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UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION

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May June 1962 Volume 4 . Number 5

CONTENTS

Gymnastic F edera tion Chart ... No tes From The Editor Chalk Talk ... .. ... ........ . Europe R e port 1962 National AAU Gymnasti c

Championships

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9 M.G. Photo Contes t .... .... ........... . . ...... 20

.. ..... 21 Jr. Gymnasts of America Balle t For Gymnasts ........... ...... .... . . ..... 22 Ask Charlie ... .. ........... . NAGC ews Gym Forum ..... . . Meet R esults Letter s

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COVER: Dale McClements 0/ Seattle, ington, the 1962 Women's National

Wash AAU

AllAround Champion.

l\'lax J. Ruderian . Glenn Sundby Charlie Simms Kurt Baechler

. ........ Publisher .. ........ .... ......... Editor

.. Associate Editor .. European Editor

Contributors: Grace Kaywell, Glenn Wilson a nd Dr. Eric Hughes. Photos : Our special thanks to James A. Fraser of Seattl e, Washington, for the Trophy photos of the National Champion s and place winner s.

THE MODERN GYMNAST is published in the U.S.A. by Junior Gymnasts of America, Inc ., nine issues for $3.00, 35c the single copy. All pictures and manuscripts sub-mitted become the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and sufflc'ient postage are included. Publi shed material becomes the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST. Copyright 1962 by Junior Gymnasts of America , Inc., 410 Broadway, Santa M onico, Californ ia.

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR Much concern has b een generated pro and con over the U. S.

Gymnastic F ederation proposed by the N.C.A.A. and the N.A .G.C. To h elp our readers understand the N.A.G.C. (National Association of Gymnastic Coaches) proposal we have printed the Federation Organi. zational Chart on page 4. Below we have included the " Constitution of the U.S. Gymnastic Federation" with the fir st four Articles in full and Articles V to XIV in part or by title:

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION

ARTICLE I, Name - The name of this or g'anization shall be "The United States Gy mnastic Federation" .

A RTICLE II, Purposes an d Objectives - The purposes and ob-j ec ti ves of thi s Federation are: (1) To perpetua te the s port of gym-nast ics in the United States ; (2) T o s timuLate the intel'est of the people , p a rti c ula rly the youth of t he United States , in healthful s ports pa rti cipa tion throug h gymnastics; (3) To repr esent the U nited States in gymnas tics as a m ember of the Internationa l F ederation of Gym nas tiCS and to a bid e by FIG rules; (4) '1'0 supervise a nd ad-minister a continuing gymnastic program for a ll age groups for th ~ purpose of s timulating interest a nd de veloping athletes through careful prepa ration and planning, this program to utilize existing fac ilities , r esources a nd coaching; (5) T o unify and coordina t e the e fforts of a ll agen cies inter es ted in furthering gymnas ti cs a nd allow a ll in te res ted parties to have a voice in the development of the sport in the United States and, indirectly, in internat ional gy mnas tic m a tter s; (6)To promote pleasan t foreig n relations through encourag-ing international compe tition unde r t h e hig h est p ossible standards, to welcome foreign athl e tes d esirou s of competing in the United States and provide these a thl e tes with th e proper accommodati on~ a nd training facilities ; (7) To conscie ntious ly plan a nd prepare athl etes for inte rnational compe ti t ion through the bes t ava ilable coach ing, careful sch eduling of workouts a nd meets, and proper travel (tr ans portation, h ousing a nd food) aJTangements; (8) To protect the interes ts of the United States and the athletes represent-ing thi s country in internat iona l competition; (9) '1'0 .create and m a inta in r esear ch projects that will benefit a ll parties interes ted in gymnast ics ; (10) To provide a clearing house ruld distlibution cent er for coa c hing a ids, literature, film s and r esearch material collec ted from sources both in the United State and a broad; (11) to establish e ffective m ea.ns of communicat ion for transmission of useful ideas, whereby coaches a nd a thletes w ill b e informed of th e latest develop -m ents and techniqu es in gymnas tics; ( 12) T o give prompt attention to valid s uggestions of how to impro\'e the conduct and admini stra-tion of gym nas tics in the U nited States; (13) T o establish a n annu a l se ri es of gymnas tic cliniCS ; (14) To maintain records and to dis -semina te infor mat ion p erta ining to a ll phases of gymnastics; (15) To train and certify comp e t ent gymnastic offi c ia ls; (16) To fin ance improvement in the s p ort of gymnastics a nd to r a ise money for that purpose.

ARTICLE III , Membership - Membership in the F ed era tion shall be ope n to a ll qualified national organ izations ac tively interested in advancing t he sport of gymnastics.

ARTICLE IV , Representation of Members - Member orga.nizatiolls of the F ederat ion s h a ll b e represented throug h one of the following cat egories : Intersch olastic Competition, National Federation of State Hig h School Athlet ic Associa tions; Intercollegiate Competition, Nat iona l Collegiat e Athle tic Associa tion; Arm ed Forces Competition , Interse r v ice Sports Council; Open Competition, Amateur Athle tic U nion ; Nationa l Orga nizations, A.A.H .P.E.R. , American Turners, American Sok ol Organiza tion, Sokol Gymnastic U nion, Swiss Turner s , Y .M.C.A.'s, Poli sh Falcon s ; Juniol' College Competition , l\ational Junior College Athletic Associ'ation .

ARTICLE V, Organization - The Governing Council is hereby e mpowered to es tablis h a nd direct the genera l policy of the U nited States Gymnast ic Federation and shall consi s t of the follo\\' ing: Nation a.l Federa tion of State High School Athle ti c Association , seven d elegates enti tl ed to seven votes ; Nat ional Collegiate Athetic Assoc ia-tion , 'seven d elegates entitl ed to seven votes; National Organization;:. seven delegates enttil ed to seven votes; Inter ser v ice Sports Counci l, two delegates entitl ed to two votes; Amateur Athletic U nion, seven d elega,t es enti tl ed to seven vo t es; N ational Junior College Athletic Association, two del egates en t itl ed to two votes.

Member s of th e Governing Council shall b e elected by the con-s tituent orga nizations t h ey represent. The p eriod of m embership of each delegate sh a ll b e determined by the organization which ",,,eh r epresents; however , no r epresenta.tj"e s ha ll serve 11101'e thn.n eip:ht consecutive years. Eac h m ember of the Governing Council is entitl ed to one vote and only t h e votes of d elegates p l'esent at Council meet-ings will b e counted. A two-thirds (three-fourths ) vote of those d elegates of the Governing Counci l 'present a nd voting is need ed t n increase or a.lte r m ember ship of the Federa tion or Governing Council. The Governing Counc il s h a ll m eet at least once a year. Speci".J m eet-ings may be ca lled wh en l'equ ested in writing by a.t leas t fifty- on e p er cent of the Govern ing' Counc il m embership.

ARTICLE VI, Office rs - The officer s of th e F edernt ion s h a ll be elected a nnua.lly from t h e m emberShip of the Governing Coun cil by the Gove l'l1ing Council. Th e offi cer s sh a ll be Pres ident , Vic(' -P r esident (Men), Vice -Pl'esid ent (Women) a nd Secretary-Treasurer .

ARTICLE VII, Executive Committee - Th ere .shall be an Execu-ti ve Committee which shall con s is t of 10 m embers . The E>:ecutiye Committee sh a ll b e composed of the 4 off icer s of the Federation a nd 6 oth er per sons who s hall b e elected as foll ows : Each lll e mb"l' organizati on li s t ed in Al't icle IV s h a.lI nominate a pan el of fou,' p el'son s and the Govel'nin g- Counc il shall elect s ix of the lH"r,on , 1l0l11inated to ser ve on th e Executive Gomnlittee. No 1110re than t,,o of the elec t ed Executive .. Gommittee membe r s may b e selec t f'd from anyon e panel. (con t inu ed on page 24)

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Teachers and stu.dents at L.A . State Womens Gym Clinic

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTIC WORKSHOP WOMEN'S DIVISION

By Bud Marquette On May 12th at Los Angeles State College a total of

80 girls from local high schools and colleges participated in a well formulated four hour gymnast ic program. Many of the areas women Physical Education teachers came to observe and take notes.

The instructional staff included Gordie Maddux, Bob and Charlotte Probst, J ess Robinson, Frank Endo, Florence Palas and Bud Marquette.

The schedule included: group warm up period moving into squad work outs on all apparatus, including trampo line and tumbling. Special instructions and spotting tech niques were hilited for the teachers present. Just prior 10 the close of the sess ion demonst.rations were given by Wendy Cluff (tumbling), Brenda Lintern (Free Ex) , and Beverly Marquette (balance beam) .

On A pril 28th a girls gymnastic workshop for youngsters 814 years of age was held at Lakewood High SchooL Over 100 young ladies frolicked to and fro. Marching drills, tumbling, trampoline and springboard vaulting proved to be the favorite at this one.

Actually four girls workshops have been held this season already and future plans now call for conducting two clinics every six weeks all year at various schools and colleges in the Los Angeles area separated into the two age group levels.

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WOMEN'S NATIONAL FILMS Your ed itor took about a 1,000 feet of 16mm

movies of the Women finali sts at the recent AAU Nationals iil Seattle. We feel they turned out quite welL We will edi t and title them as soon as possible.

These films will be available for rental or sale at a reasonable fee as a service from the M.G. to help promote Women's Gymnastics in America.

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NEW PHYSICAL CONDITIONING PROGRAM Keen ly aware of the ever increasing emphasis on

President Kennedy's physical fitness program, American Trampoline Company of Jefferson, Iowa, has cooperated by preparing a NEW PHYSICAL CONDITIONING PRO-GRAM f or THE TRAMPOLINE. This is a significant aid for physical education instructors. The trainer's guide and wall charts can also be used by the family or neighborhood circle . The program is geared to conduct a good phys ical conditioning program . Physical condi-tioning can be fun on a trampoline!

