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SMOKING: THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY ble with the striving for maximal perThe report of the Surgeon General's whi_cb_~ill pr~i<k..<;:!:tilc!r~n with an ~..:_ formance inherent in competitive athpoituriity to deveIQIL _.tb~::-:rO!JI!Qations Committee , Smoking and Health, pubessentialtci 'sel r understanding and s~iF, ­ letics. T~§§_o.£ill!i£~u!.~J.!!Q.~-.L~ lished in Janu ary 1964, is clear and unacceptance. Such a ' program should be sponsible for s§'o rts programs to utilize equivocal in its indictment of cigarette carried out with an awareness and un- [J) tfie motivatlOna potential of sports par:_ smoking as a health hazard . The schools derstanding of the child 's developing t:; fiCipatWnm'eaucatmg youth to retrain must, therefore, accept their responsiand emerging system of values which o from smokmg dunfigffie-yearSwl1enthe bilities for providing programs consistwill ultimately serve as a sounding $ deCISion to smoke or not to smoke IS ent with the known facts. The actions mostiIkely to be maoe:------- ,-- --- , board for weighing facts and making of the schools should be directed toMany schools have provided smoking choices. The effectiveness of later eduward several different areas of the total cational efforts related to smoking will school program, and consideration rooms for students and staff. However, in large measure depend upon the nashould be given to each of the followthe provision of such rooms must be ture as well as the quality of the priing : (I) the importance of adulLk~ justified on the broad base of effect on mary school program . h_~ample to youth..; (2) the the total educational effort of the school. timeliness and nature of the instruc- c In tl'!e int~r.~ediat~ grades a clearly As a societal institution the school has tIOnal program: (3) the utilization Q.f o identified segm eii ( - 6Cth-es choo1 day an obligation to children to provide ext~10ti vat ional potential inherent _jQ snoilICfl5eaevcifeafo---anealth IllStruCperiences which contribute to their effective function as citizens and health spo~ts part~i~!i2I!; and (4) th~~lJ.m,,­ :::1 tT()~_,2rogram III which the effective phYSical, SOCial, and mental functIOning is one of the most important factors in inatlOn of the m:actic~ " giJr()vid!,~ i§ 61 me lluman organIsm provides the school smoking facilities . enabling the individual to assume the >--< ~t. Boys ana girls should be given reponsibilities of citizenship. Certainly The fact that most of those who opportunities to study many topics with no child should be exposed to practices smoke regul arly start during the school which they will be concerned , including in the school which are likely to inyears points up the role the schools smoking. The making and testing of fluence his behavior in an undesirable must play, The development and condecisions and the evaluation of alternaway.

Often cited as the reason for havtinuation of the smoking habit by tives should have prominent places in ing smoking facilities in the school is children and youth is related to emulathe intermediate grade ~chool program. that with such a room available the edution of what appears to be accepted cational program is less likely to be T~ health instruction of the ju!1lq!:.. adult beh avior. Efforts to educate in and senIOr high school student should disrupted by enforcement of no-smokhome and school begin with the examprovide---anDpportunIty to ex-plate- lri ' ing regulations which may occupy disple. School personnel, particularly ere-pth the psychOlOgicat;'/:fhyStntogkal, proportionate time and effort of adteachers and coaches, frequently serve ana soclO16gicaTTa:cwrs to ' D-e Ci)rlsig,ministration and fac;uity. A ~hvrt-Ia'lge as models which will be imitated by disciplinary problem should not, howereO _.!ri ni,~~.illi~=-~:-de.0j]on - !.t::gardi~g_ many children . Thus the school's funsmoking.

Evaluation of pressures such ever, prevent consideration of a longdalllental responsibility in providing an range health objective. The Association ' asiT-ioi£ present in advertising should effective smoking education program be a part of such experiences, and the 0.. reco_mmends that all schools present}y involves behavior by teachers which provldmg--- faCiIIiies- T6f -- srTIpKiI1 K_le.:, of basing decisions on facts importance will reinforce the more formal learning should be emphasized. t-< examine this practice and take appropJi,. experiences. The American Association Additional learning experiences should VJ 'ate---sleps to ellminateslIcJ'TaciJities. for Health, Physical Education and Rec... -. -- "--- -be planned and provided through correation urges all school personnel who A mandate for action is thus prorelated or integrated materials in other smoke to recognize the inevitability of vided for those professionally concerned courses , to reinforce and expand uneducation by example, and to take apwith the health and education of childerstandings.

Responsibility for the copropriate action to provide an image dren and youth. Further research is ordination of the school's efforts should consistent with the facts regarding necessary to make possible the eliminabe assigned to the individual responsible smoking and health . tion or control of the harmful substances fo r the school health program .

If present and future generations are present in tobacco smoke and to aid in , to be educated concerning the effects the development of the most effective F..Qr'~1I ~g~ _ lt;,'I~J~>_ it , ~~I2e_'Nis~ § of smoking on health , an effective edu- [J) ,for schoofs to recognize that evidence and appropriate educational programs '.j cational program must anticipate the ~ contIllues to mount suppOi1lngtl1ePOSI,:-for youth. The AAHPER commends g problem and thus begin prior to the u tion of coaches and tramers ffi~ath­ those persons and organizations enH teen years, Tbe AAHPER urges a pro~ ~ 1 ~~S ho~ld -ii?t .smohi.' The-acute- in:,=gaged in or supporting such research, and recommends that such research eftl gram of in ~tlJ!.c;:.t)on thr.<;,~gho~l.!!iU'l!: u palrment OfCardlO-pulmonary efficiency ,.:; mary ' g~~s_ ~ mphasizmg experiences forts be intensified .

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SMOKING AND GYMNASTICS do not mix any more than does smoking and any other sport. You may see some top Coaches smoke, but that is just a personal bad habit which they would not like to pass on to you ... in fact, any coach will tell you it is a bad habit and don't start it. You may see a few top gymnasts smoking, but they are not top gymnasts because they smoke; they are tops in spite of smoking .. . from just plain hard work ... and would undoubtedly be even better gymnasts with more endurance, stamina, and ability if they quit smoking. * * * * * Have you ever heard anyone say " I wish I could start smoking" (that is, any mature person, anyone other than a subteen who foolishly may want to start smoking because he thinks it's grown-up or smart)? I hardly think you will.

But it is not a bit unusual daily to hear someone say " I wish I could STOP smoking." In fact, anytime the subject is brought up in a group of people, they start talking about kicking the filthy habit or how the weed controls them, and they wish they were stronger to fight it off. Nowhere other than TV commercials or the printed ads have I ever seen an expression of enjoyment in smoking. And those ads .. . they are really sick ... all aimed at a moron's IQ. None of the ads claim anything good about a cigarette; they know better than that, so they do it by association, pretty girls, rugged men, cool streams, fresh air, sports, airplanes and extravagant living. And the silliest one of them all shows you a room full of wonderful things you can have just by smoking a certain brand. Any person with the slightest intelligence knows that by not smoking at all you could have several estates full of furniture and more with the amount of money you would spend on cigarettes to get a room full of prizes. Think about it. * * * * * Paul J. Getty, often spoken of as the "Richest Man in the World", recently wrote an article in a national magazine stating how and why he stopped smoking.

It seems he was staying in a little village hotel in Europe and woke up one cold night with a .craving for a cigarette - only to find after rummaging through all his belongings that he had narry a one. He then started getting dressed to go out to search in the village for a pack, but before he finished dressing he sat back with a start to analyze what he thought was a take-it-or-Ieave-it habit. He decided that anything that would make a man get up from a warm bed in the middle of the night to go out in the cold searching for a cigarette was controlling him and he was not controlling it ... so he stopped right then and there. Wise man. * * * * * Just the other day Edward R. Murrow, a heavy smoker, died painfully of lung cancer after being bedridden the tast few years. Quentin Reynolds, an,other famous reporter and smoker, stopped sometime ago and wrote many articles on the evils of smoking - but not soon enough, I guess, as he died of cancer while the articles on how he beat the cigarette habit were still running in publ ications. * * * * * A bad habit, yes ... just the fact that it can run one's life should be enough reason not to smoke . .. but the added fact that all the medical reports show beyond a doubt it is physically harmful to the point that it can also ruin life should make it against our conscious law at least for use or purchase, along .with the other poisons listed by the U. -So Department of Health. Perhaps you have heard the remark as I have, "So it's proven bad for me, so I live a few years less, so what? Nobody wants to live forever." This is foolish rationalizing.

That your life can be cut short by smoking is a proven fact, but it is not the whole story. The statistics show only the point of termination of life while ignoring the possible years of sickness, pain, agony, and expense, plus the burden on loved ones who stand by to the end helpless to aid or comfort. * * * * * THIS IS OUR POINT ... DON'T START SMOKING . . . YOU CAN STOP ...

AND THE EASIEST AND THE BEST WAY TO STOP IS NOT TO START SMOKING and not STARTING starts with youngsters. We hope all you teachers and parents will take note and do all you can to discourage youngsters from smoking ...

READ the AAHPER statement of FOUR POINTS on the opposite page again and act on them in your community and schools ... Act now, prevention is much easier than rehabilitation.

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VOLUME VII

APRIL, 1965

NUMBER 4

CONTENTS SMOKING, THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY ..

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .... Gle nn Sundby CHALK TAlK .......... .............. .............

USGF MEXICO TOUR . . ...... Sam Bailie USGF DIRECTORS REPORT .. ....... Frank Bare RESEARCH AND FITNESS .... James S. Boscoe WOMEN 'S NATIONAL COLLEGIATES ........... .

Herp Vogel OLYMPIC PHOTO SEQUENCE RO'UTINE ........

1965 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS OLYMPIC PHOTO SEQUENCE ROUTINE ........

QUESTIONS AND POINTERS ........ Art Sh urlock HELPFUL HINTS ... ..... ......... .......... Jim Farkas GYMNASTICS IN P. E............ A. B. Freder ick TRAMPOLING .................... ....... Jess Robinson JUDGING NOTES ............... ....... ......路.Roy Dav is WHAT'S THE SCORE ............... .. .Jerry Wright LETTERS .................................. . ...... ....

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MAX J. RUDERIAN __________ Publisher GLEN N SU N DBY __________________ Ed itor A. BRUCE FREDERICK .... Education Editor DR_ JAMES S. BOSCO __ .... Research Editor

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COMING IN JUNE

SENSATION IN KIEV

by Yuri Sabirov (New M.G . co rrespondent in Moscow) Th e Soviet gymnasts fini shed the 1964 Olympic year in Kiev, where the National Champi onships were held. The goil! of this Championship is mainly to search for new would be candidates who in the near future would be able to compete as a member of the National team in important Internati onal competitions.

The spectators of Kiev co uld see the skill and outstandin g sportin g proficiency of all the Olympians but Shachlin and Titov received much of the attention.

Two young mal e gy mnasts who received mu ch att ention were Michail Voronin, 20 years of age and Valery Karasev, 18 years old . Michail Voronin was in reserve at the Olympic Games. Durin g th e last few months he has been progressin g with rapid strid es and place d fourth in Kiev. H e is being trained by Vitali Beljaev, a young coach who has developed his own methods of trainin g gy mnastics in Moscow. Valery Karasev made hi s debut in Kiev. His mann er of workin g is very much like that of Eageni Korolkov the famous Soviet gymnast who is now coachin g Valery.

Victor Lisitsky , Silver Medal winner in Tokyo beca me th e All-Around Champion of th e USS R. He is the top gymnast of the USSR at present.

The women's competition proved even more sensational. For the first tim e four 15 yea r old gi rls were in the fin als. They had their first gymnasti c steps only four years ago while Lari 5sa Latynina was th e All-Around Ol ymp ic Champ ion. Now a school girl Larisa P etri c, 15 years of 'age from th e small town of Vitebsk occupied the top of the pedestal. Natasha Kuchinskaja al so caused mu ch excit ement among the specta tors. She was the leader after three events bu t unfortun ately she slipped from the Balance Beam and rece ived a lower score. Nevertheless her future smiles upon her.

At this date th e best gy mnasts 'of th e USS R are preparin g "for the Cup of Europe whi ch will be held in May. RESU LTS : Ki ev, December 11-13, 1964.

ALL-AROUND : Women: 1. L. Petric 37.55; 2. L. Latynina 37.5; 3. E. Tiazelova 37.40.

Men: 1. V. Lisitsky 57.35; 2. Y. Tsa penko 57.1; 3. S. Diomidov 57 .0. TEAl'vI: 1. Soviet Army; 2. Dinamo; 3. Byrevestnik.

RESULTS: Petrozavodsk, December 1719, 1964. International Competition: Finland -Moscow-Lenin grad-R SFS R. TEAM: 1.

Mosco w; 2. RSFS R ; 3. Finland ; 4. Leningrad. Individual: 1. V. Lisitsky 57.55 !RSFSR); 2. Y. Sa birov 56.55 (Moscow ); 3. G. Mi chailov 56.4 ( RSFSR ).

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Th e March iss ue of the Modem Gymnast in cluded a number of articles and letters regarding gy mnasti c judging. P erhaps it might be helpful for interested readers, both men and women, to get a copy of the new Division of Gii-Is and Women's Sports (AAHPER) Gymnastic Guid e which will be ava ilabl e in Jun e. Includ ed are some eminently qualified contributors and, in connection with judg· in g, an excellen t articl e appears. "The De· ve lopm ent of Qualified Jud ges" by Marie Provaznik , former FIG President of the Women's Co mmittee, Czechoslovak Sokol Director of Women (over 1,000,000 membel's,) leader of gold medal Olympic team, and reknowned educator gives th e steps necessa ry to become a top-level judge. Gymnastics is growin g so very fa st in our school program-over 35,000 copies of the 1963-65 Gymnasti cs Guid e were sold- it is important that we be alert to the possibility of topsy-turvy growth. Mrs. Provaznik leads us along sound roads in the step-by-step trainin g of gy mn asti c judges. Don 't miss the arti cle "The Development of Qualified Jud ges" in the 1965-67 DGWS Gymnastics Guide. Write-AAHPER, 1201 Sixteenth St. , N.W., Washington, D.C.-cost $1.00 . . .

(Norma B. Zabka, Editor- 1965·67 DGWS Gym nasti cs Guid e) .

DR. CURETON Often menti oned as a sponsor or co-author of resea rch proj ects menti oned in th e reo sea rch co lumn of the Modern Gymnast, Dr. C. K. Cureton is shown in the photograph s as he proves to an audi ence of physical, edu cators, YMCA physical directors and others in related fi eld s that to practi ce what one ,ireaches can pay dividend s even in the gold en years. Dr. Cw'eton was part of a team participatin g in a regional fit· ness conference sponsored by the President 's Co un cil on Physical Fitness at H arrisburg, Pa. We are hap py to report that gy mn as· ti cs ha s been sin gled out "as a specially em· phas ized acti vity area and that gy mn ast ic demonstra ti ons have been a part of many of these regional conferences. (Close on the heels of Dr. Cureton, and forcin g the air fr om his lungs as suggested, is Dr. S imon McNeeley who is a member of the staff of th e P. C.P.F.

