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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR:

FA'NTASTIC: While going over materials to pi~k just a few of the photo highlights to illustrate the "Five Year Report" of the UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FED· ERATION, we could hardly believe the amount of arti· cles, photos, educational aids (records, films, books, posters, programs, etc.), clinics, competitions and courses, teams, tours and technical translations that have come out of the USGF offices. It was an almost impossible task to cut a report that would fill volumes down to eight pages. We almost reached the point of not daring to look at all the material available as the decisions on what to include were becoming too diffi· cult. However we did manage to some degree. To the thousands of you who have had an active part in the USGF program over the past five years we thank you, and if your picture, program or project does not ap· pear in this all·too·brief report, we hope you will understand and take comfort in the fact that you have had a part in USGF history and the growth of Gym· nastics in America.

GYMNASTICS FOR ALL THRU THE USGF has been the motto of the UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION from' its very beginning. The impressive list (thousands) of coaches and gymnasts from novice to Olympian who haven taken part in USGF sponsored and sanctioned activities (camps, clinics, competitions and congress) attests to the fact that the USGF motto is no idle boast, but a working reality that has lead Gvmnastics in America i.nto a brighter future. The ma~mitude of the proven program of progress of the USGF has left the establishment with only a threat, not a program, for a voir.e in Amerir.an Gvmnastics. We believe the INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC FEDERATION (FIG) wants to be represented in the USA by the real voice of a POSITIVE PROGRAM for Gvmnastics in American THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION.

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m THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

G Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

CONTENTS

Volume X April, 1968 Number 4

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ............ .. .............. .............. Glenn Sundby 4 GYM FORUM .. .... ................ ............................................ ..... ... ... ........ ... 5 CHALK ' TALK ....... .... .. .... ........ .. ........................ .. .... ........ ...... 6 CANADIAN REPORT ................ ........................ .... ...... ... John Nooney 7 USGF REPORT ............... .......... ................. ....................... Frank Bare 8 MG CALENDAR .. .. .... .. ....................... .... .. ............ ........... ,Jim Amerine 16 MG INTERVIEW .. ............ .... ...................... Ken Sakoda & Dick Criley 18 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS .... .. .................. ...... .. .......... .... .. 19 STILL RINGS SEQUENCE .......... ...................................... .. .. Nakayama 20 SPODING IDEAS ............ .. ................... .. .................. William Wright 22 MG ART CONTEST .... .... .... ........ .. .... .................. .......... ................ ........ 24 GYM WHEEL GYMNASTICS ... ...................... ................ Norbert Hill 26 GYMNASTIC AIDS ....................... .... .. .. .. .................. .. .. ....... Don Tonry 27 MG SCOREBOARD ..................................... ... .... ........... ... .... .......... ....... 28

COVER : Five years of U.S.G.F. on parade.

PUBLISHER - EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS -Technical DICK CRILEY, Production KEN SAKODA, Design

ASSOCIATE EDITORS· Feature

A. Bruce d ederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco , Research; Dick Criley, Statistics; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank L. Bare, USGF; Jess Robinson, Tramp9line; Roy Davis, ] udging; Jackie Uphues, Women; Kenneth W. Hollis, YMCA; Ken Sa· koda, Art; John Nooney, Canada.

THE MODERN GYMNAST is published by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica , California 90401 . Second Class 'postage paid at Santa Monica , Calif. Published monthl y except bi·manthly June , July, August , and September. Price $5.00 per year, SOc single copy: Subscription correspondence , THE MODERN GYMNAST, P.O. Box 611 , Santa Monica , Califo rnia 90406. Copyright 1968 © all rights reserved bv SUNDBY PUBLICATIONS. 410 Broadwav. Santa Monica . Calif. All pictures and manuscripts submitted become the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and suffiCient poslage are included.

JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS . .. ANOTHER WALL

One would certainly have held out hope that the sport of gym­nastics might have reecived a realistic look from those in a posi­tion of leadership within the A.A.U. The United States placed poorly as a team in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. In Dortmund, Germany in 1966 the teams again placed in the second division. Couple this information with what we already know relative to the new emphasis placed on amateur gymnas­tics in France (they have a full-time national coach from Japan) and Cuba (they train in the USSR), and we see that the need for assistance in our United States is great.

In December of 1967, the U.S.G.F. invited three F.I.G. experts to come to Tucson, Arizona and conduct an Officials Course for gymnastics judges. To that end the USGF forwarded the air tick­ets to Yugoslavia, Switzerland and New York and arranged for the course (the first of it's kind to ever be conducted in the USA) to take place. The AAU, however, wrote the FIG and complained that they had'nt been invited and therefore the course wouldn't be fair. it was an obvious lie and the record clearly shows several AAU representatives did enroll , but none-the-Iess the AAU was ultra-successful in denying the United States its first such Con­tinental Judges Course.

In January of 1968, the U.S.G.F. invited a group of outsta.nd­ing Scandinavian All-Star university students to tour the United

States. The team came as scheduled and made five appearances against American college all-star teams from Pennsylvania to California. They appeared before some 18,000 American spectators and had a truly great tour. What is significant is that they brought with them letters of threats, warnings and admonitions about their trip to the U.S.A. The AAU, in another backward step had written them and warned them of penalties if they should come to America. Uns.uccessful in this attempt to stifle gymnastics in America they (AAU) none-the-Iess did their best to discourage an excellent exchange between five nations.

In February of 1968, the U.S.GJ. invited Mme. Berthe Vii ­lancher, distinguished President of the Women's Technical Com­mittee of the F.I.G. to lecture at three stops on a brief tour of the U.S.A. She made the trip, gave her informative lectures at Massachusetts University, Colorado University and Southern Illinois University and proved herself to be not o.nly extremely knowledgeable and hard-workin~ but gracious and charming as well. Her lectures were attended by more than 200, of whom perhaps one-half were officials and ' coaches in gymnastics (the rest being students). The A A.U. wrote the various stops on her tour warning of punishment for those who would take her brief course . The issue again was that the AAU had failed to sponsor such a tour and therefore it was not possible. Unsuccessful again in an attempt to push gYmnastics farther down the intprnational ladder; none-the-Iess the AAU leadership did their best to impede any improvement of the lot of amateur gymnastics in America ...

Frank L. Bare USGF Director

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ilK STUDY TOUR FOR

PHYSICAL EDUCATORS Physical educators may eompare sports

and physical education program in England, Scandinavia, and the Soviet Union on a flying three· weeks study tour, June 8·30, sponsored by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in cooperation with the National Education Association.

The tour program includes VISItS to schools, sports centers and institutes, and Olympic training sites. Special seminars with the sports and physical education leaders of host countries are being ar· ranged. The tour is also designed to give participants some understanding of the political, economic, and social conditions of the countries visited. The itinerary in· cludes 3 days in Copenhagen, 3 in London, another 4 in iVloscow, 3 in Kiev, 2 in Len· ingrad, and 2 in Helsinki.

The tour guide is Dr. Luther Schwich, AAHPER Western States Consultant. Round trip cost is S885 from New York. Inter· ested persons should immediately request application form and detailed information from the Division of Educational Travel, NEA, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Wash· ington, D.C. 20036.

HAWAIIAN GYMNASTICS The Nuuanu YMCA of Honolulu, Hawaii,

sponsored a novice gymnastic meet for girls to raise money for the Olympic Fund. Representatives of the Central YMCA, Kokokahi YWCA, Kamehameha and Puna· hou schools participated in the event which was under the direction of Mr. Bob Mey· ers. Outstanding performers of the meet were Andrea Arthur (CL), Lindy Vivas (P) and Melia Ane (P).

VIDEO·TAPE COMPETITION Following up on the results of the Wash·

ington·Illinois "meet" held via an exchange of taped performances (See February MG), we learned that Illinois won 180.65 to 173.10. While no international meets have been scheduled as yet, Nihon University (J apan ) and Cologne University (Germany ) have been contacted with the idea of ar· ranging competitions via tape. 1964 OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS FILMS Due to the devaluation of the pound ster·

ling in England, the prices of films of the men's and women's competitions (both 8 and 16 mm ) have been reduced. The B & W film is approximately 3500 feet (214 hrs.) and features many slow motion ac· tion shots. For further information write to G. C. Kunzle, 67 Eastern Road, Bir· mingham 29, England.

NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINIC (Late receipt of the results of this clinic

jorces us to limit our report. The results of the clinic championships and the North· South Meet will be found in the MG Score· board. Photos by Jim Townsend,)

The new Robarts Sports Arena and near· by Lido Beach provided more than ample facilities for the 1967 National Gymnastics Clinic. Several pieces of apparatus were available for each event and the team of top·flight instructors, headed by Don Ton·

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Robarts Sports Arena, scene of the 1967 National Gymnastics Clinic (Sarasota Clinic).

ry, Abe Grossfeld and Vannie Edwards, provided close -·attention and coaching to novice and advanced gymnast alike. In­structional emphasis was on preparation for the 1968 Olympic trials, but there was

Scene from Fort Lauderdale Clinic

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plenty of opportunity for competition: the clinic championships, an Olympic develop­ment meet, the North/South meet, and the national AAU trampoline championships. Judging sessions were staged by Janet Bachna and Tom Maloney. A special lec­ture on the physiology of exercise was given by Jon Culbertson. Don Tonry pre· sented highlights of his Master's thesis study on gymnastic nomenclature, which earned him the McCloy research award.

FORT LAUDERDALE NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CLINIC

(Late arrival of this report precluded in­clusion of all its many highlights. A sum.· mary is presented here and results of the clinic championships and the North/SolLth meet will be fOlLnd in MG Scoreboard.)

The 3rd an~ ual eastern gymnastic clinic of the USGF was held during the Christ· mas holidays at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, under the direction of Bill Meade and Dick Holzapfel. Classes were held daily in all of the Olympic events and trampoline in va rious ability levels. Special sessions on coaching and judging were also presented. The women's division under the direction of Vern Elder held classes in the four

"Olynlpic Events. Competitions were held for the junior boys, an open meet for girls, while an Olympic compulsory competition for men and qualifying championship meet set the pace for the advanced gymnasts.

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CANADIAN COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Team winners: Francis Xavier, University of New Brunswick.

INV ITATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Team winners: Men : University of British Columbia, University of Alberta , McMaster University.

WOME 's INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS COMPETITION

By Mrs. Rllth Priddle, Dir. of Athletics The University of Waterloo played hostess

to the first Women 's Intercollegiate Gym­nastics Competition in the W.I.A.U. and O.Q.W.C.I.A. women's conference in On­tario and Quebec. Teams participating in the competition included Univers ity of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, McGill University, McMaster Un iversity, Queen's University, York University and the University of Waterloo.

Congratulations go to the University of Toronto for the outstanding team.

Following the tournament were two after­noon sessions designed for the competitors and coaches.

Mr. John Nooney, the Head Official at our meet gave a lecture on the points most in need of attention and the subtleties that are costly in competition.

This was followed by a lecture/demon­stration by Mrs. Roy Officer, a ballet teacher and member of the Royal Academy of Dancing in London, England. Mrs. OW­cer has been working closely with the Waterloo Collegiate gymnastics team on the integration of ballet and gymnastics. Her enthusiasm and ideas sparked enthusi­asm from the coaches and competitors present.

