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VOLUME VII

JULY-AUGUST, 1965

NUMBER 6

CONTENTS NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ________________________ Glenn Sundby 5 CHALK TALK ______ _________________ ___ _____ ___ __ ___________________ _______ __ 6 GYMNASTICS IN YOUR COMMUNITY _______________________ _ Stephen Schneeweiss 6 OLYMPIC STATISTICS III ______ __ ____________________ Dick Criley 7 $10,000 FOR GYMNASTICS _______________________________ _Estelle 8 USGF DI RECTOR'S REPORT ___ _______________________ Frank Bore 10 OLYMPIC SEQUENCE ROUTINES ______________ Art Shurlock 12 GYMNASTICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION ___________ __ ______ _ A. B. Frederick 22 RESEARCH AND FITNESS ___ ________ ___________ James S. Bosco 24 HELPFUL HINTS ____________________ __ ______________________ J im Farkas 25 TRAMPOLI NING __________________________________ _____ Jess Robinson 26 WHAT'S THE SCORE~ _______________________________ Jerry Wright 28 NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE _____________ ___ Roy Davis 34 JUDGI NG-AS I SEE IT ______ _________________ _____________ Lyle Welser 34 LETTERS _____________ _____ __ ______ _________ _____________________________________ 36 DIVE TO HANDSTAND ____________________ Donald L. Chesnut 37

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COVER: M akato Sakamoto just graduated fr om Los Angeles High School. IS top high school gymnast of the notion and again t ook top honors In the Los Angeles City High School Championships.

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NOTE S .. FROM THE EDITOR PREVIEW: As part of this edition of the M.G. we offer you a first . . . Something Very Special a peek at MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST the new Quarterly Gymnastic magazine which will publish it's first regular subscription ed ition in the fall of ' 65 . . .

MADEMOISELLE GYMNA£T (Mlle. G.) is especially designed to keep up with the growin g Women's Gymnastic programs in the schools and club organ izations throughout the USA .. . This does not mean that we will stojJ puttin g girls material and meet results in the Modern Gymnast, just that we will be able to do a better job for both men and women. Wi th the addition of Mlle. G. we will be able to keep up with the growing womens program without taking away space from the existing and ever expanding men's coverage in the M.G . . . . P erhaps yo u are not overly fond of girls gymnastics, but as an M.G. subscriber and interested in gymnastics perhaps yo u know someone in yo ur area who would find MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST just right for them. Therefore we have sent this Special Complimentary edition of MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST along to you to keep and enjoy or pass on to someone we ma y not know of who would like to subscribe to a magazine like MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST. THIS EDITION: For those of yo u who are members of the Turners, Sokols, YMCAs, etc. and also who have been hoping for a voice in Gymnastics in America take time to read the latest report by L"SGF Director Frank L. Bare on the new Democratic (?) U .S.O.c. voting balance . . . For those who like Statistics, Dick Criley has a few more thoughts and charts ... Also bhe ever popular Olympic Sequence photo routines are back with a few comments by Art Shurlock .. . Plus lots of competititons results in Jerry Wrights "What's the Score" column . .. Oh Yes! Don't Miss $10,000 for Gymnastics just turn over a few pages and you will see what one city was able to do with some dedicated workers and a lot of enthusiasm. +:

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dor was sent, to li ve for two months, to J apan durin g the Olympi cs. The student is not merely a touri st but is "adopted" by a foreign fam il y, livin g in their home as a member of the family. The hope of the program is to give peo pl e of oth er lands a tru e pi ct ure of A meri ca n democracy as ex· emplifi ed by th e " Com muJlit y Amba ssado r':.

It mu st occ ur to the reader th at altho ugn su ch a program has grea t worth, it cos ts mon ey. Here is wh ere gy mnasti cs can mak e a va lu ab le co ntribution. As the auth or pre· viously stated, int eres t by the general pub· li c for gy mnasti cs is currentl y at .a hI gh level. P eopl e want to see gymnastI c perform ances. With thi s knowledge in mind, th e var ious se rvice organizati ons sponsorin g th e co mm unit y ambassador program were con tacted by the author who offered hi s services in organizin g a gy mnasti cs ex hibi-

ion to raise fund s for the program. At fir st, there was sli ght hes itation hecause as th ey said no one had tri ed it as a fund r aisin g technique for the program. Th e initi a l pessimi sm was oven.:ume and the servi ces or-

gan iza tions agreed to the id ea .

The author wi shes to describe the steps necessary to orga ni ze such an exhibiti on as a gu ide to. oth ers in terested in such a program. (The a uthor lists th e steps taken a ft er se rvice organ izati on cooperation is agreed upon for the performan ce.)

1. Develop a budge t. The first step to be und ertaken is th e obta inin g of a modes t sum of mon ey to cover th e cos ts of printin g ti ckets, prograllls,' advertisin g, 1llail·

Harvey Ruderian recei v ing team award placque from Col. Will iam S. Fagan

Lieut enant' Colonel William S. Fagan, officer in char <Ye of recruitin g for So uthern Californi a and "Nevada , presented the third place trophy to the Palisades team and individual trop hies to each member.

A wardin g Rud eri an the ou tstanding indi vidual trophy was Eddie Meador, defensive team captain and star for the Los Angeles Rams.

TOO IvIANY SUBSCRIBERS? Accord in g to a report in TIME magazin e, SHOW magazine with 238,000 sub-scribers is going in the hole $100,000.00 per iss ue . . . I g uess we are I ucky as we do not have quit.e that many subscribers . . .

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TOPS IN MARl N E TEST H arvey Ruderi an (son of M.G. Publisher Max J. Rud eri an ) , earn ed acclaim at the U.s. l\IIarin e Corps' physical fitn ess tests given at Cerritos College in Norwalk.

Durin g the past four months, the Corps has tested hi <Yh school stud ents from So uthern Cali forni ; and Nevada to choose a fiv emall team fr om each school.

Some 72 team s of stud en ts arrived at Cerri tos for the co mpetition.

Palisade's High School quintet of Ruder· ian , Roger McGrath , Dave Anawalt, Elliott Grulll er and Roger Garrett placed third in the co mpetition.

Fitness test was the same admini stered to Marin e Co rps r ~cruit s.

To p three tea ms were so close that two repeti t ions of any exercise was the difference between first and third place.

GYMNASTICS AND YOUR COMMUNITY

by S tephen NI. Schneewe iss, In stru ctor in Health and Ph ysical Edu cati on ASSAU COM MU lT Y COLLEGE GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Few persons who are gy mn astic enthu siasts need to be told of the joy and beau ty of a gy mn astic performan ce. Recentl y more and more persons have been ex posed to th e sport through the televeision med ium. In the New Yo rk area, due to the effort s of such outstandi ng gy mn astic coaches as Mr. Thomas De Ca rlo, Dr. Kenn eth Veselak, Mr. Gene Crone and Mr. Donald J ackson to mention onl y a few , gy mna sti cs has ex· perienced a new and vita l grow th in our co mmuniti es. What then co uld be more approp ri ate but th at gy mna sti cs should con tribut e to the growth o[ a com munity.

Lik e a number of citi es and towns around our grea t land , Long Beach, Long Island s po nsors a "Co mmunit y Amba ssador Program ". Thi s is a program sponso red by th e local se rvice orga niza ti ons of th e co mmunit y whi ch annu a ll y se lects an uut standin g stu dent [rom th e co mmunity to represent it in a foreign land. In 1964 une such am bassa -

in g, etc. The program director must develop a bud get listin g such cos ts. This bud get is submitted to all coopera tin g servi ce organi za ti ons to be di vid ed acco rdin gly.

2. Obtain a jacility. You will need a place to condu ct a performan ce which is suitabl e, for gy mn astics as well as large enough to hold a large audi ence. Such facilities as a school gy mn asium , Masonic temple or co untry club a re possibilities to be consid ered. Don't limit yourself to schoo ls alon e because peo ple enjoy other settin gs for a performan ce.

3. Obtain needed equipment. It is essential to have top quality equipment ava il able for use by top quality perfo rm ers. If yo u do not have such equipm ent in yo ur co mmunity or yo u lack a specific pi ece of equipm ent, the a uthor recomm end s that yo u conta ct the large equipment man· ufactw'ers such as Nissen Medart Company, and Gym Ma ster Company, to mention two th at the auth or ha s obta in ed outstanding coo peration from in . this and prev ious gymnasti c prog ram s. ':' It is th e auth or's ex peri ence that these type compani es welcome an opportunity to di splay th eir equipm ent and coope rate in worthwhil e activiti es.

4. Obtain perfo rm ers. You will want to obtain perform ers of the hi ghest quality [or yo ur ex hibition. Rememb er that whil e yo u wish to give yo un ge r perform ers the ex hil aratin g experi ence of performin g before a large group, yo u have a res pon · sibility to yo ur aud ience and must provide a hi gh quality performan ce. Parti cipatin g in the " Co mmunity Ambassado r Program Gym nastic Ex hibition" were outstandin g groups an d in dividual s as follows : a. Nassau Community Co ll ege. S. M. Sclmeewe iss, Coach. b. Ba ys ide High School. ( Gymnasti c Champi ons of New York City Hi gh Schools) coached by K. E. Veselak. c. Queens Coll ege dan ce group, directed

by E lla No rm etz. d. J ama ica Y.M.CA. coached by Mr. Gene Cron.

5. Obtain adeqnate publicity cove rage . It is axiomatic that you ca n sell a good prod· uct if yo u don't put it on th e dis play shelf. The a uth or suggests th a t th e co n· stru cti on of press releases be ha ndl ed by a profess ional. Enli st th e a id e of yo ur local news paperman or if yuu are lu cky a " pro" fro m o ne or mo re o f yo ur s pons o rin g se rvice organi zatiu ns. D on't be s hy

with yo ur adverti sin g, it will pay d ivi· de nd s a t th e doo r on the ni ght of th e sh uw.

6. Obtain non.perjormin g personnel. An y performan ce tak es peo pl e to prov id e wo rkin g ass ista nce. Yo u will need the fol · low in g kind s of assistan ce for yo ur show: a . Ti cket Take rs b. Equipm ent Move rs c. Crowd Co ntrol ( ushers I d. Li ght Operators (for spotlight s I e. An noun cer r. First Aid (a doctor. if poss ibl e I g. A photographer .

7. Thank Yon letters. Wh en yu u have com· pl e ted yu ur pe rfurlllan ce , yo u re alize how

many peopl e contribute their time and e fforts to such a task. You wi ll wa nt to furmall y thank th em indi viduall y by se nd· in g each a thank yu u lett e r. It 's a small it em, but too frequ entl y overl ook ed in the hu stl e of everyday press ure.

Gy mnasti cs can and should make a co n· tributi on to th eir comlllunities abo ve and be· yo nd wha t we already recogni ze as a sig· nifi cant co ntribution. Ap ril 9, 1965 mark ed a mil estone in the co mmunity of Long Beach a nd uur "Community A mbassado r Prog ram " .

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OLYMPIC STATISTICS III. Hi Man-Lo Man

by Dick Criley Everyone is looking forward to the 1965 World Games to be held in West Germany.

Many of the competing gymnasts appeared at Tokyo and there will be new faces as well. We hope that earlier issues of the MODERN GYMNAST will serve as a guide for your gymnastics pleasures in reo callin g individuals and their performances in Tokyo.

Our prev ious articles offer this challen ge : Use th ese fa cts and fi g ures of the 1964 Olympi cs. P erhaps the World Gam es offer the opportunity to do trus. We hope so.

At this point, it would be interesting to climb out on a limb and offer some pre· diction s . . .

To the previous articles (March, May issues we are addin g still another possi· bility for interpretation and use of the Olympi c statistics. While the coefficients of va riability of the last article pointed out the consistency of the teams in terms of individual effort, it was not immediately visible how great the range of scores mi ght have been. Figure 3 shows the range of scores for each team (combining the scores received on the optional and co mpulsory exercises ) for each event. As one might ex pect, th e range between the high man and low man on each team increased with the lower fini sh of the team; but every once in awhile it can be seen where a team really pulled togeth er and everyone wa s within a few tenths of point of each other.

FIGURE 3 . T he range of scores between h igh man and low man for each Olympic team on each event. The score is the combined total of the scores rece ived for the optiona l and compulsory exercises.

The lowest score on each team was dropped in computing the team tota ls reported in the January 1965 MG.

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Ambitious ? Yes! Impossible? No! And that's how the plans began for the Olympic Gymnastic Drive that started at a small meeting and ended up with a city knocking itself out to raise a designated sum of $10,000,00 for the United States gymnastic team. Then, having staged such a fan 路 tastic success, the city announced " if we can do it, why can' t yo u, and you and yo u?" Thus, Poughkeepsie, lew York set an example for other communities to follow and had the greatest time ever in d oing so, It was in September, 1963 when Estelle & Alfonso in路 vited Thoma~ Maloney, manager for the gymnasts, to attend a meeting of prominent, interested Poughkeepsie. ites to hear how difficult it was for our gymnasts to raise

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money. Estelle & Alfonso annually stage an " Olympics" each March with the acrobats from their Dance Studio.

Being especially interested in gymnastics and knowing that the Olympic year was just three months away, they felt that if they could convince the city to get behind the United States Gymnasts, they would not only stage their local event as a benefit for the. team, but do everything possible to see that many other benefits were run for the same purpose. In short, why not have an " Olympic Week" in the city? Everyone agreed at that meeting that it was a good idea. Someone suggested a $10,000.00 goal-a sum to aim for with emphasis on the word "AIM". It sounded quite improbable but nevertheless the goal was established.

It didn't take lon g to convince Mayor Victor Waryas for the City and Town Supervisor Thomas Mahar for the town to proclaim March 15 to 22 Olympic Week. Com路 mittees were set up and meetings were held every Monday night under the dynamic direction of F. _Bennett Cody, chairman of the local committee. Ideas were exploding and the committees were energetically pursuing them all. As time passed , they became realities. Poughkeepsie was ready for Olympic Week! All the store windows were decorated in the Olympic Theme. A banner was flown across Main Street. The "Poughkeepsie J oumal" ran an ed itorial. Everyone was talking about it! . . . Finally "Tag Day" arrived! (Actuall y every day was more or less a Tag Day but only one had the official name). This was the day the Olympic Pins were sold on the streets by the local and neighboring "Jaycees" who manned Avis trucks and sold "Olympic Week" balloons . . . W.H.V.W. , Local radio station , was permitted to use Poughkeepsie's largest department store window as its broadcast house to interview Olympic suppo rters as they passed the m'ain intersection.

To the surpr ise of all, the pins ran out! I I Thousands of pins had been sold up to an d including tag day . . . a radio-thon day was proclaimed! Decals and plaques were sold and more pins were rushed to the scene by Olympic house ... an Olympic Ball was successfull y held.

This was a great relaxer for all and a great money-maker also. The theme, of course, was in Olympic decoration.

Honored guests included Mr. Heliodoro Rico , Coach for the American Track Team who defeated Russia the summer prior, and Mr. Arthur Zielinski , Manager of the Gymnastic Team's tour of South America ... an Olympic movie "Hold High The Torch" was shown in all the schools that week . .. A special booth was set up in Lucky, Platt & Company's Department Store to sell the Pins, Plaques and Decals. Morgan Jones sent in Olympic Towels fo r display and sale. Practically every store, restaurant, bowling alley, etc., had an Olympic container by the cash register . . .

Then the Sunday of the big parade arrived. The Mayor had contacted the nearby Army base to send in jets to zoom overhead as the parade started . Color Guards from the various branches of the Armed Forces were all on hand.

The radio stations had thei r mobile units all set to broad路 cast as the parade passed b y. Marching bands from all parts of Connecticut, New York and even Massachusetts were on hand . The Antique Auto Club supplied cars (trying to keep the models as close to the Olympic years as possible).

The Sportscar Club supplied white convertibles for the United States Gymnasts and Honored Guests to ride in.

Even the March weather was cooperative. It was a beautiful day and people eagerly lined the streets to watch the festivities. More balloons and pins were sold. The parade was led by a runner carryin g the Olympic Torch. It proudly passed the reviewing stand and terminated where the Estelle & Alfonso Olympics began- at the Poughkeepsie High School. The gymnasium was jammed with spectators to watch the local event and to see the United States Gymnasts perform. All proceeds were donated to the Poughkeepsie Olympic Fund . . . thus ended Poughkeepsie's Olympic Week and to everyone's delight, $10,000 .00 was realized and presented to Mr. Thomas Maloney and Mr. Lyman Bingham at the final Try-outs at Kings Point, New York last August.

