Modern Gymnast - May 1969

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NCAA ALL-AROUND COMPULSORY PROGRESS? .. This is only the sec­ond year for AA compulsories in the NCAA Championships so it is difficult to make an in depth study of progress. However there are already many interesting facts to note. For instance in 1968 ten of the competitors totaled over 100.00 for their Compulsory and Optional routines with four of these over 105.00 and one (Sakamoto 110.45) over 110.00. In comparison only three gymnasts in the '69 championships totaled over 100.00 for their clo routines and only one (Nissinen 108.20) went over the 105.00 mark. In '68 there were 21 gymnasts in the AA finals in '69 just 14 (18 qualified but 4 scratched). In '68 two of the gymnasts (Sakamoto & Dennis) scored higher on their com­pulsory than on the optional, and the average difference be­tween the clo for the top ten men was less than on the optional, and the average difference between the clo for the top ten men was less than one point. In '69 the average difference between the clo of the top ten was 3.25 (The smallest difference, Nissinen .20, the largest Dickson 7.75). If Dickson's compulsory had been on a par with his optional he would have scored 105.20 or over 2 full points ahead of a second place winner, Emery (102.825). ADDING IT UP we would have to say that there has been negative progress in the compulsory NCAA All-Around Competition for the past year. Is there a reason? Well, I suppose we could ration­alize a bit and say '68 was an Olympic year with more empha­sis on compulsories with a larger number of competitors in­volved, more clinics and workshops stressing compulsories and many more Pre-Olympic competitions where the compulsories were used. This may be an excuse but it is not the answer to building the USA into an International power in Gymnastics. The answer is not excuses, but more work on the compulsory exercises FOR ALL AGES. LOOKING AT THE RECORDS ... While we are discussing compulsories and International Competition let us take a look at the record and see how some of our top USA Gymnasts have scored clo in International Competition in past years.

HIGHEST USA COMPULSORY & OPTIONAL TOTALS IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Gymnast Compulsory Optional Total

Sakamoto ('64 Olympics) 55.90 56.50 112.40 Tonry ('62 World Gomes) 55.00 56.70 11l.70 Mitchell ('64 Olympics) 55.30 55.90 111 .20 Banner ('60 Olympics) 55.35 55.70 111 .05 Lynn ('62 World Gomes) 55.05 56.00 111 .05 Beckner J. ('56 Olympics) 55.30 55.70 111.00 Barak ('64 Olympics) 55.25 55.70 110.95 Vega ('62 World Gomes) 53.95 56.85 110.80 Thor ('68 Olympics) 54.50 56.10 110.60 Scrobe ('52 Olympics) ? ? 110.40 Stout ('52 Olympics) ?? 110.1 5 Grossfeld ('60 Olympics) 54.60 55.45 110.05 Weiss (,64 Olympics) 55.15 54.75 109.90 Roethlisberger ('68 Olympics) 54.40 55.30 109.70 Hug ('68 Olympics) 54.15 55.45 109.60 Orlofsky ('62 World Gomes) 54.60 54.95 109.55 Cohen ('66 World Games) 54.15 55.10 109.25 Shurlock ('64 Olympics) 54.90 54.20 109.10 Simms ('56 Olympics) 54.05 54.35 108.40 Beckner D. ('56 Olympics) 53.40 54.90 108.30 Lascari ('66 World Gomes) 53.25 54.80 108.05 Fruedenstein ('68 Olympics) 53.70 54.30 108.00 O'Quinn ('60 Olympics) 53. 70 54.30 108.00 Tom ('56 Olympics) 52.65 54.70 107.35 Roetzheim ('52 Olympics) ? ? 107. 10 Allen ('68 Olympics) 51.50 53.95 105.45 Holder ('52 Olympics) ? ? 103.60 Blattman ('52 Olympics) ? ? 102.40 D'Autorio (,52 Olympics) ? ? 101.20

These are the Gymnasts who, according to the records we have available, have scored over 100 points in Internationol competit ion. Many of these Gymnasts may have been in several International meets but we have used only their best score. We did not have the compu lsory and optional scores available for the '52 Olympics and the previous Olympics had a different standard of scoring so it could not be evaluated with our present system.

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G Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

VOL. XI

CONTENTS

MAY 1969 NUMBER 5

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ... ... ... .. . Glenn Sundby 4 MG MADEMOiSELLE .... ........ ... ..... .. Kathy Rigby 6 CHALK TALK.... .... .. .. .. ....... . .. .. .. .... .... .. .. ...... 7 MG NCAA REPORT.. ...... ... .......... .... Jerry Wright 8

VIEWPOINTS ... .. ........ .. ............... Dick Criley 11 MG INTERViEW .... .... .. ...... .. . Criley and Sundby 11 ALL AROUND .... .. ........ ...... ...... .. ...... .. .. ..... 13 FREE EX.. . .. .. ... .. .... .. .. .. .... .. ........ .. ..... ....... 14 SIDE HORSE.. .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ....... .. ... ............... 16 RINGS .. ..... .. ..... .. .. ... ...... .. .......... .. ... ... .. .. 18 LONG HORSE ....... ...... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ... .... ....... 20 P BARS ... ....... ..... ... . ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... .. 22 HIGH BAR ......... .. .. . .. .. .... ......... ....... ....... .. 24

SCOREBOARD ..... ... .... ..... ... .. ... .... ...... .... ... ... 26 NATIONAL GYMNASTIC JUDGES

ASSOCIATION .. ... .. ........... .. ... .... Jerry Wright 28 SUMMER CAMPS AND CLiNiCS ..... .. .... .. ............ 30

COVER, Bob Emery, winner of the Nissen Award ond Silver Medalist All-Around ot the 1 969 NCAA Championships.

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CG In this issue we feature Kathy Rigby as the MG Mademoiselle for May. There really isn't too much more that can be said about Kathy that hasn't already been said. She has a list of gymnastic accomplishments and honors that goes on forever and it 's sti ll growing! At present she is rated number one in the U.S.

1969 NACGC AWARDS Report by HARTLEY PRICE, Chairman

NACGC Honor Coaches' Award Committee The winner of the 1969 N ACGC Honor

Coach's Award is William Matthei of Georgia Tech, Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Matthei has been in contention for this award for the past five years. He was one of the pioneers who helped to keep g}mnastics alive during the 1930s.

Bill Matthei of Bay View High School in Milwaukee, who was born in 1900 in Boston , Mass. , has graduate degrees frern Normal Col­lege ( 1925)' Univ. of Wisconsin (1927), North­western Univ. (1939) and Indiana Univ. (1942) .

Bill joined the Boston Turners in 1910 and has been active in gymnas tics as a competitor, coach , official , promoter ever si nce (Capt. Normal gym team , 1924-25) a lmost 60 years. He was a referee in Big Ten (Western Confer­ence) 1924-1 964, longer than any ath letic offi­cia l in any major conference in U.S. A.

Teams coached by Bill Matthei have won I national , 5 Midwest , 13 Milwaukee and II Wisconsin state championships.

Honors and cita tions rece ived by Mr. Mat-

Coach of the year goes to Hal Frey (California)

Dave Jacobs

1 ST ANNUAL NCAA TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor Apri I 19th, 1969

The first an nua l NCAA Tra mpoline Cham­pionships at the University of Michigan all in al l turned out to be a great affair. The man-to­man competition is really tough on the bouncers but excit ing for the crowd. The Univ . of Michi­gan took the top honors in the team competition ,

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followed by Colorado State in second place, with Iowa and Southern Illinoi s tying for third spot. In the individua l fin als it was Michigan aga in , with George Huntzicker and Dave Ja­cobs both coached by Newt Loken battling man to man to the end , with J acobs getti ng the thumbs up from the judges and Huntzicker get­ting tossed to the lions for second place. Homer Sardina of So. III. placed third , with Stormy Eaton of New Me xico fourth, Tim Wright of Mich . fifth and Barry Siotten of Iowa sixth.

NEW NACGC OFFICERS, At the annual meeting of the National Association of College Gymnastic Coaches held during the NCAA Championships a new slate of officers was elected for the coming '69·'70 season. Pictured above, Otto Ryser (outgoing president), congratulates Frank Woolcott the new NACGC president, Doug DeWitt the new Vice Pres., Bill Vicent the member at large (Bill by the way received the "Cooch of the Yeor" Award for the NCAA College Division) and Dick Aronson who wos elected to Sec· T reos. office for another term.

thei include Ohio State U. (1954) , University of Michigan-Big Ten Coaches (1960)' Gymnas­tic Hall of Fame, Los Angeles ( 1961) , Univ. of III. (1964) , C ity of Milwaukee (1966) , Mil­waukee High School Coaches ( 1966) and now the NACGC Honor Coach's Award (1969).

1969 NACGC HONOR COACH'S CERTIFICATES Two NACGC Honor Coach 's Certificates

were awarded in 1969 to: A. CARL PATTERSON - 1923- 1968

Acclaimed "The Coach of lhe Year" at the 1968 NCAA championships and e lected to the presidency of the N ACG C for the coming year, Carl returned to hi s home in Somerton , Penn. Not long afte r on April 16th in the prime of life Carl passed away . He is missed by a ll (see MG May 1968).

DR. VIN CENT 01 GIOVANNA-1905-1948

Dr. Vincent DiGiovanna served as gy mnas-

tics coach at Southern Illinoi s University from 1929 to 1943. At the time of hi s death in 1948 he was teaching at Washington State Univ. Coach DiGiovanna was both inspiring and stimulating to a ll hi s s tudents , varsity gy mnasts and fellow faculty members . Those who were fortunate enough to have been assoc iated with " DiGi " remember him as an exce llent teacher and coach.

