Modern Gymnast - August/September 1969

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NHSGCA: We have covered slightly over twenty HS State and Invitational championships in our Annual HG High School Report. We should have over twice this amount.

We should have reports from every State plus highlites of top HS Invitational Meets across the nation and guest reports of HS (age) National Championships from other countries (as we have from Japan in this issue). How can this be accomplished so we will have all states reporting next year? . . It would be very easy if every HS Gymnastic Coach joined the National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association. We feel the HS Gymnastic Coach is the backbone of Gymnastics in America and as such he should be a member of the NHSGCA. If he is a top coach the NHSGCA needs him to help set national programs and standards for growth. If he is just a novice coach getting started he needs the NHSGCA to aid his program grow. But whatever the status, every HS coach should be a NHSGCA member.

The MG is going all out to push the NHSGCA membership drive and will print the name (and school) of every paidup member of the NHSGCA in a near future edition of the MG. So don't be disappointed if YOU R coach is not listed.

Make sure he joins NOW!, even if you and your teammates have to take up a collection and get him a membership as a present.

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NATIONAL HS INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Several HS sports have National Championships and it is about time we in Gymnastics stop just thinking about it and make plans for a Nat'l HS Championship. There is much that would have to be done, many points to be straightened out, different season schedules, senors only, travel arrangements, open or AA only, judges, etc. But these are just the details, the real action can come from a strong High school Coaches Association. So let's get going on a National HS Gymnastic Championship for 1970 .. .any bids.

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THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

G Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

CONTENTS VOL. XII AUGUST-SEPTEMBER NUMBERS NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .. , .. ........ Glenn Sundby CHALK TALK .... .. ................. ........... .. ,,"" " '"'' VIEWPOINTS ", .. """." .. .. " .. .. ,, .. ..... Dick Criley CANADIAN REPORT ............ ", ..... .. .. John Nooney THE JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS ... Roy Davis MG HIGH SCHOOL REPORT .... .. ' '''' ... .. .. .. , .. ,.........

MG CENTER PHOTO .. , .. .. .......... " .. James Kruest MG INTERVIEW: STEVE HUG . .. Ken Sakoda & Steve Lerner GYMNASTICS TyPES .... .. .... " .. " .. " .Dan J. Millman FROM THE HUB " ...... .... , .. ", ....... Bill Roetzheim COPA DE LAS AMERICAS .... , .. .. ... " ... Jerry Wright JUDGING BY JERRY .. " .... , .. , .. .. " .. Jerry Wright JUDGING HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS William Wright NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTIC SURVEY .. .. Wm. Buffa REGIONAL REPORTS .. .... " .. .. , .......... " .......... ",...

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COVER STORY , Ma rshall Avener of Island Tree High Sc hool is feat ured on the MG High School Edition thi s year. Ma rsha ll is a sen iar and the 1968路69 All-Around Champ for New Yo rk State.

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HS COED GYMNASTICS: One of the most interesting ideas to cross your editor's desk while going over material for this' MG HS edition was the coed competition program in Oregon. The idea may not be new as I recall seeing both boys and girls in the Pennsylvania State HS championships a few years ago. However, this Oregon program is also on the HS duel meet schedule and that may be new.

According to Mickey Chaplan (UCLA Ringman now in Oregon), the effect of HS Coed competition is very stimulating for the sport of Gymnastics. Mickey points out that they have a larger crowd turnout and the performance level even seems to gain a bit as the boys indirectly compete with the girls for attention from the audience as well as from the girls themselves. To me it sounds like a great idea, the larger the crowd of spectators, the greater the interest and enthusiasm for our sport. Perhaps there may be some problems, but it would seen that with the coaches and officials working together on a HS Coed Gymnastic program, the total competitive calibre has to improve and the school spirit and support for Gymnastics hit a new high.

PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature

A. Bruce Frederick, Edu cation; Dr , James S, Bosco, Research; Dick Cri l ey, Sta tis tics; Jerry Wright. Co m petition ; Frank L. Bare , USG F; John Nooney, Ca nada.

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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES CONVENTION The National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association held its annual meeting at the Sheraton Motor Inn in Seattle, Washington on April 5, 1969.

The meeting started .with a breakfast, compliments of the University of Washington Athletic Department. Dr. Eric Hughes was present as a representative of the University.

Frank Bare gave a short report on the USGF and the new National Gymnastics Commission.

Frank also thanked the Association for its help in sending two high school coaches to Macolin, Switzerland for the World Coaches Symposium.

Tom Walthouse and Joe Giallombardo, who represented the United States high school coaches in Switzerland, gave a summary of the week-long meetings and showed movies of their trip~ The National Association is deeply grateful to the Illinois Coaches Association for their contribution of $900 to help send Tom and Joe to Switzerland in the name of the United States High School Coaches.

Tom Walthouse, whose team won the Illinois State Championship for the second straight year, showed various film clips of his team in action. It is a truly outstanding team. (Triple backs on trampoline, double backs off parallel bars and on the floor exercise pad, and aliens and eagles on the high bar.)

Sid Drain, outgoing president, gave a brief report of, and outlook for, the National Association, and stressed his disappointment in the lack of cooperation throughout the U.S. in supporting the high school association.

The final item on the agenda was the election of the new Secretary-Treasurer. All the men nominated were excellent. Jim Sullivan of Bothell , Washington , was elected to take over the responsibility of communication with 1000 non-communicating coaches.

The meeting was adjourned at 12 :07 p.m. with a group picture taken by Glenn Sundby .

The new officers for 1969-70 are: President - Don Perry, Fairmount High School , Kettering, Ohio ; Vice President Bob Manning, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas ; Sec.-Treas. - Jim Sullivan, Bothell High School, Bothell, Was h.

These men need your help. Don't think about it - ACT! !

AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL COACHES: For the past six years I have seen a potentially great idea blossom, semicbloom, and dissipate, all because of the apathy of the high school coaches. The National High School Gymnastics Coaches Association was formed to help you and gymnastics. But it cannot operate or exist without your support and help. Letter after letter was sent out to all high school coaches in the country and the response was less than 2%. This , gentlemen, is PATHETIC. When the coaches of this nation become so complacent so apathetic to the needs and goals of their coaching counterparts in other parts of the country-then, gentlemen, we have stopped growing and our decline will be rapid.

We are not asking you to devote every waking minute to promote a National Association, but we are asking you to cooperate, so that every state can effectively promote gymnastics at every level. This can only be done if you help-with your ideas, your techniques, your knowledge, and yes, your money. We are a charter member of the USGF and that costs us $100 per year to retain our voting right. It would be a shame to lose the only voice that high school gymnastics has, just because you don't care .

I, for one, am proud that I am a high school gymnastics coach. I believe that we have contributed more to the growth of gymnastics than any other .sjngle body or organization in the past 10 years. It is my belief that through a unified high school association we can help put gymnastics where it rightfully belongs in the area of athletics, and in the mind of the public. I hope that you, too, are proud of yourself and your sport.

But saying it isn't enough. Do something about it. Send your name, address, school affiliation, and your three dollars dues to Jim Sullivan, Bothell High School, Bothell, Washington.

Do it today - the future of high school gymnastics rests on you you, the high school coach.

Sincerely yours, Sid Drain Past-President NHSGCA Place 30. Sc robe 34. Stout 59. Roetzheim 80. Holder 81. Beckner 89. Simms 90. Blattman 100. D'Autorio

Score C/D & final 55.65/54.75= 11 0.40 54.50/55.75= 11 0.15 53.60/ 53.45= 107.05 53.1 0/ 50.4D= 103.50 50.85/52.55= 103.40 50.20/ 52.20= 102.40 51 .50/50.85= 102.35 49.55/51.65= 10 1.20

Thank you for coming to our aid Dr. Gohler, as you have done many times before. I am sure our MG readers appreciate every vital fact they can get on Gymnastics.

development, bad habits and increased likelihood of injury are cited as the basis for considering the big trick as a bad practice. A recent study of high school gymnastics in 4 states, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Illinois, brought out some interesting points.

The Illinois coaches, by and large, did not feel that the Big Trick threatened their perfromers' scores and felt that its use was rewarded, In Colorado, it was often included as a part of the routine. On the other hand, California and Pennsylvania coaches did not 路 seem to consider it necessary. Some felt that the use of the big trick actually hurt and others indicated that it must fit the routine or be left out. Form and style were stressed as better assets. (For other notes on high school gymnastics abstracted from Murray: A Comparison of Interscholastic Gymnastics on the High School Level, see previous issues of Chalk Talk.)

. .. Kappa, Canna Holda Planchus ... Due to the reo cent budget cuts, the interdepartmental major in Underwater Tumbling and Computer Programming has been discontinued at UCLA. Thanks to a grant from a philanthropic agency, however, the On-theBeach Training Program in Plonches is still in operation. Here is a photograph of a member of this year's graduating class, Andy Kadar (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Canna Holda Planchus). It purports to show that the planche is an academic exe rcise. (Santo Monico beach photo by Bob Smit~\

FOR THE RECORD Our good friend, Dr. Joseph Gohler, was concerned about the missing scores in our " Notes from the Editor" in the May edition of the MG . So he dug into his extensive files of statistics on International gymnasts and competitions and came up with our questioned scores. Here are the c/o marks of the USA men's team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Finland : 6

THE "BIG TRICK" IN mGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS Criticism of the U,S, coaching program 'has often mentioned the empha sis on the teaching and use of the "big trick." In this case, a gymnast is encouraged to develop his routine about a C part which he may not be able to controL Aside from the rushing of his

FEARLE SS LEADER. Shown in the above photo is editor-publisher Glenn Sundby (he's on the bottom) face -to-face with the great Akinori Nakayama (he's on the top), at Santa Monica Beach. Nakayama recently won the First World Cup Meet.

VIEWpoints fl y Ui ck Criley

CANADIAN

HI REPORT

Since the MG initiated an annual high school edition in 1966, it has become easier to keep track of the growth of the high school programs.

In 1966 we listed 17 major regional , city or state by fohn Nooney championships . With much editorial urgi ng, this 18 Lavington Dr. number grew to 18 in 1967 and 2 1 in 1968 . If all Weston, Ontario major high school championships which have been covered in these past issues had replied, this year's MG would have reported 28 such CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS events . At the final deadline for this column we HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (22 schools en路 had received 18 championships summari es. ONTARIO tered), Humberside H.S., Toronto.

What happened to Kansas, New Mexico, FloriTeams: Port Colburne; Parkside, Dundas; Bawating, Soo da, Kentucky , Virginia, Texas , Connecticut, Ste. Marie; Adam Scott, Peterborough; Humberside, ToOhio, Oklahoma and Philadelphi a? ronto; Amherst, Amher stsbu rg Windsor; Vincent Massaey, As always, we made a plea for winning rou- Windsor; Westdale Seconda ry, Hamilton; Banting Memotines, action photos, brief writeups and the top rial, Alliston ; Dr. G. S. Williams, Aurora .

Events : FX: Tie between Drew Strickland (Dokingston) three individual scores in each event and allDon Marinocci (Pa rk side). SH: Eric Smith (Adam Scott). around. Through such records many of our top and R: Terry Ellins (Humberside). LH : Bruce Feaver (Parkside). collegiate gy mnas ts may be traced as well as PB : Paul Repka (Humberside). HB: Mike McKoy (Port Colsome of the outstanding high schools in the burne). country. For instance, who are the outstanding ONTARIO BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AA: Dove Hunter (Lawrence Pork) 52.4, Mike McKay high school gy mnasts of 1969? Undoubtedly, Marshall Avener (N.Y .), Dave Repp (Pa.), (Port Colburne) 51.3, Bill Kooche r (Hill Park Hamilton) 47.6, Colin Puffer (PC) 47.4, Paul Repko (Humberside) 46.4. FX: Dave Carter (Ind.) and Steve Hug (Calif.) would rank right up there. There are a number G. Mia ll (Glebe c.i., Ottowa), tie between Hunter and McKay, Marinacci (Parkside). SH : E. Algie (Adam Scott), G. of high schools which year after year retain Harnett (Wheable, London), I:lunter. ~ : _Hunter, McKoy, their championships ; these and other state win- Mancini (Amherst, Windsor). LH: Tie between Westlo!<e ners merit our recognition. However, it is real- (D. M. Thompson, Sca rborough) and Harnett, tie Williams ly the high school coach who deserves the ac- (Humberside) and Miall and Hunter, Masse (Soo Ste. Marie). colade s. We hope that future championship PB: Tie between Hunter and McKoy, tie between Federly summaries sent us will carry this information (SSM) and Mancini, tie between St ewart (Vincent Mossey, Windsor) and Repko. HB: McKay, Hunter, F. Bock as well .

The kudus could go on and on, but it is the (SSM) ONTARIO GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL INOIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS N ational H.S. Gymnastic Coaches AssociaElite. UPB: Lloyd Osburn, Centennial; Dole Fisher, Laurier; tion which can be the real instrument of power Sha ron Tsukomoto, East York. B: Denise Fulinaro, Churand promotion here. We'd like to echo Sid chill; Lauri 路 Smith, Victoria Park; Lloy Osburn, Cen. FX: Drai n's position and urge your su pport of the Denise Fulinaro, Churchill; Kathy Morton; Glenview; Shoron NH SG C A. We know there are voices out th ere Tsukomoto, E. York. SHV : Tsukomoto; Smith; Sharon Switto be heard ; let us, the NCAA and the USGF zer, Leaside.

Senior. UPB: Carolyn Chapman, Lorne Pork; Sue Gardiner, hear them through the N HSG CA! Waterloo; Susan Ch ristilau, Lorne Pork. B: So ra Hopton, The acco mpanying quiz allows the trul y in- Downsview; Kathy Scott, King ; Vi rginia Zi nk, Banting. FX: terested reader to test himself on material re- Lynn Sinclai r, Church ill; Jon Askin, Agincourt ; Virginia ported in this month 's Modern Gymnast.

Zink, Banting. SHV: Down Cooper, Cayuga ; Susan ChristiTest yourself on these schools - they are low, Lorne Pork; Mary Ellen Long, Lorne Pork. outstanding ones in their state or area. What TORONTO CITY HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS ' HB: Roy Kinoshita (UTS) 8.0, Terry Fou lds (Cedarbrae) states do they represent?

1. Andover 2. Anoka 3. Arlington 4. Butler 5. Clarenceville 6. Columbus 7. David Douglas 8. De Anza 9. East 8runswick 10. Encino 11 . Eureka 12. Green Bay Preble 13. Kennewick

14. Lawrence 15. Lovington 16. M on roe 17. New Trier East 18. Punahou 19. Rocliester 20. South Eugene 21. South Portland 22. Waukegan 23. Westminster 24. Yreka 25. Lincoln Southea st 26. Ranum

Among the following young men are many all-around and mUltiple-place winners , indi viduals who have been in the gymnastic spotli ght this year and years past. To your credit, you should be able to identify them by state and even further by their accomplishments. Look for their names to appear in future issues as members of outstanding college teams and, even, we hope , as N CAA champions and Olympians.

1. Marshall Avener 2. Steve Berglund 3. Jim Brousseau 4. Dove Carter 5. Jim Cole 6. John Crosby 7. Barry Freschette 8. Mike Frigor 9. John Gracik 10. Dale Hubbard 11 . Steve Hug 12. Dan Jenness 13. Clark Johnson

14. Bill McCurdy 15. Jim McFaul 16. Blane Naveschuk 1 7. Eric Nickerson 18. Peter Paulson 19. Mark Pierce 20. Dave Repp 21. Jeff Rock 22. Steve Scudeki 23. Nick Wooll s 24. Gene Mackie 25. Steve Heit 26. Seymour Rifkind

(Answers to quizzes on page 27)

8.0, Chris Gautheir (K ing) 7.8, Bob Hornick (Ma rting rove) 7.3. R: Don Lacosse (C) 8.4, Gory Spackman (Laurier) 8.4, Joh n Overall (K) 7.8, Mark Leece (York Memorial). LH: Alec Spasov (yM) 9.1, Bob McAlpi ne (Northview) 8.9, Fred Tanzola (L). PB : Roy Ki noshita (UTS) 7.3, Greg McCue (K) 7.3, Va leri Uzumeri (U TS) 6.2, Alex Campbell (K) 6.0. SH : Tom Philipp (yM) 7. 6, John Volman (YM) 7.0, Bob Boron (K) 6.95. FX: Bob McAlpine (Northview) 8.3, Larry Woodhouse (C) 8. 3, Terry Foulds (C) 7.8, Alec Spasov (yM) 7.7.

EDMONTON HIGH SCHOOL FINALS - GIRLS Team: McNally (M) 186, Harry Ainlay (HA) 128.5, Ross Sheppard (RS) 98.5, Jasper Place (JP), Scona (S) 37, Bonnie Doon (BD) 32, Queen Elizabeth (QE) 21.5, Eastglen (Eo) 4.

AA'novice: Carol Mellor (M), Sheila Reed (M), Brenda Cohoon (BD) . AA-intermediate: 8etty Lou Gwartney (M), Terry Adamson (M), Linden Von Alstine (HA), Janet Dunne (HA). AAadvanced: Tie between Debbie De Sutter (J P) and Down Mickleborough (M), Wen day James (M), Norma Ferguson (S).

CALGARY CATHOLIC JR. HIGH SCHOOLS 'A' Oivision : Teams : SI. Helena, St. Stephen , Brebuf, SI. 8regory. Sr. Boys: Diduck, Leicht, Driscoll, Festa. Jr. Boys : Diduck, Kellogg, Kingery, Davi s. Jr. Girls: D. Oliphanl, B. Lindsay, K. Fraser, B. Meek. Sr. Girls: B. Ingerberg, B. Wensink, L. VonRomelle, M. Demers.

