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Dear Bill: Had you not suggested it, I would have asked your permission to reprint your letter. I do consider we are friends and respect your right to your opinion .

Let us separate fact from fiction and reality from rumor. As for us using the entire magazine to condemn the AAU, this statement leads me to believe you are forming your opinions from sources other than the M.G . .. . HERE ARE THF FACTS: In the past year we have printed nine editions of the Modern Gymnast containing 332 pages of material. Of these, 51 pages were advertisements, 116 pages covered news and pictures other than USFG, 44 pages referred to news and pictures relating directly or indirectly to the Federation, 8j pages of instruction with no affiliation , 5 pages of AAU competition results and clinics, 6 pages of Federation meets not covered in othe.r USGF reports and 18 pages of competition results other than USGF or AAU . Also, we had 2 covers which were USGF, 2 partially Federation and 4 covers with no affiliation or mention of the USGF. This comes to 322 of the 332 pages leaving 10 pages for table of contents, credits, small ads, notices, etc. Which all adds up to a total of 55 pages of Federation copy . . hardly 100 % .. . actually less than 17 % .

These a re facts, not heo rsay.

Regarding stressing trampoline internationally, yes the USGF has done this for a purpose. The federation does not claim to have international recognition in Gymnastics (not at the moment a!lywoy). However trampolining, which is part of the USGF program, has never been accepted by the FIG, therefore the US Gymnastic Federation hos been in a positive position to help promote the sport internationally by sending 4 different Federation teams on exhibition and competition tours of Europe and Africa in less than, a year. This is just a sample of what will be done for the All-Around performer when the USGF becomes the recognized administrator for USA Gymnastics Inter-

nationally (not for just the vast majority of US Gymnastics who already support the USGF)' Then you will see many USGF teams touring the world AND THE USA as well as invitations for foreign. teams to compete and tour here in America . . .

Not just on the Eastern seaboard, but all across the continent so all will see and benefit from these international visitors.

The USGF is just a little over a year old, and you state there have been questionable 'prQctices initiated . . . sounds like more hearsay . . . but if there ore, SPELL THEM OUT and I will personally see thot they are brought up before the USGF council.

You asked us to ignore gymnastic jurisdictional disputes in the M.G .. .. Would you ask a doctor to ignore concer symptoms in 0 patient, just pretend they do not exist and hope they will go away?

Sorry, we cannot do this . It was not a snap decision on our part to back the Federation concept . It was the result of much forethought and years of association with gymnasts, coaches and officials throughout the USA (Which includes the mid-west and east). This is what they wanted and I too' believe in the USGF, and its purpose and its ultimate victory as the guiding force for Gymnastics in the USA. This is my stand, and I cannot in good conscience, for the best interest and future of Gymnastics in America, do otherwise.

Mony want to sit back and wait and and see and not get Involved, but if you are in Gymnastics, you 路are involved. So, stand up and be counted as a voice in "GYMNASTICS FOR ALL THROUGH THE USGF" ond help get the job done so we can all PIIIl together for a better national gymnastics program throuahout these UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Sincerely, Glenn Sundby, Edito r P.S. Please take note we put this on the editorial page.

THE MODERN GYMNAST is publ ished by American Physico I Fitness Research Institute, Inc., 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, California . Application to mail at second class postage rates is pend ing at Santa Monica , Cal if. Published monthl y exc ept . June, August and October which are combined w ith the prev ious month's issue. Price $4.50 per year, SOc single copy.

Subscripti on correspondence , THE MODERN GYMNAST, P. O. Box 611, Santa Monico, California. Copyright 1964 by AMERICAN PHYSICAL FITNESS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., 410 Broadway, Santa Monica , California. All pictures and manuscripts submitted become the property o f THE MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and sufficient postage ore included .

BEST GYMNASTS OF 1963 Report Translated from "Gymnastika" The Swiss Information Service "S portin gSpecial" attempted to compile a list of the best gymnasts of 1963 accordin g to the results for last year. That this is only an attempt is mentioned before himd : "Each evaluation of the performances in th e sport of gy mnastics depend s upon the subj ective opinions of the judges. For thi s reason the attempt to set up a list of th e best world gymnasts is not with out problems.

Espec ially since c·ompari son of achievements is mad e even more difficult by the frequ en t great disparity of measure.

P erhaps never before, however, did anyone gymnast dominate the world scene with so rare a showin g as did the invin cible 26 year old J apanese, Yukido Endo durin l! last year. Strength, end urance, n erves of steel, fl exibility, daring and elegance are com bined to an extent not found in any other individual. At the present tim e he is without a doubt, the best world gymnast and must for thi s reason be ·considered the great favorite for the 1%4 Olympic Games in all disciplines.

Row firmly the Japanese strengthened their leadin g position in the pre-Olympic year is

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proven by the fact that in the first 10 gym· nasts includin g Endo and six other Japan· ese: Ona, Yamashita , Mitsukuri, T surumi, Rajat and Nagasaw, there are only Snaklin and K erdemelidi of the Soviets and Yugo· slav champion of Europe Cerar. It is difficult to say which of these will be Endo's greatest rival in Tokyo-all of them are superb contenders.

It is perhaps surprising that, at tlie top , we do Il Ot find the Ilame of th e 1962 cham·

pion Yurij Titov. H e has devoted him self, sin ce th e Prague comp etitions, to finishing his studies and for this reason hardly ever participates in competitions.

In th e second 10, it is impossible to overlo ok the performance of the Soviet gy mnasts. It is a fact that the Soviet gymnasts before all others, represent, as before, the grea test dan ger for the Japan ese. Beside Capenka, Lisicky, Leontev, Stolbov and Makurin there are the young Japanese Kato and Nakajama; Italians, Carminucci and Menichelli and for the first time among the twenty best, is Chinese J u Lie-feng.

In the third group it is necessary to gl) so far a5 to name all those that belon g in the fifty best. H ere again are shown both leadin g gymnastic groups with their inexhaustible reserves. Japan has Aihara, Macumoto Abeh Watanab, Kuriharu , K enmota , Aib , Aizaw~, the Russians have Stojda, Arkajev, Miligul, Bogus, Gromov and Azarjan. Then we have the American Lynn, Ton~y, Sakamoto; Chinese Liao J ung-tien .and Chang-chien; Czechoslovaks have GaJdos and Stastny; Nor. has Storhaug; Poland has Rokosza' the Fins have Kestola ; Bulgaria has P~odanov; Hungarians, Czanyi ; NDR has Fulle and Koste; and West Germany has Furst. The obvious proof that there is such a great number of those whose qualities comply with the Iiighest international requirement s, is the fa ct that even the world champion vaulter, Krbec, OlympIC cha~n­ pion on the side horse, Ek~an from ~m J land and the European nn g champlOn Kapsazovof Bulgaria , could not be included among the first 50 great gy mnasts."

GYMNASTICS CLINIC FOR WOMEN TEACHERS AT FLORIDA ST ATE UNIVERSITY Durin « th e summer of 1964, an activiti es clinic for women physical education t~ach ~rs will be held at Florida State UmversIty durin g the three week s period , une ~2 to July 10. Gymnastics and tumblm g wIll .be offered during the clinic. Alth.ough skIlh will be stressed, the offerings WIll be methods courses, emphasizing techniques .of teachin g the specific activties, and WIll c.over theoretical aspects to the degree permItted by the tim e limitations. Each ?f th e courses (there will also be courses m dance and track and fi eld available) will be conducted as a laboratory experience and will car:y one semester hour or und ergraduate cred.lt.

For furth er information on the course w~'It e to Dr. Hartley Price, Professor of PhysIcal Education and R ecreation , Florida State Un iversity, Tallahasseee, Florida.

GYIVINASTICS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN LOS ANGELES

By Frances L. Chapman, Superv isor Girls' Pbysical Education In 1960 the Junior and Senior High School Girl s' Physical Education tea chers. were authorized by the Secondary CurrI culum Council of the Los An geles City. Schools to develo\)' an experimental t e a c~m g un~t in Gymna stics , Stunts and Tumblm g. ThIS authorization was a milestone of pro gress in planning physjcal education pro!?ram s. to meet the needs of junior and semor h1 gh school girls. Today modern gymnasti cs. is becoming an essential part of our phYSIcal ed ucation program because of its dema!ld s in timing, coord ination , gra ce of actlOn , strength , and the increased control of body movement.

Presently 60 girls' physical educati on teach· ers are havin g the excitin g ' exp en ence of studying "artistic gymnastics," stunts, and tumbling with Mrs. Margaret Koron~h , Olympic Gold Medal Winn er, and con.sultant and instructor of the ,bnerican PhYSIcal ~Itn ess Research Institute. At the concluslOn of their course, they will be ready to teach th is ex tremely beautiful , feminin e type of ac· tivity to girls in our seco?dary schools.

Mrs. K orondi is bein g aSSIsted by Mr .~ .

Maria Sasvary, presently a teacher at Sout.h Gate High School in Los Angeles. At t?I8 time 18 junior hi gh schools and 16. sem?r hi«h schools are offerin g gymna stICS 1:1 th;ir «irIs' physical education pro gram s, and I feet sure thi s number will in crease each year as more teachers qualify as instru ctors of Gyinnasti cs.

FISHEYE PHOTO PiCtured below is an interesting photo of a Gymnastics meet in progress at Penn State University recently. This photo was

taken with a most unu sual camera with a fisheye lens and sent to us by Coach Gene Wett stone for us to pass on to you the MG readers all over th e world. P erhaps in the future we will see other special eff ects in gymna sti c photography usin g thi s and ot~ er ca meras and techniques which are contm· ually bei ng brought to the att ention of th e ph otographic world.

WEDDED IVIr Robert H aldeman . for mer cap tain of S prin'gfield College's gyn; na sti c tea m and an outstandin g physica l education maj or at Sprin gfi eld was marr ied in Baltimore on April 4, 1964. Seen in the weddin g wa s A. Bruce Frederick who on this ve ry day celebrated his own weddin g anni versary .

Th e bride is the fonner Miss Gail MacGregOl of Baltimore who will teach phys ical education in Cleveland. Ohio whi le hu sband Bob com pl etes his wO;'k for th e Mast er's dei!ree at Western Reserve.

The father of the bride was formerly himself a captain of the Sprin gfield College Gymnastic Team. Coach Leslie J. Judd was one of the honored guests as well as a numb er of Springfield College gymnasts.

National Assaciation of Coll ege Gymnastics Coaches Join now for the 1964- 65 season; included in all up to date memberships wil l be ou r FIRST official pin adopted at the National meeting in Los Angeles in March .

(First pins won't be read y f o r 5 wee ks) Ac ti v e members ............. ................... $2.00 Associate members (non-college Coaches) .... ........ $ 1.00 Send to: Sam Ba il ie, Sec. Treas. N .A.C.G.C. 2145 Calle Polar, Tucson , Arizona.

N otes: I. Please send results of all Championships f or publicati on in the annual High li~hts ma gaz ine to Sa m Bailie. Sec. Treos.

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ENGLAND GYMNASTICS STILL GROWING According to Dick Aronsen the Ne,~ England High School gymnastics program IS gettmg bi ««er and bi g«er. Ther e are now over a 100'"dual mee ts ~vith 24 schools fi eldin g COI:n' petition team s and 6 still on ~h e club baSIS. The boys are doing everythmg fr om full twisters in Floor Exercise, Altern.ate full s in tumblin g, eagles on th e H-bar , gIants and twistin g fl yaways on th e rin gs, and cast supports and planches on the P-bars (and F-X). . h' Th e' recent New En gland ChamplOns . IpS were packed with entrants from SprIngfi eld , Uni v. of Ma ss., So uthern Conn., College, Yale and hi gh school gymnasts. Th e women had th e most en tries th ey have had in years and th e Corrigan girls were out· standing. . I' I As for the girl s Ma ss. has an ex tensIve llg 1 school and coll ege dual meet program as well as a stat e meets.

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Gary Erwin, Michigan University and Danny Millman, Berkeley, California receive their trophi es during the award ceremonies with a fanfare provided by the fam ous Trumpeters of the Life Guard.

FEDERATION ATHLETES WIN 1ST AND 2ND AT WORLD TRA MPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS Two U.S. Gymnastic F ederation spon· sored athletes, Danny Millman, Berkeley, California and Gary Erwin, University of Mi chigan fini shed first and second in the First World's Trampoline Championships held March 21st in London, England. Jud y Wills of Baton Rouge, Louisiana captured the womens title edging out Linda Ball of En gland in the finals. Marijhe Van den Boorgard, South Africa, was the winner in the consolation round. In all, 40 ath· letes from 12 different countries competed.

NEW TYPE OF COMPETITION For the first time in Trampolin(l com· petition, a doubl e elimination tournament wa s held in place of the usual gymnasti c· type scoring system. Particip ants competed in direct man·to·man competiti on with win· ner s advancin g to the next round and the losers drop pin g back to the losers consola· ti onbracket. By the nature of the com· petition, the competitors enthu siasm and spectator interes t increased as the meet pro· gressed, climaxed with the keenest com· petition and the top performan ces in the semi-finals and final s.

Competitors performed by pairs, each presentin g an optional ten bounce r outine and remained on the Trampoline until the judges ann oun ced their decision. The judges had only to decide which competitor was the winn er in each comp etin g pair. The de· cision wa s imm ediate and fla shed to the audience with either red or blue cards, cor· responding to the colors' on the Trampo· lin es. Jutl ges for the meet included Syd Aaron (Wal es ) , Kurt Baechler (Switzer· land) , Dr. Heintz Braeckl ein (West Ger· many ) , Dr. D. 1. Gerrit sen (Holl and) , Rob Walk er ( En gland ), Dr. Newt Loken and J eff H ennessy (USA ).

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The new meth od of Trampolin e co mpe· titi an was well acce pted by both the offi· cials and the competitors, even though manv had preconceived ideas carried over frOl;1 gy mnastics, di vin g and oth er sports.

Although man·to·m an competiti on wo uld probably not be appropriate for most gym· nastic events, it proved to have several im portant and uni que advant ages for Tram· polinin g : 1. Direct competiti on between two per· form ers mak es for more vivid and keener personal competition than mere· Iy performin g for points.

2. A Trampolin e routine takes only about 15 second s so that direct competiti on between two persons, in cludin g tim e for th e judges decisions can be com· pl eted in less than on e minute.

3. Since skill and timin g (not long en· duran ce ) are more important fa ctors. a Trampolin e co mpetitor ca n pe rform hi s top routin e several tim es durin g a short period of tim e.

4. Doubl e elimin ati on all ows each com· petitor to co mpete at least twice.

5. Because of the speed and effi ciency of a meet, on e match or competiti on can be held at a tim e, retainin l!: the un · divided attenti on of th e audienre.

6. The same judges can be used for all matches.

7. Auxili ary pra c.ti ce Trampolin es are not necessary sin ce competiti on is con· centrated into a short peri od of tim e.

All practi ce work outs can be held prior to the start of th e meet.

Th e success of th e First Worl d's Tram polin e Ch ampionship was du e. in no small way, to the orl!:ani zation and plannin g of Ted Blake. Manal!:er of Nissen Tram po· line Comp~ny, Ltd., and the British Ama· teur Gymna sti c Association. Plans are al· read y mad e f o~ next years mee t to be held in London ' on J anu ary 30th, 1965.

EW FEDERATION Follow in g th ~- competition , an organizati onal meetin g was held for th e purllose of forming the Intern ational F eder ati on of Trampolinin g_ Officials from every co mpe tin g co untry, in cludin g Dr- Newton Loken and J eff H enn essy of th e United Sta tes, wer'! in attendan ce. A ft er so me discussion regard· in g the various im pli ca ti ons of ~ u ch a federation, th e foll owin g resolutions was passed: Resol ve d that, 1. A meetin g in Frankfurt in Jul y will be held to continue the for mul ation of an Intern ational Federati on of T ra m· llolinin g.

2. That representatives of the orga niza tions asse mbl ed at that meetin g co nsid er that the position regardin g Trampo· linin g is not suffi ciently cl ear at pre· sent to de termine the questi on of in ternational representation and there· fore sugges t that all offi cial orga niza· tions represent ative of Tram polinin g shall be in vited in a year's tim e or when sufficiently clear the new fed· eration will then have to decide ho w they lIre goin g to determin e int ern a· tional representation.

3. The passin g of thi s resolut io n im nli eth at the Intern ati onal Trampolin e F ed· erati on is established.

Before thi s resoluti on was put to the vote each delega te asked, " Do yo u have th e authority from your ol"!!ani zati on to vo te on thi s resoluti on" and th e an swer from all was "Yes".

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REPOHT FI{ (r'l 1 S(W T H AFRI CA The LS.G .F. Tramp oline Team is currentl y wra pping up their p: rea t tour of SOL"TH A FR rCA. They are, acco rding to repor ts received here. makin p: friends a t eve ry stop.

FRAN K SC HMITZ. of So uthern Illin ois l -ni ve rsity is nO\\" Trampo lin e Champion of SOl T H AFRICA, with runnerup positi on go in g to STEVE JOH :\SO:\ of Manitou Sprin gs.

Coloraclo. In th e ,r omen's Co mpetiti on it was NANCY SM TTH. of the L S.G. F. I Svca more. Tilin ois) in first place.

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USGF Trampaline team on tour in South A fr ica. Photos t a k en by Oll e A reborn p r ior to a match in DLlfb in, S.A.,

1st Place SC HMITZ Il iSe F ) ..._9.55 9.65 Mens - 2nd Place JOHl'{S O:\ (USe F) __9.15 9.45 Womens- l st Place SM ITH I CSCf) ____ ___ _9. 25 9.45 Alth ough the yo un gste rs a re winnin g the yast maj ority of th eir letters in dicate th at they a re most impressed with the hospitality, the wa rm reaction of the vast crowd s that have been watchin'g th eir performances at every stop I av o eragin g 5,000) and the kindness a nd co nsideration being show n them by the hosts. It is a grea t educa ti onal ex peri. ence for the tea m membe rs . . . a step in the ri ght directi on for improved sports·relati ons between our two nati ons and definitely a m'uch needed shot in th e arm for trampolinin g. In the yea rs to come let us hope we ca n co ntinue to send a nd host such tea ms, incl udin g all·around per· fo rmers an d tr ampo lini sts.

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HERE'S A WR AP LOP OF THE 1964 COLLEGE SLASOi\ TH E W ESTEn:\ ATHL ETI C CO]\TEREl'{C E (Wyomin g, Ari zo na State. Arizo na. l -tah. Rri gha m Youn g and l'{ew !Vrexico) was \\ on by th e n\ l vd~S ITY OF ~ A RT Z O,\A. Coach Sa m Bailie.

TH E RIC SIX COl\ FEI{ Ei\C E (Washin gton. C S.c. . CA LlFOR:\ IA. Sta nford , L C. L. A. , Washin gt~n State) ,,;as won

by TH E l -\i IVm S ITY OF WA SHI NGTO l'{ . Coach Eric Hu p:hes.

THE SO LTHEH:\ I:\T EIi COLLEG JAT E CHAM PI ONS HTP was wo n by DAV ID LI PSCOMB COLLEGE of :\ashville.

Tenn essee ~oach ed lw Tom Han vey. .

THE EAST ER\' I:\TE HCOLLEGIAT E CHAMP IONSHIP was won by TEMPL F C \, IVER STTY . Coach Ca rl P atterson.

TH E BIG El C HT CO:\F F: RE:\ CE r HAM PTO:\ S HIP was \I on b,- l ' i\ TVE RSITY OF :\ EBR AS KA. Coach Jake Geier.

T H F. \_A .l _A_\a li r llla l (' haml)i on:: hi p was won h,- \I;' FSTrR l\ ILLl l\ OTS l' i\ IVF.HS ITY just one-half point ovp r GEOR r; TA SOl -TH En:\ COU EG E. roach Doh CIO\\" (\Vn - ) alld P at Yeap:e r (GSC) .

THE :\rAA COu.rr. r ·DT VISTO i\ n -f AjVIPTOi\S HT P ,\"as won b,VrA:\ T-: ATO ST ATE COLLEGE. Coach Don La n,!!. dOll .

