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~~ .n 0 d -e-·p-n---------- MARCH 1964 SO¢

AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL FITNESS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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THIS EDITION: American prospects for a good showing in the Olympic Games are sometimes much like the weather, everyone talks about it, but not much is done about it. Read Senator Humphrey's positive suggestions for a "WHITE HOUSE SPORTS COMMISSIO_ I " to plan for future Olympic Victory as reo ported by A.Bruce Frederick in his "Gymnastics in Physical Education" col. umn on page 12. . . .Dr. James S. Bosco starts his "Research and Fitness" articles (see opposite page) . Write Jim to let him know what you would like to see under his editing along with any of your Research studies you would like to have him review. All suggestions will be given his full consideration ... Jerry Wright is back with his "What's The Score" including many extras to make up for missing our deadline in the last edition. Be sure and send Jerrv a brief summary of your meet results along with a few personal comments plus a photo or two for use in his report. ... Art Shurlock's "Questions and Pointers" made it in time for this edition in spite of his heavy work load and workout sched· ule (he looks in great shape). If you have a trick you need help with be sure to drop Art a note c/ o M.G. he will answer either in his column or by personal letter. ... For the girls this month Margaret Korondi starts a series on "Artistic Gymnastics" .... Bob May sent us a picture story of "Staircase Acrobatics" which should be very interesting for young girls looking for some special ideas to add to their exhibition routines. You will be able to See Bob May's " Tallahas­see Tumbling Tots" on TV Sunday, April 12th, on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour, as they won a pre lem in Miami on Feb. 16th. Watch for them and vote for them by sending post cards to the Ted Mack Amateur Hour, Box 191, Radio City, lew York.

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NEXT EDITION: Do you know, how many "C" moves World and Olympic Horizontal bar champion, Takashi Ono has in his routine?, You don't? , then be sure to get the next edition of the M.G. where you will find this information along with several other pages devoted to covering the new F.LG. "CODE OF POINTS" and the proposed A, B, C difficulty ratings. There will also be other examples of championship routines noting their degree of difficulty .... The 1964 NCAA Championships which will be held at Los Angeles State this month will be covered with photos, results and winning routines. . . .Besides our many regular features we will include a photo sequence series of Japans great gymnast T AKAMOTO, doing a German giant and also a Hetch dismount from the Horizontal -Bar ... . A new Gymnastic apparatus innovation which is quite unusual with many possible applications will also be pictured .... Do you have trouble remembering all the necessary details in holding a gym meet? Do vou get frantic when you forget the chalk or some other very simple item? , Do not dispair, in the next edition of the M.G. Glen Wilson has made a complete CHECK LIST of all the things to remember and be prepared for when vou run a duel or conference championship . ... For the many art fans and gym­nastic enthusiasts who wrote and asked to see more of Mal Meds Pastel paint­ing there will be another gracing our April cvoer . . . See you then . ... -and in the meantime remember. .. . "GYMNASTICS FOR ALL WITH THE USGF" ... and the USGF Nationals will be held at the University of Iowa on April 16, 17 & 18th, see you all there!!

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RESEARCH and FITNESS by

James S. Bosco, PhD. San Jose State College

The first series of articles will deal with the effects of participat~on in gymnastics activities 'on motor perlonnance or fitness. Motor fitness will include such variables as strength, balance, agility, flexibility, power, speed, and muscular endurance. Readers are urged to submit research reports directly tn the editor.

"A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF POND'S PALAESTRUM GYMNASTICS PROGRAM ON THE KRAUS-WEBER TEST OF MUSCULAR FITNESS OF CHILDREN," RESEARCH PROJECT, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 1956.

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to make a comparison between studies which had been

made on American and European children using the Kraus·Weber test of minimal muscular fitness, and a study of the children participating in a gymnastics program at Pond's Palaestrum. METHOD

The Palaestrum program consisted ot Instruction in tumbling, trampoline and free ex­ercise. Students attended class for one hour, from 1 to 3 times per week, for twelve weeks. Students were classed according to ability rather than chronological age. In general , a beginner was in the program for the 'first time, an advanced beginner had attended one previous 12 week program, an intermediate had attended 2 or more programs and an ad­vanced student had been in the program from l ' to 4 years. At the end of the Sprin:r program, 1956, all students were given the Kraus·Weber 6 item test. The data were tab· ulated and comparisons made with other studies which had used the Kraus-Weber test.

Class Beginners Adv. Beginners Intermediates Advanced Totals

TABLE I PERCENT FAILURES IN EACH CLASS GRADUATION

Time in Program

No. coses 46 15 13 2 1 95

(12 week unit's) 1 2 3 4 (or more)

TABLE II

No. Failures

8 o 1 o 9

% Failures

17.4 0.0 7.7 0.0 9.5

A COMPARISON OF TOTAL NO. OF FAILURES OF POND'S PALAESTRUM STUDENTS AND STUDENTS TESTED IN SEVEN OTHER STUDIES

Studies on American Children

Universi t y of Iowa Study Kraus-Weber Study Slippery Rock State Teachers Study Indiana University Study Pond's Palestrum

% Failures

66.1 57.9 49.7 45.1

9 .5

TABLE III

Kraus Stud ies on European Children % Failures

Austr ia Switzerland Italy

9.5 8.8 8.0

COMPARISON OF KRAUS-WEBER, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, AND PALAESTRUM DATA

ages

Kraus-Weber % Failure, Indiana

Palaestrum

Flexion Kraus-Weber Indiana Failures Palaestrum

Weakness Kraus-Weber Failures Indiana

Palaestrum

ANALYSIS OF DATA CONCLUSIONS:

6 7 54.0 55.0 54. 1 44.9 14 .3 18.2

33.0 40.0 30.7 32. 5

0.0 0.0

39.0 37.0 40.4 20.8 14.3 18 .2

8 6 10 11 12 52.0 54 ... 0 48.0 62.0 65.0 36.1 40.8 50.4 44 .5 44.9

6.1 25.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0

40.0 39.0 44.0 40.0 50.0 31. 1 36.1 45.1 41.4 42.0

6.1 16.7 0.0 0.0 I'\()

27.0 30.0 32.0 40.0 36.0 12.3 15.7 11.2 8.8 7 .2

0.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0

1. There seemed to be a real relationship between percent of failures and the time stu­dents spent under Palaestrum instruction (Table I)

2. Children who had been in the Palaes trum prOl!ram for one or more units com­pared favorably with European children in the Kraus-Weber test and were far superior to other American groups studied. (Table II)

3. The greatest differences when comparing results of the Kraus·Weber and Indiana Studies with the Palaestrum study occured in ages 10 to 12. Except for the percentage of muscular weakness failures which showed a fairly steady decrease from ages 6 through 12 in the Indiana study, all other items in Table III showed a high incidence of failure in the 10 to 12 year age groups of the Indiana and Kraus-Weber test. No failures, what­ever, occured in the 10 to 12 year Palaestrum group suggesting the beneficial results of the Palaestrum program to children at an age when a large proportion of children from all walks of life, exposed to varied programs of physical education, and playing numerous sports, would be failing some item of the Kraus-Weber test of minimal muscular fitn ess.

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['HE OLLER UP GYM TEACHERS

R eport By Niels B. Madsen , Manage r

'lave completed their 3' months' tour of the United States. W e traveled in excess of lO,OOO miles. W e gave exhibitions and/or Ill ·

;truct ion in 85 educational in stitutions in l7 s tates. W e had a press that would be .he eni'y of iI H ollywood star- There were l4 girls, 14 yo ung men, two direc tors and [ in the group. W e sle pt on gym fl oo r>;, in dormitori es, halls, on stages, in locker· rooms, private hom es, hotels, youth hostels­and in ou r charter ed bus. W e took in the maj or sights along the route. We we re S6,000 short of making expenses, m os tly because of the sourness of the AAU, who, instead of aiding us, tri ed to hamper o'ur e ffort s by declaring the group professionals-to the great di scouragement of Ameri can amateur athletic groups. Our purpose- my purpose in partieular­was to stimulate int erest in physical ed uca· tion ,and to contribute towards good inter· national r elationships. As for the latter we couldn't h ave don e be tter. Somewhere along the route the group was given an American fla g. They carri ed it proudly the rest of the way- also during two " home·com ing" exh i· bitions in Denmark- one of wh ich was tele· vised in full -As for the stimulating aspect t hi s tour was to me a fascinatin g journ ey. We were so clea rl y accepted as the " missing link" in our educa tional sys tem that it some times touched me to tears. This. parti cularly with reference to our ins truc tion exploits into fift y·some elementary and secondary schools. I saw what I never thought I should live to see : school di stri ct af ter district reo arrang ing the ir entire daily schedules, some tim es with only 24 hours' noti ce, so that we c(;uld have the gy m at our dis posal. Then they came, class aft er class , led by their teachers, to have us stran gers- with our, to the m, s trange philosophy- take the kid s throug h a period of 'fundam ental gymnasti cs . Then, aftf'r having staff members tell us that they had ne ve r seen nor known anything like thi s be fore, I began to under stand why we're saggin g to the bottom of the Olympi c se parat or- The cold fact is that we haven't enough horse sense to expose our kids to a sensibl e degree of effective physical educa· tion at the time they need it most. To us it was dis tinc tl y apparent how the students stiffen ed physica ll y during the J r. High years, so that , by the time they became high school students, it was already a little late to try to loosen their s tiffened joints-So, in our brief instruction periods we took the pupils to a point where something began to happen to the ir unbalanced musculature- to a point where we " got through" to them. They under stood instincti vely that we were doing it for their sake, rath er than for our sake, for winning someth ing, for "credit". or any other dubious sake . W e r ece ived dozens of le tt e rs from such pupil s who had thu s had a tas te o f something very new. W e have thousands of coaches, good coaches. They coach to win . They pursue and trans·

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mit thi s objec ti ve to the point where tlie 95 rlr of us fi g ure as losers-ancl feel like it. but we're minus the kind of teachers who teach ph)'sical ii/n ess, exclusi vely and on a sc ientifi c bas is. Unti l our teacher trainin !! ins titution s beg in to prod uce such tea che r~ and put the m to work in ele mentary and secondary schools, o ther na tions w ill kee p on making thi s grea t nation look sill y a t the Olympics-H ow did we ge t tha t way ? Why on Earth i. it tha t. whil e other civilized nations ex· ('(" II in group ca li s theni cs to kee p fit. that we s it baek sulking just for th e sake of being different ? W ell! Did yo u ever hear abo ut " progress ivism" invading our educa­ti onal sys tem ? It ori g ina ted wit h John Dewey and hi s foll owers. One of the prin· cipal aims of it was to SEPARATE l\m e r· ican educa tion fro m European tr ad iti ons. and one of the traditions was group calith· the nies rather highly developed . Couldn' l use it in a "progressive" soc ie ty . The con cept PHYSICAL EDUCATION was spli t and splint er ed int o fift y or more sub·subj ec t:; to a point where nobod y knows what it is (o r isn ' t. Same's when yo u cut a n apple inlo fift y or more pieces; you r etain bit s of tas tes, but yo u loose the apple-It ha ppened that t!i'e Oll erup Gym T eacher" toured Turkey an d Greece be fore they a r· ri ved in the United Stat es last Sept e mber. So a t the end of each full two hour exhi· b ition I fin ished off wit h thi s salute:

" This concludes our s tory. What yo u han ' jus t seen accounts for a vit a l aspec t "f

Scandin av ian c ulture whi ch i, pa rt o f our V ikin g·Ang lo Sa xon cultural he rita !!e . It, ori g in i;; tracea blE- to th e ori!!in n l: Dc m· ocracy- to an c ient H e ll as. iVe flrese nt it for your cons ide ration- because. if ac("ep ted and adop ted as an intei!ral part of Am eri can ed· ucation , then we will be on (ollr way toward:; so lving proble ms to w hich solution I1lU" t he found- We tha nk YOLI for lookin i! and f"r li s t enin ~ - -" The Oll erup Gym T eacher, were a !'nnb" lic " missing link" between LI S and OU I: de lllo­crati c ori g in .

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EUROPEAN MEET RESULTS POLAND vS. RUMANtA

in KTacow: 562 .60 - 540.30 Best gymnasts: Rac osa (R), 113.20; W. Kubica , (P) 112.70; Kucharctyk (P), 112.20; N. Kubica (P), 111.15; Kadar (R), 111.05; Jankowicz (P), It 0.05; Orendi (R), 110.35; Jokiet (P), 108. I 0; Toheonu (R), 107.20.

POLAND vs. ITALY in Rome : 557.25 - 560.95

Menichetli ( t), t 14.85; Rokoso (P ), 112.70; Cimnoghi (I), It2.60; Vicardi ( t), 112. tO; Cor· minucci ( t), I I 1.60; Jankowicz (P), I I I. t 0; Kucharczyk (P); 110.80; N. Kub ica (P), I t 0.05; Hawetek (P), 109.65; W . Kubica (P), 108.95; Franceschetti ( I), 107.95; Fiorin (t) , 106.15.

GREAT BRtTAIN vS. BELGUIM in Betguim : 274.85 - 267.70

(Optiona ts onty ) Nick Stuart (GB), 57.85; Desmet (B), 55.60; Trenrlholm (GB), 55.30.

SWEDISH CU P MEN Stig Lindewatl, 56.05, (1 st ptoce Vau tting , P­bars); Bo W irhed, 55.70; Evert Lindgren, 55.60, (t st ptace Sidehorse, H-bar); Leif Koorn, 55.40, (1st ptace Rings); Wil tiam Thoreson, 55.35, ( 1st ptace Free-X); Jan-Ake Fjallby, 54.30; Erik Rosengren, 54.15; Ake Gul tberg, 52.60.

SWEDISH CUP WOMEN Gerota L indaht, 37.30, ( 1 st place Uneven and Bo tance beam); Marie Lundquist , 37.30, ( 1 st Place Free-X); Ewa Rydelt , 37.15; Solveig Egman, 36.65; Utla Lind~om, 36.50; Ami Lambert , 36.30.

* * * BtG TEN CHAMPtONSHtP

at Univ . of Wisconsin , March 7, 1964

The Univers ity of Michigan capt'.r: <:i its third straight Big Ten Gymnastic Championship with 131 pOints. ' Iowa was second with 112% , f o t­towed by Michigan State 93, Wisconsin 77, Itti­~f~~e 41: Minnesota 39'12 , tndiona 9, and Ohio

Att-a round: Jim Curz l, Michigan State, 516.75; Glen Gaitis , towo, 514.75; Fred Roehttisberger , Wisconsin, 508.0; Arno Lasca ri , Michigan, 507.5; Alex Frecsko, Michigan, 483.5; Dav id Price, Michigan State, 455.0; Bilt Eibrink , Minnesota , 444.0; Jim Hopper, Wisconsin , 442.5; Lorry Gteason, Minnesota, 442.25; Ned Duke, Michi­gan, 434.25. Floor exercise: George Hery, Iowa , 87.5; Gailis, 84.5; Roethlisberger, and Mike Henderson, Mich­igan . tied 83.75; Curzi, 81.5. Trampotine : John Homitton, Michigan, and Gary Erwin , Michigan, tied , 96.0; Hery, 95.0; Fred Sander , Michigan, 94.0; Pete Bauer, Wisconsin, 88.7.5 Side horse : Gailis , 92.0; John Etiason, Indiana, 89.75; Tom Arneson, Minnesota, 88.75; Curzi , 88.25; Frecsko, 87.0. Horizontal bar : Curzi , 95.75; Gailis, 92.0; Roeth­lisberger, and Loscari , ti ed 91.25; John Cash­man, Michigan, 89.5. Long horse : Roethlisberger, 90.625; Hery, 89.25; Curzi, 88.375; Sanchez, IItino is, 85.5; Eibrink, 85.125. Parallel bars : La scari , 94.75; T odd Gates, M ich­igan State, 94.5; Roethlisberger , 92.75; Jerry Zovne, Wisconsin , 91.00; Curzi, 86.75. Still rings : Do te Cooper, Michigan State, 97.75; Hopper, 97.0; Gaitis, 85.5; Loscari , and Peart , Iowa, tied , 93.5. Tumbting : Henderson, 89.75; Hamitton, 87 .25; Phit Botton, Michigan, 84.75; Hery, 84.25; Sayre, Iowa, 78.25.

