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MARCH - APRIL, 1963

No.3

Volume V

FROM THE EDITOR

CONTENTS

Notes From The Editor........ ... ........................... 5 Cholk Tal k ____________ ______ ________ ______ __________ 6 U.S.G.F. Directar's Report ________________________________ 8 U.S.G.F. Women's Report ________________________________ 10 1964 Women's Olympic Compulsory TexL ______ 11 Olympic Compulsory Stick Figures ______________________ 12 Flint Sparks ______ ________________________________________________ 17 Th e Sakamoto Brothers ____________________________________ 18

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COVER: The Sensatiana l Sakamata Brathers af Sauthern California. Makata. (floor sp lit), Mikio (straddle), Tad (left) and Sam (right).

FEATURE CONTRIBUTORS: Frank Bare, Bud Marquette, Herb Vogel, Margaret Karondi, Dorothy W. Martin, Bud Beyer, A. Br.uce Frederick, Jim Farkas and Art Shurlock.

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THE MODERN GYMNAST is published in the U .S.A. by AMER ICA N Physical FITNESS Research INST ITUTE, Inc. , nine issues for $3.00, SOc the single capy. A ll pictures and manuscripts submitted become the p ropert y af THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and sufficient pastage are included. Published material becomes the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST. Copyright 1963

by AMERICAN Physical FITNESS Research INSTITU TE, Inc., 410 Broadway, Santa Monica , Caifornia.

liTHE FACTS OF LIFE" It is a fact of life that to grow strong and healthy we need food and exercise plus that added spark called desire. FOOD, not just any food or an abundance of food all at once, but good food that will give us the most nourishment over a period of time.

EXERCISE, not just a burst that leaves us aching and exhausted, but a planned program of exercises which increase our efficiency as we progress toward our goal. DESIRE, to want to improve our health and fitneos and the wi ll to carry out any plan of diet or exer cise necessar y to achieve this goa \.

THE MODER I GYM lAST is not much different from you and J when it comes to "The Facts of Life."

FOOD , - the M. G. needs food to stay alive and grow, a very special food called subscriptions. Not just a lot of unrelated sub路 scriptions gained by pre!Osure or a big discount. But good solid stead y subscriptions from gymnasts , coaches, officials and enthusiasts.

EXERCISE - the M. G. does not thrive on just one big effort for a special issue but strives to improve continually with a planned program of growth. . .

DESIRE - it is the desire of the M. G. to do the WIll of Its subscribers by helping to instruct, encourage and promote ~ym. nastics in these United States of America to the fullest potentIaJ, "BIGGER AND BElfER THA I EVER." We feel with this edition of a "Better than Ever" M. G. we have kept faith w~th our subscribers . . . Now, we renew our Challenge to YOU to help build a "BiO'O'er than Ever" circulation by using the enclosed card to O'et a fri~~d (or friends) to subscribe to the M. G. Don't be con~ent to hand him or her a card, but see to it that they subscribe, adding extra special life blood. to the M. G. Yo~, ,,:ill also be doin ~ yo urself a favor at the same tIme because, the BIgger than Ever our .subscription list, the "Better than Ever" we can build. the M .. C. . . . So act now and each one get one . . . Remember, It reqUlr~s more subscripti ons to keep a "Bigger and Better than Ever" M. C. rollin g ... We're dependin ~ on YOU !

To Coaches, Gymnasts, and Gymnastic Enthusiasts: I have just returned from a 10,000 mile trip across the Eastern portion of the U.S.A. I had the pleasure of witnessing the Eastern Intercollegiate meet, the Big Ten meet, the Illinois State High School meet and the National Collegiate meet. Eve rywhere people expressed genuine interest in the fed e ration and what it stands for . . . "Gym nastics Far All. '" From Texas to New Yqrk and from Michigan to California.

The many exce ll ent coaches that we have in thi s country are doing a supe rb job at all levels. Performanc es are improved, meets are better managed and being run off in less time, scores are being . given out to the public immediately after the last event is completed. All in all the spo rt of gymnastics is growing rapidly, and the quality of our gymnasts along with it.

Th e most frequently a sked question is "what's happening? " I realiz e that many of you have been interested in the USGF development for yea rs and that many af you have had a great deal to do with the actual formation of the federation.

We want you to know. My office will mail out a USGF Newsletter at least every two month s, perhaps more often during the Spring and less often during the late sum mer. If you ha ve not already done so ... by all mean s scbscribe to the Modern Gymnast. The M. G. has done so much for gymnastics in th e U. S. these past years that we all must do what we can to see

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The proposed time-table for the USGF is to ha ve the committees formed and functioning, a mailing list of some 20,000 gymnastics people, films and brochures available to all organizations when desired, rules and regulations published, officials certifications program started, and litera lly doze ns of clinics and meets in the record books by June 1964. The executive committee intends to move slowly and correctly, making sure that we do have the democrati c structure that was desired, and the representation of all groups that was intended . . . and build gymnastics on a national level for the first time ever in our country. We need to hear from all of you. We welcome yo ur ideas and suggestions . . . remember that most of you in the field now will be the members of the executive committees to come . . . so help make the USGF the organization that yo u want it to be by taking part in its structure building.

We now have registration cards (for mailing purposes), USGF Pins and emblems. Order these as groups or individually. I hope to see you all in Chicago this June for our First USGF National Championship.

Sincerely, Frank L. Bare, Ex. Director, U.S.G. F.

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NEW GYMNASTIC SCOREB'OOK GYMVIEW, a new scorebook designed

by Mel Schlossman of Los Angeles is an effi cient, comprehensive means of recordin g mee t results which can be used durin g and after the competition. It has all the results on one sheet. T hey can be saved and referred to a week or years later for checking results and performances.

Each GYMVIEW scorebook comes spiral bound with a stiff cover and contains enough pages for 20 meets. Space is provided for 17 entrants and five judges ' for each event. The book can be used for dual, double dual, triangular, quadrangular, league and championship meets. Sample page sent upon request or Send $2.50 for each book to : Gymview Scorebook, P .O. Box 66058, Los An geles 66, California.

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SYRACU SE UNIVERSITY RELEASES GYMNASTIC FILM Syracuse Univer si ty's educationa l film li bra ry has released a n ew motion picture titled " Gymn astics Edu cational Film Text: Side H orse Va ults and S'upport Exercises."

The movie, which includes m embers of the univers ity's 1963 Eas t ern Intercoll egiat e Gym nastics L eagu e cha mpionsh ip team , pr esents more tba n 100 exercises.

They ar e for junior a nd senior high schools, co llege physical education clas ses, teacher preparation a nd in ter scholas ti c a nd inter collegiate competition.

Basic, in term ed ia t e a nd a dvanced vaults as well as support exercises a r e pre sented in progr ess ion \vi th slow motion sequ ences. C'orr ect spotting a nd ass is ting m eth ods are cover ed a iong w ith safe ty precau tion s.

A ter-m in ology manual goes wi t h th e film .

P r oduced by th e un ivers ity's a udiov isua l ce nter , the movie was direct ed by P a ul C. Romeo, gymnasti"cs coach a nd a n as sistant professor of physical edu cation a nd a thl etics.

The black- a n -whi te film 's runnin g time is 17 m inu tes, Its price is $75 and can be r ented for $4.00.

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Ignoring Exercise spoils your chances to live to 100 says Chicago Physician, Dr. Clement Martin, medical director of Continental Casualty Co.

SPACE BALL CHAMPI ONSHIPS The first "Space Ball" Championships were held in Cleveland Ohio at th e Cleveland Armory. J ohn Stillons from Cedar Rapids, Iowa was the winner in the sin gles event and Ed Cole and Gary Erwin from Arli ngton , Illin ois won the doubles event.

F ifteen-year-old Angus K err from Toronto, Ontario, was the winn er in the Jr. division.

Di ck Farku s was the competition um pire.

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USC Gy m Clinic

WHAT IS A GYMNASTICS CLINIC?

By Jerry Wright It could be somethin g like the followin g !

It is a place where future gymnasts can take advantage of experts in the fi eld.

Where Olympi c team members arid former National Champions can get together and discuss ideas then put those id eas into practi ce right then and there. Where a person can hear a stunt described in a lit tle different manner, one which finall y paints a pi cture in the gymnasts mind , allowing him to see it as he never did before and as a result helpin g him or her to execute that sutnt for !-he first time and under critical and expert 'eyes. A place where 150-200 high school gymnasts converge on 10-15 gymnastics authorities like Armando Vega on Still Rings, Charlie Simms and Di ck Beckner on the High Bar, Ken Bartlett on Parallel Bars, J erry Wright on Trampoline, Marshall Klau s on Free Exercise, Leslie Sasvary on th e Long H or se, and one of the leading women "gymnasts on the womens events. A place where co achcs can pi ck up new coaching techniques, event requirements, wrillen suggestions on teachin g procedures, and spotting techniques.

Sound like a good id ea? A little unusual for this time of the year ? Well such a clinic as this, and an ex tremely successful one Fri t z o f T V Berno

at that, took place at the Uni versity d Southern Californi a on March 30, 1963, sponsored by the Physical Education ma jor students-.members of the Trojan Organi zati on of Ph ysical Education.

Why not plan one in your area ! ! !

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REPORT FROM EUROPE

By K urt Baechler TRAMPOLINING IN EUROPE COUP E d'EUROPE IN KIEL: 10,000 spectators watched the 2nd Coupe d'Europe, which was won by the youngster, Guenther H ogg, Germany. Archie Scherf, Germany was second ; Ralph Wilkes, England, third ; Kurt Baechler, Switzerland, placed fourth and Chris Netherton, England, fifth .

NEW TRAMPOLINE RULES printed in En glish are out and the Europeans are goin g to try them out this year . The rules are avail able from W. Limpert Verlag, Frankfurt a I Nlain, Germany. (Send one Doll ar ) .

INTER ATIONA L COMPETITIO N: a five country match ; England, Belgium, H olland , Germany and Switzerland will be held in June in Holland.

The Germ an gym association has inv ited the USA to a trampolin e match to be held in Kiel in November.

SWISS CHAMPIONSHIP Elegant Swiss gymnast, Fritz Feuz from TV Bem a was the top scorer in the fina l rou nd , which when added to his half pre-

ro un d score t o t a l ed 104.02 to win t h e Swiss Gymn astic C h ampion s h ip for the second t ime.

TV Berna had 6 men qual ify for the fi n als a nd is proba bly t h e s tronges t' Clu b te am a t the momen t in Europe. M uller from TV Win t erthr u place d second wi t h 101.92 ; H efti- TV Berna, 101.60 ; Banker - T V Z uric h , 101.50; Fassl er-T V Waden s· wil, 101.45 an d Mich el- T V B erna, 100.72.

W ith F euz and Y o ungst ers M u eller, H e f t i together wit h u p a n d coming Andre Oder· g no matt, Switzerland w ill h ave a pretty s t rong t eam for T ok yo.

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MEETS? CAMPS? CLINICS? If yo u are plan ni ng a n Open Meet, Gym C linic or S ummer Gy m Camp a nd woul d like t o have a notice p l aced in the 1\1. G. , p l ease send information in early so w e ca.n inclu de i t in the n e x t issu e.

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GYM CALENDAR Weare n ow prep ari n g a Gym Cal endar for t h e '63· '64 season. P l e a se sen d us n o tices and da t es of a ll import an t Compe· t i tion s, C l i n ics and Camps.

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CAMP AN O UNCEMENT : T om Mani· son wri t es t hat M r. E d sel B u c h anan of T exas w ill be o n t h e G ymnastics Camp s t aff this s ummer . . . he was t h r ee tim es N ational Champion on the Trampoline .

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COMI NG EVENTS ...

GALVESTON GYMNAST ICS CLINIC May 31st, J une 1st and 2nd, 1963 .

Galveston, Texas . . . is an is land . It is located on th e Gu lf of Mexico, a pprox i mately 50 miles sou th o f Ho u ston. Th e beac h es are bea u t if u l . . . t h e people fri e nd ly and the interest in gymnas t ics is ve ry high . The FIRST GALVESTON C LI N IC s h ould b e a big one with m any o f our outsta n ding coaches indicat i ng they will b e in atte n d a nce. Dic k Holzaepfe l (Un iver s ity of Iowa), B ill Meade, ( U ni ve rSity ,of S o uthern Ill inois), Gordon Maddox (Los Angeles State College ), C harli e Pond (Un i ve r s i ty of I lli no is) , Sam B a il ie (Un i vers ity of Arizon a ) . . . and many o thers p la n to attend and h e lp make th e c li ni c o f great value to th e many youngs ters ex pec t e d to be on h and.

At leas t three of the . o utstanding high school (',oaches o f th e ILLINOIS H I GH S C HOOL COACHES ASSOCIATIO)I hav e be'an inv ited and sa id the y wou ld try to attend . . . Vic L esch (president of th e 1HSGCA) , T o m Gardner a n d Gay Hugh es h ave a ll shown inte res t in attending and teach ing at the cli n ic. vVe h o p e that man y o t h ers w ill join u s in mak ing thi s (' lini c a. g ood one . . t h e U.S.G .F. stands fO!' ilnp r ove lnent in g"y1l1llast i cs . . . and star ting with the youngster s i s th e way to accompli s h it.

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IONSHIP '1',0 b e h e ld May 18th, 1963. (U .S.G.F. Sa n c t io n ed and s ponsored by th e Arizona Gymnastics A sso c iation) at th e PALO VERDE HIGH SCHOOL in Tucson , Arizona. Girls H ig h seh ool div is ion . . .

Boy's High school d ivision and an Open M e n 's Div is io n a r e offered. If yo u are within travel d istance p lan ,o n atte nding.

For inforlll a t ion on thi :-; 111 ee t "Tite to: MI'. G len Harcus , A.G.A., 6826 Xew Hal11psh ir e, Tucson , Arizona.

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LITTLE TEN GYMNASTICS CHAMP · IONSHIP Sch e du led by t h e M I DWEST GYM N AS TICS ASSOCIATION, t o b e h eld in C h ica go, Illino is, April 21s t , 1963. ( U.S.G .F .

San c t ion ed). It looks like it will b e one of th e fi n e st "developmental" m eets in the l'Ountl'y . . . a nd Bo b Bohl and th e o th e r m e m b e rs of the M.G .A. are contributing a g r eat dea l to th e s port b y hosting thi~ \\i0 l1derfu l event . . . if you a r e in th e ru' ea, p l a n on attending Rnd h av ing your young prOlll is ing gY l11nasts tak e part.

For further information on this m eet write to: MI'. Bob Boh l, D e pt. of Parks and R ecreati o n ,. Evan s ton, I lli nois, WOMEN ' S STATE U .S.G . F . CH A MP .

IONSHIP . . . FOR CALIFORNIA Ts seh e d ul ed for Los Ange l es on April 20th, 1963. The State of Califo rni a wi ll al",o 'be t h e locati o n for a U .S .G .F. Reg-iona l C h a.nl pionRhip i n l ate lVIay nnd a U.S.G .F. Men's C hmnpionship just a w eE'l, before . . . more on these m eets in th E' n ext iss u e, w atc h f or it. nttencl if yo u ('an , FIRST U. S .G. F . NATIONAL CHAMP · IONSHIPS C hicago, lII i)loi s, June 13th , 14th & 15th.

Co mpul sory ro u tin es are now ava ilabl e f rom the U .S .G.F. Office . . . they will b e ma il ed ou t soon, if you d es ire copi es b e fo re, write U .S.G.F., POBox 4699, Tucson , Ar izona . Th e m ee t w ill b e held at N av y Pi e r Gym, University o f lII inois at Chicago. Th e City of C hicago ha s gn1ciou s ly ext e nd ec1 a WE'le0111 e to th E' m ee t nncl ,v e look fOl',,'ard to lUl\'ing- an e x c'ell e nt f irst e hamp iol"hi p.

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IMPORTANT NOT E:' . . . we have b eE'n offe r e d a pl'logram to b e tte r the p E' rfo l'mnll ce s of our l eading ln e n a nd wOInen g'Y lllnastR for the CO ining Olyrnpic Ganl e~ . . THE TOP SIX ME N A ND W OMEN

FROM THE U.S.G.F. NATIONAL MEET . w ill rece ive a SIX - WEEK trainino. sess ion, all expenses pa id (tra vel, roOl~ and ' board) and h ave instr u ction fro m var ious ('oac h es . . . but a bove a ll . . .