Summary of results: FX: Marty Kemene (UT) 9.0, Geri Tanni s

(UW) 8.5, Marg McKenderick (UT) 8.3. U,?B: Kemeny 8.8, McKenderick 8.2, Del za Tamari (McGi ll ) 6.9. SHV: Linda Bird (McMaster) 8.7, Kemeny 8 .35, Tannis 8.25. BB: McKenderick 8.6, Kemeny 8.4, Honey Foster and Linda Bird 8.0 .

Canadian College Championships SI. Francis Xavier University hosted the

above championships recently to a packed house. Great credit is due to Mr. Geza von Martiny, Meet Director, and to Dr. John Dewar, Director of Physical Education and the Athl etic Director, Mr. Don Loney for hostinu these two meets. The women's meet was a'" first and the men's the second an­nual meet.

Universities taking part were Univ. of Alberta, St. F.V., Univ. of New Brunswick,

McGill University, University of B.C., Mc­Master Univ. , Dalhousie Univ., Acadia Univ. Many of these colleges .had two teams-men and women. It looks like at long last the colleges in Canada are doing something about gymnastics.

FIRST CANAD IAN NAT IONAL COLLEG IATE WOMEN 'S GYMNASTICS CHAMP IONSH IP FX: Lynne Pascoe (St. F.X.-M.S.B.), Lyn Peel

(U . a f A.), Nina Wiggins (U .N.B.) . BB: Ly" Peel Lynne Pascoe, Kathy Holmes (McGill). V : Lyn' Peel Lynne Pascoe, Nina Wiggins. UB : Lyn Peel : Susan White (St. F.X.-M.S.B. ), Lynne Pasco. AA: Lyn Peel, Lynne Pascoe, Nina W ig­gins. Team : Alberta 8 1.65, St. F.X.-M.S.B. 78.75, U.N .B. 28.65. THE OPEN- INV ITATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE

MEN'S GYMNAST ICS CHAMP IONSH IP FX: 8ill Mackie (U.B.C.) Brian Mann (Dal­

housie), Francis Tall y (U. of .A.) . SR : Bill Mackie Brian Mann, Rick Danielson, (U. of A.). PO: Bill Mackie,. Rick Daniel son, Br ian Mann. HB: Bi ll Mackie, FrancIs Tall y, Brian Mann. SH: Bill Mackie, Rick Danie lson, Brian Mann. LH: Bil l Mackie, Bud Brown (St. F.x.), tie Brian Mann (Dalhousie), and John Salme la (U~B.C.) · AA: Bill Mackie, Brian Mann, Rick Dan ielson . Team: U.B.C. 134.45, Alberta 123.63 , McMaster 105.60.

A Message from your National Chairman

Please read carefully this extract from Raymond Gagniers's newsletter.

" OLYMPIC GAMES OF MEXICO: At the last meeting of the Canadian Olympic Association, the number of gymnasts who will participate at the Olympic Games was reduced to 8: 4 men, 4 women plus 2 coaches : one man and one woman.

"This is very bad news for Gymnastics. No doubt that our chances will be dimin­ished . Among other arguments, it was asked that our gymnasts should be able to class themselves in at least in the first half of the total number of gymnasts. If our uymnasts train themselves for three hours ~ day, 6 days per week as some actually do (or more), how much more can they do. Maybe we will have to do like the skiers and send our gymnasts to Japan or U.S.S.R. six months each year?

"With thi s, we are far from the concept of amateurism and of participation that Pierre de Coubertin was praising so much .

CANADIAN

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by fohn Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

" P ersonally , the first move that came to my mind- and I still maintain it- is to resign. Without any other comment from my part."

Now that you have read it- DO SOME­THING ABOUT IT. Write your comments to Raymond and vent your frustration on the Canadian Olympic Assoc. The address is H. W. Hoppener , Exective Director, 801 Dominion Square Buildings, Muntreal. This is a matter of great importance to have full teams in Mexico.

Raymond's address is 7340 Champche­vrier, Ville D' Anjou, Quebec.

HERE AND THERE

Mr. Jack Chateris, Asst. Professor, School of Physical Education, is the new gymnastic coach at the University of Guelph, On­tario. Jack will also teach the gymnastic content (men and women) of the new B.5c (P.E.) degree program. Jack is a graduate from South Africa.

Knowing Jack's interest in the Sport we are lucky to have him. Welcome to Canada.

Mr. Digby Sale, Asst. Professor School of Physical Education is the new gymnastic coach at Mc Master University, Hamilton, Ont. Digby was the 1967 National College champion in Rings and was a member of the Univ. of Toronto gym team for the past four years . Congratulations Digby.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 5 & 6, Vancouver Community Champ. at Vancouver, All levels. Compo

Apr. 6, Maritime Championship at the Univ. of N.B. All levels. Opt.

Apr. 12 & 13, Eastern Canadian Champs, Port Col borne H.S., Port Colborne. Jr. and Sr. Compo Apr. 12 & 13, B.C. Y.M.C.A. M & W.

Apr. 26 & 27, C.E.C.lVI. Inter school champs at Montreal, M & W.

May 18, Quebec Provincial Champs. Argo Tyro and Novice at Montreal. M & W. Compo

May 18, 19, 20, B.C. Provincial Champs at Victoria, B.C. M & W. Jr. and Sr. Compo

June ?, Open Age Champ. at U.B.C. M & W. All levels, Compo

June ? , Ontario Provincial Champs at York University. M & W. Compo

June 1 & 2, Quebec Championships (Pro­vincia)). M & W, Jr. & Sr. Compo

June 9 to 23, F.I.G. JUDGES COURSE at Rome.

June 24 to 29, 47 Congreses of the F.I.G. at Rome.

July 5 & 6, CANADIAN CHAMPIO SHIP !it Quebec City. M & W. Jr. Sr. A and Sr. B. Compo

Oct. 12 to 27, Olympic Games at Mexico City.

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USGF DIRECTORS REPORT FRANK L. BARE Executive Director

Introduction to "First Five Years"

The U.S.C.F. is in its sixth year of formal operation. Some three years of hard work went before that and a number of this nation's outstanding coaches, officials and administrators dedicated considerable effort finalizing the structure and goals of the United first full-time gymnastics were events of significance that we have not covered in this brllet;8tl!mrnaJrf were countless meetings, clinics, covering every aspect of our of miles traveled on America.

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liTHE FIRST FIVE YEARSII

USGF INAUGURATED

December 8, 1962. A large group of the nation's leading gymnastics coaches and amateur sports ad· ministrators gathered in Chicago, Illinois and formally organized and inaugurated the United States Gym­nastics Federation. This meeting was the culmination of several years of research and organization. The first USGF President was Dr. Donald N. Boydston, Director of Athletics at Southern Illinois University who stated , "The U.S. Gymnastics Federation has been established to perform services and exercise functions which have often been neglected or given little consideration in the past. The concept of sports Federations in th is country was born of this basic premise and the USGF is the outcome of many years of hopeful planning and thoughtful anticipation for the time when gymnastics could be given equal emphasis and be considered of equal importance with other Olympic and international sports. "

DIRECTOR HIRED January 7, 1963. The Executive Committee of the

USGF, called for their first meeting in Los Angeles, California and at this meeting Mr. Frank Bare was hired as full-time Executive Director. The Director, was charged with initiating such projects as were con­sistent with the Constitution and such other projects of a promotional and educational nature as to aid amateur gymnastics. Dr. Boydston , Mr. M. R. Clausen, Glenn Sundby, Charlie Pond and the late Irwin Volze were present at that first meeting In Los Angeles. It was on this date that formal operations began, and the USGF's program of establishing a national office facility was underway.

Frank Bare with USGF officers Dick Clausen, Donald Boydst on, Glenn Sundby and committee members Irwin Volze and Charlie

Pond, in Santa Monica, California, accepting position as USGF Director.

USGF NEWSLETTER February, 1963. The USGF Newsletter was initiated

and the first such mailing was made in the second month of operations. The first Newsletter was mailed to 200 people . . . most of whom were well known in amateur gymnastics in America. From this original letter . .. the USGF Newsletter moved into various phases and continues today in the form of USGF News Briefs of the USGF Report. Mailing today is consider­ably different than it was in 1963 ... several thous ­ands of names are currently on the mailing list and electric folders, collators and pri nti ng presses have replaced the typewriter and hand work . . . but that story comes later.

FIRST CLINIC June, 1963. THE GALVESTON CLINIC ... con­

ducted in Galveston , Texas was the first of such events in that area of our nation. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. King hosted the event and the Island of Galveston turned out in strength and hospitality and the Mayor declared it Gymnastics Week in his City ... the clinic had a meet ... several hours on the beaches of the Gulf and lots of instruction. The clinic brought hundreds of youngsters their first exposure to gymnastics and in the years that have followed Texas has begun to move into competitive gymnastics programs at many levels.

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FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS June, 1963. THE FIRST USGF NATIONAL CHAMPI­

ONSHIPS ... was held in Park Ridge, Illinois at Maine East High School. Host coach Tom Gardner and the Illinois High School Coaches Association teamed up with the Midwest Gymnastics Association to make the first championships a good one. Art Shurlock .. . Tom Seward ... Glen Gailis ... Fred Dennis . . . Birgitta Gullberg (Sweden) and the great girls team from Flint, Michigan gave some excellent performances that year. Some great names of years gone by were on hand to judge ... Bill Roetzheim ... Inez Caon ... Judy Howe ... Fran Dennis ... many more, of course, but all-in-all the first USGF Nationals were one to be remembered for several good reasons. The meet drew a large number of entries . .. truly indi­cating a good start for what has become a great an­nual event.

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TRAINING CAMP July, 1963. PALM BEACH BALLET AND TRAINING

CAMP . .. was held in Florida. The results of some real effort on the part of the talented Grace Kaywell. The top boys and girls from the USGF Nationals were given an all-expense paid trip to Palm Beach by Mr. Frank Hale. Thirteen athletes in all made the trip and trained in gymnastics and received some of the finest instruction in ballet techniques available anywhere in the world. Those in attendance were:

Donna Schaenzer, Flint, Michigan, USGF NATIONAL ELITE ALL-AROUND CHAMPION, Birgitta Gullberg, Stockholm, Sweden, Dale McClements, Seattle, Wash­ington, 1963 Pan-American team, Doris Fuchs, Seattle, Washington, twice U.S.A. Olympic team member, Jan­ice Dunham, Flint, Michigan, Judy Dunham, Flint, Michigan , Paula Crist, Sacramento, California, Mary Ellen Toth, Flint, Michigan, Rusty Mitchell, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, Joe Nappi, (formerly Pasadena City College) Southern Illinois Uni-

Palm Beach Training Camp - Academy Dir . Ted Kneeland, Grace Kaywell, Jo An'na Kneeland, Bill Meade and Herb Vogel.

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versity, Ed Isabelle (National YMCA Champion) Penn ­sylvania State University, Lamoyne Durham , Pasadena City College, California , Glen Gailis, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Coaches present were Herb Vogel of Flint Junior College, and Bill Meade of Southern Illinois. DR. DONALD N. BOYDSTON, President of the USGF visited the training site and spoke with MR. HALE about the benefits connected with this type of program.