The illustrations for the wall charts are drawn to show the different body positions in each routine. A 16mm film is al so available as a further aid to adminis-tering the program.

The trampoline is an excellent piece of apparatus for de.veloping coordination, endurance, flexibility, strength and balance. and is a logica l aid to a good phys ical conditioning program.

For further information write the American Trampoline Company, Box 368 , Jefferson, Iowa.

SWEDISH CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT By Lennard Malmlin

In the 1962 Swedish Men's National Championships, Bo Wirhed totaled nO.25 to take the top AllAround honors. Last year's champ Stig Lindewall had a complete black out on the P bars, his best event, and that cost him the title (compulsory, 9.45, opt. 8.20). Stigs AllAround total was no.oo giving him second place. JanAke Fjallby placed third with 107.65, followed by William Thoreson with 106.70, Ake Gullberg with 106.65, Evert Lindgren with 105.55 and Leif Koorn with 104.20.

Most of these boys will probably be on the team that goes to the World Championships. In Prague, Sweden will have a few chances to reach the finals: Leif Koorn on the Rings, William Thoreson and Bo Wirhed in Vault ing, Bo Wirhed on the Side Horse and William in the Floor Exercise.

FRANK SCHMITZ Who Is Frank Schmitz? By J eff Hennessy, Coach, Univ. of So. Louisiana

As I remember Frank 2% years ago, he was a 13 year old boy standing in the USL gym with his father one afternoon in the Spring of 1960. Frank was standing by the door with his finger in his mouth and his eyes bulging at the things he saw going on on the apparatus. Mr. Schmitz introduced Frank to me and asked if I would work with him in gymnastics. My reply was "o.k. , but if he falls off the trampoline, he belongs to you and not me".

Well, Frank had his falls - for example, when he first learned a double back sumersault, he told me how easy it was and wanted to do it in the Novice AAU meet which was held here in Lafayette that Spring of '60. I told him that he should have a certain amount of respect for these more complicated tricks - but not Frank, his eagerness to learn was greater than his caution.

During the warm up session before the meet, he got stuck in the double back and landed on his face and left about a half a yard of hide on the trampoline. A few moments later he wanted to leave this new trick out of his routine. Well -- Frank did this trick and went on to win this meet and was on his way.

Through the next year, Frank was fortunate enough to be able to work with some of the finest trampolinists in the South here at USL. This made it possible for him to progress at quite a pace. It was this fine demonstration of skills, and Frank's long hours of practice that paid off.

During his second year of competition, Frank made the South team at Sarasota, Florida and placed 6th behind Tom Osterland, then National Champion and USL's Charles Stewart. The remainder of the year proved fruitful for Frank as he was able to win the Louisiana State High School Championship and several other honors.

This past Christmas, Frank again made the South team at Sarasota and placed second. This was truly a day I'll never forget because all four of the team selections on the trampoline were local boys - Frank, Charles, Jim Bussolati and Wayne Miller.

Frank again won the State Championship and the South

western AAU title went this way, which is the first time the Southwestern AAU title has ever been won by anyone except a Texan.

On May 5, 1962, Frank reached a new pinnacle in his competitive career by winning the trampoline title at the National AAU Championships in Seattle, Washington.

5th ANNUAL NATIONAL SUMMER GYNASTICS CLINIC AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

AUGUST 19-24, 1962 Program For Physical Education, Men-Women Instruction by a Distinguished Staff Program For Coaches Instruct ion For Judges Instruction For Boys and Grils

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS An Olympic Development Meet For All Levels of

Competition. Instruction on all events at all levels. Fi lms of Olympic Games and World's Championships. How t o teach a unit in gymnastics. Fine staU. Excel-

lent Gymnastics Fac ilities. Access to Beautiful Recre-ational Facilities.

Total Cost : $50.00, includes meals and lodging . Send $10.00 deposi t to Geo. Szypula , Gymnast ics

Coach , Michigan State University. STAFF

Bill Meade Coach, Southern Illinois Univ. - Collegiates Teaching and Coach ing

Bob Stout Former Ol ympian and Nat ional Champion, Suburban Philadelphia H.S. Coach - Teaching and Coaching -(Boys)

Ernestine (Russell) Carter Former Olympian and National Champion, Canada's Finest Gymnast, Lansing H.S. Teacher - Teaching and Coaching (Girls)

Paul Fina Former National Champion and Organ izer of 1959 Pan-American Games

Dr. Joseph Schabacker Administrator U. o f Wisconsin

Theory and Practice of International Judging Jeff Austin

Former National Tumbling and Trampoline Champion Jack Carr

Clinic Program Director Sokol Methods Ed Hallik

Meets Director , National Direc to r Sokol Organization Bob Bohl

Show Director, Boys and Girls Instruction H.S. Gymnastics Coaches of the Suburban Chicago Area

Betty Meyer Instruction in P.E. Elementary School - Chicago

Susie Austin Tumbling and Trampoline Champion - Girls Work

Herb Vogel Coach of Acrol ympians at Flint Jr . Co llege -Girls Work

George Szypula Clinic Director, Former National Champion -Collegiate Teaching and Coaching, Boys and Girls Work

Mildred Prchal National Director of Women's Activities for the Sokol organization

James Rozanas Chicago area, one of the finest tumbling and acrobatic instructors in the country - on the staff of Dance Masters Assoc. from year to year

Ed Cole Former Natl. Collegian Trampoline Champion

THE NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CLINIC I am interested in registration and enrollment for the

1962 National Summer Gymnastics Clinic held at Michi-gan State University, East Lansing, Michigan from August 19th through August 24th, 1962. Total clinic charge : $50.00 (includes Registration Fee, Room and Board, and Insurance Coverage).

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THE MODERN GYMNAST

European Editor: Kurt Baechler, Guemligen/BE (Switzerland)

REPORT FROM EUROPE ... ITALY BEATS SWITZERLAND

By Kurt Baechler Italv beat the Swiss team in Rome by 7.40 which

may seem a bit high at least for the moment. The Swiss are sti ll much more in a status of building up their program and exercises, renewing their team considerably while Italy could count on their top Olympilans Menichelli, Carminucci and Vicardi as well as Marzolla.

Italy re8!lly is great, but when talkin g about Italy, you have to talk about tbeir 4 or ?, let's hope they have a fifth man for Prague, because after these 4 top men there is, just for the moment at least .. . a b lunt nothing. But we can be sure, that Jack Guntihart will do everything possible to have a top-team present for Prague.

As for ~he Swiss, Coach Hans Bolliger has realily improved his men. Even though they might have won a few tenths of a point more, if he was not satisfied with the compulsory performance or if the boy was not satisfied, he let them repeat in order to get use to the drive for the better soore.

Menichelli and Carminucci were in a class by themselves. Menichelli however. had bad luck witb the comulsory routine on the' B-bar and scored only 8.70 otherwise he could easily have reached 115 points, which shows how good Franco is.

Max Benker of Switzerland has improved a lot and if this boy really goes to town and trains hard, then he should he good for more than 113 points in Prague.

Angelo Vicardi

RECENT EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS FINLAND VS. GERMANY IN VAASA, FINLAND:

Finland 282.40 . Germany 277.05. The German team without Furst, Gischof and Bechdolf lost the match by several points. The Finns took the first three places: Kes tola, 56.85; Ekman, 56.55; Heinonen, 56.50; Lyhs of Ger many, 56.30; Olkkonen (F), 55.80; Leimuvitra (F), 55.75; Baum (Gl , 55.40; Heikkinen (F), 55.30; Jaschek (GI, 55.05; Michel (G) , 54.65.

*' :;: * *' ITALY VS. JAPAN IN MAILAND, ITALY:

Japan 334.60 . Italy 328.95. As expected, the Japanese won as a team quite comfortably. However the big sensa tion was Carminucci who placed first ahead of Endo by 0.35 points. Carminucci won the Long Horse with 9.70 and the PBar with 9.75 and tied with Endo for first place in the Floor Exercise. Side Horse was won by the Italian Vicardi and Endo with 9.65. The highest mark of the meet went to Abe of Japan on the RBar with a 9.80.

*' * * ;;; GERMANY VS. JAPAN IN STUTTGART, GERMANY:

Japan 282.15 - Germany 279.20. Endo of Japan won the AIlAround with 57.35, followed by teammates Yamashita, 57.30 and Abe, 56.90. Furst of Germany was fourth with 56.85; Lyhs (G), 56.20; Michel (G), 55.10; Kurihara (]), 55.05; Bischof (G), 55.05; Kato 0),54.90; Jacoby (G). 54.30; Aiba OJ, 53.l5 and Jascheck, 52.35.

The best scores on each apparatus was Kato in Floor Exercise, 9.65; Endo on the Side Horse, 9.60 and Rings, 9.65; Yamashita, Long Horse', 9.80; Abe on the PBars, 9.55 and the HBar, 9.80.

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would be ready for a match. They replied they would be ready for a 12 exercise match.

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Results of the Italian-Swiss Competion: Italy, 561.30 Swiss, 553.90. Compulsory (c) Optional (0)

Free E x S. Horse Rings L. Horse P-Bar H-Ba r Total c. o. c. o. c. o. C . 0 : c. o. c. o.

