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VOLUME VIII

MAY, 1966

NUMBER 5

CONTENTS NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ...... Glenn Sundby

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CHALK TALK ... _..............................................

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SWISS REPORT .......................... Kurt Baechler

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NACGC REPORT ........................Clair Jennett

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NHSGCA REPORT ... _...................Sictor Lesch

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CANADIAN REPORT .................. John Nooney 10 1966 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSH I PS ...................... Dick Criley 13

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

TROPHY WINNER-JIM CURZI .................. 18 ~

NCAA EVENT RESULTS ................................ 20 TRAMPOLINING .......

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Cover painting by Penn State artist, Jud "1 Harlacher . Mrs. Harlacher, who teaches art in th e State Colleg e schoo ls al so designed the cover for the NCAA Champ i· onship souvenir prog ra m

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. BRUCE FREDERICK ............................... ....... ...... Education

DR. JAMES S. BOSCO ...... .................. .................. .... Research DICK CRILEY ............................................ .... .......... Statistics J 1M FARKAS ... ................................ .. ................... Instruction JERRY WRIGHT .................................................. Competition FRANK L. BARE ............. ............................................... USGF JESS ROBINSON ................................... .... ........... Trampoline ROY DAVIS .............................................................. Judging JACKIE KLEIN UPHUES .......................................... ..Women GRACE KAYWELL ........................................................ Ballet KENNETH W. HOLLIS .............................. .................. YMCA INTERNATIONAL JOHN NOONEY .....................•.. .................................. Canada KURT BAECHLER ........................................................ Europe HELMUT ROHNISCH .......................................... Scandinavia Yl,JRI SABIROV ......................... ................................... Russia BRUD CLEAVELAND ................•.................................... Japan DR. JOSEPH GOHLER ..............................................Germany THE

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WITH THIS EDITION OF THE MG we have given the NATIONAL COLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS the most exten· sive coverage possible .. . Complete scores, with photos and winning routines in all events, a fine commentary by ex Penn Stater, Dick Criley, plus the results of the regional and sec· tional meets leading into the finals, reported by Jerry Wright.

It was a Great Meet superbly hosted in the best Penn State tradition by Gene Wettstone and for those of you who could not be there we hope our MG report will make you feel you were. * * * * We took up so much space covering the NCAA report in this issue we did not have room for many of our regular features.

However, now that the MG is on a regular monthly schedule the June edition will soon be coming your way filled with more wonderful gymnastic articles. Gym Snaps From Russia ... NAIA Championships ... USGF Nationals ... Research and Fitness ... Gymnastics in P.E.. .. Etc. In July we will feature results and routines of the top High School compe· titions around the nation ... with more instruction leading into a new feature series intitled "Let's Go AII·Around" plus many other articles we are sure you will find very informative and interesting, especially the one for all you philatelic MG readers. * * * * A Special "The Best From The MG" will be among our fall editions along with photos and results from the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Germany ... So Plan Ahead Now, make surt your subscription is up to date and that all your friends subscribe (mine do) as we have many new and wonderful features scheduled for the future editions of the MG ... AND if we ALL try harder and get 2,000 more subscribers we can have more pages with more instruction, larger pictures and a color center spread as a regular MG feature before the year is over .

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Above : The women student's Sports Club Elite group from Os lo, Norway AAHPER Convention in Chicago as part of their tour around the U.S.

Marit Kalland of the Oslo Group on the beam.

~/K SPORTS COMMISSIONER ARDEN CARPO of Akron, Ohio is now the Sports Commissioner for the Summit County, Lake Erie, District. Arden is a very enthusiastic worker for Gymnastics and has done much to promo te the sport in his area.

EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, 1966 SUMMER SESSION WORKSHOPS Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, N.M. GYMNASTICS FOR TEACHERS Jun e 6-10.

Preparattion for teaching gymnastics activities at the elementary and junior high school levels . . . Includes motivation, testing, and grading techniques . . . How to obtain inexpensive equipment.

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Meets from 9 :00 a.m. to 12 :00 noon and 1 :00 p.m. to 3 :00 p.m. daily . . . Garland O'Quinn, Director.

SOKOLS AT AAHPER The American Sokol Organization was represented by five members attending the recent conven tion of the American Association of Health, Physical Education and R ecrea tion held at Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Abou t 7,500 teachers and over 500 participants took part in various demonstration s in the field of physical fitness.

