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FA'NTASTIC: While going over materials to pi~k just a few of the photo highlights to illustrate the "Five Year Report" of the UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FED· ERATION, we could hardly believe the amount of arti· cles, photos, educational aids (records, films, books, posters, programs, etc.), clinics, competitions and courses, teams, tours and technical translations that have come out of the USGF offices. It was an almost impossible task to cut a report that would fill volumes down to eight pages. We almost reached the point of not daring to look at all the material available as the decisions on what to include were becoming too diffi· cult. However we did manage to some degree. To the thousands of you who have had an active part in the USGF program over the past five years we thank you, and if your picture, program or project does not ap· pear in this all·too·brief report, we hope you will understand and take comfort in the fact that you have had a part in USGF history and the growth of Gym· nastics in America.

GYMNASTICS FOR ALL THRU THE USGF has been the motto of the UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION from' its very beginning. The impressive list (thousands) of coaches and gymnasts from novice to Olympian who haven taken part in USGF sponsored and sanctioned activities (camps, clinics, competitions and congress) attests to the fact that the USGF motto is no idle boast, but a working reality that has lead Gvmnastics in America i.nto a brighter future. The ma~mitude of the proven program of progress of the USGF has left the establishment with only a threat, not a program, for a voir.e in Amerir.an Gvmnastics. We believe the INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC FEDERATION (FIG) wants to be represented in the USA by the real voice of a POSITIVE PROGRAM for Gvmnastics in American THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION.

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CONTENTS Volume X

April, 1968

Number 4

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ..........................................Glenn Sundby GYM FORUM ........................................................................................

CHALK ' TALK ....... .... .. .... .................................. .. ............ ......

CANADIAN REPORT .....................................................John Nooney USGF REPORT ................................................................. Frank Bare MG CALENDAR ..............................................................,Jim Amerine MG INTERVIEW ........................................ Ken Sakoda & Dick Criley NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ................................................

STILL RINGS SEQUENCE .................................................... Nakayama SPODING IDEAS .....................................................William Wright MG ART CONTEST ..............................................................................

GYM WHEEL GYMNASTICS ... ...................... ................ Norbert Hill GYMNASTIC AIDS .............................................................. Don Tonry MG SCOREBOARD ...............................................................................

COVER : Five years of U.S.G.F. on parade.

PUBLISHER - EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS -Technical DICK CRILEY, Production KEN SAKODA, Design

ASSOCIATE EDITORS· Feature A. Bruce d ederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco , Research; Dick Criley, Statistics; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank L. Bare, USGF; Jess Robinson, Tramp 9 line; Roy Da vis, ] udging; Jackie Uphues, Women; Kenneth W. Hollis, YMCA; Ken Sa· koda, Art; John Nooney, Canada.

THE MODERN GYMNAST is published by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway, Santa Mo nica , California 90401 . Second Class 'postage paid at Santa Monica , Calif. Published monthl y except bi·manthl y June , July, August , and September . Price $5.00 per year, SOc single copy : Subscripti on correspondence , THE MODERN GYMNAST, P.O. Box 611 , Santa Monica , Califo rnia 90406 . Copyright 1968 © all rights reser ved bv SUNDBY PUBLICATIONS . 410 Broadwav. Santa Monica . Calif. All pictures and manuscripts submitted become the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and suffiCient posl age are included.

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JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS . .. ANOTHER WALL One would certainly have held out hope that the sport of gymnastics might have reecived a realistic look from those in a position of leadership within the A.A.U. The United States placed poorly as a team in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

In Dortmund, Germany in 1966 the teams again placed in the second division. Couple this information with what we already know relative to the new emphasis placed on amateur gymnastics in France (they have a full-time national coach from Japan) and Cuba (they train in the USSR), and we see that the need for assistance in our United States is great.

States. The team came as scheduled and made five appearances against American college all-star teams from Pennsylvania to California. They appeared before some 18,000 American spectators and had a truly great tour. What is significant is that they brought with them letters of threats, warnings and admonitions about their trip to the U.S.A. The AAU, in another backward step had written them and warned them of penalties if they should come to America. Uns.uccessful in this attempt to stifle gymnastics in America they (AAU) none-the-Iess did their best to discourage an excellent exchange between five nations.

In December of 1967, the U.S.G.F. invited three F.I.G. experts to come to Tucson, Arizona and conduct an Officials Course for gymnastics judges. To that end the USGF forwarded the air tickets to Yugoslavia, Switzerland and New York and arranged for the course (the first of it's kind to ever be conducted in the USA) to take place. The AAU, however, wrote the FIG and complained that they had'nt been invited and therefore the course wouldn't be fair. it was an obvious lie and the record clearly shows several AAU representatives did enroll, but none-the-Iess the AAU was ultra-successful in denying the United States its first such Continental Judges Course.

In February of 1968, the U.S.GJ. invited Mme. Berthe Vii lancher, distinguished President of the Women's Technical Committee of the F.I.G. to lecture at three stops on a brief tour of the U.S.A. She made the trip, gave her informative lectures at Massachusetts University, Colorado University and Southern Illinois University and proved herself to be not o.nly extremely knowledgeable and hard-workin~ but gracious and charming as well. Her lectures were attended by more than 200, of whom perhaps one-half were officials and ' coaches in gymnastics (the rest being students). The A A.U. wrote the various stops on her tour warning of punishment for those who would take her brief course . The issue again was that the AAU had failed to sponsor such a tour and therefore it was not possible. Unsuccessful again in an attempt to push gYmnastics farther down the intprnational ladder; none-the-Iess the AAU leadership did their best to impede any improvement of the lot of amateur gymnastics in America ...

Frank L. Bare USGF Director

In January of 1968, the U.S.G.F. invited a group of outsta.nding Scandinavian All-Star university students to tour the United

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ilK STUDY TOUR FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATORS Physical educators may eompare sports and physical ed ucation program in England, Scandinavia, and the Soviet Union on a flying three· weeks study tour, June 8·30, sponsored by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in cooperation with th e National Education Association.

The tour program includes VISItS to school s, sports centers and institutes, and Olympic training sites. Special seminars with the sports and physical education leaders of host countries are being ar· ranged. The tour is also designed to give participants some understanding of the political, economic, and social conditions of the countries visited. The itinerary in· cludes 3 days in Copenhagen, 3 in London, another 4 in iVloscow, 3 in Kiev, 2 in Len· ingrad, and 2 in Helsinki.

The tour guide is Dr. Luther Schwich, AAHPER Western States Consultant. Round trip cost is S885 from New York. Inter· ested persons should immediately request application form and detailed information from the Division of Educational Travel, NEA, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Wash· ington, D.C. 20036.

H AWAIIAN GYMNASTICS The Nuuanu YMCA of Honolulu, Hawaii, sponsored a novice gymnastic meet for girls to raise money for the Olympic Fund.

Representatives of the Central YMCA, Kokokahi YWCA, Kamehameha and Puna· hou schools participated in the event which was under the direction of Mr. Bob Mey· ers. Outstanding performers of the meet were Andrea Arthur (CL), Lindy Vivas (P) and Melia Ane (P).

VIDEO·TAPE COMPETITION Following up on the results of the Wash· ington·Illinois "meet" held via an exchange of taped performances (See February MG), we learned that Illinois won 180.65 to 173.10. While no international meets have been scheduled as yet, Nihon University (J apan ) and Cologne University (Germany ) have been contacted with the idea of ar· ranging competitions via tape.

1964 OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS FILMS Due to the devaluation of the pound ster· lin g in England, the prices of film s of the men's and women's competitions (both 8 and 16 mm ) have been r educed. The B & W film is approximately 3500 feet (214 hrs.) and features many slow motion ac· tion shots. For further information write to G. C. Kunzle, 67 Eastern Road, Bir· mingham 29, England.

NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINIC (Late re ceipt of the results of this clinic jorces us to limit our report. The results of the clinic championships and the No rth· South Meet will be found in the M G Score· board. Photos by Jim Townsend,) The new Robarts Sports Arena and near·

by Lido Beach provided more than ample fa cilities for the 1967 National Gymnastics Clinic. Several pieces of apparatus were available for each event and the team of top·flight instructors, headed by Don Ton· 6

Robarts Sports Arena, scene of the 1967 National Gymnastics Clinic (Sarasota Clinic).

ry, Abe Grossfeld and Vannie Edwards, provided close -·attention and coaching to novice and advanced gymnast alike. Instru ctional emphasis was on preparation for the 1968 Olympic trials, but there was

Scene from Fort Lauderdale Clinic

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plenty of opportunity for competition: the clini c championships, an Olym pic development meet, the North/South meet, and the national AAU trampoline champion ships.

Judgin g sessions were staged by Jan et Bachna and Tom Maloney. A special lecture on the physiology of exercise was given by Jon Culbertson. Don Tonry pre· sented highlights of his Master's thesis st udy on gymnastic nomenclature, which earn ed him the McCloy research award.

FORT LAUDERDALE NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CLINIC ( Late arrival of this report precluded inclusion of all its many highlights. A sum.· mary is presented here and results of the clinic championships and the No rth/SolLth meet will be fOlLnd in MG Scoreboard.)

The 3rd an~ ual eastern gymn asti c clinic of the USGF was held durin g the Christ· mas holidays at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, under the direction of Bill Meade and Dick Holzapfel. Classes were held daily in all of the Olympic events and trampolin e in va rious ability levels. Special sessions on coachin g and judgin g were also presented.

The women's division und er the direction of Vern Elder held classes in the four "Olynlpic Events. Competitions were held for the junior boys, an open meet for girls, while an Olympic compulsory competition for men and qualifying championship meet set th e pace for the advanced gymnasts.

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REPORT CANADIAN COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Team Francis Xavier, University of New Brunswick .

by fohn Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

winners:

" P ersonally , the first move that came to my mind- and I still maintain it- is to resign. Without any other comment from my part."

Now that you have read it- DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Write your comments to Raymond and vent your fru stration on the Canadian Olympic Assoc. The address is H. W. Hoppener , Exective Director, 801 Dominion Square Buildings, Muntreal. Thi s is a matter of great importance to have full teams in Mexico.

Raym ond's address is 7340 Champchevrier, Ville D' Anjou, Quebec.

IN V ITATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Team British Columbia, University of Alberta , McMaster University.

WOME 's INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS COMPETITION

By Mrs. Rllth Priddle, Dir. of Athletics The University of Waterloo played hostess to the first Women 's Intercollegiate Gymnasti cs Competition in the W.I.A.U. and O.Q.W.C.I.A. women's conference in Ontario and Quebec. T eams participating in the competition included Univers ity of Toronto, University of W estern Ontario, McGill University, McMaster Un iversity, Queen's Un iversity, York University and the University of Waterloo.

Congratulations go to the University of T oronto for the outstanding team.

Followin g the tournament were two afternoon session s designed for the competitors and coaches.

Mr. John Nooney, the Head Official at our meet gave a lecture on the points most in need of attention and the subtleties that are costly in competition.

This was followed by a lecture/demonstration by Mrs. Roy Officer, a ballet teacher and member of the Royal Academy of Dancin g in London , En gland. Mrs. OWcer has been working closely with th e Waterloo Collegiate gymnastics team on the integration of ballet and gy mnasti cs.

H er enthusiasm and ideas sparked enthusiasm from the coaches and competitors present.

