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No.4

FROM THE EDITOR

CONTENTS Notes From The Editor AAU N otice No. 145..

U.S.G .F. Director ' s Report ..

Chalk Talk ......... ...... ......... ... ............

Gymnastics in Ph ysi cal

5 6 8 . ..... ..... .... 10

Educa ti o n

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Dev el o pment in Girl ' s Sports .. . ..... 15 Music Is N o t Backg round .. . .. ... ... ................... .. 16 Ling Veckan 1963 .. . .......... .. .. ... ... ...... .. ..... .. 17 Y.M.C.A. Championships .. . .. 20 Gym Snaps... . ... 22 Illinois State High Sch ool Champio nships... . ......... ..24 Helpful Hints .. . .. .. .. ...... .... ............... ...... ...................... 25 Gym - Fitness... . ... .. ..... 28 Flint Sparks.. ........ ......... .......... ........... ..... .... . 30 Gymnastic Gimmicks.. . . ..... 31 Progressive Exercises for Gy mna stic s. . . ... 32 V ic Says .................... .. .. .......... .. ........ ........ ... ...•............. 33 Meet ResL' s... . . . ...... .............. ...... ... ... ... ..... .34 Letters . . .... ...... .... .4n

COVER: John Crosby, Jr. , Ele ven-year-o ld Junior Gymnast from Queen's Central YMCA beat out all the b ig fellows to , win the 1963 Notional YMCA Fl oor Exercise Champion· sh lp.

••••• FEATURE CONTRIBUTORS: Fronk Bare, A. Br uce Frederrck, Sara Stoff Jernigan , Ollie Askew, Mildred Prchal , Harry Shove , Margaret Korondi Herb Vogel Bud By er Irwin Paris and Victor Josselyn.' ' ,

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••••• THE MODERN GYMNAST is published in the U.S.A. by AMERICAN Ph ys ical FITNESS Research INSTITUTE, Inc. , nine issues for $3.00, SOc the single copy. All pictures and manuscripts submitted become the propert y of THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return , request and sufficient postage are included . Published material becomes the property of THE MODERN GYMNAST. Copyright 1963

by AMERICAN Physical FITNESS Research INSTITUTE,

OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE "WHE I IN THE COURSE OF HUMA 1 EVENTS IT BE· COMES NECESSARY , , ," This was part of the foundin g cry of American Freedom. , . " FREEDOM" the word that is synonymous with America has no meanin g with the powers that be in the A.A,U. Th eir directive No . 145 dated May 9th , 1963 filled with repetitious half truths, negative statements and autocratic arrogance showed contempt for " Our American Herita ge."

THE MODER CYNAST magazine and the NITER STATES CYM TASTICS FEDERATION are doing all possible to help pro· mote a better program of gymnastics in A 1ERICA and taking valuable time and space debating with the A.A.U. does not accomp· lish this objective. However we have received so man y inquiries regarding the contents of this directive that we fee l it wise and neces· sary to correct the many misleadin g statements and bring f9Tth the true facts . . .

The U,S.C.F, is made up of thousands of dedicated gymnastic enthusiasts from all walks of life (not a few disgruntled coaches as they stated) . We wonrter who the 'rebellious group is to which they refer. , . since. the U.S.C.F, is a homogeneous group striving toward improving the total gymnastics program of our country , .. The U .S.C.F. is enlightening, rather than confusing the minds of the gymnasts to the fa ct that there is a group prepared to help them (not to dictate to them ), a group they can be a part of through representation . , . Sabotage ? ? ? . . . The U.S.C.F. was formed to develop a better national program in ALL areas which will in turn produce gymnastic teams capable of World and Olympic Championships, which is something the A.A. U. has failed to do in over a half century of control.

We of the United States Cymnastics Federation will not threaten , fri ghten or coerce yo u to stand with us .. , But! .. . if YOU stand as we do, for " Cymnastics For All " and want to be part of a wonder· ful group which stresses gymnastic freedom from tyranny with a planned program of progress and action .. . Then we WANT YOU and INVITE YOU to join the U.S .C.F . . .. because everyone in the .S.C.F. believes sincerely . . . WITHOUT RESERVATIONS . . . that the .S.C .F. is here to sta y ... but more important ... that CYMNASTICS in THE U iJTED STATES OF AMERICA will be the TRUE VICTOR! ! !

We apologize to our ;'eaders for giving so much space to this item, but in order to help yo u formulate a better picture of their dictatorial threatenin g attitUde and judge for yo urselves, the A.AT. notice 10 . 145 is printed in its' entirety on the following overleaf (all four pages of their reduntant mimeographed pages of verbalism).

Parallel to this is a co lumn of letters received from the President, Director and members of the U.S.C.F. executive committee . " CYMNASTICS FOR ALL THRU THE U.S.C.F ."

We hope with this edition we have made our position clear, that we are for gymnastics and in our future editions we can concentrate our pages on bringing you all the best in lews, Photos, Results, Trends and instructional materia l availab le.

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AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 231 W. 58h Street, .New York 19, N. Y. :\'o tice No . 145 D e ar Gy mnas t and G y mn a stic Offi c ia l: R ece ntl y a g r o up of dis gruntl e d coach es proposed t o form a gro up whic h h as the announced purpos e of r e plac ing th e A .A. U. a s the r eoogniz ed g overning body fo r th e s port o f gy mna s ti cs in th e U nite d S t a t es. This g r o up has adopted a po li cy t o a tte mpt to "div id e a nd co nqu e r " . Th ey h ave s t a rte d a hig h pressure ca mpaig'n t o confuse the minds of our gym· nasts who hay e bee n c0 l11pe ting und e r the rul es and regulatio n s of the A .A . U. It is impo rtant that all r egis t e r e d A.A. U. athletes not onl y understand our rules and regulations o f e ligibility a nd co mpe t itio n , but that th ey a lso understand th e ir responsibilities t o main ta in th e ir e li g ibility for a ll open co mpe tition in this coun-

THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION To All American Gymnasts, Officials and Coaches: On May 9, 1963, Mr . Stephen M. Arche r of the AAU wrote to gymnasts and gymnastics officials in this country. In his first sentence , Mr. A rcher set the tone for his entire letter by making a statement he knew was completely false. Mr. A rcher1s first sentence was IIRecent ly

a group of disgruntled coaches proposed to form a group which has the announced purpose of replacing the AAU as the recognized body for the sport of gymnastics in the U.S.' As you must k-now by now, from the listing of member groups and individuals, the U.s.G.F. is not made up of a " group of disgruntled coaches ."

Mr. Archer does not present anything new in his letter. His main

Fro m info rma ti o n r e b e lli ou s g r o up is U nit ed S t a t es a m a t e ur gY lnnas t

point was that Mr. Th eon i, president of the Internat iona l Gymnastics Federation had indicated hi s support for t he AAU In a letter supposedl y written by' Mr. Theoni on February I, 1963. This is the same letter distributed by the AAU in a previous notice. Why not a more recent lette r?

Mr. Theoni has written the U.S.G.F. on two occasions. Both letters, although a recognized fact that the AAU has been the body which

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Th e A. A. U . h as a lways s t o od up fo r th e ri g hts o f at hl e t es.

H owever , in o rde r t o pro t ec t th e e ligibility of the a th e le t e we d o r e quire eac h r egis t e r e d athl e t e to a dhere to our rul es and

quotes him as say ing . In short, we find it difficult to believe that Mr. Theoni wrote the letter of Februa ry I , 1963. If we were to assume that the letter was written by Mr. Theoni we can a lso assume that since that time he has realized that he has taken a questionable stand and changed his position. The le tters we have received are dated March 4th , 1963 and April 18, 1963 respectively. The letter of April 18, 1963,

r eg'ul a ti o n s w hi ch ha ve b ee n dra wn up f or his and h er

is shown herewith for you r information.

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th a t I h ave b ee n se nt, it is o b vho u s th a t th e trying t o co nfu se th e minds of th e a thletes.

N ationa l C h a mpio n s hips a r e op e n to ever y in the world , certainl y ope n to a ll of o ur Am e ri can gY l11nas t s in good standing . NrO o n e, in cluding In en1ber s of th e r e be lli o u s g r o up, can d e n y yo u a n oppo rtunit y to eo nlpe t e in the N ation a l A .A. U. C h a mpion s hips if yo u d es ire to parti c ipa t e in th e P hilad elphi a m ee t , .May 30 - 31-Jun e 1.

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M an y tim es I h ave b ee n as k ed , " W'h y d oes the A .A . G . ser ve a s the g o ve rning b od y in gy mnas ti cs? Wh e r e d oes it ge t its auth orit y'!"

W h e n F.I. G. wa s o r ga niz e d 82 years a g o, as th e fir s t o f In a n y inte rna ti o na l sp orts g'overnin g bo di es , it so ught th e 1110St r eputabl e a nl ateur s ports orga niza tion s to se rve as it s d esig nat ed r e presenta ti ve in e ac h countl),. Sh o rtl y after th e A .A. U . w a s fo rm ed in 1888, th e F.I. G . r ecogniz e d th e A .A. U. as th e governing b ody of gymn as tics fo r th e U nited S tates of Anl e rica .

En close d is a letter from the pres ident o f th e Intern a ti o n a l Gymnas ti c F e d e r a tion addres s ed t o the presid e nt o f th e Am a t e U!' Athl e ti c U nion of th e U nited S t a t es in whic h Pres id e nt Thoe ni e ndors es th e work of th e A .A . U of the U.S . in admint e ring a mate ur g y mnas ti cs in th e U nite d Sta t es . In this le tte r Mr. Th oe ni p o ints o ut tha t F .I.G. a t i ts Congress in Prague las t s umm e r r e -a ffirm e d its c onfid e n ce in th e A.A. U . ,o f th e U nite d S t a t es a.s th e so le g o v erning boly f or a rnateur gY lllnas tics in th e U nit ed Sta t es .

In thi s le tt e r , Mr. Tho e ni s tresses two impo rta nt fact s : ( 1) the A .A.U. is th e s ole body to san c ti o :1 o p e n mee t s in th e U nited St a t es, (2 ) an y athlete c omp e ting in ope n m ee t s w hic h a r e not s anc tio n e d by th e A.A . U . r e nde r s him self o r h e r se lf in e ligibl e fo r inte rn a tional c,ont est s .

Th e A.A. U. h as b e en honored tha t th e F.I.G . has e lec t e d wo rth y A.A. U . representa ti ves t o impo rt a nt p OS itions in th e F . I. G . to h elp s h a pe th e inte rnational gy mna s ti cs progra m.

At the c urre nt tim e one of o ur r e prese nta ti v es is "- memb e r o f th e F .I. G. Ex ec uti ve C ommittee.

Anoth e r bas ic qu esti o n ask ed m a ny tim es is, "What is th e r e lation s hip .o f th e U nit ed S tat es O ly mpic C ommitte e and th e A.A.U. ?"

Th e A.A. U. an d th e U .S . Oly mpic Committee are two se pa rate a nd di s tinct organiza tio ns . H o ,ve v e r, the U . S. OlY111pic Committee recogniz es th e fac t tha t the A .A . U . is th e sole gove rn in g b od y for g y mn as ti cs unde r a. rul e o f th e Inte rnational O lmy pic C ommittee. In a ll s ports, under th e rules of the Inte rnatio n a l Olmy pic C ommittee o nl y .o n e g o ve rning body in eac h c ountry may b e r e cognize d fo r ea c h s port. In th e United States, fo r e xampl e, it is the A.A . U. In tr yo uts fo r th e Pa n Am e rica n or Olympi c G a m es, these tr yo uts a r e und e r the juris di c tion o f th e U nited Stat es Olympi c GYlnnascti cs C0l11l11itt ee. S uffice to say, tliose ,vho co nlpete in th e tr y outs mu s t b e r eg is t e r ed a thlet es of th e A.A. U. in good s t a nding . Afte r a p e r so n h as b ee n selected b y the Gy mn a~ tics C0l11nlitt ee fo r P a n Am e rican o r OlYl11pi c Ganl es h e 1111l St be certifi ed a H a bo na fid e alnate ur and a 111 e nlb er in good s tandin g of the A.A. U . b y th e A.A. U. t o th e U. S. Oly mpi c Co ml11itt ee be for e hi s e ntry I1H I. Y be fil e d . Thi s a ls o is o ne of th e Inte rn a tion a l O ly mpi c Co mmitt ee Rules.

Th e A.A. U . is th e so le sa n c tio nin g body fo r o p e n meets in the U nited S t a t es o f Am e ri ca . Be for e y ou fil e a n entry f o r a n ope n meet m a k e certa in that the e ntry blank co ntain s th e ph rase " Thi s m ee t h as b een s an c tion e d b y th e s u c h-ands u c h Assoc ia ti o n of th e Am a t e ur Athletic U nio n o f th e U nite d S t a t es ." Don ' t a ccept a n y a dditio n s to the s tate m e nt about sa n c tio n s . " D u a l Sa n c tion s" a r e prohibit ed und e r Gen e ral Rttl e 1, Sectho n 2b o f th e A.A. U . Cod e.

A s a r e cog'niz ed gy mnast yo u will b e e n co ura g e d in th e cO In ing 11l 0n t h s to e nte r open competiti o ns \vhi ch a re no t san c ti on e <1 b y th e A.A .U . Th ese will b e m eets promoted b y th e r e b e lli ou s g l"OUPS w ho are threate ning yo ur future opportuniti es fo r c o mp etiti o n under th e A.A. U . Yo u mu s t r ecogniz e thi s r e be llio u s mo ve m e nt as a m ov em e nt t o sabo t age the United S t ates o f A m e ri ca in bo th n a tion a l and int e rna tional gymn as ti cs.

A ll gy mn as t s a r e c auti o n ed a b o ut filin g e n t ri es fo r th e fo ll ow in g' gy mnas ti c m ee t s w hi c h h ave b ee n announ ce d. If th ese al'e "op e n m ee t s" a nd a r e N OT san c ti o ned b y th e A.A. D ., a ll gymn as t s co mpe tin g in th e m e ets will a uto m a ti cally s u s pe n d th e m selves fro m ful'th e r A .A.. U . and inte rn a tio nal comp e titi o n. Thi s is not to b e r ega rde d as a threa t b y the A .A . U .

Yo ur gov e rning b od y is m e r e ly ca rr y ing o ut th e r egulation s o f th e F.I. G . whkh h av e h ee n c le arl y s t a t e d in th e l e tte r from Continued Column I , Page 7

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selects international team s, a re in di rect opposit ion to what the AAU

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1'tJ, de lyon. GENEVE

Dear Sir. We acknowledge the receipt of' y our letter . date April 4th, having tak e n n o ti c e o f its c on t ents.

Once again we sho uld like to inform y o u that the difference y ou mention are o f a purely i nternal Amer i can nature.

For this real!ion onl y we dare not and we a re not will i ng to interfere into this a f fair. Ev en more because the United Statel!i Ol y mpic Corruoittee s t i l l regards the AAU as the holder of the Gymn as tics-Hovem e nt on international basis .

We regret thef'ltfore, o .... ing t o lack of time, that in future .... e cannot enter in t o this matter an y With kind regards FEDERATION INTERNATI ONA LE DE GYMN ASTIQUE

@~ :!!E~d' Char l el!i Th o eni

Please 'note that it clearly states that the F.I.G. has no Jurisdiction over the conduct of gymnastics meets in this country. It is unfortun-

ate that Mr. A rcher is unaware of the legitimate letters from Mr. Theoni .

We continue to be nothing less than amazed at th e actions of

the offi cers of the AA U. Since nearly every large athletic group representing gymnastics is affiliated with the U.S.G.F. , we wonde r how it is possible for the AAU to declare that it rep resents gymnastics i.n our country.

Mr. Archer also knows from the MacArthur agreement and from action by the U. S. Olympic Committee that t h e AAU cannot declare any gymnast ineligible for international competition based on participation

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The facts are clear: (1) The U.S.G.F. represents the vast majority of gymnastics organizati on in this country . (2) The AAU has no m ore juri sdiction over the conduct of intra-American competition than do

the camp-fire girls. (3) The U.S.O.C. has already demonstrated that athletes termed ine ligib le for interna tiona l competition by the AAU wi ll be allowed to compete. (4) That the officers of the AAU must be frightened when they resort to half-truths, distortions and "scare" tactics .

W here was the one positive statement in the ent ire document?

Where was the rebuttal . the statement of the many great things the AAU is doing to improve and deve lop gymnastics in this country> Wh ere do ·they praise the. Arq,erican cooches for their work in developContinued Co lu mn 2, Page 7

'Pr es id e nt Thoeni to P r eside n t Fi s h er of th e A.A.U. Th e. A .A.U. w o uld b e r e mi ss in i ts r esp o n s ibility if we failed to advise you.

Th ese m eetings a r e : .

The A rizona Ope n, May 18, a t Pal o Verde High School, Tu cs on , A riz o n a

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A M eet at th e Un ivers ity of IllIno Is at Chlcag.o , Navy P ie r F ie ld House, Jun e 13-14-15 The Ame ri can Tu r n e r s Natio nal F es ti val, Jun e 19- 23, a t C levela nd Ohio. If thi s m eet is r estricted to m e mb e r s of t h e Turne r s, it is con s id ered '.'clo sed competiti o n ," and does Tho t r e quire A.A . U . san c tIOn . H owever, s h ou ld gymnasts co mpete other than m e mbe r s of th e Turne r s i t w ill b e an "op e n m eet" a nd ·thu s require A.A.U.

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Nationa l Turnf es t , July 4- 5-6 , at Milwaukee. If t hi s m ee t is r estricted to members, it is cons id e r e d " c losed c ompetition," a nd d oes n o t require a san c ti o n . However, s hould gymnas t s oth e r than member s of this o r ga nizaUo n comp ete, it w ill be a n " op e n meet" a nd r eq uire a n A.A. U. san c tion.

H ous t o n C linic an d Open M ee t , M ay 30- 31 - Jun e 1.

If you have a n y doubts about the A.A.U. san ctio ning a n "open m eet" lo ok for s p ecifi c m e ntion o f th e A.A.U . .on th e e ntry bl a nks, o r c h eck w ith t h e r egistratio n c h a irman m yo u r local di strict A ssociation.

I cannot str ess too s trongly that the lead e r s o f the r ebellio u s group r ecognize that n o p ersonal h a rm can b e fa ll them.

B ut you , as a r ecognized gy mnast, w ill be. used a s a p awn of these power-grabbing m e n who h ave orgalllzed the r ebellI on.

If yo u have amb itio n s .of b eing a m ember o f a U. S . Na t iona l T eam a nd t h e 1964 U nite d States O ly mpIc Team , pl ease k eep in mind one impo rtant point: .

Only two b o di es in th e U nite d Sta t es can s p ea k Wit h a uth ori ty a bou t O lymp ic tri a l s , r ules of comp etitIOn , mte rpre t atio n s of c ompulsory e x ercises-na m e ly , the Amate!-,r Athletic .U ni o n of t h e Un ite d S tates' NatIOnal GYI:nnas tlc C.ommittee a nd th e U ni ted States Ol y mpIc Gy mnas tic Comm ittee.

T h e h a lf t ru ths a nd innue ndos which are being em ployed b y t hi s rebellious grou p in se nding o ut in fo rm atio n. t o coach es a nd athl etes h ave b een pre p a r e d to confuse th e mmd s of the

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n ewsle tter from the r e bellious group it was stat e d that "we n ow h ave d efinite p la n s to send a t eam over seas in 1964 (Spring)." R egis tere d gymna~ t s m for 'C lg n co u n tri es will not b e p e rmi tted t o comp ete aga m s t American gym n as t s unl ess t h e trip is ap proved by the A .A.U. Th e F.I. G. insists that all inte rnatio n a l comp e ti t io n s be a rrange d b etween th e s p orts govern ing bodi es o f the res p ec ti ve countri es.

A complete mi s-stateme nt was printed a b out a n alleged protest o f this r e b e lli o u s gno up b e for e t h e U mte d St ~t es O ly mpic Committee . Suffi ce to say that the Board o f Directors of th e U nite d Sta tes O lym pic Co mmittee a ft e r h earm g a m e mb e r o f the r ebelliou s g roup of th e U .S. Ol ym pIc Gy mn as ti c Committee t ook the f o ll owing actio n: (1) Co ~ s idered the a lleged protest "childi s h and inco n se qu entia l."

(2) ' V hol e h earted ly e ndo r sed the proccdurcs a nd plans o f . t h e Olympic Gym n as tic Comm i ttee.

(3) Gave a unanimou s vo te o f c onfid e n ce to the c h ai rma n of t h e U. S . Olympic Gym n astics Co mmittee, George J: Gu lac k.

Th e A.A.U . was vitally con cern e d a b o ut the elIglbllIt:,r o f four m e mbers c h osen for the fin a l tryo uts f,or the P an American t eam . T h e r ebellio u s g r o up h a d rigged its own " booby tr:ap" to e n s n are and make ineligi bl e gym n asts from many sectIOns of t h e co untr y . As amateur s ports m e n we abhor th ese tac ti c s by m e n posin g as s p o rtsmen. Th e A .A.U., a ft er a thorough invest igatLon, too k no ac ti on on the four cases b eca u se of mi s r e prese ntations t o th e at hl etes th e m selves. Th ese .athle t es we r e cer tifi e d f o r th e fin a l tryouts. Th e U. S . OlympIC Gy mnas tic Committee h as n o j urisdiction over the certificatio n of e lig ibili ty f or e ithe r t h ey tryo uts or final sel ections . Thi s m atte r of e ligibility was h andl e d by the A.A.U. .

Th e A.A. U. look s to the r egiste red a thl e t es to be r espo ns ib le and mak e certa in th at a ll " o p en mee t s" in whic h ' they comp ete a r e san c t ioned only by t h e A.A.U. This yo u s h o uld do f o r y our own pro tection a nd p e ace o f mind. F urth e rmore , we in vite lo ur r eg is t e red gY 111nas t s to beco 111 e active in A.A. U . activ iti es b y ide ntif y ing th e m selves w ith t h e A .A . U. dis tric t Assoc iations. Yo u w ill find yo ur wo rk wi th o the r dedicated gymnasts m ost rewarding'.

S in ce the A .A.U. is you r recognized governing b ody in the eyes of the I nte rnational O ly mpi <! Comm ittee an d the F.I.G. , v io lation o f A .A.U. r ules o f e lig IbilIty a nd com p etitIOn m ay cau se y,ou t o s u s p e nd yourself. This d oes not m ean yo u ~ re a professio n a l but it does mea n t h at th e A.A. U. cannot certify you as a member in good standing. f o r ll1t e rnatlOna l competitIOn of any kind, inc ludi ng the O ly mpI C Gam es.

T ak ing p art in a ny ope n c limcs, ope n m ee t s , or o pen ex hibition s n ot sa nction e d by the A.A.U. is co n s id e r ed a vw la t ion of A.A. U . rul es. Such ac tions c an a lso cau se yo u to . s u s pe n d yo urself from f ur t h e r co mpetition. All e n t r y blank s for t h ese "op e n " co mpetit io n s m u s t s tate c learl y th a t th ey a r e sanction e d solely' b y th e A.A. U. It is regrettab le that th e r e bellioou s g r o up is act u a ll y putting at stak e yo ur e ligib ili ty in a b old mo ve to gai n t h e ir selfse r v ing o bj ec tiv es. I s h a ll c lose b y . quoting one p a r ag r a ph f r om a r ecent let t e r from the P r eSide nt of the F .I.G ., Mr. C h arles T h oen i, writing to a m ember o f the r e belli OUS gro up \\"ho h ad r e p eatedl y d emanded adm iSSIO n to t h e F.I.G. T h e final sen t e nc es o f thi s le tte r r ead, " W e r egret, theref,o r e, O,\V lJlg to lack o f time, th at in t h e futur e we cann ot e nte r . into thi s matter any more." Thus, th e rebe ll io u s gro up was notifie d WIt h fin a lity that t h e F.I. G . wou ld not answe r any letters, le t a lo n e co n s id e r th e de ma nds . Thi s was t h e final r e buff to ' th e re belli ous g r o u p .

I assu r e you t h at the F .I.G. h as co nfid e n ce in th e adminis trati0!1 of t h e sport in th e U nite d S tates by t h e A.A. U. Every pi ece o f ma il t h a t h as b een directed to t h e F.I.G. b y lead e r s in th e r ebel move men t h as been r e - addressed to th e A .A. U .

I am looking f orward to a hi g hly s u ccess ful United S t ates Cha mpi o n s h ip Meet, th e N.A.A . U., In Ph ila d e lphi a, May 30 - 31 a n d Jun e 1. l\I ea n wh il~ I s b a ll b e wlllmg t~ an swer yo ur qu es Co ntinued Column 1, Page 27

Ing the athlefes whom they toke to these' "international" competitions?