Sokols attendin g were Miss Norma Zabka, Director of Eastern Sokol District in

Below and at right: Judges clinic session . at the AAHPER convention with demonstrations presented by prominent New England Coach and Teacher Kitty Kjeldsen.

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Bob Lemke had a group performing on parallel bars and Ed Linhart h.ad four Junior girls and four gymnasts In 10-13 age group demonstrating on low and hi gh balance beam.

SWISS REPORT NEW "AIR" IN SWISS GYMNASTICS Report by Kurt Bachler Switzerland, a former top nation in the world of Gymnastics, has not been doing well Internationally in recent years. Some· times defeats have their good points, as long as one is still able to make the changes necessary and have the will (guts) to do it. The Swiss Gym Federation asked Jack Gunthart, former Swiss Champion lind very successful Italian Olympic team coach the past several years, if he would be willing to take over and coach the Swiss National Team. Jack said yes. The National Gym and Sportschool at Magg· lingen (a dream of a school by the way, a Mecca for anyone who would like to build one of their own) offered Jack Gunthart a job as chief Professor, and Executive Colorel Hirt actually came up with the offer to the Swiss Gym Federation that Jack take over coaching the top Swiss Gymnasts. Jack being reasonable enough made his proposition for competences and the ETV (Swiss Gym Federation) was clever enough to consider them. Jack is now taking care of the Juniors and new talents while his friend and still present Coach of the National team is taking care of the present National Gym Team.

In the meantime a fund raising organiza· tion has been founded with the goal to give Gunthart and his boys the necessary money to fulfill their training program as the ETV does not have enough money to provide for an intensive training program.

As the Swiss Gymnasts are pure amateurs, (as they should be) who have regu· lar jobs, arrangements are now being .made with their employers so they can work out twice a week with the team and make up their work hours early in the morning or during the lunch hour. With the possibility of the new fund to help cover the extra expense that may occur in this arrangement.

Of course everybody knows even with a coach as great as Jack Gunthart it may take a few years to get the Swiss team back into the International limelight of Gymnastics, but where there is a will, there is hope. Everybody is backing up Gunthart in Switzerland and he will be responsible for the next Olympic Team so you can expect by the time the Olympic Games come around in Mexico City in 1968 the Swiss team will be one to be reckoned with, perhaps not up to their pre-World War II showing, but on the way back to the top.

One more thing the MG readers might find interesting, practically all of the Swiss National Team members are subscribers to the MG and they consider it a wonderful publication, even those that do not read or speak English too well really go for the pictures (but they are learning English by reading the MG).

P.S. At a recent International Gym·Meet these were the top scorer: Czechoslovakia 112.4; Yugoslovia 108.8; England 105.75; Individual All·Around Cerar (Yugo) 57.80; Stastny (CSR) 56.7; Klecka (CSR) 55.7.

INTERVIEW WITH JACK GUENTHART "Question and Answer" interview with Jack about his early training as a Gymnast and his work as a Coach of Gymnastics.

QUESTION: How old were you when you started Gymnastics?

ANSWER: I entered a Tumverein when I was 10 years old.

Q: When did you actually have your first international success?

A: It took me 20 years to get to the top, if you consider the many active years in the youth·section of the Turnverein as part of my training, in other words I was 30 years old when my international career started.

Q: What circnmstances do you consider as essential for one to become as yon did, a Gold Medal winner?

A: Everything has to click; first you have to ready (physically, psychologically, and mentally) , then the compulsories som'ehow have to be made to order for you, your appeal to (or on) the judges must be favorable, and finally you just must have your day. Luck? Some call it luck, but is there luck in winning? More than likely it is being in the best shape and ready and wanting to win.

Q: What did yon do in order to stay on the top?

A. When we first saw the Russian Gym· nasts in Helsinki we knew we had to train even harder and as for me I even trained harder the last two years before I stopped competition at the age of 37. It is obvious that you can only aim your life toward a gymnastic goal if you want to be tops nothing less. ' Q: What wonld you do diffe rent if you could start again?

A: I would better organize my training, look for the best possible coach and above all I would nurse my "weak points" and do much more "strength·training".

Q: I know you have also been a very good track·man (pole vault). Did you do this on purpose or only to aid your gymnastics?

A: I did this because as professor of PE I also had to teach track and field.

Competition in track somehow was fun for me. I did pole vaultin g because as you know it was a part gymnastics in Switz· erland for quite a while (yes, maybe for too long a time. KB).