U.S.G.F. NATIONAL TEAM TOU RS MEXICO CITY

by Sam Bailie·Coach Th e U.S.G.F. National Team was selected a t the I'den's Championship Meet at the Western Gymnastics Clinic on December 29th at the University of Arizona .

Team members were: Rusty Mitchell, Greg Weiss, Art Shurlock, Glen Gailis, Ray Hadley, J ohn Quintana and Coach, Sam Bail ie, (Gym nastics Coach : Univ. of Ariz.)

The U.S.A. team was the guest of the Un iversity of Mex ico and the gy mnasts of Mex ico C ity. Our stay of 4 days was oc· cupied with work· out s with local gy mnasts, two ex hi biti ons, and sight see in g in what must surely be one of the world s most beautiful cities.

Our work-o uts at th e sports academy were very gratifying. We saw a group of eager young gy mnasts who will become the ba<.:k· bone of gy mn astics for Mexi co in the future.

These gym na sts were receiving expert guid· an ce from Armando Vega (a mem ber of th e 1964 USA Olympic team). Armando will be in Mex ico City for the nex t three years helpin g to prepare the Mexican gymnasts for the 1968 Olympics. From what our team observed in work·out s of these yo un g gy mnasts and the Mex ican Nat iona l Team who perform ed with us durin g the two ex· hibiti ons the gymnasts of Mex ico will be a strong entry in the 1968 Olympic Games.

Our first ex hibiti on was held on Satur· day a ft ern oon at th e Mon itores V. Carranza Hi gh School under the direction of th e gym· nastics coach of the University of Mexico .

Our seco nd exhibition was held Sund ay evening at th e F eri a Del Ho gar in the sports roo m. Both exhibiti ons were enthusiastically rece ived." Among all of our workouts and exhibition s it would be difficult to sin gle ou t anyone outstandin g performan ce but I am sure they are still talking about what they saw as th e entire tea m performed ex· ce ll entl y and many tim es looked as if they were workin g for th at Gold Medal in 1968.

Some observation s of Mexico City and the 1968 Games : The trainin g gym for gym· nasti cs, all tIeW housin g and competitive areas are a lm ost co mplete an d seem to be well plann ed. All types of promotion for '68 is well un der way. The peo ple of Mexi co are tremend ous, the fo od is great and of many vari eti es, and tran sportati on is un · believable. It is a city of taxis in which yo u ca n rid e for miles and miles for less than $.50. And , for no extra , they throw in the th rill of stock car racin g between taxi s and busses.

We must express our sincere thanks " to Ted "Seg ur a (former Big 10 Rin g Cham· pi on from Iowa and now with Ford Motor Co. in Mex ico City) and Armando Vega and th eir wives who ' helped show us the sights of Mex ico Ci ty.

And our special th anks to Jose Luis H errera, a yo un g gym nast who was with us alm ost all of the tim e. He helped us with our shoppin g and kept us from getting lost in tax is. In all he .became a close fri end to all of us a nd we are look in g forward to seein g Jose aga in soon.

On th e li ght sid e of the trip- We had a new rend ition of " H ello Dolly" (Mexican style) by J ohn Quintana and Gregor Weiss was a ri ot tryin g to converse with the local population usin g English with a Spanish accent.

The last thin g we heard was come again soon and next ti me brin g a gii'ls tea m al so.

MEXICO VIS IT Above: Mus ical we lcome outside A irpor t and Gy mnasts enjoy sidewa lk cafe in Mex ico City.

Right : Scenes from exh ibiti on with Art Shurlock and John Quintana on the H .

Ba r; Greg Weiss in Floor Ex . and Rusty 路M itchell on the Side H orse.

Below: Rusty on the H. Bar at the Sports Academ y where Gymnastics wor kou t fa cilities are now under construction for the 1968 Olympic Gomes. Also pictured at the Academy are coach Bailie and several member s of the US team with A r mando Vega, Coach of t he Mexican Notional team and General Luis Rio vs (Confederation Deporti va de Capacitacionj" in charge of the Sports Academy al o ng with gymnastic students o f the Academ y.

At lower ri ght: USA team line up f or exhibition; Rust y Mitche ll flog bea rer , Sam Bai l ie Coach, Greg Weiss, Gl en Gaili s, Ro y Hadl ef, John Qui nta na and A rt Sh ur lock.

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Above: George Nisssen receives Hel ms Hall of Fame a ward for hi s contribu- ' tions t o Gymnastics from Gymnastics Hall of Fame Award Chairman George Szypula.

New NACGC officers: left t o right; V ice President Geier, Sec . Treas. Clair Jennett.

Hubert Dunn, President Jake

Scenes from t he NACGC banquet and meeting

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Sculpture of a handstand was the winning troph y in the arts section of the AAHPER convention.

Bill Meade receiving Caach of the Year Award from new NACGC President Jake Geier.

USGF President Dr . Dona ld Boydston receives silver tra y awa rd f or h is untiring efforts on behalf of the USGF.

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FRANK L. BARE Executive Di rector SALT LAKE CITY, TAB . .. and Brigham Young ni· versity (in Provo) hosted the 3rd Annual' Western Athletic Conference Championships which I was privileged to at· tend. B.Y. . has fo me of the fin est ph ysica l ed ucati on and athletics facilities in the nation now and is currentl y in th e process of enlargin g their physical plant. Host Coach, Rud y Moe, joined with Coaches No rris Steverson (Ariz . State)' George Gilmore, (New Mexico), La Von J ohn50n, ( tah ) and Sam Bailie (Arizona ) in a pre·meet coaches session and they 'then settled down to work on the floor of com· petititon. Arizona came out on top for the third stra ight yea r and moved on to the regionals in Denver. Brigham Young boasts a new gymn astics gymnasium and a vibrant interest in thi s sport. Dean Milton Hartvigsen (College of Physical Education) was kind enou gh to give me a tour of their outstanding faciliti es and this great University is in a settin g almost too bea utiful to describe as it is nestled against the snow covered mountains and over looks Lake Utah. Ouite a b eautiful spot and we'd like to ha ve our USGF Na tionals up there one yea r soon!

ST. LOUIS, MISSO RI . . . and the First National Invi· tational Collegiate Championship for Girls. Hosted by Wash· ington Uni versity (St. Louis) the meet drew an excellent representation of outstanding college-girl gymnasts . Dale McClements (Univ. of Washington) was on her way home from England and stopped in for the competitions. Donna Schaenzer (1963 USG F All-Around Champ) from Southern Illinoi s Uni versity, walked off with All-Aro und hon ors and her teammates gathered a considerable number of points in winning the team title. Missouri University had a fine representative team as did Stevens College (Columbia , Mo.) and San Francisco State College (California) .

The University of Wisconsin , the Univ. of Massachusetts and the Uni v. of Washington all entered bringing the teams

represented to seven, Gail Daley, Canada 's great yo ung allaround champion also participated and wrapped up second in the Uneven Bars, third in Floor Ex and Vaulting and 4th in Beam. In the finals Dale McClements won Va ulting, Floor Exercise and the Unevens .. . while J an is Dunham (SI ) won the Beam.

The meet was held before an excellent crowd and much credit for the entire excellent event goes to Shirley Kropp (N orth Kirkwood Jr. HS), Herb Vogel (SIU) and Marge Meredith (U . of Mo. ) along with man y member s of the Missouri Gymnastics Association who pitched in and worked to make this first Collegiate Meet for girls the trul y fine event that it was. It was a trea t to see such fin e coaches as George Lewis (Seattle) , Kitty Kjeldsen (Mass.), Va nnie Edwards (Louisiana ) , Gene Mitchell (America n Turners) and the others mentioned earlier working closely with a gro up of fine judges in Mildred Prchal (Sokols), Inez Caon (USG F T ech. Comm.) , Alyce Vogel, Fred Orlofsky and Jim and Dolores Brislane, the Go ntermans, .pete Salsich . . . in short a fine meet, a tremendous start, hosted by a ver y outstandi ng gr oup in St. Louis.

MEXICO CITY, D .F . . . . and for those of yo u who attended the Western Clinic last December 26-30th this will not be news, but a remin der. The last competition of the 1964 Western Clinic was a trials to select a six m an team to go to Mexico City . . . and the Clinic Championship which drew more than 40 entries per event wound up with the fin est possible team being selected and a grea t group of alternates lined up sh ould they be needed. R STY MIT, CHELl , GREG WEISS, ART SH U RLOCK, GLEN GA ILIS , JOH 1 QUI NTANA , AND RAY HADLEY . .. made the top six and alternates in order ... were Lonn ie Kapp (Cal), Rick Fields (Ca L), Jack Kenan (Ariz.) and Bobby Dick· 9

so n (Ga. Militar y) . Th e team formed as ' they were sel· ected ill late Ma rch and departed fr om va riou s U.S .A. 10' cations to assem bl e in Mex ico Cit y, Sa m Bai lie, liniv. of Ari zona Coach who hosted the tria Is was Coach/ Manager and awa y they went to spend fi ve da ys in bea utifu l lTexico City. Some o f th e ph otos wi ll tell the stor y very well . .. exhibiti ons, demon strations, a nd sight·seein g at every op· portunity . . . well received by the host Co untr y and we were very proud to send them an' entire gro up . Quite a powerful team . . . that co uld have done well any where the competition awa ited . For the future . . . it stacks up pretty well in our book to send three experienced Olym. pians .. . and three non ·Ol ympia ns who might well be in the next few years, so it is my humbl e opinion this team was great for man y, man y reaso ns . . . mostl y because of the abil ity an d character of thi s fine gro up of America n gy mnasts. T here's not an other group of six in the USA that could take'em on!

DALLAS. T EXAS . .. nex t the National Co nvention of the A.A .H .P. E.R . . . . in Dallas. Here nearly 4,000 te achers assembled for the week.long conventi on . One of th e ses· sions was on Gymnastics . . . hosted and co nducted by Dr. Ha rtley Price of Florida State University. Dr. Price, long a lead er of the sport in the United States, brou ght together such notables as the legendary (a nd trul y grea t ) Coach .of so man y nati onal tumbling ch 'l mpions it is di f· ficult to co unt them ... LES GRIFFI N. of the Dallas Ath · letic Clu b. If there is a Grand Old Ma n of tu mbling in all the world . . . Lester Griffin is the man! J ami lie Ash· more, gymnastics coach at T exas Uni v., gave an excellent talk on Floor Exercise and also had a demonstrati on gr oup present for illu strati on. Cha rlie Pond rea d a paper by J oe Giall omba r do on Hi gh Sch oo l Gymnastics in the .s.A. and Glenn Sundby and I spoke on trends in gymnastics with Glenn takin g in the in ternati onal pi cture a nd follo wing his fine presentation with fi lms fr om Tokyo . The session was crowded and it was obivo us that interest in gymnastics was ve ry hi gh . .. a good sign and what's more a sign of th e times as gymnastics gr ows a nd grows every where. Dr. PI'ice is to be commended . for his consta nt dedica ti on to this annual program.

CARBO NDALE, ILLI lOIS ... the Na tional Collegiate Ath· letic Associa tion (N.C.A.A.) Gymnastics Champi onshi ps.

Two tea ms . . . clashed hea d· on for the team title with Penn. State, under th e guidance of Gene Wettstone, takin g the 1965 ICAA Title home with a victor y over Washing. ton, coached by Eric Hu ghes, and the individmils events were extremely tough . . . wi th some fin e performances at every turn. T he results are sh own herein . . . and the fa ct that CBS televised th e meet made it possibl e for ever yo ne to see it ... besides the 6,500 fan s who packed into South · ern Illin ois Universities beautiful Arena (which is a sight in itself). Congratulations to host Coach Bi ll Mea de wh o walked off with 1964·65 Coach of the Year honors him· self . . . for an outsta nd ing job in making everyo ne feel welco me .. . and leave with the positive feeling they'd just seen a real national championship .. ..great meet!

CARBONDALE, ILLI NOIS .. . in conjunction with the ICAA, the Nati onal Association of College Gymnastics Coaches met and elected offi cers for next year. New Presi· dent is MR. JAKE GEIER. Uni v. of Nebraska . . . Vice· President Hubert Dunn. of No rthern Illin ois Uni v .. Sec.· Treas ., Clair Jennett of Sa n J ose State College. N'ACGC represen ta tive to the USG F is Bill Meade.

An Award of Honor was betowed upon George Nissen . . . by the NACGC for his outstandin g contribution to the sport over the years. So turn yo ur glance to the pictures and we'll let th em speak for themselves.

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CARBON DALE, ILLI NOIS .. . the Nation al High Schoo l Coaches Association met on Saturd ay mornin g to discuss their plans and future. President, Vic Lesch (Willowbrook H.S., Ill. ) condu cted th e excellent mornin g meeting and this group has p ublished a high school association book that is well worth ha vin g if yo u are interested in working with th em. Excellent representati on and a fin e group of high sch ool coaches . .. and when President Lesch wraps up the minutes of their meeting he'll report to yo u all on the new plans.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFO R IJA ... actually in Lakewood , Ca li fornia. TH E FIRST I N TH E U.S.A. is what it said on the notices .. . the NORTH·vs. SO TH ALL·STA R GIRLS CH AM PIO NSHIPS . . . and that's exactly what it was, all girl, and truly ALL·STAR . I ha ve never seen a more out· stand ing competiti on . GAI L DALEY, DALE McCLElVI· ENTS, LI IDA METHANY, DONNA SCHAENZER, and nearl y thirty other great performers of various ages in the finest exhibitions of competitive wome n's gymnastics I ha ve ever witnessed . T he level of competitions was tre· mendous . . . grea t ro utines .. . and a packed·house that had to turn them away at the do or. The SO TH ERN CAL· IFOR NIA AC RO·TEAM (SCAT) hosted the meet which was Directed b y SCAT Coach B ' D MARQ ETIE and the parents of the gr oup pi tched in to h ost the youngsters at·· tendin g.

AN IMPORTANT WORD ABOUT SANCTIONING OF MEETS . . .

THE U.S.G.F. is happy to provide their official sanct ion for appropriate amateur gymnastics competitions sponsored and/ or conducted by recognized organizations and groups. Re· quests for Sanctions should be sent directly to the U.S.GJ. Office and should allow for two weeks or more of processing.