THEY WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL T RAINING FROM TWO OF THE FI)I ES T BALLET I N STRUCTORS 1)1 THE U.S.A . . . . th is may well be the little added "dresRing up" of 1l1any routin es that w ill make a substantia l d iff eren{'E' in TOKYO . .. wo rk h a rd a nd b e in th at top group, , , nl·nre nn th i s progrnm in the nex t i s!-:ue,

SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CLINIC August "18 - 23 . 1963 AT MICH IGAN STATE UNI VERSITY SPECIAL FEATURES I . Olymp ic development meets for boys a rid g irls all ages 2. " Ni t e of Stars" e xhibition 3 . Latest f il ms 4. Ex h ibits of Equipment, books, uniforms, f ilms & other aids 5: Clin ic dance 6 . Access t o Michigan State' s beaut iful athlet ic faci lities

REGISTRATION FEE - $20 .00 HOUSING AT LAN DON DORMITORY MEALS AT M. S. U. UNION PROGRAMS I. Pro fess ional for physical educators · and administrators. Theory and practice o f gym na stics.

2 . Fo r coaches and jud ges. Observation and participation in sessio ns conducted by expertsJ Presenta t ion and anal ys is o f la test F. I.G . rules .

3. Compet it o rs instruction . Bas ic t o adva nced level for boys and girls .

CLINIC STAFF GEO. SZYPULA-Cl inic Direct or BO B BOHL-Program Director Rec rea t ion Dept. , Evanston, III. J OE SCHABACKER- Operations Mgr. W iscons in Univ. Adm inist rator BOB STOUT-Former Ol ympian Suburbian Ph ilo . H.S. Coach ERN ESTINE (RU SSELL) CARTER-Former Olympian-'-Lans ing, Mich .

High School Teacher and Coach PA UL FINA- Former Natl. Champ F.I.G. Judg ing HERB VOGEL-Coach - Flint Acrolympian Champ ion GLENN SUNDBY-Editor, Publ isher, Modern Gymnast Magazine JAC KIE (KLEIN) UP HUES-Former Oly mpian MR. & MRS. J 1M FARKAS-From Hungary, Eu ropean MethodS' M ILDRED PRCHAL & ED HALLIK Director Men's & Women's Act ivities National SOKOL J ACK CARR-Teache r, Coa ch, Su burban Ch icago High School BETTY MEYER- P. E. Elem . Schoo l Instructor, Chicago RUTH ANN INSKIP-Top Natl. Compet .

BAR BA RA CULBERTSON-Former Top Natl. Co mpetitor STEVE J OHN SO N-Forme r Na t l. Tramp .

Champi.o n (Mich . Sta te Un iv.)

BILL MEADE-Coach Sou the rn Ill ino is Nn iv.

FILL IN AND RETURN REGISTR ATI ON FORM WI TH $2.0 0 FEE TO: Nat ional Sum mer Gymna st ics Clinic George Szypula, GymnasticsCoa ch M ich igan State University East Lansi ng, Mich igan August 18 - 23, 1936 Na me _______________________________ Add ress,_ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ __ City ________________ Sta t e,___________ Coach _ _ __ _ _ J udge _ __ _ __ Phys. Edu cator _ __ _ Gymnast _ _ __

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UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION

DI RECTOR1S

REPORT

I departed from Tucson Arizona on February 28 ... and headed across the U.S.A. to witness several of the larger gymnastics meets held during. March and also to talk with the people involved in the sport of gymnastics ... the following is a brief description of the activities I witnessed during the first half of my trip . . . believe me a great deal is happening for the U. S.G. F. and all good ...

The EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHINPS . . . hosted at SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, was one of the finest intercollegiate meets I have ever witnessed. The meet was beautifully managed and the Manley Field House was a perfect setting for the excellent performances turned in by the gymnasts.

Eleven ( 11 ) universities took part and the Individual Championships were great. SYRACUSE won the conference team title during the dual-meet season, so at this meet it was strictly up to the individual gymnasts and the routines were of the highest caliber. To coach PAUL ROMEO, of Syracuse my thanks for the hospitality and welcome afforded me at S.u.

I had the opportunity to talk to many coaches and judges and everywhere there was a great deal of interest in what the U.S.G.F. was attempting to do, how it was to be done, who was to do it? There are many fine and dedicated coaches in the E.I.G.L. and they are followin g F.I.G. standards extremely well in improving performances along those lines. The LONG HORSE was one of the outstanding events in the meet.

All-Around champion was SEW A R D of PENN STATE, with COHN of TEMPLE 2nd, and VOAZ of SYRACUSE and ZYMANEK of PITTSBURGH 3l'd and 4th respectively ... there were so many fine performances it would be difficult to relate them all, but once again the meet was beautiful to watch.

It was gratifying to see such names as PHILLIPS, WELLS , and CUMISKEY showing up in the ranks of competitors as well as COACHES and JUDGES keeping gymnastics in the family.

To each of the coaches from the E.I.G.L. a sincere thanks for their reception and their excellent job _ . . they have followed F.I.G. rules closely and demonstrated that a college meet can be very good following those rules _..

To coaches . . . WOLCOTT, NEIGER, BONSALL, KNELDSEN, PHILLIPS, PATTERSON, MALONEY, ROMEO, WETTSTONE, congratulations from the U.S.G.F.

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From Syracuse to TEXAS .. . the lone star state was warm and the reception I received in GALVESTON, TEXAS was very gratifying. In this area they have done an excellent job in starting age-group gymnastics in the elementary schools . . . thap.ks to MARION KING and her personal drive, several of the schools in that area are conducting regular GYMNASTICS CLASSES as part of the ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION program. To Principal RAY GILLIS of DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Texas) my sincere thanks for aidingin the promotion of this much-needed program.

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USGF Direct or , Frank Bare presenting Long H orse ev ent w inners at the E. I.G.L. Championships, Sy racuse, N.Y.

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In Galveston I was met by MA YOH .STUBBS, and COUNTY JUDGE PETE LAVELL, Judge Lavell presented a proclamation declaring the week of March 4th "U. S. GYMNASTICS FEDERATION WEEK" in GALVESTON COUNTY. Many schools in that area are interested in age-group gymnastics and are now conducting programs and producing some excellent young performers. WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL allowed me to watch their program in action and their coach has done an excellent job with his group.

In HOUSTON, TEXAS, I was fortunate to be interviewed on KPRC-TV (channel 2 ) by CARL MANN, sports announcer for that station. CARL'S questions were well selected and it was a pleasure to have an opportunity to talk with someone in his position with interest in the current " struggle" regarding gymnastics in this country. CARL, my personal thanks for your Interest on behalf of the U.S.G.F . .

I hope you will all plan on attending . . . "THE FIRST TREASURE ISLAND GYMNASTICS FESTI VAL" May 31st, June 1st and 2nd .. . 1963 in Galveston , Texas ... I assure you that many fine coaches and performers have indicated that they will attend and we look forward to many rewarding training sessions and an excellent public performance at the beautiful MOODY CENTER on the Gulf. The weather will be perfect and the hospitality will be GREAT . . . PLAN ON BEING THERE . ..

Three of GALVESTON'S leading business men demonstrated a great deal of interest in the festival and I encourage you to write them for reservations if you so desire . . . MR. BOB GRAY, Manager the GALVEZ HOTEL . . . MR. GARY ROTH, Sales Manager, the JACK TAR MOTEL ... MR. JOHN McCANN, Manager the SEA HORSE MOTEL ... all have excellent facilities and all are right on fhe beach . . . vacation and en joy good gymnastics programs at the same time it is a HOLIDAY WEEK路END, REMEMBER?

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I flew to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY at East Lansing, for the BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS ... and GEORGE SZYPULA conducted an excellent meet. A good crowd turned out at the M.S. U. Fieldhouse to witness the finals which saw the powerful University of MICHIGAN TEAM, under the guidance of NEWT LOKEN, walk away with a lop-sided victory. The judging was very good . . . the performances in places were extremely go'od and the level of difficulty very high.

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Next to CHICAGO for the ILLINOIS STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS ... and I was so pleasantly shocked it was hard to describe ... the level of performance was very high, QUADRUPLE TWIST on the Trampoline, RUSSIAN MOORE'S on the Side Horse, two well-performed ONE-ARM HANDSTANDS, and in every event some fine performances . . . WHAT'S MORE IMPRESSIVE . . . over 100 FINE GYMNASTS . . . and this after three (3) DISTRICT ELIMINATIONS the week·end before. Hats off to each and everyone of the outstanding coaches in the Illinois Area . . . Three double backs in tumbling . . . times have changed in High School gymnastics, and in ILLINOIS . . . It's for the better. Coach RON WALLEN'S EVANSTON Boys won the team championship in a highly competitive battle for every position. * * * THE NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CLINIC be held at EAST LANSING MICHIGAN, August 18 - 23, 1963 . . . according to the work I saw being put forth by the clinic staff at their meeting it should be an excellent clinic. * * * I had the opportunity to talk to the MIDWEST GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION while in Chicago . . . this fine group has contributed greatly to gymnastic activities in the MID-WEST for many years . . . President BOB BOHL has announced the "LITTLE 10" CHAMPIONSHIP . . . U.S.G.F. SANCTIONED . . . for April 21st, 1963 in Chicago . . . a developmental meet for youngsters . .. under the M.G.A. 's able direction I know it will be an excellent one. .,.:* I sat in on the Board of Director's meeting of the U. S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. At this meeting CHARLIE POND, speaking for the 6 NCAA MEMBERS of the U. S. OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS (MEN'S) COMMITTEE presented a 7·point formal protest ... THIS PROTEST WAS READ, FORMALLY AND DISTINCTLY BY MR. POND ... WITHOUT MENTIONING ONE NAME ... basically it stated that ...

1. The sites selected for try·outs were geographically located so as to eliminate some athletes for reasons con· nected with travel expenses.

2. Many of the gymnasts on the Pan-Am Elimination squad represent educational institutions ... yet the AAU has scheduled the team for "Exhibitions" following the second trials . . . which fall during the academic semester and are not in the best interest of the athletes and their educational careers.

3. WEST· COAST Gymnasts were denied an oppor· tunity to take part in the Pan-Am second try-outs because they were not listed on the Elimination Squad for the second trials . . . yet now we find that other gymnasts also not on that "elimination squad" have been invited to the second try-outs.

4. Compulsory routines were prescribed for women gymnasts and then not used at the first try-outs.

5: Certain events (Tumb. & Tramp) have been scheduled in the Pan-American Games, then dropped, then re-scheduled, and then dropped again . . . all of which indicates some degree of uncertainty about what the events actually are in the Pam-American Games.

6. Sites for the try-outs have been changed from one EAST COAST location to another ... and in many cases the athletes themselves have no idea where the try-outs are actually being held.

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7. That certain athletes have been contacted by phone and asked to write a "False and Dishonest letter" concerning their awareness of the fact that the MIDWEST OPEN GYMNASTICS MEET, held in December, 1962, was not sanctioned by the AAU. These boys were asked to write a . letter indicating that they were not aware of the fact that the meet was not AAU sanctioned and informed that if they did this they would be reinstated.

This indicates that according to current operating procedures . . . that ONE INDIVIDUAL can control a gymnast's eligibility.

TWO POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE: (by NCAA Group) 1. That the Men's Olympic Gymnastic Committee be completely re-organized ... affording representation to each national organization involved in the sport of gymnastics.

2. That try-outs for a selection of INTERNATIONAL TEAMS ... be held under the auspices of the USOC and NOT in connection with any organizational meet such as the National AAU or the NCAA. MR. GEORGE GULACK was present ... and asked to answer these 7 points ... he rose and walked to the front of the room ... AND THEN SPENT TEN CONSECUTIVE MINUTES IN A PERSONAL CONDEMNATION OF CHARLIE POND .. . AND DID NOT, IN ANY INSTANCE ATTEMPT TO ANSWER OR EXPLAIN ANY ONE POINT OF THE 7 MENTIONED IN THE PROTEST'. . . I couldn't believe my ears . . . he ignored the entire formal protest . . . and just did his best to insult and ridicule Charlie Pond as an individual.

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE USOC ...

STATED THAT THE GYMNASTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OPEN MEETS (i.e. the MIDWEST OPEN) NOT SANCTIONED BY THE AAU WERE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION . . .

AND ALSO APPROVED THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION ABOVE, THAT IN 1964 THE OLYMPIC TRIALS BE HELD UNDER USOC CONTROL . . .

NOT IN CONNECTION WITH THE AAU MEET OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION'S MEET ... I certainly hope it turns out that way ...

* At the USGF National Championships in Chicago the "Elite" Division wi ll be required to perform the '64 Olympic Compulsories and the Class "A" will use the '63 Pan-Am Compulsory Routines. For further information write to the USGF Office: P. O. Box 4699, Tucson, Ariz.

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U_S_G.F. REGISTRATION CARDS The U.S.G.F. now has registration cards and pins available for aIJ gymnasts, coaches, officia ls and boosters of gymnastics.

This CARD DOES NOT LIMIT YOU IN ANY WAY TO PARTICIPATION IN ANY EVENT, CLINIC OR EXHIBITION, and is, in fact, only indicative of your interest in the sport and its promotion. There is a space provided for CLUB or ASSOCIATION . . in order that you might order them in groups and and allow this one card to serve as registration card for you r group and the U.S.G.F. " however, we need to have the names of all your club members for mailing purposes . . .

CARD, PIN and ALL U.S.G.F. INFORMATION PRINTED are available immediately.. $ 1.00 per ctlrd for gymnasts .. . $5.00 for coaches, officia ls and boosters. Inc ludes all and puts you on the U.S.G.F. mailing list <Coaches, officials and boosters on special mailing list.)

SEND TO:

U.S.G.F. P.O. BOX 4699 TUCSON, ARIZONA

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UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION WOMEN'S DIVISION

REPORT BY BUD MARQUETTE Vice-President, V.S.C.F. Women's Div.

After many years of frustration, disappointments and heartaches, we are finally moving forward in our Women's gymnastic program in these United States.

Realizing the great need for a con crete structure in this field a group of dedicated coaches and administrators are now rushing plans to fill this void . As we grow in numbers so will we expand in scope and size. Already many local and State Associations have been formed and are now in operation conducting clinics and competitions.

Anyone desiring information regarding affiliation or help in organizing a girls gymnastic team please con tact the Sectional Director of yo ur respective area. (addresses listed below) .

Let us "ALL" work together in harmony and unison to promote and further the ca use of women's gymnastics ill our nation. We as a group and individually can become as proficient and world renowned as any gymnastic organization or country on earth.

W.N.G.A. (The Women's National Gymnastic Association) has been formed an is functioning. Direct all inquiries to : Mr. Herb Vogel, Pres.

WNGA - Flint Community Junior College, Flint, Michigan.

Also here are the addresses of the U.S.G.F. Technical Committee membersand Sectional Directors of WNGA: CHAIRMAN-C. B. Marquette 267 Coronado Ave., Long Beach 3, Calif. V. Chairman- Herb Vogel Flint Jr. College, Flint Mich. Eastern Division Dir..- Brownie Wrona 420 Shenango' Rd., Beaver Falls, Penna. Central Dir.- F. R. Jn~k i p- 1402 South Neil, Champaign, Ill. , MidWest Dir.-Marion King-4825 Nebraska St., Sickinson, Texas. Western Dir.- Vada Crabbe-4608 U St..

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The following apparatus specifications and time limi ts in regard to age level competit ion are highly recommended and strongly urged for adoption by all con stituent members of the U.S.G.F. This will h ave a tendency to standard ize our girls age level program thruout the entire United States.

BALANCE BEAM: Height 36 inches,

Time limit-1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds EXERCISE: (with music) Area 35 feet square, time limit-4 5 seconds to 1 minute, 15 seconds TRAMPOLINE: One 8 to 10 bounce routine SIDE HORSE VAULT: (Reuther type board) UNEVEN BARS : Height 7' 2%", Low bar 4' '7" (Note-both bars lower approx. 2 notches from regulation height).

TUMBLING: 50.foot .mat-;;2 trips- 3 max.

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12 - 13 - 14 year age group: (six (6) events, tumbling and trampoline special events) BALANCE BEAM: Height 40 inches, Time limit-1 minute 30 second s to 2 minutes FREE EXERCISE: (with piano music) Area 40 feet square, time limit 1 minute to 1 minute 30 · seconds SIDE HORSE VAULT: (Reuther type board) Height 40 inches--distance of board from horse' is at the gymnasts discretion. The gymnast sh all always pave 2 vaults. As an optional vault the performer may use the same vault twice or two different vaults·. The better of the two shall count. Both vaults' must be done in succession.

UNEVEN BARS: Height-High bar 7 feet 4 % inches. Low bar 4 feet 9 inches, (Note: both bars lowered approximately one notch to match correspond in g height apart . Width 16 inches to 18% inches on center.

TRAMPOLINE: One 10 to 12 bounce routine.