It is exactly a year since Olympic Week and the final report was just completed and broadcast to the public, givin g them also a rundown on how our Gymnastic Team did in the Tokyo Olympics, using "Quips and Quotes" from the last few issues of Modern Gymnast, Poughkeepsie is proud of its record, and is enthusiastically looking forward to 1968, the next Olympic yea r , when it hopes other cities will follow suit and support the United States teams .

After all , it can be fun!!!!

Top : Olympic Porade Above: Makato Saka m oto. Above Right: Tom Maloney, Sam Sakamoto, Makato Sakamoto, Ba rbar a Galleher, Don T onry, Mu ri e l Grossfeld , Ab ie Grossfeld and Jay Wern er. At righ t : Abie Grossfeld. Below: Ba r bara Galleher a nd at bottom of page, ninety-fou r 3 to 5 y r. old students from the Estelle and A lf onso Dance Stud io take part in exhib it ion.

The U.S.G.F. Press announces it second formal printing release ... GUIDE FOR COMPETITORS-25 pages, with illustrations on the best methods for conducting gymnastics meets. Includes guide for announcers, floor arrangements, scoring systems, and forms. $1.00 per copy (add postage for foreign orders (4 ounces).

* * * * FRAN K L. BARE Executive Di rector

THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION P.O. Box 4699,

TUCSON, ARIZONA.

The United States Olympic Committee met in Chicago, Illinois on June 12th for what was supposed to be a Special Quadrin ;- ial meeting. Naturally, ' this is supposed to be the top-level amateur sports body in the U.S.A. . . . in theory this body is supposed to represent not one group but all amateur groups in the United States and have at heart only the best interests of amateur athletes in our nation. IN TRUTH . . . SUCH IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL. The Meeting was scheduled to last for two days ... it scarcely lasted one. Voting is done by according to political affiliation . . . i.e. if the AAU approves an amendment it is unquestionably approved ... if not it is unquestionably vetoed. There are no variations from the rule .

Of all the measures- adopted one above all others was ridiculous to the point of being absurd and yet it passed by the same majority vote that virtually all other AAU-approved amendments gathered . This new amendment says that from this date forth all Olympic Garnes Committees must have a majority of members (in relation to all other member groups) on each Committee from the recognized governing body. (In the case of gymnastics the AAU). Looking at it practically it means that in the Olymp ic Gymnastics Games Committees to be called henceforth . .. the AAU has an assured majority before the meeting begins, think on this a bit further, and realize that by this rule .. . if the TU liieiS, Colieges, Sokols, YMCA's High Schools and Armed Forces each send a representative to the Games Committee meeting in a given sport . . . by this rule the AAU must have more votes than all those groups combined. WHY? All the democratic processes have disappeared from the U.S.O.C.. .. and there is little use for other groups to participate in such meetings at all. By this system each Committee is solely (in gymnastics) controlled by the AAU . .. so it is by American standards of democracy at least strictly an AAU Committee representing that group alone. Congratulations to the lop-sided voting group that has always existed in the U.S.O.C . . .. if you 'll go back a couple of years this office printed in the MG the· statement that the USOC was the AAU (at least 2/ 3rds of it) and · they backed our statement to the hilt . . . and proved it on June 12, 1965.

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The U.S .. F. met with the A.A.U. formally on Monday, June ·14th in Chicago, III. USGF Pres. Dr. Donald Boydston and my· self met with AAU Exec. Director Col. Don Hull and Gymnastics Coordinator for the AAU, Mr. Leon Nance. A three hour session · fol lowed and avenues were explored concerning the problems that exist in our sport in the U.S.A. 10

USGF RULES AND POLICIES GOVERNING GIRL'S AND WOMEN'S COMPETITION The USGF Women 's Techni cal Committee shall rule on any points not specificall y covere d in these rules and policies.

GRADES AND LEVELS OF COMPETITION A. USGF STATE AND DISTRICT COMPETITION-will be conducted according to the foll owing age groups and leve ls. l. Girl s 11 years of age and under will enter the Class C grou p and compete in either the Lowe r, Middle, or Upper Grade Level.

2. Girls 12, 13, and 14, years of age will enter the Class B group and compete in either th e Lower, Middle, or Upper Grade Level.

3. Girls 15 years of age and over will enter the Class A group and compete in ei th er the Lower, Middle, or Upper Grade Level.

4. Only compulsory exe rci ses will be performed in all Lower and Middle Grades. Th e Upper Grade must perform compulsory exercises and mayor may not perform optional exercises. (The decision to require optional work wi ll be left to the descretion of the meet officials,) 5. All Lower Grade compu lsories sha ll be the same.

All Middle Grade compulsories shall be the same .

All Uppe r Grade compulsories shall be the same.

6. The performance crt optiona l exercises by the Upper Grade competitors is recommended and encouraged by the Techn ical Committee.

7. Girls 15 years of age and over who are capable of executing the current Olympic or World Games compulsory exercises will enter the Elite Class and perform these current international compul sory exercises plus opti onal exerci ses.

B. USGF NATIONAL COMPETITION-will be open only to Class AUpper Grade and the Elite Class . The minimum age for a Nati ona l Competition shall therefore be 15 years of age.

C. USGF CHART FOR GRADES OF 'COMPETITION Class C-11 years and under Lower Grade-Compulsory work only Middle Grade-Compulsory wo rk only Upper Grade-Compulsory work; optional wo rk as decided by the meet officials Class B-12, 13, and 14 years Lower Grade-Compulsory work only Middle Grade-Compul sory wo rk only Upper Grade-Compul sory wo rk; optional work as dec ided by the meet officials Class A-IS years and over Low er Grade-Compulso ry wo rk only Middl e Grade- Compulsory work only Upper Grade-Compulsory work; optional work as decided by the meet officials Elite Class-IS years and over-Compulsory and optional work as required in all USGF competitions.

"The three USGF Women's Group Classifications were formed after careful consideration of the following criterion: 1) The average age for physiological growth changes occuring at puberty; 2) The average age for elementary grades 1 through 6; junior high grades 7, 8, and 9; and senior high grades 10, 11, and 12.

3) The universally accepted minimum age for national gymnastic competition.

To further classify the Girls' and Women's Competition, each age group was divided into three skill levels or grades of competition. Three complete sets of compulsory routines were designed to provide progressive levels of instruction for Lower, Middle, and Upper Grade levels. These current USGF Compulsory routines (which will appear in a later MG issue) will be in effect for al l local, district, sectional , and nationa l competitions for 1965 and 1966. New compu lsory routines wil l then appear several months in advance of the 1967 national competition.

II. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPEtiTION A. LOWER GRADE-Classes C, B, and A The winner of a first place in one event (except the all-around) shall not eliminate the competitor from entering Lower Grade. The gymnast will be ineligible as a Lower Grade competitor when she wins a first place in the Lower Grade All Around Event.

B. MIDDLE GRADE-Classes C, B, and A The winner of a first place in one event (except the all-around ) shall not eliminate the competitor from entering Middle Grade.

The gymnast will be ineligible as a Middle Grade competitor when she wins a first place in the Middle Grade All Around Event.

C. UPPER GRADE Classes C and B-A gymnast wno wins a first place. in the Upper Grade All Around Event is ineligible for competitIOn In Middle or Lower Grade. She must remain in Upper Grade until a change in age necessitates a move to the next class.

Class A-A gymnast who wins a first place In the . Upper Grade All Around Event will be ineligible for competitIOn In the Middle or Lower Grade. She must continue to participate in Upper Grade until her skill level is such that she is ready to advance to the Elite Division.

D. ELITE CLASS A gymnast who wins a first , second, or third place in the Elite All Around Event is ineligible for competitIOn In Class A. Therefore , a gymnast who places low in the Elite Division one year may elect to enter Class A-Upper Grade the following year.

III. GENERAL RULES FOR COMPETITION A. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS l. A girl must compete within her age grouping as designated by the Women's Technical Committee. A girl's age on the day of competition determines what Class she will enter ...

2. The meet officials have the power to cancel any indiVidual event for which at least five entries have not been received on the deadline date.

B. ORDER OF COM PElT I ON The competitors shall perform in rotation in the order selected by the meet officials and no gymnast shall be required to perform first in more than one event.

C. GYMNASTIC ATIlRE Proper Gymnastic attire consisting of a leotard of non transparent material , matching briefs, and footwear must be worn. The gymnast's hair shall be neatly arranged or cut In such a fashion that it does not fall in the face.

D. EVENTS-approved for State, District, and National Competition 1. International Individual Events a. Floor Exercise b. Uneven Parallel Bars c. Balance Beam d. Horse Vaulting 2. International All Around Event-competition in the preceding four events.

3. Special Events a. Trampoline b. Tumbling E. QUALIFICATION OF COMPETITORS-Elite Class and Class A-Upper Grade . . l. Individual Events- The six gymnasts who obtain the highest score in each of the four events (compul sory and optIOnal. combined) will qualify for the individual event fin al. competitIOns. These six people will perform an additional optIOnal exerCise, which may be the same or different. The scores of the compulsory and the first optional exercise Will be added and then divided by two to arrive at an average. Th!s average. Will be added to the score earned in the second optIOnal exercise. The gymnast who obtains the highest score in an individual event will be the winner of that event.

2. The All Around Event-The winner of this event shall be the gymnast who earns the highest total number of pOints for the compulsory exercises and the first optIOnal exercises In all of the four events. .

3. Special Events-The six competitors who. obtain the. highest score (compulsory and optional combined) In the Tumbling and Trampoline events will qualify for the finals .. These SIX will perform an additional routine, the same or different, and the final standing will be determined by adding the average of the compulsory and the. first optional exercise to the score earned in the second optIOnal exercise. .

F. MEASUREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS OF APPARATUS-for Elite Class and Class A-Upper Grade competition shall be those listed by. the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee and approved by the FI G. Adjustments in apparatus for other Classes and Grade levels are specified in the USGF Compulsory Exercises.

G. TYPES OF EXERCICES-to be performed are the same as listed In the FIG Code of Points.

IV. JUDGING AND MARKING-Individual Events A. ELITE CLASS-All judging of compulsory and optional exercises will be carried out in accordance with the FIG Code of ,Points.

B. CLASS C, B, AND A-Optional Exercises-Upper Grade The judging of optional exercises will be in accordance with the FIG Code of Points.

C. CLASS C, B, AND A-Compulsory Exercises-All Grades All compulsory uneven parallel bar, floor exercises, and balance beam exercises will be judged according to the USGF Compulsory point'values and supplemented by the FIG Code of Points. l. Uneven Parallel Bars-unless specifically indicated in the USGF Compulsory Exercise, the judging of these exercises will conform to the FIG CODE of Points: Articles 1; 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 13, and 17.

2. Floor Exercise-unless specifically indicated in the USGF Compulsory Exercise , the judging of these exercises will conform to the FIG Code of Points: Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 15, and 16.

3. Balance Beam-Unless specifically indicated in the USGF Compulsory Exercise , the judging of these exercises will ~onform to the FIG Code of Points: Arti cl es 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 , 14, 16, and 17.

4. Side Horse Vaulting-will be judged in the following manner: Point Value 0.5-Run . Hurdle and Take Off 2.0-Pre-flight to Hore 2.5-Vault over Horse l.O-Hand Touch and Push Off 2.0-After-flight off Horse 2.0-Landing Run-must be rapid, smooth and controlled, rhythmical , and light Hurdle and Take-Off-must be quick, without loss of speed, light, and relatively noisless.

Pre-flight to Horse-must have distance and be executed with a straight body Vault over Horse-must be executed with the body passing over the horse in the proper position. See Table of FIG Vaults Hand Touch and Push Off-must be quick and powerful and cause the body to move in an upward-forward direction.

After-flight off Horse-must have distance and height. The body should straighten upward before arriving on the ground. landing-must be secure, light and controlled and without excessive forward lean or bending at the knees and hips.

(The above method of judging side horse vaulting will give the competitor a better understanding of the elements of vaulting and will encourage the development of proper techniques and skills,) To facilitate judging in this manner, a judging sheet with the elements and their respective point values must be prepared in advance.

V. SPECIAL EVENTS A. TRAMPOLINE l. USGF Compulsory Exercises-The gymnast is allowed two trials, separated by a 20 second rest. The best score of the two trials will be recorded.

2. Optional exercises will consist of one sequence composed of 10 to 12 contacts with the apparatus bed. Refer to Section 3 -Trampoline-Men and Women in the USGF Handbook for complete rules.

3. A minimum of 6 spotters (2 at each side and 1 at each end) must be present while this apparatus is being used.

B. TUMBLING l. USGF Compulsory Exercises-The gymnast must complete the exercises in 2 minutes (including rests between each trip), 2. Optional exercises will consist of 4 trips on the mat not to exceed 2 minutes (including rests between each trip)' VI. COURSES FOR JUDGES A. A compulsory course for judges will be held before the Annual National Competition. .

B. Those judges who do not take part in the compulsory course Will not be allowed to serve.

C. The Women's Technical Committee has the authority to conduct and adminster an objective evaluation of judges and has the power to exclude from the competition those judges who prove to be incompetent.

The U.S. has long been in need of such a gymnastic developmental program and the Women's Technical Committee strongly recommends the frequent scheduling of "compulsory routine meets", especially on the Lower and Middle Grade levels. The USGF Compulsory Routines and the USGF Rules and Policies Governing Competition will hopefully serve as a guide for all "outside" school competitions."

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Shuji Tsurumi

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PARALLEL BARS The gy mnast performin g the routin e on th e parall els (next four pa ges) is Shuji Tsurumi from Japan. He placed second in the AlI ·Around in the Olympics. His average sco re for the rout in es (l compul sory and 2 opt ionals ) he performed in the Olympics to place 2nd was 9.725.

Th e foll owing is a write up of his routin e with pointers on the techniques and mechanics of variou s parts of his routine. Three runnin g steps, hard jump off beat board, boun ce to straig ht ann support, sw in g for· ward , cast to support (note, hips stay well in front of hand s, leg ext ension is power· ful , body is pik ed sharply forward after hand release), swin g ba ckward, fl yin g pirouete to handstand posi tion, swing forward, drop ba ckward (body straight, hips away from hand s), peach basket (hips are kept well in front of hand s, leg extension is powerful and as close to vertical as possibl e, head is kept sli ghtl y forward until shoulders are above bar ), high lay·a·way, front uprise stutz (get feet as hi gh as possibl e before the turn , push backward against the bars with the arms), cast catch to upper ann support (push arms downward against the bars on the cat ch in ord er to keep hi ps high and the shoulders from saggin g below he

bars, i.e. ca tch yourself on the cast ), ex· tend to back uprise straddl e catch to L sup· port (lock body in L posi ti on and push powerfully against th e bars on the regrasp so th e legs do not dip forward on the L catch ), straight·leg press to hand stand , one arm straddle leg hand stand, return to mo· mentary hand stand, swing forward, stutz, peach basket (han g as long as possibl e with hand s), lay·a·way, front upri se (pull hips well in fr ont of hands in order to get in position for a powerful backward swing) , backward swin g, front so mi with half twi st di smount.

When Shuji T surumi performed this rou· tin e there wasn't any excess or nervous movements of his body at any point in the rou tin e, this is an aspeot of a routin e that cannot be realized in lookin g at it in still photographs. When Ss urullli was ' in a handstand or L . position, there was no adjust· ment, he was there, the tran sitional move· ments were definite and precise. A gy mnast should not sho,y. any insecurities in passing from one move to the next. Th e Gynmast should work on smoothn ess and precision of all his moves, and thi s will carry over to his sequences and routines.

Art Shurlock

UNEVEN PARALLELS - KATLALIN MAKRA Y, 19.216, Second place Individual Championships, Olympic Games, Tokyo, 1964.

Jump to glide kip, hip circle shoot to hand stand , fall backward over top bar, hands in reverse grip, inlocate swin g pike back to regrasp and reverse seat circle on low bar, drop backward di sengage, kip, pike to stand on low bar, half sole circle to shoo t with half twist to a regrasp with piked body glide kip, regrasp upper bar, swin g backward, sw in g forward and straddle legs over low bar, change grip to low bar, forward seat circle, change grip to upper bar, kip to support, ex tend backward to lay-a-way cast to hip circl e on low bar, free body extension away from low, pike and re grasp low bar, glide kip, chan ge to upper bar, swing backward, pike and place feet on low bar, pull up to support on upper bar, backward cast, to hip circle straddle hecht di sBlount.

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by A. BRUCE FREDERICK . 2125 ARMOUR DRIVE WilMINGTON B, DELAWARE

ADVANCE REVIEW A New Teaching Aid for Gymnastics Gymnastics in Physical Education by A. B. Frederick " JOHNNY" MAKES GOOD! For several years, "Johnny Gymnast" has appeared in the Modem Gymnast as a demonstrator, tutor and occasional showoff for hi s master, A. B. Frederick , M.G. Education Editor.