It is o ne thing to write four pages of derogato ry, embittered and ' frightened threats and it is indeed another to conduct a program to develop gymnastics in our notion. At the former, the AAU IS a post master . . . but at the latter they must be classified as lower than beginners since they have never t r i e d . .

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We h ope to see as many of yo u as pOSSible at .the first Notional U.S.G.F . Championships in Park ~idge, illinOIS at MOine East Township High School on June 14 - 15, 1963.

Sincerely.

Dr. Donald N. Boydston President, U.!.G.F .

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AAU DIRECTIVE NO. 145

FEAR AND FRIGHT

This directive was issued in language that was apparently dictated by the A.AU. attacking the N.C.A.A. ond not the United States Gymnastic Federat IOn. The directi ve was Issued solely t o place fear and fright into gymnosts past. present and future In the United Stotes. A.A.U . gymnastics in the United Sta tes are now governed by Steven M. Archer of New York City, Secretary of the Amateur Athlet ic Union of the United States, which signifies that the person selected as the chairmon o f the A.A .U. Gymnastics Committee and those supposed ly sel ected a s committee chairmen fr om the various geogra-

phic areas actually ha ve no control as they are governed by the next echelon upward of this diSOriented group. Through thiS directi ve Mr. Arche r attempts to dictate govern ing pol icies of gymnastics in the State of Arizo no , the Stote of Illinois, The United States Gymnastics Federation , the Americon Turners of the United States, the State of Oh io the Swiss-Americon Notional Turn Festival , the State of Wisco nsin ~nd finally an attempt to dictate t o the State of Texas.

If Mr. Archer would consult with proper officia ls in various geog"raphic areas of the United States, he would find t hat. man y gym 'nasti cs competitions this post year have been dual-sanctioned by the A.A .U. of the United Stotes and the United States Gymnostics Federotion as an organization with the power to act. He further declares

every gymnast in the United States ineligible for competition in an y future meet. .

The entire directi ve is a bsurd and on ly further displa ys the stupidity ond the igno rance coupled with disorientation of g ymnastics by the A.A.U . organization in the United Stotes.

Mr . Archer further states , and I quote from Notice No. 145, that onl y two bodies in the United States can speak with authorit y about the Ol ympic tryout rules, about competitions, and obout interpretati ons of compulsor y exercises -

liThe Amateur Athletic Unio n of the

United States " National Gymnastics Committee , and the United States Ol ymp ic Gy ~na stic s Committee. For Mr . Archer's informat ion, the United States · Ol ympic Association lows govern the Olympic trials and the select ion of teams to represent the United Stotes of America in the Olympic and Pan-American games. Perhaps it would be well if Mr . Arche r would moke a study of the United States Olympic Association ' s constitution and his own A.A.U.rules . Thi s is significant in that

Mr. Archer and the A.A.U . make their own rules to suit any given circumstance which does not follow desired plans within themselves.

This directi ve further proves without a question of 0 doubt that the A.A.U. is not a democ rotic body but seems to follow the precepts of the Socialist system or other systems which allow for dictatorships t o rise .

You rs in sport, Charles P. Pond Head Gymnastics Coach Uni versity of Illinois

WNGA REPORT A,A.U. BULLETIN FACT OR FICTION: Th e Womens Notio nal Gymnastic Associati on , a notional organizati on of democratically formulated sta t e gymnastic assoc iations, has one of its ob jecti v es to keep the national women's gymnastic commun it y informed . . . .

Certainl y periodic bulletins cou ld be released prov ldlllg you With on ly thot informati o n which the W. N.G.A Executiv e committee wonted you t o be liev e . The fact that the executive committee IS dul y elected , on a yearly basis, it is established to represent yo u . To do the I,~ b of equitable representation , the executive comr:rllttee must be of. open mind ," must be informed and must keep Its member or ganizations info rmed.

It is our jo int ' responsibility, in a democratic soci et y, t o analize ever ything we read , read between every lir:e, be informed of each and

every happening in the sport . . . evoluatlng constant ly. .

Presentl y W. N.G.A. is a member of the United States Gymnastic Federation . Th is membership is by " cho ice. " Through this mem bership W.N.G.A. is giv en vo ice and v ote in all issues concerning g y mnasti cs

and specifically , that which concerns women's gymnastics. W.N.G .A. as does ' many other national organ izations which are U.S .G.F. members,

pay 0 membership fee onnuall y. Sh ould W.N .G.A. , through its member organizations, decide to affiliote With onother governlllg bod y It rnb y.

W.N .G.A. is designed t o get the best program of gymnastics for ItS constituents.

Wi th this in mind the. fo llowing sta temen t has been prepared:

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WNGA STATEMENT CONCERNING A.A.U.BULLETIN NQ. 145 Dated May 9, 1963 Thi s A.A.U . publicotion conta ined man y iso lated facts , ocknowledged facts , with few exceptions . . '. well maybe two or three TRUE-the A.A .U. is one o f the governlllg bod ies III the United Stotes .

FALSE-i s it truly yo ur govern ing body. Did or do you ho ve vo ice o r vote? Are A.A.U.pos iti ons elected? Are A.A.U.officials appo inted? Are set terms of office established? THEN WHO IS YOUR GOVERNING BODY? .

TRUE-The FIG recognizes the A.A.U. oS the U.S.A. Gymnastic Go ve rning body . Th is is no secret . . . the F.I.G. con recognize onl y one representati ve from a country . The mu ch publiCized F.I.G. lette r stotes clearly that the U.S.G.F . - A.A.U. strife is on intra-American affair . . . over which it does not, no r dares to take action in . .

Simply because the F.I.G. hos no author ity in th is internol issue.

TRUE-The A.A.U . can deem yo u ineligible for competitio n should yo u part icipate in on unautho rized meet . . . W HY? Simply because they have said so. Of cou rse the Mac Arthur ogreements nor the President's statements " n o omoteur sholl be declared ineligible" Continued Page 27

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UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FE'DERATION

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By Frank Bare The NCAA Gymnastics Championship was held in Pittsburg on March 27-28th, wi th th e host school the Un iversity of Pittsburgh serving as an expert host. Congra tulations to Athletic Director FRANK CARVER, his able assistant WALT CUMMINS and hi s excellent coach WARREN NEIGER_ The meet was marked by many great performances _ .. to single out any one ,vould be very difficult .. . but the routines were more diffi cult in every event than ever before and executed with grea t skill. NEWT LOKEN'S University of Michigan team was the winner . . . wi th BILL MEADES Southern IIlinons team second_ A great meet!

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MR. FRANK J . HALE, of P alm Beach, Florida . .. and THE ACADEMY ROYALE . . . (a r eally great theatrical program) . .. ha ve announced the award ing of a GYMNASTICS PROGRAM for the top six ALL- AROUND winn ers, men and women ... in the U.S.G.F. NATIONAL CHAMPlO SHI P IN CHICAGO, J UNE 14 - 15th, 1963. This is a great opportunity for our athletes of international caliber. The opportunity to train for a period of weeks ... all expenses paid, incl udin g travel to and from PALM BEACH by air . . . with some of the finest BALLET TEACHERS in th e land ava ilable and gymnastics equipment as well.

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I have received some very interesting letters from Europe . . . including a letter from MR. N. LOGOFET, CHIEF SECRET ARY OF THE GYMNASTICS FEDERATION OF THE U.S.S.R . . . . in which the basic organization of gymnastics in the U.S.S.R. is described. MR. LOGOFET, also was kind enough to send two very current books on Gymnastics in Russia (19611964). These books are being translated by the U.S.G.F. EDUCATION COMMITTEE (w hich by the way is still being formed) . . . excerpts from these two books will be carried in future editions of the M. C.

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Some interesting excerpts from MR. LOGOFET'S letter. " Gymnastics enjoys great popularity in the U.s.S.R. In sport sections of physical education collectives are engaged close to one million people. Sport sections are organized in elemen tary and secondary schools as well as in institutions of hi gher learnirig, in plants, factories and other establishmen ts.

The general supervisions of gymnastics in the U.S.S.R. is exercised by the, GYMNASTICS FEDERATION OF THE U.s.S.R. In each of the 15 Un ion Republics gymnasti cs is directed by th e GYMNAS-

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Frank Bare with Mr. Frank J. Hale of Palm Beach, Florida.

TICS FEDERATION OF THE REPUBLICS_ In addition to the realization of the general direction of this kind of sport, the GYlVINASTICS FEDERATION OF THE U.s.s.R., develops the condition of contests, classification and ed uca ti onal programs, rul es of contests, systematic direction and textbooks, classification of sports and other materials of organizing and programmin g nature.

For children engaged in gymnastics, there are special physical educa tional programs and classified exercises. Children havin g fulfilled the necessary requirements, receive a badge called "YOUNG GYMN AST" ; these badges of yo un g gymnasts are of CLASS I and CLASS II .

The adults havi ng fllUill ed th e classified exercises, receive badges of GYMNAST I, II, or III CLASS. For hi gher achievements are given titles of "MASTER OF SPORT OF THE U.S.S.R ." and "HONORED MASTE R OF SPORTS OF THE USSR". The trainers having shown good examples of work, or having trained '(produced) prominent sportsmen, are given hon orable status of " HONORABLE TRAINER (C OACH) OF THE USSR", while in the Union Rep ublics they are given the statu s of " HO NORABLE TRAINER OF THE UKRAINIAN REPUBLIC", for exampl e.

During the process of educati on and trainin g special attenti on is given to general physical preparation. With that goal in mind, the educational program includes racin l!. skiin g, basketball , soccer and other games.

GIRLS ARE I NTRODUCED TO GYM路 NASTICS AT THE AGE OF 10, BOYS AT THE AGE OF 11.

N. LOGOFET Chief Secretary of Federation

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THE ARIZON A STATE HIGH SCHOOL MEET was held in Tucson, Arizona on May 10th ... with many high school teams in the competition. The performances this year were vastly improved over the meet la st vear. RICHARD IMPSON, of Phoe路

nix , Union H. S. won the all-aro und 'even t 路followed closely by JOH N VOSS, of Cata' lin a H. S. of Tucson. CATALINA HIGR SCHOOL, made it two years in a row winning the sta te team title with 151 points to PHOENIX UNIONS 131.

MR. BRUNO JOHNKE has tran slated an interesting article from DEUTCHES T URNEN magazine. BRUNO and hi s wife ELEA TOR are official USGF GERMANFRENCH tran sla tors and doing an excellent Job for our education committee and tliis office 'as well. The arti cle lists the top ten RUSSIAN GYMNASTS contendinofor the 1964 Olympic gam es in Tokyo~ (Oct. 18 - 23, 1964) Th ey are as follows . . with their respective ages indicated in ( ) .

1. TITOV (28); 2. SCHAKLIN (31 ) ; 3. KERDEMELIDI (25) . 4. LISITZKI (24). 5. MAKURI N (27). 6. ZAPENKO (25); 7. ARKAJEW (23 ) ; 8. LEO'NTIEV (23) ; 9. MILIGULO (27); 10. GROMOW (251.

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Frank shaking hands with Richard Impson All-Around winner a t the Arizona Stat~ High School Championships

WE NOW HAVE BEAUTIFUL . . . and verv well made ... U.S.G.F. CRESTS .. . as emblems for BLAZERS, SHIRTS, or J ACKETS ... RED and BLUE GYM· NASTS, on a !VIETALLIC GOLD U.S.A., on a WHITE BACKGROU 0 , with BLACK LETTERING "UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION." Order from U.S.G.F. P. O. Box 4699, T UCS ON, ARIZONA. Price $1.50 ($1.25 for those already registered for mailing) .

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Send Nome and address to: USGF, P.O. Box 4699, TUCSON, ARIZONA.

Truthful!

THE 0 LY WAY THE A.A.U. man· ages to maintain the malicious con trol they have over some of this co untries gymnasts is through LIES and THREATS. IF THE ATHLETES THEMSELVES WOULD SIMPLY IGNORE THE A.A.U. AND ENTER ANY MEET THEY DESIRE . : .

NO ONE . . . ABSOLUTELY NO ONE WOULD BE KEPT FROM THE OLYM· PIC TRIALS ... LET'S LOOK AT THE TRUE PICTURE . . . ONCE AND FOR ALL! P erhaps in the early stages of our de· velopment the F.I.G., through its presi· dent MR. CHARLES THEONI . . . did make some sort of statement to try to help the AAU maintain its position as sale govern in g body of gymnastics in this co untry . . . BUT BY OW THEY . . .

REALIZE THEY WERE NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT IN SO DOING ... The AAU circulated a copy of a letter from MR. THEONI to Mr. Fisher of the AAU stat· ing thi s and that about eligibility. This they mailed out in February . . . In the mean· tim e, however, thi s office has rece ived two lettcrs from iVIR. THEONI .. . . . . IT IS INTERESTI G TO NOTE THAT in the AAU release in the month of MAY ... th ey use the same OLD LETTER . . . why not a more recent one to the same tune ... BECAUSE . fR. THEO I REAL· IZES THE AAU HAS' MIS· USED HIS LETTER, GE ERAL DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR HAS STATED . . . for the reo cord mind you . . .

NOW!

REGISTER WITH THE U.S.G.F. (regi stra.tion is for information purposes only.)

(make checks payable to U.S.G .F.)

" NO INTERNATIONAL BODY, HOW· PROPERLY ESTABLISH RULES GOVERNING AN INTRA· AMERICAN COMPETITION. SO TH ERE IT IS . . . THIS .sT ATE· MENT WAS MADE BY THE MAN AS· SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U lITED STATES TO ARBITRATE THE FEDERA TION . AA U SITUA TION IN TRACK . . . BUT THE SAME PRINCI· PLE APPLIES . . .

SO WHY THE 1 DO WE H AVE A PROBLEM? . . . BECAUSE SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE AFRAID TO NOT BELIEVE THE AAU in WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A LAST DITCH STAND TO HOLD ONTO THEIR DICTATOR·LIKE CO TROL BY SCAR· ING THE ATHLETES THEMSELVES AND THEREBY HOLDING THEM OUT OF OTHER !VIEETS . . .

YOU SHOULD EITHER BELIEVE !VI R. THEO 11 ... in his letter to us ... which is most recent . . . OR BELIEVE GENERAL MAC ARTHUR . . . both of whom are reputable and working for th e good of the s port. THE U.S.G.F. OFFI· CI AL STAND . . . is that taken by ~'fR .

THEONI in his lett er to our office . . .

THIS IS AN I NTERNA L A 1:EHICAN AFFAIR . . . compete in meets where you as an A. 1:ERI CA N have the right to

compete . . . that is in th e meets of you;' ow n gym nasti cs FEDERATION.

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Care to work for gy mnastics? I mean even more than yo u do already? Write to DR. NEWT LOKEN . . . Chairman U.s.G.F. Comm ittee on Committees . . .

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michi· gan. lEWT reports that he has been reo cei vin g ex cell en t resul ts in his quest for individuals to work on the various U.S.G.F. COMMITTEES . . . if yo u care to join one of them and work with the other coaches of th e cou ntry feel free to write and spec ify which area interests you most . . . EDUCATION, RULES , FINANCE, LEGAL, MEN 'S TECHNICAL, WOMEN'S TECHNICAL, MEMBERSHIP, FOREIGN RELATIONS, and JUDGES AND OFFI · CIAL CERTIFICATION. At th e lCAA CHAMPIONSHIP the N.A .G.C. held an offi cial meetin g with so me 85 Coaches and Officials in attend· an ce. The N.A.G.C. officially chan ged its name to th e NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO N OF COLLEGE GY 1: lASTICS COACHES, and elected IvIR.· BILL. MEADE, head Gymna sti cs Coach .of - Southern Illinois to the 1963 - 64 Pre'sidency. A really grea t organization .

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Armando V ega , Groc e 路Ka y well , Gail Songerath at Palm Peach Fest jv a l

Armando Vega . . . U. S. Olympic Team 1956, 1960, appeared in P alm Sprin gs and P alm Beach , Florida at the Annual Palm Sprin gs Picnic. Arm ando was sent there, at the request of the local festival committee, through the au spices of the U.S.G.F. He performed at the Palm Springs Picni c, r ode in the parade and in general did a great dea l to demonstrate to Palm

Beach area CItIZens the type of fitn ess and trainin g which can be derived from gym nastic activity.

With Armando appeared Miss Gail Songerath of P alm Beach, also a U. S_ Olympian and Mrs_ Gracf! Kaywell of West P alm Beach. The P erformance was well received and did nruch to help the sport of gymnastics_

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Many of you are aware th9t the sports fed e ration s jn Basketball , Track and Field and Gymnastics have been functi oning formally for severa I months. Each fede rati on, a It hough conce rned with one sports acti v ity only, represents the same goals and ideal s . .. that of representation for those who reall y are 'qualified to gov ern sports programs.

Please note that the foll owing release wa s rece ived at thi s office just as the M. G, wa s going to press. " The Basketball Federation of the United States of America today cloimed a maj or vic to ry resulting from the deci sion of th e Internati onal Amateur Basketball Federation (F. I.B .A) mee ting s in Rio de Janiera, Brazil. The Baske tball Federation president, Mr. A C. Lonborg proclaimed F. I.B .A 's dec is ion as " a major breakthrough and a victory for the e ntire fede rati on movement," when info rmed thot the international body hod recognized and granted indepe nden t sanctioning privileg es to th e B. F.U.S.A The Basketball Federation of the U. S. A will have inte rnational sanctioning auth ority by January 1, 1963 . Lonbo rg noted that the AAU . did not want federation representative s to have an opportun~t y to address F. I.B.A and, in fact, bl ock ed their appearance, From the U . S . G.F~ standpoint . congratulations to the basketball fed e ration . one down, two to go!

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SI~VER ANNIVERSARY The 25 th National Turnfest of the Swiss American Gymnasti c Association will be held on July 4th, 5th and 6th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gy mn asts from the East, West and Mid west will be parti cipating in individual an d team competitions. A Circus P arade and " Old Milwaukee Day" will be part of the festive program for this big July 4th w eek e ~d. .,

TRAMPOLINE IN JAPAN According to a report received fr om Me. P . A. Drips of Tokyo, in March of this year the Tram poline was included as an offi cial event by the J apanese Gym nas ti c F ederat ion.

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"CANCEL AAU MEMBERSHIP" " Cancel AAU Membershi p" is th e titl e of a letter printed in the Nati onal Turn er publi cati on Turner T opics written by past Olympian Edward Scro be.

The letter makes a lot of sense and shoul d be read by all (es pecially so-called neutrals in the USGF-AA U controversy ).

1964 OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS TOUR All those who are interested in this tour should imm ediately contact Mr. Frank Endo, 12200 So. Ber endo Ave., Los Angeles 44, Calif. for th e tour brochure. There is a grea t demand for hotel space in T ok yo and for this reason it is imperati ve that a deposit of $200.00 be received by July 10th deadlin e. Reserva tion will be taken on a fir st come fi rst ser ved basis. The hotel accomodations are only ava il able for those who take the full tour. The new Tokyo Hilton and other hotel space are presentl y bein g held for this tour. We will leave Los Angeles on Oct. 3 (Sat) 1964 for Hawai i where two wonderful days will be spent after which the tour will continue 0 0 to T okyo. F irst Class sea ts for the Op en· in g Ceremony and the gymnastic events are being reserved. The tour will termin· ate on Oct. 27 (Tues) when we wi ll r eo turn to Los Angeles from T okyo.

The grea test Olympi c Games in hi story is to tak e place and with the Val'lO llS sight seeing in Japan , thi s should be one of the fin est gy mnastic tours ever. Don' t delay, write today for thi s Special Pack· age to ur brochure.

AWARDS DISPLAY FOR GYMNASTIC

By J. F. Wiley By coverin g your desk, coffee tabl e, etc., with a glass top as explained below, you can make an attractive display case for gymnastic medal s, ribbons, photogra ph5, etc. This is an ideal proj ect to make for age group co mpetitors.

Directions 1. Th e glass can be purchased from yo ur local glass dealer cut to desired size with beveled edges.

2. The border is made by attachin g 9/16" x 1/2" sponge r ubber self· adhesive wea ther stripping to the surface you wish to cover with glass. The ou tsid e edges of the border sho ul d match the demensions of the glass.

3. The area in side the border should th en be fill ed with seamless cotton quilt batt or other suitable materi al.

4. Finally, add the di splay of yo ur choice, set the glass in pla ce, and the project is co mplete.

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SLOVAK SOKOL CAMP Announces

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MOSCOW 283.0 vs COLOGNE 282.55 1. Mitsukuri (C) 58.05 including hi gh bar and free exercise scores of 9.90; 2. Abe (C) 57.50 with a score of 9.85 on the par· allel bars ; 3. Stoida (M) 57.25 wi th 9.10 on the side horse; 4. Storhaug (Cl 56.85 with scores of 9.65 in side horse and free exerci se and 5. Stolbov (M) 55.50 with a 9.90 on th e horizontal b ar.

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Stolbov (M) 57.85 with a high bar score of 9.80 ; 3. Fuerst ( 0 ) 57.60 with a 9.70 on the side horse ; 4. Stoida (M) 57.45 ; 5. Kurcew (M) 56.80 and 6. J akoby (0 ) 56.40.

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1. Schaklin , USS R 57.85; 2. K erde melidi , USSR 57.65 ; 3. Menichelli, Ital y 57.45 ; 4. C'l.rn: inucci, Italy 57.25; 5. Li sitzki , USSR 37.15; 6. Arkaj ew, USSR 56.80 ; .7 Vicardi , Jtaly 56.65. :;:

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To Be Held From JULY 21 through AUG. 10 at R.D. 2-Boonton, New Jersey Th e Te aching Staff w ill include the following: M ILAN TRNK A-Gymnas tic Coach a t West Chest er State Co llege.

A L BERT WALKO-Chie f Physical Di r ector of the Soko l U .S.A. BUD BEYERS--Forme r H ead Coach at Ch icag o Univ ersity . Sales Manager o f the

Nissen Corpo rati o n .

MURIE L GROSSFELD-T w ice member of the Olympic Gymn asti c T eam. Member of 1963 Pan Am Team .

SUZ AKO SAK I 1956 Olympic T eam.

BARBARA BABUSKA Member of the West Chester State College Gymnast ic

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VIC T OR KARABIN-Member. of the West Chester State Co ll ege T eam.

STE VE BANJAK-Form er member o f Iowa State Gy mnastic Team. Presentl y tra v el I ing instructor f or Sokol U.S.A. Instruction will be provided for a ll age groups. T we lv e years mini mu m age.

Exh ibit ions by participants f o r the benefit o f the Ol ym pic Gymnast ic Fund wil l be schedu led on Ju ly 27th and Augu st 3rd.

OTHER ACTIVITIES Camp Fire T alen t Shows Swimming Games - Vol leyba ll Baseball Dancing F ilms Deadline Return appl ication by MAY 30th f o r definite reser vation.

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APP LICATI ON FOR THE FIRST IN V ITATIONAL SUMM ER GYMNAST IC T RAINING SC H OO L

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July 2·12, 1%3-International Gymnas. tics Course, Brussels, Belgium.

July 18·23, 1%3-German Turners Fes· tival. Essen, Germany.

August 5· 11 , 1%3-Camp Malmahed (Sweden) for 14· 17·year·olds.

July 15·16, July 29· August 9, and Aug· ust 12· 22, 1963-are scheduled courses in rythmic gymnastics for girls and women at th e Medau School in Coburg, Germany.

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A fri endl y people of Minn eapoli s, in th e land of 10,000 lakes, opened their city thi s year to a gath er in g of 4,000 phys ical edu· ca tors. T he occasion . . . th e 78th anni· versa ry conventi on of th e Ameri can Assoc. for H ealth, Physical Education an d Recrea· ti on . Five full days of a large var iety of mee tin gs " Interpretin g H ealt h, P hys ical Educat ion and Recrea ti on ."

The job of interpretat ion in th e phys ical educa ti on field was well exploited, and in our particular interest area of gy mn as ti cs, we ma y feel especially pleased that such a re presentati ve group of educators saw fit to weave in many meetin gs and co mm ent s of interes t to M.G. readers .

T hose of us who ha ve always believed that gy mn as tics should have more th an unit statu s in the total off erin g in physi· cal edu ca tion were gratified to see at this co nference th e cumulati ve eHect of a grow· in g feelin g of ex tra imp ortance for gy mna s· ti c acti vi ty by represent atives of the 50 stat es.