At right: Scenes from the t 964 Big Ten Championships held at the University o f Wisconsin. Photos by Frank Bore.

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USGF Dir ec tor - Fronk 80fP.

THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FED~kATION

March 1964

THE WISCO ISI I OPEN ... saw some 480 entries take part in this excellent event. Hats off to Meet Director, Joe Wenzler and all the others who have helped this annual event grow from sixty entries six years ago to this figure that approaches the 500 mark. The U.S.G.F. is proud to be associated with this event and may it continue to grow.

* * * THE SECOND ANNUAL U.S.G.F. NATIONAL CHAM­PIONSHIPS ... will be held at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, on April 16-18th, 1964. ELITE division for men and women will use the 1964 Olympic Compulsor­ies and th" 1964 CLASS A championships will not use compulsories for this year only. Compulsories for ELTTE trampoline and Tumbling will also be used. Tentative schedule of events:

THURSDAY, April 16th ... all-day practice available. FRIDAY, April 17th ... "ELITE" Compulsories 1 :00

p.m. and 7 :00 p.m. "CLASS A" Preliminaries 1 :00 p.m. and 7 :00 p.m.

SATURDA Y, April 18th . . . " ELITE" Optionals at 10 :00 a.m. and 2 :00 p.m. " CLASS A" Finals at 1 :00 p.m_

EXHIBITIO T BY WINNERS AT 8:00 p.m. in FIELD HOUSE.

ENTRY BLA IKS. COMPULSORY ROUTINES, MOTEL A ID HOTEL I TFORMATION, MAY ALL BE OBTAINED FROM: U.S.C.F. PO Box 4699. TUCSON, ARIZONA.

THIS SUMMER the U.S.F.G. will have prepared Compul­sory routines for the 1965 USGF Nationals. In the same pamphlet which will carry the Elite and Class A required routines we will also carry the Class B and Class C compul­sories. Beginning in 1965 Elite and Class A divisions will be for ages 14 and up (men) and Class B for ages 12-13, with Cla!Os C for ages 11 and under. We do not contemplate a national championship in these age groups (B and C) but do wish to offer these compulsories as guides for phy­sical education cla!Oses and beginning gymnastics teams. The USGr Newsletter and the Modern Gymnast magazine will carry the news that the material is ready. for distribu­tion. Watch for it." AN INTERESTING ARTICLE appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, on Thursday, February 13, 1964. Written by Mr. Red Smith, a noted sports writer from ew York, I believe, the article title was "OUR OLYMPIC TEAM GETS PAT ON BACK." Written concerning the U.S.A.'s performance in Innsbruck, Austria . . . Mr. Smith goes on to say: " IN THE EVENTS THAT INTEREST AMER-

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ICA I KIDS, THE UNITED STATES ATHLETES PER­FORMED CREDITABLY."; and then Mr. Smith goes fur­ther, saying ... "IN OTHER EVENTS, AMERICA DrD NOTHING, JUST AS AMERICA REGULARLY DOES NOTHI G I I GYM ASTICS, SOCCER, CYCLING A ID SO ON IN THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. THE FACT IS, WE DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT CROSS-COU TRY SKIING, AS WE DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT GYM­NASTICS, SOCCER AND CYCLI IG." 'I would ask first of Mr. Smith . . . just who is "we"? Illogical as his ap­proach appears to be, Mr. Smith does present what mi~ht be construed as a tribute to the leadership the AAU has given this sport in the past. I might suggest that Mr. Smith look somewhat farther away than the New York city boun­daries and he might discover several thousands of talented American youngsters who give several "hoots" about gym­nastics.

* * * New Registration rates for the U.S.G.F. Gymnasts (students) ... ..... ..... .......... .. ............... $1.00 per year (includes Newsletter, Card and gold pin the 1st . year.) COACHES AND OFFICIALS .... .. ..... ...... .... ... $2.00 per year (includes card, pin and Newsletter) MODERN GYMNAST SUBSCRIPTIO S will be sent di­rectly to the M.G.

TO ALL OF YOU IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA ... don't forget to m~rk your calendars to include the N.C.A.A. GYMNAST irS rHAMpIONSl-IIPS which will be at LOS ANGELES STATE COLLEGE on MARCH 26-27-28. and since ~here are no conflicting USGF events scheduled for Easter Week it ~hould afford you all a great opportunity to see this finest of school competitions. For information about the meet, dates, times, tickets, events. , etc. , write Mr. Gordon Maddux, Gymnastics Coach, L.A. Statc Col­lege, California.

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TRAMPOLINE AND TUMBLING COMPULSORIES FOR THE "ELITE" DIVISION, 1964 U.S.G.F. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

MEN'S DIVISION Trampoline Routines

ELITE DIVISION 1. % BACK SOMERSAULT, PIKED ... touching an kles mo­

mentarily, to a stomach landing. 2. CODY 'SOMERSAULT (tuck position) . 3. DOUBLE BACK SOMERSAULT (tuck). 4. BARANI (pike position). 5 . BACK SOMERSAULT (layout position) . 6. DOUBLE TWISTING BACK SOMERSAULT. 7 . Front 1 Y2 TWIST­ING SOMERSAULT (rudolph). 8. BACK SOMERSAULT (tuck) . 9. FRONT SWAN DIVE to BACK DROP LANDING. 10. HALF-TWIST OF BODY into an IMMEDIATE BACK SOMERSAULT (piked) to stand. Tumbling Routines

ELl1"~ DIVISION 1. Roundoff, backward handspring, twisting backward hand­

spring, roundoff, backward handspring, double full twisting back­ward somersault. 2. Forward somersault, tinsica (or handspring), forward somersault, tinsica (or handspring) , forward somersault. 3. Roundoff, backward handspring, full twisting backward somer­sault, backward handspring, backward somersault, backward handspring, full twisting. backward somersault. 4. Roundoff, back­ward somersault, backward somersault, backward handspring, backward handspring, backward somersault to immediate forward somersault.

WOMEN'S DIVISION TRAMPOLINE

1. Front with 1 Y2 twist (Rudolph). 2. Back tucked. 3. % back layout. 4. Cody tucked. 5. Barany. 6. Back with full twist. 7. Barany. 8 . Back piked. 9 . Swan dive (layout) . 10; Barany bailout (ba "out with Y2 twist.)

TUMBLING 1 Round-off, back handspring, back flip, back handspring, back

fliiJ. 2. Tinsica, front flip , tinsica , mounter, run front handspring (arched>' 3 . Round-off, back handspring, back flip Y2 twist walk­out, round-off back handspring, layout back flip.

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USGF Trampoline t eam leave f or South Afri ca from BCAC Airlines at Ch icago's International Airpor t. Right to Left : Coach-Gjl Brinkmeyer, Fronk Schmitz, Nancy Smith and Steve Johnson.

U.S.G.F. CREST ORDER NOW! JUST $1.25

THE U.S.G.F. A WARDS SYSTEM for men's events will be ready for March 20:21 and thereafter. We encourage all of you to investigate these awards and use them in your regional events if at all possible. Price list and description may be obtained by writing: THE CHRISTMA LCARNEY CORP .. 171 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. , Sierra Madre, Calif· ornia . Womens events will be ready for April 15th and thereafter. All are very well done and the USFG Nationals will utilize them this year.

THE U.S.G.F. SWEATSHIRTS are ready and orders may be sent to the U.S.G.F. Office. Available in Red, Dark Blue, Light Bl ue, Green, Orange, Beige and Black. Price is $3.25 per shirt which includes shipping cost. Order in Small, Medium or Large and specify color desired. See chart below for area colors.

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YM NAPS At left: Iowa State University 1964 Varsity Gymnastic team (left to right) T om Calhoun, Rolph Westberg, Sears Tonner, Lorry Schreib, Floyd Constant, Mike Carlson, Tim Bumann, Dove Block, Ken Wiggers, Bob Stewart, Lorry Hatfield, Rich Poulsen, Rich Minser, Jim Selby and Coach Ed Gagnier. At lower left top row: superb action photos of lowa G/mnast Rich Poul sen doing a vaul t catch on the high bar, an overbor back on the parallels and a German on the high bar . Bottom row; Rich Minser in a bock fly­away w ith a full t w ist off the high bar (or on second thought perhaps a front flyawa/ with a half t wist). Tom Bumann on the side horse and Bob Stewart doing an overb~r dismount fr<:>m the parallels_

At right: Gymnasts Trom Coach Douglas DeWitt 's Uni­versi t y of Denver Vars ity team; top to bottom, T om Dodd, Tom Hoffman and Ted Nadeau.

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~lta4tte6 in P~4ieat &~ by A. BRUCE FREDERICK· 2125 ARMOUR DRIVE· WILMINGTON 8, DElAWARE

HUMPHREY SUGGESTS " WHITE HOUSE SPORTS COMMISSION"

TO PLAN FOR F UTURE OLYMPIC VICTORY

Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D. , Minn .) has suggested appointment of a "White House Commission on Sports."

A key goal of the Commission would be to outline " a massive grassroots program to improve U.S. performance in fu ture Olym­pic competition."

Humphrey made public a letter which he had written to President Lyndon B. Johnson, suggesting that a Commission be consid­ered as one means to strengthen American amateur athletics'.

The Minnesota Senator reported that Pres­ident J ohnson is " deeply interested in ad­vancing the great sports-fitness program pioneered by the late President Kennedy."

A White House Commission would have many purposes, Humphrey said. It could :

"a. Seek a real istic answer to the grim problem of unfair foreign competition in the form of State-subsidized athletics, particular­ly by Communist-bloc countries;

" b. help avoid the 'family war' within U.S. amateur athletics which threatens to erupt again after the T okyo Olympics in October;

"c. bring in fresh viewpoints from Ameri­can civic leaders, in addition to the experi­enced judgment of representatives of lead­ing sports organizations."

Humphrey is Chairman of a Senate Gov­ernment Operations Subcommittee which has urged increased Federal Agency teamwork to assist private sports and fitness programs. As a result of the Subcommittee's interes t, President John F . Kennedy issued an Ex­ecutive Order last A ugust, establishing an Inter-Agency Committee on International Athletics.

Humphrey recalled a series of warnings he has issued during the last 3 years about America's " poorest prospects" in the 1964 Winter and Summer Olympics.

" Every American is disappointed in our comparatively poor showing in the Inns­bruck, Austria, events," he said. "We don' t blame our American team: it tried as hard as it could , despite crippling handicaps back home, such as the chronic shortage of train­ing and of suitable facilities.

"We, the people," he cOIl,tinued, "must make up our mind whether we really care enough to do what we should have done years ago;

"A Commission report could be ihe open­ing kick-off for an all-out program for U.S. sports victory in the future."

Such a program, he said, would require "generating enough interest and raising enough funds to:

"( a ) Hold sports eliminations in most American high schools and colleges, cities, States and regions ;

"( b) conduct comprehensive training pro­grams for promising athletes and 'clinics' for their in~tructors (especially in foreign-type Olympic events, where we are now virtually ' out of the running);

"( c) build Olympic-type sports facilities in all parts of the Nation, and

"(d) encourage championship talent to re­Juain anlateur:"

These responsibilities rest "fundamentally on private shoulders," he said , because " we, as a people, sincerely believe in amateur athletics.

" But the U.S. Government cannot ignore the fact that Communism has gained tre­mendous propaganda mileage out of Eastern bloc sports victories."

American officials, .as well as citizens, he said, "are sick and tired of this great country running a poor 8th, as we did in the infor­mal scoring at Innsbruck."

Humphrey refused to accept " alibis and excuses which could undermine our na­tional will power."

" We know that the Olympics is fou~ded on individual- Illat national- attainment. But try telling that to the Soviet State Subsidy and Propaganda Machine."

" We Americans should be fed up with the soothing syrup that our teams 'are im­proving.' The answer is: So are the Wes tern European, the Communist and other teams­but a lot faster, apparently, than ourselves."

" We don 't propose to see the Soviets 'bury us' in the 1968 Olympics or ever," , he concluded. "In the, past, we have tended to bestir ourselves about the Olympics only on a once-every-4:year basis. That simply won 't do from here on out. To win-and to win big-requires both an agonizing reo appraisal of why we have lost and an all­out determination , for .victory. It is not the gold medals that count ; it is our pride and self-respect. We are neither quitters nor bad losers. Weare a Nation that believes in winning."

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Odds and Ends It seems that many little announcement,

have come to the attention of this depart­ment of the MG this month and we pass them along to you for further investigation or for general information. Senator H umphrey-A very recent press release issued from the Senate Office of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn. ) brings to mind one of the ways in which Olympic performance might be evaluated through the interpretation of available sta­tistics. Where are we weakest ? If one of the obj ectives of Olympic competition is International prestige, where should we con­centrate our efforts?

Many American sports writers have seen the in.iustice of merely reporting unofficial points accumulated in the Olympic Games. Some of these men have simply and more appropriately reported numbers of medals (any color) won per million population. Larger countries would naturally be able to win a larger number of medals just be­cause they are larger. It has also been dem­onstrated that a large country, ,in order to win a fa ir share of the medals, must be economically sound. This is why a country like India would be placed close to last in medals won per population. Small countries like Australia and Sweden would be near the top of the list due to a high interest in sport and a fairly sound economy.

With the thought of number of medals won per million of population in mind, we have constructed the chart below which compares the United States with Russia. In the 1960 Olympics, the countries participat­ing represented populations of close to 1.77 billion people. The population of the United States represents approximately 13 0/0 of this total while that of the Soviet Union is approximately 14% . With this assump­tion as a base, look at the chart below.

In 1960, tweive medals were also awarded for team sports of soccer, water polo, field hockey and basketball. (Actually the num­ber of medals awarded was greater than

twelve since all winning team members received a gold, silver or bronze medal. ) The medal in basketball was the only one captured by the United States while 'the ' USSR had two.

We would be wise too " beef up" our gymnastic area according to these statistics, however inaccurate they may be. Even if they are grossly inaccurate, the following points are significant with respect to gym­nastics :

1. Russia exceeded her gymnastic goal in capturing four times the estimated number of medals while the U.S. won no medals in this sport. 2. The sport of Olympic Gymnastics is fourth ranked according to the number of medals offered. We can not afford to be content with a non-medal performance.

3. Gymnastics is r egarded as a most basic activity in a majority of countries of the world. (See UNESCO report, The Place of Sport in Education ) . In the United States no extra special significance is attached to the gymnastic area. It is simply another activity unit and in many schools does not even enjoy unit status. This picture is slowly changing, however.

4. Gymnastics has a special value for girls in that it is one of the very few acti­vities in which a girl may excell without being compared with a boy. The four Olym­pic ' events are specifically designed to fill the special physical needs of girls.

5. In many colleges prospective teachers are taught indirectly that performance is more important tha;-, knowing how. Many colleges simply hand their physical educll;­tion maj ors a stunt list, tell them they must learn so many for an "A", "B", "e" etc., and then leave them to their own devices to learn their stunts. Until this practice changes, we will not see many outstanding gym­nastic teachers among the new graduates. Some will shy away from gymnastics alto­gether because of their failure to learn enough stunts as an undergraduate.

6. The American public is not aware of the value of gymnastics to each boy and girl of public school age regardless of po­tential ability.

(According to the "statistics" above we should look for some "dark horse" Soviet Swimmers this Fall in the Olympics).

* * *. HAVE YOU SEEN?

