Modern Gymnast - June/July 1968

THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

• NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS

• AAU CHAMPIONSHIPS

• USGF CHAMPIONSHIPS

• ENDO HIGH BAR SEQUENCE

• SAKAMOTO-HAYASAKI INTERVIEW

• MORE GYMWHEEL GYMNASTICS

JUNE-JULY 1968 50c

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LET'S TEACH ROUTINES The complete "Let's Teach Routines"

series by Dr . William Vincent published in the Modern Gymnast magazine has been compiled t ogether into one pam­phlet and is availab le for iust $1.

Coaches and P.E. instructors should find this work very handy (with discounts up to 50 % for large orders) for use as a classroom text.

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MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST SUMMER INVENTORY SALE

For only $2.50 (plus 50c postage) Complete set of back editions of Mademoiselle Gymnast, Volumes I & 11-8 big issues . ..

Here is your chance to get fresh Mlle. G. issues to replace your much used, lost, cutup or dog-eared copies at a very special price. Act Now!

Send $2.50 (plus 50c postage) to: MLLE. G. INVENTORY SPECIAL

Box 777 Santa Monica, Calif. 90406

Also a limited number of the Original Introductory Edition of MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST are still available at just $1.00 each (a collector's item).

GYMNASTICS on STAMPS

SPOHrti on ~rAMPS;

STAMP STARTER COLLECTION The above collection of 20 gymnastics stamps for $1.00. Also available: 30 mixed track and field .................... $1.00 40 general sPQrts- stamps --' .~'''' ..... , .,.$1.00 California resident add 5% Sales Tax

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR:

5. Gymnaestrada Basel 1969

THE MG 1969 GYMNAESTRADA TOUR

Perhaps the greatest International eve nt for Gymnastics in Physical Education is the gathering of student and leaders from all over the World every four years for the GYMNAESTRADA. To make it possible YOU not just read abou t this wonderful event, but to attend in per­son, we are planning an MG TOUR to the 5th GYM­NAESTRADA in Basel, Switzerland July 2nd-6th, 1969.

j,,- * * * The GYMNAESTRADA is li ke a World Gymnastic Clinic where Nations display their best gymnastic groups with everything from mass drills to individual world champi­onship performers. Here will be a chance for you to not only see the best Gymnasts in the world, but to spend almost a week in people to people elbow rubbing contact.

* * * * Having attended and photographed the past two GYM­NAESTRADA'S (Stuttgart, Germany in 1961 and Vienna , Austria in 1965), your editor can only say .. . If you are a student or teacher in any form of Gymnastics, don 't miss this GYMNAESTRADA in Switzerland, you can be su re it will be the best ever.

* * * * For those of you who would rather be on your own we have arranged for flight (New York, Basel and return) and Gymnaest rada accommodations only, for two, three or a five wee k stay. For those of you who would like to have everything taken care of we have complete planned and conducted tours of three or five week duration. For you teachers and students who would like to visit the top Sport Schools in Europe, our deluxe tour is tentatively scheduled with stopovers at the Swiss Sport School at Macolin, and Schools in Austria, Czechoslovakia , Germany, Sweden , Norway, Denmark and Engla nd. To enable our MG readers to see as much as poss ible in a limited stay we will be traveling by both deluxe motor coach (for the short trips) and by Jets (for the longer hops). We also have many extras planned for MG tour members in the way of travel bags, blazers , emblems, decals, and pins that will be sure to please you and add to the pleasure of your trip.

* * * * We are thrilled about this MG TOUR TO THE GYMNAE­STRADA and hope you will want to join us . . . Start now to get a group to ge ther from your area to take part .. Let us show the World that Americans are interested in Gymnastics (especia lly the faithful MG readers) . Here is YOUR BIG CHANCE to see and meet all the peo ple and places you have been reading about in your MG ... LET US HEAR FROM YOU.

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m THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

G Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

Volume X

CONTENTS

June-July, 1968 Nos. 6 & 7

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR __ ... . ____ . __ .. .. ...... Glenn Sundby 4 CHALK TALK .... ______________ ........ . __ .... .. ____ . __ . .... 6 FASHION NOTES ... ..... __ ....................... . .... Walt Zwickel 7 VIEWPOINTS ..................... .. ................. ..... Dick Criley 7 CANADIAN REPORT .......... . .. .John Nooney 8 Y·NEWS .. __ .Ken Hollis 9 USGF REPORT. . ... ... J ra nk Bare 10 USGF NATIONALS (MEN) ... .. . . .. .Jerry Wright 12 SENIOR AAU NATIONALS (MEN) . .. .Jerry Wright 14 AAU (WOMEN) __ .... ..... __ .. .-- ............. 16 GYMNASTICS ON A MOUNTAINSIDE . . . ............. "Bud" Beyer 17 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP . . .. Dr. Joe Massimo 18 MUSCLE BEACH NOWI . ........... . ..... __ ......... 21 MG INTERVIEW. . ...... __ .Ken Sakoda & Dick Criley 22 MG CALENDAR ....... . __ ....... Yoshi Hayasaki 24 GYMNASTICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION . . ..... A. Bruce Fredericks 26 SUMMER TRAINING FOR H. S. GYMNASTICS . George Dalluge 27 FULL TWISTING HECHT ......... .. . Menichelli 29 BARANI DILEMMA . ......... . Harry Plant 2Cj CROSS MACHINE ... .. .. ........... . ........ Art Aldritt 30 GYMNASTIC AIDS Don Tonry 31 GYM WHEEL GYMNASTICS ....... Norbert Dill 32 HIGH BAR SEQUENCE . .. ................ .. __ ........ . .... .... ... Endo 34 A SECOND LOOK AT SWING ... .... . ..... Gerald S. George 36 REGIONAL REPORTS . . .... __ .... __ .. . ............ .... .. 37 MG PHOTO/ ART .. .......... .... . .... . -- ....... ........ 38 PASADENA NATIONAL INVITATIONAL .... Dick Criley l10 MG SCOREBOARD .... __ ..... .. .. __ .... . .. .. . .. .... 41 OPERATION CHAMP . ....... . ... . ... Mike Jacobson 4? GYM FORUM ... ... . ........ .John Hinds 44 LETTERS ... ... .. .. ... ... . . . ...... 44

COV ER : This month's cover was to depict the coming sum .. mer months. Shown is Gary Buckner, farmer USC all-around chomp, doing a front dislocate on the long extension ri "ng s

at Mu sc le Beach, Santa Monica. We thought it was a pretty beachy picture. Photo by Ken Sakoda . F or more of Muscle

Beach see page 21.

PUBLISHER - EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

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

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature A. Bruce , rederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco, Research; Dick Cr iley, Statistics; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank L. Bare, USGF; Jess Robinson, Trampoline; Roy Davis, JudJ<irlfD Jackie Uphues, Women; Ken Sakoda, Art; John Nooney , Canada.

THE MODERN GYMNAST is published by Sundby Publications , 410 Broadway, Santo Mo nico , California 90401 . Second Closs ·postage paid at Santo Monico , Calif . Published monthl y except bi-monthl y June , Jul y, August , and September . Pr ice $5 .00 per year, SOc single copy : Subscriptio n correspondence , THE MODERN GYMNAST , P.O. Box 611 , Santo Monico , California 90406 . Copyright 1968 © all rights reserved bv SUNDBY PUBLICATIONS. 410 Broadwav. Santo Monico . Calif . All pi ctu res a nd manuscripts submitted become the property o f THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and suIT,clent poslage are included .

!~1~< 1969 GYMNAESTRADA TOUR '----=-='

$388.00 to $898.00

• PLAN A A 1 Round t rip via Swissoi r Jet New York

Basel, Switzerland. Depart June 30th , return July 14th or 2 1st . $388.00. Incl udes air transportation, Hotel accommodat ions and t wo meals da il y in Basel Jul y 1 st-5th and admission to Gymnaestrada events

. Open t ime on your own to t ou r Europe. .

A2 Round trip v ia Swissoir Jet New York Base l, Deport June 30th, return Jul y 21st ' ... $613.00. Includes Air Transportation, Hotel accommoda­tions and two meals doil y in Basel July 1 st-5th , admission t o Gymnoe­strada events. After Gymnoestrada, self drive compact car w ith motel accommodations.

A3 Round trip via Swissoir Jet New York Basel , Deport June 30th, Return July 21st . .. Price $685.00. In­cludes Air Transportation, Hote l ac­commodations and t wo meals dai ly in Base l Jul y 1 st t o 5th, admission to Gymnaestrada event s. After Gym­naestrodo escorted motor coach tou r through Alpine countries, Sw itzer­land, Germany and Austria, includes hotels, two meals dai ly.

Note: Inquire about specia l air fares f rom your home city t o New York and reduced rates for children 2 t o 12.

PLAN B B1 Round trip via Swissoir Jet N ew York

Base l, Depart June 30th, return Au­gust 5th .. . Pr ice $430. Includes Air t ransportation, Hote l accommoda­tions and two meals doily in Basel, Jul y 1 st-5th, admission t o Gymnqe­strada events . After Gymnoestrodo open time to t our Europe on your own.

B2 Round trip via Swissair Jet N ew York Basel, Depart June 30th, return Aug. 5th ... Price $575 .00 Includes Ai r transpo rtation, Hote l accommoda­tions and two mea ls dail y in Basel July 1 st-5th, admiss ion to Gymnoe­strada events. After Gymnaestroda cho ice of self-drive compact car , t our Europe on your own.

B3 Round trip via Swissa ir Jet New York Europe, Depart June 30th, return August 5th. Pri ce $898.00. In­cludes air transportat ion, h otel ac­commodations and t wo mea ls daily in Basel July 1 st-5th . Admission t o Gymnaestrada events. After Gymnae­strada complete 4-week a ir and de­lu xe motor coach tour escorted by Glenn Sundby v isiting major Euro­pean c it ies including people to peo ­p le vis its at leading prominent Europea n sports schools in Sw it ze r­land, Germany, Austria, Czechoslo­vakia, Denmark, Sweden , Norway, and Eng land.

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~'K Trampolin e w ill be one of three new

NCAA Championships to b" inaugura tl' d d uring the next year. The othe r ~p o rts arc water 1'010 and volley ba ll. Th e trampolin e ac ti on ca me af tn a ("ardul , tudy by thl' Execu ti ve COllllll illl't' whn :-- urvl'p'd tlt t' Alldl'li (' I)ir('d n r~ alld ('uur/Il' :-: 10 dl'lt ' rllli l ll '

allitud ," ab"ut tilt' ,a fl' t)' "f tl,, · , ·V , ·1l1. ~,·r· " III \ -011( ' Pl' ITt'nl wi", ilt'd 10 retai n 1 he event but' :-- lr\l ll ~ f('(' lil1 ~ W(l", ('xpre:::::' l'd that it "I""dtl 1)(' "epa rat ed frullI th e Ol ympi, ' events.

Jnclud ed in th e rc port was a :,urvey of team phy" ic ians who Wl'l"e polled a bout th pir f,'<'lin g:, un tranll"tline "a fety. Of the",·, 62 % favo red rl' taining ti lt' trampuline . O thn p"inb; which were "tIT"s"d hy tho,,' fa vo rin (r retentiun of the Ira lllpo l illt' Wt'J'('

it s lI ::'l' l~dness as a tra inin :.! c! ('v i,'(', it :' "' 111'1 '­l a tur HI'IH'a i , and jl s ~ai ll ill inlt'J'lIalional :,upporl.

Thl' .lllt .... na ti"llal I lll ir .... " it y ::i i'"rt , Ft ·tI · ,'ration wh ich :' JlIIII :"- III' :-- till' \\lorld Uni v(' J" " ity Ca ll" '" ha" allll"ull c,·d that the 1961) Came" w ill bc held Au!!u"t 27 thruu!!h Se Jl" 'ml)('r 9 in L i:, lltIn. I'~' rtuga l. T o b," a Il lt'm hl' r of th e U::iCSC lea lll. a eompclitur 1l1ll , 1 be l'il h" r a lull · lim e ,,, ud l' nl (!! radu· all' (lr und er !.!:radu a l l') or 11111 :' 1 bl' a !!:,: u lu at­iIi !! hi d l ;c ho,,1 scni ur who h u~ 1ll'l' n a('~' ,· p"'; 1 by a co ll ,'~e. Thc NCAA i, a 1I1l' ,"bn o[ the U::iCSC which is the r ccog· lIi zl'd .'\Ill eri can fra nchise hold l'!" in IIIf' I·' IS U. NC AA l{ l'pl"l':;enl a lives lu Ih l' USCSC CU IIIl '" Cll llllniitcl' arc Harold Frl'Y uf the lI ni l"t'r"i ly o f Cal ifo rn ia and Bill MeadI' IIf So ulhe l"ll Illinois Unil'e rs ity.

Th e 19W NCA A Uni ven, il y Divis i"n C YIIlIl a"l ic C hall lpioll , hip" will be hd d :\p ril 3·:i a t Ih l' Univl'!"" il y of Wa:; hin gton, Sl'al ll ,·. Washing tun.

WO.\I l::N ·S INT E I{COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

hallll'rinc Ley, cha inllan o[ the Conlllli s· , ion 1111 Intercu ll"!! ia ll' Al hldi cs [or \Vulllen, ha" a nnouncl'd dial Ihe :; il e fo r Ihe fir:'1 il1ll'rcll ll q! iat e challlPiul1:-:hip jn gYllln a:3 ti cs will 1)(' S prin grll' ld Co lltoge, S pringfield. \[aE:;al' hu"" II ", Marl'll (,·H. l%lJ. The Com· Jl li ~:-: i (l11 wh ich ~ p(ln ::,u rs th l'~e CVl'Jlt ~ wa::; ,·:;la l>li - l ... d ill 1966 by Ih e il i" i:, illn fo r Ci rl " a l,,1 W0I111'n'" S port:; ( DGW::i) of til(' ;\II11'ri l' all }\ "''''' ia li un fur I·It'a llh , Physi ca l Edul'alion. and Hec rea liun (AA HPER).

OL) .\I PJC TnlALS J UDC E::i ::ii::LECTELJ Frank A. Well :;, Char illl an uf the U::iOC

T echnica l Co mmill ee fo r Gymnaslics ha:; ann oun ced Ihat Ihe fo ll"w ing offi cia ls havc been se lec ted to judge Ihc Ihree OIYIllPic Iri als : T OIll Malon,'y, J erry H ardy, Fran k CUllli skey, Frank Wells, P au l Fina, Dick }\ ron :;on, J un Cull)('rl "on, Don WiJderul er, Armand o Vega , J err y Todd. As a lterna tes, Ihe fo llow in g IllaY be se lected : Hudy Bach· na, Bi ll Roelzhe im , Fred Orlobky , l ack Beckner, La:; lo Sasva ry, La rry Banner. J erry Wright. Bi ll H OJll ll·".

OL't.MPJC (J Ui\ LlFlEH::i A::i OF J UNE 10, 1968

frank A. \Vell ". Cha irma n of Ihe USOC Tech nica l CII llllllill ee for GYlllnas ti cs has announ ced Ihe fo Uow in g 28 gymnas ts have achi eved a qua li fyin g :;core of 104 or better

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and a rc eligib le 10 CUIIIpeiC in the Ol ympicl Tria ls : Makoto Saka muto, Fred Hoe thli s· berge r, ::i ll'l'e Cohen, I{obe rt Lynn , Hichard Loyd , S ll'vl' Hug, Kana ti A llen , Dave Thor, Fred LJ ennis, J am es Ame rine, J a mes Cui· hallc, J ohn E lla:;, Bub i:: mery, P e te Di· I'- urio, Fred Turoff, I'a ul Mayer, e il Schmitt , Si d Frcudens tein , Ter ry Hi gg ins':', :\rnu L asca ri , Mark Cohn , Hon Clemmer, T oshio Otoshi t, Greg Weiss, Rick Tucker. Dub Dicksun, Hichard Swetman , Hich Scor· za':' . I ':' Approved by pelition 10 T echnica l Cum llliitee . t 1£ citizen of th c USA.)

1\10RE NA!\'IES JI T H E N EW S A SE RI ES OF COACHJNC C HA NG ES

have laken pl ace a lread y Ihi" "UIIIIlIt ·r. .I A Y !\ ::i i-l !\IOI{E, fO l"lnl'l" h"ad coal' h a l I he U. "f T l'x us has laken a fu ll lilll l' p", ili" n wilh ,\ :\IEI{I C ,\ N ;\'1'11. E(J IIII' . CO. AI alll" ,,1 II,,· ,,'"1 11' lill lt' IOW ,\ ',; Ilt'ad cuach alld I w in '- lJi ~ '1" '11 Challlpioll~hi p coach, ::i :\ .\1 IL\ILl E ha" va .. al,·d Ihal posilion and lak"n a jo b wi lh ATLA::i E(J UI1'. CO. Sam wi ll be ba"ed in SI. L"uis ... MIKE .I 1\ CO lbON, fonner Pl' nn. ::i la te gy ,nn as l

Mi ke Jacobso n

and pao t as" istanl coach at Navy ha:; ta ken the Iowa posili un. Th ,". Jlu s:;iul-\--of. Ca rl Pal· ler""n Jef l the ' T E MPLE UN IV £ltSITY Jlo"i lilln o pen and DILL COCO has as·

"'lined Iha t j ob in PhiladeJphia ... North CaroJin a has a new head coach in FnED Sl\ NDERS, who le ft Sunn yside H S in Tuc· son to accep t tha t post. Fred was on the lea m a l Michigan severa l yea rs back. We hea r a lso tha t J ACK BECK NER , U.S. Olympic Coach, will r ejoin the Univers ity of Soulhe rn CaJi fornia as gymnas ti cs coach.

ASSOClATE EDlTOR RESIGNS K enne lh W. H olli s, Associate Editor for

Y·NEWS, has written us that he is leavin g hi s position in Cleveland , Ohio, and will be trave ling for an uncerlain period of time. We have apprecia ted K en 's serving as co· ordinator for n ews from the YMCA's and

hu pe tba t Ihc Nali ona l Council will be able to luca le anulher capable re porte r to fill hi s place. In the meanl ime, the Modern CYlllllast will accep t Y ·N EWS at our Santa Mun ica address : P.O. Box 611 , Santa Mun i· ca, Califurnia lJ0406.

I NTEHNATIONA L COMPETJT IO NS Men: Fin land 560.65·Sweden 558.80 with

Chris ter J ohn son (Sweden ) tak ing the AA at 112.05. Ladies compelilion, Eas l Ge r· lIl a ny 189.20·Sweden 181.90 with Erika Zuchuld (L Ger.) tak ill g Ihe AA with 7( •. 7;, . ]\I"n: I'IIl and :':'6.2:' ·Sweden :;:;3. 10 wilb 1\ 1. Kubi l'a ( l 'o land) lakin g AA w ilh lL~.4:i. Ladi,'" 1'"l and 374·.10,Swl'den 386.HO wilh W. Lel' h lI'oland ) l akin ~ AA wilh 7;;.95.

WHAT IS A TINS ICA? A lin , ica is a carlwlll'e l wilh % turn .

I Leadin g wilh the s ide of the body, ca rl · wheel In Ih e in verted pos ilion , Ihen mak,' % lurn and s te p ou t as you would for the nne l e~ fronl wa lkover ) . ' According to the Na liona l Clinic. an Arabian Walkover is eXl'cul ed as a ~ne leg front walkover ex· c(' pt tha t the hands and fee t louch the floor nnt' a t a time, each touch ahead o f Ihe olh er. (Our thanks to NJGA Newsle t· ler for thi s note.)

NCAA FILMS 1\ new address for ord ering NCAA film s

I"" rl':' lIlt pd from a chan!!" in Ihe di s lri· hution ~p rv i rf> adlllin i s t l'ri l; ~ th e program . Now. Im'mbers nf olher inlnes tpd partie" , lwlIld wrill' Ihl' follnwin!! fo r in forma ti on ,·" n, ·,' rnin ~ renlal or pU;'c!taSC of NCAA fil lll'" A,,," e ia lion Films, Inc. , S61 Hill · ~ r,,\'1' :\ \"I·n ul'. La Gra nge, Illi nois 60:;2:;.

FLOR ID A GYMNASTlC ACTlVITY

i\ Fl orid a gy mn as l ics ncwslett e r des igned 10 ' I'rf'a d Ihc wo rd among sou lhe rn F lor ida 1-!'Y llinasts and coaches was s tarted thi s year hy Ilruce LJa vis, lVl iami ·Dad e Jun io r College ~)'lI l1l as l c i s coach. Jnformalion concerning " Ullnner p rug ra ms in Ihe Florid a area an" avai la ble from Brucc. The M·D J C book· s lore has gy mn asl ic shoes, gr ips, leo ta rd .s and olh er gymn asli c sup plies for sale 10 anyo ne in the area.

LOS A I GHES COACHES P U BLIC IZE Dr. Bill Vincen t of San F ernando Valley

and A rl Shurlock o f UCLA co·sponsored a le ll er to a ll gymnasl ic coaches and offi cials in the area which li sted Ih e nam es, phone numbers and add resses o f Ihe sportswrit ers, newspapers, radio stal ions, and TV stations in the area . A long w ilh thi s, they urged everyone to bombard the news med ia with r esults. r eques ts for information, an d gen· era l notes of apprecia tion for gymnas l ic se rvices rendered. One result of Ihe ir cam· paign was in creased coverage o f gym ­nas lics in Ihe southern California a rea, in · cl udin g stori es on USC's Makoto Sakamoto and San Fernando's Bob Med ina. JI'I est Magazin e, Ihe L.A. Times Sunday su pple· menl , ca rried a colorful gymnas ti cs story based mainly on the AAU's, but a lso p ro· mOlin g the Los Angeles area gymnas tic pro· gram. W ere it not for the conslan l pressure by Ihe coaches and gymnasts, the sport would rece ive far less coverage than it does at pH'sent. The idea wo uld be a good one 10 adopt in olher areas of the country.

ITHACA COLLEGE GYMNASTICS l N P ROMOTION EFFORTS

The Public ity off ice of Ithaca College, unde r Ihe direction of Ph il Langan , has es la blished somel hin g of a mark for en · thusias m in il s sport s promolion program. In add ilion to a printed program for ea ch sporl , the o ffi ce regula rl y provides news reJeases on its coaches and athletes. T ypica l

are ti l!' releases concernin g Coach GonIon E~ldcs t o n . no w in hi s second yea r at Ith aca. a nd hi s gY llln a , t" B ill Cowd en , E ri c An ,,· teencn, Russ F ederlll a n, and Dou ~ J ohn,on. In an a rca known for a , tron " hi"h schoo l progra m, bu t lit ti c kn own 017 th~ college leve l, Ithaca is boos tin g the ir gY lllnastic, progra lll with tlw fervor of the convert ed .

On e of th e nlaj ur ingredient s for any w in­nin g tea lll is SUPI"' rt and inte rest. Th e sup­po rt and int e re, t stillul a ted by Lan1!a n', re leases stand '" a n exa mple to Ill a ny who do not beli eve in th e impac t of publicit y on the s u pport of a n athl e ti c program. NIa)' such ef fort s g row a nd multiply.

W EDDI NG B ELLS i\ N I) OLYMPIA NS

Coach K en Bartle tt uf Cal S ta te Long Beach go t hilll self a J\lr". with a crowd of we ll wishin g gymn as ts looking all . Amon g th est' were five past Olympia ns. Di ck and J ac k Beckner, Charl ie S illlm s, Bi ll T OIll and Larry Bann er, who competed with K en for the Los Angeles Turn ers, a nd a hos t of "SCA T S" that compe ted with Kerry ( who is a lso a gY llln a"t ) in Women's gymnasti cs. Our best Wi,,,,C, to a happy gy mn as ti (, coupl e, K en and K erry.

JAPA N E SE PRE-OLYMPIC STOPOV ER Frank Endo r eports th a t - the Japanese

I!ymnas ti c teams w ill work out at the San ta Monica C ity College on Oct. 2, 3 and 4 be fore lea ving for M exico City on Oct. 5 th. The Ma urie Luxford Foundation will s pon­sor an exhibition on Oct. 4th l Fri .) in Southern Cali f. This is offi cial and you may quote me . The Ja panese will be fl ying on a cha r te red plane lJ apan Airline) from J apan to M exico Ci ty and r e t urn .

Fashion

by Waller Z w ickel ,

NO TE: Your editors have always been con­ceflled abollt the personal appearance of gymnasts, both in competi tion and as an image of the sport at al/ times ... Mr. Walter Z.wickel comes to li S well qualiiied

to take on the task oj Fashion Editor jar the MG. M r. Zwick el is a fi fth generation gymnastic tailor ( his grandfather outfitted th e A listrian N ational tealll and was Tailor by appointlll ent to Elllporer Franz Joseph) , he operates two III en's fas hion stores in f>h iladelphia, is a men's clo thing designer, patteTIIlllaker, tailor, on the board of direc­tors fo r th e Eastern GYlllnastic Clinic, and is the Tailor by appointment to the 1968 USA Men's OIYIII Pic Gymnastic Team.

A new MG F eature. Ju st like the uff icials ge t toge ther before

a mee t to " ,,-t of se ttl e the ground rul es, this firs t culumn will do just tha t . . . lay duwn sa me rul es for it s own form a t. Also, 1' J] try tu tell yu u wha t' to expect in the future.

S ince I'lll a unifurm supplier myself, it wo uld be unfair tu the other sup]lli er s if I wrut e abo ut Illy own stuff, so when I dis­c uss gy mnas ti c clothing, it will be in the ubjec ti ve sense, and I. will not mention bra nds unl ess it is an item common to mos t of the suppliers.

I'll d ea l with ca re and maintenance of uni form s, s tyling fea t ures, a nd the esthet ics of gym nas ti c dress. With luck 1 migh t ·even ge t some controve rsy go ing such as colored j er seys versus whi te, how h igh should pants hit at the wa ist, a nd what a bout co lors in pants. S tart now ... if yo u have op inions, send them in .. . b ut be prepared to argue.