NACGC CERTIFICATE OF HONOR In 1969 the NACGC Certificate of Honor

to : BUD WATSON - 1899- 1969

Bud Watson was a catcher on the trapeze in Ringling Bros. C ircus for many years . He came to West Palm Beach , Fla., in 1954 and sta rted working with the Recrea tion Dept. Bud began a gymnast ic team there and coached Gail Songerath , who was on the 1960 U.S .A. Women's Olympic tea m, the 1961 Touring T eam and the 1962 World Games Team.

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New NCAA University Division Champs, University of Iowa lead by coach Jacobson

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1969 NCAA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP

TEAM Standings

1. University of lowo 2. Penn State University 3. lowo State University

16 1.175 160.450 159.775

1969 NCAA GYMNASTICS

CHAMPIONSHIPS Apri I 3-4-5/Edmundson Pavilion/

University of Washington

ByJERRYWRIGHT This report could be titled "The fantasy

adventures of Mike Jacobson and his side­kick , Bob Dickson ," because it is asking almost too much to believe it is a true story. However, it is true, but I am still tempted to change the names to protect the innocent (?).

Coach Mike Jacobson and his University of Iowa team pulled off the impossible as Coach Jacobson, in his first year as a varsity coach, led his team to the NCAA team championship (the only problem with this is what are you going to do for an encore Mike ?), an Iowa team that, by the way, barely made it out of the Big Ten conference meet.

The team finals were never seriously in doubt as Iowa led by a fairly comfortable mar­gin after the side horse event in which they outscored their opponents by .5 tenths in spite of having an 8. 15 count in their total.

The rest of the meet was a story of excellent Iowa team spirit and a doggedness on the part

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of each man - particularly Bob Dickson, who was steady as a rock , scoring 53.00 in the AA in spite of an 8.0 on the side horse.

I n this observer's opinion the Penn State team appeared to be the more talented team, but they could not complete their routines cleanly and beat themselves. In FX Penn State's first man scored only 7.9, Swetman had only 8.7, Emery had 8.85, and C lark mustered only 8.45 . The same thing happened to Penn State on side horse as the first two men scored 8.2 and 8. 15.

No small amount of praise should be handed the fine young Iowa State tea m as they stayed right with the veterans and refused to knuckle under the pressu re. Their only fault lay in their youth as their routines lacked difficulty and polish that another year or two will correct. With the team almost entire ly freshman and sophomores the future could indeed be bright for ISU.

The climatic point of the meet came on the PBs as the Iowa team performed on the H B before they worked PB and so PBs was their las t event. The Iowa team had to average someth ing li ke 8.7 in order to insure their win­ning the meet , which is not quite like last year when California had to score a 9.35 average on their last two men to win but nevertheless still not a giveaway. Roger Neist started with an 8.4 which did not take any pressure off: Rich Scor­za scored 8.8, and the press ure lifted a little: Mike Proctor put the icing on the cake, how­ever, with a steady S.S5 , and it was a ll over: Bob Dickson, with no pressure on , still came through with another 9.0 performance as though someone forgot to turn off the machine (Bob's scores were: FX-S.8, SR-9.1, LH-9 .0 , PB-9. 0, HB-9. 1).

Individual Finals Floor Exercise Jim Fisher of Sacramento State, the Far Western Conference champion , came through with a good 9.0 on some unique floor work than included a front saito to immediate split. Proulx did very clean work after starting with RO-F F-double back but finished with a pike back that seemed less than desirab le for the dif­ficulty of the rout ine. George Greenfield used a double twist for a mount. Dave Jacobs had a double back mount and a I V2 front saito. Tow­son presented a perfect blend of forward tum­bling, backward tumbling, balance, flexibility and strength movements , and the judges had an easy time picking a winner. Side Horse Neville of Indiana State had a preponderance of behind the back work but lost points on his break into scissors. Emery did his fourth com­plete side horse routine in three days , although this one was possibl y the lessor of the four -still an outstanding show on this apparatus. Liehr of Iowa (9.4) was excellent except he al­most lost it all preparing for his dis mount. Ram­sey looked off balance throughout and did not lift his scissors, especially hi s reverse scissors

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SIMMONS. IOWA ST. ENN. 5T.

I This year's Nissen Award won by Bob Emery of Penn-State.

JUDGES: Front row L to R, Arno Lascari, Don Ohannes, to R, Chris Weber, Bruce Davis, Frank Cumiskey, Larry Grady ,Mathews, Tad DiNicola, Don Nelson. Back Row L Bonner, Ted Muczyczko, Bob Hall.

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but finished with an excellent dismount (could be described as double Russian) . Nissenen was going great until he has a stop of .3-.4 in the middle of his routine. McCanless looked a lit­tle rough to this observer but came up with a fair score of 9.55 to win his second NCAA side horse title. Still Rings Courchesne of Cal presented an excellent swing routine but probably could have us'ed one more strength part and appeared to be short on parts. Nissenen did not hold his cross but later did a nice back lever from handstand for his " B" hold. Froeming had an excellent mount and a great routine - to this. observer the best of the evening. Dickson appeared to be overscored (9.45) with shaky front lever, too long in "L" and other small problems but finished with a great double flyaway . Hatch of Iowa overarched in several cases, missed his dismount but did some fine work otherwise. Vexler came through with another good performance, his third in two days, as his only serious problem was ' using too much strength on a front uprise swing to handstand. Meythaler did not appear especially spectacu­lar but again proved it is hard to beat a man that does not miss. Long Horse Boger did cartwheel with \4 turn - to this ob­server that vault has some possibilities. Gau­thier looked quite good as he scored 9.25. Mc­Carthy of Illinois did a good handspring with J,.2 turn but had to bend at the waist for the land­ing. Second vault was a good Yamashita from the far end. The surprise of the vaUlting was Dan Bowles of Cal, who tied for first with some explosive vaulting.

The vaulting in general in the entire meet was improved in that there was a greater vari­ety of vaults. Parallel Bars Elias and Amerine scratched from this event as, for them, it had been a long two weeks. The weekend before both had gone through com­pulsories, optionals and finals for the college division meet and in this meet the same thing, and that's a lot of routines. Schanberger scored 8.8 with an excellent· press but a poor stutz. Dickson came through wiih another steady per­formance with his 8.9 coming mostly because of his poorly executed mount. Swetman was a surprise, scoring only 9.25 on what appeared to be an excellent routine. Dunn did a fine job with a beautiful stutz to handstand. Emery shot the works and had a good thing going until he attempted a rudolph dismount and fell. Rapper came through with a solid routine that lacked only in elegance in some spots, suffering no sig­nificant breaks. Horizontal Bar Fukushima had several problems, an " A" mount , muscle on stalder, good hecht vault but fell down' on his hecht dismount. Swetman (8.4) had a stop (major break) but finished with a good hecht vault and a fine hecht dismount. Grigsby just wasn't quite on target as he hit a beautiful routine only to lose it on his free hip immediate blind change. As he came out of the change he came out on the wrong side of the bar, however, he covered almost perfectly, changing his grip and doing an immediate cast front. He scored 9.4 but would have been around 9.6 or 9.7 had he completed his change and his cast front in a pike position as in­tended.

Manna of-New' Mexico was possibly the sur­prise of the entire meet as he did a job in what was probably the toughest competition in the meet (except possibly for the side horse). Manna 's execution was by the book, his diffi­culty was exceeded by few , if any , and he did not miss. His dismount , by the way, was a front saito from eagle giants - try that one for kicks. Norm Hay,nie suffered a major break to lose his chance to win after leading the field from the preliminaries.

Compulsories Nissenen was the only gymnast that looked comfortable on the compulsories, and he domi­nated the field in this area.

The story behind the compulsories probably lies in the various interpretations. Floor Exercise: some did jump turns, and some did walk-around turns ; some did a body waive before the press, most did not. Side Horse: the mount and dismou nt were per­formed differently by different gy mnasts. Some did uphill travel , most did not ; some did two double leg circles before the dismount , some did no double leg circles . Still Rings: The di smount was interpreted dif­ferently by different people, however, most gymnasts did a front off and not a si mple cast off. Long Horse: In this meet most of the competi­tors did a regular cartwheel , a lthough the offi­cial language indicated it should be a cartwheel with a lhI turn. High Bar: Very few could handle the routine but apparently no interpretation problems. Preliminaries Floor Exercise: Nothing of special note except Jim Fisher and hi s front saito to split ; Jacobs and Proulx with double backs, and Towson , who did a finejob but was shaky in places. Side Horse: Ramsey was great, as were about 10 other guys, and the entire Iowa team looked great , as did the Colorado State team. Long Horse: The nice thing about the long horse event was that it gave me an opportunity to watch the high bar event. H orizontal Bar: Mark Davi s warmed up with a double back clapping his hands during the stunt. Three of four Penn State gymnasts missed their rout ines. Colorado State looked very good , with Hammers doing a fine job but fa lling on hi s dismount. Schmitt of SI U did a hecht with full for dismount. Mark D av is showed so me more of hi s tricks but .displayed poor technique. Dyas of New Mexico looked like a fine young high bar prospect , and Manna was excellent. Sexton of Oklahoma did a fine job. Nissenen came through with a fairly stock routine but with a nice finish ; a hop change to immediate sole circle cast front saito dismount.