TUMBLING: SO foot mat- 3 trips

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15 years and above group: (all apparatus and specifications must conform to F.I.G. r egulation s) BALANCE BEAM: 4" x 6%" x 16'5" by 48" high, time limit-1 minute 30 seconds to 2 minutes. " UNEVEN BARS: Height: Low bar-4' ll 1 / 16", High bar- 7' · 6%" SIDE HORSE VAULT : (Reuther type boa rd) height: 3'7 ,·5 /1S" FREE EXERCISE : Area 40' square, time limit 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds T ROMPOLINE: One 10 to 12 bounce routine

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U.S.F.G. CALIFORNIA STATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GIRLS BERKELEY YMCA, FEB. 23, 1963 TEAM CHAMPIONS

TUMBLING: 60' mat- 3 trips- 4 max.

Squat 5.5 Wolf 6.0 Straddle 6.5 R. or L. Flank 6.5 Stoop 7.0 Front Vau lt (legs above ho'rizontal) 7.5 Thief 7.5 Stradd le % turn 8.0 Rear vault % turn inward 8.0 Layout sq uat 8.5 Bent hips, bent arms handspring 8.5 Bent arm , bent hips h andspring with% twist 9.0 Flank/ Front vault % turn outward s 9.0 Bent arm, straight body handspring 9.0 Layout .s tradd le 10.0 Layout stoop 10.0 Stra ight arm straight body handstand % turn 10.0 Straight arm, straight body handspring 10.0 Straight arm, straigh t body ascent handstand 'h turn cartwheel off 10.0 Straight a rm, straight body ascent hands tand squat 10.0 Straight arm, straight body ascent hand s ta nd straddle or stoop 10.0

1st. Southern Calif. Acro, Coach, Bud Marquette . 2nd. Berkeley YMCA, Coach, Martha Tsuchiya. 3rd. Vada's of Sacramento, Coach, Vada Crabbe.

ALL AROUND WINNERS

1st. Paula Crist, Arden Hills. 2nd.

Judy Tramel, Southern Calif. Acro. 3rd.

Barbara Heath, Berkeley YMCA. ALL AROUND WINNERS-JUNIOR

HIGH DIV. (12 t o 14 year aids) 1st. Carolyn Hacker, Berkeley YMCA. 2nd. Joanne Hashimoto, Arden Hills. 3rd.

Judy Abbott, Arcade.

ALL AROUND WINNERS GRADE SCHOOL DIV . (9,10 & 11 year aids) 1st. Wendi Cluff, Southern Calif. Acro.

2nd. Karen Galloway, Vada's Gym Club .

3rd. Brooke Meyer, Berkeley YMCA.

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RECOMMENDED GYMNASTIC GRADING PROCEDURE &. JUDGING EVALUATION TOTAL BALANCE 20% 40% 40% Stunt Selection Continuity and 10 BEAM Grace and Rhythm

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60% Grace and Rhythm Ballet (6 points)

30% Tumbling (3 points)

10% General impression (1 point)

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50% Stunt Selection 'Difficulty (5 points)

40% Continuity (4 points)

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70% Vault itself (7 points)

20% L anding and Take off (2 points)

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AGE GROUP LEVEL APPARA~US SPECIFICATIONS. Recommended and THE 9- 10-11 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP:

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Judy (Kowalski) Trammel shown warking with Wendy Cluff the 1963 California State All-Around Champion (lower age division) Judy, a top-ranking gymnast is making renewed progress after taking time out to get married and have a youngster .

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PROVISIONAL TEXT OF COMPULSORY EXERCISES- 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES WOMEN'S GYMNASTIC EXERCISES FLOOR EXERCISE

1. From the oblique station at the right corner of the area, raise yourself on tip ~oes with supple movement in raising your arms forward to the vertical position.

2. One step forward on left foot, bring right foot to it while lowering the arms laterally - hop on feet - arms crossed below m front of the body, jump body arc hed legs reunited in ,swinging laterally the arms supplely overhead, head to the left, slight twist to the left, the palms of the hands to the outside.

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3. Land on both feet, siight push to jump forward on right foot, bring point of left foot behind right heel, push on left foot in jumping on right foot with one half turn to right, simultaneously circling of right .arm from front to back to the vertical position.

4. Jump backwards on left foot, bring the point of the right foot behind the left heel, push on right foot in jumping on left ' foot with 'h turn to the right simultaneously circling of right arm from front to back to the vertical position.

5. Four running steps, right left right left, while lowering laterally the arms, push on left foot, jump, . right leg bent then extended to land on right bent leg, (stag leap) left arm horizontally in front, righ t arm lateral.

6. One step forward on left foot, arms rounded below in front of body, one half turn to the right on point of left foot, right leg bent, knee to the exterior, point of foot against left calf.

7. Lateral extension of the right leg, arms parallel and oblique below, towards the left, place right foot s light bending of the body to the left, simultaneously extending the right leg, straighten the body to the right while bringing together the left foot ,slight bending of the body to the left, arms following the movement . of the body to terminate with right arm rounded off above the head, the left arm supple in front of the body. .

8. While straightening the body, one quarter turn to the right, elevation of the arms above, four running steps, left right left right (moving curved to the right; left arm lateral, right arm rounded in front of the body). Reunite the left foot to the right foot while changing the position of the arms, right arm lateral, left a rm rounded in fron t of the body.

9. Five running steps, left, right, left, right, left, (moving curved to the left) right arm lateral, left arm rounded in front of the body, open left arm laterally beginning with the third step.

10. Lower the arms, thrust right leg forward, right arm horizontal, left arm vertical, "Arab wheel" forward (tinsica or staggered front walkover), one half turn to the left, left leg bent, bring quickly the left leg forward while leaving the other foot in place, left arm at oblique below, right arm vertical with e xtension of the body forward.

11. .While extending the left leg, straighten the body, one step backward with left foot, while lowering laterally the arms, and raising yourself oil tip toe of left foot, bend righ t leg, the toe -of the foot a gainst the left knee, simultaneously raise the arms bent in front

of the body in order to extend them with impetus, left arm vertical, right arm lateral, head to the right.

12. Bend the body forward, place the right foot behind, hands on the floor, roll back on head, with manual support forward. (back roll over head to knee scale on right knee) 13. One half turn on right knee while placing left foot on floor, leg ben t, right arm lateral, left arm supple in front of the body. Stand erect again on left foot, 7/8's of a turn (315 0 ) to the left on tip of left foot, arms lateral right leg extended.

14. Elevation of the right leg, lateral wheel to the right ondeft arm with impetus of right arm behind, two lateral steps, right, left crossed, one-quarter turn, three rapid steps forward (big steps) right, left, right, one step on left foot curved to the right while lowering the arms crossed in front of the body, one step on right foot, scale on right foot while raising your arms, right arm oblique backward , opening of the body to the left.

15. Straighten the body while lowering the arms, one step on left foot and cat leap with circle of the arms from front to back as far as the horizontal forward, fall back on the left foot to leap forward on the right foot, left leg bent behind, hop on left foot behind, right leg bent forward, point of foot against left leg, fall back on right foot with left leg bent backward, simultaneously lowering the right arm to oblique backwa rd, slight turn of the body to right.

16. One step on left foot, cat leap with circle of the arms from front to back to horizontally in front, faU back on left foot to leap forward on right foot, left leg bent backward, hop backward on left foot, right leg bent forward, point of foot aaginst left leg, fall back on right foot, left leg bent backward, simultaneously lower the left arm to obliqu e backward, slight turn of the body to the left.

17. One step forward on left foot while thrusting right leg forward, one half. turn to the left while swinging arms obliqu e right, two rapid steps backward, right, left, thrust right leg while raising arms in front reversing to back, return to right leg, place the left 路f oot behind, twist the body to the left while returning the right foot beside the left foot on tip toes , left arm raising to the left all the way vertically, right arm supple in front of the body obliquely below, head to the right 18. Little displacement of the left foot to the rear, (diagonal direction) extension on tip toe with elevation of the right leg forward, left arm obliquely forward, right ' arm obliquely upward, slight bending of the body forward, place right foot to the rear extension on top toe with eleva tion of left leg stretched backward, right arm v ertical, left arm la teral, place left foot to the rear, extension on tip toe with elevation of right leg bent forward , left arm obliquely below, right arm obliquely above, slight bending of body forward.

19 . Place right foot to the rear, with e xtension of the body, arms abov e , without stopping, four rapid ' steps backward with inclination of the body forward return left foot to the right foot while lowe ring the arms to raise them again laterally a U the way t o the v ertica l on tip toes with 45 0 to the right.

20. One step on left foot, momentar~' handstand while bending the arms, roll forward, straighten body with hop on right leg, left leg extended bac.kward, right arm lateral, left arm hOl"lzontal, head to the left.

2'1. One step w"!th hop on left foot while lowering the arms, thrust right leg forward, arms lateral, wheel to the right (cartwheel), step displaced laterally while leaping, right, left, arms latera l without stopping, ju mp turning to the right (315 0 ) with circle of the arms crossed in front of the body all the way to the vertical, one step backward on r ight foot while lowering the arms forward to the lateral position.

22. Three steps with impetus, Handspring, (with step-out), return on left leg, two running steps, right, left, jump on right foot, leg bent with flexion of left leg in the rear, point of foot aga inst right leg, arms rounded below in front of body, two short rapid steps backward, left right while raising left arm obliquely above, right obliquely backward on tip toes, hea d to the right, with slight twist of the body to the righ t.

23. Lower the arms to the straight position.

N.B. Paragraph 22 can be reversed for the jump of hands.

Important advance notice to all com路 petitors concerning music for optional floor exercises: New FIG rules require music played on one instrument only to accompany optional floor exerc ises. All participants are urged to arrange their music accordingly. Orchestrations will no longer be accepted in international competitions.

BALANCE BEAM

1. Oblique start - a few rapid steps, jump lfrom left foot in order to place right foot on beam with manual support, right leg momentarily straight, left leg stretched forward, arms lateral, straighten yourself by placing left foot forward and without stopping execute 'h turn to the left on pOint of left foot, right leg stretched backward, ekcle right arm in front of the body fro'm bottom to top all the way ' to a rounded position above the head.

2. One step 路on right foot, lower the righ t arm in front of the body, left arm backward stretched to the oblique front s cale obliquely right,and right arm obliquely below, ~eft arm lowering parallel to the right a.rm, right arm a little higher than the left.

3. Straighten yourself on tip toes very close together, left in front, by raising the arms from bottom to top, then lower them laterally, the palms downward.

4. One step on right foot, bring left foot behind the right one, with impulse thrust right leg extended' forward, land on right foot, left leg bent behind right leg, knee to the outside, simultaneously circling of l'ight arm laterally in front of the body, in figure eight, palm upward in returning the left arm rounded in front of the body during the jump.

5. One step on left foot, bring right foot behind the left one, with impulse thru s t left leg forward to land on left foot, the right leg bent behind the left leg, knee to the outside, arms lateral.

6. Hop to land on right foot, legs supple, left leg bent forward, right arm obliquely forward, left arm obliquely be hind, slight bending and twisting of the body to the left.

7. Place left foot forw"rd, pose ("At ti tude" ) on tip toes, legs stretched , arms obliquely behind, Head raised.

8. On e s tep forward with left foot on tip toe, 'h turn on this leg while thrust路 ing righ t s tretched leg backwards to return it f or ward, arms lateral, place right foot for w a rd, bring left foot behind the right foot on tip toes, simultaneously circling the r ignt arm in front of the body from top to bottom, to raise it again ob liquely lateral, twist the body to the left, left arm obliquely below, head to the left.

9. While straightening the body, split forward left circle, right arm in front of the body from top to bottom, partial rotation of the body while shifting the weight of the body toward the right with circling of the left arm, right arm lateral, weight of the body on the right leg.

10. Restore the weight of the body on the left leg, one step on right foot while thrusting left stretched leg forward, arms horizontal, bend left leg, knee to the outside,simultaneous with 'h turn to the left on tip toe of right foot while lowering the arms to the left to raise them again forward obliquely above.

11. Three rapid s teps backward, left right, left, body slightly inclined forward while lowering the arms in front in order to r a ise them again laterally while ~tmightening the body, th e right foot brough t back toward the left foot.

12.Split Jump - (legs far apart) - the right leg forward while lowerin g and raising the arm s laterally, land on supp le legs. while straightening yourself, execute 'h turn to the left While returning the arms directly in front horizontally.

13. Elevation of the left stretched leg forward , roll backward .with position of hands be hind the head, return the left leg h a lf bent, squat position on one leg, point of (left) foot on beam , right arm obliquely forward. l eft arm obliquely above, slight twi s ting of body to the left.

14. Straighten yourself on your left leg while thrusting right leg forward, arms horizontal, 1,4 turn to the right whil e thru s ting right leg and right arm laterally.

15. Momentar~' Handstand Sideward, Dismount By Arching over to Stand Rearways.

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UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS

1. From sitestand frontways, facing the third left part, (off center) of the high bar.

2. Jump to stretch ed hang on the low bar, ordinary grasp, kip to straight front support.

3. H ip circle forward without stopping, pass bent l egs between the grasps (squat through) to straight rear support, turn backward to bent IJlverted hang and return shooting fore -upward to r ear support, and change grip of both hands to the hig-h bar ..

4. Swing the legs toward the high bar, pass the straight right leg between "th e grasp and rise fore-upward. to support with legs astride on the high ba.r .

5. Change the left grasp to palmar g-rip, execute 'h turn left in passing the left leg over the bar and in chal1ging the rig-ht grip to straight front support.

6. Swing forward under the high bar to straight hang (underswlng), 'h turn left around the left arm changing rig-ht grip (mixed grasp - L palmar, R ordin al,),).

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S. With out interruption, jump with impul se backward to rear support on t h e hig-h bar, turn rea r ward to bent inverted hang, and dismount releasing grasp and execu ting straddl e c u t -off to sidestand fro ntways.

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COACHING AIDS- BACK KIP and BACK SEAT CIRCLE This article is a follow up of these two movements discussed in the last issue of . the MG. There are certainly other points to stress and other methods but the following might be of further assistance.

BACK SEAT CIRCLE: Common difficulty is to develop the sense of "feel" and timing at points c and d in both the BK and SC movements. Repetition of following sequence will help develop the pike to arch to pike action as it is combined with the grip rotation .

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After the gymnast is given the 路feel of th e stunt it is good practice to repeat l - 4 in a pumping action, timing the opening & closing, in and out of the kip position 路with the press down of the straight arms and grip rotation at points 3 and 5 .

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16-year -old Makato, winner of the Horizontal Bar event at the recent Pasadena National Inv itational (he was still 15 when this photo was taken).

Makato performing an "Iron cross" with ease.

Below: End and side sequence photos of Makato doing a Stutz to a handstand (photos taken in the new M. G. Gym).

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THE SAKAMOTO BROTHERS Not since Dick and Jack Beckner were going strong as a brother team in Gymnastics (1956 Olympic team) has there been a family around to compare with the sensational Sakamoto Brothers of Southern California. Between Sam, Tad, Mikio and Makato you can be almost sure to see a Sakamoto on the victory stand at any competition in the area.

Sam - 23. H e started it all ... took up Gymnastics at Belmont High School under coach Tom Arima. In his first year he took second in the city in F. X. and in hi s second (senior ) year he won the Long Horse and placed 3rd All Around . In 1961 he won the All Around and Lon g Horse and placed high in all even ts in the Jr. College CHampionships.

Tad - 20. T op man on th e LACC Gym T eam , started Gymn路astics when he was 16.

Made the ci ty finals on the P. Bars his first year of competition, then did not compete for a couple- of years, but is now ~o in g stron g again. .

Mikio - 18. A senior in high school. Started rings when he ~vas 14. Two years later

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Makato - the youngest Sakamoto, .a tenth grader in high school ( just turned 16) , start ed in gymnastics when 路 he w~.s ten years old. Makato has of late been givin g not just hi s brothers, but all the other top gym na sts around a rough t.im e. At t.he Pasadena Invitational (results in nex t M. G.) Nlakato took top hon ors on the Horizontal har and placed thi rd in the All Around just a fra cti on hehind S hurlock (lst) and Vega (2 nd ).

Tad, Mikio and Makato all say they were in sp ired by big broth er Sam and with the aid of books, film s and L. A. High coach John Muir they have gone forward in Gymnastics. They are now all training with the hope that at least one of them will make the 64 Olympi c tea m and more than one make the USA tea m for the 1966 World Championships in P ortugal.

The Sakamoto Brothers Makato, Mikio , Sam and Tad

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Bar Routine-

Undergrip cast stoop through , dislocate shoot full twist reach under (Takamoto), back uprise full twist (pirouette), stoop through, back kip, German giant, rock backward and forward to straddle cut catch, kip to handstand, giant swing to overgrip stalder shoot (straddle in and out), giant swing, cross change, reverse giant, reverse stalder, reverse grip giant, fl y ing straddle hetch dismount.

