Modern Gymnast - May 1970

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NCAA REPORT: Because a virus bug floating around South· ern California zeroed in on your editor at NCAA champion­ship time, we were unable to make the trip to Temple Uni­versity. However, we were more than adequately repre­sented by our two hard-working associates, Dick Criley (who flew all the way from Hawaii to help out), and our art director (photographer, poet, promotional consultant, etc.), Ken Sakoda, who played hooky from art school for a few days to make sure we got the iob done.

While in Philadelphia, Dick and Ken enlisted the ser­vices of Steve Cohen to do some of the technical report­ing, Ray Lorenze to help with the photography and Bill Coco, the congenial host ond meet director as a walking information center. Between cameras, tape recorders, pad pencil and assistants, we feel they came up with a real special championship edition for you.

We know gymnastic ioy and ir. spiration are in store for you as you work your way through this special report filled with photos, results, interviews and winning routines along with personal data of interest on most of the top competitors in this year's competition. Once again a spe­cial note of thanks to Dick, Ken, Ray, Bill and all who had a part in making this annual special edition ... and to you the readers who continually help make the MG possible by your support and enthusiasm. NEXT EOITION: USGF championships, NAIA nationals, along with all the regular MG news, instruction features and iudging notes, plus MG and " POT," our rebuttal with com­ments and help from MG readers around the world.

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DR. E. A. EKLUND

Our belated condolences to Dr. Eklund's wife, Ruth, and members of his family. Dr. Eklund passed away on March 7, 1970. For the past 20 years Dr. Eklund was the national secretary of the American Turners and editor of the "AMERICAN TURNER TOPICS." A quiet hard worker in gymnast ics, we will all miss him (a check from Dr. Eklund was the first recorded subscript ion to the Modern Gymnast magazine when we started in 1956.)

m THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

OG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XII MAY NUMBER 5 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .. ......... .. .... Glenn Sundby 4 THE MG NCAA REPORT

VIEWPOINTS ......... Dick Criley 6 PETER DI FURIO: IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE .. .. ...... .. .. .... .... .. ............ Joseph L Massimo 7 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP .. ......... Dick Criley 7 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NCAA

CHAMPIONSHIPS .............. .. Steve Cohen 10 SPOT INTERViEWS ................ Sakoda & Criley 13 ALL-AROUND CHAMPiONSHiP.. ...... ......... .. ... 15 FREE EXERCISE ....... . .. ... ... ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... 16 SIDE HORSE ....... .............. .. ...... ....... .. .. 18 STILL RINGS .. .. .. .. ..... .. .... ...... .... ....... . .. . 20 LONG HORSE .. .. ....... ... .... .. .... .... ..... ... ... 22 PARALLEL BARS ...... ..... ............... . ..... ..... 24 HORIZONTAL BARS ... ...... ... .... ........ ..... .... 26 TRAMPOLINE ....... .. .. ..... . .. ..... .............. .. . 28

MG GYM CALENDAR .... ........... .. . ....... . .. ...... .... 30

PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature

A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare. USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Robert Hanscom, YMCA ; Andrzei Gonera , European; Gera.ld George, Dan Millman & Don Tonry, AA Instructwnal; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.

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THE MG NCAA REPORT Photos by Roy Lorenz, Dick Criley and Ken Sokodo

VIEWpoints by Dick Crilev

Some years back when Carl Patterson bid to host the NCAA 's at Temple University, he promised a new gymnasium and facilities for the visiting teams. Unfortunately , Carl did not live to see the realization of his dream, but Bill Coco and the Temple Athletic Department were as fine a set of hosts as we've had the Bill , Gavin White, AI Shrier, Dave Leonard, Neil Cohen, Fred Turoff, Jay Geier and the scorekeepers from the Mannettes for their as­sistance and cooperation.

Visiting gymnasts , coaches, and judges were all especially pleased with the transportation provisions from the Ben Franklin Hotel in downtown Philadelphia out to Temple 's new McGonigle Hall. This was another courtesy of the Temple Athletic Department.

Another upbeat note was the presence of WFI L-TV who taped the entire night of in­dividual finals . Unfortunately only local viewers got to see it as the NCAA again decid­ed not to contract with a major television net­work for national coverage.

The decision to hold the NCAA Trampoline Championships concurrently with the gym­nastic championships was a wise one. It pro­vided the trampolinists with spectators and an air of competitiveness which might not other­wise existed. Hopefully the sport will receive its full due in future championships and the for­mat will be tightened up a bit.

Speaking of tightening things up, something has got to be done about those coaches ' dinners and meetings. Even the older coaches were get­ting rest less as the dinner meeting approached midnight. A bit of relief was furnished by " Gymnastic Flashbacks" which was premiered for the annual dinner. Seems to me a lot of the proceedings (nominations, ballots, etc.) could have been carried out by mail with only the re­su lts requiring announcement. Announcement of other awards could be made in the program and the awards given out before one of the championships.

The Temple hosts made another suggestion worthy of consideration: Hold the last con­ference or regional meets 2 weeks before Nationals. This would I} proyide more time to get the results in for the pro'gram to be printed, 2} allow a recovery period for competing gym­nasts and teams , and 3} ease the pressures on the host institution. I don't suppose anything quite so reasonable will ever be considered by the various autonomous conferences and the NCAA ...

A couple of gymnasts solved a problem in a rather unique, albeit expensive, way. They bought wigs to cover their shoulder-length hair. While some scoffed at the solution, it did en­ab le them to compete without risking the verbal condemnation of the gymnastics establishment (let alone their coach) or the unspoken deduc­tions of the judges.

On another note , it was of interest to observe that specialists can perform compulsories and still qualify for medals as there were 17 all­around performances and 19 specialist per­formances seeded into the finals , a lmost the same as last year when only AA men did com­pulsories.

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The MG stoff and we are sure everyone that was involved with this yeor's NCAA championships would like to commend Coach Bill Coco for the excellent organization and hondling of the meet.

1970 NACGC HONOR COACH'S AWARD, Charles A. Pease of Petalumo, Colif. He is post 70 and still teoching and coo ching gymnastics (Sonoma State College). Hos been a coach and promoter of gym· nastic since 1916 (UC-Berkeley, 1921-1962) and is considered by mony to be the father of gym­nostics on the West Coost.

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HELMS HALL OF FAME AWARD RECIPIENTS, Fronk Woolcott (Springfield), president of the Notional Associa­tion of College Gymnastic Cooches, presents Helms Holl of Fame Awards to Mrs. Carl Patterson (for her late husbond), George Szypula, Hal Frey, Bruno Johnke and John Van Aalen (not pictured).

Judges for NCAA championships, Bock row, Jerry Todd, Sid Drain, Jerry Wright, Chris Weber, Fronk Cum­miskey, Bob Manning. Front row, Gordon Matthews, Dick Aronson, Rich Riccardi, Bill Ratzheim, Bob Hall, Duane Hoecherl.

Pete Difurio accepts the coveted Nissen Award with Coach Coco as it was presented by Mr. George Ni ssen personally.

Peter DiFurio: In the Pursuit of Excellence by Jose ph L. Mass imo Ph .D . Psychologist U .S. N ational Coaching Staff

In a day and age where heroism is considered rathe r "corny " and our general attitude towards acts of persona l courage and fo rtitude is some­what blase' , it may be wise to pa use from time to time and reflect on such behaviors in order to renew our faith in the human experience and in our young people.

One suc h perfor ma nce occurred at th e N .C.A.A. Gymnastic C hampionships in Phila­de lphia on April 2, 3, and 4th. The young man involved is not well known to the author except by na me ; Pete DiFurio, Age ; 20, Hometown; Philadelphia, Year ; Senior a nd school , Temple Univers ity . However, observing this gymnast on two occasions, the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastic League C hampionships and N ation­a ls provides a mple evidence to single him out as one very rea l example of the power of will and determination of heroic proportio ns.

Pete 's gymnastic performance bespeaks of his competence in this chosen area. At the Easterns he was a standout capturing the All Around title after executing 17 complete exercises without a majo r break . At the N .C.A.A.s he aga in presented 17 routines with­out a se rious fault and a lso received gy mnastics' highest national award - the Nissen Trophy for qua lity gymnastics and overall sportsman­ship.