Q: Your professional career was as unusnal as your sport career, but shows it had the same "source"-of drive.

A: Yes, when I was 25 I returned to school in order to obtain the Maturite (masters) degree so that I could have PE courses at a University. It took me 5 years to get this degree as I had to work during the day in order to have money for the night courses. I trained very hard each noon hour during these 5 years.

Q: When did you leave for Italy?

A: I started to train the Italians in 1958, however this was in addition to my teach· ers job in Switzerland.

Q: What principles did you use to lead the Italians to their tremendous snccess?

A. a. The gymnasts: I trained them in strong discipline, to be on time, to be clean, no alcohol, no smoking, and in every way to be a fine human being. b. The association: I obtained the con· fidence of the Italian Gym Federation 100% and had complete responsibility for the nomination and selection of the team. c. The training: The gymnasts had to train by my training plans and had to ful· fill them 100%. d. The general preparation: We used long range planning with our aim to build up the gymnast as well as the team. e. The competition: In competition the gymnasts had to do their routines under consid eration of all points under mv "recipe", while I had to consider both i~· dividual and team.

Finally, Jack, let me ask you some ques· tions in view of the American Gymnastics.

Q: How do you rate the American Gymnasts?

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A: Th ei: r?utines. have originality, they are good IIldlvHlualIsts and their routines are very difficult. Their abilities, howeve r are. some times not in correct proportion to th eIr knowl edge and not always in the best III terest of th e team.

Q: Do you believe it is pONible for an Ame:ican to win a Gold Medal in GymnastLcs at the Olympics or the World Championships?

A: I not only believe it but I know it is possible.

Q: How about the A me rican team?

A : Yes it would be possible, but so far the proper preca utions have not been taken in order to see this fulfill ed. I feel this is not a matt er of the Gymnasts rather it is to be searched elsewhere.

Q: Do you think the A merican colleges are properly preparing the US gymnasts?

A: It depends on the individual coach to set the standards, but not each coach is trainin g his boy who is in the national competition until last tests. The responsible coach for the national team should know his gymnasts in every respect. This cannot be possible in a few days training, only over a long period of training to· ge ther. So far I have had the impression that this is not true in the American teams, but I might be wrong.

Q: You certainly have heard about the controversy between the AAU and USGF? A: Yes, differences of any kind always effect sportsmen in a negative way, es· pecially the gymnasts when preparing for big international events.

Q : Let's say, the US invites you for a coach·clinic or a clinic with bhe top gymnasts, would you go?

A: For the moment, thi s would be im' possible, however in 1967 I would very much do it, and at the same time test my new team against the Americans as well as conduct clinics, if the Americans would be interested in such.

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A few members o f the NACGC step out in front of the Nittonny-lion Inn to pooe for an MG picture between business sessions at Penn State.

National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches Meeting Highlights April 1, 1966 Penn sylvania State Uni versity

by Clair Jennett An excellent dinn er was served at th e Nittan y Lion Inn on the P ennsylvania State Campus. Greetin gs from P enn Stat e were ext ended by Athl eti c Director, Ern est B. ~lI c C oy.

Hartley Pri ce present ed six awa rds post路 humously. Th ese award s were the NA CGC Certificate of Honor. The award s were designat ed for: Daniel Hoffer, Chicago; Emil Preiss.

Philadelphia; Martin Trieb, Los An geles; ?l1arshall Brown , Dallas.

Al so to two youn g coaches: Ronald Am路 ster, Anaheim , Calif. and Frank H ailand, Berkeley, Calif.

The 1966 NACG C Honor Coaches Award went to Cecil Hollin gsworth, Los An geles, California.

The 1965-66 Hon or Rese arch Award recipi ent s are : Arno Lascari , Tu cso n Clinic ; Dani el Lander, Fort Lauderdale Clin ic.

George Szypula announ ced the 1966 Helms Gymnastics H all of Fame elections : Jose ph Giallombardo, Gymnast, Coach and Contributor; Charl es Pond, Coach and Contribut or ; Ted Steeves, Contributor.