The Athletic Jlournal has recently pub­lished a series of articles by Jim Baley of the University of Connecticut. The articles are well illustrated with many action pic­tures of Jim's son. The three articles ap peared in the December, January and Febru­ary editions of the current volume. Back issues can be obtained for 35c from the Athletic· Journal Pub. Co. , 1719 Howard St. , Evanston, Illinois.

SPORT (No. medals UNITED STATES RUSSIA awarded 1960) Medal Goal Medals Won Medal Gaol Medals Won

Indivi dual Sports) 1960' 1960 1960" . 1960 (% of Goal) (% of Goal

Track and Field ( 101 ) 14 26 (185 % ) IS 21 (140 % ) Swimming (57 7 21 (300% ) 8 I (12.5 % ) Wrestling (48) 6 3 (50 % ) 7 10 (143 % ) GYMNASTICS (43) 6 0(0% ) 6 26 (433 %) Box ing (30) 4 4 (100 %) 4 3 (75 %) Fencing (24) 3 I (33.3 %) 3 7 (233 % ) Canoeing (21 ) 3 o (0% ) 3 4 (133 %) Rowing (21) 3 2 (66.6 % ) 3 5 (166 % ) Weightlifting (2 ]) 3 6 (200 % ) 3 6 (200% ) Cycling (18) 2 0(0% ) 3 5 (166%) Shoot ing (18) 2 2 ( 100%) 3 7 (233 %) Equestr ian (I 5 ) 4 I (50% ) 2 I (50% ) Sai l ing (IS) 2 2 (IOO ~) 2 2 (100% ) Pentathlon (6) I 2 (200 y.,) I I (100% )

• Based on 13 % of Note : Some of the numbers medals contested . of medals 'awarded in 1960

Based on 14 % of are not divisible by three medals contested. since there were some ti es .

P EACE CORPS This department of the MG has had some

communication with the Peace Corps. It is reported that some of the overseas pro­jects planned for the year ahead will in ­volve some young people who have special talents for teaching gymnastics. In a recent letter from the Corps, Phillip D. Harden­berger .)f the Public Information Division asks that we include the coupon below.

I would like information about th e need for peopl e trained in physical edu­cation.

Name __________ _ __ _

Address _ ___ _ _ ______ _

P lea se mail this coupon to : Peace Co rps, Washi ngton, D.C. 20525

We have heard from Robert Grueninger who is on a State Department assignment in Laos. Some time in the future we will relate his fi rst hand report of his gymnastic activities in Laos.

* * * GIRL'S SPOIlT Institute Attendees to ;\Jeet

Sara, J ernigan has announced that the at­tendees of the fir st National Institute on Girl's Sports will have a special get-toge ther in Washington on the occasion of the Na­tional Convention of the American Assoc. for Health, Physical Education and Recre­ation. The meeting will be held on Sat­urday, May 9, from 4:30-6:00 P.M. Mrs; J ernigan also announced the publication of an Institute Newsletter. The Newsletter will be circulated to attendees of the In­stitute and is to be edited by Thelma Bishop of Mich. State University. Important devel­opments will be reported in 'this column as received.

* * * AAHPER Announces a Gymnastic Special

The official publication of the American Assoc. fo r Health, Physical Education and Recreation (JOHPER ) will shortly release an issue with gymnastics as a special fea­ture. Entitled, "Teaching Techniques for Gymnastics," materials included will be de­signed for beginning, intermediate and ad­vanced classes. For more information on this special feature, write Dr. Carl Troester , Jr., AAHPER, 1201 16th St. N.W., Wash­ington 36, D.C. (NEA Bldg.)

* .. • PHYSICA L EDUCATION WORKSHOP A special physical education workshop is

scheduled for June I-July 11, on the North Texas State University campus at Denton , Texas. This workshop is designed for the teacher with little or no experience ,in teach­ing dance or gymnastics in the public school physical education program . Stu­dents are also encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to participate in the workshop. The workshop is open to both men and women who are required to regis­ter for the entire workshop.

Theory, demonstration, discussion antI practice in the various form s of dance and gymnastics will be included. Co-directors of the workshop will be Mrs. Betty Benison and Mr. Emil .T. Milan. Miss Ursula Angell and Mrs. Gloria Browning, members of the North Texas -State University Health, ' Phy­sical Education, and Recreation staff will serve as consultants in the area of dance.

Six semester hours credit (undergraduate or graduate) w'ill be granted. The registra­tion fee is $37.50 (in-state) the same as a six-weeks summer term. Applicants will be accepted in the order received. For further information write : Dr. J ess Cearley, Direc­tor, Department of Health Physical Educa­tion, and Recreation, North Texas State University, Box 5307, North Texas Station Denton, Texas.

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Fig.A.

SPOTTING /lSTRADDLED % SOLECIRCLE BACKW./I DISMOUNT WITH OVERHEAD SAFETY BELT

The % sole·circle dismount backw. is one of the impor· tant basic dismounts for boys, for it is a lead.up exercise for many more advanced exercise elements. It can also be considered an advanced dismount on the Uneven Parallel Bars for girls.

Fl~. B. 1.

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Although it is fairly easy its teaching involves some haz· ards at the early phases of learning, mainly because the be· ginner has a difficult psychological problem keeping his soles on the bar during the rotation. When the feet come off the bar (and they may slip off at any position) some close spotting is needed. When lead.up work is done on low bars, manual spotting becomes quite difficult, for the spot·

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Helpful hints by "lim" Farka's, Instmctor oj Physical Education, oj The Milwaukee Turners,

Wisconsin

SPOTTING "STRADDLED % SOLECIRCLE BACKW." DISMOUNT WITH OVERHEAD SAFETY BELT

ters have to duck the feet of the performer which would ordinarily project. into their face if released early from the bar. Only highly experienced spotters can give sufficient manual help. While the need for help is obvious, it is neces­sary not so much for the mechanical completion of the move, rather it has to provide a reassuring certainty that it is foolproof whatever may go wrong. When such a spotting can be offered the learning of this skill is accomplished within a few attempts.

Many gymnasts try the overhead safety belt. They buckle it on; jump on the bar; come around, then their legs get mixed up in the ropes. So they immediately abandon the

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idea of a belt. Yet the beit gives the ultimate answer to

most, spotting problems; and after one learns to figure out unorthodox usages, one discoveri3 that the belt can be used at far more complex moves than the one described here.

In this case a simple straddled forw. roll will arrange the cords in such a position that they will not interfere with the stunt itself (Fig. A .)

When getting prepared for the spotting allow several feet of loose cord, to provide for the length of the legs (# 4, Fig. B.). From there on take the cord away, having continuous contact with the motion, ' and start to exert pull on the cord from #6 pas. on (Fig. B.)

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OLYMPIC HOPEFUL One of the top gymnasts on the west coast who will be competing for a berth on the USA Olympic squad is Ron Barak. Ron, a Senior at U.s.c. majoring in Physics is 20 years old, 5'7"-145 lbs. and first star ted competing in Gymnastics at the age of 15 while attending Hamilton High School in Los Angeles.

Ron appeared on the July-August, 1961, cover of the M.G. and before that several times on the in­side, such as when he was part of the first trio of young gymnasts to do a triple-fly-away on the short rings at Santa Monica Beach. in 1958.

Ron has been doing very well in competition in the last · few years. In 1961 he represented the USA at the Macabiah World Games in Israel ari'd won top honor~ in Gymnastics, winning the All­Around Gold Medal as well as most of the ind;,

vidual events. Ron won the All-Around in the Big .6 ' in 1962 and the third All-Around . place medal in the '62 NCAA Championships. In 1963 Ron was · off to a good start but plagued with injuries was forced to sit out the season. This year Ron has been hitting a steady third or fourth place in all the Olympic calibre competitions 'held on the West Coast right behind Shurlock, Vega and Banner.

Pictured here are photo sequence shots taken of Ron when he visited the M.G. gym recently. Ron ran through a swing parallel bar routine for us consisting of: A mount cost to a support-to a swinging reverse pirouette to a stutz-to on over bar back-to a peach straddle catch-Iayback strellie to handstand-Iayback front 'uprise to f or­ward off with a half twist dismount. Thanks Ron thi s is 0 fine routine for our readers to work on. But readers take note , if you intend to use this rout ine be su re to add a hold and strength move in order to have a complete routine

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GYM -

By MARGARET KORONDI Olympic Gold Medal Winner

Physical fitness is very important for everyone, particularly for some one who has spent a number of years physically active, and then stopped all sport activities to settle down and become a wife and mother. Under such .circumstances the body has a tendency to relax and to pick up some weight. A once physically active body could become more flabby than one which was never exposed to any physical activity at all. Instead of going into further analysis of the above mentioned phenomena I would rather give you a start on a series of typical exercises for housewives as well as for the glamour girls.

Make a habit to utilize every possible opportunity such as: waiting at the doctors office, beauty shop, watching T.V. doing your housework, even while waiting at the traffic light.

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1. Pull your tummy in and hold it for 4 counts, then release it.

2. Tighten buttock muscles and hold it tight for 2·4-6·8 counts, then release. Repeat it several times. .

3: Do circles with shoulders. 4. While talking on the phone: lift one

leg, follow with the other, hold both feet straight, parallel to floor for 4·8 counts, then let feet down.

S. While in the kitchen at the stove, stand on toes, then on one leg, alternate legs. You may also change the position of your feet by standing on toes for a while, then on flat feet, later with slightly bent knees.

6. Making beds, bend over with straight knees, then adjust the bedspread' by squat­ting. Keep knees together, back straight.

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ELEMENTARY GYMNASTICS In our previous issue we gave you some

warm up movements and fundamentals of moti'on. To continue we have some more exercises. to add to those covered in the past edition lof the M.G. 1. The big rocking chair: is a conditioning and co-ordination improving exercise. It also serves as preparation for the backward roll .

Sit on the floor, legs straight, feet to­gether in front of YOll, arms at side shoul­ders level. Bend forward touch toes, then cautiously curve back, drop chin and roll on your back. Taking your legs with you, while rolling on your back, place hands beside body, palms facing the floor , push down to help raise hips and touch floor behind head with toes. Return to starting position and without stopping repeat the whole exercise several times. Keep legs straight and together all the time. 2. Kick as a horse: It serves as a prepara­tion to the handstand and develops upper body strength.

From a standing position bend forward and down, place hands shoulder· width apart on the floor, fingers straight and pointing to the front, elbows straight. chin lifted. Kick up with L. leg. continuously follow with R. leg medium heights and return to standing with L. leg first, R. shall follow . Straighten body and return to starting posi­tion. Repeat several times. First knee could be bent, later do it with straight legs. Point toes while legs are in the air. 3. For girls one of the most important flex­ibility stunts is the split. Do the following exercise to improve flex­ibility.

a. Sit on the. floor with straight legs wide open. Bend forward bellWeen legs and bounce down. Keep legs straight 'with feet in a turned out position.

b. From a straddle sit place hands in front and behind hips, turn a quarter (achieve the split direction). Support your weight .on your hands and heels, bounce lower and lower.

Do it to the opposite side too. Keep knees straight and do not turn your hips.

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Th e famous Malmoe gi rl s of Sweden in a display of Mcdern Gymnastics.

ARTISTIC GyMNASTICS. (Rhythmical movements.)

In the past 15 years, gymnastics has gone through a great change. Beside the improve­ment in difficulty, which is very noticeable in women's gymnastics, the whole style of gymnastics was changed. Gymnastics COIl­

sisted more or less of calisthenics but with stiff, unrhythmic aI, ungraceful exercises, tumbling and apparatus work had these characteristics. Even the free exercise was quite different 15 years ago. It was a roil­tine mos tly'with tumbling mo'vements, stunts and held positions. The connecting elements were stiff, simple. The music and the grace­ful perfonilance, poise, good posture danc­ing steps, turns, jumps and combinations were missing from the routine. The girls did not know the correct way of arm move­ments or the right positions of the feet. Without any dance training the whole ex· ercise missed the so called "women 's touch. "

The big change came in 1949, when Russia started to compete and performed the first Free exercise routine with music. Every­body liked the new style and in a short time it became the international rule: to do the Free exercise with music. As a re­sult it hecame a must for the girl gymnast to take part in the dance training. However, none of the existing dance training meth­ods suited the gymnast's need perfectly. Therefore the gymnastic instructors and coaches began developing a new rhythmical dance training system for the gymnasts. They selected the right exercises from mod­ern dance, classical and modern ballet. New exercises were developed and existing ones modified to suit the gymnasts need. They called this new approach "Artistic . Gym­nastics" (or "Modern Gymnastics").

In Artisti c G-ymnastic the gymnast learns the corr,~c t posture, the different and right positions of the arms, also the correct way to hold your shoulders, upper arm, elbows, lower arms, wrists, fingers, your hips, legs feet and toes. Also the graceful way of movement. Furthermore the rhythmical and dynamic movements of the trunk and legs are emphasized. The right way of grace­ful walking, running, hopping, skipping and turning, the technique of leg lifting and jumping, the continuity of the combinations are analyzed and instructed to the gymnast. Great ~mphasis is put on limbering and flexibility improving exercises. Creativity and sense of music and rhythm had unlim­ited opportunity.

A rtistic gymnastics can be a part of gymnastics, considered as a preparatory ex­ercise, or it can hold its own placeaxis Europe and specially in Russia it is a sep­arate event in the gymnastic meets.

THE P URPOSE OF ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

1. The right and well balanced develop­ment of the muscles. The improvment of limberness and flexibility in all joints.

2. To be able to move independently the different parts of the body.

3. To be able to sense the right arrange­ment in the required spacing. Finding the right directions of the movement and the axis of the body.

4. To improve the sense of rhythm. 5. To improve the dynamic sense of move­

ments, as well as the ability to tense and relax t he muscles.

In the next issue: Teaching Methods of i\ rti stic Gymnastics.

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By Jess Robinson Donny McFarland is 12 years old, weighs

92 pounds and has been working on tram­poline for 2 Y2 years . He tokes gymnastics seriously, perhaps too seriously, but then he plans to receive a gymnastics scholar­ship to college so he works for perfection. He is on "A" student and should have no trouble obtaining his goal.

On trampoline he has swung into and out of a barony-out, barony- in, Y2 -in- Y2-out and back-full-back fliffis, performs for­ward twisters up to 2 Y2 and backward to triple twists. He has even performed a double cody but has decided to wait' until he weighs 20 or 30 pounds more before he does it again. He practices his competition routine every day which is: 1. Barony out fliffis, 2. Flying bock, 3. Double bock, 4. Rudolph,S. Flying bock, 6. Bock with ful l twist, 7. Bock with double twist, 8. Barony, 9. Piked % back , 10. Piked cody.

This year competition in Donny's age group was very light so he competed in the college and open closs. He hod won seve ral of the smaller meets and was in­vited to the Santo Monico Invitational where competition was stiff . Watching him in the warmup we could see he was really

. churned up inside. The more the college boys practiced the more he realized their routines contained more difficulty than his . Finally, he come· to us and said, " I' m going to change my barony ' out to a back­full-bock and my 3/.1 , bock to a barany-

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out to stomach. " We explained to him, " Donny, you can perform the routine you have been working on at maximum height, with good fo rm and in the middle of the trampoline and you would be better off to stick with it. However, since you are lost up, watch the other performers and if you fee l you must have more difficulty in orde r to win, change the first stunt but leave the rest of the routine alone. And remember, if you miss that trick you might not even place," Donny's lost min­ute decision was to stick with the origina I routine and he won the meet.

Donny mode the right decision but could just as easily have tried for the additional difficulty and ruined the whole routine. As a matter of fact , trampolin­ists seem inclined to try for too much difficulty in routines instead of perform­ing a routine they are certain of being able to perform with height and good form and under complete control. How many times have you heard the trampoline com­petitor soy before a meet, "If I hit my routine . . 1/

We are going to devote a couple of columns to trampoline routines, beginning and advanced . In this issue we offer a routine of basic fundamentals.

