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

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

RESEARCH and FITNESS by James S. Bosco, PhD. San Jose State College The first series of articles will deal with the effects of participat~on in gymnastics activities 'on motor perlonnance or fitness.

Moto r fitness will include such variables as strength, balance, agility, flexibility, power, speed, and muscular endurance. Readers are urged to submit research reports directly tn the editor.

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

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to make a comparison between studies which had been made on American and European children using the Kraus路Weber test of minimal muscular fitness, and a study of the children participating in a gymnastics program at Pond's Palaestrum.

METHOD The Palaestrum program consisted ot Instruction in tumbling, trampoline and free exercise. Students attended class for one hour, from 1 to 3 times per week, for twelve weeks.

Students were classed according to ability rather than chronological age. In general , a beginn er was in the program for the 'first time, an advanced beginner had attended one previous 12 week program, an intermediate had attended 2 or more programs and an advanced student had been in the program from l ' to 4 years. At the end of the Sprin:r program, 1956, all students were given the Kraus路W eber 6 item test. The data were tab路 ulated and comparisons made with other studies which had used the Kraus-Weber test.

TABLE I PERCENT FAILURES IN EACH CLASS GRADUATION Time in Program

No . coses 46 15 13 21 95

Class Beginners Adv. Beginners Intermediates Advanced Totals

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

Studi es on Ameri ca n Children

Kraus Stud ies on European Children

% Failures 66.1 57.9 49.7 45.1 9 .5

Univ ersit y of Iowa Study Krau s-Weber Study Slippery Rock State T each ers Study Indiana Univer sity Study Pond's Palestrum

% Failures 9.5 8.8 8.0

Austria Switzerland Italy

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

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Kraus-Weber Indiana Palaestrum

54. 0 54. 1 14 .3

55.0 44.9 18.2

52.0 36.1 6.1

54 . .0 40.8 25.0 .

48 .0 50.4 0.0

62.0 44 .5 0.0

65 .0 44.9 0.0

Flexion Failures

Kraus-Weber Ind iana Palaestrum

33.0 30.7 0.0

40.0 32. 5 0.0

40.0 31. 1 6.1

39.0 36.1 16.7

44.0 45.1 0.0

40.0 41.4 0.0

50.0 42.0

Weakne ss Failures

Kraus-Weber Indiana Palaestrum

39.0 40.4 14.3

37.0 20.8 18 .2

27.0 12.3 0.0

30.0 15.7 16.7

32.0 11.2 0.0

40.0 8.8 0.0

36.0 7 .2 0.0

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ANALYSIS OF DATA CONCLUSIONS: 1. There seemed to be a real relationship between percent of failures and the tim e students spent under Palaestrum instruction (Table I) 2. Children who had been in the Palaes trum prOl!ram for one or more units compared favorably with European children in the Kraus-Weber test and were far superior to other American gro ups studied. (Table II) 3. The greatest differences when comparing r esults of the Kraus路Weber and Indiana Studies with the Palaestrum study occured in ages 10 to 12. Except for the percentage of muscular weakness failur es which showed a fairly steady decrease from ages 6 through 12 in the Indiana study, all other items in Table III showed a high incidence of failure in the 10 to 12 year age groups of the Indiana and Kraus-Weber test. No failures, whatever, occured in the 10 to 12 year Palaestrum group suggesting the beneficial results of the Palaestrum program to children at an age when a large proportion of children from all walks of life, exposed to varied programs of physical ed ucation, and playing numerous sports, would be failing some item of the Kraus-Weber test of minimal muscular fitn ess.

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['HE OLLER UP GYM TEACHERS R e port By Niels B. Madsen , Manage r 'lave complet ed th eir 3' month s' tour of the United States. W e traveled in excess of lO,OOO miles. W e gave exhi bition s and/or Ill · ;truct ion in 85 ed ucational in stitution s in l7 s tates. W e had a press that would be .he eni'y of iI H ollywood star- There were l4 g irls, 14 yo un g m en, two direc tors and [ in th e gr oup. W e sle pt on gym fl oo r>;, in dormit ori es, halls, on stages, in lo cker· room s, private hom es, hotels, youth ho stelsand in ou r charter ed bus. W e took in the maj or sig hts along th e route. We we re S6,000 short of making expen ses, m os tly because of the sourn ess of the AAU, w ho, in stead of aiding us, tri ed to hamper o'ur e ffort s by declarin g th e group professionals -to th e g reat di scouragem ent of Am eri can amateur athl etic g roups.

Our purpose- my purpose in partieularwas to stimulate int erest in phy sical ed uca· tion ,and to contribut e towards good inter· national r elati onships. As for the latter we co uldn't h ave don e be tter. Somew here along the route the g roup wa s g iven an American fla g. Th ey carri ed it proudly the rest of the way- also durin g two " h ome·com in g" exh i· biti ons in Denmark- one of wh ich was tele· vised in full As for th e stimul atin g aspect t hi s tour was to me a fas cinatin g j ourn ey . We were so clea rl y accepte d as the " mi ssin g link" in our educa ti onal sys tem that it some tim es touched me to tears. Thi s. parti cularly with reference to o ur ins truc tion exploits into fift y·so me elementary and secondary schools.

I saw what I never thought I should live to see : school di stri ct af ter district reo arrang in g the ir entire daily schedul es, so me tim es w ith only 24 hours' noti ce, so that we c(; uld have the gy m at our dis po sal. Then they ca me, class aft er class , led by their tea chers, to have u s stran gers- with our, to th e m, s trange philoso phy- take the kid s throu g h a peri od of 'fundam ental gymna sti cs .

Th en, aftf'r having staff m emb ers tell us that they had ne ve r seen nor known anythin g lik e thi s be fore, I began to und er stand w hy we're sagg in g to th e bottom of th e Olympi c se parat or- Th e cold fact is that we haven't enoug h horse sense to expose our kid s to a se nsibl e degree of effective physical ed u ca· tion at the time they need it most. To us it was dis tin c tl y apparent how th e students stiffen ed physica ll y during th e J r. High years, so that , by the tim e th ey became hig h school stud ents, it was already a little late to try to loose n their s tiffened joints-So, in our brief in stru ction periods we took the pupil s to a point wh ere somethin g began to happen to the ir unbalan ced musculature- to a point wh ere we " got throug h" to th em.

Th ey und er stood in stincti vely that we were do ing it for their sak e, rath er than for our sake, for winnin g someth ing, for "cr edit". or any other dubious sake . W e r ece ived doze ns of lett e rs from s uch pupil s who had thu s h ad a tas te o f so m ethin g very n ew.

W e have thou sands of coaches, good coaches.

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it. but we're minu s the kind of tea chers who teach ph)'sical ii/n ess, exclusi vely and on a sc ientifi c bas is. Unti l o ur teac her trainin !! ins titution s beg in to prod uce s uch tea che r~ and put th e m to work in ele mentary and secondary sc ho ols, o th er na ti ons w ill kee p o n makin g thi s grea t nation look sill y a t th e Ol ympi csH ow did we ge t th a t way ? Why on Earth i. it th a t. whil e oth er civilized nation s ex· ('(" II in group ca li s th eni cs to kee p fit. that we s it baek s ulkin g just fo r th e sak e of bein g different ? W ell! Did yo u ever hear abo ut " pro g ress ivism" invadin g our edu cati onal sys tem ? It ori g in a ted w it h John Dewey and hi s foll o wer s. On e of th e prin· cipal aim s of it was to SEPA RATE l\m e r· ica n edu ca ti on fro m Euro pean tr ad iti ons. and o ne of th e traditi ons was g roup calith· the ni es rath er hi g hly developed . Couldn' l use it in a "prog ressive" soc ie ty . Th e con cept PHYSICAL EDUCATION wa s spli t and splint er ed int o fift y or more sub·subj ec t:; to a point where nobod y knows what it is (o r isn' t. Sam e's wh en yo u cut a n apple inlo fift y or more pieces; you r etain bit s of tas tes, but yo u loose th e appleIt ha ppened that t!i'e Oll erup Gym T eac her" to ured Turk ey an d Greece be fore th ey a r· ri ved in th e United Stat es last Se pt e mber.

So a t th e end of ea ch full two hour exhi· b iti on I fin ished off wit h thi s salute: " This con clud es our s tory. What yo u han ' jus t seen acco unt s for a vit a l aspec t "f

Scandin av ian c ulture whi ch i, pa rt o f our V ikin g· An g lo Sa xon cultural he rita !!e . It, o ri g in i;; tra cea blE- to th e ori!!in n l: Dc m· ocra cy- to an c ient H e ll as. iVe flrese nt it for your co ns id e ration- becau se. if ac("ep ted and adop ted a s an int ei!ral part of Am eri ca n ed· ucation , th en we w ill be on (ollr way to ward:; so lving probl e ms to w hi ch solution I1lU " t he found - We th a nk Y OLI fo r loo kin i! and f"r li s t e nin ~

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The Oll erup Gym T each er, were a !'nnb" li c " mi ssin g link " between LI S and OU I: de lllocrati c ori g in . ~-

EUROPEAN MEET RESULTS POLAND vS. RUMANtA in KTacow: 562 .60 540.30 Best gymnasts: Rac osa (R), 113.20; W. Kubica , (P) 112.70; Kucharctyk (P), 112.20; N. Kubica (P), 111.15; Kadar (R), 111.05; Jankowicz (P), It 0 .05; Orendi (R), 110.35; Jokiet (P), 108. I 0; T oheonu (R), 107.20.

POLAND vs. ITALY in Rome : 557.25 560.95 Menichetli ( t), t 14.85; Rokoso (P ), 112.70; Cimnoghi (I), It2.60; Vicardi ( t), 112 . tO; Cor· minucci ( t), I I 1.60; Jankowicz (P), I I I. t 0; Kucharczyk (P); 110.80; N. Kub ica (P), I t 0.05; Hawetek (P), 109.65; W . Kubica (P), 108.95; Franceschetti ( I), 107.95; Fiorin (t) , 106.15.

GREAT BRtTAIN vS. BELGUIM in Betguim : 274.85 267.70 (Optiona ts onty ) Nick Stuart (GB), 57.85; Desmet (B), Trenrlholm (GB), 55.30.

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SWEDISH CU P MEN Stig Lindewatl, 56.05, (1 st ptoce Vau tting , Pbars); Bo W irhed, 55.70; Evert Lindgren , 55 .60, (t st ptace Sidehor se, H-bar); Leif Ko orn, 55.40, (1s t ptace Rings); Wil tiam Thoreson, 55.35, ( 1st ptace Free-X ); Jan - Ake Fjallby, 54.30; Erik Rosengren, 54.15; Ake Gul tberg, 52.60.

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

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Univ . of Wisconsin , March 7, 1964 The Univers ity of Michigan capt'.r: <:i its third straight Big Ten Gymnastic Championship with 131 pOints. ' Iowa was second with 112% , f o ttowed by Michigan State 93, Wisconsin 77, Itti~f~~e 41: Minnesota 39'12 , tndiona 9 , and Ohio

Att-a ro und: Jim Cu r z l, Michigan State, 516.75; Glen Gaitis , towo, 514.75; Fred Roehttisberger , Wisconsin, 508.0; Arno Lasca ri , Michigan, 507.5; Alex Frecsko, Michigan , 483.5; Dav id Price, Michigan State, 455.0; Bilt Eibrink , Minnesot a , 444.0; Jim Hopper , Wisconsin , 442.5; Lorry Gteason , Minnesota , 442 .25; Ned Duke , Michigan, 434 .25.

Floor exercise: George Hery, Iowa , 87.5; Gailis, 84.5; Roethlisberger, and Mike Henderson, Michiga n . tied 83.75; Curzi, 81.5.

Trampotine : John Homitton, Michigan , and Gary Erwin , Michigan , tied , 96.0; Hery, 95.0; Fred Sander , Michigan, 94.0; Pete Bauer, Wisconsin, 88.7.5 Side horse : Gailis , 92.0; John Etiason, Indiana, 89 .75; T om Arneson, Minnesota , 88.75; Curzi , 88.25; Frecsko, 87.0.

Horizontal bar : Curzi , 95.75; Gailis, 92 .0; Roethlisberger, and Loscari , ti ed 91.25; John Ca shman, Michigan, 89.5.

Long horse : Roethlisberger, 90.625; H ery, 89.25 ; Curzi, 88.375; Sanchez, IItin o is, 85.5; Eibrink, 85.125.

Parallel bars : La scari , 94.75; T odd Gates, M ichigan State, 94.5; Roethlisberger , 92.75 ; Jerry Zov ne , Wisconsin , 91.00; Curzi, 86.75 .

Still rings : Do te Cooper, Michigan State, 97.7 5; Hopper , 97.0; Gaitis, 85.5; Loscari , and Peart , Iowa, tied , 93.5.

Tumbting : Henderson, 89.75; Hamitton, 87 .25; Phit Botto n, Michigan, 84.75; Hery, 84.25; Sayre, Iowa, 78.25.