We may statc today positive ly, wit hou t any " nxiety abo ut bein g over·ent husiasti c, th at physical educa tors have recognized th e need for a comprehensive new program of gy mnastics in the publ ic .schools. Re· cent, rapid growth may be measured simpl y by asking the qu estion , " What is go in g on in yo ur area, gymnasticall y?" It was diffi· cult La find a di sinterested an swer to this qu estion in IvIinn eapolis. Other specifi c signs of growth co uld be measured by such programmin g as the Special Events. Six of the eight special events presented were in specific areas of gy mnasti cs includin g techniqu es of teachin g gym na stics to class groups, un even parallel bars, balance beam and tumbling. Amon g th e 115 exhibitors at the convention, eighteen of these had major interes ts in gy mnastic equi pm ent and supplies. Many others offered assorted gymnasti c materials although th ey were not generall y considered to be maj or com· pani es in this field.

At least three outstandin g speakers, all of whom are known to the American pub· li c, gave ~tr ong in dications of their interest in fo ster ing physical edu cation programs of all types in the Un ited States.

Senator Hubert H . Humphrey, (D.· ~/Iinn. ) gave the major address at th e fir st general session. H e said he was tired of see in g th e Unit ed S tates fini sh second in a two man race in ' international co mpetiti on.

"Tha t's last," said the Sena tor. H e spoke about gett in g a substantial app ropriati on of mon ey to help states lagg in g behind in teacher salaries' and buildin g program s to upgrade th eir offerin gs. This would cer· tainly include physical edu ca tion. "We mu st have so me sort of Nat ional program ," he said and followed this by indica tin g that our prognosis for success at the Tokyo

Olympi cs next year is not parti cularly en· co ura!!in g. In the so·called min or sportssuch as gym nasti cs, where the number of in dividual medal honors is hi gh. we have f a il ed to carry hom e our share. H e called for a cooper ative effort between well·known splits in ational sports organization s and repeated hi s plea for Olympic type com· pet ition at the State leveL Th e second promin en t speaker, Charles B. " Bud" Wilkin son, addressed tLe second general session. As cons ultant to the presi· dent on physical fitn ess, Wilkinson chal· lenged the physical educators of the United States to take a lon g look at the unique cbntributi ons they have to make to Ameri· can chil dren and yo uth. H e spoke about the type of physical educa tion which is conducted in Denmark where there is a three for one program. One period of phy· sical activity is scheduled for every three of pure academi c classes, he said.

Editor's Note : In the May, 1961 editi on of the R esearch Quarterly, official research publi cation of the AAHPER, one may find the foll owing report by H oward G. Kut!· gen; " Comparison of Fitness of Danish and Ameri can School Children. " Quoting· from the abstract of the study , " It was fo und that approximately 70 percent of the boy's sco res and 86 percent of the scores of girls exceeded the various Ameri· can mea n scores." The test used was the Youth Fitness Test of the AA HPER. It was selected due to a criti cism of former tests used to compare American children with European children whi ch has been that previous tes ts favored a gymnastically oriented child in the other countries. Three possible causes for the outstanding dif· ferences were listed . 0) The bicycle and walk in g are more frequently the mode of transportat ion in Denmark than the automobile. State operated T .V. only pro· grams a few hours a day, usually in the evening, and is therefore of minimal at· traction to the sedentary li fe of the people.

(2 ) Physical educa tion classes in Denmark are scheduled 3 to 4 times a week and much running is encouraged. Outdoor pro· grams includ e socce'r for boys and handball for girls (handb all in Europe is a fi eld ga me simil ar to soccer but played with hands). The Wint er program for both boys and girls is devoted primarily to, gy mnastic act ivity .• Program cont ent and the evalu· ation of physical educa tion are foll owed with' grea t interes t by the school adminis· trat ors at the local and ational levels.

(3 ) There may be a hi gher in terest in sports participation in Denmark. " . . . it has been estimated that the total I)umber of active sports participants in Denm ark amo unts to approximately 45 percent of the total pop ulation between 15 and 4,0 years of age."

Cltf The reader will al so find another stndy on fitn ess in Denm ark in the current issue of the Research Quarterly. Knuttgen dis· cusses the ga in s in fitness of 80 Danish yo uth attrib ut ed to th e physical education program there.

Durin g his talk, Wilkin son mentioned gymn asti cs an d swimmin g specifica lly as activities whi ch can promo te fi tn ess. H e challenged physical ed ucators to recognize that physical fitn ess must receive th e reo cogniti on it deserves as the ultimate obj ecti ve of the program. H e recognized the many other values assoc iated wi th these programs but in dicated that too often the subordinate obj ectives were in his esti· ma tion placed hi gher on the list.

A thi rd speak er of National note was J essie Owens. In hi s add ress to those at· tending the physical ed ucation division meetin g he recall ed his earlier trainin g by a T urn er in stru ctor.

Special DGWS Meeting Although not listed officially in the convention program,' a very significant mee tin g of a spec ial comm ittee of the AAHPER Di vision of Girl's and Women's Sports was held. Und er the leader ship of Sara J ernigan of S tetson University, De, Land , F lorid a and K ath erin e Ley, Univer· sity of Michiga n and Vi ce· President of AAHPER , thi s small com mittee laid the groun dwork for a Na tional In stitute for Girl's and Women's Sports which will be held in November of thi s year at the Cen ter for Continuin g Education at the Un iversity of Oklahoma. If successful , the In stitute will have pla yed a major role in th e es· tabli shment 'of gy mn asti c cli ni cs at the State level in many of our undeveloped areas. The In stitute will also give equal emphasis to track and field activities for girls and wom en.

The chairman of overall planning for the gymna sti c portion of the program is Mary Cave of San Diego State College, San Diego, California. She will be r esponsi· ble for co ntacting outstanding gy mnastic authoriti es from vario us parts of the coun · try who wi ll in turn present curren t prac· ti ces in gy mnasti cs for girls with associa· ted techniques of teachin g and progreso s ions for th ese acti vities in the p ubli c schools.

A tea m o,f three specialists from each of th e 50 states have been in vited to attend th e In stitut e. On e of the trio will be a specialist in gy mna sti cs. No specific pub· li cations are plan ned at this tim e alt hough they are needed. Much of th e tim e will be s pent in di sc ussing ways and means of conductin g clini cs. It is our hope that the plannin g co mmitt ee will inves tigate all so urces of j'evenu e to ass ure a wid e reo presentation. Ed itori alizin g a bi t, it wo uld

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be much better to pay the expenses of a single representative from each State if it would mean that at least one person could be present. Consultants should be contacted at an early date so they are well prepared to do the tasks which are outlined for them. In the opinion of this ob· server, the following areas of concern would be well worth" exploration: 1. What equipment do I need for a gym· nastic program ? In the event I can't buy it , how can I make satisfactory substitutes?

2. What is a logical progression for un· even parallel bar work? How does work on uneven bars campare with even bar work?

Are the unevens dangerous? Should even bar work for girls be eliminated?

3. What may I teach on balance beam?

How can I make one, 4. What are the special values of gym· nastics in the overall program of physical education for girls and women, S. How can we avoid gymnastic repeti· tion ? What should the average high school girl be able to accomplish gymnastically?

6. What has ballet to do with gymnatics for girls and' women? Can the average phy· sical educator ever hope to gain competen· cy in ballet techniques applied to gymnas· tics without the benefit of formal training?

7. How do we stand on gymnastic com· petition for girls in the public schools.

What National organizations will help us to get started in this area?

Obviously, some of these questions are loaded. Teaching materials are needed.

Not all schools can afford new equipment.

Mrs. J ernigan and her committee have taken on a great responsibility. To be of any real value, this group must take great care to see that an outstanding program is arranged. Anything less than a superior job may do more harm than good. M. C. readers who have specific ideas and sug· gestions are encouraged to write Mary Cave. Let's all give her the" support she needs. The U. S. Olympic Develop"m ent Committee is co·sponsoring the Institute.

The history and philosophy of physical education and gymnastics was given an interesting treatment by Robert H. Beck of the University of Minneso·ta. Recalling the Greek decline in sport, he warned that when a civilization begins to use the in· dividual rather than develop him, we may exoect a degenerating effect. The lesson carries over to present day programs where a small percentage of individuals may be developed for dubious purposes at the ex· pense of the development of the majority.

The progress of gymnastics for boys in the State of Illinois was presented at a ~cheduled meeting of the Division of Men's Athletics . Winter Sub·Section on Gym· na stics. Illinois this past season is proud of the fact that 2000 dual gymnastics meets were conducted in the State. There seerrl s to be no accident attributed to this tremendous growth. A panel of gymnastic coaches discussed the development of the sport over a period of ten years. Starting with the basic gymnastic unit in physical education classes, Vic Lesch of Willow· brook High School pointed out the value of student leadership in required classes.

Worthy of note is his observation that many of the student leaders often cannot make the gy mnastic team but become excell ent teachers. Boys such as these may get the same satisfaction through their ac· complishments as teachers as those boys who excel on an interscholastic team. Prior to each day's work in apparatu~ and tumb· lin g, a sin gle skill or self·testing ex perience is req uired before the boys work on otht'r

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stunts. A four year gymnastic curriculum was distributed to those in attendance.

Joe Giallombardo of New Trier Township High School, Winnetka, Illinois told of his program there and emphasized the intramural aspect. In addition to a com· petitive team at the school, there are four levels of intramural competition. In many of the Illinois schools discussed it was not uncommon to have as many as ISO - 200 boys involved in intramural and interscho· lastic competition. Further evidence of the need for the Institute on gymnasti cs for girls should be men tioned here.

At New Trier, where the boys program has progressed to the level described above, a member of the girl's department of phy· sical education had asked for ' information about gymnastics for girls at an earlier meeting. She had seen some of the new books but felt that she could not obtain from them enough basic information on progressions and specific techniques of teaching. " The competitive picture in the high school was explained by Gay Hughes. In his fir st year at the Forest View High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois there were no signs that the students knew any· thing whatsoever of gymnastics. After a few trampoline demonstrations in which he personally took part, the interest of the students increased. Then he descri bed the long period which followed and during which time his gymnasts had an up hill struggle to obtain status as varsity athletes.

Often described as the "Fairy Nice Boys," his gymnasts were finally able to break the status barrier when they confronted ath· letes in other sports at their school with a challenge to duplicate certain gymnastic stunts which they (the gymnasts) could perform. Taking the bait, the non·gymnas· tic athletes soon learned to respect their challengers as they found they could not perform many of the specialized gymnas· tic skills which were certainly not of the "sissy" variety. Hughes pointed out that teamw.ork at practice sessions is one of the keys to the success of his gymnasts. In giving special instruction to one boy, he then expects this boy to teach ten others.

By so doing a coach may help to over· come the tremendous burd en he places on himslf when he tries to do all the teach· ing to all his boys. The same philosophy was adopted in the training of novice coaches. A varsity coach with a strong gym· nastic background was encouraged to work closely with an assistant coach who had a limited background. In this way, some of Illinois' high school gymnastic coach~s have developed and taken over a head coaching position at a new school where the process is repeated. Illinois has also developed a fine gymnastic coaches association. This organization has plann ed for the program and what success they may have can be directly attributed to their

close association with one another. This 5rouP has also worked very closely with the State High School Athletic organ which in the final analysis is a most progressive step in the development of any new spor t.

Speaking for the college coaches, Hal Frey of the University of California at Berkeley, .complimented the Illinois coach· ing group and others similar to it H e add ed that it had become a pleasure to work with boys who were developing from such sys· tems and that our " status on the interna· tional competitive scene will improve as a result.

The Illinois High School Championships were presented on film . The work was F.I.G. calibre. Rea ders who would lik e to borrow thi s amazing film should contact William Roetzheim, Proviso East High School, Maywood, Illinois.

Following thi s meeting, Glenn Sundby showed the film s of the World Games in Prague. This too, was an excellent presentation and served to introduce international gymnastics to conferees who were not aware of the type of work and level of performance "of our for eign opponents.

At an earlier meetin g, Tony Miele of Central Michigan University described mul· tiple uses of gymnastic equipment. Tony is preparing some material for a future arti· cle in the M. C. which we thought to be most appropriate for those of our readers who are physical educators. There is a wealth of material available in this area and its use will be of significant value to those who must improvise in their programs due to a lack of fund s for the ideal gymnastic si tuation. The discussions fol· lowing this meeting indicate that much work can be done in developing the crea· tive use of gymnastic' equipment. of all types.

Many more outstanding demon stration s held at the convention could be cited here.

Practical teaching techniques by teachers of the Minneapolis public schools drew many favorable comments. George Nissen and his staff had a large part to play in the Special Events section. Bud Byer, reo gular feature contributor to the M. C. gave an outstanding series of lectures over a period of three days on teaching apparatus to class groups. Last, but not least, we can· not forget the children who took part in the various demonstrations of gymnastic activities. They above all present the real case for an improved gymnastic program in the public schools. Their enthusiasm, ex· citement and obvious physical fitness are the things which really sell the programs.

Was gymnastics really the unofficial theme of the Convention? Just ask the kids of Minneapolis who participated. Perhaps then , we who have been in the game for some time, would gain additional insight to the ultimate means of interpreting health, physical education and recrea tion to million s of Americans.

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P ossibl y the most exc itin g histori cal development fo r the furth era nce of gi'rl s a nd women's s ports in th e nati on is' q plann ed sports In stitut e for girls.

In its efforts to mee t the changin g needs of our tim es the Wo men's Boai'd of th e United States Olympi c Development Committee made a th or ough ex pl ora tor y study of the nati onwid e needs for girl s and wom en's s ports. Th e members of th e Board conc urred that the foll owin g are the mo st significant needs today : L T o improve communi ca ti ons a nd 111terpre tati on' of competiti on in wom en's s ports, 2, To help the Ameri can public and A merican teachers to better understand the role of comp etition in our culture and society, and in our na tions interrelations with other countri es th e world over.

3, T o effect a greater r ecogniti on apd acce ptance by women phys ical education teachers of the need for properly organized and admini stered competition or sports exp eriences for girls and women, 4, T o enco urage a nd to train women physical education teachers and recreation lead ers to or gan ize and admini ster appropriate compe titive exp eri ences for girls and women.

5, To improve the co mpe tence of wo men ph ysical educators in teachin g and coach, in g sport skills startin g with th e basic acti viti es of track and fi eld and gy m· nastics, As a r es ult of the exploratory findin gs of the Womens Board the Nati onal In stitute On Girls Sports was born , It is the first con crete effort of any sport organi zation in the hi story of the , United Stat es to meet th e uni versal need to. emphasize improve ment of sports skills of all girls, regardl ess of their motor ability level, and to help to establi sh a broader base for a varied sport s program in publi c schools and coll eges, Th e Womens Board of the United States Olympic Development Committee and the Division for Girl s and W omen's Sport s of the American Associati on for H ealth , Physical Edu cation and R ecr eation are co-sponsoring the National In stitute On Girl s S ports whi ch will be held at the Continuin g Education Center , Uni versity of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma , November 4·9, 1963, The purpose of the In stitute is to increase the depth of experiences and ex · pand opportuniti es for girl s and wom en in sports, While this purp ose should be widely int erpre ted to include many s porl s for the purpose of the In stitute, the area

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-=~ of Tra ck and Fi eld and Gymn as ti cs ha ve been selected for emphasis, Th e r easons why Track and Field and Gymn astics were selected are: L Tra ck skill s are so basic to man y oth e r sport skill s; 2. Track is easier to includ e in physical edu ca ti on school program s becau se of th e nomin al finan cial cost of equipment and faciliti es ; 3, Girls wa nt to lea rn gy mn asti cs today 'beca use it denotes a fe minine self-im ao'e a nd it is a graceful acti vity comp ara ble to dan ce, Each state is r equ es ted to send a team of three per son s to thi s Institute, Th e state team s will be composed of (1) a Generalist in the area of physical edu cati on for girl s, (2) a person with a special int er est in Track and Field and (3 ) a person with a s pecial interest in GymnastiCS , The Institute will emphasize the philosophy and interpretation of physical educati on throu gh the teachin g of gymn asti cs and track and fi eld basic skill s, The teachers invited will have the opportunit y to work with the fin es t instructors of these sports in the nation, They will be char"ed with the responsibility to hold a simil ar sport in stitute in th eir respective sta tes

for ,wo men teachers, Throu gh these sta te In stitut es many women teachers in th e nati on will be train ed on how to teach basic skill s in gy mn asti cs, a nd track and fi eld . By so doin g thousa nds of scho ol gir ls in the United Sta tes will evenluall y have th e pl easure a nd op portunit y to lea rn how to move more effi cientl y, 10 wo rk toward hi gher levels of body mas· tery and to improve her phys ica l fitn ess t hro ~ g h the learn ed basic skill s in gy m· na stlcs a nd tra ck and fi eld, Th e In stilut e parti cipants will expl ore th e r ole of wo men in our c ulture, rev iew pertin ent research in the area of <Trow th a nd developm ent, trainin g, condition ill!'!, and stress, in crease the und ersta ndin " ;f tra ck an d fi eld and gym nasti cs, learn° th e or ga ni zatiun of clini cs a nd wo rkshops, and devise appropriate co mp eliti ve evenl s a t va ri ous age le'lels fo r girl s, The emph as is will be on teachin " tech· niqu es a nd progress ion in th e I ~'O se· lected acti vities through acli ve participa· li on as well as di scussion gro ups. The fin · est s peakers a nd teac he rs in ph ys ical edu· cati on, sport s and rela ted fi eld s will as· sist in developin g und ersta ndin g of Ihl' phil oso phy of wo men's s port s tod ay.

The worth of th e I nstitut e will re's l pri · maril y with the selected parti cipanl s an d will be refl ec ted in th e way each state tea m member carries out the cha rge as a teachin g· learnin g cha nnel. Th e real suc· cess of thi s first na ti onal endea vor will be meas ured by the ex tent to whi ch il co ntinues to be signifi cant with the pass· in g of tim e. It is th e hope of the Wom ens Board of the Unit ed Sta tes Olym pic De· velopment Co mmittee and th e Di vision for Girl s and Women 's Sports of the Ameri· can Associati on for Health , Physica l Edu· cation and Recrea ti on that the In stitut e will bcar r ca l fruit and leave il s mark on every school and playg roun d in th e na tion,

Mem bers o f the Steering Co mmi ttee a nd Chairman o f sub-committees: seated left to right Miss Marian Kneer , M rs. Sa ra St a ff Jer nigan , Cha ir man o f the Steering Committee and Dr , Thelma Bishop. St a nding left t o ri g ht : M iss M ar y Cave, M iss V irginia M orns , Dr. R~chel ,Br yan t, Dr. H op e Smith, Dr . Ka ther ine Ley , Dr. Phebe Sco tt and Dr. Marguerite Clifton .

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Karel Appelt, ITVS KU Praha

Tran slated from the Czechoslovakia gymnastic publication-"Sporcovni Gymnasticka" by Mildred Prchal, Director of W 0 m.en's Gymn astic!; 0/ the路 American Sokol for pnb1ication ir- th e Modern Gymnast .

If we wish to judge accompanim ent [ 0 women's fl oor exercises, the selection and quality of th eir interpretation, harmony of movement and mu sic, it is necessary to keep in mind that the mu sical accompaniment to fl oor exerci ses is in its beginnings.

The 15th World Championship in Prague was only the second tim e that music was use d for women . The fir st tim e was during Int ernational Women's Championship s in 1958 in Moscow. Since that tim e musical accompaniment took hold very quickly and progressed. The variou s int erprNa tion , by indi vidual teams were (even more) obviou s during th e Prague Championships.

Th e mu sic for the Prague compulsory fl oo r exercise was familiar some tim e befor e compet iti on s. It may be sa id that it qualifi ed in so far as tempo measurement was con cern ed. The compul sor y floor exer cise and musical accompaniment however , s hou ld be exemplary to th e point of perfec tion in ord er to in spire the gy mnasts to select th e very best acco mpaniment for their op ti ona l cali stheni cs. It is regrettable that even the prepar ed floor exerci se acco mpaniment for T okyo in 1964 is not one which answers today's r equirement s in music for the composition of calistheni cs for women and will be, to say the least, a handi ca p for those hi gh calibre team s who base th eir s uccess upon the perfec t harmony of mu sic and movement (the Ru ssian and Czech oslovak te am s) .

Th e meth od of a cco mpanim ent to the co mpulsory cali sthenics in last summ er's competition in Pra gue showed no spectacular sign s of under standin g even in the inte rpre tation by the accompanists themselves, and perha ps in th e work of those less qualifi ed , it was even obviou s that their mu sic was rather more of a hindran ce than assistance to the gymnast, becau se th e accompanists were not able, by sight , to follow th e gy mnasts' movement s and accent th e mu sical passa ges for th e cli macti c element s of move ment.

The bes t piano interpretation s for the co mpul so ry fl oo r exer cises were by the Russ ian pianis t J evse j Gdoljevic Vevrika, Czechoslovak, Rudolf Kyznar and Roumania n Eugen e Filipescu ; also'dependa bl e was the Ch inese piani st.

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so ry exercise; it is obvious that the more adva nced a nd experienced contes tants demand ed slowe r tempo. Their mo vement s are executed to th e maximum expan sion ; th ey are able to give the exer cise n ot only bu oyan cy but a maj esti c calmn ess, and kn ow how to present ea ch element to its gr eatest effect, (The individual differences in accompaniment to the compulsory exercise however, in no wa y, influenced, accord in g to our judgment, the co rrectness o f the co mpe titi on. ) The view from which it is po ssible to apnroach the classification of acco mpaIllment for op ti ona l exer cises, may gr eatl y vary, but the decidin g factor should always be internal feelin g and the external harmony of movement with the music. Extreme in stances were so me routin es wher e the mu sical a cco mpanim ent was more or less " pasted" to the movement ; it formed, let li S say, a ,ort of sound back ground, and this perhaps, because parti ci pation in the wom en's floor cali sthenics requ ired a musical acco mpanim ent. Such an impression wa s created , for ex ample, by the appearan ce of the Canadian , Fren ch and even other tea ms. A more advan ced group r epresents itself by a connection of music with movement ; it respects th e rhythmic metri cal sid e of the musical co mposition_ But the character of the mu sic does n ot always qualifyin gly coin cid e with the character of tbe elemen ts and movement used. In this r es pect, first of all , the selec tion of exe rpts from famou s classical masterpi eces was unfortunate. And of these there were ma ny ; we recall for in stance, Chaik ovsky 's Piano Con certo b moll (N atali e Kot , Poland ), Grieg's piano and concerto a moll (K eiko Iked, Japan ), Dvorak's o. 8 (Maycock , U.S_A_) Slov ani c Dance Schubert, Scherzo b dur ( Prusnikova, Yugoslavia ), Chop in Waltz cis moll (Mo ni ca Rutberford , England ), etc. In the above instances, the gy mnasts selected for themselves a diffi cult cont end er - well known masterpi eces and in the majority of 路cases fought an unmatched stru ggle to gain harm ony between their physical exe cution and th e interpretation of the highly sp iritualisti c demands of the mas terpi ece_ . It is therefore, necessary to proceed very care fully in the selection of this type of music : the physica l expression of a composition always necessitates a specifi c interpretation of the mu sical meaning, a p hysical explanation, or a presentation of what is happenin g in the mu sic. It is constantly necessary to have in mind whetb er or not th e idealistic depth of the music selected, its es theti c heights and meanin g may be in conflict with the possibility of physica l interpre tati on.

An oth er category r epresent ed dunn g th e Pra gue co mpetiti ons was piano tran scripti ons th at were generally taken from dan ce melodi es and jazz, or exce rpts from po pular co mpos ition s; for in stan ce, from Ad in se l's Wa rsaw Concerto ( Roselor e So nntag, N. D. R. ) , Granada ( Rena ta Schn eid er, N. D. R. ), Ger shwin 's Rh apsody in Blu e (Kaatalina Makraiova. Hun ga ry, Ivana Anticova, Y ugoslavia ) , So me of the most s uccess ful co mpositi on s of this group were tran scripti ons for op tional exer cises use d by so me Sov iet gy mnasts. Tamara Maninova crea ted her ca li sth eni cs to a fr ee fantasy accordin g to the well kn own ch-a nso n " F allin g Leaves" (Les feuill es mortes ), Lydia I vanovova used a popu lar melody by Volare, Cantare. Comparable uni son of mu sic and movement afford considerabl e effecti ve possibiliti es to create harmoniou s co nn ec tion bet ween the mu sical content a nd physical ex pression ; the themat ic 0 1" ga ni zation and th e more defi nit e character of dance melody has a mu ch closer rela ti onship with movement than conce rt mu sic, and above all a pl easant tran script makes easier the concept of crea tin g movement s to mu sic, first of all , beca use of the di vision of phrases, grad a tion, for mat , etc. Of co urse, it is necessa ry to be ve ry sensiti ve a nd ca ref ul about th e approa ch to th e selecti on of mu sic, for there may be on ly a s mall s tep from desirabl e li ght dance mu sic to banality and peo r tas te.