The Burgess Publishing Co. of Minneapolis, Minn esota has recently announced that "J ohnny" is in press and is soon to be release d.

"Johnny" does not come to you as a conventional book but in a number of ways whi ch qualify " him" to be the first really di fferen t teaching aid for gymnastics thM has appeared to date. " He" responds to creative applications of his master.

What is this n ew teaching aid like? The Burgess folk s have choscn to call the teaching aid , Gymnastic Action Cards. The set contains nin ety路seven, carefully selected, positions portrayed by "Johnny" each of which appears on a separate 4" x 6" card.

Accompanying the cards is a set of instructions which will help you to find many uses for them.

Some of the suggestions include; GYT11.nastic circuit training, discovering new moves, combining movem en ts, how to present stunts in sequences, fitness adaptations, warm-up suggestions and many other uses.

An "Action Index" included with the teaching aid shows all of the positions at a glan ce. In addition, four separate indices are includ ed for each card so they may be used conveni ently at all levels.

Finally, each set will also include a plasti c template wit.h instructions on how to use (similar to a lettering stencil but containing "Johnny" parts ) to make. illustrations of your own. It is so simple to use that children can do it. It elim inates the need for stick fi gures and it will make illustrations of your choi ce very realistic.

The i?struction s" will ~s~ ~ow ~~u. ho','; to easJiy make J ohnny s SIster, Gmny.

The entire set comes to you in a fiber wall et. You may r eserve a set by writing: Burgess Publishin g Co., 426 S. 6th St., Minn eapolis, Minnesota.

Note: The pictures accompanying this review show " Johnny" copying the positions of the little artist's dwnmy which inspired " hi s" creation more than three years ago.

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BOOK REVIEW GYMNASTIC 路 ACTIVITIES WITH HAND APPARATUS

by Marie Provaznik and Norma Zabka Burgess Publishing Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

1965. $3.25 This new book from Burgess is dedicated to the celebration this year of the Sokol Centennial. It is fitting that the authors have both had a long association with the Sokol gymnastic program.

Mrs. Provaznik was influential in selecting swtable gymnastio events for women while she served as Secretary, Vice- President and President of the Women's Technical Committee of the F.I.G. Mrs. Zabka made a notable presentation at the Oklahoma In stitute (First National In stitute on Girl's Sports-Emphasis on Track and Field and Gynmastics-Nov. 1963 ) and was selected

as a consultant for the first Gymnastic Guide of the Division of Girls and Worn ens Sports of the American Assoc. for H ealth, Physical Education and Recreation. She has also edited the second Guide which has recently been released by AA HPER. All of thi s talent is combined into an unusual book. Unusual because it is a first attempt to re-introduce some very exciting activity. The authors have concentrated on the many movement variations possible with hand apparatus and their significance in a balanced and active program of physical education.

The activities are, for the most part on an elem ~ntary level but they r epresent the best that we have seen of programs from Germany, France and Czechoslovakia. These countries, as well as other countries where gymnastics ha, been an established pro-

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EXECUTION HI NTS:

Close stand, hold l oop in left hand, l eft arm raised forward.

Counts And ... T o gain momentum, swing net s lig h tl y forward.

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T w i st Lc u nk l eft and s w i n g, ba ll flankwa y do \VUW a l' J u n l't::ft side to rear .

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Twist trunk to Starting Position and swing ball forward .

3 - 4 . Two l arge circ l es flankway downward on l eft with twist of trunk .

5 - 8. Chang e hands i n f r ont and re p eat to right.

T his ent ir e exerc i se flows throughout, including th e change of hands. There i s no break in rhythm.

T wist the tr unk with each swing and circle in .order to keep the ball exac tl y in flankway plane . ll Give" in the knees w ith each downward movemen t.

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gram , seem to concentrate much of the attention of th eir novices on hand apparatus and floor work.

You will find inte res~in g and meaningful activi ti es for chil dren who may explore the use of wand s, large balls, beanbags, tenni s balls, jump ropes, and -hoops. The au· th ors show how to mak e an interesting piece of hand apparatus with a conven· ti onal pl ayground ball and shoppin g bag made of plasti c net.

Ex ercise and exploratory movement problems are suggested for boys and girls aged 6·7 and 8-10. A third group of activities is presented for girls who are 11-12.

We parti cuarly lik e this book becau se it shows how to get maximum participati on from each child in your class. The book is well illustrated by Han a Hladik. The book should be helpful for physical educators at all levels and for gymnastic instructors who conduct novice gymnastic classes in the specialized program.

PORTFOLIO OF GYMNASTICS: 1%4 TOKYO OLYMPICS Distributed by Frank Endo, 12200 S. Ber· endo Ave., Los Angeles 44, Cal. $7.50 This excellent collection of Olympic photographs wm thrill those of you who are close to the sport.

Many of the photographs are in full color (75) in all. The others are interesting studies of Intern ation ally known I gymnasts in all of their moods.

You may use the book as a conversation piece or perhaps you will mount a few of yo ur favorit es for permanent display in a den or offi ce.

Th e top three All·Around performers for men and wom en are especially featured and we note the in cl usion of a single color shot of Canadian, Gail Daley. Gail was the only North American in cl uded in the portfolio_

THE SCIENCE OF COACHING AND T EACHING GYMNASTICS

by Pat Yeager Wide World Pu blications-Statesboro , Ga.

1964 In addition to three su ggested routines for each of the 10 Olympic events which are always welco med by coaches, this book has some other unique features.

1. An interestin g analysis of the qualities necessary for predictable hi gh quality in each of the Olympic events.

2. A number of different suggestions for co achin g check forms which enables the coach to kee p tabs on his team . . . a most difficult job in gymnastics.

3. Suggested practice sch edul es and complete unit plans for each of the Olympic events for Juni or Hi gh School students and Sr. Hi gh School students.

4. Homemade equipment suggestions previously seen in The Modem Gymnast includ es he Eggleston beam and the Androutsos sid e horse. There are other suggestions for a full range of homemade equipment.

This book is the most complete book on coaching gymnastics which we have seen to date. The author is a past chairman of the U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastic Committee.

NA TIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS COACHES ASSOCIA TION HANDBOOK Those of you who are currently conducting interscholastic gymnastic programs and have not yet become a member of the National Hi gh School Gymnastic Coaches Assoc. are mi ssing out on at least one of the benefits of membership which is that you have not received the excell ent HANDBOOK of the Association.

Th e handbook contains suggested rules, Code of Points, checklist for dual meets, reports from the eight Association Districts and a directory of High School and College coaches.

The Handb ook has been published by NISSEN Corp. in the interest of gymnastics.

New appli cants for membership s houl d conta ct . .

Victor Lesch 310 S. Monterey Villa Park, Illinois Some future proj ects of the Associati on are: 1. National Film Library 2. Placement Service 3. Teachin g Aids and Source Materials 4. Code of Ethics for Coaches and Officials

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VALDEZ TO STOOP DISMOUNT

Linda Harkleroad, 17 years f~om the Johnstown Turn ers, Johnstown, Pennsy lva nia , coached by Richard L. Rigby, (4th yea r at Turner s) does a Va ldez on the Unevens to a stoop dismount . (See N ov. 64 M.G. Pg . 26) .

Thi s mov e was o riginat ed by Bill Saver ing! presentl y head gym nasti c coach at Notre Dame University I four years oQo while he was the Johnstown Turner instru ctor . Th e m ove was developed by Rigb y. .

Instructiono l technique. First, re move t he t op ba r a nd teach skill on low bar with coach spott ing similar t o any V aldez. Once. developed here, move t o t op bar w ith overhead tw isting be lt . If ov erhead be lt IS not a v ail ab le, one cou ld use a re gu lar twist ing be lt w ith dismount t o fl oor. T o teach stoop dismount over low bar a bamboo po le wa s used in place of the low bar until sk ill was developed .

A good m ove from the v aldez is to d ro p t o hip Circle on top bar, c ast and hecht dismount .

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RESEARCH AND FITNESS

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This is th e 'fa st oj a se ries of sza articles devoted to the study of th e relationships betwee n partcipation in gymnastics- activities and cariovascu lar fi tness. Th e S eptember issue 0/ M odern. Gymnast will include., th e fir st oj a series oj six articles dealing with th e mechanical a.nd kin esiological an.aiys-is oj gym.nastics activities. The study by R ichard R . Spencer entitled " Ballistics in The Mat Kip", will be summarized. Ii you are in.terested in h.aving your research discll ssed in i ll tll u' issll es, please contact th e editor at the above (!drlr ess.

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No te : Th ou.g h th e stud y incl url erl Rnthropometri cal and motor f itness meas ures, onl y th ose related to card iovasc ular fitn ess are in c lu de d here.

Measure ment s we re ta ken on twelve me mbers of th e University uf Illi no is gy mn asti cs lea m and compared with those tak en previously on na t iuna l a nd int ern a tional-level gy mnasts by James S. Bosco (U npubli shed Ph.D. th es is) . The measurements were taken ove r a nin e monlh pe riod a t the Uni versity of Illinois Physical Fitness R esearch La boratory . Th e data were anal yzed stati sti cally to de te rmin e wh eth er a signifi cant difference existed between the sa mpl e of co ll ege gy mn as ts and the sample of olympi c-level

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P a l r ick j ., "Compari son of · Olympi c-Level and V a.rsity Gym· nasti cs on' Physical Fitn ess Chara cteri stics," Urbana: M.S. th esis, Univ ersity of Illinois, August, 1962, Pp. 69.

Th t' purpose of th e' stud y was to comp ar e measurement s of ph ys ica l filll ",s cha rac te ri sti cs of one coll egiate gymnastics team wilh s imil a r data co ll ec led on national and intenVlti onal level

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CODE FOR READING TABLES M I - Mea n of varsit y gynlllasts N I - N umber of va rsity gymna sts , ; I -Sla nda rd dev ia ti on of varsity gymnasts H'~ 2 - ;\'lea n of th e olympi c·level group N 2 -N umber of th e olympic-level group 2 -S ta nd ard dev ia ti on of the olympic-level group j J c - Mea n of the co mbin ed group N c-N urnber of the co mbined group s w -Sia ndard d ev ia ti on of the combined group r bis - Biserial r correlation Bird co nclud ed hat no stati sti cally significant differen ce exi sted in the cardiovascul a r fitn ess of hi s college sample and the olympic sample. H e infe rred that differ en ce at those levels of performan ce must lie in degree of skill rath er than in cardio vascular fitn ess.

In a sub-probl e m, he compared the college sample of gymnasts with a normal sample of college-aged yo ung men on the basis of standard scores. H e mad e the following conclusions : 1. In the H eartograph measures, the gy mnasts scored well in area-under-the-c urve, pul se rate, r est to work ratio , but poorly in the diastolic s urge.

2. In the cardi ova scular indices, the gymnasts scored above average in the Schn eider, Barach and Erlanger-Hooker indi ces but below average in the Stone and Tigerstedt indices.

3. In submaximal tests, the gymnasts scored just average in the Step T est and the Progressive Pul se Ratio Test.

4. In th e All Out Treadmill Run test, the gymnasts again , were on ly avera?:e.

In an over all r,on c lu sion, he o pinionated tha t gy mnasti cs contributes liul p to cardio vasc ul a r filness due to th e fa ct that it does not entai l steady, rhythmi c endurance work.

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'From a rear support drop backward to a bent inverted han g and with the return pendulum " Straddle Out" to hang.'

At the introduction of an y new skill s the most important function of spottin g is not merely the prevention of falls but rather the assistance to successful completion of prope r movements.

At the teaching of the " . . . straddle out . .. " manual spotting cannot be employed positively, it can prevent falls only, and even this assignment I S difficult. However, mechanical spotting can do an accurate job in presenting proper kinesthetic sensations as well as preventin g falls.

The illustration shows the p roper relation of the Bars and the ceiling safety belt, of which only one cord should be used at the frontal center. The bar should be distant enough to have the cord angling approx. 45 degrees between the ceiling and the upper bar.

At the start of the backward drop the performer must be instructed to separate her legs slightl y as to allow the cord to project between the legs. Thus the cord will not interfere with the outward movement of the legs later.

The assignment of the spotter is merely to keep the performer within arm reach of the bar, so a regrasp could be made even after a premature cut.

This spotting teohnique creates such confidence in safety that it encourages bold approaches by which successful learning can be secured early.

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RECORD REPORT

By Jess Robinson TRAMPOLINI IG LANGUAGE To an av id trampolini st the following makes sense: "He mounted with a full ·in to a half·in·half·out, but th en he gain ed hi s Rudolph and in trying to correct traveled a ba ck full into the springs and would have wiped out if it wasn't for the spotter." To anyo ne else thi s as close to a foreign Ian· guage.

Thi s strange vocab ulary begins first tim e on trampo line. To sit down becomes a seat drop . Added to this are other log ical "drop" names· such as back drop, stomach drop, knee drop, and hands and knees drop.

As drops and twi sts were put together some· one's imagination came alive and the sport began to rece ive descriptive nam es. T he half twi st between two seat drops looked to someo ne as though the hips sw iveled and the stunt beca me known as a swivel hips..

A half twi st to stomach drop reminded some· one of an airplane peeling off so the stunt beca me known as an airplane. To land com· pletely fl at on back looks lik e a corpse, to make a complete revolution from stom· ach drop to stomach drop wh il e facing the trampolin e is lik e a record turntable. Other descriptive nalnes that COlne LO lllill J are a cradle ( back drop, half twist, back drop), cat twist (back drop, full twist, back drop) , log roll (stomach drop, full twi st, stoma ch drop, and corkscrew (back drop, Ph twist, ba ck drop).

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listed below are records of st unts perfo rm ed consecutively which ha ve been published in this column : 51 Handstand Bo unce ............ ...................................... Terry Wrinkles 33 Back drop, full twist, back drop ................................... ... Phil Drips 24 Back pullover .............................................................. Steve Lerner 20 Front Kabaam .... . ... ...... ... ... .............. .................... Rick Sayers 50 Front Somersault ...... ........... ....... ....................... .. ..... Frank Schmitz 125 Back Somersau lt ...................... ............... .. .............. .. ... Dar Robinson 250 Baran y ................. .. ..... .............. .. .. ............ ...................... Rick Sayers 17 Back with Double Twist ....... ....................... .... .......... Ronnie Munn 5 Rando lph ........................................................... ............. Rick Sayers 7 Back with Tri ple twist .. ................... ... ......... ............... Fred Sanders 17 Do ubl e Po rpus ....................................................... ..... Ro nnie Munn 4 Double porpus with Full Twist (in) ....... .......... ................... Rod Pack 5 Cody with Double Twi st ............................................ De lvin DuMey 10 Doub le Back ............ ........... ............. ................... ... .. .. Frank Schmitz 4 Double Back with Full Twist (in ) ........... .... .. ........ ... Frank Schmitz 4 Double Back with Full Twi st (out) ............. .......... ..... Frank Schmitz 3 Double Front with 1 Y2 Twist (o ut) ..... .... ......... ..... ......... Rick Sayers Mo re records will be published each issue. Anyone who has tied or beaten above records or ha ve reco rd s th ey would like pub lished pleose write to J ess Robinson, c/o Trampo lin e, Inc ., 420 7 W. Magn o lia Blvd., Burbank, Calif.

Names of beginning somersaults are not too unu sual . Front dive is what one would ex pect-a front somesa ult from feet to back drop, and back pullover seems correct for a stunt where performer lands on back and pulls feet over head backwards. The ka· booms are something else. When performer lands on stomach or back and kicks bed with legs in order to receive momentum for a somersault it is called a kaboom . It has been explained that the ka· is the sound of the stomach or back landing and the boom is from th e legs striking the bed.

Interesting thing about the ...barany (front flip with half twist ) is not where th e name came from but the many ways: the word is spelled and pronounced. Among the more co mmon are barani, brandy, branni and baroni.

The name barany might be named after a person as was the "Cody" (somersault from stomach drop ) . The Cody was named after Dale Cote who lives in Los Angeles.

Conflicting stories are told of how the cody was nam ed. On e has it that Dale was con· tinually performin g the stunt and the other version is that he never actually performed one well but was always try in g.

If a performer learns a new difficult stunt today there is an attempt to name it after him and only time will tell whether or not the name will stick. Such a stunt wou ld be the Mille r (triple twi sting double back somersault ) performed by Wayne Mil· ler.

It is not clear whether or not the Rudolph (front so mersaul t with Ph twist ) was named after a person but when the front somer· sault with 2% twist becam e known as a Randolph it seemed only logical that th e front with 3% twi st would be an Adolph.

The nam e may be a problem when some· one learns a front with 4% twi st.