At right: Scenes fr om the t 964 Big T en Championships held at the Uni versity o f Wisconsin. Photos b y Frank Bore.

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

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March 1964 THE WISCO ISI I OPEN . . . saw some 480 entries take part in this excellent event. Hats off to Meet Director, Joe Wenzler and all the others who have helped this annual event grow from sixty entries six years ago to this figure that approaches the 500 mark. The U.S.G.F. is proud to be associated with this event and may it continue to grow.

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

Tentative schedule of events: THURSDAY, April 16th ... all-day practice available.

FRIDAY, April 17th . . . "ELITE" Compulsories 1 :00 p.m. and 7 :00 p.m. "CLASS A" Preliminaries 1 :00 p.m. and 7 :00 p.m.

SATURDA Y, April 18th . . . " ELITE" Optionals at 10 :00 a.m. and 2 :00 p.m. " CLASS A" Finals at 1 :00 p.m_ EXHIBITIO T BY WINNERS AT 8:00 p.m. in FIELD HOUSE. ENTRY BLA IKS. COMPULSORY ROUTINES , MOTEL A ID HOTEL I TFORMATION, MAY ALL BE OBTAINED FROM: U.S.C.F. PO Box 4699. TUCSON, ARIZONA. THIS SUMMER the U.S.F.G. will have prepared Compulsory routines for the 1965 USGF Nationals. In the same pamphlet which will carry the Elite and Class A required routines we will also carry the Class B and Class C compulsories. Beginning in 1965 Elite and Class A divisions will be for ages 14 and up (men) and Class B for ages 12-13, with Cla!Os C for ages 11 and under. We do not contemplate a national championship in these age gro ups (B and C) but do wish to offer these compulsories as guides for physical education cla!Oses and beginning gymnastics teams.

The USGr Newsletter and the Modern Gymnast magazine will carry the news that the material is ready. for distribution. Watch for it."

AN INTERESTING ARTICLE appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, on Thursday, February 13, 1964. Written by Mr. Red Smith, a noted sports writer from ew York, I believe, the article title was " OUR OLYMPIC TEAM GETS PAT ON BACK." Written concerning the U.S .A.'s performance in Innsbruck, Austria . . . Mr. Smith goes on to say: " IN THE EVENTS THAT INTEREST AMER8

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New Registration rates for the U.S.G.F. Gymnasts (students) ........................................ $1.00 per year (includes Newsletter, Card and gold pin the 1st . year.)

COACHES AND OFFICIALS ...... ........... ....... $2.00 per year (includes card, pin and Newsletter) MODERN GYMNAST SUBSCRIPTIO S will be sent directly to the M.G. TO ALL OF YOU IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA . . . don't forget to m~rk your calendars to include the N.C.A.A. GYMNAST irS rHAMpIONSl-IIPS which will be at LOS ANGELES STATE COLLEGE on MARCH 26-27-28. and since ~here are no conflicting USGF events scheduled for Easter Week it ~hould afford you all a great opportunity to see this finest of school competitions. For information about the meet, dates, times, tickets, events., etc. , write Mr. Gordon Maddux, Gymnastics Coach, L.A. Statc College, California.

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TRAMPOLINE AND TUMBLING COMPULSORIES FOR THE "ELITE" DIVISION, 1964 U.S.G.F. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. MEN'S DIVISION Trampoline Routines ELITE DIVISION 1. % BACK SOMERSAULT, PIKED . . . touching an kles momentarily, to a stomach landing. 2. CODY 'SOMERSAULT (tuck position) . 3. DOUBLE BACK SOMERSAULT (tuck). 4. BARANI (pike position). 5 . BACK SOMERSAULT (layout position) . 6.

DOUBLE TWISTING BACK SOMERSAULT. 7 . Front 1 Y2 TWISTING SOMERSAULT (rudolph). 8. BACK SOMERSAULT (tuck) . 9.

FRONT SWAN DIVE to BACK DROP LANDING. 10. HALF-TWIST OF BODY into an IMMEDIATE BACK SOMERSAULT (piked) to stand.

Tumbling Routines ELl1"~ DIVISION 1. Roundoff, backward handspring, twisting backward handspring, roundoff, backward handspring, double full twisting backward somersault. 2. Forward so mersault, tinsica (or handspring), forward somersault, tinsica (or handspring) , forward somersault.

3. Roundoff, backward handspring, full twisting backward somersault, backward handspring, backward somersault, backward handspring, full twisting. backward somersault. 4. Roundoff, backward somersault, backward somersault, backward handspring , backward handspring, backward somersault to immediate forward somersault.

WOMEN'S DIVISION TRAMPOLINE 1. Front with 1 Y2 twist (Rudolph). 2. Back tucked. 3. % back layout. 4. Cody tucked. 5. Barany. 6. Back with full twist. 7.

Barany. 8 . Back piked. 9 . Swan dive (layout) . 10; Barany bailout (ba "out with Y2 twist.)

TUMBLING 1 Round-off, back handspring, back flip, back handspring, back fliiJ. 2. Tinsica, front flip , tinsica , mounter, run front handspring (arched>' 3 . Round-off, back handspring, back flip Y2 twist walkout, round-off bac k handspring, layout back flip.

USGF Tramp oline t ea m leave f or South Afri ca from BCAC Airlines at Ch icago's International Airpo r t. Rig ht to Left : Coach-Gjl Brin k meyer, Fron k Schmitz, Nancy Smith and Steve Johnson.

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At left: Iowa State University 1964 Varsity Gymnastic team (left to right) T om Calhoun, Rolph Westberg, Sears Tonner, Lorry Schreib, Floyd Constant, Mike Carlson, Tim Bumann, Dove Block, Ken Wiggers, Bob Stewart, Lorry Hatfield, Rich Poulsen, Rich Minser, Jim Selby and Coach Ed Gagnier.

At lower left top row: superb action photos of lowa G/mnast Rich Poul sen doing a vaul t catch o n the high bar, an ove rbor back on the parallels and a German on the high ba r . Bottom row; Rich Minser in a bock flyaway w ith a full t w ist off the high bar (or on second thought perhaps a front flyawa/ with a half t wist).

T om Bumann on the side horse and Bob Stewart doing an overb~r dismount fr<:>m the parallels_ At right: Gymnasts Trom Coach Douglas DeWitt 's Unive rsi t y of Denver Vars it y team ; t op t o bottom, T om Dodd, T om H o ffman and Ted Nadeau.

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H UM PHREY SUGGESTS " WHITE HOUSE SPORTS COMMISSIO N" TO PLAN FOR F UTURE OLYM PIC VICTORY Senator Hubert H. Hu mphrey (D. , Minn .) has suggested appointment of a "Wh ite House Commission on Sports."

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

Hum phrey made public a letter which he had written to President Lyndon B. John son, suggesting that a Commission be considered as one mean s to strengthen American amateur athletics'.

The Minnesota Senator reported that President J ohnson is " deeply interested in ad vancing the great sports-fitn ess program pioneered by the late President Kennedy."

A White House Commission would have many purposes, Humphrey said. It co uld : "a. Seek a real istic answer to the grim problem of unfair for eign competition in the form of State-subsidized athletics, particul arly by Communi st-bloc countries; " b. help avoid the 'famil y war' within U.S. amateur athletics which threatens to erupt again after the T okyo Olympics in October; "c. brin g in fresh viewpoints from American civic leaders, in addition to the experienced judgment of representatives of leading sport s organizations."

Humphrey is Chairman of a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee which has urged increased Federal Agency teamwork to assist private sports and fitn ess programs.

As a result of the Subcommittee's interes t, President John F . K ennedy issued an Executive Order last A ugust, establishing an Inter-Agency Committee on Internation al Athletics.

Humphrey recalled a series of warnings he has issued during the last 3 years about America's " poorest prosp ects" in the 1964 Winter and Summer Olympics. " Every American is disappointed in our co mparatively poor showing in the Innsbruck, Austria, events," he said. " We don' t blame our American team: it tried as hard as it could , despite cripplin g handicaps back home, such as the chronic shortage of train ing and of suitable fa cilities.

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

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"A Commi ssion report co uld be ihe openin g kick-off for an all-out program for U.S. sports victory in the future."

Such a program, he said, would require "generating enough interest and raising enough fund s to: "( a ) Hold sports elimin ations in most American high sch ools and colleges, cities, States and regions ; "( b ) conduct comprehensive training programs for promising athletes and 'clinics' for their in~tructors (especially in foreign-type Olympic events, where we are now virtually ' out of the running); "( c) build Olympic-type sports fa cilities in all parts of the Na tion, and "(d) enco urage cham pionship talent to reJuain anl ateur:" These responsibilities rest "fundam entally on private shoulders," he said , because " we, as a peo ple, sincerely believe in amateur athletics. " But the U.S. Government cannot ignore the fact that Communism has gained tremendous propaganda mileage out of Eastern bloc sports victories."

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

Humphrey refu sed to accept " alibis and excuses which co uld undermine our nation al will power. " " We know that the Olympi cs is fou~ded on individual- Illat national- attainment. But try telling that to the Soviet State Subsidy and Propaganda Machine." " We Americans should be fed up with the soo thing syrup that our teams 'are im proving.' The answer is: So are the Wes tern European, the Communist and other teamsbut a lot faster, apparently, than ourselves." " We don 't propose to see the Soviets ' bury us' in the 1968 Olympics or ever," , he concluded. "In the, past, we have tended to bestir ourselves about the Olympics only on a once-every-4:year basis. That simply won 't do from here on out. To win-and to win big-requires both an agonizing reo appraisal of why we have lost and an allout determination , for .victory. It is not the gold medals that count ; it is our pride and self-respect. We are neither quitters nor bad losers. Weare a Nation th at beli eves in winnin g."

Odds and Ends It seems that many little announcem ent, have come to the attention of this department of the MG this month and we pass them along to you for further investigation or for general information.

Senator H umphrey-A very recent press release issued from the Senate Office of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn. ) brings to mind one of the ways in which Olympic performance might be evaluated throu gh the interpretation of available statisti cs. Where are we weakest ? If one of the obj ecti ves of Olympic competition is International prestige, where should we concentrate our efforts?

Many American sports writers have seen the in.iustice of merely r eportin g unofficial points accumulated in the Olympic Games.

Some of th ese men have simply and more appropriately reported numbers of medals (any color) won per million population.

Larger co untries would naturally be able to win a larger number of medals just because they are larger. It has also been demonstrated that a large country, ,in order to win a fa ir share of the medals, must be economi cally sound. This is why a countr y like India would be placed close to last in medals won per population. Small countries like Australia and Sweden would be near the top of the list due to a high interest in sport and a fairly sound economy.

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

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

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

We would be wise too " beef up" our gymnastic area according to these statistics, however inaccurate they may be. Even if they are grossly inaccurate, the following points are significant with respect to gymnastics : 1. Russia exceeded her gymnastic goal in capturing four times the estimated number of medals while the U.S. won no medals in this sport.

2. The sport of Olympic Gymnastics is fourth ranked according to the number of medals offered. We can not afford to be content with a non-medal performance.

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

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

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

Some will shy away from gymnastics altogether because of their failure to learn enough stunts as an undergraduate.

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

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

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

UNITED STATES SPORT (No . medals awarded 1960) Medal Goal Medals Won Indivi dual Sports) 1960 1960' (% of Goal) ( 101 ) 14 26 (185 %) Track and Field 21 (300 % ) 7 Swimming (57 3 (50 % ) Wrestling (48) 6 0(0 % ) GYMNASTIC S (43 ) 6 4 (100 %) Box ing (30) 4 I (33.3 %) Fencing (24 ) 3 3 o (0 % ) Canoeing (21 ) (21) 3 2 (66 .6 % ) Rowi ng 6 (200 % ) Weightlifting (2 ]) 3 0(0 % ) Cy cling (18) 2 2 ( 100 %) Shoot ing (18) 2 I (50 % ) Equestr ian (I 5 ) 4 Sai ling (IS ) 2 2 (IOO ~) 2 (200 y.,) I Pentathl on (6) • Based on 13 % of medals contested .

Based on 14 % of medals contested .

RUSSIA Medal Gaol Medal s Won . 1960 1960" (% of Goal IS 21 (140 % ) I (12.5 % ) 8 10 (143 % ) 7 26 (433 %) 6 4 3 (75 %) 7 (233 % ) 3 4 (133 %) 3 3 5 (166 % ) 3 6 (200 % ) 3 5 (166 %) 7 (233 %) 3 I (50 % ) 2 2 (100 % ) 2 I (100 % ) I

Note : Some of the numbers of medals 'a warded in 1960 are not divisible by three since there were some ti es .

P EACE CORPS This department of the MG has had some co mmunication with the P eace Corps. It is reported that some of the overseas projects planned for the year ahead will in volve some young people who have special talents for teaching gymnasti cs. In a recent letter from the Corps, Philli p D. Hardenberger .)f the Public Information Division asks that we include the coupon below.