In closing thi s observer was quite disturbed to see many gymnas ts changing half their clothes right on the floor - there seemed to be no necessity for it , and it seemed ill mannered and rude. Our sport does not need this type of display on the gy m floor.

VIEWpoints By Dick Criley

A few observations abou t this year ' s N CAA's will have to suffice as VIEWpoints takes this occasion to live up to its multi­purpose name.

Dr. Eric Hughes and his University of Wash­ington staff did an excellent job in the organiza­tion and running of the meet. No complaints thi s year. The Huskie Band set a li vely warm­up pace during the finals. I wonder what mes­sage was intended by the individual who chose Wagner for background music in the prelimi­naries - imagine " Ride of the Valkyries" for floor exercise' Special notice taken of the girls from the Greater Seattle Girls ' Gymnastic Team who flashed the scores.

Some coordination might be nice on the com­pulsories, long horse in particul ar. FIG vault No.6 was named (Hollander or cartwheel ), but the cartwheel with lhI turn forward was allowed because of a mixup in the drawi ngs. Once again the AA gymnast is put through a far greater test than any Olympic competition. Consider

their 12 routines in the prelims , an additional six in the team competition as for Emery, Swet­man, Dickson, Brent Simmons and Dave Butz­man , plus the opportunity to compete again in the finals as did the first four. It is a wonder that any of them finished as high in the individ­ual championships as they did. What is the in­centive to such AA men if the speciali s t is go­ing to win it because he is fresher? N aturally the coaches are all fired up about the team competition , but someone ought to show some concern for the gymnast. If the individual events are to be deemphas ized, why not run them first with the option for the gymnast who must com­pete in the tea m finals to let his afternoon event score count or to compete again with his team ?

I heard an increased number of comments about difficulty and risk with a lack of atten­tion to basics and detail of performances . Cou­pled to this was an expression of the need to get an age-group program under way to teach the bas ics early. How long will lip service be paid to such talk before action is actually taken?

Congratulations to Nissen Award winner Bob Emery, a senior in pre-med with a B av­erage and class president to boot. Balancing time for studies, gymnastics and the duties of office (which have become greater s ince Penn State developed an activi st atmosphere) has really occupied Bob's superior talents.

Memphis State, winners of the S I G L title , were unable to travel to Seattle but, assured of the continuance of their sport, will be in there striving to get to Temple for next year's N CAA's.

I hope A BC cuts some of the shots we viewed over the monitors. Cameramen can have their fun, but let's preserve some dignity. It is great that A BC even came to cover the meet. I hope you enthusiastic viewers write to let them know it , too.

The Big Ten raised some interesting ques­tions at the coaches' meeting; we were given a copy of a sports column from the Michigan Dai ly, but since space is limiting in this issue, comment will be deferred to the next issue.

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Dick (riley interviews Dove Jacobs

MG Editor Glenn Sundby and Dick Criley now take you to the floor of Edmundson Pavil­ion just before the start of the individual event championships. Tape recorder in hand , we as ked gymnasts, coaches and judges this ques­tion: WHAT WAS THE MOST EXCITING TRICK OR COMB INATION YOU HAVE SEEN AT THIS MEET? NORM HAYN IE (gymnast, MSU): T he trick I thought was done exceptionally well that turns me on every time I see it is done by my own teammate, Toby Towson: back, back with walkout , back bend to immediate splits. I think it 's an exceptional trick and done ex­tremely well by Toby .

Norm Haynie John Hinds

JOHN HINDS (coach, Columbus H .S .): A trick I saw on high bar, but he didn ' t throw it in the meet , was a full twist with back out. Also a nice double off of P-bars. DAVE JACOBS (gymnast, Michigan) : The one that impressed me most was Nissinen 's double back off P-bars ; it was beautiful. JA C K BIESTERFELDT (ma th professor, SI U): The side horse work - McCanless'loop with half dismount was beautifully done. There was also a very nice high pike back in free exer­cise. KANATI ALLEN (gra duat e student, U. Wash.): One move I thought was very nice but not particularly unusual was handspring, handspring (two-foot takeoff) walkout, to flying cartwheel. ARMANDO VEGA (coach, NWLa): High bar has really improved, the difficulty is tre­mendous, but as far as free ex, nothing was really new except Gene's boy who did the I ~ - which he did las t year, but . . . the difficulty on the high bar, that 's the only thing I've seen so far. It makes the meet more difficult for the all-around men. RUSTY MITCHELL (coach, UNM): I think the boy for Sacramento had a unique thing in doing handspring, front to the splits; he had quite a bit of originality throughout his whole routine. The boy from Illinois who did the full twisting front from the near end (on LH ) .... Throughout the whole meet , it was quite evident that Nissinen had much more smoothness as far as technique and execution . . . as a matter of fact, he's probably the on ly international gymnast in this meet. BILL ROETZHEIM (coach, Proviso East H .S.): I don ' t remember the name of the boy that did it, but on the horizontal bar, I thought the most unique move was the underswing front piked . It's a very severe stunt to get rotation tucked, but when he did, it piked - he didn 't do it in the meet ; he did it in warmup - to me this was the most impressive stunt I saw per­formed.

Roy Lorenz

RUSTY MITCHELL (aga in ): I thought of so me others: Joe Litow on high bar, coming out of hi s German, he started a back kip , then came out. I think something should be said about Bob Dickson on an outstanding perfor­mance throughout the whole meet. This fellow Gardner from Kansas on rings did probably one of the finest jobs of anybody here in the meet , though he lost a few tenths on getting to the rings and hit his feet on the rings on the dis­mount. He probably had the best swing of any­one on rings, and he's only a sophomore. RAY LORENZ (coach, Chico State): I 'd say Mark Davis' full -in off the horizontal bar ; he

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did it in practice several times successfully, but something happened, and he wasn ' t able to throw it in his routine. I think that was one of the most exciting moves.

Ed Isabelle Hal Frey

ED ISABELLE (assistant coach, PSU): Prob­ably the most unique thing I've seen is the sin­gle pommel work on the side horse: double leg circles on one pommel and other types of com­binations done simply on one pommel. GEORGE SYZPULA (coach, MSU): Two Michigan State boys: Toby Towson's RO, ff, back, back into a slow back walkover into a very difficult straddle down and press up. Norm Haynie's complete routine (on H B) - and he stuck his double' HAL FREY (coach, California): Dave Jacobs' I ~ front and Tom Clarke 's Arabian I ~ looked pretty good, too. I thought that Mark Davis would show us the single individual skill of the evening, but he chose not to , I guess , because his hand grip wasn't feeling just right, I under­stand - the full-in fliffis off high bar. He 's been doing it all year, and he knows when he is secure enough to throw it because he is a vet­eran high bar man. I think that the floor exer­cise is st ill showi ng most of the innovations; in the other events , I don't really seem to see the si ngle individual skills .

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Sam Bailie Bill Vincent SAM BAILIE (equipment representative, At­las): The Iowa victory was most exciting be­cause I 've looked forward to that for a number of years. As you know I was up there working with the ABC people, trying to help with the stat istics , and the last few Iowa men that came up, my hand was shaking just as if I was out there coach ing them. I can't take credit for them ; Mike Jacobson did a great job with them, but I still have a soft spot there -I feel a little bit as if they were still my boys. There was something else, too , that I thought was great .. . you know that Iowa, though national champs legally, wasn't the Big Ten champs . . . when all was said and done, there were Michigan , Michi­gan, Michigan State and Illinois boys in the au­dience , when Iowa came on , they supported them 100%. I think this is good for gymnast ics , and good for people in general, when a week la­ter you can forget that a close one was over, and they wished they were there , and now they ' re really going to pull for Iowa. MIKE JACOBSON (coach , lowa ): I've got to be a little prejudiced , especially about my own team. Mike Proctor on P-bars was only our third man and hasn ' t hit all year, but we've had confidence in him , and he came through - did just a simple move like 11 peach for a mount and hit it well. It was our last event , and we needed him, and he came through , so I'd have to say that was the most exciting moment for me.

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ED GAGNIER (coach, Iowa State): As a coach , you are so preoccupied with your own team you really don't have time to watch other performers. I was real proud of the boys I had here. I t 's their first year of competition in every case except one , a nd I feel that they learned a lot and should do even better in the future. If you press me , one of the most spectacular moves I saw was the move done by the boy from Southern Illinois, the full-in back out off the horizontal bar. BILL VINCENT (coach, SFVSC): The boy from lowa- Hatch . His rings really impressed me. I was impressed by side horse too , especial­ly Ramsey and McCanless, and Scardina, the Denver boy from Taft High School right in the Valley , I just felt so bad for him ... a tremendous routine , he would have easily been in first place ... he got all the way to the end and blew a loop and fell off. That was the disap­pointment of the meet , I think.

Gerald George Jim Curzi

RICH GRIGSBY (gymnast, SFVSC) : A couple of side horse routines I saw were real good and Towson's complete routine. I can 't think of any individual tricks ; nothing reall y fantastic has been done here. ARMANDO VEGA (again): I was very im­pressed with the side horse and with the hori ­zontal bar .. The difficulty is just improving so much. In free exercise, I'd say Toby Tow­son. His technique, his way of doing things is rea lly wonderful. On rings, there 's so many boys who were so good ; it 's really very diffi­cult to say which was best. Just say that gym­nas tics in general is improving. GERALD GEORGE (coach, LSU): The most exciting trick I've seen has been a hop pirouette to one bar and snap down I Y2 (somie) off parallel bars. It was done 10 prac­tice. JIM CURZI (assistant coach, Ill. U.): One of the most exciting things I've seen was Norf!1 Haynie on the high bar, formerly from Cah­fornia , now from Michigan State. He did a solid, international-style exercise on horizontal bar. I think he should win tonight.