Ita ly 1. Menichelli 9.70 9.80 9.45 9.45 9.60 9.75 9.55 9.70 9.70 9.55 8.70 9.35 114.30 2. Carnlinucci 9.45 9.40 9.40 9.45 9.40 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.80 9.55 9.40 9.60 114.25 3. Vicardi 9.05 9.35 9.50 9.60 9.25 9.45 9.05 9.50 9.70 9.10 9.33 9.70 112.80 5. MarzoJla 9. 10 9.15 9.45 9.45 9.45 9.40 8.80 9.30 9.30 9.10 9.05 9.30 110.85

11. Siligo 9.05 9.15 7.30 8.40 9.35 3.04 9.20 9.50 8.60 8.60 7.65 7.60 103.80 12. Grug'ni 8.20 7.70 8.90 8.90 7.30 9.00 9.05 9.35 9.20 9.15 8.00 9.00 103.75

46 .::15 46 .85 46 .70 46.85 47.05 47.60 46.45 47.65 47.70 46.45 44.70 49.65 561.30 Switzerland 4. Benker 8.70 9.40 9.35 9 .. 50 9.15 9.45 9.45 9.65 9.55 9.60 9.35 9.50 112.65 6. Feuz 9.40 9.30 9.40 9.50 8.50 9.00 9. 35 9.45 9.30 8.95 9.00 9.45 110.60 7. Brullma.nn 8.95 8.85 8.60 9.10 8.85 9.35 9.25 9.30 9.20 9.50 9.15 9.45 109.55 S. Kunzler 9.20 9.30 8.90 8.70 8.85 9.15 9.25 9.40 9.30 8.90 8.90 9.40 109.25 n. Fassler 8.10 8.90 S.75 9.25 9.15 9.20 9.40 9.40 8.80 9.35 9.35 9.40 109 .05

10. Mull er 8.40 S.70 9.20 9.30 8.00 9.10 9. 30 9.40 9.35 9.10 9.20 9.00 10S.05 44.65 45.75 45 .60 46.65 44 .50 46.25 46.75 47.30 46 .70 46 .50 46.05 49 .20 5.53 .90

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74th NATIONAL A.A.U. GYMNASTIC MEET REPORT

By Dr. Eric Hughes, Meet Director Defending champions toppled as youngsters

twisted and somersaulted to the top in the 74th National A.A. . Gymnastic Meet in Seattle on May 3rd , 4th and 5th. The only defending oham pions in the eighteen event competition to success fully defend their titles were Barbara Galleher, of Dallas, Texas in tumbling; Muriel Grossfeld of

Don TonT)" 1962 National Champ

Champaign, Illinois, in floor exercises and balance beam; and Hal Holmes, al so of Champaign, Illinois, in tumbling. A total of 83 men and 38 women were entered in the meet. Thirty men and 29 women entered the AllAround.

Olympian Don Tonry, looking better than ever, emerged the victor in the men's All Around compe tition. The 26 year old so;ldier, representing the New Y ork Avhl~tic Club. was as steadv as a rock in winnin g two individ~al events and pilin g up enough points to edge out Bob Lynn. Tonry led from the start, outscoring his closest competito'rs in the compulsory evercises on Thursday and hanging on to his lead as Bob Lynn tried desper. ately to close the gap in the Friday optional exer cises. The only other competitor in the running for the AllAround championship was another Olym pian Larry Banner. Larry, who represents the Los Angeles Turners, was just a whisker behind the two leaders in both Thursday's and Friday's com petition. Armando Vega, defending AllAround champion wound up in fourth place.

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Gail Sontgerath

Doris Fuchs

Sharon R ichardson

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The bi g surprise of the meet was provided by a 96 pound package of rhythm and grace, seven-teen veal' old Dale McClements of Seattle_ Dale surpassed even the wildest dreams of her most ardent foll owers and startled the gymnastic world by edging Olympian Gail Sontgerath of We!>t Palm Beach, Florida , the 1960 All-Around champion, by one one-thousandth of a point for the coveted women's All-A round champ ionship_ Two-time Olympian, Doris Fuchs, the defending champion was third . Dale, a shy high school senior was tl'1i>il-in g in fif,th plaee going into Friday's optional exercises. The eventual champion started badly. In the fi rst event, the compulsory floor exercises, she had a major break. This event, normally her best, proved to be her worst and was responsible for her relatively poor standing at the conclusion of the compulsory routines. Miss McClements per-formed brillian.tly on Friday and event by event gained on the girls ahead of her and finall y pulled ahead of Miss Sontgerath in the nex t to last event of the All-Around program. When questioned about her victory Dale stated, " I didn't think I had a chance of winning when the meet started. I was pl annin g on sixth, just hopin g for sixth and a spot on the National team." Much of Dale's success must be credited to George Lewis, her coach, a volunteer worker at the Seattle YMCA.

The meet was held in the Seattle Civic Arena on the World Fair graunds. In spite of excellent newspaper and television publicity the attendance was poor. On the final night about 3,000 people, the largest crowd of the meet, were treated to a gymllaslic demonstration that has seldom been equaled. The quality of performance was excellent . 11he women fo r the first time outperformed Vhe men. Dale McClements won wjth an average SCO'l'e of 9.47. Miss Tieber who was in sixth place had an average of 9.26_ For the men, the winner Don Tonry had about the same average score as Miss 1cCIements - 9.46. The men's scores dropped

more rap idly however. Ron Barak and Jamille Ashmore who tied for sixth place (eliminating Wilhelm Wieler, a Canadian who was actually in sixth place) only averaged 9.02. In international competition our women's team, if each member co uld average between 9.26 and 9.47 would do real well. Our men, however, with members aver-aging no better than 9.02 would not stand a chance of placing high in international competition_ The lack of depth in men's competition was largely due to the absence of three top performers : Jack i)eckner, member ot three Ulympic teams, who was injured ; and Gar O'Quinn and Art Shurlock, who have indicated that they are through with competitive gymnastics.

One bright spot in the future of men's gymnas-t\CS is the remarkable performance of Ron Barak, eighteen year old sophomore from the University of Southern California. This young man will be hard to beat by 1964 if he keeps improving as rapidly as he is now. His horizontal bar work (he placed second behind teammate Bob Lynn ) com-pares favorably with the best in the world. Ap'art from Barak there doesn't seem to be any other

newcomer-s in the mens' ranks that will be ready for international competition in the near future.

The picure is much brighter in the women's pro gram. Those in the top six range in age from 17 to 23. Besides Dale McClements who just recently broke into the top six there are many other promis ing girls knocking at the door. These include Carol Rabun, 18, Austin, Texas; Lo'uise Grant, 16, Seattle; Marie Walther, 17, Cleveland; Kathleen Corrigan, 17, Quincy, Mass.; Sharon Richardson, 18, _lew Haven, Conn.; Janice Landry, 19, Baton Rouge, la.; Donna Schaenzer, 19, Flint, Miehigan; and Janice Dunham, 15, Flint, Miehigan. If these youngsters don't give up their gymnastics, the U.S. women's team should improve its position con siderably in international competition in the next few years.

Two champions &t this year's meet had the honor of being the last champions to be crowned in their parlieLl!.'!r specialties. Charlie Denny, a school teaoher from Seattle repre5enting the Wash-ington A~hletic Cluh, and Steve Leidner, an eighteen year old high sehool student from Alta-dena, California, were crowned NMional champions in the Flying Ring and Rope Climbing events, reo spectively. These two events will be dropped from National competition after this year due to lack of interest in the events. This lack of interest stems from an increased emphasis on the international OT All-Around events at all levels of competition. In the last few National meets there have been very few entries in these two special events. Steve Leid-ner has tied the world's record for the twenty foot rope climb with a time of 2.1:l seconds. In this meet the best he could do was 3.1 seconds.

The most applause received by any of the athletes in the meet, apart from the ovation the home town people gave Dale McClements, was about equal for Hal Holmes, the University of Illinois junior, who successfully defended his Tumbling title and Carl (Bill) Wolf, of Pasadena Gty College, who won the Still Ring championship. Holmes, who is one of the best tumblers the world has ever seen, far outshone his competition and twisted and bounded to a spectacula:r win in this crowd pleasing event. His closest rival, Rusty Mitchell, from the University of Southern Illinois, sprained hi s ankle in the preliminaries and was unable to continue. In the National Collegiate meet this year Mitchell upset Holmes who was the pre-meet-favorite. Wolf astounded the Seattle fans with one of the greatest displays of strength ever ex-hibited in his near perfect Still Ring routine.

The two youngest champions in both men's and women's competition were the Trampoline. Beverly Averylt, representing the Crenshaw Athletic Club of Austin, Texas, won her title while still fifteen years old. Frank Schmidz, sixteen year old high school junior from Lafayette, La. equalled the dif-ficulty of his older competitors and outscored them on "form" or "exactness of e..xecution" for an easy win in the men's trampoline event.

The two oldest ohampions in the meet were Don Tonry, 26 years old, who won the All-Aound, Floor Exercises, and Parallel Bars; and Wilhelm Weiler,

Avis Teiber

Muriel Grossfeld

Betty Maycock

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Fred Orlo/sky

26 year old Canadian soldier who won the Long Horse. The oldest women champion (maybe this shouldn' t be mentioned) was 25 year old Barbara Galleher the tall Texas blonde. Barbara was way ahead of her competition in the tumbling event and won her eighth National Tumbling champion. ship. After many years as a tumbling and trampo-line specialist Barbara says she is now go ing to become an all-around performer and concentrate on the four international events. Our "oldest" champions are yo ung in comparison with many of the best foreign gymnasts.

One of the proudest competitors at the meet was tumbler Frank Hai land. Frank won two Na-tional Collegiate tumbling championships ,,-hi Ie attending the University of Illinois. While at II1inois he helped coach a high school boy, Hal Holmes. After graduation he took a job as physical ed'uca-

Bruno Klaus and Ray Hadley

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Don Tonry Bob Lynn

tion instructor at the University of Washington in Seattle. While in Seattle he helped coach another hi gh school boy, Jim David. Frank is now teaching at Eastern Montana College in Billings. He return-ed to Seattle to compete in the national meet and even though he had not been able to practice regu-larly managed to place third. His third place finish was not what pleased him most, however. On the victory stand above him stood his two former proteges, Jim David in second place and Hal Holmes the champion.

The men 's team title was won by the Los An geles Turners with 43 points. They were followed by the University of Southern California al so of Los Angeles with 28% points. In thil-d place far behind with eleven points each were three teams : the Chicago Turners, Pasadena City College, and the home team from the Washington Athletic Club. The stren gth of gymnastics in the Los Angeles area can be seen by the fact that three of the first five teams were from that area.