I wo ul d like information abo u t th e need for peopl e train ed in physical education.

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P lea se mail thi s coupon to : Peace Co rps, Washi ngto n, D. C. 20525 We have heard from Robert Grueninger who is on a State Department assignment in Laos. Some time in the future we will relate his fi rst hand report of his gymnastic activities in Laos.

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

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AAHPER Announces a Gymnastic Special The official publication of the American Assoc. fo r Health, Physical Educati on and Recreation (JOHPER ) will shortly release an issue with gymnastics as a special feature. Entitled, " Teaching Techniques for Gymnasti cs," materials included will be designed for beginning, intermediate and ad van ced classes. F or more information on this special feature, write Dr. Carl Troester , Jr., AAHPER, 1201 16th St. N.W. , Washin gton 36, D.C. (N EA Bldg.)

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PHYSICA L EDUCATION WORKSHOP A special physical education workshop is scheduled for June I-July 11, on th e North Texas State University campus at Denton , Texas. This workshop is designed for the teacher with little or no experience ,in teachin g dance or gymnastics in the public school physical education pro gram . Students are also encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to parti cipate in the workshop. The workshop is open to both men and women who are required to register for the entire workshop.

Theory, demon stration, discussion antI practice in the various form s of dan ce and gy mnastics will be included. Co-directors of the workshop will be Mrs. Betty Benison and Mr. Emil .T. Milan. Miss Ursul a An gell and Mrs. Gloria Brownin g, members of th e North T exas -State University Health, ' Physical Education, and Recreation staff will serve as consultants in the area of dance.

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

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Fig.A. SPOTTING /lSTRADDLED % SOLECIRCLE BACKW./I DISMOUNT WITH OVERHEAD SAFETY BELT The % sole·circle dismount backw. is one of the impor· tant basic dismounts for boys, for it is a lead.up exercise for many more advanced exercise elements. It can also be considered an advanced dismount on the Uneven Parallel Bars for girls.

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

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

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idea of a belt. Yet the beit gives the ultimate answer to most, spotting problems; and after one learns to figure out unorthodox usages, one discoveri3 that the belt can be used at far more complex moves than the one described here.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pictured here are photo sequence shots taken of Ron when he visited the M.G. gym recentl y.

Ro n ran through a swing parallel bar routine for us consisting of: A mount cost to a support-to a sw inging reverse pirouette to a stutz-to on ove r bar back-to a peach straddle catch-Iayback strellie to handstand-Iay back front 'uprise to f orward off with a half twist dismount. Thanks Ron thi s is 0 fine routine for our readers t o work on. But readers take n ote , if you intend to use this rout ine be su re to add a ho ld and strength m ove in order to hav e a complete routine

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By MARGARET KORONDI Olympic Gold Medal Winner

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

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

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

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

3: Do circles with shoulders.

4. While talking on the phone: lift one leg, follow with the other, hold both feet straight, parallel to floor for 4路8 counts, then let feet down.

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

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

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

Sit on the floor, legs straight, feet together in front of YOll, arms at side shoulders level. Bend forward touch toes, then cautiously curve back, drop chin and roll on your back. Taking your legs with you , while rolling on yo ur back, place hands beside body, palms facin g the floor , push down to help rai se hips and touch floor behind head with toes. Return to starting position and without stoppin g repeat the whole exercise several times. Keep legs strai ght and together all the time.

2. Kick as a horse: It serves as a preparation to the hand stand and develops upper body strength.

From a standing position bend forward and down , place hands shoulder路 width apart on the floor, fin gers straight and pointing to the front, elbows straight. chin lifted.

Kick up with L. leg. continuously follow with R. leg medium heights and return to standing with L. leg first, R. shall follow .

Straighten body and return to starting position. Repeat several times. First knee could be bent, later do it with straight legs. Point toes while legs are in the air.

3. For girls one of the most important flex ibility stunts is the split.

Do the following exercise to improve flexibility. a. Sit on the. floor with straight legs wide open. Bend forward bellWeen legs and bounce down. Keep legs straight 'with feet in a turned out position. b. From a straddle sit place hands in front and behind hips, turn a quarter (achieve the split direction). Support your weight .on your hands and heels, bounce lower and lower.

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

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

ARTISTIC GyMNASTICS. (Rhythmical movements.)

In the past 15 years, gymnastics has gone through a great change. Beside the improvement in difficulty, which is very noticeable in women's gymnastics, the whole style of gymnastics was changed. Gymnastics COIlsisted more or less of calisthenics but with stiff, unrhythmic aI, ungraceful exercises, tumbling and apparatus work had these characteristics. Even the free exercise was quite different 15 years ago. It was a roiltine mos tly'with tumbling mo'vements, stunts and held positions. The connecting elements were stiff, simple. The music and the graceful perfonilance, poise, good posture dancing steps, turns, jumps and combinations were missin g from the routine. The girls did not know the correct way of arm movements or the right positions of the feet.

Without any dance training the whole ex路 ercise missed the so ca lled " women 's touch. " Th e bi g change came in 1949, when Russia started to compete and performed the first Free exercise routine with music. Everybody liked the new style and in a short tim e it became the international rule: to do the Free exercise with music. As a result it hecame a must for the girl gymnast to take part in the dance trainin g. However, none of the existing dance training methods suited the gymnast's need perfectly.

Therefore the gymnastic instructors and coaches began developin g a new rhythmical dance trainin g system for the gymnasts.

They selected the right exercises from modern dance, classical and modern ballet. New exercises were developed and existing ones modified to suit the gymnasts need. They called this new approach "Artistic . Gymnastics" (or "Modern Gymnastics").

In Artisti c G-ymnastic the gymnast learns th e co rr,~c t posture, the different and right positions of the arms, also the correct way to hold your shoulders, upper arm , elbows, lower arms, wrists, fingers, your hips, legs fe et and toes. Also the graceful way of movement. Furthermore the rhythmical and dynamic movements of the trunk and legs are emphasized. The right way of graceful walking, runnin g, hopping, skipping and turnin g, the techn ique of leg lifting and jumping, the continuity of the combinations are analyzed and instructed to the gymnast.

Great ~ mphasi s is put on limbering and fl exibility improving exercises. Creativity and sense of music and rhythm had unlimited opportunity.

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

THE P URPOSE OF ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS 1. The right and well balanced development of the muscles. The improvment of limb erness and flexibility in all joints.

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

3. To be able to sense the ri ght arrangement in th e required spacin g. Finding the ri ght directions of the movement and the axis of the body.

4. To improve the sense of rhythm .

5. To improve the dynamic sense of movements, as well as the ability to tense and relax t he muscles.

In the nex t issue: Teachin g Methods of i\ rti stic Gymnastics.

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By Jess Robinson Donny McFarland is 12 years old, weighs 92 pounds and has been working on trampoline for 2 Y2 years. He tokes gymnastics seriously, perhaps too seriously, but then he plans to receive a gymnastics scholarship to college so he works for perfection.

He is on "A" student and should have no troubl e obtaining his goal.

On trampoline he has swung into and out of a barony-out, barony- in, Y2 -in- Y2out and back-full-back fliffis, performs forward twisters up to 2 Y2 and bac kward to triple twists. He has even performed a double cody but has decided to wait' until he weighs 20 or 30 pounds more before he does it again. He practices his competition routine every day which is: 1. Barony out fliffis, 2. Flying bock, 3.

Double bock, 4. Rudolph,S. Flying bock, 6. Bock with ful l twist, 7. Bock with double twist, 8. Barony, 9. Piked % back , 10. Piked cody.

This year competition in Donny's age group was very light so he competed in the college and open closs. He hod won seve ral of the smaller meets and was invited to the Santo Monico Invitational where competition was stiff. Watching him in the warmup we could see he was really . churned up inside. The more the college boys practiced the more he realized their routines contained more difficulty than his. Finally, he come路 to us and said, " I' m going to change my barony ' out to a backfull-bock and my 3/.1, bock to a barany-

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out to stomach. " We explained to him, " Donny, you can perform the routine you have been working on at ma x imum height, with good fo rm and in the middle of the trampoline and you would be better off to stick with it. However, since you are lost up, watch the other performers and if you fe e l yo u must have more difficulty in orde r to win, change the first stunt but leave the rest of the routine alone.

And remember, if you miss that trick you might not even place," Donny's lost minute decision was to stick with the origina I routine and he won the meet.

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

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

ROUTINE For years we have used a routine of basic landing positions as a tes t f~r beginnin g trampolinists. The routine, startm g and ending on feet , is as follows: hands-&-knees, stomach , kn ees, hand s, feet, seat, back. This is not diffi cult for beginners since the stomach drop is done from hands-&-knees drop , hands landing from kn ee~, and back drop out of a seat drop. Still the fa st learnin g stud ent is delayed from progressin g too' rapidly because he must memorize stunts. By watching students perform thI s routine. we can determin e how advanced

they are and how fa st they learn and are able to place them in groups accordin g to their ability. Following is our meth od of teaching the routine.

FIRST TURN Student walks to center of trampolin e bed and faces end. With feet shoulder width apart and with arm s swin ging in rhythm of bounce, he begins to bounce-but 'not high. There is no need for hi gh bouncin g durin g the first lesson and anyone doin g so is stopped at once. (Students should be shown how to boun ce correctly with feet together in air, toes pointed, and arm s swinging forward and upward to stretched position completely over head , but we are not concerned with this during the first lesson.) Stud ent is asked to stop on conlmand two or three times with "stop" bein g called while at th e height ' of his boun ce.

Student is th en asked 'to assume hands&-knees position with stomach directly over cross in bed and wi th a hand and! or knee in each quarter of the' bed. Thigh should be perpendi cular to bed so weight is equally di stributed on hands and knees. He is then asked to boun ce in that position. Most stu dents give impression of a bucking horse.

Many will shift weight so they are perform in g a kn ees bounce with hands barely tou ching bed and this is corrected. After startin g and stoppin g a few times student gets " feel" of the trick and will perform it correctly.

We now ask him to lay on bed with stomach on cross, hands in front of face and elbows extended outward. He should be relaxed and co mfortable. After this positi on is shown " he is asked to bounce on hand s-&-kn ees until he has an even boun ce and then drop to stomach . We emphasize the importan ce of havin g ,stomach directly over cross while bouncin g, and on cross

when landin g. When he has completed this, we allow balan ce of class to perform thi s much. As each stud ent takes their turn we watch to see that they work over cross in bed, that they go from hands-&-kn ees to stomach by extending legs behind them rather than by diving forward , and that they land in a comfortabl e, relaxed position in the stomach drop.

SECOND T URN Student begins by bouncing very low on cross lin e of bed and then perform s hands-&-kn ees drop ( in above described hands-&-knees position ) with stbmach directly over cross. Next, he again starts on fcet, drops to hands-&-knees, bounces until he gets an even bounce and then continues to stomach drop. After a few tries he should be able to perform a three bounce routin e : ( from feet ) hand s-&-knees, stomach, kn ees.

Often a cauti ous stud ent will take cxtra hand-&-knees 'bounces for several lessons but will eventually gain con fid ence and perform the routine without extra bounces.

THIRD TURN A kn ee drop starts this turn . T hink of th e knee drop as feet boun ce with kn ees bendin g at the last moment. It is important to maintain same swingin g arm movement in kn ee drop as in feet landing as thi s motion seems to prevent landin g in an awkward positi on. It also helps lift perform er back to feet.

Now comes a timing tri ck beginners seld'om think of trying. Performer executes knee drop approximately eighteen inch es behind center line. As knees stllrt upward ;~otion after depressing bed, student snaps hands down onto center line and shifts weight to hands. This will eventually beco me a handstand, but we are sati sfi ed if stud ent can master correct timin g necessary to go from kn ees, to hands, to feet, in first

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

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

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

back drop posItIOn by moving hips forward' and bringing kn ees up so small of back is on cross. Once the mechanics of the move is demonstrated the student is asked to start from feet, bounce twice or three times in seat drop before going on to back drop. . When seat to back is performed in swing it is time to try en tire routine. Only the most coordinated beginners will be able to perform the entite routine and come feet at the end.

UNUSUAL STUNT OR WILD ROUTINE Barany in fliffis (front somersault with half twi.st to a back somersault) from seat

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

RECORD OF THE MONTH 250 boranys, performed by Rick Sayers of Burbank. Rick twisted his baranys both left and right so he wouldn't get dizzy .

He stopped at 250 because he felt it was a respectable record, not because he was dizzy or too tired to go on.

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IIWHAT'S TH E SCORE?"

By Jerry Wright San Francisco State College CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAR . 14 SAT.-AA WU (Big Six) ;::ham· pionships UCLA ............................7 :30 P.M. MAR. 22·26- Easter Week Clinic San Fernimdo State College (Calif.)