'B' Division: Teams : St. Matthew, SI. Mary's, St. James, Assumption, SI. Margo ret, St. Alphonsus. Sr. Boys: Slinn, Langsfeld, Klaver, Grotto. Jr. Boys : Rukenlhaler, Matyn, Klave r, Eerbeck. Jr. Girls: A. Reynolds, P. Hanson, L. Nadon, J. Morrison. Sr. Girls: tie between F. Sorsa and W. Watson, L Vargo, tie between S Brink and D. Kohler.

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THE JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

By ROY DAVIS It may be true to say: "If you've seen one,

you 've seen 'em all." Of course it depends on what you happen to be looking at. On Waikiki Beach such an admission would be sheer idiocy.

A more appropriate exclamation might be : "You gotta see it to believe it." Waikiki , for obvious reasons to any male, truly sketches the imagination. Every summer is good ; the situation seems to always get better.

I think I would apply the same line of reasoning to the Japanese High School Championships. You gotta see 'em to believe 'em. I saw the 1967 championships in Niigata with Bob Peavy. That trip was a marvel of Peavy ingenuity. Ask him sometime. The journey to Onomichi, north of Hiroshima, was at least the equal of the previous year - but without the Peav y wit to keep me from cracking up in the Nippon summer heat and humidity.

I'll never grumble again about going to Penn State, Southern Illinois or Washington State U. One can at least travel in reasonable comfort to such places - if one can afford to go in the first place. The Japanese have reversed the process. Anyone can afford to go - if they have the time to spare.

I won't bother with all of the details, but most commuters would appreciate a statistic or two : 32 hours, one overnight stop , a rainstorm , 4 separate trains, 25 pounds of luggage (the only way to travel in Japan is "light") and one Japanese-English dictionary.

One fact which should not escape the reader is the date. The contest was held last August.

I know - I'm late. But August travel in Japan deserves some sympathy and some recuperation time. August is so hot that it melts Scotch Tape spools from precise, neat little circles into long sticky megaphones of irrevocable ooze. Very much like Washington, D.C. weather.

Enduring it all, I caught the train to the first days' e.xercises-the compulsory routineswith a white shirt, tie, Canon 814 movie camera and 12 rolls of Kodachrome Super 8 indooroutdoor T ype A film. I had no tickets, but I had some assurance that I would be able to enter.

A friend , clothing salesman Akira Sasaki (the Ed Gombos of Japan) , assisted me in gaining entry ; it was a bit confusing, but I got in.

I soon discovered why I bought such an expensive camera. The gym was fine-clean , neat, orderly, compact, and dark. Having visited darker gy ms and work-out areas with good

filmed results, I had confidence that ye 'olde trustee Canon would not fail me. It didn't. The pictures came out astonishingly good.

For the next two days, eating sparingly, ignoring relief calls, and pickfng odd seats and angles wherever and whenever possible in the miniscule gallery, I shot 15 rolls of Super 8 color film.

As I edited the results recently and reviewed about 75 routines and over 150 feet of select warm-ups , I was again amazed at the very high quality of the good teams. The statistics in the boxes below clearly retlect that quality.

The high schools operate on the same format as the colleges, i.e., the best school from each prefecture plus Okinawa (a total of 50 teams) plus the top all-around scorer in each prefecture if he is not on a winning team, 4 members to a team, drop the low scorer on each event (i .e., add top three), compulsories on the first day, and optionals on the second day. For the optionals, only the top 16 teams from the compulsories are allowed to perform.

As expected, there are perennial powers in such a meet. I n my improving Japanese I asked several people who they thought the favorite should be. Those who knew nominated Kokogakuin High School from Tokyo. On a gamble that turned out to be correct, I decided to concentrate my camera on them and get as many of their routines as possible. After watching the compulsories (most of the time through the variable magnification of a 9 power zoom lens), I was worried that I had picked the wrong team. The top five teams were only 1.3 points apart - totally' Let me tell you, Baby, it was exciting, too.

At both Niigata in 1967 and Onomichi in 1968, the officials designed the rotating brackets so that the best teams competed together and thereby heightened the rivalries of the already excited teams. The top five and the seventh place team all performed at the same time. I was going nuts trying to take pictures. I would take a picture of a 9.5 routine and miss a 9.6!

Actually, in spite of the frustrations , I missed only one dismount in all the routines when I saw the pictures. You will, too. However, my decision to concentrate on Kokugakuin saved the local natives , already a bit curious about a bearded, fair haired, light-skinned brother in their midst, from seeing the rather unsettling sight of a sweating, raving foreigner virtually wrapped from head to foot in wayward spools of film. No such mishaps ; when the occasion demands real efficiency, I can change spools

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and keep shooting and miss only about 5 seconds of action thanks to the Super 8 cartridge.

What a marvelous invention!

It would be impossible to describe the atmosphere the next day when all of the top contenders again marched into the area. The tension immediately increased. Kokugakuin had to at least maintain the 0.05 lead over Warabi to come out on top. The competitors stalled whenever possible to avoid the applause due another performer thereby increasing the overall suspense.

About halfway through the round it became apparent that Kokugakuin was too solid to budge. Warabi lost ground to Seifu , and the local favorite, Eishin High School of Hiroshima, faltered significantly to drop to 7th place despite the cheering students lining the balcony.

With a combination of luck and good planning, I managed to finish my 15th roll of film as I focused on the score of the final Kokugakuin high bar man doing his last routine.

After obtaining the printed results and thanking the meet director for his courtesy, I left the competition reflecting again on the excellence of the young gymnasts. With compulsory routines to provide fundamentals and style from the time they start gymnastics in junior high school and highly difficult optionals mastered as a result of nearly total self-discipline, meticulous progressions (no spotting belts), and constant self-analysis in learning, the results speak for themselves.

The statistics below are only part of the story; the real one is on film. The finished and edited product is 400 feet of Super 8 color film and every high school coach and gymnast should see them in order to appreciate the value of training by the use if compulsory routines. The Japanese are so much more mature than their U.S. counterparts that it's embarrassing. But it's a goal to reach for. Watch it; weep a little ; then go to work on your flexibility and get started on removing the small flaws in your swing.

The film is available through the MG. The sale price is $29.95 It cannot be rented.

Remember that you need a Super 8 projector to view it. Good luck from Japan. See you this summer.

Jaa, Roy Davis

PER MAN

SCHOOL

PREFECTURE

COMPo TOTAL

OPTIONAL TOTAL

TEAM TOTAL

AVE.

1. Kokugakuin 2. Seifu 3. Warabi 4. Sagami 5. Chukyo 6. Sabae 7. Eishin 8. Shizuoka 9. Kyushu 10. Chinzei

Tokyo Osaka Saitama Kimagawa Aichi Fukui Hiroshima Shizuoka Fukuoka Kumamoto

166.75 165.45 166.70 165.70 164.80 165.00 165.35 162.75 164.25 161.35

168.70 166.85 165.25 164.70 163.50 161.15 160.50 161.55 159.35 160.20

335.45 332.30 331.95 330.40 328.30 326.15 325.85 324.30 323.60 321.55

9.3 9.23 9.20 9.18 9.13 9.05 9.03 9.01 8.98 8.94

ReUlon One Region 1 - Connecticut, "Maine, MQ.$stJcnu路 setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Ver路 -mont.

MAINE BOYS' GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

by JAMES CONNOLLY, Coach, South Portland, Maine The meet was sponsored by the State Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation with the cooperation of the State Principals Association and held at Waterville High School.

For the fifth straight year, South Portland High School, coached by James J. Connolly, won the championship. The trophy for outstanding individual performance went to star floor exercise and voulter Mark Pierce of South Portland.

The meet was under the direction of Charles Merrill of Waterville. Individual performonces continued to show marked improvements over past years. Scores compared very favorably with Massachusetts championships - very heartening considering the short time Maine has been involved in gymnastics.

Top Massachusetts officials were imported again for the finals. Nate Todaro of Lexinqton HiQh School ond

George Jessup of Newton High School were selected and handled the meet admirably.

It is apparent that Maine gymnastics is vastly improved, both from an individual and team basis. South Portland continues ahead of the field, with Waterville, Cony of Augusta, Biddeford and Bangor having some fine performers promising to make strong showings.

Among plans for this yeor are (l) the formation of a league or two to promote dual competition within the state and (2) a teaching program to develop a corps of gymnastic officials much needed in the stote.

Also with gymnastics coming under the State Principals' Committee, as are- all other sports, it should add considerably to the status of the sport. Although we are much indebted to Fred Douglas, Stote Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation for the considerable progress we have mode, this new sponsorship will put us on the same basis as other sports.

Team: So. Portland (SP) 162, Waterville (W) 64, Cony (C) 51, Biddeford (B) 42.5, Bangor (Ba) 34, Presque Isle (PI) 14, Brewer (Br) 10, Stephens 9.5, Geo. Valley 5. Top Indiyidual: Mark Pierce (SP) 37, Scott Libby (W) 30, Bruce MacKenzie (SP) 29. FX: Pierce 7.05, Kenneth Stephens (SP) 6.75, Steven Ma_comber (B) 5.5. SH: Flemming (Ba) 4.B5, Victoi Beaupre (SP) 4.1, Doug MacKenzie (SP) 3.95. HB: Ralph Nichols (C) 6.05, B. MacKenzie 5.08, Tim Darling (SP) 5.05. PB: Mike Wiluz (SP) 7.0, B. Mockenzie 6.35, Libby 6.2. LH: Pierce B.35, Dan Merrill (W) 8.1, Anderson (Ba) 8.05. R: Wiluz 6.4, Steve Washuk 芦() 6.0, Mike Sprogue (SP) 5.2. Tu: Ken Stevens (SP) 6.65, Pierce 5.95, Disalvatore (Br) 5.5.

South Portland High School, Maine State Champs, coached by James J. Connolly.

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Dave Repp, Rochester High School, Pennsylvania State All Around Chomp.

MASSACHUSETIS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 8, 1969 GEORGE C. JESSUP, President Mass. Gymnastic Coaches Assoc.

Team: Andover (A), Lexington (l), Springfield Tech (ST).

AA: Steve Scudeki (ST). 38, 35; Richard Seikunas (A), 37.30; James Gronell (Uxbridge), 33.35. FX: Tie between Seikunas and David Leong (A), 14.65; John Berner (ST), 14.2. SH: James Battista (Newton) and James Rowan (Wellesley) 11.75; Brion Boyd (L), 11.6. HB: Roy Green (Wjnthrop), 14.45; tie between Scudeki and Steve Woods (l), 12.3. PB: Seikunas, 13.75; Art Adams (Braintree), 12.85; Charles Shoemaker (l). 12.5. lH: James Groneil (Uxbridge), 16.95, Roy Green (Winthrop), 16.6; Bill Reynolds (No. Reading) 16.35 R: Leong 13.5, John Oliver (No. Reading), 12.7; Robert Manchester (Brookline), 12.35.

NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE INVITATIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS University of New Hampshire Lou Datilio, Meet Director More than 500 spectators turned out to view the first annual gymnastics championships which was sanctioned by" th.e NHIAA and UNH Athletic Deportment. Solem's Mike Frigon with 21 points was the individual all-around winner, with Bruce Castonguay of Timberland right behind him with 20. Jim Whelan of Manchester West rounded out the top three with 18.6. Manchester West placed first with 62.25, Timberland Regional second with 58.50 and Solem third with 58.05.

FX: Whelan, Hubbard (MW), Frigon (S) 4.9. SH: Adams (MW), Belanger (T), Kelly (S) 2.65. HB: Castonguay, Frigon, Gilotti (T) - Whelan - Loughlin (T), 2.95. PB: Castonguay, Frigon, Boucher (MW) - Takesuye (MW) 2.95. lH: Boucher, Hubbard, Castonguay 7.35. R: Gilotti, Todt (C), Frigon 3.95.

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Region 2 - Delaware, JJen"syivania, New York, New Tersev_ Maryland.

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PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS March 29, 1969 Butler High School

by DALE R. MEDDOCK, Western Penna. Turners The P.IAA State Championship Meet was held at Butler High School under the direction of Mr. Paul Uram, with Mr. Harry Franks as the regional director from the East, The meet attracted one of the largest and most enthusiastic crowds I have ever witnessed at on high school gymnastics event.

In the all-around event everyone was interested to see if Rochester's Dave Repp could defend his title. Dove left little doubt as he started the night off by winning his second consecutive state title in the floor exercise to take the all-around lead which was never challenged. Repp then went on to win the P-Bars and finished second 6n the still rings and high bar. Dove's lowest finishes in the whole competition come with a third-place finish on the side horse and a fourth on the long horse vault. This meet marked the end of Dove Repp's high school career which sow him win seven state titles over the past two years: two-time 011around state chomp, two-time floor ex. champ, with single titles on the still rings, long horse vault and p-bars.

Jim Kruest, Rochester H.S., 3rd AA Penn. State.

Paul Blasko of West Mifflin South placed second in the all-around by virtue of fine execution on all of the six (The MG also thanks Carl Bell of Springdale for sending events. It was Paul's great control throughout the whole photos and scores.) meet that led him to the secane-place honors. Paul's best Team : No award given. AA: Dove Repp (Rochester) 49 .BO, individual event finish come with a second place on the Paul Blasko (W. Mifflin So.) 44.25, Jim Kruest (Rochester) p-bars.

43.40. FX: Repp 8.35, Kruest 8.15, Eric Nesbitt (HenderRochester's two outstanding juniors, James Kruest and son) 8.05. SH: John Gracik (Butler) 7.75, Eric Swanson James Ivicek, placed third and fourth, respectively, in the (Butler) 7.55, Repp 7.10. HB: Kruest 9.15, Repp 8.55, Bob all-around event. Kruest suffered major breaks on both Swonick (McKeesport) 8.35. lH: Kruest 9.10, John Nicek the side horse and p-bars which prevented him from de- (Rochester) 8.80, Gracek 8.65. PB: Repp 8.75, Blasko 7.85, Mickey Holey (Butler) 7.75. R: Dove Zirnsak (Butler) 8.70, fending the runner-up slot which he had held last year.

Kruest was not to be denied his glory, as he completely Repp 8.55, Don Repp (Rochester) 8.45.

Winning Routines: outclassed the field on his way to his second consecutive FX: Repp: Roundoff, tfipflop, bock layout, turn to Swedish high-bar title. His 9.15 winning routine hod to be considfall , turn to split, immediate double-leg circles, spin around, ered the outstanding routine of the whole meet. Kruest immediate split, press hand stand-step down. Cartwheel, then went on to win the long horse vault title and finished . front hand spring , ca rtwheel, fall to straddle-cut, turn over second only to Repp on the floor exercise. to one-arm' lever, hollowback press to handstand-step James Ivicek's second-place finish on the long horse down. Front handspring, front flip, dive roll, cartwheel, revault combined with fine performances on the other five verse pirouette, roll to sitting position immediate pull split, events insured him of his fourth-place finish .

Butler's John Gracik kept the side horse title in the fam - stiff-stiff press to handstand-step down. Round-off, flipflop, bock-somi. ily as he followed in his brother Joe's footsteps . By continuing the Gracik tradition of a fine routine executed with SH: Gracik: Moore on moore, tram let out, double in, excellent form and amplitude. Second place went to Butler's break in T(2) front scissors, one reverse scissors, doubles, Eric Swanson. tram let out, loop off with full twist.

The still rings event which was picked to be a real duel R: Zirnzak : Di slocate shoot handstand, lower to L cross, turned out to be just that, with Butler's Dove Zirnzak com- inlocate straight arm, bock uprise L, pike press handstand, ing out as the state champion by virtue of his excellent conlower to front lever, double dislocate to double backoff. trol throughout his whole routine climaxed by a double LH : Kruest: Yamashita from the for end. backoff which he stuck like glue. Second and third went to PO: Repp: Peach-basket to handstand, stutz to handstand, Rochester's Repp twins, Dove and Don. back-somi, stutz, cost, bock-uprise, straddle-cut to L, stiffThere was no state team title awarded, but for the secstiff press to handstand, loy-bock, front-uprise, swing ond straight yea r it was between Butler and Rochester for pirouette, bock-sam i-off. the top honors. Rochester come out on top with five first HB: Kruest: Double rear in, bock kip, disengage, V2 turn , places, four second places and two thirds. Butler had two straight arm kip, giant, stalder, giant, hecht vault, kip, forfirsts, one second arltl two thirds. ward hip circle, front giant, pirouette, whip change, hecht.

PB: John Cole, Scotia, 7.75; Jeff Bean, Rome Free Academy, 7.4; Hal Quanback, Commack North, and David Cassidy, Colonie, 7.05.

SH: William Murphy, Island Trees, 7.65; Mike Cheney, Fayetteville-Manlius, 7.5; Russ Smith, lindenhurst, 7.4.

R: Bob Medlin, Commack North, 8.8; Mike Lawitts, Nottingham, 8.75; Don Spier, Commack North, 8.7. lH: Mark Quancil, liverpool, and John Vette, Oceanside, 8.5; Bob Bazarnick, lindenhurst, 8.45.

Rope : Alan Singer, New Rochelle H.S., 3.7; Don Knehre, Baldwin, 4.4; Howie Wolff, Farmingdale, 4.6.

Tr: Conrad Markert, John Joy and Nicky Wolff, White Plains, 7.2; Mickey Maguire. Van Rensselaer, 6.9.

John Crosby, Farmingdale H.S., 2nd AA Penn State.

Tu: John Crosby, Farmingdale, 9.1 ; Bob Rice, John Glenn, 8.4; Frank Sellitto,Calhoun, 7.7.

WINNING ROUTINES

FX: Bob Rice, John Glenn. Ro, ff, full , b-ex, front rest, hollow

Marshall Avener, Island Tree High School, 1st All Around, New York Stote.