Another subj ect that needs atte ntion is how to ma il orde r uniforms. M ost people just don 't know what measurements are needed, or how to take them. So ... we'll devo te one column to the standard clo thing industry cha rt, showing where the measure­ments should be taken, and SOme de tail on how to take the m. It is my hope that a ll the gymnasti c suppliers will adopt it. If can sa ve us all a lot of headaches.

Then there's the conversion tables. H ow do yo u conve rt American sizing to metric sizing for shoes. W hat size warmup do you order from Japan ? We d o some space on tha t also. '

Gymnasts never seem to be able to ge t a fit in r eady made clothes. It 's not tha t yo u fellows ar e built wrong. __ you 're built ri ght, and the r es t of the country is built wrong. It's just that there's so many more of them, so that's the fit that the s tores carry. What we'll do in thi s column is diagram some of the alterations that are needed to make ordinary clothes fit a gym­nast. Then when yo u go to your fri endl y neighborhood men's shop, he doesn't have to g uess on what to do, you show him how. W e'll al so go detail for those of you ' that ge t made to m easure clothing ... to make it ,,"s ier for yo ur ta ilor.

F ashion note; Turtle necks are big fash­ion news, but for a gymnast they'r e also big headaches. Gymnasts are buill differen t than ordina ry people. Mr. Average Ameri­can is built someth ing terribl e, but there's so many of him as com pared to our well proportioned gymnasts that the garment manufacturers proportion their lines ac­cordin gly . . . whi ch means a bad fit for a gymnast. R eady made turtl e neck s gen ­erally sag and bag all over the wa ist area on a gymnast, and run ti ght in the shoul­der s.. Also, most are designed to drape rat.her th an fit since draping hides flabby bodies.

Tn a nswer to this, I 've designed a gym­nas t pol o in turtle neck , and its only ava il­able through thi s magazine . It has the taper, the fit, that gymnasts want. Look for the ad in thi s issue.

For the coachs we'll off e r some new con­ce pts in budgeting the uniform dollar. H ow

to get the most out of the budget, and how to write s pecs. so yo u'll ge t the goods yo u wanted.

Las tly, we'll cover the fi eld of fashion in general wha t to wear out side of the gy m. J ust like what yo u wear in a meet can affec t yo ur score, that's how what yo u wea r on the stree t can affect what people think of yo u and the sport you represent. So we ' ll bring yo u the newest ideas in fashion , answer yo ur questions about ,yhat kind of ti e goes with what kind of suit , and try to keep you informed of the fashion trends so that what yo u buy today won ' t be out of style tomorrow.

That's the pur pose of this column. Write to me, a sk me questions, suggest su bjec ts for d iscuss ion. As lon g as it deals with what to wear, I'll do my best to help you.

Address: B . Zwickel, 1415-17 W. S usq ue­hanna , Philadelphia, Pa. 19121.

VIEWpoints By Dick CrUey

Peop1e in the News . .. TCAA College Division S ide H orse Champ, Bob M edina, is a fin e example of the wi ll to overcome. Bob , a fonn er s ide horse standout from Veni ce Hi gh School, had attended San F erna nd o Va lley S tate for a semester prior to hi s entrance into the Marin es. In June of 1967, nea r Vin T ha u , Vie tnam, Bob picked up a wi re to a booby-trapped Clay­more mine. T he mine exploded, nearly blow in g off hi s whole le ft hand; on ly hi s middle fin ge r and half of hi s little fin ger r emained. Followin g surgery a t Da Nang , he was tran sferred back to the S ta tes to Oakla nd Nava l H o"s pital where doctors be ­gan to work on th e hand.

"A t fir st 1 co uldn't believe it," Medina r eca lled. " The hand wou ldn ' t move at all. I thought I'd never be ~ bl e to use it agam.

When Bi ll Vincent, Bob's coach a t San F ern ando Va lley, heard a bout the injury, he wrote, offering him hi s scholar ship back , even if he couldn ' t co mDete a"'l in . Tha t encouragement and a . little in cident a t the Nava l H ospital gave Bob the lift h e need ed . The little incident was hi s no ti cin g a pommel-less side horse at the hosp ita l which increased hi s d esire to get back to gymnastics.

Bob Medina

R e-enterin g San F ernando in January, 1968, a s a math major, Bob sta rt ed practi ce aga in. Eight weeks la ter he won the NCAA College Divis ion S ide Horse Championship. " I learned to r est mos tl y on the palms of my ha nds," he said. "There a re still pieces of shapnel in my left palm and it hurts if

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CANADIAN

HI REPORT

by John Noo ney 18 Laving/on Dr. Weston, Ontario

HERE AND THERE

BULB F UN D R AISING CAMPA IG N Ca l Gira rd h as report ed th a t alrC"ady On ·

ta rio (T or onto) has coll ec ted S500.00 a nd Ottawa 8200.00. H e would like to get news from ot her areas. These fund ~ wi ll permit e.G .A. to send a Junior team to Cuba and ?lIexico thi s summer.

EA ST YORK I NVITATIONAL MEET AT COMMUNITY CENTER,

EAST YORK, TORONTO This meet was sponsored by the Recre­

at ion Dept. in conjunction wi th the local East York Gym Club. Directing the mee t was fIlr. Warren Kazor and his two excel· ,lent coaches, Mr. Berne Krudwig and Anna Krudwig. This man and wife team have rejuvenated children 's gymnastics in the Toronto area . Great credit is due to all the staff of the East York Club,

There were over 169 entries from Argo to Novice all doing COlVIPULSORIES. As an old timer who was weaned on compul· sori es, thi s r ea lly g laddened my heart to see compulsori es bein g used. This correct introduction in to the Sport augres well for the future of our young gymnasts, if we can now have a l itt le patience and develop the form of our yo un gs ters and the emphasis continues to be placed on the compulsory exercise the future of gymnasti cs in Ontario is assured,

Results, etc. in future ed itions. Clubs takin g part: Sarnia Gym Club , Kings ton Gym Club, Barrie Gym Club, Camp Borden Gym Club, Harmony Gym Club, North York GYIll Club, Rotary Winstonett es Gym Club. Ot tawa Gym Club, Etobicoke Gym Club. and Thunderbirds Y Gym Club, London.

CAN .'\ DIA N CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TR IALS

:\ spec ial Pre Trial mee t will be held in Ott awa on the 16th of J une (S und ay) for Se ni or .\Ien and Women. This mee t will be ho, ted by Cal Girard and held at Algonquin Co llt'!!e , This is now one of a seri es of THR EE TRIALS to be held, The second tri a l will be held with the National cha m pi· on, hipo a t Quebec. Everything is now in readin ess, write for entry form s, e tc. to Mr. Andre Lal'o ie, 132 18e Rue, Quebec, 3 P .Q, P lease contact Andre d irect for a ll infor· ma tion about thi s yea'r 's Na tional Champi· onships,

WO:\IE N J UDGES F.l .G. CLIN IC See anno unce ment elsewhere and for

further informa tion contact Mrs. Valeri e Nyc, 122,~ S I. '\[a rc SI., Apt. 50.) , .\[ontreal II' ho i,; the convener. This is exce llent news.

TR.'\ INl NG CA.\IPS Imm ediat e ly fo ll ow ing the Na tiona l Cham·

pion , hip" in Qu pbec city a two week train · in !! cam p will take place at the SUlllm er Ca mp (I f the U ni ve rsity of Ottawa . Thi , ca mp will he for Jun ior and Senior gym· n,H ". Proba bl e dat t Ju ly 8 to 21.

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This camp is to prepare our National Junior tea lll and our Olymp ic team. As far as I am concerned thi s is the most progn' '' ' ~ i ve' ste p we have ever taken.

HELP FROM OTT A W A Gran ts frolll the F itness and Amateur

Sport Council have now been decided on. Over 21 s port s benef it ted, They range fro III $685 for karat e to $32,310 for basketball. Our S port obtained $6,429 which should help ·to host the National Championshi ps and some clinics. It is very sma ll when yo u compare it to Tennis $10,813, Sw imming $8,386, Wrestling $7,186.

The Canadian Ski Association gets a grant of $25,705 so it pays to have a Nan· cy Greene. 1 would be anxious to know how much our provincial branches ge t from the provincial governments. Each provi nce has money allocated to it fro m the Fitness Council. It would be interes ting to kn ow how those grants are used in our Sport.

TRACK AND nELD FORM OW N ASSOCIATION

T his month the Tra<:k and Field people leave A.A.U. of Canada and s tart to build their own National Track and Field Associ · at ion , Over a year ago this decision was voted on now I am told the wheels are in mot ion to make this a fact.

OLYMPIC REVIEW 1964 TOKYO 1 ow th a t we are once aga in looking for­

ward to another Olympic Games in Mexico, le t us look back on the past performances of our National team OVl en ) . In 1964 Chuck Sebeysten, acting as Team Manager and Coach, took R . Kihn , W , Weiler and Gil Larose to Tokyo.

This te<: m, although not a full one, was a llowed to march in and carry the fl ag of Canada, Sweden and Fran ce who also had on ly three members had to join with other individuals to make a team of s ix so politically we were off to a good start.

Just note the scores aft er the compul· sori es, R. Kihn had scored 53.50 to obtain 84th place, G. La rose scored 53.50 and was placed 87th and W. Weiler scored 52.50 and wa, 93rd.

Out of a poss ibl e 60 points for compul· sori es and co mpu lsorj es are much easier (diffi culty wise), is there a message for t h is year's team ? Take note young gym· nasts- COMPULSORlES A RE THE KEY, so if you 're not doing compulsories now ask your coach WHY ?

T wo days later our team start ed their op tionals. On the pomllleli s Richard Kihn scored a 9.15 ( we certa inly could do with a Rick Kihn now) . In va ulting Gil Larose scored a 9.5 and something that is not well known Wilhelm Weiler scored a 9.70. That must be the highes t score ever by a Can· ad ian. There were only three other gym· nasts bette r than him BUT UNFORTUN· ATELY HIS CmiP LSORY SCORE WAS N OT HIGH ENOUGH to ge t him a place in the FINA LS. That Illust have been a hea rtbreak. Now when yo u hear teachers talk about compulsori es remember how Willie Weile r felt that da y in Tokyo.

The fina l placing for our three mus· ke teers.

CumjJu lso ry and Opti onals All Round: H. Kihn 82nd pl ace, \\1. Weile r 86th Place, C . La rose 92nd place.

S urmisin !! that we had a full team and had 9.0 av~ ra!!e we could have fini shed 14 " r l.~th t A me7-i can tea m fini shed 7th) .

Now le t us look a t the Dortm und S('U IT"

( World Challlpitln . hips ) an d we had a full team coached by Al Dippong, managed by H. Gagnier.

.\ Ien's r~s ult s A,A. Camp. a nd Opt. : W.

We il e r placed 77 th , A. S ima rd 106th. n. Brooke r, 110th, R. Dion 117th , R. K insman I Hl th , C. Gannon 128tb.

Just to ref resh yo ur memory Ollr WOlll en scurcd as fo llows coached by Maril yn S," ­acre '

o.II:.A. Co mpo and Opt.: Sa ndra Ha rt lt'y /lst, L. Bird 88 th , I. Clouiti er 88t h, I. Ha· wo rth 96 th , E. Austin 117th , M. Minakcr 139th.

A fter Mex ico I will make a cOlllpa ri , ,,", I t should be inte resti ng to see what i ~ ha ppenin g and to see i f - ARE WE YIAKl NC ANY PROGHESS '! '!

WOM EN 'S JUDGES OFFICIAL F. I.G. CLtN IC A ND COURSE

Conducted by Madame Berthe Viltanch er

president of the women 's techn ica l com· comm ittee F. I.G. FROM FRANCE

Madam e Valerie Nagy vice-president of the womens' technical committee F.I.G. FROM HUNGARY

Madame A . Gatta secretory of the women's techrri ca l com­m ittee F. I.G. FROM tTAL Y PLA CE : MONT REAL DATE : JULY 10 to 17th, 1968 I f interested to have more information, please contact:

Mrs. Valerie Nye 1225 St-Ma rc Street , Apt. 505 M ontrea t 25, Quebec, Canada

Te l : 937-5239

EASTERN CANADIAN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Port Calborne, Ontario Recent ly the above meet was directed by

Mr. Ji m Mc Pherson, Port Co l borne at h is own high school. Be lieve me, I wish every meet was organized as we ll as this yea r's Easterns. Excellent audiences and tremendous perform­ances mode thi s one of the most successful meets I have ever had t he pleasure t o be assoc ia t ed w it h .

The men's senior events were a duel between Gil Larose and Syd Jensen who competed un­attached and in the women's senior events last year 's Junior champion, Jennefer Diachun won the senior women's a ll round, proving again that our juniors are really improv ing . This was Jennifer's finest hour. Will she be able to repeat her performance at the tria ts??

Ba rry Brook er

Peter Rogers o f i he Ot tawa gym ctub had an exce llent week end winning the jun ior men ' s. Peter is the On tario High Schoo t cham ­pion and a tremendous prospect . At this mee t we had Compulsori es, Optionals and Final s. It was obv ious our gymnasts were ti red but we must run all our meets in this fashion so that we st rengthen the performances of our young gymnasts.

Never before was it so obvious that our gymnasts need competition - 2 Junior Women, 10 Junior Men, 6 Senior Women, 8 Sen ior Men . Why not a Western Championships in Edmonton or Saska toon? Meets are the key­more and more of th em if our young gymnasts are to improve.

Results Sen ior Wom en AA : I , J. D iachun (Win) 70.8,

2 . M . St . Jean ( Immac Conc) 68.05, 3. T , M c­Donnel t (Win) 68.00

Senior B, AA : I . J. Wilk in (W in) , 2. D, Heise (Win.)

Junior Wom en A A: I . N . Mc Donnell (Win) 67.45; 2. L. Walker (Win) 62.85, 3. L. Osborne (Win) 60.25.

Senior M en AA: I. Gil Larose (51. Theresa) 109.55; 2 . Syd Jensen (U nattached) 107.2, B. Brooker (H armonie) 101 .65.

Senior B. A A: I . D. Arnold (Michigan Unat­tached ), 2. M . Prent (Harmonie) 3. B. Gabitch, (Germonia) .

Junior M en AA: I . P. Rogers (Ottawa G.c.) 102.35; 2. J. Bouchard ( Imm Conc. ) 99.95; 3. D. Copeland (Harmonie) 91.65 .

METROPOLITAN TORONTO GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

This year's meet was co-hosted by the Rotary Wlns tonettes, Scarborough and the Etobicoke Gym Club . About 9 c lubs from all over On­tario took part. The meet was compulsories in lower groups and optionoJs at the junior and senior level, and all around. A . tota l of 198 entered the two day meet .

Steve Mitr uk

Results Argo

Wendy (Win).

Girl s A A: I. Susan Zielinski (Win), 2. Nicholson {WinL 3. Medor i Fujiwara

Tyro Girls AA : I. Denise Fujiwara (Winston­ettes), 2 . Sophie Voss iliodias (East York), 3-T. Carmel Mc Vicar (Etobicoke), 3-T. Sondra Switzer (East York).

Nov ice Girl s AA : I. Diane Dahnz (Win), 2. Maria Love (Win), 3. J . Campbell (W in).

Jun ior Girl s AA : I. Nancy Campbe ll (Win), 2. Lynn Walker (W in) 3 . L1 0y Osborne (Win).

Senior B Wom en AA : I . J . Wi lk in (Win), 2. D. Heise (Win), 3. J . Askin (East York ).

Senior Wom en AA : 1. Jennifer Diachun (Win ), 2. Theresa Mc Donnell (Win).

Argo Bo ys AA B Category: I. J. D iAnge lo (Etobicoke) 2-T. J. Fair (N. York ), 2-T. D. Wil ­liams (N. Yor k), 3. W . McNeil l (N. York).

Argo Boys A Category AA : I. W. Meecham (E. York) 2-T. T im Onyschuk (Etob icoke), 2-T . Dave Leblanc (East Yor k ), 3 . J. Mc Gowan (E. York).

Ty ro Boys AA : I. R. N unn (North York), 2. M . Nunn (North York), 3 . L. Sodenstron (N orth Yark).

Junior Me n AA Optio nals and Compulso ri es: I . P. Rogers (Ottawa), 2. B. McVey (Harmonie), 3. D. Copeland (Unattached).

Senior M en BAA : I. M. Prent (Harmonie), 2. Blashko Gabrig (Germania), 3. Dieter Woerle (Germania).

Senior M en AA : I. S. Mitruk (Germania) 2. B. Brooker (Harmon ie).

MARITIMES GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Thi s meet drew over 155 entries and was

di rec ted by Mr. Don Eag le and held at the University o f N ew Brunswick.

Girl s Arg o AA : I. Janet Noble (Pa l Nat ); 2. Jill Wa tson (Conn St. Schoo l ), 3. Gyongyn Kiefer (Pa l Nat).

T yro AA: I. Janice Dever (Bar Byng) 2. Laurie Wheele r (F red G. c. ), 3. Cathy Madigan (Vaud Sil) .

Nov ice A A: I . Pamela Roy (Vad Sil), 2. Dan­ielle Bergeron (Vad Sil), 3. Vickie Arblaster (Vad Sil ).

Junior A A : I. Lise Arsenault (Vad Si l ), 2. Susan Wank lyn (Pa l Nat), 3. Franc ine Legau lt (Pa l Nat).

A rgo Boys AA: I . Murray Jarvis (Alber t St Schoo l) 2 . Ken Jamieson (Dart Y), 3. Howard Rutledge (Duncan Mc Millan H.S.)

T yro AA : I. G. Ayotte (Pal Nat ), 2. P. Wil­ley (Bangor Y), 3 . Bob Jamieson (Dart Y).

N ovic e: I. W . Anderson (Bangor Y), 2. D. Brennan (E lenva le J .H .S .)

Senior : I. W. Berryhil l (Camp Gnce) 2. D. Ring (Ha l ifax Y), 3. A. Gibson (F red YJ.

SASKAT CHEWAN PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

This meet was held at the University o f Sas­katchewan. There were ove r 200 entries - this is some indica t ion of the growth in this prov­ince. I would like t o thank Bryan de La Gor­gendiere, Park and Rec reati on, Prince Albert , t or the results. .

Argo Bo ys A A : Larian Cadrian (Marion), G. Robinson (Regina Y), N. Huthison (Edmonton) .

Tyro Boys AA : F. Dunn (Prince Albert ), F. Tatler (Unattached), F. Fournier (Prince Albert ).

Nov ice Boys AA : B. Stafford (Regina Y), B. Mc Lead (Sask Y), K. Dyck (Sask Y ).

Y-NEWS

Kenneth W. Ho ll is

First Annual Pennsylvania YMCA State Meet

By Bob Gras The Ca rli sle YNICA was bast for th t'

first annua l Pennsylva nia Y j\[CA Sta te Gymnastics Champ ionships on Sa l,Urday. _\ l arch 23. There we re 55 competitors repre­sentin g 9 tea ms from all sec tions of the state.

I t was an agt' group Illce lin g with COIll­publlril's uSl'd for all events. Competi t ion was held in the "ix Oly mpic events and a ll around . Tu mhling and trampo li ne we rt' ~ pe (' ial events.

T hl' lea m , tandi ngs Wl'J'e as fo llows: Snallton YMCA 102, Readi ng YMCA 91, Alai n L inl ' Y?vlCA (Pbi la.1 50, Beave r Va ll ey n lCA 3S'/e, Ca rli sle YMCA 32V~, Phi la. Centra l Y'IlCA 30, Golden Triangle Y\ ICA (Pitts). 19, ::i ullburg YlVICA 10. Yo rk Y,\ICA .~ .

Thl' a ll a round winne rs were: 12 & Un·

r :' '::."., .,

Junior M en AA : T . SedgwelCk (Sask.) 1<. Shore (U of M), B. Gremduck (Brandon)

Senior M en A A: G. Balcombe (Marian ). A rg o Girl s AA : Jan Sebeysten (Marian), D.

Green (Marian), M. Robert (Pr ince Albert). T yro Girls AA : P. Downton (Mar ian) L. Smith

(Marion), C. Germec (Mar ian). N ovi ce Girl s AA : W. Jahner (Regina), M.

Brookes (Marion ), M. Buetchler (Marion) . Junior Girls AA : A. Walecke (Marion), J .

Wood (Marion), K. Bullock (Edmonton). Senior Wom en AA : G. Sebeysten (Mari an), J.

Mayhew (Marian), P. Sebeysten (Mar ion ).

del' , T o m Da lsimer , Main L ine; 13·14, J uhn ~la xen , Scan ton ; 15·18, Pau l Beie rsch mitt , Carlisle.

The A.A. winners were: 13-14, Juhn Maxen, Scranton.

Central Queens Y.M.C.A. New York City

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The Cent ral 6. 1968 won C hampionships Y.M.C.A. a nd Y.M.C.A.

By Sid Lorber Queens Y.i\ J. C.A. on Ap r il its fir st Sta le Gymnast il'

over second p lac" W e~ t. Sid " th ird place Glenn CUVl'

TlIf" a ll -a rou nd tro phy obs of Ce ntral Queens Il ernh a rl of \Vest S id " , Cen lra l Queens.

went to Dave J a c· foll owed by H or , t and S id Lorber of

Daw .J acobs won four fir st place medal s in frc('-x . hi gh ba r, long horse, and tUlll ­

blin l!, as we ll as the all ·around lrophy. S id Lurber won two third places in long horse. and h igh ha l'. as we ll as the third pl acl' a ll ·around troph y. Edwin i\ l " d ina of Ce n­tra l Queens took Ihrt'e meda ls in free-x. long hnrse, and tumbl in g. R icha rd Burcha rd of Central Qu eens won third place in Irampoline.

Othe r team mem bers thai contribut ed 10 Centra l Queens' Cha mpionship a rc J o(' .\I il­Ie I', Ed Cole, Sianley Stankiewi cz, Lou i" B rill , and Ga brie l Romero.

Th e judges for th is ml'e t we re Ih l" be"t from the metropolitan area: Dun a ld \Vilt e· rot e I' , J ohn Nic ho las, Clarence Lancton . :\nlhony Yucavone . .J er ry Hardy, Alex Dia ­mant. Bill Buffa, and John Prestl'r.

Th l' f!y mnasts from the Central Quel"n" team arc grateful for the he lp they J'("

('r ived from their ('oach Gene C ron and fr um the A,s is tant P hys ica l Direc tor !"Iad," lin e Nelson.

Th e fi nal sco r ing was Cen t ra l Queens Y 98 points, W es t S ide Y 48 pu int ', Glrnn Cove Y 31 point s, Flushing Y 10 puint s, Greenpoint Y 4 point s, S la ten Island Y 3 poinl s, and M cBurney Y 0 point s.

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The United States Gymnastics Federation P.O. Box 4699 Tucson, Arizona

USGF DIRECTORS REPORT FRANK L. BARE Executive Director

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYMNASTICS St. Lou'is, Missouri

One of our pet peeves for many years, among those of us who would like to see gymnastics everywhere .right now, has been that often times this great activity is either· not offered a t all or else it is introduced to youngsters at a late age. Mind you now I am speaking of the activity of gymnastics as it relates directly to the physical development of children . .. not competitive events. Competition as we know it can wait for a good many years but exposure to the activity of gymnastics is beneficial at a very early age. One program of elementary school gymnastics which we feel that has really pin·pointed the needs of children is now and has been in existence for several years. It is, per· haps, the direct result of some of the leaders of that area and their own personal interest in p roviding this exposure to children at an early age. With Dr. Walter Eberhardt, Henry Stroers, Mr. Louis Kitlaus, Jr., Jim and Dolores Brislane and individuals of like ambition in the St. Louis. Missouri education system, it is no wonder we see a suc: cessful, properly supervised program of gymnastic activities for elementary school children throughout that city.

The St. Louis public schools system offers instruction in tumbling, floor exercise and several other gymnastic events to their elementary school children . T oward the end of their school year the various teachers in the system offer their classes their ch oice as a foreign nation and then gather for a " Little Olympics". The youngsters are re­qui red to make their respective fla l1;s. (I am sure they learn considerable background information in order to represent their ch osen lands) and they then proceed to have a small scale, unofficial but none-the-Iess h otly contested Olympic 10

EL EMENT ARY SCHOOL GYMNASTICS - St. Loui s, Mi ssour i.

Games ... without medals and fanfare. The entire proj ect is school oriented, school supervised and bears the educa­tional overtones that make it desireable to the youngsters. For this reason, and of course, because it stresses the sport of gymnastics in the best possible light, with this issue of the Modern Gymnast we call your attention to this excel­lent prollram. The USGF and the MG join in congratulatine; those teachers, administrators and coaches who have insti­gated this most excellent program for American youngsters in St. Louis, Missouri.

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN

Report by Jackie Uphues ... were held on April 25, 26, and 27 in Memphis Ten­

nessee in the very large and gymnastically well equipped arena of White Station High School. Entries in the National Division performed the High-Intermediate Level USGF-DGWS National Compulsories plus Optional Exercises. Several new and promising performances were turned in by girls from Memphis Tennesee and the Boulder, Colorado area. The All Around .:vas won by Sarah Brumgart with impressive work in both the floor exercises and balance beam. (See Event Results)

The Elite - International Division entries worked the Olympic Compulsories plus Optional Exercises on Friday with the Final Event competition on Saturday evening. Linda Scott again qualified for the Olympic Trials with a much improved All Around score of 72.42 and Terry Spencer took second All Around with a 66.84 total, again an improvement over her original qualifying score. Miss Spencer performed an excellent vault for a 9.56 final score, the highest score in the meet.

Sharon Wilch , USGF Women 's Committee, ably directed the meet and scoring procedures, while the Judging Certifi­cation Examination Program was administered by the Cha irman of the Women 's Committee, Shirley Bryan. Six nationally quali· fied judges, Greta Trieber, Mildred Prchal , Erna Wachtel, Shar-

LINDA SCOTT, first Balance Beam - USGF Wo men's Nationals, Memphis 1968 photo by Russell C. Brown

_on Pirkl , Delene Gifford, and Jackie Uphues, very successfully evaluated all performances according to the newly effected changes in the FIG CODE OF POINTS.

