Modern Gymnast - September/October 1962 by USA Gymnastics

NOTES.$. FROM THE EDITOR \VORLD GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: This edition we report on the XVth World Gymnastic Championships. Fifteenth! you might ask, where were the other fourteen? Most of our regular early subscribers (and subscribers ""ho have also purchased the back editions) will recall the M.G. reports of the Fourteenth World Championships held in Moscow in 1958 and a mention of the Thirteenth Championships in Rome in 1954 (The Beckner Story, Dec. 1956 ). At the moment our records only go back to the N INTH INTERNATIONA L CONTEST (as it was then called) which took place in Luxemburg in 1930. At that time besides apparatus work, there was also competition in Pole Vaulting, Broad Jumping, Shot Putting, a 100 meter sprint and a climbing event. Czechoslovakia won the T eam Championship with France second, Yugoslavia third , followed by Hungary, Luxemburg and Belgium. Pimozhich of Yugoslavia won the Individual honors. . . . SWITZERLAND WON THE TENTH CHAMPIONSHIPS vV'hich were held in Budapest in 1934. Czechoslovakia saw second and Germany (entering the competition for the first time ) placed third. A note of interest is that 11exico is listed as taking thirteenth place. Mack, of S\yitzerland was the Individual winner. . . . THE ELEVENTH \"'ORLD CHAMPIONSHI PS took place in Prague in 1938. Switzerland was the top Gymnastic T eam, but placed second because of their weakness in the Track and Field events. Czechoslovakia was the winner, with Jan Gajdos the high scorer for the team . . . . THE T\VELFTH \VORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS were not held until 1950 and only six teams took part in this first post war competition in Basle. Switzerlan d was again the top team, followed by Finland and France. Lehmann of S,,'itzerland was the top Indi,'idual winn er, , ' , THE THIRTEENTH WORLD CHMv1PIONSHIPS were held in Rome in J 954, This was a big turning point for this I ntemational meet with sc,'eral Firsts: First time for Gymnastics only, first time All-Around was scored as an event, first tim e the Japanese and the Ru ssians entered this International competition and the first time the USA was represented (Jack Beckner and Charlie Simms, transportation ar'ranged by the US Armed Sen'ices in Germany, a

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points and schedules which Charlie will have to tell you about sometime ) , The So\-iet team plac ed first and took the first six places All-Around, Chukarin and Muratov 115,45 each; Chagin 114.60 ; Shaklin 114.05 and Vostrikov 113.65 .. , , TH E FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS were held in M oscow in 1958. The Soviet team again took first place with 575.45 points, Japan was second with 572.60 and Czechoslovakia came in third 26,25 points below the winner. The USA Team placed seventh 36.50 points below th e Soviet team (sixth place USA, 19.40 points below first place Japan in Prague). Shaklin was the AIlAround winner with team mates Titov and Stolbo\." placing third and fifth and Japanese Ono, Takemoto and Aihara placing two, four and six. Just what do all these statistics prove? Just something to take up space or sound impressive! No not at all, if you will look closely you will see much more, You will note that the Gymnastic picture is not a static one, but an always changing one in which our team could well be up in that all important top spot. How can this be done you might ask? Our answer, the same way the Japanese, Soviets or any other top team made it. By a program of unified national' effort and hard work. This is not done by a select few, a governing body that just controls competitions, eligibilities, international data, sanction, selection of trial sites and officials or publishes an occasional report. This must be done by an admi"nistration made up of all the dedicated a rid active people in the sport all over the country who are willing to develop and carry through with a planned program of training from the grass roots to the "Elite Gymnast" \Ve will not attempt to propose a program here, however we would like to make a few suggestions on what we feel such a program should include: Publishing of instructional books and charts for all grades of Gymnastics; a rapid information distributing system; a photo and publicity release service available on all top Gymnasts, competitions and exhibitions; production of all types of visual aids and films (training, competition, etc.) ; information and personnel available to help organize regional as well as national camps and clinics; test and certify judges at local, regional, national and international levels; institute a pro-

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Sept.-Oct. 1962 Volume 4 - Number 7 CONTENTS Notes from the Editor............... Chalk T alk . ................... . ... World Gymnastic Championships .....

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Delegates and Observe rs attending the USCF .Aleetillg at Chicago . 1.. ell to Right : JOlt CuluerlJu" (gymnast), } . (; . G e ier (USOGC) . Warren Ne iger (U. of P.), Bill Meade (So . III.), Ed"'in J. Halik (A",. Sokol) , Che t Phillil" (U.S. No"al Acad",,), ), Bill Crell: ,halV (U. of T cxOJ). Newt Loken (ll. of Mich.). Margal'pt Jima '" (l'aO/=er (;~>Ilegr. ) . Rol",rl Kridl",. (V. of C" i ca ~ r.), Cha rlie Pond ({l. of Ill.), Dr. I.e)' (AAHPER), (:.orge S=YIJIIla (M,ch . Slalr V.) , Mddr"d 1'1',,"01 (Alii. Sokol) . Frallk Wol,.o" (Sprillg路 field Coll".l!e) , J au Rnlurls (SCGA). Jim Tallaka (Air [路'orO! AOldel/l)l). Gordie Maddor (/... A. Slate). Jilll Farkw (A m. 1'urJl cr.r). !Jill RO' I=h.i1ll (/I.S. Coach, 111. ) .. Wa)'lIe Trun' (lSNV) , (;CII" Well.l'lolle (I're,. NAGC), . ........ . . .. , .... , .. '. 1.),1< Wdle r (Georgia T('ch ), ... . . . . . ...... . ~ . ..... . ... J Bud i\1arqu elle {l.aku路d. R,!r. L alld Hal Frey (U. of Cali/.) .4.1It'lIdi,lJ.! but Plot fli etured: Sa1ll Bailie (V. of Ari=olla), (,'Iiffo,.,/ Ii. Fagall (."'01 1. F ed . of H .S. Alh. AHoo.), Guy Wrinkle (Sill';: , of Alld., L. A. Seh s.), Ruth Ann buk ip (G),1Il1lasl), Fr rd Roe lhlisberge r (Su路iH-Am. G),IU. AHIl.). Andrei( ' J. Dn)'/e (A m . Turn ers), Charles Calhoull (Clev. Tum,,., ), Wilbllr Johns (VC LA), Charles Werner (U S Tra ck & Field Fed. ), Jo e Gial/olllbard" (Coach), Jaow R o=.na, (Acro.schl.), B. C. Lea'is (Armed Forces), Ted Mu:; yc;; kn ( Chi . Turn e rs), Don O 'Ha1lTles (Chi. Turne rs), Tnm Gardne r (Ch icago), Chuek ./o,'<I"a, (NCAA ) alld Glen " Sundb y.

UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION

On September 28th and 29th at the Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, Gymnastics in the United States took a giant step forward when over forty delegates and observers invited by the National Association of Gymnastic Coaches (N.A.G.C.) attended the "Working Committee" meeting of the proposed UNI TED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION (U.S.G.F.). The N.A.G.C. executive committee and its President Gene Wettstone are to be congratulated for their fine organizational planning in preparation for this meeting. Never before have we witnessed SUQh an impressive and dedicated delegation of allied representatives (Educators, Officials, Coaches, Gymnasts, etc.) working so positively together from early morning till late at night U.

to help formulate a working program for the proposed U .S.G.F. Everyone was enthusiastic and cooperati"e in taking pa rt in committee work, reports, discussions and just plain attentive listening. All contributed so much th a t it would be difficult to single out any individual personalities without inadvertently slighting others, so we won't. As a result of this meeting a temporary executi\'e committee was formed to further develop the F ederation concept, disseminate the minutes, prepare invitati ons to National Gymnastic Organizatio ns fer charter membership in the U.S.G.F. , an d to publish a booklet containing the basic principles, structure and constitution of the proposed UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION. Although the sun was setting at Chicago's O 'Hare Field when the deleg a tes took off in different directions, it was also rising on a new era of Gymnastics in the U.S .A. as these delegates departed with a new spirit of dedication , desire an d determination, winging thei r way homeward, carrying with them a new unity ,.,[ Gymnastic purpose and progress, and ability to see through.

USA-WEST G ERMANY MATCH

On July 13 and 14 the USA Men's and Women's Gymnastic teams competed against the West Germany teams in Berlin. In the Women's competition (the score

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was USA 190.70 to West German's 185.30 ) we placed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 12, and 14. Doris Fuchs (28.40) was the top All-Around performer with Muriel Grossfeld a scant .05 behind follow ed by Bet ty Maycock, Marie W a lther and Avis Tieber. D a le M cClements, compe ting for the first t ime since she injured h er back at the final trials in N"ew York, placed 12th and Gail Songera th did not enter the Floor Ex. event therefore only h a d a three event total (23. 15) which put her in last pl ace. Th e USA Men's team scored 282 .50 to the West German's 279.60. Bob L ynn was the top scorer with 56.60; Banner 56.55; J aschek (WG ) 56. 30; Tonry 56.25; J a koby (WG) 55.9 0; Vega 55 .65; Orlofsky 55.40 ; Culbertson and Grossfeld placed 10th and . 13th respective ly.

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C.C.N.Y. REPORT B y Thomas LoMacchio Gymnastics h as never been properly recognized or a ppreciated by the colleges and universities in the City of New York until this past year. The enclosed picture is of five of the young gymnasts, who have been promoting our wondrful spor t at the City College of New York (CCNY) . They are, left to

X-N SlOE HORSE For many years we have heard of the Side Horse without a middle section that p ast Olympia n Fra nk Cumisky had pastured in his backya rd in New J ers ey, and of the seemingly unlimited number of moves and combinations that could be perfofIT'.ed thereon . I t now looks as though this special type norse m ay en te r the field of the thoroughbreds, perhaps not as a competitor but at least as an exhibitor, for th e N issen Corp's. experimental stable has just unveiled an X-N" Side Horse for exhibition use. Side Horse jockeys line Up" and show your colors.

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righ t, T om K a lan, Ronald Katen, Thomas L oMacchia, Richard Backman , and George H a lama. For the first time in many years a section of the City College Gymn asium h as been set aside for use by our new Gymnastic Club. We meet on Thursd ay afternoons between twelve and two o'clock when there are no scheduled academic classes. We also h ave several girls working trampoline basics and enjoying it thoroughl y. Professors Mendelis and frankle of the Physical Education Depa rtment were instrumental in helpi ng our club to start and to stay on its feet. vVe have an in tramural meet each term, and we are hoping to have some informal meets nex t season with the recently organized -team at Queens College. W ith plenty of h ard work our club should d evelop into a fin e team. Many of ou r high school Gymnasts are unable to afford th e expense of out of town colleges where th ey can con tinu e the sport. They are, th erefore, force d to 5t<l): .in the city where th ere is no intercollegia te comDetltlOn. - We hope th a t by starting and ke eping G ymn as tics in our city sc hools, the sport will flouri sh as never before:

. FABBACH-SHUSTER CUP Th e International Tramp:)line Camp~tition ~as 路h eld M ay 19, 1962 at Ludwigaha fen, G ermany. Th e resu lts of the Fahbach-Sch uster Cup were as foll ows: In the Men's D iv ision Scherf of Freibu rg wa s first , foll owed by Foerster, S~hul z, a nd H aase, a ll o f Berlin and Winkle of England . In the Women's Division plac ing first was Duenwaec hter of Freiburg, foll owed by Schmidt of L imburgerhof, K ohse of K oeln, G ermer of Freiburg and Cwiasda of Esse n.