Ne wt Loken ann ounce d the revoca tion of the Wheati es Grant for All -Ameri ca n award s ; however, th e award s will be continued by NAC GC. Th e foll owin g coaches were nominat ed from th e four areas for Coa ch-of-th e-Year award s : Hal Frey, West ; Ed Gagni er, Mid West ; George Szy pul a, Mid Eas t ; Gene Wett ston e, East. George Szy pula was elec ted Coach- of-th e-Year by the NAC GC. An apparatu s spec ifi cation committee was appoint ed to mak e recommendations to rul es committee of N.C. A.A.: Sam Bailif' , Chairman ; Jack Beckn er, Glen Wil so n, A be Grossfi eld .

All offi ce rs were elected for a second term : J ake Geier, Presid ent ; Hubi e Dunn _ Vi ce Presid ent ; Cla ir J enn ett , SecretarvTreasurer ; Bill ?l1eade, Past Preside nt ; Ralph Piper, ?lf emb er-at -Iarge A co nstituti on change was passed in creasin g du es to $5.00 per yea r and makin p: dues paya bl e at th e tim e of the annu a l mee tin g.

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Frank Bare presented a progress for the U. S.G.F. A committee was a ppointed for stitutional revision: Hubi e Dunn, man; Chet Phillips, Otto Ryser, Steverson, Dick Smith.

All-Around Champi onship and went on to the Chi cago Un dergraduate Divisio.n of the University of Illinois. Here, he Im proved his perform ance under H arold J. Fry, won several championshi ps, and was elected team captain .

Ron werit on to complete his education a t Florida Stat e University, where he was coached by Dr. Hartley D. Pri ce, who is also honored in the H elm 's Hall of Fame as a gy mnastics co ach. He wa s aga in voted team captain. Hi ghlights o( hi s career at Florid a State were being a member of the Nati onal AAU Championship Team of 195~ and winnin g the National Collegiate Horizontal Bar Championship of 1956.

Those who kn ew him durin g hi s co mpetiti ve years, remember him as a fin e sportsman who was even willing to give helpfu l pointers to gymnasts competing aga inst him.

Beyond hi s many honors won as a competitive gymnast, Ron went on to coach and develop fin e hi gh school gymna stsfirst in Florida, Arizona, and at his last coachin g assignm ent in California. Many of hi s students are now competin g as top college gymnasts who carry with them an indeiible Image of their first coach as a

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1966 NACGC HONOR AWARDS R eport by Hartley Price 1966 NAC GC CERTIFICATE OF HO NOR This year we were saddened by the n ews tha t two of our yo un g coaches had diedFrank H ail and (Illinois and Washin gton ) and Ronni e Amster ( Fl orida State University, Illinois, and California ). It has been decided to award , post-humously, Citations of Recogni tion to th ese young coaches. In this 1vay recognition has been made and the policy has been preserved of awarding NACGC Honor Coaches Certifi cates to outstandin g personalities who have coached at least 25 ye ars.

RO NA LD L. AMSTER- April 18, 1928 - December 10, 1965 ( by Lawrence P .

Bestmann ) From hi s early "ears to hi s last days, Ron Amster had a dee p devotion to keepin g ph ysi cally fit and had a great influence in the inspiration of hi s students and fri end s.

Hi s early gy mnastic training was under the guid ance of Alfred E. Bergman at Senn Hi gh School, Chi cago (Coach Bergman has sin ce retired and is honored in the Helm 's Hall of Fame as a gymn as ti cs coach ). Ron won the Chicago Hi gh School Chet Phillips demo nstrat ing his amaz ing " Scorstik" t o Coach Shurlock among others at the NACGC meeting.

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very dynamic and forceful person ality who had a knack in brin gin g out the full potenti al of aspirin g gymnasts.

FRANK H AILAND - September 4, 1965 (See Mo dern. Gymnast magazin e, Sept.-Oct. 1965) .

1966 NA GCC HO NOR COAC HES ' AWARD The winn er of the 1966 NACGC Honor Coaches' A wa rd is Cecil Hollingsworth with 27 points. AI Bergmann of Chicago (now of San Francisco) was second with 21 points.

BIOGRAPHY OF CECIL HOLLINGSWORTH- W orked way through hi gh school and college in constru ction and operation NACGC re-elected office rs left to right : Sec . Jennett, V.

Pres. Dunn, Pres . Geier,

Past Pres. Meade .