THF. L S.C .F. COVE H:\I'\G (()l' :\ClL will meet Apri l 17th in TO\\ '.'\ CITY _ Iowa in co nj uncti on with th e T-SC r :\ati onal Cha mpi onshi ps. On the slate a re electi ons of new offi ce rs. di sc ussion of rul es or prin ciples of admini stra ti on. a nd pl a ns for th e f" ture. :\ex t is!' ue of th e M.C. will ca rnres ults of th e mee lill ,!!: . .::-

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1964 IS OLYMPIC YEAR . . . an d thi s Octob er will see nea rl y one milli on visitors thr ong to TOKYO fo r th e la rgest of spo rts specta c les. THE l". S .G.F. TOn~ is o ffe rin ~ tll" O depa rture da te" ... one o f Il"hi ch covers th e oDenin ll cer emoni es and the other co ,'e rs ju ~ t the gymnast ics co mnetiti on. On e la sts a pproxima tel" a month and one iu ~ t tw o weeks. Write: LS.(;'F. OLYMPI C. Tm -R . . . P.O. Box 4699, n -CS Oi\. ARTZO\-.A. THE Mli\NfSOTA FLOOR EXEHCI S E MEET . . . wa s h eld !Vlarch 14 th in :Vlinneapoli s, Minn ., with fi ve di visions fo r Gi rl s a nd three fo r bo ys . The meet was co ndu cted at Burnsville Hi gh Sch ool. in Minnesota and was sa nction erl by th e l i.S .C.F. Thi s is a n annual event and one o(th e fin est developm ental ac ti viti es held in the i\o rthwest. Th e success o f thi s meet in 1964 i<; fl di stin ct tribute to th e me ll1be r, hi ll o f the :Vll N i\TSOTA GY.VJi\ASTI CS ASSOC I ATIO N. The ir e ff o rts in keepin g thi s 1964 co mpetition on the hi gh edu'cational plan e in which it was co ndu cted a re grea tl y a ppreciated. 1 ' .S .G. F. co ng ra tulati o ns to the M .G.A. for thei r fin e prog ram a imed at d evelopment o f yo un g Amer ica n gy mna sts fr o m th e ages of ten to seventeen. My th anks to MR. P. T. iVll' CKf.. Sec reta ry of the MGA. for hi s fin e repo rt.

NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS Host, Coaches, Gymnasts and Judges

THE MEMP H IS CYi\J\ASTI CS C H AMP IO i\S HIP (T enn e~see) was co ndu cted with three division s for bo l's and g irl s. Girls Di"i s ion was " 'on b y th e Seco nd Presb yte ri a n Church T ea m. ::eco nd place '.,路ent to the Idle ll'ild Presb l'teria n Churc h and third place to the TW. Le wis Y.M.C.A. tea m. Thi s meet is now a n an nual event and it sh ows th e interest being de"e1oped in th e S tate of TEi\N ESSEE. Thi s developme ntal ac ti vit y is pa yin g o ff in pruduc in g great yo ung pe rforme rs in th e So uth. As mention ed ea rli e r the So uthe rn Inte rco ll egia tes lI'e re won bv a Coll ege team fr om i\as hvill e, T enn . .}:.

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THE ] 964 WESTEI{ I\ ATHLETIC CONFEREi\CE . . . champ ionship wa s ho ted b y ARIZO N A ST ATE l ' i\ [VERS TTY at T emp e. Host Coach NORRIS STEVER SO \ did an excell ent job o f runnin g the tw o day compet iti on. Thi s was the second year o f th e AC Co nfere nce meet and the streng th o f th e fiv e co mpetin g teams wa s n oti ceabh impr oved. Coach Steve rson utili zes a unique tea m a nd individual sco ring boa rd th at shows th e a udi e nce th e las t in d ividu a l sco re ~ nd the funn in g tea m sco re imll1 ecliateh a fte r the las t ma n works in an e~'e nt. Th e 1965 WA C meet will be hosted IlI- Rri gh a ll1 Yo ung l 路 niversit y .

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THE FIH ST \.A. L A. \AT IO\ AL GYMi\AST ICS CHA :VJP[O i\S HIP ... was hos ted b y FT. H AYS KA\ SAS STATr COLLEGE. at Hays, Kansa s. Host Coach for th e c,ompetit ion was ED \!Jc;\E I L. and Ed did a g reat job of o rga nizin g th e Co aches a nd Official s meetin gs and th e mee t itse lf. \ine school s took part in th e competition a nd it ap pears th at th e \ A IA 1l1f'f' t lI'ill be ilTo lI'in g in th e yea rs to co mE'.

Coac h \ Ilc\ eil lI'as kind enough to arran[!e a real I\: a nsa-路 type blizza rd for the sa ke of P~t Yeage r's t~a m from Geo r g i:l So uth e rn since Pat' s team had neve r see n the rea l thin " .

The spirit of the m ee t was excelle nt. Coaches and Offic ial s met a t eve r y oppo rtunity to talk about the rul es . pro ce dur e~ a nd pla ns for th e futur e . Co ngratul a tions to all th ose present fo r thi s first champio nship and to Coach i\ifc\ eil a nd Ft. H ays State Coll ege for th e g rea t j ob l

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RESEARCH and FITNESS

Vincent Di Giovanna

"The Relation 0/ Selected Structural and Functional Measures to Success in College Athletics," The Research Quarterly, 14.t}99, 1943. tain ed by computin g the produ ct m oment coe ffi cient of correlati on of sin gle measure· ment s mad e ind e pend entl y on th e sam e group of s ubj ect s. Th e stru ctural measures y ielded correlati on s hetwee n .92· .99 and the fun ctiona l te, ts !!ave correlati ons be· twe en .80· .95. .

I\ N ALYS IS OF DATA See atta ched stati sti ca l informati on.

CONCLUS IO NS The gy mnasts exhib it ed rea l diffe rences from th e normal (n on·athl eti cl group in fi ve st ru ct ural six streng th and bot h power

Th e indi vidual who tend s to s ucceed in coll ege gymnastics is on e who co mpared to the average individua l's patte rn ed as follows : s ubs tantially small er in height, leg length , and hip breadth , s ubstantia ll y la rge,. and stron ger in arm girth , right grip, back for ce, leg force, arm pull , arm push, total for ce and mu ch great er in explosive power.

Tn genera l te rm s, gy mnasts may be de· scribed as bein g mod erat ely shorte r, sub· s tantially more mu scular and stron ge r and mu ch more powe rful than th e ave rage col· lege stud ent.

RESEARCH and FITNESS by James S. Bosco, PhD .

San Jose State College This is the second oj a series 0/ articles dealing with gymnastics and mlotor jitness. Readers are reminded to submit research reports or comm ents dire ctly to the M.G . R esearch and Fit· ness Editor Dr. James S. Bosco, San Jose State Col1ege , San j ose , Cali/ornia.

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Th ey were small er in he igh t. leg l eng t h. hip breadth and arm s pan and great er in ann gir th . right grip , ba ck force. leg force. a rm pull. arm pu sh. total for ce. verti cal jump and ph ys ica l capacit y ind ex.

All of th e above s tru ctural and strent gh items exce pt arm span ( . .27) had indi ce, of mod e rat e magnitud e whi le th e power it ems had indi ces of great magnitud e.

Sitting height ( .. 10 ) as co mpared to· .60 for he ight indi ca ted that moderat ely short legs were chara cteri s ti c of gymnast s. Thi < was ve rifi ed by an ind ex of . .63 for leg len gth.

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RPOSE The purpose of the s tud y was to determin e th e rela tion of se lect ed stru ctural and fun c· ti ona l measures to s uccess in each of sev· eral sports; nam ely, ba se ba ll , baske tbal l, foo tball , gymnastics, tennis and track and fi e ld and to locat e patt ern s or combin a ti ons.

METHOD The s ubj ects were co ll ege men bet wee n 17 and 24 ye ars of age. Th e ba sic data in· volved 836 stud ent s from 6 universiti es and co ll eges. Obj ectivity coe ffi c ient s Wf! re ob·

Editor's No te: It was interes tin g (see tabl e ) that th e gymnasts scored hi gher than any group of athl etes tested in vertica l jump. C ym· nasti cs is often cr iticized as an a ctiv ity whi ch develop s th e upp er body at th e ex· pense of leg development.

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NATIONAL ASSOCIAT ION OF GYMNASTIC COACHES Los Angele s, California , M a r ch

COLLEGE 26 . 1964

N. !\. c. e. c . MEETI NG HIGHLI C HT S h I' Salll Bailie Th " hl',.1 uf th e e ven in i\ was a ve r y fin c dinn e r. Thi s thank s alon g with lII a n y o th er,. i':ucs to Go rdon M addux th e hos t co ach a nd ,\1ee l Direc tor.

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Th e hon ur coa ch es award w a; present ed to !\Ir. H e nry J . S midl. lVIr . S llIidl who retired ill 1957 aft e r 39 yea r:; of teachin ;! in C hi ca;!o publi c hi g h schoo l" was elec tl'd It) H e llll ~ H a ll o f Faill e in 1960. Hi , lea ll '" have won a lulal of 49 C h a mpi a n ~ hip E .

Th ,' fir ,.1 uffi c ial N. A. C. C .C. pill wa:; pr,'a nd a pproved by Ih ose pre:;ent. Thi ,. will be ava ilabl ,' 10 all membe r!' in a houl fi ve wee b.

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Pres id enl: Bill '11 e ad e, Sa ulllt'rn II I illtli ,.

Un iver sity Vi ce Presid enl: \Varn'n Ne i ~e r. Un iVl'I",. il \. ': f P,i~l s burg h, Sec.- I r ea~ . : 5a lll Ba ili e. Uni ve rs il y of i\ ri zo na U.s .G .F. Delegal e : Gene W ell slo nt'. Pe nn 5 1a le

NACGC Off icer s: left to r igh t , Wa rr en Nei ger , Bill Meade , Sam

Bail ie and Gene W ettst one .

Bel ow: NACGC meetinq in progress, awards, presen tations, pro posol s, etc.

Ne xi yf'a rs lII eel s ig hl wa!' aw a rd ,'d 10 S oUI" ern I llin o is Uni ve rs il y fo r Ih e las l wee k in '.Iarch 1965 , IVl ee l Direc la r, Bill M eade, Th e Coa ch of Ihe year prt'''e nlal iOIl wl' nl 10 IVlr, J erry T odd of Pa, ad ena C ity Co l leg". \\·ho fa r sO lli e ye ar s has had a pari in Ih e Il'ain ill ~ of Ill any of our lea d in~ f!:Y IllIlHst:-:

and hi s lealll record i, nn e o f Ih e Iw,. 1 in Ih e nali on .

The local selecti on for co ach of th e yea r for the NIid-west w ent to Jake G eier of Univer sity of N ebra ska and to Carl Patterson of T empl e Uni versity for th e East. : \ ' W I\' ~1',; 1 t' 1Il for in'di vid ual and lea m sl' lec lion fo r Ihe N ,C.A ,A , C hampi ons hip s ha,. bee n work ed oul by Ill(' rules co mlllill ,'" Ilh e ba ~ i c!' of Ihi s sys lelll are Ih a l Ih e N ,C.A ,A, lealll lill e will bl' del ,' rrnin eri by head a nd head dua l lIl et' I ('o lllpel ilinn I as in ba ~ k e l ba]]) and th e indi vidual fin a li,.1 IIIU :;1 qu alify by re gions,) F o r de la il. ColI tac t yo ur r r- prf'~c ntati v(' nn Ih (· ruJcs. ('() Ill ,"ill ee, Hul ,' ~ CO llllllill ee '1I e lllb crs: 1. Gl enn \Vil son. U ni ve r:; il y of Colorad o 2. T o rn iV[a lony. \Vesl P o illl 3. Bob Kri edl e r. U ni ve rs ilv of C hi ca~ o S, Di ck H a lzae pfe l. U nivP;'s il y of '10\\'>1 6, Frank W olcolt. 5 prin~fi e ld Cn l h-~e

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H (-,~t'a rl' h C 01ll111illl 'c : I I wa '" IHop(I:-o.( ·d a nd appro \'(·d In awa rd t WI!

N.I\ .c.e .c. honor IT ,.e ar(' h a ward ,. fo r 196,1.

"Ilt' 10 I", prpse nl en al Ih e Ea~ l e rn Ci ini, ' in 5 a ra,0 la and on e 10 Ih " W "s le rn C lini ,' in Tu c"o ll . TI wa, al ,.o noled Ihat candid a l"!' ('a nn o t :, uhlllil Ih e ir o ullin e, In hOlh C lini c,. rll r awa rd ::.

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Line-up for final competition on Saturday night Mitchell

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL N.C.A~A.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1904 NC AA CHA'IIrIO NS HJP S Re port by J erry Wrighl A" I sit he re r efl ect in !! back on Ih e mag· nifi can ce Ih a t was th e ' 1964 Nati onal col· legi a le GYllllla s ti cs Champi onships 1 find it diffi cult to do ve rbal justi ce tn th e tre· me nd ous di s pla y of gy mna s ti c, th a i th oll' sa nd s of ra bid Los Angel es "pectators \Veri' fortunate to witn ess.

Th e beautiful Los A ngele, State C" lI ege gy mnasium wa s fill ed wi th an a ir of tre· mendou s tension and a ppretl ension th Ht mad e on e. ev en a spec tat or , tingl e wi th ap· prehension as the firs t preliminary event s began.

With 71 entri es in FX. 29 in tramp. 78 in SH . 65 on HB. 68 on PB, 74 on LH , 35 in tumblin g, and ' 74 on still rin gs th e competition began in a rath er untidy fa shi on in th e flo or exer cise with th e first few com petitors a plJ ea rin g to mer ely go through the

paces and clea rly sh owin g why they were the ir team s fifth man . It wa s as early 3S th e FX event that the fir st indication s be· cam e evident of th e role th e press ure was go in g to play in th e competiti on. T he P enn State Gymn as ts- sh owin g unique an d im· aginative fl oor exe rcise pat tern s wer e des· tin ed to low sco res becau se of min or f1aw~ and even maj or breaks. It wa s quit e ev id ent Ih a t th ese a thletes were excell ent gy mnast, but thi s was n ot to be th eir day , with Isa bell e th e only one to qualify in this event.

Th e fir st signs of life were given by Ru sly Mitchell as he mad e no bon es abo ut th e fa ct Ih at he was r ead y and picked off a 9.6. Mik e H end er son, who tied for fir st las t ye ar, co ul d mu s ter onl y 9.0 for a 6t h place ti e. T ony Bautista, pic ture a feather floating across a wind·less sky, and you r ea lize his 9.4. Last Cont estant was Ron

Everyone worming up and rea dy t o go, Gymnasts, came ram en, announcers and judges.

Barak. L ackin g the flair of M it ch ell or I.:au tis ta , Ron , ne ve rth eless, pa ck s a lo t of gy mn as ti cs int o 90 second s a nd wa s reward ed to th e tun e of 9.25.

Th e trampolin e s tarted off wi th a ban g-de fendin !! ch amp ion Gary Erwin wa s th e second ma n up a nd gave the appea ran ce o)f a n olympic dive r as he record ed 9.45, fr om th ere on th e Mi chi gan trampo lini s ts we re int e rm ingl ed with r efu gees fr o m th e old tra mpolin e school. No lon ge r w ill thi s titl e be won without impeccabl e form. 'J ohn H amilton (9.5) led teammat es Erwin and Sa unders ( 9.3 ) int o th e final s ahea d of H ery IIf Iowa ( 9.0) .

The sid e hor::e eve nt was all Ru sty Mills- no one else had a chan ce. Bill Nash of L.A. S tat e Cu ll ege surprise d with a seco nd place ti e w ith Co hn of T empl e. A nd S teve P as ternak of S I U app eared to be und e rscored at 9.2. H ere S teve Dot y, Arizona 's fi ne perfor me r beca me the fir st maj o r casualt y as he slipped and fail ed to qualify for th e final s.

The H ori zo nt al bar event wa s a ni g htmare - w ith Hi gg in s of the Air F or ce and Bu ck-

ished a nd Co hn had mi ssed hi s cha ncl' I,,路 g(' 11 in g only 9.25 on s id e hors(路. hi s he< t event and ew rylln e else:: weak es t. Th e bi g difference by now was that eve r yo ne of th e top pe rform ers had had a hreak . but Bar ak '" o n th l' h igh bar fa il ed to slow him dow n a" he still ;'eco rd l' d 9.35.

On th e Para ll el bars Ba ra k snow ed hi oppositi on un de r wi th a 9.6 hea llt v. B il l Wo lf brok e for 8.9. [sabell e !'Iayed ' in at 9.2.

Hu ckn t' r wa s "t ill th e re at 9.1 S. C urzi In" t !!rnlilHI at 9.0S. Qu int a nt lo;o t wi th fl.9S. Co hn broke aga in for 8 .8'i. !\ [i tch,, 11 f..JI hehind w ith 9.1 a nd ] acoh"o n fell c(l mple t" ly apar t with RA'i. r.rod C hin. Ca l'路, finl' P. Bar ma n had a f" w hrl'ak s a nd Iw(' anH' the" ~ t' c o n d m a jor c a ~ ua l t y hy failin g too qualify for th e finals .

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- zero, zero, zer o, zero!!!!! T o lo p it off hi s second va ult scor es 9.55 but to n o a vai l . . . Ru sty is now out uf t he A-A picture. B y th e way S id O gles by- poss ibly th e first n egro nati onal coll eg ia te gy mnasti c"

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wa it until the final s Ga ili s ilit s 95 . . Za hm 9.4 an d H OPpl' r 9.4 - fallin!! O il hi " di smount.

Hu , tl' } fit chell take " OVer th e t umbl in !! frolll a g rea t fi e ld (6 doubl e backs) an ;1 'vc , wa ril y leave tllP fi eld "f ba ttl e af te r R hours of gy llln a ~ 1 iC5-lookin !! forward In t he fin als . . .

And a trul y ma:.rni ficant eve nin:r it wa :. . Th e Fin ab of th e 1964 NC;\ '\ Gymnast ic, Champion ships.

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ner of USC the onl y two able to feel th ey did what they int end ed to do. Ja co bson of P enn S ta te. th e Eas tern lnt e rcoll e!! iat e A ll aro un d champ end ed hi s A-A hopes hv fa llin !! off- un l ik ely as it m ay see m th e a ll aro und wa s ve ry mu ch decid ed as a r esult of the work in this event . . . Isabell e m ain -

C BS Tel evj si ~n was there .. . 5,000 s pecta tors we re there . . . ab out 60 of the fin es t colleg iate gy mna sts in th e co Llntry w er e th el'{! . .

Gary Frank of K VOA -TV channel 4 of Tu cson and Chuc k K eeney wer e mannin g th e announ cer s mikes . .. Coach 's Bi ll M ead e, J ack Beckn er , and New t Loken ha ve their pen cil s r ea dy- w ith the team titl e up for gr abs -and the fir st events a re floor exercise an d trampolin e . . .

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tamed a steady pace after falt erin g on th e s id e horse (b ut th en who didn't falt er on th e sid e ho rse excep t Mill s ) to stan d at 26.40 in th e A-A . Denni s W olf . las t yea rs r unn er-up q ualifi ed 8th and La scar i w ho tit'd Wolf la st yea r qualifi ed 6 th. Tt see med as th oug h two- thirds of th .. 65 entries e ith er ca me off the a ppara tu s or ha d major break> .

Barak led th e all -around aft er four event s wi th 27.15: rvfit chell ha d 26.55. Co hn 26.50.

C urzi 26.35 a nd so on. Jacobson was fin-

cha mpi on. ra n away w ith th e prelimin a ri es a t 9.57.

Th e sce ne now shift s to th e sti ll rin !!s a nd Ba ra k lead s th e Big T en 路A-A . ch ~ m p i on C urzi fr om :\'li ch . S tat e 4.555 to 44.37 . Isa be ll e hit s 8.8, Co hn fall s apa rt a t 7.8. C urz; up nex t . . . but he j ust is not up to it . .. as he mana ges onl y 7.9 to fall be hin d Isabell e .. . Now Barak is up a nd he n ee d" on ly to sco re som e thin g ab ov e 8.0 to wrap it up- scores 9.3, 9.3. 9.3, 9.3 a nd R o n is th e 1964 NCAA A ll- A round Ch a mpi on .

No w th e a ll enti on is fo cuse d on th e tretremend ous d uel anti cipa ted o n th e still rin gs hetw ee n Cooper. E "a n". B . W o lf. Z in kll' , B uckn er. Za hlll. H o ppe r. Gaili s . Ehrl ich. a nd oth ers. Evall'; is fl awless a t 9.6 . .

E hr lich is ne xt up a nd pra cti ca ll " duplica tes a t 9.55.