IT IS IMPORTANT that if your meet is to be open to Col· legiate (under·graduate) athletes that you apply for approval of the N.C.A.A. Extra Events Committee. The N.C.A.A. has long supervised the parti ci pation of member athletes in other sports and has recently enacted legislations to bring track and gymnastics into line with other existing policies. This is not a restrictive policy but rather one which protects ath· letes by seeing that non·co llegiate entities conducting com· petitions are appropriately managed and supervised and in· quiring into the basic financial workings of the event. A great step in the right direction which the U.S.G.F. feels has been needed for years. Send to the U.S.GJ. office for information but it is important that you allow sufficient tim e for pro· cessing your meets and obtaining a Sanction if yo u desire to invite coll ege gymnasts.

On the HIGH SCHOOL front, one of our USGF requirements for sanctioning is that th e sponsoring group (or the USGF if you request) inquire to the State High School Activities Association involved to determine el igibilty rulings for high school ath· letes. Every State has slightly varied ru les concerning high school athletes and their participation in open events. It is a relatively simple matter to proceed through the State Office concerned and determine the proper method· of obtaining ap· proval for high sch ool athletes participation. f you have ques· tions please inquire to the U.S G.F. Office and we will attempt to find the answers for you . Most me ets are scheduled well in advance ... so inquire for your U.S.GJ. SANCTION early and we in turn will provi de you with all the assistance we ra n to help promote your event and give it the recognition it deserves .. .

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RESEARCH AND FITNESS James S. Bosco, Ph.D .

San Jose State College ACTUAL HEARTOGRAPH

This is the fOlirth of a series of six articles dealing with the effects of participation in gymnastics activities On cardiovasClilar measures . A se ries is being planned in the area oj m echanical and kinesiological analysis of gymnastics activities. Please forward all articles to the above addre ss .

WRIGHT, Jam es Nelson, " The Effects of Gymnastic Trainin g on the Heartogram s of Youn g boy s," Urbana: M.S_ thesis, Physical Education, University of Illinois, 1954. Pp. 96.

PURPOSE: The purpose of thi s study was threefold : ( 1) to determin e the reliabili ty of ten H eartometer measures taken on 14 yo un g suh jects, (2) To constru ct ex ploratory Nornf Curve Graphs for each of ten H eartometer items on 225 selected yo un g boys, for use as control measures, and (3) To determin e the eff ects of a gymnasti c training program of tram polinin g and tumbling on the Heartometer measures of this grou p ·of 14 young boys.

METHOD: A sin gle gro up experimental procedure was used. Each of the 14 male white subj ects ( ages 5-11 ) were tested on 10 selected H eartometer items prior .to the introducti on of an ex perimental factor, trampolinin g and tumblin g. The group was retested again at the conclusion of the eight months training· period. Th e r es ultin g data were statisti cally and graphically treated in th e determination of 0 ) reliabilities of measurement, and (2) significance of the changes between T-1 and T-2 measures over and above err ors of measurement and chan ges attr ibuta bl e to normal gr owt.h. All H eartograms were record ed and measured under standardized procedures followed in the Physical Fitness Laboratory at the University of Illinois. The ten measures selected for investigation were: 0) Area, (2) Area/S urface Area (3) Systolic Amplitude , (4) Diastoli c Ampl itud e, (5) Obliquity Angle, (6) Ej ecti on Angle, (7) Systoli c Blood Pressure, (8) Di astolic Blood Pressure, (9 ) Pulse Pressure, and (10 ) Pul se Rate_ Body S urface Area was also included in the basic data and stati sti cal treatment. The 14, subjects were analyzed both on a gro up and on an individual basis, the critical rati o bein g the chi ef statisti c used in these analyses. In add ition, each individual's T-1 and T-2 measure ment s were plotted on Norm Curves con stru cted for each of the ten Heartom eter items. These Norm Curves were developed in this study on 225 selected young boys between the ages of 6-13. The r esulting graphs were used as control procedures in the evaluation of -an y sign ificant chan ges; althou gh no cla im was mad e r egardin g how truly these graphs represented the curves of the normal population.

tive direction ; while two measures improved and one remain ed constant. 4. Although the general tren d was not, in most cases, consistent throughout each of the individual 's ten measures, the case anal ysis revealed that none of the 14 subj ects tend ed, generally, to become poorer in circulatory fitn ess (as measured by the Heartometer) , whi le two boys showed im provements, and three r emain ed un chan ged. The complete pi cture of these chan ges would not justify concludin g that there was signifi cant loss in cardiovascu lar fitn ess durin g th e trainin g period , however. Th e trends can only be noted.

II. 1. The reliabiliti es of ten Heartome ter meas ures on the 14 youn g subjects in this study are quite comparable to those recorded for adults. T hi s evid ence suggested that the Heartometer can be used quit e as satisfactorily with younger subj ects as has been shown with ad ults. 2. A standar dized cuff pressure 80 mm. Hg. was not foun d to be sati sfa ctory for use in recording the pul se waves of yo un gsters. In vestigation suggested that the most des irable cuff pressure for a su bject li es sli ghtl y above hi s Diastolic Blood Pressure ( about 5-10 mm. above) . Tim e permitting, a pre-reco rdin g at several graduated pressure levels, in the vicinity mention ed above, should suggest a cuff pressure wh ich will yield th e most accurate pulse wave tracin g_ 3. The Norm Curv e Graph has been shown to be a desirable control technique for use in studies of thi s type. 4. The gymnasti c training program of trampolining and tumbling gave no indi cation of improv in g the yo un gster's cardiovascular fitn ess as a group , th ough one individual did show sign ificant gains. On the contrary, although the evidence is incon clusive, there were indications that th e circulatory fitn ess of the majority of youngsters tended to become poorer during th e trainin g period_ PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF A BRACHIAL PULSE WAVE

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RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: I. 1. Reliabilities on each of the ten items measured ran ged from .379 to .979. W hen the compa ratively low r eliabilities of the blood pressure measures were ex cluded, the ran ge improved consid erably : .822 to .979. T he Systoli c Amplitude, Angle of Ej ection , and Pulse ra te items had the hi ghest r eliabili ty fi gures. 2.

A stud y of .six Heartograp hs taken at varied cuff pressure levels, along with obse rvation and analysis of the graphs collected on th e subj ects in this stud y indi ca ted that a standard of 80 mm. H g. of cuff pressure did not always yield th e subj ect's best pul se wave.

3. Gro up analysis of t.h e data revealed that only one measure, Systoli c Blood Pressure, showed a signifi ca nt chan ge over and a bove the errors of measurement. This ite m dropped from a mean of 97.85 in the T-1 measures to a mean of 84.64 in the T-2 data. T hi s chan ge was in the direction oppos it e to that indi cated by the Norm Curve Graph s as the normal trend associat ed with growth_ Each of the oth er items showed littl e chan ge over the trainin g peri od. Seven of th e te n measures, however, did move in a nega-

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SOUTHERN'S COEDS CAPTURE WOMENS NATIONAL COLLEGIATES in the First Na ti onal Invitati onal Gym nas tic Champ ionship for Coll ege Wom en Thirt y-se ven co llege wom en, representin g se ven co ll eges and uni versiti es mad e gymnasti c hi story on Marc h 27 th , 1965, in th e F irst National Co llegia te Gymnastic Cham pi onshi p for Women_ An excess of 2,000 spectat ors flow ed into th e Washin gton Uni versity Fi eld House in SI. Lou is, to watch th e top ten eve nt finalists in thi s first exclusive fi eld of coll ege women '5 gy lnnastics.

The " premier" event , held on an in vitati onal basis, to collegiate team s and indi vid ual s mee tin g eli gibility requirements in team s of academi c and medi cal standard s_ S pecta tors we re met by the well -organized open in g ce remony, direc ted by Dr. Drews, De partm ent Chairman of W _P.E. , Wa shin gton Uni versity, which was hi ghli ght ed by a very impress ive " grand march" of a ll parti cipatin g con testants. Dr. McFarland , Chairm an of the i\'1en's P.E. Depart ment , ca n be cred'ited wi th th e " behind the sce nes" deta il s of fin ance and fa cilities.

Meet Direc tor, Ed Fran z of th e Washin gton Uni versit y coachin g sta ff, ably handl ed th e meet organ izational parti culars with Shirl ey Kropp, Misso uri Associati on of D.G.W .S. a ~s i st ed by Mrs. In ez Builderbeck , Eugene, Oregon , carry in g out the administrative chores of registrati on, scorin g, eligibility- th e " hack stage" duti es that are so meanin g ful to the success of an event, bu t so oft en times go unh erald ed. Th e success of the " coll egiate first" is indicati ve of th e pre-planning and long hours that th ese fo lks contribut ed.

Cleri cal duti es and the general work staH were pro vid ed by the wom en's secti on of th e Misso uri Gymnasti c's Associat ion, Washington University Majors Clu b, and Washin gton Universit y Staff personn el, Vannie Edwa rds, Wom en's Gymnasti c mentor from Centinary Co ll ege of Loui siana and 1964

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U.S. Wom en's Olympic Coach served as coordinator of the " judges class" and served as " head judge".

Marj ori Mered ith, Women's Gymnastic Coach of Uni versity of Missouri , coordinated the scorin g duties with Gene Mitchell, Nat ional Physical Ed ucation Director of the American Turners, as th e meet referee.

Dr. Ra chel Bryant, Nation al Representati ve of A.A.H.P.E.R. of Wa shin gton, D.C. , with Marjori Meredith (U. of Mi ssouri), Dr. Drews (U_ of Washington) , and Shirley Kropp ( DGWS) , as chairman se rved as the "eli gibility co mmittee" assurin g that all contestants meet the eligibility specifi cati cns governin g the " closed" collegiate com petition.

Contestants Donna S chaenzer, 1965 Captain of the So uthern Illin ois Women's Gymnas tic Team, captured th e collegiate women's National all -around title, defeati ng pre-meet fa vorites of SIU's Gail Daley (Canad ian Ol ympian) and Dale McClements ( U.S. Olympian ) .

Donna, the 20 year old Juni or in Physical Educat ional Major, added the Nati onal Women 's Coll eg iate tumblin g title, leadin g her team to its First National Collegiate team titl e.

Dale !l1cClements, Un iversity of Washin gton, Seattl e, Physical Education Major, ca me back from a "shaky" preli min ary competition , whi ch govern ed a fourth place All -Around fin ish, came back stron g in the fin als to capture National Coll egiate titles in Horse Vaultin g" Uneven Bars, and Fl oo r Exercise. In the Floor Exercise event, Dale turn ed in the outstan din g performan ce of the competititon and consid ered by many the best of her career. fanis Dunham, 18 year old , Elementary Education Major, of SIU , captured the Balance Beam Gold _'1edal award , with the Nati onal Collegiate Beam Titl e.

Pam ela Berry, of the University of W isconsin , capt ured the National Trampolin e Coll ege women's titl e_

Geographical R ep resentation- indi ca ted in th e bid for th e Nat ional Collegia te T eam Titl e.

The So uthern Illin ois Uni versity Women's T ea m, coached by Herb Vogel and assisted

by Miss Ja ck ie Puhls, S. LD. Wom en's Physical Edu cation Staff Member, ill ustrated balance and depth to win the National In vitational Co lleg iate Wom en's T eam titl e, leav in g littl e doubt that they traveled to S I. Loui s to perform well - and perform well they did.

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THE TEAM SCORING : Southern Illi nois Univ ersity, 209; Univ ers ity of Washington, 58; University of Wisc onsin, 35; San Francisco State, 23; Uni versit y of Mass. , 3.

Individual Event Results All-Around: Do nna Schaenzer (S IU ) 36.34; Gail Dale. (S IU ) 35 .93; Irene Haworth , (S IU ) 35 .59; Dal e McClements, (Wash) 35.48; Mary E. T oth , (S IU ) 34.58; Janis Dunham , (S IU ) 34 . 29; Caro l Elsner, (Wash) 30.28; Sue Conrad , (S. F. State) 29.55; Diana Martin, (S. F. State) 28.05; Sandra Wachs ( U of W is. ) 27 .82 . Balance Beam.: Janis Dunham , 18.00; Donna Schaenzer, 17.832; Mary E. T oth , 17.69; Gail Daley, (S IU ) 17.63; Irene Ha worth , 17.29; Carol El ser , 16 . 16; Sue Conrad, (S. F. State) 15.83; Dal e McC lemen ts, 15.56; Diana Ma rtin, 14.66; Sandra Wach s, 12.59. Floor Exercise : Dale McClements, 19.13; Donna Sehaenzer, 18 .66'; Gail Daley, 18.53; Irene Hawor th 18.46; Ma ry E. T oth , 18.29; Sue Conrad , 18.16; Janis Dunham , 17 .73; Diana Ma rt in, 16.53 ; Sand ra Wachs, 15.23; Charl yn Webster, (U of Mo ss ) 14.79. VaUlting: Dale MeC lements , 18.79; ' Mar y E. T ot h, 18 .29; Gail Daley, 18 .23 ; Do nna Sehaenzer, 18.06; Irene Hawo rth, 18.03; Janis Dunham , 15.76; Caro l El sner , 14.83; . Ph y l is Nim mer, 路(U o f Wis) 14.36; Sue Conrad , 13 .89; Charlyn Webster , 13.63.

Uneven Bars : Dale MeC lements , 18.69; Gail Da ley, 18.46; Donna Sehaenzer, 18.23; Irene H aworth , 18 .09; Janis Dunham, 17.79; Caro l El sner , 16.56 ; Mary E. T ath, 15.49 ; Sandra Wach s, 13 .53; Diana Ma rt in, 1.2.23; Shi rl ey Mertz, (SIU) 11 . 13. Tumbling: Donna Schaenzer , 8.066; Sue Con rad , 6.733 ; Irene Haworth , 6 .533. Trampoline : Pamela Barry, (U . of W IS.) 6 .000; Sherry Kosek, (SIU) 5.366; Becky Bates, (U. o f W is.) 5 . 133 .

OLYMPIC FINALS - SEQUENCE PHOTO ROUTINE POLINA ASTAKHOVA, FIRST PLACE WINNE R UNEVEN P ARALLEL BARS. OLYMPIC GAMES, TOKYO, JAPAN 1964 (Following 4 pages) Jump to glide kip, change to upper bar with dislocate grip, swin g backward, arch lunge forward with release of grip to for路 ward hip circle, straddl e pike swing below bar to full body extension, stoop legs be路 tween arm s, reverse kip, swing downward, and upward to high straddle regrasp, swin g forward with straddle legs, immediately release and regrasp low bar, swin g forward, sto op through, reverse kip, fall backward, disengage, kip, reg rasp high bar, swing backward, straddle legs forward , extend over low bar, drop and bounce legs off low to pull over, extend backward and stoop legs between anTIS to a stand on low bar, If:, turn jump to straddl e " L" support, strad路 die circle back ward with a high % tum extension, swing forward with mixed grip, hip circle on lower bar; to double eagle regrasp on high bar, swin g backward , pike le6s and place feet on low bar to a pike stand, immediately push off to a fonvard seat disloca te extension, swin g fonvard , hlp circle backward to a hecht dismount with a 1,4 turn and % twist inward with a pol路 ished fini sh and a 9.666 average score for the routine.