Beside this fine performance of body his performance of spirit is the real focus of this art icle. Sometime ago Pete DiFurio susta ined a serious knee injury requiring surgica l interven­tion. Since the n he has carefully guarded his leg while acce lerating his training progra m. His coach, Bill Coco, had indicated that he worried each time Pete was working out that he might re-injure himself. Bill was a familiar sight at the competitions providing extraordinaril y fine spotting for this boy in order to reduce the number of la ndings the leg would have to en­dure. During competitions, however, Pete was

on his own a nd sure ly these were difficult mo­ments. At the Easterns in Syracuse, New York , on his Horizontal Bar dismount , Pete landed and collapsed in agony as hi s leg rebelled . This happened at the conclusion of the preliminaries but that evening he returned for the finals and fini shed the compe titio n although obviously in physical pa in. The gymnast ic performance is difficult when one is physically sound but the added strain of me nta l concern about if and when an aggravated condition might collapse makes it a formidable task indeedl

At the nat ionals after two days of gruel­ing competition a nd again on the high bar, Pete 's great effort came to an end. As he landed his dismount he fell to the floor , thi s time with his good leg injured. The additional burden placed on this leg for months , in order to favor the other, had finally ta ken its toll. Pete was carried off the floor but returned after a short period to receive his and his team's awards as the number three University squad in the U.S .A. He was sti ll being ass isted by his teammates whose affection for him has a lways been apparent. Earlier that afternoon your author had briefl y talked to Pete a nd noticed that his ha nds had several deep and obviously very sore cuts which no doubt hin­dered him even more. His only comment about these was a curt di smissal of their impor­ta nce - " they ma ke it a little hard to hold on."

On Saturday evening the N .C.A.A . individ­ual finals were held. Pe te had qualified on sev­eral events but Temple's iron man could not complete his final competition as a collegian. He dressed and received hi s rewards climaxed by the Nissen Trophy and a sta nding ovation from a sell-out house.

Later, after the conclusion of the competi­tion , he proudly displayed this beautiful tro­phy with a beaming smile o n hi s face. It was then that your author decided to write this brief and genuine tribute to an outstanding athlete who demonstrates the quality of courage , phys ical pe rsistence, and mental endurance of a true champion. All of us who witnessed this effort could not help but feel a sense of pride for Pete Di F urio who humbly pursued and achieved excellence.

1970 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP by Dick Criley

In the preliminary competitions , Iowa State, as expected , jumped off to an ea rl y lead total­ing 81.40 for the first three events , largely on the strength of fine side horse performances by Doug Peak a nd Russ Hoffman . Thanks to the la rge number of competitors, the race for second a nd third was rather obscured until after the fir st three events when it was discov­ered tha t Southern Illinois (80.25) had edged into second place, tha nks la rgely to some out­standing ringwork by C ha rles Ropiquet. Temple (79.70) was third as a result of con­s iste nt teamwork but only 0 .6 ahead of fourth­place Michigan (79.1 0). Michigan was hurt on the side horse by some weak performances. N ew Mexico (78 .95) might have been able to cha llenge the leaders as they were but 0 . 15 behind Mich igan a nd 0.75 behind Temple, but a lack of depth on the rings forced them to accept a 25.8 , which did not boost the m a long as they had hoped.

Michigan coach Newt Loken must have waxed eloquent prior to the evening events as his tea m averaged 9.12 per ma n on the las t three ev·e nts . Iowa State ran into problems on the parallel bars with only Dennis Mazur put­ting a n intact routine together. N o nethe less, Iowa State had logged enough security with the ir 9.05 per ma n average through the first 5 events to clinch the No. I spot at the conclu­sion of the preliminaries. Coming down to the wire , Temple finished competitions first with a 160.00 total. Michigan needed a 26.45 going into the high bar to slip by Temple and did it with 9.15-9.20-9.30 (McCurdy , Marti & Howard) performances on the high bar. Suddenly , everyone wondered , what happe ned to Southern Illinois ? Despite 9.2 and 9.4 per­formances from Bert Schmitt and Mark Davis, SI U logged only 26.00 on the high bar, just 0 .2 short of the 160.05 they needed for a third place.

The entries for Saturday's finals were Iowa State ( 161.60), Michiga n ( 161 .25) a nd Temple ( 160.00).

Before the team competitions , California was given a higher seeding, and indeed, indi­viduals such as Greenfield, Morisaki and Cour­chesne performed to deserve it , but somehow Cal just did not put on a performance as a team, perhaps because of being " up" for the AA WU conference meet just the weekend before. Filling in for Coach Hal Frey (off on a sabbat­ic and working on his PhD) were Don Nelson a nd M. Watanabe both of whom did a credible job.

The N ew Mexico team reflected Coach Rusty Mitchell's spirit and presented them­selves well. Stormy Eaton a nd freshmen Sey­more Rifkind and Dave Repp were partic ular­ly outstanding. The floor exercise tea m showed a lot of imagination and good tumbling, thanks again to Rusty, but a lack of depth forced the m to field only 3 men on rings and the long horse. An unexpected break on high bar by Bob M an­na , defending champ on that event, not on ly ruined his chances of repeating but a lso dropped the tea m total to 25.35, which did not help things any.

The Air Force Academy team made their debut unde r the revised NCAA format under the experienced eye of Major Carl Schwenz­feier. Considering the demanding schedules of the academies , the routines of cadets a nd midshipmen seem to be developed under less than superior conditions , and one must give credit to the fine routines turned in by the likes of cadets Solana, Ritter, and Tracey.

Louisiana State University. a neophyte in gymnastics, showed the potential coach Ger-

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Coach Loken (Michigan)

What's it like to coach a team through a full com­petitive season, reach the NCAA championsh ips, to finally make the team finals as one of the top three teams in the nation and then to put it allan

Coach Gagnier (Iowa State)

the line as you vie for the "big prize," the NCAA team championship? Coaches Newt Loken (U. of Mich), Ed Gagnier (Iowa State) and Bill Coco (Tem­ple U.) were the men responsible for this year's

Coach Coco (Temple)

exciting team playoffs and the men who bore the concentration of its pressures and joys.

Number 1 , University of Mich igan

Number 2, Iowa State University

Number 3, Temple University

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS FX SH

Finals

Michigan 27.00 26.85 27. 10 Iowa State 27.30 26.25 27.45 Temple 26.95 25.20 26.95

Prel im inaries

Iowa State 26.90 27.50 27.00 Michigan 26.80 25.70 26.60 Temple 26.75 26.60 26.35 Southern Ill inois 26.05 26.65 27.55 New Mexico 26.70 26.45 25.80 California 26.05 23.70 26.15 Air Force 26.50 20.05 24.70 Loui siana State 23.80 17.35 23.90

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27.50 27.85 27.85 28.10 27.45 27.50 27.45 26.70 26.65

27.30 25.90 27.00 27.10 27.40 27.65 27.10 26.85 26.35 26.45 27. 15 26.00 26.40 25.95 25.35 27.40 25.65 27.40 26.55 21.50 23.55 24.30 21.45 21.05

TOTAL

164.15 164.05 159.90

161.60 161.25 160.00 159.85 156.65 156.35 142.85 131 .85

TEAM CHAMP l:ONSH l:P aid George has to work with. but the gymnas ts were unu sed to the pressures of a national meet a nd large crowds. As might be expected . they turned in better pelformances where coach George 's guidance on swi ng ing moves could be used.

Saturday afternoon. a crowd of nea rly 4500 gat hered to watch hometown favorite Temple do battle with the giants from the mid-west. The meet ran smoothl y and lasted just a little over two hours. Temple opened with a series of rap id-fire FX routeines whi le Michigan started on s ide horse wit h a conservative plan: H IT! Michigan jumped off to an early lead with strong si de horse pelformances by Gura and Kazi ny to make up for Friday 's low tota l. but Iowa State made up the differ­ence on rings with a 27.45 from the scores of B. Simmons, D . Mazur, a nd D . Butzman to edge ahead by 8 1.00 to SO.95 at halftime . Temple suffered breaks on side horse to drop them 0.6 behind their Friday halfway total. Iowa State 's long horse team stuck every landing to tota l 28. 1 (9.3-9 .3-9 .5 from S. Buck, D . Butzman. and B. Simmons) giv ing them a comfortable 0.55 lead despi te a 27 .5 effort from the Michigan vaulters.

Whi le Iowa State was compili ng a 26.65 on the high bar, Michigan' s Plotk in . J ensen a nd Rappe r came through with a 27.S5 on the p­bars. It still looked like Iowa State's day as they led 136.6 to 136.3. ISU hit on the para ll e l bars with a 27.45 to give them a 164.05 a nd Michigan needed a 27 .S to win. As the las t tea m to compete on the high bar, Michigan se nt up Ted Marti who scored a 9.25 . S id Jense n man­aged only an S.9 and the tension heightened . Rick McCurdy had hit a 9.15 in the prelims a nd pulled out a 9.20. The pressure was on Ed Howa rd as the las t man up: a 9.3 (his p.re lim score) would tie it up , and a 9.35 would win. Only four people in the gym were oblivious to the tens ion , and they were the judges who awarded a 9.4 to a very smooth routine execut­ed under a great dea l of pressure. Michigan won it by 164. 15 to 164.05 , their second N CAA C ha mpionship. The tension cou ld have been matched o nly by that at Tucson when Cali ­fornia snatched it out over S IU with ste rling performances on the high bar by their last men up.