'In contrast, backward tWlstmg somer· saults have no such unusual names. The names are shortened a little for convenience but are still back jull, double twister, liTiple twister or back with quad, but all are quite und erstandable.

Occasionally a stunt will be known by one name in one section of the country and by another elsewhere. Th e ballolLt, for ex ample, is known in the East and Mid west as either a 1 or 114 forward somersault from back drop. In the West a fron t somersault from back drop to back drop is cal led a porpus

and only the 114 somersault is a ballout'Consecutive fonva rd somersaults from back drop to back drop must have rem ind ed someone of a porpoise jumping out of water and divi ng back in and hence the name.

The word jli//is was said to come from the words flip·twi st and is probably the reason one occasionally hea rs it pronoun ced " f1ipfu s. " The f1iffi s was once thought of as only a feet·to·feet double so mersa ult with a twi st. but now any stunt where the head goes under twice and th ere is a twist in volved becomes a f1iffi s.

W ith trampolin es and trampolinists con· stan tly improvin g, the word trij/is has been used to describe a tripl e head under with a twi st. It was reported that a trampolinist, after learn in g a full twi sting triple, term ed the stunt a tri.jull. This doesn 't seem ap· propriate. Imagin e telling someone, " Oh, I do a trifle on trampoline."

If things keep improvin g don 't be sur· prised to see a " quaffis" in your own hom e town.

Gettin g back to the fliHi s, the first somersault of th e two is called in and th e second so mersa ult out. Therefore, a baran-yo in is a barany- back, 'where a barany -uut is a front- barany. This is fairl y und er· standable. What gets confusi ng to the non· trampolinist is when they hear someone talking about a halj·in.hal/·out or a jull·in.

A half·in·half·out could either be a baranyback·with·haJf or a back·with·half- barany but a trampolinist knows that a baranyback·with·half is no good to work out of so a half·in·half·out has to be a back·with· half-bara ny. The same reasonin g makes a full· in a back·with·full- back. (Wonder how many readers we lost with this explan· ation) .

There are some terms that seem to defy explanation. One is the bluch (stomach drop , half twist, stomach drop- not turn· table ) and the Jona back. We would ap· precia te hearin g from anyone who could tell us from where they came.

And last, there is the serolod (a bailout wi th a 1% twi stl. Thi s name is well known in Southern California and by so me of the older trampolinists .It seems th at in the mid·fiftys there was an excellent girl tram· polinist named Dolores Dixon and Dolores performed this stunt with form and grace never before witnessed on tram polin e. She did it so well that in her honor th e stunt

was named after her. You see, serolod is really Dolores spell ed backwards.

Of course this makes us wonder ... could a serolod, performed back wards be a Dolores?

JUST DON'T FALL OFF John Dulinawka from West Seneca, New York , writes: " Do you know of any experiments in the placing of trampolines again st a wall on one tramp sid e or with the tramp end to the wall , or tramps end to end or side to side, dependin g on the stunts being taught that day? I've never h ead of any arran gement other than the single arrangement out in the open. With two tramps and not enough spotters dw-ing gymnasti c sq uad r otation , I'd like to try somethin g more efficient."

Here at Trampoline In c. we have an interestin g theory on this subj ect.

Our tranm poline with Australian bed sits on asphalt and we have 20-25 club memb e ~s_路 who work on it tlu'ee days a week. iVlu ch of the time someone is working alone '~Ithout spotters and there is little supervislO~ as we are working with other trampolInIsts In the belt in another area. Yet it is extrem ely rare that anyone either fall s or even jlUnps from the trampoline.

We honestly believe there is no r eason to fall or jump from a trampolin e. If a student is learnin g a new stunt he should learn it in the belt. If it is the type of stunt learned out of belt or if stud ent is atten:ptin g a routine he is not absolutely certa In. of then he should ask for spotters.

OtherWIse he shoul d be able to work alone without spotters.

Therefore, with this reaso ning, the only reason a trampolinist fall s or jumps from a trampolin e is because of carelessness.

To put it another way, he does not have eno ugh desire . to stay on the trampolin e.

So we supply this desire. To fall or jump from a trampolin e means ex pulsion from the club. For some reason this is of more concern to this grou p than fear of bodily Injury.

In th e past two years we have had to expell only one club member. P erhaps this type or some other type of stay-on-thetrampoline incentive would work in yowtrampoline program.

FROM HERE AND THERE Marilyn Donadt, manager of Hud son County Coeds, an all-girl gymnastic team from Cliffside Park, New J ersey, wrote that her team is now working trampoline in addition to Olympi c even ts. They have been able to work only once a week on trampoline but in just a few week s most of th e girls have learn ed front and back somersaults.

From Ri ck Tucker we understand that girls at So uthern Illinois University are perform ing stunts many good male tram pollinists don't have. Nancy Smith starts her routine with back-with-full- back f1iffi s to a barany-out f1iffi s and Judy Wills is turning a double twi sting double ba ck (full路infull-out) as well as a piked half-in-half-out f1iffi s. Rick, a good gy mnast as well as trampolin e enthusiast, will be working at Berk eley YMCA this summer and will probabl y visit Muscle Beach before returning to S.LU. It was good to hear from Richard Black , Springfield College, Mass., who wrote discussin g trampoline competition in Eastern coll eges. This is the first year for trampolin e co mpetition in the East. Those of you who follow college competition will remember that Rich placed third on lon g horse

just behind Millman and Schn;itz. He find s it interestin g t hat man y tra mpolini sts are good long horse vaulters.

Fred Sa nders stop ped in Los Angeles on hi s way to Hawaii where he will be teachin g. Fred will be- gy mnastics coach at Punah ou School, Hon olulu, Hawaii.

Received a ni ce letter fr om David Rankin of 15 Porto Hey Road, Irby Win-al , CheshIre, England, who attended George H ery's trampoline clinic held at Crystal P alace in England. David would like to ob tain any and all inform ation available on trampolinin g. Anyone ha vin g information that would be helpful to him please send it. David is N.W. Area Tram poline Secretary, Nati onal Proficiency Secretary and National Jud ge and Examin er. We are sendin g our charts, etc.

UN USUAL STUNT OR WILD ROUTI NE Barany-out-back t r iff i s Uront-baranyback) performed at S.LU. first by Dale Hardt and then by Frank Schmitz. Dan Millman performed this stunt once some time back but never did a second one to ow- knowledge.

RECORD OF THE MONTH 4 full twistin g double back somersaults swung by Frank Schmitz at Tucson Clinic last December. Frank first threw 4 backwith-full- backs and then perform ed 4 back - back-with-fulls ( or 4 full-in s and 4 fullouts) . f OLDI NG PIT

Dear l ess; The majority oj trampoline units from pit cente rs in this area ended up in back yards. Ha ving bought these trampoiinnes at bargain prices, the owners are understandably shocked at the cost oj replacement beds which most of these units are beginning to need. Of course, in comme rcial use the trampoline beds had a chance to actually wear out bejore being rotted out by weather conditions., but in back yards the opposite is true. Providing protection by weather cove r jar pit tramps has been ve ry dif jicult, as the cover catches the rain and won't drain properly. This problem has been compounded by the jact that most owners want a light weight, high performance bed, and most of Vhe be ds like this need complete weather protection.

We have hit upon a solution to this problem which we feel is fairl y simple, and which will pay jar itself many times over in the savings made on replacement bed purchases. lust take your tubular fram e down to a local welding shop and have four hinges welded into the frame. Any type of rugged steel hinge will do, and with these jour hinges y ou will have a folding pit trampoline, which can easily be covered to protect the bed. You may need to reinjorce the box a bit, as the frame will be a little weaker and more pressure will be put on the wood.

I am enclosing a picture of my own back yard unit. I jind it is not necessary to fasten the ends down when the unit is unfolded.

All I do is lift the weather cover off and unjold to use, and re verse the procedure when I am throligh. I have had a light weight ribbon bed on this unit for three years now, and it is in the same excellent condition that it would have been had I kept it inside.

I uS<! thought your readers might like to know!

M ost sincerely yours ; Bmce C. Sidlinger Garland, Texas 27

27 .00;

West chester

1965 LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

High Point" Champion : MOKoto Sakam oto, Los Ange les, 18.50; Larry Bass ist , W estchester, 16.50; Gary D iamond, Grant, 10.50.

Side Horse: Bob Med ina , V enice, 9.30; Ca rlos Hernandez , W ilson, 8.90; Frank Sca rdi na, T aft 8.7S; Loren Si lver, Un iversity, 8.60; Den n i ~

Ramse y,

Ven i c~,

.8 .50.

Floor Exercis e : Ga r y D iamond , 9.20; Larr y Bassist , 9.15 ; James Betters, Jefferson, 9. 10; Makoto Sakamoto, 9.05; Taada k i Y a m ada, M a rshall , 8,95 .

Horizontal Bar: M a ko t o Sakam ot o , 9 .70; N orm Hay nie , Taft , 8 .90; Mike Gaffaney, Sout h Gate, 8.80; Juan Sanchez, 8 .70; M ark Dav is, V an Nuvs .. a .5 5 .

Long Horse: Larry Bassist , 18.05; Richard Gr ig sby, 17.85; Phi l Gibson , Van Nuys, 17.75; Doug Gu nter , Ven ice, 17.75; Don Honosk y, Monroe, 17.70.

Parallel Bars : M akoto Sa kamoto, (i.60; Juan

28

Sanchez, Ve nice, 9.20; Gory Di a mond , Gra nt, 8.90; Chuck Wyhowence, South Gate, 8. 80; Ri chard Grigsby, Canpga Par k , 8 . 80.

Rings : Ga ry Freedman, Po lytech n ic, 9 . 45, La rry Gard ner, W estchester, 8 .95; Steve Ceba lles, Wil9()n , 8.90; M a k ot o Sakamoto , Los . Angeles .. 8.99; Bill Shook, Ven ice, 8 .80.

Tu m bling : Larr y Bossist . Wes l'ch es ter, 8. 75 ; Don Ferre, Venice , 8.75; Dean Sc hwa rt zI Bell , 8 .60; Sandy Bassist, West chester, 8 .45; Bill Rawl mgs, Hu nt ingt o n Park, 8.35; James Bet-ters, Jefferson, 8 .35 .

Rope Climb : Pau l Bou lion, Resed a, 3.40; T ony Soteros, Sy lmar, 3 .50; Greg Da rensbourg, WashIn gton, 3. 50; Ed Court, C lev eland , 3.60; Raymond McConnell , Fremont, 3 .70; Mau r ice Dussaq , Birm ing t o n, 3 .70; Clev eland Hu rd , Wa sh ingto n , 3.70.

"WHAT'S THE

SCORE?/I Ill' J e rr y \hight Frallci,co S tak Col!.:gc Th is writer has asked Glenn Sundby to put thi s co py of results and the accompany路 ing lett er first thi s month in the "What's The Score" column for the obvious reason s as stated in this letter ... It seems a shame whe n gymnasts work so hard for so long and then some administrator fails to give them their just rewards . . . As one can read ily see we still have not received the men's results . . . JLW .

Dear Jerry: Have been looking and waiting for the results of the past Midwest Open- Gym路 nastic Meet to appear in the Modern Gym路 nast, but I guess none of the meet officials took the tim e to compile them and send them on to you. We were quite disappointed, as this was the teams first win since H erb Vogel left Flint, and it was quite important to us. Anyway, here are the results if you think it is not too old to use.

Sincerely, Jim M cGraw Girls Gymnastic Coach Flint Gymnastic Club RESULTS OF MIDWEST OPEN ROCKFORD, ILL.-DEC. 5, 1965 Floor-X : Judy Klauser Lucas , Fl int Gymnast ic Club. 9.35; Sharon Kned le, Milwaukee Tur ners. 9.25; Judy Lenz, Milw. Turners, 9.2. Vaul ting: S. Knedle, 9.45 ; J. Lucas, 9.25; Debbie Martin , Flint Gym Club, 9.15. Uneven Bars : J. Dunham, 9.25; D. Martin, 8.95; N . Duerkop, Evans t on, 8.95.Beam: J. Lucas, 9.15; N. Duerkop, 8.45; S. Kned le, 8.15. All-Around: J. Lucas, 34 .75; S. Knedle, 34.375; D. Martin, 34 .05; J. Lenz, 33.70; J. Dunham, 33.35.

Team Score : 1. Flint Gymnastic Club, 84; 2.

Milwaukee Turners , 49; 3 . Evans t on, . 15 V2 .

NORTHERN CA L IFORNIA INVITATIONAL HIGH SC HOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS With the West Bay champ io n-Homestead High School and the East Bay Champion Encino High School of Sacramento locking horns and w ith some of the finest high school g y mnasts in the country p resent the 1965 No rth ern Califor nia Invitational championships unf olded before some 1000 spectators that packed the Homestead High School gymnasium May 14, 1965.

Larr y Butts of Homestead led the way before the home-town fans with top flight winning performances in the floor exer cise, long horse, and tumbling in spite of the fact that he missed his first routine in tumbling and repeate d it-round off flip flop-back flipflip flop-double back consequently his winning score was on ly 7.65 b ut he is clear ly a 9.0 tumbler by any standards.

Scott Standish of Homestead won the all around (he is a junior) in a sepa rat e meet hel d fo r all around men only during the week pri o r t o the championsh ipss.

A ll events had outstanding performances w ith the Floor exe rcise, Trampo line, Tumbling, high bar, long horse, still ring s especia ll y good.

Turning in th e best performances we re: Butts in tumbling defeating Bob Ludwi g of Mt. Diablo for first place; Butts aga in in Fl oor exercise, where he and four others turned in ou tstanding performances; Doug Gentry of Encino whose high ba r routine wou ld hav e to rate as one of the best any where in hi gh schoo l; Mike Jimenez o f Hill sda le whose parallel ba r routine reminds one of Armando Vega 's; Kent Unbarger of DeAnza a fine trampolinest by any standards; Jim Kepley of H illsda le whose r ing routine could place in any national meet except for his dismount which is hindered becau se of handicapped leg6; Bob Herriott o f Capachino who has the same problems on the side horse that Kepley has on the rin gs bu t is still a fine perfo r mer. In addition to th is 20 schools sco red at leas t one point showing a little quantity as wel l as quality.

RESULTS All around : Scott Standish, H 7.13; Bob Lud-

Championsh ip Homestead High Gym team with Coach Jack Medina wig , MD; Larry Butts, H; 'Craig Douglas, E; Verne Woo ll ey, E. Long Horse : Larr y Butts, 8.22; Condi Martinez Rich, 8.02; Bob' Ludwig, 7.8.

High Bar: Doug Gent ry, E 8.55; Cl iff Cast l e, SC 8.3; Scott Standi sh, 8.15. Floor Exercise : Butts, 8 .5; Ludwig , 8.45; Jim Peterson, Cp 7.75.

Trampolin e : Kent Umbarger , D 8.8; Jim Tur pin, SM 8.35; Doug Gentry, E 8.05; Kirk Edwards, B 8.05. Side Horse: Bob Herriott , C 7.4; Doug Lonnberg . F 6.9 ; Don Reed , H 6 .9; Den ny Mesick, H i 6.9. Parallel Bars : Mike Jimenez, Hi 8 .2; Verne Wool ley, E 8.05; Tim Schmit , E 7.9. Still Rings: Jim Kepley, Hi 8.5; Ernie Washington , F 8 .0; Craig Chamberlain, S 7.8 .

Tumbling : Butts, 7.65; B~b Ludwig , 7 .4; Sco tt Standish, 7.2 .

Team standings: Homest ead 108.5; Encino 71.5; Hill sdale 56.5; Mt. Diablo 51; Berkele'/ 45; Fremont 35.5; San Mate o 21 ; DeAnza 18 .

Officials: Jim Gault, Roy Davis, Don Nel son, Clair Jennett , Jerry W r ight , H oward Moorman , Jack Smith , Bob Dunning.

WEST - BAY QUALIFICATIONS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL H omestead H igh School gave a good indi cation o f what t o anticipate in th e North er n Ca li f orni a ' Invitat ional by sweeping away all cha llengers in their ver sion o f t he final trials leading t o the a ll important Northern California Invitational.

Leading coach Jock Medina's powerful team were three fine all a round perfo rme rs- proba bly a rarit y fo r high schoo l teams-Larry Butts , Lee Standish, and Scott Standish, as they took turns atop of t he vic t o ry stand .

Larry Butts, probabl y the finest high schoo l tumbler in the count ry, captured the tum b l ing and fl oor exercise and fin ished second on t h e long horse. Lee Stand ish captured the long ho rse v aulting and tied wi t h his brother Scott f or fir st on the trampo line. Scott also finished second on the tumb li ng.