APRIL ll- Women's Invitational (college· Optionals) College of the Holy Names, Oakland 19, Calif..................... 10:00 A.M. DID YOU KNOW THAT: Not only did Waldmir Baskovich win the National rings championships in 1945, 1947, and 194·9 (he won in 1949 at the age of 35) , but he won in an era when one was reo quired, in competition, on the rings, to per· form one flying rings routine and one still rin g routine. NOT SO UNUSUAL YOU SAY!!!!

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

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

PREDICTION : Baring unforseen injury or mishap-Look for Ron Barak, USC, to take the 1964 NCAA All·Around title.

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

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

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The Eastern team trailed the West only after the first event, the floor exercise, which the West won 9·7. The Easterners quickly recovered, led by Frank Schmitz, outscoring the West in the nex t event, the trampoline, 13·3, and went on to nearly double the West's seven·point victory margin of last year.

Glenn Gailis, of the University of Iowa, who awed the audience with his sparkling performance on the Still Rings, was sel· ected the outstanding gymnast of the meet.

Competing for the East Gailis recorded scores of 9.5, 9.6, and 9.8, and 9.9 for an average score of 9.7 to barely edge Steve Zahm's 9.65. . '.

After a slight delay, which seems to pre· meiate at all gymnastics meets, the. evenin gs performances were begun with 'a dis· play of good floor exercise talent headed

by Joe Nappi who faltered to a slight ad· vantage over his equally faltering oppon· ents. This was followed by perhaps the fin est trampoline performance ever wit· nessed with Frank Schmitz, George Hery and Fred Saunders showing amazing form and difficulty (Frank flawless form , George triple back for mount, and Fred swing time triple twists to half· in half·outs fliffi s mount) with the final placings in the above order.

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

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

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

In complete contrast to the effici ent man· ner in which the East-West meet was run- it was di sap pointing and discouraging to wit·

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

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

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

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

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

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

WOMEN'S OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET, TUCSON, ARIZONA Facing much the same opposition that saw her go down to defeat in an early season meet, Paula Crist sought and obtained revenge by sweeping past Carolyn Hacker and Joann e Hashimoto in the Western Gymnastics Clinic Womens Championship meet.

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

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

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

Fred Sounders, Mich. , 9.35; 3 . George Hery, Iowa , 9.2; 4 . Steve Johnson, Unatt, 9.05; 5.

Hutch Dvorak, 7.95. Side Horse: I. Steve Doty, Ariz., 9.55; 2. Steve Pasternak, SIU , 9 .5; 3.

Fred Siebun , 9.15; 4. Jim Show, 8.7; 5. Dove Dot y, 8 .6; 5. Bob Hail, 8 .6. Long Horse : I .

George Hery, Iowa , 9 . IS; I. Steve Parr, PCC , 9. 15; I. John Quintana, 9.15; 4. J oe Napp i, SIU , 8.95 ; 5 . Fron k 路 Schmitz, SIU , 8 .93.

High ' Bar: I. Bill Wolf, SIU , 9.35 ; 2. Stan Tarshis, Unatt, 9.25; 3 . Don Garcia , PCC , 9.15; 4. Ed Gunny, 9.0; 5. Joe Nappi , 8.95. Parallel Bars : I . Bill Wolf, SIU, 9.25; 2. Dick Nicholas, PCC , 9.2; 2. Don Garcia , PCC , 9.2; 4. Jack Kenan, 8.9; 5. Ted Nadeau , 8.65; 5 . John Quintana, 8 .65 . Still Rings : I . Charles Ehrlich , SIU , 9.35; 2. Rich Blinder, 9.3 ; 2. Bill Wo lf, SIU , 9.3; 4 . J oe Napp i, SIU , 9.2; 5. Bill Zinkl , Ariz., 9 .1 5. Tumbling: I. Frank Schmitz, SIU , 8.35; 2. George Greenf ie ld , 8 .3; 3 . Steve Johnson, 8. I; 4. George Hery, Iowa , 7.95; 5. Bob Hall , 7.45.

WOMEN'S OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET, TUCSON, ARIZONA MEET RESUL.TS Balance Beam-I . Paula Crist, Arden Hills, Calif., 8.45; 2. Joanne Hashimoto, Arden Hills , 7.5; 3 . Caro line Hocker, Berkeley, 6.75; 4. Gay Drexler , Pomo na ,S. I 0; 5. Tina Gudge, Sacramento , 3.0. Trampoline-I . Jud y Johnson , 7 .25; 2. Caroline Hocker, 5 .3 5 ; 3. (tie), Lindo Wi lcox, Pomona , Paulo Crist, 4. 5; 5. Sandy Fettinger, To rrance , Calif., 3.0. Side Horse Vaulting-I . Paulo Crist, 9.05; 2. Joanne Hashimoto, 8.5; 3 . Caro line Hocker, 8.15 ; 4. Susan Rogers, De nver , 6 .0; 5. (tie) Sherr y Arthur, Pomona, Lindo Willcox, 5. 15. Free Exercise-I .

Paula Cri st, 9.25. 2. Joanne Hashimoto, 8.9; 3.

Caro line Hocker, 7.25; 4 . Tina Gudge, 7.05; 5 . Brooks Moyer, Berkeley, 6.85. Uneven Parallel Bars-I . Paulo Crist , 7 .65; 2. Caroline Hocker , 7. 15; 3. Bo nnie McBride , Berkeley, 6.4.

Tumbling-I . Paulo Crist, 8.25; 2. T ina Gudge, 7.0; 3 . Joanne Hashimoto , 6 .45; 4. Caroline Hocker, 5 .75; 5. Lindo Willcox, 5.25. AIIAround-I . Paulo Crist, 34.40; 2. Caroline Hocker , 29.30; 3. Joanne Hashimoto, 24.9 .

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

EAS'T VS. WEST TUCSON, ARIZONA MEET RESULTS Floor Exercise-I. (tie) Joe Nappi , East, 9.15 points; Tony Bautista , West, 9.15, 3. Paul Moyer , West, 9. I 0 , 4. Fronk Schmitz, East, 8 .80 , 5. Don Dimit , West, 8.55 .

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

Side Horse-I . Steve Doty, West 9 .45; 2.

Steve Pasternak , East , 9.40; 3. Dove Dot y, West , 8.35; 4. Glenn Gaili s, East , 8. IS; 5. Ken Gord on, East 8. I O. Horizontal Bar-I . Gallis, East , 9.30; 2. Dan Garcia, West, 9.00; 3. Dick J ones, East , 8.40; 4. Art Armendariz, West, 8.30; 5 . Bill Wo lf, East , 8 .20.

Long Horse-I . Mayer, West , 9.00; 2. (tie) Schmitz, East , 8.85; and Nappi , East, 8.85; 4.

Crodd Ch in, West , 8 .65 ; 5 . Hery, East, 8.17.

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

Still Rings-I . Gaillis, East , 9.70; 2. Steve Zahm, West, 9.65; 3. (tie ) Wolf, East, 9.35 ; Cliff Evans, West, 9.35; 5. J o hn Quinta na, East , 9.05.

Tumbling- I. Brant W illiams, East 8.25 ; 2. Jerr y Zamboni, West, 8.10; 3. Schmitz, East , 7.90; 4. Jim Ne lson, West, 7.60; 5. Mayer , West , 7.20.

Final Team Score-Ea st, 70V2 , West 57V2 .

Attendance : 2,800. Officials : Joe Giall ombardo, Art Whi te, Roy Dav is, and James Tanaka .

MEN'S CLINIc CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RESULTS All-Around : I . Bill Wolf, SIU , 52 .4; 2. John Quintana , Unatt, 51. I; 3. Don Garcia , PCC , 50 .7; Jerry Beckett, Den , 50 .1 7 ; 5. Joe NappI , SIU, 49. 3; 6 .Steve Doty, Ariz. , 48 . 1; 7. Ra y Yano, SIU, 46.9; 8. Ted Nadeau , 44.62 . Free Exercise: I . George Hery . Iowa , 9.05; I. Dan Garcia , PCC , 9 .05 ; 3. Joe Nappi , SIU , 8.9; 4.

Don Dimit , PCC, 8 .85; 5. Jim Barber , 8.7.

Trampoline: I . Fronk Schm itz , SIU , 9.55; 2.

LOS ANGELES STATE COLLEGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC Variety was the story of the 2nd Annual Los Angeles State College Holiday Classic Gymnastics Championship, held December IB, 1963_ Starting off late as usual, the meet provided a large audience of some 500 patient spectators with eight different champion s in eight events.

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

Steve Zahm winnin g the still rings with another fin e performance and an evening high score of 9.5.

Early season form was in evidence as there was a definite shortage of outstandin g performan ces. A few fin e performances however, were turned in by: Lynn Odekirk of San Fernando Valley State (B_75) winner of the trampoline event; Ken Schindler, University of California-Berkeley (9.0) , winner of the side horse ; Gary Buckner (B.B51st ) and George Wilcox-San Franci"sco State (B.5-3rd ) on the high bar; Jim MillsLong Beach State (B.95-lst) and Crodd Chinn (B.B7S-2nd)on the long horse (the last event of the evening-how's that for variety?). Ron Barak-USC (9.21st) and Crodd Chin (B.7-2nd) on parallel bars; Gary Buckner-USC (9.2-2nd) , Rich GoldenUCB (9.1-3rd), Ron Barak (9.1-3rd), and Rick Field-UCB (9.0S-5 th ) on still ringswhich was, as can be seen by the scores, the top event of the meet- as it usually is when the University of California ring team is around.

P .S. Let's get organized Gordy !!! (check MG July-August 1961 p. B).

L.A. HOLIDAY CLASSIC MEET RESULTS Free Exercise : I. Tony Bautista , LASC, 9.4; 2 . Ro n Borak, USC, 8 .85; 3. Jim Mill s, LABSC , 8.7 ; 4. Dan Von Horn , LASC, 8 .55 ; 5. John Garderner, SFVSC, 8.45. Trampoline : I. Lynn Odekirk, SFVSC, 8.75; 2. John Garderner, SFVSC, 8 .65; 3 . J a y Mox ley, LASC, 8.45; 4.

Sam Cobb, SFSC , 8 .25; 5 . Lloyd Davidson, UCB, 7 .95. Side Horse: I . Ken Schindler, UCB, 9.0; 2. Rich Field , UCB , 8.7; 2. Don Devendorf, LBSC, 8.7 ; 4. Bill Nosh, LASC , 8.55; 5. Crodd Chin , UCB, 8.35. High Bar: I. Gary Buckner, USC , 8 .85 ; 2. Ron Barak, USC, 8.65 ; 3. George Wilcox, SFSC, 8.5; 4. Crodd Chin , UCB , 8.25; 5 . Rich Field , UCB , 7.55.

Long Horse : I . Jim Mills, LBSC, 8 .95; 2.

Crodd Chin , UCB , 8.875; 3. Mac Sutherland , UCB , ' 8 .5; 4. George Wilcox, SFSC, 8 .3 5; 5.

Lew Nelson , UCB, 8.325 . Parallel Bars : I . Ron Borak, USC , 9~ 2; 2. Crodd Ch in, UCB , 8.7; 3.

Gory Buckner, USC, 8 .65; 4. Rich Field, UCB , 8.5 ; 5. Scott Nettles, LASC, 8.45. Still Rings : I . Steve Zahm , UCB , 9.5; 2. Gory Buckner, USC , 9.2; 3. Rich Golden, UCB, 9. I ; 3. Ran Borak , USC , 9. I; 5. Rich Field, UCB , 9.05.

Tumbling: I. Mac Sutherland, UCB , 8 .85; 2.

Don Von Ho rn , LASC, 8.65; 3. Dan Garderner, SFVSC, 8.4; 3. Tam Alexander, SFVSC, 8.4 ; 3. Jo y Mox ley, LASC , 8 .4.

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

1963-64 ALL-AROUND RANKINGS AS OF FEB . 20, 1964 Open competition only I . Larry Bonner, LAT, 9.29 ; 2. Art Shu rlock, Unatt, 9.28; 3. Armando Vega, LAT, 9.15 ; 4. Ran Borak , USC, 9.10; 5 . Jock Bec kner , LAT , 8.99; 6. Rusty Mitchell , SIU, 8.97 ; 7. Marshall Claus, LAT, 8 .76; 8 . GI~nn Gailis, Iowa ; 8.76 ; 9. Ro y Hadlev, Unatt, 8.73 ; 10. Ted Muzyczko, CT, 8 .55; I I . Dan Garc ia , Pcc , 8.45; 12. Gary Buckner, USC, 8.22; 13 . Joe Nappi , SIU, 8.20; 14. Paul Moyer , Berk . Hi ., 7.30 .

NCAA Competition only I . Jacobson , Pen n State, 9.32; 2. Dick Smith , Son Fern ., 9.266; 3. Cohn , Temple , 9.235; 4.

Rust y Mitchell , SIU, 9.17; 5. Ron Barak, USC , 9. 144; 6. Buckner , USC, 9. 143; 7. Glenn Gailis , Iowa, 9.00; 8 . John Quintana , De nve r, 8.92 ; 9.