The fin es t compos iti ons wer e those th a t resulted from j oint co nscienti ous crea ti ve efforts of musica l co mposers and gy mnas ts with a cons tant rega rd for the physica l and ex press ive capabi liti es of the gy mnas ts.

Some of the mu sical co mpositi ons used by the Roum a nian team wer e very effecti ve; obviously because the composer Eugene Fili pesc u who constantl y works with the members accompanied the ir exercises.

Th eir routin es however , showed a n overwhelming eff ort toward sy mboli sm which, of co urse, overste ps the boundary of the fundam ent a l co nt ent of fl oor exer cises and understandin g of tb e s port Of gymna sti cs.

Th e mos t sa tisfa ctory path towa rd th e cr eat ion of mu sic and movement in an op tional routine is accordin g to the direction tak en by th ose gy mnas ts who achi eved an id ea l harmony between music and movement that is, where th e character of the music ad hered closely to th e mo vements and ex press ion, temperam ent , even tbe psychology of the gy mnast; a successful exhibition of this kind were the compos iti ons of Vera Caslavska a nd Irene Pervu sin ova to the music of Jan Seehak , and Lari sa Lat ynina to th e music of J. G. Vevr ik.

LI NG VECKAN 1963 MARCH 26 - 30 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

By Ollie Askew Eve ry year Sto ckh olm 's Lin g Veckan ( Lin g W ee k) attra cts nearl y 10,000 gy mnas ti c enthu sia sts to Er iksdalshall en in th e ,o uth of Stoc kholm , a nd to Bla H all en at th e cit y hall. Between 1200 and 2,000 gymna sts perform rhythmi ca l gy mn ast ics tn mu sic wh ile effecti ve use of choreogra!Jhy co mbin ed with li gh tin g effects leave s pe-:tators awe-stru ck. The love th e gym na sts ha ve for th e ir a ctivity is outwa rdl y ex pressed through motio n and individual prid e of performa nce leavin g th e most cas ual observe r emotion a ll y in volved. Troo p performan ces, at tim es, nea rly r eac hes th e point but doesn 't go beyo nd the point of co nt e mporary dan ce abstracti on. H and imp lim ent s (ba ll s, hoops. clubs, a nd jump ro pes ' in girl 's and women's gy mnas t ics are used to give bodil y move nl cnt "total ity" of ex pression .

These gy mnasts, re prese ntin g so me fift\' different clubs and sch ools from th e S tockholm area and gues t c iti es (so metimes fore ign co untri es) r epresent housewives', s mall childrens', mens and wome ns elite, mens and wom ens motion , handi ca pped , o ffi ce, and s port s gymnasti c form s. The ages of these gy mn as ts va ry from 3 to 6tl ye ars, and toget her with th e broad a im of S wedi sh gy i11l1asti cs, truly gives signifi ca nce to th e wo rds "Gymnasti cs for All." In l\l e mory of Per H enrik Lin g (1776 1839 ) tlw fo und er of the Swed ish gy mna sti c system, Stock holm's Lin g Veckan Ha tes back to 1937 when Holger Bergerus, th en secretar y fo r the Swedi sh Gymnastic Assoc iati on, patte rn ed it aft er Gothenb er g's Lin g Veckan .

Highlights From Ling Veckan 1963 S tockholm's 26th Lin g Veckan is his tory now. but it will lon g be remembe red for it s multitud e of fi ne troop and individual gymnastic performances. Basic to most performan ces were mass fl oo r exe rcises don e to mu sic and apparatu s gy mnas ti cs; th e

Without doubt onc of th e fin est exampl cs of what ca n be don e with ball gym na sti cs was demon strated by Em st Idl as wome ns gymnast ic e nse mbl e. Composed of 150 women , th eir choreo-rhythm ics in volved an elaborate th eor y of move ment to give aesth eti c e ff ec t. Th e s treng th of ldla s gym nas ti cs is that it 's s uit ed to all . wom en wit hout s pec ia l physical prer equi sites.

Lin g Vec kan ca me to its co nclu sion at Bla H a ll en d ur ing wh ich tim e those troops part icipati.n g in th eir fi rst, fifth , and tenth Lin g Veckan paraded in cer emony;' 'Yere congratulated by o ff ic ial s fro m StockhoJIlI 's Gymnas ti c Assoc ia t ion ; and g iven meda ls in recogniti on of thi s fact. All troops parti cipatin g in Lin g Veckan thi s year are to be congrat ul a ted for their s plend id pe rforman ces.

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photos by 011 ie Askew o f ling week , 1963

Sweden 277.0 - NORWAY 275.4 April 28, 1963 ALL-A ROUND RES U LTS

1. Storhaug '(N) 57_35; 2. Wi ga ard (N) 56. 10; 3. Lind evall (S) 55.45; 4. Gullberg (5) 55.30; 5 . Thoresson (5) 54_80 ; 6.

Rosegren (5) 54.75; 7. K oorn (5) 54.1 5; 8. Erik Lilja (N) 53.80; 9. Anderson (N) 53.35; 10. Falkinsen (N) 53.00 ; 11. P ede rson (NY 52.90; 12. Fjallby (5) 51.55.

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Festi vot Ceremonies at Bat Hallen City Hall Women' s Etite Troop which has participoted in fi ve Ling V eckons

A t teft: To p Swed ish g ymnast Eva Rydell performing on the Balance Beam Below : Hermes Wo men ' s Elite Troop

followed by Gothenberg Tu rne rs Society

yo un !! c hildren s' and hou sew ives' gy mnas路

ti cs, of course, co nsis ted onl y o f ma ss fl oo r exe rcises . Dese r vin g of spec ial menti on is th e childrens' gy mnasti cs presented by th e Blasipporna troop. Th ese children, ran gin g in age from 3 to 6 years, imitated to inusic th e movement s of ani mal s; for examp le, th e awak enin g of a kitten after sleep. This motion gy mn as ti cs which was r ecrea tional in nature allowed the children fr eedom of imag inati on w hil e givin g the m a gy mnas tic

form s uited to growin g children.

Fl oor exer cises done in mass and individu al perfo rm ances on th e appa ra tu s by S ti g Lind evall , Bo Wirh ed, Le if Koo rn , Han s Mad sen , and Ak e Gullb erg hi ghli ghted th e S .G.F .'s mens elite performa nce.

H erm es wo mens elite troop und er the capabl e leadership of Am i Wall a nd e r gave one of th e better performan ces in wo mens tr oo p gymna sti cs a nd wa s ca ll ed u pon for a re peat perform ance at Bla H all en the last ni ght of Lin g Veckan.

Hus mor ( house wives') gym na sti cs was well r e presented by Elly Lofstra nd 's tr'o op of abo u t 100 - 150 women. P e rform ing mo ti on gy mna sti cs to music, thi s gymnas ti c form pla ces stress up on rhy thmi c, recreati ona l, and physical fitn ess facto rs.

Eva R ydell , Amy Lambert , and iVIariann e Sydorf are to be co ngratulated fo r th eir of co mp etiti ve sllperf ulous ex hib ition wo me ns gy mna s ti cs.

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1963 NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR ED ISABELLE, BELLEFONTE, PA: GERMANTOWN, PA., REPEAT AS CHAM PIONS

By Harr y Shave Director of Public R elations jar the 1963 iVati'onal YMCA Gymnastic Championships A highly confident Ed Isabelle, P enn State freshman gymnastic standout fr om Springfield, Mass., and the Germantown , Pennsylva nia team both ca ptured the top awards in the most successful National YMCA Gy mnastic Championships ever held Saturday at Linton Hi gh.

While Isa bell e repea ted as the All· Around champion , and th e Germant ow n athletes' successfully de fend ed their tea m title, bo th won last year at ew Britain , Conn., it was an ll·yea r-old youngster from the Bronx who literally stole the show_ Th e four-foot, 90 pound J ohn Crosby J r., representin g the Qu eens Central YNICA of ew York City, brou ght the estimated crowd of 2,000 fan s' to its fee t with a tremendous performance in th e free exercise event.

A gymnast sin ce he was seven yea rs old , Crosby delivered a near-perfect routine, twisting and tumbling his way to outscore a ho st of th e meet's most polished performers. H is ·fluid control and hi s strength and fl exibilitv moves astounded th e veteran judges . .

Bell efonte, Pa., mad e a shambl es of the team scp rin g but unfortun a tely, the record-

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Bellefonte, made up of P enn State gymnasts, totaled 205 points but was di squalifi ed from winnin g the team trophy. The rulin g states that entrants must have competed in one meet as a team pr ior to the national competition. This rul e technical ity left Germantown with its second strai ght national champ ionshi p on an 82-point effort.

Host Schnectady YMCA wasn ' t without a championship effort as Stan Zdunick, 16year-old Shenendehowa Central student from H alf Moon, won the trampoline event.

In capturin g the Schenectady Y's first national champi onship , Zdunick perform ed alm ost flawl essly in th e rebound tumblin g event to get the nod of th e judges. The Half Moon youth put toge ther a smooth combin ation of "Fli vi s," back double twistin g and som ersault moves to earn a standing ova tion from the crowd.

Isabelle, in gainin g his second stra ight national all.around champi onship , took first pla ce on the parallel bars with one of th e most difficult optio nal routines of the meet. A liberal arts major at P enn S tate, Isabell e took second places in th e free exercise and on the horizonta l bar, fourt h places on the still rings and sid e horse and tied for fift h in th e lon g horse vaultin g eve nt.

At the Championship banquet in the evening, NIeet Di rector Rod Rober ts of th e Schenectady " Y" presented engraved plaques to Tom Maloney, U. S. Olympic gymnastic team coach and superior judge fo r th e meet here ; Doug McManus, who acted as meet chairman and Harry Shave, wh o served as public relations director for the meet. Willi am Buffa, chairman of the National YNICA Gym nastic comm ittee, was also accord ed honors at th e meet for his cont ribu ti on to gymnastics_ • TEAM SCORING l. Germ a ntown , Pa., 82; 2. J e r sey C ity ,

N .J. , 42 ; 3. Uti ca, N. Y. a)ld Brooklyn Ce ntral t ie d , 22 each ; 5. Port Huron , Mi c h ,. 16; 6. Young stown , Ohi o, 14; 7.

'Ves t Sid e, N .Y ., 12; 8. Sc h e n e ctad y YMC A and Needh a m , Ma ss . ti ed , 11 eac h ; 10. Springfi e ld, Mass . and Ce n t r a l Qu e ens, =". Y ., t ied, 9 each; 12; D ay to n , Ohio, 8; 13. Gree n P oint, L .r. , 7; 14. Ca md e n , N .J. , a nd N e w Brita in, Co nn. ti e d, 3 ea c h.

NOTE : B e ll e fon te , Pa. tota led 205 p o in t s b u t w e r e di sq u a lified by a ),Tati o nal YMC A ruling r eq uiring tha t e n t rants 111USt CO lllpete i n a t lea st o n e pI"ior 111 ee t as a

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J":e y to a bbre vi a tion s : U -Ut ic a, N .Y . ; .B- B e ll e fo nt e , P a. ; ),T - Needham, Mass.; .'\ B - N e \\' Br ita in, Co nn .; Q-Qu ee n' s S e n tra l, " . L e .; BC -Brooklyn Central , N.Y. C .; W S- ' Vest S id e, ),T.Y. C .; J C - J e r sey C ity, X. J. ; P H -Port Huro n, Mic h. ; C Ca md e n , N. J. ; S -S c h e n ec t a d y, :\. Y. ; S p- Spring fi e ld , M ass. ; GP - Gr ee npoint, Lo ng I s la nd ; D - Day t o n , Ohi o a nd YYo u ng stown , Oh ilo .

ALL-AROUND RESULTS 1. Ed I sabell e (B), 107. 15 ; 2. Jim C ulh ane (B), 106.30; 3. Marc Co hn (G), 106.

25; 4. 'Wal t D o d g-e (G), 99.30; 5. ' 'V illi am Ke ll er (B), 96 .10 ; 6. T ony Whitney (Y), 89.3 0; 7. S id Og-lesby (,TC) , 87.70 ; 8. J ohn S teffnery (C), 83.55; 9. Dea n Bellav ia (BC) . 83 .20; 10, Ron Aure (PR),82.50.

Rope Climb: 1. B ud Wil lI ams (B), 2. Mike Sosne (QC), 3. Jo hn Kostec ki (J C), 4.

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Trampoline : 1. Sta n Zdudnick (S), 2.

Sapo na r o (B), 3. T om Pro ul x (Sp), 4.

Fran k Engle r (GP) . Ron Sta uf fe r (D) , 6. T e rry O rlick (JC), 7. Wiili a m W atso n (B) , 8. D ic k Tetreau l t (Sp), 9. J ohn Ca nn o n (B), 10. Robert Holland (JC).

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Free Exercise: 1. John C r osby (Be), 2.

E d I sa beile (B), 3. Sid Obl esby (JC), 4.

"W illiam Schleg-el (B), 5. J ames C ulhane (B), 6. Ro n Au r e (PH), 7. Peter Sapo n aro (B), S. Marc Cohn (G), 9. R o n O rlic k (,TC) 10. Wi ili a m Kell e r (B).

Side HOI' se: 1. Ray Grimaldi (V), 2. Marc Cohn (G), 3. Walt Dodg-e (G), 4. Ed Isabelle (B), 5. Denn is Paoletti (BC), 6. Jo e Fnoncois (BC) , 7. E d Com e n s k y (G), 8.

James Cu lhane (B), 9. Steph e n Ross ( N), 10. J o hn Pesh a (VYS ).

P ara llel Ba rs: 1. Ed I sabelle (B), 2. Mar c Cohn (G), 3. Ca rl Pop lar (G), 4. Sid Oglesby (.TC) , a nd J ames Cul h a n e (B), tied; 6. ' Va lt Dodge (G), 7. J o hn Pesh a (WS), 8. M ik e Arimb orgo (BC)' 9. Pete Sforza (8), 10. R on Peek (N).

Long Horse: 1. Ja mes C ulh ane (B), 2.

T o ny W11ltney (Y), 3 Ron A ure (PH), a nd Pete Sap onaro (B), 5. R on Orli c k IJC), a nd E d I sabe il e (B), 7. Walt Dodge (G) , 8. Si d Og-lesby ( J C), 9. Pete r Sforza tE), 10. Marc Cohn (G) .

Stil l Rings : 1. G rimaldi (V), 18.8 a nd L aurence Yo h n (B) , 18.8; 3. George Willi ams (B), 4. E d Isabe ll e (B), 5. R o n Peek (N), 6. Marc Co hn (G ), 7. S t ep h e n Ross (N), 8. Jeff Z imm e rm an (NB), Wiiliam Ke ll e r (B), 10. Rob e rt Ca rre iro (Q).

Horiz o nta l B a r: l. ,Tames Cu lh ane (B), 2. E 'd Isabeil e (B), 3. Marc Co hn (G), 4. J o hn Pesh a (WS), 5. vYiIli am Keile r (B), 6. Wal Dodge (G), 7. Dean Bellav ia (BC), 8. John S t effn e r y (C), 9. M ik e Ar imb orgo (BC), 10. T om G ibbs (G ) .

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"BEACH FEVER" Above: Roq Tru ax, Dave Lindqui st, Bill Ebrink and A I Simonton taking wo rk out on the Rings and Parallel Bars at Lake Nokomas

Beach, Minneapolis, Minnesota .

At left: Louis Perschke coaching Bob Diamond in the Inverted Cross Exercise using Short Ring and Pa'rallel setup.

Below: Art Shu rl ack performing on new Side Ho rse brought to Santa M on ica ' s beach pla yground by Louis Perschke.

At right : One for the books , Bill Henry ho lding Janos Prohaska in a Free Head Balance on his left f oot, his son Billy in a Free Head Stand an his right foot whi le holding M. G. Ed itor Glenn Sundby in a Low Hand to Hand.

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1963 ILLINOIS

STATE CHAMPIONS ~ ~ ~~

Th e foll ow ing Friday' brought togethe r th e qualifi ers from the three districts. The a fternoon session was com posed of three even ts : long horse, side horse;' and tumb· lin g. In th e evenin g the re n;aining four events: hori zontal bar, parallel bars, rin gs, and trampo lin e were held. Th e all·around event , whi ch in cl ud es long horse, side horse, hor izont a l bar, parallel bars, and rin gs , was co mpl eted simultan eously in Ih esp. two se"" ion". Thi s event brou ght toget her some of th e fin est all ·a rovnd per· furmers in the bri ef history of LH.S.A. s pon sore d gy mnasti cs.

On hand to see th e final s were re presen· tati ves of television and po tential sponso rs, who are co nsi derin g th e possibility of telev isin g next year's meet. Th e growth of gy mnas ti cs in th e sta te of Illin ois continues to be bri ght. Th ose familiar wil h the boo m in Ihi s area can predi ct only grea ter success and more widesp read in· teres t in future years.

T EAM

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E\'an s ton, 67; 2 ;--,r iles East, 54; 3.

Prospect, 46: 4. Rich East, 27%; 5. Pro \' i80 ',Vest, 24% : 6. Proyiso East, 24; 7. \nllowbrook, 23; 8. Yo rk , 21'h ; 8. Glenbard \V., 21 %; 10. Arlington, 20; 11 . Ma in e East, 12'h: 12. Ur bana, 11; 13. ;\, il es Ea s t, i; 14. La ne T ech, 6%: 15. New Tri e r , 6: 16. " ' heaton , 5; 16. Barrin gton, 5; 18. \Vaukegan, 4: 18. ..'I l a in e \Vest, 4; 20_ Th orn to n, 2.

Ot hel' tea ms in th e preli m in aries : Elmwood Park, Glenbard East, Glenbrook ~ort h .

H in sd ale, Leyde n East, L eyd en \Vest, Palatine, \Vood Riyer .

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Illinoi s State H igh School Champi onship Team fr om Evanston: Front row I. to r .: Bob Shuford, Bill Tr ippe, co-captain Joel Sutlin , Co-captain Dave Trippe, Walter Knodle, Bob H il l. Back r ow I. t o r .: Manager Don Neece, Rich Cr im, Ka rl Smith , Steve Bruhn , Vic Conant Barr y Pearson, Bill Duddick, John Stevens, Coach Ron Walden.

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Results of 1963 I.H.S.A. Gymnastics Championships Reveals Power Shift

Rep ort By Vi cto r L e3ch Th e Illin ois Gymnastics Champi onships were held thi s year at York Commun ity Hi gh School in Elmhurst on March 15th and 16th. The final s were witn essed by a capacity "standin g r oo m onl y" crowd of ove r 4,200 spectators. Th e traditi onal fa vorites : York , Willowbrook, Prov iso East, and Arling ton , fail ed to fini sh in th e top fi ve.

Top honors went to Evanston, second place, Niles East; third, Prospect; fourth , Ri ch Ea st; and fifth , Proviso W est. All of these schools are relatively new powers in gy mnasti cs.

The meet mana ger, Mr. David Koch, ably conducted th e two day session , pro· vidin g plenty of color. Saturday evenin g th e queen and her court presented the in· dividual medals and add ed a touch of beauty to th e occasion. Before each event the finalists on each piece of equipment were lined up and introduced in the order they would perform . Qualified observers who witnessed th e finals , agreed that th e overall caliber of performances has con· tinued to improve. Many of these gy mnasts from this year's co mpetition showed po· ten tial Olympic caliber and are al so top co ll ege prospects.

The first LH.S.A. sponsored meet was in 1958, at the University of Illinois, under the directi on of Mr. Charles Pond, gym · na stics coach at the University. At that tim e there were twelve schools participating in the state meet with approximately 115 entr ies. The 1%3 state meet saw fifty teams enter with approximately 700 entri es.

Some of the people r espon sible for th e rapid growth of gymnasti cs are Mr. Sidney Alkire, assistant executive secretary of the LH.S.A ., and Mr. 10hn A. Fischer, Director of Athletics at Willowbr ook High School.

Largely through the efforts of these two men , plu s the high caliber of gymnastics coaches in this area , gymnastics has become one of the fa stest growin g sports in the state of Illinois. Evidence of the growth of gymnasti cs in s outh ~n Illinois is seen

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in th e numb er of downstat e tea m entries.

The so uth ern JIlin ois and East St. Louis area are deve lopin g team s but are ha mp· ered by th e la ck of com petiti on bec ause of the location .

A substanti al majority of the fifty school s mcnt ioned parti cipate in a dual meet season, whi ch consists of approximately fuur teen dual meets. The dual mee t season uffi ciall y beg in s the fir st week in Novem· ber and concl ud es the last week in F eb· ruary.

Th ere are oth er variou s added attrac· tions rhrough uu t th e season, namely, a varsity invitati onal at Evanston, which brin gs togeth er the top fi ve sch ools from th e 1962 sta tc meet. Th ere is also the sop homore in vi ta tional held at Wheaton on Lin coln 's Bir thday . Thi s meet brings together a number of schools in the area and add s interest and in centive for the sophomore gy mnasts. There are also fres hma n invitati onals at Hin sdale and Wauke· gan in F ebru ary. These two in vitationals are great motivating factors in advancing the beginnin g gymnasts in the state.

On March 1·2, 1963, there were two confer ence meets, the Interim League and the Suburb an League . Beca use of the in· crease in schools now engaging in develop· in g co mpetit ive gymnastics, the 1963 - 64 season will h ave four conference meet s in stead of the traditional two. The Interim League is bein g divided into two separate leagues with six schools in one and seven schools in the other. Th e Suburban League will ha ve eight schools part icipatin g. and th e ~e will be a new W est Suburban Confer· ence meet with eight schools competin g.

March 9th saw th e start of the LH .S.A. gymna sti cs co mpetiti on. On this day there were three di stri ct meets for the purp ose of qualifying th e top co mp etitors in each of the seven events. This became neces· sa ry when the numb er of entri es became too unwieldy for one weeke nd session, as was here tofore th e case.

WINNING ROUTINES TUM BLING 1. SHAW, HAR OLD -

Urbana (G. B .

Dist. 1-168) (PrE'li m. 1-(84) (F-1 86 ) FF - Double Bnck : 2. Fr. Tin - P ... - Tin - Fr.: 3. RO - FF Full - FF - Back % - RO - FF DOllbl e 1"11 11.. 4. Fr. - RO - FF - B Po - FPY:, - RO - F F - Full.

1. R.O. -

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1. HUSSER, GEORGE -

Prov iso E ast ()I.E. Di st. 1) (Prelim. 1-180) (F-1 89 ) Fl an k mount - loops (3) uphill t r oml e t

-d o wnhill tromlet -

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kere in -

circ les -

c ircles

l< e re in -

(2) -

k e re out

fa lse moore -

reyerse sc issor -

sc issor -

scisso r - rever se circles (3) - ci rcles down hill t roml et - loo ps (4) 'h twist di s.

HORIZONTAL BAR -

1. PRIC'E, DA)I -

Prospect (Arl. Dist.

(Prelim. 1-163) (F-180)

1-16~ )

R eye r se g rip cas t to reverse g iants -

roll to eag- Ies (2) - hop cha nge (' r os~

g i a nts -

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h op to r e\'e rse g ia nls fr ee hip to reg-ular reyerRe

change -

reach fly er f1nnk "ault -

g rip 111ount.

rey e r se

giant~

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g' ian t~

kip c hange

bran ni p dis-

PARALLEL BARS-

V A;\,DEHVOORT , GARY - Pro spect (Arl. Dist. 1-1 83) (Prelim. 1-183) (F186) Peac h support - L hold - straight al1n stmigh t body press to handstand _ (me arm handstnnd (stra dd le leg an d together) - handsta nd - back - under bar cast straddle c u t - to pl aneh 1.

laya w ay

layaway -

fron t upris e

front upri se -

pirou e tte

front of f.

RINGS

1. OLSON, REID Arlington (A rl.

Dist . ~ T-16i) (P relilll. 3-162 ) (F -17S) Flex to ha nd stan d - r ep;ular gia nt back roll to cross - dl'Ojl bac k di s locat e - bird up - L hol d - holl owbnck pre ~~ hand stall,1 - hack r oll - L cross - drop bac k disloca te - stradd le cut off.

TRAMPOL I NE -

1. HARDT , DALE -

)l il es Enst (;\'.E. Dist. 3) (Preli m. 1- 176) (F-lS3) 1. 'h in 'h out fliffu s 'h in 'h ou t fliffu s - brann ie ou t - fliffus - ba c k full - double fu ll - tri pl e ful l - mndo lph.