U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN - MEMPHIS - APRIL 196B Elite International Division

All Around: 1. Linda Scott (SIU) 72.42; 2. Terry Spencer (SIU) 66.84; 3. Karen Smith (SI U) 61.92. Beam: 1. Linda Scott 17.12; 2. Terry Spencer 17.00; 3. Karen Smith 14.72. Vaulting: L Terry Spencer 18.76; 2. Linda Scott 17.67; 3. Karen Smith 17.07. Unevens: 1. Linda Scott 16.57; 2. Carol Donnelly 14.57; 3. Terry Spencer 14.15. Floor Ex: 1. Linda Scott 17.90; 2. Terry Spencer 17.42; 3. Carol Donnelly 15.50. Trampoline: 1. Tray Kauffman (Memphis Gym. Assoc.l 16.80; 2. Mary McDonnel (Des Moines) 15.75. National Division

All Around: 1. Sarah Brumgart (Illinois) 59.20; 2. Phyllis Jojola (Colo­rado) 51.40; 3. Allison Lehti (Colorado) 45 .60. Beam: 1. Sarah Brumgart, 2. Phyllis Jojola, 3. Allison Lehti. Vaulting: 1. Jojola, 2. Brumgart, 3. Lehti. Unevens: 1. Brumgart, 2. Lehti, 3. Jojola. Floor Ex: 1. Brumgart, 2. Jojola, 3. Lehti. Trampoline: 1. Greer Thompson (Memphis G.A.) 16.20, 2. Tina Eremann (Memphis G.A.) 15.65.

USGF WOMEN'S COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT

1967 - 68 Prepared by Shirley Bryan, Chairman

"Gymnastics for all " has been the foundation for all work by the USGF Women's Committee. A national program has been developed and implemented to. provide impetus for girls and women's gymnastics in the United States. A developmental compulsory program, workshoDs for teacher education, clinics for training judges and age-group compulsory competition comprise the core of this program. Specific projects accomplished and future projects of the USGF Women's Committee are listed below. PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED:

1. Development and distribution of Age-Group Compulsory Routines. Cooperative project with DGWS.

2. Development and distribution of tapes with music for age-group compulsory floor exercise.

3. Development and distribution of a film showing age-group compul ­sory routines. Cooperative project with the Athletic Institute.

4. Distribution of Tinterova's Judging Material.

5. Development of the Operating Code to establish committee pro-cedures and functions.

6. Publication of pertinent information in the Modern Gymnast magazine. 7. DistributioD of the 1968 Olympic Compulsory Routines. 8. Sponsorship of Lecture Tour of Madame Villancher, ~IG ~omen's

President; University of Massachusetts, Colorado URiverslty and Southern Illinois University.

9. Development and distribution of Rules and Policies Governing Com­petition.

10. Development and distribution of guidelines for Teacher Education Workshops.

11. Development and distribution or guidelines for Judges' Training Clinics.

12. Development and distribution of Guidelines and Information for Modern Gymnastics.

13. Sponsorship of the United States Gymnastics Championships. 14. Development and administration of a certification program for

judges. 15. Sponsorship for 25 Clinics for Teacher Education for 2632 registered

participants. 16. Sponsorship for 23 Clinics for Judges' Training for 1271 registered

participants. . . 17. Sponsorship for 27 Age-Group Compulsory CompetitIOns for 2362

registered participants. CURRENT PROJECTS: 1. Development of guidelines for the organization. and conduct of com­

petitive events. 2. Sponsorship of the USGF Women's Committee Seminar for Modern

Gymnastics. 3. Development of a college directory of schools offering gymnastics

programs. 4. Appointment of state chairman for implementation of committee

work. 5. Development of a compulsory program for Modern Gymnastics. 6. Development of a testing film for the Judges' Certification program. 7. Distribution of Current FIG changes. 8. Publication and distribution of second booklet including the DGWS­

USGF Compulsory Age-Group Routines, the newly compiled evaluation of parts, and the USGF age group tumbling and trampoline compul­sories.

9. Continued efforts on the organizational level for cooperation with the DGWS, OSA for the development and implementation of age­group compulsory gymnastics program and a judges' certification program.

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USGF NATIONALS (( left very little to be des ired." ...

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U.S.G.F. National Championships MEMPHIS, TE ESSEE

APRIL 25-27, 1968 The competition at the 1968 U.S.G.F. Na­

tional Championships left very little to be desired. Y os hi Hayasaki captured the All­Around with a somewhat inconsistant per· formance in that he looked ragged at times and razor sharp at other times (more often sharp than dull, however) . Kasotoshi Kan­zaki, who appears to enjoy competi tion more than any gymnast I know, was an outstanding feature of the meet and I am sure he lelL some Memphis fans muttering to themselves. Fred Dennis of SIU was probably the biggest surprise of all as he scored 109.15 in the Ali-around and con­tinues to look better in every meet.

Dick Swetmim of Penn State looked the best he has looked all year and did a par­ticularly outstanding job on the parellel bars.

Nine gymnasts scored over 104.00 points in the all around to top the Olympic quali­fying standard, however, only three did so lor the first time.

In the floor exercise event Kanzaki and Hayasaki each averaged 9.45 in the finals to make a good show of that event.

Almost everyone had trouble in tile finals on the side horse as MawlO Nissenen scored 9.5 on his compulsory but suffered three major breaks and scored only 7.0 in the finals. Fred Dennis was the only finalists that performed well. One surprising aspect of this event is the assortment of behind­the-back work that all around men are now using.

The still rings event was one of the bet­ter parts of a good meet as Hayasaki, Dickson, Dennis and Kanzaki had a real battle. The only serious fault of the four was by Kanzaki who also has a bad habit of bending his knees on his dislocates (he almost does a tuck dislocate.)

The trampoline event also provided some excellen t routines with Dale Hardt at his best scoring 9.45 in the prelims and 9. 7 in the finals.

On the long horse Rich Scorza, Univer­sity of Iowa Sophomore, was head and shoulders above all others scoring 9.7 on his vault in the finals to move from fifth place to first.

The parallel bar event was the icing on the cake, so to speak, as Hayasaki scored 9.55 to win, Otoshi 9.5 for second, Swetman 9.5 for third and Weiss 9.1 for fourth . Swetman performed two successive back overbar somersault to handstand position (both of which he could have stopped in a handstand ), an impressive sequence but one which raised the question as to whether re­peating the same move should be considered lack of variety or repetitious. The manner in which the sequence was performed, however, did not lead one to feel that it was un pleasing in an esthetic sense.

The horizontal bar event, as usual , proved a fittin g climax to the meet as Dennis hi t for 9.55, Hayasaki 9.5, Swetman 9.45, and Otoshi 9.1. Tucker 's barani out fliffis dis­mount stood out in an excellent field.

The National Division suffered from a lack of entries and in view of the very simple compulsories this was difficult to understand. T1"Ott of Ohio State University walked off with seven first places in this division as he met very little competition. More gymnasts should seriously consider competing in this division.

The one disappointing feature of the meet was the fac t that only one set of judges were used and 3 of those five judges were coaches with gymnasts competing in the meet. This was not fair to the coaches nor to the gymnasts but this situation will

undoubtably be corrected in the future. Congratulations to the Memphis Gym­

nastics Association and Lyn Bryson for a fine effort. I am sure they learned a lot about putting on a major gymnastics meet and I am also sure the Memphis area will realize a good return from the effort s of the Memphis Gymnastics Association.

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USGF MEET - RESULTS AA : Yosh i Hayasaki (Wash) 111.65, Kalsu­

loshi Kanzak i (N ELa) 110.00, Fred Dennis (SIU) 109.15, Toshio Oloshi (N ELa) 108.35, Mauna Nissinen (Wash) 107.10, Greg We iss (Unalt) 106.60, Rick Tucker (SIU) 105.90, Bob Dickson ( Iowa) 105.70, Dick Swetman (PSU) 104.10. FX: Kanzaki 9.45, Hayasaki 9.35, Oto-

shi 9 .125. SH : Kanzaki 9 .225, Dennis 9.175, Otoshi 9.05. R: Hayasaki 9.437, Dickson 9.40, Denn is 9 .375. LH : Rich Scorza (Iowa) 9.362, Hayasaki 9 .312, We iss 9. 175. PB : Hayasaki 9.55, Oloshi 9.5, Swetman 9.362. HB : Hayasaki 9.462, Dennis 9.437, Swetman 9.325. Tr : Dale Hardt (S IU) 9.57, Homer Sard ina ( Iowa) 8.975, John Price (Ind. 5t) 8.912.

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The primary success o.f the 1968 Senio.r Natio.nal A.A.U. meet can be attributed to. the fact that fer the first time in many years almo.st all o.f the co.untry's to.p co.m· petito.rs were present.

Sa kame to., Hayasaki, Ro.ethlisberger, Nis· senen, Lynn, Co.hen, Tho.r, Lo.yd, To.wso.n , Hug, J aco.bs, Miller, Y o.unge, Kanzaki, Al­len, Higgins, Gro.ssfeld, To.nry, Dennis, Tucker, Mayer, Amerine, Flansaas, Hall , and Culhane, all co.ntributed to. making a fine meet that was well run in .spite o.f the usual pro.blems with such a big meet.

Preliminary highlights were pro.vided when Mako.to. Sakamo.to. sco.red 9.65 en his sec­end attempt at his co.mpulso.ry parallel bar ro.utines, Hayasaki scoring 9.75 en his co.mpulso.ry parallel bar ro.utine, Wayne Miller co.ming o.ff the trampo.line · en his seco.nd co.mpulso.ry · attempt after almo.st co.ming o.ff en his first attempt, To.by To.w­sen sco.ring 9.75 en his o.ptio.nal fleer exer­cise, and Mako.to. being permitted a repeat en his o.ptio.nal side ho.rse because o.f an ever eager pho.to.grapher.

The men tumblers will lo.ng remember this meet as they began warming up at 6:30 P_M_, waited fer co.mpulso.ry trampe­line, warmed up again, waited fer wo.men's trampo.line, warmed up again, waited fer men's o.ptio.nal trampo.line, warmed up again, waited again, and finally at 11 :30 P.M_ it was decided to. wait until the next day to. have the .men's tumblin g_

The team champio.nship created a few pro.blems as this was the first year the NAAU had used raw sco.res (same as the co.llegiates e x c e p t that co.mpulso.ry's

great fer six mo.ves but suffered badly dur­ing the last half when he weakened co.n­siderably_

On the parallel bars Nissenen threw a very sto.ck ro.utine with minimum difficulty except fer a do.uble so.mersault dismo.unt. Lo.yd did peach to. Immediate straddle "L" which lo.o.ked great but he was unable to. held it and he had to. sit en the bars. Hayasaki .and Sakamo.to. beth had trouble o.versho.o.ting peach to. handstand with Hayasaki also. suffering a majo.r break en a back-uprise-straddle-cut. Bo.b Lynn lo.o.ked like the winner but apparently suffered majo.r deductio.ns en miner fo.rm breaks that o.ccurred en piro.uettes beth ways.

In the lo.ng ho.rse event Mako.to. was a clear winner ever so.me average vaulters, using a fin e hecht fro.m the far end.

On the ho.rizo.ntal bar, the best event, Hug amazed everyo.ne and suffered o.nly miner fo.rm breaks. Kanati Allen suffered a .7 break but lo.o.ked geed o.therwise. Lynn fell apart attempting a full piro.uette to. vault and ever turned a do.uble twisting fly-a-way. Sakamo.to. was perfect except for being so.mewhat flat en bo.th stalders and muscling his mo.unt a little.

The trampo.line event was messy as all finalists suffered at least o.ne majo.r inter­ruptio.n o.f either a step o.r an extreme travel. J aco.bs wo.~ in spite o.f aim est cern­ing o.ff.

The best tumbling trips were: Pro.ulx : Ro.und o.ff, flip flo.p, tremendo.us

do.u ble back, Front-step-o.ut, ro.und o.ff, flip flo.p. doubJ p. twisting back so.mersault, to. immediate fro.nt so.mersault.

SENIORAAU SENIOR NATIONAL

A.A.U. CHAMPIONSHIPS APRIL 11, 12, 13, 1968 - LONG BEACH

By Jerry Wright

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co.unted). It was finally decided that in o.rder fer a perso.n's sco.re to. co.unt fer the team sco.re that per sen must have per­fo.rmed the co.mpulso.ry ro.utine teo.. The Washihgto.n H;usky Gym dub captured the team title with an excellent team.

The finals, even mo.re so. than usual, pro.­vided many exciting mo.ments, and so.me o.utstanding ro.utines, particularly by Ma­keto. Sakamo.to..

In the fleer exercise event Fred Ro.eth­lisberger suffered fro.m having o.nly 1 "C" and was penalized fer lack o.f fluency in his co.nnecting parts. Mako.to.'s o.nly pro.b­lem was that his ro.utine co.ntained little o.r no. risk. Kanati Allen suffered many breaks and gave the appearance o.f perfo.rming that particular ro.utine fer the first time. To.wso.n was a little ragged en several parts and especially en his press which he had tro.uble do.ing and the ho.lding.

On the side ho.rse Dave Tho.r had a ro.ugh time and fell o.ff twice. Jim Russo. was near perfect and po.ssibly undersco.red at 9.6. Mako.to. was also. near perfect but suffered in Cern parisen to. Russo. en diffi­culty apd technique. Bo.b Hall had co.n­sistent fo.rm breaks and was o.ff balance a couple o.f times. Nissenen had a fine ro.u­tine with tremendo.us difficulty but appeared to. have his knees bent thro.ugho.ut.

On the still rings Jim Amerine missed his sho.o.t handstand fer a majo.r break. Kan­zaki bent his knees en his dislo.cate and lest fo.rm en his back uprise handstand. Dickso.n lo.o.ked great with straight arm giants beth ways but strangely eno.ugh really had to. struggle en his press hand­stand. Co.hen was, in this o.bservers o.pinio.n, definitely o.versco.red o.n a ro.utine that was

Levin: Alternating do.uble twisting so.m­ersaults

Beger: Fro.nt-step-o.ut, ro.und o.ff, do.uble back.

AAU MEET - RESULTS Team : Husky Gymnastic Club 374.05, Narth­

east Leuisiana State Cellege Gymnastics Club 354.80, New Yerk Athletic Club 3 10.95, L.A . Turners 259.80. AA: Makete Sakamoto. ],13.05, Yeshi Hayasaki 111.20, Maune Niss inen 108.75, Fred Reethlisberger 108. 75, Katsuteshi Kan­zaki 108.05, Steve Cehen 107.90, Rebert Lynn 107.80, Richard Leyd 107.75, Steve Hug 107.70, Kanati Allen 107.20, Dave Ther 106.90, Fred Dennis 105.60 James Amerine 105.50, James Culhane 104.30, J ehn Elias 104.05. FX : Teby Tewsen 19.250, Sakamete 19.050, Haya­saki 18.775. SH: Jehn Russo. 18.825, Nissinen 18.750, Sakamete 18.725. R: Cehen 18.900, Hayasa ki 18 .850, Sakamete 18.825. LH : Saka­mete 18.800, Reethlisberger 18.325, Ren Clem­mer 18 . 100. PB : Sakamete 19. 150, Lynn 18.975, Nissinen 18.675. HB: Sakamete 19.705, Hayasaki 18.675, Hug 18.600. Tr: Dave Jacebs 18 .600, Jim Yengue 18.550, Den Waters 18.200. Tu: Deug Beger 27.90, Odess Levin 27.10, Tem Preulx 27.00.

WINNING ROUTINES John Russo : Frem the creup: Jump to. a

german into. two. back leeps, into. a german into a back in, 2 c:ircles, moore, travel, back moore to end, back in, simple swiss, into re­verse scissors, 3 front scissors, pick up circles, deub le eut to. a german, to. a hep to. a leep with ha lf dismeunt.

Steve Cohen : Pull to. inverted hang , kip to. an inverted, iron cross, giant swing out, stra ight arm to handstand, lower down to a cross, in­locate, back uprise, maltese, drop through, backward kip, L (Held), straight bedy press to. handstand, drep dewn through a backward roll l to an immediate iron cross, drop out, dislecate, flyaway with full twist.

Doug Boger: frent walkeut, RO, FF, deuble back. Frent wa lkeut, handspring, frent wa lk­e ut, headspring, frent . RO, whipback, hand­spring, deuble twister.

For routines of Sakamoto l Towson, and Jac­ebs, please refer to. NCAA Champienships in May, 1968, Medern Gymnast. I

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SENIOR WOMEN'S AAU CHAMPIONSHIPS Long Beach, California

April 11-13, 1968

TOP TWENTY-FIVE ALL-AROUND I. Linda Metheny 74.05 14. M. Adams 67.3 2. . Joyce T anac 72.95 15. K. Carroll 67.25 3. Kathy Gleason 71.93 16. M. Walther 67.05 4. Joanne Hashimoto 70.85 17. E. Stevens 66.9 5. Cathy Rigby 70.50 18. L. Scott 66 .75 6. Doris Brause 70.30 19. ~'. ~~~i",;s 66 .50 7. Karen Galloway 69.75 20. 65.90 8. Donna Schaenzer 68 .85 21. J. Lauder 65.80 9 . Wendy Cluff 68.1 22. B. Bauer 65 .75

10. Sandra Hartley, Canada 68.0 23. D. Bailey 65.25 11. Marcia Hunter 67.85 24. T. Spencer 65.15 12. C. Carver 67.6 25. P. Corrigan 64.95 13. C. Pingetore 67.5 26. L. W oodard 64.75

A small clearing on the edge of a for­est of conifers, a mountain top as an addi ­tional back drop, great white clouds bil ­lowing up over the mountain ca mp, al l served as an inspirationa l setting for eager youngsters to leap, and balan ce, and pirou­ette, and fly as gracefully as the cloud s above_ Examples of such gy mnastics per­form ance are Ed Moors (l ) in a handstand on the pa ra llel bar, Barney Oldfield (2) fl ying high above the trampoline and seem­ingly a lso above the trees, and Byron Small (3) suspended by his own power in a plange on the parallel bar with the ascend­in g line of a mountain rise in the back­ground_ The most important aspect of this entire project was the philosophy behind it which does happen to permeate the sport of Gymnastics and whidh should epitomize

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human behavior - the intense and inspired helping of one another. In the process of acquiring the skills necessary to perform diffi cult Gymnastics movements and through the sometimes dangerous periods of learn­in g, such mutual help is a part of the sport. The learning of Gymnastics always involves careful protective "spotting" tech­niques - techniques involving the abi lity to thrust one's own safety out of the picture while we surmount the reflexes of self preservation to dive in and catch and sup­port the other fellow. It is a miniature ed i­tion of the same kind of philosophy neces­sary for survival in mountain cl imbing. There must be a certain amount of the sacrifice of one's own safety to insure the sa fety of a fellow human being.

To have the Gymnastics Camp one thous­and feet above the level of the main camp took a lot of planning. rl'Ieals had to be brought up hot by truck to supplement the cooking that could be done in the moun­tain side lodge. Every thing had to be trans­ported up a typical winding moun tain road. But somehow through the ingenuity of J oe

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Robert son problems were solved. Even the equipment was furnished free by the Nis­sen Company wh ich helped the camp budget considerably.

The wonderful idea of the mountains ide setting, the coopera ti ve atti tudes of the youngsters who part icipat.ed, the so lving of the difficulties of transporting leaders, paren ts, and Gymnasts from Houston, Texas to the Y.M.C.A. of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, were all possible through the inspired action of Mr. J oe Robert son, Director of the West Family Y.M.C.A. in Houston , Texas. Big J oe looks far more like a college footba ll player than anything else and his understanding of the needs of youngsters is born of the keen des ire to give of himself to their proper education. He brought along his own family to enjoy

the mountain air and his youngsters joined the fun of learning. He also brought fin e young leaders from Houston such as Ger­old Bartosch the Boy's Coach and Arlette Ramsey the Women's Coach, but this did not prevent J oe from taking an active part in the teaching and protective spotting of the young gymnasts.

You can see " Big Joe" (#4) Robertson spotting Barney Oldfield who is about to do a back handspring and Byron Small is waiting to assist by holding the spotting belt rope as soon as this preliminary in­struction is over. In picture (#5) we see Women's Coach Arlette Ramsey assisting Christie Sowell. And a remarkable repre­seillation of the pluck of the youngsters is Mark Simmons who decided that a bad sprain and crutches were an opportunity to turn crutches in to a modified parallel bar with the help of J\IIen's Coach Gerald Bartosch while a much amused J oe Robert­son looks on.

Typical of the way leaders and youngsters teamed up to help one another is seen (#7) when leader Jackie Billups and Cecily

GYMNASTICS ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE -

LEADERSHIP OUTCOMES By E. F. "Bud Beyer

Associate Professor of Physica l Education and Gymnastics Coach at Plattsburgh State Universit y College, P lattsburgh. New York

(E. F. "Bud" Beyer was asked to coordin­ate a summer gymnastics program at the Houston, Texas, We st Family Y .. l1. C.A. Gymnastics Camp at the Y . .ll.C.A. oj the Rock ies, Estes Park, Colorado. Here are his im.pressions 0/ the experience there .}

oto HOWZe are helping Janie And rews to learn the back handspring while Anne Hall looks on in the background. The intense concen­tration of the spotters is obvious and such is the giving of oneself to the other fellow at this camp. Gymnastics, by the very na­ture of it, develops powerful trai ts of lead ­ership.

So here, on a mountainside, the excite­ments of learning the skills of flight and balance and the wonders of the great tow­ering rocks and the big sky, all blend to­ge ther with fin e young leaders to create an inspiring environment for all of us. It is time now to look to another such sum­mer. What a difference between the profit and the longevity of this kind of excite­ment and some of the false excitement about which we hear and read where there are gatherings of young people so much less fortunate than these who meet on the moun­tain or elsewhere in Gymnastics Camps across the nation. For a concentrated ex­posure to leadership and Gymnastics , choose a Gymnastics Camp this summer.

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college division By Dr. Joe Massimo

The fir st ann ual college division N .C.A.A. championships were hosted by Mr. Frank Wolcott and Springfield College on March 7, 8, and 9, 1968 in the Memorial Field House. As was expected the meet was a exciting, high caliber show which drew good crowds who were treated to some wonder· f ul gymnastics. College teams from through­out the United Sta tes were r epresented. They were : Calif. Politechnical Institute, Calif. Sta te College at Long Beach, Central Michigan University, Chico State College, Illinois State Univ., Indiana State Univ., Mankato State College, Mass. Institute of Tech., Sacramento Sta te College, San Fer­nando Valley State College, San Francisco State College, San J ose State College, Slip­pery Rock State College, Southern Conn. State College, Springfield College, Sta te Univel'sity of New York, Oneonta, Univer­si ty of Calif. at Santa Barbara, and West Ches ter State College, Pa. The meet was run as all national events with teams com­peting in Groups and rotating events_ On Thursday the Olympic Compulsories were judged with the A.A . competitors. Results: A.A. 1. Amerine, So. Conn. , 51.70, 2. Grigs­by, Valley St., 49.70, 3. Hauben, So. Conn., 48.95, 4. Anderson, West Chester, 48.45, 5. Coppola, San Jose, 44.95 and 6. Pleau, Sac­ramen to, 40.10. When the optionals were completed the A.A. men shifted positions with the jinal results being: Amerine 104.90, Grigsby 103.15, Anderson 99.05, Hauben 98.75, Coppola 91.65 and Pleau 81.15. The individual championships and the team struggle was very impressive. The results were p ublished in the May MG and ww­ning routines included in this report.

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1968 NCAA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

COLLEGE DIV ISION

Coach Bill Vincent and his San F ernando Valley State Gymnasts

bring the first NCAA Col lege Div i s ion Team title to the We s t Coast.

The team COlli petition was truly epic and went down to the wire between San F er­nando Valley State and Springf ield College. Valley was leading mos t of the way but as Valley coach Bill Vincen t indica ted-Hthey just kept com ing on as they have in the past, you do a good one and they follow with anotber."

Going into the last even t peo ple were sitting on the edge of their sea ts includin g botli coaches. The title had gone down to the wire. (Going into High Bar the score was- Valley 153.85, Springfield 153.05) . Allmandinger was the first man up for Valley and hit an 8.25. Springfield firs t man was Neilson who averaged 7.8. Valley's second man, Magginetti scored an 8.4 and P elletier , Springfi eld 's second man aver­aged an 8.45. Next up for Valley was De­Pue ·who was going along nicely and sud­denly had a major break ending up with a 7.75 score. Springfield's 3rd man, Ardizzone hit for a 8.65 and the tension could be cut with a knife. Nex t up for Valley was the defending N.C.A.A. champ Grigsby who hit a good routine for a 9.15 . It seemed to this repor ter that until Rich hit his front out of a snap-cast dismount, no one in the place was brea thin g. Springfield 's last man up, Grant, had some difficulty and scored a 7.9. The final team r esults were posted and San Fernando's consistent effort won out. Results-I. Valley St., 179.40, 2. Spring-

fie ld 178.05, 3. So. Conn. 172.75, 4. Indiana 170.15, 5. Mankato St., 162.30 and 6, West Ches ter 152.00.

There were many outstanding individual performances particularly on the Rings and High Bar. On the rings the eUl'rent tend­ency toward more swing was evident al­though Amerine won it with a very beef dominated routine. Although much diffi­culty was evident on the High Bar there seemed to be a lack of real sharp delivery and style. The other events were fairly well balanced with some nice compositions pre­sented in the Free-X. (See ro utines)

The officials for this meet were: 1. Rich­ard Aronson, Mass. , Frank Cumisky, Vir­ginia , Vincent D'Autorio, New York, Todd Di Nicola , 1 ew J ersey, Ray Goldbar, Calif. , J ohn J ones, Calif., J oe Massimo, Mass., and Anthony Ricciardi, New J ersey.