NEW YORK STATE PHSAA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS, Region 5 March 1, 1969 Minerva Deland H.S., Fairport, N.Y.

by CLAYTON BUSH, Section 5 Chairman Team: Webster rN) 54, Fairport (f) 34, Eastridge (E) 18, Irondequoit (I) 17, Rush-Henrietta (RH) 16, East 6. M: James Wing (W) 25.94, Bill Zornow (RH) 24.94, Mark Cummings (F) 19.64. FX: Cummings 5.63, Brion Mitson (W) 5.5, John Simmons (F) 5.26. HB: Wally Mead (W) 5.46, Zornow 4.26, Garth Walters (W) 4.23. SH: Craig Tice (W) 4.30, Bryon Kyhos (F) 2.80, George Poole (Edison) 2.70. PB: Sam Graci (E) 7.20, Wing 6.06, Tom Feeney (W) 5.20. R: Graci 5.10, James White (I) 4.53, Dan Bartlett (W) 4.50. lH: Glenn Brien (F) 8.46, Mead 8.23, Wing 8.06. Tu: Simmons 3.73, Lorry Wyatt (East) 3.6, Aaron Byrd (Madison) 3.33. Tr: Kevin Rocine (W) 3.5, Gory Long (Madison} 3.2~ Glenn Colbert (Madison) 3.13. Rope: Walters 5.5, Ted Bancroft (F) 6.05, Bill Horn (El 7.6. . .

Sec. 3, 32.0; 4th-Sec. 2, 14.0; 5th-Sec. 4, 5.5; 6th-Sec. 1, 2.5; 7th-Sec. 6, 1.5; 8th-Sec. 5, 1.0.

M: Morshall Avener, Island Trees, 50.90; John Crosby,

Farmingdale, 44.25; Bob Rice, John Glenn, 43.1 5.

HB: Marshall Avener, Island Trees, 9.0; Bob Clark, Commack South, 8.55; Richard Onyska, Baldwin, 7.05.

FX: Bob Rice, John Glenn, 8.95; John Crosby, Farmingdale, 8.9; Dennis Thompson, Northport, 8.15.

back, pirouette, cradle, snap stand,fhs, fs, sfr, front rest, snap Vo twist, valdez, fhs , walkout, cartwheel, Swedish fall, Vo turn sit, back ext, straddle Vo turn to str. seat, Vo turn handstand, ro, ff, bock pike.

SH: Bill Murphy, Island Trees. Moore mount in middle, travel down, loop, inverted stoeckli, simple Swiss, bock scissor, 3 front scissors, travel down, loop Vo twist.

PB: John Cole, Scotia. Peach handstand, fr stutz, cost upper arm, cut catch pump handstarid, reverse Vo pirouette, cast upper arm, bock uprise Vo turn to support, front shoulder roll, disengage glide kip to L, hollow bock, 1 arm handstano, st arm scale, hollowback layaway, front uprise, barini off. lH: Mark Guancil, liverpool. Handspring (for end).

R: Paul Medlin, Commack North. Straight body pull to inverted hong, cost back uprise to handstand, bock giant, drop cost, str. body inlocate, bock uprise cross, bock roll L, hollow back, bock roll, dislocate, double flyaway.

HB: Malshall Avenel, Island Trees. Full twist catch, kip, hop change, front giant, hop, free hip shoot, 2 bock giants, reverse pirouette, 2 front giants, front pirouette, 1 bock giant, full twisting flyaway.

Tu: John Crosby, Farmingdale. (1) Ro, ff, wb, ff, dbs. (2) Fs, fhs, fs, fhs, fs, fs. (3) Fs, ro, ff, wb, wb, bs with full twist.

TI: Conrad Markert, John Jay. Db,. b full , rudolph, bs, b full twist, bs, rudolph, bs, b %, b cody.

Nick Wolff, White Plains. B full twist, bs, b full twist, bs, rudolph, bs, baroni, bs, bs, dbs.

NEW YORK STATE PHSAA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 7-8, 1969 James Sperry High School, Henrietta, N.Y.

by C. F. (PETE) BUSH JR., State Gymnastics C.hairman Pocked with spectators and action was the new gym at Sperry High School (near Rochester) for the eighth annual N.Y.S.P.H.SAA Intersectional Gymnastics ,championships on March 7, 8, 1969. Seven defending iitlists returned from lost year. All contestants qualified for this meet by plocing first or second in their own sectional championships the weekend prior. Boys were limited to 0 maximum of two events, plus all-around. Marshall Avener successfully defended his all-around title from John Crosby, his closest threat.

Team scoring: 1st-Sec. 11, 49.0; 2nd-Sec. 8, 48.5; 3rd-

East Brunswick High School, New Jersey State Champs with coach Don Wieder.

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NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 15, 1969 Trenton State College Team balance gave East Brunswick High School the championship in the first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Gymnastics Tournament at Henry Hudson Regional High School.

The Bears won five of the six team events in reversing their only defeat of the season. The host team tripped East Brunswick, 127-124, during the regular season, but the Admirals fell by nearly seven points with the title at stoke.

Coach Don Wieder's team compiled an overage score of 134.04 during the events while Henry Hudson hod 127.80.

Cherry Hill West was third in the tri -meet with 93.65.

Ea st 8run swick was the Northern champion while Henry Hudson held the Central crown. Cherry Hill West was the South entrant.

The Bears were 9-1 for the year and 9-0 in their area .

The Admirals hod a 13-0 record and were the Shore Conference champions with on 8-0 slate. Cherry Hill West hod a 5-0 in South Jersey and 6-7 overall.

Don O'Connor and Blane Nasveschuk were the ringleaders for East Brunswick. O'Connor, a 5-6 junior, won the parallel bars and still rings and was second in the high bar.

Young Nasveschuk, a 5-6 sophomore, was the high bar winner, tied for second in the parallel bar, was fifth in tumbling and was second in all-around competition.

Bill McCurdy, also a sophomore, won the all-around crown for Henry Hudson and was first in the side horse.

The Admiral s hod another double winner in Rich Wagner, a junior. He took the long horse and tumbling.

Team: Northern sectional and State Champs: East Brunswich High School (coach: Don Wieder), Central sectional chomps : Henry Hudson Regional H.S. (coach : John Bird), Southern sectional chomps: Cherry Hill West (coach: Fran Mechan). AA:'Bili McCurdy (HH) 41.10, Blane Nasveschuk (EB) 39.85, Rick Wagner (HH) ,38.60. TU: Rich Wagner (HH) 7.9, Mike McCabe (EB) 7.6, McCurdy 7.0. SH : Greg Califano (Wall) 6.8, John Salvo (No. Bergen) 6.55; Marty Hyatt (CHW) 6.4. HB: Nasveschuk, 7.4, Marty Strawn (CHW) 7.0, McCurdy 6.4. PB: Nasveschuk 7.15, McCurdy 6.7, Rusty Sperling (Vineland) 6.25. LH: Randy Pendergast (No. Highlands) 9.65, tie between Augie Robinson (HH) and Wagner (HH) 9.3. R: Tony Grangnano (Freehold Reg.) 7.65, Noah Levine (CHW) 6.55, McCurdy 6.50.

Winning routines : Tu: Rick Wagner (HH), 1 st RO, ff, back w Y2 step out, ff, doubel twister. 2nd front handspring, front stepout. handspring, front, forward roll, front. 3rd front handspring, front stepout, RO, ff, back w Y2 stepout, ff, full twist.

HB: Blane Nasveschuk (EB): Rear kip, German giant. Y2 turn kip to regular giants, toe-on (feet together) toe-off, immediate free hip circle, 2 regular giants, cross change, 2 reverse giants, pirouette change, 2 regular giants, full twisting flyaway.

PB : Blane Nasveschuk (EB): Basket to support. cast. uprise, straddle cut. layaway, front rise. swing to handstand. for: ward pirouette, bock somi, cost, back uprise. front somidismount.

LH : Randy Pendergast (No. Highlands) : Yamashita.

RegiOn Four

Region 4 - Illinois, ["duma, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa.

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 15, 1969 Niles West High School Report by BILL TUCKER Arlington's gymnastic team under Coach Tom Walthause captured the 1969 State Gymnastic crown far the second year in a row at the 12th annuall.H.SA Gymnastic championships held at Niles West High School in Skokie. This is Coach Walt house's second state victory and the school's fourth in the 1 2-year history of the meet.

Coming Qut of the preliminaries with a 30.00 deficit to Hinsdale Central, Arlington remained behind until the horizontal bar event when they went ahead 143.00 to 1 34.50.

They continued to increase their lead from that point to finish as the state's No. 1 team with a score of 221 .00.

Leading off for the second year on trampoline was Terry Haines, who was defending champ. Terry finished first with a 9.15. In horizontal bar Jim Brousseau took first place with an 8.80, and in free exercise (formerly tumbling) Steve Von Ebers captured a first with an 8. 70.

In still rings Don Bruring of Waukegan is a repeat champion, retaining his title for another year with a score of 8.85.

Making a duel retention, Seymour Rifkind not only retained his all-around title but also kept his parallel bar title

RegiOn Three

Region J - AUioama, Wash. D. C, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, VirginitJ, West Virginia, Louisiana. Mississippi, North C4rolina, Ten路 nessel!, South Carolina.

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Seymour Rifkind (above), Niles East H.S., 1st All Around Illinois State. Don Bruring (right), Waukegan H.S., 1 st Rings III. State.

with a score of 8. 70.

In side horse, capturing his first state title was Ed Slezak of Hin sda le Central with a score of 8.40.

In all-around (those who compete in all events but trampoline; there is no long horse event in Illinois) Seymour Rifkind of Niles East captured this event for the second year with a 37.50. Coming in second with 34.30 was R. Roth of New Trier East, a third place by R. Balhorn of Hinsdale Central and adding to Arlington's overall totals was a fourth to Jim Brousseau of 34.00 and fifth to Bob Gleichman with a 33.55.

Team standings: Arlington (A) 221.00, Hinsdale Central (HC) 182.50, Niles East (NE) 121.50, New Trier East (NTE) 88.50, Evansto n (E) 85.50, Waukegan (W) 79.00, Rich Central (RC) 64.50, Maine South (MS) 46.50, Prospect (P) 42.00, Niles North (NN) 41.00. AA: Seymour Rifkind (NE) 37.50. Robert Roth (NTE) 34.30, Randy Balhorn (HC) 34.1 O. FX: Steve Von Ebers (A) 8.70, Ward Block (HC) 8.65, Gary Drake (A) 8.55. SH: Ed Slezak (HC) 8.40, Fulton Lobel (Oak Pork) 8.25, Lorry Dilger (Maine East) 8.20. R: Dan Bruring (W) 8.85, Benny Fernadez (Elk Grove) 8.45, tie between Rifkind and Skip Frowick (E) 8.35. PB: Rifkind 8.70, tie between Harry Constantine (Glenbrook North) and Gregg Fenske (Fremd) 8.45. HB: Jim Brousseau (A) 8.80, Gary Van Etten (RC) 8.45, tie between Kerry Ruhl (Wheaton Central) and George Cresswell (A) 8.30. TR: Terry Haines (A) 9. 15, Joy Bensen (P) 8.65, Frank Ramierez (VV) 8.50.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 28, 1969

by JOHN W.HINDS JR., Columbus Sr. H.S. Saturday, March 28, 1969, was a "big" day for some 75 Indiana High School gymnasts that qualified for the third Indiana High School Athletic Association Championships. A large number of spectators from over the state were in attendance at Warren Central Hig h School of Indianapolis to view the best of Indiana high school gymnastics. To qualify for thi s meet the gymnasts had to place in the top five positions at one of the three respecti ve sectional s held the previous week. For the third consecutive year the sectional w inners were Columbus, Madison Heights of Anderson and Concord of Elkhart.

The quality of performances varied from event to event.

During the morning session competition on the trampoline was close, even though all but the eventual winner had major breaks. The tumbling event was won in a dec~ sive manner as Frank Foreman ended his fir st run with a double bock and had additional runs that complemented his first run. During the atternoon session featuring the five Olympic events contested in Indiana, the gymnasts

Columbus Sr. High School, Indiana State Chomps (coached by John Hinds). seemed more composed. Floor exercise featured several (NC) 74. HB : Carter 8 1, Woolls 78, Stu Monical (NC) 68'12. good tumbling run s, including a full into splits. Performing PB : Coyle 76, Corter 75 , Wooll s 72. R: Greg Sella rs (C) 78, on the bo re floor Dove Corter combined good tumbling and Corter 74 V2, Steve Malutich (C) 69. Tu : Fronk Foreman (HC) transitions with exceptional form to win the event.

81 V2, Powell 69, Jim David (C) 63V2. Tr: Mike Myers (Can) The caliber of improvement in Indiana gymna stics wa s . 70, Kevin Herr (C) 65, Steve Berkebile (MH) 63.

Winning Routines: most noticeable on the "animal" - side horse. Executing his collegiate level routine with the precision of a machine, FX : Dave Carter: Run , front handspring, front, headspring, Nick Woolls won with the highest overage score of the double leg circle to splits, str. arm st raddle leg press to meet, a well-deserved 85 . From giant to giant and interhandsta nd, step down, cartwheel, bock handspring, V2 turn, mediate moves t he high-bar routines again proved to be front handspring , pirouette to handstand, step down, bock crowd-pleasers, especially w ith the variety and difficulty of handspring, dive to chest roll, stoop through to seat, Valdez to moment handstand, pike down, run, bock handspring , the di smbunts. Dave Corter repeated as state champion layout bock. but was effectively challenged by teammate Nick Woolls.

On the parallel bars, Gene Coyle won wi th a novel and SH : Nick Woolls - Loop, side lift up, immediate side lift out, strong performances. His routine featured outside the loop, Stockli, circle, break into scissors with left leg forword, two scissors, reverse sc issor, circle, side lift out, bar wor k. Strong perfo rma nces by Columbus High School gymnasts for the second consecutive year resulted in a loop into double loop around, three loops, high arch di sone, two, three f inish on the still rings. Greg Sellars won maunt. this event featu ring a healthy-looki ng " L" cros s, f ront R: Greg Sellars: Roll inlocate to bock uprise " L," sir. ar m lever and stood double. press to hand stand, lower down, bock roll "L" cross, cost The all-around event which is not contested in Indiana bock, German to front lever, pull to inverted hong, dislocate dual meets wa s won for the second consecutive yea r by to double bock off (stuck).

Dove Carter with on overage score of 74.5 per event. His PB : Gene Coyle : Sr.-Howe-Score 76. Routine not reported. teammate, Nick Woolls, followed with a 69.3 overage per Dave Carter: Sr_-Columbus-Score 75. German cost to supevent. port, straddle cut, swing to handstand, bock toss, Stutz, If there hod been any doubt as to w ho was the 1968-69 cost to upper arm, bock upri se straddle cu t to ''L,'' str. arm str. leg press to hand stand, back off with V2 twist. power in Indiana High School gymnastics, the final score of the state championships should have convinced all.

HB : Dave Carter: Jam to double eagle, hop to 14 undergrip Columbus for the third consecutive year won by what gia nt, hop to overgrip, free hip immed. rea ch under, flank must be called a convincing marg in. However, this fa ct vault, str. arm kip cast to handstand, two overgrip giants, shou ld not imply that there are not other good Indiana crossover, two undergrip giants, f lying straddle off. high school gymnastic programs. Many outstanding indiTu : Frank Foreman: (1) RO, ff, double back,, (2) RO, ff, double vidua l performances were exhibited from other schools, bock fu ll , (3) front, handspring , front, hand spring, front, but they locked the depth. Future years will result in closer front, (4) RO, ff, V2 twisting bock, step-out, RO, ff, bock, competition between all teams as they develop greater f ront.

Tr: Mike Myers : Full-i n fliffus, back, baroni-out fl iffus, double team depth.

Team: Columbus Sr. (C) 167V2, Concord of El khart (Can) bock, rudolph, double twis t, rudolph, bock, 14 layout, double 64V2, Howe of Indpl s (H) 37, Jimtown (J ) 34V2, North Cen- cody. tral (NC) 28, Ha mmond Cla rk (HC) 22V2, Madison Heights 18, Ben Davis 15, Southport 15, Crown Point 1OV2, Heritage Boys' results: FX : Terry Lyons (SE) 8.5, S. Blumenstein 9V2, Reitz Memarial 9, Elkhart 8 , Angola 5V2, Anderson 2, (Sf) 8.35, B. Montgomery (Cor) 7.8. SH : Guy Seghetti (Cor) Wabash 1V2. AA: Dove Carter (C) 372V2, Nick Woolls (C) 7.875 , Jerry Ingham (DO) 6.875, E. Nickerson (SE) and B. 346V2, Gene Coyle (H) 320'V2, Gory Powell (Can) 253V2, Montgomery (Cor) 6.25. R: D. Moninger (SE) 8.9, Dove McGreg Sellars (C) 238 1'2. FX: Carter 73, Paul Woerz (RM) 72, Dowell (S E) 8.5, B_Montgomery (Cor) 7_5.lH : Steve Blumenstein (S E) 8.875, tie between Eric Nickerson (SE) and John Jefl Clark (J) 71. SH : Woolls 85 , Powell 74, Jock Harcourt

Bolsinger (Klamath Falls) 8.8. PB : Nickerson 7.8, Bruce Corter (KF) 7.175, Doug Matz (DO) 7.125. HB : John Price (D O) 8.00, Nickerson 7_275, Matz 6.9.

Girls' results : SHY: Metta Racely (SE) 8.675, Judy Shirk (SE) 8.45 , Jayne Hamilton (DO) 8.2. B: Martha Worner (SE) 8.3, Penny No sh (Cor) 6.85 , Metta Racely (SE) 6.775. UPB: Hamilton 8.375 , Shirk 8 .125, Diana Dill (Cor) 7,75 , FX: Hamilton 8.125, tie between Warner and Shi r k 7.775.