Helpful hints UNDERSTANDING TERMINO'LOGY There is no Offi cial & Sta nd ard Gymnastic T erminol ogy in the En glish lan gua ge - and as a consequence, there is much confu sion and misinterpretation in the read ing of texts. But there are principles which are intern a ti onally accep ted and uniformly used. formin g the basis of gy mn asti c termino logy in different lan guages. It. is im portant that not only teach ers and coaches of gy mna sti cs und erstand and properl y use this termin ology, but also the gy mn asts, who may perfectl y execute exercises. but ve r· bally describe entirely different thin gs.

There is more to Gym nasti c T ermin ology than th ese bas ic problems I tr y to illustrate and illuminate, but I selected these beca use th ese co nce pt s are fr equ en tl y mi suse d. I am ely the word s : "FRONT," - " FORWARD; " - " R EA R" - " BACKWARD ."'

T o und e rsta nd th e gy mna sti c meanin g of th ese word s, one mu st first know about th e axles of the body (See Fig. 1. 1. Th ese axles determ in e direc ti on of move ment s, r ota tions and al so esta b· lish a basis to describe bod y·r elati ons to different apparatus, Among the many poss ibiliti es, the mo,t fr equ ent and th e most important are the " SIDE," the "C RO SS," the " FRONT " and th e " REAR" relatio ns.

T he determining fa ctor, in usin g " SID E " a nd " CRO SS" te rm s prop erly, is th e a ngu lar relati on of t wo ax les. The " AXLE OF WIDTH" of th e gy mnast (go in g through th e shoulde rs 1, a nd th e " LO NG TIT UDI NA L AXLE" of the a pparatus (See Fi gs. 2, 3.

4, 5, 6.) . T o properl y use the word s " FRONT' a nd " REAR" one shou ld determine where th e apparatus is loca ted. If it is op posite to the back of th e gym nast then it is a ~' REAR " position; if th e appara tus is facin g th e abdom en of the gy mn ast th en it is a " FRONT" positi on . "SIDEWA YS" pos it ions oft en should not be indi ca ted as such, for the word s " RIGHT" or " LEFT " alread y make .additional word.s superflu ous.

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A parall el bar offe rs th e larges t var ie ty of poss ible body. a pparatus relati ons. Let us see th e most frequ ent ones. Aft ", r und e rstanding that if th e gy mnasts "AX LE OF WIDTH " is in a 90 degre e angu la r relat ion to the " LO NG TIT UDl NAL AX LE" of th e ap paratus. th en we speak of a "CRO SS" position ; if the two axl es a re parall el th en we nam e it a " SIDE" position rega rd Ie,s of how the gy mn ast is situated. W heth er sta ndin g on fee t or hand , . in support or in sus pension , or fl yin l! through th e a ir. Fi g. 7 and S. shows some frequent relati ons.

Rear Cross Stand (7/ a); I nn er S id e Stand (7/ b ); Jnn er Cross Stand (7/cl; Front Cross S tand (7/d ); Rea r Sid e Stand (7/e l ; Sid e H and ·Stand (S/ a l ; Cross Hand ·Sta nd (Sib I; Ri ght Cross S tand (S/ c.l .

T o illumin a te th e basic diff erence, between th e relation ,Ie. lermining word s of " FRO NT " and " REAR ," and th e dir ection indicating word s of " FORWARD" and ·' BACKWA RD." ' exam pi p, 9 th ro ugh 13 wiJi be helpful.

Fi g. 9 shows a gy mna st in a rear ha ng ( as in " German Giant" I, it also shows th e possibiliti es of direc tions (forw. and ba ckw.1 a nd . . th e so metim es confu sin g twist in term in ology. how a forward sw m g beco mes a " ba ckward giant " if it is relat ed to th e behavior of a wheel. and how a ba ckward swing turn s int o a forward g iant past hand stand .

Fi g. 10: Rear Hip·Circie F or wa rd; Fig. 11 : Hip·Circie Back. wa rd; Fig. 12 : ( Fronti Hip· Circle F orward; Fi g. 13 : ( Front ) Hi p·Circie Backward.

No te : The word " Front " is oft en superfluous and not use d.

Onl y " rear" mu st be menti oned: if " rear " is abse nt then it alway s mean s " front." '

NORTHERN CALIFO RNIA

GYMNASTICS CAMP C LI N IC FOR Teachers, Coaches, Men, Women, Boys, Girls

At CAMP GUALALA

AUGUST 11 - 24 LOCATION-

ERN IE

GEIBEL'S

3rd annual GYMNASTICS CAMP June 23 to July 6, 1963 Beginners, Intermediates, Advanced

• GYMNAST ICS • MODERN JAZZ • APPARATUS

• TUMBLING • ADAGIO • MASS EXERCISE

• Swimming _ Ho rseback Riding • Crafts _ Pi oneer ing • H iking • Nature Study • Arc~ery • Mar ksmanship - Athlet ics

Ca mp Agualala is locat ed in the heart of the redwood count r y, 80 m i les north of San Francisc o . It is 38 miles west o f Her aldsberg and a bou t 10 miles in land from the Pac ific Ocean.

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J ~rnte Geibe l of Chicogo. Instructor : Tom Monison, Comp Direcor; Mike Coll ins o f Boylor Univ ersi ty. Program Director .

Atte ntion Coaches . . .

Staff app lications are being token for fhe 1963 and 1964 Gym Camps.

PROGRAMEach camp er is reqL!ired t o pa r t icipate in the f o ll o wing events: side horse , h or izo ntal bar, still rings , paralle l bars , trampoline, and free exerc ise. Per iods a re approximately 50 minutes in lengt h , and the major por t ion o f the closs is teach in g and lea rning o f Gy mnastic ski l ls.

There are als o rec rea ti on and free periods, and special evening pr og rams o f f ilms, danci ng , games, talent nights, etc.

An In vit ation . . .

To post and present Olympic Team Members to be our g uests.

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

TO~ft~~~!rs,n

FOODS & HOUSINGCampers ar e h oused in redwood outdoortype cab ins. Cab i ns include individu al bunks wi th matresses. Campers must bring bed rolls or sleeping bags. Counselo rs and Asst . Counselors a r e in direct charge o f the campers in each cab i n.

T he din i ng hall is cent rally locd ted next t o t he Gual ala River. H ere a specia l menu will b e served b ecause of the strenuous program of activ iti es dur ing the camp.

Post Office Box 148 Friendswood, T..IS

OLYMPIC

HEALTH SERVICEAn eight bed infirma ry is located at Camp Gualala. Supe rv isi on is under the d irection of Dr . Donald Watts , ass isted by Mart ha T suchi la, R. N .

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PRODUCTS

GYM-NASTIC and WRESTLING SPECIALISTS Imported Men's and Women's Gymnastic Uniforms Warmups and Slippers Wool - blan 100%-AII Way Nylon Stretch blan and Cotto_Cotton Features: Pants-sewn in crease, zipper secured elastic waistband.Shirts--secured at crotch by hooks, high tight chest cut,wide shoulder straps. Leotar6--nylon stretch short or 3,4 sleeve. All colors and trim.

Warmups--nylon stretch, full or half zipper, all colors.

GYM SHOES All-purpose shoe---canvas upper, composition sole.

Apparatus sh~1I leather. Absorbent rubber cut outs sewn to sole, light weight.

Hand Guards--worn by Japanese World and Olympic Teams.

TRA NSP ORTA TlON-.

Campers may suppl y thei r own t ransport o t ion to cam p o r it is, available by bus t h rough the Berkele y YM CA fo r a round trip fare of $5 . Buses leave at 7 A.M. o n August 17 and return o n August at 12 n oo n.

U. OF CA LIFORNIA EXTENSION DIV .Tw o units o f coll eg e credit are available t hroug h the University a f Cal i fornia Ex tension D ivis ion. Th e course is unde r the superv ision of H arold Frey, Gymn astics Coach , Univers ity o f C ol ifornia. The cost f o r the tw o units is $30. T he course is an elect ive Education course f o r a ny credential. If token afte r the Bachel or ' s Degree it can be counted a s upper division course t owa rd p ost g radtlation requi rements f o r credent ial pu r p os es.

ST A F F

269 EAST ARGYLE STREET VALLEY STREAM LI, N. Y. Soles agencies available

Clinic Director: Irv Faria , Gym nastics Coac h , Sacramento State Co llege.

Camp Director : Ernie Ma r ioni , Ph y sical Director , Berkele y YMCA. Also included on the stoff are: Gordon Mad dux , Angel o Festa , Haro ld Fre y , Frank Haila'ld , Wm. McAllist er , Lou Peroshke, Dick Wolfe , Jack Smith , Nils Bengtsson , Jerry Person ius , Bob Dunning , Don Nelson, Ca rol y n Hail and , Martha Tsuchiya , Dor is Fuchs, Dr. Don Wat ts, Clair Je nnett and Vada Crabbe.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTICS CAMP CLINIC APP LI CA TI ON: Mail to Ernest Marinon i, Camp Director, Berkeley YMCA , 2001 Allston Way , Be rkeley 4 , California .

August 17 to August 24, 1963 .. ~ .. $50.00 Name Add re ss C ity _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Ph on e ___________ Sex _ _ _ _ _ Age _ _ _ _ __ Regis tra tion Fee: $25.00 Fina l $25 .00 due by August I , 1963.

I consi der myself a Beginner _ __ Advanced _ __ Inter mediate___ All Campers must ha ve one y ear o f experience in some t y pe o f Gymnastics, and be 10 y ear s o f age.

I wou ld l ike transportation t o camp _ __ ($ 5.00 round t r ip fare ).

For Minors: This application has my approval .

Da te o f Appl icati on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Signed (parent s o r guard ian )

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Continued From Page 7 t io n s e it h e r indi v idu'ally or in anot h e r s imil a r r e port t o th e gy mn as t s and gymnastic o ffi c ial s of th e A.A. U .

S in cer e ly , S t e ph e n M. Arc h e r Sec r eta r y A m a te ur A t hl e tic U ni o n of the U nite d StH tes FEDERATION INTERN AT ION A LE DE GYMNASTIQUE Ge n eve, Le 1s t of F e bruary 1963 MI'. Loui s J . Fisher, Presid e nt, Am a t e ur Ath le ti c Union o f th e USA, A.A. U . House, 23 1 vVest 58th St r ee t, New YOl'k 19, N .Y., U.S.A .

Dear Mr. Fisher: It has come to my a tt e nti o n through news paper r e ports fr o m yo ur country that Presi d en t J o hn F. K e nnedy h as d es igna ted G e n e r a l Douglas Mac Arthur as m e dia tor in the di s pute in a thletics b e tween th e Amate ur Athl e tic U nion .vf the U nit ed States a nd th e National Co ll egia te Athl e ti c Association.

I ha ve a lso learned th a t a rival gr路o up o f coll ege c oac h es is e nd eavo ring to tak e oye r co ntrol o f gY111 nas ti c s fr0 l11 the Amate ur Athl e tic Union of the U. S. Eve n though we regard th ese differences as a com pl e t e ly Ameri can inte rnal affair whic h ought to be solved in th e inte r es t of a ll g y mnastic activ it ies in you r c ountry, the FIG co n s ide r s that the AAU belo ngs to o ne of its old es t affiliated f e deration s a nd is the sole certifyin g s p o rts governing body in th e Uni t e d Sta t es for a ll gymn as ti c a c ti v iti es a nd internationa l c omp e tition s , in cluding th e Olymp ic Games, th e Pan Amer ican Gam es a nd World Cha mpio nship s .

A co p y o f thi s le tte r is b e ing se nt to th e Pres ident of th e Int e rn ationa l O ly mpic C omm ittee as w e ll as the h ead of th e U nite d States O ly mpi c Co mmittee t o acquaint them with th e s tand o f th e Inite rnati o n a l Gymnast ic Fede ration.

At our r ece nt Co n gress in Pragu e, th e Int e rnatio nal Gymnas tic F e d e r a tion mad e it pla in to its m e mb e r s that on ly o n e gove min g body in each c oun try is r ecognize d by the F I G. In t h e U nited States , the sole governing body in g y mnasti cs r ec ogniz e d by the FIG is t h e Amate ur Athl e ti c Union o f th e Un ite d Sta tes .

W e h ave th e greates t r es p ec t f,or th e A .A.U. in its co nduct of gymnastic ac ti v iti es in you r country, as w e ll as t h e s plendid co ntributions o f your lea d e r s in h e lpin g t o d evelop o ur s port o f gym n as ti cs intern ationall y .

It is importa nt that th e gy mnasts of the Unite d Sta-tes fully und e r s tand the rul es a nd r e gul a tions of th e FIG r egardin g e lig ibility for international compet iUo n s , as well as th e r ecognit io n b y the F I G of th e A.A. U. as th e sole govern ing b ody in t h e U nite d States.

Furth e rmore, th e FIG c harges th e A .A.U. w ith fu-U路 res pon s ibility f o r enforcing a mate ur rul es in connection .;with the gy mna s tics program in the U nite d States. In carry ing out th ese r espon s i'biliti es, th e A .A.U. can b e th e o nl y o rgan izatio n gra ntin g san c t,on s f o r m eets, as well as a ppl y ing its own long's t a nding rul es o f eligibility f o r amateu r c ompetition in gy mn as ti cs . You are also advised that any a thl e t e who comp e t es in you r country in o p en gYl11nastic c0 l11 pe tition not sanctioned b y the A. A .U . wo uld r e nder himse lf ine ligib le f or inter n ationa l co ntests . Thi s , o f oo urse, appli es t o America n as we ll a s a ny o th e r gym nas t s fr o m ano th e r co unt ry.

With best w is h es for your s u ccess, I r e main S in cerely yo urs, (Sig n e d) C harl es Thoe ni Pres id e n t o f th e Inte rn a tion a l Gy mnastic Fed e ration

threats, the U.S.G.F. is building a sound progra m o f gyri-mastics Dosed on needs equal r epresentation 1 and equal oppo rtunit y.

In s~mmary, it is your responsib ility to keep an "open mind ," be

hungr y for information and be informed. Th in k is happening today. Only the e valuation of the can predict the future. Co mpare then..

75 with less than six mo nths o f the U. S.G.",.

Your strength is not in the A.A.U. or in

not o nl y about what past and the present years o f the A.A .U.

the U.S.G.F . for that

motter. The strength of the noti onal organizati on is the o rganization

... th e members. The W.N.G.A. recommendation is READ , HEED, and then ACT. Half truths, twisted facts and " paper programs" are a p a rt of

our g y mnastic her itage

where we

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HERB VOGEL flint Jr. College flint, Michigan

THREATS TO JEOPARDIZE AMER ICAN GYMNASTlS ELIG IBILI TY The N.A.A.U. Edict No. 145, recently sent out to most of the coaches and officials throughout t he coun tr y is another t ypi cal example o f the continuous dictatorial r ule over its members T o presume that all g y mnasts , men and wo m en , boys and girls are a lready members

and t o force them t o compl y to th is ed ic t shows the uncalled -for ga ul of this body .

Conce rning itself with runn ing things, this body forces , without co nsideration upon wHom it inflicts pain and dissap oi ntment final and abso lut e dec is ions upon Ame r ican athletes.

The newl y formed and fast grow ing

United States Gy mnastics

Federation , which is sweepin g the country thr ough her sch ool s, co lleges, clubs and studi os, etc. is withstanding t he overbearing and dictator ial

po licies of the N.A.A.U. The U.S.G.F. is contr ibuting to the fea sab il it y o f all Gy mnasti c prog ram s w here th e youngsters are given exc ellent

and equal oppo rtunity t o beco me better representati ves of the U. S. It is obv ious that the presen t t op n ot c h gymnasts, men and women

are on the fence and will be forced to sit on it until the y t o pple off. minds a bou t getting into o ne camp o r another by sound reaso ning and

not by threats.

Since growth and progress g o hand in hand, the ones directly affected should have th e ve ry best opportun ity t o rep resent this cou ntry without undue pressure. Let's all be b ig enough to conside r these young athletes and encou rage them in th e f inest Ame r ica n traditions o f free dom and excellence o f instruction . . .

In the past 6 months the treme ndou s su rge of promotion o f interest and actual programs o f the U.s.G.F. are o n ly an example o f what can be d one with proper leadership. Communication and f oll ow !hrough all over the c::ountry h as been responsibl e for an impetu s o f

Ideas. Let us all cont inue t o be a part o f this surge of energy and sh ow the world that with proper decorum we as a noti on can and will

take our rightfu l place as a g ymnastic power.

Very s incerely Joe Giallombardo Executiv e Co mmittee

New Trier High School W innetka , Illinois

NO. 145 I feel sure that the effect of this letter has been t o c la rify what many people have stated f or years . that the AAU has not the s lightest interest in helping the sport o f gymnastics to grow and develop.

The members o f the U.S.G .F. Executive Committee who wrote to THE MODERN GYMNAST relati ve to this notice have covered' the m.a n y mi s-representati o ns contained therein very well. I will n ot dwe ll on this m atter at length , however , one observa ti o n deserves

mention . The U. S. GYMNASTICS FEDERATION proximately

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"rebe ls," etc., is concerned with helping the sport to grow. The AA U is concerned wit h CONTROL , and only CONTRO L. How man y times they use the word s. "solely" and "on ly" and fl is not a threat but .1I Then go on to discourage gymnast s fr om participating in competitions, clinics and meets which represent the on ly p ossible wa y the y can improve their performances . The reason t he AAU is rec ognized is because they were, I believe, a well-managed and sound spor t s govern-

ing body in the late 1800's . Times change. Age alone is not a justiis ever mentioned. The A.A.U. claim that the U.S.G.F. is willing to sacrifice the amateur fo r the personal benef it of a small group of coaches is counterbalanced by the A.A.U . " fear " campaign.

It might be noted that " fear " is the heart of this A.A.U. campaign . Throug hou t A.A.U. Bulletin No . 145 reference was made to the " rebeliaus group. " A group of rebels could mean to you and the F.I.G. that merel y a handf u l of unorganized rabble rousers were causing this internal fricti on. The U.S.G.F . Nati onal Championship was referred to as " a meet t o be held in Chicago, June 14 and 15th ."

IF THE A.A.U. USED THE NAME, UNITED STATES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION , AT ANY TIME IN SA ID BULLETIN IT WOU LD HAVE TO FORMA LLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE U.S.G.F.EXISTS. IF THE U.S.G.F. EXISTS, and it certainly does, THEN PERHAPS THE A.A.U. IS NOT THE SOLE GOVERNING BODY IN THE UNITED STATES. It might be said that the A.A .U. CONTROLS a portion of the athletes, the U.S.G .F. REPRESENTS another portion and the third portion, possibly the largest portion , might be the UNDECIDED or perhaps indiv iduals who don' t give a . . . "dandy rebel yell. " TRUE OR FALSE- the bullet in stated that international teams are under the jurisdiction of the Olympic Committee, not the A.A.U. gym nastic committee. Did you k n ow, that one day o r so prior to the

final Pan Am team selection the Womens Olympic Committee chairman contacted his committee and a sked if they approved of the competition . . . of course notification of the trials went . out to the qualifiers some two weeks earlier. Read between th ose lines!

Further that some Pan American aspirants recei ved the compu lsor-

ies less than one week before the first trial and that some qualifiers for the fina l . tria ls recei ved notifi cation of the final t ria l as late as eight days before said meet ... ?

It appears that wh il e the A.A.U. is fighting t o hold its_own through

f ication for position , especiall y when the position itself is being mis-used.

This notice rece ived wide -spread publi city in the State of Ar i zona ,

just before the conducting of the ARIZONA OPEN g ymnastics meet .

Prior t o the AAU Notice being carried in the newspapers across the

State there were 103 gymnasts entered in that meet . After the newspaper articles 102 gymnasts took part. The individual who dro pped out was a high school student who indicated his parents were somewhat

taken back by the " AAU threat. " I hope Mr. Archer is proud of ha v ing frightened one . . . if only one . .. young American athlete out of this meet.

I hope you wi ll read the views of the others who have written about this aau notice. If I might summarize my thoughts with respect to the entire presentation by Mr. Archer I wou ld say that it was an outstanding series of LI ES. It is regrettable that time and space should ha ve to be devoted to the answering of such redicul ous falsifications. Let us all h ope that in the fut ure we can concentrate on progressive and positi ve trends in gymnastics .

F. L. Bare Executiv e Director

U.S.G.F.

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BALANCE BEAM

PART II

Margaret Kor ondi conducting

Fitness Class at Pa sadena YMCA

GYM ·

By MARGARET KORONDI

Olympic Gold Medal Winner

01 ET PLAN No. II Here is the diet and exercisin g plan for YOU who want to lose more than 8 lbs.

For the first 4 days stay on a 400 calori e diet (follow the " Four Hundred" from Ollr last issue) than continue with 900 calories daily. Be sure yo u have a balanced supplv of food every day. Lack of nutritional foods makes you tired, even sick in a longer period of time. Y ollr energy run s down and yo ur nerves are on t.he adge. You should ha ve every day: meat and eggs, dairy pru· ducts, fr esh fruit s and vegetabl es and some cereal s, bread and fat too!

Don't forge t protein helps to reduce, so try to plan your menu with that in mit1d~ For successful, speedy reducin g avoid car bohydrates!

Take multilvitamins with yo ur di et!

(Before YO ll start any di et or exercisin g, consult yo ur physician first. ) Exercise

25 ·30 minutes daily, you can do the exercises from your " Daily Dozen" Exer· cisin a chart! If you don't have it, write for your "'free copy to the American Physic&..

Fitness Research Institute, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, California. K eep Fit Lad ies Dozen and Keep Fit Daily Dozen for men are available.

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900 Calorie Diet Plan

BREAKFAST: 2 hard boiled eggs ........ . ........ 160 1 fresh peach .............. . .................. 50 LUNCH: 1h Lettuce (no dressing ) ............................ 25 1 Hamburger meat 14 lbs ........................ 175 1 Slice dry toast...... ... ................. .50 SU PPER: 1 cup bullion.. ... .... .... 30 1 sli ce broiled meat.................. .250 1h cup vegetable ( peas, carrots) .............. 25 1 small slice bread .................... .... .. 50 1 orange ........... .......... ........ ........80 Coffee or tea with no sugar, cream al· lowed, but don't over do it!

Do you have any problems with YOlll" weight, condition , exercising, dietin g, physical fitness? Write to Mi ss Korondi , she will answer your letter in our nex t issue.

A wonderful exercise for firming yo ur hips, thighs and tummy muscles is the following exercise. 1. Lie on your back, 2. Lift straight left leg upward , 3. Cross left leg over right leg and try to tou ch fl oor, then return to position 2., then 1.

Alternate exercise with ri ght leg. Repeat 5 . 15 tim es alternatin g legs.

Wolf vault. With a run , jump and bend L kn ee placin g L toe on bea m between hand s swin g strai ght R leg sideward and place toe on beam ; 14 turn L and ri se to a stand.

Skip Step forw a rd on the L foot and swing }{ leg forward , arm s held sid ew ard at sha ul · der height.

Add arms in opposition. Rise on toe. L arm forward R arm back when R leg l S forward.

When R leg swi ngs fo nvard , bend R knee swin g arms in op positi on hop on L foot.

Turn with leg swin g Step forward on R foot , brin g arm s dow nward , swing L leg forward and make % turn to R whil e swin gin g arms [are· upward, immediately place L fo ot on be· hind about 10 inches behind L. From a stan ding position with the L foot on beam behind the R, swin g the L leg forward hip hi gh bending the kn ee and bringin g the arm s [oreupward to a so ft position should er height; swing L bent leg sideward while arms sw in g sideward; continu e swingi ng L leg backward , carry· in g it hip hi gh to a scale position, strai ght· en leg as th e body is lowered , the arm s are brought sidedownward and th e R arm is then brought [oreupward while th e L arm swings sideupward to should er height.

(Ann s at 90 degree angle) Chasse R hop on R and reverse.

Step R forward, bring L foot to hee l-arm sideward shoulders height.

Step R. forward , brin g L fo ot to heel, ri se on toes-arm s sid eward. St. L Frd., place R foot.

Step forward on R foo t, brin g arms side downward, swin g L leg forward and mak e % turn to R immediately' brin g R foo t forward and place on beam in front of L foo t. Arm s move as in above.

Walk fonvard on beam with ex tend ed leg, placin g the toe on beam first. Arm s are held sideward.

Step forw ard on beam with ex tended leg, pla cin g the toe on beam firs t. Ar ms are held sideward.

Swin g leg forward to one leg squat, pla ce hand s behind hip s, same tim e as yo u sit on beam and lie ba ck.