ROUTINE For years we have used a routine of basic

landing positions as a tes t f~r beginning trampolinists. The routine, startmg and end­ing on feet , is as follows: hands-&-knees, stomach, knees, hands, feet, seat, back. This is not difficult for beginners since the stomach drop is done from hands-&-knees drop, hands landing from knee~, and back drop out of a seat drop. Still the fast learning student is delayed from progress­ing too' rapidly because he must memorize stunts. By watching students perform thIs routine. we can determine how advanced

they are and how fast they learn and are able to place them in groups according to their ability. Following is our method of teaching the routine.

FIRST TURN Student walks to center of trampoline

bed and faces end. With feet shoulder width apart and with arms swinging in rhythm of bounce, he begins to bounce-but 'not high. There is no need for high bounc­ing during the first lesson and anyone do­ing so is stopped at once. (Students should be shown how to bounce correctly with feet together in air, toes pointed, and arms swinging forward and upward to stretched position completely over head, but we are not concerned with this during the first lesson.) Student is asked to stop on conl­mand two or three times with "stop" being called while at the height ' of his bounce.

Student is then asked 'to assume hands­&-knees position with stomach directly over cross in bed and wi th a hand and! or knee in each quarter of the' bed. Thigh should be perpendicular to bed so weight is equally distributed on hands and knees. He is then asked to bounce in that position. Most stu ­dents give impression of a bucking horse. Many will shift weight so they are perform­ing a knees bounce with hands barely touch­ing bed and this is corrected. After start­ing and stopping a few times student gets " feel" of the trick and will perform it cor­rectly.

We now ask him to lay on bed with stom­ach on cross, hands in front of face and elbows extended outward. He should be relaxed and comfortable. After this posi­tion is shown" he is asked to bounce on hands-&-kn ees until he has an even bounce and then drop to stomach . We emphasize the importance of having ,stomach directly over cross while bouncing, and on cross when landing. When he has completed this, we allow balance of class to perform this much. As each student takes their turn we watch to see that they work over cross in bed, that they go from hands-&-knees to stomach by extending legs behind them rather than by diving forward , and that they land in a comfortable, relaxed posi­tion in the stomach drop.

SECOND TURN Student begins by bouncing very low

on cross line of bed and then performs hands-&-knees drop ( in above described hands-&-knees position ) with stbmach di­rectly over cross. Next, he again starts on fcet, drops to hands-&-knees, bounces until he gets an even bounce and then continues to stomach drop. After a few tries he should be able to perform a three bounce routine : ( from feet ) hands-&-knees, stomach, knees. Often a cautious student will take cxtra hand-&-knees 'bounces for several lessons but will eventually gain confidence and per­form the routine without extra bounces.

THIRD TURN A knee drop starts this turn . Think of

the knee drop as feet bounce with knees bending at the last moment. It is important to maintain same swinging arm movement in knee drop as in feet landing as this motion seems to prevent landing in an awk­ward position. It also helps lift performer back to feet.

Now comes a timing trick beginners seld'om think of trying. Performer exe­cutes knee drop approximately eighteen inches behind center line. As knees stllrt upward ;~otion after depressing bed, stu­dent snaps hands down onto center line and shifts weight to hands. This will eventually become a handstand, but we are sati sfied if student can master correct timing necessary to go from knees, to hands, to feet, in first

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lesson. It is common for beginners to put hands down too late or to anticipate hands landing and land almost in hands·&-knees drop instead of knee drop, but as long as hands are snapped down ontp cross. line it is a safe stunt to teach. When this is mas­tered we ask for: (from feet) hands-&· knees. stomach, knees, hands, feet .

LAST TURN Routine ends-seat drop, back drop, feet.

Beginners who have never before attempted seat drop are asked to sit on bed in seat drop position before attempting the drop from feet. In teaching seat to back, student is asked. to 'sit on c~oss and .then move into

back drop posItIOn by moving hips forward' and bringing knees up so small of back is on cross. Once the mechanics of the move is demonstrated the student is asked to start from feet, bounce twice or three times in seat drop before going on to back drop.

. When seat to back is performed in swing it is time to try en tire routine. Only the most coordinated beginners will be able to per­form the entite routine and come feet at the end.

UNUSUAL STUNT OR WILD ROUTINE Barany in fliffis (front somersault with

half twi.st to a back somersault) from seat

. drop position, performed by Steve Lerner of Los Angeles. Anyone having tried a seat .drop front somersault will realize how difficult this stunt is, but with all respect to . Steve, this trick is absolutely worthless.

RECORD OF THE MONTH 250 boranys, performed by Rick Sayers

of Burbank. Rick twisted his baranys both left and right so he wouldn't get dizzy . He stopped at 250 because he felt it was a respectable record, not because he was dizzy or too tired to go on.

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IIWHAT'S TH E SCORE?" By Jerry Wright

San Francisco State College CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MAR. 14 SAT.-AA WU (Big Six) ;::ham· pionships UCLA .......... .................. 7 :30 P.M.

MAR. 22·26- Easter Week Clinic San Fer­nimdo State College (Calif.)

APRIL ll- Women's Invitational (college· Optionals) College of the Holy Names, Oakland 19, Calif ..................... 10:00 A.M.

DID YOU KNOW THAT: Not only did Waldmir Baskovich win the

National rings championships in 1945, 1947, and 194·9 (he won in 1949 at the age of 35) , but he won in an era when one was reo quired, in competition, on the rings, to per· form one flying rings routine and one still ring routine. NOT SO UNUSUAL YOU SAY!!!!

Vi ell Wally had only one leg!!! Com­peting at the age of 35 with one leg on the flying rings has to be considered quite a feat. ... Al Jochim captured 35 national cham· pionships in a career that spanned from 1921 to 1934 to stand alone in that depart· ment. He is followed by George Wheeler wit l:I 25, Frank Cumiskey with 24 (Cumis· key and Jochim are the only gymnasts ever to win a national championship in each of tht" six all around events), Arthur Pitt with 15, Ray Dutcher 13 (all in indian club sw inging) , and Jack Beckner and Curt Rottman with 12.

Had it not been for the domination of the 1961 Nationals by the Japanese team Ar· mando Vega might now stand in 6th place with 13 titles because he now has 9 and in 1961 he was the highest American fin· isher in four events.

PREDICTION : Baring unforseen injury or mishap-Look

for Ron Barak, USC, to take the 1964 NCAA All·Around title.

EAST VS. WEST TUCSON, ARIZONA

Things ran in near doubles'a Bear Down Gym, University of Arizona, Tucson as the East All·Star Gymnastics Team (led by hon­orary coaches Charlie Pond, University of Illinois and Ralph Piper, University of Minnesota) downed the West All stars (led by coaches Hal Frey, University of Calif· ornia and Gordon Maddux, Los Angeles State College), by a score of 70lh to 57lh.

Some 2,800 people crowded into the gym­nasium, doubling the 1,400 attendance of last year's first annual all·star meet.

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The Eastern team trailed the West only after the first event, the floor exercise, which the West won 9·7. The Easterners quickly recovered, led by Frank Schmitz, outscoring the West in the next event, the trampoline, 13·3, and went on to nearly double the West's seven·point victory mar­gin of last year.

Glenn Gailis, of the University of Iowa, who awed the audience with his sparkling performance on the Still Rings, was sel· ected the outstanding gymnast of the meet. Competing for the East Gailis recorded scores of 9.5, 9.6, and 9.8, and 9.9 for an average score of 9.7 to barely edge Steve Zahm's 9.65. . '.

After a slight delay, which seems to pre· meiate at all gymnastics meets, the. even­ings performances were begun with 'a dis· play of good floor exercise talent headed by Joe Nappi who faltered to a slight ad· vantage over his equally faltering oppon· ents. This was followed by perhaps the finest trampoline performance ever wit· nessed with Frank Schmitz, George Hery and Fred Saunders showing amazing form and difficulty (Frank flawless form , George triple back for mount, and Fred swing time triple twists to half· in half·outs fliffi s mount) with the final placings in the above order.

Local Arizona fans (and Sam) got a big thrill as University of Arizona's Steve Doty, competing for the West, won the side horse title with a 9.45. His brother, Dave, a freshman at UA finished third.

The rest of this very efficiently (after the slow start) run meet was highlighted by fine performances on the high bar where Glenn Gailis again prevailed, Long Horse­where High Schooler Paul Mayer squeeked out ahead of weak opposition; Parallel bars­where Crodd Chin won by virtue of com­'pleting his routine almost flawlessly-although not an exceedingly difficult routine. The evening was completed with a rash of tumbl ing miscues with only Frank Schmitz able to complete his double back (out of three persons who attempted them including Paul Mayer who had the misfortune to miss on two attempts and with Brent Wil· Iiams capturing the ' event almost by de­fault.

MEET RESULTS WESTERN STATES GYMNASTIC CLINIC MEN'S CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

The men's all·clinic championship meet served as ' the final official act of the fin· est Holiday season clinic this observer has had the pleasure to participate in (includ­ing 3 at Sarasota and 3 at Tucson ).

In complete contrast to the efficient man· ner in which the East-West meet was run- it was disappointing and discouraging to wit·

ness the hap·hazard and inefficient opera. tion of the Clinic championship meet.

With some of the top performers leaving the clinic early for home (namely Glenn Gailis, Steve Zahm, and others) the Clinic championship meet was taken over by Bill Wolf of Southern Illinois University. Bill has really improved in the all·around event and will have to be reckoned with in the future. Bill led the field in the all·around (52.4), high bar (9.35)-(where he de· feated Stan Tarshis who slipped on his double fly·away- never thought I would see that!!!) , and parallel bars (9.25) where he defeated his former PCC teammates Dick Nicholas and Dan Garcia.

Special credit is due George Hery-Uni· versity of Iowa-who never really appears to stand out but is always near the top, as he was in this meet, in free exercise (lst·9.05), trampoline (3rd·9.2), Long horse Ost-9.15 ), and tumbling (7.95·4th).

Other highlights of the afternoon included the close competition on the trampoline and side horse. On tramp Frank (9.55) Schmitz (who also won tumbling-where the East· West champ finished 7th) edged Fred (9.35) Saunders, George Hery, and Steve (9.05) Johnson (a beautiful routine but lacking difficulty) . On the side horse Steve (9.55) Doty edged Steve (9.5) Pasternak the second time in 3 days by .05 of a point, and Fred Siebun (9.15).

And you can't get much closer than the final results in long horse where Hery, Steve Parr, and John Quintana tied for first at 9.15 followed by Joe Nappi (8.95 ) and Frank Schmitz (8.93).

When you add this to the fine all·around performances of John Quintana (51.1) and Dan Garcia (50.7), you have the makings of an excellent afternoon of gymnastics.

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WOMEN'S OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET, TUCSON, ARIZONA

Facing much the same opposition that saw her go down to defeat in an early sea­son meet, Paula Crist sought and obtained revenge by sweeping past Carolyn Hacker and Joanne Hashimoto in the Western Gym­nastics Clinic Womens Championship meet.

The 16 year old performer from Arden Hills, Calif. chalked up ,34_40 points as she recorded first places in five of the six events_ Only on the trampoline was Miss Crist defeated, fir,i shing in a third place

. tie with Linda WIlcox of Pomona. Paula scored her highest point total in

the exercise with a 9.25, and her lowest score was on the uneven parallel bars where the slack was taken up by a fine exhibi­tion by Donna Schaerzer-1963 USGF All· Around titlist and Birgitta Gullberg, an exhibition which thrilled the 1000 specta­tors.

Miss Joanne Hashimoto was selected the outstanding performer of the evening (l am still wondering about this).

EAS'T VS. WEST TUCSON, ARIZONA

MEET RESULTS Floor Exercise-I. (tie) Joe Nappi , East, 9.15 points; Tony Bautista , West, 9.15, 3. Paul Moyer , West, 9 . I 0 , 4. Fronk Schmitz, East, 8 .80 , 5. Don Dimit , West, 8.55.

Trampoline-I . Schmitz, East , 9.65; 2. George Hery, East, 9.40; 3. Fred Sounders, East, 9.25; 4. Rick Savers, West, 8 .30; 5. Rich McCabe, West, 8.15.

Side Horse-I . Steve Doty, West 9 .45; 2. Steve Pasternak, East , 9.40; 3. Dove Doty, West , 8.35; 4. Glenn Gaili s, East , 8. IS; 5. Ken Gor­don, East 8. I O.

Horizontal Bar-I . Gallis, East , 9.30; 2. Dan Garcia, West, 9 .00; 3. Dick Jones, East , 8.40; 4. Art Armendariz, West, 8.30; 5 . Bill Wo lf, East , 8 .20.

Long Horse-I . Mayer, West , 9.00; 2. (tie) Schmitz, East , 8.85; and Nappi , East, 8.85; 4. Crodd Ch in, West , 8 .65; 5 . Hery, East, 8.17.

Parallel Bars-I . Chin, West , 9.15; 2. Wolf, East, 9. I 0; 3. (tie) Bill Zinki , West, 8.65; Art Howelts, East, 8 .65; 5. (tie) Gailli s, East, 8. IS ; Garcia, West, 8. IS .

Still Rings-I . Gaillis, East , 9.70; 2. Steve Zahm, West, 9.65; 3. (tie ) Wolf, East, 9.35; Cliff Evans, West, 9 .35; 5. John Quinta na, East , 9 .05.

Tumbling- I. Brant W illiams, East 8.25; 2. Jerry Zamboni, West, 8.10; 3. Schmitz, East , 7.90; 4. Jim Ne lson, West, 7 .60; 5. Mayer , West , 7 .20.

Final Team Score-East, 70V2 , West 57V2 . Attendance: 2,800. Officials : Joe Giall ombardo, Art White, Roy Davis, and James Tanaka.

MEN'S CLINIc CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RESULTS

All-Around : I . Bill Wolf, SIU, 52.4; 2. John Quintana , Unatt, 51. I; 3. Don Garcia , PCC, 50.7; Jerry Beckett, Den , 50 .1 7; 5. Joe NappI , SIU, 49.3; 6 .Steve Doty, Ariz. , 48 . 1; 7. Ra y Yano, SIU, 46.9; 8. Ted Nadeau , 44.62 . Free Exercise: I . George Hery . Iowa , 9.05; I. Dan Garcia , PCC, 9 .05; 3. Joe Nappi , SIU , 8.9; 4. Don Dimit , PCC, 8 .85; 5. Jim Barber , 8.7. Trampoline: I . Fronk Schm itz , SIU , 9.55; 2.

Fred Sounders, Mich. , 9.35; 3 . George Hery, Iowa , 9.2; 4 . Steve Johnson, Unatt, 9.05; 5. Hutch Dvorak, 7 .95. Side Horse: I. Steve Doty, Ariz., 9.55; 2. Steve Pasternak, SIU , 9 .5; 3. Fred Siebun, 9.15; 4. Jim Show, 8.7; 5. Dove Doty, 8 .6; 5. Bob Hail, 8 .6. Long Horse : I . George Hery, Iowa , 9 . IS; I. Steve Parr, PCC, 9. 15; I. John Quintana, 9.15; 4. Joe Napp i, SIU , 8.95; 5 . Fron k ·Schmitz, SIU , 8 .93. High ' Bar: I. Bill Wolf, SIU , 9.35; 2. Stan Tarshis, Unatt, 9.25; 3 . Don Garcia , PCC, 9.15; 4. Ed Gunny, 9.0; 5. Joe Nappi , 8.95. Parallel Bars : I . Bill Wolf, SIU, 9.25; 2. Dick Nicholas, PCC, 9.2; 2. Don Garcia , PCC, 9.2; 4. Jack Kenan, 8.9; 5. Ted Nadeau , 8.65; 5 . John Quintana, 8 .65 . Still Rings : I . Charles Ehrlich , SIU , 9.35; 2. Rich Blinder, 9.3 ; 2. Bill Wolf, SIU , 9 .3; 4 . Joe Napp i, SIU , 9.2; 5. Bill Zinkl , Ariz., 9 .1 5. Tumbling: I. Frank Schmitz, SIU , 8.35; 2. George Greenf ie ld , 8 .3; 3 . Steve John­son, 8. I; 4. George Hery, Iowa , 7.95; 5. Bob Hall , 7.45.