Winning Routines: FX: Terry lyons (SE): Baroni, ff, bock pike, bock extension w ith V2 twist, cross splits, Japanese splits, front somi piked, front handspring, RO, If, full; RO If, pike extension.

Steve Blumenstein (SE) FF, full twist, bock extension roll to hand stand, stoop to splits, straight press (on finge rtips) to hand stand, front handspring, front somi, headspring , If, Arabian dive roll, straight-legged roll-up, dive-bock handstand to prone fall, bounce, cut catch, ff, pike extension.

SH : Guy Seghetti (Cor) , High double on end, loop around, walk around, double wlo pommel, khere up, doubles, tromlot, khere up, frt scissors, feint, rear scissors, double tromlot, Olympic off_ Jerry Ingham (DO) : Moore mount, immediate mooce, immediate downhill .tra vel, walk-arou nd, khere-in, split left leg, reverse scissor, two front scissors, pick-up doubles, downhill Iravef, loop in, two doubles, half durham, 3 loops Olympic.

R: Dan Moninger (SE), Still inlocate, kip maltese, lower through to inverted hang , gia nt inlocate, upri se handstand, lower to cro ss (smile) back roll , " L," hollowback press handstand, lower straight arm to back lever, dislocate out, dislocate, full. Dave McDowell (SE), Dislocate shoot to handstand, lower fron t lever, snap to L-cross, press out to L, hollow back to handstand, front cos t inlocate, back uprise cross, pu ll-in, back roll, double dislocate, double flip. lH: Steve Blumenstein : Handspring , fo r end yamashita. Eric Nickerson: Hecht. John Balsiger : giant ya ma shita.

PB : Eric Nickerson (SE), cast to suppo rt, straddle cu t to " l," hollowback press, front uprise, stut zkeh re, cast with half twist, front uprise.. . .

HB : Eric Nickerson (SE), Ca st, double rear, bock seat circle, Ger man, cast, half twist, kip to bock gia nts, blind cha nge, stall, change to vault, k ip to back gia nts, cross change, pi rouette change, flyaway. John Price (DO), Cast, handsta nd, immediate sale ci rcle, front giant, roll to dislocate giants, pop to front giant, stall, rear vault, kip, front hip circle, change to front giant, pirouette, bock giant, set down, under cha nge, kip front gia nt, stoop ofl.

Girls' Winning Routines : FX : Jayne Hamilton (DO), Full turn in the air (cot leap); step back, lunge (one foot); step forward (knee lift); ro, 2 If, loyout; tour jete, bounce change feet, pose; turn, split jump to squat to arch ju mp; run, aerial skip aerial; kic k bock to splits; roll, stretch body, one arm support; valdez, bock tinsica, 3 steps bock; sc issor kick, full turn, illusion, lu ngerskip lu nger, pose on toes; front aer ial, sit leap; kick turn, bock walkover, straddle down; bock shoulder roll, split legs, roll (rotate), backward roll to knees (knee scale); kick turn, ro, split leg layout, double stag jump to knee pose.

B: Martha Warner (SE) : Run, mount to straddle support, V. turn and V-seat; squat stand; pa s chasse; pose with back leg bent, arms crossed in front; pi rouette (bent leg) turn _ Run to split lea p, arabesque turn, pose; cartwheel, pose; '12 squat turn,. bock walkover, V2 turn, splits, backward roll; stand, V2 turn, pose, pose, aerial front off.

UPB : Jayne Hamilton (DO), Straddle vau lt maunt, swing back and straddle over low bar, kip up, squat up, pirouette, wrop-arou~d , eagle catch, drop glide kip, stoop up, front sale circle, reverse kip, swing down, swing up, straddle cutcatch on high bar, pike legs over low bar, squat up, straddle bock over high bar, wrap-around, straddle hecht dismount.

MINNESOTA STATE H.S_ GYMNASTIC MEET

by JERRY E. JOHNSON, Coach, Anoka High School

Anoka High School, Minnesota State Cha mps, with coach Johnson.

The state gymnastic meet was held at Cooper High of the Robbinsdale school district. There were over 5,000 spectators in attendance. Since the seating capacity is around 4,500, the school set up close-circuit TV in the auditorium .for the overflow. Even top-rated dual meets have drown 1,500 to 2,000. Anoka's gymnastic team outdrew all other winter sports this season (in their school).

Anoka H.S. duplicated its record of lost yeor by going undefeated in dual meets and winning the state title. Jeff Rock, on outstanding a'thlete, led his Anoka team. After finishing third all-around lost year he captured the first all路around this year. He was first on free exercise, first on t umbling, second on parallel bars, third on trampoline, and if he had not fallen on a free hip pop on the H.B., he probably would have finished high here also as this was one of his better events.

The state meet was full of excitement and suspense.

White Bear Lake H.S., the team that beat Anoka in the regianals, jumped off to a 16-point lead after the F.X. event.

Anoka and Cooper H.S. slowly closed the gop. Anoka' s ring

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team which has been strang all year came through with 14 paints to put Anoka ahead by twa points. The last event was won by Rock (tumbling) that clinched it for Anoka.

Coach Bill Murray of White Bear Lake H.S. should be the favorite for next season. He will have mast of his bays back, plus Phil Nardecchia, who finished third in the 011around. Phil is a real fine gymnast and competitor. Cooper and Alexander Ramsey high schools will be in there also.

Team : Anoka (A), 59 ; White Bear Lake (WBl), 47.5; Cooper (C), 46; Osseo (0), 25; Richfield (R), 1 /; Alexander Ramsey (AR), 16.

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Jeff Rock (A), B2. R.O. bhs bhs db full two Swedish dp.

Stiff stiff press to h.s. bhs bhs b dive roll V2 two kick to pirouette. Running fhs ff dr Valdez. Fdr bhs bf v.. turn cartwheel f wk a f wk a turn ro bhs bhs b pike.

TR: Wayne Graves (Kellogg), 83.5. F fliffus, b air, db b, Rudolph, back air, full tw, db, tw, back air, one and three qts bk air, db Cody.

SH: John Carlin (Mpls. North), 82. Mt. into (3) loops; care in, moore, moore, care-out tram let, (2) reg scissors into reverse, db leg cir care out, (3)Joops (opposite) end, high Russian dismt.

PB: Jerry Johnson (C), 74.5. Peach to I seat; st arm st. leg press to h.s. back toss to imed. under bar cast b upris double leg cut h.s. pirouette. Fr. toss -off.

HB: Ken Rice (C), 79.5 Sw kip to be giant (2) reach under vault; kip to f giant (cross arm sw pirouette), fr giant (2) high pike flyaway.

R: Chris Olsen (AR), 80. St. body pull to inverted hang cast to b uprise h.s. Fr. qiant to h.s. St. body back roll to 1seat crucifix; rear uprise back roll to 1-seat st. body press to h.s.; long underswing to high db leg cut.

TU: Jeff Rock (A), 81.1 - Ro bhs bhs full tw.bhs b tuck. 2 Fr wk a ro bhs bhs Arabian. 3 - Ro bhs bhs db full two

WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

by DAN GRAHAM, Coach, Preble H.S. Wisconsin schools crowned their fourth different champion in as many years as Green Bay Preble won the State Gymnastic Meet at Menomonee Falls on March 15.

The down-to-the-wire competition saw Dave Coutley take the blue ribbon in the final event, tumbling, to assure Preble the title. The Green Bay school finished with 68 points as Milwaukee Marshall was second for the second -year in a row with 56 points, a half point better than the 55V2 for Homestead .

Milwaukee Boys' Tech took fourth with 41 V2 points, tollowed by defending champion Milwaukee Bay View with 38 and Milwaukee Washington with 35. The championship for Preble, coached by Dan Graham, was the first for the school which was third last year and runner-up two years ago.

The meet's leading scorer was Pat O'Brien from Homestead, who won the floor exercise in addition to his first in the horizontal bar while also taking fourth in the all-around.

That gave the meet's only double winner 27 points. Preble's Steve Graham was next with 25, including a second and two thirds, while Marshall's Don Jenness had a second and a sixth to go along with his all-around first to finish with 24V2 points. The other individual winners were Steve Price of Marshall in the parallel bars, Bruce Bugalski of Bay View in side horse, Dave Stangel of Waukesha in still rings and Gary Beaumier of Preble in long horse.

Team Results: Green Bay Preble (GBP), 68; Milwaukee Morshall (MM), 56; Homestead (H), 55V2; Milwaukee Boys' Tech (MBT), 41 V2; Milwaukee BayView (MBV), 38; Milwaukee Washington, 35; Milwaukee Juneau (MJ), 25; Racine Horlick and Waukesha (W), 18; Milwaukee Madison (MMad). 17V2; Hartland (Ha), 15 V2; Menomonee Falls, 14; Monitowoc, 11; Appleton East (AE), 8; Brown Deer, 7; Milwaukee South and Whitnall, 4; Milwaukee Hamilton, 3; Appleton West, 1.

AA : Don Jenness (MM), 41.75; Steve Graham (GBP), Craig Sas (Ha). FX: Pat O'Brien (H), 8.00; Dave Coutley (GBP), Mike LaTour (GBP). LH: Gary Beaumier (GBP), 7.55; tie between Steve Geldt (H) and Bruce Bugalski (MBV). SH: Bugalski, 7.65; Tom Paulak (MBT), Alan Przyworski (MMad). R: Dave Stangel (W), 7.55, Rus s Franken (MBV), Keith Fuerst (AE). PB: Steve Price (MM), 7.35; Frank Loomis (MJ), Steve Graham (GBP). HB : O'Brien, 8.1 U; Jenness, Graham. Tu: Coutley, 8.00; Jim Paquette (MBT). Roger Peters (M).

Green Bay Preble H.S., Wisconsin State Champs out, back walkover, front somi, front handspring, front somi, Ro, ff, layout back.

SH: MIKE STEElE (Sequoia), Jump to double on pommels, side travel , German, uphill side travel, downhill side travel. kehre to pommels, break to back scissors, two front scissors, break to doubles, side travel"dawn, loop off.

R: MIKE WILSON (Encino), Straight body pull to inverted hang , kip to L, hollow back press, bock giant, lower to cross, pull to bock lever, inlocate back uprise, two dislocates, high straddle off.

LH : GARY BUCKMAN (College Park), Handspring from neck.

PB: STEVE BERGLUND: Cast support, straddle to L. stiff arm press, stutz, cast, back uprise, straddle, layaway, front uprise, front somi with V2 twist dismount.

HB: CLARK JOHNSON: Stem to front giants, full twist to Ono, vault, turn hand to frant kip to two front giants, pirouette to two Czech giants, two regular giants, blind change, two front giants, stall, change hands to cast front dismount.

MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Team: Clarenceville (C) 136, North Farmington (NF) 109, Taylor Kennedy (TK) 108, Ionia (I) 36.5, Allen Park (AP) 35.5, Alpena (A) 32.5, Hillsdale (H) 9, Taylor Center (TC) 8, Flat Rock 7.5, Portage Northern 7, Ann Arbor Pioneer 6, Wyoming Rogers 5, Portage Central 4. AA: Barry Frechette (C) 37.825, Bob Sexton (TK) 32.525, Ken Luegge (PN) 32.50. LH: Terry Boys (NF) 8.55, Rick Fredrick (C) 8.35, Frechette 8.225. HB: Howard Welsh (A) 8.25, Sexton 7.4, Dove Purdy (NF) 7.35. FX: Boys 7.95, TedOrtwine (NF) 7.5, Rick Restaino (TK) 7.0. Tr: Mike Kistler (I) 8.45, Mike Lesser (NF) 7.45 and Jerry Gauthier (AP) 7.45. SH : Joe Tramai (TK) 6.4: tie between Don Waybright (HT) and 10m Paulson (C) 6.10. Tu: Dan Witz (A) 7.2, Fredrick 6.4, Fred Gorton (TC) 6.3. R: Frechette (CL) 7.00, Dole General (NF) 6.10, Mike McCamnon (C) 5.85. PB : Frechette 4.3 5, Witz 5.9, tie between Roger Tolzdorf (A) and Boys 5.15.

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(n, 7; Wichita Southeast (WSE), 6; Washburn-Topeka (W), 3; Kingman, Topeka West, Wichita East and Wichita West, 1.

FX: Steve Schuman (Ml); Mike Thomas (51); Alan Burke (WH). SH: Jesse Serrano (WS) & Lorry Estes (l), Marc Joseph (L). H: Tom Yother (l); Cliff Nelson (5); Tom Mc Gill (WS). LH: Jim Norris (5); Ron Ewing (l); Mike Bockus (l). PB: Marc Joseph (L); John Burrows (WS); Evan Olson (5). R: Gory Fino (M); Mike Thomas (5); Sid Mead (WS). T: Jerry Meldrum (HPJ; Steve Schuman (Ml); Alan Burke (WH).

NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 7,8, 1969 Lincoln High School

by THOMAS SITZMAN, North H.S., Omaha Twenty-three schools qualified boys in the district meets held the week before. Lincoln Southeast was the team champion, scoring 1 21 .0 to runner-up Lincoln High 's 67.5.

The AA was won by sophomore Gene Mackie of Omaha Creighton Prep, followed by two seniors from the state champion Southeast team.

An important change was agreed upon for the 1969-70 season. Gymnastics will move from a winter sport to a fall sport. The coaches hope to gain several ends through this move, the gymnasiums are freer, and workouts may proceed without interference from basketball practices. It allows the boy who is a swimmer or wrestler and who is too small for football a chance to work another sport. The wrestling mots will be available for floor exercise.

AA: (Note, there is no LH in Nebraska AA) Gene Mackie (CP) 30.60, Happy Botten (Se) 30.25, Alex Gerard (Se) 29.70. FX: Jeff Johnson (Lincoln) 7.95, Paul Hearty (CP) 7.60, tie between Botten and Jm Gump (Lin) 7.10. Tr: Ted Kimball (Se) 8.35, Botten (7.85, Lorry West (Ne) 7.40. SH: Rick Yates (Se) 8.1 5, Bill Teichert (North Platte) 7.90, Steve Wilke (Beatrice) 7.15. HB : Botten 8.00, Gerard 7.50, Russell Spadt (Lin) 7.25. PB: Jerry Aquila (Omaha Benson) 7.85, Russ Severn (Ne) 7.0, Chet Porter (CP) 6.8. R: Gerard 7.90, Botten 7.00, Mackie 6.80. Tu: Johnson 8.05, Bob Mitchell (Se) 7.25, Lorry Dussault (Omaha Central) 7.20.

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NCllndividual Events:

FX: McClaren (DeAnza), Johnson (DeAnza), Dudley (Encino). SH: Steele (Sequoia), Morimoto (Aragon), Crall DeAnza). R: Wilson (Encino), Johnson, Harrold. LH: Buckman (College Park), McClaren, Johnson. PB: Berglund (Encino), Johnson, Harrold. HB: Johnson, tie between Barnwell (College Park) and Means (Oakland).

Winning Routines : FX: Robbie McClaren (DeAnza), Ro, ff, full, bock roll extension with V2 turn in handstand, front handspring, front handspring, Swedish fall, front splits, bent arm press, step14

Region 5 - Iowa State Unjll., Kansas, Mis路 souri, Nebraska. North . Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota.

1969 KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM: Lawrence (l), 113; Wichita South (WS), 103, Salina (S), 61; Medicine Lodge (Ml), 37; Seaman-Topeka (51), 35; Wichita Heights (WH), 27; Olathe (0), 25, Highland Park-Topeka (HP), 18; Manhattan (M), 11 ; Topeka

Region 6 - Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas:

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7.65, Gordon Jones (Kent) 7.575. SH: Steve Brouillette (Lake Wash.) 7.225, Mark Patterson (Ren) 6.725 , Chad Fugata (Ken) 6.075. HB: Brad King (Cascade) 7.5, Don Hunter (Cos) 7.075 , Elverum 6.525. PB : Terry Kelly (Lewis & Clark) 7.075, Dorrell Bossert (Cos) 6.85 , Paul Scott (Kent) 6.775 .

A: Jones 7.275 , Carl Kaiyala (Nathan Hole) 7.225, King 6.775 . Tr: Bare 7.55, Mike Collier (Lake Wash.) 7.4, Gory Clauson (W. Brem) 7.125. LH : Jeff Evans (lnglemoor) 8.80, Dole Burson (Not. Hole) 8.375, Dwane Edwards (Everett) 8.325 . lu : Bore 7.45, Case (Newport) 6.9, Paul Jansen (Ken) 6.725 .

OREGON HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 14, 15, 1969 McArthur Court, Eugene, Oregon

by MICKEY CHAPLAN

Region 7 - Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming.

COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS May 17, 1969 Aurora High School Winning their first state championship in the 23-year history of the Colorado state high school gymnastic championships, Ranum High School also collected the highest point total, 176.05, in the history of the meet. Ranum's top performer, Mark Graham, earned firsts in FX, Tr and Tu, while his teammates took home 10 additional place awards.

The all-around was won by a Colorado Springs gymnast, Steve Hoit, with a total of 46.75. The Wasson High athlete edged Jefferson's Kerry Cassuto by a mere .15 while Ranum's John Pellikan and Graham were third and fourth.

Top high bar performer Rich Danley of Westminster failed to qualify for the finals following a measure of con fusion over the use of a crash mot. East Denver's Felton Johnson performed a near-perfect yamashita with half twist to claim the long horse event.