Larr y Butts won th e a ll a round trial s in a separate meet held on ly for a ll around perf ormers; Other t r ia l w inners included: Cliff Costle of San Carlos winner o f the h igh bar over T om Doy le of Ca rl mont; Doug H ills of Hill sdale second place winner in the Floor exercise; Mike Jimenez of Hill sda le winner of the parallel bar event over Bob Herriott; of Capachino; Jim Kep ley of Hill sdale winner of the sti ll rings even t over Bob H erriott; and Denny Mesick of Hillsdale winne r of the side horse over Bob Herr iott again o f Capachin o. Officia ls Bi ll Lawler, John Gilmore , Ted Carter, Jim Gau lt , Jerry Wr ight, Chuck Nay lor , and Rich Chew.

EAST-BAY QUALIFICATIONS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL Encino High School led a ll qualifiers in t h e East Bay porti on of the N orthern California High Schoo l invita tional qualifications- the t ap 6 in th is meet are entit led to enter the Northern California Invit at iona l Championship meet .

Bob Ludwi g, a sm ooth working senior from M t . Diab lo High Sc hool led the individual perf ormers with v ictory's in th e all around (over Ernie Washington of Fremont) and tumbl ing (over Edwards of Berkeley).

Craig Gentry, Tim Schmit and Verne Woo l ey led Coach Dic Wo lfe's Enc ino H igh School t eam with first places on the high bar and para ll el b ars and a second on the parallel bars in that order. Second p lace in the h igh bar went to Wi lliams of Berkeley.

Other fine performances we re turned in by Jim Peterson of College Park-winner of th e f loor exercise over Ludwig; Martinez of Richmond the long horse champion-ot the e x pense of seco nd place Ore n Borders of Oakla nd; Craig Chamber lain of Skyline--winner of the sti ll rings over Ern ie Wash ington of Fremont; Doug Lonnberg of Fremont ( a po tentiall y fine side. horse performer) winner o f the side horse over Jim Ellswo rth o f Encino; and Kent Umba rge r of DeAnza (former national YMCA trampoline champion) winner of the trampoline over Gentr y o f Encino .

?O

MICHIGAN STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Don Portman led Ann Arbor High School t o a

smashing

r eversal

of

lost

years

State

meet

as h e won the All around, Floo r exercise, and lon g horse a n d finished 2nd on the pa rallel bars (qui te a jump for Don who finished 5th in the all aro und in last yea r s meet). Ann Ar-

sco r e of 8 .65 t o 7.55 . Alt t h en added the side hor se title to hi s co l lection by defeating N a te Clarke of the Jersey City Y ]. 5 t o 5.65. Rick Black grabb ed off another blue ribb on by winning the hig h bar over Al t 8.70 t o 7.50, Fred

Maso~ of Marsha lltown High Schoo l who squeeked out ahead by B.7 t o B.6. Bruce Nemecek o f the Cedar Rapids Saka l captured the

still rings over L yn n Davis also o f the Soko l; Dick Sauer of Ma r shalltown led a weak side h o rse field and posted a close win over Gar y

Sur gent

Warner of the Sokol 6.6 t o 6.5 .

Se nior Girls Donna

Chalmers

of

Ames

and

Jan

Nissen

bor defeated Io nia High 170Y2 t o 116Y2, Ionia

(that name is familiar t ao) o f the Cedar Rap -

was

ids

the

defending

champion.

All this was done in spite o f the fa ct tha t Ann Arbor Coach H oward Potthoff was appa r ently without the full ser v ice.5 o~ George Huntzicke r defending state champIon In three events.

George

successfully

defended

his

tra mpoline

title bu t apparently did not enter any o ther events. (Look out th ough-he is on ly a Junior!)

Other Individual event winne r s included: Sam

Muiffett o f Hillsdale (8 .43 ) winner of the sti ll r ings; Steve Ne lson (8 .36) t he par allel bar champion; Robert Nelson of SI. Clair (8.1)

winner of the side horse event; John Walton of

Ann

A rbor

winner

of

the

tumbling ;

and

Leroy Burton the b lue r ibbon champion (7.23) for Ionia on the High bar.

RESUL TS

Te am stand ings : Ann Arbo r, Ionia, Po rtage 67Y2, No. Farmington 46Y2, Hill sda le 32 .

All around: Dan Portman , AA 6.8 ave.; Robert Nelson, SI. C. 6.6 ; John Wa lton, AA 6.2.

Floor Ex ercise : Don Portman 8.06; John Wa lt on 7.96; Sam Muf fitt , H. 7.6. High Bar: L eroy Burton, I 7.23; Darwin Mason , P. 6.4 ; Don Port man, 5.3. Parallel Bars : Steve Nelson, AA, 8 .36; Dan Portman 7.9; T erry Piggo tt, I. 7 .86.

Trampoline: George Huntzicker , AA , 9.03; Tom Campb el l, I 8.0; Don Portman 7.5. Side Horse : Robert Nelson, St. C. 8. I; Steve Nelson 7.06; Wil Vand erbroek, AA 6.46. Long Horse: Don Portman B.B6; Darwin Mason 8 .28; Robe rt Nelso n 8.16. Still Rings: Sam Muffitt 8.43; Leroy Burt on 8 .06; Terry Piggott 7.5. Tumbling: John Wal t on 7.4; Gi lbert Moore, I 6 .7 6 ; Joe Sawtel l, I 6.76 .

Winning Routines run , roundof f , bock with fu ll twist, round. ~ ff, backhondspring, a r abian dive roll , 1 Y2 tWisting kip, stradd le cut, va ldez, moore, back r o ll extension wi th Y2 twist, fo rward roll, ca rtwhee l,

handspring, run round o ff , bac k flip.

Trampolin e: George Hu ntzicker , AA 9.03Double back, fliffis, back with double t wis t , roudolph, back flip , bac k 3/4, cody, back fliP , roudolph, bock with fu ll twi s t , bock With doub le twist, back with tr iple tw ist.

Sid e

Horse : Robert

Ne lson St. Clai r-Moore

3 doub l e leg circ les, kehr out, keh r i.n,

3

double leg ci rcl es, cut away, half leg. Circle, 2 reverse scissors, single leg holf ~ lrcle , 3 scissors baby moore, 3 double leg c lfc les,

side trav~l, 3 double leg ci rcl es on end, loop

of f .

High Bar : Mixed grip, back uprise, vault catch, kip, front ro ll , reve r se grip

rear cost

to hand s ta nd, reverse g r ip giants, cho r:'ge , into regular grip giants, c r oss change, Into reverse g r ip g iants, m ixed grip, fl ank vault d ismount.

Long Horse: Don Por tman, A 8.B6-yamash ita, Cartwhee l.

Parallel Bars : Stew Nelson, AA 8.36-Castca tch , double cut catch , crop back f ront uprise handstand, stutz, peach basket, g lide k ip , drop b a c K, front pirouette dismo unt.

uprise,

h an dstand,

fiyi ng

Still Rings : Sam Muffitt, Hill sdale 8.43Pull with st raigh t bod y, back kip to handstand, lower

to

cross,

swing

o ut

to

in loca te ,

back

uprise to L support , h a llow back to handstand , lower

down

to

back

lever,

r elease,

disloca t e,

stradd le off d ismount.

Tumbling: John Wal t on , AA 7.4I. Rau n d af.f, backhandspring , backhandspring, back with fu l l twist. 2. roundoff, backhandspri ng, three b ou nders. 3. Roundoff , backhandspri ng , backha ndspring , arabian flip . 4'. fr ont flip , roundoff, backhandspri ng, backhandspring, backhandspring, bac k w ith full twist.

IOWA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS T he 4th annual Iowa State gymnastics championships saw a r ange of from 9 entries in t he wome n ' s uneve n s t o 109 entri es in th e women 's fl oor exerc ise event spread out over 3 divisions; Senior Boys and senior g irl s, Junio r boys and juni o r g irl s and elementa r y boys

and elementary g ir ls.

Senior Boys Jeff Walder led the Cedar Rapids Gym club t o the team tit le with fir st s in the a ll around (43.60) aver Dave W ilcox, high ba r (7.0) over Don Uffelman. T eamma t e Hank Ryan helped au t a bit with victories in the vau lti ng (9.05) aver Jeff Wa lder, and the tum b ling (7.9) defeat ing Wa lder again .

Don Uffe l man of the Bu rl ing t on Y defeated Ji m H olzaep f el (could it be???) of Iowa Cit y on the trampo line;

Dave Wilcox of the Ames

Cl u b (2nd in the team standi ngs) wan th e floor exe;cise (B. I ) over Doug Berr y and p laced 2nd in the parallel bars behind Clair

30

led

their

team s

to

a

1-2

finish

as

Donna wo n the a ll around (3 1.4 ) Unevens (7.15) Vaulting (B.25) and Jan won the Tra mpo li ne (7.7) and Tumb l ing (9.26).

Jann Steel (7.35) broke up the monopoly somewhat by capturing th e ba lance beam and finishing 2nd in t h e all a r o und . Donna, not to be conten t , finished 2nd on the tra mpo line and

BB and Jan was ru nner up in FX; Ca thy Cal ber t of Cedar Rapids edged Danna f or 2nd in th e tumbling B.8 t o 8.73; and L inda Ra rman of CR was ru nner up in the vau lt ing.

Junior Boys Event winners included: Wally Kann of CR winner of the tr ampoline, FX , va ulti ng, and

all around; Tam Beusch, CRGC , winner of th e tumbling and Stewart Buck of Ames the Parallel ba r th e boys

champion. and gi rl s

Th e team champi on o f jun ior d ivision was the

Cedar Rapids Gymnastics Club.

up

the

monopo ly

by

winning

th e unevens Ell en came back t o win over Ba r -

ba ra' by

the

tune

of

9.05

to

7.85 .

In

the

tumblmg event some new faces shown thro~g h

with Kr is Keule r defeating Betty H aas fo r fir st place by the very lo w scares of 4.0 t o 3.0 and in th e T rampol ine Judith Pyle of M Orri Stown defeated Kath y Hill of Montclair 5.85 to 3.3.

OHIO

ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS

With som e of the finest comp etitors in the

Junior Girls Eve nt Winne r s i ncl uded: Pau lene Rose w inner o f the 0 11 o r ound, trampo li ne, tumbling and v aulting; Ranea Keoppel of CR winne r of

state in attendance th e Dayton Y MeA pla yed hast t o the 1965 edition of the Oh iO Assacla -

tio~n c~~~P~~-~~~P~o~;~LtT~n It~~5 ' leadin~

con-

the ba lance b eam ; and Joyce Hackett of Clin -

tender w as T om Saxt on, Ohio High Schoo l a ll

ton w i nner of the fl oo r exercise.

aroun d

El ementary Boys zer

of

CRGC

winner

the

all

Kent

Schwit-

a r ound;

Taylor

Jones of Burlington winner o f the tumb l ing and f loor exercise; Bob Maxey of CR winner o f the trampoline; and Kim Rissler winner

of the parallel bar even t . The elementar ', division boys and girls team champions was again

the

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san o f

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winners

winne r o f

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John

flo o r exercise; Jea n Ann Dr eibe l beis o f Clin ton winner o f the trampoline and tumbling ti t les; a!'1d Ma r y Ev erson of Ames winne r of

th e ba la nce beam.

NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Montclair State College, Montclair, New Jersey h osted t he 1965 New Jersey State gym nasti cs championsh ips May 22, 1965.

Douglass Alt of Morganvi ll e and Ellen Ba buska of the Perth Amboy Sokol paced th e ir convinci ng

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Anthony

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th e process Tam, led The Dayton YMCA t o a close second place finish in the team st andings

behi nd the Columbus Y-B3 t o 77.

Jim Perkins (8.95) 5th In the. YMCA No 路路 ti ana ls thi s year) captured the st ili ring s title, George Ang lemyer (8 .2) of Dayton, captured th e. side horse title; Stuart Greenburg , (8.7) the

tumbling

and

Mike

Sax to n

( ru nr~e r

up in th e tumbl ing at 8.3) won th e trampo l ine at 8.B.

Women's Division

In the Women's division, " just o f .f the ground in Ohi o but being pushed", accor ding to Frank Perron, the honors we r e p~etty well spr~ad out as evidenced by the fino] team sCOri ng

with Marilyn Dennis School of Dance 46Y2, Dayton Y 43, Hamilton Garfie ld 31 Y2 and Scil ler Recrea ti o n Center 26. .

Bev Andrews of Dayton was a double Wlnner in the a ll a round {27.5). and unevens (8. 1). as was Jean Wright in the tumb l ing (B.26) and fl oor exer cise (B.55) .. Nancy D ees tied

In the al l around Alt defeated Richard Mull en of the Jersey City YMCA 46.50 to 38.10.

In the W o men's al l a rou nd Babuska defea ted Betty Haas o f the Hudson County Coeds 34.60 to 3 I .00.

In the men's fl oor exercise Richard Mullen (7.4) defea t ed Joseph Mi ller o f M o ntclair State (7.15). Ricky Black of Mont cla ir YMCA (9.2) captured the long horse over A lt (9.0). A lt then tu r ned around and cap tured the para l lel bars over

high

won Linnea

the al l around and th e

respect ive divisions with the a ll around event.

champion who,

on ly the all around but also the p arallel ba r s,

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Elem entary Girls

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mount,

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the still rings f rom Alt B.05 t o 7.2. AI A lva rez of the Jersey Y captu r ed the tumbling from M ullen 7.25 t o 6.4 and Geo rge Porter of the Hackensack Y rounded up the last b lue ribbon by defeating Black f or th e trampoline tit le 9.0 to 8.7.

In the women's fl oo r ex er cise Babuska defeated Judy Bohrer of th e Paterson Y 8.35 to 7.95. On the ba lance beam Kris Keule r was runne r up to Babuska 8.65 t o 8.2. In the va ulting Barbara Babuska turned th e tab les on Ellen to win fir st place by a scare o f 9.25 to 8.55 with Judy Boh rer t ying f o r second. In

with

Teresa

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the ba la nce beam at 6 .35; Betty Frank l in (7.75) of Hamilton edged Car o l Groom (7.65) o f Dayton in the vau lting ; and Kath y Kac h erson came out pretty goad, percentage WISe, as she won th e on ly even t she entered With a 7.3 on th e t rampol ine .

MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 197 yaung Gy mnasts competed Ma y. 8 , 1965 at Va ll ey V ie w Junior High Sch oo l Edina ,. Mmnesota, in th e 1965 Minneso ta ASSOC iati on

ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONS, New Jersey State Gymnastic Championship Meet. MEN: Doug las Alt, Un. Morganvi lle , 46.50; Richar d Mullen, Jersey City Y, 38.10; Anthony Palmuccl , Un. Newark, 38.05. WOMEN: Ell en Babuska, Sa kal -Pert h Amb oy, 34.60; Bett y H aas, Hudson Co. Coeds,

31.00; Sa ;-ha ro Bohu!: kc , Soka l- PE rth A m boy , 29.7 5.

T u rner N a ti ona l Championship Winnner s with

Kath y Gleason and T om Gibbs in foreg round.

Gymnast ics Cha mp ionshi p meet.

15 yea r ol d Judy H utton won a ll 5 events (a ll a ro und, f loor exe rc ise, balance beam u nevens and vau lting) in the champ ionship class 15 to 17 age g rou p but was fo r ced to share

I"r,o Assoc ia ti on I prov id ed officia ls for th e women's even l, . -''lueh of th e eq ui pme nt was brought in by T im P hil lips of the N is路 5 (' 11 Cor puratio n.

scori ng honors with Sue Collins who also won all 5 events in the 18 and over age g roup.

SU M M A RI ES Me n Floo r Exe rci se: 1. T om Woods; 2 . Peter Sielsk i; 3. Philip Naukam; 4. T om Gibbs; 5. Mike Weinstein. Hor iz ontal Ba r: 1. Carl Satta; 2.

Tom Gibbs; 3. Philip Naukam; 4 Steve Kanyar; S. Peter Sie lski. Ring s: 1. Carl Satta; 2. Ste ve Kanyar; 3. To m Gibbs; 4. Pete Bush; 5. Mike Weinste i n. Side H or se : 1. T om Gibbs; 2. Horst Bernhart; 3. Vincent Craig; 4. Car l Satta; 5.

Mike Weinstein. Lon g Horse : 1. Steve Kanya r; 2. Harry Silverste in; 3. Th omas Ekwe l l; 4.

Philip Naukam; 5 . Jeff McGrath. Pa r a llel Bars: 1. Carl Satta; 2 . N o rman Lack; 3. Tom Gibbs; 4. Mike Weinstein; 5. Robert Bourdon. A IIAro u n d: 1. Tom Gi bbs; 2. Carl Satta; 3. Stev e Kanyar; 4. Philip Naukam; 5. H orst Bernhart.