Summ ary of results: FX: Marty Kemene (UT) 9.0, Geri Tanni s (UW) 8.5, Marg McKenderick (UT) 8.3. U,?B: Kemeny 8.8, McKenderick 8.2, Del za Tamari (McGi ll ) 6.9. SHV: L inda Bird (McMaster) 8.7, Kemeny 8 .35, Tannis 8.25. BB: McKenderi ck 8.6, Kemeny 8.4, Honey Foster and Linda Bird 8.0 .

Canadian College Championships SI. Fran cis Xavier University hosted the above champion ships recently to a packed hou se. Great cred it is due to Mr. Geza von Martiny, Meet Director, and to Dr. John Dewar, Director of Physical Education and the Athl etic Director, Mr. Don Lon ey for hostinu these two meets. The women's meet was a'" first and the men's the second annual meet.

Universiti es taking part were Univ. of Alberta, St. F.V., Univ. of New Brunswick ,

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McGill Uni versity, University of B.C., McMaster Univ. , Dalhousie Univ., Acadia Univ. Many of these colleges .had two tea ms-men and wom en. It looks like at long last the colleges in Canada are doing so mething about gy mnastics.

FIRST CANAD IAN NAT IONAL COLLEG IATE WOMEN 'S GYMNASTICS CHAMP IONSH IP FX: Ly nne Pascoe (St. F.X.-M.S.B.), Lyn Peel (U . a f A.), Nina Wiggins (U .N.B .) . BB: Ly " Peel Lynne Pascoe, Kathy H o lmes (McGill). V : Ly n' Peel Lynne Pascoe, Nina Wiggins. UB : Lyn Peel : Susan White (St. F.X.-M.S.B. ), Lynne Pasco. AA: Lyn Peel, Lynne Pascoe, Nina W iggins. Team : Alber ta 8 1.65 , St. F.X.-M.S.B. 78.75, U.N .B. 28.65.

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OPEN- INV ITATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MEN'S GYMNAST ICS CHAMP IONSH IP FX: 8ill Mackie (U.B.C.) Brian Mann (Dalhousie), Francis Tall y (U. of .A.) . SR : Bill Mackie Brian Mann, Rick Danielson, (U. of A.). PO: Bill Mackie,. Rick Daniel son, Br ian Mann. HB: Bi ll Mackie, FrancIs Tall y, Brian Mann. SH: Bill Mackie, Rick Danie lson, Brian Mann . LH: Bil l Mackie, Bud Brown (St. F.x.), tie Brian Mann (Dalhousie), and John Salme la (U~B.C.) 路 AA: Bill Mackie, Brian Mann, Rick Dan ielson .

Team: U .B.C. 134.45, Alberta 123 .63 , McMaster 105.60.

A Message from your National Chairman Please read carefully this extract from Raymond Gagniers's newsletter. " OLYMPIC GAMES OF MEXICO: At the last meetin g of the Canadian Olympic Association , th e num ber of gymnasts who will participate at the Olympic Games was reduced to 8: 4 men, 4 women plus 2 coaches : one man and one woman. " This is very bad news for Gymnastics.

No doubt that our chances will be diminished . Among other arguments, it was asked that our gymnasts should be able to class themselves in at least in the first half of the total number of gymnasts. If our uymnasts train themselves for three hours ~ day, 6 days per week as some actually do (or more), how much more can they do. Maybe we will have to do like the skiers and send our gymnasts to Japan or U.S.S.R. six months each year? " With thi s, we are far from the concept of amateuri sm and of participation that Pierre de Coubertin was praising so much .

HERE AND THERE Mr. Jack Chateris, Asst. Professor, School of Physical Education, is the new gymnasti c coach at th e University of Guelph, Ontario. Jack will also tea ch the gymnastic content (men and women) of the new B.5c ( P.E.) degree program. Jack is a graduate from South Africa.

Knowing Jack's interest in the Sport we are lucky to have him. Welcome to Canada.

Mr. Digby Sale, Asst. Professor School of Physical Education is the new gymnastic coach at Mc Master University, Hamilton, Ont. Digby was the 1967 National College cham pion in Rings and was a member of the Univ. of Toronto gym team for the past four years . Congratulations Di gby.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS April 5 & 6, Vancouver Community Champ. at Vancouver, All levels. Compo Apr. 6, Maritime Championship at the Univ. of N.B. All levels. Opt. Apr. 12 & 13, Eastern Canadian Champs, Port Col borne H.S., Port Colborne. Jr. and Sr. Compo Apr. 12 & 13, B.C. Y.M.C.A. M & W. Apr. 26 & 27, C.E.C.lVI. Inter school champs at Montreal, M & W. May 18, Quebec Provincial Champs. Argo Tyro and Novice at Montreal. M & W. Compo May 18, 19, 20, B.C. Provin cial Champs at Victoria, B.C. M & W. Jr. and Sr. Compo Jun e ?, Open Age Champ. at U.B.C. M & W. All levels, Compo Jun e ? , Ontario Provincial Champs at York Un iversity. M & W. Comp o June 1 & 2, Quebec Championships (Provincia)). M & W, Jr. & Sr. Compo June 9 to 23, F.I.G. JUDGES COURSE at Rome.

June 24 to 29, 47 Congreses of the F.I.G. at Rome.

July 5 & 6, CANADIAN CHAMPIO SHIP !it Qu ebec City. M & W. Jr. Sr. A and Sr. B. Compo Oct. 12 to 27, Olympic Games at Mexico City.

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Introduction to "First Five Years" The U.S.C.F. is in its sixth year of formal operation.

Some three years of hard work went before that and a number of this nation's outstanding coaches, officials and administrators dedicated considerable effort finalizing the structure and goals of the United first full-time gymnastics were events of significance that we have not covered in this brllet;8tl!mrnaJrf were countless meetings, clinics, covering every aspect of our of miles traveled on America.

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USGF INAUGURATED December 8, 1962. A large group of the nation's leading gymnastics coaches and amateur sports ad路 ministrators gathered in Chicago, Illinois and formally organized and inaugurated the United States Gymnastics Federation . This meeting was the culmination of several years of research and organization. The first USGF President was Dr. Donald N. Boydston, Director of Athletics at Southern Illinois University who stated , "The U.S. Gymnastics Federation has been established to perform services and exercise functions which have often been neglected or given little consideration in the past. The concept of sports Federations in th is country was born of this basic premise and the USGF is the outcome of many years of hopeful planning and thoughtful anticipation for the time when gymnastics could be given equal emphasis and be considered of equal importance with other Olympic and international sports. " DIRECTOR HIRED January 7, 1963. The Executive Committee of the USGF, called for their first meeting in Los Angeles, California and at this meeting Mr. Frank Bare was hired as full-time Executive Director. The Director, was charged with initiating such projects as were consistent with the Constitution and such other projects of a promotional and educational nature as to aid amateur gymnastics. Dr. Boydston , Mr. M. R. Clausen, Glenn Sundby, Charlie Pond and the late Irwin Volze were present at that first meeting In Los Angeles. It was on this date that formal operations began, and the USGF's program of establishing a national office facility was underway.

Frank Bare with USGF officer s Dick Clausen, Donald Boyds t on, Glenn Sundby and committee m embers Irwin Volze and Charlie Pond, in Santa Monica, California, accepting position as U SGF Director.

USGF NEWSLETTER February, 1963. The USGF Newsletter was initiated and the first such mailing was made in the second month of operations. The first Newsletter was mailed to 200 people . . . most of whom were well known in amateur gymnastics in America. From this original letter . .. the USGF Newsletter moved into various phases and continues today in the form of USGF News Briefs of the USGF Report. Mailing today is considerably different than it was in 1963 . . . several thous ands of names are currently on the mailing list and electric folders, collators and pri nti ng presses have replaced the typewriter and hand work . . . but that story comes later.

FIRST CLINIC June, 1963. THE GALVESTON CLINIC . . . conducted in Galveston , Texas was the first of such events in that area of our nation . Mr. and Mrs. R. D. King hosted the event and the Island of Galveston turned out in strength and hospitality and the Mayor declared it Gymnastics Week in his City . . . the clinic had a meet . . . several hours on the beaches of the Gulf and lots of instruction . The clinic brought hundreds of youngsters their first exposure to gymnastics and in the years that have followed Texas has begun to move into competitive gymnastics programs at many levels.

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FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS June, 1963. THE FIRST USGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . was held in Park Ridge, Illinois at Maine East High School. Host coach Tom Gardner and the Illinois High School Coaches Association teamed up with the Midwest Gymnastics Association to make the first championships a good one. Art Shurlock .. .

Tom Seward . . . Glen Gailis . . . Fred Dennis . . .

Birgitta Gullberg (Sweden) and the great girls team from Flint, Michigan gave some excellent performances that year. Some great names of years gone by were on hand to judge . . . Bill Roetzheim . . . Inez Caon ... Judy Howe . . . Fran Dennis . . . many more, of course, but all-in-all the first USGF Nationals were one to be remembered for several good reasons. The meet drew a large number of entries . .. truly indicating a good start for what has become a great annual event.

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TRAINING CAMP July, 1963. PALM BEACH BALLET AND TRAINING CAMP . .. was held in Florida. The results of some real effort on the part of the talented Grace Kaywell.

The top boys and girls from the USGF Nationals were given an all-expense paid trip to Palm Beach by Mr. Frank Hale. Thirteen athletes in all made the trip and trained in gymnastics and received some of the finest instruction in ballet techniques available anywhere in the world. Those in attendance were: Donna Schaenzer, Flint, Michigan, USGF NATIONAL ELITE ALL-AROUND CHAMPION, Birgitta Gullberg, Stockholm, Sweden, Dale McClements, Seattle, Washington, 1963 Pan-American team, Doris Fuchs , Seattle, Washington, twice U.S.A. Olympic team member, Janice Dunham, Flint, Michigan, Judy Dunham, Flint, Michigan , Paula Crist, Sacramento, California, Mary Ellen Toth, Flint, Michigan, Rusty Mitchell, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, Joe Nappi, (formerly Pasadena City College) Southern Illinois UniPalm Beach Training Camp - Academy Dir . Ted Kneeland, Kaywell, Jo An'na Kneeland, Bill Meade and Herb Vog e l.

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versity, Ed Isabelle (National YMCA Champ ion) Penn sylvania State University, Lamoyne Durham , Pasadena City College, California , Glen Gailis, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Coaches present were Herb Vogel of Flint Junior College, and Bill Meade of Southern Illinois. DR. DONALD N. BOYDSTON, President of the USGF visited the training site and spoke with MR. HALE about the benefits connected with this type of program.

BEACH GYMFEST August, 1963. THE FIRST ANNUAL SANTA MONICA GYM FEST . . . hosted, sponsored and founded

by Glenn Sundby in conjunction. with the USGF, was the beginning of a sun and fun gymnastics festival that continues today . . . and still demonstrates some great performances and some excellent times.

Gymnastics events and beach events are combined on the beaches of Santa Monica . . . each year , and a large crowd is always present when the Gymfest takes place.

EUROPEAN TOUR July, 1963. THE USGF SEND THE TOP THREE TRAMPOLINISTS IN THE USA ON A TOUR OF EUROPE . . . Danny Millman . . . then fresh from high school . . . Fred Sanders of Michigan and George Hery of Iowa joined Glenn Sundby and the USGF Director in the first formal trip to Europe by the USGF. Germany and the Duetsches Turnfest, then France and then England were on the itinerary. Many good demonstrations . . . some excellent exchanges and friendships that remain until today were initiated on that first trip. It sparked a beginning of international interest in amateur trampolining that led into events never conducted before on an international level.