Maximilian W. Younger or "The Coach" as he was best known and loved by all, passed away in July 1962. I~ o,;,er th.irty yea ~s of teaching at Temple Un iversl~ In Philade lphia, Max probably taug ht more athletiC courses than any other Physical Edu cator In the coun~ry. Name a sport, he played it, and he taught It. However, Max liked Gymn as tics best and throug h the yea rs coached a nd " fa th ered" two Olympi c performers as well as many N" a tional Conferen ce Champions.

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. George H orstman " land sailor," on e of the last of th e sailmakers, who was we ll known ac ross this nation where he traveled from gym to gym re. palf.lng tu mbling m a ts , passed away on August . 21st. George, an ex-maritime sailor brist ling with tatoos and sea 5tories of his sailin a days around the worl d, w!1l be missed by his ma"ny fri end s a nd th e many children who got to knmv and love him a nd look forward to h is ,路isit to thei r gy m Or c<l mp each yea r. G eorge, a bachelor. is sun路i,路ed bv his sister, M rs . R oy M cD aniels, of Cincinn a ti. Ohio.

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\'V ORLD GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Prague 1962 During the week of July 3rd-8th, 1962, over 250 For the competitions, the men's teams were diof the top men ( 132 ) and women (120) Gymvided into fou r groups of six teams each, with nasts, representing 31 different countries gathered each team rotating on three events in the four together in Prague, C zechoslovakia for the 15th morning sessions (8 a.m. - 2 p.m.) and on the World G ymnastic Championships. For five days other three events during one of the four evening the mee t was a wonder of efficiency and continued sessions (4 p.m. - 10 p.m. ). The 'Nomen were diexcit ement from the opening men's compulsory vided into five groups for fi ve sessions of four routines at 8 a .m . Wednesday to the fina ls of the exercises each. The men performed their comIndi\路idual Ch ampionships on Sund ay night. pulsories on \Vednesday, the women on Thursday. Men's optionals on Friday, women's on Saturday On Tuesday evening, with bands pl ayin g and and the Individual Championships on Sunday. fl ags fl yin g, all the Gymnasts marched into the All was \Nell organized and worked right on schedarena by country to be part of the opening cereule. \-\Then a group of six teams had completed monies. After introductions and a few short their three event rotation they all marched ou t to speeches they marched out again. The C zechomusic as the next group of six teams m arched in. s!O\路akian F ederation then put on a program of As each team reached their appointed apparatus d ance, boys and girls Gymnastics plus comedy th ey stood at attention until the sou nd of the ant ics and displays, which contributed to a wonderf ul e\ en ing. buzzer indicated that the warmup period h ad be-

Memb e rs 0/ the Championship Japanese Team in aclioll- -Abo ve: T akast.i -Onoi -Upper Right : - Yukio - Endo j At Rig ht<- H arulti ro Yamashita; Below: Endo, and At Lowe r R ight: Nobll}'u ki Ailtara. . +

gun. At the sound of the gong the warmup period was terminated and the competition started. This procedure was used during all the competition as the teams rotated to a different event or路 out of the arena: A determined and talented Japanese squad came through to maintain their world Gymnastic leadership gained in Rome as they out-performed . the USSR team by a narrow one and one-half .. point. m a rgin to win the men's team Championships. The rest of the team placings ran much the same as Rome .. Fact 路is, if you reverse the home team ( I taly and Czechoslovakia ) placements of the two meets and insert the R ed China team in between, the other teams will run in the same order _up to tenth place with just Pola nd out of order through the 15th position . D oes this_ indicate some sort of Gymnastic or judging stale-

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mate ? Not at all, it just shows how tight the world competition has become and the drive and training necessary to maintain your position, let alone forge ahead. (To save you th e trouble of looking up the Rome scores in your Jan . 1961 路M.G., below is a comparable table of results ) : Team Scores Wodd Championships in Prague 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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You will notice that although the Japanese won in Prague th ey did not equal th eir Rome score or b etter it as did most of the other teams. (U.S. A. only rose .OS. I The judges seemed a .bit more critical of t he ge ntlemen from Japan , they really h ad to earn eyer)' tenth they received and that th ey did with some of the most beautiful and precise compulsory and optional rou tines we've ever witn essed. Perha ps if more of our gymnasts cou ld reali ze the importance of, and the artistic elegance poss ib~ e in the required routines, they might v,;eU spend more time perfecting th ese exercises. .\{iro!a:. : e Cla r - Sidt.' Ha r!c a~ld Para llel Bar Challlp .

As a team our boys got off to a bad start, eve rything seemed to go against them : they didn't ac t completely recuperated from the 30 exercises in three days which they had to perform at the final trials at Kin gs Point, N .Y. , \\路 here路 they were com peting against each other for a place on the team (iots of bruises from working the Floor-X without a mat ) . Also their workout uniforms did not arrive in Prague. While all .. the 路 othflr countri es marched into the arena as a team all dressed up in flashy workout wear, our team kind of snuck in and took their practice sessions dressed m an assorted array of shorts and sweat shirts. Then to top it all off they ended up in the first group of the day with an 8 a.m. Compulsory time. The U .S. team could not get rolling and had several repeat exercises (the first three up repeated on the High-Bar, and another a little later) . But no matter how hard they tried or how well they performed their routines, they just couldn't get good scores from the judges, and ended up in 15th place for the compulsories. However, two days and a lot of gymnastics later, competmg in the evening session for the optional exercises, they really hit. Here it seemed they could do no wrong, a real go for broke team that came through with flying colors, and third highest team scores in the optionals. This fine scoring effort, when added to their Compulsory score, placed them sixth for the Q\'er-all team competition. . All-Around The All-Around Championship was a closely fought battle between Titov of Russia and Endo of Japan with Shaklin of Russia, ana of Japan and Cerar of Yugoslavia close behind. Yuri Titov placed first on the Rings and was among the top four in all the other events except the Floor Exercise where he came in seventh. He totaled enough points to beat out Endo by 0.15 for the top All-Around award. Yukio Endo with a first

on the Parallels, second on the H-Bar and Floor-X, third on the Rings and fourth on the Long Horse, in spite of. a low compulsory score of 9.30 was reall y in the running . However, a 12th place on the Side H orse (0.40 less than Titov) was his undoing a nd h e had to settle for second place. Third place winner " Iron l\1an" Boris Shaklin, always a top con tender, los t out with an eleventh place Floor Exercise and a break on the second attempt in his H orizontal bar compulsory routine that put him in thirteenth place for that event, d am pening a ny hopes he m ay have had to win the AllAround . T a kashi Ono, with a first on the Horizontal Bar and fourth places in the Pa ra llels, Floor-X and Long H orse events along with a seventh place on the Rings and 18th on the Side Horse, averaged ou t fo r a fourth spot in the AllAround. Miroslav Cerar, a fa vorite with the crowd , as exepected came through with a beautiful ro utine on the Side Horse for the top score in that event and the Meet (19.70 ) . But this was not enough, as he also recorded the lowest score ' of the m eet among the, top ten All-Around m en--:-: , an ' 8.95 fo r his compulsory jump on the Long Horse or 37th place for the event (much to the chagrin of his many fans , who did not hesitate to make a vocal protest ). These high and low extremes, along with a third on the P-Bars, fifth on the Rings, sixth on the H-Bar and eleventh fo r his Floor Exercise n etted him fifth All-Around. Don Tomy in 21st place was the top AllAro und scorer fo r the USA T eam, Lynn placed 29th, V ega 35th, Ba nner 41st, Orlofsky. 59th and Grossfeld 85 th . Vega scoi'e'd the highest in an y one evenJ with an 11 th place in the Long Horse Vault, 19th on the Rings ana 20th on the P-Bars. Bob L ynn placed 16't h- irl the Floor Exercise ' with 22n d position on the Horizontal Bar. Don Tomy was our highes t scorer in the Side Horse where he p laced 40th . T op 20 All-Around placings and event scores are as follows with the USA T eam scores and placements a dded: ALL-AROUND PLACINGS 1962 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PRAGU E

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In summing up the comments ' of many ofo-theobservers at the World Championships in Prague, it seemed to be their opinion tha t the U . S. is definitel y a world power in Gymnastics from what they sa w of tricks, routines and potential ability. However, they were disappointed in our compulsory showing, and of the breaks in our op!ional exercises, which they h'ad expected us to h ave down to perfection . Also of spec ial men tion was the fact that our highest Side H orse scorer placed 40th and that only two other . U . S. Gymnasts placed among the 50 in that event. It was only on" the Rings and the Long Horse . that our whole - .• Tea m placed within the top ·50. Our .T eam event a verage shou ld give us an idea of our varied placem ents a nd where some extra effort will have tc· be directed if we are to br ing up our team stand ing. The U. S. A. T eam m a n average event placement : Long Horse 34th, Rings 36th, Floor exercises 4·8th, Parallel Bars 52nd, Horizontal Bar 55th and Side Horse 59th, which means our ave-rage team member placed a pproxima tely 47th AllAround. As with the Olympics and other International Championships, so it is with th e World Games. Follow·ing the All-Around com pe tition, the top six compe titors in each of the All-Around events compete for the individual championship awards. H ere . the comp ulsory and optional All-Aro und scores are a \'eraged and the new optIonal score is added to determine the total a nd even t winner. There are just six contestan ts in each even t and in case of a tie score in the All-Arou nd , the G ymnast wi th th e h ighe-sftotal All-Around p lacement qualifies for the fi nals. J apan and Russ ia dominated the fina ls. Other fi n alists were Cerar of Yugoslavia in four even ts, M eni chelli of I taly in the Floor-X , Stastny and Kr bec of Czec h. in Floor-X a nd V au lting respecti\:ely ancl Yu L ieh-feng of China on the Side H orse. Se\'enth plac ing Fulle of East Ge rma ny qualified for the Long H orse

VaultinlY when second place Titov dropped out because "'of a foot in iury received during the AlIAround opt ionals. ( It must ha\"e taken herculean effort on the part of Titov to compete in all other events, a true Champion .) . Though th ere \,'ere only ~Iight. \"ariat!ons of pl~cem e nt in the fina l champlOnshlps, eXCItement ran high and the competition vigorous. Only on the Parallels did things get out of hand, when a very critical audience whistled, sho~ted, booe~, stamped. their feet and clapped theIr hands m protest of the score given Cerar. The crowd, alon.g with many others, thought Cerar performed hIS highly difficult routine with more artistic flow and aesthetic beauty than was contained in "Iron Man" Shaklin's precise Parallel exercise. This delayed the meet O\'er a half an hour while the Yugoslavic delegation officially protested, the crov~ds hollered and the Head Judge, J l!-dges and ·F.· 1. G. Jury conferred. As a result the score was changed from a 9.8 to a 9.9 and Cerar became the winner of the event as crowds clapped and shouted their aproval of the Jury's decision. Although we feel the change was warranted, it was nevertheless an unfortunate situation, which 'was yery uncomfortable for both of the Gymnasts; who after all are just out to do the best Job they can and not to be the object of an emotional display. It is indeed a shame that it appeared th~t the crowd influenced the score change, when m reality the F. 1. G. J ury, through methodical work and voting made .the adjuslmeJ.l.t in the score. Hac;! it been any other way, it would have been a vital blow to the F. 1.- G. system of scoring which has taken years of hard work and study to develop and perfect.