Back shoulder roll. From a lyin g posi· ti on, place h ands on beam behind head; raise legs upward; hands grasp bottom of beam, bend one leg and place toe on beam behind hea d ; hand s shift to top of beam, push up through squat position to standing.

With both toes on the beam turn 14 to yo u left , swing left leg up and do a cart· wheel placin g yo ur hand s at the end of the beam landing on the floor in line with th e beam.

BACKWALKOVER "CUT AWAYII TO SPLITS:

This combination (EO to Splits) or splits combined with " flip flop", handstand whip down, "valdez", and cartwheel is most easily accomplished when the "cut away" technique is employed.

No te circled figures - taught or learned from a handstand, with manual assistance to direct weight transfer and hip rotation necessar y the "cut away" action.

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Description: From a momentary handstand, either split position or with legs together, transfer body weight (balance) to the same lwnd and/ or side as the spliting leg. Rotate hips in the direction 0/ the spliting leg, directing that leg to the opposite side 0/ the body. The spliting leg cuts under the opposite hand, "cut away," with momentary support upon the same arm as the spliting leg.

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Som e Gimmi c ks fo r Teach ing More Gym nastics Per M inute Before you get to the intermediate and advanced work, you have the problem of teaching fund amen tal skills and of. giving basic strength to large numbers of youngsters_ This is frankly for coaches who must create their own material from average youngsters who have never seen a piece of gymnastics equipment. This is for the men who struggle at the lower level s_ And be proud! You should teach with all the care of the groomer of futur e champions for then th e youngsters will be just that.

ON THE MATS You ha ve seen our articles on thi s one before and just by goin g back to previous issues you can find the informati on in d etaiL Summarizing, th e technique of workin g with large numb ers in tumblin g and acrobatics for free exer cise involves seve ral important points: L Be certain that yo u ha ve mats that are six feet wide_ 2. Work ACROSS the mat- WORK EVERYONE AT ONE TIME USI NG PARTNER S TO SPOT ONE AN OTHER_ Do NOT sta nd people in long lin es and do NOT work along the length of the mat until your performers are doing routin es.

Yo u can get enduran ce by exceedin gly fast and terse rap iel -fire drill of fund amentals WITH FORM across th e mat.

(Yo u']] have to make a lesson plan at first - ima gin e tliat - ha ve to plan!)

3. S tart EVERY tumblin g session, even after a d vanced work is begun , with th e fas t and criti cal practi ce session of fundam e ntals AC RO SS THE MAT. PARA LLEL BAR USE YOUR IMAGINATION! K eep askin g yo urself how yo u can work more gy mnas ts per minute_ With the new FIG eleven fo ot six lon g parallels yo u can wo rk four 路a nd five students at a time on th e same bar on certain fundam ental mo vements_ Illustrations numb er one and two show the " Kick-Ki ck for flexion streng th " -or , you name it. Yo u ca n work fi ve at a tim e or back to ba ck usin g both bars TEN AT A TIME_ Spr ead the bars wid e as th ey will go for this _ Have a contestwh o has the best form , who ca n h old both legs up with feet at eye level the LO NG EST_ In numb er one the first leg has bee n ki cked up high and in number two we have the second leg co min g up with ugl y be nd ed kn ees! SO CORRECT IT! In No_ 3 and No _ 4 we have " Jump to TO_ 3 they are Be nt Kn ee Chin_" In h olding the ch innin g position with ben t knees held as high as their fl exo rs a nd abdominal s will permit. In TO_ 4 they mainta in the kn ees hi gh but beg in lowering slo wl y_ For th e beginn er , an exce ll ent way to d evelop those ch innin g mu sclesfor boys and g irls_ Now tell them to stop half way a nd HOLD , HOLD , HOLDnow lower sol ow l y. La ter still , add

s tra ight kn ees and pointed toes to th e Ic hinnin g exer cise and a ga in fo r boy s and gi rls. Use co mp et iti on the first day. W ho can h old the ha lf way mark th e longest.

Who ca n hold thi s position with straight kn ees and po inted toes and feet together-AN D SMILE! In No . 5 and No.6, use the muscl es acq uired in 1, 2, 3, and 4 and do th e H [P PULL OVER with s potter help. An d , for goodn ess sake, THE RIGHT HAN D ON THE SMA LL OF THE BACK and the left hand on t11e arm or s ho uld er. The pictures a re of yo un gsters in Cedar R apid s, Io wa where they have been tumblin g with Dal e A nder son and now they are movin g toward a f ull program of gym nastics events. This is th e first time th cse yo un gsters have s potted thi s trick - the right hand goes on th e small of th e back!

In number six we are up on the low bar of the Uneven bar for the FIRST TI ME! But that's all right. Let's make a few co rrections. The girl on the left has good positi on with her body and head but she shoul d strai ghten her arm s and pull her shoulders down by pressin g the hands down on the bar HARD . Thi s would give her better ches t arch and tak e away that cramp ed loo k. The other two girls ha ve typical beginner 's parall el bar posture. Feet apart, body ben t at the hips, knees bent, etc. SO YOU LOOK FOR THIS AND Y OU CO RRECT IT. And face it - this is the way they look when th ey first start.

But. what a pleas ure to tak e pictures a month later when th e first whi sper of the lQoks of a Gymnast emerges on the scene.

In the next issue of yo ur Modern Gymnast we will sh ow yo u some interestin g ways of using a Balance Beam to keep more Gym nasts bu sy per minut e as another Gimmi ck of teaching .

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PROGRESSIVE RES·ISTANCE EXERCISE FOR GYMNASTS

By Irwin Paris Registered Physical Therapist EDITOR'S NOTE: Irwin Paris is a private practicingPhysical Therapist in Manhattan Beach, California.

He formerly was a Physical Education Teacher, spel'ializin g in gymnastics , wrestling and weight tra ining.

He (; urrently is holder of the National Bench Weightlifting ne co rd in hi s bodyweight c lass and ha s won numerous awards in gymnastics , wrestling and weightlining.' <:. <+ '!..

Progressive resistive exercise can increase your gym· nastic ability!

Stronger body muscalature will enable you to move and control your body movements more easily, thus enabling you to perform more difficult gymnastic stunts. It is a proven fact, verified by numerous scientifically controlled experiments, that progressive resistive exercise (P.R.E. ) strengthp.ns muscles.

It is important, however, that you select the proper exercises and perform them correctly. That is the purpose of this and subsequent articles.

This month we will consider an exercise for the develop· ment of greater handstand pressing power.

One frequently observes that many gymnasts either "hit" a handstand perfectly or fall out of it because of poor body control and insufficient muscular strength . With a little more strength in the proper muscles, they would be able to press into the handstand easier, and to hold it more securely. And remember, increased arm pressing power aids not only in the performance of a handstand in free exercise, but also the same musculature will also aid similar movements on the parallel bars, rings, and even facilitate casting into giant swings on the high bar and front and back handsprings in tumi;Jling.

The exercise which we have selected increased hand· stand pressing power, and personally verified for effec· tiveness by this writer, is called the "military press." ~t primarily develops the extensors of the forearm, the tn· cepts (m uscles on back of upper arm) and the fle~ors of the upper arm, the anterior and lateral deltoid (shoulder muscles). These are also the primary muscles used for handstand pressing power and maintaining the handstand position.

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The starting pOSItIOn for the "military press" is with the barbell held at the shoulders, as illustrated in photo # 1.

The exercise consists of pressing the barbell overhead until the elbows are completely straight. This position is then held for about 2 seconds. The barbell is then lo wered to the starting position at shoulder leveL Following are some additional important instructions regarding the per· formance of this exercise; L Keep your fe et flat on the ground throughout the military press with your toes at about a 40° angle.

2. Keep your knees straig,ht during the press. They sho uld be bent only when first lifting the barbell off the ground to the starting position at shoulder leveL 3. Tighten your hips during the press by sq ueezing yo ur muscles (gluteus maxim us) together. Do not arch the trunk backwards excessively.

4. Keep your eyes fixed on one spot at about 30° angle above eye leveL This will help maintain proper balance.

When you commence your exercise program, select a weight which you can press 5 times. Three sets of 5 reo petitions should then be performed on alternate days, three days a week.

The "secret" to the development of strength is P.R.E.,. therefore, be sure to in crease the weight of the barbell 5 pounds as soon as you can perform 8 repetitions in the military press. Continue adding weight, in 5 pound jumps, whenever you can perform 8 repetitions.

Remember, you must increase the weight resistance 10 increase strength. Only with continued weight increases will your muscles continue to grow in strength.

For best results and lots of fun, keep a written record of the days you exercise, the weights used and the number of bandstand presses you can perform.

Next month we will consider another P.R.E. exercise for gymnasts.

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SUBSIDIZED ACROBATS No,,' -a-days few people are practicing to become profe ssional acrobats in these United States_ The majority of our circus acts come from Europe and th e Orient with a few from Mex ico and South America, and the trend is toward almost complete reliance on these sources_ With some exceptions to prove the r ule, professional acrobatics can rather regretfully be called dead in this country_ Circuses are still fairly popular in Europe and are treated as real entertainment rather than a novelty for children. Also acrobats manage to find considerable work outside the circus.

So it would seem th at any dire predictions of the complete disappearance of the professional acrobat would be hasty. Still the trend is that way. Each year sees fewer cbildren being schooled for careers as acrobats. Each year sho ws a lessenin g of truly great acts.

Russia offers a rather startling exception. When and if the circus disappears from the rest of Europe, it will still be strong in Russia, and when and if it disappears from Russia it will doubtless still flourish in China. But when and if the whole world gets automobiles and television, if the -acrobat survives it will probably be as a subsidized -novelty, rather than demanded entertainment.

Which brings us to the Russian circus which is already subsidized. Like all subsidized artists they are "kept" rather than paid. Theoretically they are fre e from worry about present or future. They tour the large cities of Russia and Europe, and in smaller groups perform for factory workers at dinner time. Certain standards must be met. A fri end of mine whose brother is a juggler in the Russian circus says sev~n objects is first class and five is second class and if you drop below f.ive you may have to leave and "work fo r a living." His brother dropped to second class but got nervous and practiced like sixty until he got back to seven objects. As the saying goes, '~it beats drivin g a truck! " After lon g service one is supposed to be retired to clowning or other light work around the circus.

In keepin g with European circuses in general, they go in strong for apparatus and if a performer conceives somethin g considered worthy, it is built fo r him by the State.

In speakin g of apparatus, I am reminded that it used to be said of some performers: " He was not much of an acrobat, but he was a wonderful mechanic!"

But to return to the Russian circus. It is probably the best in the wo rld. I have seen movies that revealed enough to make me reasonably safe in th.is statement. I would certainly like to see this circus "in the flesh."

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There is one major differen ce in the Russian circus. A safety wire is attached to all performers doing tricks in which their lives are deemed to be in danger. Just how they manage to manipulate this single wire so as to keep it from being a handicap is something of a mystery to me.

I have recently acquired some pictures of the Russian Circus, and let's take a look at one of the unbelievable acts. To pass full judgement on this act I would have to see it, but I have seen part of it on film, and there can be little doubt that it is on'e of the most amazing acts of all time.

This is a wire act, working on a large w.ire, really a cable about 15 feet high. Except for the bottom men they all wear safety wires. ' Here are some feats hard to believe!

They cross the wire four high! The bottom man carries a balancing pole so ca nnot grasp the calves of th e second man.

They cross the wire three high with the middle man standing on the understanders head! No cap! The top man looks to be a man, not a boy.

They do a somersault across from shoulders to shoulders, both undermen holding balancing pole, so the mounter cannot be "caught."

They put a teeter-board on the wire (with guy wires) and do a double somersault to shoulders, the catcher still holding the pole!

They do a somersault up three high, the middle man standing free on the shoulders since the under-man must still hold the pole.

So what do you think? Some of these tricks would be extremely difficult done on the ground. Somersault up three high without the underman holding the middle man's calves would indeed be tough. A double to the shoulders without the understander "catching" would be tough indeed!

Some of the old time acrobatic acts did some catching without the catcher using his arms; that is, he didn't catch the mounters calves as he landed. However I don't know that they ever did anything too difficult' in this manner. Also you must be reminded that a catcher without a pole can hold the elbows out at right angles giving the mounter a better "table" than can be afforded by a catcher holding a pole.

Of course, the whole thing is somewhat clouded by the safety w.ires, and the old timers say, "I would have to see it."

Well, for that matter, so would I. But if they could do only some tricks fr ee and clear on a wire one foot off the ground, I would be more than satisfi ed. I'm not sure I would believe it if I saw it. Four high on a wire?

In conclusion, to return to this country, tho the general declin e has been noted, it might be that if the present trend continues we may set a standard for the world in trampolin e acts. .

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1. G il L a r o se , M ic hi ga n , 55.90; 2. Fre d O rl o fs k y , S. Ill. , 53.50; 3. A rn o La sca ri , Mi c h., 53 .15 ; 4. T 0111 S e w a rd, P a . St. , 53. 125; 5. Rus ty Mi t c h e ll , S . Ill. , 53.10; 6. T e n y H a le, S. C a lif. , 51. 30; 7. D e nnis Alb e r s, Ne bra s k a, 51.25 ; S. G le n Ga ili s, Iowa, 51. 05; 9. J im Hy nd s, M ic h. , 50.55; 10. K j e ll Hanse n, ' VasIl. , 50 . 225 .

FLOOR E X ERCISE

1. (t ie ) T om S e warcl. P e n n St ., M ik e H e nd e r son , iVli c h ., 9.4 0; 3. R u s t y M it c h e ll , So. Ill., 9.375; 4. Sam Ha s agawa, UC LA , 0 . 225: 5. G il L aRo s e, I\{i c h ., Jinl Dav id , ' V as h . , 9. 20; 7. G e o r ge H e r y , I ow a, 9. 125; S. R ick M ill er, F la. St. , 9.025 ; 9. P hil V o a s, Syra c u se , 9.00 ; 10. J e rry DuFour, A rm y. 8.925.

Laros e HO.RIZ.ONTAL B6R _ l. G il L a R ose, M ic h ., 9.55; 2. (t ie) D e n ni s

' Vo lf , S o . U ni \". Ill. , Arno Lascar i, Mi c h. , n.425 ; 4. Gary B u c kn e r , So . Ca li f., 9.375; G. ( t ie ) Ri c h P hi ll ips , T e m p le T e rr y H a le , So. C a li f. , L a ITY Rob in so n , Sa n F e rn. St., n. 30 :S. St eve B es t , A r my , 9.075; 9. Jim H y nds, M ic h ig a n, ~.0 5; 10. K e n S lu b k y , Arm y, 9.02 5.

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Ho o per STILL RINGS

1. Da le C o ope r , Mi c h . St ., 9.77 5; 2. Jim Ho pp e r , ' V isco n s in , 9.55; 3. S t e v e Z a h m , Calif. , 9.50 ; 4. C h ri s Eva n s , Ariz. St. , 9.425 : 5. ( t ie ) Dud Wil lia m s , P e nn St. T o m G e o c a ri " So. Il l. , 9.4 0; 7. F r e d O rl ofs ky , S o . Ill. , 9.:3 75: 8. R ic h G o ld e n , C a li f. , ~J.:l 0 : ,I. lle nn b ,,'ol f , So. I ll., 9.20: 10. B ill Z i n k l, A l"i zo nil , Injure d.

TR A MPOLINE

TUMBLING

1. Ga r y E r w in , IVli c h . , 9.575; 2. F r e d Sand e r s, Mi dl., 9.1 25; 3. G eo rg~ He r y, I o w a , S . ~ O; 4. ( ti e ) I an路 J ar r e tt , Oh io , Jim ' ,V e a ve r , Air l"or ce, 8.675; 6. Jim Se lby , Lo w a St . , 8.4 25 ; 7. P ete Ba u e r , vV isco n s in , 8:27 " ; 8. B u d S hroad" Colo r a d o , S. 15; 9.

Hill S a y r e, Io wa, S.07 5 ; 10. Jim Da\" id , \\Ta s h ., 7.975 .

1. H a l l-l () lt ll ~ S , Ill. , ~1 . ~ 2 5: 2. Ru s t)" i\l it {' h e ll , SCI. 11 1. , ~ 1.5 j" 5 : ~. Ph il V oa~ , S yr a (' u se , :1. 20; 4. Ji ll) D ;t Yirl , ' ;Vas h ., X.!15: 5. ( ti t' ) [{ ill i'a)," r e, l o \\" a , P au l Zie rt , Ill . S t. ~() n nal , X.G75 : 7. J o hn I-I a lllilt '~ ) ll . l\li c h ., S.20: S. Ph il [{ Ol tO ll , i\ l i<" h . , Mik e H e n '! t' r:-:0 11 , l\ 1il'h .. ~ . 05 : 10. Ce- I'1'Y 1' [ 0011 , l\1ill ll . . j" .:12:1.

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THE ARIZONA OPEN May 18, 1963-Palo Verde High School Tucson, Arizona Ov er on e h un dred gymnas t s ent er e d t h e F irst Annual "Arizo n a Open " Gymn a s ti cs C h amp i o n sh ip h el d in Tucs on , Ariz o na. T hi s m ee t r ep r esented the f i r s t opport u n i ty fo r girl 's co m p e t i tion i n t h at a ,'ea in the h istory o f th e c ity of Tucson , and wa s a ttended by 50 girl s a nd 50 boy s, fro nl a ll o f Arizona, New wl e xi co and Col o rado.

The m eet was h osted b y Pa l o V erd e High Sc hoo l and the n ewly op e n ed g y m-

nasiunl ,vas set up 'vi th a n e \v pi ece {,f gYlllnastic eq uipm e nt for eve r y e v e nt at o n e tim e (men' s an d women 's) . Th e Arizona Gymnastic As soci a tion condu c ted the m eet with A .G.A. cha i rm a n G l en Har-

e us as In ee t d irector.

T h e sen i or a ll- a r ound titl e went to Sam Bailie, w i t h second p l ace going to Lt. Orwyn Sam p so n of t h e U.S.A.F. a ca d emy and t hird p l ace to Rich ard Impson o f Pho enix U n io n H i g h School.

Outs tanding perfo r mances of th e m ee t: C h ri s Evans a n d Les C hri st i ansen of Ari z .

State U n iv ers i ty o n t h e Still R i n gs ; Sam Bai li e a nd Steve Doty o n the S i d e Horse; O rwy n Sampson in Free Exer c i se ; R i c h n rd Inlp son s TUlnb li ng routin e h v i th <l p erfec t doubl e bac k); and p erh a ps m os t impressi ve of a ll t h e sm il es, about a hundred of them t o be exa c t on the f aces of th e gy mnas t s takin g part in wh a t turn ed o ut to b e a grea t mee t and s h o u l d g o o n to b ecome the finest a nnua l eve n t in the so uthwes t .

DIVISION I ( Juni o r divi s i o n fo r me n ) Ch a mp i ons : 1. J eff Ben n o n, I u cso n ; 2. Bo bby S h i rk , Tu cs on ; 3. Da rt Bail', Yum a .

~ II - Ar o und

LONG BEACH STATE COLLEGE (California ) IN V IT A T I ON A L T,路ampo l i n e l. Ri c k Saye r s, 9. 15 ; 2.

U a nn.v )lilim an, U.l; 3. Dick Foat, !J.O. A ll- A r o und - 1. Sak amoto, 55.75; 2. Shur loe l{ , 55 .7 0; ~. Am el'i n e, 52.55.

H o r i zon t a l B ar 1. Sakamoto, 9.65; 2.

S h ul'loc k , 9.55 ; :-L Buckner, 9.4.

F ree E xercise - 1. (tie) Sa ){aIlH)tn , S hul') o(' ){ , fI. 3 : :~. Am el'in e.

Si d e H ors e l. S hurioc k , 9.55; 2. Seiburn , 9.4; 3. Hasegawa, 9.25.

1. Sa kam oto , 9.3; " P a r a ll e l B ars C la u se , !:l. l 5 : :1. Anl e l'in e, D. l.

Ring s - 1. M o r a l es, 9.5; 2. Shllrl oc k , 9.4 5: :1. A ln e rin e, 9.3. .

Lo ng Horse - 1. Saka nl o t o, n.6!): 2. So\\'d e,', ~.45; 3. iVfillm n n , n.4.

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SO. CALIFORNIA JR. COLLEGE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS De~p i te th e l oss o f tw o of hi s t o p gym n asts, J erry T odd iVfento r ed hi ~ Pa~adena C i ty Co ll ege t o to p h ono r s in t h e So . Ca li f.

Jr. Col reg e C h amp i o n ship s at L ong B each C ity Coll ege on M ay 10th , 1963, \\' ith 106 p o i nts . Vall ey Jr. C.oll ege was seco nd wit h 94 ,J) o int ~ f oll owed b y Mt. Sac. w ith 72.5 , East L os An ge l eR, 64; Long B each , 62; Santa i\io ni ca, 46.5; w ith P i er ce , EI Ca mino , L.A. Tra d e T ech , LACC, G l endal e a nd Gro ss mont a lso r a n s .

Ru s ty R ock f rom Va ll e)< wa s t h e t op A II -

Around p e rfo nn e r with A r t Al'In e ndar iz

Samso n DIVISION II (Seni o r di v i sio n f or M e n ) All-Ar o und Ch a mpion s: 1. Sa m Ba i li e, 'rucso n; 2. O rw y n Sampso n , Co l o r a d o; :1. Ri c h a rd Impson , Phoe n i x.

DIVI S ION IIi' ( Wom e n s d iv i s i o n ) All - A ro und Ch a mpion s : 1. J a nice Pod, 2. J oann Tkac z, Phoe ni x , 3. F e li ce lVfcT{i ern n n , Phoeni x.

Tu ('~o n :

o f Mt. Sac. seco nd , Bob H yde o f Pasa d e na third , Enr i qu e Gar c i a .o f ELA fourth, )l i c k M o r a l es, ELA fifth , M ik e Mc M a hon , Pa., six t h , D on Duke, Pier ce, Denni s Mills LB , A l Var el a, ELA a nd R o b ert j;Voo d s, TT. Ste"e L e idn er o f Pnsadena. won t h e Rop e C li mb with a tim e of 3.2, H anson U n g fr o m T ra d e T ech , 3.4; a nd Bob O rtiz o f ELA, 3.5 . T R A M PO LI N E ; Skip M erceri er . K el son , Dim it ' Vashburn nn d Lindauer. TU M B L IN G : M er c i e,', V\Tas h b urn , Dim it , Kelson a nd Pro\'oORt. F LOOR E XE RC ISE: D i mit, C ur t i s, "W ashburn, G n rc ia a nd Lind auer. HORIZONTAL B A R : Ro c k. Arm endariz , H yde, M cMah o n and Speraw . . . SIDE HORSE : Stu rdi va nt, Fl e nl pt, I\1ill s , Andr e w s an d Sey nlo ur.

PARALLEL B A RS : Ro c k, H y d e Al'ln enda l'iz, Garc ia a nd B r ow n. RING S: R eyes, M o r a l es, Lopez , R oc k and Hyde. LONG HORSE : M cMa h o n , Doo li ttl e, ' Vas hburn , P er ez an d D ul,e.

HORIZONTAL BAR Won by Chuck F legler, Granville ; 2 - Dave Boru cki , Milwauk ee Boy's Tech ; 3 - Dic k . vVhittlin , Me nomon ee Falls; PARALLEL BARS Won by Dave BorUCki , Mil wauk ee Boy's Tech ; 2 Erv 'Voller, Me nomonee FaL1:s ; 3 Mike Depalma, Granv ill e; STILL RINGS Won by Dave Boruck i, Milwaukee Boy's Tech; 2 _ Chuck Flegl e r, Granville; 3 Vern W iller s, Eau Claire No rth ; TUMBLING Won by Gary Simandl , Milwauk ee Custer; 2 - John Stoneman, Gran ville ; 3 Denis Smith , Granvill e; 4 - Ron Simandl, .\iun g"e l'

C.1. F. GYMNASTICS FIN A LS L a k ewci od H ig h Schoo l M ay 17, 1963 A Capnl'ity cro wd o f oyer 1,000 w e re Oil h a nd f OI' th e C. LF. Fin als h eld at Lake\\"()ml , Ca liforni a . Coac h Dick Fl ood h ad th e g ym bea utifully d ecora ted with la rge g:YIl1n<l~th: Illurals ( p a in ted by on e of hi s g- ~ 'll1 lla s t :-:) along- with co l ored li g ht s, ribbons and spo t Jig"llt s f or th e t r o phy st a nd. .-\ w ell organiz ed and Sill oo thl y run Ca111p et iti o n. Our c OIllplim e nts to COHch F lo.:x l and th e L:1k e w oocl High Sc h oo l teac h el's a nd s taff for a j o b well d one.