Judg es: Harry Nelson; Louis Bards; Ada m Walter; Philip Schneider; Charles Neely; David Hirst; Car l Patterson.

W om en Fl oo r Exe rcis e: 1. Gerri Mc Fadden; 2. Kathy Gleason; 3. L inda H a rkleroad; 4. Sh el ley Ries; 5. Kathy Kennedy; 6 . Ti na Monin. Un ev en Pa rall el Ba rs: 1. Kathy Gleason; 2 . Gerri McFadd en ; 3. Tina Monin; 4. Lindo Harkleroad; 5.

Hel en Moore. Side Horse Vau lt : 1. Kathy Gleason; 2 . Gerri McFadden; 3. Tina Monin; 4.

Li nda Harkleroad; 5. Helen Moor e. Balan ce Beam: 1. Kath y Gleason ; 2. Gerri McFadden; 3. Lindo H a r k leroad ; 4. T ina Monin; 5 . Shelley R ies . A ll - Aroun d : 1. Kathy Gleason 2. Gerri McFadden; 3. Tina Monin; 4. Linda Harkler o ad; 5. She l ley Reis.

Judg es : Ginny Coco; Dor othy Martin; W illiam Coco; Eugene M itch ell; Carl Patterson.

Other a ll arou nd winne r s included Ca r la Hu b-

ba rd

12-14

12- 14 15- 17

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Int ermed ia t e int er med ia t e

cl oss; class;

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Diane Susan

Melche r

Thunstr om

K iefer

12-14

Nov ice cl ass; a nd Bonnie Ogden 15-17 Novice class.

O t he r ch ampionshi p cl ass event winne rs inc luded: Lyndsay Stoh l wi n ner of t h e 12-14 f loor exe rcise and u nevens; Lesl ie H oss f eld I I-under FX; Carlo Hu bba rd 12- 14 ba lance b eam and vau lt ing; and D~wn Lu ndgren I I a n d under v ault ing.

Intermediate class w inne rs were Down H eebe 11 and under fx; Li bby L inco ln 1 1 and under BB and v a u l ting; Kris M elcher 12-14 all around, BB, u nevens a nd vau lti ng; Nancy Wa r d 1214 Fl oor exerc ise; Ann K n u t son 15- 17 B Band unevens; Dia ne Thu nst ro m 15- 17 a ll a r ound and vaulting; and Terry Kieter 15-17 fl oor exerCise.

Nov ice C lass wi n ners incl u ded: 18 and ove r f loor exerc ise---Jacque l ine Manthe; uneve nsJanet Bu r g; Vaulting-Kathy Esser; 15-17 age group FX and BB-Bonnie Ogden; u nevensCha rl ene Reider, unevens- Randy A lcott ; 1214 g rou p FX-Nancy O lsen , BB-Susan K iefer, unevens-Da rcy Sico r a, vau lti ng- Ka t h leen Dennison.

Bo ys Ev en ts Champ io n shi p c lass winne r s included: 18 and over FX, T umbling and Pa ralle l Bars Robert O lsen; 12- 14 Tumb li ng, Pa ral lel Ba rs a nd Floor Exe rcise And y An d er son ; 11 and under FX Mike An d erson.

I nt ermediate ev ent winne r s we r e: 12- 14 FX Cra ig L in coln; 1 1 u nder FX T om De Long .

Nov ice c loss winne rs included: 12-14 Tum b l ing Carey Eckhardt, FX Kevin McGra th ; 11 and under tum b li ng David Th ompson.

America n Tu rne rs National Championshi ps Kathy Glea, on from the Buffalo T urn ers ca ptured the Women's All-Around title at th e Ameri can Tu rners National s held at \Vi lmi ngton T urn ers. on May 21 an d 22. On her way to the championsh ip, she won Uneve n Ba rs with a 9.25 average, her S ide H orse Va ul t was awarded t he hi ghest score of th e meet (9.40), and she scored 9. 15 in th e Balan ce Beam. K athy fin ished seco nd to Gerri iVl cFad den in Floor Exercise. Gerr i McFadden, Philadel phi a T umers. was second ' in th e All-Around with t l1r~e seconds and one first place.

The third place trop hy for the AUAround went to Tina Monin also of Buffalo T urn ers.

Th e men's competilti on was won by T om Gibbs of Rox borough Turn ers. Seco nd was Carl SaLta of P hiladel phia Turn ers. Cal,1 Sa tta won three events, Horizontal Bar , Pa rall el Bars and Rin gs. T om Woods of Ph il adel phia Turn ers took F loor E ~rc i se .

Tom Gibbs the S id e H orse, and Steve Kanya r, Lon g H orse Vaultin g.

Th ere were seventeen wom en and fift ee n men in the All -A round event. Bruce Frederi ck was meet director. The j udges for th e men's events were suppli ed by Na ti onal Assoc iati on of Gy mnastic Officials while Magda (M id dle Atlanti c Gy mn ast ic Direc-

ST. LOU I S T'URNERS D I STRI CT AP PARATUS MEET

by J . Weste rm eyer The Apparatus Meet tha t was held o n Sunday March 14 t h was t he most su cc ess ful one held by the St. Louis D istr ict for many y ears.

We hod a total of 169 participants. Schiller hod 58, North 5 7, and Kansas C i t y 54. Ab out 96 % of those who t o ok part made' en ough indi v idua l points to qualify and he l p their Society 's s~o re. So yo u see, we not only had quanti ty , but a lso qua li ty. Fi nal results we r e as fo l lo ws: 1st Place: ' Schiller, 120.0; 2nd Place: North , 114.7' 3rd Place: Kansas C ity, 98 .2 .

Meda ls were g iven f or ind iv id u a l winn er s .o f 1st 2nd and 3 r d p lace in each g ro up and d lp lo"';as f o r 4th, 5th and 6 t h p lace. Fo llowing is t he list o f place w inners, and t h e SOCiety t h ey represe nted .

Gir ls-9-l0 : 1st, K . Bro wn, Kansas City.

Boys- 9 - l0 : 1st , M. T o lcou, Schill er .

Girls-1l - 12 : 1st , K . Ga rn er , Nor t h St . Loui s.

Boys- II-1 2: 1st, J. Granvi ll e, Sch i lle r .

Gi rls- 13 -l4 : 1st, D . Podgorny, Sch ill er.

Bo y s- 13- l 4: 1st, R. M a nn ing, K a n sas Ci ty.

Gi r ls- 1S- l6 : 1st, E. Boh nsack, Nort h St. Louis.

Bo ys-1S - l6: 1st , G. Cerv en nka , Sch i ll er ; 2nd, D. P i ll ie, Sc h il ler.

Activ e Ladi es: 1st , P. W u lff , North St. Lou is; 2nd , J . Mi l ler , Schi ll er ; 3 rd , B. Lyons, Kansas CitX-ctiv e Men : 1st , B . Sp a t h , Schi l ler ; 2nd J .

McCrad y, Schiller ; 3rd , J . Pil i Ie, Sch il ler Senior Ladi es-30-39 : 1st, L. Pili Ie, Schill er , 2nd, V. Don ne ll i, Sch i ller.

Senior Ladi es-40-49 : 1st, L . Osborn , Ka nsas C it y; 2nd, R. sch rumm , N o rth St. Louis.

Senior Ladi es-SO- 59 : 1st , H . Bai rd, N o r th St .

Louis.

Senior Men-30-39 : 1st, L. H am m ond, Kan sa s C ity; 2nd , K. Sc ri v en er, Kansa s Ci t y; 3 rd , P. Duenwa ld, Sch i ll er.

Senior M en- SO-59 : 1st , B. sch r u m m , Nor t h St . Loui s.

Se nio r M en-60 and Over : 1st , J . Roos, Kan sas Cit y.

NEWARK YM - YW C A ANN UAL YOUTH CH A MPIO NS HIPS You can r ight ly believe th e meet director of the 1965 Edition o f the N ewark New Jersey YM - YWCA Annual Youth Champi onships had h is hand s fu l l o n March 27th when 155 participants showed up fo r compe t ition in eight different div isio ns.

M en- 16 and o v er Tony Pa lmucci of the hos t Newark Y l ed his division wi t h v ictories in the all around, par a lle l bars, f loor exercise, an9 st ill rings .

Wi ll iam T raynor of t h e J er sey Ci ty Y ch ased Palmucci most o f the after noon finishi ng 2nd in the all a round and para ll el ba r s but had h is own moments as he w o n the side hor se end high bar. Richard Mu ll en of the Jersey C i t y Y and George Po r te r of H ackens ac k were able t a salvage something as Richard won the lo ng horse and Geo rge captu r ed t he t rampoline event.

George Elmo re was runne r up on t he tra.m p o line; Ron Carde ll finished second on the Side hor se' Mu l len finisl'led we l l ahead of Bob Odenheimer t or 2nd on the high bar ; Ton y Minichin i f inished in a t ie for 2nd wi t h Ca r dell on the rings; Mul len ea si ly defeated Jon Wyndh am f o r 2nd in fl oor exe rcise ; and T ony Palmucci edged T rayn or for 2nd on t h e lo ng h o r se.

Boys-13 - l4 - 1S Jo hn Owens o f the Newark Y finished wel l ahead a t teammate Bob Chu r a fo r the All around title in the 13-14 - 15 age group and in t he pr ocess captured the fl oor exercise, still rings and lo ng horse titles and was seco n d on the t ram p o l ine . Chura, h o we ve r , held his o wn as he won t h e pa ralle l ba r s, defeat ing Ker ry Sanwo ld o f the Notion al Turners, and the side horse, over Wayne Be l l and was ru nne r up on t he rings and long horse.

Steven Sab astian of Ha c kensack rather ha ndi ly wa l ked off w ith t he tram p o line b lue r ibbon' Mike O'Conner o f E.B. n arrowl y edged Steve ' Lu nd t o win the high bar; and G"ry Pananski sl ipped by Louis Ro se to win the tum b ling.

Boys- l0- 11 -12 Parry Owens a t the Newark Yond William Ru y le o f Fan Scotch shared the sp o t light here as Pa rr y w on the all a ro und, long h o.rse, and the rin gs and Ru y l e captured the h igh bar, side horse, and tumbling. Pea rce ~agner won the parallel b a rs and was 2nd In the al l ar o und , long horse , tumbling and rings , a .n d Donny O ' Co nner won Ihe the floor exercise and wa s 3 rd in t h e a ll around and paral l el bars.

Bo ys-9 and un der Walter Sjursen o f Fa n . Scotc h and t eamma te Gregg Miller ganged up wi t h Gary Eckhardt of E.B . t o monopol i ze this age grouP-SJu rsen won the all around, t u mb l ing and vau lt i ng; Mi ll er 路...von the fl oor exe rcise and Eckhard t was 3 r d in the AA, and FX and runner up in t he vau lting.

W om en- 1S and o ve r Kris Kenler o f the Acronauts tur ned in so me impressive sc o r es QS she . led ~ h e women ' s 15 and over division with f i r sts In the AA, unevens and FX (FX scor e 8 . 5). Ca t hy Hil l o f the Hudson Coeds grabbed o ff some go ld t oo as she defeated teammate Betty H aas f or the BB t itle and Ken ler f o r t he vau l t ing go ld meda l. Betty Haas also a t th e Hudson Coeds roun<;lej up t h e remaind er of t he t o p awa r ds with a 2nd in the A A , BB an d FX. Girls-13 - l4 Patty McGa rr y and Leslie Corn of t he A cronau t s f o u gh t t oo th an d nail in eve r y even t as Patty won t he AA, t u mbl i ng , u n,:v ens, 8~ , FX , and was r un ner up i n t h e .vQu lt lng. Leslie wo n the vau ltin g a nd was 2nd In th e AA , F X, and u n ev ens. Janet Janakis o f t h e A m eri can soko ls was t he only p erso n to b r eak t he Ac r onauts monopoly as sh e p l aced 2nd in th e tu m b l ing. M ich e le Vaughn h elped the A c ronauts ca u se by pl ac i ng 2n d on t h e Ba la n ce b ea m.

Girls-l0- ll-12 Juli Fabi o f the Sess ions gym edged Teri H erod f or t he spo t l ig ht in t hi s a ge g roup as she won t he A A , an d BB and T er i won the vau lt ing a nd was 2nd in t h e AA. K ath ry n Ye o o f t h e El izabeth T u rners wa s 3 rd In t h e A A and 2nd in the va ult ing .

Oth er p lace win ne rs included Sharon McGar ry 2nd on t h e BB, a n d I must po int ou t tha t v. Papachoralomb ous was 18 th i n th e vau lting and 20th on t h e b ala nce b ea m .

Girls-9 and under Rosonn Wa g n er o f t he Ac r o n auts and Susa n P e t e r s ~ n o f th e Sess ions Gym c lub r ea l ly ho d a f ight o f it as Rosa n n won the a ll a ro und 18.90 to Susan' s 18.05, in vaulti ng Rosa n n ho d 6 .90 t o Susan's 6 .3 0 , in th e f loor e xe rc i se Rosann 5.0 t o Su sa n's 4 .75 and In t u mb l l n.g Rosann and Susan t ied at 7.0 each .

JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAMP10NSHtPS

by Cap Cau d ill Th om a s Jeff erson an d Du rr ett H igh sha r e Jefferso n count y tit l es. T . J . wo n both Jr . and Sen ior high boys t i tl e, w h i le Du rret t ca p t u r ed Jr . a n d Sen io r high g ir ls. Du r rett was paced

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by Connie Boyer who won 5 events plus the all around title. Joy Decker o f Durrett won the all around event for Jr. high girls.

T. J. scored 159 points to ru nne r-up Durrett 26 in senior high boys. T. J.'s boys were led by Mike Motley and Albert Boykins who were I st and 2nd respectfull y in the all around.

Ken Nally won the all around and was high point man for T. J. in a 124 to Durrett's 34 win in Jr. high bays.

The meet had 40 entries' from 4 high schools hel dot Durrett Hhi gh School.

Event winners in the senior high boys di vision inciuded: Mike Motley winner o f the side horse, vaul t ing, tumbling parallel bars and trampoline, Bill Lauterback winner .o f the rings , Albert Boykins winner of the high ~ar and Tim Stalling winner of the floor exerCise.

Senior high gir ls division winners were: Connie Boyer of the unevens, vaulting, AA, tum bl.ing, BB and trampo line; and Ronna Howell winner of the floor exercise.

Event winners of the jun ior high boys di v ision included : Ken Nall y winner of the SH, PB HB FX and All around· Bill Alcorn winne~ of the ri ngs and tumbling; Ron Kendall win ne r o f the vaulting, and John Smith winner of the trampoline.

Junior high girls division winners included : Joy Decker winner of the 88, vau lt ing, .trcmpoline, and all around; Sharon Bradley winner o f the unevens; Sharon Cozone winner o f the f~oor exercise; Carol Stuck winner of the tumbling.

ELEMENTARY CHAMPIONSHIPS For the 3rd straight y ear Gilmore won both the boys and girls division. A record number o f 52 entries from 5 elementary schools participated in the meet held at Gilmore Lane School .

Gilmo re 's boys were led in the scoring by 6th grader Barry Greenwell with 67 , followed closely by David Hayes with 65. The boys com piled a total o f 198 Y2. Second was Zachary Ta ylor w ith 30, followed closely by Alice Waller with 27Y2. . .

Gilmore' s girls were led by Glorra Clark With 62 points. Sheba Alsip scored 49 paints. The Eagles scored 191 points. Alice W aller fini shed with 14, Lyndon had 13. . .

Event winners of the Elementary boys diVIsion incll!Jded : Borry Greenwell winner of the floor exercise, vaul ti ng, HB , and tumbling; David Ha yes w inner o f the PB SH and all around.

Event winners of the girls elementary division were: Gloria Clark winner of the all around , vaulting, FX , tu mbling; Cindy Lawrenc::e winner of the balance beam, and Sheba AlSIp winner of the unevens.

NEW MEXICO }965 STATE GYMNASTICS MEET Meet Director: Adolph Kuss-Gymnastics Coach ot Ft. Lewi s College. .

The 1965 State Meet was held at Farmington High School where Wayne Bailey is gymnastic coach.