Coo per i" n ut quit e up to It a t 9.45 . but eve ryo ne say" jUc' t I')

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hi , diffi c ull v bUI \I'a" a lilli e , ha"", Sa ulI lkrs lalld ed -vll hi ~ halld" alld kll (,c~ Vil hi , di,lll OUIlI a ll "w ill !! H e n ' I.. I i,' hilll f.. r Ihird alld Erwill ' IIIIIk all Ih,' Illarbr.. wilh a ' I'l'ndid roulillc alld a 9.6 . . pullill ~ a hl'ad IIf Halllill ,," b,' .2 of a poi lli.

III 11ll' Fl oo r EXl'l'ci"c -"Iil (· hell ~ Iarl l· d IIff wi lh a .2 kat! blll fl aul i, la pu l 011 Ihl' pr e~:; ur c ri~hl frolll Ih e ,Iart wi lh a ll cW'" Iwll t' r I'CrfOrlllallce I hall Ihe 11 i ~ h I bdll re Ihi " 1111\1' kal' l" a ll d ra cb'd up a 9.6:> RU :;I)' wi lh Ih l' probl elll (If ha v ill ~ III ,cn re at lea:-:t 9.-1.1 10 wi n HlI ~~ iall di \l' io :,(did Ilan,L-land. elc . .. , Ir ai!! hl arlll . clc . r~ ff ful l ~ lr a i~~!1 Il'P: pre~; . .. coc kroach .

I'll ff ff lav llul . '( ·111' 1..' 9J) and e lt' \ (' Il )loint . . fo r ~lItllllI · rll III. .\ li c r I \I' n ('vC IlI , ii , ,\1 i c hi~all 1~. ~. II I. 11 alld l i'-;C 8.

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TIll' , id e horse and i-Iorizoilial bar proIh e one " id('d all ullu sual co nlras l . . "\"l'1l1 ( hi !!h har l ,0 close alld so climali c.

Ih l' II llwr' "0 un co lll e" led a nd a nliclilllali c, 51eH' l'a sll'l'llak was Ih e oill y co m1Je lili oll 1' (11' RIl , (v' -"I ilb n il " id c horse and il W H ' fc ll Ihal S I{'\"e was un de rscored. Probah ly nl'\"c r hefore ill Ih e hi slory nf Ihe mce l ha , o Ill' pl'l' fo l'll wr !;n comp lelely domillal cd all c,'(,111 a, did Hu sl,· -"Iill " Ih e , ilk horse ~ fI {'l lilIpld c wa .~ I Ii (' rou tin e IllHny of

Ih ,' a ud i(' nl'" 'H' re (Ill Iheir fce l hefore he '1'11- [ini,h('d a lld rellla ill ed , Iand in !! 10 ap"l a ud Iii , 9.8, 9.9. 9.9, 10.0 scor~s .

Hi ~" in,- Ih e hi !!11 sco rN ~o in ~ inl n Ih, ' hi ed( ' r'Jar final" ha'd Ih e mi s forlu l;e In come UI; fir >' 1 and q ni r kl v found him .. ell· in Irlluhle I" IIIl' ('xle nl "I' an R.2S. Curzi (w hc> ~" I'llI'm alld Illt'cilanit' s J1l1l ~ 1 he cOlllpared fa'"· IIrahly \r itll I ha l of C(' r a r- klH' l'~ fill nose nil iIlH'r,-('d ~ialll ~ for exa mpl e J wa~ ~n lll C' whal

1ll'1 .. \\" hi " "landaI'd bUI , Ia\,(' d nca r Ih c lo p.

Iln l' kn l' r ~ 'i n a lif,' in ~ "rco n,i- hef':an \I'ilh dfn rlit-" ,'a~ I f" lurn " ul 10 "atlll ~and a l'i l'l ul'I '- pe r fl'l'1 Ill'c hl I" roc k ,,, lid landin ;\!

9.(;.) , Barak up n,'x l ~ und (' r" \\' in g 10 ~ Io o p Ihrllll !.!.h . dlluhle ' in\"('rlf'd I n f' a~lt'~ . Tak alllO!n

I" ,'a·nll. kil'-~ialll-,Iald, ' r (.iU' 1 a hair f1 al IlJa "[,(, .1 .. I'll a nd a mile hi ~ h doubl e f1 y,m'av , ,· .. r,' 9.R a nd Ih,' Iiiii'. co nlin, unin !! Ihe hi !!h hal' dom inalion by USC Ih a l ' ,' xll'nd, r'''ll -l< 10 1961 wlll'n Lvnn and Ha l" \\" e l'l ' 2-.0. 19(;2 Lyn n and Dar'ak " 'rrl' ] ,2. and 1903 ilu l'knN - allt! Hale w,' re 4-,. ,\1 1111 ' half way poinl il i, -" Ii ch ,07. S IU :'\(i. l 'SC 28. :\ fler Ih r I'x cil r nll'nl of Ih e horiZllnlal [,ar I and 11ll' ,id c horse ) Ih e res l of th e 111 e{'1 Ill i!!h l ha\'[' hee n anl i- clim ali c hUI 1111' 'mrk wa'...

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til (' t (' n ~i() n ~ tay (' d ri glll

ti l' III 1r'1l' r nd . ' Th e paral lel ha l',' 111'IIl11i'l'd In be (lnl' IIf till ' el.. -,',I [n ud11 of all bUI Ih e lon~ hor,e \\"(1..; IIr'=-- 1inf'd I ~I IH' a 0111 ' man ... hn,~r Illu cil a, Ih l' , idl' hnr,e c"l' nl pJ'flI"l' d 10 be.

Fir'l l11an up i, Crod Chin on Inn ~ hilL'" whil'h rClllind , I11 c--111I' Pni,'. nf Cal if. i' a1:.. o ha\· i n~ a I'l lll!! h tilll{' he re in Lo:=:. ;\n,-, .. 1< ,. CI'I;<I !!d, ,,'ff Iwo fair vaull , 10 pla l'<' 'riflh an;1 nO\l' In fl a ra k "" Ih " p,nall,' 1

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hal', . . wilh USC havin~ Iwo , Iron!! en· Iri c, in Ihi s eve nl . .. an;1 Ron dupli r al c, hi , pre lilllinary pcrfOI'llH(nCC and ra c kin~ up hi " ",'co nd 9.6 in Ihi" event in Iwo da\', Op:le, hy next on Ihe lonp: horse. ' fir , 1 vaull . .. hec hl . . beaulifu l h c i ~ hl hUI he "rl" , Iu ck and fail , 10 cxt end full v afkr Ih c' pu ~ h off . . . 9.4S ave .. . Il l'xi \'a ull . . a beau ly .. fr onl hanrl , pr.ill~ fl'Ol l1 nea"r end- pike pOi' ili on (fronl flip 10 so me) 9.7, 9.7. 9.4. 9.8 . . fini shin g far a head of Qu inl ana in sec ond pla ce with con~ i :; l a nl 9.2's. Next up is La ~c ari of l\Ii ch. on Ih e P. Bars . , . he ha s 10 !!c l 9. 7:) 10 , u cc l'~ ,f ull l' defe nd hi s NC ,\A championship on thi s evenl .. . bUI he i, in Irllubk ri ~ hl off and can nol recover . . . co min'~ ou l a bil wor ~e for th e weal' bUI ~ I ill hi~h al 9.30 . . Th e long horse is no,\" sc ill ecl . . exce pt that USC Ir a, an 01' porlunil y In ga in in th e lea m sco re wilh 1"" enlri e,. Barak ~ rab s a poinl wilh a 10lh pla ce fini sh . . Nakayama hit s Iwo fine vault , 10 pu ll up to 4th pla ce and rolk el" 7 va lu a hl e poinl " , . So ulh ern 111. ha, two La scori

~ Ir{ln~ (' n'ri(' ~ in Ihr' P. Rar:-- and hO lh

('1I1ll"

thrlll;!.!11 wit h fl" ill !! ('oln r ~ . . . [), 'nni ...

Wolr' hit s 9. 1;:; for ' 4' ~ point , a nd RII -i, \ri tcllf'l l allHlZI' ~ l'n~ ryn n l' . afler a weak Ilrt ·lilll inary ~ h ()\\'i n ~ of on l y 9. 1. a ~ ill'

fla,h p" 10 ~ Irul y Ill ai! ni fica n l 9.0 t" pull fr,,," lOl h 10 2 nd place .

Wi lh ' Ih e "co r t' n ow al SO f,,,· 1I~r.. 119 1 :' fn r ~ 1 1I a nd 4S fill" 'ITi l" hi ~a n " .p nllW'· inl " Ih e fin a l Iwo {'ve nl " . a nd IIIl' 1", , 1 j, vc l

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In s p ilt , "f a ll px ln'lllt'''· , Ir"n !.! fi ,'ld "f lu mh lrrs RII " lv \Til rllPl ( i" llla ,, " ' r "f IIII' ,'vpnl . . . Ha;nilt o n i" li lllp in !.! , Ii ;! h l"· · . . Bo llon h ils well fnr 9 . ~". H end,'r""n flf .\1 ic h. Illi ""t'- had lv Ill a kin~ Nt',," 1 e:riIllH c,· . . Zerl is Pl ea n · a nd Ill~ve " up · In :,Ilt place . David of Was hin i! ton hil s a fin, · rontin e and coll ec t" 9.S 10 1ll 0V(' to a second pl ace ti e w ith R eyn old s o f th e A ir Force ",cad e lll Y wh o falt e red sli g hll y in each Ir ip a nd Ih e n . . . Ru sl y . . . 9.7. 9 .9. 9.8. 9.8 . w h a t m or e ca n on e say .

WOW . Ru sl v T h e s lill rin "s .\Til clH'lI s la rl s s l1j on· it " way 10 a ha pp)' e ndi ni! w ith a 9.45 and 6 point s . . . Oak Cooper . th e old m as ter fin a ll y " h ow" h e is h Ullla n a nd a las he mi sses cO lllplet e l) on a s h oa l 10 h a n d s la nd m a kin g it onl y 10 a s h o uld e r s tand . . . 9.35 B ill Z inki e u p fo r A ri zona.. bea uliful job . . . "cor e" 9 ..,.

9. 1. 9 .4 . 9.3 . . . a nd th e c r owd b oos . . .

E hrli c h of S. II I. up n e xl . . . (S TU h as four men in th e fi nal s ) work ed l! r a ce full y a n d e ff orll ess ly a n d full y ea rn e d hi s 9.SS . . Gai li s n e xt . . . and w h al a s pect aelt ' · . . r es pond in g w ilh excell e nl timin l! and diffi cu ll y for a 9.6 . . . Bill WoH Ih en Pl'!"· fonn ed pr oba bl y hi s best r outin e s in ce wi n· n in!! Ih c 1962 Na t. AAU tit le and e a rn t'd hi " 9 .6 . . . Cl inc hin e: Ih e 1964· Na li on a l (oll c e: ial l' I('a lll t il le' fll r lill il' S"u lh{'rtl . D en ni s WoH the-, IIlin o·is Uni ve rsit y . preceecled 10 add a no lh c r 1 'h po int , 10 Ih e lotal heTon' Barak picked u p 3'h for USC . . Bul it 's n ot over yet . . . S tc,·e Za h m up . . .. fami lia r di sloca tt·' s h oot tn in ve rt e d c ross . pu ll ou t a n d h e a c tu all y ,I re tc he d for th ,' cc ilin !! a nd s lrai l! hlen ~ hi " back a bil . . . th en fl ow" I" a 9 '() ( Ih e thi rd on e ,, 0 far in thi s f' ve nt H opper up . . w ith a c han cc t n w in it a ll hi " ro u l in c is perfec t bU I h e ca tch e" hi s foo l in Ih (' rin g on hi s full Iwi s ler d is· m ounl jll, 1 h e ,lid in Iht' pre lim " a nd s('n r c" Oll/Y 9.2S. Nex t up . Evan s . . . le a din l! q u al if ie r kno w ing h c wi ll h avc 10 pu ll sa m e t hill !! pre ll y formidahl e "ut o f th e h ai! h e dum hfo und s Ih e aud ienet' a nd judge" 10 tlw tun t' of 9.R. 9.6. 9.7. 9.7 . r would h e r c m i"" n ot to a dd t hat to c lim ax Ihi s w h o le Ihin g . Q uintan a. t h e la "t man li p in Ih e m ee t ki ck ed a rin !': on hi " d is mount a nd wrapped it ahou t :) ' tim e" arou n d Ihe po ri able s ta n d " .. . co mpl plel v o ul o f r ('ae h · . . Filla/ Resllit STU 84'/,; : Il~C fi9 1/.,: 'Iri c h. 65.

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A t r ig ht: Chr is Evans 1964 NCAA Ring Chomp NC AA W I NN ING AND TOP ROUTINES Mitch ell-Parallel bars : Peach t o handstand , piroutte , dro p cost t o support , st raddle cut catch in il L", press straight arm straight leg t o handstand , stutz, drop peach , layaway fr ont upraise, front som;e dismount with V2 twist.

Mitchell-Floor Exe rc ise: Russian di ve to hand stand, roll f o rward , m oore , Y2 tur n on back to 3';" handstand (planche p os itio n ) to stoop through , bock ex tensi o n to handstand , stand , round o ff flip flop full , swedish fa ll , right le d a round to stra ddl e stond, prpss st ra ight a r m str a igh t leg to handstand, piroutte , for ward ro ll, b end right leg to sit, back ro ll ex tens ion to reverse pir outte , scale, d rop t o fr ont , on e leg circle, dis loc ate , kip . run , swa n , imme -

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dlate kip t o seat dro p, back extensi o n to Y2 turn to fr ont leon , t o " cockroach " (neck spring Y2 turn ), irnmediate straddle il L" on hands, press out , turn forward ro ll , cradle , handstand

pike do wn , run ,

r ound off

flip fl op

flip

fl o p

la yout.

I sab ell e-Floo r Exe rci se:

Ro und o ff

flip fl o p

full twist , back step out , tur n fr o nt hand spring ,

bock roll Y2 turn hit on feet , high single leg kick t o Japanese splits, straddle L , finger tip

press , pike d own, stand , fr o nt handspring to seat drop, leg ci rcle ove r head ,inverted leg sciss ors ) headspring step out , cartwheel , full twisting pirouttc left , fallout to split , press straigh t arm straight leg from seat , pike down ,

round o ff flip f lop back (pike Position).

Mitch ell-Tumbling : Round o ff FF b ack whip over FF d ou b le ba c k , front step out , tinsica , fso, tin , fso, tin , fso , tin , fr o nt fr ont fso ,

round off , FF, mile high back with Y2 round off FF , FF , double twist Round off , FF , back , back ,

back , FF , b ack la yo ut immed ia te fr ont.

Erwin-Trampolin e : T riple bock , b ran!

out ,

(double back , b ack full , brani out , back , double twist , b ack 1 and 3,1" to d oub le co d y, n o t nec essaril y in that o rde r) .

Evans-Ring s: Pull t o " L" cro ss, straight arm press to inver t ed cross , press ou t to handstan d, front giant , ca st , inl ocate , bock upri se t o maltese , b a c k ro ll thr ough bac k le ver t o ol ympic cross , turn t o o lympic t o othcr side, bock t o regu la r cros s, drop , dislocate t o fl y- a-way.

Mills- Sid e Horse: Back m oc rc mount , tr om le t in , kehre out , b ack t r am le t in , russian m oore to m oore , back sci sso rs, three fr ont sciss ors, stockli out , half ~d urh a m , three loops

with half twist

o ff.

OGLESBY : Lo ng

Hor se:

Hecht

and

Fro nt pike

somersault

ROUTINES OF 1964 NCAA CHAMP IO N RON BARAK

ALL - AROUND

Fre e Ex e rc ise : (Starting in a co rner , five feet inside the squa re ) . Standing ba ck somersault

t o splits , hold; (sitting

ro l l back leg around t o

fro nt

positi on on floo r ) and rai se to finger -

t ip " L", h old (o ne s"co nd ); pull legs (straight legged ) thr ough hands and ca nt inue upwa rd t o handst a nd on fi nge r t ips (suck t hrough stiff -

stiff p ress with legs together ), h o ld ; step d own and run to fro nt handspring , front somersault , fr ont handspring , to swedish fall (one leg up , chin on fl oo r), and , raising up and turning , fall to side split s, chest on flo or ( this sequence o f tumbl ing is d one across the diago nal o f the square ); press fr om side splits to split

legged planche , h o ld ; chest ro ll out and stand with one quarter turn to left ; run (down side o f square ) to fr ont handspri ng , fr ont h a ndspring, chest fall , immediatel y raising one leg , scis sor ki cking, step ping do wn o n to th e originally rai sed leg , making a half tu rn into a fr ont scale , hold ; spin out o f scale and run (acr os s second dia go nal ~ n o t the o ne used in the beginning ) to round-off , bock layout somer sault , flip - fl op , bock somersault to stand.

Side H o rs e: (St a n d i ng at en d of h o rse ) Dou ulc rear into center , two high dou b les, m oore , dou b le rea r o ut , d ou b le rear in , b reak o ne leg back and around t o one b ack sci ssor , bring leg around t o t wo fr on t sc issors, o ne re ver se hig h doub le, pi ck up two h ig h doub les, tra vel ou t to en d, one hi g h dou b lp , an d t hree loops to stand.

Horiz ontal Bar : Jump to ov er-grip positi o n w ith bo th hands and chin and cost with half turn riding fo rward swing up to handstand , stoop legs thr ough hands and shoo t outward to inlocate (i nv erted) giant , di slocate out to

d islocate

(eag le )

g iant , chan ge

on e

hand

FINAL INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES All-around: Ron Ba rak, U SC, 54 .8 5; Ed Isa be l le, PSU, 52.72; Ja m es Cu r z i, Ms U, 52.30; John Qui ntana, Den., 52.02; M ark Coh n, T em ., 51. 90; Ga ry Buckner , USC, 5 1.45; Arno Lascari, Mich., 51.37; Bill Wol f , s IU , 5 1. 02; Glenn Ga i lis, Iowa, 50.75; Fred Roeth l isber ger , Wis., 50.72.

to

under-gr ip do ing giant with one hand disloca ted and o the r in under - grip , full spin over :op o f

b ar on

dislo cated hand , to v ault catch;

kip ,

changing t o under - grip w ith bo th hands, t o handstand , one reverse giant , one half pfr ouettc to giant with both hands in ov er- g rip , stalder

sh oo t (straddle

in and out ), giant , doub le fl y -

awa y t o stand. long Ho rse : Fr o nt piked so mer sau lt over th e horse. Hecht.

Parall el Bars: Cost to su pport to swinging p irouette t o peach (underbar ) t o il L", hold ; press with straight legs togethe r and straight

a r ms

to

handstand

(stiff-stiff

press ),

h o ld;

bock overbar catch t o immediate stutz catch , co st to upp er- ar m su pport , boc k uprise, strad d le, layawa y, fro nt u pri se , front som e rsau lt o ff with one half tw ist t o stand.

Ring s: Pull t o in verted hong, b a ck u pr ise TO hands tand , ho ld; fo rward gi an t to handstand (di recti o n sa me a s g ia n t with over-g rip on horizonta l b ar ), ho ld; lower to cross with " L", ho ld ; co st o ff , inloc ate ,snapri se (b a ckri se ) to il L" in suppo rt , ho ld; holl ow -h o ck to han d~ stand , ho ld; ro ll ar ound to ba c k lev er , ho ld; d islocat e o ut o f lever , di sloc ate , d ou bl e fl yawa y to sta n d .

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Floor Exercise: Rust y Mitchell, sIU, 960; Tony Bautista, CsC LA, 9.52; Ron Barak, USC , 9.30; Mike Henderson, Mich. , 9.15; Jim David, Wash ., 9.15; Ed Isab elle, PSU, 9 . 12; F. Roeth l isbe r ger, Wis. , 9.05; George Hery , Io wa, 8.97; Jim Petrin o, T em., 8.97; Dennis Albers , Neb., 8.85 .

Trampolin e: Ga ry Er win, Mich., 9.57; John Hami lton, Mich., 9.55; Fred Saunders, Mich., 9.17; Geo rge H er y, Iowa, 9. 17; Pete Ba ue r , Wis., 8.65; John Qu i ntana, Den., 8.62; Robert Poston, Co l. , 8.10; Jim Selby, Iowa st., 8.00; Dennis Albers , Neb. , 7.80; Rich McCabe, Col. ,

Sid e Horse : Russell Mill s, Yale , 9.80; Stev e Pa ste rnak , SIU, 9.27; A l len Po rter , PSU , 9.07; Bob H all, Was h. , 9 .0 5; Bi ll Nash , CSCLA, 8.90; Tom Ar neson , Minn. , 8.77 ; Jerry King , Air Fo rce, 8.70; Jo h n T orkelson, Wash. , 8.57; AI M iya m o t o, Stan., 8 .5 5 ; Ma rk Cohn , Temple ,

8 .52 .