TE AM SC ORES: Coach J o hn Dragis, Ba ld win Pal'k \Y on th e tea nl h onors with H p o int ~, E I R a n c h o w a~ seco nd with In, Lak e wood 12 f ollowe d by Anah eim , M on t ebe ll o a nd Millikan (there w er e 16 sc h o l s r eprese nt ed in th e fin a l s , o ut o f th e app r o xim a t el y 50 sch ool s th at too k part in th e 3 pre l im s o f t h e so uth ern sec ti o n of t h e Ca lifo rn i a Int ersc h ol ast i c F ed er a ti o n (C.LF.) ) H I GH SCORER : S id Sowd er o f Anaheim and ::\funger o f B aldw in Pa rl{ tied [ 0 1' th e hig h po int Inan award. Da le Fage o f Lak e w ood wa s 3rd. Rope Climb : ,Lu c i e, 3.2 : Pin ed a 3.3 : ~ei s l e r 3.3: Hoope r 3.5 : a nd B l e i c k 3.7. LONG HOR SE: Sowder, Tutt , Fa ge, Elkin and Pa sea l e. FREE E X: Pa sca l e, Mu nd e n , Fage, Burto n and E l k in . SIDE HORSE: S i eb ul11 , Fredr i cks, and Mun ge r , Cra ig and }{ec k enli abl e.

HORIZ ON T A L BAR : Zamora, And er so n , J ennin gs an d M o ni ssey & Ramirez, P AR· AL LEL BARS : Hill eger , Pe tu s, S i ebul11 , RINGS : Mun ge r , So"nl e r a nd Rogers, Beers , H o ll y. Baker a nd G UI·ul e. TUMB· L I N G: Martin e z. Mill er , E lkin, and SO\\" d el' ancl L a n g don.

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B y Coac h B ob Bo wa n 'Vi scons in °GYl11n as ti c act i y it y has 111 atur ed so m ew h at in th e last co upl e (.) 1' yeal's, and r ece ntly a State High Sc hoo l G y mna st i cs ilI ee t was h e ld for th e fir st time i n o ur s t a te. Th e cl evelopment of hi g h sc h oo l gymnas.tics pla ces ' ;V i scon sin into a p os iti o n to co ntribut e to th e sport thro ugh three channels, th e Speci a l en,ups ( Turn er s, So kol s ), Coll ege and H ig'h Sc h ool.

In bri ef , th e High Schools hav e b een lr)'ing t o sell our State Athletic Asso c i a ti on on th e id ea o f sa nc ti oning the sport f o r so m e tim e. Ou r latest bid was in th e forlll o f He ' "e l'al In v itati o na l IH ee t s to sh ow \,'h at tr ern e nCkH.lS p a rti c ipa tion th e r e w as in Gymna st ics. Th e effort w as su c cess ful a nd 'V.LA.A. d ec id ed to sa nctio n the sp ort an d pro\" id e th e fir st State High Sc h oo l Gym na s ti cs M eet t o be held in 'Vi seo ll s in . Th e sea son whi ch preceded th e S tate l\1 ee t w as ycrv s ll c<.:essfu l with 111 ee t

~C' h e c1l1l e

plu s inyitational In ee t parti c ip atinn . Fift ee n sc hoo l s c,o mpe t ed in th e State M eet whi c h inc lu ded prelimin ari es and fin a l s. Xo qualifying m ee t s s uch as sect i o n s w e r e h eld. MiI\\'aul{ ee proved t o b e th e 1110st p o w erful sec ti on of the

State, but se,"eral of the ot he r sectio n s o f the s t a t e sh owed t h e p o t enti a l th ey will IUl\"e in future years . P erhaps the m os t outs t a nding feature ,o f the M ee t was th e f ac t that th e l eve l of co mp etition wa s ex tr e m el y hi g h f o r thi s b e ing t h e fir st Stat e Me e t. Al so n earl y every tea m

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\\' o n \d th th e h elp o f e\'el'yo n e on th e t ea nl a nd not ju ~ t a co u p l e o f outsta nding' p er f,,1'ln e rs, Se\-e l'a l of t h e se nio r s who c0 1l1p e te d in tli e l\[ ee t will b e e nte rin g- th e Unh'ersity vViscoll~in in the f a ll an d w e h ope will b e H bi g h e lp to coac h Geo l'g-e Bauer and ult !m<l te ly t o th e CH u se of I'ais in g' t h e nati o n a l g-~nnna~tics stnt u s as pel'fOrtll el'S

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Individual Results TRAMPOLINE (points do not cou nt in team standin gs) -- 'Won by Fred Felde n , Granville; 2 Mike Olson, Eau Cla ire No rth; 3 La- · ver n Schultz, Eau Cla ire Nort h; FLOOR EXERCISE Won by Gary Simandl , Milwa uk ee Custer; 2' Bob H enn eck e, Milwaukee Washington; 3 John Stoneman, Granvi ll e; SIDE HORSE Won by Dave Wentwo r th, Mil wau k ee Cu ster; 2 Frank CzerwinSk i , Milwaukee Boy's T ec h; 3 - Gary Seraphine , Me nomo n ee Falls;

ALL-AROUND Won by Bob H e nn ec ke, Milwa uk ee vVas hi,ngton; 2 Ch u ck F leg ler , Granville ; 3 Gary Simandl, Milwaukee Cu ster; 4 Emil Ro ethlisb erger , Menomonee Falls; 5 - W a rr en King, Milwauk ee Pulask i ; 6 Mike Depalma, GranJim Huber, Milwaukee vi ll e ; 7 Pulask i ; 8 L e s Perez , Mil wa uk ee Boy's Tech ; 9 - Jack Petri , Mi lwa uk ee Bay View; 10 Rich Zal eski, Milwa uk ee Bay View;

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Milw. Washington ". """,,.

Milw. Bay View"""""""" Milw. King " ". ".,," ,, ",," " " Eau Claire Memori a l .""".

Grandv il le Team : I. to r .: Ma rk Kuzdos (Mgr. ), Denn is Smith , Chuck FLegler , Mike DePalma , Dick Rosenberger , Chuck Senn, Mr. Rober t Sown (Coach ). BaCK row: Fred Felder, Jack Antonicci , John Stoneman , T im Stich and Chuck Seeger.

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WISCONSIN REPORT

m os t o f t h e sc hool s h a ,ring a dual

qua li fied boys for the fi na l s. Gntn v ill e w as a mig hty hnppy v i cto r ~ in ('e t ]li ~ was lh p fil' ~ t S ta t e C h a nlpi ons hip Rnd w e

92 56 % 56 53

12 28 112 29

24 20 16

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Teams from Boseman, Gr ea t Falls Butte and Sidney a lso co mpeted . ' A turnout of 400 s p ec t ators saw Miss DeBlanck of Cop e n hagen, Denmark, win f irsts

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Youngstown Central YMCA receiving Ohio - West Virg inia Area Plaque. ~evin- Harty (Capt.) receiv ing plaque for Phil Simpson. Dick Bennett IS team coach .

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OHIO - WEST VIRGINIA AREA YMCA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Competition is divide d into Junior ( 14 and Under), Intermediate (15· 18) and Senior (over 18). In this year's competi· tion, the Youngstown Central YMCA won the Junior , Division champi onship and Day· ton Central won the Intermedia te com· pe tition. No championship was h eld in the Senior Division .

JUNIOR DIVIS ION L Youngstown, 62 ; 2. Columbus, 45.75; 3. Dayton, 35; 4. Canton 16.25; 5: Cleve· land Broadway, 7; 6. Cleveland Lakewood,

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I NTERMEDIATE DIVI SION

L Dayton , 77; 2. Columbus, 37; 3. Cin· cinnati, 35; 4. Akron·Firestone, 15; 5.

Cleveland Northeast , 10.50.

A LL-AROUN D: Ron Stauffer, John Can· non, Steve Howard. STILL RINGS: M ike N ull , John Cannon, Ron S tauffer. HIGH BAR: John Cannon , R on S tauffer, Mark Torreano.

PARALLEL BA R S : Steve Howard , John Cannon , Bruce Trott. FREE EXERCISE: LaW\rence Murray, Wally Hale , J ohn Bordas. VA ULTIN G: R on S tauffer , L. Murray, W. Korzeniewski .

HOR S E: Stan Glanzer, S teve S IDE Howard, Ron Stauffer. TUMBLING: L. Murray, Wally Hale, Russ Buccieri.

TRAMPOLINE : Ron S ta uffer, John Can· n on , Wally Hale.

Barbara Gallah er, U., 33 .85; 4, lIfarianne Davis, Well., 33.70.

Floor Exercise (M ) - 1. Carg ill, A, 8.7; 2. Bridges, 7,85; and Sternback; 4. Ham mel, 'V, 7,70, Side Horse (M) - 1. S , Ross, SC, 8.7; 2, Peek and Mills, 8,1; 4, Auchter\(»1 ie, A, 7.8, Horizonta l Bar ( M) -1. Bridges and Stemback , 8.65; 3. G, Speck, SCSC, 8,05; 4. M, Zotta, SCSC, 8.0, Long Horse ( M) - 1. ,'lhitn ey, U " 9,55; 2. Bridges, 9,50; 3. Cargill , 9.45.

P a rallel Bars (M) - 1. B ridges, 8.95; 2, Peek, 8,7; 3. Ste rnback, 8.4, R in gs (M) - 1. Peek , 8,85; 2. Stem b ack, 8.50; 3. R oss, 8.25, F loor Exerc ise (W) - L Gr ossf ield, 9.6; 2, Corrigan, 9.40; 3. Dav is , 9,10, Balance Be am (W) 1. Corrigan amI Grossfield, 9,5; 3, L . Va lade, U" 8,75; 4.

V. Edmonds, Well, 8,00.

Side Horse Vau ltin g (W) - 1. Gallaher, 9.5; 2. Corri gan, 9.25; 3. Grossf ielc1, 8.95.

Un even P ara ll e l Bars (W) - L Gross field, 9.7; 2, Corrigan, 9.3; 3. Dav is, 8,6.

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ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Interscholastic Gymnastics League Annual Report-1963 Season

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By Clayton "Pete" Bush FINAL STANDINGS Won Lost Tied Mars h a ll ....... .................

5 0 0 M ad iso n 3 2 0 East .....................

3 2 0 Ediso n 2 2 1 Franklin 0 3 2 ~Test . ........... 0 4 1 (Each school h ad fi ve dual mee t s.)

INDIVIDUAL CHAMP IONSHIPS Novice Tumb l ing - L av ill a., Marshall; Floor Ex .

Bruns, Edison; Side Horse M e is lin, East ; Para ll el Bars - Elman, Frankli n; Long Horse Vault Tin elli , Marshall; AII·Around - Tinelli , Marshall, Number o f Competitors, 23, Adv a nced Tumbling J e nerson, Madison; Floor Exercise J enerson, Mad ison; Side Horse Barro,,,, IVladison; Parallel Bars - J e n er so n, Mad ison ; Long H 9rse J enerson, Madi sop; AI I- AI'ound-Jsn e rso n , Madiso n . N umb e l' of Compet1tor s, 8.

Offi cia ls Organization Volun teer officials assigned by central office gave their t ime to make this program p ossib le. Dual Meets -T wo J udges.

Champ ion s h ips Six Judges.

Coaches E:ast - Rollo Hoffme ir; Edison - Derek Hulme; Franklin Lewis Szeles; Madison Clayton Bush; Marshall Eugene Kolacki; West George Lom bard,

MEN Al l Around - 1. Dan Sternback , SCSC, 47,66; 2. J oseph Bridges, U" 47.30; 3, Ron Pe ek , SC, 47,20; 4, Ro n Todd , SC. 44 .75, WOMEN A ll Around 1. Muri e l Gro ssf ie ld , U " 37.75: 2, Kathy Co r rig·a.u. Be. 37.45: 3.

Re pol·t by Frank H a iland In gerlise DeBlan ck w,on five first places and Don Saunders, fo ur as Eastern lVlo ntan a Colleg-e domin ate d th e Mo n tana State Gymnastics Me~l.

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REPORT ON THE NEW ENGLAND GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Eric Kjeldsen The New England Gymnastic C h amp Ions hips, sponsor e d by the New England Gym n astic Federation and hosted by the Holyoke Young Men' s Christian Association o n Apr il 7, 1963. The meet attracted 106 rn en and 'VOlllen cO lllpet itors e ntered in the inter national events. Th ere ,vere a total of 230 eve nt entries, T h e 'V01l1 en'S d ivis ion was espec ia lly st r ong w i th Olympian Muriel Grossfie ld a nd . Pan-Anler ican teanl 1l1enlber I{athy Co rrigan set ting t h e pace. Th e average winn ing score in the \\"0111 e n '8 dh'ision wa s 9.575. Th e 111en'8 divisi on was a lso s tl'ong with Russ :M ill s, NCAA side h ::)I'se ch anlpion, along with gY111nasts

from S pringfield Coll ege and Southern Connect ic ut Sta t e College ' leacHng the

MONTANA MEET

beam, Saunders 'vas No . 1 in the sen ior 111en's lo ng' h orse, tumb li ng-, t r ampolin e a nd fre e ex e rc ise.

SEN IOR MEN Long Horse - 1. D, Saund e r s, EMC ; 2.

Doug lI1acCa r ter, EMO; 3, Quinn, EMC. Tum b l in g - 1. D. Saunder s; 2, QuInn; 3, Don M acCal'ter, EMC .

Trampolin e - 1. D. Saunders ; 2, Quinn; 3. Jim Ca rn ey, EMC. Still Rings - 1. Doug MacCarter, 2. M ik e Kinn e, ElIIC; 3. Don MacCarter.

Ho rizo nta l B a rs - 1. Selvage, BOZ8Jnan; 2. Gl en denning, Bozenlan; 3: D o n l\'I acCarte r, Side Horse 1. Doug MacCarter, 2.

Kinne; 3. D, Saunders . .

Free E xerc ise - 1. D, Saunders, 2. Quinn, 3, Doug ' MacCarter, P ara ll el Bars - 1. Kinne; 2, Dou g MacCarter; 3. Don MacCarter.

JUN IOR MEN Sid e H orse - 1. Dean MacCarter , E,JliC; 2, Stee le, EMC; 3, Dale Kraft, Bozeman .

P a rallel Bars - 1. MacCa.r te r ; 2. Covey, Bozeman; 3, K r aft.

Hori z ont a l Bars - L MacCarte r ; 2. Estes B illi ngs Garfield; 3. Bates, EMC, ~ Still Rings - 1. Faulkner, Bozeman; 2, Duntsch , Bozeman; 3. Kraft.

Free Exercise - 1. Steele, 2. Boone Saund e rs, EMC; 3. Tesanti, Butte YMCA. Long Horse 1. Bates; 2. Steele ; 3.

MacCartel'.

Tumbling - 1. Ma cCarter; 2. Saund ers; 3. Bates.

TI'a mpoline - 1, Steele ; 2. Saun d ers; 3.

J ohn Marks , EMC, • WOMEN .... Vau lting - 1. DeBla n ck, EMC; 2, Cullen, EMC; 3. R,owling, Butte.

Tumb ling 1. D e Blanck; 2, Hailand, EMC; 3. Cu ll en, Even Ba r s 1. DeB lanc k; 2. Ha il a nd ; 3. Rowling-, Free Exercise - 1. DeBlanck; 2. Rowling.

Trampoline 1. Rawlin g, 2. Emery , EMC. JUN IOR WOMEN Tra mpoline - 1. Bender, Butte; 2. Dow, Sidney ; 3. Mary E ll e n Marks, ElI'I C .

Tumbling L Schile, Great Falls; 2. ' 'li lliams, Sidney; 3, Pillatshe, S idn ey.

F ree Exercis e L Schi le; 2. Bri den baugh, ElVIC; 3. Mary E llen Marks .

E ve n Bars L Mary Ellen Marks; 2.

Scow c r oft, EMC; 3, Gill ila n d, EMC. Ba la nce Be a m - 1. Mary Elle n Ma rks; 2. G illil an d; 3, Frances Marks, ElVIC .

V a ulting - 1. Mary E ll en Marks; 2. Sco\\,crof t; 3. Bender, B u tte Don Saunders

PRINCE ARTHUR WI,NS NOVA ,S!COTIA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP Prince Arthur Juni or High School of Dartmouth too k top team h on ors in th e Nova Scotia Gymnastics C hampion s hip s h eld at Sl. Patricks High School Gym, April 27th . P iling up their p oints in th e Tyro and Junior Divisions the Prince seco n d - spo t h(llders, Halifax YMCA a nd third place Dartmouth YMCA. RESUL TS: TYRO BOYS: All Around~1. B. W ate rfi e ld ; 2. G. Wolfe a nd 3. D. Ring.

JUNIOR GIRLS DIV: All Around-I. M .

Swain ;2, J, Mac Donald; 3. ML. Tras k .

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JUNIOR BO Y S DIV : All Ar oun d - 1. VV. Dacey; 2. E. Patricks; 3. W. Roberts.

INTE RM EDI A TE GIRLS : V a ult in g - S. Dunham, QEH and B. Cooke, QEH; S. J. Sa nford , ARHS; D. M e lanson, ARHS. 23. 8.

Fr ee S ta nd ing-S o Dunham ; C . Aitkens, Dart Y; D. Melanson; 20 .9.

St ill Ri ngs-Su san D u nh am; S. Edmond s, SS; L. Adams , PA. 24.6.

Ba la n c e B ea m-C. Aitke n s; B. Cook e; S. Edmonds. 25 .4.

A ll Around-S. Dunham ; C. Aitke n s; B. Cook e . 69. 3.

INTERMEDIATE BO YS Va ult ing- P. Delaney, SP; B. Mann Ha l Y; D . Arch i b a ld, Ind. 23.3. ' Fre e Stan ding-B. Mann ; P. Dela n ey; E .

Blakeney, Hal Y. 20 .9.

Hor izont a l B ar- D. Heiffler, Ind; D. Arc h ibald. 23.4.

P arall e l Bars-B . Mann ; E. B lakeney; D .

Curry, Ha l Y. 21.4.

S ti ll Rings-B . Mann; E. B lakeney; B .

C urry, and D . H effl e r. 24 .6 Pom me l Horse- B. Mann; B. C u rry; E. B la k e n ey. 18.6.

All A ro und -B. Mann; E. Blaken ey; D. Arc hibald .. 68.0.

SENI OR GIRLS D I VISION :-All a ro u nd 1. J . Edmonds; 2. L. Pascoe.

SENIOR MEN ' S V a ulting-B. Bro w n, Hal Y; W . MacNei l, SP ; B. Coombes, H a l Y. 20.9.

Free S ta nding-B . B r own; B. Dic ki e, Corn; H. Dunbar, Hal Y. 21.5.

H o ri z onta l B ar- B. Brown; J. Hancock, Hal Y; D. Boudreau, Hal Y . 18.0 .

P ara llel B a r--B . Coo mbes; B. Brown; D. Boudreau. 20.8.

Still Ri ng s- D. Boudreau, B. Coombes; J. Hancock. 2l.0.

A ll a r o und-B . Brown ; B. Coombes ; J .

Han c oc k. 61.9.

T ea m St a nding s - P r ince Arth u r; Halifax Y; Dartmouth YM - YWCA. Legend PA-Pr ince Arthur J u nior H igh; T - Truro; Hal Y - Halifax YMCA; Dart Y-Dartmo uth YM - YWCA; QEH Queen Elizabeth H igh; SS - Sidney Stephen H ig h S c hool ; SP-St. Pats High; ARHS Amherst Regional High School ; IndInd e p e nde n t.

SUFFO LK COUNTY, N. Y . PUBLI C H IG H SC HOOL ATHL ETI C A SSN .

Sec tion Eleven

H o rizo ntal Ba r , S till Rings , Tumbling, L o ng H or se V au lt, Rop e C limb , and Trampo l in e. N in e H ig h Schools in ,S uff o lk Coun ty c omp e ted f o r the Sectio n E leve n C harnpion s hip: I-Iarbo rfi e lc1 s High, Hunt ingto n High , No rthpo rt H ig h , Port J e ff e r so n ' High , ' 'Yalt " ' hitm an High, C omm ac k Hig b.. Cold Spr'j ng Harbo r Hi g h , Linde nhurs t H ig h , a nd No rth Baby lo n H ig h . Teanl p Oints w e r e awa rded to th e individual gY lnnast b ased

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points fo r fir s t p lace in a n eve nt.

Ca rl Holm s trom, the high indi v idual point winn e r for th e l11 eet, took fir s t place in Free Ex . with a s tro ng roundoff , flipfl,op, bac k lay out , fl ipflo p , step o u t , s w edi sh f a ll 111 0unt, and f i r st place in Tlllnblin g- with a·n o uts t a nd ing dis pl ay of r a pid , difficu lt m oves. In so doi n g h e b ecam e. th e ·onl y com p e titor o f th e m ee t to t a k e two firs t places, ad d e d t o a third. in Long Horse Va ulting w ith a top h andsta nd , cartwheel , gave hiln h onor s for vVa.!t ' 'Yhi t m an High Sch ool.

Firs t place in P a rall e ls w e nt to C r a.ig H e nn e b o rn of Huntington H ig h S c h ool.

S id e Horse w as wo n b y J oh n Ross of No rthport. \v h o u sed a ve ry strong lVloore a nd.. ve ry }Jl'0 111il1 e nt d,oub les . Cra ig Steidle of Hunti n g ton took to p h o n o r s in Hig'h Bar w i t h pow e rful forl11 o n b o th for \vard g ia n ts. S till Rin g·s was t a k e n b y Hay Wa lte r s of Port J e ffe r so n H ig h with several c rosses includ i n g t h e ve r y d iffic ult upri se c r oss. N orthport aga in too k a fir st p lace in L on g H o r se V a ult t hro u g h t h e e ffort s of T im L ew is who u sed a stoop fr ol11 the nec k an d got 8.46. Gerry Philip s o f P o rt J e ffe r s on High Schoo l set a n ew co un ty recm'd in th e rope c limb at 4.4 second s. The previo u s r eco rd h a d b een 4.6 seco nd s and wa s a ls o h e ld b y a .Port J e ff e r so n gy nl n a s t . · Tralnpoli n e \vas a ls o co p ed b y Nort hlyO r t wi th Ed T oland t a kin g firs t place .

F ina l tea n1 scor es for th e lTI eet r ead: Port J e ffer son fir s t with 59 pts ., No rth,>::)rt seco n d w ith 46 .6 p ts ., "Valt " ' hitma n th ird wit h 30 n ts., a nd Huntington fo urth wit h 25.3 p ts.

Th e f irst and second pl ace w in n e r s we nt t o the New Yo rk State I n ter-Secti o nal IVlee t in Scotia, Ne \v Yo rk the f o llo\v ing- weeke nd. T h ey a ll conlp e t e d in th e inter -sec tiona ls w it h t he third p lace n1 e n i n each even t going a long- as an a.lte rn a t e i n th e ev ent of a n injury t o o n e o f t h e fir st or seoond pla ce \v in n ers.

In that l11 ee t , Section E le y e n t ook }-'irs t P lace in Ne w Yor k S t ate f o r t h e second ye n}' in a I'o ' v.

S in c e re t h an k s mu s t b e expressed f o r th e fin e jo b of h an dli ng th e m ee t to M r . Feno Volp e, C oac h th e ' 'Ya.lt vVhit ma n High team a nd to mll the o ther cOflch es, judges, official s an d s p ect ato r s for nlaking the 1l1 eet a n e njo y able on e rt S \ve l1 as 11 nl enl0rab le one .

G Y MN AS TI CS C HA M PIONSHIPS C OM MA C K HIGH SC HOOL On Saturday , Ma r c h 9, 1963 a t 1: 00 P .M . in th e gym o f the Commac k H igh Sch ool Sec Uo n El eve n (Suffolk County) h e ld th e ir 1963 C hampion s hips . There were nin e sch e du l e d events, c on s is tin g of: Free Exe r c ise, Parallel Bars, Side Horse.

Lo ng Is land Champs: Front row, I. t o r. : E. Tol ind , J. Ross, G. Phi ll ips, R. Wa lthers .

Back row , I. to r.: C. Henneborn, C. Steidle, C. Ho lmstrom and T. Lewis.

or

Cynthia Mo rri s - McKin ley YMCA

EVA.NSTON ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENTAL MEET

By Robert B o h l FIN A L RESULTS OF THE LITTLE 10 DE V ELOPMENTAL GY MNASTICS MEET O n Sund ay, April 21 s t, over 200 boys a nd g irls between th e ages of 7 and 17 p ou r e d into th e F ,Qst er Commun i t y Cente r in Evanston, Illinoi s . Th e o ccas ion, the Midwes t G y mnastic A ssoc iation's An n u a l Little 10 D evelo pm e nta l Gym n as ti c Meet.