Special congratulations are due Mr. Wol­cott for running a smooth competition and to NIr. John Crawford, Meet NIanager, who, along with a competent staff of assistants, produced a fantastic 75 page report of the competition accurately organized and beau­tifully presented. This document was far superior to any I have encountered at past Regional or Na tional championships. Some­one not attending the meet could pick thi s up and have a tenth by tenth record of what went on- a real achievement which should serve as a model for other such events.

1968 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION TEAM STANDINGS

San Fernando Va lley State Co l. Coach: Bi ll Vincent

Spri ng fi e ld Co ll ege Coach : Frank Wolcott

So. Conncticu t State Co llege Coach : Abie Grossfe ld

Indiana State University

FX SH R Tr LH PB

26.95 26.55 25 .55 23.00 25.50 26 .20

25.95 23.85 26.20 23.85 26.45 26.75

25.00 25 .45 26. 10 20.15 26 .05 25 .65

HB . TOTAL

25.55 179.40

25.00 178.05

24.35 172.75

Coa~h :. Roger Counsil 2580 1960 25.95 2590 2445 24 .70 2375 170 15 Preliminary Team Scores : San Fernando Va lley State Co llege 183.10, Southern Con nect i­

cut State Co ll ege 174. 10. Spnnqf,e ld College 172 .75. Indiana State University 172.30, Mankato State Co ll ege 162.30, West Chester State College 152.00 Slippery Rock State Co ll ege 87.60. '

FLOOR EXERCI SE Darry l DePue - sFVCs Rich Grigsby - sFVsC Lorry sa lomon---spr ingf ield Gary Anderson - W. Chester Steve Pleau - Sacramento Fred Henderson - Indiana Remaining Indiv idual Scores :

9.10 9.05 8.95 8.95 8.90 8.85

Radomski (sFV) 8.75, Jauch (ISU) 8.7, A II ­mandinger (SFV) 8.7, Amerine (S.C.) 8.55, Quimby (ISU) 8.45, Hauben (SC) 8.35, Niemand (SOc.) 8 .3, Ardizzone (spfd) 8.1, Horne (SR) 8.0, Barber (Soc) 8.0, Paul (M) 7.95, Rose (WC) 7.9, Coppo la (Son Jose) 7.85, Grant (spfd) 7 .75, Provencher (Spfd) 7.3, Focht (M) 7.2, Copitao (SC) 7.1, Lampright (M) 7.0, Davis (WC) 6.1, Knopp (NY) 6.05, Hatfield (sC) 6.0, Zenk (M) 5.95.

SIDE HO'RSE Bob M·,dina - SFVsC Tam Neville - Indiana Jim Amerine - So. Conn. Rich Grigsby - SFVSC Dove Montz - W. Cheste r Harold Hauben - So. Conn. Remai n ing Individual Scores:

9.00 8 .95 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.60

Shay (SC) 8.5, Wo lden (SFV) 8.35, Parker (sR) 8.35, Devorkin (MIT) 8.1, Pleau (Soc) 7.95, Edens (M) 7.9, Yearwood (SC) 7.7, Lopp­now (M) 7.35, Bell (SFV) 7.25, Peters (WC) 7.0, Butters (UCsB) 7.0, Lessner (lsU) 6.95, Andrson (WC) 6 .75, Simon (M) 6.65, Fish (Spfd) ." 6.60, Bussard (sR) 6.45, Ellis (Spfd) 6.30, Ogg (WC) 6.15, Summit (spfd) 5.95, Coppo la (Son Jose) 4.90, Lampright (M) 4.55, Roberts ( ISU) 3.35, Navarro (ISU) 2.75.

RINGS Jim Amerine - Southern Connecticut Tony Coppola - Son Jose Tom Pillion - Springfield Mark Nolan - Col State, L. B. Mike Allmandinger - SFVSC Chuck Wolden - SFVsC Remaining Individual Scores :

9.25 9.10 9.05 9.00 9 .00 8.85

Magginetti (SFV) 8 .80, Combe I ( lsU) 8.80, Hauben (SC) 8.75, Ell is (spfd) 8.75, Cop (sR) 8.7, Astrella (Chico) 8.55, Anderson (WC) 8.55, Neville (ISU) 8.55, Roberts 8.45, Shook (UCSB) 8.45, Porker (sR) 8.40, Capitao (SC) 8.25, Pe lletier (Spfd) 8.25, Grigsby (SFV) 8.10, Hood (MIT) 8.05, Claws (NY) 7.90, Pleau (Soc) 7 .80, Weston (WC) 7.70, Schultz (M) 7.65, Ardizzone (Spfd) 7 .35, Hofer (MIT) 7.30, Hatfie ld (SC) 7.25, Erdosy (WC) 6.80, Butters (UCsB) 6.65, Focht (M) 6.55, Lampright (M) 6.40.

TRAMPOLIN E Jim Price - Indiana Tim Rogers - Springfield Rich Crim - Indiana Paul Stevens - Southern Connecticut Jim Turpin - Son Jose Steve H ickman - Spr ingfield Re maining Indiv idual Sco res :

9.45 9.05 8.90 8.80 8.70 8.70

Nei lson (spfd) 8.65, Mi lne (M) 8.65, Con­ners (SFV) 8.5, Burns (SC) 8 .5, Endicott (Co l Po ly) 8 .3, Quimby ( l sU) 8.2, Cobb (Son Fran­cisco) 8.15, Schmucker (M) 8.15, Paul (M) 8.10, A l lmandinger (sFV) 8 .0, Chrisman (Col Po ly) 8.0, Clodfe lter (SFV) 7 .95, Grigsby (SFV) 7.85, Hnderson (ISU) 7.0, Amerine (SC) 5.85, Rose

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(WC) 5.5, Davis (WC) 5.25, Solomon (Spfd) 4.85, Olsen (Central Mich.) 4.75, Simons (SC) 4.75, Krugger (WC) 4.55, Horne (sR) 4.25.

LONG HORSE Richard Gri gsby - SFVsC Jim Amerine - So. Connecticut Mike Provencher - Springfield Gory Anderson - W . Chester Steve Radomski - SFVSC

9.25 9.20 9.05 8.95 8.85 8.85 8.85

Fred Henderson - Indiana Wayne Lessner - Indiana Remaining Ind ividual Scores :

Ardizzone (Spfd) 8 .75, Niemand (Sac) 8.65, Navarro ( ISU) 8.6, Hauben (SC) 8.55, Pleau (Soc) 8.5, Focht (M) 8.5, Erdosy (WC) 8.45, Schmucker (M) 8.45, Lompright (M) 8.4, Fish (Spfd) 8.4, Solomon (spfd) 8.35, Capitao (sC) 8.3 Turpin (San Jose) 8 .3, Milne (M) 8.3, Hood (M(T) 8.2, White (WC) 8.15, Crim (ISU) 8.15, House (NY) 8.05, Barber (Sac) 8.0 , Harne (sR ) 785 Yearwood (sC) 7 .85, Nash (sFV) 7.75, C'oppola (San Jose) 7 .7, Bussard (SR) 7.65, Miller (M IT) 7.55, Piper (UCSB) 7.0, Knapp (NY) 6 .85, Tustin (WC) 5.0.

PARALLEL BARS Don Jennings - Col State, L.B. Mike Provencher - Springfield Gary Anderson - W. Chester Rich Grigsby - sFVsC

9. 15 9.00 8.95 8.95 8.85 8.70 8.70

Dave Niemond - Sacramento Tony Summit - Springfield Tony Coppo la - San Jose Rema ining Ind iv idu a l Scores :

A ll mandinger (sFV) 8.65, Magginetti (sFV) 8.45 Ardizzone (spfd) 8.35, Amer ine (SC) 8.35: Astre ll a (Chico) 8.3, Fish (spfd) 8:25, Tustin (WC) 8.2, Navarro (lsU) 8. 1, Lomprlght (M) 8.1, Capitao (sC) 8. I, Gi lchrist (lsU) 8.0 , Parker (sR) 8.0, Shay (SC) 7.9, Focht (M) 7.85, Lessner ( ISU) 7 .7, Bussard (SR) 7.7, Hauben (SC) 7.55, Pleau (S~) 7.5, Gannon (WC) 7.1, Olsen (M) 7.0, Erdosy (WC) 6.95, Wuornos (M) 6.7, Cap (sR) 6. 15, Cambe l (ISU) 6.15, DePue (SFV) 4.8, Piper (Cent. Mich.) 4.75, Knapp (NY) 3.9.

HORIZONTAL BAR Rich Gr igsby - SFVSC Jim Amerine - So. Connecticut Dave Niemand - Sacramento Darry l DePue - SFVsC . Dove Gilchrist - Indiana

9.4 9.15 9.05 9.00 8.95

Rich Lampright - Mankato 8.80 Re ma ini ng Ind iv idual Scores:

Anderson (WC) 8.45, Coppola (San Jose) 8.45, Pleau (Sac) 8.4, Grant (spfd) 8.35, Ardizzone (Spfd) 8.35, Navarro ( l sU) 8.35, Hauben (SC) 8.3, Jennings (CSCLB) 8.1, Bauer (I II. St.) 8. I , Wuarnos (M) 8. I , Magginetti (sFV) 7.9, Neilson (spfd) 7.7, Pelletier (Spfd) 7.6, Foch t (M) 7.55, Fore ( ISU) 7.3, Frassbender ( III. St.) 7.3, Lessner (ISU) 7. 15 , Hatfield (SC) 7.05, Capitao (SC) 7.0, Zenk (M) 6 .55, Bussard (SR) 6.1, Gannon (WC) 5.4, White (WC) 4.6, Allmandinger (SFV) 1.25.

ROUTINES Amerine, So . Conn . A .A. Champ

High Bar-9. 15 Reverse grip-jam to 2V2 inverted giants, reverse kip with Y2. tWIS.t I to front support, undercast with V2 tWist, kip to three quarter forward giant, hop t o ~each un­der mix grip to vau lt catch, rev~rse k,lp to ger­man giant, disengage to Y2 tWist, kiP, to one forward giant, pirouette to 2 back giants to full tw isting fly-a-way.

Side Horse-8.7 Loop, wa lk around, loop, hop turn Y2 circl e to crown in , circles, travel out t o c~own in (tramlot, circles, bock scisso r , 3 front scissors circles, side lift, loop, walk around, loop off with V2 twist.

Rings-9.3. Two dislocates shoot to H.s., lower to bock roll cross (hold) pullout to sup­port, hollow back to H.S., lower backward to front lever (hold) pull to cross (hold) lower to back lever (ho ld ) pull to cross (hold) dislocate shoot to three quarter H .S., back som i off (f rom t op o f rings.) (Jim's ho lds were solid and four second jobbies!) DePu e, Valley, F-X.

Roundoff flip flop, full tWisting back, bock roll to H.S., hop pirouette 180 degrees, fall t o push up position, V2 turn around length aX IS to arch position kick backward to handstand and step down t~ stand. 3 running steps, front handspring, fr ont somi, f ront handspring.. kick rt, leg forward, ful l turn counterclockwise on right leg to one leg circle to splits. Straddle stiff stiff press t o H .s. (hold) Step down , 2 steps cartwheel si de flip tuck , fal l to push up position, turn to valdez step down to stand, 2 steps roundoff, flip flop layou t back somi.

COLLEGE DIVISION ALL-I , ROUND WINNERS AA

FX SH ,{ LH PB HB TOTALS TOTAL

Jim Amerine c 7.05 8.40 1.00 9.15 8.90 9.20 51 .70

(So. Conn.) a 8 .55 8.70 9.25 9.20 8.35 9.15 53 .20 104.90

Richard Grigsby c 8.75 8.80 7 .25 8.40 8.15 8.35 49.70

(sFVSC) a 9.05 8.70 8.10 9.25 8.95 9.40 53.45 103.15

Gary Anderson c 8.10 7.35 7.90 8.65 8.30 8. 15 48.45 (W. Chester) a 8.95 6 .75 8.55 8.95 8.95 8.45 50.60 99.05

Haro ld Hauben c 8.45 7.00 7.55 8.70 8.75 8.20 48.65 (So. Conn.) a 8.35 8.60 8.75 8 .55 7.55 8.30 50.10 98.75

Tony Coppo la c 7.85 5.35 9.05 8.65 8.40 5.65 44.95 (San Jose) a 7.85 4.90 9. 10 7.70 8.70 8.45 46.70 91.65

Steve Pleau c 8.65 5.80 7.75 7.65 4 .25 6.00 40. 10 (Sacramento) a 8.90 7.95 7.80 8.50 7.50 8.40 4 1.05 81.15

Medina, Volley, Side Horse Crown to saddle, one circle, moore immedi­

ate moore, immediate tromlet to neck , one ci rcle, crown to sadd le, 3 front scissors, one reverse scissors, 2 circles, tromlet to croup, one circle, loop, walk around, one half circle, loop (moore immediate moore on th e croup). Grigsby, Valley, High Bar

Cast w ith Y2 turn around le tt hand t o mixed grip, swing forward and stoop between arm s, shoot to two inlocate g iants, one disloca te giant, hop with V2 tu rn a round left hand, straddle f eet to bar , shoot t o H.S. straight arms, blind change, pirouette change to im­mediate free hip ci rcle to H .S., immed iate reach r igh t hand under le f t t o mixed g rip , swing to rea r va u lt cotch in normal grip, kip and hop hands to under g ri p, one Y2 giant t o pirouette change, immediate free hip circle under cast t o fron t sommi. off . Provencher, Springfi e ld, Parallel Bars

Peach, layaway, fron t upr ise, hop pirou ette,

stutz, double cut t o L-ho ld , st ra ight str~ig ht leg straddl e press, stutz, cast, upnse double cu t , layaway, front upr ise, off. Anderson, West Chester, Parallel Bars

arm , back front

Peach, layaway, front uprise, hop p irouette, stutz, cast , back uprise , back stutz to support , st raddle cut catch t o L- hold, straigh t a rm , straight leg straddle press to H.S. , one a rm H .S., swing down stut z layaway front upr ise swing H.S. back sommi o ff. Pilli on, Springfie ld, Rings

Pull to invert ed hang, st ra ight arm kip to cross-(ho ld) back gip to H .S. back g iant swing to H .S ., cast forwa rd , in loca te , back uprise to L (ho ld ) H ollow back to H .S. di sloca t e, high d islocate, f u ll twist ing flyaway. Rogers, Springfi e ld, Trampoline

Doub le front with Y2 t w ist, double back, back, one in tuck, back wi t h full twi st dou b le back, Rudolph , back, one and three quar ter back, two and Quar ter cody.

Anderson, West Chester, Free-X From stand, l ift leg to side sp lit sca le , lower

Ig , round o ff , flip tl op tul l twisting sommi, sit bac k stra ight legs to back roll handstand, lower legs to stand . Front handspring, tront sammie, head kip, immediately swing leg to side, tw ist body to side lower , sing le leg circles to spl it , lower f orward t o g iant jap sp li t lift to straddle L support , straight arm, straight leg press to H .S. Y4 turn f orward ro ll , bri ng a rms back, l ift legs to h igh V sriap to rear support, cross r igh t leg over left leg to stand, turn one step, round off, side sommi, immed iate fa ll to fron t support (Swed ish fa ll ), turn to si tting pos ition, Igs straight, valdez, thru H.S. to stand, round o ft, flip tlop high li ft and delayed back som­mi . D ismount.

(Writer 's comment-most impressive aspects o f meet-I. Smooth o rganization, 2 . Quality o f of f iciating, 3. Spirit of compet itors particularly Valley St.)

THE OFFICIALS: (from l eft to r i ght) Ray Go ldbar, J oh n Jones,

Anthony Ric c iardi, T od d DiNicola, Richard Aron son ("Th e Czar"),

Vi ncent D' Au tori o , Joseph Ma ssimo and Frank Cumi skey.

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The MG finds the action anYlNay.

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MUSCLE BEACH NOW! I

The Wolf Brothers (Dennis It. and Bill rt.) doing crosses the hard way.

Dick Nicholas holding a cross with the ou/side rings of two sets .

TH E TIME: Summer, gymnastics competition has ended for the season. THE PLACE :, Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, where during the summer months gymnastics for the fun of it prevai Is.

MEMBERS OF THE TRIPLE FL Y-A-WAY CLUB TO DATE : Woodey, Don McLarty, Barry Tonord, Ron Borak, John Byron, Ed Gunny, Steve Lerner, Louie West, Jack Schwartz, Dan Mi llman" Delvin DuMey, Dennis Sherman, Mike Beard, Rennie Goldenhar, Greg F riel (youngest to learn. 14) ,

Ken Sakoda, a Planche on a trash can? ,.---------.

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[ ~~ ~~~~OOW~~I: Sakamoto & HayaSaki ) BY DI CK CRILEY AN D KE :,\, S AKOD .-\

During the NCAA Championships in Tucson, Arizona, we had the pleasure of interviewing America's top tlVO college gymnasts over the course of a quiet meal. Present were ]VI akoto Sakamoto, Y os hi H aya­saki, Sam Sakamoto , K en Sakoda and Dick Criley. What transpired was a surprising and pointed anal­ysis of the American g)rmnastic scene. Showing considerable unanimity of thought, Makoto Sakamoto and Y oshi H ayaski discllssed for our microphones many aspects of gymnastics from training to philosophy and from specialist to coach.

Criley: Americans have always been inter· ested in the Japanese and their training meth­ods, so we thought it wou ld be interesting to have yo u two together to contrast your re­spective backgrounds and to tell us how you got started.

Sakamoto: I got started in 1958, about lO­II years ago. I was 11 then . I got started carrying Sam's bags to the high school, and we practiced at playgrounds. When we learned about Los Angeles high school, we practiced there in the evenings when it was open. So I started, just following in my brother 's foot­steps.

Criley: Were you working all-around right from the start?

Sakamoto : Right from the beginning, I was working all-around. Perhaps I should have con­centrated more on tumbling and the other events, but I did all six events. I had a very difficult time with si de horse, rings and parallels . Tumbling was a little easier; free ex was rather easy. Long horse was my best event.

Sakoda: How did you get started Yosh i? Hayasaki : I started at the beginning of

junior high school about 8 or 9 years ago. I went to one of the strongest high schools in my city, Osaka. They have one of the strongest gymnastic teams in Japan. At first I was won­dering whether I would pick gymnastics or baseball as I was interested in baseball too. I didn 't know wh ich it would be, but the very first day I went to the gymnasium where I watched the gymnastic team working out. I was very impressed. So I talked to the cap· tain of the gymnastics club and told him I'd like to enter gymnast ics. The next day I started to work out. I didn't do all-around at the beginning. Four events - floor exercise, of course tumbling, parallel bars and high bar and vaulting. But not rings and side horse. When I was in elementary school, I really liked to do flips and that kind of thing.

Sakamoto: My father was doing handstands when I was in Japan.

Sakoda: Was he a gymnast? Sakamoto: No, he was a baseball player. But

he cou ld do handstands and he had Sam and

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all of us doing handstands, walk ing on our hands, you know. And in grammar schoo l I used to walk on my hands on the mats.

Criley: When did you come to the U.S.? Sakamoto: I came in January 1955. So we

were here about 3 years before I got sta rted. Sam was inspired by his high schoo l coach .

Sakoda: You started gymnastics - not from any start in Japan - but here?

Sakamoto: Yes, we had no knowledge of gymnastics in Japan. So I guess you could say we are American gymnasts .

Sakoda: Somehow I got the impression your father was in it.

Sakamoto: My father actually discouraged us in gymnastics because we were spending too much time at gymnastics and nothing else. He said we should be spending more time with studies.

Hayasaki: Same with me. When I was in junior high school, I didn't do anything; I didn 't study at all. I just worked out. My father didn 't like gymnastics at the beginning. He didn't come to any meets where I com­peted. But one day I told him, "Why don't you come to the meet tomorrow? There is a meet at the gymnasium very close to my house. " He didn't say anything, but the next day while I was competing, he was watching at the corner of the stands. In that meet, I won the junior high all-around in gymnastics. Now he comes every meet!

Sakamoto: It was the same with us too. Once Sam started winning, then father would always come to the gymnastics meets. He always sa id to me, you spend too much time in the gym.

Sakoda: Yoshi, you mentioned that your high school was one of the best for gymnastics. How many guys went out for the team?

Hayasaki: In my junior high school, we had about 18 gymnasts in my gymnastics club. Only five guys ever competed for the team. It was like the nationals already in junior high school. That wasn't really gymnastics so much, but we enjoyed ourselves.

Sakoda: How many meets did you have? Hayasaki : We had four meets a year. Sakamoto : You know, the Japan Gymnastics

College in Japan? They have over 400 gym­nasts trying to make the team. Four hundred all -around gymnasts and of that only six or seven make up the team!

Sakoda: What happens to the other guys? Sakamoto: They have different levels and

they don't make it. They practice trying to make the top level.

Criley: How long, Mako, do you expect that you 'll be at the top in gymnastics 7

Sakamoto: I would like to do ten more years. How about you Yoshi?

Hayasaki : I don 't know. I'm sure that eat-ing like this, I'll never make it.

Sakamoto : How long? Hayasaki (laughing): More than ten years . Sakoda: Do you guys have any special habits

that you wou ldn 't have if you weren 't in gym­nastics?

Sakamoto: As a result of being a gymnast, some of my habits have been changed con­siderably. I can 't really say what but if I wasn't in gymnastics, I might be in swimming or something like that. You know, I don't re­gret not having other fields, othe r hobbies. I'm very satisf ied that I chose gymnastics.

Hayasaki: Until I started gymnastics, I really liked to participate in any kind of sport, but since I started gymnastics, I don't know why, I just don't like to participate in any other sports except gymnastics. Getting back to your original question, my habit is, maybe, to sleep -long.

Sakoda: How many hours do you need ? Hayasaki : Eight or nine. But not before a

meet. Sakoda: More then or less? Hayasaki: More, I sleep for a while before

the meet. Sakamoto : I get about eight hours; during

finals, though, I get maybe six or seven. Criley: How did you develop the regular

routine you follow, as far as your workouts are concerned?

Sakamoto : I guess you could say we 've al ­ways had a Japanese philosophy of sports.

Sakoda: What's that? Sakamoto : Well, I guess you 'd say that gym­

nastics is something that you can't mass

teach. You can 't say, Now class, this is the way you do it. You have to teach gymnast ics individually. You can 't teach one person one way and teach the same way to another per­son. There is different body, different char­acte r, different tempe rament. This was very true during Japanese feudal socie ty. The Zen­Buddist, Zen-Acolyte would learn how to prac­tice Zen only from his Master, from one per­son. The Master would choose from among his apprentices which one would be his suc­cessor. So it is a very, very personal teaching method. It is not on a mass scale.

Criley: Yoshi, did it operate this way for you then, in Japan itself?

Hayasaki: Yes, absolutely. Sakamoto: A team sport has certain disad­

vantages because you have to have all the team together. You have to wait until every­body assembles. But in gymnastics, you can do it at home, or by yourself. So in that sense, I would say that gymnastics is more conducive for people who are individually in­clined. But one should never underestimate the importance of team spirit and working toward a team. That 's what in our team, in our country, we lack. We lack team discipline. Everybody on our national team has a differ­ent way of performing (the same) stunts. And it should be very similar, especially in the compulsories, I think.

Hayasaki: It is a funny thing, but from each individual 's routine, we can find out his per­sonality. The routine is from his personality.

Criley: How do you mean? Can you give an example?

Sakamoto: That's very difficult, I think. But it is very possible to see in his performance. You can 't verbalize it, you can 't say his per­sonality is this way and his performance cor­responds to it. Somehow you feel the correlation. It 's very intangible.

Hayasaki: When I see a gymnast doing a bad routine in a meet, I can tell he has been do­ing it irregular. He must live an irregular life. Not waking up early in the morning at the same time, eating breakfast at the same time, working out at the same time. Another thing, I can't see it so much in American gymnasts - there are not so many good all-around gym­nasts, it is hard. But in Japan, everybody is all-around, so we can very easily find out who is leading an irregu lar life.

Criley: In ge neral, how did you like the NCAA format this year?

Sakamoto: Well , it was good, the best they could do when you have to have specialists and individual all-around. But if you would have a meet just for specialists and just for all-around, it would be much better.

Hayasaki: But I don't like this way to decide the individual winner, like we did last night with only one routine.

Sakoda: You 'd like more than one routine ? Sakamoto : Or a compulsory plus the optional. Hayasaki: Or a final. Criley: What do you think about this sys­

tem when they decide the team winner on the basis of two performances?

Sakamoto: For a team, one is enough. My main criticism of the special ist is that ... well, the more challenge in the sport, the more challenging events, the more satisfac­tion one gets in overcoming that difficulty. The specialist, I think, tends to concentrate on something which he can do well , and he neglects those others that he might have diffi ­culty with in beginning. Because so many of the events are related in gymnastics, a gym­nast doesn't have to work on different exer­cises for different events. For instance, exer­cises strengthening the back might help in a front lever on the rings, swinging on the si de horse, for example. Something which comes difficult for you, you are forced to it - it builds one 's character.

Criley: Don't you think some specialists are happy and get sa ti sfaction with one evenP

Take Gary Hosk ins or Mike Freriks on si de horse. It seems to me that that beast in it­self offers enough challenge just to do we ll on that, let alone go ing to five other events.

Sakamoto: Well , taking Mike's case , for example. I room with him whe n we travel. He says that it is gett ing to the pOint With him where it is no fun anymore. He says that maybe next year he will start swinging on parallels. It depends on how one looks at hiS goals. If he wan ts to be a national caliber gym­nas t, he might as well continue being a spec ialist, as long as they have a program for specialists. But if he wants to become an international gymnast, then the only ·way you can become an international gym nast is to do all six events. You just have to be on all six. It just depends on one 's emphasis.