FIRST GOLD MEDAL October, 1963. USGF TRAMPOLINE CHAMPION DANNY MILLMAN .. . then a freshman in California . . . went to Salzgitter, Germany and entered the Fahrbach-Schuster Cup competitions in that beautiful new city. England, Germany, Scotland and Denmark were entered along with the USA's sole entry . . . but young Danny won the competition hands down to present the U.S.A. with its first international gold medal in more than 30 years in gymnastics.

TURNERS JOIN USGF December, 1963. THE AMERICAN TURNERS officially affiliate with the USGF . . . bringing the national membership to a larger status than ever before . . . and adding to the vast school-college membership the added benefits of Turner training, background and knowledge.

JOINT EFFORT December, 1963. THE THIRD ANNUAL WESTERN GYMNASTICS CLINIC . . . becomes a jointly sponsored event with the USGF sanctioning that event. The University of Arizona hosts some 500 participants and the East-West All-Star meet gets bigger and better than ever before. This event proves to be the forerunner of others.

SOUTH AFRICA TOUR March, 1964. THE USGF TRAMPOLINISTS TOUR SOUTH AFRICA .. . and what a small but powerful team it was, as Frankie Schmitz . . . Steve Johnson and Nancy Smith, joined coach-manager Gil Brinkmeyer in a trip to South Africa and then a 6,000 mile tour of exhibitions and competitions that ended in the USA teams winning the South African Games. Ollie Areborn, of S.A. was organizer and sponsor of the team-trip and did a truly magnificent job of making it a success.

USGF and Turners at Turnfest, Essen, Germany Ste ve J ohnson and Nancy Smith, So. Africa t our .

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WORLD CHAMPIONS March, 1964. THE FIRST WORLD'S TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . were conducted in London, England. The USGF was invited to take part and sent Gary Erwin and Danny Millman as our representatives.

They knew what they were sent to do and scored a one-two finish in the men's trampoline event giving the USA its first world's championship in that event . . . with Danny Millman being 1964 World's Cham pion . . . and Gary Erwin runner-up.

SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS April, 1964. THE SECOND ANNUAL USGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS were conducted at the UNI VERSITY OF IOWA . . . hosted by coach Dick Halzaepfel . . . and featuring some great. performances in every event. Rusty Mitchell moved into his own here and began to demonstrate a skill and style that would take him far in amateur gymnastics. Glen Gailis (Iowa), Ed Isabelle of Penn . State and Jerry Beckett of Denver all showed great performances in sweeping the all-around places.

USGF PRESS May, 1964. THE USGF PRESS began formal operations. Based on a most generous contribution of a printing press from the Waco-Porter Company in Schiller-Park, Illinois, the USGF began its first homeprinted newsletters , flyers and experimentation with larger pro jects. It was the beginning of a large and extensive program in this area.

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AGE GROUP WORKBOOK September, 1964. THE USGF AGE GROUP GYMNASTICS WORKBOOK is published, Written, diagramed and donated to the USGF by James Farkas of the Milwaukee Turners , this 90 page illustrated age-group program for boys and girls ages 6 through 18 was totally printed and assembled in the USGF's print shop as its first large-scale project. 500 books were assembled . . . and later we will account to you for the distribution of that excellent work since that time, OLYMPIC GAMES October, 1964. THE 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES. , .

TOKYO , JAPAN . . . and the USA was represented by full teams of men and women . . . plus some USGF delegates in Bill Meade, Glenn Sundby and Frank Bare. A good deal of time was spent in studying international gymnastics .. , and Glenn Sundby did the finest iob of bringing together a compUation of scores , photos and information on Olympic gymnastics than has ever been done. Rusty Mitchell . . . astounded the world with his first ever double back as a mount for his floor exercise routine, .. it provided the USA with a thrust of interest that should have been maintained.

USGF RECORDS November, 1964. The talents of Grace Kaywell. the USGF's Ballet Consultant again came to the fore and through her characteristic ability to see i'l oroiect through Grace pioneered the "first" of the Ballet for Gymnastics Recordings in conjunction with the Stepping-Tones Recording Company of Los Angeles , Cal ifornia . Her three records in series were truly the first great step in the direction that was needed for years that the USA had ever received. The fantastic interest of Betty Zimmer of Stepping-Tones and the great talent of Grace Kaywell combined to produce a pioneering masterpiece.

SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS January, 1965. THE USGF TRAMPOLINE TEAM . .. selected through a trial enters the Second World's Trampoline Championships . , . conducted ' in London , England. The USGF team of Frankie Schmitz, Gary Erwin, Judy Wills and Nancy Smith .. , entered Ladies Tumbling ~ Men's Tumbling, Synchronized Trampoline , Men's Trampoline and Women's Trampoline . . . and assured the USA of not one but all five of those first place meda~s . Gary Erwin became world's champion. , . Schmitz the runner-up . . . they teamed to win the synchronized . . . then Judy won the tumbling and trampoline t itles with Nancy third in trampoline. Frank also won the men's tumbling. , . and there it was a clean , and deserved sweep.

RULES March, 1965. THE USGF published the USGF RULES for men and women . . . and began to pro vide guide-line rules for areas not having such estab lished rules or making these booklets available to schools in areas just beginning activity in gymnastics programs.

by, Rusty Mitchell . . . and Glenn's wife, Barbara made the trip to report on and witness the various demonstrations in different areas of the city. It marked a step of great interest for the USGF since this event clearly called fo r some additional emphasis onfhe part of the U.S.A. and if allowed . .. it was understood after witnessing th is event that here would be a great opportunity for the USA to shine .. .

USGF TEAM TO MEXICO March, 1965. THE USGF ALL-AROUND TEAM GOES TO MEXICO . . . and this excellent team was selected by trial at the 1964 Western Clinic. Some of the all-time great gymnasts earned berths on this team . . . ART SHURLOCK, RUSTY MITCHELL . . .

GREG WEISS, RAY HADLEY, GLEN GAILlS, AND JOHN QUINTANA .. . all made the trip with Coach Sam Bailie to Mexico City. They were warmly greeted there and had the opportunity to perform as well as enjoy some excellent hospitality in Mexico.

THIRD NATIONALS April. 1965. THE 3rd ANNUAL USGF NATIONALS . . . hosted at David Lipscomb College in Nashville , Tennessee and beautiful the finals of this meet were.

Host coach , TOM HANVEY, did a fine job in organi zation and administration of the meet, and before a fine crowd . .. featured on the rv}G cover following that meet, RUSTY MITCHELL, edged FRED ROETHLlSBERGER and BILL SIMS in the all-around competition.

Pasadena City College of California continued to dom inate the National Division . .. and Sylacauga High School of Alabama dominated the women's junior division. In the Elite divisions it was S.I.U . in both men's and women's work.

GYMNAESTRADA July, 1965. USGF DELEGATION TO THE GYMNAESTRADA IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA . . . This largest of perhaps what might be termed a more physicClI education oriented event than competitive event . . . was hosted in beautiful Vienna . . . and Glenn Sund-

COMPETITION GUIDE October, 1965. THE USGF PUBLISHED THE GUIDE FOR COMPETITIONS . . . and moves into its second book. This 25 page brief but complete in every detail work was contributed by Glenn Wilson, then coach at Colorado University. It gave an area a guide to follow that included every aspect of a meet from what the. announcer should say right down to the program design.

COACHES CONGRESS November, 1965. THE FIRST CONGRESS OF AMERICAN GYMNASTICS COACHES was held in Denver, Colorado. Long-time goal of the USGF came into being as the Congress was held with excellent crosscountry representation and was deemed a success by those In attendance to the degree that it was moved to have the event again the next year . . . The Colo rade Gymnastics Association acted as hosts for this first event of its kind in the USA. EASTERN CLINIC December, 1965. THE FIRST USGF EASTERN CLINIC . . . began at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In answer to the need for a counterpart to the Western Clinic at Tucson, Bill Meade and Dick Holzaepfel moved Into the Ft. Lauderdale area with host coach from Nova High School, Lucy Whisenant providing valuable assistance. The first clinic was a pleasant success and the weather, the beaches and the gymnastics were all . just perfect.

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FOURTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS April, 1966. 4TH USGF NATIONAL CHAMPION · SHIPS .. . scheduled for the U.S. AIR FORCE ACAD· EMY in Colorado. Host coach, Capt. Karl Schwenzfeier did a great job in preparing for and hosting the meet.

It was marked by smooth operation , a new system of conducting finals . . . beautiful surroundings and fine performances. Greg Weiss, Kanati Allen , Rusty Mitchell, Mike Jacobsen, Kanzacki (Japan) all did a great job in an all -around contest that featured 19 all-around men and set a record for entrants in an all-around meet with compulsories.

April, 1966. THE GERMAN TRAMPOLINE TEAM from Salzgitter, Germany tours the U.S.A. and the USGF offers what aid they can, as they help the visiting team coached by Werner Lohr of the Jugendzen· trum Salzgitter, in planning stops at the Universities Illinois, Tucson , Arizona and the Air Force Academy for the USGF Nationals.

A-B-C June, 1966. USGF PRESS prints and begins distribution of the A-B-C Parts of Men's Gymnastics with illustrations . . . and by so doing reduced the cost of the booklet to 40 % of what it was from other sources. The booklet became a must for officials in the sport and has received wide-spread distribution .

USGF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR September, 1966. USGF TOUR TO WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . in Dortmund , Germany. All together some 22 people, including gymnasts Dave Thor, Sid Freudenstein , Ray Hadley, Bob Lynn and Coach Bill Meade joined a number of coaches to attend this world's championships. It was without a doubt , and particularly in conjunction with other Americans there, the largest group of Americans to ever witness such an event.

AWARD September, 1966. USGF DIRECTOR receives "Master of Sports" award from the city of Salzgitter, Germany in recognition of the assistance the USGF gave to Salzgitter's athletes during their tour of the U.S.A. COACHES CONGRESS November, 1966. SECOND CONGRESS OF AMERICAN GYMNASTICS COACHES . . . Denver, Colorado.

This second of such events saw large national representation and introduction of video-tape recorders , People to People sports exchanges , a panel of Dortmund , some great films of Dortmund and some fine reports.

CALIFORNIA CLINIC December, 1966. FIRST CALIFORNIA WINTER CLINIC . . . at University of California at Berkeley . .. under the direction of coach Harold Frey was an immediate success and a Iprge clinic. Featuring many, many instructors .. . and a perfect ratio of students to coaches the clinic was highly rated by all in attendance. At the same time, ASTORIA , OREGON conducted a clinic to the north of California .. . and this gave the USGF four simultaneous events in Florida , Arizona , California and Oregon . . . and the nation moved steadily towards a truly national program.

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ALL-AROUND ONLY January, 1967. USGF APPROVES ALL-AROUND ONLY FORMAT FOR NATIONALS . . . and becomes the only international program (totally) in the U.S.A. . . . this action moves the USGF Nationals into the category of not just repeating the school-college for mat but rather complimenting it by featuring interna tional compulsories that are current and a three-day, all-around event for men and women . This action, aimed at bringing to the forefront the all·around performer in America . . . was approved at the Congress of Coaches as a proper action for the nation, then approved subsequently by the USGF Council and put into effect.

FIFTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS April, 1967. 5th USGF NATIONAL CHAMPION SHIPS .. . all-around championships of the U.S.A. . . . held at University of Arizona in Tucson and featuring the newall -around format saw a small number of men trying the new (then) Olympic Compulsories but the fact was well illustrated that this was the meet of the future . The sessions were brief, fair to the competitors and above all else the finals suffered not at all .. . they were great. It clearly showed that all· around events can and are of great interest to the public and of great value to the performers.

September, 1967. NATIONAL COMPULSORY ROU· TINES FOR GIRLS . . . representing the first national effort in the history of the USA in attempting to bring two national groups into cooperative effort aimed at having one standard set of routines for girls in each part of the nation. Three levels . .. and complete with scoring for portions (done by Jackie Uphues) and floor patterns and music: Th is cooperative effort between the USGF women's committee and D.G.W.S. was a great step forward . Jackie Uphues , then Vice·president for Women pushed this project through to the stage that together with the Athletic Institute a truly outstanding training film , complete in every aspect of the National Compulsory Routines was made. Jackie called upon the nation's finest girl gymnast, Linda Metheny to do the routines and the Athletic Institute did a masterful iob in preparing them.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION September, 1967. MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE OFFICIALLY AFFILIATES WITH THE USGF . . . Through the aid of Mr. Bruce Hopping, of the New Jersey Foundation the USGF received a $10,000 grant which was in turn made to the Modern Gymnast M::lgazine in order to contribute to its financial stabilitv and further its publication efforts. Beginning then with the October 1967 issue the M.G. . . . long this nation's spokesman for gymnastics become the official publi cation of the U.S. GYMNASTICS FEDERATION.

FIG GUEST October, 1967. 3rd CONGRESS OF AMERICAN GYMNASTI CS COACHES . .. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI .. . and this well-attended and information packed event featured a first time ever session for th e USA in th at President of the FIG Mr. Arthur Gander attended and lectured for two days , along with North Ameri ca n FIG Vice-President Mr. George Gulack . . . it wa s a f irst such event , and even more it pro vided so mu ch information that we had neve r heard before . . . cur rent rules change s . . . schedul es . . . projected rules changes . . . description of the Olympic routines for Mexico City. President Gander and Vice-President Gul ack worked lon g and hard to present as much information as po ssible in a relatively short time . . . but it was so worth it to those in attend ance.

"GYMNASTIQUE MODERNE" Novem ber, 1967. USGF DELEGATES TO FIRST " GYMN ASTIQU E MOD ERNE " CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . in Copenh agen , Denmark. Glenn Sundby, Frank Bare and Barbara Sund by we re the first from the USA . . . oth er th an our FIG Vice- President , Mr. Gulack, to cover, fi lm and stu dy th is newest of gymnastics events f or wome n. It was indeed intere sting the Mll e. Gymnast magaz in e will f eature the event and it again illu st rated to the USGF a need for a national program and inte rn ation al parti cipation in conjunction with the F. I.G . in this new act ivity.

JUDGES COUR SE December, 1967. USGF PIONEERS THE FIRST CONTINENTAL JUDGES COURSE ever condu cted in the U.S.A. Th e USGF invited Mr. Arthur Gander, President of th e FIG , Vice-President Gulack, and Mr. Ivan Ivancevi c of Yu gosl avia (Tech. Comm . Presiden~) to come to Tucson, Arizona on an all-expenses paid trip to give this valuable course to all interested Americ an officials and train ers. It represented the f irst show of such intere st on the part of the U.S.A. and the first real offer to the FIG to finance and promote such a course.

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SCANDINAVIAN TOUR January, 1968. USGF INVITES SCANDINAVIAN ALL-STAR COLLEGE TEAM TO TOUR U.S.A. .. . and the teams , made up of student stars (including Olym pi ans) from Sweden, Finland, Nor:-vay and Denm~rk spent two weeks in the U.S.A. touring and cOl!1petJng at Penn. State University, Arizona State University, University of Arizon a, Denver, Colo. (Au rora Centra I HS) and at the University of California at Berkeley.

The team met college all-stars from the USA at each stop . . . did a magnificent job in presenting gymnastics to more than 18 ,000 spectators. Won all but one of th eir matches , (losing to Penn . State) . The tour opened the way for pleasant and helpful exchanges between student gymnastics teams from many lands, and as such helped establish the image of international competition among many collegiate gymnasts in the USA. It was the finest tour in many a year . . . and the visitors were extremely gracious guests.

NEW USGF ASSISTANT January, 1968. USGF HIRES ASSISTANT DIREC TOR FOR WOMEN .. . After the annual elections , Mrs. Jackie Uphues retiring Vice-President for women was hired by the USGF as Assistant to the Director, for Women. She has contributed so much to amateur gymnastics in America these past few years and her newly organized and busy USGF WOMEN'S COMMITTEE is taking its place of leadership in gymnastics in the USA. Hired on a part-time basis initially, it is hoped that Jackie will work into more and more of a full time position for the good of women ' s gymnastics in the USA. WOMEN'S FIG PRESIDENT TOURS U.S.A. February, 1968. USGF INVITES WOMEN'S F.I.G. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT to tour the USA. Madam e Berth e Villanch er , of France, internationally knowled gea ble and the most gracious of people came und er USGF sponsorship to lecture at the University of MASSACHUSETIS , University of COLORADO and SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Universities . .. during a brief 10 day trip in the United States. She was not only a great t eacher, she was even more so a truly gracious and ch arming visitor who worked long and hard to impart to those in attendance the information she had brought with her.

SOKOLS JOIN UP Februarv. 1968. THE SOKOLS .. . LONG TIMI: GYMNASTICS ORGANIZATION in the U.S.A. voted to ioin the U.S. GYMNASTICS FEDERATION. It was and is a significant event . particularly when we close with this thou ght in our five year review . .. that is that the USGF is continuing to grow . . . and will continue to do so until the United States is truly united with all gymnastics interests working together to see the USA one of the world's best teams.

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" If they'd back off and let the gymnasts voice a few opmwns and listen to them , they'd probably get a little more done" - Amerine

Name: James Amerine Age: 23 Ht. 5'4%" Wt: 143 Ibs. Attended high school in Lakewood, California. Now attending Southern Connecticut State College. Sophomore .

Physical Education major. (Coach: Abie Grossfeld). Future plans include travel and eventually coaching gymnastics.

Honors: 1965 NAAU 7th AA; 1966 NAAU 16th AA; 1967 NAAU 8th ; 1965 No. American Championship team for USA; C.N .E. in Toronto; 1967 7th in U.S. Pan Am trials; 1967 U.S. team member at Pre-Olympics placing 4th for U.S. and 24th overall; No. American Championship team for U.S. 1968 placing 8th AA, 1st Rings: 1968 NCAA College Division AA Champ, 1st rings.

How did you get started in gymnastics?

In junior high school, a friend of mine saw how stocky I was and asked me to see something. I was such a failure at all the oth er sports; I was either too short or too slow. I saw th is guy doi ng giants on the high bar and sa id that looks like fun. So it has been the "scourge" of my life ever since.

You have been in the service haven't you?

Yes, I joined the army in July of '63. I was at Ft. Ord, Cal if., for 4 months and th en I went to West Point. Th ere, I was th e assistant coach and freshman coac h for 211z years under Tom Maloney. It was a grea t experience.

He taught me a lot about coaching and teaching.

How did you get started in international competition?

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Ma loney at West Point where there we re international competitors and so forth, that if no one was availabl e, I got put in there. I started getting the international experi ence and the taste for it. So, I think it was due more to circumstances th an anything.

How do you prepare yourself for a big meet?

I've had a rather unique experience in that I started competing in the AAU's and internationally even before I got to college. It doesn't take much for me to prepare myself for a meet. I just know how well I'm go ing to do from practice. I'm very seldom nervous in a meet. It doesn't bothe r me and I sleep well the night before.

Before you go on the apparatus, do you think your way through the routine?

It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. I find myself more and more not thinking about it. I don't stand there and go through it piece by piece and think of eve ry little thing I'm go ing to do. I've done gymnastics for so many years and so many routines-I very seldom change my routines until I know I'm goi ng to do it right.

Do you have any favorite event in gymnastics?

Well , it's develo ped to the point where it's the side horse and completing a routine on that "animal" . I have a tremendous respect for it.

Do you have any event that you consider weak? How do you go about strengthening it?

Yes, free exercise. I spend about 40 % of my workout on tumbling and free ex and about 20% on side horse and the rest isn't too much problem. At th e beginning I was very weak on free ex and side horse. My side horse used to be about 6.0. I've lived on it

for about 3 years and now I can sco re 8.8 + on side horse and do difficult routines, even though I do have short arms, a long body, and short legs.

What do you think is a good body type for gymnastics?

A short torso, a littl e longer legs , and long arms-not too long though, at leas t longer than the torso. That way you have the aesthetiC' appearance and can also be strong enough to do the strength moves in the sport which ue required. Th e res t is left up to des ire, natural abi lity, and hard work.

How do you go about designing your routines?

I usually work up a skeleton and ta ke it from there. I know my capab il ities and look to the future. I know if I do this, I can always change it just a littl e bit and make it th at much better. I se ldom radically cha nge a routine.

Would you analyze your still rings routine for us and tell us how it evolved?

It starts out from a hang, two dislocates, shoot to a handstand, then a very slow back roll to a cross, hold that; pull out to a support, hold that; hollowback to a handstand; then a ve ry fast lower to a front lever, hold th at; then I pull to a regular cross, hold that; lower to a back lever, ho ld that; pull back to a cross again, hold that; and then I drop out, dislocate, do a three-quarter shoot handstand, bac k off.

In building up the routine, since I am very ' strong, I try to show that in the cross as much as I can and that's why I come in from the bottom into the cross instead of lowering down to it. I've always been natu rally stron g,

CANADIAN REPORT Hos led this year by the British Columbia Gymnasti c Assoc. and held in the new Pa· cific Colise um , Vancouver. Over 23,000 peopl e watched th e co mpetition over the three day period . Th e Mee t was excellenlly orga nized and shoul d be a guide lin e to oth er Associations if th ere wa s one adverse co mm ent to mak e, it wa s that th e first day was too long. Oth er th an that the B.C.G .A. can be proud of its effort s.

My fir st co mm ent is about our men 's team. ( Before 1 co mm ent I have rece ived a great am ount of pressure to personall y commen t. I ha ve not don e so in th e past because I was not convin ced that it wOl\ld help in the grow th of the Sport. I now feel our gy mna sts have matured enough to acce pt a bit of construcii ve criti cism). It looks lik e we ha ve only TWO gy mnasts of internatio nal cali bre, Dion and Larose.

Ha ving three members of our team place 20, 21, 22 out of 23 entri es is not helpi ng our ca use. (a) Can they be out of co ndi· tion ; ( b) Gettin g no club coachin g; (c) Or are we that short of seni or gy mnasts that scores like 4.9, 3.7, 4.7 on a side horse com pulsory are good enough to make Can· ada 's National Men's Team.

Side H orse con tinues to drag down team scores and placing last after Mexico and Cuba will be our perpetual role unl ess we ge t some sid e horse men on th e team.

Congratulation s to Larose on an excellent co meback , 1st in Vaultin g and 3rd in Rin gs and Roger Dion , 3rd in Vaultin g and 5th place in P. B.s.