GIRLS: Tumbling: 1st Mary Lou Harold, Lovington· 2nd (tie) Rosie O'Grady, LOVington and Beth Lyon , Carlsbad . Trampoline: I st Leona Camp, Lovington; 2nd Judy Neal, Carlsb~d; 3rd Janice Walters, Lovington. Free ExerCise : 1st Mory Lou Harold; 2nd Beth Lyon; 3rd Cynthia Carlton, Lovington . Uneven Parallel Bars: I st Libby Lee, Lovington; . 2nd Ro.sie O'Grody; 3rd Nancy Ewing, Farmington. SIde Horse Vaulting: 1st Brenda Gibson, Farmington; 2nd N . Barber, Highland of Albuquerque; 3rd Sharon Spain, Farmington. Balance .Beam: 1st ·Mary Lou Harold; 2nd Jean Lee, LOVington and Nancy Hall, Roswell , tie. All-Around : I st Brenda Gibson, Farmington; 2nd Mary Lou Harold, Lovington; 3rd Lee Rumph, Santa Fe; Nancy Ewing (4th), Farmington ; Sjh Jean Lee, LOVingt on· 6th Norman, Carlsbad.

Team Score: I st Lovington, 69Y2 pts.; 2nd Farmington , 33 pts. ; 3rd Carlsbad, 19Y2 pts.; 4th Roswell, 10Y2 pts.

BOYS : Free Exercise: I st John Pruit, Lovington; 2nd Rick Popoff, Farmington; 3rd Clark Keith, Roswell. Still Rings: 1st Colin Campbell , Las Cruces; 2nd Gene Lard , Farmington, 3rd John Pruit.

Horizontal Bar: I st Gene Lard; 2nd Don Grace, Farmington ; 3rd Lee Taylor, Roswell. Long Horse Vaulting: I st John Britenstein, Farmington; 2nd John Pruit; 3rd Clark Keith. Side Horse: I st tie John Pruit and Jerry Allman, Lovington; 3rd Gene Lard. Parallel Bars:. 1st John Pruit· 2nd Richard McConnell, Farmington ; 3rd ti~ Leo Rios, Santa Fe an~ Gene Lord, Farmington. Tumbling: I st John Prult; 2nd Doug Jones, Farmington; 3rd Jerry Allman, LOVington.

Trampoline: I st John Pruitt; 2nd Doug Jones; 3rd Jerry Allman.

All-Around: I st John Pruit, Lovington; 2nd Gene Lard, Farmington; 3rd Jerry Allman, Lovington; 4th Clark Keith, Roswell; 5th Ed Ham , Lov ington; 6th Richard McConnell, Farmington.

Team Score: I st Lovington, 85 pts. ; 2nd Farmington, 65Y2 pts .; 3rd Roswell , 23 pts.; 4th Santa Fe, 13Y2 pts.

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA D.G.W.S. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Andrea Bodo Schmid Gymnastics Chairman On March 13, 1965 we had the second annual Northern California D.G.W.S. Gymnasti cs Compulsory Meet. About 300 junior high school and senior high school and 40 college studen t s compe t ed. These students represe nted the winners of e ithe r school int ramural meets or distr ict meets. The meet was hosted ot Portola Junior High School.

Th ose col lege, high scheol and junior high school students who placed in the top ten (10) in their particular event o r in all-around, and those students who won int ramural o r district meets were invited t o participate in on opt iona l meet on May I, 1965 at San Fran cisco State College. Forty schools entered the Opttiona l Meet. About 200 gymnasts. It is re ma rka b le how the quality o f gymnastics has improved since last yea r , and the teachers believe it has been due to the compulsory exercises.

MARCH 13 COMPULSORY MEET Host: Jorgine Smith High Shool Division Barbara Parcher of Terra Linda Captured the BB and FX and was 2nd in tumbling to be the on ly double winner of this division. Janet Peder of Redwood High won the trampol ine and was runner up in the u ~~vens and BB ; Teresa Felix of Ells High won the unevens and was runner up in the FX and vaulting; Kathy Armstrong of Skyl ine and Sue Bricks of Si r Francis Drake were among the high place finishers as Kathy tied for 2nd on the vaulting and Sue was runner up on the trampoline.

Junior High Honors in this division were pretty evenly sha red as there were no double winne rs. Sue Emery of Cupertino defeated Terry Hoff of Terra Linda in the FX; Pam Ellsworth of Santa Rosa finished ahead of Patricia Young on the unevens; Wendy Turconi defeated Sue Emery for the vau lting gold medal; Alexandra Church won the BB team at the expense of Lynn Rowe o f Santa Rosa; Terry Hoff turned the tables o n Sue Emery as she won the tumbl ing and Jackie Law of Cupertino won the trampoline event over O iv ia Bean of Roosevelt.

DGWS Optional Meet May I, 1965 San Francisco State College College division-Advance d Sue Conrad, of SFSC, (6th in the 1965 Women 's intercollegeiate invitational meet in Floor exercise) captured the all around, floor exercise, vau lting , balance beam and tumblinglosing on ly to teammate Candy Martin in the unevens. Candy, meanwhile, fin ished 2nd in the AA, vaulting, BB and FX. College division-Intermediate Marcia Arevalo of SFSC won the AA, FX, unevens, and va ulting and was second on the balance beam. Marcia didn 't get <lverything, however, as Sharon Rice of SFSC won the trampoline and Diane Politano of the College of San Mateo won the balance beam and teammate Pat Marshall was runner up in the Fl oor exercise.

Senior High-Advanced Doris Nishinaka of Leso's led this field with a first on the BB and a tie for first on. the unevens and a 2nd in the FX. Other place winners included: Cathy Ziegler of Carl mont winner of the floor exercise, Renee Apostolow of Rose Ann's winner of the tumbling; Ga i l Offenbach of Redwood 2nd in the unevens; Sherrilyn Littlefield of Hillsdale second on the BB; and Cathy .Ziegler of Carl mont runner up in the tumbl ing.

Senior High-Intermediate Teresa Felix of Ells High won the unevens and the BB defeating Byrd Lewis of Sir Francis Drake and Barbara DeVore of Skyl ine.

Sue Mayo of Carlmont defeated teammate Charlene Stradley in the FX; Sandy Padden of Carlmont also edged Charlene for the vaulting title as did Lynn Cole of Skyline who edged Charlene for the tumbling title. Janet Pederson of Redwood defeated Cathy Amundsen of Sacramento for the trampoline crown.

Senior High-Beginners Sandy Hansen of Abraham Lincoln High was the only double winner as this division sow 8 different schools represented in the top three places in the various events. Sandy won the FX and the BB defeating Kara Neely of Cla yton Valley in FX and Erice Schultz of Redwood on the B B. Karo, however, got some revenge as she won the vaulting and was runnerup on the unevens. Sue Gross of Clayton Valley won the unevens; Serene Ransome of Oakland Tech won the tumbling defeating Joanne Fagnani of Novato. Sue Reynolds of Leggett Valley grabbed off the final gold medal by defeating Jan Hemberger of Novato for the trampoline championship.

Junior High-Intermediate Joanne DeVaro na of Wilson and Nancy Skigiman o f Rose Annis shared scoring honors as

they each won 2 events; Joanne captured the vaulting and the BB, and Nancy walked off with the FX and tumbling gold medals.

Sandra Scott of Cupertino fared pretty well too as she tied for first with Dee Politi of Sir Francis Drake on the unevens and was runner up in FX. Martha Smith of Cupertino won the trampol ine and was 3rd in the unevens, vau lting , and BB. Sue Kaufman of Cupertino placed 2nd in the vaulting and tumbling, and Sandra Scott of Cupertino and Adela Peterson of Redwood grabbed off 2nd ploce medals in the BB and trampoline respectfully.

Junior High-Beginners Sue Emery of Cupertino again made her presence felt in this division as she had pre-· viously on March 13 in the compulsories. Sue won the vau lting and tumbling events and was 3rd in the BB and trampoline. Patty Yound shared honors with Sue as the only double winners as she won both the unevens and the BB. Terry Hoff also did a repeat performance as she won the FX and was 2nd on the BB and in tumbling. Christy Rocheck of McKinley finished off the gold medals by winning the trampoline over Dee Politi of Sir Francis Drake.

Other Place winners included: Judy Dickson of Cupertino-2nd in FX; and 2nd in the vau lting · and Kathy Wake 2nd on the unevens.

Calendar of Events for Next Year Junior High School Compulsory Meet (We are still looking for a hostess school) Senior High School and college Compulsory Meet Place: Clayton Valley High School, Concord 1101 Alberta Wav, Concord, California Junior High School, Senior High School and College Optional Meet Place : San Francisco State College Date: May 7, 1966 For further information contact: Name: Mrs. Andrea Schmid Address: San Francisco State College, I qOO Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California BIG TEN CONFERENCE Glenn Gailis has reall y notched himself a solid place in . the University of Iowa gymnastics hall of fame after having captured the 1965 Big Ten All around championship .. Glenn is the first Univ. of Iowa gymnast to Win thIS title i i·n ce 1937 and is on ly the second g~m­ nast from that school · t o ever win thiS title (Gene Wettstone being the other-having won in ·1935 and again in 1937). . .

In addition to winning the all around GadlS also captured first place in still rings , Side horse and horizontal bar.

RESULTS All around: Glen Gailis, Iowa 53.75; Fred Roethlisberger, Wis. 53.35; Jim Curzi, Mich. St. 5280· Gary Vander Voort, Mich. 50.85; Ted W i·lso~, Mich. St. 49.25. Trampoline: Gary Erwin, Mich. 9.5; Fred Sanders, Mich. 9.3; Ray Bauer, Wis. 8.85. Long Horse: Tom Hurt, Mich.

St. 9.37; Bob Hennecke, Wis. 9.35; F. Roethlisberger, 9.35. Still Rings : Glenn GaBls, 9.60; Bi ll Hoff, Wis. 9.10; Cliff Chilvers, Mich. 8.97.

Floor Exercise: Bill Sayer, Iowa 9.0; Charles Fuller, Mich. 8.9; Mike Henderson, Mich .. 8.8.

Side Horse: Glenn Gailis, 8.97; John Eliason, III. 8.92; Bob Hoercherl, Minn. 8.90. Horizontal Bar: Glenn Gailis, 9.37; Dave Price, Mich. St. 9.3; Dan Price , Iowa 9.27. Par.allel Bars: Jim Curzi, Mich. St. 9.47; F. Roethllsberger, 9.40; G. Vander Voort, 9.37. Tumbling: Jeff Stein, Iowa , 8.9; Bill Sayer, Iowa 8.87; Ron Aure, Mich. St. 8.67.

FUTURE GYMNASTIC EVENTS EASTERN GYMNASTIC CLINIC August 22-29, For coaches arid gymnasts alike. Outstanding staff. Enrollment limited. Contact. Wi l liam Coco, 811 Vernon Road, S-3, Philadelphia, Po. 19119.

SOKOL INVITATIONAL GYMNASTiC SCHOOLJuly 18-August 28, 1965 Held at Sokol Woodlands, Barryville, New York for gymnasts and coaches: Plenty of recreational opportunities.

Contact: Sokol USA, Box 189, East Orange, New Jersey.

NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CLiNICAugust 22-28, 1965 Held at Mich igan State University, East Lansing, Michigan for coaches, judges and competitors.

Outstanding staff.

Contact: George Szypula, Clinic Director, National Summer Gymnastics Clinic, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan .

EASTERN USGF CLINIC-December 26-30, 1965 For those coaches and gymnasts who cannot attend fhe Western Gymnastics Clinic in Tucso n, the .· U.S.G.F. is sponsoring the first annual Eastern Gymnastics Clinic in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A well qual ifled staff of high school and college coaches, as w ell as former U.S. Olympic team members will be present. For clinic information contact: Dick Holzaepfel , Athletic Dept., University of Iowa, 10'0/0 City, Iowa. Housing information can be obtained from the Ft. Lauderdale Recreation De~t.

LOS ANGELES INVITATIONAL 2500 enthusiastic fan s witnessed outstanding performan ces in all events as Cal State L.A. unfold ed the second annual L.A. In路 vitational.

Rusty Mitchell, U.S. Olympian and Sei Ito of .T apan managed a real dog-fight in the All-Around event. Mitchell shaded Ito by abc-ut .1 in each event to place first with Ito second and Ray Hadley fini shing third .

Side Horse entries were so powerful that this even t had to be the most pressurepacked event of th e evening. With stars such as Glenn H eckenl aible, Bill Nash, Gary Hoskins, Fred Siebum and Ru sty Mills under the same roof no one could afford even minor breaks and rem ain a contender. Hoskin s, a freshman at Cal State L.A. put together a fine 9.65 routine to walks off with all the marbles.

Other outstanding performances were turned in by Pasadena Ci ty Coll ege's Ed Clark with 9.7 on rin gs; Cal State L.Ao's venerabl e veteran P eter Parra with 9.6 on parallels ; and Rusty Mitchell and Cal's Danny _Ellman with 9.6 on the long horse.

There is every indication that nex t year's L.A. Invitational will be televised nationally.

RESULTS Floor Exercise : Ru sty Mitchell 9.4; Richord Pascale 9.4 ; Sei Ito 9.3; Danny Millman 9.3.

Trampoline : Danny Millman 9.3; Dennis Su lliva n 9.0; Danny McFarland 8.6. Side Horse : ary Hosk ins 9.65; Fred Siebum 9.4; Ru sty Mills 9.3. Horizontal Bar: Rusty Mitch ell 9.4; Dave Smith 9.3; Ra y Hadley 9.3; SeGi Ito 9.3. Long Horse : Rusty Mitche ll 9.6; Danny Mi llman 9.6; Bill Gaffaney 9.35 . Parallel Bars : Peter Parra 9.6; Ra y Hadley 9.5; St eve Noriega 9.4. Rings : Ed Clark 9.7; Rick Field 9.5; Bob Tee I 9.3; Bob Diamond 9.3. All-Around : Rusty Mitchell 55.95; Sei Ito 55.35; Ray Hadl ey 54.50.

Well now , thi s arti cl e is concern ed with th e new spec ia li zati on of J udges, whi ch the S. I. C.L. I first in the co un try}, initiated 3

NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE

by Roy Dav is ( No te : The followin g article by M r.

Ly le Welser follow s an article printed last month by Mr. fohn Noo ney. Both ge ntlem en, after years 0/ ex perience , suggest methods of judging di fferent from the F.l.C . Both ge ntlem en have , in addition, formulat ed similar systems of judging . M r. We ls er's system is more complete and detailed and deserves the careful scrutiny of /VIC readers . Originally 1 had planll ed to carefully criticize Mr. Nooney's system as well as that 0/ M r. Bauer ill this issue. It appears , however, that the next issue would be appropriate for this task- with the addition of S.I.CL system advocated by Mr. We lser. f f the M C readers have any comm ents, please send them to m e at: 377 11 Fremont Blvd., A pt. #4, Fremont, California).

JUDGING-AS I SEE IT

By L yle Welser E ver sin ce my association with Competiti ve Gy mnasti cs, some 40 years ago, 1 ha ve been greatly co nce rned about th e me thods of de terminin g one Gymnast's superiority ov er another. It is held by man y that one can ' t measure an art and perhaps it is so for th e several so-called arts as we co mmonly kn ow them. On the other hand , Sc ientists have learn ed to rely on the method of meas urement , for as Lord Kel vin once stated, " Unless one can measure a thing, one can 't reall y know much about it."

In th e field of Gymnastics, which has as man y art s as th er e are events, the F.I.G. code of poi nt s se ts about to do just that , and for every fl aw there is a set dedu ction in te rm s of te nths, the number of which depend s upon the degr ee of imperfection . This is all goo d, simple and easy for performan ces in th e el it e class, for one does not ha ve to con cern him self too greatly with the number of required A, B, or C moves, nor for th e compositi on, but, just th e execution.

But, what about th e performances for those less skilled, whe n all moves must be consid ered, classifi ed, catego ri zed and rated ???

Thi s judgin g assignm ent now takes on a different aspect; na mely that of being difficult for it has been the experience of the writer that really few judges can give snap acc urate an swers, for this picture keeps chan gin g rapidly. What once was a C move, ma y now rate a B or only a n A. However, it is beli eved that thi s pi cture will improve as time goes alon g. Certainly, there is mu ch ro om here for more exactin g research- bu t our probl em at this level becomes more diffi c ult in findin g qualified judges. Many judges a re qualifi ed, but on the other hand , there might be a gr eat gap between th ose who are and those who think th ey areif the truth be known.