BEACH GYMFEST August, 1963. THE FIRST ANNUAL SANTA MON-

p ICA GYM FEST . . . hosted, sponsored and founded by Glenn Sundby in conjunction. with the USGF, was the beginning of a sun and fun gymnastics festival that continues today . . . and still demonstrates some great performances and some excellent times. Gymnastics events and beach events are combined on the beaches of Santa Monica ... each year, and a large crowd is always present when the Gymfest takes place.

EUROPEAN TOUR July, 1963. THE USGF SEND THE TOP THREE

TRAMPOLINISTS IN THE USA ON A TOUR OF EUR-OPE ... Danny Millman . . . then fresh from high school ... Fred Sanders of Michigan and George Hery of Iowa joined Glenn Sundby and the USGF Director in the first formal trip to Europe by the USGF. Germany and the Duetsches Turnfest, then France and then England were on the itinerary. Many good demonstrations . . . some excellent exchanges and friendships that remain until today were initiated on that first trip. It sparked a beginning of interna­tional interest in amateur trampolining that led into events never conducted before on an international level.

FIRST GOLD MEDAL October, 1963. USGF TRAMPOLINE CHAMPION

DANNY MILLMAN .. . then a freshman in California . . . went to Salzgitter, Germany and entered the Fahrbach-Schuster Cup competitions in that beautiful new city. England, Germany, Scotland and Denmark were entered along with the USA's sole entry ... but young Danny won the competition hands down to present the U.S.A. with its first international gold medal in more than 30 years in gymnastics.

TURNERS JOIN USGF December, 1963. THE AMERICAN TURNERS offici­

ally affiliate with the USGF ... bringing the national membership to a larger status than ever before ... and adding to the vast school-college membership the added benefits of Turner training, background and knowledge.

JOINT EFFORT December, 1963. THE THIRD ANNUAL WESTERN

GYMNASTICS CLINIC ... becomes a jointly spon­sored event with the USGF sanctioning that event. The University of Arizona hosts some 500 participants and the East-West All-Star meet gets bigger and bet­ter than ever before. This event proves to be the fore­runner of others.

SOUTH AFRICA TOUR March, 1964. THE USGF TRAMPOLINISTS TOUR

SOUTH AFRICA .. . and what a small but powerful team it was, as Frankie Schmitz ... Steve Johnson and Nancy Smith, joined coach-manager Gil Brink­meyer in a trip to South Africa and then a 6,000 mile tour of exhibitions and competitions that ended in the USA teams winning the South African Games. Ollie Areborn, of S.A. was organizer and sponsor of the team-trip and did a truly magnificent job of making it a success.

USGF and Turners at Turnfest, Essen, Germany

Steve J ohnson and Nancy Smith, So. Africa t our .

WORLD CHAMPIONS March, 1964. THE FIRST WORLD'S TRAMPOLINE

CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . were conducted in London, England. The USGF was invited to take part and sent Gary Erwin and Danny Millman as our representatives. They knew what they were sent to do and scored a one-two finish in the men's trampoline event giving the USA its first world's championship in that event . . . with Danny Millman being 1964 World's Cham­pion . . . and Gary Erwin runner-up.

SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS April, 1964. THE SECOND ANNUAL USGF NA­

TIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS were conducted at the UNI­VERSITY OF IOWA ... hosted by coach Dick Hal­zaepfel . . . and featuring some great. performances in every event. Rusty Mitchell moved into his own here and began to demonstrate a skill and style that would take him far in amateur gymnastics. Glen Gailis (Iowa), Ed Isabelle of Penn. State and Jerry Beckett of Denver all showed great performances in sweeping the all-around places.

USGF PRESS May, 1964. THE USGF PRESS began formal oper­

ations. Based on a most generous contribution of a printing press from the Waco-Porter Company in Schiller-Park, Illinois, the USGF began its first home­printed newsletters, flyers and experimentation with larger pro jects. It was the beginning of a large and extensive program in this area.

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AGE GROUP WORKBOOK September, 1964. THE USGF AGE GROUP GYM­

NASTICS WORKBOOK is published, Written, diagramed and donated to the USGF by James Farkas of the Mil­waukee Turners , this 90 page illustrated age-group program for boys and girls ages 6 through 18 was totally printed and assembled in the USGF's print shop as its first large-scale project. 500 books were assem­bled . . . and later we will account to you for the distribution of that excellent work since that time,

OLYMPIC GAMES October, 1964. THE 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES. , .

TOKYO, JAPAN . . . and the USA was represented by full teams of men and women ... plus some USGF delegates in Bill Meade, Glenn Sundby and Frank Bare. A good deal of time was spent in study­ing international gymnastics .. , and Glenn Sundby did the finest iob of bringing together a compUation of scores, photos and information on Olympic gym­nastics than has ever been done. Rusty Mitchell ... astounded the world with his first ever double back as a mount for his floor exercise routine, .. it pro­vided the USA with a thrust of interest that should have been maintained.

USGF RECORDS November, 1964. The talents of Grace Kaywell.

the USGF's Ballet Consultant again came to the fore and through her characteristic ability to see i'l oroiect through Grace pioneered the "first" of the Ballet for Gymnastics Recordings in conjunction with the Step­ping-Tones Recording Company of Los Angeles, Cal i­fornia . Her three records in series were truly the first great step in the direction that was needed for years that the USA had ever received. The fantastic interest of Betty Zimmer of Stepping-Tones and the great tal­ent of Grace Kaywell combined to produce a pioneer­ing masterpiece.

SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS January, 1965. THE USGF TRAMPOLINE TEAM

. .. selected through a trial enters the Second World's Trampoline Championships . , . conducted ' in London , England. The USGF team of Frankie Schmitz, Gary Erwin, Judy Wills and Nancy Smith .. , entered Ladies Tumbling ~ Men's Tumbling, Synchronized Tram­poline, Men's Trampoline and Women's Trampoline . . . and assured the USA of not one but all five of those first place meda~s . Gary Erwin became world's champion. , . Schmitz the runner-up . . . they teamed to win the synchronized ... then Judy won the tumbling and trampoline t itles with Nancy third in trampoline. Frank also won the men's tumbling. , . and there it was a clean , and deserved sweep.

RULES March, 1965. THE USGF published the USGF

RULES for men and women ... and began to pro­vide guide-line rules for areas not having such estab­lished rules or making these booklets available to schools in areas just beginning activity in gymnastics programs.

USGF TEAM TO MEXICO March, 1965. THE USGF ALL-AROUND TEAM

GOES TO MEXICO ... and this excellent team was selected by trial at the 1964 Western Clinic. Some of the all-time great gymnasts earned berths on this team ... ART SHURLOCK, RUSTY MITCHELL .. . GREG WEISS, RAY HADLEY, GLEN GAILlS, AND JOHN QUINTANA .. . all made the trip with Coach Sam Bailie to Mexico City. They were warmly greeted there and had the opportunity to perform as well as enjoy some excellent hospitality in Mexico.

THIRD NATIONALS April. 1965. THE 3rd ANNUAL USGF NATIONALS

. . . hosted at David Lipscomb College in Nashville , Tennessee and beautiful the finals of this meet were. Host coach , TOM HANVEY, did a fine job in organi ­zation and administration of the meet, and before a fine crowd . .. featured on the rv}G cover following that meet, RUSTY MITCHELL, edged FRED ROETHLlS­BERGER and BILL SIMS in the all-around competition. Pasadena City College of California continued to dom­inate the National Division . .. and Sylacauga High School of Alabama dominated the women's junior division. In the Elite divisions it was S.I.U . in both men's and women's work.

GYMNAESTRADA July, 1965. USGF DELEGATION TO THE GYMNAE­

STRADA IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA ... This largest of perhaps what might be termed a more physicClI edu­cation oriented event than competitive event ... was hosted in beautiful Vienna . . . and Glenn Sund-

by, Rusty Mitchell ... and Glenn's wife, Barbara made the trip to report on and witness the various demonstrations in different areas of the city. It marked a step of great interest for the USGF since this event clearly called fo r some additional emphasis onfhe part of the U.S.A. and if allowed . .. it was under­stood after witnessing th is event that here would be a great opportunity for the USA to shine .. .

COMPETITION GUIDE October, 1965. THE USGF PUBLISHED THE GUIDE

FOR COMPETITIONS ... and moves into its second book. This 25 page brief but complete in every de­tail work was contributed by Glenn Wilson, then coach at Colorado University. It gave an area a guide to follow that included every aspect of a meet from what the. announcer should say right down to the program design.

COACHES CONGRESS November, 1965. THE FIRST CONGRESS OF

AMERICAN GYMNASTICS COACHES was held in Den­ver, Colorado. Long-time goal of the USGF came into being as the Congress was held with excellent cross­country representation and was deemed a success by those In attendance to the degree that it was moved to have the event again the next year ... The Colo­rade Gymnastics Association acted as hosts for this first event of its kind in the USA.

EASTERN CLINIC December, 1965. THE FIRST USGF EASTERN

CLINIC ... began at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In answer to the need for a counterpart to the Western Clinic at Tucson, Bill Meade and Dick Holzaepfel moved Into the Ft. Lauderdale area with host coach from Nova High School, Lucy Whisenant providing valuable assistance. The first clinic was a pleasant success and the weather, the beaches and the gym­nastics were all . just perfect.

First USGF Coaches Congress, Denver, Ca lorada

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FOURTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS April, 1966. 4TH USGF NATIONAL CHAMPION ·

SHIPS .. . scheduled for the U.S. AIR FORCE ACAD· EMY in Colorado. Host coach, Capt. Karl Schwenzfeier did a great job in preparing for and hosting the meet. It was marked by smooth operation , a new system of conducting finals ... beautiful surroundings and fine performances. Greg Weiss, Kanati Allen , Rusty Mitchell, Mike Jacobsen, Kanzacki (Japan) all did a great job in an all -around contest that featured 19 all-around men and set a record for entrants in an all-around meet with compulsories.

April, 1966. THE GERMAN TRAMPOLINE TEAM from Salzgitter, Germany tours the U.S.A. and the USGF offers what aid they can, as they help the visit­ing team coached by Werner Lohr of the Jugendzen· trum Salzgitter, in planning stops at the Universities Illinois, Tucson , Arizona and the Air Force Academy for the USGF Nationals.

A-B-C June, 1966. USGF PRESS prints and begins dis­

tribution of the A-B-C Parts of Men's Gymnastics with illustrations . . . and by so doing reduced the cost of the booklet to 40 % of what it was from other sources. The booklet became a must for officials in the sport and has received wide-spread distribution.

USGF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR September, 1966. USGF TOUR TO WORLD'S

CHAMPIONSHIPS ... in Dortmund , Germany. All to­gether some 22 people, including gymnasts Dave Thor, Sid Freudenstein , Ray Hadley, Bob Lynn and Coach Bill Meade joined a number of coaches to attend this world's championships. It was without a doubt , and particularly in conjunction with other Americans there, the largest group of Americans to ever witness such an event.