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By MARGARET KORONDI

Ol y mpic Gold Medal Winner

BALANCE BEAM Prepared by Dorothy W. Martin Patterson High School, Baltimore, Maryland Edited by Margret Korondi , for publication in the Modern Gymnast With this issue of the Modern Gymnast we will show B. MOVEMENTS ON BEAM Balance Beam moves for Beginners: A mount, a few move· 1. Balance sittin g (also called V sitting) ments, standing position, turns, body on the beam position a. Bend knees sharply to chest, then straighten them and a dismount.

A composition on the balance beam consists of a mount; in front of body. Hands remain on beam behind body, dance steps, jumps, leaps and turns as well as movements thumbs On top. b. From a sitting positi9n ·on beam raise straight legs for fl ex ibility and balance, and a dismount. The exercise should be performed with confidence and fluidity. Balance fore upward into balance si ttin g ' position. c. When balance seat is obtained, raise arms side upmoves should be held just long enough to show control. ward shoulder high.

(Time limit 1% - 2 minutes) . d. Place hands on beam inside of legs, stretch legs Exercises for beginners should contain all of the above elements but should be simple enough to be performed well upward in a wide straddle balance sittin g position. e. Swing right leg backward and place knee on the without hesitation. It is advisable to have the students practice firs t on a line drawn on the floor, in order to beam , put weight on right knee and stand up. learn the coordina tion s necessary ·without the added diffif. Step forward with the L foot and kneel on the R culty of workin g on a narrow beam. In fa ct, a whole class can be taught an exercise by the same method used in knee. teachin g a combination of calisthenic exercises or a dance g. In steppin g back to the kneeling posItIOn. the routine. This should also facilitate the use of the beam student ,yould swing the R leg back and kneel on it. during the activity period.

For safety purposes, mats should be used under and at h. From the upright kn eelin g position, swin g the for · both ends of the beam. A student assistant should be used ward leg down, back and upward while placing hands on to spot on each side of the beam. beam about.,. l0 in. in front of the knee. Bring the lifted Most of the following exercises can be performed on low leg behind hand s, and stand up . or high beams. If a movement can be done only on a high beam, this has been indicated. Where portable stage stairs are available, the low beam may be placed on these and C. STANDING POSITION held by studen ts at either end for greater stability. . a. Step forward on R foot, raise L leg back u pward TERMS while lowering chest until shoulder and hip are in line.

When hands are placed on beam from a side stand front - Body is arched. Raise arms side uDward to shoulder height. ways, they should be shoulder width apart. ltight of beam is that section past the cehter of beam D. TURNS on the right as gymnast faces beam.

1. Half Turns arabesque-position of body with weight on one foota . Turn on toes. Bring L foot fo · rear of R foot , make leg straight, other leg raised back upward from the hip l/~ turn as high as possible. Chest remain s erect ; back is arched. b. Squat turn . Bring R foot behind L in a squat stand slide or chasse-step forward with right leg and slide (bend knees and lower) arms are held shoulder height in loft foot behind right heel, then step forward again with soft position ; as the body turns to the L the arms swing right foot. sideward remaining at shoulder level, slowly rise to a Lunge-step forward on one foot bending knee over toe. stand as the body turn s.

Other leg remains straight and is extended backward with E. BODY ON THE BEAM fo ot on beam. scale stand-position is held on one foot. Chest is lowered 1. Forward Roll Progression and one leg is raised backward until the hip joint is as a. Lunge dips. Lunge forward on R leg keeping L fo ot high as the shoulder. on beam in rear with the l eg straight, arms swing sidejete~or leap-jump from left foot swinging right leg downward and up to cross softly at chest height; dip on R forward and up, land on right foot. leg and swin g arms down and sideupward to shoulder jront lying position-both hands are on beam in upper height. Lunge forward on L leg and repeat arm movements grip- thumbs toward each other-front of body is toward and dip. beam and weight is supported on toes and hands. Body b. Forward Toll. From a lunge with R leg forward , bend and reach forward phicing hand s on either side ' should be arched.

The following values are derived from work on the of top of beam; roll head under and place neck on beam balan ce beam: between hand s and foot ; shift hands to bottom of beam 1. The stren gthening of all the muscles of the hody. and brin g legs together as body rolls forward.

2. Increased fl exibility. c. Forward roll to balance sitting position. Same as b.

3. An iinproved sense of balance and coordination. but fini sh by raisin g upper trunk to balance si ttin g posi4. The development of poise and confidence. tion with hands on beam behind body.

5. The development of initiative and creativity.

Bibliography For Balance Beam Loken, Newton C. & Willoughby, Rober t J., COMPLETE BOOK OF GYMNASTICS , Prenti c e - Hall, Inc., Engle wood Cliffs, New York, 1959 .

Tak emoto , ILLUSTRATED WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS Ban- Yo S huppe n Co., Ltd. , T ok yo, Japan , 1958. (Available from: Fra nk Endo, 12200 S. Berendo, Los Angeles 44, Californ ia .)

d. Forward roll to a squat stand. Same as c. but hands remain on top of beam throughout roll, then swing upward as body passes through the balance sittin g position befor e bending one kn ee and reaching forward while coming to a squat stand . Gymnast may raise immediately to a stand.

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to a straight arm support- body should be slightly arched, thighs r estin g on beam; swing L leg over beam and make 14 turn L, place hands behind body.

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DISMOUNT

a. Run and jump off end of beam arching body sharply. b. From a side stand on beam, bend knees, swing arms foredownward . and bend at waist ; swing arms foreupward and jump upward off beam with a fully arched body to a sid e stand rearways.

PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR LADIES

FOUR EXERCISES FOR THE "4 DAY FOUR HUNDRED"

Why does the symmetrical fi gure of a teenager suddenly disappear after the age of 25 to 30 and rolls into soft abdominal fat most of th e time? . . . Why does the gracef ul fi gure of the women soon get lost in thc ' ''Middle age sprcad"?

Physical perfection and fitn ess is stri ctly a matter of a well-balanced body. Refl ectin g not only perfect weight, but radiant health and vital energy! It is the result of proper habits of eating, working and of course exercising. Also the art of relaxing.

Let us go over each point!

1. Th e importance of nutritional balance can not be over estimated. Each day you should try to include in your diet 1 - 2 servings of meat, vegetables and fr esh fruit s, some cereal, also eggs and dairy products.

Try to avoid the sweets especially if you want to loose weight or just maintain stat.us quo,.

2. You should exercise at least 15-20 minutes, daily. If you ar e on a special diet and want to loose weight, or simply reshape your fi gure and ton e YOllr muscles. a scien tifi cally designed " Custom Course" of exer cises would be the best for yo u.

3. In this issue we will give you a caJon e chart for the most important food s and a Diet P lan for a drastic reducing, up to 8 pounds in 4 days. (Of course this or any diet plan, check first with your :physician) .

CALORIE CHART Calories Orange, grapefruit, tom ato juice 75 30 Bull ion soup, 1 cup 100 Vegetable soup, 1 cup 125 Chicken noodle soup, 1 cup 25 Carrots, 112 cup 25 String beans, Y2 cup 50 Peas, 112 cup 125 Baked potato 250 Beef, boiled (average serv. ) 200 Beef steak (average serv ) 150 Pork roast (average serv .)

150 Pork sausage, 2 - 3 inches Tomato and lettuce salad with low calorie dressing ~5 75 1 sli ce of bread 75 1 apple, orange or banana 20 1 apricot 50 1 peach DIET PLAN No.1

BREAKFAST:

Calories 1 6-oz. glass of grapefruit juice 75 2 stalks raw celery 25

LUNCH:

1 cup bullion 1 boiled egg 1 slice bread (whole grain) Black coffee or tea

1. CORRECTS POSTURE AND TIGHTENS TUMMY MUSCLES: a. From a han ds and knees position, drop tummy to a deep arch liftin g head high, keeping the elbows strai ght. b. Round back by pulling the tummy in and up, dropping the head.

2. RELIEVES STIFFNESS AND TENSION IN BACK AND SHOULDERS: a. Sit with straight back ; clasp hands behind you and stretch hands backward and upward b. Drop shoulders and chin, relax. c. Touch toes and bounce 4 times, an d arch. mak in g sure you keep the kn ees straight. Sit up and repeat.

3. STRETCHI TG AND BENDING, GOOD FOR THE THIGHS A ND GENERAL BODY CONDITIO N. a. Keeping yo ur feet together, stand on your toes and lift arm s above head. b. Squat and relax. c. Straighten knees, " try" to keep hands on the floor. d. Sq uat again. e. Stand up , stretch and relax .

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.'\95 REMEMB ER : Do not use this diet longer than 4 days and be sure y.ou take multi-vitamins, do 15 - 20 minutes of light exercise daily and get at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night.

You can plan different daily menus from the substitutes listed in the " Calorie Chart" listed below. BUT! do not consume more than 400 calories daily for the 4 days ( the " Four Day Fourhundred").

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4. LEG RAISI G, STRE NGTH E S LOWER BACK: a. Lie on stomach , bend elbows and put under your fa ce. b. Lift leg leaving both hips and shoulders on the floor.

Hold for four counts then return to starting position. Repea t witl,! right leg.

Repea t all exercises 10 times. Increase the number. Increase the number of each exercise slowly up to 25, go on a hi gher ca lorie diet a fter you have completed the "4 day fou r hundred. " In th e next edition of the M. G. we will present Diet Plan No.2, for those who want to lose niore we ight and need to be on a diet for a longer period of time.

GYMNASTI~\M~CKS

By E. F. "Bud" Beyer Stall Bar Gimmicks For Rapid Learning of Gymnastics The stull bar is a valuable adjunct to th e usual standard apparatus in a gymnasium.

Because there are many bars at a variety of heights, there is no need to make time-consumin g adjustments in a training program.

Many times, the failur e of the learning gymnast to conquer a movement is because of a lack of strength or a lack of of flexibility . The stall bar is a tool for hasten in a the gymnast's training in both areas. F~lIowing are a few exercises that are remarkably effectiv e. The adventurous teacher will think of many more.

l-Strength For The Handstand Doing push ups in the horizontal position does NOT use exactly the same muscles as are used in performing the hand路 stand. The stall bar can be used as shown here - do half push ups first, then three quarter, then "to the nose." NIany young beginn ers do believe that ordinary push ups will do the trick - this is not so and they should be told that this i.s not the case. Unlike the wall, we can hook one or both heels and get some help if we need it.

2-Strength For The UprisesIsometric Style The 'average beginner when doing an up路 rise on the parallel bar, thinks that he mu st pull on the bar. We all know that thi s is not the case. We all know that it is a downward press of the hands that gives us the necessary lift along with , of course, other body mechanic details. The id ea and the strength for the uprises (as far as thi s part is it is concern ed) can be obtained by duing the exercise shown here in No.2 Press downward with everythin g you have on that stall bar. Hold the downward pressure for about ten seconds, release, repea t. Then do the sam e thin g with a bar one space lower and continue thi s to waist level to strength en muscles all th e way a long th e movement. With this new long bank of bars put but by Nissen, you can train many gymnasts at one tim e.

3-Shength For The Forward Handspring A. Back Leg Kick. The picture is selfexplanatory. By pressing upward with the back foo t with everything you have for at least ten seconds, and repeating at different levels, you will stren gthen the muscl~ s involved in a powerful upward ki ck for the Forward Hand spring.

B. Downward pressure of forward foot.

While lifting the back leg with straight knee (,developin g back leg kicf!) . press forward foot into the floor hard by trying to strai ghten th e knee. Your grasp on the bar prevents actual movement so you are also strength ening arms and back. Again, give th e exercise all your avai lable power and hold this for ten seconds. This will develop the forward leg for th e Forward Handsprin g.

4-Flexibility For Shoulder Girdle In the process of giving clinics to over 7,500 teachers all over the United States, this is one of the most noti cea bl e needs of young gym nasts - older ones too. Flexibility in th e shoulder girdle area is a necessity for properly performed kip ups for free exe rcise and for forw ard handspring, ba ckward hand sprin gs, under bar parallel for so mersaults, etc. The hand grasp should be just above waist level and a t first th e arms should be spread wide as shown in No.4. The head should be held hi gh and th e arms straight. Now force the

ches t down toward the ffoor. A little help frolll the coach by having him press downward between the scapula will hasten the ~tr'e tc hing process. It is important that th e ;"y mnast learn how to relax during the ~tretch or he will be developin g th e muscl es he is tryin g to stretch.

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B. Stretch. Move' hips forward and pre's" downward and ba ckward with the shoulders. Take it easy at first but remember th at premature takin g of the para llel bar ba ck sa mmy is many times caused by insuffi ent fl ex ibility. If you cann ot swing up forward hi gh enough how ca n you re lease at the ri ght time?

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by A. BRUCE FREDERICK Organ ization of Gymnastics in France-

AN ANTHILL OF PLANS IN PERPETUAL EVOLUTION Translaterl and digested lrom GY ATISTIQ UE, a new Fren ch pLLblication- ]anLLary,

Central organization- French Gymnas tic Federation Regional organization-23 Region al Boards Local Associations-Approx. 900 Season- October 1 to July 14 Gy mnasts participate und er the guidan ce of coaches and are accepted in what the French describe as either educational gymnastics for youth less than 14 years of age and artistic gymnastics for youth over 14 years of age_ These two divisions are under similar organization but rules of com petition and some acti vities differ. The form er in cludes apparatus sections, pyramid buildin g; ballet and mass calisthenics. The latter includes trainin g 10r regional cham pionships and preparation for the ational Championships held in June and Jul y.

This type organization is more or .less true for other European co untries accurd in::; to the article.

Th e French are not without their problenI S, however. There are so me who do not recognize the value of educational gymn asti cs or gy mnastic training in the schools.

These people wou ld be happy to let gymnastics become a tool to justify program s of physical education_ In other words they wo uld .be sa tisfi ed to promote school gymnastic exhibitions for public spectacle.

The public then views the exhibition and may feel that this is a normal part of the physical education .offering when actually it may only be an illusion.

Editor's Note: How many times have we in our own cOLLntry LLsed gymnas tJics as a gimmick to promote our programs of physical edLLcation .• At times hours are spent ge tting a jew students ready for a gym.nasti c exhibition which has nothing to do with the regLLlar ofjering where gymnastics, in fa ct, may not even be taught.

The article furth er states; "Physical educa tion like intellectual edu cation is hard work , dilligent work and rational in nature; it is a sombre develo pment whi ch needs no extrinsic reward. Physical well bein g is th e r esult of physical education just as moral development is th e result (If intellectual education. There need be no oth er reward .

The program offered by French gy mn astic clubs should concentrate most of their efforts on artisti c gymnastics whi ch will

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be mainly individual work and individual development. Th e school is the best place for the masses to receive their basic physical education and therefore the best place for a program of educational gymnastics.

Having stated its purpose regarding gy mnastics, the ed itor added that the magazine would be dedicated to advocates of arti stic gy mnasti cs and to rai se this form of the activity to the highest level of popularity possible in France_ Final Editor's No te: The M ODER N GYMNAST is a magazine dedicated to both aspe cts of gymn.a;;tics. educational ana competitive: T Tiis is consistant with ow' new fed eration. Ample representation has been grantea in the constitution for those who teach basic gymnastics and jor those who coach at the elite leve l.

BOOK itEVI EWS BASIC MOVEMENT - A NEW APPROACH TO GYMNASTICS

By Marjorie Randall- Senior Lecturer City oj Wor cester Training College England, 1962 .

Distributed by SportShelf, P.O . Box 634, New Rochelle, N. Y. S300.

This book represents an initial attempt to describe a new approach to gymna stics based on the work and movement studi es of Laban _ " Movement trainin g involves the education of the kin aestheti c and this should hasten the tran slation process of the visual image into muscular response."

Laban's work in movement notation is well known to instru ctors in the field of dance_ A study of dance notation might provide some clues to a more uniform nOlll enclature for gymnastics. This book is a contribution to the field of physical education and gymnastics and attempts to show the qualities of movement advocated by Laban and his followers in specific appiicati on to these fields_

Sin ce the au thor describes a new concep t in gymnastic instruction, the book should be read by all who claim to be currently abreast of new ideas in gymnastics.

Miss Randall's challenge to cont emporary physical educators is unmistakable. She describes the current offerin g in the phY: sical education curriculum as a "followthe-leader" program where the teacher in many cases attempts to have the children in volved beco me "copycats" thus limitin g their creative expression ip. movement.

Th e author is not to be confused with advocates of the old laissez-faire philosophv_ Rather, she suggests and shows practical applications of the creative approach and points out the very important and trul y challengin g role of the physical ed ucator in classes with a creative des ign_ She di scusses themes and ta sks which may be readily used by the physical educator.

Thus, the book deals first wi th philoso phy and then with the practical techniques of applica tion.