Curzi, Mich . St., 8 .90; 10. Larry Isabelle, Penn St., 8.90 .

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A REPORT ON WOMENS' GYMNASTICS IN THE BAY AREA. DR. BLANCHE DRURY On January 17th, and 18th, we had the first Bay Area Gymnastic meets using Com· pulsory Exercises which had been written by a committee of high school and junior high school teachez:s during the Summer, 1963.

On January 17th about 250 high school stu· dents competed. These students represented the winners of either school intramural meets or district meets. Contra Costa coun· ty sponsored a district meet, and Marin County had a very well attended meet. The results of these meets are attached.

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

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

We realize that the USGF is currently planning graded school compulsory exercises, but we must go ahead now with what we al ready have.

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

It is remarkable how the quality of gymnastics has improved here, and we believe it has been due to the compulsory exercises.

These are graded in ability levels, and yet they have been a definite goal for both teacher and student.

Within the next few months a new book GYMNASTICS FOR WOMEN will be available from the National Press, 850 Hansen Way, Palo Alto. The book is written by Dr. Blanche Jessen Drury and Mrs. Andrea Mlolnar, with complete illustrations by Miss Patricia Thompson (all of S.F.S.C.J The book will include Rhythmic Gymnastics as well as Apparatus, and will have lengthy analysis of . skills along with illustrations" COLLEGE (All from San Francisco State College) Free Exercise : Sue Conrad; Janith White; JoAnne Camilli.

Balance Beam: Sue Conrad; Andrea Leong; J ul ie Lorenzen. _ Vaulting: Marcia Arevalo; Sue Conrad; Cand y Martin.

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

Tumbling: Andrea Leong; Candy Martin.

Trampoline : Jeri Minor; Sharon Hill; Sheril , .. , - - , - •. !-AcNe'ft.

All Around: Sue Conrad; Candy Martin; Marc ia Arevalo.

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

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

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

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Balance Beam : Doris ' Nisnindkd (l) ; Diane Politano (SR); Joy Wurtz (R), Tumbling: louise Cowella (SC); Barbara Parcher (T); Bonnie Barrilleaux (MD).

Trampoline: Sue Sampson (SFD); Mary Ramos (H); Sue Hitchcock (M), SEN IOR HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING Clayton V , (CV), Mt. Diablo (MD), Carl mont (C), Aragon (A), Novato (N), Terra linda (T), leso Health Farm (l) Drake (D), Dell Va ll ey (DV), San Raphael (SR), Tamalpais (To), Uneven Parallel Bars : Peg Robinshaw (CV); linda Branscum (MD); l ouann Rassett (MD), Free Exercise: Maureen Mahoney (C); Donna Hohenfeldt (CV); Sue Gilmore (A).

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

Vaulting : Doris Nishinaka (l); Mary Kremptz (A); Carol Schneider (D) . , All Around : Danna Hohenfeldt (CV); l ouann Rassett (MD); Peg Robishaw (CV).

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

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

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE Cupertino (C), Redwood (R), Janas Salk (JS).

Balance Beam : Cindy Stanish (C); Mindy Miller (C); Kathy Williams (C).

Tumbling : Vi rginia MsReynolds (JS); Robin Purdy (\.); Cindy Stanish (C).

Trampoline : Cindy Stanish (C); Jan Pedersen (R); Vi r ginia McReynolds (JS).

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOO L BEG INN ING Cupertino (C), Drake (D), Redwood (R), Bankettes (B), J. Smith (J), Wilson (W), San Rafael (SR), Jonas Salk (JS), Ralston (Ra), Richmond Rec (RR).

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

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

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

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

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

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

RESliL TS OF THE FRESNO REGIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP at McLane High School of Fresno, California Held at Mclane gym February I, 1964 Sponsored by: Fresno City Recreation Dept. & Mclane G.A.A. Participating groups were : 71 girls, 52 boys, 123 boys and girls participated: Vada's of Sacramento, Calif., Berkeley YMCA, Calif., Bakersfield, Calif. , San Pablo, Calif., Madera , Calif., Fresno Gymnastic Club, Calif., Mclane High, Calif., Sequoia. Jr. High, Fresno, Calif., Roosevelt High, Fresno, Calif.

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

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

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

Balance Beam : K. Gallaway, (V); l." Fuller, (V); P. Chavin, (M).

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

IS AND OVER Tramp .: Barbara Kav6n, (Mclane); l ynea Minetti , (M); & Helen Wall, (B); lea Truss, (V) .

Vaulting: Cheri Hatcher, (Mc); B. Kavan, (Mc); Diana Hamby, (Mc). Tumbling : Tina Gudge, (V); L. Truss, (V); B. Kavan, (Mc). Unevens: C. Hatcher , (Mc); Janet Hopper, (Mc); T .

Gudge, (V). Free Ex. T. Gudge, (V); L. Tru ss, (V); and D. Hamby, (Mc); Peggy Miller, (Me).

Balance Beam: L. Tru ss, (V); B. Kavan, (Mc); Gwen Haskett, (Mc); and Fra nkie Meddock, (Mc) .

Results of the first three places, in order, of events of Boys.

BOYS 11 AND UNDER Tumbling: Clark Johnson, (Bk); Billy Smith, (V); John Wall, (Bf) . Tramp. Richy McAlister, (Mad); J. Wall, (Bf) ; Jeff Roda, Bk). Free Ex.: B.Smith, (V); J. Roda, (Bk); J. Wa ll , (Bf). Side Horse: Wi lliam Bloodworth, (Mad); R._McAlist"r ,

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

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12-14 Tum'bling : Fred McFerren, (M); Kirk Edwards, (Bk); Steve Ketchum, (Bf). Tramp. K. Edwards (Bf), Howard Hardie, (Bk); Bob Gilden, (Bk) : Free Ex .: K. Edwards, (Bk); Jim Werise (Seq)' F. McFerren, .(M). Side Horse : Howald 'Hard ie', (Bk); Jeff Mast, (Seq.); Fernie Porras, (Seq).

Parallel Bars: K. Edwards, (Bk); 1'1. Hardie, (Bk); Danny Garcia, (Seq). Rape Climb : Fernie Porras, (Seq); D. Garcia, (Seq); J. Mast, (Seq). VaUlting: S. Ketchum, (Bf); D. Garcia , (Seq); F. Porras, (Seq).

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

Rope Climb : T. McQuister, (Bk); L. Torres, (Seq); K. Umbarger, (Bk); VaUlting: M. Huckert, (Bf); T. McQuister, (Bk); Gary Parker, (Roos) .

Paula Crist

RESULTS OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN JAN. 25th, (270 ENTRIES) Report by I rv Faria The teams entered in the meet were: Berkeley YMCA coached by Martha Tsuchiya; L.D.S. Gymnastics Club from Nevada coached by Rod Hill; Vada's Olympettes coached by Vada Crabbe; Rose Ann Dance Studio coached by Rose Ann Say ler; Arcade Gym Club coached by Wa lt Driver; San leandro Recreation Dept. coached by Jack Alberti; Sacramenta YMCA coached by Jack Wiley; Encina l-ligh Sch ool coached by Sharo lyn Painter; Sacramento Turners coached by Bob Dunning; Arden Hills coached by I rv Faria; and Sacramento State College coached by Irv Faria .

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

12 TO 14 Nora Truss, Olympettes; B. Smith, lDS; R. Westall , lDS. IS AND OVER Mari lyn Miller, SSC; Paula Crist , Arden Hills; Joane Hashimoto, Arden Hills.

12 TO 14 High-Low Parallels : Nora Tru ss, Olymp.; J. Glass, San Pablo; C. Janes, lDS. IS AND OVER Joanne Hashimoto, AH; Carolyn Hacker, Berk.

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

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

IS AND OVER Pqula Crist, AH; Joanne Hachimoto, AH; Carolyn Hacker, Berk . Y. 11 AND UNDER Tumbling : Karen Galloway, Olympettes; Mar lene Hurst , "'rcade; V . Wood, San leandro.

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

IS AND OVER Paula Crist, Arden Hills; Joanne Hashimoto, _ _ Arden~; Marily,n ..Mi1lM.,_SSc:. _________ II AND UNDER Balance Beam : Karen Gallaway, Olympettes; L. Forman , lDS; B. lewis" Olympettes.

THE

SECOND ANNUAL NEW JERSEY GYMNASTIC CHAMP IONSHIPS February 8, 1964 The Second Annua l New Jersey Gymnastic Champ ionships held at Freehold Regional Hi g h

School

Paul Vex ler, Champ.

New

Jersey

A ll -Arou n d

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

15 AND OVER J oanne Hashimoto Arden Hills ' Jo Friesen , SSC; Marilyn Mil le ~, SSC. ' 11 AND UNDER T rampoline : Ka r en Galloway, Olympettes; C. H a rri s, Berk. Y ; Debb ie Darling, A rden Hills.

12 TO 14 G. McReynolds, Olympettes; Marilynn Mays A rden Hil ls. ' 15 AND OVER T ie-Judy Abbott, A r cade; C. Millard, Una t ta ched; Kath y Finch, Arcade .

The t op eve nt- A LL - AROUND (which includes scores f rom Free Exe rcise, Side H orse Vau lt, Balance Beam, High-Low Parallel, ' 12 TO 14 N ora Tru ss, Olympettes T ota l Pain t s 562' J Glass , San Pablo, 498' Jan W heat ley' A rc~de' 455. ' " 15 AND OVER Joanne Hashimoto, Arden H ills, 648 , New Cha mpion; Paula Cri st, Arden Hi lls, 6 18 ' Marilyn Mi ller, SSC, 587. '

Marilyn Miller MEET RESULTS PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Th e Pacific Northwest Co ll ege Gymnastic Championships we re held on Satu rda y, Feb. 29t h at the Univ, of Washington , TFAM SCOR E: U . o f W ashington, 285; Eas t ern Washington State Co ll eg e, 97Y2; W a sh , State U. 56 楼2; Wash ington Frash, 26 Y2; Oregon Frosh , 19Y2; Everett J ,c, II ; WSU Frosh, 6 ; UBC, 2, Fl oor Exercise: Jim David, Mike Lovell and Bob Hall (Place W inners from Uni v, of Wash , un less noted oth erwise). TRAMPOLINE: Jim David , Jim M iller (O.Fr .) a n d Ron Wa llace, SIDE HORSE : Bob H a ll , Mike Flansaas, Mike Garvin (EWSC). H OR I ZONTAL BAR: Mike Lavell , Kje ll Ha nsen, Bob Ha ll. LONG H ORSE: Steve Woodward (EWSC), Mike Flansaas, Bob Ha l l. PARALLEL BARS: Steve Woodward (EWSC), Kjell Hansen, Bob Hall. RINGS: Bob Hall , Kjell Hansen, Gary Finne. TU MB LI NG: Jim Da vid , Bob Hall, Stu Rehnstrom (WSU) .

All A round : Bob Hall , Washington U., 53, 125; Kjell Hansen, Wash . U., 52, I S; Mike Fl ansaas, W.U., 49,5; Stu Rehnstrom, Wash, W a sh . State U ., 49.175; Steve Woodward, E,W .S.C., 48 . 20; Mark Buck i ngham, Wash. Frosh , 45.075 ,

was considered a huge success.

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

The fo llow ing are the results from the meet: FRE E EXE RCI SE: I st-Tie- Palmucc i, East Side, (ES); Vexler , Freeho ld, (F); 3 rd- M ull en Snyder (S), ' , Free Exercise: I st-T ie-Palmucc i, East Side, (ES); ,Vexler, Freehold , ( F); 3 r d Mu ll en, Snyder , (S), Side Horse: Erri ckson (F); Mosher (F); Drozewsk l (S), Parallel Bars : Vex ler (F) ; Tr a ino r (S);. Scarfone (S), Horizontal Bar: Vex ler (F); T~alnor (S); Zimmerm an, Riverside, (R), Still Rings : Vex ler (F); Surgent (F); Dronsky (R), Long Horse: Boutote ( F); Errickson (F)' H il l Saint Peters, Tumbling : Mu llen (S); Alva re z Lincoln; . Boutate ( F), All Around: Vexler (F); Paimucci (ES); Surgent (F); M ullen (S); Trainor (S); McKenna (S) .

T eam Scores: Freeho ld-90楼2; Snyde r- 3 9; East Slde--14.

Freeho ld,. Coached by Ron Udy, fini shed their competit ive season winning 10 and losing O.

1964 WISCONSIN OPEN C HAMPIONSHIPS Report by The Wisconsin Open gymnastic meet in the Phi Epsilon Kappa,

Jerry Stern has become the biggest midwest, a professional ph ys ica l

educat ion fraternity, sta rted run ning this meet six years ago wi th the inten tion of promo ting the sport of gymn astics in the state of Wisconsin and su rr ou nd ing midwestern states.