The women's team championships was won by the Crenshaw Athletic Club of Austin, Texas wi,th 13 points. The only other group to score points was the team from Flint, Michigan. The gymnastic rules state that two individuals must score points for a group before it can be considered for a team championship. The team points were spread so evenly between ten teams entered and many un-attached individuals that only the two groups'men-tioned above managed to place two team members into a sco ring position.

This year's meet was particularly significant as it served a dual purpose. As well as deciding our National champions for 1962 it was designated as one of three trials to select our National Team that will journey to Prague, Czechoslovakia for the World Gymnastic Championships July 3rd to 8th. The first of these tri'als was held in Saraso ta, Florida at the National Gymnastic Clinic last December. The third trial will be held at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island, j us! prior to . the team's departure for Europe. Following the meet in Prague the team will tour several other countries in Europe. The ~

Armando Vega Larry Banne r

gymnasts li sted below were selected by the Na-tional A_A .U. Gymnastic Committee to participate in the third trial at the Merchant Marine Academy.

MEN 1. Don Tomy, New York 2. Armando Vega, Los Angeles 3. Bob Lynn. Los Angeles 4. Larry Banner, Los Angeles 5. Abie Grossfe ld, Champaign, III. 6. Fnd Orlofsky, Carbondale, III. 7. Jon Culbertson, Chicago 8. Bruno Klaus, Carbondale, III. 9. Ray Hadley, Champaign, III.

*Orlofsky' s score in second tria l was doubled WOMEN

1. Dori s Fuchs, Rochester, N. Y. 2. Muriel Grossfeld, Champaign, 111. 3. Gail Sontgerarh , West Palm Beach 4. Betty Maycock, Kent , Ohio 5. Dale McClements, Seattle, Wash. 6. Sharon Richardson, New Haven, Conn. 7. Avis Tieber, Dallas, Texas 8. Janice Dunham, Flint , Mich. 9. Marie Walther''', Cleveland

10. Carol Rabun"' , Austin , T exas

Abie Gross/eld

From this list a team of six men and one alternate and six women and one alternate will be chosen to represent the U.S. in the World Championships.

1st Trial Sarasota

113.10 112.25 109.85 110.10 108.15

injured 106.80 108.45

98.15

74.45 74-.25 73.35 73.60 72.20 73.80 70.00 71.05 68.80 66.85

2nd Tria l Seattl e 113.55 111.50 113.40 112.80 109.60 107.75':' 107.40 10.5.25 108.00

75.534 75.401 75.766 75.300 75.767 72.601 74.100 71.867 71.900 72.734

Total Score To Da te

226.65 223.75 223.25 222.90 217.75 215.50 214.20 213.70 206.15

149.984 149.651 149.116 148.900 147.967 146.401 144.100 142.917 140.700 139.584

"" These t,vo g irls will ha ve to trav el to th e tria ls at th e ir ow n expe nse if they wi s h to partic ipate

As Meet Director I wonld like to personally thank: 1. The ojjicials oj the W a.~hington A thletic Club, the spon-soring organization ; 2. Ray Daughters, Director of Athletics at the club ( in spite of the fact that he was saddled with most of the work for the meet, has started laying the groundwork to obtain th e 1964 Olympic trials fo r Seattle) ; 3. JlIl y Pacific N orthwest AAU Gymnastic Committee. This isn't the entire committee but the members who bore the brunt oj the work: George Lewis, my right hand man, Jim Fraser , Mary Sarver, {nga Franzon, Jean Hughes , Bob Tanac, Jim Sullivan, Matt Brislawn, Rudy Peterson, War-ren Brooks, Pat Pattison , Vern Frese and Karl Alenander ; 4 . Nissen IV/edart Corp. who supplied all the equipment ; 5. Premier Athletic Prodncts Corp . who supplied floor exer-cise mats; 6. Also the OUicials who contributed their time and effort and the gym;;asts who competed in the meet . Getting help was no problem I've never been surrounded by so many energetic, willing and efficient helpers ; 7. T he competitors; I've never seen a fine r gathering of young men and women as the participants in this meet. As well as being outstanding performers they were cooperative , nnderstanding and true sportsmen. Organizing a meet like this is a lot of hard work bu.t it was a pleasure to act as Meet Director becanse 0/ the fine cooperation of every one concerned.

JOI/. Cn/bertson

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NATIONAL A.A . U. GYMNASTIC CHAMP IONSHIPS 1962

TEJAMS: Los Angeles Turner s (LAT), 43; U niversi ty of So. California (USC), 2S% ; P asadena City Coll ege (PCC ), 11; Chicago T urn ers (CT), 11; Washington Ath-letic Club (WAC ), 11; So. Illinois Salukis (SIS ), 7. Long Beach State Coll ege (LBS), 2. Central Onta.rio Gym Assn. (COG) ; CoquiUal11 Gym Clu b (CGC); Maverick Boys Club (MBC) .

ALL-AROUND : Donald Tonry, 113.55 ; Bob Lynn, 113.40; Larry Ban ner, 1a.SO; Armando V ega, 111.50; Abie Gr oss -fe ld (SIS), 109.60; Wilhelm 'Weiler, 10S.75.

FLOOR EXERCISES : Dona ld Tonry, 19.300; Bob Lynn, 19. 100; Wilhelm W eile r, l S.925; J a mill e Ashmore, 18.875 ; Armando Vega, l S.800; L a rry Banner, 18.725.

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SIDE HORSE: William B uck (CT), 19.350; Larry Ban-ner, 19.225; Bob Lynn, 19.000; Doug Beernick (PCC), 18.725 ; J on Culbertson (CT), 17.950; T erry Hale (USC) , 14,900.

LONG HORSE VAULT: Wilhelm Weiler, 19.450; Larry Banner, 19.225; Arma ndo Vega, 18.950; Donald Tonry, 18.750 .... Bob Lynn, 18.700 ; Fred Orlofsky, 18.550; Ron Bar::tk, lS.350 .

P A RALLEL BARS: Donald Tonry, 19.550; Arma ndo V ega, 19.375 ; B ob Lynn, 19.075; L a rry Banner, 18.725; Jon C ulbertson (CT). 18.675; 'William W e iler , 18. 62,.

HORIZONTAL BAR: Bob Lynn (USC), 19.525; Ron Barak (USC), 19 .300; Wilhelm W e iler (Ca na. Army), 18.900; Donald T onry (NYAC), 18.450; Fred Orlofsky (SIS) 17.625: Bruno K laus (SIS), 16.625. '

STILL RINGS: Carl Wolf (PCC), 19.325; Armando Vega (LAT), 19.250; Donald Tonry (N.Y.A.C.), 19.100; Jamille Ashmore (Dallas A.C.), 19.025; Larry B a nner (LAT) 18.825; D e nniS Wolf (SIS). 18.675. '

J!'LYING RINGS: Charlie Denny (WAC), 17.75; Ken Cheney (Unat.), 17.65; George Becks tead (LBS), 16.75; B ill Crow (WAC), 16.5; Lew Lande r s (WAC), 15.95; Jim L a ng (WAC). 14.8.

ROPE CLIMB: Steve Leidner, 3.1; Arthur Darnell (UnaL), 3.4; Robert Winters (Tarrytown) , 3.4; Sanford Werner (Bruin Alum), 3.4 ; John Sunderland (PCC), 3.6; David Seeg-er (USC ). 3.7.

TUMBLING: Harold Holmes (Unat.), 19.250; James D a vid (WAC), 18.40; Frank Halland (UnaL), 17.650; Bill Crow (WAC), 17.250 ; B ill Sayre (Unat.), 16.500.

REBOUND TUMBLING : J!'rank Schmitz (Lafayette S ... Hi), 18.55; L a rry Snydel' (Iowa U.), 18.05: George H ery (U. of Iowa ), 17.80; Danny Millman (Unat.), 17.75 : J"me~ W eaver (AF Acad. ), 17.65 ; Harold L yon s (WAC ), Ii.O,

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lamille Ashmore MEN'S EVENT WINNING AND TOP

PLACING ROUTINES HORIZONTAL BAR

BOB LY N: Reverse grip, High under swing forward , stoop legs be

tween hands and shoot to dislocate, one dislocate giant, hop to mixed grip, rear vault, back kip German giant, underswing turn , kip, over forward giant, 1fz turn one back giant, Stalder straddle one giant, layout dismount. RON BARAK:

Upper grip, high under swing % turn, swing forward , change left hand to reverse grip and stoop legs between hands, shoot to fonvard inverted giant, djslocate, one dislocated giant, change right hand to reverse grip, one giant full turn around left hand regrasp and rear vault ; Kip change hands to reverse grip, one fonvard giant, % turn, one backward giant, Stalder straddle, one giant, double flyaway dismount. WILLY WEILER:

Undergrasp, shoot change to eagle grasp, backuprise to overgrasp, free hip circle. r elease grip to undergrasp, forward gian t change, left hand to eagle grasp, one giant forward , change right hand to eagle, two eagle giants, change to overgrasp with half turn, to reverse half giant, to support underswin g with half turn, shoot leg through. 11alf german giant, release right hand, full turn on back swing to mixed grip , kip up to free hip circle, forward to handstand , two forward giants and somersault piked over top of bar.

FLOOR EXERCISE BOB LYNN:

Arm circle to "Y" scale (hold); Run, front handspring, front somersault, handspring, Swedish fall to front splits ;

Bill Wolf Hal Holmes

From seat raise legs to "L", stiff arm stiff leg press to handstand (pulling straight legs between hands); Walk over, turn , back walk over; ' Snap down, flip flop, back somersault, flip flop to splits ; Turn, neck spring to one leg, tensica, cartwheel, side scale (hold); Kick to hand stand, lower legs to straddle "L" support, raise legs back to handstand, roll forward with legs straight; Turn, run , roundoff, flip flop , full twisting somersault. WILLY WEILER :

Round off back somersault with half twist, headspring, to stand "T" scale, quarter turn handspring, somersault, headspring to siltin g position, roll hackward, half turn , handspring on one foot , pinwheel to free lever, touch and legs through to splits, roll -forward to sit, valdess to hand stand, jump to fli c flac, back somersault, flic flac to one leg quarter turn , to side scale, handstand, lower to one foot , half turn dive, roll , stand up with straight legs, pin wheels to stand, running round off back layout, fli c fla c back somersault to stand.