1 know I am wastin g ink and tim e but let me repeat Ih is co untry is GOI NG NO· WHERE I NTERNATl ONALLY unti l we ha ve a nati ona l j uni or tea m and realize that OUR COACHES must haye a set tra in· in g prog ram a nd

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co ach TRAINING CAlVIPS etc. but th e emph asis must be on OUR J UN IORS.

cess was hi ghli ghted by th e ski ll ed per· formances of the U.S: team and th e sur· prisin g show in g of the Ca nadians. Spec ial guests of th e co mpetiti on were Miss Od a and T. Kato of J apa n, who perform ed opt ional exercises in ex hib iti on at the pre· li min ary and fin al co mpeli tions.

Th e U.s. mad e a strong effort to reverse Ih e outfl ow froni th eir co untry by captur· in g 12 or 14 gold medals. Th ey won both

th e team champ ionships, the men with 528.45 po ints and th e wo men with 357.90.

Ca nada wa s second in th e women 's stand in gs Ihanks to th e fin e performan ces of S usan McDonnell and Sa ndra Hartl ey, whil e th e men's team fini shed fourth and last.

Th e leam titles and all-around standings were decid ed on th e basis of comp ul sory and optional event s durin g the T hursday and F ri day preliminar ies held at th e Pacific Colise um and the University of Briti sh Colu mbia. T he Yanks won bot h all-around titl es with Linda Meth eny tak in g th e wom en's gold at 73.35 points and Ri chard Loyd the men's at 106.20.

T he 20·year old Mi ss Metheny won the balan ce beam and fr ee exercise events and wa s third in side horse va ultin g. She was forced to withdraw from the finals on the un evens when bot hered by an old shou lder injury. Teammat e Kathy Gleason won the un even bars and ti ed wi th J oyce Tana c for first in the vaultin g. Susan McDonn ell of Canada took a silver medal in free exercise and a fourth in vaultin g and sixth on th e beam . Sa ndy Hartley had a pair of fourt h place fini shes and a sixth, demonstrati ng great prom ise in Canada's futur e gy mn asti c prowess.

T he U.S. won four of the men's eventsSid Freud enste in in free exercise, Jim A merin e on the rin gs, Bob Lynn on the parallel bars and Loyd on th e horizontal bar. Canada's only gold medal was ea rn ed

by Gil Larose who ti ed with Cu ba's Jorge Rodr iguez for first in the long horse va ult.

T he other gol d medal went to Armando Valles of Mexico.

Th e U. S. men's team consisted of Loyd, Roethli sberger, Am e r i n e, Freudenstein, Steve Hug, and Bob Lynn an d was co ached .

by J ack Beckn er. Th e U.S. women's team includ ed J oanne Hashi moto, J oyce Tanac, Kathy Gleason, Lin da IVretheny , Donna Scha enzer, and Marie Walther. Their coach was Muriel Grossfeld.

68 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Our women 's team see ms to ha ve th e sam e tro ubl e-THREE strong girls, Hart ley, l\'l cDon nell and Se beysten. But the girls tea m is more consistent- placing second is very good. We have not lost our position to Mex ico and Cuba also on th e national team we have girls placing 21 st and 17th place. Balance beam scores like 6.8, 6.5, 6.2 don' t h elp. If there is a bri ght sid e to Ca nadian gy mnastics its our teams ab ility to vault. Placing girls in (C and 0 ) Sand y Hartl ey 5th , S usan McDonnell 6th, and Glenna Sebeysten 9th is good and Sandy placed 3rd on Unevens and F .X. in th e final s and S usie placed 2nd in F. X. and 5th in Vault in the fin als. Our airi s are co min g along nicely. ~ May I ask a few questions. We know our gym nasts need meets. WHY NOT TWO SETS of TRIALS before our Olym pic trial s or why not JU NIOR TRIALS. We need meets for our gymnasts.' I would also like to see the selection of our nati onal team s changed so th at any gy mnast who was not in condition rega rdl ess of hi s nati onal standin g wo uld be dropped.

See results.

AMERICAN REPORT Th e only way to sum up the No rth American gymnasti c championships between the U.S., Mexico, Cuba and Ca nada was to titl e it a fin e success. Th e cham pi onship s, held for the first ti me in Va nco uver, British Colum bia, drew more than 20,000 fans with a crowd of 8,262 for the fin al championships at the Pacific Co liseum. The suc-

MEN'S EVENTS SH: Armand o V all es, Mex ico, 18 .175; Bob Ly nn , U.S. , 17.725; Steve Hug , U .S., 17.275; Richard Loyd, U.S. , 17 .250; Roger Dion, Canada, 17.200; Sid Freudenstein , U.S., 17.100.

FX: Freudenste in 18.575· Loyd 18.425; Jorge Rod rigu ez, Cuba , 18.425'; Fred Roethlisbe rg er, U.S., 18.400; Hug 18.150; Jose Go nza lez, Mexico, 17 .050 . LHV: Gil Larose, Canada, and Rodrigu ez, tie, 18.050; Dion and Carlos Gareis, Cuba, tie , 17 .975; Gordie Gannon, Canada, 17.775; Carlos Garcia , Cuba, 17.92 5; V alles 17.775 ; Freudenstei n 17.650. SR: Jim Amerine, U.S ., 18.425; Lui s H ernandez, Cuba , 18.375; Larose 17.950; Garcia 17.650 . PB : Lyn n 18 .200; Loyd 17.550; Roesthlisberger 17.4 25; Va ll es 17.300· Larose 17.250; Dion 17.075. HB: Loyd 18 .550; HU'g 18.200; Ly nn and Va lles, tie , 17 .925; Ame rine 17 .525; Hernandez 17 .525.

WOMEN'S EVENTS BB : Li nda Metheny, U.S. , 18.825; Kath y Gleason, U. S., 18.375; Joyce T anac, U.S ., 17.575; Donna Schaenzer , U.S., 17.050; Joa nne Hashimot o, U.S., 16.850; Susan McDonnell, Canada, 16.8 15 . SHY : Gleason and T anac, tie, 17 .600; Metheny 18 .3 75; McDonne ll and Sch aenzer, tie, 18.275; Sa ndra Hartley, Canada, 18. 150. 'UB: Gleason 18 .375; Mar ie W alther , U .S., 18 .1 00; Schaenzer 17.975, Hartley 17.900; Manuela Ponce, Cuba, 17.425; Maria Mora l es, Mexico, 17.225. FX: Metheny 18.550; McDonnell 18 .300. Tana c 18 .100; Hartley 18.025; Schaenzer 17.875; Gleason 17.750.

ALL-ROUND WINNERS Men Richard Loyd, U.S. , 10 6 .20; Bob Lynn, U.S., 105.30; Steve Hug, U. S., 105.20; Armando Val les, Mex ico, 104.50; Fred Roethl isberger, U .S., 103.60; Sid Freudenste in , U.S. ,

103.45.

Women - Linda Methen y, U .S ., 73.35; Kathy Gleason, U .S. 72.60; Donna Schaenze r, U .S., 70.55; Joyce T anac, U.S. , 70.35: Sandra Hartley, Canada, 69.45; Su<an McDonnell , Canada,

69.10.

TEAM WINNERS Men - U. S., 528.45; Cuba 495.50; Mexico 488.80; Canada 484.35.

Women - U.S. 357.90; Canada 334.75; Mexico 313.45; Cuba 263.70.

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BASIC IDEAS ON GYMNASTIC SPOTTING

By William Wright

Do you consid er yo urself a good spott er ?

Do yo u kn ow what to do if a back so mersault, ya ma shita , or back hand spring is not exec ut ed properly? Your an swers should be yes to these ques tions. Th ere should be no hestitation beca use th e performer is de· pending on yo u- the spotter-and every second counts.

S pottin g in gy mna sti cs is havin g some· on e, most of the time a fellow gymnast, standin g by whil e the gymnast is performin g. The object is to prevent him from gettin g seriously hurt in case a slip or fall occurs. The success of a good spotter depends on hi s ·alertn ess, kn owledge, in· tes tinal fortitud e, and desire to help a team-mate.

Th ere are many skills in gymnastics and many of th em require similar spottin g techniques as will be di scussed later. Basic· ally, th e spotter should support the back and chest of the gy mnast in order to pre· vent the head from contactin g th e fl oor.

H e is not expected to ca tch th e perform er in mid·air but is supposed to " break th e fall" to th e best of hi s ability. Many times it is ad visable to have more than one spotter.

Havin g a dependabl e spo tter, the gymnast can perform with compl ete confid ence and thu s execute his routin e with hi gher qual· ity. The gymnast should remember taat it is his duty to inform th e spotter exactly what is plann ed. An effi cient spotter will ask th e gymnast in case he forge ts. If a fall does occur, th e spotter shou ld make sure th at th e gymnast does not get up imm ed iat ely or is moved unless he is sure that such a move is sa fe.

A bri ef ex planation coverin g the main points necessary in spottin g on th e various pieces of apparatus are as follows :

Horizontal Bar : Th e horizontal bar event is the most· dan gerous and thus two spotters should be used at all tim es. Th e spotters should stand direc tly und er the bar wh en th e gymnast is performin g close to th e bar. A few skill s in thi s category are: forward and backward hip circles and seat circles, vault catch , back hip , and German uprise.

When a gy mnast is perfor min g away from th e bar, as when doin g giant swings, the spotters should stand at leas t three feet in front and three fee t behind the bar with one on each sid e.

The gre atest force on a gymnast's hand s is at a forty·fi ve degree an gle in front of the bar when doin g back giant swings and at a forty-five degree angl e behind th e bar when doin g forward giant swin gs. Th ere· for e, if the gymna st is goin g to slip off the bar, it will probably occur at the angle mentioned.

On th e horizontal bar, more than any other apparatu s, attent ion should be paid to the gy mnasts' grip. If th e performer starts to lose his grip or does n ot grasp the bar co rrectly durin g a movement , th e spotters should anticipate a fall and begin movin g in that direction.

When a dismount is going to be exe· cuted , th e spotters should stand far enough away to spo t the gymnast while in fli ght and close enough to assist him in case he strik es the bar. With two spotter s, one should be close to the bar and the other away from it in th e direction of the dis· mount.

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Spotting at the trem ely important, is remem berin g not distract or interfere

horizontal bar is ex · but equally important to be in a position to with the perform er.

Parallel Bars: With th e parallel bar, spottin g ca n be divid ed into two areas : on-the-bar work and dismounts.

1. On·the· bar work.

Th e spotter must stay low with hi s hand s und er th e bars. Generally the spotter is used when the gy mnast is not sure of the skill he is attemptin g. When he masters th e skill , th e spott er's job lessens consid· erably.

With skill s such as a cast, glide kip, upper arm kip, and short kip , the spotter should be in a position to support th e gymnast's back when needed. When a peach basket, di slo ca te, or back roll is bein g exe· cuted, the spotter's concern is the fr ont of the perform er's body.

2. Dismounts With dismounts such as the straddle, sq uat, and stoop over one bar from a hand stand , th e id ea is to support the chest when needed. The spotter should be rea dy to help the perform er's feet contact one bar shortly after releas in g. Sometim es th e gy mna st will allow hi s legs to travel too far beyond his hips while in the hand -

stand. Wh en this occurs, he may n ot be able to get hi s feet und er him for th e landin g. Again , th e spo tter should support th e chest.