Gordon Maddox Charlie Pond

GORDON MADDUX (coach, Cal State L.A .): Two things stand out: one the high bar. I think the high bar is just a great event and there have been practically no flaws , just mini­mum breaks. I've enjoyed that , and I've really enjoyed the top four guys on side horse. . CHARLIE POND (coach, Illinois): The thmg that impressed me here is that a Big Ten team won the National title and the first five No. I qualifiers are members of Big 10 gymnastic teams. I think you are pOSSibly gomg to see a sweep by Big 10 athletes. If you had Michigan in as a team, they 'd be either first or second on a National team level. That might not be what you wanted Glenn, but that's the way we coaches in the Big 10 feel about it. GLENN WILSON (coach, Arizolla): I think that the thing I'm most impressed with in t~is meet is the fac t that every team has great high bar men. I've never seen as many high bar men with as many top tricks as we've seen here today. As a matter of fact , there are prob­ably 15 that are equally as good as the 6 who are in (the finals). It 's a question of who IS the best and that's why we're here today. That's what gymnastics is all about. ARNO LASCARI (judge, former member. of U.S. Nationa l teams: When I was JudgIng these guys , I was a lmost overwhelmed with the talent , but , it was almost tragic the low scores I had to give to this tremendous talent because of violations of the Code. It hurt , but you gotta go by the book. You know, com­pared with 8 years ago, these guys and what they ' are doing is just about overwhelmmg. CAPT. ORWYN SAMPSON (co ach , Air Force): The thing that is exciting to me is the atmosphere, the personality, that this meet exhibits, that is, one of almost electricity. You know that this is our nation's Best talent and tonight they either do it or they don ' t. Every performer up there has a chance to win, like in long horse , the difference between first and sixth place is about a tenth of a point. The guy who wins it will be doing the exceptional vault flawle-s·sly . I think every event is the same way.

i..A Orwyn Sampson Steve Johnson

STEVE JOHNSON (coach, CSU): The high bar warm-ups last night were outstanding. To me , Grigsby 's dismount , cast front pike out of an early pirouette is just amazing. That has to be the best trick here. As far as other per­formances: McCanless on side horse was outstanding ; he 's aggressive and strong ... One negative comment: I thought the teams that performed Friday had a lot of misses . I don 't think that the atmosphere was real conducive to a good performance. When you see misses, it's contagious and the teams competing in the preliminaries had low scores , but they worked hard and, today, the scores came up about 2 full points-for Iowa. Today was a much better meet and the top 3 teams were excellent. BOB DIC KSON (gymnast, 10IVa): Needless to say, I was exuberant about our team . They did a tremendous job. I n the final a nal ysis. I think this meet had more super­fantastic gy mnast s than any I ' ve ever seen. You can just look around and be amazed at any time on any apparatus, even during warm­ups. I think gymnastics has taken a fantastic turn for the better in just the past couple years.

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2. Emery, Penn State

5. Fukushima, Washington

6. Ela ss, NW Louisiona

ALL AROUND

1. Mauna Nissinen, Washington 2. Bob Emery, Penn State 3. Jim Amerine, Southern Conn. 4. Dick Swetman, Penn State 5. Sho Fukushima, Washington 6. John Elias, NW. Louisiana

108.200 102.825 101.275 100.925 99.900 98.925

4. Swetman, Penn State

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FREE EI

1. Toby Towson, Michigan State 2. Dove Jacobs, Michigan 3. Tom Proulx, Colorado State 4. George Greenfield, Calif. 5. Rick Simmons, Iowa State 6. Jim Fi sher Sacramento State

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18.95 18.15 18.15 18.05 17.95 17.95

1. Towson, Michigan State TOBY TOWSON (MSU): Handspring, pike front, handspring, front roll to straddle to press to handstand; half pirouette, step down, RO, If, whipback, layout walkout into back limber (hold back limber in straight split position, then turn to straddle), straddle down to straddle L, press back up to handstand; v.. turn; step down, RO, If, with V2 twist, tinsica, 3,. one-a rm pirouette, If to straight splits, pull leg around to back, stoop up, RO, If, full. OA~E JACOBS (Mich): RO, If, double back, bock extension roll , to stand; run, full twisting dive roll, swedish fall, turn to stroddl.e stand, press to handstand; step down, 1 3,. front to front, front roll, neck kip to stand, RO, 2 If, full. TOM PROULX (CSU) : RO, If, double bock, half turn, swedish fall, half turn to splits; press to planche, come down and roll out,. Ito to stand, cartwheel, front walkover, neck kip, reverse pirouette, step down from handstand, lunge;

2. Jacobs, Michigan

3. Proulx, Colorado State RO, If, Arabian, front handspring, Swedish fall, half turn, Valdez to handstand; RO, If, full. GEORGE GREENFIELD (Cal): RO, If, double twisting bock (stick), bock extension roll; step down, Russian front, step out, RO, If, pike bock to front support positionk turn to straight splits, turn, straddle press to handstand; Russian front. heads pring, front drop, straddle cut. turn to single leg circle, stand; run, RO, If, full. RICK SIMMONS (lSU): RO, If, whipback, If, full (stick); drop to seat, back extension roll to handstand; stand, handspring, front, headspring, Swedish fall, turn to straight splits, straddle press to handstand, roll out, back If to momentary handstand;. step down, RO, If, pike Arabian, straight legged rail out to front support; turn to seat, Valdez, stand; Russian front, RO, If, layout. JIM FISHER (Sac. SI) : Front, walkout into RO, If, full; Japanese jump, neck kip with half turn, forward roll ,

backwards carthweel out, side aerial, Swedish fall, for­ward roll, straddle, press to handstand; step down, handspring, front somie to immediate straight splits (pe rpendicular to direction of travel), forward roll out, inlocote kip, bautista, step down, RO, If, pike back. BOB DICKSON (Iowa) : RO, If, Arabian walkout, handspring walkout, V2 pirouette turn; RO, If, full , roll extention; turn, tinsica, RO, Arabian dive roll, spring out and drap to front support and turn to straight splits; straddle press to handstand; turn, step down, RO, If, full. BARRY SLOTTEN (Iowa): Russian front, heodspring, front, Swedish fall; turn to straight splits, press to handstand; step down, turn, front handspring to full twisting dive roll; stand, jump with V2 turn, bock limber; RO, If, full , If, bounce to immediate front handspring; lower to Ja­panese splits, bock extension roll , stand; RO, If, full.

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SIOI HORSI

1. Keith McCanless, Iowa 2. Dennis Ramsey, Brigham Young 3. Ken Liehr, Iowa 4. Mauna Nissinen, Washington 5. Tom Neville, Indiana State

.6. Bob Emery, Penn State

19.05 18.70 18.70 18.60 18.40 18.30

1. McCanless, Iowa

2. Ramsey, Brigham Young

KEITH McCANLESS (Iowa) : Bock moore uphill, bai lie, bock moore downhill, bock tromlot up, hop moore, ci rcles, break out irita reverse scissors, 3 regular scissors, circles, pommel loop push-down, loops, walko round, loop with V, twist di smount. KEN lIEHR (Iowa) : Bock moore uphill, circle, '!I. bailie, im­mediate stockli in, circle, bock moore downhill, loop around, stockli in, circle, front break out, reverse scissor, leg cut, 3 front scissors, leg cut, circle, bock tromlot, hop, 2 loops, loop with V, twist dismount. DENNIS RAMSEY (BYU): Tromlot to immediate loops on the pommel, to loops on the end, shu rlock up, break into 3 front scissors, 2 bock scissors, double, moore, double, bock moore, tromlot down to the end, walko round, Sha k­lin, russian di smount. TOM NEVillE (Indiana St.) Reverse moore, ci rcle, boilie, circle, reverse moore downhill, circle, back tromlot up,

3. liehr, Iowa

circle, circle, break in front to reverse scissor, leg cut around, 3 front scissors, circle, ci rcle, bock tromlot down, durham, immediate walko round, immed iate Japanese dismount. BOB EMERY (PSU) : Russian moore down, bock shtuck in, moore, moore, russian down to the end, uphill travel, downhill t ravel, ci rcle, loop, touchback, moore, kehre in, undercut to bock scissor, 3 front scissors, 2 circles, trov­el down, loop, hop around, loop off with bock turn. DOUG PEAK (lSU) : Mount with reve rse bock moore, russian, side travel down, stockli in, break into reverse scissor, 3 front scissors, side trovel down, loop, loop with half. BOB MEDINA (SFVSC) : Rear in, one double, russian, imme­diate travel, one double, rear in, holf alternate, 2 front scis­sors, half alternate, bock scissor, one double, moore, immed iate moore, immediate travel, immediate walk­around, olympic off.

KEN BRONNER (USC) : Bock moore, direct tramlot on one pommel; front scissors and bock scissors; russian, im­mediate trovel out, russian to russian on end to wal k­around and off.