There is n o question that we have had success.

We sta rted the W isconsin Open Gymnasti cs Champ ionships w ith less than sixty indi v idual entries, most o f whic h were f!,"om Wiscon sin.

T oday we have 480 boys and girls, young men and wo m en, competing in Novice, Special High

Schoo l, J unior and Senior divis ions.

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

Schools, Club, and Societies participating in the 1964 Wisconsin Open Gymnastic Championships A ppleton High Schoo l (A), Coach David Black , Appleton , W isconsin; Bay View High Schoo l (B'I), Th omas Hesiak, Mi lwaukee, Wisconsin; 8uy' s T ech High Schoo l (B), William Muth, Milwaukee Wisconsi n; Burns v ille High School (BU),路 Anr 路 ette Leider , Burnsv ill e, Minnesota; ChicaGO Park District (CP), Mrs, Erna Wachtel , Chicago , Ill inois; Chi cago Turner s (CT), A rthur Boettcher, Ch icago, Illinois; Cu ster H igh Schoo l (C), Gene Stephan , Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Engstrom Gym Club ( E), Carl Engstrom, Oak Park, I ll inois; Ev anston Ac ronau t s ( EA ), R. E, Bahl , Ev anston , Illino is; Granv ille High Schoo l (G), Robe rt Bowen, Granvi~le, Wiscon sin; Gy mofy mpians-Ottawa "Y" (GY), Ottawa, Illino is; Flint Juni or Co llege ( F), Bob Shaw, Flint, M ichigan; George Wi ll iams College (GW), George DeFalussey, Chicago, I llinoi s;' Juneau High School (J), Robert H ester, Milwaukee, Wiscons in; King High Schoo l (K), Ed wa rd Kotecki, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; LaCrosse State College (LC), Ernest Gershon , LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Linco ln Turners (L ), Ronald Bo rck , Chicago, Ill ino is; Madison East High School (M), Madison , Wisconsin; Marquette Univ9rs ity (MU), Robert Lagerman , M il waukee, Wisconsin; Marshall High Sch oo l (MS), Rober t

Verbi ck, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; McKinley ny" (MYl. Richard Mulvihill, Champaign, Illinois; Menomonee Falls High School (M F), Jack Butler, Menomunee Falls, W isconsin; Milwaukee Inst . of Tech. (M), Charles H ennecke, Milwaukee: W iscons i n; Milwaukee T urners (M T ), James Far-

kos, Milwaukee, Wisconsi n; Northwest Tur ner s (N), Henry Shiget, Chicago, Illino is; Palaestreum ( P), Clinton Smith, Champa ign, Illino is; Preble Sr , & Jr. H igh Sch ool (PH ), Daniel Graham , Green Bay, W isconsin; Racine "Y" (RY), Racine, W iscons in ; Sheboygan Turner s (S), Mrs. Carol Udovich, Sheboygan, W isco nsin; Slovak Gym nastic Union (SG), Olga Boar, Harwood Heights, Illi nois; Swiss Turners (ST ), Eugene Roeber , M ilwaukee, Wisconsin; Tramp o lets (T ), Jerald Clark, Springfield, Il linois; Walker Jr, High Schoo l (W), Fred M uell er , Mi lwaukee, W isconsin; Univers ity of Il l i n o is (U), Champaign, Illino is; Matt Gym (MG) .

TEAM STANDINGS, MEN : H ig h School-Custer High. Nov ice-Northwest Turn ers. Junior- LaCrosse State College, a nd Senior Di v ision-Chicago Turners.

WOM EN : N ov ice Division-Northwest Turner s, Junior-Milwaukee Turner s and Senior-Mi lwaukee Turn ers .

MENS RESULTS NOVIC E DIVISION FREE-X: 8ech (GY), Carroll (N), Sas (MT), Poffo (W). LONG HORSE : Carro ll , Gamma (ST), Beck.

SI DE H ORS E: Puis (N), Nelson (PH), Kruse (PH), H OR IZON TA L BAR: Carrol, Sas, Gamma, PA RALLEL BARS : Carroll, Beck , Gamma. RING S: Rivera (W), Koepke (N), Puis, TUMBLING : Carrol, Beck, Peffe (E), A LL AROUND: Car roll, Beck, Peffe, Rivera , Erieau (PH ), Jor gen son (P H ), HIGH SC H OOL DIVISION FREE-X: Sm ith (G), Stoneman (G), Jakus (K) , LONG HORSE : Johnson (M), Smith, G, Johnson (C), SIDE HORSE : Treants (MS), Thiede (MS), Klltgaard (MS), H ORIZONTA L BAR: Perez (B), Mayer (B), Mountcast le (BV) . PARA LLEL BARS: Moore (C), Perez , Pet ruzat es, STILL RINGS: Meyth a ler (A), Ogus (C), Ephnson (M). TUMB LING : Simand l (C), Johnson (M) , A LL AROUND : Smith , Joh nson, Perez, Piekutowski (B), Wentworth (C), Semanko (BV) .

JUNI OR DIVISION FREE- X: Simandl (MT), H a ll (CT ), Lorenz (LC) .

LONG !-lORSE: Lorenz & Simandl, Little (GW) & H a ll. SIDE H ORS E: Hall, Graham (LC), Petri (M). HORIZONTAL BAR : Loren z, Petri , Hal l.

PARALLEL BARS: Lorenz, Petri , Anderson (LC ) & Ri ck (LC). RINGS: Mac Farla ne (MU) Hall Petri & V illasenor (M) . TU MB LI NG: S;'ma ndl ; Lorenz, H a ll. A LL AROU ND : H a ll , Lorenz Little Giles (M), Bond (GW) & Graham , Balli';t ( LC) ~ SEN l OR D IVIS ION FREE-X: Hennecke, Borucki (M T) , Voss, LONG HORSE : Hennecke, Muzyczka (CT ), H erdtl e (N), SIDE HORSE : Muzyczko, Anderson, Sut lin . H ORIZONTA L BAR: Goving (CT), Sutlin Voss & Muzyczko and Singerman. PARALLEL BARS : Muzyczko, Hennecke, Gala. RINGS: Sunquist , Wikes (C T ), Hennecke & Muzyczko. ALL A ROUND: Muzyczko, Hennecke, Voss, Borucki , Herdtle, Flegler.

WOMEN NOVICE DIV ISION CALISTHENICS: Schu lt z (N), Zank (M T ), Sosnow (N) & Mu rph y (C P), UN EV ENS: Stark (N), Schultz, Vanderohe ' (MT). BEAM: Za nk, Ferrone (N), Stark , VAU LT: Zank, Eberl (M T) & Steffens IN), TU MB LING: Bolinger (T), Eng stro m (E) , Barber (GY), A L L ARO UND : Linda Stark , J ill Schultz, Gl or ia Zank, Linda Steffens, Joanne vanderohe and Carla Peterson (N) , JUNIOR DIVISION CALISTHENICS: Felice ll i (E), Landry (N) Cox UNEVENS : Schu ltz (MT), Luetzow (MT), , Bondi (MT). BEAM : Bon d i, Landry, Schultz (MT ) Stanley (U). VA U LT : Bondi, Cox, (Ab ler Keepke' Schu ltz. & Landr y), TUMB L ING: B';uer (E); Fel ice lll , Bond i. A LL AROU ND: Di ane Bondi Susie Landry, Nancy Schu ltz, Donna Cox, He idi Sch u ltz and Nancy Koepke.

SEN IOR DIVISION CA LI STHENICS: Tath (MG), Lenz (M T ), Lo renzen (M T ) & Metheny, UNE V ENS: Metheny & Knedl e (M T ), Duerkop (MG), BEAM: Lenz & Metheny, Kn edler . VAU LT: Metheny, Knedl e, Lorenzen.

AL L AROUND: Linda Metheny, Sharon Knedle

Judianne

Lenz,

Porn

Lorenzen, Donna

Luca~

(MG). Lynnell H ennecke (M T ) ,

1964 BEN PRICE MEMORIAL, INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE FEB RUARY 22, 1964 ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. Art Shurlock 2. Armando Vega 3, Ron Barak 4 . Jack Beckner 5, Larry BanneT 6. Dan Garcia 6 . Gary Buckner

FREE EX 9.5 9,6 9,15 8 .4 9,1 9,1 8.65

SIDE HORSE 9 .7 9.7 8,75 9,2 7.9 8,05 7,6

PAR, BARS 9 . 55 9.4 5 9,2 9,2 9.05 9,25 9,2

LONG HORSE 9 .3 9 . 65 9.2 9.25 9.45 9 .3 9,2

HORZ, BAR 9.7 9.4 9.8 9,3 9 .15 9 .4 9.5

RINGS

TOTAL

9.3 9,55 9,2 8,7 9.2 8 .35 9,3

57 .05 56 , 80 55.30 54 ,05 53 . 85 53.45 53045

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

SO. CALF . GYMNAST IC A SSOC IATION TROPH Y路 MEET ARROYO H IGH SCHOO L FEBRUARY 29 , 1964 SPECIAL AWARDS (For Total Pre-SeasonCompetiti on ) Tota l Points: "A" Closs- I . J im Mills; 2.

Guy Crocett i; 3. Steve Nor iega. " B" C lassI. Richard Elkin; 2. Tom Va lenzuel la ; 3. Bruce Cou lter. H i gh A v erage : "A" Closs-I. David T hor; 2. Donny McFar land; 3. Dennis Mil ls. "B" Closs- I. Bob T ee l; 2. Joh n Morr issey; 3 . George Gr eeofie ld . Rope Climb : " A" C loss-Mar io T er in .

"B" Class-Bob Skem p.

MEET RESU LTS ROPE : " A " - I . T erin; 2. Boulian. "B"I. Skemp; 2. Neisler; 3. McGee. Long Horse: " A " - 1. Mills; 2. Crocetti ; 3. Lopez. " B"- 1.

El kin; 2. Valenzuela; 3. Gray. Trampoline : "A" I . McFarland; 2. Foo t ; 3. Readel. "B"-I. Sch wa rtz; 2. Gossick; 3 . Va lenzue la. Free X :

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Hawn;

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Noriega .

" B" - I . Elkin; 2. T oth; 3 . Greenfield. Si de Horse : " A " - I . H ecken laibie; 2. Mills; 3. Moberly . "B"-1. Mart in ; 2. C iccarell i; 3. Kittrell.

Parallel Bars: I I A"-i. Fountaine; 2. Thor; Nori ega . "B"- I . H illiger ; 2. Cicca rell i; Ross.

High Bar: "A"-1. T a rshis; 2. Ga lb raith; 3.

Gunny . " B"-I. Zamora ; 2. Morrissey; 3. Lanl'ldon. Rings : "A"- I. Bl inder ; 2. Cooper ; 3 .

Brownal l. "B"-I. T ee l; 2 . Alfaro; 3 . Morrissev.

Tumbling : "A"-I. Noriega; 2. Kussm an; 3.

Van Horn. "B"-I. El k in ; 2. Greenfi eld ; 3. Vale :-1Zuela.

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

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

FIRST 'GL ENDAL E UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT J'U N IOR HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS MEET JAN . 25th, 1964 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM SCORING Wi lson (W), 50; Roosevelt (R), 25Y2; Clark (C), 20; T o ll (T ), II Y2; Rosemont (RM), I. Horizontal Ba r: Mike Williamson (W); Bob Warner (R); Gerry Pace (T ). Long Horse: Newton Gr egg (W); Mike Clayton (R); Ed Ho ll and (C). Parallel Bars: Bi ll Cob le (W); Tom Laughli n ( R); Doug Lowe (W). Tumbling : Dave Ables (W); Leonard Roth (W). Si de Horse: Bill McVicker (W); T am Laughlin (R ); Mark Sanchez (R). Rop e Cl i mb: Ar~ Beaudhane (R); Dave West gate (T); Doug McArdle (C). T r ampoline: Roger Dany luc k (W); Glenn Murta (T); Dave Mahoney (C). Free Exe rcise: Bob H earn (C); Ed H o lland (C).

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

THIRD ANNUAL SANTA MONICA INVI TAT ION AL .

MARCH 6, 1964, 7:30 P.M. MEET MANAGER Henry G. Cleavel and Rope Cli mb : D ick Burke (3.4); Doug Parker (3 .4); Sylvester Lucio (3.5); Mike Jordan (3.6); Lloyd I"elsler (3.6) . Long Horse: Richard Elkin (9.33); Dan Morgan (9.21); LeMoyne Durha m (9. 18);. Dave Thor (9 . I ); Bill Nash (9.05).

Tumb long: Fred Washburn (9.33); Richard Elkin (8.96); Steve Norelga (8.73); Louis West (8.63); Dar re l DePue (8.36); Namon Wimber ly (8.36) .