Hayasaki: I wonder ... side horse special­ists, or any kind of specialist who works no other events except his specialty in the United States, is that all they work through­out the year?

Sakamoto: That's all they do, and they work hours and hours on it.

Hayasaki: I think that if they work, not only on the si de horse, but also on the rest of the events, that they wo uld produce more for each specia l event.

Sakamoto : I don't know about the side horse because the spec ialists there are pretty good. But you know, we don't have good parallel bar men, very few high bar men, very few free ex men.

Hayasaki : So we can say the five events are very related, but side horse is unrelated.

Sakamoto : That's how you can have very good specialists on the side horse . But usual ly our best parallel bar, our best high bar men, our best free ex men are all-around gymnasts. So I'd like to see our emphasis on the inter­national scheme.

Sakoda: You are all for going all-around with a six man team in the colleges?

eriley: Do you think that is fea si ble here in the U.S.? We're going to have thousands of dollars worth of equipment just fOI six men.

Sakamoto : It is a difficult road. If you in­corporated such a system right away, it would have a tremendous bad effect in the short run, in the first couple years. But you give it time , maybe ten years later, it will show.

Hayasaki: I think this is maybe the best way to produce an international level gym­nastics team. I think that the best time to start for international training is right after the Mex ico Olympics. I think they will change for new compulsories. So I think you should change the system right after the next Olym­pics to all-around. You can have a separa te meet for individuals.

Sakamoto : That's right. Thi s national col­legiate meet is very hard for all-around gym­nasts. The all-around gymnast competes in al l six events and after each event, he has to wa it one hour. So he 's a specialist six times over. He has to warm up over aga in ... But the all·around gymnast, usually in the way he trains, in three hours he goes through all six routines. It is very difficult for the all-around gymnast to train so that it corresponds to the way that the meet is run. He can 't prac­tice one event and wait one hour. I find my­self hav ing a very difficult time getting keyed up. You get keyed up at the first event and then you wait one hour and you have to get keyed up again. It's pretty hard psychologically. So I'd like to see a completely different meet for all-around gymnasts.

Sakoda: How do they work that internation­ally? There are a lot of competitors . How do they run the meet?

Sakamoto : Internationally, there are six events run simultaneously. One goes in a group having six teams . Each team wo rks an event, maybe ten minutes and then moves to the next and keeps rotating. The whole set

is over in about one hour. Then you have the next group of six and they go through and so on.

Sayasaki: Sometimes it is not enough time. Criley: Is this how they work it in Japan,

Yoshi ? Hayasaki : Yes. Sakoda: What's the competition like over

there? Hayasaki: It is not the same as in the

States. Here it seems to me, that the meet IS for the audience , scheduled for the spectators. But not in Japan. All is scheduled for the com­petitors; it does not matter whether spectators come or not.

Sakamoto: A good example of that is in the recent Pasadena meet, they completely elim­linated the long horse . .. I don't know how . .. but one of my friends sa id that it was because it wasn 't pleasing enough for the spectators. Also you have a halftime show to make it pleasing for the spectators.

Criley: This is an American trait. Peop le want to be entertained.

Sakamoto: Ri ght! Gymnastics is not an American sport.

Sakoda: Well , taking into account this American attitude that people want the sport to become popular, isn 't that kind of working against the sport itself.

Sakamoto : To make it popular or to make go ld medalists or Olympic caliber gymnasts is a different thing.

Sakoda: You think they're working agai nst each other.

Sakamoto : As long as we encourage the spectacular thing and encourage specialists, we will never have international gymnasts. I think we will have to shift our emphasis. If by making it popular, you are hurting the devel­opment of the international gymnast, then abolish its popularity.

Sakoda: Yoshi , in Japan, you just work all­around or nothing, right?

Hayasaki : If you work all-around, you are a gymnast; if you don't work out all·around, you are not a gymnast.

Sakamoto: I think it's part of our system and it is degrading to us. We had the 1932 Olympics and we had specialists represented in there. We had men like Gulack in there­he won the rings ; he was a specialist. So our tradition of specialists goes back to the '32 Olympics. We must change that.

Criley: Who do you think shou ld take the lead in doing the changing? And do you think the other groups will follow that lead?

Sakamoto: The NCAA should take the lead, because we have th e potential; we have the young gymnasts who are going to be good. The AAU .is a static system; they really don 't have that much raw material to work with.

Criley: The NCAA gets its raw material from the high schools. Now, can you take a person just starting out in college and in four years turn out an international gymnast?

Hayasaki : I would say the AAU should run it. Because the NCAA trains only college gym­nasts. The AAU has the high school students and the graduated students .

Sakamoto: I think the NCAA has the more able leaders. So maybe the NCAA should take the lead and supervise high school and gram­mar school programs.

Criley: 00 you thing that there is a possi­bility that the Federation, which is just a new organization, could break away from tradition?

Sakamoto: Definitely. Criley: That would seem like the logical place

to start.

(This interview will be contin ued in the next issue of the Modern Gymnast. Discus­sion will continue on U.S. trailll:ng methods and U.S. gymnastic coaches.}

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CHAIR GYMNASTICS The sequence of movements you observe

in the secjuence (Numerals 1-46) repre· sents a complete exercise. It has been de­signed to cover most of the areas of strength and flexibility fundamental to gymnastics.

If you are fortunate enough to have the use of a tape recorder, I suggest that you become familiar with this sequence and then record your voice describing your actions as you are performing after you are familiar with the sequence. Playbacks later on may show that you have really improved and that you need to re-record to keep up with your progress. Your first goal is to complete the sequence with form as close to the figures as possible. Try to improve at least three things each time you perform. Add some things . if you like. There's plenty of room for creativity in gymnastics. As a guide to these additions of your own you should only append those movements which you do well and which in no way interfere with your completing the entire sequence. This is a basic lesson in gymnastics and one which will serve you well long after you discard this exer­cise. A musical setting may also be added. A march or waltz or even some of the current "Top 50" will help you to add rhythm to your work.

For the sake of speed, have someone read the following description . of the se­quence while you concentrate on the fig­ures. In fact we strongly recommend that you and a "buddy" work on the sequence together. A pair of boys (or girls) working together is much preferred to the "loner" type of practice.

Stand in back of a chair. Stand far enough away so that when you extend your arn}s in line with your body (2) your hands rest comfortably on. the top. Press the shoulders down as in (3) and hold this position for five seconds. Drop your hands to the floor and squat as in dotted (4) then press the shoulders forward a bit and as you do, ex tend your legs to position (4). Let yourself down slowly to the posi­tion shown in (5). Only your nose touches in front of your hands and you hold this position for five seconds. Now slowly lift your hips until they are as high as pos­sible without moving your hands or feet. (6) Lower to a lying position on the front of your body (7) , rest a moment and then reach up for the top of the chair as shown in (8). Repeat this movement three times

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and get the feeling of what it is like to r elease the chair but do this slowly and cautiously while in position (8). Turn over to your back (9). Curl up through (10) to (Il) and reach for the toes with: out bending the legs at the knees. Return to position (9) ;md then perform this movement two more times. Take the posi· tion shown in (12) and roll back and forth until you feel adequately rested and then stretch out as shown in (13) grasp­ing the back legs of the chair at the bot­tom. Roll up as in (14) and attempt to get your feet higher than the back of the chair without touching the chair with your feet or shins. This particular movement is excellent preparation for many gymnastic movements. Roll up in this fashion until you can do two extensions back to back without touching the chair as mentioned and in such a way that your feet are higher than the chair. Now slide under the chair a bit as in (15) and when you are ready pull up to (16) . Heave up about five tim,es but the last time hold the posi­tion in (16) fm five seconds before you slide out to position (17). At (17) you simply attempt to lift the chair from the floor as shown with straight arms. Con­tinue to hold on to the chair and roll your legs back-straight if possible-to the "pretzel bend" position shown in (18). Now, as smoothly as you can, curl out (19 to 20 ) as shown after first placing your feet on each side of the seat of the chair. Drop the feet to squat as in (21) and stand up. (22) Keeping your legs straight at the knees, bend forward and attempt to touch the chair in back of you at the lowest possible point. (23 ) Be guided by mild pain. Repeat this movement two more times and then stand up. With feet to­gether or apart if they feel more comfort­able turn and touch the top of the chair rapidly turning right and then turning left. Touch the chair a total of twenty times twisting right and left but do not move your feet. (24-25) The last time you touch the chair turn it so you are able to sit down as shown in (26 ). Notice that you sit on the edge of the seat with your arms extended overhead. Slowly stretch backward to (27) and attempt to touch your fin gers to the floor finally taking some of your weight on your hands as shown in (28) . Notice that the fingers are point­ing towards the feet. By moving your feet and hands slightly push up to clear the chair and then r eturn the bulk of your

weight to the chair when you tire a bit. Push away from the chair at least th ree times and then turn over the seat of the chair. (29-31) We recommend that your " buddy" be in a position to grasp your hips immediately after you pass position (30) so that no disaster occurs as your weight transfers to your hands. If you are sure you can do it alone, have your part­ner spot yoU anyway and you spot him when he performs. In so doing you will establish a relationship of dependability which will be valuable later on. It's a good idea to see whether or not you are quick enough to grasp the hips at (30) while standing in front of the chair and move with your partner until he reaches his feet. Now step up on the chair. (32) From (33-35) you will perform a controlled jump from the seat of the chair. The arrow in front of (35) indicates that you turn around in order that you might again step up on the seat and jump to the floor on the other side. A controlled jump is just that. Your landing must be such that you are balanced and need no little steps beyond

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yo ur landing. If you find you are in can· trol of yourself at (35), stand erect before you turn around. Keep on this part of the sequence until you are able to do three jumps in a row wl)ere the landing is can· trolled. Lat.er on you can get a little more darin g and jump higher possibly arching as you jump but be guided by the way you lanel. Control first; abandon later. Place yo ur hands on the edge of the chair. (36 ) Bring one of your knees up and " thread" the foot through the space between your arms to the sea t of the chair. Now straighten both legs and move forward to (38). Use as a guide here your ability to control the straight legs without go ing so far that you collapse and bend them as a result. Now do the same thing with the other leg.

Having fini shed this, place your hips on the center of the seat and let your arms and head hang down as in (39). Arch up slowly to (40). Repeat thi s movement two more times holding the last arch for fi ve seconds. Roll forward as shown. (41-43) Once again have your partner grasp the hips as you move not so much for the

sa fety aspect as for the spotting prac;tice. J usl for kicks, you might see if you can do this last sequence in reverse, once again with spotting, in an attempt to fall back· ward to posi tion (40 ). S it on the chait. (44) Grasp the sides of the chair keeping the heels of your hands on the seat. At· tempt to raise your legs so they are straight then lift your body to an " L" (45) and hold it for fi ve seconds. Drop forward to your fee t and turn around. Place your hands on the seat of the chair (46) and jump to a momentary support on the hands. Repeat these support hops until you begin to notice you are breathing rather quickly (not exhausted ) and then stop. You have fini shed the sequence. During the support hops you can again call upon the spotter for assistance. Standing to one side he again grasps the hips lightly ready to give you quick support if there is a sign of collapse or overthrow at position (47).

CHAIR GYM NASTICS

Summer Training for the High School Gymhost

By George Dulluge No. Sr. High School, St. Paul, Minn.

The primary function is not to let your body deteriorate to the extent that it will take months to get in shape when the work out season resumes: 1. Warm·up: Should be long and vigorous

and employ all motor areas of the body and always use plenty of flexibility exer· cises. Some suggestions for exercises: jumping jack, push·ups, handstand touch nose (against a tree or house) toe toucher, hurdlers stretch, splits, skip rope, jump straddle, leg raise and sit· ups. The number of repetitions is up to each individual as is what calis then tics are to be used.

2. Tumbling: As we know tumbling is the basis for " all gymnastics, this is also the easiest to execute without any equipment other "than the grass out in the front yard! Try and get a couple of friends, this makes it more fun and you'll have spotters to make it safe too! a. For beginners this is an ideal time to

perfect the basic fundamentals such as - high dive rolls, front and back hand· springs, round off, headspring, cart· wheel, walkover, back extension, val· dez, handstand and kips.

b. For more advanced gymnasts this is a good time to try some new stunts or improve any advanced stunts, some of the important ones are sequences in tumbling, round off 3 or more back handsprings, handspring back, hand· spring back handspring, alternates, bounders, fronts, front walkout, front alternates, back liz twist, full and any other combinations. Some ideas for your protection use a twisting belt if available, if not improvise your soft landing spot, sand at the beach, a peat bog, pile up old mattress's (not in spring), fill a hole with sponge rubber discards or you might try water, think up your own soft landing.

3. Free exercise is so related to tumbling the guidelines of tumbling should be used with free exercise in mind. You might want to measure out a 39' square to work in and plan your workout in this area. a. Flexibility moves should be stressed

and be done every day. b. Transition moves are the easiest to

work on in the grass the problem is what to work on, many of these moves have no name or even written down I'll just mention a few again as in the true gymnast try and be original:

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Handstand pirouette with its many variations, kip turn and variations, valdez and with variations, splits and turns, dive rolls with turn, just a turn is very important.

The remaining events all require appar· atus as such but what J want to do is to use what facilities you have available to you. Many times you have some apparatus but not others so in this case we can work on stunts which have carryover value to other events. For the industrious gymnast he can make his own equipment or use what is in the garage for a make shift piece. 4. Horizontal Bar: Can be made, but a'lol

of parks have bars, even a clothes line pole will help some, anything to hang from remember just keeping the hands in shape is a very important aspect of the conditioning program. a. For the beginner work on kips of all

kinds and grips, case, hip circles, crotch circles, cast handstand, tuck flyaway, sole circles, seat circles and just swing.

b. The more advanced can work on low bars with, cast into German's, seat rise to dislocate, perfect giant swings, cast with grip changes, free hip cir· cle shoot.

c. Related is the rings; the ringman' can do muscle-ups, front and back levers, hold "L" seats above the bar, pull· ups wi th arms spread, dislocates, shoot handstand.

5. Parallel Bars: Can be made; the easiest way is to get a closet dowel or hand rail and attach to the ground for low parallel bars, many parks may have metal bars. a. If you have only low bars work on ;

h..nd stands, pirouette, press any or all kinds, hand stand touch nose back up, one arm, planche, here we have carry·over to the rings wi th the presses, to the horse leg circles can be done on the ends or a moore or even vault· ing over one bar is helpful.

b. The high p. bars might be metal and each individual will have to use dis·

cretion when attempting skills to be worked on. Work on any stunts you need to improve, kips, peach, back toss, back and front off, and se· quences.

6. Rings; hang a pai r of home made rings with ropes or cables from the rafters of the garage or some other higher place. Some parks have metal rings on the play ground.

a. On low rings work on all basket tricks; kips ; "L" seat, presses, shoulder stand, handstand, rolls, bird up, do crosses all summer.

b. If you have high rings, do dismounts and any tricks that need improvement.

c. Rings can have a lot of carryover to the parallel bars and high bar, do cast to hand stand, cast flyaway, twist· ing dismounts, shoot for the high bar. Do shoot handstand, flyaway, all presses, or just shoulder and . hand· stands for the p. bars.

7. The side horse; Is the most difficult of all the apparatus to make, and most parks and playgrounds if any have this piece on them, the best you may find might be a set of p. bars for some carry over. If anything you could pound some sturdy make·shift pommels into the ground and work on leg circles. a. For the novice work on leg circles,

scissors, and travels. b. If you have leg circles work on travel·

ing around the horse. 8. Trampoline; Should not be home made,

but if you have access to one a spotting rig can be easily attached to a tree or at least one side to a utility pole. a. Here you will have to work with what

is available, belts and spotting rigs. b. The advanced trampolinist should con·

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FULL SPIN FOLLOWING THE "PLANCHE" (HECHT) ON THE HORIZONTAL BAR

By Franco Menichelli (Translated from II Ginnasta, November, 1967 by

Martin Carranza for the Modem Gymnast.)

This article intends to clarify or, rather, describe a better technique for the hecht with a full.

"It" starts even before the grip is abandoned and, because of the speed of the move, in order to perform it with good tim· ing, our thinkin g must necessarily precede every action.

The left hand leaves the bar pulling with more energy than the other (1) , so as to leave the bar with a slight forward predominance of the left shoulder as in (2). In this fashion , we have already started the twisting action.

However, the torque (rotating energy) given by this move· ment is not sufficient, so we will need additional energy for the continuation of the twisting motion. We obtain it by frankly thrusting the right ann ahead, and at the same time, sharply swing the left arm to the thigh (3 ). Thus, we obtain our fir st 1,4 turn. For the next stages, our arm movement will also fum· ish the possibility of furtherin g the spin.

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We are now at the most important stage, where the arms are simultaneously thrown: the left is brought up and ahead and the right is swept downward to wrap in <10 the side (3,4). So, 'by arm movements, we have been able to complete % of the twist.

To complete the move, the last % turn will simply be achieved by drawing the left arm close to the chest (6) .

A fir st, the body is in a slight arch (2) which becomes accentuated in the next stage, clearly shown in (3). As the next stage is the most difficult, the shifting of the arms will be made easier by a slight piking at the hips (4). The slight pike will be, in turn , followed by a slight arch, and, once again a slight pike, so that the landing can be better controlled.

Different attitudes to the body during the twist contribute to the thoroul!h execution of the movement.

. Upon practicing this new and difficult move, one can notice the importance of the pike and arch motions.

The Barany Dilemma By Harvey Plant

Gymnastics Coach, Coronado H. S. Scottdale, Arizona

Toward the end of my competitive years, struck upon a very discouraging discov­

ery. For years I had been under the im­pression that all my twists were spinning in the same direction. While attempting to execute a double tWlstmg, double back somi (1% in, barany out) I discovered, to my surprise, that my bar any turned in the opposite direction from all my other twists. Until that moment, I had not realized the impact of learning the barany in the wrong direction. This basic stunt, embedded on the reflex level, was the block to learning superior moves.

Performing moves such as the 1f2in %out in which there was a partial revolution be· tween the twists, it was possible to twist both ways without ill effect. But when the barany was a direct continuation of the preceeding twist, such as in the front with a full in barany out and 1 % in barany out, the effort to twist the bar any the opposite direction r esulting in a cancellation of the preceeding twist.

Observing teams, I noticed that right handed people, in most cases, twisted to the left using their right arm. Left handed people perform in an opposite manner. Here was the startling fact: most people did their round·offs in the opposite direc­tion as their other twists. This is not harm­ful in itself but the round-off is usually

. learned before the bar any and the danger in learning the barany in the same direc­tion as the round-off is great.

I have been engaged in many heated ar­guments because baranys and round-offs which are twisted in the wrong direction, (opposi te to your other twists), look and feel as if they are twisted in the right

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1-A The gymnast is twi sting to his right using the left arm as a lever.

2-A Note in the middle photo that when action stops the ropes will be twisted in this manner.

3-A The bottom photo shows that in order for

an y twi sting motion to continue in the same

direction as the barony the gymnast would have to twi st to the right using hi s left arm as a

lever. As a result of this the ropes would con­

tinue to intertwine in a twi sting motion.

direction. In self defense I devised two methods to prove my point.

In method one, someone stands behind you when you perform a barany or round­off. 1£ your stomach faces the right during execution you are twisting to the right. 1£ your stomach faces to the left you are twisting to the left.

You say you are still not convinced! Method two calls for a spotting belt

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1-B In the above pho'to the gymnast is twisting

to his left using his right arm as a le ver _

2-B Note that the ropes cross in the opposite

direction from picture 2-A_

3-B The bottom photo shows that in order for any t wi sting motion to continue in the ssme di r­

ection as the barony the gymnast would have to

.twist to the left using his right arm as a lever.

As a result of .this the ropes would continue to intertwine in a twi sting motion.

which does not twist. Execute a barany or a round-off. You will notice that the ropes tangle. Now turn in the direction you normally. twist backwards. 1£ the ropes con­tinue to twist , you are turning in the same direction. 1£ the ropes untangle your bar­any or round-off is opposite from your back twists and probably opposite from your front twist.

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work nTY IIai·d . "I 'nl han rl i"1I ppt,d on th .. I' nds pf the

horst' , and if I 10:;" balane(' and f" 1i bacL wa rd :;. I . till can't regain b a lan c~, So J i!l s t don't lo:;e ba,lance. It's not so bad wh .. n yo p" lea rn what to expect and work arvund It.

. . . We iust rece ived word tha t Nf\ IA A)I .arollnd chamJl Toshio Ot o>. hi of North­~ps t Louis ian a ruptured his achilles tendon in an r xhibitiqn foll ow in g the USGF Com· petitio!!. From pe r~onal ex perience, r offer my ~y mpathy and wishes for a s p~edy re­covery •

. . ". Univrrsity of Southn n California gY Ill!last, J\I{lkoto Sakamoto , will be partici­pat i!!g in USC's stud y-abroad program thi s ~ 96S-69 academio year. Sakamoto, a senior in Asian sl udies, \\' ill enroll at USC's sis­ter institution, Waseda Uni ve rsity in Tokyo, to expand his Asian s tudies program and to increase hi s kn owledge of the J apanese langui\ge (and J apanese gy mnastic ' tech­niques as well , I 'll yet).

. *' * * T he J apallese Gymnasti c Federation has

f(lcently Pllblished their book of A-B-C Pilrt s for 'wpmen's apparatus. This will un-9Q ubtedl y form tbe bas is for the F IG reco mmendations. How long dq you think it will ' be before the U.S. sees a transla-tion ? " " _. .

*' * *' TIll: Here we go 'round the mulbern"

bush, again Dept. . . . Once again the NCAA executive cOlllmittee has stepped into ' the province of the Gymnasti c Rules Committee. Thi? t ime they have decided to encourilge greater interest in tral)1polining ~y making it a separate sport wi th a sepllr­ate ch Elmpionship . Gyn)nasti c coaches across the flP untry will welcOlue the opportunity to pi ck up additional salary as they add another sport to their coaching responsi­bilities. Athletic Directors, of course recog­

, ni~in g the importance of the new sport, will create ,n ore scholarships for trampolinists. Recruitment of trampolinists will burgeon. Sales of equipment will rocket. Of course, there may be a few areas of the country which decide not to add the sport to their roster. A few coaches may feel they are too busy or too unqualified to handle the sport. The situa tion may revert to the "good old days" when mid-western dominance of the trampoline event went unchallenged and unquestioned, but we I1)USt not lose sight of this giant s tep forward to mainta in ~ur international pre-eminence - over the bodIes of the Rules Committee, the 50-some coaches who want to keep the trampoline, and the great body of gymnastic performers themselves. Our nation 's diving coaches are looking forward to a great year.

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GYMWHEEL - GYMNASTICS By Norbert Dill

rn ~ylll na s l ics, as we know it in th r United S ta tl';;, the apparatu , s tand , and t he ~y Jllna s t mov('s over or in SOnl(' ('as(-'!-' under the apparatus. In gy m wheel gym· na , t ic the apparat us moves with the gym · nast a nd that is why it attracts most p~ople .

Gymwheel gymnasti cs is relatively easy to learn for eit her sex, whatever the a!!l'.

\I' l' recommend that all instru r to;·s u,e th e sam e express ions and names so the work is ea'y to understand (and the same nat ionwide) .

STRAIGHTROLL IS when the roll s on both hoops to the left or r ight , exercises a re usually I'x~cut~d one wheel·rotation.

wheel to tlw during

SPI RA LROLL is when the wheel rolb in a c ircle on only one hoop I' ither on front or in so me cases on back hoop to th e left or to the right. There are two different angles a higher ca lled big spiralroll and a lower call ed small spiralroll.

JUMPS are e ither over and sometimcs through wheel are are only done by mal .. gym nas ts. Each gymnast has to move the gym wheel and it must be rollin g when gymnast does the jump.

We di stinguish 5 different groups of ('xer · cises:

1. Hang and suppor t exercises 2. Backbends 3. Germans (exe rcises without using

hands as support) 4. Hang and support exerci ses, also

backbends without using the bindings. 5. Combinations, usually executed in one

wheelrotation. Between the foo tboards and the brace on

the wheel is a dis tan ce of about 2" for the mounting of the bindings. Bindings should be tight ened so that the uphols tered part is on to-p for gymnast's instep, but loose .. nough to move the foot from one edge of the board to the other without having the binding ;; Iide down from the instep. It has to be unders tood , that because of thi s the bindin gs have to be adjusted for each gym· nast indi vidually. (See picture #1)

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It works out very well to start partici · pant s out by letting them stand on the boa rds with bindings on their fee t and havin g partic ipants move wheel from one side to other without taking a whole wheel· rotat ion.

We recommend that the teacher star t with the followin g exercises to get the gy mnast use to the feeling of the wheel· rotation and a lso to the different starting positions. APPROACHING THE GYMWHEEL:

Gymnast walks from behind to the wheel. reaches with both hands to the backhoop

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and lift s himself onto the boards. (See pic· ture # 21 . Immediately after jumping all the boards gymnast bends down and slides each fuut in binding by holdin g; bindings with hi s hand s and turning hi" foot tn outer edge of board . {See picture #3 ...

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11 3 To start the !'xercises it depends first of

all which direc tion participant is going to roll and al so what kind of exercises he or she is going to do. SIDESUPPORT

Sidesupport is the eas ies t and yet one of the most important exercise and should be done as followin g:

Standing in sideposition gy mnast reaches with hi s hand in undergrip to grip brace opposi te of rolldirection. Body is turned to front without moving foot from outer edge of board and other hand is stretched out to the side. (See picture #4)

# 4 Immediately after this the gymnast moves

hi s weight toward roll direction by putting other hand in undergrip to gripbrace. Arm in roll direction must be straight and other arm must be bent. (See picture # 5). When gymnast is upside down both arms have to bend (See picture # 6). As the wheel rolls further other arm is straight. (See picture #7). During entire wheel rotation

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the kn ees should be rigid and body should l10t arch or sag -in any way. To stop th e wheel ! (O m making another rotation simply drop the arm in roll direction down to the body.