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yea r ago. In breaking this ass ig nment down ,

tlw re a re 3 areas of speciali zati on . A rea 1 - i, pri mari ly conce rn ed wi th diffi culty and th e J udge mu st kn ow not only his A.B. C.'s, but mu st kn ow hi s dedu ct ion s when a move is a tt empt ed, but not co mple ted, eg., the maile r of sli ghtl y bent a rms in the iron cross, th e a ngle of th e arm s fr om the body, an d th e length of tim e of the hold , a re factors of diffi culty. The F.l.C. perfect ratin g for thi s area is 3.4 point s and thi s is the co nce rn of Jud ge # 1. A rea 2- is in r elation to co mpositi on, an area which deals with th e stat ed (yet not F.l.C . ra ted ) r equirement s eg. , on

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be 2 hand stand s, one exec uted with a swin g and one by a press. Oth er co mpositi on sta tes that th e re shall be one ot her strength hold oth er than a han dsta nd and th e work shall be predo min ately of sw in gin g moves. This pe rfec t sco re is broken d ow n by Jud ge # 2, whi ch is th e eas ies t of the 3 areas to judge and in cid entall y, a good assign ment for a judge just beg innin g. On th e long horse, hi s ass ignm ent is to ca ll the hand fault s, a ll ow in g .8 po int s per zo ne. The S.I.G.L. has bro ke n down each event in thi s area int o 4 co mponent parts a t .4 per part (see wo rk shee t for Jud ge #2. i Area 3-deals with exec uti on, which has to do primarily with th e aes th etical. H ere F.I.G. ratin gs take in acco unt , deducti ons for bad posture, breaks, fumbl es, loss of bala nce, e tc. The score for thi s area is 5 point s and 1 or 2 judges can be assigned here. Naturally, the scores of th e 2 can be averaged to yield be tte r acc uracy . The final score will have onl y th ese 3 co mpon ents. Sin ce the F .I.G. patte rn e mphasizes execution (5 points), ve ry ca reful scrutin y must be given thi s area. On the lower levels, it is conce ivable to co me up with a negati ve scor e, if all dedu cti ons listed are tak en into acco unt.

A fter 3 years of ex perimentation , the acco m panyin g Jud ge's work sheets have been boil ed down to the present degree of simpli cit y, whi ch makes an immediate general a nal ysis of any competit or's performan ce.

It also . mak es a perma nent record possible.

This sys tem of judg in g has so many adva ntages, one wond ers why the big boys ha ven't come up with this, years ago. Th e bu sin ess of pullin g numbers out of a hat, so to speak , is outmoded and shoul d never have a place, for th e trend is n ow to measure these various art forms, that which has been sta ted at times, can 't be done.

"Yo u can't measure art"??-well the gy mna sts are doin g just that. Could not painting, the dan ce and music all be broken dow n similarl y?

Her e are some of th e many advantages of thi s systemAs one receives the peri odic coll ege scores sent to us fr om around the nation , it is beco min g in creasin gly difficult to discern much of any differences between them and the scores of our top Olympi c contestants.

So methin g seems ask ew here-for if we are as good as th e general scores indicate, it is diffi cult to und erstand why we rate so poo rly a t the Ol ym pics. While I appreciate that th ere are possible fa ctors beyond our control, are we kiddin g ourselves and our gy mnasts to believe that we are much better than we really are':' Isn't our thinking all wrong wh en we, in our effort to lend enco urage ment to our youn ger gy lnnas ts, give 8's and 9's to a perform a nce whi ch should perhap s rate a 4 or 5? We wouldn 't think of ra tin g a 6 minute mile as good as an Olympi c 4 minute mile--simply because

tim e ca n be meas ured more acc ur ately, a nd beca usc路 th e re is a di stin ct diff erence in perfor mances. Shouldn 't we ge t tough and rea ll y give sco res tha t are co mm ensurate wit h pe rfor ma nce?

What has bee n our ex per ience? We have fuu nd that our low scor es, du e to t he thoruugh tough jud gin g sys tem, puts 3 people on th e spo t, nam ely, th e Compe titor , the Coach and the Judge, for each mu st be abl e to defend hi s part in the final r es ult.

Our co mpetit ors, after bein g shocked into rea li sm by l ow sco res, have imm ediately taken in ve nt ory of th eir performan ce and a re now usin g prepared 3 x 5 cards with 11 s pa ces prov ided for th eir 11 moves.

He re, each move is rated A, B, or C a nd th e final total ratin g is rated at the bo ttum. Occas ionall y, they wa nted to be sure th e d iffi cult y Jud ge caught all, so they even submitt ed th eir ca rd s and r outin es in ad路 va nce of th eir pe rform a nce-thu s callin g th eir shots. Th e Judges for diffi culty were quit e rece pti ve to th e idea, as all they had to do was check their card s. Tru e, one should be a ble to perform the r outin e as listed- but isn't that th e purpose--to be a bl e with de termination to acco mpli sh a routin e with out devia tion ? These littl e devices fit int o thi s judgin g system, and th e Jud ge ca n scan it qui ckly ahead of time, th en alter the performan ce, check it, rate it, and give it back to th e co mpetitor.

So me arg ue that thi s limits one to do as he himself prescribes and offers no surpri ses to th e judge. Well , our performances do not in clud e a grad e for the degree of surpri se- but this procedure also can forewarn a Jud ge, so he'll ~ be sure to catch so me new tri ck or unusual combination. It certainly does not limit on e's initiati ve as to new moves or the combinations thereo f.

In usin g these Jud ge's work sheets, naturall y th e eyes are never taken off a Competitor while he is performin g. Th e work shee ts provid e a quick brief check list and should be fill ed out after the performance and wi thin 30 seconds. Some of our Jud ges use their fl ashers as secretaries. On e of our Jud ges dictates to his secre tary (wife) in shorthand , but one can' t always find this co mbination . Flashers can , however, be used to write the abbreviated di ctates of a Jud ge, eg.- A-A-B-B-B- , etc. unpointed toes, major break , arms bent, etc.

The more our syste m is used and given a fair trial , the more popular it has become with those of understanding and with those who路 want to improve America's lot.

Wh en the Nationals were at Albuquerque, New Mexico, only two Coaches ( in the entire co untry) had mind s that ran along the same lin e of reasonin g, the writer's and Bauer's of Wisconsin. While the Big Ten has chosen to use the Bauer System the S. I.G.L. has been using S.I.G.L. system as developed by the writer with the assistallce of many others, the Judges, th e Co aches, and the Gymnasts who have submitted themselves to act as "guinea pigs".

Th e Big T en uses a quick-check table for A-B路C diffi culti es. This is very good.

A different approach for over-all rating is still needed, where difficulty is not limited to the required minimum moves. In our present system a wise but sup erior gymnas t will limit hi s difficulty although he might be capabl e of executin g more diffi cult C moves with the same hi gh degree of fin esse as the required one in the stated minimums.

So- what to do about it? Reward him yet, rather than restrain him.

For th e sak e of trying to stimulate our thinkin g toward a bett er solution, possibly we co uld , with modification , do as the div-

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Now sin ce we mu st not be too revolutiona ry all at once, how about changin g the ratin gs as foll ows: From this- present To this : Maximum theoreti cal, 12 {as in the Olympic pattern ) llloves

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Conducted by Mrs . Ruth Inskip Toth Mrs . T oth is a cert ifi ed Women's I Judge .

This clinic is lim ited to 40 teachers ~OW!!eek , so 'send in you r reservation Dormitory space has been reserved for you , from Sunday through T hursday.

You r cost is on ly $40.00 fo r the week.

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Flint State Gymnasti cs Clinic. Oct. 23, 1965, Fl int North western H igh Schoo l. Th is wi ll be t he second h eld in Fl int, about 700 participants. Flint Sen i or Inv itational Meet. January 22, 1966, Flint Northwestern High Schoo l. Closs "A" and EI ite, men and women.

Flint Junior Open Meet. Ap ri l 2, 1966, Nort hwestern H igh School. 80ys and Gir ls, Class " A " " 8 " and " C" W e in ' Flint ' invite a ll ' g y mnastic enthus ias t s to a t tend anyone o r a ll o f the above events.

MORE A BOU T RO PE Dear G le nn ; Afte r r eading "Co ndits" art i<:1e in t h e last i ~s u e o f the M od e rn Gy mn as t, April J %5- P age 36, I would lik e a lso, to send in sorne add itional inforrnation r egardi ng th e rope c limb.

Th e World r eco rd ,o n th e 25 ft. c lim b was se t in I nn b y Jimmi e B urto n (dec-eased) at 6 sec ond s fl a t , ~o l'nlan Pa l'rb-:;h c lhnb ed 5 .6 , but n eve r h ad it re cord ed.

In J n3 I set th e ''''o rld R eco rd at 5.1 ( o n e watc h was 4.n, two 5 fl at, o n e 5.1, o n e watch n ot o ffi c ial wa::i 5.1, th ey a nn o un ced th e time as 5 flat that night , but se n t th e tim e in as 5.1. It wa s 5.1 un t il I nn wh e n S t a nl ey E lli so n cl im bed 5 flat.

In 193 2 th e la st yea r t h a t the rop e \"as h e ld in th e O ly mpi cs, th e ' '''a rId R e c ord for the O l y mpi<' c limb wa~ 7.1 seoo nd s .

At t h e pre-O ly mpi c try-o ut s ::-< orman Parr is h c limb ecl 6.a a nd I c limbe d 7 fl at.

Th e nigh t of th e O ly mpic fin n l try -outs Parri s h a nd my se lf we r e t o ld 10 m in. b e for e th e m eet t im e t hat we co uld c lim b , but co uld not I'e presen t t h e U.S.A . in th e g·allles.

Th a t nig ht I c lim bed 6.7, Parri s h c lim bed 6.9 a nd 3rd , 4th, a nd 5th pl aces w e r e wo n b y Co nn ley, Galbraith and Bass, a ll fr o m t h e N aval A cad e my . Th ey were the three boys to r e prese n t th e U.S.A . in th e games a nd Bass w u n t h e O ly mpi cs a t 6.7. Th e sam e time as I c limb e d in t h e t ry-o uts.

The see nlin g ly s low tinl e f.o r the O IYlllp iC c li mb was du e to the f o ll ow ing . n . The rap e was 8 met e r s (26 ' 3") b. T h e s tart was both h a nd s o n e m e t e r abov e th e fl oo r w hi c h is 39 .37 o f an inch. c . The fini s h h a d n o tambo rin e , but a pi ece o f tnpe, bo t h h a nd s h ad t o b e place d a b ove it.

The only tim e I ever c limb e d 20 ft. was a n e xhibiti.o n c limb in 1941 at Be y e rl y Hills , C lF m ee t , w h e re I c limb e d 3. 4. Th e llleet was ,vo n by o n e of ·In y b oys, VerI W e ntling , a t 4.1. I ,vas 34 yea.r s of age at th e tim e .

An o th e r r eas on fo r the t im es b e in g diff e r e nt in addition to th e n e w nl e t h o d In e nt io n e d b y "Co ndit" is th e d iff e r e nt m ethods of s tarting .

1. At fir st th ey s t a r ted th e r o p e w ith a gun, o r s n a p of a s tick .

2. Nex t t h ey h e ld the c limb e r o n t h e floor for a full t wo seconds.

3. N ext th ey ju s t t o u c h ed th e floo r a nd could take o ff.

These m e th o d s can mak e th e diffe r e n ce o f two and three tent h s of a seco nd in a c limb .

Two ques tion s that I wo uld like t o asl{ a nd p e rha p s SaIn e o n e has t h e a,n s ,v e r?

Who c hanges the m e thod s o f sta rts? Wh o d ec ides if rope is a gy mnastic eve nt ?

I f o r one h ave n eve r b ee n a s k e d and so f a r I ha ve yet to find a n yone e lse \vho was as k e d f o r th e ir o pinio n.

I a nl beyond c linlbi n g in nl eets a n y nl o r e, but wou ld very s tron g ly li k e to see ROPE bac k as a g y mn as tic event. (on e o f th e b est) It nee d s men lik e M a ng, Navy, Price, LAAC (deceased) D ic k Swinn e rto n , Prince nton and TOITI l\1a.loney , ArnlY to pu s h the R o pe eve n t. I c ould m e nti o n, m any more (Jack Hug h es- retire d Ve lli ee High School -coa c h of D o n P e l'l'y - Warld R ecord h o ld e r for 20 ft. a t 2.8) f OI' o n e m o re. I a m s ure Jac k w o u ld push for t h e rope a s a n event in gY lnna s t ics.

G le nn, I think t h at your Ed itori a l in th e Apri l iss u e hi t th e n a il all th e h ead. Al so , t h e Anleri can A ssoc iat io n fo r H e alt h , Ph y s ical Edu catio n , and Rec r e ati o )1 a rti c le o n Smok ing ; The S c hool's R espon s ib ili ty i s o n e of the b es t .

Gymnasti ca lly y ours , Rand a ll A . Bryden 83 0 McKeve tt Rd .

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Th e n b(··g· in st r n iJ.dH e nin g· yo ul' a r1l1 ~ a nd fl n'hin g yo ur body. \ ¥ h en yo ur arms a r e n ea rl y st l'aigh t b eg in t urning t h e ring:::; ba ck out so that y OUl' a rlll S a r e not aga in :.;t

Enc lose d is an a.rti c le I hn ve wri tten for

u se in th e M.G. to h elp Gymnasts leal'll a l-Iand Hta nd on th e Rings.

Si nce l'e ly , D o ug las MacArthur Yps iin.)lti, Mic hi gan WRIST CONTROL ON THE RINGS To h ave a. d ecent r o utin e f o r u se in

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iJ e ndin g' hi s a n 11~ t o CO ITec t for uJule l' ba lance and s traigh te nin g th em f o r oy erba lane e. Howey er this is ver y t iJ'ing and po ints w ill b e d edu c-te d in C'o lnpetition f o r pOO l' fOrIn. To ('ontI'o] yo ur hala.nee n n ce y ou ha\'e pr essed yo urself to st raight firms

"A " tri ck in diffi c ulty by th e judges, it i s a "ll1Ust" in the ('ornpo .s i t io l1 part of yo ur score . If i t is to rece i ve n. high score your I'outine lllu s t r evol ve around t,vo h a nd-

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I r eco mmend b enc h I,,'esses w ith barb ells a nd dips o n th e pa rallel bars to build s tre ngth fo r a. press ha nd s ta nd o n the ringH. Exercises s ho uld al so be done to h a.)ld s

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VAULTING BOX Dear Si r s : In some pas t edition s of th e M.G. you h ave in stru c ti o n s o n h ow to build a pp a ra-

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Of co urse I alll tak ing for g ranted that yo u ca n a lread y do a good hand s tand on the floor before a.ttenlPting t o lea rn thi s on th e rings . You b eg in t h e press hands tand fro m t he "L" pOjitio n. R a ise your hips as high as possibl e g radually s traig htening your legs so that th ey come in to lin e with YO llI' upp er bod y . At t h e same time bend yo ur a rm s sli ghtlr and bring th e

sponse to many inquiries from a Vaulting

article published in the Vol. I No . 8·9 M.G.

by Jim Farkas. Because there were only a limited number of the M.G. Newsletters printed and we only have a few copies le"ft in our files , we are reproducing the plans for you and others interested in building a Vaulting Box.

H1!<O>Wi' 1[<0>: BUILD A VAULTING BOX (M.G., Vol. II, No. 8-9)

By Jim Farkas The top may be covered with leather or canvas; do not cover with plastic material.

Joints are dovetail joints, reinforced with bolts The sides are made of light wood, the uprights and the supporters of hardwood.

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By Donald L Chesnut A hi gh dive 10 a handstand is a bea utiful addition to a Free Ex ercise routine and in· creases the difficulty rating by sat is fying one of the " B" move r equirements.

Although the move is not a parti c ularly diffi cult stunt, beginners invariably make th e same mistakes. That is throwin g down to the floor , and tryin g to cushion the land· in g with a soft back. The back should reo main rigid upon the landin g.

Start as in fi g ure I with the arms stre tched above the head . Vigorously throw the arms forward, down , and back. At the sam e tim e pull the chin into the throat and push th e body from the floor with a sharp ex ten sion of the ankles and toes ( figure 2).

Thi s hard reverse upward thrust of the arms and push of th e legs will g ive the body the lift necessary to allow it time to invert itself. This motion should be practiced as an exercise a dozen or so times before the dive is attempted.

The nature of th e thru st for h eig ht is s uch that it automatically leads into a pik· ing action . Follow through by forcibly lift· in g the hips above the head a s shown in ste p 3.

As the hips reach a point higher than the h ead , tran sfer the mom entum from the hips to the legs and extend them overhead.

At the same time swing the arms downward and stretch for the floor. Figure 4 and 5.

At the point of impact the head should be between the arms with the eyes looking at a point midway between the hands. The amount of arch in the ba ck should be at a minimum. Inertia r eacts on a " soft back" with a "whiplash" e ffect.

The dive·to-hands tand move has several variation s. A couple of these would be to 1) dive to momentary hand stand with an immedi ate s toop throug h to back, or 2) dive to momentary handstand with imm ediate front roll with s traight l eg get·up. With a little practice and hard work either of these moves are yours.

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