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL EVENT CHAMPIONS FLOOR EXERCISE . Jap. 1. Aihara N . Endo Yukio Jap. 3. Menichelli F. It. 4. Yamashita H. J ap. 5. Ono Takashi Jap . 6. Stastny J. CSSR SIDE HORSE Youg. 1. Cerar Mir. Sachlin B. eRSS 3. Mitsukuri T . J a r. Yu-Lich-feng Chine 5. Titov J . URSS 6. Kcrdcmelidi V. L'RSS RINGS 1. Titov J. L'RSS J.pon 2. Endo Yukio Sachlin B. URSS J apo n 4. Aihara N. 5. Leontiev V. URSS Youg. 6. Cerar M. LONG HORSE 1. Krbec P . CSSR 2. Yamashita H. J a r· 3. Sachl in B. CRSS End" Yukio l a p. 5. Ono Takashi ] "1'. -\I.R .D. 6. Fulle S. PARALLEL BARS YOllg. 1. Cerar M. CRSS 2. Sachlin B. 3. Endo Yukio Jaron 4. Yama shita H. Jar on Ja pan 5. Gno T aka shi 6. Kerdcmclidi V. eRSS HORIZONTAL BAR j a pon 1. O no Takahashi Japo n 2. Endo Yukio Stolbov T. eRSS j apon 4. ~1 jt.sukur i T . UR SS Titov ] . Youg. 6. Cerar h!ir.

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Comp. 9.60 9.55 9.45 9.50 9.45 9.40

art. 9.80 9.75 9.75 9.60 9.70 9.60

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Av. Fnls. 9.80 9.70 9.65 9.85 9.60 9.85 9.55 9.75 9.575 9.70 9.50 9.50

Total 19.50 19.50 19.45 19.30 19.275 19.00

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9.90 9.70 9.60 9.70 9.70 9.60

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9.85 9.725 9.60 9.60 9.675 9.60

9.90 9.65 9.70 9.70 9.60 8.80

19.75 19375 19.30 19.30 19.275 18.40

9.70 9.70 9.65 9.55 9.70 9.60

9.70 9.55 9.70 9.65 9.55 9.60

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9.70 9.625 9.675 9.60 9.625 9.60

9.85 9.80 9.75 9.65 9.60 9.60

19 .55 19.425 19.425 19.25 19.225 19.20

9.50 9.30 9.50 9.30 9.40 9.25

9.80 (I ) 9.80 (3) 9.55 (4 ) 9.75\ 4 )' 965 (4) 9.70 (7)

9.65 9.90 9.80 9.55 9 .525 9.70 9.525 9.70 9.525 9.65 9.475 9.60

19.55 19.35 19.225 19.225 19.1 75 19.075

9.75 9.70 9.70 9.65 9.70 9.60

9.70 9.80 9.80 9.7U 9.7U 9.75

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9.725 9.75 9.75 9.675 9.70 9.675

9.90 9.85 9.75 9.7U 9.55 9.45

9.75 9.80 9.65 9.65 9.60

9.80 9.65 9.80 9.65 9.80 9.50

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9.775 9.725 9.725 9.65 9.70 9.625

9.90 9.90 9.90 9 .85 9.80 9.80

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As a few comments of further interest, we would like to state that in spite of all the arrangements that have to be made to visit an "Iron Curtain" country, the meet was well worth any extra effort or inconvenience we were put lo. The Arena was tremendous and must seat at least 15 to 20 thou sand people. I t was fill ed to overflowing for the finals and to near capacity for all the evening competitions and moderatel y so for the morning and afternoon sessions. Large crowds also paid to see the practice sessions. The platforms on which all the equipment was placed were about four feet high. The Gymnastic apparatus used was manufactured in Czechoslovakia, was of high quality, and well liked by the Gymnasts we questioned. The Parallels, Side Horse, and Long Horse, the Unevens, Vaulting Horse and Balance Beam were all attached or strapped to the floor of the platforms to insure their steadiness. The judges sat at the fou r corners of t h e platforms with a runner and score card raisers next to them. In front of them, above their working table, attached to the wall of the platform were three lights which were controlled by the head judge. Amber light, send in your score; gr~en light, raise your score and red light, come to the head judge for a conference or score ad- ' justment (there were lots of flashing red lights for the women's competition ). Holding the competitions on raised platforms does much to enhance the viewing and running of a Gymnastic meet. - Judges, . Officials, team__ members, workers and . photographers are all out of sight and mind, leaving the stage to the performer, where he can show forth his best effort without distraction. Speaking of photographers, and I'm sure I must have, they were almost as numerous as the competitors and if just a fraction of the pictures taken get shown to the public (more about that in he next M.G.) the world should be flooded with Gymnastic photos. Dick Button (of Ice Skating fame) was there on contract with his company filming the Championships for an hour long Sport Spectacular, which will be shown on one of the National networks during this fall season. (We will let you know more about that when we get the date of the Telecast.) As a reporter we were given good seats in the Press section, and as a photographer we were allowed relative freedom along' the outside edge of the arena. Because of deadlines and space this winds up the report for now from this reporter. However, there will be further comments, pictures and winning routines in the next edition of the M.G.

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19.25 19. 125 19.675 19.625 19.625 19.50 19.50 19.4~5

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1962 lVorld Cham/,ionship Parollr/ Rar R ou tine performed b), ,\ofiroJia ...· C era,. 0/ l'u goJlai.:ia. Front v au lt mounl through planche, cas t ca tch, cut to (f LU, straig/ll body prcJS to halldsta"d, back so m ersau lt hand· stand, stut= ha1lds/aud. cast a;ith Y:: la,:ist Ir01lt ll/nise, high moore, rcor l:ault H...'ilh :/... tu :ist inward. glide stoo l) legs b e twee n "ouds shoot up to L", pull siraig ht le gs lC

be l . ('een arms to straigh t arm straddle press to handJland, Y4 tunl t o regu lar handstand b e t H'ce ll baH, slut: 10)' au'o)' I,-ollt UfJ,.isc~ (! ronl sommc ;{ 'itlt Yo! twist 011 disIII01Wt).

WOMEN'S COMPETITION The same determined and dedicated attitude evident among the top men competitors also prevailed among the top women Gymnasts. Their work was precise and sure a job obviously prepared for and well executed. The Russian girls were especially trim and finely trained down to perfection of figure for Gymnastics. The high scorers performed their routines with flawless precision with sure and stable dismounts and landin gs to get that little extra from the judges. Latynina of Russia was the top All-Around performer and won the Floor Exercise in the Individu al Championships. Her Teammates, Pervuschina and Manina placed third and fifth All-Around with PeTvuschina winning the Uneven Parallel Bars event. Caslavska and Bosakova of Czechoslovakia place-d second and fourth in the All-Around with Caslavska winning the Side H orse Vault even t and Bosakova taking the top honors on the Balance Beam. Among the US girls Muriel Grossfeld performed a beautiful Floor Exercise that thriiled the crowd and Doris Fuchs' performance on the Unevens was superb and should have scored among the top finalists. Both piano and organ music was used try the girls for the Floor Exercise (as well as taped music used by the USA team). Some used just piano and some just organ and a few used both (if I remember rightly ) . The teams that brought a piano player seemed to have a definite advantage as .the pianist could follow the action more closely with crescendos and changes of tempo which helped the girls put more feeling into their per路路 fcrmance. (Also a good pianist can cover any slight break in a routine enough to make it look like part of the intended action. ) Most of the top nations had warm-lip routines for the girls with music. Much of it consisted t'f two or three of the girls doing a portion of the compulsory Floor Exercise in unison, then the next two or three coming in from another -angle . It made a wonderful pattern and the girls were all ab le to warm up at the same time without running into one another. OUf girls did a good job but as it was with th e men a lot more ".. ork h as to go irlto the compulsori es and more time should be spent workmg as a unit or team.

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USSR USSR Czechoslovakia USSR Czechoslovakia Japan

19.716 19.616 19.550 19 .466 19.466 19.416

USSR Czec hoslovakia USSR USSR Czechoslovakia Hungary

19.5665 19 .4665 19.4495 19.3995 19.3665 19.3160

Czechoslovakia USSR USSR ,East Ge_rniany East G erm a ny USSR

19.6495 19.6325 19.5495 19.4830 19.4665 19.4330

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Comp. 190.46 1 188,562 18686 1 185.562 184.626 183.795 181.726 179.936 180.859 181.1 94 179.228 179.262 175.226 171.262 170.495 160 .693 137.095

Opt\. 194.527 194 .028 192.662 192.228 190.660 189. 193 190. 161 188.426 186.06 1 185 .66 1 183.52 6 182.661 179.692 180.860 175.494 170.292 154.727

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Casb vska Perv1l5china Bosakova M anina I keda Fost A.:- t;\c hova H a tno ri Sh irJ.s u Ono Kot !\'anova

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Total 384,988 382.590 379.523 377. 790 375.286 3i2.988 371.887 368 .352 366 .920 366.855 362,754 36 1.923 35-+ .918 352 . 122 345.989 330.985 291.822 78.030 77.732 77 .465 76.898 76.865 76.832 76 .63l 76 .330 76.264 76 .064 75.965 75,93 1 75,83 1 75.83 1 75.798 75 .665 75.59B 75.497 75.432 75.363 74 .33 1 73 .897 73.23 1 73.096 72 . 730 72.165

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JUNIOR GYMNASTS OF IOWA Report by Earle W. Duggan

Wallace Elementary School had its first Annual Gymnastic }'1eet in June. It proved to be a tremendous success . . The Gymnastic Unit of Study began on a voluntary basis, before and after school. There were 70 to 80 boys and girls ranging from 4th to 6th grade taking part. After two months of concentrated work, the unit was concluded with a Gymnastic Meet. . . Due to the inexperiences of judges and participants of Gymnastics in the area, performers did compulsory routines only, consisting of approxi. mately 20 movements on each piece of apparatus . Each panicipant \vas compelled to enter at least two events. To stimulate incentive in the breadth 路 of movement, a trophy was awarded to the winning boy and girl, as well as ribbons to the first six in each event. About 25 boys and 25 girls participated in the Meet. Barbara Carvour, a little 4th grade girl, proved to be the most spectacular individual in terms of performance, grace and crowd appeal.

IOWA JR. CHAMPS Abo ve: Barbara Carvour, (4th grade) 1st All-Around. Be/ow left: Sh elley S impson (6th grade) 2nd All-A,路ound. Below : J oel Mortenson (6/h grade) 3rd All-Around.