Team standings: Ranum (R) 1 76.05, Wasson (Wa) 166.10, Westminster (Wm) 160.05, Arapahoe (A) 156.25, Denver East (DE) 152.65, Palmer (P) 151 .95, Jefferson (J) 150.65, Denver North (DN) 145.80, Kennedy (K) 144.2 5. AA: Steve Hoit (Wa) 46.75, Kerry Cassuto (J) 45.60, John Pellikan (R) 44.30. FX : Mark Graham (R) 8.525, Pellikan 8.425, Myron Tucker (R) 8.375. SH : 8ruce Metcalfe (Lincoln) 8.275, G. Attleson (Alameda) 7.35, Hoit 6.90. Tr: Graham 8.85, Stan Curnow (K) 8.65, Pellikan 8.175. HB: Cassuto 8.225, tie between Hoit and Chuck Parker (P) 8.00. LH : Felton Johnson (DE) 8.975, Cassuto 8.95, Graham 8.3 25. PB : Rick Fitzgerald (Wm) 8.075, Cassuto 8.00, Rick Barcelon (P) 7.925. R: Dorrell Auld (AO) 8.625, Lyle Hileman (K) 8.25, Hoit 8.025. Tu : Graham 8.40, Johnson 8.175, Tucker 7.875.

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Region 8 - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Idaho, Or~gon. Washington.

WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS May 23, 24,1969 Washington State University

by REX DAVIS , Meet Director Over 100 competitors took port in the 1969 Washington State High School Championships hosted this year by Washington State University. Three regional meets were held a week earlier to determine qualifiers for the state meet.

The level of competition was good this year, with several fine individual performers leading the way. Top performer of the meet was Kirt Bare of Kennewick High School, who earned first places in three events, FX, Tu and Tramp. The all-around champion was Gordon Jones of Kent High School with a score of 41.45.

Kennewick High School was the team champion this year with a score of 152.70, followed by Kent with 139.66, West Bremerton with 135.51 and Renton with 98.38.

FX: Kirt Bore (Ken) 7.725, Dove Elverum (Shorecrest)

Kennwick High School, Washington State Chomps.

The most interesting things to be noted about high school gymnastics in this state are the strong organization, the great number (and, surprisingly, the quality) of high school gymnasts and the addition of some devices with re ally enhanced gymnastics for spectators as well as the competing gymnasts. These devices include (1 ) elimination of zone deductions on vaulting for men, (2) addition of the all-around performer's score to the team score, and (3) having both men's and women's gymnastics teams in the high schools. Considering the results of a year's experimentation with (1) , it might be worth considering for the rest of the coun try. The second device encourages a team to develop a good six-event all-around man since his score counts twice for the team. The third device is probably the most healthy advance in high school gymnastics that I have ever seen. i.lthough dual meets become longer and there exists in many places a lock of qualified women coaches and judges, the end result of this device is gymnasts who try harder, bigger audiences for gymnastic meets with much more spi rit and a much brighter appearance in workout raoms.

In both team divisions (men and wanen), South Eugene was first, David Douglas second and Corvallis third. The winning and second-place routines speak adequately for the quality of performances. Good form and tricks but poor technique in many places characterized the meet; nevertheless, the first and second place finishers on the rings worked as well as any high school ring men I have ever seen, and the first and second finishers in the women's 011around - Judy Shi rk of South Eugene and Jayne Hamilton of David Douglas - looked like real women gymnpsts with the style and composu re one would expect from them.

The men's all-around winners were Eric Nickerson of South Eugene, Bob Montgomery of "Corva llis and David Douglas.

Eric Nickerson, South Eugene HS., Oregon State All Around Chomps.

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Jim Iversom: Westminster. Cast catch, swing hand, backover, cast, straddle cut L, planche, layaway, frontuprise, swing pirouette, back off.

R: Jerry Iverson: Westminster. Inlocate, inlocate handstand, % back giant to cross, L pullout, hollowback press to handstand, back uprise to cross, dislocate, high straddle off.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS FINALS OAKLAND ATHLETIC LEAGUE

AA:' Tony Lopez (Sky); D. Maxton (Sky); K. Means (Sky). FX: M. Sutherland (Sky); K. Hollis (F); T. Nora. SH: D. Lee (F); R. Hatfield (C); G. Taniguchi (Sky). R: R. Wright (Sky); T. Horton (Sky); tie between R. Thompson (C) and T. Lopez (Sky).

LH : J. Semmens (Sky); R. Thompson (C); R. Leon. PB: Tony Lopez (Sky); D. Maxton (Sky); K. Hansen (Sky). HB: T. Lopez (Sky); D. Maxton (Sky); K. Means (Sky).

Team : Skyline 1 28.34, Castlemont 101 .1 0, Oakland 98.06, Fremont 96.31.

DIABLO VALLEY ATHLETIC LEAGUE Team: College Park, Ygnacio Valley, Mt. Diablo, Pacifica.

AA: All-Around: Tim Niles (yv), Bill Barnwell (CP), Steve Cox (yV). FX : Floor Exercise: Bill Barnwell (CP), Gary Buckman (CP), tie between Andy Alexander (CP) and Steve Box (yV). SH : Bob Penny (MD), Larry Delucchi (yV), Dan McDernid (CP). R: Tim Niles (YV), Marty Gerber (MD), Buckman (CP). LH: Tim Niles (YV), Buckman (CP), Mark Sweeney (yV). PB : Tim Niles (YV), Roger Schuman (yV), tie between Bill Barnwell (CP) and Mark White (CP). HB: Barnwell, Niles, Frank Yuhre (MD).

MPAL Conference Team: Aragon, San Mateo, Hillsdale, Capachino, Mills.

AA: Joe Fee (A), Tom Sweeney (SM), Kim Kludt (Hi). FX: Sweeney, Kurt Kuykendall (Hi), Kludt. SH : Frank Morimoto (Al, Bruce Frenzel (Hi), Morgan Hoff (Hi). R: Steve Yamaguma (SM), Fee, Frenzel. LH: J. Fee, Lydon, Dan Miller (Cap).

PB: Fee, Sweeney, Klundt. HB: Fee, Sweeney, tie between Lydon and Bob Metter (A).

SPAL Conference AA: Larry Castle (SC), Mike Steele (Seq), Chris O'Hanlon (PA)_ FX: Castle, Rick Stephenson (SC), Andy Boyette (PA).

SH : Mike Steele (Seq), Bill Gruber (PA), Mitch Castle (SC).

R: Castle, O'Honlon, Tom Weeden (Carl). LH : Bill Gruber, O'Hanlon, tie between Boyette and Steele. PB: Steele, Gruber, Castle. HB: Castle, Jim Barrett (SC), O'Honlon.

Tean : Palo Alto 134, San Carlos 128, Sequoia 100, Carlmont 33.

MAVERICK DIVISION Team: Encino 141.75, DeAnza 132.04, Mission San Jose 109.83, Berkeley High 105.93, Homestead High 96.99, Alisol High 74.90, No. Salinas 52.85.

AA: Clark Johnson (D), Steve Berglund (E), Robbie McClaren (D), Chris Harold (E). FX: Johnson, McClaren, Dudley Toccoy (E). SH : McClaren, Toccoy, John Chew (B). R: Mike Wilson (E), Johnson, Harrold (E). LH: McClaren, Harrald, Berglund.

PB : Clark Johnson, Steve Berglund, tie between Robbie McClaren and Chris Harrold. HB: Clark Johnson, Chris Harrold, Robert Harden (B).

DIVISION II FINALS AA: Joe Fee (A), Tom SNeeney (SM), Larry Castle (SC). FX: Castle, Kurt Kuydendoll (H), tie between Sweeney and Randy Piasontin (SM). SH: Mike Steele (S), Frank Morimoto (A), Morgan Hoff (H). R: Steve Yamaguma (SM), Joe Fee, Bruce Frenzel (H). LH: Randy Lydon (SM), Bill Gruber (S), Chris O'Honlon (PA). PB: Tom SNeeney (SM), Joe Fee, Bill Gruber. HB: Joe Fee, Larry Castle, Randy Lydon.

DIVISION I FINALS Team : College Park 103, Skyline 90, Ygnacio Valley 48Y" Mt. Diablo 31 V"~ Fremont 25.

FX: Bill Barn SH: Don Lee (F), Bob Penny (MD), Larry Delucchi (yV). R: Randy Wright (S), Ted Horton (5), Gary Buckman (CP). LH : Gary Buckman (CP), Mark Sweeney (YV), Andy Alexander (CP). PB: Tony Lopez (S), Dan Maxton (S), Bill Barnwell (CP). HB : Bill Barnwell (CP), Tony Lopez (S), Kirk Means (S).

Westminster High, under the leadership of Mr. George Beckstead, compiled 29Y, points to win the 1969 championship. Lakewood High, the 1968 champion, was second.

Outstanding performances were turned in by Jim McFaul and Jerry Iverson, both of Westminster, in leading their team to victory.

Jim Cole of Wilson, although failing to place first in any event, nevertheless won the individual championship_ Probably the two strongest events of the evening were FX where the difference between first and fifth was just a matter of tenths and high bar where the competition was outstanding. The importance of the meet and the路 caliber of the performance was evident as over 20 top coaches from throughout the country were in attendance.

Team: Westminster (W) 29Y" Lakewood (L) 19, Wilson (Wi!) 1 6, EI Rancho (ER) 1 2, Millikan (M) 11 , Baldwin Park (BP) 6Y" Corona del Mar (CDM) 6, South Torrance (ST) 5, Son Gabriel 4, Poly 4, Montebello 3, South Hills 2, Anaheim 2. High Point Man: Jim Cole (Wi!) 11 , Jim McFaul (W) 10, Jerry Iverson (W) 9.5. FX: McFaul 17.7, Jeff Walder (CDM) 1 7.20, Bob Brum (L) 1 7.1. SH: R. Neuner (ER) 1 7.1, G. Seymour (W) 16.7, M. Loebel (L) and D. Marchi (Wil) 16.6. R: Iverson 1 7.4, G. Nelson (ER) and R. Barba (ER) 1 7.1 . LH : (4 vault total) R. Leavenworth (L) 35.0, Cole 33.8, D. Freeland (Poly) 33.6. PB: G. Pike (L) and Iverson 1 7.0, Cole 16.6.

HB: B. Beach (ST) 17.3, Cole 17.2, C. Waid (W) 17.0. Tu: McFaul 17.3, S. Gerlock (M) 1 7.2, C. Hartell (M) 16.9. Rope : all tied at 3.6 seconds: McDermid (Ml, Chris Guzman (Mont), M. Frowiss (L), P. Ralston (W) and W. Feinberg (BP).

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Jim McFaul: Westminster. Roundoff, back handspring, full, bock handspring step out, Y, turn Swedish fall, turn to splits, stiff-stiff press to hands.tand, stepdown. Roundoff, back handspring, Arabian Diveroll, reverse pirouette. Front handspring. front, prone fall, stepup to two-legged valdez.

Roundoff, back handspring, pike Arabian, straddle rollout, lower to Jap splits, back extn. roll. Y, turn, roundoff back handspring, pike.

LH: Randy Leavenworth. Lakewood High. Hecht and Yamashita.

HB: Bill Beach. South Torrance. Olympic cast, Stalder, pirouette, giant, regular grip Stalder, giant, whip-shange, giant, shoot to Eagles, hop to backs, pirouette, immediate hip circle to immediate back kip, German giant, disengage, flange, giant, flyaway.

Tu : Jim McFaul: Westminster. 1. Ro, bh, full, bh , fh full. 2.

Front, front handspring, front, front handspring, front. 3.

Front, ro, bh,whipover, bh, bh, full.

SH: Rich Neuner: EI Rancho. Moore to moore, back Moore down, Moore uphill, Russian in the middle, 1 bock scisso rs, 3 front scissors, tra veldown.

PB: Gary Pike: Lakewood. Underbor cast to L, stiff-stiff to hand, back over, drop-cast, straddle catch L, press to planche, loyback, front uprise, hand, stitz layaway, front uprise, front off.

1969 CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS May 9, 1969 San Gabriel High School

by FRED E. MARQUEZ, Meet Manager San Gabriel High School was the scene of the largest crowd ever to watcha CIF Southern section gymnastics championship - 1500!

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C. I.F. Finals

Pete Paulson, Talft, Los Angeles City High Point Man.

LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS May 29, 1969 Cal State - Los Angeles Following the 1968 debacle in which sophomore Steve Hug singlehandedly led his winless Chatsworth High team to the city championship, LA City coaches devised a procedure to prevent such future occurrences. (It must be noted that even Makoto Sakamoto did not rate such measures.)

Ironically, the new rule left Taft, a loser to Chatsworth in a dual meet when Hug (out with a broken elbow for city) was healthy, out in the cold for team honors, even though they led all schools with the number of qualifiers into the individual finals.

The dual meet for the championship carried elements of NCAA-type competition into the finals except that the team scoring was done on the outmoded 5-4-3-2-1 basis. (We say outmoded, for LA is a hotbed of gymnastic enterprise except when it comes to rules changes, the current season marking the first - and hopefully not the .last - of such signs of progress.) In the finals the Vikings of Monroe, coached by Les Sasvary,met University High, coached by Duane LaRue, and roundly defeated them, 72Y,-47Y,. Simultaneously, the individual event championships were contested, with Taft's Peter Paulson coming up with 13Y, points to edge teammate Murray Kephart for high-point man. Interestingly, if the old scoring system had been used, Monroe would have beaten Taft by just 1 Y, points.

Contestants from the San Fernando Valley area earned 32 of a possible 40 trophies. Rope climbers Bill Freeman of Toft and Marty Silverman of Monroe tied for first at 3.4 seconds. Kephart won the free exercise while Paulson displayed one of the best individual routines in winning horizontal bar. Monroemen Brad Horowitz (PBl, Rob Rockafellow (R) and Brian Kolb (SH) accounted for other Volley firsts. Fairfax' Maurice Klieman took the vault while Dorsey's George Lee won tumbling as the only first-place winners from "the other side."

There are nearly 50 high schools competing in the Los Angeles City Gymnastic program. There are eight leagues, with six schools to a league. The league winners and elimination champs were: Eastern, Huntington Park; East Valley, Grant; Marine, Narbonne; Mid-Valley, Monroe; Northern, Belmont; Southern, Fremont; West Valley, Chatsworth; Western, University. Quarterfinals: Gront, Monroe, Fremont, University.

Semifinals: Monroe, University. Final : Monroe, 72Y,; University, 47Y,.

High Point : Peter Paulson (Taft), 13 V,; Murray Kephart (Taft), 12Y,; Joe Greblo (Monroe), 8. Rope : Bill Freeman (Taft) and Martin Silverman (Monroe), 3.4 sec.; Stephen (Continued on Page 27)

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STEVE HUG

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ByKENSAKODA andSTEVELERNER Age 17 Ht. 5'5" Wt. 127 lb.

High School: Chatsworth High School (Los Angeles area) Honors: 1967 U.S. Pan路Am team qualifier; 1967 member of U.S. Pre-Olympic Games team; 1968, Los Angeles City High Point Man, first on FX, SH, PB, 2nd on HB, 3rd Tu.; 1968, U.S. team member in Junior International Invitational in Mexico City; 1968, U.S. Olympic Team Member.

How did you get started in gymnastics; why did you choose it?

When I was in the fifth grode, I used to play in the bar-pits at a nearby iuniar high school. Then it was a slow process, you know, going 'in the gym instead of the bar-pits. I started with knee circles and knee giants.

What happened when you got into high school?

I iust played in the bar-pits in elementary school.

By the time I got to iunior high, I sorta grew outa that. I started working out at the other events. I started tumbling while I was still in the bar-pits.

About the seventh grade or so, I tried parallel bars and side horse, and those are the events I competed in at first. Rings and long horse are the last events I picked up. In the eighth grade I started working the all-around really seriously with the goal in mind to be on all-around gymnast.

Since you used to work trampoline and tumbling, what opinions do you hold regarding those events?

I think tumbling has its place fairly well in free ex, but the trampoline is completely different. I don't know . . . I'm not sure the all-around performer should be in it, but I think it belongs in international competition. I think they are really degrading it in this country. I think it's a great event, and they are trying to kill it.

What do you think of the current U.S. high school program?

For better international teams, it's obvious that the coaches should stress all-around and basic tricks. A lot of coaches, and it's been repeated over and over, but they still don't do it ... maybe they have free ex in Illinois by now, but things like that are sort of unbelievable.

What are your reasons for going to Japan next year?

Doesn't this reflect your opinion of U.S. high school gymnastics?

I'm going on a high school exchange program.

I'm not saying that high school gymnastics are better there because I don't know. But I do know that the best gymnasts right now are coming out of Japan. I'm going over there to find out what I can do. I'll probably be working out with the best gymnasts every day ... I'm not going over there for the high school gymnastics because I won 't even be working out at the high school I go to.

In your past, how important have your coaches been?

Very important. Back in the bar-pits, when I was in iunior high, a guy named Larry Bridges sort of started teaching me to do parallel bars. That's one stage. Rusty Rock started taking me to the gym and working out with him. That wa s getting an idea of what college gymnastics was like. Then Art Shurlock started teaching me things with the Olympics in mind. Those three have really been the main three coaches.

It seems to be difficult for a coach to walk into a gym and make a gymnast do even one routine. What makes you different? Why have you applied yourself?

This reason I do routines (is] I iust want to see myself how good I can do 'em. To see if I can do it better than I ever could before. To see if I can reach the high score each time I do it. It's like competing in a meet. There's a time for everything; routines aren't good the year 'round. There's refining of cer-

One of the outstanding high school gymnasts in the country, Steve Hug came into national prominence two years ago when at the age of I 5 he qualified into the U.S. trials to select the Pan-American team. Since then, he has reached perhaps the peak of his career when he earned a place on the U.S. Olympic team and ranked third among the U.S. entries. Associate MG EditorKen Sakoda interviewed Steve at the Los Angeles City Championships where he had been expected to retain' his 1968 title until he suffered a broken arm in the World Cup competition. tain parts; the trends always seem to be changing.