Long Horse: Sidney Og lesby , Sy r a. , 9.57 ; Joh n Qu intana , Den. , 9 .32; Denn is Al b ers , Neb. , 9. 17; Rand y Nakayama, USC , 9.16; Cr odd Chin , Calif., 9.0 1; George H er y, Iowa, 8.98; Mike Flansaas: Wash. , 8 .97; James Curzi, M. St. , 8.9 6; J im Sel by Iowa , St ., 8 .9 5; Ron Barak , U SC,

8.93 .

Sorr y , trophy pho t o of Still did n ot turn out. ED.

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2.

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Rings winn er

TEAM STANDINGS So uthern Illino is Uni v er si t y U ni v ersity o f Southern Ca l if.

U ni v ersit y o f Michigan U ni v ersit y o f Wa shing t on

4 . Pe nn State 6. Iowa

H ig h Bar: Ron Bara k , USC , 9 .57 ; Gary Buck ne r , USC, 9.52; J ames C u r z i, Mich St. , 9.37 ; Bill Wo lf , SIU, 9.35; Ed Isabell e, ' PSU , 9.2 5; Dennis Wol f , SIU, 9 . 17; Rust y Mitc he l l , SI U , 9 . 12; Arno L ascar i, M ich . , 9. !O; Terr y Hi gg in s, Air Force , ยง.85; 0,kp Lov ell , Was h . 8. 6 0 .

Tumbling: Rusty M itch ell , SIU, 9.7 2; Doug Reyn o ld,. Air Force, 9.30; J im Da v id , Wash ., 9.30 ; Ph il Bo lton, M ICh , 9. I 0 ; Paul Ziert , II I. St. , 8.92; Mike Henderso n , M ich ., 8.82; John Ha m ilto n, M iCh. , 8.57; Ric k Por te Wis 842 ' Jim Oldham , Den., 8.25; John Trac y, De~:, 8'.25'.

7 . Universi ty o f Denver 8. Mi ch igan State Un iv ersit y 9 . U nivers it y o f Wisco nsin 10. U ni v ersit y o f Calif-Berkele y I I . Lo s Angeles State Co lleg e 12. Air Force Academ y 13. A r izona State 13. U niv er sit y o f N ebr as k a 13. Ya le U niver sity 13. Sy racuse U n iversit y 17 . T em ple Uni v ersit y 18 . U niver sity o f Nev ada 19 . III . St ate N o rmal Uni v 20 . Iowa Sta te - Uni vo.

20 . Uni v ersit y o ~nesota

8 4 V2 69 Y2 65 30 30 25 V2 24 23 ~/2

20 19 1.5 14 V2 II II II II

9 V2 7 6 5

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SWI Rings : Chris Evans, Ariz. St., 9.65; Chu c k Ehrl ich , SI U , 9.55; Glenn Gai li s, Iowa , 955; Steve Zahm , Calif. , 9.50; Rusty Mitchell, SIU, 9 .45; Bill Wolf, SIU, 9 .42 ; Ron Barak, U SC, 9.35 ; Dale Cooper , M . St., 9.35; Dennis Wol f , SIU , 9 .32 ; J im H o pper, 't/is .. 9.3'2.

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Univ ersity o f Co lo rad o Stanfo rd Un ivers ity

Arizona Br igham Young Univ.

Ca l Po ly (SL O) Chicago Col o rad o State Color ad o Sta te Co llege Colo rado State Univ.

Eastern Wash ington State Long Beach State College Mankato State Washing t on State West Vi rginia N o r thern Illino is U ni v .

Sacramento St ate San Fernando Va l ley State San Jose State College Sp r ingfield U CLA Uni v ersit y o f Illino is

Coa ch Bi ll Meade sh ip team .

and

S. I.U.

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

o o o

Champion -

Para ll el ~Qrs: Ko n Ba r ak , USC, 9 .60; Rusty Mitc h ell , SIU , 9.35; A rn o Lasco r i , Mic h , 9.30; Francis Allen , Nev., 9.27; Paul Newman , Cali f. , 9.25; F. Rocthlisber ge r , Wis., 9 .22 ; Denn is Wolf, SIU, 922; Gory Buckner, USC, 9.07, Ed Isabelle, PSU, 8.77; T odd Gates, M. St., 8.67.

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'MNASTS IN ACTION AT THE 1"9"64 :AA CHAMPIONSRIPS

THE NORTH AME RI CAN GYMNASTI C CHAMPJO NSHI PS \Vest Ch es te r S lat e CoJl ege-W est Ches ter, Pa.- March 14 & 15

by A . Bru ce Frederi ck , Edu ca ti on Edilor for th e Modem Gy mnast U.s . gy mn as ts proved to be too s tru n~ for those of Ca nad a and Mex ico as th ey won

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titl es in th e fir st s t a~ in g of a ch a mpi onship mee t for co untri es u f North America. S in ce the competiti on was conducted und er F .I.G. (Fed eration Internationale de Gy mnastiqu e I rules, there were al so sepa ra te, individual competitions fo r pac h of th e ten Ol ympi c eve nt s. Gainin g a n ea rl y lead which they were never to lose, th e U.s. gy mn as ts al so wo n nin e of the ten indi vidual eve"t s. From any angle, it was the Unit ed S ta tes a ll th e way. There were a few out standin g perform· ances turn ed in by the Ca nadi a ns whil e th e four iVl exica n re presentati ves made a n a p· pea rance for expe ri ence a lon e.

It is hoped th a t the No rth Am eri ca n Gy m· nas ti c Cha mpions hips will beco me a n an· nu a l affa ir. Th e ent ire n a ti on w ill have a n oppor tunity to view th e mee t in m id A pril on a nati onal T.V. hook·up .

Canadian T ealll is a Disappointlllent With Ca n ada ent erin g a full team , there wa s so me pre·meet di scussion about a pos· s ible Canadian u pse t. Soon after the fir st few co mpul sory event s, however, it became appa rent th at Ca n ada's gym nasts were not "up" for th e competition. Th e co mpul sory exe rcises perform ed by e ach gymnast were th ose whi ch will be used in th e forth com · in l!: Ol ympi c Games in Tokyo .

Acco rdin g to Cha rl es Sebestyen , Canada 's AA U Gymna sti c Chairman , our northern ne ighb or wi ll not be sendin g a full te am to th e- Ol ym p ics this yea r. Wi th out thi s in centi ve. th e Ca nadian s have not been too enthusia;tic abou't Olympi c co mpul sori es.

In add iti on. the exercises are ve ry diffic ult ; perhap s the most diffi cult eve r. Th ey a re rea l tes ts of gy mna sti c skill well worth y of t he a tt en ti on of th e el ite gymnast.

No rth American Cham ps.

In all·around co mpet ition , th e United S tat es placed fi ve men a nd fi ve wo me n a head of th e best Ca nad ian gy mn asti c per· for ma nces. Canada's onl y solid victory wa s in th e lon g horse va ult. Thi s eve nt was won

by Wilhelm W e il er who just la51 year won th e gold meda l for all·aroun d compet iti on in th e Pan American Games in Braz il.

U.S . Coaches are BOlh B olh Former Olymp':ans .\'lr. Lou Bordo of Philad el phia . Pa. and .\1r, . H e len Sjllrsen of Sco tch P la in s.

N.J. were th e U.S. co aches. Both had been me mbers of th e 1948 Olymp ic Gymnastic T ea ms which competed in London.

Ca nada's coaches for men and wom en wen' respec t ively J acques Chounnard and Chuck Se lw, tyc n. Lt. Col. Ruben G. Vi i's uet was the .\[exi can coach.

We iss ': s "Clean" and "Steady" Grei!or W eisi'. a young Air Force Lieu· tenant and la st year 's silver medali st in Ihe Na ti onal i\i\U Gymnas ti c Ch ampionships in Philad elphia , out classed th e sen sati onal yo un gs ter l\ l akoto Saka mot o a nd Ar mando VCi!a. perenni a l cont ender for U.S. gym · na st ic honors.

T he thin g which mak es a gy mnast trul y ~ rea t is his abi li ty to do ex tremely diffi· cu lt move ment s wi th apparent ease. W e iss's fro nt somer i'a ult from support to su pport on th e pa ra ll e l bars was in thi s class. It was sof l and hi !!h und on(' of many thin i!s whi ch earned 'for hi s performances tllP ultimat e in gy mnas tic exp ressio ns for excel·

lence. " Clean and ~ t e ady . " Th e onl y seriou s mi s ta kes for you rlg Grego r ca me 111 t he fr ee cali sth eni c compulsory. H e wa , n ot a lone. .Hiss Walther WillS AIl·Around A much improved Marie Walther won th e wo men 's all ·aro und competiti on. A pro· duct of Turn er gymnast ics sh e n ow attend s K ent S tat e Co ll e!!e. Both her sureness and pl easant smile 'prevailed throughout th e co mpe titi on sendin g her ahead of Dal e Me· Clement s and Avi s Tieber who both had identical scor es and tied for second place. l\Irs. Muriel Gross feld placed fourt h du e to a poor performan ce in the sid e h or se va ult.

Mi ss Walther may well turn out to b e a carb on co py of Muriel Gro"sfeld . H er perform ances see m to be very s imil ar ex · cep t for vau lt ing in whi ch th e yo un ger per· form er ha s th e edge. .\-[arie has adop ted th e "wh ite !!love" chaIk in!! of th e hands whi ch has bee n a chara~t eri s ti c of her more experi enced tea mmat e. Cha lk is u se d by most i!ymna sts to prevent un du e injury to th e pa lms of th e h ands whil e on th e ap· para tu s. Usua ll y th e "ubstan ce i" appli ed ~e n e r o u " l y . to th e palms of th e hand s but .\[rs. Grossfeld and now Mi ss Walth er ap· ply it to th e whole ha nd. g ivin i! th e ap· pea ra nce of whi te gl oves.

U.S. Olympic Outlook Si nce gymnas ti cs is considered to b e our poorest Olympi c sport, h ow wiIi we fare in Tokyo based on performances of our t eam at W est Chester ? T he best way to a nswe r thi s questi on is to say th at we h ave seen many promisin g improvement s but it i" doub tful that we ar e any closer to a n Ol ym · pi c meda l th an prev iou sly.

In the op ini on of th e writer our women co ntinu e to sh ow the greatest amount o f pro-

!!ress. Bot h l\ Irs. Grossfeld and iVliss Wa lt her 'fo und piani i'ts to acco mpany th em whil e pe rformin g in fr ee cali stheni cs. What a tremend ous differ en ce it mad e. P erh aps eve n th e judges were co nscious of a welcomr break away from t he scrat chy record s an d tapes i' in ce these two gi rl s scor ed a fir,t and a seco nd. W e suspect thi s might not have occured had all of th e g irls used a pianist.

On th e un even bars th er e was a de finit e improve ment in diff icult y. Thi s is d u e to th e fac t that th e g irl s are releas in g th e ba ri' more ofte n and also d emon st r ate a wide vari ety of kips on the low bar. On th e balance bea m we missed th e perform· ance of Dori s Fu chs who was not present.

S id e h orse va ultin i! co ntinues to be our wea k est di staff event alth ou i!h .\'1is, Mc· Clement s did q uit e well as an ind ividual.

I f our va ulting do es improve in th e n ex t few month s. we co uld be surpri sed by at least one of our Ol ympian s.

The U.S . men have al so improved but not to th e ex tent th at th ey will pOi'e a se rio ous threa t to the Ru ss ian. J apa nese or Czec h teams. Should W e iss master th e co m· pulsory for parall el bars a nd then turn in an optional in thi s even t simil ar to the ones he demo nstr ated a t W est Ches ter. he should do Ye ry well. Th e com bination of We iss.

Sakamoto. Tonry and Vega should h elp th e U nit ed States ach ieve a very solid four th place in Ol ympi c t ea m com pet iti on . Added in suran ce will come from p erfo rm ers su ch as Ar t Sh urlock and Glen Galis who we re amoni! the mi ss in g at th e North American mee t.

Valfes is Mexico's Best Those wh o ha ve followed Mexico's fon nan ces in rece nt year s agree that iean gymnas ts have improved although pose 110 seri ous threat to th e U.S. or

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ada. Arm ando Valles, 22 year old University stud ent , had competed in the Rome Ol ympi ad. He placed in th e all-around ahead of three Canadians and one U.S. gymnast. Th e latter did not co mpete in tw o even ts, however.

A lone Mex ican senorita Pil ar Castellan o prov id ed the only perfor man ce in her co un try's behalf.

SC ORING We were asked to menti on the following points on scoring by Don Wild ero ter wh o was Chi ef Sco rer for the meet.

1. Th ere were two types of competiti on ; indi vidual and team.

2. A full team is one consistin g of six members each. In the tea m score only th e fiv e best sco res in each event co unt. The actual score given by th e jud ges is the one used.

3. To enter any of th e indi vidual events. a perform er must have posted at least an 8.0 average in th e all -aro und co mpetition. If he satisfi es thi s requirement. he mu st also have been one of the fir st six in each event he seeks to enter individually. If he indi ca tes such an interest in an individual event he mu , t compete unl ess a doctor certifi es that he is unabl e to do so . If he refuses to compete for any other reason all of hi s scores are negated and it is as th ough he had never been present.

4. The one exception to No.3 is when a gymnast qualifies for more than three individual events. In this case he may elect any three of hi s choosin g with out bein g penalized for failin g to compete in the ones he elects to drop .

Mr. Wilderoter ex plained that such intern ati onal scoring is seldom used in the Uni ted States and should be explain ed.

Team Totals Men Women United States 556.60 373.45 Canada 522.05 340.95 262.55 31.00 Mexico Men's All-Around Name Country Score Place 112.65 USA G. Weiss 1 M. Sakamoto 111.55 2 USA A. Vega 110.85 DSA 3 il0.55 4 D. Tonry USA 108.55 USA 5 1. Werner 6 (T ) R . Kihn 107.85 Can. 6(T) 107.85 Can. G. Larose Can .

107.55 W. Weil er 8 A. Valles Mex. 100.30 9 Can. 98.85 10 Simard 97.45 R. Di on Can. 11 Y. Boisclair Can. 92.15 12 81.4:' Mex. M. Vargas 13 80.80 Mex. 14 F. Valles 55.90 A. Grossfeld USA 15

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Women's A l1-Around Co untry Place Nam e USA 1 M. Walth er USA 2 rT) A. Ti eber D. McClement s USA 2 (T ) USA 4 M. Grossfeld USA 5 K. Corrigan Can. 6 G. Daley 7 C. Rabun USA Can. 8 S. McDonel!

Can. I. H aworth 9 Can _ 10 G. Sebestya n Can .

11 P . Sebestyan Can .

E. Austin 12 Mex .

13 P . Castell ano Individual Eve nts (Men ) Flloor E xercise 19.325 Sakamoto 18.350 Larose 18.125 Weiss Side Horse 19.175 Weiss 18.900 Sakamoto 18.500 Tonry Rings 19.050 Sakamoto 18.975 Weiss 18.900 Larose Lonl{ H orse Vaul t 19.325 Weiler 18.975 Larose 18.950 Wei ss Paral1el Bars 19.650 Wei ss 18.900 Tonry 18.625 Kihn Horizontal Bar 19.250 Weiss 18.990 Tonry 18_900 ' Verner (Wo men) Floor Exe rcise 19.375 Grossfeld 19.075 Walth er 19.025 McClement s Side Hors e Vault 19.325 JVlcClements 18.775 Ti eber 18.625 Walth er Balance Beam 19.025 Grossfeld 18.850 Walth er 18.725 Tieber Uneven Parallel Bars 19.225 Walth er 19.000 Grossfeld 18.900 Corri gan

At right: Muriel McC lements and

Score 75.55 74.45 74.45 74.05 73.20 72.85 69.35 68.15 67.70 66.55 64.80 62 .9., 26.00

Grassfeld , Dole Marie Walther .

Gymnastic photos by Ri ck Robson of Wilmington, Delaware .

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CARBON COpy

By HERB VOGEL Womens Coach Southern Illinois University, Carbo ndale, III .

ADVANCED WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS

Ba I ance Beam " S traddle S win g" Movements continued Thi s article. th e fo urth a nd fin a l o f th e "straddle swin g" seri es is directed to further illu strate the variety o f sta rts which ca n be progressivel y produced through the mastery of a fe w principles of movement. The reade r is directed to the las t three M.C. iss ues for discussi on of these p rinciples a nd fundam entals required to master the advanced variations of the "straddl e s wing" . Th e variati ons that h ave been covered a re : (1) to squat sta nd (2) toe Ifoot ) lever 13) a rabasque (4 ) splits (5 ) " whip over" forward roll (6) to En gli sh h a nds ta nd 1closed positi on ) (7 ) to English handstand (s plit leg positi on ). The use of the " overhead " mecha ni c, hand held m echanic, hand "spottin g" and " lead up" acti viti es were al so illustrated and di scussed.

In summary, this arti cle shall but list va ri ous stunts or mo\'ements whi ch term as " EX ITS" fr om the initi a l movem ent- th e straddl e swin g.

Le t us assume tha t the performe r has reached the Engli sh ha nd sta nd in the straddle swing progression.

EX 1TS-options that co uld be deve loped fr om th e straddl e swin g to h andstand with selected examples illustra ted.

1. F orward roll II . Forward roll , repeat straddle swin g to "whip ove r" r oll III. Front Walkove r-see (A) IV. % (handstand ) piroette to sid e ha nd sta nd (see B) A. Immediate cartwheel to sta nd B. Lower legs to straddle sta nd C. Lower legs to fr ee straddle a ng le support D. Lower to sin gle leg or double leg squ a t thr oug h the sid e stri de supp ort or sittin g s upp o rt rearways.

E. To dismo unt (from sid e h a nd sta nd (See C) 1. Stoop 2. Squat :). Strad dl e 4. Limber

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by A. BRUCE FREDERICK 路 2125 ARMOUR DRIVE 路 WILMINGTON 8, DELAWA RE

~ With this edition 0/ the MG we start a se ries 0/ articles on Education in Gymnastics lor girls by Barbara Saltzsieder . . . ABF RHYTHMIC EXE R CISES USI NG BALLS

A t a rece nt deve lo pm e ntal mee t at th e Mann R ec reatio n Cent er in Phi lade lphia WI' picked up a co upl e of ~ h o t " of so me future f!y mn a~tic hopefuk Winninf! th e all -a round wa" Car l Frede ri ck of th e Wilminf!ton Turnt' rs wh il e Johnn y Ca ron wa s seco nd , pl ace a ll-arou nd . Th e two bo y~ a re show n holdinf! a n " L" on th e fl oor. A Ith ou!!h we are better abl e to answer th e qu~s tion. "Daddy .. . why

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are s till a lonf! way from ma kin g tlH'~e affa irs short s. sweet and to th e point.

P erhaps th e picture of yo un g Carl a nd hi " look o f d isd a in in th e third hour will r emind u" that th e a tt enti on s pan of our very yo un ~ co mpetit ors is short a t bes t. At a ny ra te co n !!ra tul a ti o n ~ to B ill Coco of iVlann R ec reati~n Cent er who was mee t director. Tt is th rouf!h the e fforts of peo pl e lik e Bill th a t more and more and more oppo rtuniti es in gvmnasti cs are be ing provid ed for the boys a nd ~i rls in th e greate r Philad el phi a are a. 1'llr . Coco w ill once aga in Sl)onso r a

clini c-camp at Camp Deerlwad in H ancock.

N.Y. Th e Camp wa;; favo red last summf'r by app ea ra nces of ,o nw of th e current gy mnastic Olympians. Th e dat es for the camp a re J une 23 throu~h Jun e 30. 1964. Fror more inf orm a ti on. writ e to th e Ea;;t ern Gym Clini c. 8 11 Vern on Rd .. 5-3. Phil adt:l phia 19. Pa.

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Barbara A. Saltzsieder ha nces th e prog ra m co ns iderabl y. T each Th e fe elin g of good movement is not a the exerc ises w ith out the record a t the b ethin g that can easily be com muni ca ted in gi nnin g in ord er that th e s tudent s will fowo rd s But whatever that feelin g is, it is the cus their a tt ention on the m ovement and ultim~t e obj ective in rhytillilic exerci se. The not be fru strat ed by th e pace of the mus ic. mos t important a sp ect of rhythmi c exer cises )\s skill is gain ed th e class w ill fall int o a is the movem ent and not the li ght hand apco mm on rhythm. Then add th e mu s ic, in paratu s whi ch may be u sed in cidentally t o troel ucin g a new stimulus for old mater ia l th e exer cise. Th ere fore th e rise in popularand motivatinf! the s tud ent s to b ett e r perit y of rh ythmi c exercise us ing la rge balls formance. should be accompani ed by an increased unNo exe r c i se~ are li sted for th e introderstandin g of th e fund a mentals in volve d du c ti on of the music. Thi s mus ic can be in appropriate move ments. The foll ow in g u ~e d for a n entra nce or s impl y to es tabli sh point ~, th en are vital to th e proper u se th e rhy thm. o f th e accompan yin g se t of exercises.