Free Exercise: Richard Elkin (9.2); Bob Dia mond (9.13 ); Dave Thor (9. 13 ); Gene Toth (910)' A,rtie Ar'Tlendarez (9 . 10); Darrell DePue (9'. 10): Side Horse: Glynn Heckenla ib le (923) ' Dave Thor (9.07); Don Devendorf (9.03) ;' J i';' TanIsak l (8.27). Para llel Bars : Wa lter H il leger (9.3); Pete Pa rra (9 .07); Guy Crocetti (9.00) ; Ste-:e Noreiga (8.97); LeMoyne Durham (8.73).

HOrizontal Bar: Stan Tarshis (9.60); LeMoyne Durham (9.50); Larry Zamore (9.06) ; Ed Gunny (9.06); Don Jennings (9.03). Rings: Richard Blinder (9.76); Roy Reyes (9.36); Or lando Reyes (9.30); LeMoyne Durham (9 .23); Bill Morgan (9. 10).

Trampo line: Dan McFarl and (8.83); Bruce Foo t (8.47); Don Davi s (8.4); Jock Swartz 18.13); John Evans (7.77).

Scenes .from the Santa Monica Invi tati onal

Pictured on this page are scenes from th e Southe rn Califo rnia Gymnastic Association meet ' a t the Beverly Hill s YMCA. Abov e: " C" Cl oss Vau lter in action . At right : Coach Morino ni and Doc w ith Berkeley "Y" team came down and walked away with top honors in th e closs " C" competition . Bel ow: Coach Dr. B. W. Ta ylor a nd hi s 28th Street Branch " Y" team of Los Ange les .

Above: Bev erly Hill s "Y" closs " C" perf o rmer , 12 year o ld Don Zuk ln ho lding a reverse p lanche and doing a stradd le split .

At r ight: Beverly Hil ls " Y" Gym du r ing the comp etiti on.

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

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QUESTIONS and POINTERS Attr ~

HIGH STRADDLE JUMP High St radd le Jump with arms between legs. Thi s movement requires good forword ond stradd le leg fl ex ibility, a dynomic leg spring and quick body react ions. Th e jump and th e collapsing and unfolding of th e body is very dynomic, powerful and fo st. In order t o progress to th e high stra ddl e jump prac tic e the following pracedure. I . Take two steps, jump upward os hi gh as yo u can, throwing your arms overhead. (both feet shou ld take off at onceJ. 2. Ta ke two steps, jump straight up ward , quickly roi se leg ond do a st raddle toe touch (st raddle legs and pike forward touc hing your hond s, which shou ld be about even with you r sto mac h). As soon a s th e fe e t touc h the ho nds, q uickly re verse th e octia n and straighten body before fe e t touch the grou nd . Repeat the stradd le toe touch several times, each time st ress in g he ig ht an d a quick c los ing and open in g.

3. High straddle jump, legs betwee n should ers. The arms are ve ry im portant on thi s move men t and it is esse ntial that th ey are kept straight a nd uti lized to your best odvantage in gaining extr" heig ht. Toke two steps (don ' t run or lean fo rward , keep body erect). Th row arms upward to a bou t a 45 ° angle above hea d and at the same t ime sp ring vigo rously off you r feet . As the fee t leave the g round the legs are quickly piked and stradd led and at the so me time the arm s are forcefull y thrown downward between the legs. This causes the hody t o hav e a collapsed looK. The pe rform e r the n quickly s imultaneaus ly lifts arm s and lowe r legs powe rfull y. If thi s action is performed correctly th e gy m-

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should be comp lere.ly e rect by fhe his feet touch the ground. It is a fold ing of the body fo llowed by a open ing .

Dear Art: I would lik e to begin my P -Bar rout in e with a pea ch hand. J wou ld ima g in e that thi s wou ld rese mbl e eith er a shoot to h and stand or a r everse kip to hand s tand on the rin gs.

I do have bot h of these moves.

I have three qu estion s wh ich perta in to th e rin gs. I would lik e to know how on e wo uld drop for giants on the rin gs. I make th em on occasion s but r eceive a terribl e j e rk on th e bottom of th e swin g . Seco ndl y is th e double fl y-away. I enco unt e red th e sa lll e probl em with th e s potting ropes that yo u did on yo ur front so mersau lt regras p on th e hi g h bar. M y arms still ache from th e rope burn s. I feel that T could ea s il y ge t thi s tri ck because I have a fast s pinnin g. well co nt ro ll ed doubl e-back on th e trampolin e. and I am worki ng on a doubl e ba ck on th ~ tumbling mat. Lastly a re crosses. J am abJ.. to s top the invert ed a nd Ill a ltesp ero,seand to hold th e " L", olympi c and iron: but they are r ough and ver y stre nu ous, and I would l ik e to know how to po li sh the lll UI~ and d evelop my s treng th where th ey 11'111 be It'ss s trenuous. A close fri end and co mpetitor of min e, H ank R odge rs of Druid Hills said that you mi ght be abl e to se nd me som e pict ures on th e subj ec ts. I would great ly ap,?reciat e a ny help th at yo u co uld g Ive me. W ould al so like to bu y books, palllphl ets etc, whi ch yo u r eco lllmend. [ now have all of E nd o's book s. howeve r. J will glad ly r eturn all pi ctures, wh ich you w ish to have b ac k.

Cadet Robert Di ckson.

Georgia ' Dear Robert; Th e peach basket to a handstand is similar M the shoot to handstand at re verse kip to handstalld on the rings, but it requires a greater extension. from the hips into an arch. sin ce it has to compensate jar th e release of the bar by th e han ds. Th e arm s pull harder also. Th e feet are directed straight upward dllring the jorceju.! body extension and t/!e grip is maintained until the sb oll lders reach the level of the bar ( or in oth{'/" words as lon g as possible .)

The jerk at th e bottom of th e giant swin" can be eliminated i/ you ·control the dOtVl~ ward swing by k ee ping yo ur chest leadin " th e rest oj ),ollr body and also keeping YOu~ arm s strO/:ght. Start the movement by shiftwg your arms sideward and at the same time r~tate the body sh:ghtly as i/ going Jar a f lange from a handstand. Wh en YO llr body reaches a 45° angle slide the rin as obliquely forward and dro p freely with yo~r che st leading. A s your shou.lders drop below the rings du ck your head into your chest . This will j orce the rings forward and will also ke ep you from jerking at the bottom 0/ the swing since your feet will still be aading the re st ·of YOlir. body . The performer then pulls into a pike position as he passes the vertical hang position and starts his rotation upward. Th e perform er extends vigorously in M an. arch as his hips approach th e straps pulling and pll shing at th e same tim e with his arm s until th e handstand position is reached .

The ropes should not hinder you on a double /Iy -away unless you are being hand spotted f! yon have an ove rhead belt you shoula have no dij/iculty with this movement. Just make sllre you set th e 110pes corre ctly for whatever position you are attempting it from. The tucking action on the double is started imm ediat el), alter passing the ver-

tical han g posLfwn and th e release is made as YOll r body rises above the rin gs on th e upward swing.

In/orm ation has been given previousl y on cross develop ment strength in the MG . A .S. Dea r S ir· Thi s is fir st tim e I have eve r written yo u bu t I find it necessary becau se I need SOIll ', in formation. Wou ld a pprec ia te it ve ry mu ch If yo u could find th e tim e to a n,w eI" th ese fe w qu es tion s. A t the present ti me l al11 in the Navy and station ed in Ha waii , but la te r on intend to ent er coll ege in Pa sad ena.

At th e present tim e I a m a Rin g enthu s ias t and need your op ini on on wheth er I have a good poss ibilit y of ge ttinl! a Maltese_ In ' e rted C ross & a Cross in a pe rioc of twn years by workin g on th ese tri cks eve ry othe r da y, on a se t of rin gs that I have se t up in th e gy lll wh e re 1 a m s tation ed. Also th ey ha ve a fa irl y well equipped weig ht room a nd wa s wonder in g if yo u co uld g ive me su me id ea s un what exerci ses I could do to aid in ge l! ing th e s trength to get these tri cks. l know th is may be ask ing a lot of )'o u beca use yo u are busy but thi s information espec ia ll y fr om a pe rson of yo ur ex peri ~n ce in gy mna sti cs wo uld he lp Ill e a g rea t deal. beca u,e th ese moves will he the key tri cks to Ill )' rout in t' . It is ve ry im portan t to me tu tr y and ma s te r thesp tri cks before I leave Hawaii in I wo yea rs.

S in ce rely.

BudJy Babcock, Hawa ii V ear /J lldd) : I have no way 0/ knowing your physical (,ondition fr om your lett er, bllt by th e dete rmination yo/l. show in wanting to become a good rin g man, I think that yo/l. most asoure dly cOllld develop the streng th ne cessary .lor these m ovemen ts within a tWIO ),ear period . Some good ad vice 01/. these lll.ovement.s ;s in the " Questions and Poin ters' coilimn oj the October editi on of ihe MG . as well as others.

Th e weigh t exercise which pertains t o th e inve rted cross is. sideward lateral arm lift llsing dllmbells in each hand. Stand erect with the dll!nbells at your side, then Ii/t YOll r arm s sideward IIntil the dumbells are directly over head. K ee p YOll r arms perfectly straight , raise th e weights slo wly and pause when YO llr arm s are dire ctly sideward.

For the iron cros s do behind the neck wide arm chins. This develops the latissimus dorsi muscle which is pertinent for th e iron cross .

Also prone pllllovers are help/l1 l for developing iron cross power.

Th e maltese powe r can be helped by heavy bench presses, straight ann Jio rward barbell raises w ith th e arT/IS extra w ide . Also handstand push-lips are good.

Th ese exercises should be worked consist· ently and pu shed to )'onr maximum each tim e YOll perionn them. Good Ilick. A.S.

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Dea r NIr S h url ock: 1 have rece ntl), s tarte d work on Ba ck R oll s on the S till Rings. I am ha vi n:;o;. trouble on kee pin g th e rin gs togeth er on the up swin g.

Co uld you pl ease give me some information on h ow I ca n acco mpli sh it ?

Thank you S in cerely.

K irk Gardn er , Kan sas Dear Kirk ; 1/ yon lise a /als e grip an(r keep the rings close to YO llr waist on th e ba.ck roll you will not have too much di//i culty in per/a rmin g this move m.ent . A lso YOII should swing into it qllickly. pike ' tightly when you are rotatin g, and th en lo pen your body /o rce/ully as yon near th e completion of th e roll . A .S

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WHAT' S THE SCORE ??

D ea l' S ir:

I find your lllagaz in e . very

infonn a tiYe,

and a n asse t in th e field of gYlnn astics, how ev er, it i s n ow March 8t h and I have n ot reec i ve d t h e February ed i t i on. Most of th e editi.on s h ave been ver y l a t e. I ca n d o n othing but make a plea th at you ge t t h e i ss u es to yo ur s ubsc rib ers m or e on tim e in th e futur e.

Cons id ering your good work a nd attempt to es t a bli sh gymna s t i cs, I see n o np.~ ess it y f or carel ess 111 is t a k es , such as th e o n e found on P. 37 o f the Jan. i ss u es under What' s The Score , " Did Y o u Know That " o n the t opi c of th e new (Joint syst em. I w ou ld like to know what you in ten d ed o n say ing . Anyway, k ee p up th e good work .

S inc erely, J on Kehl Roc kville Ce ntre, New York ED:-Thanks Jon for b r inging to our attention the proof readin g goof on Page 37 in the last sentence of the last paragraph of Did You Know That? It shOUld have read. _ . For 1964 it will be: 5 points for execution, 3.4 for difficulty , and 1.6 for combination.

As for your first question concer ning our pUblication schedule all I can Say is that we are doing our best to get the M .G. out on time at a regular freque nc y _ However please do not compare us to other maga zines by Just conside r ing the date on the cover. I think you will find that material is quite current wh e n you receive the M.G . even if the date is not. Of course it could be if we did as many magazines do and print a cover date several months ahead of the actua l printing date . We make no promises of improving our publication schedule in the future other than that we ..... ill continue to do the best We can to b'ring you what we can and when we can __ _

Univers ity of Colorado aymnast Bill Padi,a '

Deal' G lenn: Encl osed you will fi nd a p h otograp h of B i ll Padia, a sopho more a ll -around gy mna,· at th e U niv ers ity o f Co l orad o , Besi d es b eing photogeni c B iJI i s a l so a \ 'c ry fin e gy nlnast. Two yea r s ago he ·w a~ t h e Col o r ado s tat e high sch ool a ll -a round c hampion.

Si ncerel y, G l en n Wil so n

GYlll n as t ics

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Bou l d er , Co l o r ado

Gent lenl e n: Please send l11 e a ·li st o f s Ul1uner carnps in th e sou th easte rn s t ates f o r boys w hi c h f ea tul'e vari e d ac ti v it i es w it h elnph as i s on gym nast i cs.

Th a nk yuu ver y 111uch f o r th i s infol' lll i.-1-

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S i ncerel y, L, H. Felc1 e r, M.D. Suite 603, Med i ca l Arts Bu ildi ng 384 Peac hti'ee Str eet Atlanta 8, Georgi a ED .-To al l c oach es in South easte rn States .