Thc Sid esup port as described can be execut ed in the same manner in both direc· ti ons and a lso without using the bindings. FRONTSUPPORT

To execut e the front support we start in front position (front is the directi on the wheel is go ing to rol!). The gymnast moves hi s back foot from outer edge of board to inner edge and moves hi s body to look at the direction of the wheel. (See picture # 9).

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By having both arms stretched out to th!' sides and by bending the body slightly to the front , the wheel s tart s to roll. As soon as the wheel start s to roll the gymnast puts both hands in uppergrip on the front gripbrace. (See picture # 10 ) . Arms and legs, al so entire body must be s traight during ent ire wheel rotation. (See picture # 11 and 12). P osition of head should be in line with the body and not drop be· tween the arms or to the back.

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T WISTSU I' I'ORT The ~ t a rli n~ pos iti on for th t"' twiq !-'uPP(l rI

is Ihe san1(' as for Ihe f ro n l ~ lI p p o rl . hUI in· s l('ad of pUll ing bOlh hand s 10 fr" nl g rip­hract' we pili nnl y nne hand in un der-gr ip In fro n t griphrace and olher hand 10 back grip hrace hy aC lua lly Iwis lin g Ihe body Inwa rd the fronl. I See piclu re # 13). Unli l

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gymnasl is upside down arm on the fronl g r ipbrace has 10 be s iraighl an cl arm nn Ihe back gripbrace at an angle. (See pi c­lure # 14). During the upside cl own posi­l ion bOlh arm s have to be at an angle I See p icture # 15) . The head is stra ight wilhoul an y movement 10 the s ide, fron t or back during ent ire wheel rotation.

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A SECOND LOOK AT SWING © By Gerald S. George

Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

Who can deny that a major considerat ion for enhancing championship gymnastic per· formance lies in the ability of gymnast,. coaches, and physical educators alike to correctly apply those seemingly well·known mechanical principles and laws of motor movement. Needless to say, there is a tre· mendous need for consistent and accurate mechanical application to modern arti sti c gymnastics. Our is, without a doubt, a dis· cipline that transcends all sport.

In the series, "A Second Look At Swing". an attempt is made to marry the science of physics with the art of gymnastics. It i, indeed interesting to discover that one complements the other in all aspects. Pro· gressive illustrations serve to depict the skill·in·ques tion from the cinematographi· cal standpoint. Step·by·step explanations are provided in order that the r espective mechanics can more easily be synthesized into a workable artistic whole. The con­cept of 'full anatomical range of motion' is utilized in conjunction with 'maximum mechanical execution' such that an ideal presentation can be realized.

Were a child to learn the concept of a "straight line", it would best be unders tood in presenting him with as straight a line as possible. This is the philosophical basis behind my series. Ideal presentations call be realized practically, but first one must understand the concept. All skills to be presen ted are based on valid and reliable principles of physics. Considering this I contend no t only that they are aestheticly more beautiful, but also that they are mechanically more practical.

I would like to suggest a severe scrutiny of each illustration in the given skill. Ob­serve especially the progressive variances of -the angles prescribed by the shoulder 'ilitd hip r egions. Supplement these obser· 'vations with the respective explanations -and you will have a broader concept of id-eal execution.

Should any interested readers of the MG desire to have a particular skill illustrated and explained, you may write either to the MG or personally to me. Whatever the skill or whatever the event, the one which reo ceives the grea test amount of requests will, by necessi ty, be presented first. I sincerely hope that this series will prove meaningful to...Jl large majority.

Illustration A prescribes an ex tended handstand position. All body segments are in a direct straight-line relationship with each other at the onse t of the "skill.

As the body begins its descent, Illustra­tions B - C - D, observe that first, the shoulder angle begins to decrease slightly, and then, the hip angle begins its subse· quent decrease. This action is often referred to as "Foot Lead".

The slightly decreased shoulder and hip angles advance the feet down ward, prepar· ing the body for on oncoming and neces· sary beat. This beat or " Bottoming Effect" of the bar extends the hip and lower back segments, driving the body into a slightly arched position. Observe that, at the very same moment, the previously decreased shoulder angle returns to a direct straight· line relationship with the trunk. It is duro ing this time, Illustrations E - F, that the

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" Bottoming Effect" of -the bar becomes actualized. Illustration F depicts the body cocked as in an archer's bow ready to release its potential force in coordination with the upward circul ar swing.

The " Bottoming Effect" of the bar se rves as a cue in releasing the previously men· tioned slightly arched body position. The gymnast must immediately follow up this action first by decreas ing very slightly the shoulder angle alld then by qUickly driving the fee t and legs in a for·upward direction. Illustrations G- H depict the "Foot Lead" position.

As the body approaches the apex of the Overgrip Giant Swing, the a forementioned decreased shoulder and hip angles begin to increase simultaneously and proportionately with the upward circular swing. Such an

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Od essa Coll ege, OdessQ, Texas By Jay Ashmore

Un ive rs ity of Texas The Texas Collegiate Champion­

ship was held at Odessa Co ll ege on Ma rch lS and March 16. Repre­sented were Odessa College, Sam Houston State College, The Uni­ve rsity of Texas, Ab il ene Christian Co ll ege, Baylor University and Texas Techno logica l Institute.

Resul ts: AA : Mike Co ldwell, Uni v . of

Texas; FX : Mike Caldwell; SH : Chuc k Minica, Odessa Co ll ege; R: Manuel Hi noios, Odessa Co ll ege; LH: Ron Webb, Odessa Co ll ege; PB : Greg Germany, Odessa College; HB ; Joh nny Seekornp, Univ. of Texas. Team : Odessa Co ll ege .

South e rwestern AAU Cham pion­shi ps were hel d a t L. O. Be ll Hi gh Schoo l at Hurst, Texa s on April 19 and April 20.

Results: FX: Mike Co ldwe ll , Un iv. of

Texas; PB : Rober t Reeves, Univ . of Texas· R: Ma nue l Hinoios , Odes­sa Co ll eg e; HB : Bob Co lmante, N.W. La . State; SH: Bob Herman , N.W. La. State; AA (tie) Mike Caldwe ll and J im Lee, Unqttached; Tu : Ruband Womack, Amarill o Boy's Club . Team Title : Univ. of Texas.

Texas State Hi gh School Cham­p ionsh ips were held at L. o. Bell Hi g h Schoo l a t Hurst, Te xas on Apr il 26 and April 27.

The second annual state high schoo l championship was held at L. O. Bell H igh School for both boys and gir ls.

Th ere were approx imate ly 25 ent r ies for each event with 7 teams ente req fo r the team title.

Resu lts: Tu : Odess Loving, Pa lo Ouro

H.S., Amari ll o; Tr : Bobby Sargent, Reagan H.S., Aust in; FX: Odess Loving; SH : Steve Snow, L.O. l3ell H.S., Hu rs t ; R: Mike Crawford, L. O. Be ll H.S., Hurst; PB : Bill Hudgins, Pascha ll H .S., Fort Worth; Ii B: Gary Hear tsf ie ld , !,..O. Ba ll M.S., Hu rst; LH : Odess Lov ing.

Gymnastic Clin ic: Onl y in t he plann ing stages b ut

Russ Porterf ie ld, Un ivers ity of Ok­lahoma; Jay Ash m ore, Univ ersit y of Texas; Rusty M itchell , Univer­si t y o f New Mexico have discussed a t hree (3) da y clinic fo r boys at the Un ivt;! rs i t y of Ok lahoma, as sQon as definite d a t es are set i t w i ll be re leased . ..

RegiOn Seven Don Norton Brigham Young University Provo. Utah 84601

Regio11 7 - A ri:olla, Co lorado, Mon tana, Utah, hJyom ing.

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Th is is Reg ion Seven's first MG report. Both g ymnasti cs and gym ­nastics repor t ing are, in some re ­spects, yet in their infancy in the Inter-mountain area . Strengt h a nd matu r ity in collegiate competi t ion have come abou t onl y in the past few years. Most h igh schoo l com­petition in th e region is less than a decade old; in some areas there is yet litt le o r no h igh school gym­nastics acti v ity . But the si gns bode we ll .

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reporting wou ld be great ly appreci­ated.

The co ll egiate teams in Regi on Seven scored consistently higher t h is year t han eve r before. Most teams exhibited a notab le depth in most events. Indi vidua l perform­ances in the NCAA Championships were most impressi ve:

Pat Arnold, Bob Shi rk (UA)-1 st, 3rd, r ings

Oennis Ramsey (B YU)- tie , 2nd , s ide horse

Jack Ryan (CSU)-lst , side horse Rich Im pson (ASU)-6th, fl oo r

exerc ise Cliff Gaut hier (Oenver U.)-4th ,

long ho rse Many were asking where all­

around Mi ke Kim ba ll sudden ly came f rom. Th is U. of Utah per­fo rme r p laced hi gher in a ll -a round competition (9th ) than had an y WAC compet itor in h is t ory. Colorado

Interest in g ymnastics in Co lo­rado is very high. Six college-uni­ve rsity teams are now compet ing , and there is a stead il y increasing number of high school teams. Co lorado held its first state inter­scholastic girlsl championsh ip this year .

A FA coach Karl Schwenzfeier has left for a yea r of f lying duty in Viet Nam. Rep lacing h im is Cap­tain Orwyn Sampson. AFA p laced th ird in the Western Region Cham­pionships and q ua lified t wo a ll­arou nd men for t he NCAA fi nals: Pat O'G rad y and Chuck Kennedy. O'Grady, a senior, deve loped and perfected a full pi rouette to an eag le gr ip on t h e horizontal bar; t he stunt now carries h is name. A FA will host the Olympic Team Tra ining Camp, lS-30 Sept.; there is t he possib ility of meets wit h foreig n t eams.

U. o f Oenver: 10-4 win- loss record lost season. Outstanding performer was Cliff Gauthi e r; promis ing fr eshman is Vince N ico­letti, a ll-a round.

Fo rt Lew is (Ourango). For a you ng team and a new coach , Fo rt Lewis d id well in competition against even experienced teams: 4 wins, 5 losses. Coach Jim Gil­bert repo rts that Co rtez H igh Schoo l, in hi s a rea , is seeking a head gym nastics coach.

Colo. U., CSU , CSC: no reports . CSU ioins the WAC this fall. Montana

Hig h schoo l gymnastics appears t o be on the upswing. Phil Levi of Eastern Montana reports the sponsor ing of a fall gymnastics deve lopmental meet fo r high schoo l t eams. Nine schools partici­pated last fall in the compul­sor ies. Some o f t hese teams haven't coaches yet. Montana high schools now recogn ize g ymnastics; a state assoc iat ion exists. EMC gave a numbe r of exh ib iti ons during the yea r, to spa rk interest.

Coach Lev i is going back to schoo l; h e wi ll be replaced by Ja y Shaw, fr om Washington State U. EMC held its own among colleges its own size, lost season; it hopes fo r conti nued improvement. Henry Work, a ll -around, placed Sth in t he NA IA meet. Utah

There is no off icia l high school compet it ion in Uta h . Two of the Ogden schoo ls are planning in­forma l matches. Only a ha nd ful of h ig h schoo l boys in the state work out ser iously, most o f t hem indiv idua ll y.

Weber College (Ogden). Tom Low reports some support and suc­cess in building a team. Gymnastics has on ly recent ly been introduced to t h is campus. He is opt imis tic.

U. o f Uta h . Utah showed good depth th is season. All-around Mike Kimb a ll was the outstanding per­fo rme r.

BYU. One o f the highlights o f the yea r was the BYU Invitationa l Meet in ea rly Decem ber. Teams from UA , ASU , UU, CSU and Fo rt Lewi s a t ten d e d Pa rticipating coaches decided to t u rn the Invi­tati ona l into an annua l, confer­ence-sponsored event; it wi ll ro­tate among WAC schools. BYU wi ll again host t h e meet next fa ll . The event will pi oneer a unique emphasis: each schoo l will enter a

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M6 PHOTO·ART CONTEST IN GENERAL THE RESPONSE TO THE MG PHOTO-ART CONTEST HAS BEEN DISAP­POINTING. THE ENTRIES WE HAVE RECEIVED WOULD NOT EVEN FILL A SMALL PORTFOLIO. FORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN SOM E RESPONSE AND AMONG THESE HAS BEEN SOME EXC EPTIONAL WORK.

FIRST (fac ing page) goes to " Ed" Jones a fine arts stud ent a Brevard Jr. College, Florida. Ed's piece is a 13" x 18\1 " acrylic monotone on mat boa rd.

SECOND (top this page) goes to Randy Mart in. Randy is a top high schoo I gymnast in the Los Angeles area.

THIRD (bottom) to Dale Anderson. Dale is the assistant gymnastics coach at Iowa State Un ivers ity. In case you're interes ted the picture is of Sue Olson , State Free ex and Beam champ.

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The Pasadena National Invitational

How does he do it? Year ail er year , lh e Pasadena ln vi ta ti onal, under the direc tion of Pasadena City College Coach J erry T odd , becomes be tter and bett er, This yea r was no exce ption as J err y's top·flight line-up included USG F Champ Kqtsutoshi Kan­zaki , AA U Champ Yoshi Hayasaki , Finnish Champion Mauna Niss in en, and California s tand- out s, Sid Freudenstein and Dan Mill­man.

In the fl oo r exercise event , spec tators were trea ted to routines as 1I1la gll1 a tl v~ and exc iting as they come ~ a RO, FF, hi gh doubl e back by PCC's Tom Proulx , full twistin g di ve roll s included in Proulx's, Millman 's, and Doug Boger 's routines, Dan­ny _\liIIman's I },. arabian and a winnin g routine by Sid Freudenstein that was full of pun ch and zing from his s traddle jump pun ch front to hi s final l ayout somie, punch front. The side horse event witnessed one of the grea tes t collections of sidp­horsemen since the last National lm'ita­tiona!' The d ifficult y, rh ythm, height , and continuity of pe rforma nces by the likes of Ca l S tate's Gary H oskins, BYU's Denni" Ramsey, and USC's -'like Freriks would be d iffi cult to match anywhere. Nor were the audience an y the less apprec ia ti ve for other fin e performers such as Gary WuIIschlage r and Ken Bronner , both of USc.

No ted pe rformers on the rings even t in­cluded Del Strange of Colorado Sta te whose solid routine won him the trophy, UCLA's j\'l iekey Chaplan noted for hi s disloca te to immediate malt ese, and Sta nford freshm an S teve Hochel!. H ad Steve 's double dimlOunt been a little stronge r , he might have edged out the more experin ced competitors. We noted double fl ya ways a lso from Sid and

Ari zona ringmen Pat Arnold and Boh Shirk , the latter doing it in piked position!

Long horse was not included thi s year , so the all-around coul d go only fiv e events. Kanzaki 's p-bar routin e waS almost i']1-poss ible to ' describe, at least he s<l id it was, but see winning routin es below. lI'Iiiuno N issinen . threw a double b"ck for a di s­mount but landed a little off-balan ce. Hay­saki 's routine was 11S . solidly cPnstructed and executed as we have alw~ys imagined lhe rou tines of the Japanese to be ~ every­thing to a solid handstand. NCAA College d ivision high bar champ Richard Grigsby threw his " patented" routine, end ing with a high cast front to a solid landing. Al­though failin g to place, Freudenste in drew the applause of the crowd for coolly over­coming an earl y break and fini shing hi s routine with a very hi gh double fl yaway, opening out above the b"r. Dismount of the evening, however, was Millman 's piked uouble fl yaway ~ product of years uf tra mpoline experience and a season of in­tensive work.

A t least fo ur double backs were th rown in tumblin g competit ion , each h igh er than the precedin g ~ by Gene Ca tal do, Georgp Greenfield, Doug Boger , and Tom Proulx. hi s second of the evenin g. Also no ted were Pa t _\ Iahoney's inexha ustibl e suppl y of bound ers. but the bes t combinat ion was Proulx's . fin a l pass : Front wa lkout , HO . FF, double twister, punch fro nt.

Climax ing the evenin g was th e present a­tion of a ll-a round trophi es to the winn ers Kanzaki , F reudenstein , and Hayasaki . With tha t, the capacity crowd eased themselves from the ir e lbow- to-elbuw seating and wa lked off int o the wa rm Californ ia ni ght to deba te among themselves -- Kanza ki . Freud enste in , Hayasaki. And the rest of the cuuntry says why can ' t We promote gym-

nasti cs like the West Coast doe"( Why nut , indeed , Jerry Todd!

Re~L!lts AA : Kqtsutoshi Kanzoki 45.25 , Sid Freuden­

st ein 45.10 , Yosh i Hayasak i 44.65. FX: Freud­enstein 9.60, tie between Prou lx and Mitlman 9.45. Sti: Gory Hos kins 9 .55 , Dennis Ramsey 9.45, Mike Freriks 9.35. Tr : Millman 9.6 , Prou lx 9.2, Rob Ewing 9 , I O. It: De l Strange 9 .50, Mickey Chaptan 9.40, Steve Rochell 9.35. PB: Kanzaki 9.6, Hoyasak i 9.5, Fre udenstein 9.2 . tiB: Grigsby 9.5, Kanzak i 9.4 , Dick Hammers 9.3. Tu : Proulx 9.5, Pot Mahoney 9 .3, George Green field 9.15.

Tu: Tom Proulx : RO, FF , Double bock. Fron t, handspring, f ront, ha ndspring, front . Front wa lkout , RO, FF , double i wiste r, punc h fr ont.

SH : Gory Hoskins: Reverse m oore , uphill t ravel, downh ill travel, high, bock travel into t he middl e , high , bock trave l moore , bock travel m oore, high, break into one back scis­cors , fr ont scissors , fr ont sc issors with half turn, front scissors, russian to immediate trove I down to the end, loop , one and one-ha lf twists off .

PB : Katsutosh i Kanzqki: Run , g li de kip, t o bock shoot to handstand, front upri se, half twis t , cost , ca t ch, cast o ff to the s ide, g li de kip to L on one bar, then cu t and catch to L (on both bars ) and ho td , sti ff -stiff press to handstand (ho ld ), sti t z, cast t o under arm hong, cost cut and catch, layawa y, front up­rise to front dismount.

FX : Sid Freudenstein: Straddl e jump, front ; RO, FF , full tw ist, FF , jock-knife toe t ouch , chest ro ll , t oe rise; headspring , RO , FF , pike a ra b ia n, fa ll and turn to spli t s; st iff-stiff press, front ro ll , bock ha ndspr in g; front hand­spr ing , fr ont , headspring , swedish fall , leg circle, stand, RO, FF , layout bock, punch front.

Tr: Dan Millman: Tucked 2 3;" boc k, dou b le twisting cody, fl ying boc k, d ouble bock , full twist , tuck barani out, tuck doub le bac k, dou­b le twis t, f lying boc k , tuck 134, doub te cod y.

R: Del Strange: Back roll to iron cross, pull out to a maltese, half giant to an L, hollow­bock press , g iant , cast ou t , inlocate , back up­ri se L iron, cast, dislocate , f u ll.

HB: Ri~h Grig sby : Jam cost with hal f twis t , stoop through t o 2 in locates , 2 eag les, hop out with half twist , feet one-fee t off , immed iate wh ip change, flange in, immedia te reach under, vau lt catch, kip up , on e g ia nt, turn , fl ange , cost, fron t.

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five-man team, including three 011-around men. There wi ll be com­pulsories. T he th ree top scores will count toward team totals.

T op performa nces of the year included Dennis Ramsey on the side horse; Austin Thatcher, long horse. BYU plans a summer clinic for groups of grade school child­ren; junior and sen ior high school boys will be encouraged to work out individuall y . Arizona

No reports. W yoming

No reports; apparently there is no gymnastics acti vi ty .

Reactions to the NCAA Champi­onships schedule were unanimous: return to the previous meet for ­mat, with individual competiti on the last evening. Fortunately, thi s year's team f inals were ve ry excit­ing; what if scores hadn' t been close? We owe to the public the best individual performances as a climax of the meet.

FINAL USA TRAMPOLINE TRIAL La faye t te, L oui sana

The U .S.A. Trampoline Team members ore for the men: David Jacobs, University of Michigan ; Jim Yongue, University of South ­western Louisiana; and Donald Wa ters, University o f Southwestern Louisiana. Th e women ore Judy Wills, Southern Illinois University; Vicki Bo l inger, Springfield, Illinois; and Judy Johnson, Centenary Col ­lege o f Louisiana.

David Jacobs was able to over­come a lead of .55 po int s by Jim Yongue as a resu lt of the fir st trials in Sarasota, Flo r ida. · Jacobs total score was 94.50 to 94.35 for Yongue with Don Waters moving up from 5th to 3rd place by over­coming Dennis Harlan 87.70 t o 86.85.

Judy Wills continued her win­ning ways by post ing a total sco re of 88. 10 for both tria ls and a first p lace. Vicki Bolinger hung on to second p lace by Judi Ford sl ip­ping to 4th and Judy Johnson moved up to 3rd.

Officials of the team are Jeff Hennessy, men's coach; Milton Davis of Memphis, Tennessee, women's coach, and Loyd Huval of New Or leans, Louisiana, as U.S.A. judge.

The tent ative schedule f or the U.S.A. T rampoline T eam is as fol­lows:

November 23, Depar t for Ho I­land; Nov. 24, travel t o a city in

• Germany; Nov. 25, Exhib it ion; Nov. 26, Free day· Nov. 27, Dual meet 'with Germany; Nov. 28, Trave l to Holland; Nov. 29-30, Wor ld Championsh ips; Dec. 1, Leave for U.S.A.

Nome Fi rst

MEN : Trials

Dav id Jacobs 46.50 Jim Yongue 47.05 Don Waters 42.85 Dennis Harlan 43.60 Hugh Curfman 18.90 W OMEN : Judy Wills 44 .15 Vicki Bolinger 41.25 Judy Johnson 39.95 Judi Ford 40.05 Troy Kauffman 34.95 Sue Rogers 36.25

CALIFORNIA STATE JR. COLLEGE •• CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Second Annua l State Junior Co l lege Gymnast ic Championsh ips were held at San Bernardino Valley College an May 11, 1968.

Pasadena was the winner again, as expected, by a margin of sixty points . The competiti on for second place in the team standing was very close throughout the meet , with four teams in contention. Long Beach finall y took th e honors, largely by their efforts in the rings event where they earned 16 points. Individual honors went to Pasadena's Tom Proulx who earned a total of 51.5 points and scored an average of 8 .6 in his four 011-around events. The second high point performer was Martin Caling of East Los Angeles with 33 points , while Santa Monica 's Don Ferre earned 31 points for third.

The meet was tru ly a state championship inasmuch as North ­ern California was ably repre­sented by Diablo Valley and Sacramento Co l leges.

Results AA : Tom Proulx, PCC 34.325;

Max Magdaleno, ELA 34.275; Mar­tin Caling, ELA 34.05; Paul Ga lles­p ie, PCC 33 .90; Juan Sanchez, SMCC 33.B5. Tr: Doug Boger, PCC 9.0, Tom Proulx 8.85; Kent Um­barger, Diablo 8.4; Mike Segal i , Diablo 8.35; AI Johnson, PCC 8.1. LH : K. Umbarger 9.05; T. Proulx 8.87; Mark Wasserman, Val ley 8.87; Pat Mahoney, Pierce 8.85 · Steve Urrutia, Trade Tech. 8.57. FX : M. Ca l ing 9.05; Don Ferre , SMCC 9.00; Leon M ims, Harbor 9.00; Louie Moreno, ELA 8.95; D. Boger 8.9; T . Proulx 8.9. SH : John Nelson, PCC 9.0; Dan Uyeda, LB 8.6; Steve Duhaine, Fullerton 8.35; Darryl Miller, LB 8.25; Ken Polin­ski, Pierce 7.7. HB : Dell Smith, Pierce 8.95; M. Caling .8 .65; Steve Langdon, PCC 8.65; Mark Peacock, PCC 8.65; Mark Davis, LAV 8.65. PB : Gary Albita, LB B.6: Bob Bai ley L B 8.3; D. Ferre 8.2; T. Prou lx 8.15; M . Ca l ing 8.05. R: P. Gillespie 9 .15; Richard Schwartz, LB 8.75; Ra leigh W il son, Pierce 8 .6; Dennis Kinsey, LB 8.55; Eu­gene Bailey, Harbor 8.55. Tu : D. Boger 9.0; P. Mahoney 8.9; D. Ferre 8.75; John Johnsey, LB 8.7; L. Mims 8.7.

Team Scores: Pasadena 127, Long Beach 67, East Los Ange les 60, Pierce 56, Santa Monica 51, Diab lo Valley 44 .5, L.A. Va lley 39.5, Harbor 23, Fullerton 9 , Trade Tech 6, Sacramento 1. High Po int Scores: Tom Prou lx, PCC 51.5, Martin Caling, ELA 33, Don Ferre, SMCC 31, Doug Boger, PCC 26, Ken Umbarger, Diab lo Valley 24 .

FI RST ANNUAL COLUMBUS INVITATIONAL

East Side Branch YMCA Columbus, Oh io May 4th, 1968

By Gory Hutchinson , Director Columbus Gymnastic Club

This first annual meet was spon­sored by the Columbus Gymnastic Club, and was t he b iggest project ever undertaken by us. We rece ived fine cooperation from the East Side and Central YMCA's.

The meet ran ve ry smoothl y , thanks to Meet Director, Jerry Baker of Ohio State and the tech­n ica l advice of OSU Coach Jim Sweeney.

This was a Sen ior Open meet f or men 15 and over and gi r ls 14 and over. The women's division drew a la rger fie ld than expected.

FINAL U.S.A . TRAMPOLINE TRIALS

La f ayette, Lou is iana - April 27, 1968

lst Req. Opt. D.O. Total 9 .55 9.50 9.60 28.65 9.65 9.40 9.10 28.15 9.30 9.50 8.60 27.40 9.05 8.55 8.70 26.30 8.85 8.70 7.50 25.05

9.40 9.35 8.00 26.75 8.95 8.60 7.70 25.25 8.75 8.55 7.80 25. 10 9.35 4.85 4.50 18.70 8.85 8.60 6.70 24. 15 0 .00 8.30 6.80 15.10

T om P roulx, 1st AA.