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Coach Gene Wettstone, and the Penn State Gymnasts 1965 NCAA T eam Champ io ns

1965 NCAA CHAMPIO'NSHIPS

Washintgon Team TEAM SCORING : PENN STATE EVENT 7 FREE EX ERCI SE 15 SIDE HORSE 21 T RAMPO LINE 32 H ORIZONTAL BAR 43 LONG H ORSE 52V2 PARALLEL BARS 62V2 STILL RINGS 6 ALL-AROUND 68 V2 TOT AL:

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ALL-AROUND: Mike Jacobson, 54.75 ; Glenn Gai lis, 53.45; Steve Cohen , 53.25; Ed Isabelle , 52.75 ; Bob Holl , 52 .75; Rick Field , 52 .00 .

FREE EXERCISE : Frank Schm itz, SIU, 9.575 ; Mike Jacobson, Penn St ., 9.250; Jim David , Wash ., 9.200; Ed Isa be lle, Penn St ., 9. 125 ; Jim Pet ri no, Temple, 9.125; Dan Millman, Calif ., 9.025.

SIDE HORSE : Ken Gordon , 9.145; Steve Herter , Wise.,

Bob Eisinger, Springfie ld, 9.375; Iowa, 9. 145; Bob Hall , Wash. , Cohen, Penn St. , 8.950; Gary 8.925; Glenn Gailis, Iowa, 8.850.

Frank Schmidt, Free Ex Champion Bob Ei sing er, Side Horse Cham pion

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TRAMPOLINE : Frank Schmitz, 9.625; Dan Millman, 9.400; Fred Sanders, M ich. 9.375; John Hamilton, Mich., 9. I 00; Terry Day, Denver, 8.875; Gary Erwin, Mich ., 5.300 . .-t. ,~-.......~

HORIZONTAL BAR: Mike Jacobson , 9.400; Jim Curzi, Mich . St., 9.400; Ed Isabelle, 9.225; Bill Wolf, SIU ,: 9.200; Glenn Gailis, 9.150; Rusty Rock. S. F. V alley, 8.900.

Mike Jacobson, 1965 NCAA A ll Around Champion and co-champ on the High Bar

LONG HORSE : Dan Mi ll man, 9.700; Frank Schmitz, 9.675; "Rich Black, Sp rin gfield, 9.550; Br ent Wil liams, SIU, 9.525; Ma rk Buckingham , Wash .â&#x20AC;˘ 9.300; Jim Selby. Iowa St. , 9 .225.

Frank Schm idt, Trampo li ne Champion

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PARALLEL BARS : Jim Curzi, 9.525; Paul Newman , Calif., 9.350; Mike Jacobson , 9.200; Rick Field , Calif., 9.200; Bi ll Wolf, 9.100; Jerry Crowder . Iowa St. , 9.100.

STILL RINGS : Glenn Gailis, 9.575, Bill Wo lf, 9.450; Rick Fi eld , 9.450; Tom Cook, SIU, 9.325; Bob D iamond, S. F. Valley, 9.295; Les Christianson, Ariz . St. 9.125 . .

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QUESTIONS and POINTERS A~

~ W e forgo the questions jor this edition and concentrate on pointers using the Olympic jinals sequence photos taken by Editor Glenn Sundby of Russia's Lisitsky's Horizontal Bar Rouitne ( preceeding 4 pages) and Japan's Ono pictured below.

L1 SlTSKY, USSR, 4th HORIZONTAL BAR, TOKYO OLYMPICS 1964 ( preceedin g four pages) Mix ed grip cast, back uprise double r ear (note straight arm above head halfway through the double rear ), back seat circle, cast backward to german giant, disengage shoo t ' 112 turn , mixed grip forward swing chan ge to double undergrip (note the ex-

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treme height of the body above the bar pri or to th e straight body kip ) , straight body kip, % reverse giant, change grips to reach und er, back uprise, rear vault, kip change to under grip, reverse giant, stoop thru, extend to 2 inverted giants, dislocate giant, hop chan ge to immediate pirouette, 2 back. giants, full twistin g fly-a-way to a solid landing.

This routin e received a 9.7 average score.

Hi s two " C" moves were the eagle hop with 1h turn and the full twisting fl y-a-way.

Both of which were not perform ed correctly.

Th e rest of the routin e however, was perform ed with good style and precision. A.S. TAKASHI ONO PERFORMING " DOUBLE GERMAN TO STUTZ" Th e gymnast performin g the "double german giant with a stutz" turnout is Takashi Ono, the originator of both these moves.

Takashi Ono has been a member of four Japan ese Olympic teams, and has twi ce missed bein g Olympic All Around champion by .005 of a point (1956- & 1960).

In ord er to perform the " double german" an excellent cast backward with a good pike and extension is essential. As the legs are pulled backward over the head ~n the backward cast, th e shoulders must be kept as high as possible. This is accomplished by lookin g fonvard' and pushin g the arms downward very powerfully against the bar un-

til th e body is completely extended backward. The bod y is fully stretched on the downward rotation in order to develop as mu ch momentum as possible for the upward lift of the body. As the perform er rotates upward the body is pulled into a very ti ght pike at the top of the first german giant. The arms again press powerfully downward again st the bar to kee p the hips high off the bar. This is continued until the hips pass completely over the top of tl~ e bar at which point the feet are extended directly backward (not upward ). The second german proceeds exactly as the first.

The german giant to stutz involves the performer waiting until the should ers lift a bove the bar at which point he explodes into an arch with a half turn releasin g one hand路 and pivotin g on the other. This move is similar to the stutz on parallel bars. Th e legs are pulled into a pike on the upward swin g and then r eleased into an ar~ h with a 112 tum toward, the bar.

In the photo also note the techn.ic used on th e back kip prior to the backward cast. Note : All the sequence photos presented in the Modern Gymnast should be thoroughly studi ed for they provide on e of the best means for the understandin g of advan ced gymnastics. Decipher the technics of the ad van ced gymnast. Remember all human movement is governed by the laws of mechani cs.

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Helpful hints by "Jim" Farkas, Instmctor of Physical Education, of The Milwaukee Turners, Wisconsin

TEACHING OF "DISLOCATION" ON THE The teachin g of gymnastics almost invariably requires manual help (spotting) by the instructor. Although students must be taught to spot, in most instances their presence is more of a hindrance for the performer, than actual help. When teachers face large classes the physical demand for spotting can be so enormous that they , will rather skip the teaching of demanding sk ills. However, most advanced exercise elements can be approached in easy steps and through various equipment usage, whi ch will not req uire manual spotting. The "Dislocation" is one of th ose skills which easily lends itself to self-teaching method s.

Before the actual exercise element wo uld be approached, first the shoulders must be prepared for the unu sual action of turn ing from rear-hang to front路h ang. A simple preparatory exercise (Fig. A.) will do the j ob. Standin g rearways in fr ont of a low bar, get a wide grip (from above) th en maintainin g the complete ex tension of elbows squat down and sink the hips und er the bar. Without slowin g down straighten kn ees and emerge to stand behind the bar (so that it will be in front of yo u now).

Swin g und er the bar back and forth gradually decreasin g the di stance between the hand s. Continue thi s exercise until the dislocation of the shoulder s can be don e with smoothn ess and without disco mfort.

The nex t step would require the intro路 duction of proper kinesthetic sensation s which would signal 'the start of the action.

T he performer grasps the lower bar with an und er grip ( thumbs point outward ) and descendin g under the bar, with both legs squa ts through between the arm s to a "bent inverted han g" (th e bar should be 4路5 inches away from mid-thi gh and the

UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS

fa ce turned toward the kn ees) . Maintainin g the relative balance in this position the performer is brought to a pendular swi nging motion by the spotter. After several swin gs a dislocation must be started from a forward ( toward the face) penduI um. The dislocation is guided by a hold und er the perform er's knee and powered by a push behind her Sacrum ( Fi g. B. 1.).

Immediately after the di slocation the perform er must be kept " floating' ( her body held contrary to downward fall) to prevent a sudden strain on the shoulders, whi ch is possible at in co rrect first attempts ( Fi g. B. 2.).

Two or three "feelers (lead-up exercises) usually prove enough. A gymn ast is now' read y to get into " prod ucti on" ( to repea t the movements innumerably until a certain degree of automatization has taken place).

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Here the teacher may combine the avail路 able eq uipm ent so that the arrangement will enforce the proper technique and at the same tim e will provide an unerring and tireless spottin g. Fig. C. provid es such an arran gement. Following a "112 rear-hipcircleforward" to a "bent inverted hang" the dislocati on begins through the "gate" (provid ed by the bar and the rolled-up mat) and ends-after full extension- in a pleasan t belly landin g. The usual early dislocati on is impossible because th e mat would stop premature hi p-extension. The soft and safe-lookin g arrangement , enco urages bold approaches, whi ch is so necessary for the successful acco mpl ishment of thi s skill.

Aher the automatizati on th ere is little problem to transfer the learned " dislocation" to the Upper bar and combine it with other elements.

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by A. BRUC EFR EDERICK - 2125 ARMOU R ORiVE WILMING TON 8, DElAWARE

MAKE YOUR OWN MEDALS By followin g the suggestion s below you will be abl e to make very good looknig as well as in ex pensive medals to use in your club or intram ural programs.

You will need to use a toy known as a VAC-U-FORM. If you are not familiar with thi s toy , just ask any of your children about it and enlist their aid in thi s proj ect.

Sin ce the toy will enabl e the user to reprodu ce almost any shape, you must first select a pattern for your medal. Any medal having a sculptured rather than a flat, smoot h surface mi ght be used. Or, you may use clay to form a medal of yo ur own design. This latter method is preferred even though the medal s shown in the photograph s accompaning thi s article were mad e with a medal which is available co mmercially.

The company whi ch manufactures the toy also has a medal kit available from which a inse for your medal can be selected. We chose a circular shape for the base of th e medals shown here. By using such a solid, cylindrical shape we were able to obtain the depth we required for the medal.

Having formed the medal s in plastic, we carefully cut out the circular shapes.

These were then placed upside down and fill ed with plaster paris. (See diagram ) Right after th e plaster paris was placed in the medal forms, a metal paper clip was be'nt and one half of it was placed below the surface of the plastic. Upon setting, the medal then had a perman ent hook. We used th is hook to attach a ribbon. It might also be used to hang the medal in an appropriate place in the winner's !;louse.

The plastic edges of the medals were then trimm ed and spray paint was applied. Gold, silver and copper spray paints were used.

One small can is more than enough to spray medal s for many many meets.

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The medals shown in his article were award ed to boys and girls who participated in a mee t at the Wilmington Turners. (Wilmington, Delaware) Since the medals were placed around the necks of the boys and girls, there was a kind of Ol ympic atmosphere surroundin g the presentation of the medals. (Note : The children had participated in a meet in whi ch they were required to do req uired exercises suggested in the AGE-CRO UP WORKBOOK of the U.s.F,C.)

EDITOR'S NOTE The language used in the article below has been intended for children and adults alike . It will seem to be a bit oversimplified in spots but this was the original intent.

T he article is presented to those who are teaching gymnastics so the y may actually use the contents in their own work. The article is also suggestive of a method of presentation which can be easily adapted in the teaching of other basic gymnastic stunts The main idea is to present a stunt on a mulbi-level or con tinuum basis so there will be a challenge presented to all members of the class regardless of ability. There is also a possibility that such an aid as a "ladder" will serve as a self-help kind of aid and require little or no help from the teacher in many instances. The teacher may then concentrate on those members of the class who are really having trouble. A.B.F. THE HEADSTA N D LADDER The headstand is not at all a true head· stand but it is a head and han d stand. It is easy to do. Most people learn to do it in time if th ey have been taught properly and if they will practi ce.

One of the first things you must learn in any kind of balancing acti vities, the better th e foundation . . . thf' better the balan ce. Look for a moment at the picture below. (See "A") If "A" is a drawing of a piece of paper wih a figure on it, will it balan ce on the bottom edge? Very likely it will not. However, if the paper is folded as in " B" the little man does a headstand quite easily. Th e part of the drawing which is shaded helps you to und erstand why.

The shaded area ·in " B" is much larger than the shaded lin e in "A". To balance like " A" would take ~ fine degn;e of skill.

YOUR FOUNDATION MOVES AS YOU TRY TO DO DIFFERENT HEADSTAND STUNTS, YOU ARE LIKELY TO FAIL. Now . . . look at the ladder. Start at A·I and' see how 'f ar you can get. If yo u have some trouble, the suggestions on the pages which follow may help.

The suggestions below may lielp you if you get stuck on one part of the ladder. If th e suggestion s do not help, you will have to get your teacher to explain.

A ·l - Make sure that while you are crawl· in g you do not move your head or hands.

This is very common mistake.

A-2-Get a friend to watch. Ask him to see if your back is going past an upright po sition as you try the stunt. If it does, you

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THIS NOT THIS A·3-Lower slowly. While doing a frog stand , spread the fingers wide. Feel support in each of the finger tips. The frog stand is slightly harder than the headstand so do not stop at this part of the ladder be· cause yo u cannot do it. Go on.

A·4- Roll quickly. Push vigorously with hands so head gets through. Hand action is quick after the push. They must be placed quickly ahead of the body so that you will balan ce. If you do not show this quick hand action you w:ill simply roll over to your knees or feet.

B·l-This move'l1ent will be easier if you first move your hips in the direction shown.

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C·l-If you are having troubl e with thi s, go back to B·l. From position B·I yo u try to" slowly extend your legs. Get a friend to place one finger against the top of your foot as you go up or your friend may grasp your toes with the thumb and index finger and give yo u a very gen tle pull as you go up.

C·2-Get one leg up at a tim e. Th e straight leg is first. When it is " locked" try to pull up the other one.

C·3-Some people call this a "drag" head· stand because the feet are pulled slowly across the floor with the legs held straight.

Your hips will move ahead of your head as you go up and then will return to a position over your foundation.

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C·4-The trick here is to stop the for· ward mottion created by the roll and then do the headstand without fallin g over. If yo ur roll is fast and your headstand is in good control, this trick will be very inl' pressive.

C·S-Show the handstand position only.

You need not hold the handstand. Lower to the headstand.

C·6- Keep your chin down on your chest so your roll is smooth. Master A·4 first.