Wh en th e front somersa ult dismount is executed, th e primary concern is the gy mnast's back. Sin ce the co mm on mi stak e in lea rnin g thi s sk ill is und erturn in g, if the spotter applies a littl e press ure on ·th e performer's ba ck, the feet and legs will rotate towards th e floor.

In the case of overturning, th e gy mnast is in a position to see th e floor and thu s hel p the spo tter by cushionin g th e fall with his hand s and anns while th e spotter supports th e chest as mu ch as poss ible.

If'th e gy mnast is usin g a ba ckward so m· ersault as a dismount, the spotter's primary concern is underturning and should stand directly al ongsid e th e gy mna st about four feet from the bars focu sin g on th e shoulder· hand relation ship. If th e should ers are behind th e hand s at th e release, the gy mnast will probably travel back and may ove rturn th e somersault. The spotter should support th e back.

Conversely, when the should ers are in fr ont of th e hand s at the release or if th e release is early, th e somersault will travel forward and probably underturn. The spotter's job is to support th e ches t.

Rings: T hl' s pot te l' shoul d be as cl ose a s pos· sible to th e gy mnast wi th out int erferin g wit h th e perform ance.

As with a front a nd ba ck so me rsa ult on th e pa rall el ba rs, where th e co nce rn is with th e back an d ches t res pec tively, th e sa me tec hn ique ca n be used wi th di s· moun ts off the rin gs. T he refore, if a for· wa rd di s mounl . such as a fr ont strad dl e or front so mersa u lt , is be in g done, th e m a in co nce rn is th e perfo rmer 's ba ck . O n th e other ha nd, if th e gymn as t is go in g to exe· c ute a back wa rd stradd le or fl y a way, th e con cern is prim aril y w ith th e chest.

Wh en skill s such as a sho ul der to sha ul · de l' o r g ia nt swin g back wa rd are be in g exec ut ed, th e s po tter shoul d be in a pos i· ti on tu su pport th e bac k i f necessa ry .

L on g H orse : W hen va ult s such as the squat , s tradtll e, stoop a nd swa n fro lll th e neck are be in g e xec uted th e s pott er sh oul d stan d a bou t fi vc fe e t in fr un t of th e h orse a nd be r eady tf) s upport th e gy m nast's ches t if n eeded.

W he n a cartwheel or ha nd s prin g 1;1 turn is be in g perform ed, th e s pott er's posi· t ion sho uld bc at th e end of the horse fa c· in g th e va ult e r's ba ck d urin g th e va ult. If th e pe rform er slips, th e spott e r will eas il y be a bl e to rea ch up a nd assis t hilll . \V hen a Ya mashit a, h and spr in g is be in g done, the spotter sh oul d s tand even w ith the neck of th e ho rse a nd be r ea d y to su p· port th e gy mn a sts' back in case of under· turnin g or in suffi cient di sta nce. If th e perform er overturn s the ski ll, he w ill be ab le to a ss ist th e spotter by pl acin g hi s hand s on th e ma t and rolli ng.

Floo r Exercise : Durin g a fl oo r exercise r outin e, s pottin g: is not permitt ed in a meet situ a tion . H ow· eve r, in practice it is a dvisa bl e to use a s pott er wher eve r necesesary , esp ec iall y at th e beginnin g of th e season when gy m· n asts a re learnin g new skills. Of course, the gymn a sts sho uld n ot become over ·de pend· ent on th e prese nce of a s po tt er sin ce th e la tt er will not be used in co mpe titi on .

J\I ost of th e spottin g tha t ucc urs in fl oo r exercise perta in s to th e tumblin g move s.

With th e fo rwa rd tumblin g, th e s potter sho ul d be in a positi on to s upport th e gym· nas t·s back a nd be parti cu la rl y awa re of und erturnin g. 1£ h e over turn s th e fr ont somersa ult , he will be a ble to ex ecute a forwa rd roll a nd thus be out of dan ger.

With th e back ward somersa ult , und er· turnin g is th e basic con cern and th e spot· te r should be r ea dy to assist in r ota tin g th e bod y by a pplyin g press ure on the p er· forme r's back. 1£ th e gymnast over turn s the somersa ult , h e will be a bl e to execute a back wa rd r oll to avoid injury.

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S pottin g on th e sid e h or se is not as im· portant a s on the other a ppa ra tus. Th e m a in reaso n be in g th a t th e gymn ast is ve ry close to th e fl oor a nd will n ot ily a way f rom th e ap par a tu s. In most cases he can h old on wit h one h and and thu s break hi s fa ll.

H owever , s pottin g I S important until the skill is mastered.

Conclusion S pottin g is as imp orta nt a skill a s per· formin g on any of the a ppara t us. Every· one in gymn astics sh ould kn ow spottin g techniqu es even if yo u n ever ha ve to be a s pott er. Und erstandin g spotting technique, kn owin g that yo ur fellow gymna st ca n pro· teet yo u, wi ll mak e you a bett er and more e ff ec tive perform er. R em ember ; success in s pottin g is m ore than de pendin g on kn owl· edge, intestin a l fortitud e, qui ck r e fl exes and alertness as previou sly mentioned,· but also r equires the desire to h elp and pro· tect yo ur t eam·mate.

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so doing all this cross work is capitalizing on my abil ities of being very strong. My swing work is a littl e weak, so I work mostly on swinging work.

Since I spend so much time on my tumblin g and side horse, my swin g work is a little bit lower than what it should be, but as I become a little bit bette r on tumbli ng I'll probably spend more time on rings. I'll prob· ably start doing giants , wh ich seems to be the recommendat ion of Jack Beckner and some other people . I do too much strength work.

What do you do as far as hand care is con· cerned to prevent rips and take care of ones that have occurred?

I've been giving lectures on this at national clinics. I've run into a method which Abi e Grossfeld came up with. Hand care, first of all , in just working generally, is quitting when they get hot enough . I'd rather have sore hands than torn hands. I always work on something then to give my hands a rest. Fin· ally, if I do get a sma ll t ea r or eve n a big one, I have a method of taki ng care of th at blister so it only lasts one day and the next day I'm back on the apparatus. That has to do with using tape and making that tape look li ke a hand grip win ding it around my hand.

The las t rip I had was about 2112 yea rs ago.

How do you see your relationship as a gym· nast to the coach-in terms of following the coach's suggestions, as far as training pro· grams, discipline?

In the situati on here wi th Abie Grossfeld, I'm pretty much my own boss. Showing all respect to Abie, his slightest comment would be taken into consideration and I would make changes. And yet, I think he respects my opini on enough as an experienced competitor that I know pretty much what's best for me .

He might direct me a little bit different if he thinks I'm getting caught in a rut of some sort in a training situation. I'm certa inly not led around li ke I think a lot of coaches do.

Do you have any pet peeves about gymnastics?

Well, there is a pet peeve I have. It's the way some people forget about the gymnasts.

I'm su re you are aware of how people are always sayi ng they're trying to do everything fo r the sport and they wind up hurting th e gymnast instead of helping him . If they'd back off and let th e gym nasts voice a few opi ni ons and listen to. them, they'd probably get a little more done.

What kind of person would you say becomes a gymnast?

Well , first of all, he's so meone who loves the sport and gets a tremendou s thrill from accom plishing something by himse lf and know· ing that when he's gotten up and done a rout ine, a trick by himself, he's done it him· self and not had 5 or 6 other people helping him out like on a football team or hockey team.

Then you'd say that gymnastics is definitely an individual thing. You wouldn't consider it a team sport?

No. I realize th at when you go into a champ ionship that everybody is fighting for the team, but deep down, I feel that it is th e persona l bit-you went up there and did that routine and if you win, you did it by you rself.

If the team wi ns, I think it's incidental to th e whole competition. If there were enough good people on that te am, then the team would win , but if there 's only one good guy on there, that's all (winni ng the event) that is really important to him.

I might add it's be en a long road for me.

I've been at it since '59 and I've bee n strug· gling. It's been pretty hard for me, a lot of work; but it's been slowly paying off. Every once in a whil e, you get a little recognition.

Th at's the sort of thing th at makes the sport worthwhile.

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MG PHOTO/ ART CONTEST We have had several interesting ART entries into our MG PHOTO/ART CONTEST . .. However we have received only a few photos. Although the photos were fair, none of them were of the exceptional or unusual type we were hopin g for as entries.

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GYMWHEEL GYM NASTICS

By No rbert Dill Th e gymwh eel, one of th e newest and also mo st pec uliar gy mnasti c apparatu s. was 'created in 1925 by Otto F eick in Germany , who fir st got th e id ea as a youn g boy when he took two iron wheels out of hi s gra nd fath er's blacksmith shop and put th em together with braces. After a few Competition photo of author Gymnastics expert No rbert Dill

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Gy mwheel

About th e Author . .. No rbert Dill was born in Wuerzberg, Germany, in 1938 and first started to compe te in Gymw heel Gymnastics at the age of 14. He won his iirst German National championship in 1958 and held the title nntil 1964 w hen he leit Germany to come to America. He is now in Gymnastic Equipment sales (Gymnastic Snpply of San Pedro , Calif.) an.d spends many oi his o/l-work hours demon strating and instructing in Gymwheel Gymnastics at Clinics and gym classes . . . Weare pleased that Norbert has offered to do a se ries of G )'rnwheel Gymnastics articles lor th e i\llG. We hope you find them both in teresting and challenging as we feel th e Gymwheel is a won.de riul piece of apparatus for the Physical Education program in America.

Aloi s Weckesser is one of the best gy m wheel gymnasts. He became champio n (Germany) in 1965 and again in 1967. Show n here do ing th e spiralro ll.

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smashed fin gers he temporarily gave up th e idea. F ollow in g th e war (1918) , wh en he return ed to hi s home town in Germany, he bega n to perfect the gym wh eel, whi ch he had been thinkin g about as a priso ner of war.

A few yea rs later he join ed a group of gymnasts on a trip arou nd th e world. They demonstmt ed th e gymwheel in many bi g cities.

Now especially in the last few years, gy mwheel gy mnastics as a me thod for physica l ed uca ti on has aro used more and more interes t a nd is used in mos t E uro路 pean a nd al so in many non-European coun tri es such as Egypt, Australia , Japa n a nd Chil e, to name a few. But now here is gy mwheel gy mnasti cs as pop ul ar as in it s na ti ve co untry wh ere it is in cluded in th e reg ular Physica l Edu ca tion program.

Th e gy m wheel is probably the only gy mnasti c appara lu s th at uses all of th e mu scles equall y at th e same tim e. The gy mna st is not , lik e presum ed, strapped int o th e wheel ; in stead he prac ti ces dif路 feren t movemen ts by applyin g hi s body路 weight with th e rotation of th e wheel. Experi ence has show n that for best res ult ~ the gy mnast should start with th e elementary exer cises unt il bringin g about th e exec uti on of these exer cises in a fl ow in g: movement. Onl y then does th e gym nast have th e security to do th e many different move ments in sid e the mo vin g apparatus.

Beca use the gymwh eel gy mnastic is a relativ ely new sport, it is not yet wid ely kn own in th e U .S. H owever, I find tha t gy mwh eel gy mnasti cs is gainin g popularity. so I would lik e to int rod uce thi s sport to yo u th e read ers of th e Modem. Gymnast in each monthly edition .

We ca tego ri ze by gy mwheel gymnasti cs three different exercises with ve ry different movements.