Temple fully demonstrated the poten tia l forecas t two yea rs ago by Jerry Wright at Tuc­son but were doomed to a great disappoint­ment when Pete DiFurio re-injured hi s knee when dismounting from the high bar. A l­though they were out of the running for the championship, the team put on a determined effort to make their 160.0 prelim tota l and missed it by only O. I. Pete reappeared in uni ­form for th e evening, but was unable to com­pete. H is honors included leading hi s team to their most successful season, second place in the all -a round , and recipient of the Geol'ge Nissen A ward.

Ed Ganier's Iowa State team which notched third in 1969 with a tea m composed large ly of sophomores and which as a junior team was edged out by 0.1 in 1970 has a strong incentive to make it as No. I in 197 1 at the home of the defending champions-the University of Mich­igan. Don't miss it!

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Technical Analysis of the NCAA Gymnastic Championships By Steve Cohen

Philadelphia , long known as the city of broth­erly love , played host this year as the c it y of fraterna l rivalry to America 's fine st collegiate gymnasts. Approximately 160 athletes , repre­senting 37 schools, gathered at Temple Uni­versity 's McGonigle Hall Gymnasium to vie for the individual and team honors. It is the pur­pose of this report to look statistically and sty li stically at the facts , figures and pe rfor­mances of this three-day event in an effort to distill the most important feature s of the meet. An ana lys is of the judging, competition and general aspects of meet admini stration will be integrated and di scussed under three sepa rate headings: the compulsory set , the optiona l set and the individual fin als.

THE COMPULSORY SET The compulsory or set exerci ses were held

on the first day of the competition during a sin­gle session. The conspicuous absence of deco­rum,· spectators and top-calibre compul sory routines in general was a di sappointing triad of circumstances. However, there was still a new dimens ion of drama provided by the 106 spe­cialists battling for pos itions along with the 23 all-around entrants.

The floor exercises were definitely sub­par in every instance. The tumbling of Tom Proul x, gracefulness of Y oshi Hayasaki and steadiness of Paul Tickenoff were not to be seen combined into any si ngle performance. Unlike the more martial composition of free calisthenics in the pas t , this exercise has an in­herent rhythmical quality that approaches the character of women 's floor work . The ultimate downfa ll of each gymnast was undoubtedly the poor styli stic interpretation. The judging on this event was exce llent and reflected the defi­ciency of proper execution of the various pa rts of this rout ine. Not one of the 41 gymnas ts scored higher than 8.85: 83% of the competi­tors were below 8.5 , and 49% were unab le to obtain a score of 8.0 (see T able I for a stati sti­cal analysis of compulsories) .

The particulars of floor exercise which re­quire the most attention are: ( I) A general e m­phasi s on rhythm , harmon y and expression of each pa rt throughout the routine ; (2) correct execution of the dive cartwheel on the second pass: (3) more grace and freedo m on the circu­lar turns of the third pass and especial ly in the circular arm motion of the straddle stand (pre­ceding the press , and (5) increased virtuosity of the tour jete' .

The side horse competition was a relative im­provement over the floor compulsory but left much to be desired. Although the routine itself is hardly a difficult set technicall y, it presented obstacles to both a ll-a round men and specia l­ists . The constricted , low-to-the-horse type of execution was invariabl y demonstrated by ev­ery a ll-a round gymnast.

The qua lity of fl are takes on a special s ignifi­cance in this exercise because of its simple de­sign. Cautiousness and flare a re not mutuall y exclusive entities, and it must be remembered that a conservative approach to compulsory grade' It took the audacity of a specia li st to in­ject so me freedom into thi s se t, namel y Bill Russo , whose performance was an exemplary

* With three events running s imultaneous ly, the raucou s overtures from the bench of a per­forming teammate often served as a great dis­traction and , in certai"" cases, a great disaster to competitors up on the other events.

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piece of horse manship. Russo worked well on a ll part s with the exception of the reverse sc is­sors. Jim Yearwood was really the only man to do correct scissors in both directions.

Side horse, a lways feared as the " great elimi­nator" amongst the a ll -arou nd men , did not fail to li ve up to its title in this meet. Fifty-seven per cent of the a ll-arounders turned in sub-7.0 pelformanccs , cffectively remov ing them from any opportunity to strike gold in this NCAA. Less than 10% of all 43 entrants on side horse broke 9. 0: 72% were below 8.5 , and 43 % fa iled to score 8.0.

The particulars of the side horse which re­quire the most attention are : ( I) Emphasis on freedom and height of execution of a ll part s: (2) e levation of sc issors, forward and especia l­ly reverse with more of an a ttempt to show ex­tension , and (3) e levat ion of loop with ha lf­twist di smount.

The paradigm of an inte rnationa l grade com­pulsory set was finally demonst rated on the still rings. Y oshi Hayasaki turned in the most perfec t exerci se for any eve nt of the day. He carried each part to its maximum by paying strict attention to the use of st ra ight arm tech­niques throughout the exercise (see below). Hayasa ki 's score of 9.45 was much too low. C ha rles Ropiequet and D ave Seal were headed in the right direction but could not compare with the overpowering competence of Haya­sak i. This event proved to be the second weak­est of the day for the all-around performers , with 48 % scoring below 8.0. Onl y three men out of the 40 entered in st ill rings managed a 9.0 or better: 63 % were below 8.5, and 43 % dipped under the 8.0 mark.

The particulars of thi s routine which require seriou s a ttention are: ( I) Use of the stra ight arm technique in do ing inloca tes , shoot to hand­stand , back upri se and sca le to back lever : (2) e le vation of inlocates (i.e ., eve n with rings): (3) back upri se should " ri se" to a 45" angle , and (4) pike front so mersault di smount must be at leas t as high as the rings.

The compul sory long horse vault , as this ob­se rver sees it, is a cartwheel with a one-ha lf twist. It most ce rta inl y is not a tin sica over the long horse : ye t it was just thi s mis inte rpretation of the vault by competitors and judges that tipped the scales unfa irl y in favor of many an in­correctly executed jump. Employ ing the tinsica vault increases the ease of attaining good post­fli ght and added tenth s to jumps which were in­correctly done. I t is in light of what I feel is ei­ther a poor description of the compulsory vault by the officials or an erroneous interpretation by the competitors that I sha ll e lect to defer individual criticism of the long-horse vaulters . Ninety-fi ve per cent of the all-around men fell between 8.0 and 9.0 on this event. Thirty-nine men were entered in th e vau lting, and a pa ltry 7.5 % managed to break 9.0: 44% were unable to score 8.5. but only three men scored less than 8.0.

Th e pa rticula rs of this event which require attention are : ' ( I) Correct execution of a cart-

wheel half twist and NOT a tins ica, and (2) emphasis on both pre- and post-flight parts.

The parallel bars brought to the fore a num­ber of good routines and pointed to an absolute improvement over a ll of th e other compulsories. A whopping 43 % of the all-around men broke the 9.0 barrier, and 45% of the tota l entry li st did the same. Only 36% of the pe rformers fail ed to score 8.5, and a ll but 24% did better th an 8.0. In the upper echelons , th e numbers do not really convey the whole story . H ayasaki, Brent Simmons, Hide Umeshita and Ron Rapper scored 9.4 or better. It is this observer's opin­ion that Mr. Hayasaki in reality completed the finest of these exercises . Rapper, who edged Hayasaki by one- tenth , did a great job but lacked the fiery precision of his rival. Once again, the freedom manifes ted in Yoshi 's work was not approached by other gy mnasts who turned up equa l or better scores.

The particulars of this routine that require at­tention a re: ( I) Extension and e levat ion of the reverse stutz; (2) care to avoid swinging the hollow-back press , and (3) execution of the for­ward so mersault di smount without the a id of the pa ralle l bar while in fli ght.

The horizontal bar was not quite so bounti­ful with the high scores obtained on the para l­lel bars. There were a great many heartbrea k­ing performances by competent men, including Bob Manna and Juan Sanchez , who were both pre-meet favorites. Only Yoshi H ayasaki of the 34 contestants was ab le to muster a 9.0, and even he demonstrated many weaknesses . Seventy-six per cent of a ll entrants scored be­low 8.5 , and 44% remained under 8.0.

The pa rticulars of this routine that require specia l attention a re: (I) The kip with over­hand grip to immedia te reverse pirouette should be completed above 45 degrees , ifnot in a hand­stand: (2) gy mnas ts should work on keeping form during the stoop into the back kip: (3) a decisi ve cast after the forward roll to hand change should be demonstrated , a nd: (4) th e di smount should be above the bar and in a lay­out pos ition.