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MONTANA REPORT . by Frank Hailand The first Montana Junior Olympic Gymnastic Meet was held at Eastern Montana College on June 16th, and attracted competitors from Billings, Broadus, Miles City and Bozeman, Monfana路. On ' June 30th the Montana A.AJJ. Gymnastic M eet was held in Miles City. Two youngsters, Don Saunders and Doug Steele from Billings, showed particular promise for becoming future champions. Both boys won four first places in their division. Throughout the year, a group of youngsters on the gymnastic exhibition team called the " Acronasts" have perfo rmed at many of the high schools in - the -area -to -promote-- gymnastics. As an added note, one of the Danish girls, Ingerlise de Blanc, who was to uring with the Danish Gym Team, is staying .over here to atend school at Eastern Montana College. Ingerlise placed first in the all-around event in the Danish National Cham pionships in 1961 and 1962 . MONTANA CHAMPS Below left to right (kneeling Boone Sau nders, Miff! Lyons,

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Gymnasts B y Grace Kaywell 3 Tanglewood Court iFest Palm Beach, Florida

GRACE NOTES Since its founding fifteen years ago the Fishâ&#x20AC;˘ back Studio of the Dance has inspired the Art of Dancing for thousands of boys and girls in Albuquerque, Ne\v Mexico. In this short span of time Katherine and Charles Fishback have won such wide-spread recognition for their dedication and integrity that the studio is now an Albuquerque tradition. Kathie Jo , daughter of Dr. Fishback

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Dr. Fishback is a medical doctor by profession and teaches acrobatics to relax! How for tunate are the students in Albuquerque to have such a teacher, fo r there is absolutely no doubt that he is an expert on anatomy. Teachers of 'acrobatics and gymnastics must indeed know something about the body that he or she is goin d to b end and twist into all sorts of movements. "'Both Dr. and Mrs. Fishback believe that dancing incites creative instinct and spurs the imagination. .It dev~lops gracefu lness, concentration and accuracy and teaches discipline and co-operation. Dancing is a health-building program for children at a time in history when physical fitness is a national goal. Many honors in the dancing art have come to Dr. Fishback. H e is past president and honorary member of the Dancing Masters of Wisconsin and an honorary member of the Dance Masters of America, Inc. He is a member of the Cecchetti Council of America and the National Collegiate Players and Pierrots of the University of Illirwis. He currently serves as chairman of the Acrobatics. Dancing Committee, Dance :t-.1asters of Am erica. Both Dr. and Mrs. Fishback h ave served as faculty members of the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters Normal School and Convention in 1952, and in 1957 were on the Cecch etti Ba ll et faculty in Los Angeles. Faculty invitations h a\ e taken Dr. Fishback to San Francisco in 1953, Los Angeles in 1955 an d 195 7, Dallas .in 1956, W ashington, D . C. in 1959, Miami in 1960 and H on olulu in 1961. Dr. Fishbeck writes that he is gratifi ed to see the modern trend in the gymn astics free excrci,cs. He has long ad vocated a prograin wherein acrobatics and tumbling should be choreographed . rather than just a skiJlf ul demonstration of one trick, then another.

"BALLET FOR GYMNASTS" Regular read ers of the Modern Gymnast- will note tha t I have been "saluting" well-known and distinguished teach ers of ballet throughout the countfY. So far, and for the n ext several issues, you will he a r about teach ers that I know personally and that I can honestly a nd with every confidence recommend for serio Lis study. But did you kn ow th at to teach ballet in the United Sta tes that no examination is necessary? Th ere are absolu tely no Sta te Boa rd qu alifications. I s it any wonder tha t gymnas ts are a little discouraged with th eir study of ball e t? Frankly, my fa ce is quite red, because for years I have bee n preac hing that ballet is necessa ry for th e gymnast. Authorities h ave agreed with me. In the Am a teur ,'\thlet ic Rul e Boo k for 1960 it quite clea rly states tha t the gymnas t must spend as much time in study of ballet as he or she does on any apparatus. But do they? And ' f they do, wha t have they accomplished? I t would be well to make note here of just WHAT lYe are trying to accomplish. First of all the turn-out ~f the legs of the ballet dancer is most essential. Why? ;\n obvious answer is that the inside of the leg is the licest looking and more pleasing to the eye when exended. Don't take my word for it. Prove it to yourelf. Stand at the mirror. Extend your leg to the side I'ith toe pointed and with the knee forward toward the nirror . . . this is not turned out! Now turn it alit, eeping the hip down, with the knee facing up to the eiling. Which view of the leg is the most pleasing? raturally, the one with the turn-out. If you are not om with this turn-out it has to be acquired gradually ,'lrough the use of skillful exercises moderated to fit Jur perso nal needs. The legs must turn fully out at le hips. If the feet are forced into turn-out positions dore these' muscles are able to support them there, lmething has to give in the strain - this usually re"Its in rolled in arches (flat feet) and sway back. ometimes the ca rtilege in the knee g ives way, ruining ~pport in th a t area for difficult work. Now prove this o yourself also. Stand before a mirror so that you p ave a profile view. Now stand in the 5th position " lily turned out. Can you ,keep a stra ight back with :ail tucked under and not bend the knees? If you have l80 ° turn-out you 'll feel quite comfortable, but most of 15 do not have this developed. Now adjust this position o that you ' have a little ' working area. Do not bring (he heel all th e way to the toe of the other foot, leave a working spa ce of a couple of inches if necessafY. See , how strong the back feels now. By working in an adj usted position for your own needs you can gradually b ring the ' feet in closer for a beautiful 5th position . C onsider the problems of th e knock-kneed gymnast. It i ~ obvious that this person cannot stand even in th e fim position of ballet. If he puts his heels together a nd turns the toes out, the knees hit each other. This .i3 impossible ! I t seems on ly logical then that one h eel sh0uld be placed slightly forwa rd to the other allowing '( nee work room. How important then, is the knowledge of anatomy for the ballet teache r? The teacher actually has to rebuil d bodies to pe rform the intricate steps of the ba llet and the gymn astic tricks . If a teacher does not have even this simple basic knowledge" of adjusting positions a nd giving exe rcises for the multiple physical problems that are prese nted to her, how can the gymnasts see amazing impro vements in their performances? So wba t must h ave h a ppened is that the gymnast fell into the tra p of goin g to a non-accredited balle t teacher. If th ere is no State Board Licensing for the da nce teacher, how , can a ny teac her be accredited? Fortunate ly, th ere a re Soc ie ti es of Tea ch ers, of D a nce th a t ha ve orga ni zed to raise teachin g sta ndard s. To belong to th ese o rg ania zti ons a tea cher must pass a n exa min a tion on th e bas ic fund a menta ls in each bra nch of the da nce. T he ;a tio nal Acad em y of Ball et, wh ose presid ent is Th a lia M a ra, has pe rhaps d one the m os t to elev,lte teac hing standa rd s. Th ey h ave at last bee n recogn ized by Ne w York State as be ing an edu ca tion a l

instltution and· its goal is to exp and th e sc hool into a year-round college which can set a na tion a l stan d ard of excellence. They have a very comprehe nsive cou rse for the training of teachers which includes th e study of anatomy as applied to ba llet. Miss J oA nn a, who wrote an article on preparing the body for the attitude in the last issue of The Modern Gymn ast is it ~-f a s t er of the National Aca demy of Ballet. Miss J oAnn a has been holding annua l tca cher training courses for the last six years and it is this very course of stud y th a t I am pursuing. If all teach ers ha d a medical degree like Dr. Fishback, what confidence we would have in pl acing our bodies under their instructio nal ca re. Phvsica l ed ucators have this tra ining, but they so rar~l y have the ballet technique to supplement it, and the ba ll e t teac hers d o not ha ve the a na tom.ica l background of the physical educa tor . . . and so It 'goes. I wonder how many gymnasts have approached ba llet teachers for help and have had them throw " cold wa ter" " on the whole idea! Some ballet teache rs who are excellent in their field will have nothing whatsoe\'er to do with acrobatics. They believe that acrob a tics cause a weak back which consequentfy gives a "flounderin<7» look to the ballet! Again this is because of poarly taught acrobatics. A good acrobatic teacher wil! make certain that the back is absolutely strong, yet limber and that the entire body is properly stretched and no~ over-dane in any area. The sway back is unheard of for the really good acrobatic teacher. With the Russians holding the top spot in the gymnastic world, the emphasis is clearly on the "b~llet look." Sa whether you want to acc ept it or not. the ballet line is definitely in, and we should all look ~ithin to see what we are doing to attain it.

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H 0 R I Z 0 N TAL BAR: (Combination ) : . . . Rear Giant Swing forward ("German Giant" ) with 180 0 turn Rightto a free support (1 -5 ) and Free-Hipcircle backw. with ]80 turn L eft (around the R arm ) to a Giant Swing forw . ... (6-9 ) (This combination will provid<> a swingful continuation of the "German Giant" even [or those' who usually have to struggle to get above the bar. ) 0

H ints: Stan th e turn in th e Germ a n Gi a nt after G forces h ave decreased (4); To align the h an ds with the rest of the body the R hand sh ou ld ta ke th e pl ace previously occupied by the L h a nd , in arriving to fr ee fron t support (5 ); If rum is desired in the Free-Hipcircl e, it should not be all owed to run too cl ose to ve rtica l ex tension, ra th er a good 30째 below vertica l a nd also with a moderately piked (bent) hip which will allow the turn (7); It is esse ntial th at th e legs are guided ri ght-sideways in th e fr ee-hipcircle, just before th e beginning of the tu rn, so tha t aft er th e turn it will be possible to a lign th e body in p roper direc ti on for the giant -sw ing ( 8 ) .

Gym Forum

Where you the reader (co ach, gymnast or booster) can present your opinions, suggestions, improvement gripes, etc. on Gymnastics. The opinion do not ner.essarily re/lect the opin ions 0/ the M.G. publishers ailt/ need not pe rtain to articles published in past .H.G.'.!.

D ellT

Glenn:

1 have JGmc comments which may be 0/ int erest 10 you and .~IG reade rs rcgardinJ! two articles w hich appeared rece ntly in the J.." alld F e b . iss ues of th e MG. First: J ail . issue ; " H elplul H in ts, " by J im Farkas, pp. 22-?3. Farkas disc ussed th e "take-oil" in vault i1l/! an d preun t l. ' d Some rather unusual formulas w hI ch do not COli/orn: w ilh those ordina rily used in ph),si cs and mecha11ics to obtai" quantities similar 10 thou desired by Farkas . Firstly, Farkas speaks 01 Spl ,,·hich he sla tes to the lor«:ard lild

sp ee d .

