell to a 5th place tie; and Ray Walters of Syracuse fini shed off the competi tion with a close victory (9.45 ) over Ron Peek and Steve Cohen (both 9.40 ) on the rings. P enn State also won the team title by virtue of an un­defeated season in dual meets_

RESULTS Floor Exe rcise: Cohen, PS 9 .55; Jacobson, PS

9.525; Jay Otto, Sp 9.425; Jim Petrino, Tem 9 425· Ed Isabe ll e, PS 9.325. Side Ho rse : Bob Eisini;ler, Sp 9.625; Tom Auchter lonie, Sp 9.475; Dennis Pao lett i PS 9.125; Jon Meury, Sy 9.125; Steve Cohen, PS 9 . 10. Trampoline : J ohn Long­houser, Army 9.450; Bob Ca rgilJ, . Sp 9.025; Jerry Dufour Army 8.925; Ron RInker, Navy 8.875; Rick Black, Sp 8.775. High Ba r: Jacob­son, 9.525; IsabelJe, 9.450; S. Cohen, .9.425; Jim Culhane, PS 9.275; Dean BellaVIa , Sy 9.225 . Long Horse: Rick Black, Sy 9.70; Pete Sapona ro, PS 9 .625; Alan Cohen, Mass 9.525; Cut hone, 9 .525;; A lJ an Kevles, Sy 9.475; S,d Oglesby, Sy 9.475. Parallel Bars : Jacobson, 9 .625; Cohen , 9.425; Culhane, .9 . 37~; Ca rgi lJ , 9 .225; Ron Peek, Sp 9 .1 75. StIli R,ngs : Ray Wa lters, Sy 9 .450; Peek, 9.4; S. Cohen, 9.4; Jeff Zimmerman, Sp 9.375; Ed Edwards, Sy 9.275. All-Around: S. Cohen , 56.40; Jacobson, 55.75; Isabell e, 53 .70; Tad Ono, Army 51.30; Kevles, 49 _90; J im Sa cco, Pit t 48 .1 5; N. MIt t­ma n, Tem 45.35; Greg Speck, So . Conn 41 .55.

Athletic Association ot Western Un ivers ities

The University of Washington squeaked out a closely contested , much disputed, and not soon to be forgotten victory over the Uni v. of Cali fornia (first loss for Cal in some 60 dual meets) in the championship meet held iVla rch 6, 1%5 at Washington.

In the dual meet between the two West Coas t Powers it was nip and tuck all the way with first one team and then the other trying to give the meet away. Finally, with the still rings the only event to go--the Uni­versity of California's all-around man Rick Field needed to win the event ( his spe­cialty) by .4 tenths of a point (9.4 to 9.0 for example). This would give him first on the rings and first in the all-around . . . but alas, the judges saw fit to award Bob Hall a 9.25 and Field a 9.15 . __ a truly remarkable situation.

In the championship meet Bob Hall of Washington won the All-around, side horse, and h igh bar to pace the Washin gton team. Dan Millman led the Cal team with vic­tories on the trampoline and long horse and a 2nd in floor exercise.

Lamoyne Durham of USC made his pres­ence felt with a 3rd in the all -around and seconds on the high bar, parallel bars and long horse_

1 im David of Washington, Josh Robison of Cal and Paul Newman of Cal helped their respecti ve teams wi th victories in the floor exercise, still ri ngs and parallel bars in that order. Officials lim Lang, W. Beez­hold , Matt Brislawn, Thorne Tibbetts, Eli­chi Fugushima, Helmut Haas, Yeshi Ha­tano, Taki Sueyoshi.