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SIDE HORSE BOB LYNN:

l\100re mount on croup rear to saddle, rear to croup, rear to saddle, Russian Moore, Break to two back scissors, two front scissors, reverse high doubles, regular high doubles, travel to neck, three loop to % turn dismount. LARRY BANNER:

From saddle, rear to croup, rear to saddle, Russian Moore, break to 2 back scissors, reverse doubles, 2 front scissors, high doubles traveling to neck, loop, Moore on the neck to 2 loops dismount.

* :;: Willie Weiler and his winning front so'

Jim David Dave Beernick

PARALLEL BARS BOB LyNN:

Peach basket to handstand, back somersault, stutz, drop cast to support, straddle out to "L" hold, stiff arm stiff leg press to handstand, pirouette, drop peach basket to upper arm, front uprise, swinging back pirouette, back somersault dismount. ARMANDO VEGA :

F acing outward at end of bars shoot to handstand, stutz drop cast support to planche (hold) drop peach basket, glide kip, back cast to shoulder stand, front uprise, swinging back pirouette, back somersault cast, back upri~e straddle cut, dip swing to handstand, back s(lmersault dismount.

RINGS ARMANDO VEGA:

Pull up to cross, "L" cross, pull to support, Planche (hold ), ~ giant to handstand, inverted cross, lower to back lever, pull to cross (hold ) , drop back to inverted hang kip to Olympic cross (hold), roll back, dislocate, shoot to support, "L" press to handstand, swing down and layout dismount from support.

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LONG HORSE ARMANDO VEGA:

Giant handspring ....

LARRY BANNER : Giant stoop.

rnmie from the croup Long H orse vault

Bill Bttck FLYING RINGS

CHARLIE DENNY: Swing and pull to inverted " L" on front ; dislocate on

back ; kip roll (straight body) on front, stem rise (back uprise) to shoulder balance on back; hold on front; cast off on back; extend beat in middle to a shoot shoulder balance on front ; cast off on back ; back kip to shoulder balance on front; cast off on back; straight body inlocate on front ; dislocate on back ; double flyaway on front to a stand.

* TUMBLING

HAL HOLMES: 1. roundoff, flip flap, back somm. with full twist, flip

flap , double back somm.; 2. five swing front somersaults; 3. roundoff, back somm., back somm. with full tiwst, flip flap , back somm., back somm., flip flap , double twist ing back somm .; 4. roundoff , flip flap , fi ve swing back somersaults, back somm. with a full twist.

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FRANK SCHl\UTZ'S TRAMPOLINE ROUTINES Routine No. 1 - Back full f1iffi s (first somersault with

a fnl twist, then tuck up for second somersault) , 1% twisting front somersault, Full twisting back somersault, Double back somersault ( tuck ), Double twisting back somersault, Back somersault ( tuck), Fliffis (half out ), Full twisting back somersault, 1 % back somersault ) tuck) , Double Cody.

Routine No.2 - Fliffis (half out ), 1% twisting front somersault, Full twisting back somersault, Double back somersault (tuck ), Double back somersault (tuck ), Ph twisting front somersault, Back somersault ( tuck ), Full twisting back somersault, Double twisting back somer sault, Triple twisting back somersault.

ALL-AROUND: Dale McClements , 75.767; Gail Sont-gel'ath , 75.766; Doris Fuchs, 75.534; Muriel Grossfel, 75.401; Betty Maycock, 75.300; Av is 'rieber, 74.100,

FLOOR EXERCISES : Muriel Grossfeld, 19 .4830 ; Betty Ma.ycock, 19.000; Gail Sontgerath, 18.9835; Doris Fuchs, 18.8830; Donna Sch aenzer (Flint) , 18.7670; Liessa K rol , 18 .6000.

SIDE HORSE VAULT: Da le McClements, 19. 500; Betty :>laycock (Kent S. ), 19 .4665; Avis Tieber (Crenshaw), 19 .2000 ; Doris Fuchs, 19.0835; Ga il Sontgerath, 18.9665.

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BALANCE BEAM: M uriel Grossfeld , '19 .2835; Gail Son t-gerath , 19.2000; Dale McClements, 18.9165; Doris Fuchs, 18.8000 : Betty Maycock. 18.7170: Avis Tieber, 18.5335.

UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS: Gail Sontgerath (Unat), 19. 1000; Doris F uchs (Unat.), 19. 005; Gail Daley (St. Marys), 19.000; Dale McClem ents (Seattle Y), 18.9305: Muriel Grossfeld (Unat.), 18.7830; J anice Dunhem (Flint), 18.6670; Mary Rabun (Crens h a w AC ),. J8.5330.

RBBOUND TUMBLING : Beverly Averyl (Crenshaw). 187.5; Tan ey Smith (Tram p T own), 185.5; T erry Peterson (Nard's), 169.5; Mary Habun (Crens h aw), 160.5; J oh(l.nna R idcl lebarger (Berkeley Y), 150; Barbara Galleh er , 135.

TUMBLING: Barbara Galleher, 18.6; Donna Schaenzer, 17.55; Mary Rabun, 17.2; Lynne Reynolds , 16.2 ; Paula Crist. 15.8 : Linda Hicks, 14.9.

DALE McCLEMENTS ALLAROUND ROUTINES FLOOR EXERCISE

Cizzone (R), turn , deep attitude pose (R), leg comes forward moving arms in opposite directions, step (R) hop; Run . round off back handspring, back layout; 3 back runs, spin. Run . split leap, back tap leap to a back handspring to a R split; Chest. roll to a R split, bend L, stand on R , step- L, throw R leg up with lh turn , Japanese pose; Russian spin. Cizzone, change, cizzone; run . split leg leap ( jump from two feet ); Front runs to an arched body pose; Step R . hop . circle L leg from front to back, chasse L, step L, hop L, step R in front, oross step in back and in front to 4th position pose. Full spin to a deep scale on the L leg, lh turn to a push step; Run . front handspring, hop L throwing an arch, forward roll , split handstand into a R split. Front roll to knees, kip to a front walkover; Cartwheel, back handspring, spring landing on R ; Tour jete, 4 high back steps, turning cat leap , back scissors; Side leap, low spin, side dip step, side tap leap. Step R, attitude turn, step L to lunge, bring arms around to a pose, finish.

* *" * BALANCE BEAM

Mount ( Leap on end of beam to a pose) or (Press straddle handstand, split legs, bring R down to beam and place between hands. Rse and step L to pose). Squat to flutter kicks. Run to split leap, 112 turn on toes to the L; Japanese pose, side leap, change jump, cizzone, front tap leap. English handstand, roll to a back uprise to Y toe point. Come down to R knee, bring L forward and rise on L. Corkscrew turn to a deep attitude pose; Bring R forward moving arms in opposite directions, step R leap up in air with L fonvard, step L balance step. High knee spin to R, push step, step R, L leg from front to back, goes down to the beam, (Free Ex Move), Swing R back and lift on to L toe. Low spin to a split on L. Back knee lift, pose, rise; lh turn L on toes, 3 back runs, 112 turn R on toes, cartwheel to a lunge, attitude turn to R; Arabasque L, run to stag leap. 2 Russian spins to a lh turn with a leg whip to a scale on L; Arched body pose, run to cat leap, arabasque L. StepR, Dismount . Cartwheel to a handstand, stoop off.

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UNEVEN BARS DALE McCLEMENTS:

Facing low and high bars . Glide kip shoot thru to L position . grasp H.B ., immediately move into long hang on H.B. and kip to front support; Underswing, lh twist to hip circle L.B., eagle back to straddle leg pullover L.B. to a sit. Kip to H.B. ; Momentary swan balance to hand stand L.B. . straddle down, straddle over L.B. to a rear kip out into a back hip circle; Change L hand to reverse grip. Pike hips to lh twist straddle sole circle to front

cast lh twist to stomach whip; Double leg (legs straight ), to an uprise, front roll H.B. to free hip circle, flange to

~4 giant cast to straddle hecht dismount. *' * * *

WOMENS FIRST PLACE WINNING ROUTINES DALE McCLEMENTS:

Cartwheel vault. BALANCE BEAM

i\WRIEL GROSSFELD: Side stand front ways. Jump to straddle "L" (hold )

press to handstand (hold) stoop down to beam; Stand up with arm circle, 14 turn to right; Step left, one turn to right; Step right, left (kicking right), place right foot on beam squat jump. Step left lhturn; Double arm circle to scale supporting leg bent (hold ); Step left kick right, place right on beam, tap left, sissone, step left % turn to right on both feet, % turn on right (left 'leg arabasque) step left right on toes; On right toe, left leg raised to arabasque, bring left toe to right knee, develope (on toe) step left, right; % turn to right left leg raised sidewards, step left lunge, straighten left knee; Kneel on right knee with arm circle to kneel sit; Swing left leg back, hands place on beam, swing to handstand, legs split, right knee bent (hold ) drop to forward roll; Neck lever right knee ben t (hold); Roll to back, snap to "V" sit;. Double ann circle, right leg raised high; Stand up on nght leg, step left kick right leg, deep lunge, bring left leg 'forward, % turn to stand; Step left leap right step left "cat leap", step left swing right leg forward releve with right toe on left knee (pause); Swing right leg back, % turn, arch back (hold); Alternate arm swing rise on right toe, left leg on arabasque, lung on left leg cartwheel left; Steu left back point right toe, arms back (pause); Swing right leg forward and back turning (%) to right, step right, left on toes, bring right leg to left circle arms and pl~ce hands on beam; Straight arm, straight leg press to English hand stand , 14 turn to side handstand, full twisting arch over to a stand.