AWARD September, 1966. USGF DIRECTOR receives "Mas­

ter of Sports" award from the city of Salzgitter, Ger­many in recognition of the assistance the USGF gave to Salzgitter's athletes during their tour of the U.S.A.

COACHES CONGRESS November, 1966. SECOND CONGRESS OF AMERI­

CAN GYMNASTICS COACHES . . . Denver, Colorado. This second of such events saw large national repre­sentation and introduction of video-tape recorders , People to People sports exchanges, a panel of Dort­mund , some great films of Dortmund and some fine reports.

CALIFORNIA CLINIC December, 1966. FIRST CALIFORNIA WINTER

CLINIC . . . at University of California at Berkeley . .. under the direction of coach Harold Frey was an immediate success and a Iprge clinic. Featuring many, many instructors .. . and a perfect ratio of students to coaches the clinic was highly rated by all in attendance. At the same time, ASTORIA, OREGON conducted a clinic to the north of California .. . and this gave the USGF four simultaneous events in Florida , Arizona , California and Oregon ... and the nation moved steadily towards a truly national program.

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ALL-AROUND ONLY January, 1967. USGF APPROVES ALL-AROUND

ONLY FORMAT FOR NATIONALS ... and becomes the only international program (totally) in the U.S.A. ... this action moves the USGF Nationals into the category of not just repeating the school-college for­mat but rather complimenting it by featuring interna­tional compulsories that are current and a three-day, all-around event for men and women. This action, aimed at bringing to the forefront the all·around per­former in America . . . was approved at the Congress of Coaches as a proper action for the nation, then approved subsequently by the USGF Council and put into effect.

FIFTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS April, 1967. 5th USGF NATIONAL CHAMPION­

SHIPS .. . all-around championships of the U.S.A. . . . held at University of Arizona in Tucson and fea­turing the newall -around format saw a small number of men trying the new (then) Olympic Compulsories but the fact was well illustrated that this was the meet of the future. The sessions were brief, fair to the competitors and above all else the finals suffered not at all .. . they were great. It clearly showed that all· around events can and are of great interest to the public and of great value to the performers.

September, 1967. NATIONAL COMPULSORY ROU· TINES FOR GIRLS . . . representing the first national effort in the history of the USA in attempting to bring two national groups into cooperative effort aimed at having one standard set of routines for girls in each part of the nation. Three levels . .. and complete with scoring for portions (done by Jackie Uphues) and floor patterns and music: Th is cooperative effort be­tween the USGF women's committee and D.G.W.S. was a great step forward. Jackie Uphues, then Vice·presi­dent for Women pushed this project through to the stage that together with the Athletic Institute a truly outstanding training film , complete in every aspect of the National Compulsory Routines was made. Jackie called upon the nation's finest girl gymnast, Linda Metheny to do the routines and the Athletic Institute did a masterful iob in preparing them.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION September, 1967. MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

OFFICIALLY AFFILIATES WITH THE USGF . . . Through the aid of Mr. Bruce Hopping, of the New Jersey Foundation the USGF received a $10,000 grant which was in turn made to the Modern Gymnast M::lgazine in order to contribute to its financial stabilitv and further its publication efforts. Beginning then with the October 1967 issue the M.G ... . long this nation's spokesman for gymnastics become the official publi ­cation of the U.S. GYMNASTICS FEDERATION.

FIG GUEST October, 1967. 3rd CONGRESS OF AMERICAN

GYMNASTI CS COACHES . .. KANSAS CITY, MIS­SOURI .. . and this well-attended and information packed event featured a first time ever session for th e USA in that President of the FIG Mr. Arthur Gan­der attended and lectured for two days, along with North Ameri ca n FIG Vice-President Mr. George Gulack ... it wa s a f irst such event , and even more it pro­vided so much information that we had never heard before . . . cur rent rules changes . . . schedules ... projected rules changes . . . description of the Olym­pic routines for Mexico City. President Gander and Vice-President Gulack worked long and hard to pre­sent as much information as possible in a relatively short time . . . but it was so worth it to those in attendance.

"GYMNASTIQUE MODERNE" Novem ber, 1967. USGF DELEGATES TO FIRST

" GYMN ASTIQU E MODERNE " CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . in Copenhagen , Denmark. Glenn Sundby, Frank Bare and Barbara Sund by we re the first from the USA . . . oth er than our FIG Vice- President , Mr. Gulack, to cov­er, fi lm and study th is newest of gymnastics events for women. It was indeed interesting the Mll e. Gym­nast magaz ine will feature the event and it again illu st rated to the USGF a need for a national program and inte rnation al parti cipation in conjunction with the F. I.G. in this new act ivity.

JUDGES COURSE December, 1967. USGF PIONEERS THE FIRST

CONTINENTAL JUDGES COURSE ever condu cted in the U.S.A. Th e USGF invited Mr. Arthur Gander, President of th e FIG, Vice-President Gulack, and Mr. Ivan Ivancevic of Yugoslavia (Tech. Comm. Presiden~) to come to Tucson, Arizona on an all-expenses paid trip to give this valuable course to all interested American officials and train ers. It represented the f i rst show of such interest on the part of the U.S.A. and the first real offer to the FIG to finance and promote such a course.

Scandinav ian Gymnast s in USA

SCANDINAVIAN TOUR January, 1968. USGF INVITES SCANDINAVIAN

ALL-STAR COLLEGE TEAM TO TOUR U.S.A . .. . and the teams, made up of student stars (including Olym­pians) from Sweden, Finland, Nor:-vay and Denm~rk spent two weeks in the U.S.A. touring and cOl!1petJng at Penn. State University, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Denver, Colo. (Au rora Centra I HS) and at the University of California at Berkeley. The team met college all-stars from the USA at each stop ... did a magnificent job in presenting gym­nastics to more than 18,000 spectators. Won all but one of th eir matches, (losing to Penn. State) . The tour opened the way for pleasant and helpful exchanges between student gymnastics teams from many lands, and as such helped establish the image of interna­tional competition among many collegiate gymnasts in the USA. It was the finest tour in many a year ... and the visitors were extremely gracious guests.

NEW USGF ASSISTANT January, 1968. USGF HIRES ASSISTANT DIREC­

TOR FOR WOMEN .. . After the annual elections , Mrs. Jackie Uphues retiring Vice-President for women was hired by the USGF as Assistant to the Director, for Women. She has contributed so much to amateur gymnastics in America these past few years and her newly organized and busy USGF WOMEN'S COMMIT­TEE is taking its place of leadership in gymnastics in the USA. Hired on a part-time basis initially, it is hoped that Jackie will work into more and more of a full time position for the good of women 's gymnastics in the USA.

WOMEN'S FIG PRESIDENT TOURS U.S.A. February, 1968. USGF INVITES WOMEN'S F.I.G.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT to tour the USA. Madame Berthe Villanch er, of France, internationally knowledgea ble and the most gracious of people came under USGF sponsorship to lecture at the University of MASSACHUSETIS, University of COLORADO and SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Universities . .. during a brief 10 day trip in the United States. She was not only a great teacher, she was even more so a truly gracious and ch arming visitor who worked long and hard to impart to those in attendance the information she had brought with her.

SOKOLS JOIN UP Februarv. 1968. THE SOKOLS .. . LONG TIMI:

GYMNASTICS ORGANIZATION in the U.S.A. voted to ioin the U.S. GYMNASTICS FEDERATION. It was and is a significant event . particularly when we close with this thought in our five year review . .. that is that the USGF is continuing to grow ... and will con-tinue to do so until the United States is truly united with all gymnastics interests working together to see the USA one of the world's best teams.

~ "GYMNASTICS FOR ALL THRU THE U.S.G_F."

~ April marks the opening of membership on the U.S.G.F.

Women's Committee. Membership will be $3.00 and will entitle the member to receive; the U.S.G.F. Newsletter, the U.S.G.F. news service, the U.S.G.F. Rules and Policies for Women's Competition, and the operating Code of the Wom­en 's Committee of the U.S.G.F. If your name is not on the U.S.G.F. Women 's Committee's mailing list and you would like a membership application send your name to Judy Marr, P.O. Box 518, Chico, California 95926.

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( ~~ ~~rr~oow~~I: JIM AMERINE ) BY KEN SAKODA AND DICK CRILEY

" If they'd back off and let the gymnasts voice a few opmwns and listen to them, they'd probably get a little more done" - Amerine

Name: James Amerine Age: 23 Ht. 5'4%" Wt: 143 Ibs. Attended high school in Lakewood, Cali-

fornia. Now attending Southern Con­necticut State College. Sophomore . Physical Education major. (Coach: Abie Grossfeld). Future plans include travel and eventually coaching gymnastics.

Honors: 1965 NAAU 7th AA; 1966 NAAU 16th AA; 1967 NAAU 8th ; 1965 No. American Championship team for USA; C.N .E. in Toronto; 1967 7th in U.S. Pan Am trials; 1967 U.S. team member at Pre-Olympics placing 4th for U.S. and 24th overall ; No. American Champi­onship team for U.S. 1968 placing 8th AA, 1 st Rings: 1968 NCAA College Divi­sion AA Champ, 1 st rings.

How did you get started in gymnastics? In junior high school, a friend of mine saw

how stocky I was and asked me to see some­thing. I was such a failure at all the other sports; I was either too short or too slow. I saw th is guy doi ng giants on the high bar and sa id that looks like fun. So it has been the "scourge" of my life ever since. You have been in the service haven't you?

Yes, I joined the army in July of '63. I was at Ft. Ord, Cal if., for 4 months and then I went to West Point. There, I was the assistant coach and freshman coach for 211z years un­der Tom Maloney. It was a grea t experience. He taught me a lot about coaching and teach­ing. How did you get started in international com­petition?

I was in the situation, being with Tom

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Maloney at West Point where there we re inter­national competitors and so forth, that if no one was availabl e, I got put in there. I started gett ing the international experi ence and the taste for it. So, I think it was due more to circumstances than anything. How do you prepare yourself for a big meet?

I've had a rather unique exper ience in that I started competing in the AAU's and inter­nationally even before I got to college. It doesn't take much for me to prepare myself for a meet. I just know how well I'm go ing to do from practice. I'm very se ldom ner­vous in a meet. It doesn't bother me and I sleep well the night before. Before you go on the apparatus, do you think your way through the routine?

It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. I find myself more and more not think­ing about it. I don't stand there and go through it piece by piece and think of eve ry little thing I'm go ing to do. I've done gym­nastics for so many years and so many rou­tines-I very se ldom change my routines until I know I'm going to do it right. Do you have any favorite event in gymnastics?

Well , it 's developed to the point where it's the side horse and completing a routine on that "animal" . I have a tremendous respect for it. Do you have any event that you consider weak? How do you go about strengthening it?

Yes, free exercise. I spend about 40 % of my workout on tumbling and free ex and about 20% on side horse and the rest isn't too much problem. At the beginning I was very weak on free ex and side horse. My side horse used to be about 6.0. I've lived on it

for about 3 years and now I can sco re 8.8+ on side horse and do difficult routines, even though I do have short arms, a long body, and short legs. What do you think is a good body type for gymnastics?