RESULTS All-Around : Bob HalJ, Wash 54 .75; Rick Field,

Cal 54 .30; Lamoyne Durham, USC 52.60; Mike Love lJ , Wash 51.95; Dan MilJman, Ca l 50.80; Eigil Flaathen, Wash 46_30; Al Luber, UCLA 44 .00; John Rinderknecht, Stan 40.20. Ftoor Exe rcise: Jim Dav id , W 9.35; Millman , 9.3; Hall , W 9.3; Luber, 8 .9; Field, 8.8. Trampoli"e: Mill­man, 9.45; Dav id, 8 .95 ; Art English , are. 8 .2; Rick Fonceca , W 8.05; Ha ll, 7.85. Side Horse : Hall , 9 , ~ ; Field, 9.4; Gene Jensen, W 8 .6; Jay Shaw, Wst 8. 1; Lovell, 8.05. High Ba r: Ha ll , 9.45; Durham, 9.30; Love ll, 9.20; Mil lman, 9.05; Paul Newman , Ca l 8.85. Long Horse : Mi ll man, 9.55; Durham, 9 .35; Luber, 9.3; Mark Bucking­ham,Wash 9 .25; La rry Haymes, a re 9.2; Ha ll , 9.2. Parall et Bars : Newman, 9 .40; Durham, 9 .20; Field, 9 _05; Tad Sakamoto, UCLA 8.70; Mi lJ ­man , 8.55; Flaathen, 8 .55; Pau l Benyo, Cal 8.55. Stilt Rings : Josh Robison , Cal 9 .30; Ha ll , 9.25; Chuck Jenner, Ca l 9.25; Gary Finne, Wash 9.20; Richard Bramson, UCLA 9 .1 5; Field, Cal 9.15.

Western Athletic Conference With all -a round performers Steve Doty,

1 ack Kenan, and Steffan .Monk, leading the way the University of Arizona exhibited its strongest championship team ever in run­n ing away with the WAC conference champ­ionship meet held March 5-6 at Brigham Young Univ.

Steve . Doty and Jack Kenan placed 1-2 in the all-around, and in addition to this Steve won the side horse and Kenan was run­ner up on the Parallel bars. Steffan l'vIonk captured the floor exercise and the hori­zontal bar events to contribute at least a little to the cause (a little?).

Skip 10hnson of Arizona State joined Doty and Monk as double winners by taking the long horse and the parallel bars. The re­maining two events were taken by Les Christianson of Arizona State (the still rings) and Robert Smith of New Mexico Univ. ( the trampoline)_

RESU L TS All-A round : Steve Doty, UA 52.50; Jack Ken­

qn, UA 51.70; Sk ip Smith, BYU 49.50; Brent

Heile, UU 49.15; Skip Johnson, ASU 49. I 0; Fred Cogon, BYU 49.05. Floor Exercise: Steffen Monk, UA 9 .0; 5. Smi th , B.95; Kenan, 8.95. Side Horse: S. Doty, 9.45; Char les Klumpp, UU 9.20; Dave Daty, UA 8 .8. Trampoline : Robert Smi th , UNM 9.0; Dan Dav is, BYU 8 .8; Chuck Reitz, BYU 8.75. High Bar: Monk, 9.1; Warren Van­dervoot, UA 9.05; Norman Cox, ASU 8.57. Long Horse: Johnson, 9 .25; Blaise Blasko, UNM 9.10; Cox, 9.10. Parallel Bars : Johnson, 9.17; Kenan, 9.0; Les Christianson, ASU 8.9. Still Rings : Christianson, 9.45; Johnson, 9 .2; Ron Szerlong ,UA 9 .05. Team Standings : Univ. of Arizono 172Y2, Brigham Young 92, Arizona State 87Y2, Univ . of Utah 58, Univ. o f New Mexico 38Y2.

California State College Championships

Led by their fin e all-ar ound performers, San Fernando Valley State College edged Sacramento State College in their dual meet that determined the State College rep­resentative which would later meet the AA WU representative (Univ of Wash.) in the Western Regional finals. .

In the fin al event, the Still Rings, San Fernando Valley wrapped up both the dual meet and the Championshi p meet titles with Bob Diamond finishin g 1st, Rusty Rock 2nd, and J ohn Magginetti 3rd against Sac­ram ento State and same 3 consequently placed 1-2-4. in the championship meet held at the same time.

Bob Diamond led Valley with firsts in Floor Exercise, Parallel Bars, and St ill Rings (winnin g FX routine-oFF, arabian dive roll , immediate FF to split , press to planche, stand, run , ro, FF, arabian tuck front , front handsprin g, swedish fall , turn to a back bend, roll down, on chest, jump to a round off , ff, layout, bounder, layout to push up position, stand to back walk over, run to fron t handspring, handspring, ball to side ( japanese) splits, press to inverted hand­stand , ro, ff , back).