FLOOR EXERCISE MURIEL GROSSFELD:

Step left arabasque hop, step right arabasque hop, 3 running steps, leap, 3 running steps hitch kick wit.h % turn , 2 body waves; Round off flip flop layout with a walkout; lh turn, glide arabasque hop, swing to front attitude on toes; Lombe leg swing to lunge, bouree turn ; Step arabasque hop, step hop toes on knee with 1 turn, % turn 2 steps scissor leg leap to kneel; 1% turn on knees, stand with 1/2 turn, tin sica, % turn on toes; Run dive cartwheel (or brande) back walkover to toes; Plie, echappe, plie in second double pirouette to single lh t.urn with leg extended (31f2); Chene leap turn, back hitch kick, arabasque on toe, glissade fu pirouette fouette atti tude turn , run to jump to fall turn over to knee arm circle ; Pas de basque with 1f2 turn, 1 turn to reverance. % turn develope; Round off flip flop walkout, step hop ; Pique turn, back pique turn, illusion split; %, turn to front walkover; Body wave, second arabasque; Glide jete turn, 2 chene turns, step arabasque hop, step front cabri olle; % arabasque turn, diving tinsica; Step leap, 112 turn raise leg, live yogi handstand, walkover out ; 1 turn, 1 tour to kneel , lun ge.

UNEVEN BARS GAIL SONTGERATH :

Glide straddle, back seat circle; Kip; Circle low bar; Eagle; Drop to low bar, glide kip to high bar; Straddle to low bar ; Thread needle to split circle on low bar; Split circle with leg on bar, catch high bar; Stoop. straddle dismount.

TRAMPOLINE BEVERLY AVERYT :

A. Barani out fliffi s . Double back . Double back Barani . Back with two twist . Back with two twist Back . Barani out fliffis.

B. Back with triple twist . Forward with 1% twist Back . Forward with 1% twist . Forward Ph twist Back . Back with full twist Double back .

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THE MODERN GYMNAST PHOTO CONTEST FIRST PLACE this edition was won by Ami

Leso for this photo of his daughter Karon shown on thei r home-made uneven bars at the Leso Health Farm in Morgan Hill , Calif.

* * :;: SECOND PLACE goes to Gymnastic Coach

Norris J _ Steverson of Arizona State University for this st.udy of Handstands and shadows performed by Gym team members, Jerry Stansbury, Bill Cornelius and Chris Evans.

* THIRD PRIZE was won by Thomas LoMacchio

for this photo of Don Tonry taken at the Brooklyn Central YMCA annual home exhibitions, with a Yashica Pentamatic camera at 1/125 second using Ilford HPS film - 800 A.S.H.

Teddy Weaver

Andrew Wahtera

SALEM GYMNASTS WIN N.E. JUNIOR TITLE

The Salem YMCA's Boys Gymnast ic teach captlll'ed the New England YM CA Junia" champion s hip in the Sports Fest ival h e1c1 a t Spring fi el d Co llege on April 7th.

Salem boys took first place in three o f the five events a nd captured two

~econd places, three third s and on e fi ft h. The YMCA's t hat competed in addition to Sale m were Cambridge, H olyoke, Ne w Bedford, N or\valk, Conn., Springfield , "\O\Takefie1c1, West -fi e ld and vVest Roxbury.

Big g un for th e Sa le nl teanl \vas J oh 11 ' Va.lsh , who won firs t in the s ide

hO I~se event, second in the para ll el har~ a.nd third in th e long h orse vanlt-i ng a nd free exerc ises.

J o hn Stanchfie 1c1 of Sale m took first in t h e fr ee exe r c ise a nd third in tumb-ling . A nd y 'Vahtera accounted for f irs t pl ace in the para ll el bars ; T eddy W'pa y e r second in t h e lon g h o r se vaulting, and Richard Sados ki fifth ill th e free exe rc i ~es.

f ohn Walsh , 1962lVew England YMCA Jr. Champion R ichard Sadoski

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BALLET for Gymnasts

By Grace Kciywell 3 Tanglewood Court

IT' est Palm Beach. Florida

GRACE NOTES In this issue we salute another of America's great

teachers. Not a ballet te1l!cher this time, but an acrobatic teaoher of great reknown: Mr. Joe Price of 1697 Broa'dway, New York, N. Y. Most of the professional acrobatic dancers in America at one time or another have taken lessons from Mr. Price. His log of student hours runs into the thousands, having just completed 37 consecutive years on Broadway. He is the creator of more than 200 tricks, variations and comhinations now being used by professionals, teachers and students of acro-

Mr. Joe Price

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batics. He has given the- industr) the terminology of many tricks; the most familiar, I think, is the "illusion". Back in 1925 teachers were calling this trick the "kick twist", but Mr. Price's nomenclature "illusion" is now accepted universally. 1 first be-came acquainted with Mr. Price back in the 1930's when I first became a member of Dance Masters of America. He has heen a teacher on convention facultv for many years . He has also done a great work in the field of corrective muscular therapy for polio victims, etc., and has advocated exercises long before the world ever heard of Sister Kenny.

1\1r. Price enjoys an enviable international rep u-tation and has had students from far off places, such as India, China, Japan, Hawaii, Iraq and most European countries. Mr. Price has described for us here the Aeria l Walkover Forward. We salute you, Joe Price, and thank you humbly fOT all you have done for the acrobatic wo rld!

AERIAL WALKOVER FORWARD Years ago this trick was called a limber walkover somer-

sault and performed only by men, especially those whe, were close benders. I used this trick in one of my routines and in 1925, when I started to teach in New York City, this trick was included in my collection. The first few girls who mastered it caused a sensation with its per-formance. I believe I was the fi rst to teach it in America and it was not until several years later that I heard of others teaching it.

I discovered that it took longer for girls with stiff backs to accomplish this trick. Over the years there have been a few dozen men and hoys who have mastered it. Those who did were able to do an exact walkover; therefore men, boys or, for that matter girls whose backs are not limber should not attempt this trick. Actually the teach-ing of the aerial forward walkover belongs to one who specialIzes in acrobatics. I spot all my students with my arms, but to get the student started, a belt with one on each side or a pair of sashes can be used to assist the learning student.

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A running preparation is necessary before learning this trick. I call It a mount walkover. (When a horse leaps over a barrier, it is called "mounting") . The student leaps up as if going over a barrel onto the hands. The preparation - (my explanation is for those who start it with the right foot in front, the left leg kicking over for the walkover) .

The student stands with the left foot in front - raise the left foot - hop on the right foot (ready for a 4 coun t run). As the left foot advances for the run (this is count # 1) - the right foot (#2) , the left foot (#3), ready for the take off of the leap on the right foot (count #4) . As the right foot presses against floor for the eleva

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tion, the arms go toward the chest, reaching up and oul for the walkover. Once this practice run is accomplished, the student is ready to learn an aerial walkover.

1, 2, 3 and '1< run - both arms lift as shoulders hunch, both arms bent at elbows. Left leg kicks backwards toward ceiling, back arches to the fullest. Legs come over in split. Left leg lands on floor, right leg remains up. Most im portant is roll up on left leg to walkover. Head remains back all through this trick. Elevation i~ important on push off right foot , so that when left leg lands, a slight roll of the lift keen and thigh brings body forward for walk over - only then may right foot touch to complete walk over.

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BALLET FOR GYMNASTS . . . STRETCHING EXERCISES AT THE BARRE

ATTITUDE STRETCH Face away from the barre: Place the right leg on the

barre bent sharply at the knee, so that the portion of the leg from the knee to the toe is on and parallel to the barre. Keep the back well up and lift the right arm over head, the left arm extended to the side, or holding the barre. Look to the left and see the toe of the right foot on the barre.

Bend forward from the waist to touch the floo r, then come back up to the "attitude" position.

Do this exercise standing flat 4 times and then do 4 more times en reI eve (on the toe).

Now, come flat and extend the leg that is on the barre straight out to the side (developpe), lower to 5th position and immediately place the left knee on the barre. Now you are ready to reverse the entire exercise.

This is a most difficult stretching exercise. If you cannot do it the first time, wait a few weeks until you are hetter limhered from split exercises.

CA UTlON: Never do any stretching exercises until the muscles are "warmed up". All stretches must be done slowly, without jerking, to avoid injury. .

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By Charlie Simms

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JUDGING "Just what do you look for when yo u judge,"

is a question often asked me and I would say is asked of every official who is asked to pass scores on a gymnast. It is not an easy question to answer.

Judgin g is an exacting task , one often makes many mi stakes as does the gymnast who is com-petin g, but on the whole, if the basic rules are followed with dili gence, practice leads to better performance, as with everything.

First of all , the judge should be f ami I iar with the code of points. Familiar is a mild word, since any top notch judge should know the rules back-wards and forwards. This is a starting point. The rulings as to rhe types of exercises and the deduc-tions for specific breaks should be ingrained auto-matically so that he does not have to waste time thinkin g back as to the proper attitude for such faults, but to immediately grade the exercise less his deductions.

The judge should not adopt too pedantic a role in deducting points, since then he becomes a machine merely taking off points without regard to the esthetic and combinational qualities of the exercise as a whole. Rather a balance between the necessary deductions and a qualitive score for an exercise is the point to be reached for good, accu-rate and unbiased judging.

In my experience, where judgin g has received the brunt of complaints in any competition of high caliber, it has not been the "bad" judging of the officials that has made such an impression, but rather the inability of the group to arrive at a decision that is fairl y even all the way around.

How man y times have you heard the screams when the ran ge of scoring has a low end in the sevens and the hi gh end in the nines. This from four competent officials who have experience be-hind them.

Each will have a valid reason for the score, and each is probably right in almost every case.

And yet the culprit who is low is classified as a " bad" judge, or it will be the one at the high end of the scale, whichever the case may be.

It is difficult for four men to look at the same exercise and come up with the same mark con-sistently, gymnast after gymnast, especially if the field goes to forty or fifty. But they can come close.