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1969 NcAA GYM

RINGS

1. Paul Vexler, Penn State 2. Wa rd May thaler, Iowa State 3. Bob Dickson, Iowa 4. Cha rles Froeming, Michigan 5. Don Hatch, Iowa 6. Dave Ca rrier, New Mexico

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18.65 18.60 18.60 18.50 18.50 18.25

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1. Vexler, Penn State

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2. May thaler, Iowa State

PAUL VEXLER (PSU): Straight body pull to inverted hong, straight body inlacate, rise to handstand, lower to cross, layaway, front uprise to L support, straight-straight press to handstand, lower to inverted, cost out, dislocate, dis­locate, double. WARD MAYTHALER (lSU) : Pull, jam to cross, L cross, pull to support, straight-straight press to handstand, straight arm giant to handstand, lower to inverted, forward roll , german giant to L, hollowback press to handstand, ger­man giant to' handstand, to L cross, lower to cross, cost, dislocate, double bock. BOB DICKSON (Iowa) : Pull straight arm, straight body to inverted hong, straight arm giant inlacate, straight arm giant inlocate, stra ight arm bock uprise, handstand, straight arm regular gia nt, lower to front lever, bock kep, L, hollawback, lower down to Iympic cross, turn out, dis­locate. double flyawav.

3. Dickson, Iowa

CHARLES FROEMING (Mich): Dislocate, straight arm shoot to handstand, giant, bird up, L cross, pullout to L sup­port, hollowback press to handstand, lower to inverted, roll around, bounce cross, layaway, dislocate, double bock. DON HATCH (Iowa): Straight arm reverse kip, to L cross, press to maltese cross, layaway, straight arm shoot to handstand, straight arm giant swing, cost from hand­stand, shoot to a cross, pull to L cross, pull out to L support, hallowback to handstand, reverse cost, bock uprise, cross, layaway, dislocate, giant dislocate, double. OAVE CARRIER (UNM): Cost. inlocate, stiff arm bock up­rise, flange down through maltese, through bock lever, pull to cross, pullout to L support, stiff-stiff press to handstand, fall out. bock uprise, cross, poll out. Maltese, dislocate, full. ERIC COURCHESNE (Cal) : Pull to inverted hong, bock rise,

FINAL PRESC. JSMllU.-.slt

KAH.. N~. WAS\\.

ha ndstand, front giant, handstand, bock giant, handstand, lower (straight arm) through lever, pull to cross, press out. immediate hollowback press to handstand, giant, dislo­cate, full twist. BOB EMERY (PSU) : Dislocate, shoot to handstand, forward giant to slow press to handstand, drop 'way down and bounce to cross, forward roll , kep to L, straight body press to handstand, giant dislocate, full twist.

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lONG HoRSI

1. Dan Bowles, California 2. Jack McCarthy, Illinois 3. Lorry Bassist, UCLA 4. Cliff Gauthier, Denver 5. Rick Simmons, Iowa State 6. Doug Boger, Arizono

18.40 18.40 18.375 18.325 18.05 18.00

1. Bowles, California

3. Bassist, UCLA 2. McCarthy, Illinois

DAN BOWLES (Cal) : Yamashita (for end), Yamashita w Y2 twist (for end). JACK McCARTHY (Illinois) : Yamashita w Y2 turn (near end), Yamashita (for end). LARRY BASSIST (UCLA): handspring (for end), Yamashita (near end). CLIFF GAUTHIER (Denver): Yamashita w Y2 twist (for end), Yamashita (for end). RICK SIMMONS (lSU): Yamashita (for end), Yamashita (near end). DOUG BOGER (Arizona): Yamashita (near end) cartwheel with Y4 turn forward.

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P-BARS

1. Ron Rapper, Michigan 2. Dick Swetman, Penn State 3. Tom Dunn, Penn State 4. Bob Emery, Penn State 5. Bob Dickson, Iowa 6. Fred Schonberger, Denver

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lB.70 18.40 18.30 18.05 17.95 17.85

2. Swet ma n, Penn State RON RAPPER (Mich): Cast, support, straddle cut, l, hollow­back press to handstand, stutz ha ndstand, bock to ha nd­stand, stutz handstand, layaway, front uprise, moore, cas!, back uprise, st raddle cut, layaway, fro nt uprise, reverse swinging pirouette, 1 -a rm handstand, back off with a ha lf. DICK SWETMAN (PSU): Peach, nea r handstand, layaway, front uprise, hop pirouette, cast with ha lf twist, front up­rise, moore, l , straight-straight press to ha ndstand, back toss to handstand, back toss through and handstand, stutz to handstand, fro nt uprise, front off with ha lf twist. TOM DUNN (PSU): Peach handstand, stutz layaway, front uprise, swing pirouette, cast, back uprise, straddle cut, l, ho llowback, pirouette, stutz handstand, layout bock off. 808 EMERY (PSU): long jump into glide, back cut-catch, peach, glide, swing pi rouette, stutz, cast, back uprise,

double cut-catch, l, stiff-stiff press, stutz, layaway, front uprise, rudolph. 808 DICKSON (Iowa): (On the end) Cast support, swing pirouette, stutz hand, cast to uppe r arms, back uprise, strodd le cut, layaway, front uprise, Japanese moore to l, stiff-stiff, 1 -a rm, stutz, layaway, front uprise, front off. FRED SCHON8ERGER (Denver): Peach to handstand, pirouette, swing down, cast support, cut-catch, l, ho llowback to handstand, stutz, peach, glide kip, cut-catch, lay back, front uprise, barani. JOE lITOW (PSU) : Jump in from side, gl ide, sta lder to hand­stand, pi rouette in, stutz, drop peach, glide, half twist, front uprise, straddle cut-catch, l, straight arm-stroight body press, back off.

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HIGH BAR

S CHAMPIONSHIPS

1. Bob Manna, New Mexico 18.85 2. Richard Grigsby, SFV State 18.70 3. Mauna Nissinen, Washington 18.65 4. Norm Hayn ie, Michigan State 18.45 5. Sha Fukushima, Washington 17.80 6. Dick Swetman, Penn State 17.55

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1. Manna, New Mexico

2. Grigsby, SFV State

BOB MANNA (UNM): Cost half turn, stoop, straddle back kip, double german, holf turn, free hip, pirouette, in [ocate, feet on-feet off (inside), hop, stoop, 2 inverteds, eagle, front off. RICHARD GRISGBY (SFYSC): Jam, cast with half twist, stoop to 2 in locates, 1 eagle, hop out with half twist, whip change, hecht catch, cast with half twist, kip, immediate pirouette change, immediate free hip, immediate whip change, immediate pirouette change, cast, front pike. (Performed tucked in the finals.) NORM HAYNIE (MSU): Power uprise, stoop through into 2 inlocate giants, pop out into front giant, immediate hop into a switch arm grip, swing under to a vault, catch, back kip to a germon giant, suck out of german giant with a half turn, under bar swing, stiff arm-stiff body kip, into 1 back giant, immediate crossover into czech giants (back giants in inlocate position), hop out into back giants, immediate double flyaway dismount.

3. Nissinen, Washington

DICK SWETMAN (PSU) : Cast, full twi st, catch, kip, hop to reverse grip, giant, stoop in, eagle, inlocate, 2 inverts, dislocate, hop out, immediate hecht with half twist vault, half turn, kip, pirouette, giant, blind turn, hecht. PHil FARNUM (IOWA): High start, % giant, reverse sta lder, 3,4 giant, stoop, takemoto, immediate full twist, swing, half turn, change, blind kip, giant, full pirouette, to half mixed grip, hop out, immediate pirouette, giant, free hip, immediate double flyaway. RICH SCORZA (IOWA) : Overgrip, cast with Y2 turn, stoop, dislocate, one eagle, hop, full twist (reverse of on Ono), into an Ono, flank vault, reverse kip, german, half twist, blind kip, reverse pirouette, giant, double flyaway. BOB EMERY (PSU): High start, roll on one arm, reach back, reach undet, vault, half turn, kip;2 giants, stoop in, take­mota full twist catch, kip kip change, 2 giants, rudolph. JOE lITOW (PSU) : High start, front stalder to immediate giant, straddle catch, suck through, kip, giant, change,

\'ault, back kip, german, extra seat circle, half turn, straight body kip, giant, pirouette, stalder, to cross pirouette giant, straddle hecht. TOM SEXTON (Okla) : High start to handstand, pirouette, straddle, California hop, front giant, hecht: reg rosp, fly­ing kip, pirouette, California hop, stoop, Invert, eagle, invert, hop, pirouette, 1 giant, high double flyaway. DICK HAMMERS (CSU): Jam cast with reverse pirouette, California hop (out of overgrip giant, release grip on bar at end of swing before going over top, then regrasp in under grip giant). Weiler kip, pirouette, higgins change (in over­grip giants, do a reverse pirouette into eagle ~rip). eagle, eagle, double grip hop to pirouette, free hiP, blind change, vault6catch, kip hop, pirouette, toe on-toe off, double twisting flyaway.

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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE NATIONAL INVITATIONAL

April 12th, 1969 A large turnout and turned·on crowd

were treated to an internationol flavor gym meet at the onnual Pasadena Invi· tational as Masaguki Watanabe of Japan thrilled them wjth a 9.7 hi·bar routine and easily won the AII·Around title. Sadao Hamado, also of Japan; Mauno Nissinen of Finland, Dave Thor of Michi· gan State and Steve Hug (the high school Olympian) 011 helped to make it a great competition.

High bar was the most outstanding event as dismounts were hechts, hechs with a full twist, double flyaways, cast fronts, pike cost front, pike jacknife full twist, full twist and a double twisting fly· away.

Dennis Ramsey was fantastic on the side horse, as was Tom Proulx in floor exercise as he hit his double back mount beautifully. Nissinen won the P·bars stand· ing up a ·double back for his dismount.