f/ O: L' t l.: tf,

in his fo rmula on p. 23, he sl aled th at Spl::::::

lellgth of rUII and psycho -ph ysical readi ness . As Farkas u", Spl, he is deJCribin g l...'elocity (G!:erag e) durin g th e p reliminary run bu t nnt nece..rsar ily the exact uelocily posJtssed by th e perform er at the · in.stant he cnmmencer to hu rdle. S <c01ldly, Farka, delilles "Lj" as the lell fl t h 01 th e p reparalory hU/IIp ( huldle) prior to lalldillg on the R eu th er B oard . He prt.·scnltd ·th e formula H LF'==Spl±H. At this point, th ere is con,iderable amb igltit y. Mea , urin/i the "hurdle" "{eet to leet provides . co nside ra ble error if this diJtance is to be used in obtaininp ue locity. To be correel , the distan ce from the ctuler 0/ grat:lty at Hleavd /loor" to th e center 0/ J(ra:; ity at " laud board" must be l1uasur ed . Thi rdl y, Farka, prese nted th e /oll owill/i lormulas lor heighl and uelociiy 01 th e hurdle: H=S p +E and S p2=:Spl / LJ. It is hi~hly d oub llu l thai the heilih l of the hu rdle co uld be o blained by adding a ueloci ty to all angle. It i, equally d oubtllll th at the ut/acily 01 the hurdle could be o btaine d by diuidin/i Ih e average uelocity 01 the pre(imi1lary rUll by ·the hori:.nnlal distallce 01 the hu rdl e . . AI th e close of Ih is lelt q is. .011 explallat ion 01 acceplable methods lo r d eterm ining lJeiocity. . O ther fo rmu la s alld explanations in the article are equa ill. ambiguous and questionable. III summing up " H elpf ul Hwt s, ' FarkaJ may hat:e develo ped a system i" which desired quanlities could be obtained by diJl"e.'~ardjIlK units 0/ llleasuremtllt and usual mathematical procedures. H nu:e . ;er, it is nlOre l(lj! ical to cO'lelude that Fa rkas desc ribed r,:a ullillg subjective ly from f! xpel' iulce ra ther th an object ively Irom scientific or laclual data. Sec o nd : Feb. issue; UStudy 0/ Back SOlll tl"s!lul t/' by John L. B rodeur and Sic " , J"hlllOlI , p. /9. It wa, sl ated th ai Ihe ang le t ake-oil was 47', Ihe ti me 01 Ilight wa, 1. 02 Ihe heigh I thl! cent er 0/ Rrauily was raise d tt'(lS 4.3 feet l and distance trautled Irom lak e- olf 10 la lldillg was 5.5 I tt l. E Ulde lltly, th e st udy em ployed cin ematography (molion pict ures It.' ith a clock -recording tim e- and a scale objec t -to faci litate distance measuremen ts- in the pic t ure.). Th is expla ins t he time illier ual used bill th e methodJ used tn dt lermine the other "uonti/;es melltio ned were not explain ed or t l:ell described. . It u.·as Hassumed that the cinter of gru vity remains in a co,,stan t pnil1t nf orielliatiun u'ith resp,ct to the Ih: ure " i .e, apparently at th e hips( ?). H ou.'tver, it ;s kn oll:u lh at th e center of gravity is relo cated with tach Jepmenta l cha uRc. I II a stand ing body , th e cctlt er of ~ra/..'it)' jj approximately at th e he;£h t 0/ th t: umbilical co rd ill th t, center 0/ th e body (for th e averagt! person) . I n a pike , th e CG mo v es lam 'a rd alld up ward. III a l uck the CG mo t.:8S m ore u p ~ua Td. On ce i,l fli£ ht, an ob ject cmlllol change its centcr of ~rav i ty path a71d re{(ordless of its posiliolt ( tu ck, pik e or la yo ut) (L·ili rotate about its center 0/ gravity. Brodeur and Jo hnsoll plotted th e clmler 0/ g ravit y in eac h frame in th e exa ct spot ou th e body, H er1ce, the figure entitled " th e parab ola 0/ cCllter 0/ gra uityll is plainly not a parabola. A parabo la musl ha v e the allfll e 01 departure equal 10 th e angle 01 entry J; rnuid eri an object lands at th e same leud it departed from. 1/ the posi:i01l 0/ th e ct nter 0/ pYa t; ity at re least p01n1 and con. tact point we re in correctlv dt:lerm i n~d) the n any fu rther use of the ceuter of pra r.., jty would magni;}' th is errol' th ro ugh out th e study. I I «;as , ta l ed Ihat the "parabola 01 the center 01 gra vily ap proxim ates a projectile x ilh witial X alld Y c:elociticr." H owe ver , Ihe X and Y velocit ies lor the subjec t discussed ",'ere nol include d in this art icle. T he resultan t velo city was tlot melli io ued either. A.lso it u·as sl al ed that " th e t?llerJ!Y fnr th e lift u'as ob tained from th e ,pee d o f th e pre vious (ly ) perlormed h alld, p" ".e." UIlI,,, speed and energy were calcl.4lated, th is statement could jJr0 1J t' to be incorrect. I n ad dilifHl) it w as stat ed th at " Ihe indir..·idual's ability to utili:. e th e IOf cl? to obtain excep ti01wl heiR/liS is highly d er..:eloped and U 'f! feel t hat any effor t to chaupe his me chanics or forc e wo uld not b f! beneficial. ~V ere th e magllitude and direction of force actually calc ulat ed? II they u;eren' /, Ih e precedi ll J! statement assum es 71 l1lC /t ton much. In summ at io ll of flStudy of Back SomersOllit," unless the autI~ ors . actu ally calc ulated th e a ngl e of departur e m ag ltitude and di rec tIOn 0/ th e l orce ex e rt ed .at take -off, th e velocity at lak e-off, ~fLd th e en erc,! expe nded durl1l.J: lh e stu nt, as u..:ell as the sp eed f anR Il ~ar . Leloclly} . of th e p.re<: lO luly perfo r.ut ed bac k ha"drp,.ing, quanllia tu:eI }' (w lll c h th e y 11IlUht h ave done l1t th e com plctr: version 0/ th e st udy), the ma:e rial prese ll te d in th e AI G art icle «:ar bare d o n num e rous assumptio ns lc hich might alld do es raise a qu estio n on th e corre ct ness of the ar tid e. . T.h e 1I t!t' d [or q ua ll tita !it;e afl alyses ~1l th e area 0/ huma n m o ,'If) ,!! IS cl ~nrly l!ilu l rat ed by th ~ t :l'f} a rtICles me lll iolle ci above . To o o ften, nlfllPrilil is .r ritt e n alld pu blished ~() i th tec hn ical explanat ioll s no t bt1sed (1/1 factual data. It m ll .i t be sl at ed th at the all th urs mell tio:rcd 1H !ut h!ll;e had .~ oo d intell tio ns o r th ey wou ld 1l o t hai..: e ~ (! llt ll t il t! f!rti,- Ies . f! Vi. t·l'i.:er , I h i! publis hill .!l of their m a l ~ rinl and Ica c ~ i l(J! hi nij , base d prima(il), 0 11 aJS ump tioll .{ has rejul tcd in th e

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d isseminatio n 0/ inc o mplete (and tn certaill iiuta nciS, erroneous inl,ormation) which ma y mislead and con/uJe coa ches a nd gymnasts w to atttmpt to incorp o rate th at material in t heir instruction al programs. Glenn, I am pre sently completi nR a scielltilic an alysis 01 the II h e~ht" o u the long ho rse .. 1 believe :ome t:try imp o rtant i.nfo r ~ matlon has evol"ed Irom t hIS study whI ch I hope 10 complde by Ju ne . T o my kTl ol.dedge, a (juan titatit'e analysis of vaulting has not ·been attem pt ed in this co untry. Ci llematograp hr u.:as used to obtain tlt e raw da ta necessary to the· study. A s menti o ned pre r.: iouslYI I'll send you art abs tract 0; the thes is up au comp letion. Th e foll owin/! method was used to obtai" /..·elocit y d uring the hurdle, th e b eginnill!! flight, alld th e end Ilighl o f Ihe valll t . R egarding th e hurdle , the ho rizorltal d istance from the cen. t !! r of gradt)' a t " leaue fl oor, >I to th e CG at Uland board lJ u:as measu red. Diuidi1lJ,! lhe horizontal distance by the time th e perso n U 'Cj in the air will RiL'e th e ho ri.:o,ttal compollent of uelocily u·hich is co nsta nt du ring the hurdle. Knou:inli the hei/ihts 01 the center 01 Ifra v it}' at th e poiltts m elltioll ed, it is possible to plot the exad traj ectory {frame by Irame} 01 t he Ili/iht by emplo ying Ih e me/hod d ueloped b y Hu bbard ( ",e/osed ) . This m e th od a ·ill 01,0 g;'·e the tangent 01 th e angle 01 deparlu re ( r,,·ersing the process u: ill g iv e the tallgent 01 the angl e 01 e n try ). Muitiplyin/i th e h orizontal compo nent 01 veloci t y by th e tal/gellt of th e an gl e 01 d epa rture gi v e; th e vertical com ponellt 0/ ;;elo city, wh ich beinp d t! penden t on gral.:ity decreases 10 zero as the object approaches th e ap~.'C and incr eases as Ih e objec t is beyond the apex. - D i"iding Ihe h ori; a n laI com ponent 01 t'elocity by the co,ine 01 th e angle of departure gi,·., the res ulting or "to tal" veloci ty 0/ th e performer durine th e p(l.rabo lic llight. F ro m the articles, I doubl th at Fa rkas Brode ur and J ohn,on used the abo"e lo rmulas to obtiiin v elo city and t he other quantities m en tione d . Once again, ho ri·:.onlal velocity V It=dis tance/lime; ver tical "elocity · Vv=Vh tan gent of the angle 0/ departure; and lotal veloc ity V=Vh /co,i l/e 01 Ihe angle 01 departu re. In my study, tell subjects 0/ varyi ng abililie.J ["aulted at least 3 limes. I n all 51 "aultl were prelimin ary. anaIFed . Nin e va ults typ ify ing ,kill ed and unskilled perlorman ce were selected lor presenta tio n in the study . -The criteria fo r eualuat io n wer e,' form (esse ntially exle nded knees an d hl,' , through o ut th, v a ult), ha nd placem en l (w ilhin Ihe neck area, and .h eigh l and d ist an ce during th e . elld fllghl { m easureable from th e ftlm}. I'm sending alonll , ome pert inent res ulls l or Subject I 01 my ,tudy: H. was Abe Grossfeld, membar of the 1956 and 1960 U .S. Olympk Team. His weiehl was 160 pounds and his 17)ass w as 4.97 slues.

PRELIMINARY RUN : Length : 59'5" Du ra tion: 3.0 seconds H U RDLE: {Frame I 10 Frame IO} How Obtained: Length of hurdle: 79" Durat ion: .3 sec. An gle 01 d eparture: 11 ' 45' H eill ht Cer.ter 01 Gra vity was ra ised : 17" Velocity at Hleau6 floor: 22 .4 11/,.,. H orizon tal Vh : 21.9 II / se c. Verti cal V u: 4.6 II / sec. Momentum: II 1.4 Ib-sec. Horizo ntal: 109.0Ib-sec. V"tical: 22 .7 Ib -sec. K ine tic energy: 1,248.5 ft-Ib. H o rizon l al : 1,196 .6 It-lb. Vert ical : 52 .0 It-lb.