The latest seems to be working routines for a lot of endurance about a month before and then breaking it down to the parts.

How often do you work your routines?

For a big meet, anywhere from a month or two before a meet, I start preparing routines. Side horse routines I usually do the year 'round, but that's the only event that really needs it.

How do you structure a workout?

Warmup starts off by running around the gym, trying to build up a sweat and then trying to keep that sweat by constant movement. Stretching iust trying to loosen up all parts. The more I stretch, the more muscles I have loosened up, the better the workout is.

Do you work every event every day?

Yes, I try to touch every event every day. But I usually put more on one event than the others.

What do you do during the summer months?

Every summer's a little different. This summer I'll be going, hopefully, to Japan. Last summer I worked out at Southern Illinois. I work out year 'round. It's been the same pace ever since the Pan Am trials.

How do you like the pressure of international competitions, especially while you're still going to high s.chool?

The pressure doesn't bother me. I iust don't like what I'm learning in high school. I think I can get more out of other books than high school. For me, I don't like it.

I know you are being approached by a lot of college coaches. What are you looking for in a college?

I'm not sure what I want to maior in in college yet. I'll probably be a coach after I get through competing. The idea now is iust to go to college and learn what I want to learn and learn as much of it as I can and compete for another 10 years or so.

It's mainly a learning thing ; for coaching ... a person who knows what he's doing.

If you were a coach and looking back, what line or pro gression would you advise a new kid to start? When's a good age to start?

Maybe, the same age I was - 10 years old. Start

out with free exereise, tumbling, maybe stress a little more flexibility. Then I thought flexibility was being able to do the splits; that was about it - you were flexible if you were able to do that. How about strength? No, I think that strength comes from working the apparatus and that should be a little bit later.

Do you agree with the present trend to de-emphasize the specialist?

The reason why a lot of people do it is because a lot of people can't work all around. You know, don't have the body to do it. A lot of guys iust never could work side horse, no matter how they tried.

Some guys are tall; they can't even swing on the high bar. There are a lot of people, though, who are specialists who could be great all-araund men, but like the program in high school, they iust don't stress it.

I think the specialist has a place; it's up to the person. If he wants to be a specialist, why push him into something he doesn't want to do? He should be restricted internationally because it is iust too difficult to have an international meet with specialists. I haven't seen any specialists in our country who could beat the top gymnasts. I haven't seen anybody who could beat any of the Japanese on high bar, parallel bars or rings; none of these events could be touched by anybody in this country. Everybody says we could put our specialists in ... they couldn't do it except on side horse, maybe.

Do you think that gymnastic will ever become a real popular spectator sport?

I don't see why it isn't. It's kind of hard to explain gymnastics to everybody. I can see people not wanting to see bad gymnastics, but I can't see why people wouldn't want to see good gymnastics. I don't know if it will grow though. Trampoline is good for the audiences. I think one way they could get gymnastics going a little more . . . is some kind of a movie. You know I saw some kind of experimental film on sky-diving. I think that sort of thing on gymnastics would be really great and that would really get the interest. I think somebody could make a simply fantastic film on gymnastics and present it to the public.

Do you think that top gymnasts like those from Russia and Japan coming over here and performing as at the World Cup, do you think that will help its popularity?

Without a doubt. It'll build up the popularity, and it'll help the gymnasts see what good gymnastics is now. I think the gymnasts should not try to be exactly like the Japanese or the Russians; they should try to develop as best they can by using their own methods. They shouldn't try to copy is what I'm saying. There's not enough emphasis on fundamentals or flexibility.

How far away to you think the U.S. is from being a top international gymnastic power?

I think they should try to be the best. You can't say the Japanese are physically better than us, that iust because they're so small that is the reason they can do it .... We beat 'em in every other sport, and we can do it in gymnastics, too, if we iust apply our knowledge of it to the schools. I think some coaches are changing right now but not enough (of them].

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the hardest workers in the gymnasium.

Are you flipping more now and enjoying it less? Are you compulsive? Examine your motives ... do you really want to do gymnastics?

Are you trying too hard? Is it fun for you?

Where are your goals? Are they realistic? Do you believe you can win? Recommended reading: Psycho-cybernetics - Maxwell Maltz, M.D.

THE THRILL-SEEKING TRICK THROWER

GYMNASTIC TYPES DAN J. MILLMAN Gymnastics Coach Stanford University Included in the conglomerate category of "gymnast" reside a number of diffe rent characters. These varied personalities have one thing in common, a positive feeling for gymnastics, ranging from a mild attraction to a fanatical preoccupation. You and I, of course, are in the middle.

Most of us, at one time or another, have wondered , "What makes us persevere through exhaustion, danger, ripped palms and aching shins - what makes us work hours a day , working at the most involved, complicated, fru strating sport man ever had the temerity to invent ?"

We may have come up with the " kook theory ," the idea that all devoted gymnasts have borderline-pathological motivations for pur~ u颅 ing the long path to excellence. "Only some kind of nut would work for years in gymnastics when he could play games like baseball or golf and maybe even get rich going professional later." Many gymnasts we all know serve as living evidence of the kook theory. Yet many stable, mild-mannered gymnasts throw that theory out of whack.

What's it all abollt, Alfie? Is there a single reason we pursue this sport? What follows is perhaps a partial answer to the question.

Below are listed five "types" of gymnast.

Each of these types is classified according to his motivations for going into gymnastics.

The five categories are probably not all inclusive ; the reader may have a motivation all his own . . . or perhaps he falls partially into each.

This guy is a gas to have around. It would seem that his primary goal in gymnastics is to scare himself and everyone in the vicinity as he attempts stunts he isn't quite ready for. He tries some moves no one is ready for. And he usually succeeds! Gymnastics is his stage, his trial, his means to keep life exciting. Life is a game of " dare." When not in the gymnasium, he may be sky-diving or out on his motorcycle climbing hills.

He keeps workouts exciting but rarely makes a significant contribution to meet scores because routines generally aren't his "bag." Nor is technique, nor form, nor style.

The trick thrower is having a great time ; he has no problems gymnastically speaking. ~t's nice to have one of these around ... if he survives four years of college.

are psychological basketcases. Though the descriptions have been worded strongly, these gymnasts are generally very likable fellows and contribute a great deal to the team. They are fiercely motivated. Every well-balanced team should have one or two of each. The compulsive gymnast shows what hard work means, the thrill-seeking trick thrower reminds us that daring is a part of gymnastics, and the partial gymnast is exciting to watch in meets.

Let's look at two more positive types.

THE CONSTRUCTIVE GYMNAST This student of gymnastics generally meets with near 9.0 success. He's found more among the specialists or two event men than the allaround because he's not particularly dedicated.

However, because he has no conflicting motivations, his pleasant, relaxed, goal-oriented workouts generally send him well along the path of success. He is usually a consistent performer who gradually improves.

He works gymnastics because it's a constructive, productive thing to do. He finds it a physical challenge that complements his intellectual endeavors. Gymnastics helps him to stay flexible, fit and strong. He enjoys doing things that most other people can't do. His motivations are surer and more long-lasting, not dependerlt on external variables such as size of crowd.

THE PARTIAL GYMNAST

THE ARTIST

Here is a young man who works gymnastics to help support a faltering ego. Gymnastics to him is an audience, female smiles , virility and applause. He's desperately trying to prove something ... that he's"not weak or small that he 's better than dad or brother. Through gymnastics he gains acceptance. All too often this "athlete will generalize his gymnastics prowess into the unrealistic concept, " I'm a great person."

He is easy to recognize. He's often the man who "turns on" in front ofa "crowd. He performs more for the audience than for the judges. He has elements of the compulsive gymnast and elements of the thrill-seeking trick thrower. He would rather almost hit a very difficult routine than perfect a stock one. This individual has difficulty doing repetitive routines in practice unless there is an audience, for which the coach suffices nicely.

Thus far, it may seem that many gymnasts

He is a rare bird. He is an artist first, a gymnast second. Gymnastics to him is a way oflife, not merely a means to an end. He has chosen a creative endeavor where he can pursue perfection in a manner best suited to his temperament.

He works regularly, diligently and in a serious fashion; gymnastics is no game to him. Yet he enjoys his work; he loves it above all else and is not disillusioned by predictions that he must one day go on to something "better. " Not all of the top gymnasts in the world are artists, but if you look carefully , that is where you can find them, at the top. The artist is the ideal mixture of healthy drive and ability.

It is rare that any gymnast falls completely into one category or another. I n fact, categories don't exist . .. continuums exist, upon which we superimpose frames of reference.

Most of us have elements of all the five types of gymnasts. And we should, for that is one of the things that makes our sport so interesting.

THE COM~ULSIVE GYMNAST Here is a fellow with some conflicts! He has a relatively large amount of masochism and generally exercises guilts and builds a sense of manhood with every torn palm with every cracked shin. If he stubs his toe, he climbs back on the horse with tears in his eyes, but if you listen closely, you can almost hear him say under his breath, "Aaahh!"

You can recognize the compulsive gymnast easily. He's the athlete who rarely smiles or shows satisfaction. If he does poorly, he unmercifully castigates himself. If he does well, "he could have done better. " This gymnast isn't sure why he's doing gymnastics ; he 's motivated more by the whip behind him than the carrot in front. He's fleeing from failure rather than pursuing success. He knows only that he "should路' be doing gymnastics. Because of his unstable motivations, he usually performs poorly in competition, even though he is always among 20

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FROM THE HUB

By BILL ROETZHEIM Gymnastic Coach University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus After a one-year departure from the typewriter, I thought I would take up where I left of! I will be a regular contributor to the M .G . but probably not on a monthly basis. I have been associated with high school gymnastics for so many years that I will continue placing the emphasis at that level. My material will be aimed at news happenings and instructional materials that will interest this group of gymnastic fans.

If your high school is engaged in a project that maybe interesting at the national level or your area is promoting some aspect of our sport, drop me a line and I will incorporate it into my next article. This would also hold rrUB of a specific skill you are having difficulty teaching.

I believe the proper place to begin this instructional column is with a trick that is rather a simple skill but one that is consistently poorly performed at the high school level. The trick is路 the straddle dismount on the still rings. Recognizing the beauty involved in executing any dismount that goes upward judges feel dismounts must rise , and the high straddle certainly meets this qualification. To me it's sickening to watch a good high school gymnast perform an elegant ring routine and then ruin this creation with a low whipped cutoff.

Maybe I should have started even further back for a great deal of the success in executing the high straddle must be credited to a good dislocate. It's a funny thing, a dislocate is one of the first tricks learned and yet very few gymnasts can do a good dislocate. This is quite sad , for it is this primary skill that is responsible for the proper execution of so many advanced tricks on the rings. I'm not going to teach a dislocate in this issue , but let me say that in order to get a good straddle, the performer must have an explosive dislocate. By this I mean , from the kip position , the gymnast must drive up and out with such force that his shoulders rise to a height equal to or above the rings. I can best explain and describe this trick as originating in the kip position , and from there execute a dynamic back kip immediate cast back (lay away). The arms must be kept st;-aight and the second phase of this stunt must look like and feel like the dropping motion experienced when performing a giant on the rings.

Picture # I was taken a trifle late. The gymnast has already started downward, but notice the height of his upper legs, and also even at this point 'his shoulders are only slightly below the rings. The arms are straight, and from the position shown in picture I, they are driven sideward and forward , and simultaneously the body is pushed rearward to gain total extension. This extended position must be hit while the body is as high as possible, thus giving the performer maximum speed and power as he drops.

In picture #4 the gymnast has reached the top of his height Notice his body position in relationship to the buckles. At this point he also pushes the rings to the rear out of the way of his falling body.

The stretched position of the body is maintained until the feet pass a point approx imatel y under the rings where you begin a piking action (see picture 2). Although the piking movement is performed well in picture 2, the forms leaves much to be desired. The tendency to bend the legs at this point is natural (to shorten the arc of the circle) and must constantly be guarded against.

Along with this piking action the rings are turned and drawn to the waist where you begin a continuous hard-pulling motion along the body towards the head (see picture 3). I've seen coaches tell their gymnasts to 'think of a shoot handstand or try and shoot away from the rings , but I have had the best luck telling them to turn the rings and pull as hard as they can, bringing the rings to the chest.

In picture #5 the rings have drifted well out of his way, and he is just beginning to lift with the head in order to bring the upper body around, This phase of the stunt can be made beautiful by popping an arch , which will give the appearance of greater height, control and artistic interpretation.

It's almost ~s easy to lift a straddle as it is to "sling" one off the rings and what a difference it will make in your performer's score!

(Editor: This is the first of a quarterly series which Bill will be contributing to the Modern Gymnast. Bill Roetzheim was a member of the 1948 and 1950 Olympic teams and coached at Proviso East High School in Illinois prior to joining the University of Illinois' Chicago campus. He chose the series title , "From the Hub," because of its association with the Chicago Circle Campus of the University of Illinois and because it also reflects the geographic position of the Chicago area in relation to the rest of the country. Readers wishing to contact Bill about his features should address him at the Intercollegiate Athletic Department, University (If !IIinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, !IIinois 60680) .

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COPA de LAS AMERICAS Report By JERRY WRIGHT

UNITED STATES NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS America's Cup Northwestern State College Natchitoches, La. June 6-7, 1969 In spite of the fact that a trip to Mexico City was apparently still in doubt. 9 male gymnasts and four judges convened at Natchitoches, Louisiana, to select a U.S. team to compete in the first Cup of the Americas trials.

Dave Thor commented , in a semi-joking manner, that he hoped the team would get the money to go to Mexico. otherwise he would have to go to work in Natchitoches to get money to go home on , having already paid his own way to the trials. This writer was appalled at the mismanagement of this entire project.

The judges were informed that they could probably count on having their expenses paid one way or another. If there w~s enough money raised to go on to Mexico Expenses to La. would also probably be available. Then after the meet. the judges were told they would not be reimbursed for their one-way to Natchitoches. some $75 to $125 depending on the judge.

The team and the judges did not know for sure they were going to Mexico until just before the final night of competition and they were then informed that they would have only their transportation to and from Mexico taken care of. Room and board. luckily , was to be taken care of by the Mexican authorities-and what a surprise we had in store for us there.

Finally, after all possible sources of revenue raising were exausted unsuccessfully , Tom Maloney talked to Frank Bare and the U.S.G.F. agreed to pay half of the costs if the AAU would pay half. Col. Hull graciously agreed to this after a telephone call.

So much for politics , and on with the competition.

The trials were held on Friday and Saturday evenings with half of the men's events and half of the women's events each night. Friday ran a little long to about 300 spectators and Saturday two events were run' at the same time (staggered) to about 300-400 spectators. The competitors did a great job in spite of the lack of attendance , and as is usually the case, when a small number of people are in a large gym, it is difficult for them to get involved. The attendance here was supposed to bring in enough money to send the team to Mexico. Unfortunately the meet could not be scheduled early enough and most of the students were gone for the summer so that idea did not materialize.

FLOOR EXERCISE : We say generally strong and steady routines lacking in flair, explosion and virtuosity except for Thor and Tickenoff. Thor looked greatly improved over his showing in Long Beach in April. Tickenoff could possibly have used a flexibility move in his routine although not required. Fred Dennis and Rick Tucker were pleasant surprises.

SIDE HORSE: Tickenoffwas possibly overscored here although not one criticism was voiced over the judging the two nights, in fact, 22

Men, Fred Turol!, Paul Tickenoff, Fred Dennis, John Elias, Rick Tucker, Dave Thor, Armando Vega (coach).

it was said that the jUdging of Maloney, Culbertson , Muczyczko and Wright allowed the performers to concentrate on their routines knowing they would get a fair evaluation from the judges.

Loyd suffered a severe loss in this event as he hit the horse and stopped, then came off the horse, losing .4-.5 for the stop and .8 for coming off. Thor scored 9.45 with form breaks on his scissors (his front leg bent very noticably on his forward scissors and hitting the horse breaking into scissors). Dennis and Tucker again looked very good.

STILL RINGS : Fred Dennis was first up and set the example with a 9.4. Thor was clean but short a " B" part and had no " B" hold.

Tickenoff had the same problems. Lloyd was next and did dislocate , dislocate, shoot to handstand- fell out of the handstand immediately ; took an intermediate swing came to an " L" support , tried a press to handstand and fell immediately-gaining no difficult credit; intermediate swing and unable to collect his thoughts he dismounted with dislocate, full twisting fly-a-way. Causing a big problem for the judges. The decision was that he had 3-A , and I-C part : Execution 5.0 Difficulty 1.2 6.2 routine Combination 0.0 from this was deducted the two falls for a total of 1.0 and form breaks of approximately 1.0 and his score was in the area of 4.2 completely eliminating him from the competition. There have been times when a good gymnast could make mistakes like this and still make a team because of a lack of objective judging.

LONG HORSE: On the whole a good display of vaulting especially by Tickenoff and Thor. Dennis had trouble here with two poor vaults. I might mention that those in the competition were Dave Thor, Richard Loyd , John Elias, Richard Tucker, and Paul Tickenoff.

PARALLEL BARS: The entire group presented basically strong routines. Loyd looked especially good in spite of the fact that it would be virtually impossible for him to get back in

the race. Thor mlssea nlS Intended mount and ran into a little trouble trying to do back saIto to handstand but came out ok .

HIGH BAR: This proved to be the best event with Tucker hitrmg a fine routine and finishing with an excellent barani out fliffis dismount. Lloyd looked great and finished with a double fly-a-way. Tickenoff showed a fine hecht dismount. Elias came through in good fashion and had a good hecht dismount (all this in spite of the fact that he had not had a good workout since the U SG F meet in April).