Event Results AA: Watanabe, 55.6; Thor, 54.4, Nissinen, 53.1. FX: Proulx, 9.35; Watanobe, 9.2; Greenfield, 9.05. SH: Ramsey, 9.65; Wata· nabe, 9.15; Bennon, 8.9. R: Gillespie, 9.1 5; Watonabe, 8.9; Nissinen, 8.85. PB: Nis· sinen, 9.4; Thor, 9.1 5; Watanabe, 9.8. LH: Thor & Grigsby, 9.4; Proulx & Wata· nabe, 9.3. HB: Watanabe, 9.7; Hamnus, 9.5; Hug, 9.45.

HOMESTEAD NATIONAL INVITATIONAL Homestead High School

March 8, 1969

The annual Homesteod Notional Invi· tational is sponsored and financed by the Northern California Gymnastics Officials Association as a means of raising funds to send officials to Notional Champion· ships, clinics, and the like. This year, for example, two officials were sent to Penn State for the FIG judges course.

The meet is designed somewhat like the Pasadena National Invitational in that the best available gymnosts ore invited to porticipate each year ond their ex· penses are paid. One difference is thot the meet is essentially an all·around meet.

AA: Steve Hug 54.45; john Elias 53.40; George Greenfield 53.20; Rich Grigsby 52.60; Gory Diamond 52.25; Sho Fukus· hima 51.90; Minoru Mori sak i 51.45; Craig Dickson 50.60; Steve Radomski 48.75. FX: Minoru Morisaki 9.25; Gory Diamond 9.20; George Greenfield and Steve Hug (tie) 9.15. SH: Steve Hug 9.3; John Elias 8.95; Rich Grig sby 8.65. R: Eric Courschsne 9.4; Steve Hug 9.15; Steve Radomski, Rich Grigsby and Gary Diamond (tie) 9.05. LH: Rich Grigsby 9.35; Minoru Morisaki 9.2; Steve Hug 9.1. PB :

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Steve Hug 9.15; Rich Grigsby and George Greenfield (tie) 9.0. HB: Minoru Mori· saki 9.5; Dove Niemand 9.3; George Greenfield 9.25. TR: Vic Paul 9.1; Jim Turpin 8.95; Kent Umbarger 8.65.

SECOND ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE.lNVITATIONAL

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Lowell Technological Institute

March 7, 1969 The Second Annual NE Invitational

Collegiate Championships was held on March 7, 1969 at Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell , Mass.

Once again there was a large field of competitors from NE colleges and uni· versit ies except members of the EIGL. Southern Conn SC (coach Abie Grossfeld) won the team championships for the second yea r in a row and placed many team members in championship positions.

Because of the success of the meet it is anticipated that the 1970 champion· ships be expanded to include EIGL mem­bers but place those stronger team s in a different division. Outstanding gym· nasts from the colleges wi ll be able to advance to the finals with the EIGL team s. Team: So. Conn ......... 137.40 MIT ......... 107.14 Univ of NH 99.72 LTI 72.40 USCGA 41.17 Newton JC 38.85

AA : Antone Capitao, SC 43.37; Fronk D'Amico. SC 41.30; Dick Hood, MIT 35.97; Stephian Clancy, NJC 33.90; Ted Colburn, USCGA 32.72. FX: Tony Tam· burri SC 8.50; Stephan Clancy, NJC 7.7; Fronk D'Amico, SC 7.5. SH: Jim Yearwood. SC 8.45; Mike Devorkin, MIT 8.40; Mike Shay. SC 7.7. R: Antone Capitao. SC 8.8; Fred Hatfield, SC 8.4; Jim Ball, SC 7.7. LH : Joy Ely, USCGA 8.45; Frank D'Amico. SC 8.4; Dick Hood. PB: 'Antone Capitao. 7.7; Tom Hafer, MIT 7.55; Frank D'Amico, 7.2. HB: Fred Hatfield, SC 7.60; Frank D'Amico, 7.35; Antone Capitao, 6.55.

BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS Iowa State

Team Standings: 1. Iowa State ..... .... ..... .. ..... 1 61.825 2. Oklahoma ...... I 49.725 3. Kansas ..... 149.075 4. Colorado. .. ... 148.475 5. Kansas State ..... 147.350 6. Nebroska ..................... ... I 37.200

Dove Butzman amassed 100.1 5 points to win the all·around and led Iowa State to their fourth conference team title in the last five years.

It also marked the fifth year in a row that the Cyclones have won the all· around title. Mike Jacki won in 1968 and Jerry Fontana won in '65,'66 and '67.

Brent Simmons of Iowa State just edged Tom Sexton of Oklahoma for sec·

ond place because Sexton scored only 7.6 in his favorite event, the high bar.

AA: Dave Butzman, ISU, 100.15; Brent Simmons, ISU, 98.95; Tom Sexton, OK, 98.66. FX: Rich Simmons, ISU, 8.950; Dennis 8erg, CU, 8.875; Tom Sexton, OU, 8.850; Ken Snow, KSU, 8.800; Bob Ito, ISU, 8.750. SH : Russ Hoffman, ISU, 9.375; Doug Peak, ISU, 9.275; Pat Ed· words, CU, 9.000; Richard Schubert, KU, 8.450; Ramon Repp, OU, 8.425. SRi Ward Meythaler, ISU, 9.425; Kirk Gard· ner, KU, 9.350; Pat Edwards, CU, 8.975; Rick Orna, OU, 8.95; Roy Rettberg, OU, and Dennis Mazur, ISU, (tie) 8.875. LH : Rich Simmons, ISU, 9.1875; Bob Pier­son, KU, 8.925; Brent Simmons, !SU, 8.9125; Dave Butzman, 8.9125; Ken Snow, KSU, 8.8375. PB: Dave Butzman, ISU, 9.150; Jim Johannesen, OU, 9.025; Brent Simmons, ISU, 9.000; Eri c Singer, CU, 8.975; Don Graves, ISU, 8.90. HB: Ben Blea, CU, 9.250; Dave Butzman, ISU,

I st AA BiQ Ten; R. McCurdy

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The Tigers won five· of six events. Senior David Porch finished his college ca reer by maintaining hi s title as MVC free exercise champ. He was closely fol· lowed by Don Rutherford who finished second.

The side horse was the Tigers downfall and first place went to Bob Carroll of Wichita State. MSU pushed ahead on the still rings and freshman .Jim Clemons, of Everidgeville, III. took first spot with MSU sophomore Jerry Knight at second.

Don Rutherford of Memphis State claimed first on long horse vaulting, pushed by Jeff Miller who placed sec· ond. Miller continued his winning streak by taking a first on porallel bars. Jim Clemons took the horizontal bar event with teammate Don Rutherford running a close second.

Jeff Miller of MSU won top score hon· ors with 44.6 points; Jim Clemons of MSU placed second with 44.1 , and Young of Wichita State took third all·around

1 st FX Ea stern Regional s, F. Henderson, Indiana State

9.025; Brent Simmons, ISU, 8.90; Ger· old Corley, KU, 8.90; Roger Hemphill, KU,8.875.

MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Memphis State University March 8, 1969

The Memphis State. University gym· nastics team won their third strOight Missouri Valley Conference title Satur· day in the MSU fieldhouse. Memphis State set the pace for the meet with 137 points; Wichito State claimed second place with 129; Lou isvi lle placed third, and Cincinnati fourth.

with 41. 7. Memphis State won 9 of 10 duol meets

this seoson with their loss coming by less than one point to Northeast Louisana Stote.

Team Scoring: Memphis State 137.55; Wichito State 128.10; Louisvi lle 103.95; Cincinnati 36.77.

AA: Miller, MS 44.6; Clemons, MS 44.15; Young, Wich 41.77; Pierce, UL 33.55; Morrison, UL 33.40. FX: Porch, MS 8.1; Rutherford, MS 7.9; Luman, Lynn, WS 7.85. SH: Carroll, WS 8.1; Angle· myer, Cin 7.7; Hoynes, UL 7. 15. SRi Clem· ons, MS 8.45; Knight, MS 8.25; Corroll, WS 7.95. LH : Rutherford, MS 8.6; Miller, MS 8.3; Young, WS 8.275. PB: Carroll,

WS 8.2 and Miller, MS 8.2; Clemans, MS 7.95. HB: Clemans, MS 7.95; Rutherford, MS 7.5; Yaung, WS 6.65.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS University of Michigan

March 21-22 TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Michigan. . .. . 162.35 (189.90) 2. Iowa ............. .. .... 159.27 (18552) 3. Illinois .... .. .... ... . ... 150.27 (175.57) 4. Mich. State . .. .. ... 172.35 5. Wi sconsin .... .... ... 165.20 6. Ohio State .. . 161.02 7. Minnesota ............. ........... 153.02 8. Indiana Univ ................. . .... 150.45

The Big Ten picked the NCAA repre­sentative an the basis of Friday's scares and Iowa wan with a scare of 161 .55 to Michigan's 161.10. Then an Saturday the Big Ten team champion was deter­mined and Michigan won with 162.35

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FWC AA Winners

(6 events) to Iowa's 159.275. AA: Rich McCurdy, Mich 99.775; Sid

Jensen, Mich 99.000; Bob Dickson, Iowa 98.650; Rich Scorza, Iowa 97.475; Bruce Trott, Ohio St 88.125. FX: Toby Towson, Mich. St 9.475; Barry Slatten, Iowa 9.275; Dave Jacobs, Mich 9 .225; Dick Taffe, Iowa 8.975; Sid Jensen, Mich 8.95. SH: Keith McCanless, Iowa 9.375; Ken Liehr, Iowa 9.325; Craig Kinsey, Mich. St 8.875; John Rus so, Wisc 8.5; Jim DeBao, Mich 8.375. R: Don Hatch. Iowa 9.4; Bob Dickson, Iowa 9.275; Chuck Froeming, Mich 9.225; Rich Ken­ney, Mich 9 .10; Sid Jensen, Mich 9.025. TR: Dove Jacobs, Mich 9.475; George

Huntzicker, M 9.05; Tim Wright, M ich and Steve Chapple, 111 (tie) 9.0; Mike Sexton, Ohio 8.95. LH: Jack McCarthy, III 9 .15; Bob Dickson, Iowa 9. 11 ; Sid Jensen, Mich 9.05; Toby Towson, MSU 8.96; Barry Slatten, Iowa 8.92. PB: Dick Richards, Mich 9 .35; Ron Rapper, Mich 9.22; Bob Dickson. Iowa 9.02; Pete Brad­ley, Wisc 8.7; Mike Proctor, Iowa 8.55. HR: Norm Haynie, MSU 9.35; Sid Jensen, Mich 9.2; Rich Scorza, Iowa 9.05; Bruce Trott, Ohio 9.0 ; Ed Howard, Mich 8.9.