Then as you get better at A·4, try to go up to " the> headstand and hold without first digpin~ . t~e . fl?l?t. do.wn ~ as you .. in . A·4.

C·7-Lower to the headstand immediately after you do a momentary balan ce on the hands.

C·B-Hold a front scale for two seconds.

Bend the supporting knee and ki ck up to the headstand. Bend the knee very dee ply.

Master C·2 if you still fail to do the stunt.

C-9- Do you perform a good cartwheel in both directions ? Can you stop your cart· wheel % way through? Can you do C·5 perfectly?

C·lO- This is like doing only one half a back handspring, stopping for a moment, and then lowering to the headstand posi· tion. This is very difficult to do. You may live a lifetime and never see it done.

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HEADSTAND LADD;ER OBJECTIVE: Before you try the steQs of the ladder, you must know how to make a good base with your hands and head.

A- "1 Crawls up slowly to position: places one knee at a time on elbow. Head and hands must not move.

A- 2 Can jump into position from knee stand .

A- 3 Can "tip" into position from frog stand.

A- 4 Backward (tuck) roll into position.

OBJECTIVE: Hold "A" for slow ten count B- 1 From Position "A", slowly lift to position

B- 2 Jump into "B" from stand.

Therefore, if you are a beginner you are go ing to have to learn how to make a good foundation for your headstand. Only ad· vanced performers can stand on their heads using only on e hand or in some cases no hand s at all. In fact , if you try to do a headstand like the one in "A" you will find that it, too, is diffi cult.

ONCE YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE THE FOUNDATION WE HAVE SHOWN YOU IN " B", YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO UP THE LADDER AT THIi J<:NlJ UF THIS f'AMf'HLt.T. 11'

OBJECTIVE: Hold "B" for slow ten count.

C- 1 Can control "c" for slow ten count.

C- 2 Kick to "c" with one straight leg.

C- 3 Press (straight legs) to "C".

C- 4 Do a forward roll and immediately perform a headstand.

C- 5 Kick to momentary handstand; lower to headstand.

C- 6 Y2 back roll to headstand.

C- 7 Back walkover to headstand.

C- 8 Scale; dip knee and kick to headstand.

C- 9 Y2 cartwheel to momentary handstand; lower to headstand.

C- 10 Bock dive to hands; lower to headstand C Y2 saut-de-mains en arrierel.

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1965 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Above: Donny Millman second place winner Upper left: First Place Tramp o line Champ Fronk Schmidt

Bottom iJ:,ft to right : Fred Saunders, John Hamilton and Terry Day

1965

By Jess Robinso n

NCAA CHAMPIONSH IPS Frank Schmltz performed a 9.55 r outin e in prel iminari es and a 9.7 routin e in final s to becom e 1965 N.C.A .A. Nati onal Tram polin e Champion. In doin g so he de fea ted World Trampolin e Champ ion s Gary Erwin (965) and Danny M illm an 09641. Com· petition was held at Southern Illinoi s Uni· versity sport s arena, Carbonda le, Ill. , und er th e abl e directi on of Bill Meade.

Th e li st of top nam e trampol ine compe· tit ors was alm ost as impressive as the beautifu l new s ports arena in which th e lIlee t was held. R eturnin g from 11Ist yea r were 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners Gary Erwin, J ohn Hamilt on and Fred Sanders all o f Mi chi gan. Frank Schmitz of S .I . U. and Dan Millman of California were first year .C.A .A. competi to rs and head ed a fi eld of 17 oth er top trampolini sts from a.ll over th e nation .

A ft er watch in g worko uts and with co mpetit ors' r ecord s in mind , six finali s ts could be guessed befor e preliminari es began: Erwin was workin g extr emely hi gh and with fl awless form ; Schmitz, performin g on hi s ow n home g rowld would be pu shin g Erwin to th e limit ; Mill man , who los t a s plit decis ion to Schmitz a few week s ago co uld be fi gured for a top s pot ; Sanders was work · in g hi gher th a n ever and hi s twisters wer e as sharp and clean as ever ; Hamilton, recently recove red from an operati on, didn ' t see m to ha ve the sharpness of last ye ar but wou ld still be ce rtain of qualifyin g; and out of the pack T erry Day of Denver , who narrowly missed qualifying la st year, appeared to ha ve the littl e ex tra needed to join t he select group .

PRELIMINARIES Preliminary scores came out pretty mu ch as ex pected : Erwin 9.6 9.6 9,6 9.7- 9.60 Schmitz 9.6 9. 5 9.5 9.8-9.5S Millman 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.5 - 9.40 Sanders 9.4 9.2 9.5 9.4-9.40 Hamilton 9.2 9.3 9.0 9.0 - 9.10 Day 8.5 9.0 9.1 8.9- 8.95 Scores of 6-12 plus (not q ualify in g fer final s) were: J oe Dupree, Iowa State 8.85 Pete Baue r, Wisconsin 8.80 Jim Selby, Iowa State 8.65 Norm Bishop, Colorado S tate 8 .60 Jim David , Washin gton 8.60 Brent William s, S.I.U. 3.50 Complexion of thin gs chan ~ed ni ght of the final s, however, when F red Sand ers showed up with a pulled mu scle in his back and co uldn 't warm up. A lso Gary Erwin was havin g trouble with hi s knee. H e had sp rained it after prel imin ar ie3 and it had swollen sli ghtl y and s tiffened to a point that he had difficulty stretchin g hi s leg. Newt Loken, the ir co ach , was visibl y co ncern ed about hi s boys but no one felt th eir condition would seri ously eff ect the ir routines.

FI fALS T erry Da y was first up. H e started hi s routine with piked bar any out f1iffi s and continued with double back, double twistin g back, full twistin g back, Rudolph , full twi sting back , 1'Y.1 back so mer sault. A t this

point he had planned a doub le tw istin g cody but was out of positi on and in a s plit se cond changed to a doubl e cody . It was an unfortunate decision as he overturned th e double cody and fell to a back drop, unable to fini sh with back, triple twi stin g back as planned. H e scored an &8 .

Second contend er, John H amilton, chan ged his mount from the barany out f1iffi s, double back he used in prelims to a 2:j(~ front, doubl e barany bailout (double front somersault from back drop to feet with % twist in second somer sault ). H e perform ed the 2 % front beautifully fi nishing th e so mersault high above bed with plenty of tim e to s pot before land in g. From back landi ng he gave a good ki ck a nd make the doubl e barany ballout with tim e to spare but to th e amazement of spectator s (and J ohn 's) he didn 't put hi s feet down for the landin g and lit on kn ees in stead. From knees he thre w a barany to feet, double back, full twi sting back, d oubl e back, bar any out f1iffi s, full twi stin g back, back with lh-% front flif · fi s ( perform ed with a style onl y John has perfected) , 1% twistin g ball out, layo ut back, full twi stin g back, tdpl e twistin g back . It was a well performed routin e but the kn ee drop, dropped the sco re to 9.1.

Fred Sanders' routine was: tripl e twisting back , double back, full twistin g back, double twisting back, full twisting back, double twistin g doubl e back. Rud olph , back, full twisting back, double twi stin g back, 1:)4 back, double cody. H e probably wou ld have scored hi gher han 9.35 had he not traveled a lm ost into the s prings at one point in the routin e. In hea t of competittion Fred didn 't appear to noti ce hi s ai lin g back but upon leav in g trampolin e had a diffi cult tim e catchin g hi s breah.

Dan Millm an mounted with piked Rudolph out fliffi s ( piked double front somersa ult with 1% twi st in second somersa ult ) to a doubl e twisting back. A flying back r ega in ed height in p re parati on for pik ed doubl e back, double twist, back, piked ln rany out fliffi s, double back, full twi stin g back, back, 2% ba ck, double twisting cody. The 2 % back somersault ( triple ba ck to s tomach ) is one of the most diffi· cult moves performed on t rampol in e today because of the timing r equired to land correctly. To use it at the end of a difficult routin e requires a great deal of skill and courage, Dan's routin e as a whole, however, was not perform ed as smooth ly or as hi gh as he is capa bl e of doing and because of this was scored down severely to a 9.4.

Fra nk Schm it z is a tough co mpetit or. H e used same rou tin e in preliminaries as in final s : tripl e back, Rudolph , full twi stin g back, full twistin g do uble back (w ith twist after the tuck ), double back, doubl e twisting back, Rudolph, back, full twi stin g back, piked I %. back, double cody. It was an easy routin e co mpared to Frank 's tremendous abil ity but contain ed ampl e difficulty, was executed well and deserved the 9.7 it r eceived.

Pressure was on Gary Erwin wh en he ste pped onto the trampolin e. The 9.6 he had

scored in prelim inaries had to be bett erea in order to tie or win. He al so plann ed to use sam e routin e as in prelim s which was: tripl e ba ck, barany out fliffi s, double ba ck, full twis tin g back, piked double back, Rud olph, full twistin g back, doubl e twi stin g back, double twis tin g ba ck, 1% back, dou b~ e cody. H e looked fin e in hi s preparatory bounces but did not land well out of th e tripl e ba ck and threw the bru·any out fliffi s into the sprin gs. H e was not seriou sly hurt but lit in a painful positi on and was calTie d into th e dressing room for a checkup. H e soon walk ed ba ck into the arena and r eceived a standin g ovation from the crowd- not on ly beca use th ey were pleased to see he was uninjured but also becau se they know him to be a great competi tor.

Editor's note: It is conceivable that Gary missed the triple back because oj the p ressure 0; th.e meet but since he has been nnder this pressure many times in the past and has always come through we don't believe this was the case. He was java ring his knee in warmup and it is our opinion "hat it was the knee that caused his timing to be slightly off.

In the training room Gary was mare disappointed than hurt. He had given us his intended routine befo re the meet and said he would let us know if he decided to change it. When he looked up from. th e train.ing table and saw us he said, " I didn't change the rontine- I ( ju st shortened it a little.")

F inal results were: 1. Frank Schmitz, 2.

Dan Millman, 3. Fred Sanders, 4. 10hn H a milton, 5. T erry Day ; 6. Gary Envin.

SCHMITZ AND lI1lLLMAN F ra nk Sch mit z and Dan . M illman had a fi eld day at this year's meet. Schmitz was a home town hero and so me s pectators di splayed a bann er proclaiming "Go Frank Schmitz." H e didn ' t d isappo int the m. In addit ion to winnin g the trampolin e event , he won Free X a nd was narrowly edged out of first place on Long Horse. Hi ghli ght of his Free X r outin e was a beautiful (and ori g inal) full twistin g front dive.

M illman's full in fliffi s (doubl e back with fu ll twi st in first somersa ult ) di smount from the hi gh bar was the talk of the prelimin aries. It is another " first time" stunt. He pla ced 7th on high bar narrowly mi ssing th e final s. In addition to placing 2nd on trampolin e Dan won the Lon g Horse event and placed 6th in Free X. A pretty falr showin g for a couple of boys who once worked trampoline only.

UNUSUA L STUNT OR WILD ROUTINE Two stunt cpmbin ation : full twisting doubl e back (full in first so mer sa ult ) to a tripl e back so mersault, perform ed at Carbondal e by Ronnie Munn. Ronni e has just learn ed the tripl e back and loves to throw it a t the end of three and four bounce routines. In one of th ese r outin es the tripl e was ou t of a doubl e twistin g back .

RECORD OF THE MONTH 17 doubl e porpus (doubl e front so mersault from back drop to back drop ) also perform ed by Ronni e funn at Carbondale.

T hi s breaks th e record of 16 se t by Albert H e inrich of Denver, Colo.

FU NDA_1ENT AL CHARTS W e have print ed another 500 copies of th e point rated fundamenta l charts and have se nt th em to all who se nt in stamped se lf addresse d envelopes. If we have overlooke d anyone or if yo u want th ese chart s .send yo ur envelopes to J ess Robin son, c/ o Tram: po lin e Inc.. 4207 W. M agn olia . Burliank.

Calif. Also, if yo u have a minute, send information of tramp oline activity in yo ur area.

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Clari fy in g the still ring requirement : " . .. a ha,nd stand passing through a hang or a half-in verted han g . . ." Does thi s permit a forward kip to handstand to satisfy the swin g requirement ? In my mind, Yes ! as long as the move is continuous from start to fini sh. Naturally dedu ction s would be necessary for leanin g on th e straps and bendin g of the arms or legs. Why else would thi s position be mention ed ? A di slocate and an in.locate both pass through a hangin g positi on- clearly removin g shoots and upri ses from consideration in trus pharse.

Quiz Fill in the correct answer and mail to : Roy Davis, Mi ssion San J ose High School, 41717 Palm Ave., Fremont, Calif. (cite supportin g evid ence by page number in the CODE, if possible) 1. Must a hi gh bar exercise contain an "inbar move or vault for maximum credit '?

NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE

by Roy Davis " Here we go 'round th e briar

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Tr ends from the NCAA Meet At the recent NCAA Champion ships in Carbondale, many late and early mornin g hours were spent discussin g th e judgin g of the various events. Some items of im· portance: 1. Free exercise should be continu ous, with an absolute minimum of stops ( pref· erably no more than one) , poses, and bal· ances interrupting the exercise. A hand · stand need not be held, nor a press ( un· less it is a strength stop such as a planche) .

The judge must decide if, in movin g through a handstand, .the gy mnast co mmits an error .

2. Th e tape on the long horse should be within the fair portion of the zone it is markin g so th at the hand print will be clearly visibl e if it is on th e sari ril e sid e of the tape ( i.e. towards the middle) and therefore subj ect to penalty.

3. Th e gy mnast need not hold any move which is normally held if, in executin g th e total sequ ence, he convin ces the judge that it was not his intention to do so, and if, in the execution of the move he does not falt er or display obvious eff ort (exa mpl e. front lever 2 sec., L cross 2 sec., pullout ; or: h andstand, lower slowly and continuo ously through inverted cross, through mal· tese, through straight cross, pull out to L).

New S coring S ystem The quality and accuracy of judging is becoming increasingly important. No lon ger can we be content to post an a pproxi mate score for a poor routine or appraise an in· co mple te routin e fairly accurately. Gymnas· ti cs is now a nation wide competition de· manding. consistency in philosophy, inter· pretati on, and application. This fa ct becomes more em phati c every year, and next year will be of even grea ter importance for two prin cipal reasons : 1. Raw scores will replace the 6·4·3·2·1 pla ce·poi nt system of scoring in the col· legiate ranks. For example: Team A Team B 1st man 9.0 9.2 8.0 8.2 2nd man 3rd man 7.0 7.2 total new sys tem 6 pts.

10 pts. total new system 24.0 pts.

24.6 pts.

In this ex ample, one can readily see that the sum of the raw scores more truly refl ects the difference in the quality of the two teams.