Amerine lost his bid for a trip in this event (seems like this was about the 3rd National Team Jim has missed because of missing his H B routine).

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54.55 53.65 53.25 53.15 52.90 52.90 52.70 52.00 48.95

SELECTION OF A NATIONAL TEAM COACH The following is not intended as a criticism of individuals but as a criticism of a system. Rusty Mitchell, who is first of all highly qualified , apparently was to be the Coach of this team and was to host the final trials , suddenl y found that he was no longer as qualified when he found he could not host the trials.

How come? Armando Vega then became the host and was named the coach while making it clear that if he were being made coach just because he was hosting the meet he would rather not be the coach. This is again nota criticism of individuals and certainly not a criticism of Rusty of Armando but of a system which allows things like this to happen. Actually there could not be a more logical choice for

Dave Thor

coach than Armando because in addition to the fact that there could probably not be a better coach found he also speaks Spanish fluently .

The criticism here is that a selection procedure of this nature holds up innocent people to possible criticism and ridicule and it should not be. National coaches should be selected well in advance and coaching abilit y should be the prime factor for consideration.

MEXICO CITY JUNE 12-15, 1969 Little did the U.S. group know it but the problems of rais ing money to get to Mexico proved to be a small matter compared to what came up after arriving in Mexico.

The U.S. group was met at the airport by two Mexican officials and some photographers and after that everything went from bad to worse (except for the conduct and performance of the U.S. Men 's and Women 's tea ms which was absolutely remarkable).

The hotel (?) we were 路 quartered in , was abandoned by Pancho Villa as a fire trap and s hould have been on quarantine because it was an absolute disgrace causing this writer to feel that an official apology is in order. The U.S. team , however, should have been able to afford to have packed up and left for a reasonable place. The restaurant was an absolute eyesore a nd the food was so bad , that many of the U.S. and Canadian groups ate many of their meals elsewhere even though it came out of their own pockets.

I n the first meeting of officials, we were made rudely a ware of politics in international gymnastics as the Cubans made themselves totally obnoxious and finally got their way in their desire to have 6 events at the same time in the prelim路inaries, then proceeded to cheat everyone out of their eye teeth (the crime here is that they did not have to cheat, they were clearly the 2nd best team there a nd could not beat the Americans even by cheating). The problem of having 6 events at the same time was that there were only 18 qualified judges available. The end result was that we had 6 events with four judges for each event - using 6 unqualified judges.

The U.S. Men's team performed beyond description. It was probably one of the finest U.S. team performances ever in international competition. Which, in view of the disgraceful situ ations they had been confronted with

what was even the more amazing. They even had to return the uniforms they used in the competition or pay for them.

Dave Thor qualified first in 3 events and 2nd in two , in spite of a possible broken toe ; Tucker never looked better (in fact few U.S. gymnasts ever looked better than Rick in the Prelims): Dennis, Tickenoff, Turoff, and Elias (in spite of not really being in good shape) performed like they were inspired and in spite of living conditions that were not even good enough to be called slums. This writer persona ll y attributes much of the teams success to the guiding hands of Coach 's Armando Vega and Donna Schae nze r who quite obviously managed to establish a strong report with the squads in just a short time.

F IN ALS: FLOOR EXERCISE : Two C ubans failed to exhibit a strength part but still scored high on strong tumbling which was high and impressive. Tickenoff was cited for going out of the area by one Cuban judge-quite a coincidence that the one who caught it was Cuban!

Thor came through with another fine performance to win.

SIDE HORSE: The only finalists to complete their routines were Dennis and Thor.

CUP OF THE AMERICAS MEXICO CITY Team Results United States Cuba Canada Mexico All Around 1. Dave Thpr, USA 2. Richard Tucker, USA 3. Paul Tickenaff, USA 4. Sid Jensen, Canada 5. Fred Dennis, USA 6. Adres Gonzaeez, Cuba 7. John Elias, USA 8. Fred Turoff, USA 9. Rogelio Mendoza, Mex. 10. Jorge Cueruo, Cuba

276.35 265.20 259.85 256.85 56.35 55.55 54.95 54.40 54.30 54.10 53.75 53.50 52.85 52.80

Floor Exercise 1. Dove Thor (no other results available) Side Horse 1. Dave Thor, USA 2. Rich Tucker, USA 3. Fred Dennis, USA 4. Rogelio Mencoza, Mex. 5. Manuel Vargas, Mex. 6. Yron Boisclair, Can.

18.75 18.1 5 17.95 17.45 16.70 15.45

Dennis should have had second place but Tucker stayed ahead by getting overscored.

STILL RINGS: Tucker, who looked so good in the trials and prelims appeared to be weakening. probablv . from Mexican living.

Tickenoff came through with a fine routine but overturned his double fly-a-way and did a back roll out of it. Elias , probably the sickest of the men 's team from the Mexican food, did a great job. He was so sick that morning, he could hardly walk and that evening he did what was probably one of hi s best ring routines.

Turof.f did a fine job but was overscored at 9.5. Fred Dennis got his second shaft of the evening for some strange reason as he hit what appeared to be a beautiful routine and was great ly undersco red dropping him to second place. Sid Jensen was up last and after missing his mount performed well but was overscored at 9.4.

LONG HORSE: The Cubans are potential World champions here if they can clean up their form. Jorge Cuervo of Cuba did vau lt # in code of points (double front). He did not do it especially we ll but he made it around to hi s feet sco ring 9.2.

PARALLEL BARS: Thor almost had a stop but had a high enough prelim score to hang on to I st in the event. Tickenoff seemed short on difficulty causing a judges ' conference. An interesting item here is that the Cuban was superior judge here and he would ca ll the judges in one at a time even if he call ed in two or three judges and he manipulated the scores so well that he moved a Cuban gymnast up from 5th to 3rd. The entire U.S. team again did we ll in thi s event.

HORIZONTAL BAR: With this an intersquad match the U.S . team probably relaxed beca use their performances were not up to what they had been doing. Only Fred Turoff hit his rout in e well for the Americans. Sid Jensen hit his routine and received 9.35.

Tucker did we ll except he bad to touch hi s hands down on his dismount (barani out fliffis again) and T hor almost had to stop on hi s stoop in and shoot to Eagles .

The Mexica n Authorities had the Czech girls ' team as guests and three Japanese men to put on exhibitions and we had exhibitions coming out our ears. The Czech girls exhibited on all four events all four nights , the Japanese men exhibited on al l six events all four nights (I think) and got to be ridicul ous. I personally feel they are going to kill gymnastics instead of foster it in this manner.

Still Rings 1. Fred Turoff, USA 2. Fred Dennis, USA 3. Sid Jensen, Can. 4. John Elia s, USA 5. Rick Tucker, USA 6. Paul Tickenoff, USA

19.00 18.90 18.90 18.55 18.05 17.95

Long Horse 1. Jorge Cuervo, Cuba 2. Dave Thor, USA 3. Paul Tickenoff, USA 4. Rene Bodell, Cuba 5. John Elias, USA 6. Andres Gonzala(ez, Cuba Parallel Bars 1. Dave Thor, USA 2. Paul Tickenoff, USA 3. Andres Gonzalez, Cuba 4. Fred Dennis, USA 5. Rick Tucker, USA 6. Sid Jensen, Canada

18.85 18.40 18.30 18.25 18.25 17.70

Horizontal Bar 1. Rick Tucker, USA 2. Dave Thor, USA 3. Sid Jensen, Canada 4. Fred Turoff, USA 5. Rene Bodell, Cuba 6. John Elias, USA

19.00 18.85 18.65 18.60 18.55 18.30

18.95 18.87 18.80 18.72 18.62 18.50

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JUDGING bYJERRY

By JERRY WRIGHT .

"JUDGING by JERRY," an MG feature series edited by Jerry Wright to help keep our readers up-to-date on National and International (FIG) judging cocles and to subjectively analyze changes and problems, is not a oneman, one opinion project. Jerry will be calling on other qualified officials to contribute reports based on their technical knowledge and experience. If you are a qualified official and have a point of fact you would like to contribute or a question you would like clarified, drop a card or an article to: JUDGING by JERRY, P.O . Box 611 , Santa Monica, California 90406.

Jon Culbertson, judging article contributor for this edition is a past top caliber Gymnast, alternate on the 1962 USA World Games team and a dedicated official of note.

ACRITICAL REVIEW OF THE OIFFICULTY RATINGS IN THE F.I.G. CODE OF POINTS (1968 EDITION) by JON CULBERTSON New College Sarasota, Fla. 33580 After having studied the recent, revised edition of the FIG Code of Points (hereafter referred to as the Code) for nearly a year, I have some ideas, opinions and/or prejudices about the difficulty ratings which might be profitable to share with other judges, gymnasts and coaches. In addition, I have compared the English version with the official French version and found some important omissions and corrections which ought to be generally known. The material which follows deals only with that section of the Code which concerns examples of A, Band C parts and the accompanying diagrams.

Since most persons interested in such an article as this most likely (certainly should) possess a copy of the Code, I have not included diagrams except where thought necessary. Consequently, one is encouraged to read this article with the Code at hand. The events are taken in order as presented in the Code.

Floor Exercise I: Although Section I says it deals with jumps in place and forward , there is treated here also jumps backward (1-2, 3) which for the sake of proper organization should be included instead under II (jumps backward).

Jump in place with raising joined legs forward and lowering body backward through momentary handstand to stand.

Jump backward

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I - 7 & 8: French version refers only to "Japanese Jump" without the description given in English which fits the diagrams. In the Code under conventional terms (Art XII) on p. 173, one will find the "Japanese jump" defined as a jump with either a Y4 or J..2 tum which is probably what should be considered the case here (the diagramJor the J..2 tum being路 inadvertently omitted).

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I - 10-12:- Making the forward role to back handspring and back saito series (numbers 1012) more difficult is a good adjustment but still awkward and unesthetic moves which should not be included in the Code. 11 would not change without this evaluation, and 12 is certainly a low C! (Consult Article 71 and particularly p. 45 of the Code if you are not familiar with the concept of diversity of values in difficulty).

since a back handspring to a momentary handstand is a B (cf. VIII - 23), the back handspring to a straddled L support (II - 8) must be a very high B, if not a C, according to my logic.

Or, perhaps better, the back handspring to momentary handstand is a low B with a toe touch an intermediate B and to a straddled L a high B. Correspondingly, the back dive (toe touch) to held handstand (1-3) should be a higher C than the back handspring to held handstand (11-9) .

IV: Number 2 strikes me as a very easy路 B, therefore it ought to be a very low B.

2. Roll backward to still handstand, 2 sec. (Streuli)

V I: Once again we see the front scale-back handspring-scale (#3) as an extremely easy C (maximum value 0.41 ?). Hopefully this move will be reevaluated to a B in the next edition.

In VI (#11) the French version says nothing about the handstand being held two seconds.

This is also left out for the one-arm handstand

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Likewise, the series of back dives with J..2 tum preceded by a forward role (numbers 1315) should be deleted as it seems redundant.

The degree to which the back dive with J..2 tum is elevated and held on the hands determines its value alone as is indicated by a verbatim repeat of the last part in the French Code under Article II , numbers 1-3.

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II : 8 and 9 might appear at first to be a mere duplication of I - 2 & 3, but the former (II 8 & 9) do not require a toe touch. However,

(# 14) which must be an error in the French version (!?) since it is an obvious hold whereas one can't be sure regarding the forearm raise to handstand (# I I). My feeling is that one has to give a B to the latter without holding the handstand , but one can discriminate between a momentary and a held handstand by allocating a low or high B, respectively. Again the French version omitted two seconds for the one-arm handstand after the press in number IS , but this is an obvious omission since it is corrected in X-18 which is the identical sequence.

V I I: OK except there needs to be more included here I feel. For example, what is a front handspring from a stand? I say a B. Also with the prevalence and ease of front handspring-front saito (VII-9), this sequence should be a low C, and I predict it will be a B by the next revision of the Code, probably requiring a piked front saito or front saito-front handspring-front or at least front handspring-front saito-front handspring for a C evaluation.

V II I: There is an obvious error here which most people have probably caught, viz. The interpositioning of the diagram for numbers 4 and 8.

The series dealing with alternating arms on back handsprings (7-9) is of dubious value and probably should be considered very low Band C parts.

Sequence 10-12 is a repeat of the same numbers under I which was commented upon above.

Certainly this sequence could be left out in one place or the other and more valuable examples put in its place.

As touched on in I I the back handspring to a momentary handstand (#23) must be a low B since other moves dependent on it are also B parts (e.g., I I - 8 and VIII - 26).

X: Consonant with the French version all these press moves require a two-second hold except II & 14. However, these are probably omissions in the original, and I would take the liberty to include the two-second hold as an important element in the value of the part.

XI: #2 leads me to believe that I have always been right in ascribing a B value to front or back walkovers , although these moves have never been form all y evaluated in a code of points. Yet they are not quite the same, and one could argue for a C eval uation for walkovers.

In co nnection with evaluating undesignated moves here is a fertile area of research. Would it be valuable to arrive at a consensus regarding the value for certai n moves not listed in the Code? Should the leading judges, coaches and gy mnasts be polled throughout the nation as to their o pinions on the value of an unlisted move and then have judges ascribe to this until it appears in the Code? I have appended to thi s article some moves in free exercise which should be evaluated wi th my predilection in parenthesis. I do so with the risk of incurring the reader's wrath but wou ld be quite will ing to receive any well-constructed criticisms to my evalu ations from any reader. I believe solicitation is warranted toward any reader who bothers or has the interest to wade through thi s art icle.

In summary, the' free exercise has fewer inconsistencies and frustrations than some of the ot her events and is relatively easy to study. It seems that the Code has been most conservative with th is event with fewer major changes. In Kunzle's book on free exercise (Freestanding, Vol. I of O lympic Gymnas ti cs) written prior to 1956, there is not as much change in the difficul ty ratings as one might expect after the progress of the last 10-12 years. Of his list of C parts ("particular difficulties") only three out of 10 are now B parts, and only 5 out of 16 B parts ("ordinary difficulties") have been relegated to A parts (two are actually considered C parts today!) .

Moves not listed or described in the Code which are worthy of evaluation: Valdez (A) Butterfly (Al Butterfly with fu ll twist (C) Front dive with full twist (B?) Round off-back handspring-high back dive with Y.z twist (B) Round off-back handspring-high back dive with I Y.z twist (Cl Bac k or front walkove'r (B) Front aerial so mersault (C) Side salto-cartwheel-side saito (low C?) Front saito with I Y.z twist (C)

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The code of poi nts book has so me information concerning modification of its system to be used at the high school le ve l. On page 190, type 2a, a scale is dev ised givi ng max imum difficulty to an exercise that has four "B" moves and six "A" move s a t the intermediate level. There a re other modifica tio ns but I feel that this qu a lification is a good one.

I n order to devise a scale of difficult y that is reasonable and practical at thi s level I would like to recommend tha t a " B" move be equa l to .5 rather than A. I hope the following scale will prove effective in judging high school gymnastics and will standardize judging at thi s level. It may also a nswer the age-old question of many coaches following a meet - Wh at are the officials looking for ? How did they get that score?

B. Scale (modification of F.J.G. page 190 type 2a)

B= 5 6A 7A 8A 9A IDA 7A 5A 3A

4B OC 3B 2B IB OB

A =2 100 95 90 85 80 75 (:J4 of routine) 50 (~ of routine) 25 (!I.! of routine )

C. Ex pl a nation I. The high sc hool gy mn ast should co nstruct his routine based on ten parts: 6A and 4B to rece ive th e maxi mum difficult y. I rea lize that thi s doe s not correspond to the 304 difficulty of the F. I.G ., but I feel there is a modification at the high school leve l tha t is needed.

2. " As with the F.I.G. , a "C" part may take the place of a " B" pa rt with no deduction and a "B" part may' take the place of a n "A" part.

However, a t thi s le ve l I feel tha t deductions ca n be minimi zed when doing a "C" move.

Therefore a boy who does "C" moves in hi s routine is being compensated to some degree.

3. An important point to remembe r at thi s lev e l is th at there are ma ny moves th at a high school gymnast may have in hi s routine that a re parts of no value. Th ese parts are not included in the sca le for diffi cu lty. For example: fo rwa rd a nd backward roll s on the fl oor exercise, singl e leg cu ts on the s ide horse , s houlder stand on' the rings a nd para llel bars, a nd a hip pull over or single leg circles on the ho rizont al bar to mention a few.

4. Along with the sca le a re further modifi cation s on each piece of a pparalUS th at I think are necessary .

D . D eduction s I. Sta ndard F.J.G. dedu ction s are followed concerning technica l executi o n a nd evaluation of the combination except where ex pl anations are given .

2. Example .3 - .5 for intermediate swi ngs . 1 - .2 excess ive repe titi o n of parts . 1 - .3 .di smount not commensurate with the difficulty of the exerc ise E. Content s of an Exe rcise 26 .

I. Side Horse a. clean swi ngs, without stops, circles of one and both legs, forw a rd and bac k scissors of which one must be executed twice in succession. Double leg c ircles mu st predomi nate and a ll three parts of horse must be used. b. Suggestions for high school judging (I) No double leg circles = - 1.0 (2) No mount into circle = -.5 (3) No dis mount from circles = -.5 c. Exa mple lOA moves = 8.0 -2.0 6.0 maximum - 1.0 no double leg circ les - .5 no mount to circles - .5 no dismount from circles -2.0 2. Rings a. a lternat ing between sw ing, strength , a nd hold parts , without swinging of rings. It must contain at least two handstand s, one of which mu st be executed with st rength and the other from a hang , inverted hand or support, o ne strength part of "B" diffiCUlty. b. Standard F.I.G. deduction s c. Suggestions for high sc hoo l co mpetitio n (I) No swing hand stand = -.5 (2) No press handstand = -.5 (3) N o strengt h move = -.5 d. Exa mple IDA move s = 8.0 -1.5 require ments

IDA -2 .5 5.5 maximum -1.0 no giants -1 .0 no pieroetts - .5 no dismount from giants -2.5 5. Floor Exercise - standard F.I.G. rules except for difficulty scale 6. Long Horse - standa rd F. J.G . rule s F. C onclusion In order to standardize judging a system must be adopted. I have used this one and it has been very successful. It will also show the coaches and gymnasts what the officials expect to see on each piece of apparatus. Other changes may be in order but I hope thi s can be a pr ac tic a l g uide for judging hi g h sc hool gy mn astics .

