IIWHAT'S TH E SCORE?" By Jerry W right
San Francisco State Coll ege " WHAT'S THE SCORE" Th e Olympic team prospects at it glance: Most Consistant: Makato Sakamoto, Greg Weise, Art Sh urlock, Larry Banner, Armando Vega . . . Th e other spots would ap路 pear to be left for a battle between- Ab ie Gross feld , Don T onry, Ron Barak, Rusty Mitchell, Tom Seward, Jay Werner and Jack Beckn er (if. he is still co m petin g ) . . . Dark horses-Fred Orlofsky, Mark Cohn , Mik e Ja co bson, lVlarshal Claus, Gary Buckner, Glenn Galis and ?????? OlD YOU K OW THAT: Th e Long Horse was divided into 9 zones unti l 1912. when it was chan ged to 7 zones, remammg thus unti l 1960 when it wa s changed to the prese nt 5 zones. CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE C .I.F. Report by John Dragi The f inest gymnasts in th e C. I.F . section of Califor n ia were gath ered together at Baldwin H igh Schoo l on May 15 , 1964 fo r t he annua l Gy mnastic Championships . This outstanding
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gymnast ic enth u siasts . T h r ee p re limi nar y meet s
were necessary to screen out the top gymnasts from over 60 high schoo l teams. Baldwin Pork High School successfull y r etained t he t ea m Championship fo r t h e f ourth consecutive yeo r and ter minated t he ir sea son
which extended t h eir unbeaten st r ing to over 65 stroight v ictories without 0 defeat . Baldw in Par k placed in every event . winnina fo u r it1-
d ividual champi onships and totafing 47 po ints as compa r ed t o the runner up score of 22 po ints . Three defending champ ions out of f our ret ained thei r crown: they were Fred Siebum of EI Rancho oga in won the Side Ho rse event with a 9 . 4 overage over Mike Freriks of Pasadena '!Pho posted a 9.3 overage; Richa rd Pasca le of Montebello (cu rr ent NAAU champion) successful ly defended hi s crown from Richard Elkin of Baldwin Park by .3 of a point; Walt Hilleger o f Baldwi n Pork comp let ely dominated the Para ll el for the second st raight yea r with t h e highest overage scor e of the nig h t 9.6; and Lorry Zamora of Baldwin Pork lost hi s title on the Horizontal to his teammate Jim Chapman by .3 of a point . High lig hts of t he meet were : Steve Pinedo of EI Roncho edging Ll oyd Neisler of BP on the rope with a very fast time of 3 . I to Ll oyd's 3 .2. Bob Teel a sophomore f rom Ba ldwin Pork w inning the ring ev ent by over a poi n t with excell ent cross -ma ltise a nd giant swings, W a lt H ill eger performing a Bock somi to 路 hand t o a Stuetz to hand on Par al le ls, and Fred Siebum 's ease in performing a v er y diff icu lt Side Ho rse routine ending in a Russian moore dismount. Richa rd El ki n of Baldwi n Pork ou tclassed a ll tumb lers w ith his sty le and controlled executio n. Fred Siebum 's needed a second place vict ory on the lost event to win the high point trophy over Elkin a nd w h en -the scor es were flashed and points to t a led Fred h od won the tro ph y. The ca liber of t he rout ines were excellent os indica t ed by t he judges scores. All wi n ning rout ines wer e in th e 9's, ran ging fr om 9.2 t o 9.6 overage. Outstanding judges were Jerry T odd , John Jones, V ince Motola , and Laszl o Sasvar y. MEET RESULTS Tumbling : R. El kin, (BP), 9 .3 ave .; E. Miller, (ER), 8 .8; G. Greenfie ld, (Mu), 8.8; B. Coulter , (Gan), 8.7; P. Kersey, (M il ), 8.65 ave. Rope : S. Pinedo, (ER), 3.1 sec.; L. Neis ler , (BP), 3.2; J. Kno ll , (B P), 3.3; R. MaGee, (Mu), 3 . 4 ; D. Hooper, (Wil), 3 .5. FX : R. Pascale ,( Mo'nt), 9 .45 ; R. El kin. (BP), 9 .3; D . Burton , (Mu), 9.0; E. T oth, (B P), 8.8; P. Kersey, (Mil) 8.8. LH : G. Wu ll sc h loger, (Mu), 9.25; R. Pasca le. (Mont), 9.15; R. Elkin, (B P), 8 .9; P. Parr , (Pas ), 8.9 ; C. Tutt , (Mi l ), 8.85. HOR : J. Chapman , (B P), 9.25 ; L. Zamora , (BP), 9.1; J. Morr isey, (Wi l ), 9.0; M. Ramirez, (Co l), 8.9; S. Pinedo , (ER), 8.8 . SH : F. Siebu m, ( ER), 9.4; M. Freriks, Pas), 9.3 ; M. Wo lters , (A lh ), 9 . I.; D. Kittre ll , BP), 9 .05 ; Yack o ( Lak), 8 .85 . PB: W . Hilleger , (BP), 9.6; F. Siebum , ( ER), 9.15; J . Chapman , (BP), 9.1; A. Ower , (Pas), 8.8; Kersey (Mi l ), 8.6. RINGS : B. T eel, (BP), 9 .35; F. Siebu m , (ER ), 8.7; L. A lfaro, (P), 8B.6 ; J. Morr isey, (Wi l) 8 .35 ; B. Bettinger , (Pas), 8 .35. . .. . HIG H PO IN T : F. Siebu m ( ER), 13 p t s.; R. El kin , (BP), 11 Y2 pts.; R. Pascale, (Mont), 9 pt s.