Exercise I. l'vlus ic: " A" th eme; 32 co unt ~ .

1. Exercises a re co mposed of alternating Pllrpose : Introd ucti on of proper ball relaxation s a nd tensions or ex tens ion s. St uha ndlin g techniques . dent s should become aware of the major Description: F eet toget her, ball b ala nced mu scle group s and be a bl e to use th em in d y. Boun ce on two hanel s low in front of boO a ny n atural way. Too often student s learn ba ll with two ha nd s in front of b ody three onl y th e techniqu e of tension in an exertim es 1-3, ca tch with two ha nd s 4. r e pea t c ise program. R elaxa ti on is more difficult to teach, but is n o less important.

5-8. Re pea t with left hand l A, 5-8. R e pea t wi th ri ght hand 1-4, 5-8. R e peat with both 2. The whole body should be involved in ha nds 1-4, 5-8. eve ry exer cise_ F or example, an a rm swin g Tea ching hin /s: "Give" w ith the entire or toss of the ball orig in ates in the feet and body whil e boun cin g a nd ca tchin g. K ee p wo rks its wa~' through th e body to th e th e arm s long. Bounce th e ball in fro nt of a rm. The ac ti on is large and end s in a th e bod y hut do not bend forward to do it. compl ete exten s ion of th e arm with n eith er T o ca tch th e ball put th e hand s, pahm th e ex tra tens ion of a hyperextended elbow dow n and thumbs towa rel on e an other, over nor th e in co mpl ete movemen t evid enced in th e ball as it co mes up from th e fl oor. As a sli ghtly fl exed arm . th e ball r ea ch es the ha nd s, se parat e th em 3. Th ere a re n o unn ecessa ry tension s. making a small hol e for th e ball to come S tretch in g a rm s does not in clud e hun chin g through; sl iel e the h ands under the ba ll. s hould er s. palm s up. and ge ntl y gather th e ball l ettin g 4. Th e exe rc ises fo llo w the na tural moveth e h a nd ~ move downward with it as part ment inclin a tions of the body. Th ere a re of the ca tch. K eep the elbows ex tended no unn a tural stra in s on the j oint s, shift s throughollt. Wh e n ch ang in g from th e le ft of we ight , chan ges of e1 irec ti on or s hift s in rhythm. ha nd t o th e right ha nd, s imply place th" ri gh t h an d on top of the ba ll a~ it res ts 5. The s tu dents should learn to isola te move ment in a parti cular part of th e body , in th e left ha nd and bounce th e hall to k eepin g th e uninvolved par ts both staba lized th ,路 floor on th e fi rst co unt. a nd relaxed.

Exercise 2 . Music "B" theme; 32 co unt ;.

Pllrp ose: Pro pe r ball ha ndlin g techniqu e,: Startin g with th ese fundam ental cha ra cintrodu ce proppr arm sw in g ing with freeteristi cs of goo d movement, we move to some dom and fl ex ib ilit y in the sh ould er. addi ti onal cons id eration s in th e use of balls Descrip tion: Start with th e ball held in exercise. forward in the left h an(1. Sw in g th e ball 1. The ball is seco ndary to th e move ment back wa rd a nd forward two tim es l A: at t he a nd will inhibit rath er th en enhan ce the pnd of th e ;;('co nd sw in g chan ge h ands and move ment if th e bulk of concentrati on is re pea t th e exe rcise sw in gin g b ack wit h on ho ldin g on to th e ball . Good ball handlin g tec hniqu es must be tau ght be fore the inth e right arm ::;-8. R e peat thi , "equ ence trodu ction of comp lex exerci ses. three tim es 1-8, 1-8. 1-8.

2. Th e ball is controlled through th e Teachil/.{! hill/s : Le t the sw in g co me up use of cent rifu gal for ce or by balan cin g from tllP flo() r. pu shin g w ith th e f ee t and it on th e hand. IT IS NOT GRIPP E D. f!i vin g with th e knee ~ a nd trunk. If th e arlll is swung prope rl y th e hall wi ll fee l heav\' Th is is vit a l to the perform a nce of free, lid,t movements a t th e hottum of th e ~w i n~ and li ght at ' Th e following' unit has been writt en to th ., back a nd th e fr ont. Do n()t to"" th e fit with the recording of "Neve r On S un hall tn c h a n ~'路 hands: rath er , uspend it in day " as it appears in th e United Arti s ts fn,nt of tilt> hod y a nd ~a th p r it in with th e a lhum UA L 3122 entitl ed " Ori ginal Soun d n.-w han cl. hl endin!! tilt-' ca tch wit h tIlt' Tracks and Hit 'Vlu s ic from Grea t Motion ha.-kw a rd ~w in ~. K c:!'p th e should er" down Picture Themes.- ' It is a lso ava il able on a nd th e arms l o n ~. Sw in g fr e!'ly. Do not he Long Play in g Ster eo UAS 6122. Rh ythmi c afra id to drop th e ball a 'tim e or two while exerc ises can be done without mu sic bu t lea rning. th ere is no doubt that th e use of mu s ic enExe rcise .3. !'vlus ic : "A" th eme re pea ted ; ltj

coun ts.

Purpose : Ball h a ndling technique; sid e bl'ndin!!: coo rdi nation Uesc'ripti1on: S trid e 'standin g, ba ll h eld in Idt hand. Sw in g th e ball acr oss th e h od y w hil e s id l' be nding to th e l eft away fr om th e s win g 1, swing arm sid e way s left 2 , sid e ste p to the right (s te p ri g ht, close lef t, ste p ri g ht ) whil e circlin g th e arm ac ross in front o f th e bod y. R elea se th e ball into th e ri gh t hand , r e peal th e e xe rc ise in Ih c o ppos it e direction 5-8. R e peat e nlire sequ en ce 1·8.

T eachin g hints : Le t th e bod y "give" during th e sw in g in g a c tion. K ee p the side ste p I ig ht and s prin gy. The circlin g of th e a rm during the s id e s te p is done with a be nt plbow d irect l y in fro nt of the body. Th e circ le is small , and para ll el to th e fr ont al p la n e o f th e body a nd help s th e lift on t he s id e sle p. F oll ow th e ball w ith th e e yes . Wh en tossin g to the oth e r ha nd. r eo lease th e ball genll y a l th e top of Ih e circiP sw in g. Wh en rece iving th e ball w ith th e n cw h an d , g at h er Ih e ball in a nd sw in g il a c r o s~ th e bod y imm ediately .

Exe rcise 4. 'Mu sic : "C" the me; 14 co unt s.

Purpose : Coordinal io n ; I runk I w ist in g .

Descri ption: Ba ll h eld in l eft h a nd ; brin g fee! toge th er at e nd of e xerc ise 3. Sw in g le ft arm back ward with trunk Iwis tin g an d sw in g forward relea sing ball to o th e r ' h a nd 1·2; re pea t w ith ri g ht hand 3-4. R e pea l .' ntire movl' Iwi ce 1-4. 1-4. R e turn t o pos ili o n wi lh ba ll he ld low in front in two h a nd s. ( t wo count s ) Twching hints : Sw in g th e a rm directl y to Ih e b ack wall , arm sh o uld er he ig ht. F oll o w Ih e ball with th e hea d . Wh e n Irunk tw ist in g. k ee p th e feet toge th e r a nd lurn th e s h ould e rs pa rall el to th e s id f' wall. K ee p Ih e a nn "w in g co minl,! o ut of th e fl oo r.

Exercise 5 . Music: R e peat of "A" th e n1<': 16 co unt s.

Purpo se : Ball h a ndlin g techni qu E'S in lo:,s in g a nd ca tc hin g; ba~ k and sh ould e r rclaxat ion.

Description: St rid l' s la ndin g. ball held low in front in Iwo ha nd s. T oss ball up· wa rd a n d ca tch in two ha nd s . rI' lax in!! a rm s . head a nd sho uld prs o n ca tc h 1·2. l ~t th e trunk fall r elax ed d ow n wa rd 3-4. roll UP to startin g pos iti on le llin g arm s and hea;1 co me la st 5-8. R e peal one lim e l ·R. T eaching hints : Wh e n loss in g th e ball. rai se Ih e a rm s well up wa rd a nd forward keep in g the ar ms ex te nd ed. Do nol flip Ih e ball int o th e a ir. K ee p in ('o nla cl with il as long as poss ibl e. L ea ve Ih e arm s hi g h unt il th e ca tc h . On ca lc hin g. le t th e arm" fall at th e sa me s pee d as th e ball. ga lh e r· in !! it in no iseless lv. To le t Ihe trunk fall d o';v n wa rd. lean fo r'ward a nd le t gravity do th e wo rk. D o not " lowe r" th e trunk. Le i it fall and h a n g th e re durin g Ih e fo urth co unt.

R ela x th e k;l ees . R oll u,; slowl v. Sa vo r til(' relaxa ti on in Ihi s e xercise . " Exercise 6. Mu s ic : R e peal of --B" Ih eme : 32 co unt s Purpo se : S ire n g ih en abd o minal and thigh l1lu seles; pra c ti ce in relaxation.

De scription: Take fo ur counl s t o CO I1l P tn angl e sittin g pos iti on with lowe r legs r claxf'd . lacs barely touc hin g fl oo r a nd ba ck " trai ght.

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GYMNASTIC GIMMICKS By Bud Beyer JOE SULLIVAN- SPECIAL GIMMICKS During the process of traveling over 150,000 miles and teachin g over 15,000 teachers, I have co me across some very wonderful in· structors who have not necessarily been top performers but who have a good mind and ap. excellent grasp of gymnastics. They have become teachers through the medium of study, clinics, movies, etc. Mr. Joe Sullivan of Stivers High School in Dayton, Ohio, is such a man.

He has been responsible for many inter· esting inn ova ti ons which he is perfectly willing for other coaches to try. One example is the sin gle yoke safety belt attachment.

As shown her e in picture No.1, we see the sin gle yoke passing from the rear of the belt down between the legs forward to th e D rin g which attaches to the two parts of the ceilin g lun ger- one rope comin g from the double pulley and one rope coming fr om the sin gle pulley. This would be the set up used for teaching the und er bar ~omersault or "Basket," which many coaches have troubl e spotting.

The youn g man in the picture with Mr. J oe Sullivan is Dan Trobaugh who, inci· dentally, is also a fin e football player as well as an excellent gymnast.

In picture No.2, we see the detail of the sin gle yoke in a close·up. Miss Della Obbers is wearin g th e belt, and Joe Sullivan is showin g th e detail s of the belt to Bud Beyer. F or straddle dismounts off the hi gh har of un even bars, you have safety with· out th e ropes interfering with the straddle maneuver. The idea of the ri ggin g is quite evid en t and needs no furth er explanation.

In picture TO. 3, we see J oe Sullivan's method of teaching the Barani. With the use of a Mini-Tramp, the gymnasium buck is raised bit by bit to just about as high as is will go. Th e perform er who is to learn the Barani takes off from the Mini· Tramp and does an ordinary round·off us· 4

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in g the bu ck as a support. Eventually, after full height is attained, the buck is lowered sli ghtly, and th e man tries to do the roundoff up to the ori ginal height of the high buck. The end r esult is a very spectacular hi gh Barani, and if the performer tend s to retrogress in height, he is again taken to the hi gh buck- Min i-Tramp set up for add itional practice. The system seems to work specta cularly because all of J oe SuI· li van's men who have learn ed the Barani in thi s mann er have ex tremely hi gh move· ment. In picture No. 3 we see Bill Wikl e of Stivers High School demonstratin g the use of this teachin g "gimmick."

In pi cture No.4, we see Mr. Jo e Sullivan with floor hand stand apparatus which he has made himself. Th ey call these floor pommels. These two aids were mad e in the Joe Sullivan home workshop. Shown are Hcnry Favorite and Jim Lewis both of Sti· vers Hi gh SchooL Henry F avorite is usin g th e hand stand teachin g aid which Joe Sullivan also made. This consists of a pipe set on a platform curvin g to anoth er pipe which creates a curved T bar which is padded to r eceive the arch of the individual.

J oe has made this vertical curved pipe ad· ustable so that it iust fit s int o th e small of the back of each performer.

In pi cture No.5 , we see a back handspring aid which Mr. Jo e Sullivan in vented. One can r est th e hips against the padded support , look back at th e fin ger tips, fall back gentl y. place the hand s on th e mat and do a snap· down. The apparatus pivots with body action as can be seen here and it allows th e student very fr ee movement for the beginning of th e feeling of th e hand sprin g.

The dev ice is also ad justable for height , and Mr. Joe Sulli van claims that thi s teach· in g gimmick has been very useful in teach· in g some of hi a beginn ers a handsprin g with minimum use of additional spottin g techniques.

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In picture No.6, we see the use of a hi gh jump standard for gauging the height achieved by a performer off the Mini·Tramp.

Note particularly that old tires have bef'n strategically placed und er folded mats. This gives a very wonderfully soft platform upon which to land . The tires are firm but do give under heavy impact and give mu ch more protection that the mat s would afford by themselves. I sin cerely believe this is ,vhy Mr. Joe Sullivan's youngsters do such tremendo usly hi gh Baranis, front somer· sa ults, and back so mersaults. They have the advantage of landin g on this extremely so ft platform and therefore do not hold back for tremen dous height.

Mr. Joe Sullivan was born in Dayton, Ohio, and was edu ca ted at the University of Day· ton and Miami University. He has been particularly successful in working at the County Deten tion Home with supp osedly " Bad Boys" which he soon proves are merely neglected youngsters who need af· fecti on and vigorous skills. He is a great believer in the use of the Tramp olin e to interest yo un g people in gy mnasti cs, and he had one of the first Trampolines in Day· ton in 1947 at the Montgomery County De· tention H ome. It is interesting to note th at Mr. J oe Sullivan is an expert carpenter and does a great deal of carpentry in his spare tim e. He is very handy and is able to make a great deal of his own equipment.

He has spent a lifetime in his main ob· jective of finding th e proper spot in sports for each boyar girl whereby the boy or girl can achi eve some recognition. From what we saw in Dayton, Ohio, at Stivers Hi gh School , we can say that Mr. Joe SuI· Iivan is a successful man , an ingenuous l1)an, and a fin e person to know. Our hat's off to J oe Sullivan and his imagination and his gimmicks for teachin g gymnastics.

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As most路 of the Modern Gymnast readers know, I have had the pleasure of working with our na路 tion 's gymnasts, both boys and girls from rank beginners to. the Olympic level for the past eight yea rs. One rea der asked, " In your op inion from from the thigh to the knee to the big toe with the toes curving back?

I cannot give all of yo u just one exercise, but I feel sure that ever y athlete needs to work on his or her feet. Yo ur coach will always say " point yo ur toes." Bu t can yo u? Can yo u get an unbroken line from the thi gh to the kneed to th e bi g toe curving back ?

Ernestine Russell Carter has illustrated the use of the foot exercises that I recommend . Practice them diligently and see if the beauty of yo ur performance isn't enhanced b y the added strength and beauty of your feet.

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1. Press on the side of the big toe and at the some time pull heel up.

2. Somet imes it is necessary to put the body weight on top of the foot . This a " hurry up" method to getting a flexible foot. Take caution. Onl y allow as much weight as you can comfortab ly tolerate in the beginn ing .

3 . Do push ups from this position with toes. Make exercise work for you from a stand po int of perfecting the feet.

4. Do little run ning exercises on the top of foot with the toes curled underneath.

5. WRONG: Be ca reful not to let weight slide over onto little toe. This will stretch the muscles on the s ide of the foot and will make foot appear "pigeon toed," 6. RIGHT: push up through center of foot to the metatarsuls.

7. This exercise stretches the muscles all the way to the top of the foot. The pressure of bock knee against one in front creates pressure on top of the

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By Jess Robinson

TramJlolin e act ivit y reached a hi gh puint th e la st of March with Danny Millman win· nin g th e world champion ship at Albert H all , London , England , and Gary Erwin takin g first a t the N .CA.A. n a ti onals at Ca lifo rni a S tat e College a t Los A ngeleo .

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WORLD C HA !\ 'IPlONSH I P Th e world cha mpi onship meet in Lond on wa s s pon so red by N isse n Trampolin e Cu. in cunjun cti"D n with th e Britis h A ma te ur Gy mnaoti c Ass n. It was truly a world cham· pionship with 32 co mpe tit ors r epr esentin g Be lg ium , Denm a rk , En gland , W es t Ger· ma ny, H olland. No rway , Sco tland , South Africa, Sweden, Sw it zerland , Wa les and the Unit ed S tates. From the U.s. were Dann y .\lillman , 1963 USG.F. nati ona l champion; Gary Erw in, 1963·64 N.CA.A. national ch a mpion ; and Judy Wills and Wayn e Mil· le r, 1963 A.A . . na ti onal champi ons . Jud ges were chosen from Walcs, Swi tzerland , W e, t Ge rman y, H olland. England and th e U.s.A. t Dr. lew t Loken and J eff H e nn essy fr om th e U.S.) Com pe tit ion wa s unu s ual in that co m· pe titors were ma tched again oL each ot her in pairs wi th winn ero ad va ncin g through ,ucceedi n ~ round" to th e fina lo a nd loo .. r" of th e firs t ro und procedin g to a lose r 's co noo lat io n tournam ent. Co mpetin g pairs pe rform ed on id enti cal trampolin es, one immediat ely af ter the o th er , and jud ges had onl y tu d etermin e whi c h was th e w inn er of eac h compe tin g pair. '\l en ·s final eliminati on before a house pa cked with trampolin e enthu s ia sto sa il Dann y .\lill man win ove r Gal)· E n vin fur th e champi onship. Five of seven jud ges ocored for Millman . one fo r Erwin and on e saw a ti e.

Ii/ inn er in th e la di es co mp etition was Jud y Wills with Linda Ball fro m En~land takin~ second .

N .C A.A. NATIONALS New t Loken's boys from Mi chigan pretty nearly swept th e trampoline event at the N .C.A.A. nati onal s with Gary Erwin win· nin g, J ohn H a milt on sco rilO g second a nd Fre.d Sanders in a tie with George H er y of I owa [o r third. J ohn Hamilt on narrowly won th e prelimin a ri es with a flawl ess routin e th a t co ntain ed r equired diffi culty. H e used a piked ba ck·Ydront fliffi s very e ff ec tively in the middl e of his routin e for his back landin l[ swin g in g out of it with a bailout w ith a I'/:' twi st. In the final s, how eve r.

Gary mount ed with a well execut ed triple back and went on to p erform all stunt s at maximum he ig ht and with exce ll ent fo rm to ed!!e J ohn for th e titl e .

Th e m ee·t was telev ised and should be "hown " "ll etim e in '\'l ay ove r C BS·TV sta· ti o n~ .

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TRIPLE TWISTL IG DOUBLE We received a motion picture of Wayn e .\1iller performing a triple twisting doubl e back ( this one is a back with 2% twi st to a bar any ) and as his coach says, "he does it with s uch ease it is r edi cul o us.'· it for th e magazin e from that film. We arc tryin g to get it on a different type of film a nd if possible will certainly publi sh it.

S POTT IN G TWI S TER S Larrv .\l artin from Ontari o. Ca nada writes: I eit her get lost or don't co mplete th f! stllnt i i I attempt to watch t.he bed on a bar-k l ~i th dOllble or triple tw':st Or iron ! w it h 211:" ye t swin g easUy .:l I dOll 't watch th e bed . And be cau se th': s ':5 so, I am a li tt le reluctant to in stru ct m r stll'ienls to do so . Can YOII dig ress a lillie on it ?

If yo u Eee th e bed durini! a barany. ba ck with full a nd front w ith Il/:, twi st yo u can ima!!in e how mu ch more diffi cult th est' o5 tU /;t5 would be if JOLL couldn't spo t the b ed until th e la ndin g. Th erefo re, yo u mu , t r ealize how mu ch eaoier multiple twi s tin ~ tri cks wi ll he when they a re pe rform ed co r· rectl y.