This was the fir s t phase of two m ee t s s p o n sor e d a nd condu cted by t h e M.G.A. Three events we r e h e ld , tumbling, tra m p olin e a nd fr ee exer c ise . On October 5th , fo r thcoming, th e seco nd phase o f the Little 10 will be condu cted. Included in this m ee t will be t h e apparatu s a nd a ll a r ou nd events . Tumbling a nd trampoline e ntri es w ill not b e tak e n.

A r ecord 16 t ea m s e nte r e d , e ach strugg li n g t o c apture one of the three team trophi es off e red . The fin a l t eam standings we r e l11 USt inl e r e!:; ting as only a h a lf a poin t separa ted three tea m s from third place . Th ese s tand i ngs ·wer e indic ative of the fin e balance in man y of the t eams t h a t e nt e r ed : In first place w ith a total of 139 p oints was C hampa ign's McKinl ey YMC A. Second p lace went to the Hins d flle A cne Imps with 91 points . T hi rd p lace went to another C h am paign e ntry, C h a rli e Pond 's p a laestrum with 56 p o ints.

Two team s tied for fourth p lace, both \vith 55% points . Th ey were Engs tronl's Gy m C lub o f Cicero and th e South Su burban Gy m C lub of B lue I sla nd.

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SANTA CLARA COUNTY JR. GYMNASTICS MEET Report by Jim Gau lt R ece ntl y t he 1963 Sa nta C la r a Co un ty Juni Ol' Hi Sc h o o l G:nnn a s t ics C h a n1pi o l1s hi ps w e r e co nl pl e ted , Thi s a nnua l e vent wa s s tart ed fo ur years ago t h ro u g h th e e ffo l·t s o f Bob P eavy, ( e x coa c h a t S a n An ton io Sc h oo l, L o s Al to s, C a li f. a nd C U I" r'e ntl y gy mn a s ti c s co a c h a t l-lill s da le Hig h Sch oo l in Sa n M ateo ) a nd D o n Ped,ham , (c oa c h a t Ca m])be ll E le m e ntary Sc h oo l, C a mpb e ll , Calif. ) F ,o l" th e fir s t l hree y ea n ; c Olll p e t i ti o n fo l' boy s a nd g irl s was h eld in t um b lin g a n d tl'an 1p o iin e a t o n e c o un ty m ee t. Thi s :y ea l' fl o o r e xer c ise w a s ad d ed a nd t w o c o unty nl e e t s w e r e h eld ; a noy i ce rll ee t on l\l a l 'C' h 22 , a nd a n a d \ 'a n c ed Ill ee t o n l\Ia l'c h 29.

S ixt ee n sc h o o ls p01 I' ti c ipate cl fo r indiyidu a l nnd t ea nl han o I'S ,v i th npPl'o x i nla t el y 200 j u n io r hi g h s ('h o0 1 st ud e n t ~ (;0 1l1pe t i n g.

(7t h a n d ~ t h g r a d e) RESULTS: NOVICE MEET G irls' Tumblin g- 1. Ro bin Pu rd y, C upe r tin o : 2. l\I a l' ily n Kin g, 'Vilso ll ; 3. J O ~'" ce Ea k e r , ' Vil s o n , Girl s ' Flo o r E xercise - 1. K ri s K oc h ; "\V iI::;o n : 2. (\"a n c y }( o e nig' ; 3, IVfal'Y B lllllann , ,\Til so n.

Gir l s ' Tr a mpoline 1. C at h y Ca l'b.onn e , Da rtm o u t h ; 2. Lind a Langfo r d , C up e rtin o ; :,L Linda See, H yd e , a nd G ing e r L ea tha nl, B lac kfo rd .

Girl s ' Te am Scores 1. vVii s on, 21 ; 2.

C up e rti n o, 12; 3. D a r t m o u t h , 6; 4. ( ti e ) B la c kfo rd , Hy d e, 2%; 6. (t ie - Ca mpbe ll , S a n An to ni o , 2.

Boy s ' Tumbl ing - 1. (ti e ) G e o r g e Barre , A la n B atTe , C up e l·tino ; 3. Lee Schro e r , D artm o u t h, Boys ' Floor E xerc ise - 1. G le n Sc hank , R lnc kf,o l'd : 2. Al a n Ba rre, C u p e l't in o ; 3.

G e o r g e Ba rre, C up e rtin o.

Boys' T rampol in e - 1. B r a d J o n es , C up et·tin o ; 2. A la n B a rre, C upe r t in o; 3. L ee S c hro e r , D a l't nl outh.

Boys' T eam Scores: - 1. C upe rtin o, 30% ; 2. ( ti e) B la c kfo rd , D a rtm o u t h , 6 : 4. Ca mpb e ll , 2% ; 5. ( t ie) B e nn e r , Sa n A n t o nio, 1 'h .

Tota l T eam Scores - ' 1. C up e r t in o, 42'h ; 2. "\~r il 'o n , 21 : 3. Da rtm o uth , 12 ; 4. B lac kfo r d, 8% : o. Cam pb e ll , 4'h; 6. Sa n A nt o n io , ;:P h ; 7. I-fy d e , 2 1h; S. Be nn e r , I1h .

RESULTS : A D VANC ED MEET Gil'ls ' Tumbling - 1. R ita Du e la ya n , vV il2, C a r o l y n l\1e lv in , C ;:unp b e ll ; 3.

Re n ee Ap o sto lo u , B la c h.

Girls' Floor Exercise - 1. R ita Du c laya n .

2. :-\a n c y A h e m , , \T il so n ; 3. R e n ee ApostolOll , Bla c h.

Girls' Tramp oli n e 1. Li zan n e ' V hi tl o \v C amp b e ll : 2. Pat Ma lo n e , Ca m p b e ll; ;): ~[ a ril )' n Por t e r , B lac kfo rel .

Girl s ' Te am Scores: 1. vV il s on , 20 ; 2.

C a mpb e ll , 15% ; 3. H lac h , 6: 4. B la c k fo r el, 3 : 5, S an A nto ni o, 2; 6, C upertin o, I 1h .

Boys' T umbling - 1. ' Jim B utts, B la c h: 2. P e l e B oy e r , Sa n A n to ni o; 3. P hil Caya le l'o , 'V il ~n ll .

Boys ' Floor E xercise 1. L ee Sta n is h , C up e r tino ; 2. J im Bu t t s , B lac h ; 3. Day e Pa l'l{ eI', C u pe r tin o , Boys' Tr ampo line 1. L ee Stani s h , C u p e r ti no : 2. B ill i\Ioo r e, Cam p b e ll : 3. T om St eed , Ca m p b e ll.

B oys' Te am Scores - 1. C upe r t in o, 20 : 2.

J 3lac h , 10; 3. C a mp b e ll , 7 ; 4. Sa n A n to n io , 4 ; 5. vV il so n , 3 ; 6. (t ie) Hy d e, Mo n r o e , so n ;

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DEVELOPMENT MEET A i'Yo u t h D e \'e lo p m e nt G y n1n a s ti c CO Illp e t it io n" was h e ld Ap ril 6t h , 1%3 s p o n s o r eel b y t h e E l iza b e th TU l"\1 e r ~, El iza b et h , Ne \v J e r'sey 1'01' One a ge g roup only. boys an d g irl s ages 10 - 11 - 12. T h e Fanw ooel - Sco t c h P la in s Y \ \T C A c h ildre n wo n 14 m eel al s o ut ,af a poss ib le 27.

T o p s co r e r in t h e g il'l s eve n t~ w as J an e tt e Hun t fl"Om t h e F'ra n s wood Y fo ll o w ed h y t e a nllll Hte , J ud y Ca rd o zo , ' lHilb o f th e Pater so n Y a nd , Y eo f r o ll1 th e E: liza b e t h Tu rn e r s.

Hig h sco r e r fo r t h e boys w a~ J. Kut e r k a o f t h e Nat io n a l T urn er s ,\"h ,:') place (l fir s t o n t h e L o n g :Ho l'se a n d R in gs a 'eco n d o n th e S id e Ho r se anel t hi rd i n F loor E x e r c i ~e . B ill y R u y le of t h e F'ra n s wo o el Y, was c lose be hi nel t h e f irs t s in Pal' a ll e l ~ a n d R ings an d a thil"Cl o n t h e L o n g H o r se. D , Bo hre r f r o l11 t h e Pa te r so n Y too k fir s t p la ce in th e Fl oor Ex e r c is e a n d seco n d o n t h e Long J-[o l'se . A ls o illll o ng t h e t o p p I nce r s w e r e, l-I Ylll a n fro ll1 F r a llw.;") o d Y a n d Sa nwa l cl o f t h e S a ti o n fl l T u rn e r s .

9 and wid er medal w i n ners -

Dav id Hunt

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T ot a l Te am Scores 1. '~' il so n , 23; 2.

C am pb ell , 22 %; 3. C up e rt ino , 21 'h; 4.

B la c h , 16: 5. S a n A n ton io , 6; 6. B la c k fo r el, 3: 7. (t ie H y d e, i\I o nro e, 2.

Nancy an d

Caro l Sjursen, Fred Bella , Dick and Bobby Ru y le .

Mark Kester

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Evansto n YMCA Fi\"e dh " i ~ i o n s f o r g'il'ls a nd fi\' e k .>l' h oy s w e r e o rfe l 'eel ba s e d o n ag'e w ith o n e c1h-i s i o n in ea c h f o r c h a mpi o n s hip en lib e ,'

p a rti.c ipa n t s .

GIRLS RESULTS ( F irst Pl ace Winn ers Only) PEE WEE- FX D . ;V[ itl es ta e tlt , T V JO;: .

Fl a ir , T R i\1. S mith.

MIDGET- F'X D . Cox , TV D . Cox and Bl yt h e Ba u e r ( ti e) , T R B . Ba u e r .

JUNIOR - FX Donn a Cox , T V C . Mu lv i hill a nd Ma l'y Kay E n g's t r o m , TR Lind a S t e ff (lr s .

INTERMEDIATE- FX L . i\I e t h a n y , T V L. M e th a ny, T R C . P e t e r so n.

CH AM PIONSHIP- F X Pat F e li celli , 1T Barba r a Bau e r, T R Ba r ba ra B au e r.

BOYS R ESU L TS ( Fi rs t Pl ace Winners On ly) PEE WEE-FX I_a nn y L~o r f e, Tn. L a nn )' T V Xo entry.

MIDGET- FX Dav id GoLd w a s s e r , T l : B " b bi e Sa Ls to n e, T R Rie k y M ulvihill.

JUNIOR- FX Ste "e ca r e , Tl; .Ji m Lill ig, T R J ay G in ll o m ba r do.

INTER M EDI A TEF X B o b C a rro ll , T V .J e rr y G a g'e, T H. J o hn C oclc1in g' q lll.

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PEE W EE: Fl oo r E x e rc is e 1. M o ni ca Rober xon , K at h y Fras ie r, ti e d. 50 : 3. Peg-g-y Kai se r , 43; J a n Bong-e r , 417(,: 5. Gn il B e ttal e, 397(, : 6. Pat Ma c J o n es, 38.

PEE W EE : T umbl i ng 1. M o nica R ober so n , 607(, : 2. Cy nt hi a lirinkmHn , 46: 3 . Jac ki e Rod e ll , 38 7(,: 4. ,Jan Bonge l·. Co nni e Od io rn e, ti e d ,3R : 6.

P egg-y Kai se r , B e th Ca rdw e ll , ti e d, ~77(,.

NOV IC E : F loo r E xerc ise 1. Ell e n K e tteri ng, 67 7(, : 2.

D o nna Sc h ec k e ll s , 5 67(,: 3. T e n',' Gold s "'o rthy, 51 ; .1. B ec ky Span g'l er , 50¥.z: 5. L i nda Cha p man , :;0: 6. C hri s tin e S tarn s, 48.

NOV IC E : Tumb ling 1. "fic-h e ll McKee, 54'12 : 2. Juli a X e \\,m a n , 47 'h : 3. Sha ri , \ Th ee le l', 447(, ; 4. O p a l A n cl p r so n , 437(, ; 5. D eb b,' Berr y, 427(,; 6. K at h y Stoe k e l', 42.

JUNIOR : Fl o or E xe r cise Ca rl e n e Hoffman , 707(, : 2. Susnn R oge r s, 72 : 3. J ill Da" i" 67'12 : 4. Jan iee. ' Vi ndburn , 66 : 5. l\! a r s h e H eath, 65; 6.

Barba ra All ey 64.

TR A MPOLINE 1. J a n e C hidd ix , 69Vz; 2. Do nna Hartma n, 63'12; 3. T o ni Hay e n s, -55: 4. Ann e C r osso n , 44 ; 5. C arl e n e Ho ffm a n , 41: 6.

C hri st,' Cambron , 407(,.

JUN IOR: T umbling 1. K ay Lowd e r, 677(,: 2. C a rl e n e H o ff man, 49'12; 3. S u sa n R o gers, 45 %; 4. E la in e Lew is, 40; 5. L i nda S ti tl e r , 387(,; 6. Barba r a A ll e y , 07 '12 .

VAUL T I NG 1. S u sa n R oge r s 82%; 2. C arle n e H o ffman , 80; 3. Marg '~Tagn e r, 797(,; 4. Susie Logan, 79 ; 5. L isa M e l b y, 77 ; 6. B e th "Vark, 73 .

US G F GIRLS REG ION A L C H AM P IONSH I P S L os An ge les S t a t e C o ll ege, Apri l 20, 1963 T E A M S C ORE S : 1. S.C.A.T.'- · (L o n g J:; e ac h )-9 28.S : 2. Ber k e ley Y'V C; A , 524. 6 : 3. Arden Flill s, 272. 8 ; 4. Vad a's O ly m p e ttes, 225 .5 : 5. Isab e l S tudi os, 213. R a n(l l ,a r1 e ra Tumblin g C l ub, 117. 8. Al xo . r e pre ~e nt e d in .t h e co mp e titi o n w e r e tea n l~ f no m Sa n Di ego State, D e l Norte Hi g h U nh·. o f A r iz o na, T orrance I-fi g h, L o ng.

Beach S t ate and Tra n;po lin e In c- .

15 AN D UP FR EE EX E RC IS E : 1. P a u la C r is t , 28.2; 2. Brenda L i nt erll , 26. 1 : 1. Judy Tral11 ell , 25 .7.

• B A L ANC E B E AM: 1.Pa ula C ri xt, 26 .5; 2. B irgitta G ullb e r g-, 2".1: 3. Judy Tram m e ll , 24 .5.

UN E V E N BARS : 1. B irgette Gu llb e r g , ZS .l : 2. Barbara H e at h , 27.5; 3. J u dy Tra mm e ll , 26.9.

VA ULT ING , 1. Jud y Tramm e ll , 26.6; 2. B irg· j tta Gu ll b e rg', 25 .4: 3. Ba rbanl H e at h , 24.5.

TUM B LING: 1. Pa ula C I'i s t, 26.2; 2. Bar b a ra H eath, 21.3 ; 3. Susa n Sto n e , 21.2; 3. S haro n Ri o rd o n , 21. 2.

T RAM P OL I N E : 1. Jud y J o hn so n, 23.7 : 2. Ba l'ba l'a H ea th , 22.1: 3. Judy G l enn , 21. 9 : 3. Jud y Tramm e ll , 21.0.

13i r g i tt a Gu ll b e q,; 12 ·13 · 14 A LL AROUN D 1. Joann e H as him o to, 99.9; 2. Ca r o lyn Hac k e r , 95 .3; 3. ;-;or a Tru ss, 92.0 : 4. Be" M a rqu e tt e, 86 .5: 5. Sus ie Si n grin , 81 :5 ; 6. Katie K os tan se k , 80 .2.

A L L AROUN D 1. B irg itta Gullbe r g, 104 .3; 2. Jul y Tram m e ll , 103 .7; 3. Pau la C ri s t , 97.0 ; 4. Ba r b ara H e a t h , 96. 5; 5. Brend a Lintern 02.4 : 6. J o Fri ese n, 83 .0. '

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INFORMATION PLEASE D ea r Mr. Sundby, J w o uld be very inter es ted in see ing th e f o rmul a used t o selec t th e best gymnast of 1962. D r. Jose f G ohl er places fii· st a gynl nast ,vho although ,,'on t\VO 1l1eclai s in the ,l\'orld C h a mpio n ship s ha s n ot (I lllay be co rrected) W.011 a major I n t er n a t iona l Comp etit:io n. Dr. Gohler places Mr. Sh a kh li n b etw ee n seve nth a nd el ev\!nth an d I believe h e ha ~ n ot pla ced l owe r than t hinl in any Inte nlati o nal COlllpet itiollS,

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but :-:iee ve r y f e w complilnentary r em a rk:, about th e 1963 Olympic C h a mpi on SI.1akh· lin a nd winn e l' of fi ve In edals in l ast yec,1's t e rl11 ~ \vith Ru ss ian p o litici ans but do h ope

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pel'f,o rnlances.

T b e li eye the formul a used by D I·. Gohl eI' wou ld sh o \\" that the gY l1,nasts near the top en t er ed more meets, if tiO, t hi s so lY es it.

1\ . Gy m nas ti c Association o r Federatioll is b ein g forn1ed n o\v i n ~ova S c ot ia . ' ¥e a r e co n s id e l'ing- a d opt ing" a cons tituti or. similar t o the U . S.G.F. Could you tell m e i f there wo u l d b e any o bj ec ti ons to thi s .

I'm a m ember of th e F ed era ti o n anel the >Jova Scotia b o dy \v ill hav e a r e pr ese ptat i ve on the A.A.U. of C. Th e M . G . i s tops, k eep it r o llin g-.

Yo urs tru l y, T. H irschfel d ED . Dr. Gohler' s findings were the reo su it of a ll the competitions th ese gym· nasts h ad e ntered in 1962, l oca l , n at i onal and int erna ti o n a l. A lt hough we may not agree with the po l it i ca l policy of some n a ti ons we do respec t th e gymnasti c ab ility of men a nd women of a ll cou n · t ries and wi ll report as best we can th eIr progress an d ac h ieveme n ts . . . Th e U .S. G.F . co n stituti o n was the resu lt of work by many people to t ry a nd form th e best program of " Gym nastics for A ll " in th e United States' , , I f thi s format fills th e nee ds of your association I ca n see no re aso n for a n y objecti o n Good lu ck and keep up your good work in No va Scotia.

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D ea l· G l e nn: D i d you notice that th e Jr. N AA t; r es ults \ve r e not con1pl ete? Two events were l eft o u t , one was l o ng horse yaul ling and the oth e r was tra nlpolille. Long h o r se was \\"on by Frank Schmitz and the Tra mpolin e b y , l\Tayne Mille r, both o f L a F aye tt e, L a.

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·Your publi cati o n has become :1 bit oll e \Va.v ·Sincerely, J e ff T. "H enn essy L7ni\'. o f So uth ern Loui~iana ED. Th a nks for bringing u s up to d ate o n the res ults plu s the note of Fra nk ' s fine hiqh bar progress. With this ed ition you w ill find com p eti tion results from all over the U .S . A. a nd the World.

Jeff, you might be interested to k n ow that during the past six years that we have been pu b l ishi ng th e M .G . we have done eve r yt hing we co uld to cooperate wit h th e AAU . . . reported a nd photo . q "a nhed as m a n y meet s as p oss ibl e p ri nt ed resu lt s sent to u s w h e n we co uld n0t attend .. . : andg ave our w h o l e h eart·

"ed suooort to help improve Gymn a stic~ j ..... the U.S.A . If you look b ack a t the AAu handbooks for the p ast few ye a rs you will find m a n y M . G . photos p r inted the re· in. but not o n e line of credit . For th at Matte r in a ll th ese years they h a ve not me ntioned a line or a dm itte d that the M. G. exists . The AAU head offi ce h a s n ev er a pp rove d or encouraged th e publi. cat ion of the M . G . . . . in f ac t they h ave ca lled it a sca nd a l m a g az ine and have tried to di sco ura g e a nd suppress the freedom of opinion ex pressed herein. The AAU does not wa nt th e M. G . to co ntin o up. because th ey cannot contro l it. The U S G F wants the M. G. to conti nu e but does not desire t o co ntrol it and are w ill ing to help s upport it . . . a s it ex · presses th ei r m otto of " Gymnastics For A ll. " The refore the M . . G. h as n o other r.o urse th a n t o s t a nd up and fiQht for t h e Federation since it stands for the gy mn asti c fr eedo m a nd progress that h as a lw ays be e n the edi to ria l poli cy a nd co n· science of the M. G .

I " the past w h enever p ossib le w e ha ve inC l ude d a ll resu lts of bot h regional and national scope received a t the M . G . offices a nd w ill co ntinu e to print so far as pract ic a l a ll r es ult s a nd notic es we receive w h ich are t o th e best int e r ests of Gym. n asti cs. ( In the event we do miss a n oc· cas i onal result, th e A.A.U. h as its own publication, li Th e Ama teur Athlete" .

READER COMMENTS Deal' Glen, I wo uld lik e t o 1l1 a k e a few COm 111entB \\·ith r egard to th e Pag·ea nt Magazin e arti c le o n Gymna~tics a nd yOUl' co nl111 e ntB ill the Decembel' iss u e, 1 read the Pageant a rti cle a nd found i t to b e accurate a nd that' s my opinion.

Please al low me to illu s tr a t e my ]Joint.

In th e C l eveland an d :\orthem Ohio a r ea all o f oll r prinlary gynlnas tic train ing COIl1es to c hildl'en who atte nd th e Anlerican () l· S Lova k Soko}s, Al11erican 01' o;\\" i ss Turn er s, a nd th e Y.M.C.A. Th e r e i s n ow a ve r y linlit e d progra nl of (;o lllpe tith-e gY l11na s ti cs on a hig·h sc hool lev el f o r boys only. Thi s i s b e eH u se four hig·h sc h ool s hav e d ed i cate d teac h e r s wh o are ab le to get th e coopera ti o n fr o nl a utho riti es in th e ir sc h ool di s -

triC'ts .

Th e r e are t w o coll eges in O Lll' area which 11:1\·e gynlnasti c prog r a nl s. \~res ~ tel'll R e s e rn::! Un iv e r s ity a nd l~ e l1t State Un i ve r s ity.

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Thank YOll, Yaro G. Muc h a 6283 C l"oss vi e \\' R oa d C l eve l and 31, Ohio ED . Th an k you for you r int ere sting rep ly a n d I agree the Sokols a nd Turners of Cleveland are d o ing a good Job .. . H ow. ever we sti ll do not agree with the te x t of the P agea nt artic l e . . . "indifferent high school a nd co ll ege gymnastic pro· grams have hind ere d the d eve l opme nt of top American perfor' m ers" . . . an d . . . fl ONLY Soko l s and Tu r n verei n s have foste red e nthu siasm for the sport. "

GIRLS ONLY D\!m· M o d ern Gy mnas t, Gynlnast i cs in Lan s in g', lV!i c hig"a n was s tarted in th e F a ll o f 1962 b y Ernestin e Russell Carter, Under h er s up e rvi s to n a s w e ll as Gordo n Th o nla::; ' , the c lu b ha B cl o n e very w e ll in co nlp e tition.

The g l"oup began with f OUl" gi rl s and ha s in c r eased to n ea rl y thirt y_ l\'lore than h a lf th e g·ir l ~ ha,·e co mp eted. Th e rest hase join ed r ece ntly, (~rh e l' e Cll'en't a n y boy s i n th dub as yet.)

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The "JR. ALL-AMERICAN" Gymnastics Equipment is BEST for Your Elementary and Junior High Program -- Here's Why! IT'S SAFER - Each piece designed specifically for this age group.

IT'S STRONGER Built entirely of Lifetime Steel.

Can be used outdoors. Attractive IT'S DURABLE Aqua Blue capaloid coating protects each piece of equipment. .

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PORTABLE HORIZONTAL BAR AND STILL RINGS A complete ly portab le Hori zontal Bar and Still Ring unit. Use anywhere-in the gym or outdoors. NO INS TA L LAT ION, NO MOORINGS, NO FLOOR PLATES, NO TIE-DOWNS OR WEIGHTS. Completely stable , when in use wil l not sway or move . Meets all Olympic-AAU-NCAA specifications. Fully assembled, entire unit can be easily moved on permanently attached, non-marring rubber wheels. Lamin ated hardwood sti ll rings are officia l size, comp lete with adjustable nylon straps, steel cab les and bea ring swive ls.

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