As we go from issue to issue in the coming months we will hit each piece of apparatus by itself and try to get to some of the insi'de parts

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that often slip hy the less observant judge, but ri ght now, concentrate on the general aspects.

Get to know all six events instead of just yo,ur favorite ones. Know the deductions that pertain all the way around, and the ones that are specific for a particu lar event. Know the difficulty ratings for particular moves on the apparatus, so that you can tie in with a new move and judge in your own mind whether it is of higher difficulty or of supreme difficulty.

Check yourself out on your knowledge of faults on lon g horse vaulting, one of the roughest to judge. In other words, let's get in shape and we'll conitnue next month with tips on judging the free-exercise. Hope you score 10.0.

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GENERAL LONG HORSE QUIZ What are the minimum and maximum deductions for

the following Long Horse faults : Min. Max.

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10. Falling on back hands, knees . . :;: ::: *

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SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE MODERN GYMNAST

NOTES FROM TH E EDITOR (continu ed from page fi ve) ARTICLE VIII, Committee on Committees - A Com-

mittee on Comm itteeR sha ll be establi shed a nnu a lly a nel its m embers sha ll be appoin ted by the Governing Counc il.

ARTICLE IX, Operating Committees - T h e following Operating Commitees are h ereby es tablished by th e F edera tion , with th e number of m embers indi cated in parenth eses in ea~h in s tance : F or eig n R elations and Intel"llat ional Compet ition Committee (10); Membership Committee (6) ; Publi c Relations Committee (6); Re-search, Publications, Clinics a nd Special In s truc tions Comittee (6); " 'om en 's Gymnas ti cs Committee (9); Rul es , R ecord s and Certification Committee (6) ; Physical Fitness a nel Junior Olympic Committee (6); Finance Committee (6); Clini cs a nel Spec ia l Instruc tion Commit-t ee (6) ; Lega l Com mittee (6). Additiona l operating com-mittees may he es ta bli shed by the Goveln.ing Counc il.

ARTICLE X, Duties and Powers , ARTICLE XI, By-Laws. ARTICLE XII. Finances, ARTICLE XIII, Reso-lutions and ARTICLE XIV , Amendments.

NEXT EDITION: _10re meet results and wining routines, pictures and news. instruction, " How to teach a girl a one hand balance" by Bob i\'Iay: "Tumbling Tales" by Ross Black and a photo spread of looking back to the "Golden Years of Balance" at the Santa Moniea Beach Playground.

National Association of

Gymnastics Coaches NAGC NEWS

by Glenn Wilson Gymanstics Coach, University of Colorado

COACH OF THE YEAR: In 1961, the National Association of Gymnastics

Coaches began selecting each year, the oustan:ding coach, based on the criteria reported earlier in this column (FebI'Uary, 1962 ) . This year's recipient is Gene Wettstone, Gymnastics Coach, Penn State University.

Pen n State teams, under Mr. Wettstone, have compiled an impressive record over the years and one cel'tainly worthy of note. Seven NCAA Gym nastics 'learn titles, ending with three in a row in 1959, 1960 and 1961 and 4 times runnerup, gives us an indication of the high calibre of Gene's teams. During the period from 1953 to 1961, Penn State either won the team title or was runner-up -that's nine years in a row.

Topping off this unbelievable record is the number of individual titles won by Wettstone's teams. The number is 25, second only to Illinois with 36. On two occasions, Penn State as a team, collected 6 individual event titles in one year. No other team has won more than four in one year.

Presently, Gene is servin g his second term as President of the NAGC which has been during one of our most trying periods. We are proud of him and salute our "Coach of t:he Year."

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While attending the rules committee meeting held in Albuquerque, the trend was a definite turn toward the international rules. The Long Horse has been added as an event to be scored for points and may be used in dual meets. Also, the name Free Exercise was changed to Floor Exer-cise. I personally like the change of name, how ever, it sure ruins a nickname - who ever will say Floor-Ex - sounds like a bleach. This pro-posal to drop trampoline and tumbling has been tabled for another year even though the trend was toward the international rules.

The followin g changes were made: 1. Five entries will be permitted in all events

except the allaround event. 2. The counter for trampoline contacts will count

to himself and indicate only when the performer is outside the regulation number of contacts.

3. Long Horse is an NCAA event counting toward team score with appropriate medals.

4. BIDS for the site of the NCAA Championships must he submitted two years in advance of the meet, wirh the date being set at least one year before the meet.

5. The last landin g on the Trampoline must be on the feet.

Other emergency changes were made, and will be discussed in my next column.

JOIN NOW APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

INTO THE N AGC

Enclosed find $2.00 for 1962 dues.

Name (Please type or print)

Mailing Address

RenewaI. .. ........... Membership New ............. . (Check One)

Send: to: SAM BAILIE Gymnastics Coach University of Arizona

THE FOURTH ANNUAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTICS CAMP CLINIC

AUGUST 18th - AUGUST 25th at BERKELEY YMCA CAMP GUALALA

(Located 3 hour drive north of Berkley among the Giant Redwoods . Acclaimed as one of the outstanding Gymnastic Camps in the Nation!)

PROGRAM INSTRUCTION - For Men and Women, Boys and

Girls, Teachers, Coaches and Competitors. All ages. Units of credit for qualified students, through the Uni-versity of California Extension Department . Qualified adults may receive two units of credit .

STAFF WILL INCLUDE: Clinic Director-Irv Faria , Sacramento State College; In Charge of Students for Credit-Hal Frey, University of California; In Charge of Women and Girls-Bud Marquette, Lang Beach; In Charge of Recreation-Ernie Smith, San Jose; Medical Advisor-Dr. Donald Watts, Berkeley YMCA; Camp Di-rector-Ernest Marinoni. Berkeley YMCA.

I NSTRUCTORS: Gordon Maddux, Los Angeles State College; Erw in Volze, Los Angeles; Earl Hobbs, Sacra-mento YMCA; Jack Smith, Pacifica High School; Howard Moreman, College Park;. Lou Perscke, University of Cali-fornia; Martha Tsuchiya, Berkeley YMCA; Nils Benson, San Jose State; Rose Ann Saylor, Menlo Park; Bob Crist, Sacramento.

7 DAYS OF GYMNASTICS! - 9:00 A.M. to 5 :00 P.M. Camp wiil be limited in number to 100 campers. Get your registration in early!

SAMPLE DAY AT CAMP Morning: 7:30, Breakfast; 9:00, Mass exercises; 9:30,

Beginners tumbling , intermediate':; lecture, advanced free exercise, ladies side horse vault; 10:30, Beginners trampoline, intermediate's horizontal bar, advanced side horse, ladies uneven parallel - organization of gymnastics program; 11 :00 to 1 :30, Lunch and rest time.

Afternoon: 1 :30 , Workout times and individual train-ing; 2:30, Beginners high bar, intermediate's side horse, advanced parallels, women, free exercise; 3:30, Beginners parallels, intermediate's free exercise, advanced rings, women, tumbling; 4 :30 to 6:00, Recreation - swimming -boating - hiking - archery - games.

Evening: 6:00 to 7 :00, Dinner; 8:00, Films and danc-ing, campfires , evening receration; 10:00, Lights out.

APPLICATION FOR GYMNASTICS CAMP CLINIC Mail to: Ernest Marinoni, Physical Education Director,

Berkeley YMCA, 2001 Allston Way, Berkeley 4, Calif.

Name

AUGUST 10th to AUGUST 25th COST OF CAMP: $50.00

________________________ Age ____ __

Address ____ _ City ______ . Phone _ ___ _

Registration Fee: $20.00 Final $30.00 due by August 1, 1962

Registration for credit - 2 units ___ . Cost $30.00. I consider myself a Beginner __ , Intermediate __ ,

Advanced __ , Gymnast __ (Please Check One) . My pr ime objective is to be able to teach . All campers must have one year experience in some

type of gymnastics (trampoline, tumbling or dance). For Minors: This application has my approval. Enclosed

is registration fee of $20.00. Date of Application' _____________ _

SIGNED, __________ ~~--~~~~c--~--------_ (Parent or Guardian)

Transportation can be supplied from Berkeley YMCA at $5.00 per person round trip.

I would like transportation to Camp ______ _

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Gym Forum GYMNASTIC MEET TIME ANALYSIS

By Wayne Skill, Gymnastics Coach Long Beach City College (California)

As a gymnastics coach it is of vital interest to me that gymnastics, as a sports event, show itself to the spectator in the best possible manner. Certainly, the more pleasing activity is to the sports fan the more likely he is to return to another meet. This is of concern to me because of the belief that as spectator interest develops so will the sport. More boys will be motivated to seek activity where recognition is certain.

Coaches of gymnastics often discuss methods of develop ing spectator interest. Toward this end many things have been attempted, including the use of young ladies as assistants to the judges. No one can deny these ladies are attractive, and they quite often are more effecient than boys at scoring.

However, it is my thesis that the real difficulty of gym nastics as a spectator sport is in the exaggerated propor tion of nonactivity time in relation to activity time. This lack of activity causes the gymnastics fan to leave the meet while it is still in progress. Most people will agree that the acrobatics, when done with proficiency, are thrill ing and enjoyable to watch.

To emphasize the disproportionate amount of time taken by NOTHING in a meet, a brief study was made of a nationally televised meet. May I hasten to say tbat the meet was very well run according to ordinary standards. No reflection is intended on the conduct of that meet per se.

That meet simply represented a typical example, I feel, of why gymnastics suffers as a spectator sport. Since no other objective study of this kind has been found in the literature, it may be worthwhile to bring some of the cold statistics to light and review them.