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TEAM STANDINGS Baldwin Pork, 47; EI Ranch o, 22 Y2; Mu ir, 13 Y2; Pasodena , 10; Montebello, 9 ; Wilson , 5Y2; A lh a mbra , 3; Californ ia , 2; Ganesha , 2; La kewood , I. WINNING ROUTINES FREE EXERCISE 1964 Richard Pasca le o f Mont ebello a senior Stuetz layb ack to sit, Valdez to handstand , R.O. FF Full twist , immediate bock walk over, 2 fr ont hondsprinqs to swed ish fo il . turn to
C IF te a m chomps f r om Baldw in Park : L. T o R. ; J. Champman, L. Zamora, B. T eel , W . H ill eger , oJ hn Draghi (coach) and L. A l faro . Fred Siebum f r om Eag le Rock , High Point Winner .
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splits, stift arm press to handstand, ro ll dQwn , R.O. FF high a rabian roll , leg lift Y2 turn , Ru~ian dive ro ll, Japanese sp l its, bent arm press to hand, R.O. FF Pike Dismount, 9.45 . TUMBLING 1964 Richard Elkin of Baldwin Pork a senior I. R.O. FF B, FF Double T wist. 2 . Fr hand sp Fr hand sp Fr hand sp Fr. 3. RO FF Full FF Full FF Ful l, 9 .3. SIDE HORSE 1964 Fred Siebum of EI Ranc ho a senior Highs on neck, 3 loops on neck , hop , kher e in, russian m oore, immediate hop, immediate moore, break t o scissors' 3) h ighs, d own hi ll f rc mlet, loop , r ussia n moore d ismou nt , 9.4. PARALLELS 1964 Walt Hilleger of Baldwin Pork a seni or Co st to fu ll arm support, roll fo rwa rd, high stradd le cut, swing to handstand , Bock somi to hand . st uetz to ha nd , stuetz layback, f ront uprise, swing pirou v ette, underba r glide, bock cos t , swing handstand, bock off, 9. 6 . HORIZONTAL BAR 1964 Jim Chapman of Baldwin Park a senior Uprise f lange, immediate hop hands, re verse giants, come thr u shoot to inverted giants, sta ll bock k ip t urn out, kip to reve r se giant , change one hand to m ixe d g rip , f lank vau lt , rev erse kip german giant, kip to handstond f ro nt Y2 tw ist dismount', 9 .25. RINGS 1964 Bob Teel of Baldwin Pork a sophomore Bock lev er , pu ll t o cross, pull up to suppor t , hollow bock press t o h andstand giant to handst and , lower down t o ma lt ise, ro ll ou t t o f ront lever, pu ll to cross, pull up, lower down to o l ympic cross, tu rn through back lever , snap rise to momentary suppor t, lower back to dislocate high st radd le dismount , 9.35. Steve
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LONG HORSE 1964 G. Wullsch lager of Mui r a sen ior Giant H andspring in piked pos ition , Straig h t o rm han dspri ng , 9.25 . LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL RETAINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP By Bill Vincen t Los Ange les H igh School led by Kanati AlIen retained its city champi o nship in gymnos-. tics on June 5, at Son Fernando V olle y State College before a crowd o f about 3,000 fans. A llen, t he four even t (long horse, free exercise, pa ra ll e l bars, horizontal bar) h igh point man f or L.A. was edged out for high point honors f or the night by Dove Thor of Resedo High School. Al len tota led 16 with a first on hig h ba r and two seconds on fr ee ex er cise ond para ll el bars. Thor captured th r ee fi rst s on free exerci se, side ho rse , and par a ll el bars fo r 18 po ints. In th ird p loce was Dar Robinson from Po ly High with 11 points . Los Angeles w it h 30 poin t s was f o ll owed by Poly w ith 25 5 ( 6 , Reseda with 25, and Westchester with 20 . The Son Fernando Vo lley Schools d ominated the v icto ry stand all night. Allen wos the o n ly non-Volley winl'ler on the high ba r. 8Qb Skemp (Von N u ys) who h as been clocked sever al times pr evious to t he meet at 3 .0 's was slowed to 3.2. He was tied for first place by L. A .'s Greg Williams in what wos p robabl y the upset of the meet . Williams hod never climbed 3 .2 before. Chri s T eeter of Po ly, ov erage':: 9.35 on t h e long horse f or the fi r st in that ev ent . H is vaults were ex ceptionally well perform ed as he edged out thi r d hig h point man Robinson . Th or tu rn ed on th e fo r m in the sid e ho rse . on ly b reaking slight ly once or twice whi le performing a very diff ic ult routine , to sco r e 9.35 f rom the judges . Second went t o Carlos Hernandez of Wi lson at 9.0 . The top perform ance o f t he' nigh t was Th or's f ree exercise r outine . H igh l ighting t he stunts was a beautiful high Arabian dive roll fo i l-wed cl osely by hiah d oubles on the floor . The entire routine was pe rf ormed wi t h v e -y littl e sound on t he h ardwood f loor. T he judges reworded him with a 9.5. It wos Thor aga in on parollel bars foll owed cl ose ly by A ll en. Dove's overba r stutz was hig h and w it h good f orm, but Kanati fol lowed close ly with some n ice stunts of his own . Several of the other competitors performed some v er y difficult stunts (front overbar catch swing t o handstand ), but the y locked the general poise and form of Thor and A ll en. On t he hig h ba r it was A l len a ll t he way. Dur ing his inLocate giants , when he was passi n g