NCAA EASTERN REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Indiana State University March 22, 1969

Team Results: Southern Illinois Univ 160.-725; Indiana State Univ 1 58.40.

FX: Fred Henderson, Ind. 9.25; Roy Jauch, Ind 9.05; Mark Davis, SIU 8.9. SH: Ron Alden: SIU 9.35; Tom Neville, Ind 9.2; Frank Benesh, SIU 9.0. SR: Wayne Borkowski, SIU 9.35; Dave Seal, Ind 9.3; Frank Benesh, SIU 8.95. LH: Bob Bosse, Ind 9.3; Homer Sardina, SIU 9.175; Dan Wunderlich, Ind 9.1. PB: Don Locke, SIU 9.1; Jim DeRoche, Ind 8.95; Stu Smith, SIU 8.9. HB: Mark Davis, SIU 9.5 ; Dave Gilchrist, Ind 9.4; Stu Smith, SIU 9.2 and Bert Schmitt, SIU 9.2.

CCAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

CaLSt.LA, March 14, 1969

Team Standings: 1. San Fernando Valley.. . 156.04 2. Cal State LA ... . ........... 153.34 3. Cal. State L.B . ........ . .......... 143.28 4. Cal State Fullerton . . . ... . . 140.40 5. Cal Poly Pomona .. 90.42

AA: Rich Grigsby, SFV 53.62; Steve Radomski, SFV 50.62; Marty Coling, CSLA 50.35; Bruce Coulter, LA 50.10; Brian Burley, Full. 45.25. FX: Warren, LA 9.15; Coulter, LA 9.05; Coling , LA and Grigsby, SFV (tie) 9.0. SH : Grigsby, SFV 8.9 ; Tom Bell, SFV 8.75; Radomski, SFV 8.5. SR: Bob Hughes, SFV 9.2 ; Mark Nolan, LB 9.1; Grigsby, SFV 8.95. LH : Coulter, LA and Grigsby, SFV (tie) 8.975; Sanchez 8.9. PB: Warren, LA and Coulter, LA (tie) 8.85; Radomski, SFV 8.7. HB: Grigsby, SFV 9.35; Caling, LA 8.95; War­ren, LA 8.65.

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN UNIVERSITIES

U, of Southern California March 27-28-29

Team Standings: 1. Univ. of California ....... ...... 161.025 2. Washington . .. .... . ... . .. , . ... 158.775 3. U.s.c. ................... . . .. .... 1 55.35 4. U.c. L.A. .............. .. .. . .. .. .. . 152.775 5. Oregon . ................. . ....... 143.505 6. Stanford ............ . ......... . . . 132.775 7. Washington State . .. ......... . . 119.35

AA: Mauna Nissenan, Wash 107.775; George Greenfield, Call 05.80; Sho Fuku­shima, Wash 101 .85. FX: George Green­field, Cal 18.55; Larry Bassi st, UCLA 18.45; Gary Diamond, Cal 18.25. SH: Nissenen, Wash 18.95; Eric Courchesne, Cal 17.95; Ken Bronner, USC 17.85. SR: Eric Courchesne, Col 18.45; Nissenen, Wash 18.35; Steve Rochelle, Stan 18.30. LH: Lorry Bassist, UCLA 18.475; Dan Bowles, Col 18.325; Brad Moses, Cal 18.025. PB : Brien Thomas, USC 18.35; Greenfield, Col 18.10; Lomi Ozora, Wash and Randy Martin, USC (tie) 18.05. HB: Mauna Nissenen, Wash 18.80; Sho Fuku­shima, Wash 1 8.65; Greenfield, C611 8.50.

FAR WESTERN CONFERENCE March 15, 1969

Cal. State-Hayward Team Standings: 1. Sacramento State ... .... ... ..... 158.51 2. Chico State .. . . ........... , . . .... 135.50

3. San Francisco State ... 127.98 4. Cal State Hayward ... 125.91 5. Nevada .. .............. ..... .. . .. 92.68 6. U.c. Davis . 53.00

AA: Bucke.y Mackey, Chico 45.70; Tim McWhirk, SSC 44.03; Bruce Lybrand, SFSC 43.70. FX: Tim Fi sher, SSC 8.8; Paul Ammendolio , Davis 8.2; Dan Barber, SSC 8.1. SH: Don Schilling, SSC 7.0; Rich Peter­son, SSC 6.85; Phil Horton, SFSC 6.55. SR : Lance Astrella, Chico 8.7 ; Buckey Mackey, Chico 8.45; Craig Heterick, SSC 8.4. LH : Tim McWhirk, SSC 8.63; Bruce Lybrand, SFSC 8.60; Buckey Mackey, Chico 8.55. PB: Lance Astrello, Chico 8.65; Dan Schilling, SSC 8.5; Tim Mc­Whirk, SSC 8.2. HB: Buckey Mackey, Chico 8.55; Tim McWhirk, SSC 7.9; Roger Hoffman, Chico 7.85. TR : (included in team score) Tim McWhirk. SSC 8.25; Do ve Brandt-Erickson-SFSC 8.20; George Siller, SSC 7.35.

CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cal. State-Fullerton March 22, 1969

Team Standings: 1. San Fernando Volley .. . . . 1 50.25 2. Cal. St. Los Angeles . . ...... ... 143.82 3. Cal. St. Long Beach ... . ... . 137.70 4. Sacramento State .. . .. .... 1 35.55 5. Son Jose State .. . ... 125.57 6. Cal. State Fullerton ........... . 1 21 .62 7. U.c. Santa Barbaro . .... 120.75 8. Chico State ..... 11 7.60 9. Son Diego State ..... 1 00.37

10. U.c. Irvine .. .. 71.82 ll . Cal. Poly Pomona .. 45.95

AA: Rich Grigsby, SFV 51 .87; Steve Radomski, SFV 48.42; Bruce Coulter, CSLA 47.97; Marty Caling, CSLA 46.25; John Potter, Irvine 45.92. FX: Jim Fisher, SSC 8.95; Don Warren, CSLA 8.9; Marty Co ling, CSLA 8.8; Rich Grigsby, SFV 8.8. SH: Bob Medina, SFV 9.0; Rich Grigsby, SFV and John Potter, Irvine 8.4. SR: Lance Astrella, Chico 9.05·; Mark Nolan, LB and Bob Hughes, SFV 8.9. LH: Rich Grigsby, SFV 9.17; Nick Syracopoulos, LB 8.87; AI Hernandez, LA and Bruce Coulter, LA 8.77. PB: Rich Grigsby, SFV 8.9; Tracy Savage, LB 8.65; Bruce Coulter, LA 8.6. HB: Rich Grigsby, SFV 8.9; Marty Coling, LA 8.6; Steve Radomski, SFV 8.35.

PACIFIC COAST ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GYMNASTICS

CHAMPIONSHIPS Peterson Gym

San Diego State College March 28, 1969

Team Standings: Col St College at Los Angeles .... 144.775 Cal St College at Long Beach ..... 1 39.45 Univ of Cal at Santa Barbara .... 1 36.32 San Jose State College ... .. .. ..... 1 32. 1 7 San Diego State College .. . 114.35

FX: Bruce Coulter, CSLA 8.95; Don Warren, CSLA 8.85; Marty Co ling, CSLA 8.70. SH: Larry Buss, SD 9.20; Stan Shoe­maker, SD 8.10; Jim Wayman, SB 7.55. R: Gordon Block, SB 9.00; Mark Nolan, LB 8.95; Don Warren, 8.75. LH: Gordon McCollom, LB 9.00; Jim Turpin, SJ 8.90; Nick Syracopoulos, LB 8.875. PB: Tracy Savage, LB 8.85; Don Warren, 8.80; Mar­ty Co ling, 8.50. HB: Gary Erickson, LB 9.00; Joe Sweeney, SJ 8.70; Don Warren, 8.70.