The las t two chapters of the book are most intere·sting. In one, the author attempts to answer some pertinent questions posed by A. D.' Monroe as to the real value of movement training in his book, Pure and Apnlied Gymnastics . At a later date we will review Monroe's book in this column for M. G. readers_ Frank Cumiskey will want to read the chapter on equipment. Miss . Randall describes her con cept of the split horse wh ich is al so provided with a set of swivelin g pommels. Other ori ginal equipment and its uses are also disc ussed.

Editor's Note: We hope in the not too distant future to expand upon just one of IV/iss Randall's sLLggestions for a ereatitic gymnastic session . Our plan is to give you readers a lesson plan for a movement session so that you may better jLLdge for yOLLrselves the type of w ork which is currently being done in England.

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HOMEMADE GYM EQUIPMENT A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS

by Patrick Yeager ,Coach of Gymnastics, Georgia Sou· them College, Statesboro, Georgia. 1962 pp . 147.

Althou gh this book was originally prepared for physical education maj ors, it represents an initial effort to present instructional material to those who need help in teachin g gymnasti cs to girls and women.

For the first time, all women's events are presented with associated techniques of teachin g. Some foreign books are excellent in the area of women's gymnasti cs but often defy translation which in most cases mean s that the teacher is unable to understand certain progressions, co aching tech· niqu es, and hints for the. learn er. Other books in English may simply be descriptive works and merely explain what the gymn ast is doing rather than to develop a working philosophy of why and how. (We should note here that there is a wonderful book available on the uneven parallel bar event by Walter Leinert.)

Coach Yeager has also written the guid e in such a way that it is very helpful to the gymnast. One special feature of the guide is the way material for individual events is arranged. Stunts are classified in such a way that one may seek information about specific movements used in an exercise. F or example, the chapter on uneven parallel bars is subdivid ed as follows : Mounts, Rotation Movements Around the Bar, Swinging Movements.

Movements fro m High Bar to Low Bar, Movements from Low Bar to High Bar, Movements fr om One Side Bar to Other. Regraspin g Movements and Dismounts.

This arran gement is especially valuable in making up routin es. Other chapters are similarly arranged by move· ment type.

Other chapters include specific advice for conditioning and training. There is also a very complete section on judging.

T eachers with little experience in gymnastics should be helped immensely by this most practical "Clinic between covers," Note: Copies may he obtained from the author for $3.95 plus .35c for mailin g. Mr. Yeager is current chairman of the United States Women's Olympics Gymnastic Committee.

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A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR MEN'S GYMNASTICS by Patrick Y eager, 1962 pp . 124 ( Cost 83.95 plus .35c for mailing) This guide will be patticularly welcomed by college in· structors who are responsible for gy mnastic courses in major physical education curricula. It is a supplement for practical class work and is similar to the Women's Guide in organiza tion.

Physical ed ucators in the public schools will find a complete outlin e for initiating an extra curricular gym· nasti c program . The auth or has also attempted to develop a philosophy of values and correct usage for each of the six international events. T his is most important for the novice instru ctor who may often allow movements which are more appropriate elsewhere. F or example, we may often see the side horse used only for vaulting or hand· stand practice. The shoulder stand 'and head stand done on the horse may be taught in schools where there is a lack of a gymnastic background in the instructor's train· ing.

Other special features are, " Physical Fitness Through Gymn astics" and a cha~,ter o~ jud ~in g.

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Let it sit for 2 days makin g sure th at the beam lies fl at and le\'el so as not to become glued fast in a warped position .

4. Remove clamps after 2 day s and bore V~ .. holes thru beam at di stances 4 {eel apart , countersink each hole %." to allow

for nut and holt head, insert bolts and tighten nuts so both nut and bolt head are countersunk so as not to interfe re with the side sections of beam to'be glued. Then cut off any of the bolts protruding beyond the side of the beam. ·5. Adhere witb weldwood glue one stri p cedar or redwood to each side (not to lop or bottom) of beam and LIGHTLY clamp. Use care as cedar and redwood are both ver y soft woods and will dent or scar easily.

6. After one day remove cl amps, adhere oak walking surface strips to top of bea m using weld wood glue and clamps. Be sure to center th e st ri ps and especially the j oints.

7. After one day remove clamps amI , usin g hand plane and electric sander, shape the side tops and bottoms to rou nd~ d Of

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a right an gle to bottom of beam and drill them large enough to all ow th e base rods to enter easily and thu s allow beam to rest squarely on th e base plates.

9. Place a screw hook one foot toward cent er of b'~a m along bottom of bea m I foot away from base rod plates to all ow for th e cha in fro m base ' of u prights to attach to screw hook before ti ght enin g turnbuckle for added steadiness.

10. Usin g gym seal or other top grade floor varn ish apply at least 4 to 6 coats to sides and bottom ( not to top ) lettin g it dry well between applicati ons.

NOTE: you may wish to use a couple coats of wood sealer on the sid es before apply· in g the varnish to aid in protection of the cedar or redwood .

You now will have a balance beam that is adj ustab le ( by means of set screws) and is inexpensive as well as efficient for an y competitive meet. A fitted canvas cover will aid in protec ting the softer sides of the beam wh en not in use and should al· ways be used over any balan ce beam if it is to be left outdoors. It is well to apply a coat or two of some goo d paste type wood or furnitu re wax to the walk in g sur· face especially if the beam is to I?e used out side.

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"JOHNNY GYMNAST

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By A. Bruce Frederick " Johnny Gymnast" is a little fellow I met recently. As you can see he is most cooperative and is willing to do almost anything you might ask of him (physically speaking). He liked Art Shurlock's pic· tures so much in a recent issue of the Mad· em Gymnast that he immediately tried some of his floor calisthenics positions.

This fabulous little guy has told me that if a teacher, coach or gymnast really was a creative person, he ("Johnny") would try to be helpful in countless ways.

"Johnny" was born one evening, the up·

shot of an inadequacy of one who drew stick figures in vane. He went to work right away, to the delight of his new mas· ter, creating . all sorts of positions. More than once he got himself into some very un· human shapes. He-and his master-soon learned the ways of man in one dimension.

After several hours practice he was even trying to do the "twist."

Why not give birth to your own John· ny? " He has consented to give himself to you while seeking a more commercial master via the U.S. Patent Office.

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2 . Place hands at sides of knees (knees together) thumbs pointing towards knees.

3. Bend body low on to legs so that head touches mat. Head makes contact slightly back of hair line.

4. Without maving either hands or head which are now in a correct triangular position, raise up on toes.

5. Raise the hips over the center of gravity. Carefully place knees on arms . Hold this position for ten seconds. Students may work in POirS at this pOint. One may aSSist the other by helping him to place the legs properl y on the arms . Arms must be toned or tensed. Abdominals are tight. Once mastered , this position will be the key to 'success in the headstand.

6. Knees are lifted from arms and placed together. Toes point straight up. This position will place additional work load on abdominals.

Students should be encouraged to hold it for a ten caunt.

7-9 . Very slowly feel way to a fully extended leg position . Very little or no arch should be shown f or best results.

Note: Hands, head and hips should not move after position 5 is mastered. The fully extended position is merely confined to leg movement.

Students mastering 1-9 with ease are encouraged to do the headstand in a wa y the y might choose. (Straight legs, back roll , cartwheel, back handspring).

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HeI p f~m~""~'!~~i::;; Education,

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"0VER-EXPOSURE?11 HORIZONTAL BAR "FORWARD SOMERSAULT WITH STRADDLE TO REGRASP" THE BAR . . .

This stunt hasn't yet been don e, that is, I do not know of an yone in any country who was intentionall y practicing it. Just by looking at the thing, it is obvious that it presents so me' hazard ous details, to eliminate many, but it is not imposs ible.

The idea was born years ago, when one of my fellow gymna sts who was practicing forw. fl y-away, consistently pull ed him self back to th e bar. He made th e release (the head was down too earl y), went up ni cely and r otated forward s, then - bang - hit th e bar just und er th e kn ees. Here we ru shed in to get him before he would have dropped ba ck on his neck. He repea ted thi s performan ce so often that we start ed to wonder if he could not control hi s close rotation s by himself ? Th e only problem, it seemed, was the projectin g th e legs against thi s bar. It appeared to all of us that th e straddlin g of th e legs would make even a close pass possible. Then a close passing of the bar through a " front " relati on. imm edi ately forced us to speculate a possible regrasp which sent li S int o wild " drea ms" of soarin g exercises.

But the story ended here. Our friend learn ed the forw. fly-away after correcting hi s rel ease timin g, and the possibilit y to introdu ce a new, daring move, has gone by.

But we knew that it could be done and it will be don e as soon as the need to introdu ce new moves will force the elit e to try anything. I fe el the time. is here.

This modest illustration will help to ge t th e idea, to whi ch I would like to add a few hints :

a. The somersault must be completed high above the bor, so it could be finished before the falling body has passed the horizontal projection of the bar. (A release, such as No.1, & No.2 路positions indicate, would do the job); b. Late release is needed to stay within reach of th e bar. The timing for the proper release must be individually experimented with. (Use ceiling belt!); c. Straddling will not only get your legs away from proj ecting against the bar, but it will also reduce the R (of your rotation ) and thus it will increase the speed of rotation; which in turn will enable you to complete the entir~ 360 within a shorter period of time than is given by th e ascent and descent between No. 2 and No. 6 positions; 0

d. What to do after regrasp) It will be determined by the position of your CG (Center of Gravityl. If it is high, above the bar, you may use moves related to circular (giant ) swings; however, if it is close and low, you may have to use only moves-related to pendular swings (kips, etc.l. e. Good luck.

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Just when is an athlete ready to take a full load of stress? A load which is required in the training for international competitions? This is a timely question now that gymnastics is experiencing a kind of reorganization aimed to deal with all aspects of gymnastic life.

In the extent gymnastics has been neglected in educational institutions-the same way educational principles and physiological requirements are often ignored in the teaching of gymnastics. In fact, most teachers of Physical Education, men as well as women, do not get an adequate grasp of knowledge in Gymnastics. And equally as bad, if not more dangerous, that many coaches of gymnastics are lacking educational and physiological informations.

The situation is getting more alarming every year with the expansion of gymnastic activities which, although a commendable and heartwarming improvement, is a source of increased danger. The danger is the well intentioned, but ignorant OVEREXPOSURE. The unlimited demand from youth, and the impatient urging to produce champions . . . prematurely.

In the teaching of any subject matter selected, and the methods applied must be in correct harmony with the psychophysical needs and limitations of the individuals involved. One would not think of teaching calculus to 10 - 12 year old kids, or demand from a child of 8 to give ' a lecture on the Theory of Relativity. Likewise, in the industry there are laws regulating the labor of minors. As a matter of fact, our schools went overboard with their lax "liberalism" and "progressivism" to require and teach less in general than the appropriate chronological age-group should absorb. But just the OPPOSITE IS TRUE IN GYMNASTICS. Physical overexertion is an untold official demand now.

There is but one printed gymnastic rule book dealing with modern gymnastics.

Others are not known, not widely used, or not better at all. And yet these rules not only make no provision for beginners, for in termediates and for advanced athletes but simply do not recognize the fact that gymnastics is a competitive as well as physical educational activity for youngsters, at least from 10 years of age on, and as a consequence these youngsters have to be specially treated. If it was not true, than no 1st grader ever could get an "A", .because only the teacher knows that much. All current rules used in the U.S. (few exceptions in institutions) are nothing but unmodified applications of F.I.G. rules. Rules which govern matches between top national teams.

As rules go . . . they influence training endeavors, demands and methods. Nothing more is needed than to introduce insane rules then training methods and requirements will turn insane too. Give

just once, 4 or 5 points (out of 1O) to an exercise of a 12· 14· 16 year old young· ster (lacking C, B, even A mOV6S, but being fully in accordance with the physio· logical limitations of his or her age) and you will find the same kid trainin g for the most hair·rai si ng stunts (designed for mature athletes), exposing himself to un· due, harmful stresses-just to improve his 'or her score by these impossible standard s.

Usually these youngsters are admired and talked about as "miracle children. " What a pity! Mothers and fathers proudly absorb their share of the admiration to· ward their kid s, which - unfortunately - urges them to drive their offsprings fur· ther into overexposure and , eventually, toward permanent psycho· physical dam· ages. What ignorance!

It can't be doubted that much of a cer· tain kind of exer cise is so harmful as an overdosed medication. Gymnastics, like other sport· activities, is aboundant in such exercises (strength, endurance, flexibility ) which, if inadequately used and measured, can cripple, malform a youngster or cause innumerous physiological irregularities.

As · a rule . . . "miracle children" fad e away with th e onset of puberty. While those, participating in adequately measured and limited gymnastic trainin g, will grad· ually pi ck up momentum in their later teens. One should not be exposed to full stress, be a boy or a girl, before the 18th year in general.

American gymnastics - we can con· clude - needs a Rule Book which is based on sound gymnastic, educational, and physiological principles to be used to control preadolescent and adolescent gym· nastics.

Also, it is quite important that more caution is exerCised in the selection of in· structional personnel and of helpers in schools, ca mps and clinics. An excellent youn g male or female gymnast may not be always the best choice -ivithout necessary degrees or completed courses in Physical Education, Their uncontrolled employment and assignment as instructors, may prove handy and cheap, but it is an irresponsible act toward young people. I have seen and heard sho cking episodes, too numerous Ie. mention. Rule : An excellent athlete is not necessarily an adequate teacher too. Too often the contrary is true.

Not much better, however, if one is nol , and never was a gymnast, takes up teaching gymnastics, gainin g information only .from the available books or from motion pic· tures. No teacher of Physical Educati on can start teaching gymnastics with confi· dence and with hope that he is doing an adequate educational contribution, if he himself (or herself) has not experienced what he is teaching. And this fact also explains why teachers of Physical Edu· ca tion shy away from teachin g this basic physical educational activity. Simply be· ca use few are the number s of those teacher trai nin g institutions which bother to set standards in this respect.

We must realize that gymnastics is here to stay. Youngsters of all ages and of both sexes are eager to learn. The question is whether we will be able to lead them to· ward healthful development and give them the full benefits of a gymnastic education, or we will ignore r esponsibilities-thuswe will promote gymnastics as a dangerous and harmful physical activity, worthy of repression.

How will we then stand up and hope that gymnastics will be so respected on this continent as it is respected elsewhere?

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GULF COAST GYMNASTICS CAMP ERNIE GEIBEL'S third annual Gym· nastics I::;amp will be sponsored by Camp Manison June 23 to July 6, 1963. He will be assisted by a number of outstandin g in· structors.

Classes will be conducted for beginner, interm ediate and advanced students in gymnastics, tumbling, modern jazz, adagio, apparatus and 'mass exercise.

An open invitation is extend ed to all present and former members of th e U. S. Olympic Gymnastics Team to be the guest of the camp. It will provide an excellent opportunity to work·out and be with those interested in Gymnastics.

Camp Manison's program of Gymnastics has experienced a rapid growth since NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center has moved to ,';ithin six miles of the camp. The Astronauts an d personnel of NASA are real Gymnastics enthusiasts. They are most interested in an outstanding program in our area and are supportin g it well.

Camp Manison . is lo cated on a beauti· fully wooded 250 acre tract in Friend swood 'between Houston and Galveston. The bunk houses 'and lod ge are completely Air Con· dition ed. A large outdoor swimmin g pool is an additional feature.

GEORGE AND VIVIAN PROCTOR, notionall y-known adagio oct, cons ultants at Camp Mani so n, were coached bv Erni e Geibel.

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ERN I E GEIBEL'S 3rd annual GYMNASTICS CAMP

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June 23 to July 6, 1963 Beginners, Inte rmediates, Advanced • GYMNASTI CS • MODERN JAZZ • APPARATUS

Swimming

• T UMBLING • ADAGIO • MASS EXERCISE

- Horseback Riding

• Crofts

• Pioneering • Hi king • Nature Stud y • Arc~e r y • Marksmanship • Athl etics

Attention Cooche5 . . .

Staff applications are being taken fo r the 1963 and 1964 Gym Camps.

An Invitation . . .

To post and present Olympic Team Members to be our guests.

June 23 to July 6, 1963 Total Fee $125.

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MEET RESULTS (C) 1. Ma ril y n M ill e r , 2. Jo Friesen , 3.

SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEG IATE Yaler ia Per e(l. ' GYMNASTI C LEAGUE BALANCE BEAM (.I)l.

J oanne Hashi mo t o, 2.

Nora T r u ss, CHAMPIONSH I PS 3 C. I{l'a u se.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA MARCH 22, 23 , 1963 TEAM TITLE: Georgia Sou t h e rn College, 153'h.... F lorida State G'y m ka n a, 115; Georg ia Tech , 94 1h ; Un iver s ity of F lor id a, 77; The C itadel, 73; Dav id L ipscom b Col.lege, 57 .

ALL AROUND : 1. Rick M ill e r , FSU, 48. 95; 2. 路Robe r t S n yde r , T ech , 47 .56; 3.