Another exampl e: 8.2 1st man 9.2 8.0 2nd man 8.5 7.9 3rd man 6.2 6 pts.

10 pts. old system 24.1 pts.

23.9 pts. new system

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From this example, one can see that each man is important. The imbalan ce of team A bows to the equality of team B emphasizin g the necessity to develop balanced tea m strength. If this doesn't discourage th e " prima-donna" aloofness of some gymnasts and make them team helpers, then th ey are hurtin g the peopl e they prize most - themselves.

2. Intersectional judgin g-There is a rumor afloat, because of some unhealthy du al meet outcomes this yea r that the reg ional champion ships will have jud ges from all areas in volved- perh aps even neutral judges.

This procedure shoud help to elimin ate regional bias and honest but persistent region al differences in phil osophy. Such differences are not only embarrasin g, but, und er th e new scorin g system, definitely detrimental. This again emphasizes the need for greater com muni cation between the judgin g associati ons of different regions.

Nat ional Certification System Wouldn ' t it b e great if every judge in th e U.S. co uld be certifi ed by a n ati onal agency (such as the USGF) and ranked for different levels of competition. A judge co uld move from one area to anoth er with out having to worry about takin g another test and lo sin g valuable time makin g persona.! contacts. On e nationally circulated written test and film would elimin ate the present dupli cation of effort by the various associ ation s throughout the nation.

If co mmuni cati on were com pl ete between the various groups, then the film schedul e could be plann ed correlate neatly with th e association meetin gs in all areas. Present certifyin g officers could submit sanlple question s, minutes, and suggestion s to the central agency. This type of organization wou ld not only solidify our nati onal thinking, but would undoubtedly lead to an elevation of our judging presti ge internati onally. Such a . system could go far toward s removin g the politics in the selec tion of international judges.

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WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL T ITLE WON BY GRANVILLE FOR 3rd CONSECUTIVE YEAR Th e comp etiti on keeps gettin g closer, but Granville still r eigns as Gymnasti c Champion among Wi sconsin Schools. Gran ville, a Milwaukee suburban school located in Brown Deer and coached by Bob Bowen, won its third titl e by scorin g 56 points co mpared to 55 for runn er up Milwauk ee Bay Vi ew in the S tate Meet at the Uni versity of Wi sco nsin on March 13.

Granville was no underd og goin g into th e State Meet but they had been beaten by Runn er Up Bay Vi ew in Dual and Open l'vl eet competi tio n earli er in the season and fini shed with an 8-4 record. The Gran vi ll e Coach confides that the team reached its peak in th e State Meet Prelims and conti?u ed the top performan ces throughout th e fmal s to make the victory possibl e. With the majority of th e tea m returning, the 1966 squad has similar designs.

Granville didn ' t win an individual t itle but won on the strength of its fin e depthin cluding two seconds, two ties for second and two fourth s. Madison East to ck third with 45 points, two more th an Mil wauk ee Marshall with 43. Only 121;2 points separated the next six teams, led by fifth fini shin g Milwaukee Boys Tech wih 38.

Top Individual was Curti s J ohn son of Madison East who won in Floor Exercise and .Long Horse and took second in th e All-Around for 29 points. Teammate Craig H opper won in Still Rin gs and add ed a fifth for 16 points. Number two in the indi vidu al sco rin g parade, however, was Pete Bradley of Madison West, who was just a half point shy of John son. Bradley had firsts in All-Aro und and H orizontal Bar and tied for second in the Parallel Bars with Sti ch of Granville for 281;2 points.

Other indi vid ual champi ons were Ron Semanko of Bay View in Parallel Bars and Rich O! son of Eau Claire Memorial in Sid e H orse. Brian Kanter of Milwaukee Marshall and Ron J akus of Milwaukee Kin g shared th e tumblin g titl e.

The competitive pi cture in the 1965 Wisconsin State Meet was improved over a yea r ago and the indi cation is clear that future title winners in the Bad aer State will certainly have to top thi s ~ear's efforts to beco me champions.

NCAA EASTERN REGIONAL QUALI FICATIONS P enn State dominated the fi eld in the Eastern Regional qualifi cation meet h eld at the University of Virginia, March 13.

In th e dual meet between P enn State and the Univ. of Virginia P enn State won 94-23.

Steve Cohen, Mike Jacobson and Ed Isabelle qualified 1-2-3 in the all-around to lead all qualifiers.

P ete Sapanaro had a fine evening capturin g first place on the Floor exercise and the trampolin e.

Bob EIsinger led a 1-2-3 Springfield sweep on th e side horse followed by Ross and Tom A uchterlonie.

Culhane of P enn State joined Saponaro as the only dou ble winners as he led the fi eld on the parallel bars and the high bar.

Sid Oglesby got back up there where he belongs and led the long horse field and Zimmerman got revenge on Walters on the still rings after the Eastern Intercollegiates to lead that event.

RESULTS All -Arou n d : Steve Cohen, PS 53.90; Mike Jacobson, PS 53. 65; Ed Isabelle, PS 53.60; Jerr y Spencer, WV 50.25; Jim Saceo, Pitt 49 .20 .

Floo r Exercise : Sapona ro , PS 9.3; Pet rin o, Tern 9.25; Cohen, PS 9 .15; Isabelle, PS 9.15; Jacobson 9.05; DuFour, Arm y 8 .85 . Si de Ho rse: Ei singer, SP 9.45; Ross, SP 9 .35; Au chter lon ie, SP 9.3; Meury, SY 9.2; Paoletti , PS 9.0; Cohen , PS 8 .9. Trampol ine: Sapona ro, PS 9.3; Lo ngh ouser , Army 9.15; Parks, LSU 8 .95; Black, SP; 8.8; DuFour, Army 8.5; Watson, PS 8.45; Para ll el Bars: Culhane, PS 9.4; Spencer, W.Vir. 9.3 5; Jacobson, 9 .2; Isabelle , 9.05; Cargill, SP 9.0; Cohen , PS 9 .0. High Bar: Culhane, PS 9.55; Bellavi a, SY 9.4; Isabelle, PS 9.25 ; Cargi ll SP 9. 15; Alt, SP 8.9; Jacobson, PS 8.65. Lo ng Horse: Oglesby, SY 9.65; Culhane, PS 9.6; Black SP 9.6; Sapo naro, PS 9.45; Jacobson, PS 9.45; Cargill , SP 9.35. Sti ll Rings: Zimmerman, SP 9.4; Peek, SP 9.3 5; Cohen, PS 9.2; Edwards, SY 9.1; Wa lters, SY 9.05; Jacobson, PS 9 .0 .

NCAA Western Regional Gymnastic Championships The Western Regional championships were hi ghli ghted by a strong truee way battle between Th e Univ of Cali£., Univ. of Washin gton and San Fernando Valley State Coll ege.

The du al meet between the Univ. of Washin gton and San Fernando was captured by Washi ngton by virtue of a 1-2-3 sweep on the sid e horse and a 1-2 sweep in Floor exercise and trampoline with the final score 70 1h for Wash. and 48% for San Fernruldo.

In the championship meet D= Millman led the NCAA qualifiers in the Floor exer-

cise by performing an excellent final night ro utine. After throwin g his double back in the prelims he decided to drop the stunt the final ni ght and performed a much steadier routine.

Bill Nash, of LA State, led the side horse qualifi ers mostly by default-as his two nearest co mpetitors, Ri ck Field and Bob Hall, had major breaks in the finals.

Dan Millman again headed the fi eld on the trampolin e with a simple, for him, routin e probably because of the fact that he had a lack of top competiti on.

Paul Newman of Cal., by virtue of two steady performances qualified allead of LaMoyne Durham of USC =d R usty Rock.

Rusty fell out of a hip circle shoot to a hand stand but alm ost unbelievably covered it up by goin g almost immediately into a reverse stalder ). Th ese three were followed

by Dan Millman who fini shed with a full in fliffi s (a double fly-a-way with a full twi st on the first flip-on tlle high bar yet) .

Millm an was al so the class of the meet on th e long horse as he did 2 fin e handsprings (strai ght body) to edge Bill Gaffan ey of LA State and H erb Solomon of Cal. Paul Newman of Cal. led Rick Field of Cal. on the parallel bars as the top 6 finali sts from the prelims fin ished in exactly th e same order as they qualified.

Ri ck Field and Bob Diamond of San F ernando ti ed for first on the still rin gs at 9.3 in spite of the fact that when it came time to ditto off the results it was discovered th at someone had accidently waiked off with the master ditto.

There was an audience of about 400-500 both evenings and the officials were Roy Davis, H oward Moorman, Jack Smith, Erwin Volze, Elichi Gukushima, Helmut Haas, Don Nel son and Jerry W,ight.

RESULTS Floor Exercise: Millman, Cal 9.17; Dav id, Wash 9.07; Gardener, SFV 8.90; Diamond, SFV 8.87; Love ll , Wash. 8 .85; Rock, SFV 8.72. Side Ho rse : Nash, LAST 9.25; Hall , Wash 9.225; Field, Cal 9.145 ; Durham, USC 8.97; Chew, SJS 8.77; Mi yamoto, ST 8.475. Tro mpoline: Millman, Cal 9.25; Dav id , Wash 8.55; Chrisman CP 8.50; Fonceca , Wash 8.42; End icott, CP 8 .37; Gardener, SFV 8.10. High Ba r: Newman, Cal 9.35; Durham, USC 9.2; Rock, SFV 9.1; Millman, Cal 9.05; Hall , Wash 9.0; Fie ld Ca l 8.9. Long Ho rse : Millman, Cal 9.325; Bill' Gaffaney, LAST 9.3; Her b So lomon, Cal 9.275; Hall , Wash 9 .25; Durham , USC 9.25. Still Rings: Field , Cal 9 .3; Diamond, SFV 9.3; Josh Robison, Cal . 9. 1; Ch uck J enner, Cal . 9.00; Rock, SFV 8.8; Mini Inouye, LB 8.7. All-Around : cield, Ca l 54.25; Hall , Wash 53.65; Lovell , ~a~~. 51 .50; Du rham, USC 52.40; Rock, SFVSC

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Mid-West Regional Qualifications Iowa State's Jerry Fontana led Coach Ed Ga gni er's fin e team to an 80-40 dual meet victory ove r strong Arizona Univ. and led hi s tea m in t he Reg ional Qualification meet held at th e Uni v. of Denve r, March 19-20.

In addit ion to winning th e al l around Fontana led th e fi eld on the hi gh bar to j oin teammat e Jim Selby as the meets only r10ubl e winn ers, Selby helped hi s team a littl e by winnin g the Trampoline and the Long Horse.

Steve Doty helped th e Univ. of Arizona wi th a first on the Sid e H orse and a third in th e All -A round.

1 im Crowder of Iowa Stat e led the fi eld on the parall el bars with a convin cin g win.

Other winn ers included J olm Tracey of Denver in th e Floor Ex ercise and Les Clu-isti ansen of A rizona Sta te on th e S till Rin gs.

RESULTS Floor Exercise: John Tr acey, Den 8.7; Franc is

Al len, Neb 8.35; Bob Setchell, Col U 8 .32; Keith Ahone, Utah 8.25; Ralph Penley, IS 8.15 . Side Horse : Steve Doty, US 9.3; Tim Bumann , IS 8.8; Tom Kraneman, IS 8.6; Dav e Doty, UA 8.4; Hig genbot ham, UA 8.25; Dave Boland, CSC 8.15 . Tra m pot in e: Jim Selby, IS 9.02; Terry Day, Den 8 .9; No rm Bishop, CSC 8.45; Joe Dupree, IS 8.3; Rich McCabe, Col U 8 .2; Fl oyd Horse : Steve Doty, UA 9.3; Tim Bumann, IS 9.3 ; Terry Higgans , AF 9.15; Lonnie Arfsten, Cu 8.95; Stan Thompson, Den 8.9; Steffen Monk, UA 8 .3; Norm Cox, Ariz St 7 .95 . Long Horse: Jim Selby, IS 9 .2; Terry Day, Den 9.15; J ohn Tracey, Den 8.95; BilJ Podia , Col U 8.95; Harry Howard, Neb 8 .9; Franc is Allen, Neb 8 .85. Pa ralJe l Bars: Jim Crowder , IS 9.35; Terry Higgins , AF 8.95; Ted Nadeau, Den 8.75; Jerry Fontana , IS 8.45; Francis A ll en, Neb .

8.4; Skip J o hnson, ASU 8.3. Still Rin gs : Les Chri stianso n, Ariz St 9 .35; J im Jackson , IS 9.15; Bi ll Co le, AF 9. 15; Jo h n T racey, Den 9.1; Tom Jenkins , Col U 8 .95; BilJ Cla r k, Den 8.75. AlJ Aro und : Fontana, Iowa St 48 .70; Terry Higgins , AF 48.30; Tteve Dat y, Uni v Ariz 47 .20; Franci s AlJen, Neb 47 . 05; Jack Kena n , UA 46 .05.

2nd An nual Naf ional Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics National Gymnastics Cha mpionships In almost complete con tra st to last years mee t in wh ich the difference between the first two team s was one-half .of a point, Wes tern Illinois Universi ty ran away from the fi eld thi s year to capture their second consec utive NAIA National team tit le, Ma rch 19-20 at Fort Hays State College, Hays, Kansas.

Coach Bob Clow's Leathern ecks ran up an impressive 143 points to second place Eastern Washington's 75Y2 and third place Illinois State Uni versity's 62 to comfortably lead th e fi eld. Other team sco res includ ed Eastern Michigan with 53Y2 , David Lipsco mb 46 %, Bemidji State Coll ege 38, Eastern Illinois University 34%, Ft. Hays, 25, Ft. Lewi s 13, Stout State Un iversity 5, University of So uthwes tern Louisiana 5 and Dickinson O. H eading up the Leathern eck squad was its fin e all -around performer 1 erry P olacek who captured the all-around title, moving up from his 3rd place fini sh in thi s meet last year, and placing in the top 6 in fiv e of the six all -around events. Ray LaFran cis of WIU contributed a bi g first on the trampol ine defeating last years winn er J ohn Tobler. Mik Rod gers and J erry P olacek finished 1-2 on the side horse, J erry P eterson and Polacek fini shed 1-2 on the parallel bars, Ray In gersoll captured the hi gh bar and Gene Swanson and Howard Sokol fin ished 1-2 for th e Leathernecks on the still rin gs.

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Paul Ziert who led Coach Wayne Truex's Illin ois State Un iversity team by winning th e fl oor exerci se, tumblin g, and placing 2nd on the tram poline and 4th on the long horse.