A short torso, a little longer legs, and long arms-not too long though, at leas t longer than the torso. That way you have the aesthetiC' appearance and can also be strong enough to do the strength moves in the sport which ue required. The res t is left up to des ire, natural abi lity, and hard work. How do you go about designing your routines?

I usually work up a skeleton and ta ke it from there. I know my capab il ities and look to the future. I know if I do this, I can always change it just a little bit and make it that much better. I se ldom radically change a rou­tine. Would you analyze your still rings routine for us and tell us how it evolved?

It starts out from a hang, two dislocates, shoot to a handstand, then a very slow back roll to a cross, hold that; pull out to a sup­port, hold that; hollowback to a handstand; then a ve ry fast lower to a front lever, hold that; then I pull to a regular cross, hold that; lower to a back lever, ho ld that; pull back to a cross again, hold that; and then I drop out, dislocate, do a three-quarter shoot handstand, back off.

In building up the routine, since I am very ' strong, I try to show that in the cross as much as I can and that's why I come in from the bottom into the cross instead of lowering down to it. I've always been natu rally strong,

CANADIAN REPORT

Hosled this year by the British Columbia Gymnastic Assoc. and held in the new Pa· cific Coliseum, Vancouver. Over 23,000 people watched the competition over the three day period. The Meet was excellenlly organized and should be a guide line to other Associat ions if there was one adverse co mment to make, it was that the first day was too long. Other than that the B.C.G.A. can be proud of its effort s.

My fir st comment is about our men 's team. (Before 1 comment I have received a great amount of pressure to personally commen t. I have not done so in the past because I was not convinced that it wOl\ld help in the growth of the Sport. I now feel our gy mnasts have matured enough to accept a bit of construciive criti cism). It looks like we have only TWO gymnasts of international cali bre, Dion and Larose. Having three members of our team place 20, 21, 22 out of 23 entries is not helping our cause. (a) Can they be out of condi· tion ; ( b) Getting no club coaching; (c) Or are we that short of senior gymnasts that scores like 4.9, 3.7, 4.7 on a side horse com pulsory are good enough to make Can· ada 's National Men's Team.

Side Horse con tinues to drag down team scores and placing last after Mexico and Cuba will be our perpetual role unless we ge t some side horse men on the team.

Congratulations to Larose on an excellent co meback, 1st in Vaulting and 3rd in Rings and Roger Dion , 3rd in Vaultin g and 5th place in P.B.s.

1 know I am wasting ink and time but let me repeat Ih is country is GOING NO· WHERE INTERNATl ONALLY unti l we have a nationa l j unior team and realize that OUR COACHES must haye a set tra in· in g prog ram a nd work wiLh the national coach TRAINING CAlVIPS etc. but the emphasis must be on OUR J UNIORS.

cess was highli ghted by the ski lled per· formances of the U.S: team and the sur· prisin g show in g of the Canadians. Special guests of the competition were Miss Od a and T. Kato of J apan, who performed opt ional exercises in ex hibition at the pre· li min ary and fin al compeli tions.

The U.s. made a strong effort to reverse Ihe outflow froni their country by captur· in g 12 or 14 gold medals. They won both

the team championships, the men with 528.45 points and the women with 357.90. Canada was second in the women 's stand­in gs Ihanks to the fin e performances of Susan McDonnell and Sandra Hartley, while the men's team fini shed fourth and last.

The leam titles and all-around standings were decid ed on the basis of compulsory and optional events during the T hursday and F riday preliminar ies held at the Pacific Coliseum and the University of Briti sh Columbia. The Yanks won both all-around titles with Linda Metheny tak ing the women's gold at 73.35 points and Richard Loyd the men's at 106.20.

The 20·year old Miss Metheny won the balan ce beam and free exercise events and was third in side horse vaultin g. She was forced to withdraw from the finals on the un evens when bothered by an old shoulder injury. Teammate Kathy Gleason won the uneven bars and tied wi th J oyce Tanac for first in the vaulting. Susan McDonnell of Canada took a silver medal in free exercise and a fourth in vaulting and sixth on the beam . Sandy Hartley had a pair of fourth place fini shes and a sixth, demon­strating great promise in Canada's future gymnastic prowess.

T he U.S. won four of the men's events­Sid Freudenste in in free exercise, Jim A merine on the rings, Bob Lynn on the parallel bars and Loyd on the horizontal bar. Canada's only gold medal was earned by Gil Larose who tied with Cuba's Jorge Rodriguez for first in the long horse vault. The other gold medal went to Armando Valles of Mexico.

The U. S. men's team consisted of Loyd, Roethli sberger, Am e r i n e, Freudenstein, Steve Hug, and Bob Lynn and was coached . by J ack Beckner. The U.S. women's team included J oanne Hashi moto, J oyce Tanac, Kathy Gleason, Linda IVretheny, Donna Schaenzer, and Marie Walther. Their coach was Muriel Grossfeld.

68 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Our women 's team seems to have the

same tro uble-THREE strong girls, Hart ­ley, l\'l cDonnell and Sebeysten. But the girls team is more consistent- placing sec­ond is very good. We have not lost our position to Mexico and Cuba also on the national team we have girls placing 21 st and 17th place. Balance beam scores like 6.8, 6.5, 6.2 don' t help. If there is a bright side to Canadian gymnastics its our teams ab ility to vault. Placing girls in (C and 0 ) Sandy Hartley 5th , Susan McDonnell 6th, and Glenna Sebeysten 9th is good and Sandy placed 3rd on Unevens and F.X. in the finals and Susie placed 2nd in F. X. and 5th in Vault in the fin als. Our airi s are coming along nicely. ~

May I ask a few questions. We know our gymnasts need meets. WHY NOT TWO SETS of TRIALS before our Olympic trials or why not JUNIOR TRIALS. We need meets for our gymnasts.' I would also like to see the selection of our national teams changed so that any gymnast who was not in condition regardless of his national standing would be dropped.

See results.

AMERICAN REPORT The only way to sum up the North

American gymnastic championships between the U.S., Mexico, Cuba and Canada was to titl e it a fin e success. The cham pionships, held for the first ti me in Vancouver, Brit­ish Colum bia, drew more than 20,000 fans with a crowd of 8,262 for the fin al champi­onships at the Pacific Coliseum. The suc-

MEN'S EVENTS SH: Armando V all es, Mex ico, 18 .175; Bob

Lynn, U.S. , 17.725; Steve Hug, U.S., 17.275; Richard Loyd, U.S. , 17 .250; Roger Dion, Can­ada, 17.200; Sid Freudenstein , U.S., 17.100. FX: Freudenstein 18.575· Loyd 18.425; Jorge Rodriguez, Cuba, 18.425'; Fred Roethlisberger, U.S., 18.400; Hug 18.150; Jose Gonzalez, Mex­ico, 17 .050. LHV: Gil Larose, Canada, and Rod­rigu ez, tie, 18.050; Dion and Carlos Gareis, Cuba, tie , 17 .975; Gordie Gannon, Canada, 17.775; Carlos Garcia, Cuba, 17.925; Valles 17.775; Freudenstein 17.650. SR: Jim Amerine, U.S., 18.425; Lui s H ernandez, Cuba , 18.375; Larose 17.950; Garcia 17.650. PB : Lynn 18 .200; Loyd 17.550; Roesthlisberger 17.425; Va lles 17.300· Larose 17.250; Dion 17.075. HB: Loyd 18 .550; HU'g 18.200; Lynn and Va lles, tie , 17 .925; Amerine 17 .525; Hernandez 17 .525.

WOMEN'S EVENTS BB : Linda Metheny, U.S. , 18.825; Kathy

Gleason, U.S., 18.375; Joyce Tanac, U.S., 17.575; Donna Schaenzer , U.S., 17.050; Joanne Hashimot o, U.S., 16.850; Susan McDonnell, Canada, 16.8 15 . SHY : Gleason and Tanac, tie, 17 .600; Metheny 18 .375; McDonnell and Schaenzer, tie, 18.275; Sandra Hartley, Canada, 18. 150. 'UB: Gleason 18 .375; Marie W alther , U.S., 18 .1 00; Schaenzer 17.975, Hartley 17.900; Manuela Ponce, Cuba, 17.425; Maria Mora les, Mexico, 17.225. FX: Metheny 18.550; McDon­nell 18 .300. Tanac 18 .100; Hartley 18.025; Schaenzer 17.875; Gleason 17.750.

ALL-ROUND WINNERS Men - Richard Loyd, U.S. , 106 .20; Bob

Lynn, U.S., 105.30; Steve Hug, U.S., 105.20; Armando Val les, Mex ico, 104.50; Fred Roeth­l isberger, U.S., 103.60; Sid Freudenste in , U.S. , 103.45.

Women - Linda Metheny, U.S., 73.35; Kathy Gleason, U .S. 72.60; Donna Schaenzer, U.S., 70.55; Joyce Tanac, U.S. , 70.35: Sandra Hart­ley, Canada, 69.45; Su<an McDonnell , Canada, 69.10.

TEAM WINNERS Men - U.S., 528.45; Cuba 495.50; Mexico

488.80; Canada 484.35. Women - U.S. 357.90; Canada 334.75; Mex­

ico 313.45; Cuba 263.70.

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BASIC IDEAS ON GYMNASTIC SPOTTING

By William Wright

Do you consider yourself a good spotter ? Do you know what to do if a back somer­sault, yamashita , or back handspring is not executed properly? Your answers should be yes to these ques tions. There should be no hestitation because the performer is de· pending on you- the spotter-and every second counts.

Spotting in gymnastics is having some· one, most of the time a fellow gymnast, standing by whil e the gymnast is perform­ing. The object is to prevent him from gettin g seriously hurt in case a slip or fall occurs. The success of a good spotter depends on his ·alertness, knowledge, in· tes tinal fortitude, and desire to help a team-mate.

There are many skills in gymnastics and many of them require similar spotting tech­niques as will be discussed later. Basic· ally, the spotter should support the back and chest of the gymnast in order to pre· vent the head from contactin g the fl oor. He is not expected to ca tch the performer in mid·air but is supposed to " break the fall" to the best of his ability. Many times it is advisable to have more than one spotter.

Having a dependable spotter, the gymnast can perform with compl ete confidence and thus execute his routine with higher qual· ity. The gymnast should remember taat it is his duty to inform the spotter exactly what is planned. An efficient spotter will ask the gymnast in case he forge ts. If a fall does occur, the spotter should make sure that the gymnast does not get up immed iately or is moved unless he is sure that such a move is safe.

A brief explanation coverin g the main points necessary in spotting on the various pieces of apparatus are as follows : Horizontal Bar :

The horizontal bar event is the most· dangerous and thus two spotters should be used at all tim es. The spotters should stand direc tly under the bar when the gymnast is performing close to the bar. A few skill s in this category are: forward and backward hip circles and seat circles, vault catch , back hip , and German uprise.

When a gymnast is performing away from the bar, as when doing giant swings, the spotters should stand at leas t three feet in front and three fee t behind the bar with one on each side.

The greatest force on a gymnast's hands is at a forty·fi ve degree angle in front of the bar when doing back giant swings and at a forty-five degree angle behind the bar when doing forward giant swings. There· fore, if the gymnast is going to slip off the bar, it will probably occur at the angle mentioned.