Plaques were given f or I st and 2nd for the 1 st and 2nd for the men's and women 's ' teams. Medals were awarded f or indi v idual places in each event, while r ibbons were given for 4th t hrough 8th.

Despite the fact that the meet was held rather late in the sea­son, there was a good turn-out with many college gymnasts com­peting unattached. The meet re­ce ived a dua l sanction from the USGF and the AAU.

Men's Results T eam : Cleveland Swiss Turners

(Sw iss) 135.75, ·Columbus Gym­nastic Club (CGC) 124.95, Dayt on YMCA (Dayt) 83 .00. AA : Bruce Trott (Unatt) 52.05, David Arnold (Unatt) 48.00, Reed Klein (Swiss ) 47.75 . FX : Klein 8.25, Trott 8.20, Pete Clute (Unatt) 7.55. SH : Larry Wiese (Unatt) B.95, Trott 8.50, J im Seman (Unatt) 7.05. R: Trott 8.60, Arno ld 8.30, Gary Hut chin­son (CGC) 8.00. LH : T rott 9.30, Mike Sexton (Unatt) 8.95, Arnold 8.90. PB : Arnold 8.65, Trott 8.50, Klein 8.20. HB : Trott 8.95, Arno ld 8.20, Klein 7.95 . Tu : Sexton 8.10, Joe Latella (CGC) 7.4, John Sositko (Unatt) 6.6 . T r: Sexton 8.90, Wi l­liam Capp (Unatt) 8.85, Latella 7.90. (Note: The team standings were decided most ly by gymnasts plac ing lower t han third.)

Wom e n's Res ults T eam : Flint Olympians (F LT )

96.95, Marilyn Dennis (MD) 65.00, Michigan State U (MSU) 56.15. AA : Dianne Grayson (FL T) 31.70, Cindy Ha l l (FL T ) 31.65, Cherrie Ashley (MD) 31.55. FX : Hall 8.30, Grayson 8. 15, Patti McDonald (F L T ) 7.75. BB : Reanne Miller (MSU) 8.3, Ashley 8. 1, Maddie Wetherel l (FL T ) 7 .9, 'UPB : Grayson 8.85, Ashley 8.0 , Ha ll 7 .6, SHV: Hall 9.3, Barb Goodie (FLT) 8.6, Grayson 8.3. Tu : Cherry A lmy (Unatt) 7.4, Hall and Miller 6.75. T r: Susan Grigsby (Unatt) 5.45, Karen McDaniel (Unatt) 4 .10, G wen Sarsf ie ld (Unatt) 3.75 .

(Ed itor's N ote: This was one o f t he few reports received by us which fo llowed our required f or­mat f or submission of results.)

SEVENTH TOURN AMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Cal State Los Ang eles May 17, 1968

M eet Director: Gordon Maddux A su rp risi ng ly small , but en­

thus iastic crowd turned out f or t he Jast great invitationa l meet of southern Ca l ifornia's gymnastic yea r, t he T ournament of Cham­pions.

Perform ing w ith his usua l flair and height, although omitting his double back mount, Tom Prou lx captured the FX event. Experience counted as Ca l State's Don War­ren, opening w ith a handspring , front , handspring down the side,

Total 2nd Both Opt. D.O. Total Trials 9.75 9.60 48.00 94.50 9.65 9.50 47.30 94.35 9 .25 8.20 44 .85 87.70 8.05 8.30 43.25 86.85 9.00 7.70 4 1.75 60 .65

9.00 8.20 43.95 88. 10 8.80 7.70 41.75 83.00 8.55 7 .70 41.35 81.30 9.00 7.20 34.90 74.95 7. 10 6.20 37.45 72.40 7.30 6 .20 28 .60 64.85

edged newcomer Marty Caling of East L .A. College for second place. Caling displayed a fine sense of style and lightness and will be heard from in the future. San D iego State near ly made a sweep of the side horse medals as long­legged Gene Spindler, working high and extended, notched an easy win. Teammate Lar ry Buss man­aged second place. College Division Champ Bob Medina and fo rmer NCAA Champ Gary Hoskins both su ffe red breaks just prior to their dismounts to drop them from con­tenti on a lthough Gary remounted to throw an exce l lent 1 V2 tw isting dismount for a score of 8.45.

San Fernando Valley's Chuck Wa lden, showing good st rength moves (planche, cross) f or a large gymnast, tied UCLA 's diminutive Mickey Chaplan f or the rings title. T o his already strong routine (see NCAA repor t, May MG) Chap lan added an inver ted cross (a l itt le short , timewise), drop to immediate iron cross. Former BYU standout , Dick Nicholas, in good shape de­spite (or because of ?) the US Army, earned third with a strong routine.

NCAA C a I leg e Div ision LH Champ Ric h Grigsby notched another v ictory over Proulx and NCAA Un ive rsity Division Champ Bruce Coulter on Long Horse. The parallel bars troub led everyone, but Air Force officer Terry Higgins showed a bit of his o ld Academy st y le in earn ing the first place trophy. Notable on this event, however, was PCe's Paul Gillespie who mounted with double leg cir­cles on t he end t o an immediate st ra ight-body p lanche. H i g gin s rea l ly shone on his best event , the high bar, by tieing Grigsby fo r the tap spot. Stretched out and con­tinuous, H igg ins spun through hiS complex rout ine which included a wel l-done hecht vau lt , to his final hecht but lost several tenths f or bent knees in the dismount. Add­ing to his Co ll ege Di v ision Champ.i­onship routine, Gr igsby also pu t In a hecht vaul t and a ha lf twisting % giant cover-up when he nearl y missed his dismount, a cast, f ront , which he did carry aut with good height and ro t ation. Although fin­ishing down in the lists, Ca l lng showed some fine style and f ree­dom of movement in his routi ne wh ich included both stalders.

FX: T om Prou lx 9.25, Dan War­ren 8.95, Marty Ca l ing 8.90. SH : Gene Spind ler 9.35, Lar ry Buss 8.95, Bill Hoover 8 .9. R: Mickey Chap Ian and Chuck Walden 9.15 . Dick Nicholas 8.9. Tr: Prou lx and Dan McFar land 8.8, Doug Boger 8.6. LH : Gri gsby 9.2, Prou lx 9.0 , Bruce Coulte r 8.8. PB : Terry Hig­g ins 9.05, Gr igsby and Pau l Gil­lespie 8.75. HB : H iggins and Gr igs­by 9.25, Prou lx 9.05.

1968 BRUIN GYMNASTIC CLASSIC UCLA - May 11 , 1968

By M ickey Choplon I had forgotten, after this year's

NCAA competition, that gymnast ics is a sport that is capable of being enjoyed by both gymnasts and specators . I was quite over joyed that the Bru in Classic restored my memory to its former sharpness.

The competition did not have same of the big names that we re present in other competitions, but the fact that a maximum of seven men competed on each event, as we ll as t he lack of time wasted between performances (thanks t o

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T he 1'0" ('(1I1 ' t l"e(1s(' I'lwryolI(' Del't . ... Thl'r" w .. n' 102 II lt' n '" ('nt r i,'" at the AAU Cha nll' illn"h il' '' ' SO "f tl lt ' lll a ll ·around. It wa ,. inel' it a hl,· that th,' prt ·lim inary co m· " ,· titi lln" wll uld IH' I(ln ;! and inl'o lv,'d. An d yet. th ank" to th l' Ilr;!a niza ti on uf the hM t ~CAT" ;!I'lIU I' . th t' ('onlpe t ition,; ra n ra th,' r "moll thl y. a t least acco rd in ;! to eas tern .. Il mllt·tit or. S te ve Cohen. Other eas t('rn !" r" Wt'l'l' las, s ati sfi t'd . point in;! out the limit ed IIl('ke r fa cilities for the la rge number of (' Iltri,' s. SOIlH' lww. you have to have a few inco ll vcn ic ll ct's an d thi s was, over all , one of Il'h hes t-run of AA V m ee ts. One can ' t h!" lp bUI ref iec i th ai Ihe fin a l competiti ons, t'ven wl ih tr ampolin e and long horse out of the wa y. and with men 's and wom en 's co mpe titi on rllnnin ~ 5imuh aneo ll s ly, were ra tllPr slow mo vin g. Th ere seemed 10 be an exc('ss i,'e numher ' o f judges' conferen ces, a nd the pn'senl a lion of awards a te up too mu ch limt'. Wh ile the numbling champion· shi ps had already becn de termined , Iwo of the fin al is ts were in vil ed to perform in exhibition. Their exhibition runs were fan­tas ti c, bu t the ir warm-ups during the other pa rt s of the progra m proved di strac tin g. The s itu ation was unders ta ndable, but the main cha mpions hi ps prov ided enough inter­est in th e mselves to have ob vial ed the n eed fo r an addilional show. By the way, onl y two s pec ial is ts made it int o the fin als Sa t­urday n ight , T ob y T owson a nd 10hn Russo, both winnin g their spec ialti es . Draw yo ur own conclusions.

* Did rOil 1I011:ce • In the Russian-Sw iss

d ual n; ee t re port ed in the las t issue, the los ing lea rn scored a 560. That ave rages oul 10 approx ima tely 112 per man . The V .S. average for the top s ix A mer ican scores r e­port ed to da te t NCAA, AA ll, VSGF ) is 109.08, but Ihe media n score is a full poinl lower. On e mus t conclude - the six men whose sco res ent ered into Ihat total were -'l a ko to Sakamoto (AA U), Fred Dennis (USGF), Fred Roet hlis ber!!er (AA U), S teve Cohen (AAV), Da ve T hor (NCAA), and Bob Lynn (AA U ) , with Ri chard Loyd a nd S teve Hug Irai lin g just behind. On e must give these men the edge in our fort h­comin g Olympic Trial s. One mus t al so con­el ude tha t the re is a lot of work to be done thi s s ummer . ' 'le can not ex pec t one scor e to ba lance off lower performances.

L ook in g over th e top m en in th e r oster of all -a round placings at the AA V and VSG F meets, I a m impr essed by the num­ber of internation al vis it or s a t the top. Our nalion 's t op gy mn asts, Sakamo lo. has con­tinua ll y urged a broader. int ernal ional per­spec ti ve fo r our na ti onal program. Will U.S. gymnasti cs be the objec t of fo re ign domin a li on for yea rs to co rn e, o r will our leaders la ke the hint a nd s tarl up-grad in g our ~Y l1ln asti c programs?

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This pa~t wee k I had the oppor tun ity to t:1l l, wit h Glenn concerni ng the Vice P res i­d ent"x SUlllmer Youth Sports and Reel'e ­ation f'mgrnill. He s uggested that I contact you in onl e r to get th e fo llo \\"in g" ope n lette r in to the com ing issue of the MG.

THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SUMMER YOUTH SPORTS AN D RECREATION

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s umm er sports and recrea tion progra ms is be in g coordin a ted through the Presid e nt's Counci l on Physical Fitness and Sports a nd the P res ident' s Council on Youth Op­pOI·tunity w hich are ch a ired by Vic e P resi­dent Humph rey. Since Ma rch 1967, when the President's Council on youth Oppor­tunity came into existen c e, field repre­senta tives from that office h ave been wor ki ng very c lose ly with a Youth Co­ordina t or assigned by th e Mayor in each of th e 50 cities to coordinate overa ll s ports a nd ,'ecreation progra ms with in their respective cities . They are to h ave en­listed th e cooperation of Federa l, State a nd city Gover nments in all progra ms serving youth of this Country a nd in par­ticul a r the di sa dva ntaged areas of the inn er -city. Th e t as k of "The Vice P resi­dent's Summer Youth Sports and Recre­ation Program" is to help in the imp lementati on of ongo ing pr og rams to assist in serving the community in a var i­ety of a reas based upon their requ ests in order to enr ic h existing prog rams. A va ri ety of consultants ha ve been hired by the Na tional Office to serve in this ca­pac ity in the entire r ange of recreation through specific areas of sports. Th e at h ­leti c co nsultant 's main function wi ll be visit a t io n of many citi es a nd t o pe r f orm sport c lini cs relative to their p r ofess ion or s kills . Coordin a tion of a ll of these efforts wi ll be the responsibility of the Na tional Office."

George Hery and I a r e the Gymnas t ic Consulta nts for t h e V ice P r e s ident 's St1ln -

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m er Yo uth Sports and Recreation PrognUll. Our joh is to put on gymnas tic exhihition' and clin ics throughout t h e Cou ntry , In the disadvantaged a r eas o f the in n e l'­citie.s . Our rn a in goa l is to furth e r gylll­nfl st ics and to h elp th e youth of our Cou n­tr)'. It is for the above reason, that I a l.n a s king h e lp fronl a ll of o ur gymnast ic r eader s. We need coaches and gynllHlsts to tene h denl o nstrate , and put o n gY lllnast ic e xh ibitions at the target c ity s ites .. If yo u are s ince r e ly interested in promotIng our s port of gymnas ti cs please contact . t h e Youth Coordinator in your c ity. B elow IS a list of th e cit ies to be vis ited , th e pl'Oposed dates of th e tou r , the you t h Coordinator .fl nd hi s t elephone number. Also listed be­low i, a li s t of t h e team m e mbe r s of th e ~ulnnler tour.

TEA:'.! ME:'.[BE1U,: Gymnas tic: i\Iil<e Jacob.son, George l-I e l'Y . Swinl lnin g: Donna d e Val'o na, C hri s Yon 51:1tz:1, Terri Stickles. Judo : Ken Santiago, B e n Ca mpbel l. Foot­ball: R. C. Owens . Baseball : Don New ­c ombe, Larry Doby. Traek a nd Fi eld: , Vil ­li e May, John Thoma s , Ira Dans, I ra Murch ison, ' Villye 'Vhite, Ralph Boston , Edith Baguire. Basketball : 'Voddy Sali ,­bur y.

Past ex peri ence has d emonstra ted that gY lnnas tic s, because of the sw ift a~ld p os.i­tiye re.s u lts , is ideal fo r program Input In the probtem a r eas of our c.ountry. H er e is your opportunity to nlake a mean ingfu l and pos iti ve contribution.

Gymnasticall y yours, Mike J acobson Head Gymnast ic Coach

Unive r s ity o f Lo,va Gymnastic Consu ltant

Vice Pres id ent's Summ er youth Sports and Ree l'ent ion Progranl

Assoc. Ed: We understand·, too , that the . Nissen Corp oration is don ating much of th e gymn as t ic equipment to be used on the tour. Th e ir support of thIS t our IS a fine contribution t o the fitness program a nd to th e promotion of gymnastics .

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WHY? THE TRAMPOLINE! fh ./"hll IT'. Hillds, Jr .. Gr1lll/aslie Coach

(."0/1I111bIlS Sr. High S(·h~o/.· (; 0/1I111bIlS. IlIrI.

\\"h (1 \'i' hy did the 1C:\ i\ Execuli l't· Ctlllllllille(' dirt'(,t the G ym na , ti (' Rul, ·, Ctlll llllill(' (' Itl "'1 up an NCA A Trampoline C ha il lpion , hip '! Wh y did till' Gy mn as tic Rul ,,>' CO llllllill pl' vo l .. to ho ld the NCA I\ Tra mpo lin e Champion , hip , at a diffe rt'nl lim e a nd pl at'( ' Ihan tilt' Gymna,ti(' C ha m pi · tln>,hiw') Wh y did Ilw Rule, Commilt ee ,'olt' Ihal Ihl' tramptllinc ('vpnl not be ill H e~ itlnal or Co nfl'l"t'nct' Gy mna, li c Cham pi· on ,. hip<) \X ' hy did th.. HuiP, CO llllnitt(,(, "01 " Ihat the trampoline s hould not Iw ('o nlt'sted In dual gy mnas ti c nH'l' ts'? Why ~l' I H1ra l f> th l' trampoline ·ev('nt from gym· na~ ti c~ ?

Yes. Why ? Will the NCAA Executi ve Committee or the Gymnastic Hul e, Commit ­tee ever i!ive an explanati on fu r the ir a c­ti ons? Or, is the gymnasti c com munit y ex pec ted to ad jus t to the ir actions without an y e xp lanation as to Why? What e ffec t will th eir ac ti on s have upon A me ri can gy nllla, tic,? On e can only speculat e a s to the an swer to thi s las t question.

For the past several yea rs ther e has been much cont rove rsy re lative to the trampoline as a gy mnastic event. Jus t las t ye ar the NCAA Ex ecuti ve Committee rul es tha t it wou ld no longer be a gymnasti c event. They dropped it co mplete ly from college gy m ­nasti cs. Basica lly their reasoning was r e­port ed to be that it was an unsafe event and that the athl e tic direc tors looked upon it a s a n cxpen, ive event in terms o f Schola r­ships, travel , e tc . for trampolini s ts or for a specia li s t. H oweve r, before the 1967-68 season b egan the trampoline a s an event was r einsta ted by the NCAA a nd was active ly contested in all m ee ts during the past season.

Why then does the I CAA Executive Committee n ow do another "about ·face" and dire c t the coll ege gymnasti c co mmun· it y to es ta bli s h a separate c hampions hip for trampolin e'? It is obvious that th ey are attempt ing to separate the "art" o f Ira m­polining from gy mnas ti cs. But , are they

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al !"-Il atlc 'l lll'lill i-! In dC' :-, lrIlY 11ll' :-; porl of Ir"IIII'"lillill ~ bl Iii " 11II1I·din·r l ItT iIni'llll' of Pllilill ~ it Oil il :-; OWIl '~ Il a\'illl!" fa il ed in rulill ~ " ul Iii" Iralll l'" lint ' in 1'!(,7 an' Ih ry now :-:t'\'k ill ~ Hnoliwr wav 10 aholi:-:.h it '~ They 1110:,1 '('(' rlainl y arc - ,'lwan' (If th e stlr­V('y .. "ndllt'll·d by Ill' . J)unn la,t Hl mmer in which it wa!" sho wn that a major it y of th" c"I I""", cnaches fa vored Ih at th" tram· p"lin,' ('v'(' nt 1)(' 1<'11 in ~Y llln a' ti c". ])0 th" y ael s from COlll ill un COIl:'t'Il SlI S, v('~ I f'd int e- rf's t:" or w ith a lark (If kn"wledge '? Wh y was the ~Y IllJ1 as ti(' ('fllllllluni ly nol cOIl !-' ulled prior 10 th"ir actinn ? Wh('l''' is the jus lifi ca ti"n in th " ir deeds?

As>' umin", that Ih .. Execulivc Comm ittee's a('tinn will'stand. the n wh y did th e NCAA Gym nas ti c Rul .. , Commi tt ee furth er se par· a te th .. tram po line e v('nt from gymnasti cs by voti n ~ no t to con test thi , event in du al or championships mee t'? S urely, nn such an imporlanl mow' a , thi s they cou ld have con, ltll ed more of the gymnasti c commun­it y. T hey kno w that Dr. Dunn's survey s howed the w ishes o f th e co ll ege gy mnastic ('oa ches las t Slimm e r to be keep the tram ­!,alille. Wh y were the hi gh school coach es o f ' our ('ountry no t conl ac ted ? iVluch is at s tah' for Ihe m when th e coll eges a lt e r the S port of Gymnasti cs.

Will the s port o f trampolinin g survi ve as a ~ ... parate s port" It is doubtful , for what co llege can a ffo rd to field a trampo· line tea m. Also , th e re are fe w enough col· lege gymnasti c coaches, le t al one trampolin e "oaches, around our coun try In establi sh I"a ms. There is lillie dou ht but that s pec­lalors enjoy wat ching boys bounce, ye t how "an a full fl edged du a l mee t he develo ped 10 allract s pec lat o rs and hold their int e r· e, t. W hat wou ld happen to the pole vault as an event if it we re sudde nl y dro pped fmm track ancl es tabli shed as a separat e s port? Or, for th at mattcr, I he huri zonlal iIar ? Yes, it appears as though the NCAA has fin a ll y d ea lt the on l y Ameri can con · trihution to i!Y lllnas ti cs, the tra mpolin e, a d(' a th blow. On e can only hope tha t thi s i" not true ,

As for th e long range e ff ect the loss of Ihe trampoline event w ill have on college gymnasti cs. o ll e can only guess . However, certain imnw diat e e ffects are inherent in th e 10",. It wi ll sh ort en the time in vo lved in runninl! mee ls and wil l a lso reduce the cos t in o};taining personnel for a gy mnasti c team. Coaches will h ave one less event to coach. T heo re t ica ll y mo re ~ pace in workou t area, wi ll be avai lable . Are these "advant­ages" worth it ? H ow will s pec tat ors reac t when they no lon ge r see the trampoline e ,'en t at a gym nastics meet ? Will Ihey reo turn ?

Fin all y and m ore imporl an t to m an y gymnas ti c enthus ia s ts and coaches is the ult imate effec t t he loss of the trampolin e in gy mn astic, on the co ll ege leve l will havl' on A meri can Gymnast ics in the va ri ou s high schools of Ihe country. Again , one can onl y s peculat e as to the o ut come . H owevpr. again Ihe college communit y has affronl ed hi gh school coaches throughout our country by not all ow inp: th em to have a say in a maj or s tep in th e tota l gymna" ti c progra m.

It is the s in ce re conce rn of thi s coach that the hi l! h schoo l do not follow the col· leges and drop th e trampoline even t from gym nastics. Furthermore , it is the op ini on o f thi s coach that if the hi gh schoo ls main· ta in th e trampolin e event as a vigoro us part o f th e ir gy mna sti c prog ra m in due tllne it w ill be re in stat ed as a part of the co llege gymnasti c program. A t lea, t it is h o ped, s ince thi s appea rs to be the onl y alt e rnative to save th e trampolin e event as a n American contribution to tlw S port of Gymnasti cs,

LETTERS SPEED READ ER

Gentl em en: I ,,"ould li k e to comm e nt o n th e poo r

Ill e thod of th e sending of yOU l' magazin e. A~ of thi s le tt e r. I h aye not y e t r ec-e i\" ed Illy i\Iay issue . I beli eve that Y,our ,Illag'a ­zin e s hould be sent out earli er III th e m o nt h .

An uth er ('ornplaint i ~ th e lack of content. SeYel'al years ago, In aybe 4 a i' 5, your ~Iod ern Gyrnnast ::Uagazine 'was fal1ta ~ ti (: , ho \\" e \' e r th e quality ha s great ly deteri o r­ated, w hieh n1n ke~ the sllb~c rip tion rate ITIu (; h too hig h . I don' t kno w whal has c hanged it s o mut.:h , but I hop e it ca n be corr ec ted . Three yenr s ngo 1 :-;pe nt h ours r ead ing- y our current a nd back i s~ u e!-)" Especially inter es ting w er e th e pag'e.::-; 0 1 photo sequences o n the diffe re nt ap­pal'<.ltuses, But now th e Inagnzlll es come::; and I h a rdl y s p end fh'e minu te" thumb­ing through it.

rrhank you very IlHICh f,or r ecHli ng' ill Y le tter, I h op e it will h elp in llluldng yo ur ll1agazin e ns popula r as it lI sed t o be,

Your~ truly, Dia ne ]-farti llanse North B erge n', :-1 .. 1.

ED: We h ope this edition gives you hours of reading pleasure. F or a ll of you who would like to I' ea d some of those f abu lous back MG editions, see MG inventory spe­cial a d in thi s issue,

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.:\ I od erll UYlllnast r wa~ part i('ula l'ly !"l l' lI{'k bv th e arli ~ ti (' heal.it" of th e ( ' II\'€, I' , ( Laiho d;,ing' hig h s('i:--sor s on S, H, ) In fa c t ] wa:-; :-;0 impres sed] could n't g-e t th e th ing out flf ill Y Ill ind , ~ () l finnlly de( ' id pc1 to d,: . sOIll E·th ing' ahout it. 1 '111 :-:uI'e you are awnre o f t he pr(;' se nt fad t'o IH'e l'ning la rge , mou ntahle pil()tog'l'a phs of 111 o \' ie ~ t a r~ (Bo­ga r t , Jallles D ea n, etc . ) T though t that po~s ihl~' th e !"tun e :-:Ol' t o f thing; could hE" cl onp with th e photo nl entiolled ahO\·l'. I ~ t h e l'( ' :--(1111«:' \\ .... } ~. T ('ould nht; tin l' ithe r ;1 ('UP" flf th e origina l ph otr1graph (('olltnin­i llg'" lithngl'aphi l' <l o t:-;) or it n eg;l th·e til' lh €' ~allle'? , .. I s hall be loo l.;illf forwill'(l t(l he;ll'inp; fl'OI11 you.

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Ed: We have had many requests for l arge photos from the MG . .. We have found a n economicol sou,'ce fo r large photo blowup s of 2 by 3 feet (see ad thi s edi ti on) for ju st $4.50 . . , Therefore any M G read­er who would l ike to h ave a big wall photo of himse l f in ac ti o n (or a ny MG photo th a t has ap pe a red in th e magazine, that we have a nega tive fa,,) just send us your neg (or photo request) along with check for $4.50 ( plus 5% tax for Calif. residents) and we will send you your photo blowup in a few days postpaid. Th is is another MG service to he lp stimu late interest in our wonderfu l spor t . .. You can even have a gi a nt t eam picture made for your coach to put up in his office (a great gift for your coach, especially if you have· h ad a good t eam this year).

WHY NOT 3V2 MIL LI ON GYMNASTS ?