RESULTS All -Around : Po lacek, W IU 50.20; Steve Woodward, EWS 46.87; John Mason, EMich 45 .80; Vic Av ig liano, EIU 43.17; John Tob ler, B.em 42.22; Pa u l Ziert, ISU 40.87. Floor Exe rCIse : l iert, 8.9; Don Funderberg, EW 8.7; Bill Eads, EIU 8.3; Jerr y Po lacek, 8.2; Dan W inters, EW 7.7. Trampotine: Roy LaFrancis, WIU 8 .95; liert , 8.4; Lyn Baker, DL 8.3; Tom Ko rdew lck, ISU 8 .05; Mason, EM ich 7 .5 . Side Horse : MIke Rodgers, WI U 8 .35; Po lacek, 8_ 15; Ted Immediato, DL 8.0; Woodwa rd , 7.7; MIke Ga rvin, EW路 74 High Bar: Ra y Ingerso lJ , W IU 8.95; Da~ S"';ith, DL 8 .67; Tobter, 8 .6 ; Polacek, 8.4 ; Mason, 7 .9; Woodward 7.9 . Paralle l Bars : Jerr y Peterson, WIU 9.0; Pol acek, 8.6; Mason, 8.2; Avigliano , 8 _1; Woodward , 7.97; Long Ho rse: Mason, 8 .9; Mark Giese, Ft . Hays 8.78; Ingerso ll , 8.78; liert, 8 .75; Dave Mo n roe, EMich 8.6. Still Rings : Gene Swanson, W IU 857路 Howard Soko l W IU 8.55; Charles Baugh"';an' Ft L. 8.45; ban Malloy, ISU 8.40; Jim Pick~tt , Bem 8.25 . Tumbling : liert, 9.05; Bi ll Down ing, W IU 9.02; Tob ler, 8 _12; Baker, 8. 10; Eads, 8.10_

As of Press time the fo llowing results were available: Penn State defeated Sou thern Ill. at P enn State. Washin gton d efeated Iowa State at Denver. Al so we have received no results from the Southern Intercoll egiate conference, The Big Ten conference, The Big Ei ght conference, and The Mid-East regionals.

Eastern In te rco lleg iates For the 14th consecutive year, in spi te of a major upse t, a P enn State Gymnast captured the Eastern Intercoll eg iate all -aro und titl e, held March 5 and 6 at Temple Un iversity.

As fat e would have it th e major upset involved two P enn State gy mnasts as Sophomore Steve Cohen upset Seni or l'vlike J acobson 56.40 to 55.75. Ed Isa belle, also of Penn State, 2nd last year, was third this yea r.

Steve Coh en also ca ptured the Floor Exercise event to join teammat e Mike Jacobson who won th e Parall el Bars and High Bar as th e mee ts only double winners.

Not only did Mike win the Parallel Bars and High Bar but he led a 1-2-3 P enn State sweep in both events.

Bob EIsin ge r of Springfi eld edged teammat e Tom Auchterlon ie for fi rst place on the Side Horse ; J ohn Longhouser of Anny ran away from the field for a victory on the trampolin e; Rich Black , of Syracuse upse t 1964 NCAA champi on Sid Oglesby on the Long H orse as S id fell to a 5th place tie; and Ray Walters of Syracuse fini shed off the competi tion with a close victory (9.45 ) over Ron P eek and Steve Cohen ( both 9.40 ) on the rin gs. P enn State also won the team title by virtue of an undefeated season in dual meets_ RESULTS Floor Exe rcise: Coh en, PS 9 .55; J acobso n , PS 9.525; J ay Otto, Sp 9.425; Jim Petrino, Tem 9 425路 Ed Isabe ll e, PS 9.325 . Side Ho rse : Bob Eisini;ler, Sp 9.625; Tom Auchter lonie, Sp 9.475; Dennis Pao lett i PS 9.125; Jon Meury, Sy 9.125; Steve Cohen, PS 9 . 10. Trampoline : J oh n Long ho u ser, A rmy 9.450; Bob Ca rgilJ, . Sp 9.025; Je rry Dufour Army 8.925; Ron RInker, Navy 8.875; Rick Black, Sp 8.775. High Ba r: J acobson, 9.525; IsabelJe, 9.450; S. Cohen, .9.425; Jim Culhane, PS 9.275; Dean BellaVIa , Sy 9.225 . Long Horse: Rick Black, Sy 9.70; Pete Sapona ro, PS 9 .625; Alan Cohen, Mass 9.525; Cut hone, 9 .525;; A lJ an Kev les, Sy 9.475; S,d Oglesby, Sy 9.475 . Parallel Bars : Jacobson, 9 .625 ; Cohen , 9.425; Cu lhane, .9 . 37~; Ca rgi lJ , 9 .22 5; Ron Peek, Sp 9 .1 75. StIli R,ngs : Ray Wa lte rs, Sy 9 .450; Peek, 9.4; S. Cohen, 9.4; Jeff Z immerman, Sp 9.375; Ed Edwards, Sy 9.275. All- Around: S. Cohe n , 56.40; Jacobson, 55.75; Isabell e, 53 .70; Tad Ono, Army 51.30; Ke v les, 49 _90; J im Sa cco, Pitt 48 .1 5; N. MI t tma n , Tem 45.35; Greg Speck, So . Conn 41 .55 .

Athletic Association ot Western Un ivers ities Th e Uni versity of Washington squeaked out a closely co ntested , mu ch di sputed, and not soon to be forgotten victory over the Uni v. of Cali fornia (first loss for Cal in so me 60 dual meets) in the championship meet held iVla rch 6, 1%5 at Washington.

In the dual meet between the two West Coas t Powers it was ni p and tuck all the way with first one team and then the other trying to give the meet away. Finally, with the still rin gs the onl y event to go--the Uni versity of California's all-around man Rick Field needed to win the event ( hi s specialty) by .4 tenths of a point (9.4 to 9.0 for example). This would give him first on the rin gs and first in the all-around . . . but alas, the judges saw fit to awa rd Bob Hall a 9.25 and Field a 9.15 . __ a truly remark able situation.

In th e champi onship meet Bob Hall of Washington won the All-around, side horse, and h igh bar to pace the Washin gton team.

Dan Millman led the Cal tea m with victori es on th e tra mpoline and long horse and a 2nd in floor exercise.

Lamo yne Durham of USC mad e his presence felt with a 3rd in the all -around and second s on the high bar, parallel bars and long horse_ 1 im Dav id of Washin gton , Josh Robison of Cal and Paul Newman of Cal helped their respecti ve teams wi th victories in the floor exercise, still ri ngs and parallel bars in that ord er. Officials lim Lan g, W . Beezhold , Matt Brislawn, Thorne Tibbetts, Elichi Fugushima, H elmut Haas, Yeshi Hatano, Taki Sueyoshi.

RESULTS All-A round : Bob HalJ, Wash 54 .75; Rick Field, Cal 54 .30; Lamoyne Durham, USC 52.60; Mike Love lJ , Wash 51.95; Dan MilJman, Ca l 50.80 ; Eigil Flaathen, Wash 46_30; Al Luber, UCLA 44 .00; J o hn Rinderknecht, Stan 40.20 . Ftoor Exe rcise: Jim Dav id , W 9.35; Millman , 9.3; Hall , W 9.3; Luber, 8 .9; Field, 8.8. Trampoli"e: Millman, 9.45; Dav id, 8 .95 ; Art English , are. 8 .2; Rick Fonceca , W 8.05; Ha ll, 7.85. Side Ho rse : Hall , 9 , ~ ; Field, 9.4; Gene Jensen, W 8 .6; Jay Shaw, Wst 8. 1; Lovell, 8.05. High Ba r: Ha ll , 9.45; Durham, 9.30; Love ll, 9.20; Mil lman, 9.05; Paul Newman , Ca l 8.85. Long Horse : Mi ll man, 9.55; Durham, 9 .35; Lube r, 9.3; Mark Buckingham,Wash 9 .25; La rr y Haymes, a re 9.2; Ha ll , 9.2. Parall et Bars : Newman, 9 .4 0; Durham, 9 .20; Field, 9 _05; Tad Sakamoto, UCLA 8.70; Mi lJ man , 8.55; Flaathen, 8 .55; Pau l Benyo, Cal 8.55. Stilt Rings : Josh Robison , Cal 9 .30; Ha ll , 9.25; Chuck Jenner, Ca l 9.25; Gary Finne, Wash 9. 20; Richa rd Bramson, UCLA 9 .1 5; Field, Cal 9.15.

Western Athletic Conference With all -a round performers Steve Doty, 1 ack Kenan , and Steffan .Monk , leading the way the University of Arizona exhibited its strongest champion ship team ever in runn ing away wit h the WAC conference championship meet held March 5-6 at Brigham Young Univ.

Steve . Doty and Jack Kenan placed 1-2 in th e all-aro und, and in addition to thi s Steve won the side horse and K enan was runner up on the Parallel bars. Steffan l'vIonk captured the floor exercise and the horizontal bar events to contribute at least a littl e to the cause (a little ?).

Skip 10hnson of Arizona State join ed Doty and Monk as doubl e winners by taking the lon g horse and the parallel bars. The remainin g two events were taken by Les Christi anson of Arizona State (the still rin gs) and Robert Smith of New Mexico Univ. ( the trampoli ne)_ RESU LTS All-A round : Steve Doty, UA 52.50; J ack Kenqn, UA 51.70; Sk ip Smith, BYU 49.50; Brent

Heile, UU 49.15; Skip Johnson, ASU 49 . I 0; Fred Cogon, BYU 49.05. Floor Exercise: Steffen Monk, UA 9 .0; 5. Smi th , B.95; K enan, 8.95. Side Horse: S. Doty, 9.45; Char les Klumpp, UU 9.20; Dave Daty, UA 8 .8. Trampoline : Robert Smi th , UNM 9.0; Dan Dav is, BYU 8 .8; Chuck Reitz, BYU 8.75. High Bar: Monk, 9.1; Wa rr en V andervoot, UA 9.05; Norman Cox, ASU 8.57.

Long Horse: Johnson, 9 .2 5; Blaise Blasko, UNM 9.10; Cox, 9.10. Parallel Bars : Johnson, 9.17; Kenan, 9.0; Les Christianson, ASU 8.9. Still Rings : Christianson , 9.45; Johnson, 9 .2; Ron Szerl ong ,UA 9 .05. Team Standings : Uni v. of Arizo no 172Y2, Brigham Young 92, Arizona State 87Y2, Univ . of Utah 58, Un iv. o f New Mexico 38Y2.

exercise: Ziert, B.8; T om Muraoka , WIU 8.3; Bi ll Eads, EI U 8.1 . Side Horse : Michael Rodgers, WIU 8.3; Bob Sa bey, EIU 7.62; Polacek, 7 .6. Trampoline : Ra y LaFranc is, WIU 8.7; Ziert, 8 .47; T om Kordewick, IWU 8.4 . High Bar: Ray Ingerso ll , WIU 8.42; Barta, 8.4; Po lacek, 7.3.

Long Horse: Ziert, 8 .55; Polacek , 8 .2; Kim Michael , CMU 8 . 1. Parallel Bars: Gerald Pe terson, W IU 8.65; Vic A v igliand, EIU 8 .0; PoI'acek, 7 .9 . Still Rings: Larry Owen , NIU 8.7; T om Hussein, NIU 8.5; Gene Swanson, W IU 8.3 . Tumbling: Ziert, 8 .8; Bill Downing, WIU 8.3; Eads, 7. I. Team Standings : Western illinois University 18 1.5; Illinois State University 131 ; N o rthern Illino is Uni v. 94 ; Eastern illinois Univ. 72.5; Central Mi chi gan Univ . 25.

California State College Championships

Far Western Conference

Led by th eir fin e all-ar ound performers, Sa n Fernando Valley State College edged Sacramento State College in their dual meet that determin ed the Stat e College representative whi ch would later meet the AA WU representative ( Univ of Wash.) in th e Western Regional finals. .

In the fin al event, the Still Rin gs, San Fernando Valley wrapped up both the dual mee t and the Championshi p meet titles with Bob Diamond fini shin g 1st, R usty Rock 2nd, and J ohn Magginetti 3rd against Sacram ento State and same 3 consequently placed 1-2-4. in the champion ship meet held at th e sam e time.

Bob Diamond led Valley with firsts in Floor Exercise, Parallel Bars, and Still Rings (w innin g FX routine-oFF, arabian dive roll, immediate FF to split , press to planche, stand, run , ro, FF, arabian tu ck front , front hand sprin g, swedi sh fall, turn to a back bend , roll down, on chest, jump to a round off , ff, layo ut, bounder, layout to push up positi on, stand to back walk over, run to fr on t hand sprin g, hand sprin g, ball to sid e ( japanese) splits, press to inverted handstand , ro, ff , back).

Bill Nash of LA S tate was a confortabl e winn er in th e sid e horse over Ri ch Chew of Sa n Jose State and Bob Ulatch of Sacramento. Rae Anders, a freshman at Sacram en to was also an easy win ner in the trampolin e event over Bruce Foat of Long Beach State.

Ru sty Rock, (High Bar-Piroutte, german giant, Ih turn , kip to fron t giants, % tum to immediate hip circle flan ge out to handstand , immediate back stald er , immediate whip chan ge to front stalder, immediate straddle vault catch, release one ann , full pirou tle to und er grip, straight arm kip to front giants, change to back giants, cast to front flip dismount) as you can see did a fantas tic rou tine on the high bar to win eas ily. Bill Ga££aney of LA S tate led Rae Anders of Sacramento by 2 points to rather handily capture the long horse event. Of· fi cials : Nelson, Dunn in g, Smith, Wolfe, Moorman , Allin, Gault, Bengston.

Rock and D ia m ond t op Valley State Co ll ege, Cal i fornia Coll egia t e Association

around gy nmastic ability as they led Coach Bill Vincent's San Fernando. Valley State Coll ege gYJllJ1astics team to a complete rout of the annual CCAA gymnastics champ·ionships held Feb. 27, 1965 at Cal Poly State College in San Luis Obispo, Californa.

Rock , Diamond, and Magginetti finished 1-2-3 in the all-around; Diamond and John Gardener fini shed 1-2 in the fl oor exercise; Rock and Diamond fini shed 1-3 in that ord er on the hi gh bar ; Rock won the long horse; Diamond won the parallel bars and Rock and Diamond fini shed 1-2 on the still rings.

Bill Nash of LA State salvaged something by winnin g the side horse and Clayton Chris· man of host Cal Poly won the trampolin e.

(Officials: Larry Banner, J ohn Muir , Gib P eralto, Vince Mattola, Dick Beckner, Les Sasbary and Attila Takach).

RESULTS Ftoor Exercise : Bob Diamond, SFV 9.35; John Gardener, SFV 9. 1; Dave ' Buettner, CP 9 .05 .