On the horizontal bar, more than any other apparatus, attent ion should be paid to the gymnasts' grip. If the performer starts to lose his grip or does not grasp the bar correctly during a movement , the spotters should anticipate a fall and begin moving in that direction.

When a dismount is going to be exe· cuted, the spotters should stand far enough away to spot the gymnast while in fli ght and close enough to assist him in case he strikes the bar. With two spotter s, one should be close to the bar and the other away from it in the direction of the dis· mount.

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Spotting at the horizontal bar is ex · tremely important, but equally important is remem bering not to be in a position to distract or interfere with the performer. Parallel Bars:

With the parallel bar, spotting can be divided into two areas : on-the-bar work and dismounts.

1. On·the·bar work. The spotter must stay low with his hands

under the bars. Generally the spotter is used when the gymnast is not sure of the skill he is attempting. When he masters the skill , the spotter's job lessens consid· erably.

With skill s such as a cast, glide kip, upper arm kip, and short kip , the spotter should be in a position to support the gymnast's back when needed. When a peach basket, di sloca te, or back roll is being exe· cuted, the spotter's concern is the front of the performer's body.

2. Dismounts With dismounts such as the straddle,

squat, and stoop over one bar from a hand­stand , the id ea is to support the chest when needed. The spotter should be ready to help the performer's feet contact one bar shortly after releas in g. Sometimes the gymnast will allow his legs to travel too far beyond his hips while in the hand -

stand. When this occurs, he may not be able to get his feet under him for the landing. Again , the spotter should support the chest.

When the front somersault dismount is executed, the primary concern is the gym­nast's back. Sin ce the common mistake in learning this sk ill is underturn in g, if the spotter applies a little pressure on ·the performer's back, the feet and legs will rotate towards the floor.

In the case of overturning, the gymnast is in a position to see the floor and thus hel p the spotter by cushioning the fall with his hands and anns while the spotter supports the chest as much as poss ible.

If'the gymnast is usin g a backward som· ersault as a dismount, the spotter's primary concern is underturning and should stand directly alongside the gymnast about four feet from the bars focu sing on the shoulder· hand relation ship. If the shoulders are be­hind the hands at the release, the gymnast will probably travel back and may over­turn the somersault. The spotter should support the back.

Conversely, when the shoulders are in front of the hands at the release or if the release is early, the somersault will travel forward and probably underturn. The spot­ter's job is to support the ches t.

Rings: T hl' spot te l' shoul d be as close as pos·

sible to th e gymnast wi thout int erferin g with the perform ance.

As with a front and back somersault on the pa rall el ba rs, where the concern is with the back an d ches t respec tively, the sa me techn ique can be used wi th di s· moun ts off the rings. T he refore, if a for· wa rd di smounl . such as a front strad dl e or front somersa u lt , is be in g done, the ma in concern is the performer 's back. On the other hand, if th e gymnas t is go ing to exe· cute a back wa rd stradd le or fl y away, the concern is prim aril y w ith the chest.

When skill s such as a shoul der to shaul · de l' or g iant swin g backward are be ing executed, the spo tter should be in a pos i· ti on tu support th e bac k i f necessa ry . Lon g Horse :

W hen va ult s such as the squat , s tradtll e, stoop a nd swa n fro lll th e neck are be in g exec uted th e spott er should stand a bou t fi vc fee t in fr un t of the horse and be r eady tf) support th e gymnast's ches t if needed.

W hen a cartwheel or handsprin g 1;1 turn is be ing performed, the s pott er's posi· t ion should bc at the end of the horse fac· ing the va ult e r's back d uring the va ult. If the pe rform er slips, th e spott e r will eas il y be a bl e to reach up and assis t hilll .

\V hen a Ya mashit a, hand spr ing is be in g done, the spotter should s tand even w ith the neck of the horse and be r eady to su p· port the gy mnasts' back in case of under· turnin g or in suffi cient di sta nce. If the perform er overturns the ski ll, he w ill be ab le to ass ist the spotter by placin g hi s hands on the ma t and rolli ng. Floor Exercise :

Durin g a fl oo r exercise r outine, spottin g: is not permitt ed in a meet situa tion . H ow· eve r, in practice it is advisa ble to use a spott er whereve r necesesary , espec ially at the beginning of the season when gym· nasts a re learnin g new skills. Of course, the gymnasts should not become over ·de pend· ent on the presence of a spo tt er sin ce the la tt er will not be used in compe tition .

J\I ost of the spotting tha t uccurs in fl oo r exercise perta ins to th e tumblin g moves. With the forwa rd tumblin g, the spotter shoul d be in a position to support the gym· nas t·s back and be particu la rl y aware of underturning. 1£ he over turns the front somersault , he will be a ble to execute a forwa rd roll and thus be out of danger.

With the backward somersault , under· turning is the basic concern and the spot· te r should be r eady to assist in rota tin g the body by applying pressure on the per· former's back. 1£ the gymnast over turns the somersault , he will be a ble to execute a backwa rd roll to avoid injury. Side H orse : •

S pottin g on the side horse is not as im· portant as on the other a ppara tus. The ma in reason be ing tha t the gymn ast is ve ry close to th e fl oor and will not ily away f rom the ap para tus. In most cases he can hold on with one hand and thus break hi s fa ll.

H owever , spotting I S important until the skill is mastered. Conclusion

S potting is as important a skill as per· forming on any of the a ppara tus. Every· one in gymnastics should know spottin g techniques even if yo u n ever have to be a spott er. Understanding spotting technique, knowin g that your fellow gymnast can pro· teet yo u, wi ll make you a bett er and more e ffec tive performer. Rem ember ; success in spotting is more than de pending on knowl· edge, intestina l fortitude, quick re fl exes and alertness as previously mentioned,· but also r equires the desire to help and pro· tect your team·mate.

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so doing all this cross work is capitalizing on my abil ities of being very strong. My swing work is a little weak, so I work mostly on swinging work.

Since I spend so much time on my tumbling and side horse, my swing work is a little bit lower than what it should be, but as I become a little bit bette r on tumbli ng I'll probably spend more time on rings. I' ll prob· ably start doing giants , wh ich seems to be the recommendat ion of Jack Beckner and some other people . I do too much strength work. What do you do as far as hand care is con· cerned to prevent rips and take care of ones that have occurred?

I've been giving lectures on this at national clinics. I've run into a method which Abi e Grossfeld came up with. Hand care, first of all , in just work ing generally, is quitting when they get hot enough. I'd rather have sore hands than torn hands. I always work on something then to give my hands a rest. Fin· ally, if I do get a sma ll t ea r or even a big one, I have a method of taking care of that blister so it only lasts one day and the next day I'm back on the apparatus. That has to do with using tape and making that tape look li ke a hand grip winding it around my hand. The las t rip I had was about 2112 yea rs ago. How do you see your relationship as a gym· nast to the coach-in terms of following the coach's suggestions, as far as training pro· grams, discipline?

In the situation here wi th Abie Grossfeld, I'm pretty much my own boss. Showing all respect to Abie, his slightest comment would be taken into consideration and I would make changes. And yet, I think he respects my opini on enough as an exper ienced competitor that I know pretty much what's best for me. He might direct me a little bit different if he thinks I'm gett ing caught in a rut of some sort in a training situation. I'm certa inly not led around li ke I think a lot of coaches do. Do you have any pet peeves about gymnastics?

Well, there is a pet peeve I have. It 's the way some people forget about the gymnasts. I'm su re you are aware of how people are always sayi ng they're trying to do everything for the sport and they wind up hurting the gymnast instead of helping him. If they'd back off and let the gymnasts voice a few opi ni ons and listen to. them, they'd probably get a little more done. What kind of person would you say becomes a gymnast?

Well , first of all, he's so meone who loves the sport and gets a tremendous thrill from accomplishing something by himse lf and know· ing that when he 's gotten up and done a rout ine, a trick by himself, he's done it him· self and not had 5 or 6 other people helping him out like on a football team or hockey team. Then you'd say that gymnastics is definitely an individual thing. You wouldn't consider it a team sport?

No. I realize that when you go into a champ ionship that everybody is fighting for the team, but deep down, I feel that it is th e persona l bit-you went up there and did that rout ine and if you win, you did it by you rself. If the team wi ns, I think it's incidental to the whole competition. If there were enough good people on that team, then the team would win , but if there 's only one good guy on there, that's all (winning the event) that is really important to him.

I might add it's been a long road for me. I've been at it since '59 and I've been strug· gling. It's been pretty hard for me, a lot of work; but it's been slowly paying off. Every once in a while, you get a little recognition. That's the sort of thing that makes the sport worthwhile.

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THIRD PLACE: "All-Around" by Thomas L. Humphrey of Santa Monica, Calif., depicting the six All-Around

events.

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Therefore, the contest winners for this edition are all in the Art category. We remind our readers that this is a continuous contest, open to photos and art, as described in previous issues.

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Competition photo of author and Gymwheel Gymnastics expert Norbert Dill

About th e Author . .. Norbert Dill was born in Wuerzberg, Germany, in 1938 and first started to compete in Gymwheel Gym­nastics at the age of 14. He won his iirst German National championship in 1958 and held the title nntil 1964 when he leit Ger­many to come to America. He is now in Gymnastic Equipment sales (Gymnastic Snpply of San Pedro, Calif.) an.d spends many oi his o/l-work hours demon strating and instructing in Gymwheel Gymnastics at Clinics and gym classes . . . Weare pleased that Norbert has offered to do a series of G )'rnwheel Gymnastics articles lor th e i\llG. We hope you find them both in ­teresting and challenging as we feel th e Gymwheel is a won.deriul piece of apparatus for the Physical Education program in America.

GYMWHEEL GYM NASTICS By Norbert Dill

The gymwheel, one of the newest and also most peculiar gymnasti c apparatus. was 'created in 1925 by Otto F eick in Ger­many, who fir st got the idea as a youn g boy when he took two iron wheels out of his grand fath er's blacksmith shop and put them together with braces. After a few

Aloi s Weckesser is one of the best gym wheel gymnasts. He became champion (Germany) in 1965 and again in 1967. Shown here do ing the spiralro ll.

German champion in the women's gymwhee l gymnast ic division since 1966 is Anneliese Faber .

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Norbert Dill instructing 'youngster at Santa Monica Gymfest

smashed fin gers he temporarily gave up the idea. F ollowing the war (1918) , when he returned to his home town in Germany, he began to perfect the gym wheel, which he had been thinkin g about as a prisoner of war.

A few yea rs later he joined a group of gymnasts on a trip arou nd the world. They demonstmted the gymwheel in many big cities .

Now especially in the last few years, gymwheel gymnastics as a method for physica l educa tion has aroused more and more interes t and is used in mos t Euro· pean and also in many non-European coun­tri es such as Egypt, Australia , Japan and Chile, to name a few. But nowhere is gy m­wheel gymnasti cs as pop ular as in it s nati ve country where it is included in the regular Physica l Educa tion program.