Bill Nash of LA State was a confortable winner in the side horse over Rich Chew of San Jose State and Bob Ulatch of Sac­ramento. Rae Anders, a freshman at Sac­ramen to was also an easy winner in the trampoline event over Bruce Foat of Long Beach State.

Rusty Rock, (High Bar-Piroutte, german giant, Ih turn , kip to fron t giants, % tum to immediate hip circle flan ge out to hand­stand, immediate back stalder , immediate whip change to front stalder, immediate straddle vault catch, release one ann, full pirou tle to under grip, straight arm kip to front giants, change to back giants, cast to front flip dismount) as you can see did a fantas tic rou tine on the high bar to win eas ily. Bill Ga££aney of LA State led Rae Anders of Sacramento by 2 points to rather handily capture the long horse event. Of· fi cials : Nelson, Dunning, Smith, Wolfe, Moorman, Allin, Gault, Bengston.

RESULTS Ftoor Exercise: Diamond, 8 .9; Topping , 8.75;

Rock . 8.7. Side Horse: Nash, 8.65; Rich (hew, SJS 8.5; Bob Ulatch , SSC 8.25. Trampoline : Anders, 9 . 1; Br uce Foot, LS St 8.75; Scott Gardiner, SSC 8.5; Clay ton Chrisman, CP 8.5. Horizontal Bar: Rock, 9.35; Don Jennings, LB St 9.05; Terry Galbreath, LB 8.8. Long Horse: Bill Gaffeney, LA 8 . 9; Anders, 8.75; Steve Pleau, SSC 8.65. Parallel Bars : Diamond, 9.0; Topping , 8.95; Chew, 8.85. Still Rings: Diamond, 9.4; Rock, 9.15; Mini Inouye, LB St 8.9. All -Around : 50.75; Diamond, 50.45; Top­ping, 49.90; Chew, 4 9.75; Enrique Garcia, LA St 49.30.

California Collegiate Athletic Association

Rusty Rock, Bob Diamond, John Gardener and John Magginetti treated 1200 enthu­siastic spectators to an amazing show of all

Rock and D ia mond t op Valley State College, Cal i fornia Collegia t e Association

around gynmastic ability as they led Coach Bill Vincent's San Fernando. Valley State College gYJllJ1astics team to a complete rout of the annual CCAA gymnastics champ·ion­ships held Feb. 27, 1965 at Cal Poly State College in San Luis Obispo, Californa.

Rock , Diamond, and Magginetti finished 1-2-3 in the all-around; Diamond and John Gardener finished 1-2 in the fl oor exercise; Rock and Diamond finished 1-3 in that order on the high bar ; Rock won the long horse; Diamond won the parallel bars and Rock and Diamond fini shed 1-2 on the still rings.

Bill Nash of LA State salvaged something by winning the side horse and Clayton Chris· man of host Cal Poly won the trampoline. (Officials: Larry Banner, J ohn Muir , Gib Peralto, Vince Mattola, Dick Beckner, Les Sasbary and Attila Takach).

RESULTS Ftoor Exercise : Bob Diamond, SFV 9.35; John

Gardener, SFV 9. 1; Dave ' Buettner, CP 9 .05 . Side Horse : Bill Nash, AA 8.85; M y les Ross, LB 8.4; Diamond, SFV 8 .3. Trampoline: Clayton Chrisman, CP 9.3; Bruce Foot , LB 9. I·; Gard­ener, 9.0 . High Bar: Rusty Rock, SFV 9.5; Ter­ry Galbreath, LB 8 .9; Diamond, 8.85. Long Horse: Rock, 9.4 ; Mini Inouye, LB 9 .2; En­rique Garcia, LA 9.2. Parallel Bars: Diamond, 9. 1; Don Jennings, L B 8.7; N ash, 8.7 . Still

. Rings: Rock, 9.55; Diamond, 9.55; Inouye, 9.3 . All-Around : Rock, 53.95; Diamond, 53.85; Mag­g inett i, SFV 51.90; Garcia, 51.20; Galbreath , 49.20.

Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Far Western Conference Western Illinois University, defending

NAIA National Team champions, retained their HAC conference championship for the third straight year with an easy victory over Illinois State University.

Paul Ziert of ISU was selected as the out­standing perfonner by virtue of his first place victories on the long horse, floor exer­cise, tumbling and a second on the trampo· line.

J erry Polacek, of Western Illinois, 1964 NAIA second team selection, was the all­around champion by a wide margin over Dick Barta.

Also helping out the cause for Western was Gerald Peterson, first place winner on the parallel bars and 1964 NAIA first team select ion on the parallel bars.

Rounding out the competition Ray La­Francis captured the trampoline eevnt, Mi­chael Rodgers of Western won the side horse, Ray Ingersoll of Western won the high bar, and Larry Owen won the still rings with last years NAIA national cham· pion Howard Sokol ending up in 5th place.

RESULTS All-Around : Jerry Polacek, WIU 46.02; Dick

Barta, Niu 41 .85; Paul Zier t, ISU 3 7 . 10; Howard Sokol. W IU 36.7.9: Jim Furrow, ISU 35.70. Floor

exercise: Ziert, B.8; T om Muraoka, WIU 8.3; Bi ll Eads, EI U 8.1 . Side Horse : Michael Rod­gers, WIU 8.3; Bob Sabey, EIU 7.62; Polacek, 7 .6. Trampoline : Ray LaFranc is, WIU 8.7; Ziert, 8 .47; Tom Kordewick, IWU 8.4 . High Bar: Ray Ingerso ll , WIU 8.42; Barta, 8.4; Polacek, 7.3. Long Horse: Ziert, 8 .55; Polacek , 8 .2; Kim Michael , CMU 8 . 1. Parallel Bars: Gerald Peter­son, W IU 8.65; Vic A v igliand, EIU 8 .0; Po­I'acek, 7 .9 . Still Rings: Larry Owen, NIU 8.7; Tom Hussein, NIU 8.5; Gene Swanson, W IU 8.3 . Tumbling: Ziert, 8 .8; Bill Downing, WIU 8.3; Eads, 7. I. Team Standings : Western illi­nois University 18 1.5; Illinois State University 131 ; Northern Illino is Univ. 94; Eastern illi­nois Univ. 72.5; Central Michigan Univ . 25.

Far Western Conference Sacramento State College, under the di­

rection of lTV Faria, completely dominated the first annual Far Western Conference team and individu'al gymnastics champion· shi ps held March 6, 1965 IJ.t Sacramento State College.

Sacranlento State finished the regular season conference dual meet schedule with a 5-0 record followed by San. Francisco State College 3-1, University of Nevada 1-3 and Chico State 0-4.

So completely outclassed was the rest of the fi eld that Sacramento swept the first four places in every event except the trampoline and the all·around.

Leading the Sacramento team was Larry Topping winner of the All-around, Floor Exercise, High Bar , and Parallel Bars. (Of­ficials: Howard Moorman, Don Allin, Don Nelson, Bob Dunning, Jack Smith, Dick Wolfe, Jim Gault, Nils Bengston ) .

RESULTS All-Around: Larry Topping, SSC 49.90; Steve

Pleau, SSC 47.75; Bob Sakai , SFSC 37.45; Tom Fester , SFSC 32.70. Floor Exercise: T opping, 8 .75; Pleau, 8.45; Dave Neimand, SSC 7.7 . Side Horse : Bob Ulatch, SSC 8.25; Marty Wel­'den, SSC 7 .95; Topping, 7 .25. Trampoline : Rae Anders, SSC 9. 1; Scott Gardener, SSC 8.5; Sam Cobb, SFSC 7.75. High Bar: Topping, 8.45; Pleau, 8.15; Paul Dyer, SSC 8.10. Parallel Bars : Topping, 8 .95; Dyer , 8.60; Pleau, 8 .30. Long Horse: Anders, 8.75; Pleau, 8.65; Gar­dener, 8 .50. Still Rings: Ed Wolf, SSC 8.8; Ph il Ito, SSC 8.5; Topp ing, 8 .2.