Side Horse : Bill Nash , AA 8.85; M y les Ross, LB 8.4; Diamond , SFV 8 .3. Trampoline: Cl ayton Chrisman, CP 9.3; Bruce Foo t , LB 9. I·; Gardener, 9.0 . High Bar: Rusty Rock, SFV 9.5; T erry Galbreath, LB 8 .9; Diamond, 8.85. Long Horse : Rock, 9.4 ; Mini Inouye , LB 9 .2; Enrique Garcia, LA 9.2. Parallel Bars: Diamo nd, 9. 1; Don Jennings, L B 8.7; N ash, 8.7 . Still . Rings: Rock, 9.55; Diamond, 9.55; Inouye, 9.3 .

All-Around : Rock, 53.95; Diamond, 53.85 ; Magg inett i, SFV 51.90; Garcia, 51.20; Galbreath ,

RESULTS All-Around: Larr y T opping, SSC 49.90; Stev e Pleau , SSC 47.75; Bob Sakai , SFSC 37.45; T om Fester , SFSC 32.70. Floor Exercise: T opping, 8 .75; Pleau, 8.45; Dave Neimand, SSC 7.7 .

Side Horse : Bob Ulatch, SSC 8.25; Marty Wel'den, SSC 7 .95; T opping , 7 .25. Trampoline : Rae Anders, SSC 9. 1; Scott Gardener, SSC 8.5; Sam Cobb , SFSC 7.75. High Bar: Topping, 8.45; Pleau, 8.15; Paul Dyer, SSC 8.10. Parallel Bars : T o pping, 8 .95; Dyer , 8.60; Pleau, 8 .30.

Long Horse: Anders, 8. 75; Pleau , 8.65; Gardener, 8 .50. Still Rings: Ed Wolf, SSC 8.8; Ph il Ito, SSC 8.5; T opp ing , 8 .2.

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Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Far Western Conference

California Collegiate Athletic Association

Western Illinois University, defending NAIA National Team champions, retained their HAC conference championship for the third strai ght year with an easy victory over Illinois State University.

Paul Ziert of ISU was selected as the outstandin g perfonner by virtue of his first place victories on the long horse, fl oor exercise, tumbling an d a second on the trampo· lin e.

J erry Polacek, of Western Illinois, 1964 NAIA second team selection, was the allaround champion by a wid e margin over Dick Barta.

Also helpin g out the cause for Western was Gerald P eterson, first place winner on the parallel bars and 1964 NAIA first team select ion on the parallel bars.

Roundin g out the competition Ray LaFrancis captured the trampoline eevnt, Michael Rodgers of Western won the side horse, Ray Ingersoll of Western won the high bar, and Larry Owen won the still rin gs with last years NAIA national cham· pion Howard Sokol ending up in 5th place.

Ru sty Rock, Bob Diamond, John Gardener and John Magginetti treated 1200 enthusiastic spectators to an amazing show of all

RESULTS All-Around : Jerry Po lacek, WIU 46.02; Dick Barta, Niu 41 .85; Paul Zier t, ISU 3 7 . 10; Howard Sokol. W IU 36.7.9: Jim Furrow, ISU 35.70. Floor

RESULTS Ftoor Exercise: Diamond, 8 .9; Topping , 8.75; Rock . 8.7. Side Horse : Nash , 8.65; Rich (hew, SJS 8.5; Bob U latch , SSC 8.25. Trampoline : Anders, 9 . 1; Br uce Foot, LS St 8.75; Scott Gardiner , SSC 8.5; Cla y ton Chrisman, CP 8.5.

Horizontal Bar: Rock, 9.35; Do n Jennings, LB St 9.05; T erry Galbreath , LB 8.8. Long Horse: Bill Gaffeney, LA 8 . 9; Anders, 8.75; Steve Pleau, SSC 8.65. Parallel Bars : Diamond, 9.0; Topping , 8.95; Chew, 8.85. Still Rings: Diamond, 9.4; Rock, 9.15; Mini Inouye, LB St 8.9. All - Around : 50.75; Diamond, 50.45; T opping , 49 .90; Chew, 4 9.75; Enrique Garcia, L A St 49. 30.

Sacramento State College, under the direction of lTV Faria, com pletely dominated the first annual Far Western Conference team and individu'al gy mnasti cs champion· shi ps held March 6, 1965 IJ.t Sacramento State College.

Sacranlento State fini shed the regular season conference dual meet schedule with a 5-0 record followed by San. Francisco State Coll ege 3-1, University of Nevada 1-3 and Chico State 0-4.

So completely outclassed was the rest of the fi eld that Sacramento swept the first four places in every event except the trampoline and the all·around.

Leading the Sacramento team was Larry Toppin g winner of the All-around, Floor Exercise, Hi gh Bar , and Parallel Bars. (Official s: H oward Moorman, Don Allin, Don Nelson, Bob Dunning, Jack Smith, Dick Wolfe, Jim Gault, Nils Bengston ) .

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D ea r Sir: (In a n Swer to Dav is , Paul, "Rope B e lo ngs," The Modern Gymnast>, Volume VII , N umber 3, March, 1965, p . 8 . . .

Ro pe c limbing is a ve ry impo r ta nt a c ti v ity for dev elopin g a rm and s h o ulde r stre t c h and it should b e included in e v ery ph ysical e du cation progra m. Howev er, do not put it in form a l g y mnas tic s b e cau se it lac k s the a e s th e tic valu es whic h oth e r gy mnasti cs e v ents h ave. Rope climb would b e muc h b e tter s uite d fo r indoor track m ee t s wh e r e the s top w a t c h is preva l ent.

L eav e th e race a way from the a rtistic routines of the f o rmal gymn as tic events.

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OLYMPIC ROUTINES D ea r Gl e nn: Th e pic ture s o f th e Olympic routines are grea t! C o n g r a tula tio n s o n reproduc ing the m in The Modern Gymn ast. I see m a n y val-

ues for t hi s type of ooverage. F o r example , a n aspiring judge can g la n ce over th ese pic tures just as h e were to look at a r outin e a nd atte mpt to r ecogn ize A, B, a .n d C p a l'ts in a n exerc ise, a ll the r ead ers of The M od e rn Gymnast get a look at O lympi c routines, e t c" I would lik e t o see the difficulty rating A, B, C Book done up in

SOKOL USA ANNOUNCES

ITS 1965 Sokol Invitational Gymnastic

thi s mann e r.

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CHAMP Dea r Si r : Enc losed is a. photo of Ri c h a rd Hi ll s (14 yrs. old) o ur t op a ll- a ro und Gy mn a.s t. R ic hard is the und efeated Jun ior (13-14 yrs.) a ll- arou nd c hampi o n o f thi s area. M ee t s that h e h as won in c lude th e New M exico Jr. O lymp ics a t A lbuqu erque, 'a nd the So uth west Area YMC A c h a mpionshi p.

R ic h a r d o nly started gymnastics in t h e Fa ll o f 1963, when I cam e to EI P aso , a n d did well last yea r over c oming a kn ee de ficienc y.

Thi·s is .<iUI' second year in c omp e titiv e gymnas tics and o ur team was runne r ·up in t h e Southwest Area Champ io n s hip . I am coaching 35 mem b e r s o f the t eam a nd h a.ve over 400 in t h e gymnastics program.

S in c erely , J e rry Di c k e r s on .

Yo uth Phys ical Dept.

E I Paso , T exas

BOOKS D ear Sir : . . . I wo uld lik e t o t h a nk yo u f or a trul y info rmative magazine. I always found it qu ite difficult t o get worthwhile gym nastic books for g irls. Since reading your b ook review section I a m the owner of som e excellent b ooks on rhy thmics and gymn as tic s for girls and women. I find each edition is better th an t h e last.

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CAMPS D eal' Mr. Sundby: Yo u r magazin e h as been very u seful to u s. The pictures e nd up o n the bull e tin board a n d are very carefuliy studied by one a n d a ll.

W e are looking f or informa t ion con cerning the s umm e r gymn astic ' camps h eld in the Uni t ed States. Can you provid e any info rm atio n on them?

Yours very truly, Dorothy E . McIntyre Girls' Gym nastic Coach Hopkins , Minnesota ED : E ac h Year we intend to publish Gy":' Camp s ites but as in the past the summer came quickly a nd c uaght us o ff balance: See next column an d perhaps we will have d a tes on a few more ready for the next edition,

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DATES The gymnastic school wi ll be held for a six week period-Jul y 18th t o August 28th. Gymnasts may attend any of the weeks.

FIELD HOUSE AND GYMNASIUM SOKOL WOODLANDS

Dimensions : 140' x 110' Dear Glenn, I a m enclosin g a brochure fo r our 1965 s u mmer gymnastic camp in New York stat e . W e fe e l it is unque stionably the fin est gymnas tic camp o n the East coast, wi th training fac ili ties as good as can b e found anyw h ere . If y o u w ill t ake n o te of the pi c ture o f the fi eld h o u se, th e re are four c ras h d oor s (doubl e doors) v is ible a t the left side o f th e field house. Thi s might g i ve yo u a li t tle b e tter appreciation of th e s ize of this buildi ng w hic h has a floor space of 140' x 110'.

T h e pictur e was take n last s ummer, th e building is now comp le t e ly e n closed .

We feel our s t a ff will be very fine a n d capable of adequately h andling a ny level of ability which may present itse lf this summe r. Also, we h ope to get more t eachers and coac h es a ttending a nd hold s p ecial sess io n s f o r the m on a c linical l evel. Oth er bu ildings inc lude a 20 u nit m o tel, (this prev io u s ly was a r esort) a main house w i th ki tch en an d' dining room with five twin a nd triple rooms o n a second floor eac h w ith private bath . A s tone a n d a bric k h o u se with 18 twin and triple r ooms some w ith priv a t e b a th-a ll with running hot and co ld water. Al so six cabin s; a li in good s hape. Other faciliti es includ e a sw imming pool, s huffle board c ourt, a r eas for b a dm in to n , voll eyb a ll , softball , a nd a rc h e r y . Th ese ac tivities a r e u sed to break up ·the d ay in b et\veen th e two workout sessio n s w hi ch we have. This is th e d a ily sch edu le ' the camp ers will f o llow : 7:30 Rise and Shin e, 7 :55 Flag Rais ing, 8 :00 Breakfast, 9 :00 Inspectio n o f Quarters, 9 :1 5 Warm Up, 9 :30 Gymnastic C lasses, 11:45 P r e para tio n for Lunc h , 12:00 Lunch, 12:30 R est, Canteen Time , 1 :30 L ecture or Superv ised Recreat iton , 2:45 Swimming, 4:00 Free Time f or Individual Activities, 5:45 Flag L o w e ring a nd Mail Call, 6:1 5 Gymnast ic Classes, 8:3 0 Socia l Hour, 9:45 P,-eparation for Retirement, 10 :1 5 Lights Out. I hope you will b ear with m y exhube ra n ce over this, but as direc tor of t hi s prog r am, I s incerely feel it's quite wo rthwhile a n d the type o f thing that can do a great deal to promo t e gymnas tics.

Sincerely yours, Milan Trnka .

RATES The school will cost $70.00 per week . This includes meals, lodging, gymnastic instructi on, and supervised recreation periods.

AGE LIMIT Appl icants should be 13 yea'rs of age. Exce ptions ma y be made if a younger applicant is mature and self-sufficient.

STAFF The school will be directed by Milan Trnka, Assistant Professor o f Health and Physical Education and gymnastic coach at West Chester State Co llege, Pennsy lvania.

The stoff will be composed of carefully selected coaches and professi onal educators .

Assistants are co llege students wit h a major interest in education and gymnastics.

CURRICULUM Gymnastic practice sessions will be held twice daily and will incl ude the fo ll ow ing: • Men-Horizontal Bar, Rings, Parallel Bars, Long Horse, Side Horse, Floor Exercise, Tumbling and Re bound Tumbling .

• Women-U neven Parallel Bars, Balance beam, Floor Exercise , Side Horse Vau lt ing, Tumbling, Rebound Tumbling, and Ball et .

RECREATION Afternoon and ev ening recreati on periods will

include : So ftball , Volleyball, Hikes, Swimming, Trips t o t o wn, Ro ller skat ing, Movies, Talent shows, camp fires, etc. Free time will be allotted late in the afternoon for resting , letter writing , laundry, etc. Laundry facilities will be available to students, FOR COACHES Gymnastic coaches and physica l educators are inv ited to attend the school for experience in " coaching " and "spotting " techniques and a s much practical participation a s they wish to engage in . They will also profit from the lectures o n topics related to g ymnastics and consultat ion wit h the stoff members.

Our huge field house, now comp lete ly enclosed, is full y equipped with modern Nissen gymnastic equipment, which meets Olympic spec ifications.

On some pieces there are as many as 3 duplicatio ns. Th is, of course , incl ude a 40' x 40' padded fl oor -exercise area .

Other buildings include the dorms, dining room and school off ice.

Further information (clothing list , doctor's certi ficate, mop t o Soko l Woodlands) will be sent t o yo u upon receipt of you r appl ication .

Please return applications by June 15th to: SOKOL U,S.A., Box 189 Ea.t Orange, New Jeney,

Sokol Invitational Gymnastic School - APPLICATION FORMPlease return appHcations by June 15th to: SOKOL U.S.A., 'Sox 189' Ea-. t Orange, New Jer.e\' Name . __ """"._ ... """" ___ ,, ..... __ . __ ___ " .. ___ ,,_. _. , __ ""_". Age .. " _.. ,,,"" "

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wi ll attend the foll owing weeks: ) Jul y 18 - Jul y 24 ( ) Aug. 1 - Aug . 7 ) Aug. 8 - Aug. 14 ( ) Aug. 22 - Aug. 28

) Ju ly 25 - July 31 ) Aug . 15 - Aug. 21

Are yo u a gymnast or coach (teacher)? ""._._"" ____ ._ " A member of Sokol U.S.A.? '''''''''". ___ _ Please estimate your gym nastic abi lity: ( ) Nov ice ( ) Junio r ( ) Senior I am encl osing a deposit of $ 10.00 (not refunda b le) towards the fee of $70.00 per week.

I will pay the ba lance upon arri val at Soko l Wood lands.

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Performance and Appearance .•. a N ISS E N Tradition Sure Nissen gymnastic equipment looks great. Why shouldn't it with its bold, modem 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.

All in all, some impressive reasons why Nissen gymnas-

tic equipment is preferred by more gymnasts and coaches than all other brands combined. For additional information, write:

NISSEN CORP .• Cedar Rapids. Iowa. 52406 NISSEN-SENOH Tokyo, J.p.n

NISSEN TRAMPOLINE CO., LTD. London, Engl.nd

NISSEN-SENOH EQUIPMENT CHOSEN FOR 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES, TOKYO, JAPAN