The gym wheel is probably the only gym­nasti c appara lus that uses all of the muscles equally at the same time. The gymnast is not , like presumed, strapped into th e wheel ; instead he prac ti ces dif· feren t movemen ts by applying his body· weight with the rotation of the wheel. Ex­perience has shown that for best result ~ the gymnast should start with the ele­mentary exercises unt il bringing about the execution of these exercises in a fl owin g: movement. Only then does the gym nast have the security to do the many different movements inside the movin g apparatus.

Because the gymwheel gy mnastic is a relatively new sport, it is not yet widely known in the U.S. However, I find tha t gymwheel gy mnastics is gaining popularity. so I would like to int rod uce this sport to you the read ers of the Modem. Gymnast in each monthly edition.

We ca tegori ze by gymwheel gymnasti cs three different exercises with ve ry differ­ent movements.

1. Exercises in straigh trolling: . The gymwheel rolls on both hoo ps to

the left and to the right, for- and back· wards, and we exercise the many differen t movement s within one wheel rotation. In competit IOn, two-wheel rotations in each direc tion, for a total of a t . least 10, but not more than 12 .wheel rotations, must be executed.

2. Exercises in spiralrolling : The gy m wheel rolls on one hoop in a

circle to th e left or to the right. Like in stra ightrolling, there are at least 10 dif­ferent movements in 10 wheelrota tions prescribed for competition.

3. Jumps over the wheel : Gymnasts use the gym wheel with particu­

lar joy as a jump apparatus. Jum ps are execul ed over and sometimes through the rolling wheel.

Th e apparatus The gymwheel consists of two hoops

whi ch are connected by six braces in pairs. These are: A. The footbraces , which have a board

to stand on. B. The sl raddlebraces, which are also

used by different movements as sup­port for the feet.

C. The gripbraces; which have handles for support of the hands.

Two hoophandles, which a re on each hoop, exactly between the gripbraces, are also used to stutz or hal1g on. Because the gym nast has to move inside the rolling wheel, the gymwheel size has to be in ac­cordance with his heighth. Usually the wheel has to be about six to 10 inches bigger iri diameter than the gymnast's heighth.

Gymwheels come in sizes from 1200mm to 2200111111 in diam eter, increasing in 100mm intervals.

A group can be started with three gym­wheels of these different sizes: 1800m m, 1900mm and 2000mm in diameter. The lea ther bindin gs are also an importanl piece of equipment. These are supplied with the gymwheel.

Members of the German Gymwheel Gymnasti~s team that toured the World in the ea rly 1930s (pictured here in New York City).

The floor The rolling and easy to move, 70 to 80-

lb. gymwheel can be used indoors as well as outdoors, considering an even and not­too-slippery fl oor is available.

The fl oor can be concrete or wooden. A hard shortly mowed lawn is also sati s­factory. To use a gymwheel on a gym­nasium floor, the Gymnastic Supply Co. in San P edro, Calif., experimented with a rubberized gymwheel, which worked out very well. The recommended space needed is : for straight-rolling, a minimum of 2S' x 2S' and a maximum of SO' x 2S' . For spiralrollin g, 2S' x 25' is recommended.

Th e clothing All gym wheel gymnasts wear the usual

gym clothes, T -shirts and gymnas tic pants. Girls wear leotards. Instead of regular gymnastic shoes, tennis shoes with a fl ex­ible sole are recommended.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT HOP 'PIROUETTE

(piked position to straight body) have seen this skill performed on a

couple of rare occasions. It is simply a slight modification of the common straight body hop pirouette_ Moving from a pike to a straight body provides a unique twisting action and helps to exaggerate the hand­stand.

PREREQUISlTES: 1) Swinging forward pirouette 2) The abi lity to swing and hop off the bars with the hips flexed.

LEARNING PROCEDURE : Practice this skill on the ends of the parallel bars fac­ing outward. The bars should ' be as low as possible and a very soft landing area should be provided.

At first, the initial hop should be exe­cuted with a late ex tension of the hips in order to insure that the body passes through a verti cal plane, rather than around the side. The performer should attemept to grasp the bars, after the turn, and lower to a standing position on the matted sur­face. Finally the hips are extended earlier as the gymnast begins to fini sh in a more stable position close to a handstand. It should be noted that on all skills of this type the head should not be held in a high position because it tends to cause the per­former to " pancake" or twist out of the vertical plane.

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Physical Education Instructor Yale University

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19158 UCLA GYMNASTIC ~ INVITATIONAL ...,..

February 9, 1968 The 14th UCLA Gymnastic In­

vitat ional drew the three top west coast teams togethe r for a preview of the battle for the AAWU Championship. Host Coach A rt Shurl ock declared the purpose of the Invitational was to determine team winners and offered the in­centive of a team prize for each event. W hile his Bruin team suc­cessfully defended their team title, they were closely pressed by Hal Frey's California Bears. Prob­lems in fielding a trampo line team prevented a powerful USC team led by Olympian Makot o Sakamo~ to, from carrying off the team title, but the Trojan entr ies won four of the six Olympic events.

The A ll-around title was won by Sakamoto with a 55.95 includ­ing f irsts in FX (tie), R, HB and PB, whi le Cal 's Sid Freude~stein notched a 53.90 and UCLA's Ka­nati Allen trailed with a 52.25. Cal 's Dan Millman now recovered from a motocycle accident , dis­p layed a flash of h is former cham­pionship. form in capt ur ing the trampoline compet ition with a 9.35. USC's Mike Freri ks was out­stand ing as · he overpowered all side horse competition w ith a high, smooth, and difficult routine. Freudenste in earned first on long horse w ith a full twist ing giant hecht with a so l id land ing .

Results Team standing: UCLA 182.30,

California 180.30, USC 160.45. AA: Sakamoto 55 .95, Freudenste in 53.90, A llen 52.25. FX : (Tie) Freud­enstein and Sakamoto 9.20, (Ti e) Larry and Sandy Bassist (UCLA) 9. 15; Team: USC 26.90. SH : Mike Freriks (USC) 9.50, Sakamoto 9.30, A llen 8.90; Team: USC 26.90. R: Sakamoto 9.45, (T ie) Ken Sakoda and Mickey Chaplan (UCLA) 9.35· Team : UCLA 27. 15. Tr: Millman (Ca l ) 9.3 5, (T ie) St eve Lerner and Chris Castner (UCLA) 8.55; Team: UCLA 25.05. LH : Freudenstein 9.50, Don Arthur (UCLA) 9 .35, Sakamoto 9.25; Team: Ca l 27.40. PB : Sakamot o 9 .30, Freudenstein 9 .05, Dan Connell y (USC) 8.95; Team : USC 26.85. HB : Sakamoto 9.55, Freudenstein 9.35, L. Bassist (UCLA) 8 .95; Team: USC 26.10.

WESTERN USGF CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tucson FX: t ie Jim Betters (USC) and

Paul Tickenoff (UNM) 9.30, Ken Snow (KSU) 8.75. SH: Gary Hos­kins (CSCLA) 9.50, Gary Johnson (KSU) 8.8, Jeff Bennon (UA) 8.75. R: Bob ' Shi rk (UA) 9.2, Wes Wend­ling (UA) 8.8, Bennon 8 .55. Tr: Bob Smith (UNM) 9 .15, Stormy Taton (UNM) 9.0, Tom Casey (Colo) 8.45. LH : Ti ckenoff 9.45, Snow 9.1, Bennon 9.0. PB : Tickenoff 9. 1, Smith 8.9, Rich McConnell (UNM ) 8.85. HB: tie Ben Blea (Colo.) and Bob Manna (UNM) 9.4, Mike Gor­don (Utah) 8.75.

EAST-WEST MEET - Tucson West 157.95, East 153.25. FX :

Jeff Bennon 9 .35, tie Jim Betters and Paul Tickenoff 9.0. SH : Gary Hoskins 9 .55, Denn is Ramsey 8.6, Bi ll Robison 8.3. R: Pat A rno ld 9.75, Bob Sh irk 9.3, John Pruce 9.25. Tr: Nick Spann 9.45, Julian Stova ll 9.35, Stormy Eaton 8.9. PB : Rich Impson 9.5, tie Dan Con­ne ll y and Eric Singer 9 .2. HB : Ben Blea 9.4, Rich Impson 9. 15, Curt Shropshire 8 .85.

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EASTERN USGF CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIPS - Ft. Lauderdale

FX: Towson (MSU) 9.4, Ke lber (SIU) 9.35, Ot oshi (NeLa) 9.3. SH : McCan less ( 10) 9.5, Thor (MSU) 9.2, Schm itt ( 10) 9.1. R: Hatch ( 10) 9.5, D ickson (10) 9.2 , Borkow­ski (S IU) 9 .2. Tr: Hardt (SIU) 9.4, Zepeda ( 10) 9.3, Sardina (S IU) and Morlan ( 10 ) 9.25 . LH : Scorza (10) 9.7, Shaw ( III.) 9.45, Aure and Thor (both MSU) 9.4. PB : Kanzaki (NeLa) 9.35, Otoshi 9.3, Thor 9.2. HB: Kanzaki 9.6 , Elias (NwLa ) 9.4, Scorza 9.35.

NORTH - SOUTH MEET Ft. Lauderdale

South 193.20, North 192.65. FX : Otoshi 9.2, Kanzaki 9.0, Aure 9.0. SH : McCanless 9.6, Schmi t t 9.4, Herrman 9.2. R: Hatch 9.45, Wise r 9.4, Dennis 9.35. T r: Sardina 9.45, Dupree 9 .35, Siotten 9.2. LH: Shaw 9.65, Aure 9.55, Mayer 9.55. PB: Kanzaki 9.6, Rapper . 9.35, Thor 9.25. HB : Schmitt 9.55, Dennis 9.45, Elias 9 .3.

OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET Ft. Lauderdale

AA: Katsutoshi Kanzaki 108.25, Dave Thor 106.80, Nei l Schmitt 104.75, J. Elias and Paul Mayer 104.00, Rich Scorza 99.95.

JUNIORS MEET Ft. Lauderdale

Girls : FX: Lisa Evans , B: Evans, SHV :. Donna Cha lmers, UPB: Chal­mers.

Boys: FX: Mike Taffe , SH: John Jenson, R: Jack Willa rd , Tr: Taffe, PB : W illard, LH : Wi llard, HB : Dave Arnaud.

17TH NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sarasota Men: AA: Harold Hauben, Jim

Culhane, Sid Jensen. FX : Tie, Cul­hane and Hauben, tie Bill Mackie and B. Robello. SH: Arno Lascar i, Tim Beckwith, Iggi Perrez. R: Jen­sen, Culhane, Hauben. Tr: Wayne Miller, Jim Yongue, Don Waters. LH: Culhane, Jensen, tie among Hauben, Ron Clemmer, Roland Lo­pez, Fred Rodney . PB: Lascari, Hauben, Jensen. HB: Culhane, Jim Amerine, Hauben. Tu : Rhonn ie Keinigs, Lopez, Ab igniew Woch .

Sid Freudenstein

Women: AA : Joan Lauter, Patti Corrigan; . Kathy Corrigan. FX: Lauter, Sandy Garrett, K. Corri­gan. SHV : P. Corrigan, Pam Hor­vik, Lauter. UPS: Lauter , Ch r is Nichols, Barbara Moonis and Gar­rett. B: Lauter, K. Corrigan, P. Corrigan. Tr: Vicki Bolinger, Judy Johnson, Troy Auffmen. Tu: Debbie Herring, Janet Van Ness, Mary Yare _ LJas.