1'11', A, 13 ru t.:e Fred erick c / o :\loc1 ern GY llln as t D en r Bruee :

1 fee l I Illu st )' e~ }l ()nd to YO UI' t.:Olllln e nts ill yo ur artic le "Th e Complet.e Book in ( :YIlIII, I:-; ti c-s" w hi ch appe;l l'ec1 in t h e F eb ­l'llal'y b s ue of t h e Modern Gymn ast . r 1l1u st r es pond beca u:-;e of illY be l ief in th e w orth (I f gym nas tic s lIo t {lil ly for a f ew <: h;un piun pe rronner~ but fur a ll buys an d g'il'l s and for all young' men and '\·Olll e n . 1 he li e"e tha t gTll lna:-;tics i:s to a ll spor ts what 1-::ng'­li sh is t o a ll lea rlli ng· ( in Engli sh spea ldng' cllu ntl'i l.:'s). ( :YlI lna:-:lIl'!-) i:-: basic. It i:-; al:-:CI an outsta nding sport :1.n(l for tho!'5e of us in \·o l.\' ed in il , th e I;(-' st 011.e flf thenl a ll.

Th e ultimate ob jeet iYe of the s port of gyrnna~t i cs is not to w in six gold, f ive s il ver , and three bronze m e dal s in the Olympie Gam es. It is to bring joy and sat­isfaction in achi evenlent and in n o ting­progl' e~!'5 nlade, in bringing ilnpro\'ed he a l th and phys ica l fitn ess, and in produ<.:ing impro\" eci em o ti·onal h ea lth through d eve l-

op ing :-;e lr cunrid c nce ill a:-; larg"e ; 1 nlllll­I)c r of p eopl e as possihlc. Th e O IYlllpic (;:II11 e!-5 Scl"\"e the!-)c ell d:-;. The C;; lllleS aI"(' a part of t h e 1l1 Can!-5 t o t h e end. T' ll ey a r e n OL the end. " :-5Ol11e may f eel t h at we in gYII1 Il<:l s lic: :-; h a\'e ;Irrh'td as 1' :11' a :-; llu lllh t' r :-; HI" partici­panl s arc concern ed , Aren"t th er e hllll dred ~ of p eople at t h e c li llic~ in Sa ra ::;ota , Un i­\" c r sity o f C;l lifor nia, U ni versity o f "i\lassa­c hll setl:-;, and a t a Ilunlbel' fl f ~ ,th e r :-;? j :-;n't ther e c ity cOlll p etition in ~ li a llli , C h h..:;lg"o , a nd ..:\" e w York'! Thi !:) i sn't g"uod ell oug'h : I nteres t in t hi s sport :-:; h ou ld b e of su c h extent thal :It l ea s t two c lini ('s each yea r attended l )'y se\'eral hUlldred are Il t!ces;-i<\ r y ill eac h o f t h e fifty s tates" .E \"ery high sch ou l and co ll ege s hou l d ha\" e a {"Olll lh.: ti ­ti\" e g'y llllla :-;l ic l eanl f or m en and fo r \\".tJlllell, GYl11nas ti C:':i :':i h ou l tl be taug"ht in e \" e r y p h ysi<.;a l educatio n program :llld in­cluded in e\"er y intl"anl11ra l progT<lm . Th ere ::;hOllld be age g r oup com p e tition f o r boys a nd g ir'ls as th er e is in ~ will1llling" , Bas ­k etlJa ll is p layed everywh ere. ' V h y not gY IllIl;t:-;tics ': Acc,: Jl'ding' to th e Athlet ic 1n­:s titule SPOl" t ;o;cope (\'01. X L, .:\"0. 1) th en · Were iI to t a l of () \'e r :P/:! Illl i li on pa rti c i pants ill Im,I"' Lba ll. C;Ylllllastic' had 100 ,I):lS par­tic ipants in J~G6 . \,Ohy n o t ::lh l }l illi o n paJ'­lil-i pa llt s ill gY lllna :-:; ti cs'!

To l11ake e ffor ts towar d su c h n broac1l "\' based progTanl wou l d o}J \" iou::; ly b e \"e l' .)" 'tr enuuus for th e r el ath'el y f ew "'ith th e n ~l.:e~sal'Y l(nowi edge a nd skill in g~'m­n ast i cs. Our h undred or f ew er top flI g ht gYlllnast~ cou ld no t b e g i \'en th e undi­\'id ed auen tion o f O lll' top f l igh t coac h es b eca u se th ese coaches would b e busy h elp­illg 111any thou sands or p erhaps a llli ll ion children. Our s t a nding in t h e O lympic C;U1l1e::; ln ig ht d r op fro ln se\"enth to eighth place during o n e O IY lllpic peri od but we wou ld t h en come up to dominate and w ould c..:ontinu e t o d Olll ina te s i mply be­cause t h e b r oad er t h e base o f a pyramid Lh e higher i t can b e built.

1 know 1'1'0111 fru s trat ing p er sona l experi ­en ces that ther e a r e n either enoug h t eams nor eno ugh gymnasts around. Twenty year s ago I s tarted a gY ln nu::; ti c tea ln n t Duke Univer sity. GYlnna:-:;t i c!::i was not g"i \' ­ell "arsity s Latus (and p robably ri g htly , al ­thoug'h 1 W(l!:) so nlad I r esign ed) because t h e nea r es t conlpet i to r s w er e o\"p r 300 Inile!:) away (Da\'e Fie ld's Unh'en ; ity of Maryland t eam and L y l e vV cl,er 's Georgia T ec h t eam) . At Cort la nd Sta t e T eaeh ers C'u ll ege in the late fifti es n one of the h oys on illY g'Y ll1 nast i c t ea ln h ad had previous exp eri ence, Vve wanted t o com p ete - in addition to sprea ding the gosp el thro u g h d e ll1on::-:trations and exh i b i tions. Syr acuse L;nh'ersi ty wa!:) the onl y s<.:hoo l r easnnalJ l y n ear. T h ey macle u , 100 1< fooli sh - an d e,p ec ially to Lh e sophl1lori (; faculty a nd ::itudents at Cortla nd who wanted so much to id en tify thenl:-:;e l ve!:) \v ith "giant kill e r~ . " O h , h uw we di sappoi nted tho:-:;e a nn cha ir "tigers"! i\ly sons Jilll111Y and Tiln w ere cl u i ng ful l twisting a l Lernates, do uble full t\\"istt:'r~ in t l llllb li ng. back l e\"e r :--, hand­:->ta nd s, dis l oca t es, and inloeate::; on t h e s lill ring"s; planches. valtl ez, e tc., in fl oo r (;:xerc i se \\'hen they were !J and 10 yea r s o ld and Inem lJer s o f t h e ~li ss i:-; s ippi TUln ­IJI ing T ot, and T een s. When w e came to ~U)IT ::i, Connect ic ut, they w er e r egarded ;IS " odd balls" u r "boys 1'1'uln ~Lal's" by th eir p eers a L K O. ::;m i Lh J lig h ::;eh ool IJ ec<..l use nu u n e did gymna sti cs. H", a nyulle e , 'e r ta llied up th ,' numher of high sch oo l s wh i ch do n ot ha \"e gym ­Jla!-jti(; t eanls'! Out of abou t 10 co l l eg"es in Connee ticu t on l y o n e has a c..:om p etiti \"e t eanl!

\ 'Ve must e:-;ta blish gymnas t ic progTanls in a gT ea t er j lurnber of h igh sc..: h oo l s, Y,l\!. and Y .\V.C,A. '!:), co lleges, and uni\"er s i t i e:-;, T u do thi s we lll U::-;t s timulate g r eater public apPl'ec iation of alld interes t i n OU I' sp or t. There are 111an y ways t o do t h i~ -lde\'ising- oi Il lee t:-;, sp eeding' up of m eet:-;. educat i ng as t o \'alu es , ge tting Ilc\\-Spapel ' space, e t c. O n e o f th e m :))'e efiee tive Ill e thud!j, at l ea Ht on the local I E' \"e l , i:-; through an exhibitiun a nd demun:-;t r at io ll gTUUIJ. It t akes Hever a l y ean.; to cl e\'t' lop - frulll "s(;ratch " - a g r oup \\'ith a l e \'el of ~kill in the cOlll p e titi\' c g'Ylllna st i c~ ey ents s uff icien t to a tt r a<.: t sp ec ta tors to <l g"YlllI1H!j t i e tlCIlH)Il ::i ll'Lll i": lIl. If th ey \\"{JJl'l

<':,: llll e h l)\\' call yuu de\'el o !> I ht'il' interL':"">t alld su ppu r t'? l ) uring the finH Yt.:a r :-; o f a ne\\" gY IllIlHStiC!':i dub wh il e IlH.! llllJer:-; are tryillg t o d eve lop publi c :'"i UpJ)fl l'l , ladder balancing', pyralllid IJuild ing- , JlI;I~S \"(tUll­i ng, ~ing' l e!j , d oulJl eH and tripl e!:) bala n c ing (wh i c h are r elati\'el y ea sy to leaI'll) call enalJle the gT OU p t u pre=--ellt <I ll i nt~rest i ng' d emonstr ation and th e r ehy elidt SUPPOI't" These a<..:tiyities ca n "car r y" t h e hudd i ng" c() lllpe titi\"e gYllinaH t s whill.: they a r e d e ­\"e l(Jp ing- th eir sk ill !:) t o a point wh er e th ey are inler es ting e noug'h that p eopl e wi ll e:Olne tv see t h e ln p erfunn.

But a s id e from thi s , th e I..'x h ibition Hn d

UL:II l lJll s tratioll ac ti v iti es l"l: la ted t il g" ~ ' 111-n <.u-; ti c:-; h :t\'e illh e r ent \';tltll ':-; , Sillg"l t,:-; , u ()uu l es alld U "i pl es Int};III("illg' tl~ '\ " l' IHp strellgt h. iJal a IH.:e, flexi l)ility. :111 11 =--t.: If­cUli f idellcl: and. a n .: sa ti s fy ill g" a l ill t.: lljuy­;t1,1 l:, Th e bi "~' - IJ fJ ll ed SU"O l lg 1)11,\" 1I \:ly lIul b eco lll e a t:iHlIllpion g Ylllllast but h e ("a ll lJ(::conH.! a gouu ulld er st :llltiel". A ll ('<I ll !"l ' ­

e:ei\"e t h(:: plaudit::; o( th e c r owd ill ladd er balallcillg alld pyramid building', (;Y II1-n<L s ti c::; has a h eart uig enoug h l o i ll v itt , a l l. I t's nut a s lIo b!

Exhiuition and u e llllJll sl rati o n ':"';TOIlP=-­can IH'(Jv id.e a. IHost wor thwhi l e ed u(;;ltioll;1I expe ri e llce (,o r bOlh pa rti c i pallt:.; alld =-- Pt.:c..:­tato!"!s when th ey a r e well dirccted"

This Je tte l' tu rn t: d (J u t Lu u e rath er 10 1lg' b u t th e p{J i nts I' ve m ade, 1 be li e \"e ;Ire iIn portan L h "inu e:-; t r eg"ards,

!:i in(;erely, Dr. J am es A. Ba l ey , A:-;::;uc iate IJl'ufessor of I Jh y:::;il"a l Educat io ll U nivel'::5 i ty of COll n ec..: licut SUJlT:::i, Conn, 06 -t ~7

ED : We h ope m any of our M G reade r s h ave t a k en th e t ime t o re a d D r. B a ley ' s l etters and hi s fo rmu l a f o r star t ing a p ro ­gra m in gymna sti cs through exh ibit io n gro ups a nd dem ons t r a t io n s . .. for fur~ th er info rm a tion and progra m id eas writ e di"e c tl y to Dr . B a l ey a t the Univers ity o f Connecticu t .

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SECOND ANNUAL GYMNASTIC SEM INAR

SEM INAR I Sun,. Aug . I I , 5 pm to Fri ., Aug. 16, 4 pm

SEMINAR I I Sun ., Aug . 18, 5 pm to Fri., Aug. 23, 4 pm

SEMINAR II I Sun., Aug . 25, 5 pm to Fr i., Aug . 30 , 4 pm

at the Tait McKenzie Physical Education and

Rec re ation Centre York Univers ity, Dept . Ph ysi cal Education 4700 Keele St., Downsv iew, Toronto, Ont.

For Informat ion phone 635-2347 INSTRUCTORS:

Mr. Tom Zi v ic, Graduate Pro f essor o f Ph ysica l Culture, Republ ic of Yugoslavia

M r , Boris Bo j in, Pro f essor National School o f Phys ical Educotion, Belgrade Women 's Nation a l Coach , Yugoslavi a WHO IS ELI GIBLE :

GYMNASTS: M en : 12-20 years inclus ive as o f August I, 1968. Women: 12-18 yea rs inclusive as of August 1, 1968, Maximum number per Seminar: 50 men, 50 women.

COACHE S: Men-Women: Schoo l, Univer­sity or Club Coaches, Maximum number per seminar: 20 men, 20 women. COURSE DESCRIPTION: I . THREE ONE W EEK SEM INARS:

Due t o lost year 's large respon se stu­dents and coaches wi II be perm itted to register f or ON E SE SS ION ON LY. A second sess ion wi l l b e permitted if t here a re any vacancies.

TWO IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY

The Modern Gymnast and Mademoiselle Gymnast

The Modern Gymnast in ove r ten years of publi cat ion has proven ot be the out· standing journal in gymnast ics In th e Engl ish language. Each issue con tains up·to·date arti cles dealing wi th import· ant issues, progressive techniques and research. The M.G. lets you know what's going on in gymnas ti cs and has an im­pressive international circu lation and cove rage. Teachers in sixty foreign countries have been regul ar subscribers to the M.G.

Recently, Th e Modern Gymnast has become th e vo ice of th e United States Gymnastic Federation which for the pas t fi ve yea rs has been grow ing and through its membersh ip has supplied key leadership in gymnast ics at all

levels in the United States and abroa d. Mademoiselle Gymnast is new and femin­

ine. The em phasis for Mlle . wi ll co n­tinue to be published materials which are prepared for th e schoo l physical educator. All aspects of the femi nine program are consi dered and inclu de modern rhythmi c gymnastics (ball s, ro.pes , hoops, etc .), apparatus progres­sions, tra nslated foreign mater ials an d other important regular features and editorials.

The Modern Gymnast (10 iss ues per yea r) 1 Year $5.00 ; 2 Years $9.00, 3 Years $12.00. P.O. Box 611 , Santa Monica, Cal if. 90406.

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Fo r each pr int, send $4 .50 check o r money o rder . Your n egat iv e and en­largement wil l be sen t to you p os t ­paid .

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2. Gymnasts will be ev ...... ,uated ob jectivel y by the inst ructors, using v ideo tope rep lay methods pr ior to the fi rst day o f classes , Each gymnast will be in a group w it h o thers of simila r ability,

3. COACHES: Will rece ive theo ry as well as practical sess ions, The curriculum is designed primarily for the H igh School, Agenc y and Cl ub Coach. Theory lectures and discu ssions during the m orn ing will be f oll owed by p ract ical app licotion in the afternoon.

FE ES: $30.00 per seminar ACCOMMODAT ION:

$3.00 per day-a l imited number o f residence rooms are available at the uni ­versity. FOOD:

A cafeteria is av ailable f or meals ap­proximote cost: 53 .00 per day. NOT E: No wee ke nd acc ommodation is available, gymnasts and coaches must arrive on Sunda y a nd deport by Friday P.M. MED ICAL:

All gymnasts are required to have a medica l checkup p r ior to attending the Sem inar, Medical certi f icates must accom­pany the appl ica tion f orm. FACILI TI ES:

York University offers excellent facili ­ties. Two g ymnasiums capable of handl ing over 100 gymnasts .

A 25 meter swimming poo l, tennis and squash courts as well as playing fields ore available f or recreati onal use,

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Meet Director Art Shurl ock ) kept the audi en ce on their t oes. With this starting p o int , it was no t diffi ­cult to inspire the compet ing gym­nasts.

T oby T owson performed th e cleanest fl oor -ex routine I have ever seen . I counted but three o ne­tenth deductions and so cannot dispute th e judges' score. Sid Freud­enstein , on the o ther hand, was not about t o let Towson off easily , as was e v idenced by his perform­once. On side horse, Dennis Ramsey, simpl y had t oo muc h co n­centrated difficulty, and t oo f ew mistakes to sco re below 9 .6 . Ni s­sinen performed flank- in , immedi­ate m oore and loter a moore immediate stocklj down (t ravell ing ru ss ian moore ), but locked a suf­ficientl y difficult dismount. Hos­kin 's dismount (0 one and on-holf twi st ) was t oo difficult f or his own good, as he split hi s legs and barely pulled it around.

The rings performers were well above average. There were two locked arm shoots to handstand (Chaplan and Rochell ), a beaut iful shoot t o inve rted cross (Sa kodo). abou t 5 cross pull-outs (two apiece by Sakoda and Wolden). a bock kip to planche (Chaplan), with the dis ­mounts evenl y splits between dou­b le fl yaways and full twist s, and two Azaryans (bo th by Rochell of Stanford).

Long horse, for a change, wa s made an exciting event. This wa s accompl ished by all owing the gym­nast ta see t he score fo r his first vault be fore deciding whether t o attempt a second. This brought crowd attention into the act with cr ies o f " Jump, Jump" and " Do it," etc. Lorry Bassist (UCLA ) en­countered diff iculties with the beat board sliding into the horse when h e ju mped on it . He set a new record for the Classic with f our vau lts a ttempted.

Pa ra lle l bars was highl ighted, f or once, by d ivers ity of dismounts; front-offs and back-offs (with and without tw ists) were perfor med. Mos t notable, however , was Ni s­sinen ' s d ouble bock somie di s­mount. Grigsby's rapid rattl e peach t o handstand and Don Connell y's unique technique on stutz-near handst and, immediate back over­bar were also memorable.

High bar was a close bottle be­tween Kanati A l len (who made fewer mistakes) and Sid Freuden­stein (who performed the h ighest double bock in this reporter 's memory; when he opened up, he was still two feet above the bar !) This competition will be one o f those which will be hotl y argued for sometime to come - Freuden­stein or A ll en?

At the finale, Toby (Perfect ) Towson was awarded the outs tand­ing individual perfo rmance o f the meet award while Mauna Niss inen well deserved the outstanding ath­lete of the meet award. As he turned to the audience t o acknowl­edge their app lause, Nissinen, the last word in class, climaxed a meet which, itself, will be long remem­bered by all.

Results FX : Toby Towson (MSU) 9.70 ,

Freudenste in (Co l) 9 .65 , Darryl De­Pue (SFV) 9 . 15. SH : Dennis Ram­sey (BYU) 9.6, Mauno Nissinen (Wash) 9.25, Gory Hoskins (CSLA) 9.15. R: Mickey Chaplon (UCLA ) 9.4, Ken Sakoda (UCLA ) 9.35 , Chuck Wolden (SFV) 9.30. LH : Ti e between Bruce Coulter (CSLA) and Towson 9.45, Richard Grigsby (CFV) 9.4 . PB: Tie between Nissinen and Grigsby 9.4, Don Connell y (USC ) 9.2. HB: Kanati Allen (UCLA) 9.55, Freudenstein 9 .50, Nissinen 9.35.

Outstanding Athl et e of the M eet : Mauna Nissinen.

Outstand ing Indiv idual Perform­ance af the Meet : Toby Towson.

Winning Routines FX: Tab y Towson: Handspring ,

pike front, handspring; f orward roll straddling through t o a press to handstand, half pirouette, pike down to stand; RO, FF, whipback , bock with step out t o bock walk­over; straddle down to straddle support, press bock t o handstand, '14 p irouette , step down; RO, half-

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twisting flip-fl op , front handspring step out , 3,4 piroue tte to hand­stand, forward ro ll , bock flipfl op, splits, swing rear leg around, pike to a stand, RO, FF , Full.

Freudenst ein: Straddle j u III P , fron t ; RO, FF , Full twi st, FF , . jack­knife t oe t ouch , chest ro ll , toe rise; headspring, RO, FF, pike a rabian, fall and turn 10 sp lits ; st iff-stiff press, front ro ll, bock handspring; fr ont handpsri ng , front, headspring, swedish fall ; leg circle , stand, RO, FF, Layout bock, punch f ront.

SH: Dennis Ramsey : Back Moore, immediate tromlet, loops on the pommel, immediate flank out , loop, immediate shurl ock in, 3 front scissors, 2 bock scisso rs, st ockli down, Schaklln, walkaround, rus ­sian dismount.

R: Mickey Chaplan: Disloca t e locked arm shoot to handstand (ho ld). Chaplan drop, bock kip to p lanche (hold ). loy bock front r ise " L" (hold), hollowback press to handstand (hold). lower to inverted cross (hold). lower through planche to bock lever and pull to iron cross (hold), layback, dislocate, fu ll twisting flyawa y. Ken Sakoda : Disl ocate shoot to inverted cross (hold). layback giant to handstand (ho ld), lower th rou!'lh planche to bock lever and pull through cross t o suppor t and lower to front lever (ho ld ). pul l t o cross (ho ld) pu ll out to " L" (hold), ho llowback press, roll to bock lever (ho ld), disen­gage, d islocate, f ul l twist.

LH : Bruce Coulter: Giant pike handspring. Toby To wson : Hand­spring .

PB : Richard Grigsby: Peach hand, back ove rba r , stutz, cast support, sw inging pirouette t o handstand, drop away, peach, f ront uprise, moore, L , stiff-stiff press to handstand, bock with half o ff. Mauno Nissinen: Cast up, straddle cut t o L, press to hand­stand, backward somersault, stutz . . . cost straddle cut and swing t o h a ndstand, doub le somersault off.

HB : Kanati Allen : Cost, immedi­a t e st oop , dislocate giant, in locate giants, dislocate, hop pirouette , stalder, one to vault catch, swing half tu rn , k ip, pi rouette , p ike f ly­away.

Sid Freudenstein : Jam to eag les, hop out, st oop, takemoto, v ault catch, back kip, german giant, dis­engage with half twist, stra igh t arm kip , pirouette, double f ly­away.

1968 WISCONSIN OPEN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brookfield, Wisconsin February 17, 1968

By James G. Blan ey The 1968 Wisconsin Open Gym­

nastic Championships held Febru­ary 17, 1968 at Brookfield, W is­consin were a great success. Over 500 gymnasts partic ipated. Sixty­f ive teams were enrered. Senior Div ision Men' s team winners were the Cedar Rapids Gym Club; Sr. Women 's team: Eiche Turners. J r . Division men : Milwaukee Turners; Women: Engstrom Gym Club. Nov­ice Division Boys : Milwaukee Swiss Turners· Gi rl s: Milwaukee Swiss Turners : Wisconsin High School Div ision: Milwaukee tJay View H.S.

The 1969 Wisconsin be held February 15, Brookfield East H .S., Wisconsin. Men ' s Senior Div ision :

Open will 1969, at

Brookfield,

AA : Fred Roeth llsberger, Bob Hennecke, Jim Long. FX : Roethlis­berger, Wally Kann, Hennecke. LH : Hennecke, Roethlisberger, Long . Tr : Dennis Harian, Lawrence Ol­son, Kann. SH : Lorry Scull y , Jerry Fontana, Roethl isberger. R: Roeth­l isberger, Hennecke, Dav id Lantry. PB : i{oethlisberger, Hennecke, Don Wollschlager. HB : Roethlisberger, Hennecke, Long. Men' s Jr. Divisi on :

AA : Bill Mohaupt, Mike Todd, Helmut Hartle. FX : Hartle, Mo­houpt, Don Schindhelm. R: Lorry Cillo, Martin Sa vasta, Mohaupt. PB : Savasta, Hartle, Mohaupt. SH : Todd, Louis Boryc, Mohaupt. Tr: Mike Coughlin , Steve Sul ton, Howard Karash. HB : Mohaupt, Sa­vasta, Todd. LH : Paul Walder, Mo-

houpt, John Wamser. M en ' s High Schoo l Division :

AA : Ho ffer (Bayview), Don Jen­nos (Marshall), T o m Li ndner , (B rown Deer ). FX : Dick Airis, P. Zini, Dick Weige l. LH: Jerry Ko­nieck, Dove Quinlan, Ho ffer. R: Wally Borchart, J . Lecher , Keith Fuerst. PB : Lindner, Steve Pri ce, Jannas. SH : B. Bugalski, Bob Tol­man, Da ve Schani. H B: Ru ss Fo rest, Lindner, D. Weigert. Tu : Airi s, Greg Longrie, Pflughoe ft. Wom en ' s Senior Division:

AA : Cindy Hall , Mad,e Wether­ell, Barbaro Bou.er. T r : Nancy Smi th , Vicki Bolinger, Ranae Keup­pel.. FX : Dionne Grayson, Bauer, Eva Farkas. BB : Janet · Ingram, Wetherell, Blythe Bauer. SHV : Hall, Grayson, Bauer. UPB : Welherel l , Bauer, Ingram. Wom en ' s Junior Divisio n :

AA: Cathy Dennison, Diona Sepke, Nancy Word . UPB : Denn i­son, Sepke, Am y Isett. FX : Word, Ise tt, Dennison. SHV : Pam Ch illa , Diane Bondi, Dennison . 8 : Denni­son, Sepke, Ward. Tr: Debb i Reitsch, Diona Honey, Ton i Shel­lenberger .

1968 WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE

CHAMPIONSHIPS W ,S,U ., La Crosse

By James Howard, Gym. Coach The meet was he ld March 15 and

16 at La Crosse. All nine sto le university campuses were rep re ­sented by complete teams. La ­Crosse won the meet for the fifth straight year and displa yed over ­whe lming strength in the indi v idual events. Richard Zaleski, o f La Crosse, won fou r events, 'AA, H B, PB, and R. Zaleski was later voted the Conference' s Most Va luable Gymnast . High lights of the meet were La Crosse ' s 1-2-3-4-5 finish on the para llel bars and their 1-2 -3 fini sh o n the ho r izontal bar. Win­ning the Conference Meet copped a perfe"t I 0-0 season f or the La Crosse gymnasts.

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New York Section V' Sect ion XI St ate Resu lts'

Eastern States Pennsylv a nia

Girl s Boys' Philade lphia

Florida Go ld Coast' Greater M iami**

Kentucky Ind iana* I ll inois' W iscons in Kansas* New Mex ico

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