B uddy Harr is, GSC , 47.20; 4. Mi t c h Wei n s t ock , F SU, 45.47; 5. V in ce Tangno i, CIT , 45 .08 .

FREE EXERCISE: 1. R ic k M ille r ; 2.

Bren t W illia m s, GSC; 3. B u ddy Harris; 4. Jo hn Peacock , a nd 5. Lyn Baker , DLC. LONG HORSE 1. B u ddy i-Iar r is ; 2. Steve G r ee n ber g, UF ; 3. Terry S p erk a, C IT ; 4. Dic k Ter ry, C I T; an d 5. Mitc h ' 'Vein stoc k.

HIGH BAR: L Buddy H a r r is; 2. R ic l, M ill e r ; 3. Bob Snyder ; 4. Da n ny Smith, DLC; a nd 5. Joe Gat ins , T ech .

SIDE HORSE: 1. Bob S n y d e r ; 2. Le n G li ck, UF; 3. V in ce Tangnoi; 4. Bob Exley GSC; a nd 5. D . C. T uni so n , GSC. PARALLEL BARS: 1. R ic k M ill e r ; 2.

Bud d y Harri s; 3. Brent ' 'Vill iams; 4. Ji m Cash , UF: and 5. D. C. T uni son , GSC.

(S) 1. Paul a C ri st, 2. Doris N is hi nak a 0'. F lo r e n ce Sand y . ' (e) 1. J o F ri esen , 2. Maril vn M ill e r ". Bar bara Heath . . , UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS ( .T) 1. Car o lyn Hacker, 2. J oa nn e Hashi-

llloto, 3. S u san Sch a u .

(S) 1. Pa ul a C r ist, 2. Sa n dy, F lo r e n ce , :1. Ro n n i e l\'1 ari e Boyd.

(C) 1. J o 路 Friesen , 2. Kat h y S h e lly, " .

Al al' i1 y n IVlill er. .

TUMBLING (J) 1. T ina G ud ge, 2. Nora T ru ss, 3.

J oa nn e l-:Las iIno t o.

(S) 1. Pau la C hri st, 2. Becky Da li , ".

Ly n ne Evans.

(C) 1. S u e Conrad. 2, Mar ily n iVl ill e l', ".

Bar bara Heat h .

TRAMPOLINE (J) L Ca r ol T hro n e, 2. Carolin e lVle!\' in , 3. J oan n e Hashi n1oto .

(S) 1. Paula C r ist, 2. Sa n dy Astl e, 3.

Judy T h om p so n .

(C) 1. Barbar a Heath , 2. Je rri M in o r 3. C la ire Dovic hi. ' ALL AROUND (J ) 1. 路路J oa.n n e Hashim o t o, 2. Caroly n Hackel', 3. Kr is Koc h .

(S) l. Paula Cris t , 2. F lo r e n ce Sa nd y , 3. Ba r bar a McKee. (C) 1. J o Friesen , 2. Marilyn M ille r , 3. Ka th y S h elly .

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Indiana State Championsh'ips

Bob Horwood STILL RINGS: 1. R ick M ill e r ; 2. Bob Ha r wood, UF; 3. D ick Terr y; 4. Bob Snyd e r ; a n d V in ce Tangn o i.

TUMBLING: 1. R ic k M ill e r ; 2. Brent W illi ams; 3. J o h n Peaoock; 4. Ji mmy Lee, DL; an d 5. L yn n Baker.

ROPE: 1. J ohn Holm es, Tech , (4 .6); 2.

D on Hartn e tt, 2. D . C . Tu ni son ; 4. J oe Gatin s, T ech ;5. Bill A ldrich, GSC, and 5.

Dick Terry.

TRAMPOLINE : 1. Ly nn Baker; 2. Jo h n Peacock; 3. Dan Harr iB, CIT ; 4. B ill Dav is; a n d 5. Brent " Tilliams .

SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE WOMEN - INVITATIONAL 49 differe n t sch ools parti c ipated . 325 pe r sons co m peted.

FREE EXERCISE J un ior H ig h (J) 1. Joan n e Hashimo t o , 2. R i ta D u c layo n , 3. Debb ie Margoli n i. . Senior H igh (S) 1, Pau la Crist, 2. Becky Dali , 3. Sandy AstelL Coll ege (C) 1. S u e Conrad, 2. Maril y n M ill e r, 3. .Io F ri essen .

VAUL TING (.I) 1. Caroly n Hackel', 2. Joa n ne Hashi 1110to, 3, NOl'111a Truss.

E\~~J~S1. Paula Cl~i st , 2. G , Sm it h , 3. Lynne

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Rep o rt by R o n a ld W . W e iss, P resid e n t, I.E;. S .G.C. A .

T h e I V Annu a l India n a H igh Sch ool Sta t e Gy mnas t ics C h a mpio n s hips wer e h e ld at India n a U niver sity' o n Saturday, Mar c h 23 .

C la rk svill e H ig h Sc h ool scor e d t h e ir fo urth consecu t ive v ic t o r y in thi s m eet as a g ift to coach E d Stra ub w h o is lea v ing at th e end o f t h e yea r to a ccept a posi t ion w i t h th e L oui sv ille T u r n ers.

T h e m eet h a d a r ecord of 209 e ntri es f l'0 111 16 t ea l11S in th e -e ig ht eve nts , v it h 11 o f t h e tea m s scoring points. Th e calbel' of comp e titio n improved 100 p e r cen t f r o m tha t of 1962, a nd b ecau se o f t h e growth of thi s spor t in Indian a, pl ans a r e a lready un de r way f o r Qualifi ca tio n Meets f or t h e 1964 s t a t e c h a mpio n s hips.

T h e res ul ts o f t h e compe t ition a r e as fo ll ows: Floor Exercise 1. H oward M ackinso n-Cla rksviJIe- (7S) 2. B ill A r ger o plas-India n a polis W as hington-(75 ) 3. J err y Collin s- C lark svill e 4. Wayn e F orr es t -Cla rk sville- (70.5) Trampoline 1. J err y Collin s- C la rksville- (8 6. 5) 2. H owa rd Mackin s on-C la rk sv iJIe- (74 ) 3. C r a ig Collin s- Cr own Poin t-( 72 .5) Side Horse 1. Way n e F o rres t -C la rksville- (75) 2. Dave Enz-C on cord- (70) 3. T e rry C ox - C r own P o int- (62) H orizonta I Ba r 1. T erry Cox- Cro w n Point-(74) 2. H owar d Mack iso n-Cla rk sviJI e-(73) 3. D a l e G r a h am- C la rk sv ille-( 66 ) Parallel Bars 1. Mi k e Wh eat- C la rk svill e- (66 .1 ) 2. Dan Sch afe r-Ind ianap olis Wash ing to n- (63 .5) 3. T e rry Cox- C r own Poin t - (62.5) Rings 1. M ik e Oyer- B loo mi ng t on U niv . -( 60) 2. Ri c h Bedn ars k y- C ro wn Po int- (57) 3. Ga r y Coker- Ma di son- Mario n- (55 ) Tumbling 1. F r e d Meyer s - Con cord- (76 .5) 2. Howa r d Mackison-C lark sv ille- (73 .5) 3. J e rr y Collin s - C la rk sville- (73) All - Around 1. Wayne Forr est......:C lark sv ill e-(3 18.5) 2. Howar d Mack iso n-Cla r ksv ill e- (304 ) 3. T e r ry Co x- Crown Point- (3 03.5) T ea m Stan dings were : ..

1. C la r ksv ill e-170 - 5 2. Cr own Point-85.5 3. Co n cord Metr opolita n-69 4. Indi a n a p oli s Washin g t o n-36 .5 5. I nd ia n a p oli s Broad R ip pl e- 22 6. Ind ia n a p o li s " 'arre n Ce n tral-20.5 7. Mad ison- Ma ri o n-16.5 S. B loomin gto n U ni vers ity-14 9. I nd ia n a p o li s A rlington-6 10 Ma di son He ig-h t s- 3 11. Columbu s - 2

Colorodo All-Around Champs COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL FiHeen sc h ools a nd 170 Contest a nts wer e o n h a nd for th e 1963 Hig h Sc h ool In v ita.t io n a l h ost e d b y the U ni ve r s ity o f D e n ver r ecen t ly . Coach D o n R o bin s on' s A uro r a Hig h b oys t ook the t o p t eam honors w ith 117 p o ints. Ab r ah a m Lin coln h igh of D e nver placed second ; Tho m as J effe r s on was t hird fo llowed b y Wasson (Colora d o S prings ) ; E as t D e n ver ; a nd South D en ver..

F is h e r f r o m Thomas J effers on w ith firs t s in the All-Around, Floor C alisthenics, L o n g H or se, P a r a llel Bars a nd Tumblin g' was th e t o p scor e r o f the m eet . R ya n of A uro r a placed firs t in the S id e H orse even t, Nad e u a from Lin c oln w on th e H o rizo nta l B a r event, K la n escki of Au r or a. the S till Rings a nd G uria n from L inco ln w a s t o p s in th e Tra mpo line event.

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New Jerse y All-Around Champs NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS F r eehold R egiona l High S c h o ol c oached b y Ron Udy , r olle d up 102 points to win th e f irst N e w J e r sey High Sc hool Gy mn as ti cs C ham pio n s hips. H enry Hud s on Hig h placed s ec ond a nd St. P e t e r s (jf J e r sey C ity p laced third .

T e r ry M urdock wo n the All-Around a nd t eammate Paul Vexl er was s econd. Ter r y Orlic k fro m Henry Huds on placed third followed b y Rich Dinico la and B ob M c~ K e nna fro m St. P e t e r 's. E vent w in n e rs wer e : FX. T e r ry Orlic k ; Side Horse ~ay n e Erl'ickson ; High Bar P aul Vex l e r'; Rings T e rry M urdoc k ; P. Bars Paul Vexle r ; LO'ng Horse B ob Hill; Tumbling D e n" nis Boutote. E le v e n t eam s t ook p a rt In t h e m eet.

HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL F if tee n sch ools e nte r ed t h e Annu al San Gabri e l Hig h Sch o ol (Califo rn ia) Mee t h eld o n M arc h 8th. Baldw in P ark wo n the t e a,m c h a mpionship f o llowed b y E l R a nc h o a nd M o n teb e llo. R.' Elki n' o f Baldw in Par k was hig h score r o f t h e m ee t with f irst places in F r ee Ex. a nd t h e Long

Horse events. Other even t winners were: Pineda (EI Rancho) and Lucio (BP) Rope Climb ; Sie bum (ER), Side Horse; Munger (BP), Rings; Langdon (Alhambra ), Tumbling; Rogers (Antelope Vall.ey), Parallels; and Chapman (BP) HOrIzontal Bar.

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BATON ROUGE INVITATIONAL The Baton Rouge Inv itational Mee t for Boys a nd Girls was held at Prescott Jr. High on Feb. 22nd and 23rd. The Meet was sponsored by Outdoors Inc. and there were 195 entries who took part in the 2 day competition.

GIRLS 12 and under : FX. Pamela Badeaux; Bal Beam L a rke Lindsey; U'nevens Donna Duncan; Vault Donna Duncan; Tumbling Linda Marsh; Trampoline Joann Campisi; All-Around Donna Duncan, Larke Lindsey and Cindy Oubre . Team Powell , LukerEdwards and Wagner.

13 - 15: FX. Janie Grant ; Bal Beam Ann Whittmann; Unevens Nickie Martin , Vault Catherine Pool & Karen Lively; Tumbling Janie Grant; Trampoline J a nie Grant; All-Around Jane White, Janie Grant and Barbara Worley, Team Gulfport, Luker-Edwards a,nd Powell.

16 and over: FX. Balance Beam, Unevens, Vaulting and All-Around, Janice Landry; Trampoline and Tumbling, Jud y WiIIs ;Team Luker-Edwards and Powell.

BOYS 路12 and Under: FX. Kirk Peterson; Long Horse Ty Arceneaux; S ide Horse Mike Dooley; Parallels, Jimmie Brown; Rings Mike Dooley; Tum.bling Kirk Peterson; Trampoline Keith Brown; All-Around Mike Dooley and Gary Brown.

13 to 15: FX Kean Day; Side Horse Karl Rodriguez; Long Horse Kean Day; Rings Clyde Ashley; Paralle'ls Neal King; Horizon.t al, Tumbling and Trampoline Kean Day; AII1Around Karl Rodriguez, Kean Day and Neal King.

16 and Over: FX Jimmie Lee; Side Horse Wanza Johnson; Long Horse Butch Haase; Parallels, James Nance; Rings B. Jansing; Horizontal, Danny Smith; Tumb ling, Brod Bagert; Trampoline , Sim Younge; All-Around, B. Jansing, Butch Haase and Jimmie Nance.

Open: FX Rick Miller; Side Horse, Bill Beavers; Long Horse, Jerry Smith; Rings Ronnie Latour; Parallels Rick Miller; Horizontal Larson King; Tumbling Frank Portier; Trampoline Wayne Miller; AIIAr,ound Martinez, King and Lloyd; Team Univ. of So. Louisiana, Alex GYO and NOAC. LOS ANGELES TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE INVITATIONAL MEET By winning first places in Parallels, HiBar and Long Horse, Durham of Pasadena City College won high man award in the recent L.A. Trade Tech. Invitationall Ung of T.T. placed first in the Rope Climb event (one of the few meets still using the Rope Climb event) tying him was Leidner .of PCC. Dimit of PCC won the FX and Tumbling events, De La Garza of TT placed first in the Side Horse and Reyes of Mt. Sac. was the top scorer on the Rings.

SANTA MONICA INVITATIONAL Art Shurlock though troubled by a broken hand guard and a slip on the horizontal bar plus a not up to par routine on the Rings came through to win the All-Around in the second annual Santa Monica Invitational Championships b y v irtue of his first place performances In FX, Side Horse and P a rallels. Up and coming High School Sophmore Makoto Sakamoto placed second All-Around and hi s brother Nikio placed third followed by Rusty Rock and Marshal C laus. Other E vent winners were: Rope, Hanson; Ung; Trampoline, Delvin Dullay.; Rings, Ray Rayes ; Long Horse, Rich Elkins; Tumbling, Fred Washburn and Horizontal Bar, Jim Amerine.

TOln Donovan of Jesuit High placed fourth followed by Robert Steikel and Robert Carreiro, both from the New York A.C. Joe Nappi won first places in FX and Rings a second on the Horizontal Bar and third place on the Side Horse and Parall els. Robert Steckel of the New York A.C. won the Side Horse event, La Moyne Durham the Horizontal Bar event, Robert H yde th e P arallels a nd Tommy Russ of the Maverick Boy's Club was top scorer in Tumbling.

The Crenshaw Athletic Club of Austin Texas ,von the ,vonlen's team champion-

ship. The American Turners of Cleveland placed second, Nard's Trampoline Club of Amarillo, Texas p laced third and host team Dallas A.C. placed fourth. Beverly Avert and Carol Rabun of the Crenshaw A.C. placed first and second in the AllAround, Sharon Switzke of the Am. Turners was third followed by Andrea Hyland and Lynn Gilmore.

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WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPS

vel' (Air j<'orce), Trampoline; Crodd Chin (Cal), Parallels; and Steve Zahm (Ga]) , Rings.

BIG TEN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS E ight uni v ersities entered teams in the Big Ten Champ ionships held at Michigan State University on March 8th and 9th, 1963.

The University of Michigan was the top scoring team with 210.5 points. Iowa was second with 83.5; Min)1esota third with 62 ; Mich. State U. 51 ; Wisconsin 34; U. of III ino is 32; Indiana 17 and Ohio 14.

EVENT RESULTS FLOOR EXERCISE Gil Larose and Mike Henderson of Mich. (tie) 93.00; Jim WOOdward-Ind., 92.50; George Hery-Iowa, 92.00; Gerry MoenM inn. , 90.00; Joe Ross-Iowa, 89.75; Barry Spicer-Mich., 88.50; Steve Drish-Iowa, 88 .25; Hal Holmes-Ill., 86 .50 and John Rohs-MSU, 86.50.

TRAMPOLINE Fred Sanders- Mich, 92.00,; Gary Erwin -Mi ch . , 89.50; George Hery, 85.00; John Hamilton-Mich., 82.25; Jim Gregg-MSU, 81.25; Daniel Jarrett-Ohio, 80.50; William F lood-Ill. , 80.00; Llewelyn Iffland-Ill., 76.75; Ray Bauer-Wisc., 75.75; and John N oble-MSU, 72 .20.

HORIZONTAL BAR Arno Lascari-Mich., 93.25; Gil Larose, 93 .00; Jim Hynds-Mich., 92.00; Glenn Gailis-Iowa, 91.25; Bob Carman-MSU, 90.00; Bill Eibrink-Minn.,87.50; Larry Gleason-Minn. 86.75; Jim Hopper-Wisc., 83 .75; Leslie Sauer-Ohio,79.25; and Bob Schmidt- Iowa, 61.50.