Plot t inll

01 trajectary

Vh / cos in e 0 H ori:_ d is t ./t im. V h • tangent 0 Mass· uelocity Mass'Vh MaJs'Vu2 'l'2 mass· V \I, mas, • Vh2 \I. m ass' Vo2

TIME INTERVAL FROM LAND BOARD TO LEAVE BO _1RD: .07 sec . (Time subject 'L'as on B oard) BEG INN I NG FLIGHT : ( Frame 12 10 Fram e 21) Lenzth: 62.5" D urat ion: ,32 sec, A I/gle of departur.: 34' Heil{ht center 01 , ra v it)' was raised (a bo v e "Lea"e B oa rd"depar ture pOI nt ) : 23" Velocity at "Leav. b oard": 19.7 it /sec. H o rizon lal: 16.3 It/sec. V.,ti ca l : 11 .1 It/sec. Mom .nl um: 98Ih -uc . 81 Ib -sec. H ori:on tal: Vertical: 55 .4 Ib-sec. Kin e tic e nergy : 967 .2 It-lb. H ori:antal : 659.6 II-lb. Verl ical : 308.5ft-I b . 1,220 .9 lb . Mas, ' A ccele ralio n F o rce { exerted at boa rd} H o rizontal: 40 1.2 lb . (force ,.ith decreased Jr. ori.: ont ai m otion) VUl ical: 1,151.8 lb. (far ce u: h ic h ra ised per former up :J..ard ) A v e. Center o f g ra v it y angle (to lelt of v" tical): 85' I S' Ave . F orce angle: 63 ' 30' ROTATIO NAL MOTION: Clock w ise ( buause th e fo rce ",as extrled behind the cen le r oi g rav it y) TIME I NTER V AL FROM LA N D HOR S E TO LEAVE HORSE: .1 sec. (time sub jec t lcas on ho rse ) E ND FLIGHT: ( Frame 24 to Fra m e 46) Length: 108.6" D uratio n: .73 se c. AII !!le 0/ depa rture : 29 ' He ight cen t r: r of gra.:il )l H;as raiu d abo~e departure leaue horse" : 9" Veloc ity at "lcaile hnrJe": 14.2 It /sec. lIoriz o Tltal : 12.4II /sec. Verti cal: 6.9 f.t/sec .

poin t at

FIGURE 1: STRAIGHT BODY VAULT - HECHT BY GROSSFELD

70.5Ib-sec . 61.6Ib -Jec . 34.4Ib-uc. 500.6 It-lb. 381.7 It -lb. 11 9.0 It-lb . 360.3 lb . horse): at 193.74 lb. (force which decreased horizon tal motion) 302.31 lb . (force which · raised perVertical : l o rmer upward) 48· Aue. ctn ter of gra vity angle (to th e lelt 01 vertical): 58 · Aue. force angle: ROT AT/aN AL MOTION: Courtter-clockwise ( becauJe the force was exerted ahead 01 th e center 01 gravity)

}.,[omentum: Hnr1;onta1: Vert ical: Kinet ic energy: H o':'; on tal: Vertical: Force (exerted H oriz on tal:

At Ihe hIghest POint 01 end Ilight, the cenler of gravity was 89 inches ab ove th e Iloo r. Th e dura tion 01 th e vault from starl of nm to landing on mat was 4.52 sec. The above is~ if my researc h has been thorough , and correct~ the first quantita tiv e information available regarding h uman motion J uring ,,·aultinR · I'm sure th at th is in /o rmalion~ when used by ;cholars of tht! spor t of gymnas tics# .will proue to be quite valuable . Ad mitledly~ th e in/ormahon is in a rat her techn ical form. H ow· (;;e r, it can and w ill be restated in a laym an's language for use by coaches and gymnasts througho ut th e Un ited Stat es from the ~le melltary to th e most advan ced. For instance it is int eresting to kn ow t hat th e performer still had a surplus .ve rtical velqcity as he touched th e horse. This mean t that since h e still had upward motion -'at "land horse" he could ~ap off much eaJier. Many authorities heretofore, reCOmme nd~d diving hiRh and cominJ! down onto the horse. Th is would make l appin/i off much mo re difficult and w ould undoubledly ,:a UJ e injury to th e wrists. • Also , it was '~n t eresting to note that the perform er decrease d his /oru'G rd mo tion at th e boa rd and at the horse . Thi; mea'nt that his ho rizontal compo nent of velocity dec reased p ro portionately with the de gree th e cen ter of gra vity WaJ behind ve rt ical. If the CC; angle was 45°# the ho rizontal component of velocity would au rease much more th an if the CG w ere 80°. As .the CG angle I atJproaches ~e ro, the horizontal componen t of velocity is affected .., I's.r.- The CG an gle is lorm·ed by a line l rom th e CG to Ihe .point of contact (feet or ha nds) and horizontal. That Ihe perlormer exerted over Y; ton of lorce al take-off (/,220 :9; Ib) was asto nishing. Of cou;se, each perforn le r has ' a dilferen t we ight and m ass and ofte n tim es uses certain techniques mo rt ad,,'a rttag eo usly tha u other perfonners. In addition, Some perfo rmers with lack of discipline and/o r co urage will not perforM u: ell even if they are capable. I h ope you don 't mind my len f!t hy let ter. But afte r readin g the articles mentioned, I felt 1 had to write yo u regardinK th ei r ;: ambiJ! uity/' and non-conformance with acceptable methods for obta:ni;tK quan titieJ essential to any intelligent discussion regarding human motion, specifically vaulti nJ!, and tum blin g. I'm enclosing a com posite 0/ Subject l"s vault. You might be able t n UJe it in the }viC. Th e f rame numbers and elapsed tim es are it? the lower right hand corner of each frame. Frame 1 is th e beginning 0/ the hurdle, "lea ve floor." Frame 10 is th e end of the hurdle, " land board," Frame 12 is the comm encemen t o f be;:inn inf( f{iRh t, "lea:u board ." Frame 21 iJ th e end of beginning fligh t, "land ho rse ." Frame 24 is the commencement 0/ end flil:!.ht, "leave horse." Fram e 46 is th e conclusion of end fli ght# " !ond n :a ! .n I h'Jpe I hat:en't bee n too critical of the authors mentioned. Ho rl'ev er, u:hen one allows h is material 10 be published, h e should realize tha t const ructive critici.sm. if warran ted, may be fort h coming. Writers of instru ctio nal material have an obliga tion to th ei r readers to l:al~'date their material, lL,hen and if possible. Gymnastically, Edw ard A . Gombos Gymnastics Coordinator, Unive rsily 01 Illin ois

P.S. G lenn # there we re a number of limitat ions in my study which c,:m . be improved upon in future studies. For instance, we l ilm.d th e perlormers al 33 fram es per second. Wilh a hi/!her ,pee d camera, we co uld have lilmed up to 100 frames per second. This would have made our ra w distan ce and time dala 3 times as accurat e . Also. in the future~ I wo uld r ecomm~nd workin }! with only 1 or 2 top performers and have th em perfo rm a stunt many tim es in a skilled and unskilled manner. In th at way, w ith the u:ei~h t J mass.. ab ility, and oth l!r f acto rs being equal, we would have a better basis for ou.r conclu1ion s. H ou·ever, all iT' a!l. I JliiL thi nk this 1tud y was h i~h ly successful, hauinf! .f!ive n informa tion fou.nd in n o oth er studies to date . ED: Thanks Ed for you r interes ting and critical evaluation of uticles appe a ri ng in the M. G . The x & y velocities of the :rodeu r and J oh nso n article \\'t' re with tlie original manuscript, ut t hroug h an oversight on my par t were no t incl uded in the ,f. G. printin g. For fu rth e r evaluatio n of yOUI' evaluation 5:ee comments below y J im F::lrkas. w h o we feel h as m ade tre mendous contr loutions to ;ymfl ::\stics in Aln e rica throu gh his arti cles in the M. G.

D ea r C lenl1: J1..'hen 1 complete d my dissertat ion on an edu cational m eth odic prob lem, back i F! eo ll~ge , some of my A1et hods Professor'; lec tures wrre tOrtl iTdo bits. But he J/lOr.l:e d no resen tmen t. He merely said th at " Y o u could have mentioll l d that - th ese are in addition I n th ou th i Tl/: ~ what you h a ~) e already hear d ab ou t-." ~Vhef1 I rend ~[ r. Gomb os' commtllts cO'lCe rn;"$! my modest u.'uys 0/ illumillot illK some 0/ th e ba sic fac tors iFl the teaching and correctio n 0/ voulrillg tec hniqu es , I krleu.: that I am also facing an cafer nfa: gian t 0/ in tetli£ ence. N eve rtheless / u.'ormly gr ee t Mr .

Go mbos' effort to apply his kno wledg. of · mechanics to d arify problems in g ymnastics, so far as it is practicable, needed and lLSe ful. I must, howeve r, add, that he shou.'ed some inability t o apprehend in "formulas"-such as I presenltd-otlr. er than m athe· m atical eq uations . 'Th es~ for m ulas (0 / min e ) mertiy represe nt valid relali on s 0/ fa ctort w ith re!.ard to the Irac inR of erro rs at tak e~o/fs . They are th ere/o re r Guide Formulas fo r co rrec tiL'e m ethods, n ot necessarily related to mathem atics, sinef in the edu.~ cational proce ss there iJ a human la ctor to o ll.)hich don not readily align itself to scit!tlli/ic objectivity . After read in R Mr. Gom bos' comments to t he Erodeur-Joh nson article, I must say thqt : of course it is tnu that th e locatio n 0/ th e CC is not con slant du ring a tu m blinl! motion , but to ride on this finding is not an intelligen t way· of presenti nR knowledge. After all th e Brodeu r-Jo hnson art icle i1 an excellent and ve ry useful educational contribution . And useful on ly because it neglects un important m echan ical and mathem atical de l ails~ uJhich are only sub ordina ted to th e main objective of the article . In addition t o these co mme nts I add that Mr . C lJmb os. study is .nol JO J?enu ine as he hopes it is. A-Iost of th e basic Rymnastic exercise elements ha ve ' bee n similarly analize d by Ukran Sze;;esz of Russia ( 1952). H is findings and meajUrement, haue pro ved to be of lillie practical value in the teac hing 0/ gymnasticf, and added nolhinll which was not already kn own. The problem is not to d escribe by numbers what i.s ' m easurable by CGS, bu·t 10 correct instantly what is visually available. Grossfeld's H ech t is no t q uite go od. (a t least at two places), m ainly ~ecauu th e r' E nd Fligh t"-'s counter-clocktu ise rotation is insufficien t. What u'o uld ."-1r. Gombos sugJ!tst to Abie to impro ve vertical force of take-off angle? Wuuld he start taking m easu rem~nts to ~ee if .102 .31 lbs vertical lorce (for Abie) should be in creased to' 380 ..00 Ibs; -o r . some ' other rota tion-de term ininK fa ctor should be m odified? .~r. Gombos should not fall into making trTon-like the horse which is equipp ed with eyef{uards l or the purpose of seeing and pulling only ahead. Sim ilarly Mr. Gombos can think only in the terms 0/ a th esis which is now obvio usly his m ost importan t endeauour. I believ~ the M.G . is not a forum to publicize scil!71-t.i/ic dissertatio ns. It do es n ot have the rO om and th e int~ rest of t he -readers to wa,,-ant a place for it. It is a news m agaz in~ for gymnasts; also w ith an aim to popularize gymnastics: A thesis belonKs to the library of a college, it is unreasonable for th e laym an . Best rega rds, Jim Farkas ' Physical D irector M ilwaukee Turn ers H

Sam B ailie looking or;er _ 'lte Flami"gn ,\1.otor H otelH eadquarters f or th e 2nd Annual JVest ern Gym nastics Clinic at Tu cson# Arl=ona .