If you have a gym camp pro gram in your area, p lease send a notice to Dr . Fe ld er(A lso the M.G. Office). ll ea r MI'. S undby : I thought yo ur J a nuary (;o \" el' w as· gTeate h arac t er i s ti c of The Modern G ym n 1st ' S excell e n ce . I wou ld lik e \" e1' y 1l111 Ch to .laye a copy 0 1' print o f thi s p a in t in g" f o r Iny eo ll eet i on. A r e prints of thi s o r a n y o f 1\11".

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Mal Med of Czechoslovakia. Although we h ave a numb er of these pastels by Mr .

M ed at the M.G . Office , th ey are not av a il a ble for private purchase at the mo ment . W e are consider in g th e possibility of an exhibition at a promin ent a rt ga ll er y of these pastels and other gymnastic drawings by Mr . M ed.

Deal' Mr. Sundby: I thought yo u migh t be i nter ested in t h ese 'c esults: In ternational C h a mpi onship of Mod ern Gymn asti c D ecem b er 7- 8, 1963 at Budapest, Hunga r y .

Na tion s who c ompeted : C zec h osl avaki a , Fl11 l a nd , U .S.S.R., Ven ezu el a, B ulga ri a, Poland , Spain " T.D.H:.. RUlll a nia , Hu n ga r y.

Eac h Nat i o n could e nter on l y 3 g irl s.

FI'ee exercise : 1. Ljudmilla Szav inkova (U.S.S .R.) ,point 9.633.

2.

K l -avc senk o (U.S.S .R.) ,po i nt 9.6. 3. Av erk ovi cs (U .S.S . ~.), p Oin"t 9.433.4. Trasli eva (Bulgari a), POll1t 9.4. ~. S l s m anova (Bu l ga ri a), p o in t Do not k n ow. 6. Ma.h a t ova (Cz ech osl avak i R), po in t 9.333. 7. Walk s tein (N.D.K.) , po in t 9.3 w i t h Le hm ann (N .D.K .) a nd ' Ko skinen o f F inla nd . 8. No p l ace. 9. No p l a ce. lO. Bel ova (Czechosl avaki a) p o in t ' 9.266 with Patocsk a (Hungary ) .

H an d appara.t us: 1. Szavi nkova 9.6 2.

Kravcsenko 9. 566. 3. Tra sli eva 9.533.

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Mahato va (Cz ech osl avaki a) 9.366 . 5. Belova 0.3. 6. Patocska, A ver kov ics , W aJk s t ein ( N.D.K.), Stas tna (Czec h osl avaki a) 9.266 .

10. Kosk in e n , J os if- Olaru (Ru m ania) Binde r (N.D .K.) 9.2. ' Fina l r es ult: 1. Szav inko v a 19.233. 2. Kravsce nk o 19.166. 3. Trasli eva 18 .933 . 4. Av erkovics (U.S.S .R.) , M a hatova 18.699 , 6.

'Valk s t e in , Bel.ova 18.5 66 . 8. Patocska (Hunga r y) 18.53 2. 9. Ko sldn en (Finland) 18.5.

T ona y (Hun gar y ) , Sta s tna ( C zec h ), L ehmann (N .D .K.) 18.366.

Th e r es ults were t al<en f r o m th e Hungar i a n " Kep es Sp ort" .

S in cerely yo urs, Geza vo n lVIa rtiny

Jon , since you are re lativ ely new sub. scriber (March, ' 63) to the M.G . perhaps you might find its' past history interesting.

I n J a nuary 1956 we started wark on t h e M.G. and the first e dition (32 pages less then half of t,he present day size) 'came out in December of that year . In 1957 we published 4 issues. in 1958 w e printed 5 editions and in 1959 we managed to ge out 8 editions ( :it s was a double edit ion) but It a lmost put us out of business a nd in 1960 we were only able to publish 2 editions, in 1961 we did a bit better with 7 issues to press and in 1962 we were ab le to publish 9 editions (the December copy came out late in Jan. '63) . In 1963 we graduated to the l arger size M _G. an d by combining Vol . Nos. 1 & 2 a nd 8 & 9 as double editions we were ab l e ta complete our volumn for the year. Poor record??, I guess It would read that way ___ but on the positive side , we are still publishing the M . G. And at that with about half the subscr ib ers and advertisers necessary to break even (thanks to Publ i sher Max J .

Ruderian, who h as contributed considerab l e financial aid to keep it rolling). All this with an offici a l paid staff of two employees consisting of a part time secretary, Mrs. ~rown and your . editor worki ng double time at quarter time salary (your editor worke.d the first five years for no salary So thiS IS an Improvement). Complaining Not me, I am Just very tha nkful I am able to do what I can and very, ve ry grateful for al l the wonderful people who have been writing articles these many years for the M.G . with their orily reward the satisfaction of knowing they have co ntributed to the growth of Gymnastics in America, a nd that perhaps a youngster i s in Gymnastics and a better gymnast today because of thei r efforts _

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STAIRCASE ACROBATICS

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

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

Although, this is not a new idea, it may be new to yo ur program and be just what you need to add zest to your gymnastic ex hibiti ons. We have found there is no end to the tricks that can be done on the sta ircase and the hi gh platform. In picture No. 1 you see. Vicki and Twinkle Freeman , both Florida State Gymn as ti c Champions, perform in g a shoulder stand on the platform . Th e added height makes the trick look even more difficult.

In picture No. 2 you see Vicki , 12, and Twinkle; 11 , doin g a double elbow stand. o. 3 you see Vicki walking In picture down the stairs on her hands. She is now lea rnin g to jump. down each step on her hand s. In picture No.4 Vicki has completed a backward flip off of each step gettin g hi gher each time and is shown doing a fli p off the very top completely over all of the ste ps on to th e mat below.

Other tri cks th at are possible on the sta ircase are : 1. Walk up sta irs on hands 2. Back lim bers down stairs 3. Cra b walk (in back bend ) down stairs 4. Spotter walkovers on the platform 5. Doubl e knee stand {front or back angel stand ) on th e platform Ii . BaJ'an i off of platform 7. Front flip off of steps 8. Spotter fli p-flops off platform 9. Walk up an d down stairs with someon e on your should ers, or in a high handto-hand , or in a free head-to-head 10. Many form s of pyramids can be built on the stairs, usin g a number of performers 11. Turn around while in split legged headstand on platform As you see in the diagram this piece of equipment is mad e so it can be knocked down in small pieces and carried in the trunk of a car except for th e stairs which fits on a carrier on top of the car. This equipm ent can be made for less than $50.00 and offers so methin g new that will challenge everyo ne of your gymnasts.

WHAT'S NEW

NEW TEACHING SYSTEM FOR PHYSI CAL EDUCATION TEACHERS A unique skill - lea rning teaching system for e lementary and junior high sch oo ls " Int roducing Gym nast ics", is being intro ~ g~fif~rn~~. Ph YS ica l Educatio n A ids, Napa, Wr itten and Ill ustrated by Ri ch Harri s nat ional ly-k nown physical educator fro~ California, t he new tea ch ing system in~ I udes .0 p ractica l teach ing ma(lua l, t en instr uctiona l charts , and 100 score cards a ll designed to prov ide the t eacher wi th teaching t ools to implement a program

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Mini-Gym is a sing le self-conta ined unit th a t prov ides fo r a comp lete gamut of fitness exercises and st unts. Aga inst t h e wa ll , ou t of the wa y, it is always ava il able

A new line o f ju n ior-size gymnastic equ ipment has been developed by Nissen Co rporation, Cedar Rap ids, Iowa, in co ll abo ration w ith leading physica l education spec ia lists . The line includes a para llel bar, side horse, balance beam, uneven para ll el bar, hori zontal bar, rings , climb in g ropes, li ghtweig ht gym mats, Ph ys-Educato r and Trampo line.

A new programmed teach ing system, whi ch allows re gu la r classroom t eachers to e ff ecti ve ly teach gymnastic activities, is included with the equ ipmen t. It consists o f 10 la rge instruction char t s, student scorecards, and a we ll ill ustrated clo th bound teaching manual.

I nte rested in mo re info r mat ion? W rit e: Nissen Corp., 930 - 27th Ave., S. W., Cedar RaDids . Iowa.

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Ori g ina ll y designed fo r Un ited States' underground minutemen insta ll ations where exerci se facil iti es are limited, th e Min i-Gym comb ines the m a ny adv a ntages o f st a ll bars and an abdom inal board, with chest and fl oor pully weights.

Th e M ini-Gym ladder is sturd il y constru cted o f ova l-shaped st eel wi th welded tubu lar stee l rungs. Coref~ll y fini shed in Lifetime Ch rome. Measures 34 11 x 93" high. Th e abdominal board, whi ch hooks on the top rung of the ladder when not in use, is made from 3/.,' plywood, podded with 11/4" o f po lyethy lene foam, and cov ered wi th a b lu e v inyl impregnated ny lon covering. The heavy - duty wal l mounted pulley weights, w ith both floo r a nd chest pul leys, are furnished w ith 25 pou nds of we ights. The amount of weig hts t o be raised is adjustab le. M in i-Gym is easily wa ll mounted o n f our hardwood stringers.

Interested in m or e in f o rmation? W rite Nissen Corporat ion, 930-27th Avenue , S. W. , Cedar Rapid s, Iowa.

New All American Athl etic Fi eld Marker Ame ri can has introduced a new 4-ga ll on capac ity athl et ic fi el d marker. Adjustab le marking gu ide sprays lines one inch to 4 inches w ide . The new m a rker is Made l LM4 - A .

Spra y gun is detachab le from marker f or marking yard li ne numbers and oth er decora tions.

Amer ica n field markers appl y the new American Ac rylic liquid tmder pressure f or long lasting, clea r-cut lines.

For further informati on writ e th e American A t h let ic Equ ipment Company - P.O. Box 111-J effe rson, Iowa 50 129.

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The ten instructional char t s give di recti on t o the stu dents at each teaching station and provide step-by- step " demonstrati on" for 100 beginning stunts. Indi v idual stunt s are accuratel y illustrated and are comp letel y se lf-explanatory so that students can progress with 0 minimum a f direction and supervis ion from the teacher.

For more information w rite : Physical Educat ion Aids, P.O. Box 73, Napa, Ca li fo rn ia .

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Shown above is the Porter adjustable ba lance beam. Th e beam co n be raised f ro m 32 to 50 inches, the minimum and ma x im um heights f or Olympic competi ti on.

Th e new "Quik- Lo k " height adju stment a ssures greater safety and easy handling.

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

The large base legs are supported by three, non-marking , se lf-g ripp ing rubber fe et to a ssure max imum stabilit y.

The Porter adjustable balance beam meets all o fficial Olymp ic specifications.

For additional informat ion w rit e t o Sid Brunk, Porter Ath letic Eq~iment Co., 9555 IrVing ,iark Rd. , Schil ler Park, III.

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Soft-but-tough lampwick material provides protection and relief from sore , blistered and calloused hands . Complete with straps . LH HANDGRI P, prepaid , per pair. .$1.50

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SWISS GYM SLIPPERS AND HAND GUARDS

805 Lei PORTE MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS

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qiympic Parallel Bah w/ I 1'-6" roi ls, NEW . . 400.00 Olympic Ho rses, NEW w/ wooden Pommels .... 250.00 Olympic S'x-O" H ori zontal Bars .

NEW ........ 130.00 # i 14 Spring Boord Used, Good Condition .......... 40.00 Official Women ' s Balance Beam

Only-No Legs, Like New .... 120.00 Reuther Boarc1-Demonstrotor 58.00 Parallel Bar Rail';: ' j'O' NEW, Slightly Warped ....

19.95 Parallel Bar Roi ls, I! '-6 " Steel Core . Demonstrators 40 .00 Official Climbing Ropes, 1 S ' Manila #282, Demonstrator 14.00 Twisting Belt #4.15, DemonstraTOr .... .: .. ".. ...

75.00 Official Parallel # 15 1 with 11 ' _6" roils ....... _........ A 10.00 Horizontal Bar, Combined # ISO w/ Fl oar plates ("-eg . 150) .... 90.00 Trampoline, Official-Flashfold w/ web bed, cables, roller stands, Demonstrato r (Reg. $510) .... 395.00 Trampoline Pit Frames,

9xl5' LIKE NEW

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made out of one piece I Special chrome tanned «Japanese'" leather. Soft but tough leather, providing firm gri p on the high bar. Available in S, M, L. Mod. B for competition same material as «A" same sizing. on stock! Ask for prices!

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Performance and Appearance ... a / N 155 E N I Tradition Sure Nissen gymnastic equipment looks great. Why shouldn't it with its bold, modern design and luxurious nickel chrome finish . But beneath this practical beauty is the rugged, dependable, proven craftsmanship that pays off where it counts-in championship performance.

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