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4. Hori zo nt a l Bar a. The exe rc ise mu st co nsist exclu sivel y of swi nging without stops. b. Suggestions for high schoo l co mpetition ( I) giant sw ings do not predominate or none at all -.5 - -1.0 (2) only show one kind of gia nt s -.5 (3) does not have two pie roetts -1.0 (4) does not have I pieroetts -.5 (5) does not dismount from giants -.5 c. Example

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I would like to extend my si ncere thanks to all A number of YMCAs reported rather subwho took the time to return th eir filled-in ques- stantial tumbling and trampoline activ ity along tionnaires and particularly for the many inter- with the regul ar gym nas tic eventS while some esting comments which were included relating reported tumbling and trampoline activ ity only. to problems confronting physical directors and Generally , I consider the survey as being devotees of gymnastics in promoting the sport. quite successful in that it has given us a fair Lack of leadership or qualified coaches idea of YM CA gymnastic activity in various ranked as the most major problem in building a parts of the country . Many comments on reteam or club. Other problems, in the order of turned questionnaires were highl y optimistic their frequency of being mentioned, are: insuf- and indicated continued growth and progress ficient scheduled work-out time ; lack of ade- expected in the immediate future . Some " Ys ," quate equipment and facilities; lack of local indicati ng modest activity , are just starting competition ; keeping the interest of young gym- gy mnastic programs. Over-all, the outlook is nasts; lack of parental interest, and several quite encouraging. If you have any comments problems more or less pertinent to the specific which you 'd like to offer regarding thi s survey, area. As to the difficulties of partic ipating in I shall be pleased to receive them at the adour YMCA nat ionals, the two major problems dress below: mentioned with abou t equal frequency are di s- .

WM. BUFFA , C hairman tance and expense of the trip. A third frequently Nat'l. YMCA Gymnastic Comm. mentioned problem is that the gymnasts are not 53 Sky Meadow Place yet up to national caliber.

Elmsford, New York It is interesting to note in the survey returns , when arrayed geographicall y across the country , that there are several concentrations of activi ty. These groupings would indicate that REGIONAL REPORTS there is a strong possibility for state or area cha mpionships and meets. For example, Ohio has the greatest number of acti ve YMCAs and REGION SEVEN is part of a concentration which includes IlliDon Norton nois, Indiana and Michigan - and possibl y WisBillings West H.S., Billings, Montana ; Tom Lux, Coach consin. Pennsylvania is another potential Gymnastics is in full swing West High and Senior High here in Billings. Indications from other coaches in the growt h state and is in a concentration which state show that they too, have their programs under way. includes Maryland, New Jersey , New York, Lost year was our first season of gymna stics as on interCon necticut and other New England states. scholastic sport in th e state. Our stage of competition and Other possi ble combinations are Was hington , competitors is still embryonic. Throughout the state, we Oregon , California and Nev ada and Missouri, are using the Group II Comp ulsories from the Age-Group Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississi ppi and TenGymnastic Workbook. We are hoping that in a few years the nessee. As we scan across the Southern states optional exercises will be of the normal nature.

The Billings public schools have a strong gymnastic proand then westward where population grows ingram beginning in the elementary physical education creasir 'dy sparse, activity dwindles to very few classes, graduation to clubs in junior high and competition YMCAs per area. in high school.

The greatest number of gymnasts fall into the Lost yea r our big meet of the year was at Billings West trainee and novice categories, of course, and High, with all gymnastic teams throughout the state invited. probably represe nt very yo ung gymnasts for Kolispel won, edging out Billings West by 0.65 points. We the most part. The junior and senior categories ended our eight-meet schedule with a fine optional meet against Rapid City, S.D. Rapid City won by the score of are light and need much development. The big 127.55 to Billings West's 1 22.40_We won all other m~ets surprise to many , however, is that in all catethroughout the year and hope to even better thi s year. We gories there are more women gymnas ts in the lost two lettermen lost year and have 10 returning. Our YMCAs than men. squad this year is mode up of eight seniors, 27 juniors and Some suggestions were received relating to 1 7 sophomores. the National YMCA Gymnastic Committee We have a nine-meet schedule. The Rapid City meet and promoting gymnastics in age-level groupings in the intercity dual will consist of optional exercises. our nationals or starting a N ational YMCA JuREGION EIGHT nior Gymnastic C ham pionships. It has been the Jerry Wrjght Thanks to Dick Criley, we have a report on gymnastic posi tion of the committee th at these should be activity in our 50th state. The gymnastics is mostly in the developed and promoted on a local area or state YMCAs and a couple of the private high schools. Avis (Tielevel. We do not wish to encourage extensive ber) Kolliner has spent five years developing a strong protraveling of younger gymnasts to national chamgram at Punahou but has moved, effective this summer, to pionships each year. Furthermore, when the exDallas as her husband was transferred to a new position penses of both the host associations and the in his firm. Rich Impson (formerly of ASU) and Rick Fonceco participants is considered, it would be impracti(U. Wash.) are also coaching there and will be joined by Bill Buck this fall. Carl Haberland is at the Central YMCA, cal on a nation al scale. Even our prese nt openand he has been the main spark plug behind the competiclass national YMCA championships is gentive program, which is still expanding. There are others erally of junior-grade caliber, uses junior AAUwho have on interest, but they are more concerned with prescribed exercises and depends heav ily on hand-balancing and adagio. Greater interest in gymnastics participation from the host 's area for a good is demonstrated among the girls than the fellows, and qualentry . ified women's judges are badly needed. At the University of A major problem clearly shown by this surHawaii, Jack Bonham, an old friend of George Nissen, is the vey, particularly from the national chairman's gymnastics coach, with Dick Criley servin g as on unpaid assistant. The university is still at the point of putting on viewpoint, is lack of communication. Many half-time demonstrations and exhibitions of vaulting, tumYMCAs were heard from which were not on bling and trampoline to raise interest, but the athletic deour YM CA gy mnastics mai ling list and were partment seems to support the concept anyway. Erleen previously unknown to us . Other " Ys," known Durant is maintaining a girls' gymnastic club at Church to have gymnastic programs , on our mailing College of Hawaii at Loie. The Hawaii Gymnastic Associalist and participants in the 1968 nationals, have tion was born thi s spring and hopes to provide a greater not been heard from. bose for support of the spo rt.

Monroe H.S., LA C.IAL Chomps with Coach Sosvory Corter (Fremont), Mark Guuowln (Taft) and Brad Bottino (Taft), 3.5 sec. LH : Maurice Kliemon (Fairfax), 8.6 : E. Williams (Fremont), 8.6: Poulson, 8.5. FX: Kephart, 8.65: Greg Robin (Fairfax), 8.45 : tie between Bob He nderson (Monroe) and Paulson, 8.0. SH : Brian Kolb (Monroe), 8.6: AI Landegger (University), 8.3 : Go ry Hendrickson (Toft),8.1. HB: Paulson, 9. 1: Leslie Grundy (Fremont), 8.95: Tim Shaw (Chatsworth), 8.8. PB : Brad Horowitz (Monroe), 8.35: Joe Greblo, 8.2: Lorry Lyons (C leveland), 8.15. R: Rob Rocka fellow (Monroe), 8.5 : Allen Lew (Los Angeles), 8.15: Mike Kerans (Monroe), 8.05. Tu : Geo rge Lee (Dor sey), 8.95: Anth ony Ramey (Dorsey), 8.65 : ti e between Kephart and John Stasiefski (Reseda), 8.5.

Winni ng Routines SH : Brian Kolb (Monroe), Rear up, immediate travel, rear up, two double 路Ieg cirdes, moore to moore to 路immediote !ravel, rear up, scissors, two frontways, one rearwoys, double leg circles, travel down, loop off.

R: Rob Rockafellow (Monroe), Hang, snap rise to iron cross (hold 3 sec.), dislocate, flange hand stand, fla nge to cross, flange "L," hollowback press to handstand, lower backwards into bock leve r, dislocate, dislocate, bock double somersault.

PB : Brad Horowitz (Monroe), Nakayama mount (facing outside of bar sideways, flang e into handstand, hop to other bar), glide kip into straight arm planche (hold 3 sec.), bent arm press to hand stand, v.. turn to regular handstand, cast, straddle cut to T' (hold 3 sec.), hollowbock press to handstand, pirouette, cast, straddle cut, dip, handstand, back off.

HB : Peter Paulson (Toft) , From regular grip swing, bic in, straddle cut-catch, hop under bar, st raight arm free kip to hand stand, giant, stoop in, shoot, dislocate, one eagle, hop to immediate pirouette change, regular grip giant, cross arm change, :y.. re verse grip giant, straddle vault, ca tch in reverse hang, full twist under bar, reverse grip kip to handstand, one giant, pirouette change, one regular giant, pike flyaway. ....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Answers to quizzes from page 7) Individuals 1. N.Y., 2. Calif. (NCI ), 3. 111., 4. Ind., 5. Calif. (CIF), 6. N.Y., 7. Mich., 8. N.H., 9. Penna., 10_ Calif. (No. Cal), 11 . Calif.

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State s 1. Moss., 2. Minn., 3. 111.,4. Penna., 5. Mich. , 6. Ind., 7. Ore., 8. Calif. (NCIl, 9. N.J., 10. Calif. (NCIl, 11 . Cal if. (No. Cal), 1 2. Wisc., 13. Wash., 14. Kan., 1 5. N. Mex., 1 6. Calif. (LA), 17. III., 18. Hawaii, 19. Penna., 20. Ore., 2 1. Me., 22. III., 23 . Calif. (CIF), 24. Calif. (No. Col), 25. Nebraska, 26. Colorado.

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we have run into the problem of being able to work out are extremely scarce. Before this place many of the boys into areas where th eir infringement was imposed we gymnasts were talent can be best developed. The problem fre e to work out with the nation's best gymnasts, hinges on the fact that we cannot establish a the progress we made was fantastic. The trouble large or complete enough list of colleges that arose when kids stumbled in with nothing better have a gymnastics team to meet the needs of to do but jump on the appratus and inevitably our pe/formers. Many of the boys do not have injuring themselves. The result: All youths the potential or background to make the larger were thrown olll, including young gymnasts. teams while th ere are undoubtedly smaller The actions taken are justifiable to this point, teams which compete that would enable th e but just how can one get permission to work out? gymnast to pursue his sport. But we have been One may use the gym facilities if he I) .Gets unable to compile such a list of colleges. permission from the coach, 2) Gets pemllSSlon NOT INCOMPATIBLE Since Modern Gymnast is the leading maga- from th e director of athletics, 3) Gets a recrezine in the sport of gymnastics, you probably ation card, and 4) Is attending a college or come in contact with more information about university. One might conclude that with all Dear Mr. Sundby: teams, colleges and areas for interest developWe very much appreciate the covera ge you ment than anyone else. Do you have a list of these ways to obtain permission to work out, provided for the 1969 I vy League Gymnastic colleges that have competitive gymnastics that what am I complaining about ? BUT . . . the Championships . Gymnastics competition in would be available, or do you have any knowl- coach and director of athletics do not and will the I vy League is developing at a rapid pace, edge of where such knowledge could be ob- not give permission to anyone and "rec" cards and we are pleased that th e MODERN GYM- tained? To best serve' th e interest of the sport are only issued to staff members. Why didn't they say that in the first place? In t~ e past NAST has recognized this. and th e gymnasts in volved in this area we would H owever; we were extremely disappointed appreciate any and all assistance which you I held great admiration for th e gynll~as tl cs program at this university, but the attlfude of Its with the concluding paragraph of th e article, could give us. staff members has forced me to change my which stated that the I vy League teams will Sincerely, judgment . continue to produce a few top-notch individLarry Livengood It is to be desired that this situation can be uals but will never field teams of national Gymnastic Coach quickly remedied! One answer would be to set prominence. Such an assertion seems to stem West Allegheny High School up a statewide insuran ce fund or program (or from the idea that the academic pressures assoPittsburgh , Penna. ciated with Ivy League schools eliminate the ED.: We will be starting a series of college and anyone that would wan t to work Ollt uSll1g possibility of gymnastic excellence. From our university profiles in the September MG. We co llege or university gym facilities.

This letter . may be detrimental to our fin e direct experience we have found that a stm1U- hope this will aid the gymnast in deciding where latin g educational environment and a rigorous he would like to continue his education and sport of gymn~stics , but I feel that it contributes gymnastics program are definitely NOT in- gymnastics. (College and university coaches more than it detracts. The West Coast IS th e compatible. Although the strict admissions re- take note and send along to the MG your school womb of great gymnasts; we must do all that is quirements pose a slight hinderance to recruit- data , enrollment , st udent aid available, loca- possible to promote th e world's greatest sport.

Yours truly, ing, the number of academically qualified gym - tion weather, housing, st udent s per teacher, Dean K. Furukawa nasts is surprisingly large. As a result, we are sch~ol history, when founded, alumni of note, Los Angeles, Ca lifornia able to field teams of ever-increasing depth gymnastic record , etc.)

ASSOC. ED.: Your sit uation is unique as few and ability. places outside of Los Angeles afford college Important to emphasize is the traditionally SPECTACULAR MOVES facilities for high school gymnasts. You have intense pride of I vy League athletic teams. made a fine , positive suggestion ; perhaps your The Ivy gymnasts have set goals no less de- Deal' MI'. Sundby: ... 1 particularly enjoy your sequence photos Southern Califo rnia Gymnastic ASSOCIatIOn manding than those of the finest teams in the nation and are ceria in TO be numbered among of skills such as Millman's arabean I Y, 10 could follow it up. See also: "Gymnastic Insurhis hands, Hal Shaw's new vault (RO, back) ance" in the October 1967 MG , page 28. them in the nearfuture. on the long horse and that full-in-double fly-aSin cerely, way on the high bar by Mark Davis. ~hese A reply received from " well-place~" so ur~e s Russ Wiggin are certainly spectacular moves and by pl'lnflng concerning the problem raIsed by thIS letter InLynn Williams them you inspire others to fly these skills and dicates that the issue is not the insurance, but Cornell Co-captains the NCAA bylaw regulation Article 6, Section new innovations on them.

ED.: We do hope are pessimistic review of Iv y 3: " No member institution shall, on its camp.us I would like to see more publishing of the League gymnastics will stimulate action not or elsewhere, conduct or have conducted In ItS new compulsOlY routin es such as the Junior just for the individual gymnast but for the total and Novice compulsories, not just senIOr, behalf any ath letic practice session or test at program - good luck. which one or more prospective student-athletes Pan Am and Olympic. reveal , demonstrate or display their abilities in My friends and I compete and give exhibiWHY? tions for th e Queens Central YMCA , coached any branch of sport." While the ruling may have Dear Editor: been directed at other sports, it applies to gymProgress in N.CAA. gymnastics in 1969? by Gene Cron. We recently won th e State nastics as well and our source indicates that it Not so! More like a giant step backward with YMCA Gymnastic championships for the sec- is meant to prohibit coaches from taking u':l~air the elimination of the trampoline event. Why ? ond year in a row ... adv ant age of the si tuation from a recruItIng G ymnastically Yours , In comparison to conta ct sports, gymnastics standpoint. To my mind this als~ raises an interJoe Miller has never been a high spectator sport in the esting question about our vanous gymnastIc Long Island, NY. U.SA., but it has made great inroads in th e clinics and sumner camps .... D C. PS: My good fri end Peter Mark has a handlast 10 years. I would not hesitate to say that ASSOC. ED. balancing act with Rhoda Bram (soon to be in the Midwest the trampoline has been one his wife), called "The Caravells".

I ha ve 111of the major reasons for the upsurge in at tendance at gymnastics meets. People have come cluded a snapshot of th em and would deeply to see th e trampoline performers , and even- appreciate it if you could print this picture as tually they are coming again and again be- a wedding present to them. J .M. cause th ey understand and appreciate the in- ED. Glad you enjoy our MG , spectacular USGF tricacies of the other events. We all know that skills and seque nce photos. Gymnasts and 1968 Men's the side horse is a most intricate, demanding cameras cooperating we will continue such event. But how many people will tUI'/l out for it projects. And as an old professional handOLYMPIC GYMNASTIC FILM balancer I find it difficult to refuse your reunless they are avid side-hors e men. of printing th e photo of Peter and Rhoda quest Just $1-6.00 for Trampoline is a gy mnastics event that com 400 ft. 8mm (black & white) bines all the skills, agility and courage of the and would like to add my best WIshes for theIr oth er events, and in addition it has anoth er big future.

All the top final routines of the plus - it's a crowd-pleaser. So I say again individual Championships from why is trampoline being eliminated?

UNIVERSITY ATTITUDE "TURNS OFF" Sincerely, the 1968 Olympic Games in Eileen M. Huntzicher HIGH SCHOOL GYMNAST Mexico City. ORDER FROM: Ann Arbor, Mich.

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OKLAHOMA UNIV. CLINIC : The Univ. of Oklahoma will host its second annual Men's and Women's Gymnastic Clinic on Oct. 3-4, 1969. For further information, contact Russell Porterfield, Univ. of Oklo ., Norman, Oklahoma 73069.

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