A glance at Table I and Table II should suffice to point out some very interesting facts about spectator satis faction. For example, only twenty-two minutes, or 260/0 of the elapsed time of the meet was spect in performing. On the other hand, for sixty-five minutes, or 740/0 of the time the spectator was asked to provide for his own amuse-ment or serve as his own source of entertainment. Nearly 370/0 or thirty-two minutes of the time was spent waiting to move from one event to another. This does not seem as excusable as the time between individual performances which is ordinarily partially taken up by judging the

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TABLE I PERFORMANCE TIME BY EVENT

No. of Performers 'Min . 'rime Max. Time Mean Time

Timed Seconds Seconds Seconds Event

Free Exercise 3 59 70 63.0 Trampoline 5 10 28 20.5 Rope Climb 11 3.3 7.8 4.02 Side Horse 6 15 23 19.0 Horizontal Bar 5 16 25 20.6 Parallel Bars 6 27 42 35.8 Rings 6 40 60 49.0 Tumbling 5 51 70 61.8 Total 47

TABLE II

Event inten"al time indi cates time to the next event. Q If Free Exerc ise 1'OW is used as an example 207 -seconds is the interval bathlete who has just completed his exercise. Incidentally, the act of coming to a decision and flasbing the score has been observed to take between ten and thirty-nine seconds with a mean time of twenty-seven seconds.

In short, these statistics seem to present an indictment of the present style of gymnastics meet administration.

On the basis of the statistics r eviewed the following recommendations are made as first measures to improve gymnastics as a spectator sport:

1. No warm ups after the meet starts. This is practiced in many meets at the present time. It has proven satis-factory. If the meet moves rapidly enough, and if a man is in more than one event there is little liklihood that he will cool off too much for either safety or performance ability.

2. The next performer should BE READY TO PER-FORM AS SOON AS THE PREVIOUS PERFORMER DISMOUNTS. He should not wait for the judge to score before even getting off of the bench. As soon as the judge finishes flashing his score, the next performer should be chalked and standing by the apparatus ready to perform. This was one of the most prominent offenses in the meet analyzed.

3. Limitation of judging time. It is doubtful if the officiating would be adversely affected with the require-ment of speedier flashing of scores. Indeed, a study of this factor might show improvement. This is put forth with the idea that the judge would be forced to evaluate the performance he has just seen without attempting to place the various competitors, a very time consuming practice.

An allowance of fifteen seconds for judging would, for example utilize approxmiately twelve minutes of elapsed time. That amount of time compares very impressively with the total observed individual performance interval of thirty-two, plus, minutes and a mean individual performance interval of forty-two seconds. Lest fifteen seconds be thought to be an impossible figure for judging time, it has been observed that as many as twenty-three percent of the times required for judging fell under fifteen seconds. Perhaps twenty seconds would be a better figure, but certainly no more than that.

4. Minimum movement of judges between events to mini-mize the amount of time taken. Study of equipment place ment will surely reveal the optimum time-saving arrange-ment for a particular gymnasium.

5. The next piece of equipment should be ready for per-forming before the previous event is completed. This would facilitate immediate starting of the competition on the event. Minimum equipment moving is desirable because of thB distracting effect.

TABLE II PERFORMANCE TIME COMPARED TO

PERFORMANCE INTERVAL TIMES

Total Mean Individual Event Event Performa nce Event

Performance Performance Interval IntervaJ Event Time ( sec.) T im e (sec.) Time (sec.) Time (sec.)

Free Exercise 189 63 104 207 Trampoline 101 20.5 150 270 Rope Climb 44.3 4.02 412 155 Side Horse 114 19 206 240 Horizontal Bar 103 20.6 300 540 Parallel Bars 215 35.8 256 180 Rings 294 49 333 350 Tumbling 309 61.8 206 End of Meet Total Time in seconds 1369.3 1967 1942 Mean Time 29.1 in seconds 36.8 42.7 277.4

Total Time without rope

in minutes 22.8 32.7 32.4 0/0 Total Time 26 37.2 36.8

Muriel Grossfeld

Meet Results CENTRAL AAU WOMEN'S

GYMNASTIC SR. CHAMPIONSHIP AND AGE GROUP

S ponsored by Lake Shore P ark Saturday, May 19 , 1%2 Results - Sr. Women

Free Ex . : Murie l Grossfeld , Palae -s trum, 19.5 ; Gail Fis h e r , Chic. Turn-

er~, 18.3; Ruth A . Inskip, Se k e l T a bor. 16.7; Janet Pe t er son, M el. Turn er s, 16.5; Anne Cerm ak, Sokol Ta.b er, 15.4 ; Becky McClo ud , Palaes trum, 13.8.

Side Horse Vau lting: Muriel Gross-f e lel, 18. 4; Ruth A . Inskip and Becky M cCloud, 17. 2 (ti e ); Gail Fis h er, 16 .9; Cynthia Morris, P a laastrum, 16.2 ; Anne Cermak, 13 .0.

Balance Beam : Muriel Gr ossfelel , 19.3; Ruth A. Inskip, 18.8; 3. Anne Cer-mak, 17. 2; Mary Toomey, Palaestrum, 15.6; Gail Fis h er , 15.1; Cynthia M orris , 10.7.

Uneven Bars: Murie l Grossfeld, 19.4 ; Ruth A. In skip, 19.1; Mary Toomy, 17.9 : Ga il Fis h e r, Chic. , 17.5; Cynthia Morri s, 17.3 and J a n et Peter son , 17. 3 tie.

All-Around Sr. Women: Muriel Gross fe ld, 76.6 ; Ruth A . Ins kip, 71 .8; Gail Fisher, 6,. 8: M a ry T oomy, 67.3; An n e Cermak, 61. 8 ; Cynthia Morris, 56.3.

Tumbling: J a n e t Peterson, 12. 1; 2. Betty McCloud , 11.0; Cy nthi a Morris, 7. 3.

Trampoline: Nan c y K. Smith , Tra mp. T own, 15.1; Barba r a London, Tra mp. Town, 11.9; Ruth F e nde r, Trampoline Town, 10.7.

Results - 15 and Under. F r ee Ex . : Hali S h e riff, unat. , 19.1 ;

Gail Konvalinka, Sokol T a b er, 18.6; J an is E y th , Sokol T a b e r , 17.0; oClIeen l\'Iu v ihill , P alaestrum , 15.9; D o n a Cox, Palaestrum, 15. 7 a nd Jodene Orsin i, Ottawa YMCA, 157, tie.

Side Horse Vaulting : H a li She riff, 19.2; Gali Konvalinka, 16. 6; D on a Cox, 16.4 ; Colleen Muvihill , 15. 9; S h a r e n P a ul, Sokol T aber, 13.4 ; Marie Fol tyn , Sokol Taber, 13.3 and Loretta Helm , Ottawa YMCA, 13.3 , t ie. .

Balance Beam: Hal i She riff, 18. 4; Ga il K onvalinka, 16.1; Lynn G ialom -barde, Chi c . T ., 14 .6: Mildred F ol tyn , Seke T a b" 12.7; J a ni s Eyth, 12.1; Col-leen Muvih ill . 11.6.

Uneven Bars: Carol M a ruszak, Pol -ish F a lc n ., 17.4; M ildred Foltyn, 16.4; E lle n Dudl!, Poli s h F a lcons , 15.4 ; J anis Eyth, 15.2 ; Gail Konvalinka, 14.5; Danise De.Taeg-er , L a k e Shore, 14.4.

AII- Arou nd : Gail Konvalinke, 65. 8; Dona Cox, 56.6; Co ll een Muvihill, 55 .5; Lynn Gialombardo, 55.1 ; J a ni s Eyth , Sekel , 53.1 ; Denise D eJaeg-er , 48.2.

Tumb ling : Hali Sh e riff , 16.fi: Bar -bar a Bauer, 14.9 ; Marle n e Kue pple, Roza na, 11 .2 ; K. G iacomini, Ottawa YMCA, 10. 2; Cythia Kwiek , R ozana , 10.0; Loretta H olm , Ottawa YMCA, 9.9.

Trampoline: . Coria Peterson , Nor -wood Pk ., 13.4; Barba r a Pauer, 12.3; Linda Steffen s, Norwood Pk., 10.4 ; Beverly Bau e r, 10.2; J a ni s McGaughy, Tra mp. T own , 8.3.

NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS R epoli: by E. K jelelsen

The New Eng-land Gymnas tiC Ch a m-pionships wer e h elel o n Saturday, Ma r c h 28th, at Welles ley Hig-h School, Wellesley, Massachusetts. The r e were 53 e n tries from fiftee n o rganiza tions. P r e liminary competition was h eld in the afternoon with fin a ls a t night. A Capacity crowd was on h a nd to w it-nes s the fina ls . Competition was h e ld in the inte rnational even ts on ly .

Outsta nding individua ls e nte red in t h e m ee t wer e Sha ron R ic h a rdson and Kathy Corrig'an in the women's divi -s ion a nd E d I sabelle and Dan Stern-bach in the Men's div ision. K athy Corrigan a nd Ed I sabelle w ere the a ll - a r ound champ ion s. Sharon Rich-ard s on compe ted i..Jl three events only.

Resu l ts were as fo llo w s : M EN

All-Around: 1. Ed Isabe ll e, Spring-fl ed Turne r s, 49 .90 ; 2. Dan Sternbach, So. Con n . State Col. , 45.20 ; 3. Joe B ridges, Spfld. Turner s, 43 .70; 4. R on P eek , 'W e llesle y Gym Club , 38. 10; 5. Ken East, S.C.S. C., 31.95; 5. Mike Zotta , S. C. S.C., 31.95.

Floor Exercise: 1. John Brereton, S .C.S.C., 16.65 ; 2. Ed Isa.b ell e, 16.30; 3. Joe B ridges, 16.10.

Side Horse: 1. T om Auchterloni e, Andover H ig h School, 15.2; 2. Steve Ross, Needham D e p t .of Recr eation, 14. 5; 3. Ed Isabe lle, 14.0.

R ings: 1. Dan Sternbach, 16.90; 2. Ed Isabelle. 16.65 : 3 . .ToP. Bridges, 16.25.

Long H~rse : 1. John Brer e ton, 18.35; 2. Joe Bl'ldg'es, 18.25; 3. Ed Isabe ll e 17.85 . '

P ara llel Bars : 1. Ed I sabelle, 16.45 ; 2. Joe Bridges,