SIDE HORSE Arno Lascari, 91.25; Gil Larose, 89.50; Tom Arneson-Mich. , 85.00; Paul LevyMich., 84:50; Glenn Gailis, and Dan Fritze - M inn. , 78.25; Jerry Zovne-Wisc., 64.50 and Wayne Wagner-Ill., 61.50.

PARALLEL BARS Arno Lascari, 95.00; Gil Larose, 92.25; Jim Hynds, ,92.00; Bob Carman, 88.25; Jim Hopper, 87.75; John Brodeur-MSU, 87.'50; B9b Schmidt. and Bill Eibrink, 85.50,; Dave Price-MSU, 83 .00 and Jim Woodward , 81. 75.

RINGS Dale Cooper- MSU a nd Jim Hopper, 95.00; Glenn Gailis and Gil Larose, 93.25; Dougla s vVebster-Ohio,90.00: Bill Eibrink , 88.50; Larry Gleason,' 86.25; Jack SebbenIowa, 86.00; Arnci Lascari, 85.00 and Jim Hynds, 84.50.

LONG HORSE Gil Larou se, 92.00; Arno Lascari, 87.00; George ' Hery, 85.00; Hal Holmes, 82.75; Larry Gleason, 81.00; Jim Hynds. 80.75; Henry Stebbins- MSU, 78.75; Steve Drish -Iowa, 76 .12.

TUMBLING Hal Holmes , 96.25; Phil Bolton-Mich ..

91.~5; Jim Woo dward, 86.75; Bill SayreIowa, 84.25; Dick Gilibreto."....MSU, 81.00; George Hery, 78 .50 ; Mike Henderson, 77.00; Gerry Moen" 75.75; Keith Spaulding-Iowa, 75.25 and Llewelyn Iffland, 74.00.

ALL -A ROUND Gi l Larose, 548.50; Arno Lascari, 536.25 ; Jim Hynds, 494.75 ; Larry Gleason, 452.75 ; Jim Hopper, 430 .00; Bill Eibr111k, 428.50 ; Glenn Gaills, 424.75; Steve Drish, 418.75: Jerry Zovne , 418.50; Richard Affeldt, 395.75.

The University of Washington Huskies, led by double-winner Jim David and a llaround star Gunter Bohrmann, piled up 148 points in winning the team champion ~hip in the 4th annual Western Intercollegiate, Gymnastics Association Meet. Second place California h ad 91.5 and Southern Cal was third with 83.5, the only other Big Six team entered, Washington State, was . fifth with 36 points.

David won both the free exercise and tumbling and Bohrmann picked up a first place _in long, horse v aulting. Bohrmann also \vas second in the a ll- around event .

Southern California's Gary Buckner won the all - a round.

USC's title chances were dealt a severe blow in the preliminaries when the veteran a ll- around star Ron Barak pulled a chest muscle and was unable to 'con:1pete in Saturday's finals .

Champions generally fared poorl y in the WIGA meet. USC's Terry Hale was unable to repeat on the side horse, losing to Steve Doty of Arizona. And WSU's Dick Van Hersett, 1962 champion in tumbling, was unsea ted by Washington's David. Hale did w in the horizontal bar, however, and was third in the all-around.

Other event winners were: Steve Doty (UnvL of Arizona), Side Horse; Jim We a Coach Eric Hughes and the Wash ington Huskies receiving WIGA trophy from Athletic Director Stan Bates

JUNIOR NATIONALS Thirty-three boys and seven girls took part in the AAU Junior National Gymnastic Championships held in Dalla-s, Texas, March 8th & 9th, 1963. Defending Champs Pasadena City College won th e Team Trophy by a wide margin. Un iv. of Southwes tern Loui sia na placed second followed

by Maverick Boys Club , New York A.C. , Jesuit High School of New Orleans and th e New Orleans A.C. Joe Nappi (110.00), La Moyne Durham (108.00) and Robert Hyde (103.00) all from Jerry Todd's Pasadena squad placed one, two and three in the All-Around.

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Horizonta l Bar : 1. T e rr y Hale- USC- 9.3 2. Buckner- USC-9.25 3. Bohrmann- 'Wash .- B.7 L ong Hors e: 1. R a ndy Nak ayama-USC-9.37 2. Crodd Chin-Calif.-9 .35 3. Kje ll Hansen-Wash.- 9.27 P a r a ll el Bars : 1. T.erry Hal e-USC-9.15 2. Pau l Newm a n-Calif.-9.1 3. Bohrm ann-Wash.-8.95 Still Rings : 1. Steve Zahm-C a lif.-9.65 2. B u c k)l e r-USC-9. 55 3. Rich Gold e n-Calif.-9.5 Tumbling: 1. Dic k Van H e r se t-Wash. State-9A5 2. Jim D avid-Wash.-9.4 3. Mac Sutherland- Calif.-9.1

Opening lineup for the Big 6 Championships

THE BIG 6 Prodded on by a large, enthusiastic and p a tient crowd, a nd s p a rked by the presence of television cameras (th e m ee t was ta p e d a nd televised the foll owirig day), the U niversity of W ashington captured the team titl e at the r ecent AA WU (Athle tic Associations of W es te rn U nivers ities) Ch a mpion s hips, held on the campus of the U niversity of Southe rn Cali fon'ita.

As the eve ning progressed approxinlateIy 50 gymn as t s ga.ve an a mpl e demons tration that gy mnastics is n ot only growing nationally but is a lso catching o n bi g in the AAWU. I t was a rneet that had as ll1 a ny a s 24 entries , il) an event and it was o n e in whic h man y outs t a nding m om ents wer e produced. Moments s u c h as S.C.'s Gary B uckn er w ith a 9.0 average in 6 events t o capture the All-Around , c losely foll owed by U.S .C.'s Terry Hale less than on e t e nth of a point per event behind.

Jim Da,v id of Washington with an excellent fre e exerc ise routine, dependable Sam Hasegawa, a little less, than at hi s b est but st iJI up to the occasion to cap ture th e s ire horse event a nd b eoome the only d efending c hampion to successfully d e fe nd his titl e.

Aft er h aving a littl e difficulty gett ing s tarted UCLA's John Brandt r a n a way from his com petition on the trampoline a s a result of excell ent form a nd the u s e o f a n ew trick he h ad u sed for o nly two week s , a double fro nt with a Ph twist on the s econd front.

A c rowd pl easing high b a r routine by S.C.' s Hale who, with an assist from hi s n ea r p e rfect double fly away a nd a s lig ht break by teammate Ga ry Buckner, sq u eaked out a head by .05 of a point.

Vau lting m or e like a European tha n a n Anlerican gYlnna s t, ,v ith an aggress ively attac king run and exceptiona l fli g ht a ft er the pu s h off, S.C.'s R a ndy Nak a y a m a f ini s h ed a h ead of a ver y la r ge number of lon g h or se vaulte r s . vVith t h e ass is t of f a lte ring opposition a nd the ,flashing exec ution of his own r ou t in e Hale picked up hi s second gold m e d a I of t h e evening on the p a r a ll el bars . At thi s point it was becomi n g ev i-

d e n t that s up erior t ea m depth , headed by foreign exchange s tude nts Gunter Bohrmann a nd Kj ell Hansen, and th e abse nce of U.S .C.'s d ef e nding All-Around Champion , Ron Barak, were making the U niver s ity of Washington th e team t o beat.

Th e s till ring s event provid ed what was probably th e t op thrills of th e eve ning with Za hm a nd Gold e n of Ca lifornia a nd S.C.'s Buckner separa ted by th e m e r e pointing of a toe. Za hm capture d the fan cy of the crowd a nd the judgeยง with a dis locate s h oot to a gibraltar-like inverte d c ross, for a scor e of 9.65, followed by Buckner a t 9.55 a nd Ri ch Golde n at 9.5.

'The tumbling pointed out a n old adage that a difficult routine done w ell will beat a s lightly more diffic ult routine done with mediocrity as Dick (form) Van Herse tt defeated the 1962 Nation a l AAU Runner -up-Jim (double back) David of Washington .

In the final analysis it was an excellent meet, in which th e r e were fine performances by th e t op 5 p e rformers in each event, with an excell e nt audience that s tuck out the 4 hour m eet , slowed by too many men in each event-indicating a need for a two day meet, and as a whole- a c redit to h ost coach J ack Beckn e r and hi s p ersonn e l.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Yreka wins five firsts in Northe rn Ca lifornia Individual Gym n astics Champions hips.

On Ma r c h 9th at Yreka, the N o rth e rn Ca lifornia Indiviqual Gymnastic Ch am p-

TEAM SCORES:

-w7ashington-114; U ,S JC. - S1.5 ; U ni v. of Calif.-72.5; UC LA-32.5; Was hington State- 27; Sta nford-6.

A ll-Aro und : 1. Gary Buckner-USC-53.8 2. Terry H a le- USC- 53.4 3. Gunter Bohrmann-Wash .-52.S Free Exe rcise: 1. Jim Dav id-vVas h.-9 .35 2. Bu c kn er-9.25 2. Sam H asegawa - UC LA-9 .25 Trampoline: 1. J ohn Brandt-UCLA-9.5 2. Harold L yons-Wash.-9.1 5 3. Loskutoff-Calif.-B.85 Side Horse: 1. Hasegawa-UCLA- 9.4 2. Hale- U SC-S.85 3. Bob HalJ-Wash.-B.75

Jeff Hendryx, Northern California Jr . Side Horse Champ ion s hips for b o th boys a nd girls hlg n school teams was held. The emphas is was on the indiv idual person and not on th e team . Del Norte High Sch.Qol h ad a lready won the Northern Californ ia Gym n a s t ic: Ass ociation le agu e c h a mpion s hip. Th e r e were five hig h s c ho ols represen t ed in th e finals. There were 25 entries in ea c h e ven t for both b oys a'nd girls.

Yreka High School won 4 firs ts a nd tied for a fifth f irst out of 9 events fo r t h e boys, a ver y good s how in g.

Penny German : Jerry Penny from Pullman, Washington, performed this interesting P-Bar mount at the "Big 6" Championships at USC. A glide shoot German stem rise mount.

Our sea so]; h e r e in No rth e rn C alif,ornia s tarts with leagu e m ee t s in J a nuary and e nd s by th e 2nd week of Marc h.

Th e judg'es for th e fin a ls c ame .from S acr a m e nto Sta t e a nd oth e r Uni v ersities .

Darre ll Holm es of D el No r te won th e Free Exe r c i se- Lo n g Horse-Horizontal Bar a nd All A r o und for a n o utstanding p e rfo rm a n ce. H e is a senio r . Mike Se lfridge n f D el No rte ti e d f o r 1s t in Tumbling.

For th e r es t of th e events Y r e k a Hig h , c o ach ed b y Ed. L o ud o n , s howe d th eir s tre ngth.

Jim Giye r, junior w o n the rop e climb in 4. 8 a nd th e Still Rings for Y r e l{ a . R odn ey Stewart, senior tie d for firs t in Tum b ling for Yre ka. M a rty B e hnk e, senio r \Yo n th e Tra mpoline for Y reka. J e ff H e ndry x , junio r ,von the s id e h ors e f or Yre k a.

In th e g irl s eve nts, J a n e Boy d of D el N orte wo n th e All-Around . Sh e won 1s t in Side H o r se Va ult, 1s t in Un e v e n Parallels , 1s t in Ba la nc e B ean1 .

Donn a S p e rry of D el N orte won th e g irl s Tumbling and T rampoline, Lu a na Bucko of Eure k a w o n th e g irls Free Exe rc ise.

Yre k a does n o t h a v e a g ir ls t eam.

Th e S c hools tha t t ook p a rt: D e l No rte, (c o ac h ed b y T ex Gatlin) ; Eure l{a (Bill Wilbur) ; Butte Vall ey (Di c k Gfl s l{ e ll ) ; Enterprise (Mrs. Knudse n & Mrs. Newman) ; Yreka ( Ed Loudon).

Individu a l tro phi es w e r e awarded fo r 1s t pl ace winn e r s a nd m e dal s f o r th e 'n ex t t wo pl aces in both b oys a nd g irl s even ts.

Thi s i s Ollr 3rd yea i' i n GY1l1nas ti cs i n

010rth e rn Califo rni a . E nte rpri se w h o comp e t e d t hi s y e a l" but was n ot in th e leagu e is in it' s first y ea r , ,v iII b e a ll1elnb er n e xt yea r.

Oreqon High School Championships The fourth a nnual Oregon Hig h S c h o ol n ymnas tic C hampionships w e r e helc1 at the Uni ve r s ity of Oreg qn in Eugene o n March 9th . The 1963 m eet saw three-time Stfl t e c h a mpion North Eugene unseated by cross -town rival South Euge ne. Gy mnastics is 111 a king trenl e ndou s prog ress in Oregon with the hot-be d s being th e Euge n e a nd Portland al·eas.

Lac k of qualifi ed c oach es is holdin g back e v e n fa s ter gro wth .

South 'Eugen e gymnas t s swept t o fir s t in e v e ry e v e nt but th e tra mpoline. A powerful 1-2 - 4 finish in the all-around e y eJ1t l ed th e South v ic tory . A l Wes t \Yo n th e a ll- a round c h a mpio n s hip f o r South El.1ge n e with firs t in th e parall e l ba rs a nd s till rings and s e co nd s in th e lo ne: horse a nd horizo nta l bar.

D ave T e lling a nd B ob Leach w e r e second Ilnd fourth r esp ecti vely in a ll-aro uJ1d.

Jan H a rdin captured firsts in b o th floor exH c ise a nd tumbling for South Euge n e.

GYllln as ts a.nd coach es alike a re looking forward to an ev en greate r 111 e et next year.

R esults: Floor Exerc ise: 1. J fl n H Il.rdin (SE) 8.00: ~on 2. J o hn C ollins (N E) 7.30 ; 3. D a v e T e llin g- (SE l 7.1 5 .

Trampoline : 1. Jim lVfill e ]' (NE) 7. 85: 2.

'1'om H e imb ign e r (I) 7.55 ; 3. Mike Ol so n ( N E) 7.10 Horizontal Bar: 1. D a n Tutt (.SE) 7.05: 2. Al W e st (SE) 6.4 5 : 3. C h a rles K e y (R) 6.40

Above : Top row-Dan Tutt and AI West . Baltom L. t o R. Jan Hardin and Bob Lea ch, all from South Eugene , Oregon .

Long Horse : 1. Gre g Han son ( SE) 6.70: 2. Al W es t (SE) 6.65 ; 3. G a r y Pow e r (",E) 6.60 Paralell Sars: 1. AI West (S E ) 6.7 5; 2.

D ave T e lling (SE) 6.50; 3. J o hn Collin s )NE) 6.45 Still Rings: 1. Al W es t ( SE) 7.10; 2. TieBob L e a c h (SE) and Gary P o w e r ( N E) 6.75 Tumbling: 1. J a n Hardin (SE) 7.50; 2.

Danny Th e ile n (R) 7.45; 3. Jack Walr ath (SE) 7.00 AII·Ar·ound: 1. Al West (SE) 33 .80; 2.

Dave T e llin g «SE) 32.05; 3. J o hn C ollin s (NE) 31.05 ; 4. B ob L each (SE) 30. 08 ; 5. Ga ry Powe r ( N E ) 28 .65; 6.

Charles K ey (R) 27. 38 Team Scores: So uth Euge n e 144.5; No rth Euge n e 90.5 ; Roo seve lt (Portla nd) 50 ; lon e 15.5 ; C otta ge Gro v e 6 ; W es t Linn 3.5; Lake Os w ego 2 ; also competed Colin K e lly (Eugene ), Hills b o r o, Jeffe rson (Portl a nd), Thurs ton (Springfielc1 ) .

VIRGINIA CHAMPIONS HI PS R e por t b y Roger W e bb Th e fir s t Virginia High sch ool L eagu e gYll1l1as tic c halnp ion s h ips " -ere h e ld at M e moria l Gy mnas ium at the U ni ver s ity o f V irgin ia o n Saturday, Marc h 23 , 1963 .

F ive s c h ools p a rtic ipate d a nd 118 r outines w e re p e r fo rm ed. T h e res ults of tb e t eam c h a nlp io ns hip '''e re : 1. Yo rk town Hig h Sch aal, A rli ng·ton.

Va.., 243; 2. Wak e fi e ld H ig h S c ho o l, A rlin g t o n, 87; 3. T . J e ff e r s on , R ic hmo n d , V a .

52 ; 4. "V m. F le m i ng, Roa n o k e , Va., 42 ; 5. 'L fl n e , Cha l'lo ttesville , Va., 39 . 'r h e in div id ua l w inn e rs w e re as f o llo w s : R a n d y Sta rk , Y ork to wn , All-Al"Ounc1 , L o n g H o r s e , P fl r llll el B a r s, & H ig h B a r .