The compulsory sess ion was the longest one of the entire three days. It was three hours and

TABLE I AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPULSORY COMPETITION

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FX 41 20(46.8) 21 (51 .2) 00(.) SH 43 18(43.2) 21 (47.4) 4(9.4) SR 40 17(425) 20(50.0) 3(7.5) LH 39 3(7.5) 33(85.1) 3(7.4) PB 33 8(24.2) 10(30.4) 15(45.4) HB 34 15(44.1) 18(53.0) 1 (2.9) * These figu res represent the number of competitors scoring within the stated range and the percentage of the total that thi s fi gu re represents in parenthesis.

A FEW CANDID SHOTS

50 minutes of effici ently run gy mnas tics. In genera l, the calibre of jUdging was very good. However, an unpleasant note of interest on compulsory progress in America since the 1968 Olympics is the fac t that Hide U mesh ita, in second place with a 52 .6 total , would not have placed sixth in our tea m trials two years ago. American gymnasts perennially face great weaknesses in the compulsory set exercises , and this lengthy analysis was express ly written to point out many of the things that can be done to correct thi s situation. The on ly true way to attack these exercises is with a passion to ex­ecute each part a t its maxi mum and not just to complete a routine! 1970 is a year of the world cha mpionships and another opportunity for the U.S. to prove itself on the inte rnat ional scene. ... Will we ever stop permitting history to re­peat it se lf?

THE OPTIONAL SET The opt ional phase of the 1970 N CAA meet

was divided into two exciting sess ions. This round of scores proved to be the direct anti ­thesis of the previous day 's record. The 36 athletes who gained the fina ls had an overall optional average of 9.25 (see event photo sum­maries) attes ting to the fact that our gy mnastic strength st ill lies in these rout ines. The a ll­around champ was crowned at the close of the day , and three of the teams entered in the com­petition advanced to their finals.

The floor exercise reached a level of di ffi­culty that is probably unsurpassed by any pre­vious NCAA competition. There were few gymnas ts in this event that failed to achieve the three-tenth s accorded by the judges for ri sk , origina lity and virtuosity. Five men used a dou­ble back somersault in their set, at least nine dou ble twisting so mersaults were used, and a hos t of men did full twist ing forward di ves and I Y2 twisting backward di ves. Over 50% of the

contestants scored 9.0 or be tte r led by Tom Proulx of Colorado State . Proul x , who had been in fifth place following the compulsories, moved into first position on the basis of his phenomenal tumbling and precise floor work (see optional routines of all go ld medalists un­der finals).

I n the topsy-turvey world of the side horse, John Russo who had led the pack after the compulsory session, dropped to fifth place after a snapped suspender caused him to lose hi s bal ance during hi s final end sequence. Russ Hoffman moved into the lead with a very dif­ficult optional routine but could not quite match the amplitude and freedom of Russo 's work. Overall , the side horse optional rou­tines were a vast improvement over the dis­aster of the preceding day. C lose to thirty per cent of the horsemen scored a 9.0 or higher.

The still ring competi tion seemed to re-em­phasize the trend in this nat ionsls to use in­creasingly difficu lt combinations. C harles Ropiequet turned in the highest score of the day at 9.6 and the highest score of the meet. Hi s routine augmented the muscular element and e legantly combined so lid , swi nging com­position to round out a well-executed set. Hayasa ki , at 9.2 , was unable to come up with the strength parts intrinsic to a winning rou­tine but maintained a high enough prelimina ry total to place him in second. Dave Seal moved into third place on the basis of a flawless rou­tine that scored 9.5. Seal's exerc ise seemed to lack the imagination and aggressive style of Ropiequet but was solidl y pelformed. Forty per cent of the sti ll ring work earned scores in the nines.

The top twenty-five long horse vaulters were above 8. I and c lose to 50% of these were in the nine-plus range. The stati stics would lead one to believe that a herd .of ga-

zelles were leapi ng over the long horse at this meet , but that was hardly the case. I n realit y, the level of j umping was below standard w ith a lmost 85% of a ll men using the SAME V A U L T (i.e. the Yamashita). The notable exception to the rule was Doug Boger, whose full twis ting front handspring from the far e nd earned him first place in the eve nt for the sec­ond straight day. U nfortuna te ly, one creati ve optional vault out of so me thirt y-nine contes­tants makes the competition a frightful bore. In the future , e ithe r originality must become a sine qua non fo r a ll top gymnasts or the value of this event as part of the collegiate reper­toire must be re-evaluated ! It is my personal belief that with a little ingenuity , A merican vau lte rs can effect the former.

This was the yea r of the prec ision pelform­ance on the parallel bars. Ron Rapper scored 9.45 to once again show the prowess that earned him the crown last yea r. His letter­perfect stutz to a handstand, solid one arm handstand and back somersau lt ha lf twist dis­mount could be likened to the fine movements of a Swiss watch. Nevertheless , Yoshi ' Haya­sak i also performed an equally difficult set a nd his peach basket to handstand mount, high straddle cut to an L and front somersault ha lf twist dismount could be likened to the gentle movements of a top grade J apanese Olympian' Hayasaki received a 9.35. An overall comment about the composition of bars ' work was the lack of original combinations in contrast to prev ious nationa l championships. It can not be rei terated too often tha t the approach of using minimal requirements , o r what is known as the "stock routine," is a defeat ing attitude -gymnasts beware.

On the horizontal bar, H ayasaki rounded out hi s a ll around tota l with a 9.45 to capt ure both the individua l lead and the a ll eve nt

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wreath . The top six scores of the optional set were all above 9.35 . Dave Gilchrist com­pleted a fiery 9.5 exercise to gain access to the finals in fourth position and George Green­fie ld , Tom Lindner and Pete Difurio scored 9.40. DiFurio incurred an untimel y injury on his dismount from the high bar and was forced to scratch from both of the events he had qua l-ified in for the finals . Proulx

The all around scores did not have to be tabulated to determine Hayasaki 's suprem­acy in the event. His 108.25, averaging 9.03 per event , was better than two points above hi s closest competitor. Pete Di Furio turned in a marve lou s showing in the second day's sessions to move ahead of Hude Umeshita. DiFurio 's optional sco res were only two tenths behind Hayasaki and demonstrated a Proulx bright new poss ibility for the World Games team. U meshita dropped to third on the bas is of another poor side horse score (7.95) and a rather sloppy optional set in general. George Greenfield and Paul Tickenoff battled it out to a deadlock in fourth position with rather poor finishes of 103.70. I t is interest ing to note that two of the top four all around men wi ll be returning next year: Y oshi Hayasaki and H ide Crosby Umeshita!

THE FINALS The gold meda l routines are li sted below

a long with some of the other top exe rcises of the final's competition. FREE EXERC ISE-TOM PROULX (Sr.) SCORE 9.50 (First)

Mounting from the corner, Round-off, flip­flop, doub le back somersault. Leap to front support : right leg forward to split : straight a rm. stradd le press to handstand (hold): for­ward roll , immedi ate back handspring to cor­ner: facing side, running front somersault, headspring step out forward to reverse pir­ouette step down , back walk-over to corner: facing diagona l, round-off, flip-flop , high Ara­bian back so mersault: fall to front su pport , turn to seat: Valdez step down into corner: facing diagona l. round-off, two flip-flops , full twisting back somersault dismount. SIDE HORSE - RUSS HOFFMAN (Soph.) SCORE 9.30 (First-tie)

Standing between pommel s : Jump into back moore immediate tromlet out to end: one circle , reverse tromlet to center: one circle, Russian moore: two circles , break into one back scissors, cut into three forward scissors: cut into two circles , reverse tromlet down to end: walk around on end to two loops , imme­diate loop dismount. JOHN RUSSO (Sr.) SCORE 9.50 (First-tie)

Standing forward and facing end: jump into circ le, loop immediate walk around to imme­diate double rear into center: one c ircle , trav­e l down to immediate back moore to imme­diate travel into center: two circles, single leg straddle-hop into cut for one reverse sc issors: cut into three forward scissors: cut into one circle , double rear out to end, one circle, loop to hop around to immediate two loops , immediate loop dismount. STI LL RINGS - DAVE SEAL (Soph.) SCORE 9.50 (First)

Hanging position with false grip: pull to in­verted hang (hesitation), kip to planche (hold): drop down to shoot handstand (bent arms): forward giant (using bent arm shoot) to hand­stand (hold): drop backwards , reverse giant (bent arms) to handstand (hold ): lower to L cross (hold): drop out to back kip to L position (ho ld ): bent arm hollow-back press to hand­stand (hold): drop forward to double bac k fl y­away dismount. STILL RINGS -CHARLES ROPIEQUET (Jr.) SCORE 9.25 (Second)

H anging pos ition with free grip : pull upward to immediate di slocate, straight arm shoot to

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Rapper

Hayasoki

handstand: forward giant (using stra igh t arms) to handstand (hold): lower through to German dis locate to front lever (hold): s low kip to for­ward roll, kip' to L (hold) ; straight a rm bent

body press to handstand (hold): lower to iron c ross (hold) : drop out to dislocate to double flyaway dismount ':' ", Ropiequet overturned di smount.