WOMEN'S OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET, TUCSON, ARIZONA

MEET RESUL.TS Balance Beam-I . Paula Crist, Arden Hills,

Calif., 8.45; 2. Joanne Hashimoto, Arden Hills , 7.5; 3 . Caro line Hocker, Berkeley, 6 .75; 4. Gay Drexler , Pomona,S. I 0; 5. Tina Gudge, Sac­ramento , 3.0. Trampoline-I . Judy Johnson , 7 .25; 2. Caroline Hocker, 5 .35; 3. (tie), Lindo Wi lcox, Pomona , Paulo Crist, 4.5; 5. Sandy Fettinger, Torrance , Calif., 3.0. Side Horse Vaulting-I . Paulo Crist, 9.05; 2. Joanne Hash­imoto, 8.5; 3 . Caro line Hocker, 8.15; 4. Susan Rogers, Denver , 6 .0; 5. (tie) Sherry Arthur, Pomona, Lindo Willcox, 5. 15. Free Exercise-I . Paula Cri st, 9.25. 2. Joanne Hashimoto, 8.9; 3. Caro line Hocker, 7.25; 4 . Tina Gudge, 7.05; 5 . Brooks Moyer, Berkeley, 6.85. Uneven Par­allel Bars-I . Paulo Crist , 7 .65; 2. Caroline Hocker , 7 . 15; 3. Bonnie McBride , Berkeley, 6 .4. Tumbling-I . Paulo Crist, 8.25; 2. Tina Gudge, 7 .0; 3 . Joanne Hashimoto , 6 .45; 4. Caroline Hocker, 5 .75; 5. Lindo Willcox, 5.25. AII­Around-I . Paulo Crist, 34.40; 2. Caroline Hocker , 29.30; 3. Joanne Hashimoto, 24.9 .

Attendance: 1000. Officials : Ernestine Rus­se ll Carter , Inez Coon.

LOS ANGELES STATE COLLEGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Variety was the story of the 2nd Annual Los Angeles State College Holiday Classic Gymnastics Championship, held December IB, 1963_

Starting off late as usual, the meet pro­vided a large audience of some 500 patient spectators with eight different champions in eight events.

The amazingly slowly run meet (B:OO p.m, to 11 :30 p,m.-so long an intermIssIOn was taken ) started off with two of the finest performances of the evening (Tony Bautista of L.A. State with a 9.4 and his 7 year-old brother with an unofficial 9.9) in free exercise, and was not revived until Ron Barak went through his high bar routine one and %, .. times CRon was ahout %, of the way through his routine when his hand grip broke, he came off-chalked up and \vent through his entire routine again and received an B.6S for his troubles) . The meet then staggered to an anti-climax with

Steve Zahm winning the still rings with another fine performance and an evening high score of 9.5.

Early season form was in evidence as there was a definite shortage of outstand­ing performances. A few fine performances however, were turned in by: Lynn Odekirk of San Fernando Valley State (B_75) win­ner of the trampoline event; Ken Schindler, University of California-Berkeley (9.0) , win­ner of the side horse ; Gary Buckner (B.B5-1st ) and George Wilcox-San Franci"sco State (B.5-3rd ) on the high bar; Jim Mills­Long Beach State (B.95-lst) and Crodd Chinn (B.B7S-2nd)on the long horse (the last event of the evening-how's that for variety?). Ron Barak-USC (9.21st) and Crodd Chin (B.7-2nd) on parallel bars; Gary Buckner-USC (9.2-2nd) , Rich Golden­UCB (9.1-3rd), Ron Barak (9.1-3rd), and Rick Field-UCB (9.0S-5 th) on still rings­which was, as can be seen by the scores, the top event of the meet- as it usually is when the University of California ring team is around. P .S. Let's get organized Gordy!!! (check MG July-August 1961 p. B).

L.A. HOLIDAY CLASSIC MEET RESULTS

Free Exercise : I. Tony Bautista , LASC, 9.4; 2 . Ron Borak, USC, 8 .85; 3. Jim Mill s, LABSC, 8.7; 4. Dan Von Horn , LASC, 8 .55; 5. John Garderner, SFVSC, 8.45. Trampoline : I. Lynn Odekirk, SFVSC, 8.75; 2. John Garderner, SFVSC, 8 .65; 3 . Ja y Mox ley, LASC, 8.45; 4. Sam Cobb, SFSC, 8 .25; 5 . Lloyd Davidson, UCB, 7 .95. Side Horse: I . Ken Schindler, UCB, 9.0; 2. Rich Field , UCB , 8.7; 2. Don Devendorf, LBSC, 8.7; 4. Bill Nosh, LASC, 8.55; 5. Crodd Chin , UCB, 8.35. High Bar: I. Gary Buckner, USC , 8 .85; 2. Ron Barak, USC, 8.65; 3. George Wil­cox, SFSC, 8.5; 4. Crodd Chin , UCB, 8.25; 5 . Rich Field , UCB, 7.55.

Long Horse : I . Jim Mills, LBSC, 8 .95; 2. Crodd Chin , UCB, 8.875; 3. Mac Sutherland , UCB, ' 8 .5; 4. George Wilcox, SFSC, 8 .3 5; 5. Lew Nelson , UCB, 8.325. Parallel Bars : I . Ron Borak, USC , 9~ 2; 2. Crodd Ch in, UCB, 8.7; 3 . Gory Buckner, USC, 8 .65; 4. Rich Field, UCB, 8.5; 5. Scott Nettles, LASC, 8.45. Still Rings : I . Steve Zahm, UCB, 9.5; 2. Gory Buckner, USC , 9.2; 3. Rich Golden, UCB, 9. I ; 3 . Ran Borak, USC , 9. I; 5. Rich Field, UCB, 9.05. Tumbling: I. Mac Sutherland, UCB, 8 .85; 2. Don Von Horn , LASC, 8.65; 3. Dan Garderner, SFVSC, 8.4; 3. Tam Alexander, SFVSC, 8.4; 3. Joy Moxley, LASC, 8 .4.

Attendance: 500. Officials : Barber, D. Beck­ner, Evans, Faber, Mattola , Peratto, Vega, Vo lze.

1963-64 ALL-AROUND RANKINGS AS OF FEB . 20, 1964 Open competition only

I . Larry Bonner, LAT, 9.29; 2. Art Shu rlock, Unatt, 9.28; 3. Armando Vega, LAT, 9.15; 4. Ran Borak, USC, 9.10; 5 . Jock Bec kner , LAT, 8.99; 6. Rusty Mitchell , SIU, 8.97; 7 . Marshall Claus, LAT, 8 .76; 8 . GI~nn Gailis, Iowa; 8.76; 9 . Roy Hadlev, Unatt, 8.73; 10. Ted Muzy­czko, CT, 8 .55; I I . Dan Garc ia , Pcc , 8.45; 12. Gary Buckner, USC, 8.22; 13 . Joe Nappi , SIU, 8.20; 14. Paul Moyer , Berk. Hi ., 7.30.

NCAA Competition only I . Jacobson , Penn State, 9 .32; 2. Dick Smith ,

Son Fern ., 9.266; 3. Cohn , Temple , 9.235; 4. Rust y Mitchell , SIU, 9.17; 5. Ron Barak, USC , 9. 144; 6. Buckner , USC, 9. 143; 7 . Glenn Gailis , Iowa, 9 .00; 8 . John Quintana , De nver, 8.92; 9. Curzi, Mich . St., 8 .90; 10. Larry Isabelle, Penn St., 8.90.

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A REPORT ON WOMENS' GYMNASTICS IN THE BAY AREA.

DR. BLANCHE DRURY On January 17th, and 18th, we had the

first Bay Area Gymnastic meets using Com· pulsory Exercises which had been written by a committee of high school and junior high school teachez:s during the Summer, 1963. On January 17th about 250 high school stu· dents competed. These students represented the winners of either school intramural meets or district meets. Contra Costa coun· ty sponsored a district meet, and Marin County had a very well attended meet. The results of these meets are attached.

On Saturday, January 18th, about 150 junior high school students competed. There were only about 15 college competitors as this seemed to be a bad time because of final examinations, also there is much mis· understanding as to what meets student should attend to keep their amateur status.

This was the first time the compulsory exercises were used, and a committee met on February 19th and again on the 26th, to revise these compulsory exercises. Through the efforts of Barbara Heisler, DGWS North, and the_ assistance of Dr. Genevie Dexter, Consultant in Physical Education, State Department of Education, the ,newly reo vised Compulsory Exercises will be printed, and distributed to the schools at the State CAHPER meeting. Easter Week at Sac· ramento. These will be distributed to all the junior and senior -high schools for use during the next year. Mrs. Andrea Bodo Molnar of San Francisco State the new Gym­nastic Chairman DGWS, North, will have students demonstrate the Compulsory Exer· cises at the State CAHPER Conference. We realize that the USGF is currently plan­ning graded school compulsory exercises, but we must go ahead now with what we al ready have.

On April 25th, at San - Francisco State College, those students who placed from 1·10 at the Compulsory meets in January, and those students who have won intra­mural or district meets will be invited to participate in an Optional meet.

It is remarkable how the quality of gym­nastics has improved here, and we believe it has been due to the compulsory exercises. These are graded in ability levels, and yet they have been a definite goal for both teacher and student.

Within the next few months a new book GYMNASTICS FOR WOMEN will be available from the National Press, 850 Han­sen Way, Palo Alto. The book is written by Dr. Blanche Jessen Drury and Mrs. Andrea Mlolnar, with complete illustrations by Miss Patricia Thompson (all of S.F.S.C.J The book will include Rhythmic Gymnastics as well as Apparatus, and will have lengthy analysis of . skills along with illustrations"

COLLEGE (All from San Francisco State College)

Free Exercise : Sue Conrad; Janith White; JoAnne Camilli.

Balance Beam: Sue Conrad; Andrea Leong; J ul ie Lorenzen. _

Vaulting: Marcia Arevalo; Sue Conrad; Candy Martin.

Uneven Parallel Bars : Marcia Arevalo; Sharon Hill; Pat Kelly.

Tumbling: Andrea Leong; Candy Martin. Trampoline : Jeri Minor; Sharon Hill; Sheril

!-AcNe'ft. , .. , - - , - - •.

All Around: Sue Conrad; Candy Martin; Marcia Arevalo.

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE

S.F, Drake (SFD), leso H . Farm (l), Carl­mont (C), Terra linda (T), Aragon (A), San Rafael (SR), Redwood (R), Santa Clara (SC), Mt. Diablo (MD), Hayward (H), Mills (M).

Uneven Parallel Bars : Byrd leWIS, (SFD); Doris Nishinaka (l ); Gill Rushmore (C).

Free Exercise : Cathy Ziegler (C); Barbara Parcher (T ); , Mary Krempetz (A) .

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Balance Beam : Doris ' Nisnindkd (l) ; Diane Politano (SR); Joy Wurtz (R),

Tumbling: louise Cowella (SC); Barbara Parcher (T); Bonnie Barrilleaux (MD).

Trampoline: Sue Sampson (SFD); Mary Ramos (H); Sue Hitchcock (M),

SEN IOR HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING

Clayton V , (CV), Mt. Diablo (MD), Carl mont (C), Aragon (A), Novato (N), Terra linda (T), leso Health Farm (l) Drake (D), Dell Va lley (DV), San Raphael (SR), Tamalpais (To),

Uneven Parallel Bars : Peg Robinshaw (CV); linda Branscum (MD); l ouann Rassett (MD),

Free Exercise: Maureen Mahoney (C); Donna Hohenfeldt (CV); Sue Gilmore (A).

Balance Beam : Donna Hohenfeldt (CV); Sheryle Krause (N); Chris larsen (T) .

Vaulting : Doris Nishinaka (l); Mary Kremptz (A); Carol Schneider (D) . ,

All Around : Danna Hohenfeldt (CV); l ou­ann Rassett (MD); Peg Robishaw (CV).

Tumbling : Charlene Strad ley (C); Cathy Bailey (MD); Gardena Hood (DV).

Trampoline : Kendall Farrar (SR); Judy Gaer­lich (Ta); Christie Gustafson (Ta).

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE

Cupertino (C), Redwood (R), Janas Salk (JS). Balance Beam : Cindy Stanish (C); Mindy

Miller (C); Kathy Williams (C). Tumbling : Vi rginia MsReynolds (JS); Robin

Purdy (\.); Cindy Stanish (C). Trampoline : Cindy Stanish (C); Jan Peder­

sen (R); Vi rginia McReynolds (JS). JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

BEG INN ING Cupertino (C), Drake (D), Redwood (R), Bank­

ettes (B), J. Smith (J), Wilson (W), San Rafael (SR), Jonas Salk (JS), Ralston (Ra), Richmond Rec (RR).

'Uneven Parallel Bars : Kathy Williams, (C); Pam Hill (D); Linda West (R).

Free Exercise : Ardythe Hickman (B); Michelle Kaitner (J); Sandy Chelmar (W).

Balance Beam : Sandy Chelmer (W); Bobbie Krohn (SR); Meladye Hayer (C).

Vaulting: Mindy Miller (C); Theresa Bishop (JS); Dawn Lauer (C).

Tumbling: Sandy Paden (Ra); Sandy Chelmer (W); Cindy Stanish (C).

Trampoline: Jean Danielson (RR); Barbara Kline (JS); Susie Brice (D) . .

RESliL TS OF THE FRESNO REGIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP

at McLane High School of Fresno, California Held at Mclane gym February I, 1964

Sponsored by: Fresno City Recreation Dept. & Mclane G.A.A.

Participating groups were : 71 girls, 52 boys, 123 boys and girls participated: Vada's of Sacramento, Calif., Berkeley YMCA, Calif., Bakersfield, Calif. , San Pablo, Calif., Madera, Calif., Fresno Gymnastic Club, Calif., Mclane High, Calif., Sequoia. Jr. High, Fresno, Calif., Roosevelt High, Fresno, Calif.

Girls High Point All-Around awards: Karen Gallaway, Vada's; Janelle Haskett, Fresno Gym. Club; lea Truss, Vada's.

Boy's High Point All-Around awards: Kent Umbarger, Berkeley; Ted McQuister, Berkeley; Kirk EdwardS, Berkeley.

GIRLS 11 & UNDER Tramp : Patti Chavin, (M); Karen Gallaway, (V); linda Hamby, ' (F). Vaulting : P. Chavinr (M); • K. Gallaway, (V); J. Haskett, (F). Tumbling: K. Gallaway, (V); G. Bookout, (B); L. Fuller, (V) and S. Gallaway, (V). Unevens: K. Gallaway, J. Haskett, (F); L. Hamby, (F) . . Free EX.: K. Gallaway, (V); G. Bookout , (B); L. Hamby, (F). Balance Beam : K. Gallaway, (V); l." Fuller, (V); P. Chavin, (M).

12-14 Tramp.: Andrea Mortimer, (M); Nora Truss, (V); Amy l oken, (B) . Vaulting : N . Truss, (V); A. Mortimer, (M); Gail Troisi, (F). Tumbling : Robin Hughes, (V); A. Mortimer, (M); Ava Ichimoto, (F). Unevens: N. Truss, (V); R. Hughes, (V); A. Ichimoto, (F). Free Ex. N. Truss, (V); A. Ich imota, (F); Mary l oken, (B). Balance Beam: A. Ichimato, (F); N . Truss, (V); Joan Kidder, (F).