NCAA WESTERN REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

San Diego State College March 29, 1969

Team Standings: Denver University ... 153.42 Cal. State L.A ................. . .. . .. 144.77 Air Force Academy . . . . . 142.85 Cal. State Long Beach ... 139.45 UC Santa Barbara . . 136.32 San Jose State ... . ....... 132.1 7

San Diego State .. .. .......... . ... . . 114.35 New Mexico ........ .. 43.10

FX: Bruce Coulter, CSLA 17.9; Cliff Gauthier, Den 17.8; Don Warren, CSLA 17.75. SH: Frank Scardina, Den 19.20; Larry Buss. SD 18.55; Cliff Gauthier, Den 16.75. R: Mark Nolan, LB 17.85; Jerry Shrim, Den and Gordon Block, UCSB (tie) 17.80. LH: Cliff· Gauthier, Den 18.42; Bruce Coulter, CSLA 17.82; Gordon Mc­Collom, CSLB 17.77. PB: Fred Schonberg­er, Den 18.10; Don Warren, CSLA 17.65; Bruce Coulter, CSLA 17.45. HB: Don War­ren, CSLA 17.75; Joe Sweeney, San Jose 17.65; Fred Schonberger, Den 17.60.

WAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Coloradll State University March 27-29

The 1969 WAC meet was, by for, the best WAC meet ever held. There were a bout 500 people for the compulsories, and it was too bod they had to observe poorly executed routines· that scored in the 4's, 5's and 6's. It is understood that compulsory exercises in other confer­ences were also bod, but that is little consolation.

Friday's meet (si x teams competing for final placings, all-around, and indi­vidual qualifiers) was run in one three­hour session and drew approximately 3,300 people! This session was especially exciting because of the well performed routines by Colorado State and New Mexico. Both teams demanded spectator attention throughout the meet. CSU won every event except the high bar, inci­dentally.

Saturday'S meet (top six individuals in each event) was good in that there were few misses and most individuals scored in the 9's. Attendance was ap­proximately 3,000.

This was an exciting meet for the CSU fans, as it was their first year in the WAC conference and also their first confer­ence team title. CSU hod defeated all the other conference schools in dual meets, with their only loss to Iowa State 1 59.725 -158.275, and entered the meet at least as slight favorites.

CSU has, in the past five years, built an outstanding gymnastics team. With the Ram's admission into the WAC con­ference, as well as a fine New Mexico squad, some of the tap gymnasts in the nation are being produced by WAC schools, as witnessed by the high quality of performance in the National Champion­ships. As yet this conference has re­ceived very little national publicity, but the information provided in this report should go for in indicating that, in the future, one should WATCH OUT FOR THE WAC!

TEAM 1. Colorado State University ... 160.075 2. New Mexico University ...... l 57.870 3. Brigham Young University . .. 149.650 4. Arizona State University .... 142.875 5. University of Utah ........ ... . 138.175 6. University of Arizona .. .. ... 137.975

AA: Ron Baretta, CSU, 45.2, 52.3 -97.5; Mike Kimball, Utah, 45.6, 50.3 - 95.9; Jim Hruban, NM, 43.3, 49.1 -92.5; Ser­gio Luna, Utah, 38.9, 47.6 - 86.5; Don Ferre, BYU, 48.3. FX: (tie) Tom Proulx, CSU, and Stormy Eaton, NM, 9.42; Bryce Martin, BYU, 9.1 7; Doug Boger, AU, 9.05; Ron Baretta, CSU, 9.00. SH : (tie) Dennis Ramsey, BYU, and Tom Galioto, NM, 9.42; Ron Boretta, CSU, 8.92; Lorry Dardano, CSU, 8.55; Jo~n Charzuk, UNM, 8.45. SR: Del Strange, CSU, 9.42; Dave Car­rier, NM, 9.27; (tie) Dick Hammers, CSU, and Paul Gillespie, CSU, 9.22; John Price, ASU, 9. 1 2. LH : Rich McConnell, NM, 9.23; Mark Hopkins, NM, 9.02; Doug Boger, AU, 9.01 ; Don Feree, BYU, 8.87; Tam Proulx, CSU, 8.85. PB : Rich McCon­nell, NM, 9.25; Mike Kimball, Utah, 9.22; Ron Baretta, CSU, 9.20; Del Strange, CSU, 9.07; Sergio Luna, Utah, 9.05. HB: Dick Hammers, CSU, 9.57; Bob Manna, NM, 9.50; Mike Dyas, NM, 9.25; Kyle Boyce, CSU, 9.17; Mike Kimball, Utah, 9 .15.

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NATIONAL GYMNASTICS JUDGES

ASSOCIATION Report By JERRY WRIGHT

17 QUESTIONS QUIZ FROM THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE NGJA

FILL IN DEDUCTION RANGES 1. Touching the end of the horse, the pommels, the hond­

grips, the bar supports, the frame or the floor in

front of or inside of the bars with the feet ___ _ 2. When the gymnast si ts in noticeable manner, the

deduction will be on each occasion _____ _ 3. Side horse

a. Lock of amplitude in leg circles _____ _ b. Scissors without disengaging hips -,-,-___ -,--:-

4. Handstand with arms bent or touching ropes with arms

5. Handstand with arms bent and touching ropes with arms _---"--,-___ --:-_-:- _,---_---,,---_

6. Cross, inverted crass, and free front horizontal sup-port with arms bent -:-________ _

7. Too much swaying of rapes _____ _ 8. Forward fall by tumbling from bandstand insofar

as a fault is potently involved (tumbling down from handstand) __ ______ __ _

9. If the composition of the exercise does not corre­spond to the requirements as stated in Art. 30, the deduction will be, each time --:----:-:--:-_-:::-: __

10. For each intermediate swing, the deduction will be _ 11 . If the exercise does not end in on effective dismount,

corresponding to the difficulty of the exercise as a whole, the deduction will be _ ___ _

FILL IN BLANK SPACE Evaluation of the difficulty ,

12. 0) Oeduction for missing ports A, Bond C a. Port A = b. Port B = c. Port C =

13. If a port C is replaced by a port B, the difficulty score will be reduced by ___ points.

14. For scoring the difficulty, the deduction cannot surpass ___ points.

15. The maximum deduction for the combination is __ 16. To obtain the maximum score the exercise must be

composed of at least, a. b. c.

___ ports A __ ports B _ _ ports C 17. The duration of held ports is the following,

a. On parallel bars and floor, b. On rings

A-8-C JUDGING QUIZ: RATE THE FOLLOWING "A" "8" OR "C"

AND LIST VALUE OF SKILL SHOWN Answers on Page 30

1. Floor Exercise

2 handsprings backward (double Fl ic- Flac),

4. Long Horse

1

Scissors with V2 turn

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12th Annual NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTIC

CLINIC August 10-15, 1969

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2. Side Horse 3. Still Rings

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5. Parallel Bars 6. High Bar

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MG Interviews, continued from page 11

FRANK CUMISKY (Superior Judge): Side horse. That fellow McCanless, he was won­derful on the side horse. It appears to me that he doesn't need two pommels. One pommel is enough for him. His is probably the most out­standing performance that I've seen. OTTO RYSER (coach, Indiana University): The exciting thing to me is the number of top­flight youngsters we have today in comparison ever to 10 years ago when we had 5 or 6 boys doing top routines ; now we've got 50 or 60 of 'em doing top routines. This to me is very exciting. ABE GROSSFELD (coqch , Southern Con­necticut): The team competition was so close that I'd say that the climax of the team COlil­

petition was the most exciting moment. I was very happy with Jim Amerine's performance. He really exceeded my expectations. I think, too, that the side horse work was phenomenal. DICK CRILEY (MG reporter): Moves I liked were Sanchez's 1l-2 twisting somie which was well-controlled; Amerine's method of getting from a rear support on HB to a front support position: he merely muscles a half tum on one arm to his left ; also Rick Simmons' piked Arabian front to a straight legged forward roll; Larry Bassist's handspring, front with full ; Barry Siotten's haridspring to full twisting dive roll and his back ff toe-touch to immediate front ff; Iowa's Dick Taffe used a rearwards jump with full twist to nice effect ; ISU's Bob Ito had good tumbling, including his double full , handspring to front, a high Arabian dive, as well as a couple well-done transition moves: from front support to the Valdez position (tum about body axis and bend one leg) to a banner move (resembles a Valdez but doesn 't go through handstand -looks as if he does a full twist on one arm, but not a diamidov , as he regains the Valdez position). Might also mention Emery's 1l-2 twisting dismounts on HB and PB. Then on Long Horse: a full twist­ing handspring by Arizona's Doug Boger (in practice) , the entire Iowa State long horse team performance, the overall predominance of Yamashita vaults , and Penn State's Paul Vexler's near end stoop which had nearly 7 feet of pre-flight (he's only 5'W'). And what about the large number of specialists in the finals this year?! . .. I missed the name of the gymnast who gave me the following ring rou­tine. Will he please claim it, if he can: Back kip, maltese , front uprise , L, planche, press handstand, reverse giant locked arm to hand­stand, lower to invested cross, to back lever, to iron cross, dislocate, full twist.

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10 .. 3· .5

Answers to NGJA quiz, 11. .1 -.3 Evaluation of difficulty 12. a .. 2

b .. 4 c .. 6

13 .. 2 14.3.4 15. 1.6 15. a. 6.

b. 4 c. 1

17. o. 2 ssc (there are exceptions) b.3 sec (there are exceDtions)

A-B-C quiz, FX - A plus A (most judges give credit for only two)

see page 61 - drawing is in wrong place - change withVIII-8

SH - B plus B - (how's that grab you l) see page 77 SR - A plus A - compare with XI-5 page 103 (used to

be "B") LH - 9.5 see page 31 PB - "A" (was "B") see page 134 HB - "e" (listed as "e" but questionable)

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