LONG HORSE VAUL P- DO UG BOGER (Jr.?) SCORE (9.40:9.20 (First)

F irst Vault - Yamashita from the far end (i.e., piked front handspring)

Second Vault - Full twi sting front hand­spring from the fa r end. '" All six vaulters in the finals used a Yama­shita from far end as one of their vaults. PARALLEL BARS- RON RAPPER (Sr.) SCORE 9.50 (First).

From a stand under the bars usi ng an ins ide grip: cast support , straddle cut catch to L (hold): hollow-back press to handstand (hold): swinging stutz to handstand (hesitation) , back somersault catch to immediate stutz (45°) lay-away to front uprise , immediate moore to drop cast to upper arm, swinging stradd le catch , swing to handstand (hold): one a rm handstand (hold) to immediate pirouette, swinging back somersault with one-half twi st dismount (using bar on descent) . YOSH I HAY ASAKI (Jr.) SCORE 9.55 (Sec­ond)

From a stand under the bars using an in side grip: Peach basket to handstand (hesitation), front pirouette ; swinging stutz (85°), drop peach through handstand position, lay-away to front uprise, swing to reverse pirouette, lay-away to Strehli (through handstand), drop through to cast to upper arm, swingi ng straddle catch to L (hold): straight a rm, strad­dle press to handstand (hold): lay-away to front uprise, high front somersau lt with one­half twisting dismount (without aide of bar). HORIZONTAL BAR-YOSHI HAYASA­KI (Jr.) SCORE 9.45 (First)

Jump to an undergrip beat swing: cast to handstand, immediate reverse Staldder; three­quarters giant to SlOOp , seat circle, shoot to inverted or L giants (2); dislocate to three­quarters eagle giant , immediate hop pirouette to overgrip forward giant , front Staldder, three­quarte rs forward giant to Endo hop to under­grip; three-quarters giant to reach under into mixed grip to vault catch; back kip to one Ger­man giant , stoop out to overhand kip into hop forward pirouette to overhand grip ; one for­ward giant , cross pirouette to one reverse giant , high full twisting hecht dismount.

The 1970 NCAA Gymnast ic C hampion­ship meet was an exciting event to witness. Kudos a re in order to Bill Coco and the Tem­ple University Staff for running the competi­tion so well and for producing the third-place team, second-place a ll-a round winner and bring­ing the Nissen Award to Philadelphia. Every N ational Collegiate Meet burgeons into being in the short span of three days and leaves scores of pages of statistics and stories in its wake. This analysis was designed to present the more salient features of the weekend but there were , however, a host of misce llaneous phenomena that should be mentioned once before the embers of their memories are ex­tinguished forever. Mark Davi s of SI U dis­mounted from the horizontal bar with a full twi sting (on first somersault) double flyaway to score 9.4 for the team .. .Two freshmen gained the NCAA finals for the first time in history (i.e. John Crosby and Marshall Aven­er) .. .. Yoshi Hayasaki won more medals than any other pelformer in this meet with two gold, one silver and one bronze medal ... Iowa State University placed more men in the finals than any other school (five) ... Five of the seven gold medalists this year will be returning in 1971 and two of them will be around in 1972 . .. Ron Rapper became a two time gold medal winner in parallel bars which hasn 't been done since 1959 (when Armando Vego won the gold medal for the third time') .. . And last, but not least, rumor has it that Newt Loken pelformed a continuous soft shoe routine on the entire plane trip back to Ann Arbor, Michigan'

C. RopiequieL The highest sco re of the meet, 9.6 Rings!

SPOT IN'I'ER VIEWS

Ken 5akoda & Dick Criley

At the 1970 NCAA Championships a con­siderable amollnt of disclission \Vas taking place about the role of foreign gymnasts in a college program. We sought opinions on this topic from a number of coaches & gymnasts.

Millman Shurlock

Dan Millman (Stanford Gymnastics Coach): As a coach, it is a lways frustrating whenever anybody is brought in from another country where they've grown up through a tremendous progra m and are one step ahead of our gymnasts to begin with. However, I'm completely in favor of anything we can do to be exposed to better gymnastics. My boys will simply have to meet the challenge. I don ' t mind at a ll when these boys , like Yoshi Hayasaki , are always willing to help someone out.

Art Shurlock (UCLA Gymnastics Coach): I don 't think there 's anything wrong with get­ting foreign athletes to come to the United States. It 's an unfortunate situation when it breeds ill-feeling, like when a ll the gymnasts are at one or two particular schools. I know myself, I wouldn't mind hav ing a top foreign athlete on my team. I know other coaches feel bothered when a school has several top for­eign athletes. I feel that we can learn from the top foreign athletes. I feel that Hayasaki was very helpful at the NCAA's to United States gymnastics by his performances. Gymnasts here could learn a lot from the way he per­formed his routines.

Eric Courchesne (California: First of all, they (the foreign gymnasts) probably lose out. I n Japan, they probably stand a better chance of becoming good gymnasts than in the United States. Another aspect is that once you begin trying to limit importing gymnasts, I think you'll be hurting the sport of gymnastics. If you are importing gymnasts, say from Japan , who are showing · good technique, maybe eventually this kind of gymnastics will get through the heads of judge~ and coaches. Perhaps we be­gin really seeing what gymnastics is like out­side of our country.

Courchesne Dickson

Bob Dickson (Asst. Coach, Indiana State): I think it's good. The only way you are going to get better is to compete against someone who is better than you. There 's no better way of learning than to watch the best in the world. I would ra ther get beat by someone who is much better than I am than I would win against hamburgers. Mr. Matsuda is at Indiana State and I've learned much from him in the week that he has been here even though he can't speak English too well. He can still coach tremendously, say, by just pushing a shoul­der-he's shown us a few techniques that I 've never seen before that worked very well. Paul Mayer (H.S. Coach, IlL): Sometimes you hate to see them winning all the cham­pionships, all the American Championships , but on the other hand , I believe the influence of fellows like Hayasaki and Matsuda has real­ly helped our gymnastics. I think you can see it in our styles. Our styles have changed on rings ; our ringmen a re international ringmen , even our specialists swing more. You don 't see the st rength you saw before but you see the tremendous dismounts - you can't give that away. Their influence has helped a great deal.

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Ray Lorenz (Chico State Coach): I think it e nhances our programs that they have a great dea l to offer us . We shouldn 't be afra id of them as we have a great deal to ga in from the m. If they beat us , then that 's just too bad.

Cohen

Steve Cohen (Olympian): I disagree e ntire­ly. This is the National Co llegiate Athletic Association C hampionships and it doesn't specify race , c reed , color or nationality. They say that it degrades American gy mnas ti cs. I think it is quite the contrary; it uplifts A merican gymnas tics because it gives American gym­nas tics a focus on which to set it s s ights. With­out these gy mnasts, Hayasak i and U meshita , doing correct techniques on the compulsories , we wouldn 't have a nything to se t our sigh ts on. There were ve ry few compulsories done with proper technique in thi s meet. I mean, look at Hayasaki. H e shamed everyone in the com­pulsories. He went up on the rings a nd did things to the maximum. H e went up on the side horse, the p-bars, the high bar a nd did things technica lly correct. This is the most impo r­ta nt thing a nd this is why foreign gymnas ts a re helpful to us for thei r technical knowledge. I think if a team can affo rd coaches a nd gym­nasts both tha t it will aid in the exchange of ideas. I disagree with the point of view that says foreign gy mnasts should be excluded. Paul Tickenoff (NwLa): I think it will he lp the all-around ma n. I've heard a lot of com­ments that they (fo reign gy mnasts) shouldn 't be here (at the NCAA's) , but I think they wi ll help bring gymnas tics up to a higher leve l. I think they' re very important. Bill Russo (Wisc): I rea ll y don ' t feel qua lified to answer your question. But with respect to the a ll-around , they ' re ahead in lots of ways and I think it 's done a lot for gy mnas tics in the U nited States. As a specia li st, though , it ' s rea ll y hard fo r me to give a good opinion. Tim Wright (Mich.): It 's not onl y the Ja­panese, but a lso others; like Michigan has imported a number of Canadians , so they'd be foreign too. Rea ll y. I don 't see too much wrong with it : it doesn 't really bot he r me. It should he lp Americans to learn even more , get even better.