1. Exe rcises in straigh trolling: .

Th e gy mwh eel r oll s on both hoo ps to th e left and to the ri ght, for- a nd back路 wa rds, a nd we exerci se the many differen t movement s within one wheel rotation. In competitIOn, two-wh eel rotati ons in each direc ti on, for a total of a t . least 10, but not more than 12 .wh eel r otations, must be executed.

2. Exe rcises in spiralrolling : Th e gy m wheel rolls on on e hoop in a circle to th e left or to the ri ght. Like in stra ightrollin g, there a re at least 10 d iffer ent movements in 10 wheelrota tions prescrib ed for competition.

3. Jumps over the wheel : Gymna sts use the gym wheel with parti cular joy as a jump apparatus. Jum ps are exec ul ed ove r and so metim es throu gh th e rollin g wheel.

Th e apparatus Th e gy mwheel co nsists of two hoops whi ch are conn ected by six bra ces in pairs.

These are: A. Th e footbraces , whi ch have a board to stand on.

B. The sl raddl ebra ces, whi ch are also used by different movements as support for th e feet.

C. Th e gripbraces; whi ch have handl es for sup port of the hands.

Two hoophandles, which a re on each hoop, exa ctly between th e gripbraces, are also used to stutz or hal1 g on. Beca use th e gym nast has to move insid e th e rollin g wheel, th e gy mwheel size has to be in acco rdan ce with hi s heighth. Usually the wheel has to be about six to 10 in ches bi gger iri diam eter th an th e gy mnast's heighth.

Gymwheels co me in sizes from 1200mm to 2200111111 in diam eter, in creasing in 100mm intervals.

A group can be started with three gy mwheels of these different sizes: 1800m m, 1900mm and 2000mm in di ameter. Th e lea th er bindin gs are also an importanl piece of equipm ent. Th ese are supplied with th e gymwheel.

Members of the German Gymwheel Gy mnasti~s team that toured the World in the ea rl y 1930s (pictured here in New York City).

The floor Th e rollin g and easy to move, 70 to 80l b. gy mwh eel can be use d ind oors as well as outd oors, consid ering an even and nottoo-slippery fl oor is available.

Th e fl oo r can be concrete or wooden.

A hard shortly mowed lawn is al so sati sfa ctory. To use a gy mwheel on a gy mnasium fl oor, the Gymna sti c Supply Co. in San P edro, Calif., ex periment ed with a rubberized gy mwh eel, which worked out very well. Th e recommended space needed is : for strai ght-rolling, a minimum of 2S' x 2S' and a maximum of SO' x 2S'. For spiralrollin g, 2S' x 25' is recommend ed.

Th e clothing All gy mwheel gy mnasts wear the usual gym clothes, T -shirts and gym nas tic pants.

Girls we ar leotards. In stead of regul ar gymna sti c shoes, tenni s shoes with a fl exible sole are reco mm ended.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT HOP 'P IROUETTE (piked pos iti on to straight body) have seen this skill perform ed on a co uple of rare occasions. It is simply a sli ght modification of th e common strai ght body hop pirouette_ Moving from a pike to a strai ght body provides a uniqu e twistin g action and helps to exaggerate th e handstand.

PREREQUISlT ES: 1) Swinging forward pirouette 2) The abi lity to swin g and hop off the bars with the hips fl exe d.

LEAR NING PRO CEDURE : Practice thi s skill on the end s of the parallel bars facin g outward. The bars should ' be as low as possible and a very soft landing area should be provided.

At first, the initial hop should be executed with a late ex tension of th e hips in order to insure that th e body passes throu gh a verti cal plane, rather than around th e sid e. The perform er should attemept to grasp th e bars, after the turn, and lower to a standing position on th e matted surfa ce. Finally the hips are extended earlier as the gymnast begins to fini sh in a more stable position close to a handstand. It should be noted that on all skills of this type the head should not be held in a high positi on because it tends to cause th e performer to " pan cake" or twist out of the vertical plane.

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UCLA GYMNASTIC ~ INVITATIONAL ...,..

February 9, 1968 Th e 14th UCLA Gymnastic Invitat io nal drew the three top west 19158

coast teams toget he r for a preview of the battle for the AAWU Champio nship .

Host Coach A rt Shu rl ock declared the purpose of the Invitational was to determine team winners and offered the in-

centive of a team prize for each event. W hile hi s Bruin team successfully defended their team title, th ey were closely pressed by Hal Frey's California Bears. Problems in fielding a trampo line team pre vented a powe rful USC tea m led by Olympian Makot o Sakam o ~ to, from carrying o ff the team title, but the Troj an entr ies won four of the six Oly mpic events.

The A ll-around title was won

by Sakamoto with a 55.95 including f irsts in FX (tie), R, HB and PB , whi le Cal 's Sid Freu de~stein notched a 53.90 and UCLA's Kanati Allen trailed with a 52.25.

Cal 's Dan Millman now recover ed from a motocycle accident , disp layed a fla sh of h is former championship. form in cap t ur ing the trampoline compet ition with a 9.35. USC's Mike Freri ks was outstand ing as 路 he overpowe red all side horse competition w ith a high, smoo th, and difficult routine.

Freudenste in earned first on long horse w ith a full twist ing giant hecht with a so lid la nd ing .

Results Team standing: UCLA 182.30, California 180.30, USC 160.45 .

AA: Sakamoto 55 .95, Freudenste in 53.90, A llen 52.25. FX : (Tie) Freudenstein and Sakamoto 9.20, (Ti e) Larry and Sandy Bassist (UCLA ) 9. 15; T eam: USC 26.90. SH : Mike Freriks (USC) 9.50, Sakamoto 9 .30 , A llen 8.90; T eam: USC 26 .90. R: Sakamoto 9.45, (T ie) Ken Sakoda and Mickey Chaplan (UCLA) 9.35路 Team : UC LA 27. 15. Tr: Millman (Ca l ) 9.3 5 , (T ie) St eve Lerner and Chris Castner (UCLA) 8.55; Team: UCLA 25.05.

LH : Freudenstein 9.50, Do n Arthur (UCLA) 9 .35, Sakamoto 9.25; T eam: Ca l 27.40.

PB : Sakamot o 9 .3 0, Freudenstein 9 .05, Dan Connell y (USC) 8.95; T eam : USC 26.85. HB : Sakamoto 9.55, Freudenstei n 9.35, L. Bassist (UC L A) 8 .9 5; Te a m: USC 26.10 .

WESTERN USGF CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tucson FX : t ie Jim Betters (USC) and Paul Tickenoff (UNM) 9.30, Ken Snow (KSU) 8.75 . SH: Gary H oskins (CSCLA) 9.50, Gary Johnson (KS U) 8.8, Jeff Bennon (UA) 8.75.

R: Bob ' Shi rk (UA) 9 .2, Wes Wendling (UA) 8.8, Bennon 8 .55. Tr: Bob Smith (UNM) 9 . 15, Stormy Taton (UNM) 9.0, T om Casey (Co lo) 8.4 5. LH : Ti ckeno ff 9.45, Snow 9.1, Bennon 9.0. PB : Ti ckenoff 9. 1, Smith 8.9, Rich McConnell (UNM ) 8.85. HB: tie Ben Blea (Colo.) and Bob Manna (UNM) 9.4, Mike Gordon (Utah) 8.75.

EAST-WEST MEET - Tucson West 157.95, East 153.25. FX : Jeff Bennon 9 .35, tie Jim Betters and Paul Tickenoff 9.0. SH : Gary Hoskins 9 .55, Denn is Ramsey 8.6, Bi ll Robison 8.3. R: Pat A rn o ld 9.75, Bob Sh irk 9.3, Joh n Pruce 9.25. Tr: Nick Spann 9.45, Julian Stova ll 9.35, Stor my Eaton 8.9.

PB : Rich Impson 9.5, tie Dan Conne ll y and Eric Singer 9 .2. HB : Ben Blea 9.4, Rich Impson 9. 15, Curt Sh ropshire 8 .85.

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Ka nat i A ll en EASTERN USGF CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Ft. Lauderdale FX: Towson (MSU) 9.4, Ke lber (SIU) 9.35, Ot oshi (NeLa) 9.3. SH : McCan less ( 10 ) 9.5, Thor (MSU) 9.2, Schm itt ( 10) 9.1. R: Hatch ( 10) 9.5, D ickson (10) 9.2 , Borkowski (S IU) 9 .2. Tr: Hardt (SIU) 9.4, Zepeda ( 10) 9.3, Sardina (S IU) and Morlan ( 10 ) 9.25 . LH : Scorza (10) 9.7, Shaw ( III.) 9.45, Aure and Th or (both MSU) 9.4. PB : Kanzaki (NeLa) 9.35 , Otoshi 9.3, Thor 9.2.

HB: Kanzaki 9.6 , Elias (Nw La ) 9.4, Scorza 9.35.

NORTH - SOUTH MEET Ft. Lauderdale South 193.20, N orth 192.65. FX : Otoshi 9.2, Ka nzaki 9.0, Aure 9.0.

SH : McCan less 9.6, Sc hmi t t 9.4, H errma n 9.2. R: H atch 9.45, Wise r 9.4, Dennis 9.35. T r: Sardina 9.45, Dupree 9 .35, Siotten 9.2. LH: Shaw 9.65, Aure 9.55, Mayer 9.55. PB: Kanzaki 9.6, Rapper . 9.35, Th or 9.25. HB : Schmitt 9.55, Denni s 9.45, Elias 9 .3.

DEVELOPMENT MEET Ft. Lauderdale AA: Katsutoshi Kanzaki 108.25, Dave Th or 106 .80, Nei l Schmitt 104.75, J. Elias and Pa ul Mayer 104 .00, Rich Scorza 99 .95.

Women: AA : Joan Lauter, Patti Corrigan ; . Kathy Corrigan.

FX: Lauter, Sandy Garrett, K. Corrigan . SHV : P. Corrigan, Pam Hor-

vik, Lauter. UPS: Lauter , Ch r is Nicho ls, Barbara Moonis and Garrett. B: Lauter, K. Corrigan, P. Corrigan. Tr: Vic ki Bolinger, Judy Johnson, Tr oy Auffmen. Tu: Debbie Herring, Janet Van Ness, Mary Yare _ LJas. JUNIORS OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET

Sarasota Girls 12- 14 : AA: Cla udia Fizell (W. Pa lm Beach) 3 1.90. FX: Fi ze ll 8 .6, B: Fize ll 7.65. UPB : Fizell 6.85. SHY: Rae Anne Miller (Hastings, Mich.) 9 .2.

Boys 13-15: AA: Larry Vogt (Chicago) 40.70. FX : Vog t 8.5, SH : Pearce Wagner (Delanco, N .J.) 6 .0.

HB : Vogt 7.2. R: Ron No ll (Pittsbu r gh) 6.0. PB: Wagner 7.3. LH : Vogt 8.2. Tr: Hugh Curfman (Lafayette, La.) 8.35. Tu: Tiger Ta y lor (Va lpariso, Ind.) 6.0.

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KANSAS OPEN GYMNASTIC MEET March 2, 1968

by Bill Riley, Meet Manager Th e first annua l Kansas Open

gymnastics meet sanctioned by the I

JUNIORS MEET Ft. Lauderdale Girls : FX: Li sa Ev ans , B: Evans, SHV :. Donna Cha lmers, UPB: Chal-

USGF, was held in Sa li na, Kansas before an eager and appreciat ive audience .