Second Annual WESTERN GYMNASTICS CLINIC

Tucson, Arizona DECEMBER 26-30 Registration Fees: Family ......... _.. _..... ___ .. _ .... .... __... $10.00 I nd i'vidual s and St ude nts - 5.00 The s e fee s are payab le in advance t o " Western Gymnasti cs C lini c" c / o S a m Bailie, Gym nastics Coach, University of Arizona, Tu cson, Arizo n a, Clinic Program will i nc lude J udging classes, com p etition for all ages, films and teac hing on all lev els for men and w o men. D "tail ecl prog ram "ill be re leased at a I" t er date when a ll teac hi ng appointments h ave b ee n filled. For mote l reservations write Moe Abbasi , Fla mingo Motor Hote l, Tu cson, Arizona. The Flamingo will be the C lini c h eadqua r ters w ith spec ial Clinic r ates plus a ll c hildren under 12 fr e". (When accom p a nied by parents ) . LOOK FOR WARD TO SEEING YOUR GYMNASTI CS FRIEND S IN TUCSON U NDER THE SUN

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By Victor G. Josselyn

One oj the "Nine Allisolls" ill a double back-He is Zoosel" tucked, half over in his fiTst somersault he will imm ediately tuck tightl)· for his second somersault to create revolution.

THE DOUBLE SOMERSAULT I have been observing profes,ional acrobats on stage and in practice for about forty yea rs more or less. Yet during all that time I have seen only one tumbler do a double somersault on stage and on ly one in practice. I refer, of course, to the double done without ar.y aid, as they say, "from floor to floor." Yet in theory the double is not so difficult as its rarity would imply. I d oub t if it takes much more power and perhaps not as much skill as the double-full. A good many tumb1ers ha ve done double-fulls, but the number drops sharply when you say "before an audience." Indeed I know of only one American tumbler, .who consistantly did the double full before an audience during the past twenty-five years. This was the wiry versatile Gig Snaric who did almost every trick in tumbling, being equally at home in both Arabian and Europe a n tumbling. He did the double full , without tumbling mat on slippery dance floors where space was strictly limited and even height of ceiling somewhat in Goubt. Eddie Prevost is usually considered to be the greatest of the old-time tumblers and of all-time. I never heard any authority argue this or name a serious rival. Even so, he did not do the double-back stage. Johnny Rixford , teacher of Otis Rixford who took the name did a double-back, but not on stage. Charlie Siegrist, the great flyer did the the double-back but not on stage. Two members of the Nine Allison Troupe," a Risley act, did the double. Once when working in Los Angeles on a holiday, one member did it every show for six shows. However, th ough I saw the troupe work several times , once at the Palace in New York, where everyone did his best, I was never fortun a te enough to catch a show when he did the double. Best known for the double was Maurice Call eano. He cer tain ly must have done it on stage more times than any other tumbler. I saw him do it nearl y a dozen times over the years in c ircus and \·audeville. This man was not a great stylist (his flip-fl a p could have been better)' but he was a grea t tumbler. He did a 3 way cross routine for years as follows: Round--off, two flip-flaps, full- and-a -h al f to the hands, hand jerk, two flip-fl aps, a full an d a forwa rd . This is a tough cross routine an d I never saw it duplic a ted! ( M aybe I should clarify the full- and-a-h a lf to the hands? It is of course simply a back with a full- a nd-a -half twist, slightly overturned so the tu mbler ca n easily go forward to the h a nds , so as to start the return routine from a hand-jerk. Much more often used was the ha lf instea d of the full- a nd-a-half.) I have heard a grea t many stDries ·about ac rob a tsmost of which " iere not true.

A performer on the Ringlin g show told me that once when they had a day of rest, and h ad a nice grass stretch on which to tumble, all the acts were showing off to each other. He said Calleano did a double forw a rd and a lso a h a lf twisting double. These stories might be .true as he was a remark a ble tumbler. I also heard that once in Boston after the last show he did a double in the street. The h and -spring double-forwa rd was done by Black • Tom, a Chicago Negro, as far as I know the only one ever to do it. George Sebrech has a movie shot of a tumbl er in India doing the half twisting double. George saw him doing it in a theatre an d asked him if he would do it outdoors for a movie shot. He readily consented and did it without nervousness. The print turned out poorly but good enough for proof. Elmer Turrin, one of the strongest tumblers I ever saw, did a good double outdoors in practice. This man could do a -forward -roll and come directly out of the squat position into a high gaining back. You could walk under the somersault a nd the back gain ed a t least six feet. This requires strong legs. Many professional tumblers used to work out on the straw pile in Central Park. This refuse from the stables slanted do;.vn hill and was an excellent pl ace for a tumbler to "try anything." Otis Rixford , that great stylist in tu~bling, did doubles on. the pile coming around to the feet but remaining more or less in the tuck. This man was very lofty an d had he concentrated on it would have surely done the double well . Broadly speaking, the double is easies t fro m the roun doff. However, for the exceptional tumbler, who really d ocs a good flip-flap , it is better d one from the flip-fl a p. Prevost did it from the round-off. Calleano did it from the round-off flip-fl ap, though as previously mentioned his flip-flaps could have been improved. Charlie Siegrist did it from hand-jerk two flip-fl a ps! How many times have I heard the story of how Charlie just returning from Europe got off the boat and headed stra ight for Brow n's Gym to see what was going on. Afte r waiting a while he got the urge and took of[ his shoes, did a hand-j erk two flip-flaps and a double. Almost inva ri a bly the teller ends up by saying, " And Charlie didn ' t tumble very well! " This indeed seems to be true. He was a flyer and the Siegrist-Silbon return act was stai1da rd for ma ny ),C:HS. He tucked very tightly a nd as th e sa ying goes "turn ed twice in the sam e place. " A fly er tends to becom e morc accustomed to fast revolut ion than a tumblcr.

Elmer Turfin did it from a round-off, and covered a c0nside r:lble distance. Elmer essa'yed the double in the circus in Chic:lgo. I heard conflicting stories as to what ha ppened and only know he gave it up after several shows. L ou Wills, the authority on professional a crobatics, had told me yea rs before that Elmer's round-off was not (Co nsista nt enough frqm which to do a double. That is, it V:lried in length instead of being exactly the same ea ch time. r ha\'e said the double is not so difficult in theory. Then why has it been performed so seldom on the stage? I suppose the greatest reason is "you don"t have to miss it but once! " A one-and-a-half to the neck is an unpleasant thought! There are, however, other good reasons. If it was d one early in th e ac t y::JU were unable to foll ow it with anything be tter. At the end of the act you might be too tired. If you advertised that 路you did it, managers expected it every show. Many of the old-time vaudeville stages were sma ll. And most of the t rue tumblers just never become very familiar with the double. Though some did doubles from teter-board or trampolines, neither device is of much help in learning a double under your own power. A small toot trampolme would probably be helpful.

Ed Spencer, once the idol of every sma'll boy in Birm ingham, Alabama, including myself, used to do doubles from the gym jumping board made of ash. T his was a double requiring fast revolution and good control. Ed , in his 80's, still does some teaching in Downey, , California. Allison, in learning the double, did many, many doubles with a man holding a rope on each side befote he tried it alone, And, of course, he was already very familiar with the ri sley double. On stage he said he only worried about ove r turning it. A member -of the troupe stood by when he did it. Calleano did it alone. A number of amateurs h ave done the double of late years, An Arab tum bier told me th a t a man at one of . the middle western colleges did the double easily and well. More often it is an indi cation of more nerve than sense, though gymnasium mats somewhat lessen the danger. The tinsica double tigna or Arab fonvard has also been done. Twenty-odd years ago one essayed it on the Oak Street 路 Beach a't Chicago. He over turned it into a 2 y, and broke his neck. Someone expressed his sympathy to the troupe owner who said, "It's all right, I have another boy just as good." So the moral is, unfess there is someone around to take you r place, be careful how you fool with the double!

A VALDEZ HANDSTAND By Bill Jackson The Valdez to a handstand has had several names and the center ~t ~ear, but -farther to" the 'side; - that inlocate descriptions. The misnomers include only those that imply or a dislocate is never done with a narrow grip unless you a twist ; "kick back with a full twist", "Meron twist". A are unusually limber in the should ers. If the move is to Valdez correctly done is a one arm inlocate, not a twist. be an inlocate rather than a twi st, the hand needs to The hand is twisted, but the throw is directly back. The similate a wide grip. Diagram (1) will show the correct idea of a body twist has come with throwing the trick to position. <?ne. side, creating a horizon tal arc that rarely completes . A Valdez looks best done quickly with a stretch to a a cIrcle; the tri ck becomes a rear cartwheel from the solid handstand . Speed is picked up with a vigorous leg seat. If the head is thrown straight back, the arm thrown push. a strong head and arm throw. A stable handstand not across the head, but directly to the rear; the move is assured with a direct rear head throw; the rear arm will be on one plane with one dimension, a straight line shifts it into position with quick and subtle movement on back like a flip flop. A Valdez can be done on the same the way up - a paradox of explosive speed, then stillness. arm with either leg bent. I find it easiest done as in the diagra ms - the bent leg on the same side as the rear ann. Wh en Pedro Valdez sa id , "Mas aca con la mano!", he meant that your back hand should not be too close to

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M.G . ERR OR Dear Glen n :

Had a lew spare moments on m)' hands and th ought I m ig ht poin t ou t to you u.:hat I fee l mi{!ht be an e rror in the team stand in25 0/ th e recent Natio nal AAU Championships held in Seattle ( May-Jun e ISJue 1962). if feel it SiK7IiJica nt in that if a team fi Jle is importent eTiOURh to award a trophy faT, t he re should be a litt le m ore cautio n exeJ'ciud

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. As you will see lat er, according to my inand figures ( and I certa i nly can be wTonR also), an 8 point discrepancy seems to have been made. The fin al score should be Los' Angeles Turners 39 and th e Univer-

D ear Glenn: Just a note to lei you know that the film I took of the ~'orld ga mes fttrTl ed out ler .. rif ic-t hcy are the best shots 1 ha,,·e taken of the top me1J and wome n g),mnasl sclear and sharp :Llith complete routines in' most caus . I ha ve 800 feet 0/ the women and 1,500 of the m en-16mm , black and whi te. I am haLoing copies made for the C linicif )'o u ht ow 0/ an}!01le in your area who w ishes a copy of the men or women or both-kindly have them no tify me as soo n as possible. Sin ce rely, Tom Maloney West Po int New York ED. Anyone wishi ng to purchase either of these films please contact Tom Maloney at W est Point New York. George Kunzle of England also took films of the World Championships a t Prague as d id many othe" . The M. G. will publish notices o f these films as they become avail· able .

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TOTALS 39 32 .5 Neither team Kored in the flying rings ; tu mbli ng, or trampol ine Alloth er point , in refe re nce· to a question asked by Charli. S im ms (April 62 issue) conce rninK a man w inn inj! JVCAA tumbling and placin!! weU in the All-Around you miJ!ht check o n Bob Sullivan of Illi no is. .)tn cerely, J erry Wright ED .: Thanks, J erry, we hope publishing your letter wi ll clarify the team score points. I do not have the records other than first place for the years Sullivan was competing, but I do believe yo u are right and th at he \Vas among the top 10 All-Around men in the N.C.A.A. in 1951 a nd Bob tied lor second (o r placed third) in the All-Around at the 1952 N .C.A .A. Championships .