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FOR TH E RECORD D ear Gl e nn:

The artic le by P a ul Dav is in the M a r c h issu e rega rding the desirability of r e t a ing­Ing the rope c lImb as a gymnastic event is . timely a nd a ppropria t e. H ow ever, h e IS In error abo ut the d a t es at whic h m od­e rn c limbing techniqu es bega n . Tom Gucker of Princ eton set the world's record f,o r the 20 foot rop e climb of 3.8 sec. In 1936; Sta n Ellison of Na vy r educed thi s to 3.6 sec. in 1939. ~ou l\1ang, Navy, Dick S\vinnerton,

PrInce ton a nd T o m Malon ey, Army coach e d the best c limbers during th e '30s a nd d e ­vised the basic s tyle whic h has s how n only minor changes since . I h ave movies of the 1937 Eas t ern Cha mpions hips s how ­ing the Princeton c limber s : Gucker (world I'ecord h older), Hou s ton (nation a l AAU c h a mpion 1937) a nd L ot s p e ic k a ll u s ing thi s s tyl e o f v igor ou s coordinated kic k 7 o r 8 stride s and a reach. '

I a ls o h ave a' program of th e E astern Inter c ollegia t e Gymnas tic C h ampionships h eld at W est P o int in 1940. R op e: 1s t Elli ­son, N a vy, 3.7 ; 2nd M a b ee, Army, 3.8 ; 3rd Richa~·d son.' Army, 4.0 ; 4t h D av is , N avy , 4.1. GIlles pIe, P e nn Sta te a nd I (P rinceton) ti ed fm' 5th a t 4. 2. We a ll u sed the tech­niqu e d escribed in D avis' a rtic le. E lli son a lso set the r ecord of 5.0 fO!' th e 25 fo o t r ope in 1940. Inc ide ntally, my 4.2 w as g ood for 3rd in the Nati.onal AAU b ehind Steve Greene's 4.0 in 1944.

I certainly hope Dav is' a rticle s timUlates r e new ed inte res t in a great event.

D ea r Sir:

Paul T. Condit, M .D. Rincel'ely yours, Oklahom a City 4, Oklaho m a

ROPE MORE?, OR LESS?

(In a n Swer to Dav is , Paul, "Rope B e ­longs," The Modern Gymnast>, Volume VII , N umber 3, March, 1965, p . 8 ...

Rope c limbing is a very impor tant a c ­ti v ity for dev eloping a rm and sh o ulde r stre t c h and it should b e included in e v ery physical education progra m. However, do not put it in form a l gy mnas tic s b ecause it lack s the a e s the tic values which other gymnastics ev ents h ave. Rope climb would b e muc h b e tter s uite d fo r indoor track m ee t s wh er e the s top w a t c h is preva lent. L eav e the race a way from the a rtistic routines of the f ormal gymnastic events.

Yours very truly, Bill Martin Ass is tant P hys ical Direc tor YMCA, Middleton, Ohio

GYM INSTRUCTOR WANTED WANTED: Volu nteer Gymnastic Instruc­

tor for Los Angeles Downtown YMCA. Membership and limited expenses available for qualified applicant. New lighting and finishing in the Gym along with the latest in Gymnastic equipment make it Q de­sirable and challenging position along with enthusiastic youngsters and manage­ment who want to have the best program possible . For More information write to : Bill Thompson, Asst. Phy. Dir. Los Angeles YMCA, 715 So. Hope St. Los An­geles, Calif. or call : 627-4751.

OLYMPIC ROUTINES

D ear Gl e nn: The pic ture s of the Olympic routines are

grea t! Con g ra tula tio n s on reproduc ing the m in The Modern Gymnast. I see m a n y val-

ues for t hi s type of ooverage. F or example , a n aspiring judge can g la nce over these pic tures just as h e were to look at a r outin e a nd attempt to r ecogn ize A, B, a .nd C p a l'ts in a n exerc ise, a ll the r ead ers of The Mod e rn Gymnast get a look at Olym­pic routines, e t c" I would like t o see the difficulty rating A, B, C Book done up in thi s manner.