IS AND OVER Tramp.: Barbara Kav6n, (Mclane); l ynea Min­etti , (M); & Helen Wall, (B); lea Truss, (V) . Vaulting: Cheri Hatcher, (Mc); B. Kavan, (Mc); Diana Hamby, (Mc). Tumbling : Tina Gudge, (V); L. Truss, (V); B. Kavan, (Mc). Unevens: C. Hatcher, (Mc); Janet Hopper, (Mc); T . Gudge, (V). Free Ex. T. Gudge, (V); L. Truss, (V); and D. Hamby, (Mc); Peggy Miller, (Me). Balance Beam: L. Truss, (V); B. Kavan, (Mc); Gwen Haskett, (Mc); and Frankie Meddock, (Mc) . Results of the first three places, in order, of events of Boys.

BOYS 11 AND UNDER

(Mad); and J. Roda, (Bk); Jesse Bloo'd'worth (Mad) . Parallel Bars : C. Johnson, (Bk); . R. Mc~ Alister, (M); J. Roda , (Bk). Rope Climb: C. Johnson. (Bk); W. Bloodworth, (M); Steven Arms, (Bk). -

12-14 Tum'bling : Fred McFerren, (M); Kirk Edwards, (Bk); Steve Ketchum, (Bf). Tramp. K. Edwards (Bf), Howard Hardie, (Bk); Bob Gilden, (Bk) : Free Ex.: K. Edwards, (Bk); Jim Werise (Seq)' F. McFerren, .(M). Side Horse: Howald 'Hard ie', (Bk); Jeff Mast, (Seq.); Fernie Porras, (Seq). Parallel Bars: K. Edwards, (Bk); 1'1. Hardie, (Bk); Danny Garcia, (Seq). Rape Climb : Fer­nie Porras, (Seq); D. Garcia, (Seq); J. Mast, (Seq). VaUlting: S. Ketchum, (Bf); D. Garcia , (Seq); F. Porras, (Seq).

IS AND OVER Tumbling : Kent Umbarger, (Bk); Ted McQuister, (Bk); Mike Huckert; (Bf). Tramp. : K. Umbar­ger, (Bk); T. McQuister, (Bk); Willie Warren, (Roos) . Free Ex.: M. Huckert, (Bf); T . Mc­Quister, (Bk); K. Umbarger, (Bk). Side Horse : T. McQuister, (Bk); K. Umbarger, (Bk); Gary Parker , (Roos). Parallel Bars : K. Umbarger, (Bk); Russ Brooks, (Roos); lee Torres, (Seq). Rope Climb : T. McQuister, (Bk); L. Torres, (Seq); K. Umbarger, (Bk); VaUlting: M. Huckert, (Bf); T. McQuister, (Bk); Gary Parker, (Roos) .

Paula Crist

RESULTS OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN

JAN. 25th, (270 ENTRIES) Report by I rv Faria

The teams entered in the meet were: Berke­ley YMCA coached by Martha Tsuchiya; L.D.S. Gymnastics Club from Nevada coached by Rod Hill; Vada's Olympettes coached by Vada Crabbe; Rose Ann Dance Studio coached by Rose Ann Say ler; Arcade Gym Club coached by Walt Driver; San leandro Recreation Dept. coached by Jack Alberti; Sacramenta YMCA coached by Jack Wiley; Encina l-ligh School coached by Sharo lyn Painter; Sacramento Turn­ers coached by Bob Dunning; Arden Hills coached by I rv Faria; and Sacramento State College coached by Irv Faria .

11 AND UNDER Side Horse Vault: M. Wi lliams, lDS; K. Gallo­way, Olympettes; Tie-B. Meyers, Berk. Y, L. Forman, lPS, B. MacBride, Berk. Y., M. Hurst, Arcade.

12 TO 14 Nora Truss, Olympettes; B. Smith, lDS; R. West­all , lDS.

IS AND OVER Mari lyn Miller, SSC; Paula Crist , Arden Hills; Joane Hashimoto, Arden Hills.

12 TO 14 High-Low Parallels : Nora Truss, Olymp.; J. Glass, San Pablo; C. Janes, lDS.

IS AND OVER Joanne Hashimoto, AH; Carolyn Hacker, Berk. Y; Paula Crist, AH. -

11 AND UNDER Free Exercise : K. Galloway, Olympettes; Mar­lene _ Hurst, A rcade; Tie-B. -Meyers, Berk Y.; S. Galloway, Olymp.. .

12 TO 14 Nora Truss. Olymp.; Jan Wheatley, Arcade; J. Glass, San Pablo.

IS AND OVER Pqula Crist, AH; Joanne Hachimoto, AH; Caro­lyn Hacker, Berk . Y.

11 AND UNDER Tumbling : Karen Galloway, Olympettes; Mar­lene Hurst , "'rcade; V . Wood, San leandro.

12 TO 14 G. Garrels, San Jose; R. Apostalou, Rose Ann's; Maril yn Mays, Arden Hills.

IS AND OVER Tumbling: Clark Johnson, (Bk); Billy Smith, (V); John Wall, (Bf) . Tramp. Richy McAlister, (Mad); J. Wall, (Bf) ; Jeff Roda, Bk). Free Ex.:

Paula Crist, Arden Hills; Joanne Hashimoto, _ _ Arden~; Marily,n ..Mi1lM.,_SSc:. ________ _

II AND UNDER B.Smith, (V); J. Roda, (Bk); J. Wa ll , (Bf). Side Horse: Wi lliam Bloodworth, (Mad); R._McAlist"r,

Balance Beam : Karen Gallaway, Olympettes; L. Forman, lDS; B. lewis" Olympettes.

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Paul Vex ler, New Jersey A ll -Around Champ.

12 TO 14 J. Glass, San Pab lo; Nora Truss, Olympettes; Jan Wheatley, Arcade.

15 AND OVER Joanne Hashimoto Arden Hills ' Jo Friesen , SSC; Marilyn Mil le ~, SSC. '

11 AND UNDER T rampoline : Karen Galloway, Olympettes; C. Harri s, Berk. Y ; Debb ie Darling, A rden Hills.

12 TO 14 G. McReynolds, Olympettes; Marilynn Mays A rden Hil ls. '

15 AND OVER T ie-Judy Abbott, A rcade; C. Millard, Una t ­tached; Kathy Finch, Arcade . The t op event-ALL-AROUND (which includes scores f rom Free Exercise, Side Horse Vau lt, Balance Beam, High-Low Parallel, '

12 TO 14 Nora Tru ss, Olympettes Tota l Paint s 562' J Glass , San Pablo, 498' Jan W heat ley' Arc~de' 455. ' "

15 AND OVER Joanne Hashimoto, Arden H ills, 648, New Cham­pion; Paula Cri st, Arden Hi lls, 6 18 ' Marilyn Mi l-ler, SSC, 587. '

Marilyn Miller

MEET RESULTS PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE

CHAMPIONSHIPS The Pacific Northwest Co llege Gymnastic Championships were held on Saturda y, Feb. 29t h at the Univ, of Washington , TFAM SCOR E: U . o f W ashington, 285; East ern Washington State Co llege, 97Y2; W ash, State U. 56 ¥2; Wash ington Frash, 26 Y2; Oregon Frosh , 19Y2; Everett J ,c, II ; WSU Frosh, 6 ; UBC, 2, Floor Exercise: Jim David, Mike Lovell and Bob Hall (Place W inners from Univ, of Wash , un less noted otherwise). TRAMPOLINE: Jim David , Jim M iller (O.Fr .) and Ron Wallace, SIDE HORSE : Bob H a ll , Mike Flansaas, Mike Garvin (EWSC). H OR IZONTAL BAR: Mike La­vell , Kje ll Hansen, Bob Hall. LONG H ORSE: Steve Woodward (EWSC), Mike Flansaas, Bob Hal l. PARALLEL BARS: Steve Woodward (EWSC), Kjell Hansen, Bob Hall. RINGS: Bob Hall , Kjell Hansen, Gary Finne. TUMB LI NG: Jim David , Bob Hall, Stu Rehnstrom (WSU). All A round : Bob Hall , Washington U., 53, 125; Kjell Hansen, Wash . U., 52, I S; Mike Flansaas, W.U., 49,5; Stu Rehnstrom, Wash, W ash . State U ., 49.175; Steve Woodward, E,W.S.C., 48.20; Mark Buck ingham, Wash. Frosh , 45.075,

THE SECOND ANNUAL NEW JERSEY GYMNASTIC CHAMP IONSHIPS

February 8, 1964 The Second Annua l New Jersey Gymnastic

Championships held at Freehold Regional High School was considered a huge success.

In add ition to the capacity crowd of 1300 people to witness this spectacle in the after­n.o(~m and. even ing sessions the number of par­ticipants Increased from 170 last year to over 300 this year .

The fo llow ing are the results from the meet: FREE EXERCI SE: I st-Tie- Palmucc i, East Side, (ES); Vexler , Freeho ld, (F); 3 rd- M ullen Snyder (S), ' , Free Exercise: I st-T ie-Palmucc i, East Side, (ES); ,Vexler, Freehold , (F); 3 rd Mu llen, Snyder , (S), Side Horse: Erri ckson (F); Mosher (F); Dro­zewsk l (S), Parallel Bars : Vex ler (F) ; Tra inor (S);. Scarfone (S), Horizontal Bar: Vex ler (F); T~alnor (S); Zimmerman, Riverside, (R), Still Rings : Vex ler (F); Surgent (F); Dronsky (R), Long Horse: Boutote (F); Errickson (F)' H il l Saint Peters, Tumbling : Mu llen (S); Alva rez Lincoln; . Boutate (F), All Around: Vexler (F); Paimucci (ES); Surgent (F); M ullen (S); Trainor (S); McKenna (S) . T eam Scores: Freeho ld-90¥2; Snyder-39; East Slde--14. Freeho ld,. Coached by Ron Udy, fini shed their competit ive season winning 10 and losing O.

1964 WISCONSIN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Report by Jerry Stern

The Wisconsin Open has become the biggest gymnastic meet in the midwest,

Phi Epsilon Kappa, a professional phys ica l educat ion fraternity, sta rted run ning this meet six years ago wi th the intention of promoting the sport of gymnastics in the state of Wis­consin and su rround ing midwestern states. There is no question that we have had success. We started the W isconsin Open Gymnastics Champ ionships w ith less than sixty indi v idual entries, most o f which were f!,"om Wisconsin. Today we have 480 boys and girls, young men and wom en, competing in Novice, Special High Schoo l, J unior and Senior divis ions. .

Mr. Joseph Wenz ler , the meet chalrma[1, has done a t erri fi c job of organization, d r iven by a burn ing des ire to see the sport of Gym­nastics attain . its rightful place in t he field of physical education and competitive athletics.

Schools, Club, and Societies participating in the 1964 Wisconsin Open Gymnastic Champion­ships

A ppleton High Schoo l (A), Coach David Black , Appleton , W isconsin; Bay View High Schoo l (B'I), Thomas Hesiak, Mi lwaukee, Wisconsin; 8uy' s T ech High Schoo l (B), William Muth, Milwaukee Wisconsin; Burnsv ille High School (BU),· Anr · ette Leider , Burnsv ill e, Minnesota; ChicaGO Park District (CP), Mrs, Erna Wachtel , Chicago, Ill inois; Chicago Turners (CT), A rthur Boettcher, Ch icago, Illinois; Custer H igh Schoo l (C), Gene Stephan , Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Engstrom Gym Club (E), Carl Engstrom, Oak Park, I ll inois; Evanston Acronaut s (EA), R. E, Bahl , Evanston, Illino is; Granv ille High Schoo l (G), Robert Bowen, Granvi~le, Wisconsin; Gymofympians-Ottawa "Y" (GY), Ottawa, Illino is; Flint Junior Co llege (F), Bob Shaw, Flint, M ichigan; George Wi ll iams College (GW), George DeFalussey, Chicago, I lli­noi s;' Juneau High School (J), Robert H ester, Milwaukee, Wiscons in; King High Schoo l (K), Edward Kotecki, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; La­Crosse State College (LC), Ernest Gershon, La­Crosse, Wisconsin; Linco ln Turners (L ), Ronald Borck, Chicago, Ill ino is; Madison East High School (M), Madison , Wisconsin; Marquette Uni­v9rs ity (MU), Robert Lagerman, M ilwaukee, Wisconsin; Marshall High Schoo l (MS), Robert Verbi ck, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; McKinley ny" (MYl. Richard Mulvihill, Champaign, Illinois; Menomonee Falls High School (MF), Jack Butler, Menomunee Falls, W isconsin; Milwaukee Inst . of Tech. (M), Charles Hennecke, Milwaukee: W iscons in; Milwaukee T urners (MT ), James Far-

kos, Milwaukee, Wisconsi n; Northwest Turners (N), Henry Shiget, Chicago, Illino is; Palaestreum (P), Clinton Smith, Champa ign, Illino is; Preble Sr , & Jr. H igh Sch ool (PH), Daniel Graham , Green Bay, W isconsin; Racine "Y" (RY), Racine, W iscons in ; Sheboygan Turners (S), Mrs. Carol Udovich, Sheboygan, W isconsin; Slovak Gym ­nastic Union (SG), Olga Boar, Harwood Heights, Illinois; Swiss Turners (ST ), Eugene Roeber , M ilwaukee, Wisconsin; Trampolets (T ), Jerald Clark, Springfield, Il linois; Walker Jr, High Schoo l (W), Fred M ueller , Mi lwaukee, W isconsin; Univers ity of Il l ino is (U), Champaign, Illino is; Matt Gym (MG) . TEAM STANDINGS, MEN : H igh School-Custer High. Novice-Northwest Turners. Junior- La­Crosse State College, a nd Senior Div is ion-Chi­cago Turners. WOM EN : N ov ice Division-Northwest Turners, Junior-Milwaukee Turners and Senior-Mi l­waukee Turners .

MENS RESULTS NOVICE DIVISION FREE-X: 8ech (GY), Carroll (N), Sas (MT), Poffo (W). LONG HORSE: Carro ll , Gamma (ST), Beck. SI DE HORSE: Puis (N), Nelson (PH), Kruse (PH), H OR IZONTA L BAR: Carrol, Sas, Gamma, PA R­ALLEL BARS: Carroll, Beck, Gamma. RINGS: Rivera (W), Koepke (N), Puis, TUMBLING : Carrol, Beck, Peffe (E), A LL AROUND: Car­roll, Beck, Peffe, Rivera , Erieau (PH ), Jor ­genson (P H ), HIGH SCH OOL DIVISION FREE-X: Sm ith (G), Stoneman (G), Jakus (K) , LONG HORSE: Johnson (M), Smith, G, Johnson (C), SIDE HORSE : Treants (MS), Thiede (MS), Klltgaard (MS), HORIZONTAL BAR: Perez (B), Mayer (B), Mountcast le (BV) . PARALLEL BARS: Moore (C), Perez, Pet ruzat es, STILL RINGS: Meyth a ler (A), Ogus (C), Ephnson (M). TUMB­LING: Simand l (C), Johnson (M) , A LL AROUND: Smith , Johnson, Perez, Piekutowski (B), Went­worth (C), Semanko (BV) . JUNI OR DIVISION FREE-X: Simandl (MT), H a ll (CT ), Lorenz (LC) . LONG !-lORSE: Lorenz & Simandl, Litt le (GW) & H a ll. SIDE H ORSE: Hall, Graham (LC), Petri (M). HORIZONTAL BAR : Lorenz, Petri , Hal l. PARALLEL BARS: Lorenz, Petri , Anderson (LC) & Rick (LC). RINGS: MacFarlane (MU) Hall Petri & V illasenor (M) . TUMB LI NG: S;'mandl ; Lorenz, H a ll. A LL AROU ND : Ha ll , Lorenz Little Giles (M), Bond (GW) & Graham, Balli';t ( LC) ~ SEN lOR DIVIS ION FREE-X: Hennecke, Borucki (MT) , Voss, LONG HORSE: Hennecke, Muzyczka (CT ), Herdtl e (N), SIDE HORSE : Muzyczko, Anderson, Sut lin . H OR­IZONTA L BAR: Goving (CT), Sutlin Voss & Muzyczko and Singerman. PARALLEL BARS : Muzyczko, Hennecke, Gala. RINGS: Sunquist , Wikes (CT), Hennecke & Muzyczko. ALL A ROUND: Muzyczko, Hennecke, Voss, Borucki , Herdtle, Flegler.