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RECOMMEND Dear Glenn: Congratulations on the "bigger and bettel' than ever" "Modern Gymnast." Ver:.... g'ood - you have come a l ong ,yay since we first subscribed to this magazine. vVe rec·"mmend it highly to our people Sincerely, SOKOL TYRS American Sokol Organization A. J. Suster Dear Mr. Sundby , Congratulations on a much imp roved "Modern Gymnast" from myself and the Ithaca College Gymnasts .

The a rtic l es .on the U .S .G.F. have answered many questions asked around the campus. We will be putting our efforts with the other organization and backing the U.S.G.F. Sincerely, Bob Denoncourt , Gymnastics Coach, Ithaca College, New York * II: *

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED De~r

Glenn,

I was (and still am) very enthused with the latest edition of The Modern Gym nast. The new format is excellent and I'm looking for great things. We don ' t have the widespread knowledge of gymnastics in our area that the east, ll1idwest, and s.outhwest have, but we' re working to get there. I think your magazin e can help achieve this.

Your "ch allenge" on the edito ria l page was interesting and stimulatin g and I've done ll1Y best to 111eet it. Enclosed is Rc heck for 16 subscr ipt ions to The Modern Gymnast.

You're doing a tremendous job - keep it up.

Very truly yours, ~larry Johnson Gymnastics C,nach ED: Many such as coach Johnson took our

"challenge"

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tion so often teaches us that we mllst be g'ood winners and e qually good losers.

A poor loser becomes just that.

Your spark in creat ing the Modern GYlllnast and continuance in the fa ce of obstacles, as well as the help from others. with continued effort, have pleasantly unpro ved the publication and this is gratifying, though possibly not a lways appreciated. It is indeed well to see h ea lthy growth and thus you and those with yo u are to be cOInpliInented in the ~uccess achieved . lVlay gTeater success be forth co nling for all con ce rned that i ~ nly " ·is h. ' [ am particularly interested in t h e a rtides by Jim Farkas of the Mi lwaukee Turners.

It was with the l\iih\"aukee Turners, that I experienced my first Turner ,,'ol'k Inany years ago. 1\-1 y parents too had been active thusly and estab lish e d what becam e my pattern as also toward others. In that same hall about two yea rs ago, I had th e plea s ure of it ttending c la ss anHmg- a fine group of fe llo,,"s while Jim Fa ,·kas in s tru cted ill hi s ve l'y thorough and healthy l11anner.

H e was r efreshing- with his balanced type of work. I regret th e nli1es behveen ,vhich deny obtaining conti nu ed in s tru c tion fron1 hinl and the 111any others of his caliber.

That t h er e are nlan y lHlttern s of activit,·' And education is well . It can be like seek·ing a vacation spot. Without g"oing" to varied vlfl ces there ,vould be no CO lllpar ison. Also it wou ld be illlpractica l we l'e we a ll to g·o to th e sa me pla ce do tlw ~R llle thing- at the ~anle tinle "' Yet at times it seenl S n ea rly so. Th erefore I look with interes t to what this fin e in~trll('tor ha~ to offer. l'.'fay .v our s u ccess with l'.of.G. be fruitful :l ~ the benefits derh"ed by your' r eacle1"~. for so it s hould be. Congratu lation" anel Suc('esg to advancenlent.

Sincerely, Dr. Hugo E. Avel Los Angeles, Calif.

Dear Glenn : First, I want to thank you for your cooperation in sending cop ies of The Modern Gymnast to our GymnRstic Clinic of January 19.

The· January 19 clinic was an a ll-day affa.ir involving both men and women. We had over 200 people participating in the clinic and had an unusual ·number of comments as to its wo rth w hil e ness. Dale McClements and Mary Sarver did an ex-

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APPRECIATED Dear Glenn Sundby: First off I wish to say that while I'm not a!; active a participant in gYlnnastic~ as former years permitted, my heart and interest with ·s uch measures of participation as I can keep pace with, is very dear to me. It is part of a healthy way of living and I stri ve to continue for w h at it has done for me as well as for others thereby also creating pleasant sodal relations. May I say that Physical Education as apart from mere physical activity becomes a part of healthy living because it embodies what shou ld be when propeI"ly engaged in, a balanced measure of spiritual, mental and physical entities.

In fact I can not conceive of gymnastics and other f OrIns of Physical Educ ation

without, first a desire , then u nderstanding of a satisfactory objectiv e of what needs to be done and finally applied by ex.ecution to develop and inlprove 'vithin the scope and ca pacity of the indiv idual. .

Anything less fails to der ive the bes t.

That we are not e qual is a lso evident and need not be in all avenues of life.

Likewise often an individual or teanl that scored the highest point:; did not in reality earn thenl and conversely lllany did the best and ye t failed in the score.

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GOOD START Dear G lenn: Enclosed is R picture of the first inte rcollegiate gymnastic team at Fort Lewis A & iii Coll ege.

Our school is in its first year as a degree granting coll ege. Prior to this, we were a junior college.

All of the gymnast~ p ic tured were pulled from lil Y physica l ed uca tion c lasses here Rt Fort Lewis. W·e also h ave about 15 other potential ~·nlna~ts working to\va rds OUI' tea m IOI' n ext year. Sinc e thi s was our first year of cOlnpetition, we did not look for a big reception or fo lio\\"ing. However, a t our last ITIeet (we defeated the Un ive rs i ty of New IVlexieo 73 55) 've had a c rowd of over 2500.

The junior hig h sc h oo ls in the San Juan Ba·s in area ha ve a g'Y1l1nas tic progTanl that is a ttrac ting· 70 - 80 stUd en t s per school.

Sincerely, Pat Tabor, Gymnastics Coach Durango , Colora do

area . . . and we will keep bringing you a "Better Than Ever" M. G.

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up more new subscribers for the M.G. HOW ABOUT YOU? . . . did you like the " bigger and better than ever " M.G.? If so did you do something about it? . . .

It 's not too late .. . but it is a simplefact . . . that the more subscribers we have: the better Job we can do . . . So get out and drum up more subscriptions and

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Dear Mr. Sundby: Enclosed you will find some pictures taken at a recent girls high school gym nastics program here at Palo Verde High school Tucso n; this program involved s ome 150 girls a nd is really a fine start towards a ,voluen's division of gYlnnastics in thi s s tate.

Also the AGA Meet will be held May 18, 1963 at Palo Verde High School , Tuc,!on . vVe th ink that this w ill be a fine lIIeet with three di visions of competit ion.

Yours very truly, Glen Harcus

cellel)t job of presenting gymnastics to beginning teachers . In addition, we had many other o utstanding instructors. ~nclosed you will find photographs w hIch were taken of Dale McClements by Joe Matheson, Register-Guard photographe,..

Sincerely yours, R. J . Smith Gymnastics Coach Uliiversity of Oregon

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"QUESTIONS AND POINTERS" Mr. Art SUI· lock c/o Modern Gymnast Santa Monica, California Dear Sir : Th e gymnasts at the Y . M.C.A. are improving· rapidly. We now have over one hundre d and twenty-five competitive gymnasts in the Halifax area not just the "Y" mostly under the age of eigh t een

yea r s . W e have to depend on the nelp of coache s a nd g'ym n as t s s uch as "Willy" Weiler and Fred Orlofsky to h e lp u s solve particular di fficu lti es. We naturally' hes lta te to write often as both a r e busy a nd th e other coach es are busy as well.

They h ave been most h e lpful , ho wever.

Yo ur artic le on curr en t and popular fl oor exerc ises moves as well as photos on cover were p artic ularly appreciated - if yo u could give u s son1e training tips for learning them.

(1) Leg flexi b ility-th ere a r e several boys n ow performing forward-backwal:d :-;pli ts but ,,' e h ave been un ab le to ga.ll1 e nough str addl e mobility espec ially whIle in a s traddle pike po s ition.

(2) 'Vide arm h a nd stand- s houl d th e al'111S b e kept straight \vhile lo,verin g?

Do yo u u se f ingers in a pulling action or do yo u s lid e th e hand s . You r h a nd is rai sed s lig htly, does this ind icate fri c t ion at h ee l of h a nd, fin gers a nd thumbs?

(2) Planche-Your planche is the best of w hi ch I h ave seen a picture. '~T e learn ed to d o it with our arms c lose toget h er a nd a lthoug h straig ht the upper a rm s rest against th e s id es o f t h e chest.

Did you u se a n y we ight tra ining exerc ise to help you if so the details wo uld b e app r eciated .

(4) A lso I have seen photos of yo u p e rforming a high stoop from t h e croup.

A s we have three gymn as t s that u se this va ult, is t h ere any tricks to ga in the ex tra h e ig ht ?

I ca n ass ure you if you could find th e time to w ri te the s u ggestio n s you m ake w ill be carried out at least by the twelve better inte rm ed ia t es an d se nio r s .

Yo u r articl e was excell e nt. Hope yo u wr ite m o r e for the Modern Gymnast.

Yo urs truly, Trueman Hirsc hfe ld ,Cha irm an N. S. Gymnastic Comm itt ee Dear Mr, Hirschfeld: .... In answer to your questions: 1. The straddle pike position with the chest on the floor can be accomplished by having your gymnasts stretch in a wide straddle stand position on the floor piked at waist , with hands ·on the floor in front of them supporting most of tlleir weight , In this position bob or bounce up and down trying to stretch the legs even further apart with each workout.

In conjunction with this do forward bend·

ing and stretching exercises in the straddle seat position with legs stretched ·' as wide as possible, pulling on the ankles ~r feet to stretch even further forward (thIS should also be done with a bobbing motion) , One gymnast can aid another by pushing down on his shoulders from behind with a bouncing action, 2, The arms should be kept straiQht while lowering, Both the pulling actIon of the fingers and sliding action of · the hands are used in lowering. The picture indicates the pulling '1ction of the fin gers. Strength for this movement can be gained by per:torming a head.stand against a walt WIth the arms slIghtly bent and in a straight line with the head . From here Jilushing up and down to the w ide arm handstand (with the feet always in contact with the wall).

3. A true planche is not done with the upper arms resting against the sides of the chest (the latissimus dorsi muscles). Weight training such as dumbell lifts forward with straight arms to overhead position . handstand push. ups . ~nd dips on parallel bars are very benefIcIal .

However the true position should be practiced by pressing to the planche from an

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on the p-bars or from

leaning forward into the position from a front leaning position on the floor, with the toes still on the floor with the body and arms kept straight (the fingers can be facing sideways) . Hold this position as long as possible with the body shifted as far forward as is comfortable putting as much weight on the hands as possible. Eventually push off the toes lightly and approximate the planche position .

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is performed by rulining viqorously for the long horse, hitting the " beat board" forcefully with the feet and pushing downwa"d on the croup with the hands with

as much power as you can muster .

piking legs tightly against the chest and extending into an arch as you clear the end of the horse and finally stopping in a dead landing. (The beat board should be approximately four feet from the croup (approach end) of the horse). a. fast run, b. forceful bounce off board, c. poWerful downward hand push , d. pike quick.

Iy and tightly. e . ext-end body as horse is cleared, f. dead landing .

Sincerely.

Art Shurlock If there are other helpful pointers or questions M, G, readers might like to have Arthur Shurlock answer, send them to Art Shurlock, M.G. "Questions and Pointers " , Box 611, Santa Monica, CaUf., and Art will do his best to solve them for you by personal letter or a ne,w "Questions and Pointers" column he Will

be starting in the next edition (if we receive any letters) . THE EDITOR.

S.I.G.L. Dear Mr. S undb.y: I wanted to drop yo u a line, and let yo u kn ow what's going on in the Southern Intercoll egiate Gymnastic League. After 10 o r 20 years of maintaining an unorgan ized gym c lub , the U niversity of Florida finally has a competi ng team under t he su perv is ion of coach J oe Regna.

The team h as competed in four m eets this sp ring a lread y, a nd s till have two more. vVe beat C itadel and Florida State Univers ity, tied Georgia Tech, and lost to Geor g ia South ern .

Georgia Southern is undo ubtedly the str on gest team now in the SIGL. Having met twel ve teams this s pring inc luding Army, they have only los t one meet, a nd that was by a scant 7 points to Navy.

We at the Univ. of Florida a re very proud of wha t o ur team has accom plished.

All eleven members of our team are first year gymnasts except o ne. Our best tumbler on ly starte d working after C hri s tm as, and already he 's lear ned bounding fro nts, full twisters, a lternates , a nd is just now starting on double backs.

Our long horse vaulter , w ith only one years expe ri e n ce is doing Ono's spectac ular pike h ands pring from the cr o up .

Sincerel y yo urs, Robert G . Harwood U ni ver sity of Florid a Ga inesville, Florida

OPEN MEETS Dear M r. Sundby, 1 wou ld lik e to make a s u ggestion for the MODERN GYMNAS T. Why don't yo u pri n t future "open" 111eets in wh ic h a n y one can enter? I a n1 sure that there are many gym nasts in the U nited States w h o wou ld lik e to c,() l11pete 111 meets 111 thell' part of the country.

T h ere mOe many of us in the Miami area who wo uld lik e to compete in some of the meets in the South easte rn U .S. , but we never hear of any. There are nla)1Y fin e gynl n asts in this area ,,,ho ,,,auld do well in these meets. If you could print any meets that yo u k ThOw of, or send us a li st af th eIn, it wou ld be very 11luch appl'ec ia ted .

If these meets, anywhere in th e U.S .. we r e printed, I feel that many p eople \vauld b e n efit and In or e gynlnasts ,vQuld be discovered w ith the ability to someday be a n asset to our O lympic Team.

Gymnas tically yours, Tom Honeycutt 17101 N. E. 3rd Ct. No rth Miam i Beach, Florida ED. Many coaches and associations send us notices of their competitions and we include the dates when we receive them far enough in advance. However £ince there is a necessary time element in production and getting the M. G. to the readers, many notices arrive too late to be included.

SUMMER CAMP? ? ?

Gent le men: I am tr y ing to loc ate a gymnast ic s ummer camp for boys ,or g irl s in the eastern part of th e country. I h e.ar there. I S one in New York State. Any ll1fOrm atlOn w ill be grea tl y apprec ia t ed.

Thank yo u.

Sincerely , E . Lettiers 887 Dixwell Ave., Hamde n 14, Co nn ecticut ED , We wanted to include a list of Summer Gymnastic Cam.p dates and places in this edition of the M. G" however at press time had not received them to publish. Perhaps we will receive them in time for the next edition. In the meantime , Camp Directors take note .

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# 5. LEAPING TRAMPOLINE (with springs) .. ... .. ... .... ........ $22.95 <coble) ... .... .... .. .... .......... ... $29.95 Strong steel frame, 2 ft . square ny lon web bed. spring o r ex ercise cob le .

#6. ACROBATIC STICK

$2.95

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NOTE: With each piece of equipment you get a brochure containing instructions for beginners . and how to core f or the equipment.

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THE FIRST ANNUAL UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP JUNE 13, 14, & 15, 1963 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, NAVY PIER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, JUNE 13th.

Registration at Navy Pier Gym (9 - 12 a .m .)

THURSDAY, JUNE 13th.

COMPULSORY ROUTINES * * Class "A" Men and Women, 1:00 p.m .

"ELITE" Class Men and Women, 3:00 p.m .

FRIDAY, JUNE 14th.

OPTIONAL ROUTINES Class "A" Men and Women, 1 :00 p.m.

"ELITE" Class Men and Women, 3 :00 p .m.

(All-Around events decided by total scores 13th and 14th)

SATURDAY, JUNE 15th.

FINALS . .. OPTIONAL ROUTINES 8:00 p.m.-Qualifiers from each division, men and women, event, wi II compete for the 1963 USGF Team berths .

in each

ENTRY BLANKS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USGF OFFICE P. O. BOX 4699, TUCSON, ARIZONA. No travel permits required .

ENTRY FEES: $1.00 per event. -

$3.00 for the All-Around event.

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED NOT LATER THAN MONDAY, JUNE 10 , 1963 (Make checks payable to U.S.G.FJ CO-DIRECTORS for this meet are MR. VIC LESCH , President of the Illinois State High School Gymnastics Coaches Association and MR . BOB BOHL, President of the Midwest Gymnastics Association. Both organizations are co-hosts alon gwith the U.S.G.F. * * Compulsory routines : "ELITE CLASS" 1963 Olympic Compulsories "CLASS A" 1963 Pan-American Compulsories For copies of routines write USGF Office . . .specify men or womens routines).

PLAN NOW TO ENTER . . . SEE YOU INCH ICAGO DON'T FORGET . . . the top six men and women in the all-around are eligible to attend a six-week training course in ballet and gymnastics .

ALL EXPENSES PAID!

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