Bob Freeman Mor r is town "Y" New J e r sey

CHAMP

Dea r Si r : Enc losed is a. photo of Ri ch a rd Hi ll s (14

yrs. old) our t op a ll- a ro und Gymna.s t. R ich­ard is the undefeated Jun ior (13-14 yrs.) a ll- around c hampion o f thi s area. M ee t s that h e h as won inc lude the New M exico Jr. O lympics a t A lbuqu erque, 'and the Southwest Area YMC A c h a mpionship. R ic h a r d o nly started gymnastics in t h e Fall of 1963, when I cam e to EI P aso , a nd did well last year overc oming a knee de ­ficienc y.

Thi·s is .<iUI' second year in compe titive gymnas tics and our team was runne r ·up in t h e Southwest Area Champio n ship . I am coaching 35 mem b e r s of the t eam a nd h a.ve over 400 in th e gymnastics program.

D ear Sir :

S incerely , J e rry Dic k e r son . Youth Phys ical Dept. E I Paso, T exas

BOOKS

. . . I wo uld like t o t h a nk you for a trul y informative magazine. I always found it qu ite difficult t o get worthwhile gym ­nastic books for g irls. Since reading your b ook review section I a m the owner of som e excellent b ooks on rhythmics and gymnastic s for girls and women. I find each edition is better than t h e last.

Keep u p the great work.

D eal' Mr. Sundby:

Sincer ely , M r s . P a tric ia Strycharz. Newark, New Jersey

CAMPS

You r magazine h as been very u seful to u s. The pictures e nd up on the bulle tin board a n d are very carefuliy studied by one a n d a ll.

W e are looking f or informa t ion con cern­ing the s ummer gymn astic ' camps h eld in the Uni t ed States. Can you provide any in­formation on them?

Yours very truly, Dorothy E . McIntyre Girls' Gymnastic Coach Hopkins , Minnesota

ED : E ac h Year we intend to publish Gy":' Camp s ites but as in the past the summer came quickly a nd c uaght us off balance: See next column an d perhaps we will have d a tes on a few more ready for the next edition,

FIELD HOUSE AND GYMNASIUM

SOKOL WOODLANDS

Dimensions : 140' x 110'

Dear Glenn, I a m enclosin g a brochure fo r our 1965

s u mmer gymnastic camp in New York stat e . W e fee l it is unquestionably the fin est gymnastic camp o n the East coast, wi th training fac ili ties as good as can b e found anywh ere. If y ou w ill t ake no te of the pic ture of the fi eld h ou se, the re are four c ras h d oor s (double doors) v is ible a t the left side of the field house. This might g ive yo u a li t tle b etter appreciation of the s ize of this building w hic h has a floor space of 140' x 110'.

T h e pictur e was taken last s ummer, the building is now comple t e ly en closed . We feel our s ta ff will be very fine a n d capable of adequately h andling a ny level of ability which may present itse lf this summer. Also, we h ope to get more t each­ers and coac h es a ttending a nd hold s p ecial sess ion s f o r the m on a c linical level. Oth er bu ildings inc lude a 20 u nit m o tel, (this prev io u s ly was a r esort) a main house w i th ki tch en and' dining room with five twin a nd triple rooms o n a second floor each w ith private bath. A s tone a n d a bric k h o use with 18 twin and triple r ooms some w ith priva t e b a th-a ll with running hot and co ld water. Also six cabins; a li in good s hape. Other faciliti es include a swim­ming pool, s huffle board court, a r eas for b a dmin to n , volleyb a ll , softball , a nd a r­c h e r y . These ac tivities a r e u sed to break up ·the d ay in bet\veen the two workout session s w hich we have. This is the d a ily sch edu le ' the camp ers will f o llow :

7:30 Rise and Shine, 7 :55 Flag Rais ing, 8 :00 Breakfast, 9 :00 Inspectio n of Quarters, 9 :15 Warm Up, 9 :30 Gymnastic C lasses, 11:45 P r epara tion for Lunc h , 12:00 Lunch, 12:30 R est, Canteen Time , 1 :30 L ecture or Supervised Recreat iton , 2:45 Swimming, 4:00 Free Time for Individual Activities, 5:45 Flag L ow e ring a nd Mail Call, 6:15 Gymnast ic Classes, 8:30 Socia l Hour, 9:45 P,-eparation for Retirement, 10 :15 Lights Out.