WOMEN NOVICE DIVISION CALISTHENICS: Schu lt z (N), Zank (MT ), Sos­now (N) & Murphy (CP), UN EV ENS: Stark (N), Schultz, Vanderohe ' (MT). BEAM: Zank, Fer­rone (N), Stark, VAU LT: Zank, Eberl (MT) & Steffens IN), TUMB LING: Bolinger (T), Eng ­strom (E) , Barber (GY), A LL AROUND: Linda Stark , J ill Schultz, Glor ia Zank, Linda Steffens, Joanne vanderohe and Carla Peterson (N) , JUNIOR DIVISION CALISTHENICS: Felice ll i (E), Landry (N) Cox UNEVENS: Schu ltz (MT), Luetzow (MT), , Bondi (MT). BEAM: Bond i, Landry, Schultz (MT ) Stanley (U). VAULT : Bondi, Cox, (Ab ler Keepke' Schu ltz. & Landry), TUMB LING: B';uer (E); Fel ice lll , Bond i. A LL AROUND: Diane Bondi Susie Landry, Nancy Schu ltz, Donna Cox, He idi Schu ltz and Nancy Koepke. SEN IOR DIVISION CA LI STHENICS: Tath (MG), Lenz (MT ), Lorenzen (MT ) & Metheny, UNEV ENS: Metheny & Knedl e (MT ), Duerkop (MG), BEAM: Lenz & Metheny, Knedler . VAU LT: Metheny, Knedl e, Lorenzen. ALL AROUND: Linda Metheny, Sharon Knedle Judianne Lenz, Porn Lorenzen, Donna Luca~ (MG). Lynnell Hennecke (MT ),

1964 BEN PRICE MEMORIAL, INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE

FEBRUARY 22, 1964

ALL-AROUND FREE SIDE PAR, LONG HORZ, RINGS TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS EX HORSE BARS HORSE BAR

1. Art Shurlock 9.5 9 . 7 9 . 55 9 . 3 9.7 9.3 57 .05 2. Armando Vega 9,6 9.7 9.45 9 . 65 9.4 9,55 56 ,80 3, Ron Barak 9,15 8,75 9,2 9 . 2 9 . 8 9,2 55.30 4 . Jack Beckner 8 .4 9 , 2 9,2 9.25 9,3 8,7 54 ,05 5, Larry BanneT 9,1 7.9 9.05 9.45 9 .15 9 . 2 53 . 85 6. Dan Garcia 9,1 8,05 9,25 9 . 3 9 .4 8 .35 53.45 6 . Gary Buckner 8.65 7,6 9,2 9,2 9.5 9,3 53045

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Above: Opening lineup for the SCGA Trophy Meet and winners of the specia l awards t or th e pre-season competition high totals.

SO. CALF. GYMNAST IC A SSOCIATION TROPHY· MEET

ARROYO H IGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 29, 1964 SPECIAL AWARDS

(For Total Pre-SeasonCompetit ion ) Tota l Points: "A" Closs- I . J im Mills; 2.

Guy Crocett i; 3. Steve Nor iega. " B" Class­I. Richard Elkin; 2. Tom Va lenzuel la ; 3. Bruce Cou lter. H igh Av erage : "A" Closs-I. David Thor; 2. Donny McFar land; 3. Dennis Mil ls. "B" Closs- I. Bob Tee l; 2. John Morr issey; 3. George Greeofie ld . Rope Climb : " A" Closs-Mar io Ter in . "B" Class-Bob Skemp.

MEET RESU LTS ROPE : " A " - I . T erin; 2. Boulian. "B"-

I. Skemp; 2. Neisler; 3. McGee. Long Horse: " A"-1. Mills; 2. Crocetti ; 3. Lopez. " B"-1. El kin; 2. Valenzuela; 3. Gray. Trampoline : "A" I . McFarland; 2. Foot ; 3. Readel. "B"-I. Schwartz; 2. Gossick; 3 . Va lenzue la. Free X : "A"-l . Van Horn; 2. Hawn; 3. Noriega . " B"-I . Elkin; 2. Toth; 3 . Greenfield. Side Horse: " A "-I . Hecken laibie; 2. Mills; 3. Mo­berly . "B"-1. Mart in ; 2. Ciccarell i; 3. Kittrel l. Parallel Bars: II A"-i. Fountaine; 2. Thor; Nori ega. "B"-I . H i lliger; 2. Ciccarell i; Ross.

High Bar: "A"-1. Tarshis; 2. Ga lb raith; 3. Gunny . " B"-I. Zamora; 2. Morrissey; 3. Lanl'l­don. Rings : "A"- I. Bl inder; 2. Cooper; 3 . Brownal l. "B"-I. T ee l; 2. Alfaro; 3. Morrissev. Tumbling : "A"-I. Noriega; 2. Kussman; 3. Van Horn. "B"-I. El k in ; 2. Greenfi eld ; 3. Val­e :-1Zuela.

MEET MANAGER-Harry Schneider JUDGES- Frank Nobbe, Verne Evans, Joel Kahn , Harry Schneider.

Kenneth G. StaUb, Superv isor at P. E. tar the Glendale schools presents team t ro­phies t o co-captains Roge r Dany luck and T erry Roberts of Wi lson Junior H igh; Tom Laughl in of Roosevelt and Edward Holland of Clark.

FIRST 'GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT J'UN IOR HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS MEET

JAN. 25th, 1964 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM SCORING

Wi lson (W), 50; Roosevelt (R), 25Y2; Clark (C), 20; Toll (T ), II Y2; Rosemont (RM), I. Horizontal Ba r: Mike Williamson (W); Bob Warner (R); Gerry Pace (T ). Long Horse: New­ton Gregg (W); Mike Clayton (R); Ed Holland (C). Parallel Bars: Bi l l Cob le (W); Tom Laugh­lin (R); Doug Lowe (W). Tumbling : Dave Ables (W); Leonard Roth (W). Si de Horse: Bill Mc­Vicker (W); Tam Laughlin (R); Mark Sanchez (R). Rop e Cl imb: Ar~ Beaudhane (R); Dave West gate (T); Doug McArdle (C). Trampoline: Roger Dany luck (W); Glenn Murta (T); Dave Mahoney (C). Free Exercise: Bob Hearn (C); Ed Holland (C).

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Richard Blender from Santa Monica City College, winner in the Ring event .

THIRD ANNUAL SANTA MONICA INVITATIONAL .

MARCH 6, 1964, 7:30 P.M. MEET MANAGER

Henry G. Cleaveland Rope Climb : D ick Burke (3.4); Doug Parker (3 .4); Sylvester Lucio (3.5); Mike Jordan (3.6); Lloyd I"elsler (3.6) . Long Horse: Richard Elkin (9.33); Dan Morgan (9.21); LeMoyne Durham (9. 18);. Dave Thor (9 . I ); Bill Nash (9.05). Tumb long: Fred Washburn (9.33); Richard Elkin (8.96); Steve Norelga (8.73); Louis West (8.63); Darre l DePue (8.36); Namon Wimber ly (8.36) . Free Exercise: Richard Elkin (9.2); Bob Dia mond (9.13 ); Dave Thor (9. 13 ); Gene Toth (910)' A,rtie Ar'Tlendarez (9 . 10); Darrell DePue (9'. 10): Side Horse: Glynn Heckenla ib le (923) ' Dave Thor (9.07); Don Devendorf (9.03) ;' J i';' Tan­Isak l (8.27). Para llel Bars : Wa lter H il leger (9.3); Pete Pa rra (9 .07); Guy Crocetti (9.00) ; Ste-:e Noreiga (8.97); LeMoyne Durham (8.73). HOrizontal Bar: Stan Tarshis (9.60); LeMoyne Durham (9.50); Larry Zamore (9.06) ; Ed Gunny (9.06); Don Jennings (9.03). Rings: Richard Blinder (9.76); Roy Reyes (9.36); Or lando Reyes (9.30); LeMoyne Durham (9.23); Bill Morgan (9. 10). Trampoline: Dan McFarl and (8.83); Bruce Foot (8.47); Don Davis (8.4); Jock Swartz 18.13); John Evans (7.77).

Scenes .from the Santa Monica Invi tational

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Pictured on this page are scenes from the Southern California Gymnastic Association meet ' a t the Beverly Hill s YMCA. Above: " C" Closs Vau lter in action . At right : Coach Morinoni and Doc w ith Berkeley "Y" team came down and walked away with top honors in the closs " C" competition . Below: Coach Dr. B. W. Tay­lor a nd his 28th Street Branch " Y" team of Los Ange les .

At r ight: Beverly Hil ls " Y" Gym dur ing the competition.

SCGA President winne:-s in th~ ... "e"

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Above: Beverly Hill s "Y" closs " C" per­former , 12 year o ld Don Zuk ln holding a reverse p lanche and doing a stradd le split .

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QUESTIONS and

POINTERS Attr ~

HIGH STRADDLE JUMP High Stradd le Jump with arms between legs. Thi s movement requires good forword ond stradd le leg fl ex ibility, a dynomic leg spring and quick body react ions. The jump and the collapsing and unfolding of the body is very dynomic, powerful and fo st. In order to progress to the high straddle jump prac tice the following pra­cedure. I . Take two steps, jump upward os high as you can, throwing your arms overhead. (both feet should take off at onceJ. 2. Ta ke two steps, jump straight upward, quickly roise leg ond do a st raddle toe touch (st raddle legs and pike forward touching your honds, which shou ld be about even with you r stomach). As soon as the fee t touch the honds, quickly reverse the octia n and straighten body before fee t touch the grou nd . Repeat the stradd le toe touch several times, each time st ress ing he ight and a quick c los ing and open ing. 3. High straddle jump, legs between shoulders. The arms are ve ry im portant on this movement and it is essential that they are kept straight a nd uti lized to your best odvantage in gaining extr" heig ht. Toke two steps (don ' t run or lean fo rward , keep body erect). Th row arms upward to a bou t a 45 ° angle above head and at the same t ime spring vigorously off your feet . As the fee t leave the g round the legs are quickly piked and stradd led and at the so me time the arms are forcefull y thrown downward between the legs. This causes the hody to have a collapsed looK. The pe rformer the n quickly s imultaneaus ly lifts arms and lowe r legs powe rfull y. If thi s action is performed correctly the gym-

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nast should be complere.ly e rect by fhe time his feet touch the ground. It is a quick fold ing of the body fo llowed by a quick open ing.

Dear Art: I would like to begin my P -Bar rout ine with a peach hand. J wou ld imagine that thi s wou ld resembl e either a shoot to handstand or a reverse kip to handstand on the rings. I do have both of these moves. I have three questions wh ich perta in to the rings. I would like to know how on e wo uld drop for giants on the rings. I make them on occasions but receive a terribl e je rk on th e bottom of th e swing. Secondl y is the double fl y-away. I encounte red the sa lll e problem with the spotting ropes that yo u did on yo ur front somersault regrasp on th e high bar. My arms still ache from the rope burns. I feel that T could eas il y ge t thi s tri ck because I have a fast spinning. well cont ro lled double-back on the trampoline. and I am worki ng on a doubl e back on th ~ tumbling mat. Lastly a re crosses. J am abJ.. to s top the inverted and Ill a ltesp ero,se­and to hold the " L", olympi c and iron: but they are rough and very strenuous, and I would l ike to know how to po lish the lll UI~ and develop my s treng th where they 11'111 be It'ss s trenuous. A close fri end and competitor of mine, H ank R odgers of Druid Hills said that you might be able to send me some pictures on the subj ec ts. I would great ly ap,?reciat e any help th at yo u could g Ive me. Would al so like to buy books, palll­phlets etc, which yo u recolllmend. [ now have all of End o's books. howeve r. J will glad ly return all pictures, wh ich you wish to have bac k.

Cadet Robert Di ckson.

Dear Robert; Georgia '

Th e peach basket to a handstand is simi­lar M the shoot to handstand at reverse kip to handstalld on the rings, but it requires a greater extension. from the hips into an arch. sin ce it has to compensate jar th e re­lease of the bar by the han ds. Th e arm s pull harder also. Th e feet are directed straight upward dllring the jorceju.! body extension and t/!e grip is maintained until the sb oll ld­ers reach the level of the bar (or in oth{'/" words as lon g as possible .) The jerk at the bottom of th e giant swin" can be eliminated i/ you ·control the dOtVl~ ward swing by keeping your chest leadin " th e rest oj ),ollr body and also keeping YOu~ arm s strO/:ght. Start the movement by shift­wg your arms sideward and at the same time r~tate the body sh:ghtly as i/ going Jar a f lange from a handstand. Wh en YOllr body reaches a 45° angle slide the rin as obliquely forward and drop freely with yo~r chest leading. A s your shou.lders drop be­low the rings duck your head into your chest . This will jorce the rings forward and will also ke ep you from jerking at the bot­tom 0/ the swing since your feet will still be aading the rest ·of YOlir. body . The per­former then pulls into a pike position as he passes the vertical hang position and starts his rotation upward. Th e perform er extends vigorously in M an. arch as his hips approach th e straps pulling and pll shing at the same tim e with his arm s until the handstand position is reached . The ropes should not hinder you on a double /Iy -away unless you are being hand spotted f! yon have an overhead belt you shoula have no dij/iculty with this movement. Just make sllre you set the 110pes correctly for whatever position you are attempting it from. The tucking action on the double is started immediatel), alter passing the ver-

tical hang posLfwn and th e release is made as YOll r body rises above the rin gs on th e upward swing. In/orm ation has been given previousl y on cross development strength in the MG . A .S.

Dear Sir· Thi s is tilt' fir st time I have eve r written yo u bu t I find it necessary because I need SOIll ', in formation. Wou ld a pprec ia te it ve ry much If yo u could find the tim e to a n,weI" these few ques tion s. A t the present time l al11 in the Navy and stationed in Hawaii , but la te r on intend to enter college in Pasadena. At th e present time I am a Rin g enthusias t and need your opinion on whether I have a good poss ibilit y of ge ttinl! a Maltese_ In ­' e rted Cross & a Cross in a pe rioc of twn years by working on these tri cks eve ry othe r da y, on a se t of rings that I have se t up in the gy lll where 1 a m s tationed. Also they ha ve a fa irl y well equipped weight room and was wonder in g if yo u could g ive me sume ideas un what exerci ses I could do to aid in ge l! ing th e s trength to get these tri cks. l know th is may be ask ing a lot of )'ou be­ca use yo u are busy but thi s information es­pec ia ll y from a pe rson of yo ur ex peri ~nce in gy mnasti cs wo uld he lp Ill e a g rea t deal. beca u,e these moves will he the key tri cks to Ill )' rout in t' . It is ve ry im portan t to me tu tr y and maste r thesp tri cks before I leave Hawaii in Iwo years.

S in cerely.

V ear /J lldd) : BudJy Babcock, Hawa ii

I have no way 0/ knowing your physical (,ondition fr om your lett er, bllt by th e dete r­mination yo/l. show in wanting to become a good rin g man, I think that yo/l. most as­ouredly cOllld develop the strength necessary .lor these m ovemen ts within a tWIO ),ear period. Some good ad vice 01/. these lll.ove­ment.s ;s in the "Questions and Poin ters' coilimn oj the October edition of ihe MG as well as others. . Th e weigh t exercise which pertains to th e inverted cross is. sideward lateral arm lift llsing dllmbells in each hand. Stand erect with the dll!nbells at your side, then Ii/t YOll r arm s sideward IIntil the dumbells are directly over head. K eep YOll r arms perfectly straight , raise th e weights slo wly and pause when YO llr arms are dire ctly sideward. For the iron cross do behind the neck wide arm chins. This develops the latissimus dorsi muscle which is pertinent for th e iron cross . Also prone pllllovers are help/l1 l for devel­oping iron cross power. Th e maltese power can be helped by heavy bench presses, straight ann Jio rward barbell raises with th e arT/IS extra wide . Also hand­stand push-lips are good. Th ese exercises should be worked consist· ently and pushed to )'onr maximum each tim e YOll perionn them. Good Ilick. A.S.