1. Hayasaki

4. Tickenaff

ALL-AROUND FX SH lHV PB HB TOTAL

Yashi Hayasaki C 8.8 8.8 9.45 8.15 9.40 8.45 52.10 (Wash) 0 9.10 8.40 9.20 9.15 9.35 9.45 54.65 108.25

Pete DiFurio C 8.15 8.70 8.95 7.60 9.10 8.55 5125 (Temple) 0 9.05 8.85 9.00 9.15 9.00 9.40 54.45 105.70

Hide Umeshita C 8.70 8.05 8.50 9.00 9.40 8.45 52.10 (Wash) 0 8.85 7.95 8.60 9.00 9.20 9.05 52.65 104.75

Paul Tickenoff C 8.85 8.25 8.15 8.85 8.45 8.20 50.75 (Nw louisiana) 0 9.25 8.20 8.85 9.30 8.90 8.45 52.95 103.70

George Greenfield C 8.45 8.05 7.80 8.80 8.40 8.80 50.30 (Ca liforn ia) 0 9.00 8.65 8.40 9.20 8.75 9.40 53.40 103.70

Brent Simmons C 8.25 6.35 8.30 8.10 9.40 8.4 48.80 (Iowa State) 0 8.90 8.70 9.05 9. 15 7.75 9.25 52.80 101.60

Rick McCurdy (Mich) 101.50; Rich Scorza (Iowa) 101 .50; John Elias (Nw louisiana) 100.35; Tom Lindner (SIU) 100.30; Dove Butzman (lSU) 99.70; Marshall Avener (PSU) 99.50; Jim Amerine (So. Conn.) 98.10; Ron Clemmer (Temple) 97.95; Dove Repp (UNM) 96.90; John Hughes (BYU) 95.75; Ken Snow (Kansas St) 95.40; Steve Hoit (Air Force) 81 .25; Eric Nickerson (Air Force) 77.50; Kean Day (Louisiana State) 72.80; Ken Ourso (louisiana State) 71 .05.

6. Simmons

ALL AROU ND C IONsa IP

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4. Crosby

5. Simmons 6. Tickenaff

FREE EXERC J:SE FLOOR EXERCISE Tam Proulx Col. St. Stormy Eatofl UNM Ray Jauch Ind. St. John Crosby So. Conn Rick Simmons ISU Paul Tickenoff NwLa Prel iminary C&O Averages

C&O Av 9.075 8.900 8.825 8.900 8.875 9,050

Final 9.50 9.40 9.25 9.10 9.10 8.80

Total 18.575 18.300 18.075 18.000 17.975 17.850

G. Greenfield (Cal) 8.775; D. Ritter (UCLA) 8.70; L. Moreno (Cal. St. L.A.) 8.70; K. Snow (Kansas St) 8.675; D. Boger (Ariz) 8.60; P. DiFurio (Temple) 8.60; R. Solana (AFA) 8.575; B. Simmons (lSU) 8.575; M. Morisaki (Cal) 8.50; H. Sardina (S IU) 8.475; R. Lund (Temple) 8.475; B. Ritter (AFA) 8.475; K. Day (LSU) 8.425; F. Henderson (Ind. St) 8.325; L. Meek (Pitt) 8.275; R. Blesi (Minn) 7.825; D. Buel (memphis 5t) 7.55; C. Dana (LSU) 7.30; R. Rauda­baugh (LSU) 6.75

TOM PROULX : 22, Sr., Colorado State U. Coach Steve John­son. Major P.E. High School : Denver, Colorado. Coach Art White. Routine : Round-off, flip-flop, double back sammie, leap to frant support, right leg forward to split, stra ight arm strad­dle press to handstand, forward roll, immediate back hand­spring, running front sammie, headspring step out forward to reverse pirouette step down, bock wa lk-over, round­off, fl ip-flop, high arabian back sammie, fall to front sup­port, turn to seat, Valdez step down, round-off, two flip­flops, fu ll twisting back sammie dismount.

STORMY EATON : 20, Jr., Univ. of New Mexico. Coach Rusty Mitchell . Major P.E. High School: Scottsdale High, Scott s­dale, Arizona. Coach Bill Roberts and Norm Whitham. Routine: Round-off, flip flop, double full bock ext roll hop pirouette step down, tront handspring stepout roundoff step out full twisting back stepout back walkover splits. Stiff-stiff press pike down_ Two front handsprings pir­ouette flip flop, flip flop toe touch 3,4 back immediate strad­dle splits, Valdez step dawn, roundoff flip flop, flip flop full.

RAY JAUCH : 20, Jr., Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Counsil. Major Electronics. High School: Wil lowbrook, Lombard, III. Coach Ifflan and Lesch. Routine : Front, roundoff, double full , turn, Swedish fall , Valdez. Handspring, front, handspring, front leaning rest, turnsplits, stiff stiff press, roundoff, arabian dive roll, flip flop, step out, back walk aver to front leaning rest, roundoff, flip flop, flip flap, fu ll.

JOHN CROSBY: (Personal data and routine not received by press time.)

RICK SIMMONS : 19, Sophomore, Iowa State. Coach Ed Gag­nier. Major P.E. Hi gh School: New Trier West, Wilmette, III. Coach Joe Giallombardo. Routine : Roundoff, flip flap, back, flip flop, full, turn fall to prone, cut catch turn stoop up, handspring front. hand­spring fall , turn to splitz, duck through to stiff stiff press, roll , back handspring, stoop down, round-off flip flop, flip flop arabian flip, handspring, fall turn, Valdez, stoop down, front, roundoff, flip flop, flip flop, full.

PAUL TlCKENOFF : 21, Jr., Northwestern State College (Loui­siana) . Coach Armondo Vega High School: Bell High, Los Angeles, Calif. Coach Carl Palos. Routine: Front step out, handspring, dive roll, full twi st, straddle jump front : chestdown bounce straddle stance, stradd le stiff stiff press; pirouette stepdown; run round­off, flip flop bock full twist; back extension roll hop V4 pir­ouette step down fu ll turn to stand; handspring, front, headspring chestdown; V4 turn to 3,4 moore around to bock support, bock extension roll step down; run roundoll, back handspring, back layout, punch front.

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6. Miller

SIDE HORSE SIDE HORSE Russ Hoffman ISU John Russo Wisc. Jim Yearwood So. Conn. Ron Alden 5 I U Ooug Peak ISU Darryl Mi ller BYU

C&O Av 9.225 9.025 9.025 9.025 8.975 9.150

Final 9.30 9.50 9.30 9.05 8.05 7.75

Total 18.525 18.525 18.325 18.075 17.025 16.900

Preliminary C&O Average Joy Long (Temple) 8.90; T. Neville (Ind St .) 8.90; D. Uyeda (UCLA) 8.85; R. Shubert (Kansas) 8.825; M. Hop­kins (U NM) 8.775 ; D. Jones (Utah) 8.525; K. Erhard (Ind. 51.) 8.50; J. Elias (NwLo) 8.35; K. Bronner (USC) 8.275; K. Liehr (Iowa) 8.225; B. Kolb (UCSB) 8.20; R. Nuener (CSC LB) 7.925; B. Mackey (Navy) 7.925; M. Avener (PSU) 7.65; E. Courchesne (Col) 7.425; J. Amerine (So. Conn) 7.125; B. Fretz (AFA) 6.725 ; D. Olszewski (Memphis St) 6.0; B. Jennings (LSU) 4.80.

JOHN RUSSO (Personal data not received by press time) Routine : Ju mp into circle, loop immediate walk around to immediate double rear into center, one ci rcle, travel down to immediate bock moore to immediate travel into center, two circles, single leg straddle-hop into cut for one re­verse scissors, cut into three forwa rd scissors, cut into one circle, double rear out to end, one circle, loop to hop around to immediate two loops, immediate loop dismount.

RUSSELL HOFFMAN : 21, Sophomore, Iowa State Univ. Coach Ed Gagnier, Major Architecture, High School: Hinsdale, III. Coach Mr. Can io. Routine: Bock Moore travel down, bock tram let up, Russian Moore, Bailie, ci rcle, 1 rev., scissor, 3 forward scissors, circle, travel down, walk around, loop half twist.

JAMES YEARWOOD: 22, Sr., So. Conn. State College Coach Abe Grassfield, Major Enolish. High School: 8rooklyn Tech­nical, Queens, New York. Coach Mr. Prestop;no. Routine: Uphill back Moore, immediate side lift, Bailie V2 circle khe re out immed. loop uphill side lift immed. downhill side lift V2 circle khere in, break into 3 reverse scissors, one forward scissor, circle, side lift down loop immed. hop loop wi th V2 turn.