I hope you will bear with m y exhuber­a nce over this, but as direc tor of t hi s pro­g r am, I s incerely feel it's quite worthwhile a n d the type of thing that can do a great deal to promot e gymnas tics.

Sincerely yours, Milan Trnka .

SOKOL USA ANNOUNCES

ITS 1965

Sokol Invitational Gymnastic

School at

SOKOL WOODLANDS

Mail Road, Barryville, New York

DATES The gymnastic school wi ll be held for a six

week period-July 18th t o August 28th. Gym­nasts may attend any of the weeks.

RATES The school will cost $70.00 per week . This

includes meals, lodging, gymnastic instruction, and supervised recreation periods.

AGE LIMIT Appl icants should be 13 yea'rs of age. Excep­

tions may be made if a younger applicant is mature and self-sufficient.

STAFF The school will be directed by Milan Trnka,

Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education and gymnastic coach at West Chester State College, Pennsylvania.

The stoff will be composed of carefully selected coaches and professional educators . Assistants are college students with a major interest in education and gymnastics.

CURRICULUM Gymnastic practice sessions will be held twice

daily and will incl ude the fo ll owing: • Men-Horizontal Bar, Rings, Parallel Bars, Long Horse, Side Horse, Floor Exercise, Tumb­ling and Rebound Tumbling . • Women-Uneven Parallel Bars, Balance beam, Floor Exercise , Side Horse Vau lt ing, Tumbling, Rebound Tumbling, and Ballet .

RECREATION Afternoon and evening recreation periods will

include : Softball , Volleyball, Hikes, Swimming, Trips t o t own, Ro ller skat ing, Movies, Talent shows, camp fires, etc. Free time will be al­lotted late in the afternoon for resting , letter writing , laundry, etc. Laundry facilities will be available to students,

FOR COACHES Gymnastic coaches and physica l educators

are inv ited to attend the school for experience in " coaching" and "spotting" techniques and a s much practical participation a s they wish to engage in . They will also profit from the lectures on topics related to gymnastics and consultat ion with the stoff members.

Our huge field house, now complete ly en­closed, is full y equipped with modern Nissen gymnastic equipment, which meets Olympic spec ifications.

On some pieces there are as many as 3 dupli­cations. Th is, of course , incl ude a 40' x 40' padded fl oor -exercise area .

Other buildings include the dorms, dining room and school off ice.

Further information (clothing list , doctor's certi ficate, mop t o Soko l Woodlands) will be sent to you upon receipt of you r appl ication .

Please return applications by June 15th to: SOKOL U,S.A., Box 189 Ea.t Orange, New

Jeney,

Sokol Invitational Gymnastic School - APPLICATION FORM-

Please return appHcations by June 15th to: SOKOL U.S.A., 'Sox 189' Ea-.t Orange, New Jer.e\'

Name . __ """"._ ... """" ___ ,, ..... __ . __ ___ " .. ___ ,,_. _. , __ ""_". Age .. " _ .. ,,,""" Birthdate

Address " ... ... . " .. ". ___ . __ __ ._._. ___ . __ . __

wi ll attend the foll owing weeks: ( ) Aug. 1 - Aug . 7

_ __ """""" City & State

) Jul y 18 - July 24 ) Ju ly 25 - July 31 ) Aug . 15 - Aug. 21 ) Aug. 8 - Aug. 14

( ) Aug. 22 - Aug. 28

Are you a gymnast or coach (teacher)? ""._._"" ____ ._ " A member of Sokol U.S.A.? '''''''''". ___ _ Please estimate your gym nastic abi lity: () Nov ice () Junior () Senior I am enclosing a deposit of $ 10.00 (not refundab le) towards the fee of $70.00 per week. I will pay the ba lance upon arrival at Soko l Wood lands.

Parent' s Signature, if under 21

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