Dear NIr Shurl ock: 1 have recentl), s tarted work on Back Rolls on the Still Rings. I am ha vi n:;o;. trouble on keepin g the rin gs together on the up swing. Could you pl ease give me some information on how I can accomplish it ?

Dear Kirk ;

Thank you Sin cerely. Kirk Gardn er , Kan sas

1/ yon lise a /alse grip an(r keep the rings close to YO llr waist on th e ba.ck roll you will not have too much di//iculty in per/armin g this move m.ent . A lso YOII should swing into it qllickly. pike ' tightly when you are rotat­in g, and then lopen your body /o rce/ully as yon near th e completion of th e roll . A .S

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Univers ity of Colorado aymnast Bill Padi,a'

Gent lenle n: Please send l11 e a ·list o f sUl1uner carnps

in th e sou theastern s tates f or boys w hic h fea tul'e varied ac ti v it i es w it h elnphas i s on gymnast i cs.

Tha nk yuu ver y 111uch f o r th i s infol' lll i.-1-ti on .

S incerely, L, H. Felc1e r, M.D. Suite 603, Medi ca l Arts Bu ilding 384 Peachti'ee Str eet Atlanta 8, Georgia

ED.-To al l coach es in South easte rn States. If you have a gym camp program in your area, p lease send a notice to Dr. Fe ld er­(A lso the M.G. Office). llea r MI'. Sundby :

I thought your J a nuary (;o \" el' w as· gTeat­e harac t er is ti c of The Modern Gym n 1st 'S excell e n ce . I wou ld like \" e1' y 1l111Ch to .laye a copy 0 1' print o f thi s p a in t ing" f o r Iny eolleet i on. A r e prints of thi s or a n y o f 1\11". l\1e d' s sp o rts painting"s available?

Sin cere l y, Lynn J. H ead ing Intramural 'D ire('tol' Iowa S ta t e Un i. Am es, Iowa

ED .-We ha ve h a d many letters in re 'f­~rence to our January cover paste l by Mr. Mal Med of Czechoslovakia. Although we h ave a number of these pastels by Mr. M ed at the M.G. Office , th ey are not av a il a ble for private purchase at the mo ­ment . W e are consider in g th e possibility of an exhibition at a promin ent a rt ga ll er y of these pastels and other gymnastic draw­ings by Mr. M ed.

Deal' Glenn: Encl osed you will fi nd a p h otograph of

B i ll Padia, a sophomore a ll -around gymna,· at th e U niversity o f Co l orado ,

Besi d es b eing photogenic B iJI is a l so a \ 'cry fin e gynlnast. Two year s ago he ·wa~ t h e Col or ado s tate high sch ool a ll -around c hampion.

Deal' Mr. Sundby:

Si ncerely, G l en n Wil so n GYlll n as t ics Coae h Boul d er , Co l or ado

I thought you migh t be i nter ested in t h ese 'cesults: In ternational C h a mpionship of Modern Gymnastic D ecemb er 7-8, 1963 at Budapest, Hungar y .

Nation s who c ompeted : C zech oslavakia , Fl11 la nd , U .S.S.R., Ven ezuela, B ulgaria, Po­land , Spain" T.D.H: .. RUlll a nia , Hu ngary.

Each Natio n could enter on l y 3 g irl s. FI'ee exercise : 1. Ljudmilla Szavinkova

(U.S.S.R.) ,point 9.633. 2. K l -avcsenko (U.S.S .R.) ,po i nt 9.6. 3. Averkovics (U.S.­S . ~.), p Oin"t 9.433.4. Traslieva (Bulgaria), POll1t 9.4. ~. Slsm anova (Bu lgaria), p o in t Do not k n ow. 6. Ma.h a t ova (Czech oslava­k iR), poin t 9.333. 7. Walks tein (N.D.K.) , po in t 9.3 w i t h Lehmann (N.D.K.) a nd ' Koskinen o f F inla nd . 8. No p lace. 9. No p l a ce. lO. Belova (Czechosl avakia) p o in t 9.266 with Patocsk a (Hungary ) . '

H an d appara.tus: 1. Szavi nkova 9.6 2. Kravcsenko 9. 566. 3. Traslieva 9.533. 4. Mahatova (Czech oslavakia) 9.366 . 5. Belova 0.3. 6. Patocska, A ver kov ics, W aJks t ein (N.D.K.), Stas tna (Czec h oslavakia) 9.266 . 10. Koskinen , J osif-Olaru (Ru m ania) Bind-er (N.D .K.) 9.2. ' Final r esult: 1. Szav inkov a 19.233. 2. Krav­scenko 19.166. 3. Traslieva 18.933 . 4. Aver­kovics (U.S.S .R.) , M ahatova 18.699 , 6. 'Valks t e in , Bel.ova 18.5 66 . 8. Patocska (Hun­ga r y) 18.532. 9. Kosldnen (Finland) 18.5. T onay (Hungar y ) , Stas tna ( C zech ), L eh­mann (N.D.K.) 18.366.

Th e r esults were t al<en f r o m th e Hungar -i a n " Kepes Sport" .

S incerely yours, Geza vo n lVIa rtiny Oakl and, Cali f .

WHAT' S THE SCORE ??

D eal' Sir: I find your lllagaz ine . very infonna tiYe,

and a n asset in the field of gYlnnastics, however, it i s n ow March 8t h and I have n ot reec i ved t h e February ed i t ion. Most of the editi.ons h ave been ver y l a t e. I can d o n othing but make a plea that you ge t t h e i ssu es to your subscribers m or e on time in th e future.

Consid ering your good work a nd attempt to es t a bli sh gymnas t i cs, I see n o np.~ essity f or carel ess 111 is t a k es , such as th e o n e found on P. 37 o f the Jan. issu es under What' s The Score, " Did Y o u Know That" o n the t opic of the new (Joint syst em. I w ou ld like to know what you in tend ed on say ing. Anyway, k eep up the good work .

Sinc erely, J on Kehl Rockville Centre, New York

ED:-Thanks Jon for b r inging to our at­tention the proof readin g goof on Page 37 in the last sentence of the last paragraph of Did You Know That? It shOUld have read. _ . For 1964 it will be: 5 points for execution, 3.4 for difficulty , and 1.6 for combination. As for your first question concerning our pUblication schedule all I can Say is that we are doing our best to get the M .G. out on time at a regular freque ncy _ However please do not compare us to other maga ­zines by Just conside r ing the date on the cover. I think you will find that material is quite current wh en you receive the M.G. even if the date is not. Of course it could be if we did as many magazines do and print a cover date several months ahead of the actua l printing date . We make no promises of improving our publication schedule in the future other than that we ..... ill continue to do the best We can to b'ring you what we can and when we can __ _

Jon , since you are re latively new sub. scriber (March, ' 63) to the M.G. perhaps you might find its' past history interesting. I n J a nuary 1956 we started wark on t h e M.G. and the first edition (32 pages less then half of t ,he present day size) 'came out in December of that year . In 1957 we published 4 issues. in 1958 w e printed 5 editions and in 1959 we managed to ge out 8 editions ( :it s was a double edit ion) but It a lmost put us out of business a nd in 1960 we were only able to publish 2 edi­tions, in 1961 we did a bit better with 7 issues to press and in 1962 we were ab le to publish 9 editions (the December copy came out late in Jan. '63) . In 1963 we graduated to the larger size M _G. an d by combining Vol . Nos. 1 & 2 a nd 8 & 9 as double editions we were ab le ta complete our volumn for the year. Poor record??, I guess It would read that way ___ but on the positive side , we are still publishing the M .G. And at that with about half the subscr ibers and advertisers necessary to break even (thanks to Publ i sher Max J . Ruderian, who h as contributed considerab l e financial aid to keep it rolling). All this with an offici a l paid staff of two employees consisting of a part time secretary, Mrs. ~rown and your . editor worki ng double time at quarter time salary (your editor worke.d the first five years for no salary So thiS IS an Improvement). Complaining

Not me, I am Just very tha nkful I am able to do what I can and very, very grateful for al l the wonderful people who have been writing articles these many years for the M.G. with their orily reward the satisfaction of knowing they have co ntributed to the growth of Gymnastics in America, a nd that perhaps a youngster i s in Gymnastics and a better gymnast today because of thei r efforts_

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in New Zealand The Wellington Boy's Inst itute would like

t o obtain the serv ices o f a young · man who is capable o f teaching gymnastics primarily bu t who IS a lso capable of handling inst ruc ­ti on in Basketboll , Swimming and Judo.

The sa lary of 850 pounds ($2380.00 per annum also Includes a Single accomm odation at the Academy. Trovell ing expenses wi ll also be poid by the Inst itute.

, Faciliti~lS ore both modern and complete. SInC~ 90 % of the youth o f the Insti tute ore Protestant, the Direct or, D. H. Meiklejohn will give preference to a Protestont applicant. In ­quire by writ ing the Director a't 69 -7 1 Ta smon St. Well ing t on, New Zealand.

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STAIRCASE ACROBATICS by Bob May

Here's something new to perk up your gymnastic shows, "STAIRCASE ACRO­BATICS". Elich year at the 'Tallahassee Tumbling Tots", the gymnastic program of the Tallahassee Recreation Dept., a new piece of "homemade" equipment is devel­oped to tra'in the tots on. This year the new piece of equipment is called "STAIR­CASE ACROBATICS". This is not a new idea. I'm sure, as I can imagine the Greeks per forming all kinds of acrobatics on the steps of their buildings as our tumbling tots are constan tly doing on the 20 steps that lead up to their gymnasium where they practice. We have a standing reward of a mil k~hake for any tot . that can walk .all

the way down on their hands. This is bas­ically how we got the idea to build a stair­case and use it on our shows. And it is now one of our best acts.

Although, this is not a new idea, it may be new to your program and be just what you need to add zest to your gymnastic exhibitions. We have found there is no end to the tricks that can be done on the sta ircase and the high platform. In picture No. 1 you see. Vicki and Twinkle Freeman, both Florida State Gymnas tic Champions, performing a shoulder stand on the plat­form . The added height makes the trick look even more difficult.

In picture No. 2 you see Vicki , 12, and Twinkle; 11, doing a double elbow stand. In picture o. 3 you see Vicki walking down the stairs on her hands. She is now learning to jump. down each step on her hands. In picture No.4 Vicki has completed a backward flip off of each step getting higher each time and is shown doing a fli p off the very top completely over all of the steps on to the mat below.

Other tricks th at are possible on the sta ircase are :

1. Walk up sta irs on hands 2. Back limbers down stairs 3. Crab walk ( in back bend ) down stairs 4. Spotter walkovers on the platform 5. Double knee stand {front or back angel

stand ) on the platform Ii . BaJ'an i off of platform 7. Front flip off of steps 8. Spotter fli p-flops off platform 9. Walk up and down stairs with someone

on your shoulders, or in a high hand­to-hand, or in a free head-to-head

10. Many forms of pyramids can be built on the stairs, using a number of per­formers

11. Turn around while in split legged head­stand on platform

As you see in the diagram this piece of equipment is made so it can be knocked down in small pieces and carried in the trunk of a car except for the stairs which fits on a carrier on top of the car. This equipment can be made for less than $50.00 and offers something new that will chal­lenge everyone of your gymnasts.

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WHAT'S NEW

NEW COMPACT PHYSICAL FITNESS UNI T FOR SCHOOLS

Mini-Gym is a sing le self-conta ined unit tha t prov ides fo r a comp lete gamut of fitness exercises and st unts. Aga inst t he wa ll , out of the way, it is always ava ilable for use without the necess ity of supe r­v ision. Ori g ina ll y designed for United States' underground minutemen insta lla­tions where exerci se facil iti es are limited, the Min i-Gym comb ines the ma ny ad­vantages o f st a ll bars and an abdom inal board, with chest and floor pully weights. Th e M ini-Gym ladder is sturd il y con­structed o f ova l-shaped st eel wi th welded tubu lar stee l rungs. Coref~ll y fini shed in Lifetime Chrome. Measures 34 11 x 93" high. The abdominal board, which hooks on the top rung of the ladder when not in use, is made from 3/.,' plywood, podded with 11/4" o f po lyethy lene foam, and cov­ered wi th a b lue v inyl impregnated ny lon covering. The heavy-duty wal l mounted pulley weights, w ith both floor and chest pul leys, are furnished w ith 25 pounds of we ights. The amount of weights t o be raised is adjustab le. M in i-Gym is easily wa ll mounted on f our hardwood stringers. Interested in more inf ormation? W rite Nis­sen Corporat ion, 930-27th Avenue , S. W. , Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

NEW J'UNIOR-S IZE GYMNASTIC EQUIPMENT

A new l ine o f jun ior-size gymnastic equ ip­ment has been developed by Nissen Cor­poration, Cedar Rap ids, Iowa, in co llabor­ation w ith leading physica l education spe­c ia lists . The line includes a para llel bar, side horse, balance beam, uneven para llel bar, hori zontal bar, rings, climb ing ropes, lightweight gym mats, Ph ys-Educato r and Trampo line. A new programmed teach ing system, which allows regu la r classroom t eachers to effec­tive ly teach gymnastic activities, is in­cluded with the equ ipment. It consists o f 10 la rge instruction chart s, student scorecards, and a we ll ill ustrated cloth­bound teaching manual. I nterested in more informat ion? W rit e: Nissen Corp., 930 - 27th Ave., S. W., Cedar RaDids . Iowa.

New All American Athletic Field Marker American has introduced a new 4-ga llon

capac ity athlet ic fiel d marker. Adjustab le marking gu ide sprays l ines one inch to 4 inches w ide . The new marker is Madel LM4-A .

Spray gun is detachab le from marker f or marking yard li ne numbers and other decorations. Amer ican field markers appl y the new American Ac rylic l iquid tmder pressure f or long lasting, clea r-cut lines.

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EDUCATION TEACHERS A unique skill - learning teaching system for e lementary and junior high schoo ls " Int roducing Gymnast ics", is being intro ~ g~fif~rn~~. PhYS ica l Education A ids, Napa,

Wr itten and I llustrated by Rich Harri s nat ional ly-known physical educator fro~ California, the new teach ing system in­~ I udes .0 practica l teach ing ma(lua l, t en instructiona l charts , and 100 score cards a ll designed to prov ide the t eacher wi th teaching t ools to implement a program

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. Shown above is the Porter adjustable ba lance beam. The beam con be raised f rom 32 to 50 inches, the minimum and max im um heights f or Olympic competi ti on. The new "Quik-Lok " height adjustment assures greater safety and easy handling.

The Porter beam is mode of laminated hollow wood construction, 16 feet 5 inches long w ith a 4 inch t op wa lking surface and clear lacquer finish .

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For additional informat ion write to Sid Brunk, Porter Ath letic Eq~iment Co., 9555 IrVing ,iark Rd. , Schil ler Park, III.

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Page 36: Modern Gymnast - March 1964

Performance and Appearance ... a / N 155 E N I Tradition Sure Nissen gymnastic equipment looks great. Why

shouldn't it with its bold, modern design and luxurious

nickel chrome finish . But beneath this practical beauty

is the rugged, dependable, proven craftsmanship that

pays off where it counts-in championship performance.

All in all , some impressive reasons why Nissen gymnas-

tic equipment is preferred by more gymnasts and coach­

es than all other brands combined. For additional infor mation, write:

NISSEN CORP" Cedar Rapids, [owa, 52406 Phone 365-7561, Area Coile 319