JUNIORS OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET

Sarasota Girls 12- 14: AA: Claudia Fizell

(W. Pa lm Beach) 3 1.90. FX: Fi ze ll 8 .6, B: Fize ll 7.65. UPB : Fizell 6.85. SHY: Rae Anne Miller (Hast­ings, Mich.) 9 .2.

Boys 13-15: AA: Larry Vogt (Chicago) 40.70. FX: Vog t 8.5, SH : Pearce Wagner (Delanco, N .J.) 6 .0. HB : Vogt 7.2. R: Ron Noll (Pitts­burgh) 6.0. PB: Wagner 7.3. LH : Vogt 8.2. Tr: Hugh Curfman (La­fayette, La.) 8.35. Tu: Tiger Tay ­lor (Va lpariso, Ind.) 6.0.

KANSAS OPEN GYMNASTIC MEET March 2, 1968

by Bill Riley, Meet Manager The first annua l Kansas Open

gymnastics meet I sanctioned by the USGF, was held in Sa lina, Kansas before an eager and appreciat ive audience . The compet ition was structured with one open classsi­fication for high schoo l and co ll ege performers. Judges arid performers were enthusiast ic in regard to the leve l of compet ition and the co­operative attitude displayed by all persons invo lved. Kansas gym­nastic fans look forward t o the continuance of this t ype of com­petition which w ill add flavor to the already rap id growth and im­provement of the sport in the state.

AA: Ken Snow 48.0, Scott Do­lenc 43 .6, Norman Wi les 39.9. FX: Steve Kinder 8.65, Stan Clyne 8 .6, Snow 8 .55 . SH: Richard Schu­bert 8.5 , Snow 6.95, Bob Carroll 6.85 . R: Carroll 8.15, Bob Gill 7.9, Bob Livesay 7.8. Tr: Dave Gechter 8.05, Clyne 7.45, Brad Pau lsen 5.05. LH: Snow 9.3, Clyne 9.2, Steve M itchell 9 . 15. PB : Clyne

8.45, Snow 8.4, John James 8.3. HB: tie between Wi les and Snow 7.75, Dolenc 7 .25. Tu : Cl yne 8:4 , Snow 8. 1, Bruce Cahoon 6.2.

MIDWEST INVITATIONAL AGE GROUP GYMNASTIC MEET

March 2, 1968 by Bill Robertson, Meet Director

The f i rst Midwest Invitational Age Group gymnastic meet, sanc­tioned by the USGF, was hosted by the Corner House Gymnastic Club of Des Moines, Iowa, at the Ur­bandale high school. The meet attracted over 275 ent r ies from Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. The attendance of approximately 750 spectators speaks well for the in­terest that is developing in the state f or age group gymnastics.

(Due t o space limitations, the MG scoreboard can onl y print the results o f the junior elite divis ions of the o lder age groups.)

Boys, 15-18: AA: Ed Dingman, Tom Farrell, AI Overton. FX: D ing­man, St ew Buck, Mark Johnson. SH : Don Graves, Bob McDonal , Dingman. R: Don Gappa, Dingman, Graves. LH: Buck, Mark Johnson, Dingman. PB: Graves, McDonald, Dingman. HB : Dingman, Buck, Far - · rell. .

Girls 13 & over: AA : Connie Israel, Debbie Larson, Barbara Flan­ders. FX: Israel, Larson, Flanders . BB : Larson, Israe l, Linda Cook. UPB : Israel, Larson, Karen Peter­son. SHV: Israel , Peterson, Larson.

AA win"ers in lower age groups : Boys (Jr . Elite 12- 14: Scott Evans; 11 & under: Eri c Rando lph; (Nov­ice) 12-14 : Steve Wickstrom; 11 & under: Kell y Harmon . Girls (Jr . Elite) 12 & under: J i ll Carey; (In­t ermediate) 13 & over: Nikk i Fin­sand; 12 & under: Jacque Farrell; (Novice) 13 & over: Marian Hile­man; 12 & under: Mar tha Peterson.

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1967 TEXAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC MEET

Team winners: L. D. Be ll H .S. (Hurst, T exas) for both boys and gi rl s championships. Boys AA : M ike Caldwe ll (Richardson). FX : Ronnie Webb (Tascosa). SH: Jimmy W hite (Central) . PB: Gary Heartfield (L. D. Be ll ). R: tie between Mike Craw­ford and Jerry Asri an (both o f L. D. Bell). HB : Heartsfield. LHY : Webb . Tu: Caldwell. Tr: Caldwe l l.

Girls AA : Laurie Harris (High­land Park). FX: Mary Hayes (Rich­ardson). UPB : Harris. SHY : Harris. B: Harris.

MID-SOUTH OPEN GYMNASTICS MEET

Team : N orthwestern Louisiana State College (Nw La) 177.40, Northeastern Lou isiana State Col­lege (NeLo) 174.75, Louis iana State Univ . (LSU) 111 .83, New Or leans YMCA 88.85. AA : Loyd (NwLa) 54.55, Otosh i (NeLa) 54.00, Su lli ­van (NeLa) 51 .50, Carrei ro (NwLa) 46 .1 0. FX: Otosh i 9.4, Loyd 9.35, Sull ivan 9.05. SH : Loyd 9.65, Oto­shi 9.45, Herrmann (NwLa) 9.30. R: Slas (Unatt) 9.5, Sullivan 9.4, Carreiro 9 .35. Tr: Yongue (SwLa ) 9.50, Waters (SwLa) 9.45, Wad­sack (NwLa) 9.25. LH: Tie, Loyd and Wang (NwLa) 9 .25, Otosh i 9 .1 5 . PB : Loyd 9.60, Herrmann 9.35, Otoshi 9.25. HB : Loyd 9.60, Otoshi 9.30, Sullivan 9.00.

FIRST CONFEDERATE NATIONAL GYMNASTIC MEET by Stan McCallar, Tucker H.S. This first meet drew some 200

competitors from Louis iana, Ala­bama, Florida and Georg ia. The meet, which was sponsored by the Georgia Gymnastic Assoc iation, had four divisions: Junior boys and girls, Open men and women.

Junior girls : Team : Louisville YMCA (L) 90.5, Northport Gym Club (N), 61.35, Fl y ing Va lastics (FV), 45.9, Powell (P) 43.93, Oak Ridge Gym Club (OR) 37.75, Tus­caloosa YMCA (T) 32 .7. AA : Claudia Fizell (Unatt) 29.95, Faye Hensely (L) 26.4, Beth Overton (L) 24.95. UPB: Fi zel l 8.0, Hensley 7.7, Brenda· Arms (L ) 7.4, SHY :

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. 2nd Presbyterian (P) 30.6, Col­lege Park (CP) 24.5, New Or leans YMCA (NO) 20.5. AA : Bur Bach­ler (K) 34.6, Tiger T ay lor (FV) 34.32, Elliott Hass (K) 27.05 . FX: Danny Jaeger (NO) 5.5, Taylor 5.3, Bach ler 5.0. SH : Hass 6.7, Bachler 6.3, Chuck Whi leside (Unatt) 6.2. Tu : Taylor 6.3, Bach­ler 5.6, Jaeger 5.4. HB : Peter Hayes (CP) 6.0, Bachler 5.8, Mike Bauer (Unatt) 5.7 . LH: T aylor 6.7, Bachle r 6.3, Bauer 6.0. Tr: Tay lor 6.7, Josh Abston (PDS) 5.9, Jeff Rogers (P) 5.8. PB : Bachle r 6.5, Taylor 6 .0 , Hass 4.5. R: Tay lor 5 .0, Bachler 4.7, Danny Morr is (FV) 3.6.

Open Women: Team: Coral Gab­les YMCA (CG) 11 0.12, Louisville YMCA (L) 109.75, Flori da State University Gymkhana (FS) 83.83, Oak Ridge Gym Club (OR) 54.99, 2 nd Presbyterian (P) 27.90, Spring­field Gym Club (S) 27.88. AA: Joan ie Lauter (CG) 32.77, Chris Nichols (CG) 31.74, Sandy Garrett (CG) 31.46. FX: Lauter 8.75, Jean McMahon (CG) 7.2, Garrett 7.85. BB : Lauter 7.85, Jannett Ingram (S) 8.2, Pam Badea ll (Powell ) 7.45. UPB: Garrett 8.0, Kathy McGar­than (N.O. YMCA) 7.9, Nichols 7.55. SHY: Garrett 8.5, Lauter 8 .0, Pati Murrell (L) 7 .0. Tu : Gar­rett 5.65, Lauter 5.65, Debbie Howell (L ) 5.6. Tr: V icki Bo lmger (S) 9.2, Troy Kafman (P) 8.4, Tina Eheman (P) 7. 1.

Open Men : Team : Memphis State Univ. (MSU) 161.50, New Orl eans YMCA (NO) 136.60. LSU 128.80, DeKalb Co ll ege (D) 113.0, Colonel s (C) 85 .1 5, Druid Hills Gym Club (DH) 72.65. AA: Richard Loyd (NwLa) 53.40, Bi ll Wi lcox (MSU) 40.5, Bruce McGarthon (NO) 39.85. FX: Loyd 9 .2, McGarthon 8.5. D. Rutherford (MSU) 7.55 . SH : Loyd 9.1, J. McKinney (MSU) 6.35, D. Johis (MSU ) 5.65 . PB : Loyd 9.35, McGarthon 8. 1, J . Miller (LSU) and Scott Boyd (K) 6.45. HB: Loyd 9.5, McGarthon 7.1, Dav id Ellison (NO) 6.35. R: Loyd 8.7, J. Knight (MSU) 7.7, J. M ill er (MSU) 7.65. LH : Loyd 9.1, Boyd 8.8, D. Wr ight (MSU) 8.5. Tr: Dennis Har lan (S) 9.2, David Neel (P) 8.1, Mason Kauf­man (P) 7 .6. Tu : Boyd 8.4, McGar­t han 7.6, Tony Jaeger (NO) 6.65.

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CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

White Station High School, Memphis, Tenn. April 25·26·27, 196B

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Reservations for those planning on attending should be directed directly to the Holiday Inn. Rooms are blocked for our partici pants. Entry forms are enclosed, and should be filled in, and mailed, along with entry fee to the Memphis Gymnastics Association,' 100 North Main Building, Suite 919, Memphis, Tennessee 38103. The draw for the order of competition will be made the evening of April 24th.

Compulsories will begin for men: Both divisions . .. National and International, on Thursday afternoon. (Gymnasium avail­able that morning for warm-ups).

THURSDAY: 1:00 p.m.-Gymnasts assem­ble in main gymnasium, White Station High School. 1:30 International Division compulsories on Floor Exercise, Side Horse and Horizontal Bar. At the con­clusion of these events the National Division will perform compulsories in the same events.

7:30 p.m.-Long Horse Vault, parallel bars and Rings for men. Then, Trampoline compulsory routines. Thursday evening sess ion completes all compulsory rou­tines. National Division follows Interna­tional division in same events.

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