It "o und s a, th o ug h in tryin g tn s po t tlIP hed durin~ th e tw ist yo u wai ted too Ion!! belore t w,:., ting and didn't have tim e to (·0111· piet e it. I f yo u think of tlw so mersault as a clock wi th fee t s ta rt in!! and pnd in !!: on tlIP s ix. th e tw ist should b~g in on th e'te n and ~nd no la ter th an the two. S in ce yo u a re a lready perfor min g th e s tunt. try to cor · r("c t th e head by loo kin g for th e bed soo ne r at th e end o f tllP s tunt in ste ad I)f al

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W H\TS GO ING ON ?

What', ~ o in g on in yo ur area - trampolin t' w i ~ (-"~ Writ e in anti we will p a~~ it along.

Fron l Ho b W a lker. No rtho lt. Middx .. En :! · lan d we hea r: ' ·'W e a re hol d in!! a mens mat ch w ith W es t Ger ma ny at We ,;,bl ey. Lond on. Th (" ir \li en bea t u" in ·6 1 and o ur !!irl s bea t th e m in °63. \V t' are now !!f'ttin; routin es in COIllpeti ti o n of thi s ~r~de (i't is onl y our sixth c- ha nlpio n"hip ) : ha ran y o ut fliffi s. A lth o u~h 11'(' don' t cO lll pa re with yo ur diffi c ult y we a rc' pr o~ r f':.:.:.:. in g. :\ ~('s.

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don 't try for too much difficult y. Use only s tunt s you can perform high , in th e mid· di e of th e trampoline and with good form.

In preparing for a season's co mpetition , write out yo ur r outine, practice it in parts 12 or 4 s tunt s at a tim e) and finall y work it all toge ther. Th en perform it every day working for h eight and form until you know it in yo ur sleep. At the same tim e work on one ·or two n ew stunt s and when you are' certa in you can do the m work th e m int o th e routine. lNGREDIENTS OF A ROUTlNE S ince a trampolinists can perform so mer· sault s and twi sters forward and backward frol11 fee t, stomach and back , th er e are a number o f stunts from which to ch oose when makin g a routin e. IVIan y of them, however, are not suitable for r outin es. Those that e nd with the trampolini sts lookin g away fr om the trampolin e su ch as front s, doub le fr ont s, ba cks with lh . Ph. 21;2 twi s ts, front s with full, doubl e twi sts are diffi cult to wo rk out of and are seldom see n in rou· tin es. Al so forward work off of th e stomach and ba ckward tri cks from th e ba ck see m !o cut he ight and al so are used infrequ entl y.

Gene rall y spe akin g, a routin e sh ould start and fini sh stron g wi th so methin g int e r es tin ~ in th e middl e. It should co ntain both fr ont and back som ersault s but s in ce th ere arc more back stunt s to choose from a rati o of tw o ba ck s to one front is suitable. W e have alw ays advoca ted a stoma ch or ba ck landin g or both and la s t ye ar th e N.C.A.A . ruled a stoma ch or h ack landin g is n'quired.

Tn addition to thi s we strongly r eCOl ll · mend a fla shy form tri ck somew here in th e routin e. Thi s usuall y attract s th e judges att enti on and with all oth er thin gs equ al cn uld w in a meet.

S ELL THE RO UTI N E Wh e n you are read y to co mpete don't just gpt up and throw a routin e. Sell yourse lf and yo ur rou tin e to th e judges with HS mu ch show man ship a s possibl e. Be sure you are neat and clean with hair cut and co mbed . Approa ch th e tramp olin e with conf id e nce and show thi s confid ence throu gh th e entire routin e. S t and at attenti on as a sign of respe ct to th e jud ges before and aft er yo ur performance. And if yo ur r outin p doesn't go as yo u planned what ever yo u do . . . don'! shalre YOllr head in disa pprornl.

It will cost you points.

WHEN TO CO:\'I PETE Whe n should you s tart competi ng? W e say th e first chan ce you ha ve. Vil e don ': mean jus t becau se you have a few trick , yo u should get on the tramp oli ne and do whateve r comes I1:J mind . That would be of no valu e to yo u and a was te of time for th e judges. Plan a definit e routin e, even if it contain s consid erably less diffi culty than those of other co mpet itors, work on it for form, height , control and on the approach and re treat befor e you prese nt it. You ma y bp surpri sed to find that yo u wi ll beat so me· on e who throws mOIe difficulty. But eve n if yo u come in la st, th e ex peri pncp of CO I11 petin g will be of valu e to you. It is lik e anything else, it takes a ce rtain amount of compe titi ons before yo u ga in confid ence and feel at ease while performing.

BEGINNING ROUTINES If yo u have a ba ck , fr ont alld barany. e ven if you can 't swin g th e m, yo u ca n put tnp:eth er a respec tabl e r outin e. Tt might p:" somet hin g like this : 1. Ba ck som ersault 2. Lavout (o r pik e) to stomach drop

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Half (o r full ) turntabl e To feet Barany Pik e to se at drop Jump and tu ck ( feet to fe et) Sw ivel hip s (l egs strai ght) To feet 10. Front flip As yo u impr ove you mi p:ht chan ge it lik (· thi s : 1. Ba ck flip 2. Barany 3. Airplan e (1,1:! twist to stoma ch ) 4 Half twi st to feet Jump a nd touch toes (Free X mov(> j o. Barany 7. F;j fr ont flip (t o stomach ) 8. Half (or fulll turntabl e 9. T o feet 10. Back flip with 1,0 twist Th en as you are able to swin g more trick ,: 1. Layo ut ba ck flip 2. J limp and touch to es 3. Ba ck flip 4. Barany .5. Fr ont flip 6 . Jump and tu ck 7. :y, ba ck so mer sault 8. !ialf twist to feet 9. Barany 10. Piked front flip Th ese routin es should be alt ered to [it each indi vidual but they ea ch contain a form tri ck and bpgin a nd end compar3I ively s trong.

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BARA NY BACK S YSTEM Once th e competitor is abl e to swin g te n somers aults we reco mm end he use what we call th e " barany back " sys tem. This sys te m uses a barany and ba ck combination as s pacers between difficult stunt s or com binations; th e barany to straight en up and ge t back on balan ce and the back to give he ight and tim e to prepa re for the n ex t stunts.

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lik e thi s : Back with full twist Barany Back Layo u t 'l4 back Cody Barany Back 1'l4 front Barany bailout Pik ed back

Thi s system helps cons id er abl y in memori zin p: a routin e. Above routin e ca n b e memorized by thinkin g of onl y three tri ck co mbinati ons II) th e ha ck with a full m ount.

(2) the :y, b ack- cody as on e tri ck and (3) th e endin g com bin a ti on of three s tunt s.

Th ese. of co urse, ar e se parat ed by th e ba r· a ny- back ~pace rs.

Thi s system ca n 1)(> uspd un ti l th e co n· tes tant is performin g r easonably diffi cu lt stunt s and still be e ffective. Consid e r thi s r outin e : Doubl e ba ck Barany out fliffi s Barany Back Ba ck with doubl e twi st Rud olph Baran y Back 1')1, ba ck Doubl e cody On e la st thou ght a bout . thi s syste m. P erfo rming a routin e in thi s mann er g ives th e'

judges' tim e to full y di gest each - diffi cul l co mbination b eforp th e nex t one hit s him .

Enough sa id.

UNUSUA L ST UN T OR WILD RO UTI N E Tripl e coely. Gary Erwin r ece ntl y pe rfo rm ed this feat. Several top trampolinist:; hav e turn ed triple cody ( three in thi s area) but none ha ve fe lt th e necessity nor th e de s ire to u s~ one in a rouline. And n o wond er . . . t hat las t so mer sault is a long way around.

RE CO RD Of THE ~O NT H S do ubl e Iwi st in g co dys I stomach to. stomac h I by Dell'in DuM ey of Burhank.

Any News?

Se nd news of int e rest to tramp olini sts to J ess Robin son. c/o Tram po lin e In c .. 4207 '.Y es t :\Iagno lia Bl vd ., Burbank. Ca lif.

AUSS IE BED-Pictured is section of t r ampoline bed made in Australia by Bill Fraser. It is woven ny lon string , coated with ru bb erized substance to protect nylon fr om the weather . Bed gives fant astic bounce because it is like a sc reen and has no air re sistance and is idea l for stomach or back work or f or perfecting individual stunts. T op performers pr efer not to attempt rou ti nes on this bed because o f the high bounce and also because, being like a sc ree n, it is d iffi cu lt to spot as the performer sees right through it.

Eads. EI , 7.9 . T ra m p olin e : Paul lier t . 8.1I~ .

Jock Rees, I SC , 7. 125 ; Donny Poe, ISC . 6.625.

Sid e H orse : Curt Hahn , ISC . 7.]5 ; Roger Hellingo , EI. 7.70 ; Larr y Rockw ood, C, 7.35. High Ba r: Ken Sco r za , 845 ; Jim Schm id t , 8.45; Len T homp son , 8.425. L ong Ho rse: Jim Schmidt . 8.725 ; Bob DeVinny. 8.712; Len Th ompson . 8.525.

Pa rall el Ba rs: Vic Dutkov ich . MS , 8.775; Len Thompson. 8.70; Pete W ilson. 7.87. St ill Ri ngs : Len Th ompson . 8.35 ; Steve Weisser , MS, 8.10; Bill Snook, 7.90. Tumbling : Pou l lier t , 8.825 ; Bob De V inny , 8.15; Bill Eads, 7.8.

TE A M STANDINGS Mankato State College In diana Sta t e

230 88 V2 5] Illi nois State Univ.

47 Chicago (Univ. of) 46 Bo ll State T eochers College 34 Wheaton College 7 V2 Officials: Lienert . Ryser , Orlofsk y, Fr itz . SavEastern Illinois Univ .

pring , ger .

Br o wn ,

Miltenber ger ,

Ha ys le tt ,

Rhin b e" ,

BIG SI X (A AWU ) GYMNASTICS C HAMPIONSH I PS

hy J etTY Wrighl ~an

Fran c isco

~Ialt'

Coll e ge

1. Th e alional Collerriale T ea m cham pion will hencefor lh he ciel e rmin ed hv head nn dual m ee ts.

2. Th e lumbl in g evenl has been elimin a led fro m NCAA co mpetit ion.

3. T he co unlry wi ll be divid ed inlo four regions . . . each region w il l qual if\' ,i, Ill en in each evenl for th e NCAA finals . . . eac h reg ion will aho be represe nl ed 'hy il ~ s lrongesl dual Ill ee l If>a m for Ih e ru~· off . (a ll de lails have not bee n fi nal ized as of vpl)

THE 1965 NCA A FI NALS WILL Br HELD AT SOUTHERN TLLTNOTS UN IVERSTTY AT CABON Dc\ LE.ILLINOfS .

THE FOLLOWTNG "T EET RESUL T~ WILL GIVE YOU SO,,'!£ IDEA OF Ho\\, T HE Gy" tNASTS REA CHED THE NCA :\ F IN.\ LS TN LOS ANGELES. CA LIFOR NTA 1ST MID-EAST MID- WEST REGIO NA L NC AA COLLEGE DIVISIO N GYMNASTICS CHAMPIO N SHIP Ano ther sig n of the times. The constont g r owth

of

ou r

spor t

of

gymnastIcs

IS

agoln

brought to ou r ot tentl o n by thiS report of the f irst NCAA Regional College Division Championships held March 13-14 at Boll State Teachers College in Muncie , Indiana.

There were seven schools represented in the compe t itio n and it

prov ed t o

b e a fine meet.

The coaches o f the schools participating

a re

quite anx io us f o r the College Divi sio n Gy mnastics picture t o g r ow and h o pe that a National meet will b e o rganized in the nea r fu tu r e.

It appears, fro m the meet r esult s that Man-

kat o

State

Co llege

this first meet and outstandi ng was led b y first A ll-ar o und and

a nd -

Vic

pretty

much

dominated

with its superi o r team depth ind iv idual perf o rmer s. Mankato pla c e winners Len Th o mpso nS.R. , J im Sch mid t - Long H o r se

Dutkov ich-Parallel

b ars.

Other I ndividuol champi o n s were Paul Ziert Fl oo r Exerci se, Tramp o line, a nd Tum b lin g.

Curt a nd Ji m

h igh

Hahn Indiana State Co lleg e-Sid e H orse Ken Sco rza- Indiana State Co llege ond Schmidt-

M a nkato

a

t ie

f or

fi r st o n

t he

b ar.

M EET RESULTS A ll-aro u nd: Len Th ompson . M S. 46 . 425; Ji m Schm idt , MS, 46 .0 0; Pete Wi lson, C. 44. 17; Rog er Hell inga , EI , 41.37; Bob DeVin n y, M S. 3 9.75; Bill Snoo k . ISC, 38.55 ; K en Sco rza , ISC .

3 6.7 2 ; Bob M i ller . BS, 36 .20. Flo o r Exe rci se : Pau l l iert . IS U . 8. 7 5; Bob DeV in n y, 8 .4 ; Bi ll

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its 1964 editi o n o f th e AAWU gymn ast ics ch ampi o nships Satu r da y ev ening March 14, on the UCLA campus.

It was , with o ut a doubt , the finest display o f g y mnastic talent ever witnessed i n v ol v ing these pacific c o a st schools.

Although it was an evening o f outsta nding perf o r mers the meet co ntained three outstand -

ing highl ights : ( 1) the fantastic team depth o f Coach Eric Hughes' University o f Washington t eam , (2 ) the a ll -around p erformance of USC's Ron Borak ond (3) the surpri se perfo r m ance o f Washingt on 's versatile Bob Holi .

The Uni ver sit y o f Washing t on ( 132) swamped the Univ ersit y of Calif. (9 1 V2) and USC (82 )

~Oi\[ ET HT NG TO THINK ABOUT: NA TTO NA L COLLEGL\ TE RULE ~ CHA NG ES :

for

their

sec o nd

team

title

in

a

row.

bock ), a g oo d r o utine on the st ill ri ngs bv Steve

lahm (9.55 in

spite o f

the required number o f Rand y Na ka yama-Ga r y

b ei ng a bit sh ort

of

major parts ), and the Buckner tie for first

on the Long Horse for USc. All-A r ound : Ro n Barak. U SC, 55.20 ; Bob Hall . Wash . . 53.725; Mike Flansaas . Wash . • 53.00; Kiell H ansen , Wash. , 5 1.35; Ri ck Field , Calif . • 51.32 ; Crod Chin , Calif ., 51.05 ; Go ry ~93~n5e r . USC , 50.97 ; Paul Newmon .

Calif., Officiols : Muir ,

Jerry

Le sl ie

T odd

Ken

Ba rtl ett

Jo hn

Fr~nk Endo , Abe ' Lober.

Sos v ar y,

WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Un iv ersit y o f Wash ington came from beh i nd in the last event of the meet t o suc ce ssfull y defend its Wes tern I n t erco ll egiate Gy mnastics Champi o nships team title . Ma r ch 2 1 at Tucso n , Ariz o na.

Wa shington t r ailed the Univ ersit y of Sou th ··

ern California 104 V2 t o 95 g o ing into t he final

W ith tele v isio n c amera ' s gr ind i n g awa y an d some 400 r ab id , gymnastic - wise spec t a t o r s lo o k i ng on, the Big Six conference presente d

IIWHAT'S THE SCORE?"

Other highlights o f the evening included the b ea u ti ful parallel bar rout ine of Crod Chin f or a f irst place . th e smoo th tumbl i ng o f Jim David o f Washingto n ( includ ing a good so l id doub le

Thev

were followed b y UCLA (21) Stanford ( I ~ V2 ) and Washing t on State (6). .

Ro n Barak . wh o won the AAWU a ll -ar ound in 1962 and m issed last yea r beca u se of an inju r y , ran away with t h e all -a r ound in spite o f b adl y missing o ne lo ng horse v ault and t o pped his ev enings p erfo rm ance with the o utstand i ng r o utine o f the meet , a 9.75 masterpiece on the high b ar, l o pping teammate Ga r y Buckner who had on excellent 9.5. In addition to this Ron ga r nered sec o nd p laces in free ex.ercise , side h o r se , and parallel ba r s, and a third place on the still ri ngs.

Bo b ~all sh owed amazing ve r sati li ty wi t h a s ec~nd In the a ll -a r ound, first on the tram p o line. (ov er teammate Jim Da v id ), first on t he Side h o r se , second in tumbling ( t o team-

mate Da v id ). and thirds on parallel b ars and lonq h o r se . scaring 54 of his team s 132 points The onl y unpleasant aspect of the meet was the . ext reme length- a 3 V2 h o ur mee t is just a litt le t o o lo ng and it is surpri sing that the co nference d o es no thing to alevia t e the prob I~m . It .~as :~ g r~tta b le t o see Rich Go ld e n, the fine California rrng man rece ive w h at appea re d t e:' b e .0. sev ere inj u r y kn ocking him out of a ~j~~ ~1~dshH ~r the rings-hope it isn ' t t oo bod

tumbling

ev ent.

But

the

Huskies

r acked

up

2 4 p o in t s in that ev ent t o o nly three f o r the Tr o jans , thereb y

ship

with

119

co pp ing

points

the

to

te am

U SC's

champ io n -

107 V2.

CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE California Sta te Co ll ege at Lo ng Beach (f orm er ly Long Beach St a t e College ) come up as t he darkest dark h o r se to captu r e the 1964 Ca lifo r n ia

State

Co ll ege

g y mnast ic

champio n-

ships March 14 on the Long Beach cam pus.

Favored Son Fernando V olley State Co ll ege and California Stote Co llege at Los Ange les were 2nd and 3rd respectfull y ofter finishing 1st a nd 2nd ahead o f Long Beach a week be f ore in t he CC AA Conference Championships.

The meet was highlighted b y the esp rit de corps of the Long Beach Team , and th e oncein-a- lifetim e hit~ing of thei r r outines , and the vo cal v eracit y of the h o me t o wn cr owd ( a s spa r se as i t was).

Dove

Smith

of

by

of

meet with a

the

far

Son

f o rm ed

the

Fernando

ou t stand i n g

V oll ey

si n g le

9.45 score on

per-

routine

the hi gh

b ar. In additi o n t o this Dave cap tured the oil-aro und with a weak 8.38 average fo r 6 ev ents, and finished second o n the rings and 4th on the parallel ba r s.

J I'll Mills of Lonq Beach deser v es special credit for a jo b we ll done in placing second in the all-around , secon d in fre e exer cise , fir st on lo ng horse , f o urth on the high bar and

f ift h

in

Oth e r

tumbling. t op

performances

we r e

r eco rded

To n y Bautista wi th a smoo th 9.35 first

by

place

in the free exercise , Don Devendorf- Long Beach a 9.1 fi r st place o n the side horse and a 8 .9 first p lace o n the parallel b a r s o ve r Fred

Want land v icto ry In

of Long Beac h , Ga rdn er-a 9.1 the tumbling , O' Bannon-Cal Pol y.

9. J 5 bl ue r ibbon exer cise on th e trampo li ne (o future th reat o n the trampo line if he would co n centrote on impr oving h is fo r m), over Dodson

o f Son Jose . a n d Imoyue of Long Beach wi t h a 9.15 v ictory on the still r ings over Smith and teammate Vic T aggett (Vic was a ran k teginner last yea r and deserves a Dot on the

Regi ona l NCAA Mid- east . Mid-west Champion ships, Bo ll St ate Coll ege , Munc ie, Indiana

,I

'\

I

back f or the job h e has d one in that sh or t peri o d o f time ).

H ope you are reading thi s Amerine!!!!!

I think a coup le o f stati stic s fro m th e Statc Co ll ege meet and the Big Six meet tell 01 i n t eresting sto ry : (I) Th e top 6 all-around performers o f the 1964 State Col leg e Meet a ve r oQed 7.8 o r b etter os co mpa re d t o the winning 1963 a ll -ar ound score of 7.6 . (2) Th e first 7 all-around performers from th e B ig Six meet r eceived a higher scor e than the first p lace winne r in the Sta te College mee t. Tell ing ve r y v iv idl y that the St a te C o ll eges have improv ed a q r eot deal an d still ha v e a lonQ way t o go!!!

All-around: Dove Smith, SFVSC, 5 0. 27; Jim Mil ls, CSCL B. 50. I 2; Scott Nettles, CSCLA , 49.60; Rich Chew , Sa n J o se , 48.95; John Gard ner , SFVSC, 4852; Geo r ge Wilcox , SFSC , 46 .97 ; Fred Wantland , CSCLB , 46.52; Hiroshi Kato , SSC, 44 . 17; Jerry Crou se, SFSC, 43.47 ; Honk Stee lsmi th , SJS 4 I. I 7.