RONALD ALDEN: 20, Jr , So. III. Univ. Coach Bill Meade. Major Pre. Dentistry. High School: Waukegan Townsh ip, Waukegan, III. Coach 8ill Ballester. Routine: Reverse Moore, trom;et up, flank, % 80ilie f ront out, loop, stockli-in, Russian, hop into scissors, 3 fronts and 1 bock, flank, dorsa l down, hop, flair, ... STI CKI

DOUG PEAK (Personal data and routine not received by press time.)

DARRYL MillER (Persona l data and routine not received by press time.)

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5. Rochell 6. DiFurio

STILL RINGS STIll RINGS David Sea l Ind. St. Charles Ropiequet 51 U Yoshi Hayasaki Wash Scott Whittaker Ariz. Steve Rochell Stan. Pete DiFurio Temple Preliminary C&O Average s

C&O Av 9.20 9.25 9.325 9.025 8.925 8.975

Final 9.50 9.35 9.20 8.80 8.75

Total 18. 70 18.60 18.525 17.825 17.675 8.975

D. Butzman (lSU) 8.85 ; C. Earle (Indiana) 8.825; F. Ben­esh (S IU) 8.825; C. Sheibler (Spg fld) 8.725; V Nicholetti (Denver) 8.55; W. Wilson (BYU) 8.525; K. Gardner (Kan­sas St.) 8.50; G. Stal ter (Syracuse) 8.45; K. Snow (Kansas SI.) 8.425; 8. Tracey (AFA) 8.40; S. Bresler (PSU) 8.375; S. Borges (LSU) 8.375; J. Amerine (So. Conn) 8.30; s. Rif kind (U NM) 8.225; D. Ell is (Spgfld) 8.15; J. Chose (AFA) 7.975; C. Duncan (Memphis 51.) 7.625; K. Ourso (LSU) 7.475.

DAVIO SEAl: 19, Sophomore, Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Counsil. Major Business. High School: Columbus Sr. High, Columbus, Indiana. Coach John Hind s. Routine : Kip, planche, Jj., st raight giant, st raight arm regu­lar giant, reverse giant, lower to "L" cross, layaway, bock kip "L," hol low-bock press to handstand, 'l4 giant, double bock.

CHARLES ROPIEUUET: 20, Jr., So. III. Univ. Coach Bi ll Meade. Major Spanish. High School : Highland Pork High, High land Pork, III. Routine : Dislocate straight arm shoot, st raight arm giant, german to front lever, pike forwa rd roll, kip " L," stiff-sti ff to handstand, power down cross, dislocate, double fl y­away.

YOSHI HAYASAKI: 23, Jr., Univ. of Washington. Coach Eric Hughes. Major P.E. High School : Issaquah, Wash ingt on. Coach Charles Denny (home town - Osaka, Japan). Routine: Rise to inverted hong, giant inlocate, stroight arm backrise to handstand, straight arm bock giant, lower to cross, pu ll through bock lever to inverted hong, kip to "L," stra ight body press to handstand, slow stra ight arm lower through planche position to bock lever, dislocate, giant disloca te, full twist ing flyaway.

SCOTT WHITTAKER : 21, Jr., Univ. of Arizona. Coach Glenn Wi lson. Major Psychology. High School : Homestead, Me­quon, Wisc. Coach John Graham. Routine : Snap cross, cross pullou t, stra ight body forward roll, hollow bock press to handstand, front giant, bock giant, lower down, backroll to "L" sit, press to maltese, 'l4 giant to double bock flyaway.

STEVE ROCHEll (Persona l data and routine not received by press time.)

PETE DlFURIO: 22, Sr., Temple University. Coach Bill Coco. Ma jor Psychology. High School : Bartrom High, Ph iladelphia, Po. Coach John Gelonti. Routine : Pu ll to inverted hong, kip to maltese, layaway shoot handstand, layaway to front uprise " I" stiff-stiff to hand­stand, lower to cross, layaway two high dislocates and a full twist flyaway dismount.

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5. Bosse 6. Tickenoff

LONG HORSE LONG HORSE VAULT Doug Boger Arizona Mason Buck ISU Marshall Avener PSU John Crosby 50. Conn. Bob Bosse Ind. S t. Paul Tickenaff NwLa Preliminary C&O Averages

C&O Av 9.175 8.925 9.075 8.900 9.025 9.075

Final Total 9.30 18.475 9.35 18.275 9.025 18.100 9.15 18.050 9.00 18.025 8.675 17.750

J. Turpin (San Jose SI) 8.875; B. Moses (Cal) 8.875; D. Bowles (Call 8.825; T. Proulx (Col. St.) 8.825; N. Syracopoulos (CSCLB) 8.825; L. Kolsrud (Wash) 8.775; D. Butzman (lSU) 8.775; D. Wunderl ich (Ind. St.) 8.75; D. Shelley (UNM) 8.725; R. Clemmer (Temple) 8.725; R. Scorza (Iowa) 8.725; H. Sardina (S IU) 8.65; B. Sim­mons (ISU) 8.625; G. McCol lom (CSCLB) 8.60; J. Corri­gan (P5U) 8.60; K. Day (LSU) 8.45; E. Paul (Mankato SI) 8.30; R. Raudabaugh (LSU) 8.075; C. Dana (LSU) 8.075.

DOUG BOGER : 21, Sr., Univ. of Arizona. Coach Glenn Wi lson. Major P.E. High School: A. Lincoln, Denver, Colorado. Coach J. Hartman. Routine : Yamashita from neck I, Yamashi ta wi th full twist from neck.

MASON BUCK: 20, Junior, Iowa State Uni v. Coach Ed Gag­nier. Major Eng li sh and Speech. High School: Ames High, Ames, Iowa. Routine : Yamashita (piked handspring) from neck and Yamashita with \'2 twist.

MARSHALL AVERER : 19, Freshman, Penn State Univ. Coach Gene Wettstone. Major Business. High School : Island Trees High, Levittown, New York. Coach Richard Schnaars. Routine : Piked handspring and piked handspring with Y2 twist.

JOHN CROSBY (Personal data and routines not received at press time, but John also did a Yamashita and a Yamashita with a ha lf twist.)

BOB BOSSE: 22, Sr., Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Coun­sil. Major Math and PE. High School: North Miami High, Miami, Florida. Coach Ch ick Cicio. Routine : For end Yamashita and handspring Y2 twist.

PAUL TlCKENOFF (See FX event for personal data.) Routine: Yamashita and plain handspring.

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PARAL LEL BARS PARALLEL BARS Ron Rapper Mich Yoshi Hayasaki Wash Dennis Mazur ISU Hide Umeshita Wash Larry Jordan W. Mich Tom Lindner SIU Preliminary C&O Averages:

C&O Av 9.475 9.375 9.225 9.30 9.125 9.125

Final 9.50 9.55 9.30 9.20 9.00 7.5

Total 18.975 18.925 18.525 18.500 18.125 16.625

R. Clemmer (Temple) 9.10; D. Butzman (lSU) 9.10; S. Rif­kind (UNM) 9.075; P DiFurio (Temple) 9.05; J. Ellos (Nw­La) 9.00; J. Charzuk (UNM) 8.95; M. Eller (Ind. SI.) 8.875; P. Tickenoff (NwLa) 8.675; B. Simmons (ISU) 8.575; M. Avener (PSU) 8.45; M. Morisaki (Cal) 8.325 ;· S. Luna (Utah) 7.775; E. Nickerson (AFA) 7.725; B. Jennings (LSU) 7.625; D. Buel (Memphis 5t) 7.25; K. Day (L5U) 6.35.

RON RAPPER: 21 , Sr. Univ. of Michigan. Coach Newt Loken, Major P.E. High School: Niles North, Skokie, III. Routine: Cast support, straddle-cut " L," hollow-back press, stutz hand, back-hand, stutz hand, lay-away front uprise, moore, cast, back uprise straddle cut, handstand, one-arm handstand, pirouette, back off with Y2 twist.

YOSHI HAYASAKI (see ring event for personal data) , Routine: Peach to handstand with immediate forward pir­ouette, stutz (almost handstand), basket (almost hand­stand), layaway to front uprise, swinging reverse pirouette to handstand, steuli to handstand (nat held), cast, back­rise to back stutz, straddle cut to "L," straight arm pike body press to handstand, stutz layaway to front uprise, front off with Y2 twist.

OENNIS MAZUR: 20, Soph., Iowa State Univ. Coach Ed Gag­nier. Major P.E. High School: Main Township East, Niles, III. Coach Tam Gardner. Routine: Peach handstand, layaway, front uprise, stutz, cast support, swing to handstand, back sommie-stutz, cast, back uprise, cut catch, "L," hollow-back press to handstand, back-off dismount.