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fication for high schoo l and co ll ege perform ers. Judges arid performers were enthusiast ic in regard to the leve l of compet ition and the cooperative attitude displayed by all persons invo lv ed.

Kansas gymnastic fans look forward t o th e continuance of thi s t y pe of competition which w ill add flavor to the already rap id growth and imp rovement of the sport in the state.

AA: Ken Snow 48.0, Scott Dolenc 4 3 .6, Norman Wi les 39.9.

FX : Steve Kinder 8.65, Stan Clyne 8 .6, Snow 8 .55 . SH: Richard Schubert 8.5 , Snow 6 .95, Bob Carroll 6.85 . R: Carroll 8.15, Bob Gill 7.9, Bob Livesay 7.8. Tr: Dave Gechter 8.05, C lyne 7.45, Brad Pau lsen 5.05. LH: Snow 9.3, Cly ne 9.2, Steve M itchell 9 . 15. PB : Clyne

Boys : FX: Mike Taffe , SH: John Jenson , R: Jack Willa rd , Tr: T affe , PB : W illard, LH : Wi llard , HB : Dave Arnaud .

17TH NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sarasota Men: AA : Haro ld Hau ben, Jim Culhane , Sid Jensen. FX : Tie, Culhane and Hauben , tie Bill Mackie and B. Robello. SH: Arno Lascar i, Tim Beckwith, Iggi Perrez. R: Jensen, Culhane, Hauben . Tr: Wayne Miller, Jim Yongue, Don Waters.

LH: Culhane, Jensen, tie among H auben, Ron Clemmer, Roland Lopez, Fred Rodney . PB: Lascari, Hau ben, Jensen. HB: Culhane, Jim Amerine, Haube n .

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HB: ti e between Wi les and Snow 7.75, Dolenc 7 .25. Tu : Cl yne 8:4 , Snow 8. 1, Bruce Cahoon 6.2.

MIDWEST INVITATIONAL AGE GROUP GYMNASTIC MEET March 2, 1968

by Bill Robertson, Meet Director The f irst Midwest Invitational Age Group g ymnastic meet, sanctioned by the USGF , was hosted by the Corner H ouse Gymnastic C lu b of Des Moines, Iowa, at the Urbandale high school. The meet attracted over 275 ent r ies from Iowa, Kansa s and Nebraska. Th e attend ance of approximately 750 spec tator s speaks well for the interest that is developing in the stat e f or age g roup gymnastics .

(Due t o space limitations, the MG scoreboard can o nl y print the results o f the ju ni o r elite divis ions of the o lder age g r ou ps.)

Boys, 15-18 : AA : Ed Dingman , T o m Farrell, AI Overton. FX: D ingman, St ew Buck, Mark Johnson.

SH : Don Graves, Bob McDonal , Dingman. R: Don Gappa , Dingman, Grav es. LH: Buck, Mark Johnson, Dingman. PB: Graves, McDonald , Dingman . HB : Dingman , Buck, Far - 路 rell. .

Girls 13 & over: AA : Connie Israel, Debbie Larson , Barbara Flanders. FX: Israel, Larson, Flanders .

BB : Larson , Israe l, Li nda Cook.

UPB : Israe l, Larson , Karen Peterson. SHV: Israel , Peterson, Larson.

AA win"ers in lower age groups : Boys (Jr . Elite 12- 14: Scott Ev ans; 11 & under: Eri c Rando lph; (Novice ) 12-14 : Steve Wickstrom; 11 & under: Kell y Harmon . Girls (Jr .

Elite) 12 & under: J i ll Carey; (Int ermediate) 13 & over: Nikk i Finsa nd; 12 & under : Jacque Farrell; (Novice) 13 & over: Marian Hileman; 12 & under: Ma r tha Peters on.

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Team winners: L. D . Be ll H .S. (Hurst, T exas) for bo th boys and gi rl s championships. Boys AA : M ike Caldwe ll (Richardson). FX : Ron nie Webb (Tascosa). SH: Jimmy W hite (Central) . PB: Gary Heartfield (L. D. Be ll ). R: tie between Mike Crawford and Jerry As ri an (both o f L. D. Bell). HB : Heartsfield. LHY : Webb . Tu: Caldwell. Tr: Caldwe ll.

Girls AA : Laurie Harris (Hi ghland Park). FX: Mary Hayes (Richardson). UPB : Harris. SHY : Harris.

B: Harris.

MID-SOUTH OPEN GYMNASTICS MEET Team : N or thwestern Louisia na State College (Nw La) 177.40, Northeastern Lou isiana State College (Ne Lo) 174.75, Louis iana State Univ . (LSU) 111 .83, New Or leans YMCA 88.85. AA : Loyd (Nw La) 54.55, Otosh i (Ne La) 54.00, Su lli van (Ne La ) 51 .50, Carrei ro (Nw La) 46 .1 0. FX: Otosh i 9.4, Loyd 9.35, Sull ivan 9 .05. SH : Loyd 9.65, Otoshi 9.45, Herrma nn (NwLa) 9.30.

R: Slas (Unatt) 9.5, Sullivan 9.4, Carreiro 9 .35. Tr: Yongue (Sw La ) 9.50, Waters (Sw La) 9.45, Wadsack (NwLa) 9.25. LH: Tie, Loyd and Wang (NwLa) 9 .25, Otosh i 9 .1 5 . PB : Loyd 9.60, H errmann 9.35, Otoshi 9.25. HB : Loyd 9.60, Otoshi 9.30, Sullivan 9.00.

FIRST CONFEDERATE NATIONAL GYMNASTIC MEET

by Stan McCallar, Tucker H .S. Thi s first meet drew some 200 competitors from Louis iana, Alabama, Fl orida and Georg ia. Th e meet, which was sponso red by the Georgia Gymnastic Assoc iation, had four divisions: Junior boys and girls, Open men and women.

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YMCA (L) 90.5, Northport Gym Club (N), 61.35, Fl y ing Va lastics (FV), 45.9, Powell (P) 43.93, Oak Ridge Gym Club (OR) 37.75, Tu scaloosa YMCA (T) 32 .7.

AA : Claudia Fizell (Unatt) 29.95, Fa ye Hensel y (L) 26.4, Beth Overton (L) 24.95. UPB: Fi zel l 8.0, Hensley 7.7, Brenda路 Arms (L ) 7.4, SHY :

Ove rton 5.95, Fizell 5.85, Deborah Griffin (FV) 4.6. Tu : Fizell 5.3, Stephanie Phelps (FV) 4.4, Les l ie Toole (N) 3.9. FX: Fizell 8.3 , Griffin 8 .2, Overton 7.4. BB : Fizell 7.8, Griffin 6.6, H ensley 6.5. Tr: Diana Haney (Springfie ld) 8.4, Bobbi Grant (S) 7.8, Luc y Clauter (S) 7.5.

Junior Boys : Team : Keywayden Camp (K) 103.85 , Fl y ing Valastics ( FV), P.D.S . Crusades (PDS) 4235, . 2nd Presb yterian (P) 30.6, College Park (CP) 24.5, New Or leans YMCA (NO) 20.5. AA : Bur Bachler (K) 34.6, Tiger T ay lor (FV) 34.32, Elliott Hass (K) 27.05 . FX: Danny Jaeger (NO) 5.5, T aylor 5.3, Bach ler 5.0. SH : Hass 6.7, Bachler 6.3, Chuck Whi leside (Unatt) 6.2. Tu : T aylor 6.3, Bachler 5.6, Jaeger 5.4. HB : Peter H ayes (CP) 6.0, Bachler 5.8, Mike Ba u er (Unatt) 5.7 . LH: T aylor 6.7, Bachle r 6.3, Bauer 6.0. Tr: Ta y lor 6.7, Jos h Abston (PDS) 5.9, Jeff Rogers (P) 5.8. PB : Bachle r 6.5, T aylor 6 .0 , Hass 4.5. R: Ta y lor 5 .0, Bachler 4.7, Danny Mo rr is (FV) 3.6.

Open Women: Team: Coral Gables YMCA (CG) 11 0.12, Louisville YMCA ( L) 109.75, Flori da State University Gy mkhana (FS) 83.83, Oak Ridge Gym Club (OR) 54.99, 2 nd Presbyterian (P) 27.90, Springfield Gym Cl u b (S) 27.88. AA: Joan ie La uter (CG) 32.77, Chris Nichols (CG) 31.74, Sandy Garrett (CG) 31.46. FX : Lauter 8.75, Jean McMahon (CG) 7.2, Garrett 7.85.

BB : Lauter 7.85, Jannett Ingram (S) 8.2, Pam Badea ll (Powell ) 7.45.

UPB: Garrett 8.0, Kathy McGarth an (N.O. YMCA) 7.9, Ni chols 7.55. SHY: Garrett 8.5, Lauter 8 .0, Pati Mu rr ell (L) 7 .0. Tu : Garrett 5.65, Lauter 5.65, Debbie Howell (L ) 5.6. Tr: V icki Bo lmger (S) 9.2, Troy Kafman (P) 8.4, Tina Eheman (P ) 7. 1.

Open Men : Team : Memphis State Univ. (MSU) 161.50, New Orl eans YMCA (NO) 136 .60. LSU 128.80, DeKalb Co ll ege (D) 113.0, Colonel s (C) 85 .1 5, Druid Hills Gym Club (DH) 72.65. AA: Richard Loyd (NwLa) 53.40, Bi ll Wi lcox (MSU) 40.5, Bruce McGarthon (NO) 39.85.

FX: Loyd 9 .2, McGarthon 8.5. D .

Rutherford (MSU) 7.55 . SH : Loyd 9.1, J. McKinney (MSU) 6.35, D. Johis (MSU ) 5.65 . PB : Loyd 9.35, McGarthon 8. 1, J . Miller ( LSU) and Scott Boyd (K) 6.45. HB: Loyd 9.5, McGa rth on 7.1, Dav id Ellison (NO) 6.35. R : Loyd 8.7, J. Knight (MSU) 7.7, J. M ill er (MSU) 7.65. LH : Loyd 9.1, Boyd 8.8, D. Wr ight (MSU) 8.5. Tr: Dennis H ar lan (S) 9.2, David Neel (P) 8.1, Mason Kaufman (P) 7 .6 . Tu : Boyd 8.4, McGart han 7.6, T ony Jaeger (NO) 6.65.

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MG CLASSIFIED SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA White Station High School, Memphis, Tenn.

April 25·26·27, 196B The host Hotel, and location of headquarters for the USGF will be the: HOLIDAY INN 5679 Poplar Avenue Memphis, Tennessee Reservations for those planning on attending should be directed directly to the Holiday Inn. Rooms are blocked for our partici pants. Entry forms are enclosed, and should be filled in, and mailed, along with entry fee to the Memphis Gymnastics Association,' 100 North Main Building, Suite 919, Memphis, Tennessee 38103 .

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Compulsories will begin for men: Both divisions . .. National and International, on Thursday afternoon. (Gymnasium available that morning for warm-ups).

THURSDAY: 1:00 p.m.-Gymnasts assemble in main gymnasium, White Station High School. 1:30 International Division compul sories on Floor Exercise, Side Horse and Horizontal Bar. At the conclusion of these events the National Division will perform compulsories in the same events.

7:30 p.m .-Long Horse Vault, parallel bars and Rings for men. Then, Trampoline compulsory routines. Thursday evening sess ion completes all compulsory routin es. National Division follows International division in same events.

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