Officials : Jerry Tod d , Marsha l l Claus , La szlo Sasvary, Fred Be llma r , Gib Peralta , V ince Mottola, Di c k Beckner , Don Fabe r .

EASTERN I NTERCOLLEGIA TE For the 13th Co n secuti ve y ear a Penn State gymnast capt ured the Eastern Interco llegiate a ll-around tit le.

Thi s y ear it was Mike Jacobson, Captain of the 1963-64 Nittany Lions, who scared 55 .05 points t o outlast teammate Ed Isabelle for the c hampionsh ip h eld at Pen n State Univer sity on March 7 .

Temple was decla red the team champion on the basis o f the dual meet record , remainin g undefeat ed in dua l meet competition.

MEET RESULTS All-around : Jacobson , PSU , 55 .05 ; Isabelle , PSU , 54 .30; Ma rk Co hn , T em., 53.45; Jim Culhane, PSU , 5 1.40; C. Pop lar , Syra. , 5 1. 30; G. Spencer , W. Vi r g., 51.15 ; W. Wright, Tem. , 5 0.90. Floor Exercis e: J. Patrin e, T em., 19. 05 ; M. Jacobson, 18 .80; Sid OglesbY, Syra ., 18.70.

Sid e Horse : Rusty Mills , Ya le, 19.30; F. Yapps , Tem ., 18.75; A. Porter , PSU , 18 . 70 . High Bar: M . Jacob,on, 19.25; T . Phillips, Tem. , 18.50; Jim Culhane, 18.40. Long Horse : Sid Oqlesby , 19.35; Pete Sapona ro, PSU , 19.3 5 ; C. Exkler , Tem . , 19. 10. Parallel Bars : M. Jacobson , 19. 00 ; S. Oglesby, 18.55; T. Ono, Arm y, 18.40. Still Rings : Wei ssman , Tem ., 19.10; Martin , PSU , 19.05; D. Christie , Tem ., 19.0. Tuml'Jllng : Sa p a nara, 9.25; S. Oglesby, 8.90; J. Petrino, T em. , 8 .85.

1ST ANNUAL BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS From the officia l result s it wou ld appear that, almo st without except ion, the University of Neb raska domina t ed the first annual Big Eight Champi onships held Morc h 13 -14 ot Ames, l owo .

Fir st o f all congra tulati o ns t o those instrumenta l in b ringing this meet int o be ing -Jake Geier-Nebr as ka , Glenn Wilson-Colora do, Ed Gagnie r- Iowa State, Frank Th o mpson-Kan sas State , Bob L oc kw oo d - K ansas, a nd undoubtedly many othe rs.

And a great big welcome t o the Big Eight- 路 we o re most p l eased t o ha ve you in the gymnastics f amil y .

Dennis Albers o f the Univer sity of Neb ra ska appa rantl y st o le the sh ow with vic t o r ies i n the all-around , floor exercise (9.0), side h o rse (8.7), long h or se (9. 0 ), and tum b ling (8. 7 5).

Ot her fine performances were turned in by: Francis A l len who fo ll ow ed Albe r s in the 011around, fl oo r exercise , and tum b l ing and captur ed the paralle l ba r event; Jim Selby, who finished ahead o f the field on the trampoline and was second on the lo ng h o rse , and T o m Jenkins w h o turned in 0 top flight 9.0 perfo r mance t o win the still ring event.

MEET RESULTS All-around: Denni s Albers, N, 52.00; Francis All en, N , 50.40; Rich Minser , IS , 49.85 ; Bill Pod ia, C, 46 .40; Harry Howard , N , 45.725; Ken W igger s, IS , 44.075 ; Lonnie Arfsten , C, 4 1.40; Wa rren Hoatwright, C, 4 1.10; Rich Poulsen , I S, 33.075; Kent Dobbins K , 13.55. Still Rings : T om Jenkins, C, 9 .0; Warren Bo atwright, C, 8.8; Rich Minser , IS , 8.6. Floor Exercis e: Denn is Alber s, 9.0; Francis A llen , 8.65; Harry H o ward, 8.45.

Trampoline : Jim Selby, IS , 8 .85; Fl oyd Co n st ant, IS, 8.65 ; Ri ch McCabe, C , 8.625. Sid e Hors e : Dennis Albers , 8.775; Tim Bumonn , I S, 8 . 575; John Stomps, C, 8.275. Tumbling : Dennis Al bers , 8.75; Francis Allen , 8.6; Kent Dobbins , 8.22. Long Horse: Dennis Albers, 9.01; Jim Se lby, 8.8 5; Franc is A ll en, 8.75. Parall el Bars: Francis A lle n , 8.72 ; Rich Poulsen , 8.5 ; Dennis Albe rs , 8 . 5. High Bar: R icha r d Jones , 8.80; Rich Minser , 8.475 ; Rich Poul sen, 8.35.

TEAM STANDINGS Nebras k a 203.5; Iowa St ate 15 4.5; Col o ra do 129; Kansas 13 ; Kansas Sta t e 4 .

Officials: Warren Ro lek , Fr a nk Perr y, T o m K idd , Bob Weec h , James Young , Bob Gillette .

Herb Hanick , Duane H oecherl.

/,

I

I. \...

,

Eas t ern Co llegiates Al l- A round Champs and Co ach Ca rl team from Temple Uni v ersity .

SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGI A TE LEAGUE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Gymnastics proudly re presen t ing the Pu r p le and Gold o f David L ipscomb College , a small sch o ol ( 1500 Students) lo cated in Nashv ille , Tenn. , walked o ff with the Sou t hern Intercol leg ia te co nference g y mnastics champ i o nshi~ team tit le on March 20-21 , at the Ci t adel in Charleston , South Car ol ina.

Led by it ' s fine a ll -around per fo r mer-J. Lee , Dav id L ipscomb rang up 168 V2 po int s to finish ahead o f the Uni v ersit y o f Flo rid a wi th 141 Lee o f L ipscomb ca ptured the all-a round, floor exercise, and tumbling ( the o nly gymnas~ to win mo re than one event ), added a sec o nd on the lon g h o rse and 0 thir d o n the side horse whi le persona ll y accounti n g f o r 62 o f L ipsco mb ' s points.

O th e r signif icant performances were turned in by: B. Fa y o f Furman wh o scored 9 of thG 10 ev ents t opped by hi s t hird p la ce in the all -a round; B. Gr amling o f Florida State came up with a second in the all a ro und and scor ed In seven events.

C. Deane , C. So lom o n, and B. Horwood led the University o f Furman with v ict o rie s on the high b ar , para l lel bars and sti ll ring s respec ti vely. Other winner s included B. Da vis of Florida Sta t e on the Lo ng Hor se (w here路 th e t op 6 finis h ers were over 9.0 with Da v is at

Patterson with his champi o nship

9.55 ), B. A ld r ich o f Geo rgi a South ern in the ro pe climb , and B. Ke ll ey o f the Univer sity o f Fl o ri da who tied with H arw oo d f o r f irst on t h~ still rings.

MEET RESULTS A ll-arou nd : J . Lee , DL , 46.30 ; B. Gramling.

FSU , 44.80; B. Fay, FUR , 44.50; J. Nance , D L , 42 .60; D. Harwood , U F, 41.80 ; G. Buffing 路~ ton , D L , 40.80; B. Kelley, UF , 40.60; G. Atkinson , FSU , 36 . 30; C. Solom on , U F, 35.70; B. Davis ; FSU , 35.4. Rope Climb : B. Aldrich , GS , 4.1 ; J. H olmes, GT , 4.4; J. Jaku b ec y, GT , 4.7. Fl oo r Exercis e, Lee , 9.0; Boker , DL , 8. 55 : Gramling , 85. Sid e Horse : P. Gaddis , UV , 8.3 ; R. Sn y der , GT , 7 . 9; J. Le e, D L , 7.65 . Still Ring s: B. Harwood , 8.55; B. Kelle y, 8.55; B. Fa y, 7.7.

Trampolin e: L. Boker , D L , 8.65 ; R. Go nzalez , U F, 7.8; D. Harr is, Cit , 7.6 Paralle l Bars: C. Solomon, U F, 8.5 ; R. Sn y der , 8.45 ; C. Walker , UF, 8.3. Long Horse : B. Da vi s, 9.55 ; J. Lee, 9.20; G. Buffington , 9. I 5. High Bar: C. Deane , U F, 9 .1; R Snyder , 8.9; J. Non ce , 7.95. Tum bling : J. Lee, 8.2; L . Boker , 7 . 15; B. Norgor den , UF , 6.95.

TE AM STANDINGS Da vi d Lip scom b, 168V2, Univer si t y of Flori da 14 I , Florida State Univ. , 74 V2, Furman , 60 V2, Geor gia Te ch., 56V2, Geor gia Sou t hern , 24 V2, Citadel , 17 V2, Uni v . o f Vi rg i nia, 16.

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1ST NATION A L ASSOCIATION OF . INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLET IC S NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Western Illino Is UnIv ersity Lea t herneck s were recentl y cr o wnerl the first NAtA Natio na l gymnastic chornpions at Ha y s, Kansas o n the campus 0 1 Fo rt Hay s Kansa s Stote Teacher s Co llege , Ma r ch 20-21.

We5tern squeeked o ut a 156 V2 to 156 ( t hat' s

fight

Y2

of a p o int ) v ICtory over Georgia South-

ern , after having just recentl y captured t he I nter state Interc o lle g iate Confer enc e title f o r the sec o nd y ear In a r o w (w o uld so meone send the results o f tha t meet to Jer r y Wright ).

Le ading the L eathern ecks t o v ictor y we r e H o ward Sok o l- a freshman from \IVestern wh 路:> w o n the still rin gs , Mac Weeks- wif"""le r o f the tumbling title , and Jerry Po lacek all stc r seco nd team selecti o n in the all - a r ound. I n additi o n Co ach Bo b Cl a w ' s Western illinoIS entr y placed three men o n the NAIA a ll -star fir~t tearn.

Scenes o f sh ips

1964 NAIA Nation al Ch amp io n-

MEET RESULTS A ll- Around: Roger Hellinga , E. III. , 40.57 ; Buddy Harris , G. So . , 40.20 ; Je rr y Po lacek , W. III. , 40.5 ; H o ward So k o l , W. III. , 39 .02 ; Dennis Hallett , Will. , 38.77 ; D o nnie Maples , G . So . , 37 .80; Gar y Coo pcr , FHS , 35.35 ; Jo hn Zuerlelll , Stout , 31.82 . Floor Exe rcise: Jo hn Peac o ck , G. So . , 8.225 ; Bill Eads , E. III. , 8.15 ; HarrIS , G. So., 8 .05. Trampolin e: Jo hn T ob ler , Bem idli , 7.575; Ra y LaFrancl5, W. III. , 7.37 ; Jan Kil b orne , FHS , 6.6. High Bar: Harris , 8.025 ; Lawson King , Sw. La. , 7.57 ; E. Hellll1ga , 7.3.

Sid e Hors e : Heilinga , 7.62 ; Jo e Johnson , FHS, 7.27 ; Po lacek , 6 .47. Long Horse: Peacock , Ga .

50 ., 7.82; King , 7.65; Hellinga , 7.63. Parall e l Bars : Harris, 8.1 , Gerold Peterson , W. 111. , 7.9 ; Peac o ck , 7.7. Still Rings : So kol , 8.3 ; D oy le Tu n iso n , Ga. 50 ., 7. 45; Gar y Coope r , FHS , 7 .0; Po lacek , 7.0. T umbling: Mac Weeks , 8.37 ; Pea cock , 8 . 27 ; Ea ds, 8 .25.

Coach Bob Claw and his NAIA champi onship team

from We5te r n Illinois

Tabler

NAIA

Tramp oline

Champ

A LL-STAR FIRST TEAM All-Arou nd Roge r Heilinga , Sr . , Eastern IllinOIS , Chi cag o.

Floor Exerci se Jo hn Peaco ck , Soph ., Georgia Southern, Atl .

Trampolin e John T ob ler , Fr. , Bemidji State , Minneapolis.

High Bar Budd y Harris , Jr , G. 50 ., Statesbo r o.

Sid e Horse Jo e Johnson , Sr. , Fo rt Hays , Ke n. , Preston.

Long Horse Laws o n King , Sr . , S.W. Lo uiSiana , Jacksonville Parall e l Bars Gerald Peters o n , Fr. , W. I llinois , Des Plaines.

Still Rings H o wa r d Sokol , Fr. , W. Illino is, W heat o n .

Tumbling Mac Weeks , Jr. , W. Illino is , Elmhurst.

NAIA A LL-STAR SECOND TEAM A ll -Arou nd Jerr y Polacek , Soph. , Western I II. Be rw yn.

Fl oor Exercise Bill Eads , Jr. , Eastern III. , Arthur.

Trampolin e Ra y LaFrancl5, So pth. , W . III. , Mt. Pr o spect.

High Bar . Dave D o naldson , Jr. , Wes t ern III. , Elmhurst.

Sid e Horse D o nnie Maple s, So ph. , G. So. , Northport.

Long Horse

Pa ~a~ re l ln3:~:oll, Jr. , W. 111. , Western Spr ings.

Dennis Hal le tt , Jr., W est ern III. , Chi c a go.

Still Ring s Doyle Tun ison , Jr. , Ga. Southern , Adel .

Tumbling Kip Bur t o n , Fr. , Ga. Sout hern , At la nta.

TEAM

STANDINGS

Weste rn Illir:ois!

15 6 V2; Geo rgia Southern , 156; Eas t ern IlImo " , 6 2 ; Fo rt Ha ys Sl ate , 48 V2 ; Benrnld, 1 (Minn. ) Stote, 3 4; U . o f S.W. Loui sia na 25 ;. N o rth ews tern Oklahoma, I I; St ou t Stat ~ ( WIS. ), 4 ; Grambling ( La .) co l lege, 4.

OffICials: ~ou Fin o, Jake Geier, Tom Kidd, Robe r t Mann ll19 , Julian Mc Ewen , Phil Sprague , Frank Thomp son , Glen n Wilson.

U .S.G.F. WESTERN REGIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS V enic e High School April 4, 1964 7:30 p . m.

Meet Mq. GEORGE ROSE , Ann ouncer: NOR 路 MAN PA TIT Z. Award>: M ICHELLE STEPHEN S. JUDG ES: Frank Doig , Fran k Endo , Ve r ne Evans , Fronk N obh e , Gi b Per al ta , Do n Rosenstock .

RESULTS Rop e: Sie ve Leidner , 2.9 ; Bob Skemp , 3 3; Sy lvester Lucio, 3.7. Trampolin e: Rick Sa v e'r s, 9.4 ; Dan MacFa rla nd, 9.16 ; Bruce Foot , 9.1 0.

Sid e H o r se: Richa r d Alba , 9.43 ; Henry Mag 路 daleno, 9.30 ; David Kiltrel , 9. I O. Parall el Bars : Peler Parra , 9.33 ; Dick Nicho las , 9.23 ; B,-,b H y de , 9.16. Horizontal Bar : Sta n T a r shis , 9. 66 ; Ed Gunn y, 9.33 ; Peter Pa rra , 9 .33 ; Ed I sa b elle , 930. Long H orse: Richard Elkin , 9.38 ; Ste ve Parr , 9.10; LOUI S \,yest , 8 .95. Floor Exercise : T o n y Bauli5ta , 9.56 ; Henr y Magdaleno, 9.53 ; Don Dunit . 9.33. Tumbling : AI Langdon , 8.73 ; Den n is Sulli v an , 8.73 ; Richard Elkin , 8. 6 3 ; Ste v e NOriega . 8.63. Rings: Richard Blinder, 9.6; D ick Nicho la s, 9.30; W arren Beers , 9. 20. All-Around : Ed Isabelle , 53.44 ; H enr y Magdaleno, 53 .23 ; D ick Nicho las, 5? 30; Bob H y de , 51 .54 ; Scot t Nctlles, 50.07.

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bar. Yon then pnt Ion a sweat shirt and start building your stutz toward the handstand position. It will be low at first but with persistance and understandil;,g, it can be mastered without serious repercussions . The important jactors in per/arming the stutz are pulling into a pike jnst as you reach the vertical support swing, letting your feet rise at least to J'our head level before' the arch is thrown, and keeping ,the pivot ann straight . If yon turn to the right (the pivot is on right ann) then body is thrown slightly to the le/t. T his will COll1pensate for you roo tating on your righ t ann, causing you to swing down perfectly between the bars after the tum is completed. A good illustratvon 0/ this is in the March/April 1963 i; SlU 0 / IvI.C. whe re Makato Sakamoto ij perjorming the stutz in sequence pp. 18-19.

(Note body throw to the opposite side I)f his pivo t arm.) .

After mastering this moue in the center you can then try it on the end 0/ the bars perfonning it exactly the same way with special emphasis on the compensat,:ng thnow to the le/t. R ead the Sept. 1963 M .C. "Ques路 tions and Pointers" article on P. 33 for hell' on the peach basket .

QUESTIONS and POINTERS Ali{*>

~ Dear NIr. Shurlock: A few days ago I go t a shoo t to a handstand on the end of the parallel bars. Th ere is only one move out of it, however, a stutz.

This is a disaster if missed, and I mi ss. I do want to use the move; however, it would have to be in the middle.

I have tried this, also with disas trous effects: An early grace. Could yo u suggest somethin g to remedy the situation, outside of quitting gymn astics? I await your reply with hi gh hopes and pulled mu scles.

Sincerely, Andy Cohen Sharon, lVlass.

m a intain yo ur ba lance wit h your wri sts and hands onl y.

Th e pe rfect ha ndstand on t he ring s in one whe re th e body is st retched almost to a straig ht body pos iti on, th e e lbows are comp lete ly locked, the wr ists are rota ted so th e rin gs a re pe rfec tl y parallel, th e hands are approx imate ly shou ld e r width aport, the body is motion less, th e head is held backwa rd (towa rd the spine) and t he fa ce is composed.

Remember, on the Dress the body moves s lowly a nd in a contro ll ed manner towa rd th e handstand pos iti on since a ny fast or jerky movement ca n t hrow the o,e rformer qu ick ly off ba lance. A.S.

Handstand on Rings

The performer whe n first learning th e handstand should press into it slow ly from a shoulder stand or fr om a tuck knee, bent arm pOSition.

Once the body is full y stre tched out th e perfo rm er keeps hi s body motionless whil e hi s arms and shoul ders estab li sh and maintain the balanc e. Th e less th e body moves, the less variabl es are in ploy in ho lding a solid hand stand.

When th e arm s are st rai ght in the han d stand pos iti on , keep them st rai ght and

Dear Andy: In order to avoid disast rous results it is necessary to protect yourselj. First by knowing exactly what you are trying to do. Secondly, the stutz should be learned in the . center of the bars with mats covering each

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTICS CAMP CLINIC Camp sessions this year wil be from August 15th to August 22nd for boys and girls 8 to 14 years of age, and from August 22nd to August 29th for men and women 15 years and up.

The cost this year will be $55 per session. See enc losed registration card. We will have the following equipment in camp: 5 overhead spotting rigs, 5 high bars, 6 side horses, 6 P. Bars, 5 sets unevens, 5 sets rings, 2 long horses, 1 free exercise mat and 300 feet of tumbling mots, 6 trampolines.

Fallowing ore the names of some of the stoff who will be with

us: Fronk Hoiland-former National Tumbling Champion, wil l be our clinic Director.

Ernie Marinoni-Camp Director.

Hal Frey-of th e University of California, will be in charge of units for credit thraugh the -UC Extension that qualified col lege students and teachers can apply for .

Irv Faria-Sacramenta State College.

Bob Lynn-NCAA all-arou nd champion.

APPLICATION : NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTIC CAMP CLINIC Andrea Molinar-Olvmoic Gold Medal wi nn er, f or merl y of MAIL TO ERNEST MARINONI, CAMP DIRECTOR, BERKELEY YMCA, Hungary. ~OOI ALLSTON WAY, BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA. Inez Coon-Los Ange les State Co ll ege .

Camp Dates-August 15th to 22nd. Boys & Girls ages 8 to 14.

Maria n King-Dickinson, Texas .

August 22nd to 29th. Men & Women 15 & up.

Lou Persc hke-Asst. Coach University of Ca li fornia.

C lair J e nnett-Son Jose Sta te College.

Cost of Camp $55.00 per session.

Nil s Bengtsso n-Chi co State Co ll ege Coac h.

Registration Fee: $25.00. Fina l $30.00 due by August 1st.