HIDE UMESHITA: 23, Junior, Univ. of Washington. Coach Eric Hughes. Major P.E. High School: Issaquah, Washington. Coach Charlie Denny (home town Kumamoto, Japan). Routine: .Run to glide kip on the end of bars, backward straddle cut to support, cast catch swing handstand with immediate forward pirouette, Diomedov, layaway, front uprise swing to handstand, forward pirouette, cast, strad­dle cut to "L," straight body press, stuiz handstand, stutz layaway to front uprise, front off with a Y2 twist.

LARRY JOROAN: 20, Junior, Western Michigan University. Coach Fred Orlofsky. Major P.E. High School: Warren Area High, Warren, Po. Coach Dale Meddock. Routine: Cast catch, swing handstand, regular pirouette, stutz handstand, back toss, drop cast, back uprise, strad­dle cut "L," straight arm-straight leg press, one-arm hand­stand, stutz layaway, front uprise, front off V2 twist.

TOM LINDNER: 19, Soph, Southern III. Univ. Coach Bill Meade. Major Math. High School: Brown Deer, Milwaukee, Wisc. Routine: Peach hand (maybe), stutz hand (maybe), back toss, cast, back uprise, straddle cut "L," stiff stiff, stutz layaway, swing pirouette, drop peach layaway, front up­rise, front off with Y2 twist.

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HORJ:Z ONTAL BAR HORIZONTAL BARS Yoshi Hoyosoki Wash Rich Scorzo Iowa John Aitken UNM Dove Gilchrist Ind. St. George Greenfield Calif. Pete DiFurio Temple Preliminary C & 0 Averages

C&O Av 9.225 9.05 8.875 8.925 9.10 8.975

Final 9.45 9.35 9.35 9.20 8.95

Total 18.675 18.400 18.225 18.125 18.050 8.975

P. Farnum (Iowa) 8.85; B. Simmons (lSU) 8.825; H. Ume­shito (Wash) 8.75; M. Davis (SIU) 8.725; R. Clemmer (Temple) 8.65; T. Marti (Mich) 8.65; J. Amerine (So. Conn) 8.55; J. Elias (NwLa) 8.45; G. Corley (Kansas St.) 8.425; J. Sanchez (SFVSC) 8.40; M. Avener (PSU) 8.40; T. Proulx (Col St) 8.225; K. Snow (Kansas St) 8.15; B. Manna (UNM) 8.15; R. Oakeshott (AFA) 7.90; M. Caling (CSCLB) 7.725; T. Lindner (S IU) 8.725; A. Larson (LSU) 6.25; K. Day (LSU) 5.925; K Thompson (Col St) 5.675.

YOSHI HAYASAKI (See Ring event for personal data.) Routine: Cast to handstand, immediate drop to reverse grip Stalder, stoop into shoot to inlocote giants, dislocate to eag le giants, hop out with immediate half turn to regu­lar giant, Stalder, giant and hop to reverse grip half giant. stall reach under to vault regrasp, back kip, german giant, disengage, kip to handstand with immediate hop with half turn to regular giant, cross arm change to reverse grip giant, full twist hecht dismount.

RICH SCORZA (Routine and personal data not received by press time.)

JOHN AITKEN: 19, Freshman, Univ. of New Mexico. Coach Rusty Mitchell. Major Pscychology. High School : Palo Verde High, Tucson, Arizona. Coach Bob Lons. Routine : High start, immediate sta lder, reach under turn flank vault, Kip, stoop in dislocate eagles, hop out, pir­ouette, stalder, full twist flyaway.

DAVID GILCHRIST: 21 , Sr., Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Counsil. Major P.E. High School : Wheaton Central. Wheaton, III. Coach Jerome Jacquin. Routine : Jam cast, invert, invert, '% eag le, hop pirouette, immediate blind change, Voronin, half turn straight body kip. Stalder, hecht.

PETE DIFURIO (See Ring event for personal data.) Routine : Cast full turn catch, bock kip, double german, stoop out. half giant, stoop on and off (fe_et on bar!. half giant, blind change, half giant. reach under and vaul t catch, kip hop to front giant. early pirouette, stoop on front somi off.

GEORGE GREENFIELD: 21, Sr., Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley). Coach Don Nelson. Major Industrial Engineering. High School : John Muir, Pasadena, Calif. Coach Ben Steel head. Routine: Olympic cast half turn to immediate hop, immedi­ate stalder, stoop in inlocates, dislocate, hop out reach under to vault catch, back kip, double german, cos t out half, kip to giants to hecht dismount.

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TRAM WX..'I Trampoline routines, NCAA Finals George Huntzicker (Michigan): Triple bock, boroni out Iliffis, double bock, lull, hall-in hail-out, lull, boroni out Iliffis, double back, baroni out fliffis, lull in 1 %, double cody Stormy Eaton (New Mexico): Triple back, Iliffis, double back, lull, lull-in lull-out, pike fliffis, pike double back, double twisting lull, lull in 1 %, double cody. Ron Quimby (Indiana State): Rudi-aut, double back, lull, back, hall-in hail-out, double back, baroni out, lull, double lull, lull, 1 %, double cody. Tim Wright (Michigan): Pike boroni out fliffis, double back, tuck barani out Iliffis, lull, hall-in hall-out, double lull, lull, baroni out Iliffis, lull, 1 %, double cody. Chris Keane (Michigan): Hall-in hail-out, barani out fliffis , double back, lull, lull, borani out Iliffis, double full, rudolph, lull, 1 3j." double cody. Gary Smith (Sw. louisiana State): Rudi-out, double bock, Iliffis, lull, hall-in hall-out, Iliffis, double back, fliffis, lull, 2% Iront, rudi off back.

Temple University April 2-3 , 1970 by Dick Criley

Attention all ye fans and practitioners of the honorable sport of trampolining. The art and mastery of this woven beast is alive and well at such diverse centers as Arizona, Colorado, Indiana State, Mankato State, Michigan , New Mexico, North Carolina, Plattsburgh State , Southern Connecticut, Southwestern Louisiana State and Springfield. Entries from all these schools found their way to the second NCAA Trampoline Championships held at McGonigle Hall , Temple University.

The Championships were not without their problems, sandwiched in as they were with the NCAA Gymnastic Championships, but the gymnastics show certainly helped to attract and maintain a crowd. It is not certain whether the format used to run the preliminaries and finals was entirely satisfactory, but the mere fact that the sport has survived previous purge attempts indicates that it will survive the format ques­tion as well.

The preliminaries , which were wedged in after Thursday 's compulsory competitions in gymnastics , found 18 trampolinists prepared to perform two routines , the better score of which was to count towards a place in the finals. The preliminaries were used as the basis for the team title which was again captured by the Uni­versity of Michigan, with the University of New Mexico as runner-up and Southwestern Louisiana State in third position.

The finals were held afte r the afternoon ses­sion for the first three gymnastics events_ I n a man-to-man face-off, the judges were required only to name the winner of the pair while the loser dropped to the consolation bracket. Top­seeded on the basis of his preliminary score was Michigan 's George Huntzicker, followed by Stormy Eaton of New Mexico. The system, which found many ties in the preliminaries, was a little easier on the judges who scored each routine as if a numerical value were required instead of a choice between first man or second man.

It became evident as the eliminations pro­ceeded that Eaton was out to beat Huntzicker. Stormy through the same routine each time, hitting his triple back 36 times running while

Huntzicker varied his routinc as did Ron Quim­by. The 30 elimination matches were excit­ing although tiring to the competitors and judges as well and as Eaton returned from the losers bracket to face H untzicker again a ll specta.tors wondered whether the judges would again split and award the top spot to Huntzicker or whether 'the spunky Eaton would pull off a n upset and throw the match into a runoff. The judges unanimously decided that Eaton merited the choice over Huntzicker a nd the two were set for another face-off.

Winning the toss of the coin, Huntzicker elected to go last and the pressure was on Stormy. The exertion of a difficult routine being performed so many times clearly showed , but Eaton made his way through the triple back mount , full-in full-out and pike fliffis all the way to the full-in l :y,j pike when he ran out of enough steam to pull a double cody and had to settle for a single. With the pressure off, Hunt­zicker eased smoothly through his fifth routine to emerge the 1970 NCAA Trampoline Champion.

University of Michigan Coach , Newt Loken, indicated that he had already asked the N CAA to hold the 1971 Trampoline Championships at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the 1971 university division gymnastic cham­pionships. Don' t throwaway your trampoline beds sports fans , we ' ll be back next year. The only question remaining i ~ whether trampoline will su rvive the annual\ question­naire seeking its abo lition. 'T would be a shame to abandon it now with Europe coming up so strong and Japan and Russia picking up in­terest.

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