RECORD? D ear Glenn: I would like to know if th ere are any records for holding th e C<iJ'on Cross?" }'our faithful subscriber, Joseph Derkach ."'tiC Y ork, N. Y. ED . : Mo vies of the 1961 L os Angeles Ciry H igh Schoo l Championships, show Lu pica o f Venice Hi gh holdi ng various cross positionsOly mpic - Iron - L - and pulling out of it after 18 seconds. U ntil someone informs us otherwise, this is a c urrent, unofficial record.

FILMS Dear Glen n: 1 lL'{lJ in Albuquerque this year to film the N. C. A. A. Finals and 1 ha ;;c about 900 fee t of sile nt Black an d Wh ile film (o n I 1200 ft. rc el~ shot at 16 f. p . s. It runs approxi mately 40 miT/u tI'S and contains near ~ ly all of th. top 10 finalists in each even t and all but 2 Qr 3 L on/! H o rse va.uits. Rental is $10.00 for 3 days o r it may be purchased for a reasonab le fee . Si"cere!")', Philip S. Shu rile/! 2874 Georgia SI. Oakland 2. California

WANTED D ear Glen n: 1. have jus t arrived here in Fairbanks, from California, and I find that the inte rest in Gymnastics, and Weight Lifting, is almost nonexistent. I have a very hard time finding a suitable place to work out, and no one at all to w ork out with, and seeing as how I enjoy Hand·to-Hand Balancing, most 0/ all, this leaves me at quite a loss, as I ca n find no to p mounter tn this area at all. .. I would appreciate an)' help that )'ou could gi L'e me on information as to anyone, or place, near my area, th at is interested in G)'m nastics in general, and Risley, in parti cular. Also I wo uld lik.e to see some articles on Risley, and differe nt H an d-t o-Hand routines such as Seal Rolls, and The Gosl)'n Brother rou tines. Y ours sincerely, Robert L. Perry 133 1st Avenue Fairbanks, A laska ED.: I un dc", tand seals make pretty good hand-balancing partners, and what wo uld be more novel than to do a Seal Roll wit h a real seal, but perhaps some other M. G. reader in the a rea or elsewhere may take heed o f your need and drop you a line.

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CHAMPS A GAIN D ear Sir: This is th e second year in succession that SI. Clair has wo n the championship. Th e meet wa.r hel d l\1aJ"Ch 17, at / onla High School, Ionia, Afichigan . The fifteen participat ing tcams represe 11ted almost all sectio ns of th. State of MichiJ!an . I onia H.S. was th e TUn 1le r·up, w ith Alpena third, Ann Arbor fourt h, and Portalle fi fth. Sincerely, Ed Bengston Gymnastics Coach St. Clair HiJ! h S chool St. Cla ir, Michigan

Dear Mr. Sundby: Our lat est purchase for our back yard gym is a Side Horse. }1fe bought th e horse (slightl)' waterlogged, and weat her-beaten) for twen ty dollars. We recovered and pamtcd it, and now it loo k] pretty sharp. Good Luck, Rick Tu cker West Covina, Calif·

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PEDESTAL BALANCING Dear Sirs: This lette r has re ference to you r " L ettCis" section of the May-June issue of M. G. , and especially to Guy W. N. G. of San F ran cisco llJ hose letter ) 'OU pub lished regarding the phases of pedeslal balancing. Since I have specialized in pedestal balancing for abou t 13 years, maybe I could pass on 'so me ideas to any persons in terested. I use pedeslal-s wh ich revo lve, and haue done {and still dol most ellery type of balance. R evolL'ing headstands, revolving one han de rs (bot h' planchcs an d one ho.n d stands), spinning hoops, th e thumbs balan ce , one hand press-up'S, etc. I think one 0/ th e best balancin/! cOUrUS available is that written by th e incomparable Bob Jones. I den't know if his books are still available but one could find out by writing to the Editors 0/ St renglh and Health Magazine. Anyone interested in th e pedestal balancing game may feel free to write me. Since re l)" Robert (Bo b) H ouseholde r 2 1954 S . E. Yamhill Gresham, OreKon ED.: We have been trying to lind some one who does or will manufacture pedestals for balacing as we have had many requests for their a~ai lab ility . F ac t is we would li ke a set for our office gym.

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j ust a li tt le n e.us thai may interest your read ers. E l:e r), year a ~ymT!.aslic camp is held here and alth o u/!h in pa st y ears we ha ue h ad Ot'e rseas tloin ed gym nast s pr esen t this year for t he f irst l im e, u:e had an American with us. His 'lam e was Bruce Riler and he wott tiz, bn.Jlie 01 the Oklah o ma Sokol, Bruce s AIl -ArolJ,nd ab:ti ly impresud us all and as he w i t! be sta ),illg in New Ze aland for at least ta'O yea rs, he .sh ott~d prouid,e. our to p me!, u:i th some 1.Ie ry stiff opPOSitI on . Br~ce ZJ' teaching Physical Educa tion at. Ho' el~mgt ol1 Coll ege and alth ou gh Gymnasti cs zs not j tro ng in th e OTea h e has orle 0/ our lea do ing gymnasti cs /0 train wit.h, Alex ~W.cNab.b by n ame, Alc:.'( has b ee," IV .Z. cha;np1o.n S!X t im es and white att endutg the Unwernty In E ng land u.:on th e f/ oTizonal Bar at the Britijh Cha mpio1Hhips. S e:t.' Z euland w ill be represented at th e World G ames in PraRue f o r their first appearan.ce in a major inte rnational conlest. A team 0/ three women and a coach haue b.:er. u lecie d. Th eir names are lvfiH J ean Spettcer ( ~h e preJen t N.Z . !adies championJ, MiH M arlo n B e d~good, Afm Theodora Hill <-"i .2. girls champion) and Mrs. Emmy B ell:.:Joo d . ( c occh), ~-Ye do n o t expect startlwg results from th e ir efforts pout ar,e quite certain th ey will gain invaluable experience. Yours faithfully, R o n Rae Auckland, New Z ealand ED . : Since the Prague has come and gone and I am sure Jean, l\rfarion, Theod ora and M rs, Be llwood have returned hqme with a ne\" concept and enthusiasm Ifor Cvmnas tics th a t will stimulate great strides fo'r the .N.Z. area.

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D ear Glenn : . We are lo oking FOR AN ASSISTANI I N STRUCTOR, som,"ne steeped ' In ·th e ph ilosopb of g ymnastics, tL'ho can . t each and motivate on all app aratus, partlCularly In area of boys and girls age 3-16 . We need someone dedicated, articulate and in t elligent U.dlO cal} b e, 0/ hdp in ~li our p rog rams . The chdd rt 71 s programs In· vol u·e but two houri a day, but the y ar e

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in val ues all around programs of physical fitness, wit h pallertl s oj t esting and progreSJ!olu in strength, flex· ibility and endurance. We feel that possibly a young man fro', one 0/ the Europ ea n co,un,t ries might . be mOTt d edicated, lor th e re ,I IS a way o f ltf e Perhaps th e T .Urn.e i s, Soko lJ~ .or tlt e S U;:iss, Swedish or Fmnuh .ymnasltC FeJerail ;Jns may kno w 0/ a w or th while candidate who might m ee t our needs . We fe el w e can olier a l oa d p ositioll with a brig ht future for th e nght perso n 01 a .starting salary o f ~5,OOO. We are not anxious to make a snap d e~ cision and would like to gather as much backQro und in/ormation as pOJSible on any candIdate applying. . SIncerely, . . Lawrence J. Frankel '~Lau.·rence Frankel F.oundation" Virginia tit ' Brooks Streel Charleston 1, West Virginia P.S . The M .G. Tan a leller concerning a Japanese girl who wished to associate herself for further schooling with some college and in return wou ld coach gymnastics. 1/ a top flight /ull time assistant were not available , we would be interested to underwrite all colleg e expenses, room, beard, etc ., lor a f!roperly qualified student capable of assumIng the responsibiliti' for our children' s gymnastic program whlch would in vo lve but a few hours a day . ED.: As your letter make, the Qualil'cations quite clear you should be he aring fro m potentlal instructors from many parts of t !:e world.

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Dear Sir : Enclosed please find photo of Marily n and Karen Schneggenburger, mother and daughler competitors, in AAU gymnastic meet held in Toronto last Feb. 10th. Marilyn (29 at time ) was 2nd in Sr. Diu. Karen (7Y1 at time) was 9th in 14 yrs. and under In fi eld of 40. Both ,..,presented the Buffalo Turners Gymnast£c Team . Don Schneggenburger Roches ter) New York

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ORDER OF EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS FLOOR EXERCISE

Girls Warmmg Up Gail Sontgerath Lesia Kroll Betty May cock Doris Fuchs Muri el Grossfield Free Exercise Winners VAULTING

Avis Tieber Doris Fuchs Gail Sontgerath

Betty Maycock Dale McClements Award -Vlinners

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Avis Tieber B etty Maycock Doris Fuchs

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Carol Rabun Dale McClements Janice Dunham Gail Daley Muriel Grossfield Gall Sontgerath D oris Fuc hs-Uneven Exhibition Uneven and All-Around Winners GYMNASTICS HIGH SCHOOLS.

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The final competition of the city schools. Competitors arranged in order of their scores, the best one las t, Excellent for shOWing the level of gymnastics in the L A. City School. A list of the competitors giving their places and schools, is available by request. (800 feet, $7.00 tor 3-day rental; $59.00 to purchase.) GYMNASTICS JAPANESE STYLE ,

IiERN COUNTY CHAMPS De ar Glenn: En closed is a picture of our champions f ro m our Firjt Annual Kern County Gymnruti ,; Championships . . . h eld in Mu:y of 1961. At ee t included boys and girls . . . ten th roug h th ir t ee n and fourteen lhrouKh seventeen . The two di uisions comp e ted in free ex ercw'es, tumbl in£ and trampoline. There were 46 ctJ ntes lants in all competin.l! . B esi J e5 individual championships we ali.:arded all·around champwnshlps to the indh·id1..!.al 5coring the most points in all thr ee c ~' e nts, B oys : 13 and und er-JOliN WALL Girls : 13 and under-MARY LOKEN B oys: 17 and underRICHARD H OWARD G irls: I i and underDIA NA MORTIMER (Pict ure haJ J ohn or, le/l, then ~\1aryJ then Dia na and last Ric hard .) tre aTt :J eT)' proud 0 / Ollr cham pions and all th e c ontestan ts t hat made our mee l a gTe'lt fUCC iH . S incerely, H erb L oken B aku,jield C ollege G )'mn rut ic Coac h k/eet Direc t or

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LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA : 1I1ade at Long Beac h State College of the men and women members of the Japanese Olympic team,' during their 1961 U.S. tour. The men use the six pieces of Olympic apparatus. The women are shown on the balance beam, unevens and free exercise. (1000 feet, $7.00 for 3-day rental; $73 .00 to purc hase) OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN AND WOMEN, 1960, ROME, IT A L Y: Th e film consists of complete

routines of the men winners on each event: for women, the un even bars exercise of T anaka (Japa n) and a Russian girl, and work on th e balance beam . It wa s ph otogra p h ed and edited b y Ken Bartlett, gymnastic coach at Long Beac h State Coll ege. (1400 feet, $10.00 for 3-day renta l ; $100.00 to purchase), NATIONAL AAU C HAM P ION· SHIPS FOR WOMEN, 1959, KENT , OHIO: The iilm s h ows a ll of th e 1960

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