Rose A nn Saylo r-M enlo Pork.

Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Age _ _ _ _ Sex _ _ __ Address consider myself a

City BEGINNER

Phone INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED _ _ _ _ GYMNAST (PLEASE CHECK ONE) All Campers must have one year of gymnastics or dance.

Transportation (Please check if needed) - - $5.00

(round trip).

For Minors : This application has my approval.

Oate of Application

Signed Parent or Guardian

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WH A T' S N EW

N EW KINDER GARTEN - SI ZE GY M LINE INT RODUCED BY PORTER A THLETIC A new line of gymnasium equipment,

designed

to

teach

pre-kindergarten

physical

through

fitness fourth

fr om grade

levels, has been introduced by the Po rter Athletic Equipment Co., Schiller Pork, Illi-

nois.

Called "P rudden-Porter -Gymster," the unique new equipment was developed in

conjunction with

Bonnie P r udden, o ne of

the nati on's fo remost authorities on ph ysical. fitness in cooperation with WocoPorter. The equ ip ment consists of a number o f components-pyramid-shaped tubuI: r s~e.?1 and wire stands , balance ba rs, a ladder , ond a rock er boord-which e'on be arranged t o provide the youngsters with a wide range of challenging bu t

interesting ph ysical fitness exercises.

The basic "Prudden-Porter-Gymster" pockage includes fi ve steel stands in three different sizes, two multi-purpose balance beams, a [adder , a rocke r board ramp and an attachment which can convert a stand and balance bar into a teetert o tte r o r a two-student merry-go- ro und.

Sc o res o f exercise combinations con be created with the equipment. Comm ented Mi ss Pr udden , "We can use the th ree different sized stands in a ro w and have our ba lance beams inclined. Or, we can build a 90-deg ree turn-o r perhaps two.

The "Gymster " equipment is lightweight and can easily be moved bv the teacher or child. The stands a re self-Ievelinq and can be nested or collapsed for storing in a small clothes closet. Sturdy enough t o support a full grown adult, the equip ment has been designed t o be attracti ve as we[1 as functi ona l and the v ariou s pieces have been painted red , green, blue , and y ellow.

Fo r additional information about the " Prudden-P o rter-G y mste r " line , contact Sidney Brunk, sales manager , Po rter Athletic Equipment Co .. Sch i ller Pork , III.

N EW FOLDING GYM M A T S A newall-pu r p os e 6' x 12' gym mot that accordion f o lds f o r easy hand l ing has been developed by Nissen Cor poration , Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The unique panel construct ion of these mats permit them t o be acc or dion folded into a compact bundle, easi ly tucked under the arm and carried away to storage. The weight is o nly '/ 2 p ound per square f oot so that even erementary students handle a 6 ' x 12' secti on without difficulty.

The practical 6 ' x 12' size (5' x 12' 0150 availab le ) allows man y ac tivities to be handled across the width , o r in two lines d o wn the length , o f the mo t -on idea l feature for large classes . Wh en longer mats are required , t he 6 ' x 12' mat secti o ns may be quick ly joined by p r ess ing together the special Velc ro fasteners located on the ends of t h e mots.

Maximum pr otection is provided bv the 1'/. ' super shock absorbing e t hafoam , equal t o 3 " o f o rdinar y hair filler.

The new gym mats can be o rdered with special tie straps for wrestling mat c onv ersi on. For schools that p r actice in one qym and h o ld wrest I ing meets in another.

Panelite mats are particularl y ad vantageous.

Fo r m o re information write: Nissen Co r p. , 3-27th Ave., .SW. , Cedar Rap ids , Iowa.

Ne w All Am e rican

Fi e ld Marking Ac ry lic

Marking Liquid A new Ac r y l ic Field Marking Liquid is a v ailable f r om Am e rican. I t is specially compounded, high ly concentrated , and homogenized.

T h is highl y concentrated Acrylic may be diluted with more water than o r dinary ma r king mater ials , and is available in white and yellow col o r s.

All American Acrylic marking liquids are safe. They cannot cause b u r ns o r other annoyances long associated with o ld-fashi o ned marking mater ials. Ame r ican Ac r y[ ics have been tested and found so fe by the Notional Association o f High Schoo l Athletic Associations and other safety minded g r o u ps.

For further in f ormation wr ite the Amer ican Ath[etic Equipment Company- P .0.

Box II I - Jefferson , Iowa 50129.

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US ED BAC KYA RD

TRA M POLINES SPECI A L LOW RATES WRI T E - WIRE - PHONE

Phone : 849-6039 TRAMPO LI N E, IN C, 4207 w. MAGNOLIA BURBANK , CALIFORNIA

Notional Association of Colleg e Gymnastics Coach es Join now f o r t h e 196 4-65 season; inclu ded in all up t o d ote member sh ips will be ou r F I RST o ff icial pin a d op t ed a t the Notion al meeting in L os A nge les in Ma rch. ( First pins won ' t be ready fo r 5 weeks ) Active members ... .. ... .... ....... .... ....... . $2.00 Associate members (non-college Coach es) . .. .. ...... 51.00 Send to: Sam Bailie, Sec. Treas. N . A.C.G.C. 2145 Colle Po la r , T ucson , Arizona Notes: .

I. Please send resul t s of all Champi onships f o r publica t ion in the annual Highlights magazine t o Sam Bailie. Sec. Tre as.

2. In future send 0[[ subscriptions f o r the Modern Gymnast direct to T he Mode r n Gymnast , P.O. Box 61 1, Santo Monico , California.

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DUI'in'" ou r

, p r actle e

g' Y l n I Hl~tic..::s

ring' nu.7n h eld an

our top

j no ~l e ro~ s p e rf ~et for

tw e nt \' seco n cl~, Tf) gl\'e y o u an ~rl ea , o f h i!-> aJ.}i l ity·, du rin g t h e 1!l6~ sen.~o n 1 ~1 hl g-h schoo l co mpetiti on h e p l a ce d 3rd In ,th e ~t;\t e n nd fi l '~l i n the A,A,P, r o p e c ll mh with a fi\'t' - :-; econd plat ,Thl~ pa st ::;easo n h e h:1 s plcH.:ed ~e c ond in th e ,:"ort!l w e-.;l Gymnastic m ee t h e ld at th e U nI\'e rs l t~- of

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I;id i n th e COIn i ng \\Ti sc on s in sta t e

to b e h eld in Grand\·ille, :lf il wau k ee o n :lIarl"h

14 Hi s name , V e rn "-ill e r s, a junior at :lI e ll1oria l High Sc h ool, Eau C la ire, \ \"i sco n:-: in ,

Eau C lair e \Vi sco n s i n M e l S h ayer Coach

i ~ no rop e (' l i mb, :\ 1:1,;\' ot h e r ~ \\'Iil l o~€' int f' I't:'!'t. al!-=fl fl'C/1ll a {'oi11p e litnr :1 1Hl =--Ih-('1:11' .1' ~tall(lnoillt, A !-: I l oo k back t hi ~ a ni c'I f> i ~ :1.way tHO long, but I h a \- e Oll e In -,re point t o mak c', I f ee l thnt g-yqll1naslic~ i ~ hurt h~' tht, c'r nlt i nu:1.1 c h nng-t's in th f> (" \ 't' ni!' , F o r examp l e: R ope 1. In ]~1~2 Olympic:-: th e ~' ('lim l ,ed a n ~ m e t el ' r Oll f' , nl) Ilan, hoth h:1.nel ~ a lJun-" " tape for th f' f i ni~h, Th e ~t<ll't h a d b o th hand~ on e m E'tp l' ahr)\'p t h e fl oor.

2, (" it\- !'c h oo l ~ nnd AAtT m ee t!-= ('l imb ed 2i'i f ee t' [0 " :vea l'~ n:-:. o pp o~ e d tn r IF and (' o ll eg'es <"1imhin g: 20 f ee t and fillet1l:." tht,

(" it.\· all,1 th e AA 1· , ·hang-e rl t o 211

f e~ t.

Rings 1, They us e to hn\'e :t !'ti lJ :1.IH1 ~ \\-jnginp: ('olllil inati o n, 2 . .'\ ("xt th e ~- mad e tw o :-:.e p a r at e P \- e 1l1~,

"ti ll an(1 S,,-in g ing-.

::, .'\O\\" nnl~ - F:ti ll e x e r c i~ f' , L ong H orse 1 In o ll e o f th e ~ational lll eP t~ t h 0Y rai!' e d th e L ong- H() r ~ e up in th e :til' ahn Ul fh'e fe e t and lI~ed a I'ea l ~ pl'in g board , (A hroad-jump e r from SC \\'(l]\ th e e \,(-' nt) 2, ("hang-e(l th e b ent bonn1 f l'om \yoorl t n pln~tic ~() th e \'nult e l'~ get n much hig'h e r

lift.

F ree

1.

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no tumhl in g, 2, C hang-eel size c lu d e d tUl11h lin g',

to la r ger a l'ea

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Dear Si r:

Co ng-ratulation s on yo ur F e bruary. 1964 j s:-:ue artic l e, " Palnl i s try For Th e G~.'ll1n,,!'t." Good ~ h ow but, . '

I thought it hig hl y ~ i gnif i c ant that no 11le ntion wa s tnad e of the qynl na s t:-; ' t,ru e fri e nd, T i ncture Benzoin. Thl~ pr e parat l on~ \\-h e n bought in any dl'ug s to r ~. C[lll be 01

in\·aluable aid in t o rn and npped h a nd s ai' fing'e r s , It h as a sh ar p s ting wh en f irst appl ie d but it imm e diat ely forms a tough e xt e rna l protec tive coa ting . Instantly a ll of th e lymph fluid is ab s orbe d. Hea lll1/f " r edu ce,1 to a mira c ul ously s hort p e n nd.

If th e l'e are any of your read~rs \\-h o :11'e UI1 [lwa r e o f Tincture B e nZOin 's 1'e Ill:1l'ka bl e h en lin g ab il it ies, a n d I'nl su r e

t h e r e a r e, may I ii.C o ntinued

s u gg~st

succes~

y,o u a le rt t h e m of

in your fin e magazin e.

R espectfu lly yo urs , J errv R, Hitlles Mont erey, Californ ia

D en r G le nn: In the art ie l e Pau l Davi s wrote he had sOlne \' e l'y good po in ts in f a\'o r of " r o p e

e lilllhin o '.- ' H er e are 111Y conl lnentr-- about th e ro p"'e cl imb a s an o ld "rop e c li mber' · :l

n d g-y mna st i c coach.

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~ r y f eelin g is th a t rop e c lllnbln g l[.i one of th e b e"t uppe l· arm and s houlder deye lop el' \\' e h a\'e in gY lnna s tics, I had thi~ pI'o\-en to m e n o t o n ly in 111Y O,wn c a~e .

but

the

man y

boys

I work ed

Wi t h

'\'~ll e

coa c h ing- gym nas ti cs at Santa Pau la H Ig h .

Tn one o f t h e a rti c les wr i tte n in your mag azin e th e author mad e t h e s tate ment t h at gYll1na stics i s f o r phy ~ i ca l d e\-e lopnle nt fin.;t :l n(l comp eti lion n ex t.

If (h i ~ is " 0, w e had b e tt e r tak e a good l ook at p;ynlnnst i c~ . for t h e boy~ and gir l ~ and n l) t b e '0 co n ce rn e d abo ut A ll- Arou nd ('om p e tijtion , \ iV e h a\'e sOlll e f ell o ws a r o u~Hl th e countrv who want to th r ,o w a ll spec ial

e \·e nt "

out and

haye

on l~·

the

s ix

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Around e'- e ntf-:, Tn tr ack, w e h a\-e specin l e\'ents such :-IS s h ot pu t, po l e VRUIt, high jUI11P a nd runnin g' €' \' e nt s , 'Vhat is. wrong w i th hn\,ing- sp e('in li Hs in gYJnna~tks?

During- th e tw e nty ye[lr ~ that J coac h ed g::\'Inna~tic s h e r f' at Santa Pau l a ~i gh ,IllY l' f' nIl1S WOIl :-tbout ~e \'en e l F C h anlplOns h lps , \\'ith Ill;tll\' se(,.'I nd pla ees, I f o und thnt Illiln\, hov!-:' b e(, :-1n1 e int e r e~t p d in gy mn astics h e('a'lI !-:e th e.\' ~ t :t rt e c1 \\'oJ'k i ng o n the "I'Op~ " 'Th e \' , \\- e r p in many case:-:, boys \\'h.o dul nothing- in th e ot h er ~pOl'ts, T h ad a ll boy~ c l i mh th e r o p e. lU nny t i m es a ft er working in g:Ylllna:--:ticF: for th e fil' ~t t hl'ee y ea r~ hovs ' \\' (> 1' (' th e n , as sp ni ol'~, ~o ll g h t aft er in.' th e f oo th:--d l conc' h , Thi s c am e aft ('l l" th e ir d f. \' e lopm e nt phy s i ('n 1I~'- in the g;'-'-1ll 11 as ti c

One H'a l· th e v l et t h e m tra\·e l a l l oy e ,. th e fl oo r: -:\ 0 area ma,.ked o ff. ~n

4, X ,f) W I b eli eye the a r ea is

fe e t So it goes , Thi!->

al)(lut 40x

is e n Oll g'h fo l' no\\', I would like to s ee HrOp e' back in gym n astic s as an event for t h e good of the s p or t . th e individu a l , a nd for the spectators , Gymnasti c ally YOlt)'!,.

Randall A. Sa nt a Paula

B r ~·d e n

T-t ig- h

Sc h Ol) l

Dear Glenn; I have often wanted t o drop yo u a note of commendati on for the sp lendid job yo u hav e done fo r g y mnastics in America, Y o u have d one what a t first seemed an imposs ib le ta sk and I for one honor you f o r it.

This yea r I am in Bangkok , T hailand and have had m y " Modern Gym nast " sent t o me here, A l though teaching gymnastics is not my sale responsibilit y I ha ve, as usual , gi v en it and those inter ested a good deal o f time. The Thai 's can ' t be li eve some of the pictures which appea r in you r magazine, The cu rr ent issue contains you r article on the pedestals and was of specia l interest because I have made pedestal s for the Tha i. You probably don't know it bu t I designed t he base o f the pede stals you used for the pictures. Jim Drinkward designed the h and g r ips and yo u probab ly got them from my friend Johnny Gi bson .

My Tha iland pedestals we r e mode f or on ly S2.75. We used '/4 inch pipe, welded the base and then mode wooden hand grips t o keep the cost down. I have also des igned ond bu ilt them a se t o f adjustable p arall el ba r s at a cos t o f $70.00.

We built a pai r o f pedestals for Jack Th omas who is a fine ba lancer, world traveler and says he has ba lanced a lo t with y ou.

The next time you come up to the Bay A r ea d o n ' t spend all your t ime at Cal. (th o I don ' t blame yo u ) come over to Stan f O"r d and wo rk out wi th us. T h ey tell me we wi ll ha ve the Big 6 meet next y ear bu t few gymnasts, while the cu r rent y ear is ou r strongest ever , Wel l Glenn , p lease give my regard s t o all the coaches and our many mutual frie nds, Sincer ely, Wes Ruff of Stanford Currently in Th ailand

( 'l;IS~

\'e rag' €, hig'h ~('hllo l o r coll e g e b o~: h n\'f' tillH-' 0 )' th e :1.hi l it;..- to w o rk up 1 h (' ~ i x OI.\'n!piC' e \' e n tF:, \\"11(' 11 I \\-a~ at ,;SC'" in 1 !'l:: :? \\-" h ;ld a hout 111 0 1' 1 2 g'on(\ hov~ fill cl iff c'I' Pllt 0 \' P llt:--:, F rilllk n n ic' \\'fl ~ a Ile of th e b oy!' who \\' ('I nt " ,-\lI-Aro \II'Hl," ("om par t' t hi ~ \\'jth th E' "sr'" - l'('l . .-\ ll l l'f· t that \\'a~ I'l ' ('(' 11 I I ." T e h:> \ ' j:-: f' d, "~r" h a d t \\-0 II I' thl'Pf' h()~ -~ \\'h (1 l1l:1cl (' all t ill' poill ts. r IlO 14lIH.!.'\'· r climli lll' t 'II:I('ll, 11111 will ('(' 1' la inl~' l o:-:p int p J'(':-:t in g-."Illll:l~til':-: if th E' I'I ' Tht ·

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TO: T HE GYMNASTIC COACH Do yo u hav e a senior gymnast wh o meets these criteria?

I. Will g raduate in 1964 with a major in Ph ys ical Educati o n and an over all a cademic average o f at lea st 2.5 (3.0 equi v a le nt t o a " B") .

2, Seeks a Graduate Assistant ship t o wo rk on his Master ' s degree, 3. Would like t o hav e the dev elopment o f a gymnastic team (either competitive o r et<hibiti o nal ) os one o f his maj o r responsib ilities, If so , ma y we suggest you info rm him o f our program , and t o refer him t o the encl osed infor matio n which explains the details. The candidate who is accepted w o uld commence the program either in th e Summer or Fall o f 1964 and would complete the requir ements in o ne cale nda r y ear, His Assistantship o pp o rtunities w ould cut ac ross the fields o f intramurals , teaching in our Basic I nstruction program , and co aching the gymnastic club which we h o pe some day may be a va rsit y team, The int erested candidates should f o llow these steps: 1. Write Dr. Allen Erickson f or app lic ati o n f orms f o r admittance t o the College o f Educatian graduate program, 2 . AFTER being accep ted , write Dr. Don ald Kern f o r app l ication forms f o r a Graduate As sistantship.

3, Simultaneo usl y with step 2 ab ov e , write me re ga rdin g his stren gths, aspirati o ns , and interests, We expect t o make our fin al decisions r egarding the candidates by May I. Sincere ly David A. Fiel d, Directo r Arn o ld College Divisio n Bridgeport , Connecticut 06602 University o f Br idgepo r t

P.S. We m ounted the sleev e assemb ly at a slig ht ang le t o make it easier on the wrists, We ld a plate over a piece o f pipe f o r o slee ve then attach t o t h e hard w ood hand grip, We mode the grip with a rat t ai l f ile , ED_ Thanks f o r inst r uctio nal diag rams on the pede st al s, I kn o w many o f o ur reader s will take n o te , and b uil d a set,

GYMNASTS IN THE PEACE CORPS Qua l ifi ed gymnasts are urgentl y needed f o r overseas coaching p ositions, Th e demand for specialis t s in this field is great f or aSSignments beg inning th is summer a nd fall. We so licit the assistance of all coaches i n loca ting individuals with the necessary gymnastic skil ls and the personal Qualifications f o r service in th ese impo rtant overseas assignmen t s, Th e America n Association for H ealth , Ph y sica l Education, and Re creation is admini stering fi ve physical educatio n an d sports projects f or the Peace Corps. Pre sen tl y there are 110 men and women serving overseas in these projects, Each country has requested tha t some of t he Volunteers be qua li fied to teach and coach gymnastics, In o ur effo rt s to recru it q ua lified p er sonnel during the post y ear and a half we have not been able to attract individua ls wi th skills and knowledge in this sp ort . It is assumed that g ymnasts are as patri o tic to se r vi ce of their cou ntry as any other group and that the lack o f Vo lunteers fr om this sport is du e t o th e fact that th e opportuni ty for ser vice has not been w ide ly dissem inat ed, We are , the refo re , asking all gymnastic caac hes to bring to the attention o f their graduating senior s and ot her qual if ied pers o nnel the oppor tunit ies fo r coaching in th e Peac e Corps, A pproximate ly 300 men and wome n are needed this com in g summer and fall f o r Peace Corp s physical educati o n and spo rt s projects . Of this number 30-35 individuals qualified to teach and coach g y mnastics can be u tiliz ed, The assignments will include the t eac hi ng o f g y mna sti cs at all educatiQna l levels as well as coachin g schoo l , universi t y, club, state , and national g y mnastic teams, Fo r those who ha v e a strong desire f o r ser v ice the Peace Co rp s offers many oportu nities to initiate , dev el op, and expand gymnast ic prog r ams in the devel o ping countr ie s, Qualifications fo r these Peace Co rps pr ojects include American citizenship ; mi n imum o f 18 years o f age ; bacca laureate degree; skills in ph ysic al educat io n, rec reation , ond athletics; and a desire to ser ve , Fo r further in formati on ab o ut the new Pea ce Co rps ph ysic al educat ion and spo rts projects write t o: Raymo nd A, Ciszek , director , AAHPER Peace Co rp s Pr oj ect , 1201 Sixteenth Street , N.W .. Washing t o " , D.C. 20036.

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