WINNERS OF THENACGC HONOR COACHES' A WARD 1954--Max Younger (Deceased); 1955Dr. Hartley Price; 1956-Roy E. Moore (Deceased); 1957 Leslie Judd (Retired); 1958- Dr. Leopold Zwarg (Retired); 1959 -Gustav Heineman (Deceased); 1960t~.;arlie Graves (Retired); 1961- Louis H. ~~ng (Deceased); 1962- Dr. Ralph Piper: f63 - Erwin Volze; 1%4--Henry J. Sf!lidl (Retired); 1%?-G<ustav (Gus) L Kern

of golf ' courses in Los Angeles < area~At­ tended Los Angeles H<igh School;<captained swimming and football <teams.

1922,1926-Attended U.C.L.A. 1922·1926; received 16 team letter awards; captained 4 teams; received U.C.L.A.'s highest stutlent honor award-Received Ed~ B. in Physical Education in 1926, U.C.L.A: M.A. in Physical Education in 1937, University of California, Berkeley Ed. D. in Physical Education and Recreation in 1945, Stan· ford University.

1926-Joined faculty at U.C.L.A. upon graduation in 1926; taught theory classes in Physical Education and coached gym· nastics, wrestling, swimming, assistant in football; coached Briggs Hunt who became Olympic Coach of the 1960 American Greco-Roman Wrestling Team - Assistant Football Coach on two Rose Bowl TeamsChief Football Scout U.C.L.A., scouted many teams for the Rose Bowl.

1932-Coached two <Olympic Team men, Edward Carmichael and < Richard Bishop, to 1932 Olympics in gymnastics.

1932·1934-Served on the National Col· legiate Athletic Association National GYm' nastics Committee <in 1932-1934; resigned due to football duties.

1936-Coached Kenneth Griffin to the 1936 Olympic Gymnastics Teain.

1928·1948-Served on A:A.U. local gymnastics < committees from 1928 to 1948War interfered with Olympics in ensuing years; had best prospects bilt no Olympic competition-Coached many Pacific Coast Inter.collegiate Championship teamS, woil championsl1ip over 50 per cent of years coached; records are lost on early years of U~C.L.A. athletics~Introduced gymnas· tics on many beach playgrounds in South· ern California <during the years coachedCo-author; "Manual of Physical Education Activities," Saunders-Major professor on several Doctoral Committees for candidates with dissertations in the field of gymn!lstics -Honorary member of A.A.U. Southwest District Gymnastics Section-Member Research <Committee. National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches- Recipient of Helm's Foundation Honorary Award for Meritorious Service in coaching athletic teanis- Recjpient of U.C.L.A.'s outstandillg citation for "Meritorious Service" in coach· ing-Honored with Testimonial Dinner up· on retirement; with honors and gifts. '. 19M-Retired June, 1964 into the golf business and real estate where presently am co· owner of <five golf courses and sub· stantial real estate in Southern California.

HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION Three distinguished gentlemen who have been identified with the sport of Gym· nastics for many years"":Joseph Giallom· bardo, Charles Pond, and Ted Steeveshave been named to the Helms ' Hall Gym· nastics Hall of Fame as the result of 1%6 elections. Such elections were conducted following nominatiOlls which were presented by a Gymnastics Hall of Fame Committee, chairmaned by George Szypulll, Gymnastics Coach at Michigan State University. < Presentation of the Hall of Fame Awards to Joseph Giallombardo, Charles Pond, and <Ted Steeves was <held at the N<C.A.A. Gymnastics Championships, Pennsylvania State University <on March 30, 1966.

JOSEPH GIALLOMBARDO -: Gymnast anll Coach and Contributor-Uiiiversity of Illinois '40; Big Ten Conference Tumbling Champion; 1938, < 1939; National <A.A.U. Tumbling Champion, 1938, 1939; Gym· nastic Coach, New Trier High School, 1940· 1%6 (Illinois); State Champions 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956; Judge of Big Ten, and N.C.A.A. Gymnastic Championships since 1947; Olympic Tryouts official and judge, 1948, 1952, 1956., * A noteworthy contributor to Gymnastics.

CHARLES POND-Coach and Contri· butor: Hardin·Simmons University (Native of DaUas, Texas); Recreation Superin' tendent, Abilene, Texas, 1939·1941; Associate Coach, <U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team, 1956; < U.S. Olympic Committee Member, 1960·1%4; Gymnastics <Coach, Univ. of Illinois, 1949·1%6; Dual Meet record, 100· 40·1. Big Ten Champions 1950-1960; N.C.A.A. Champions, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958. ,. A <noteworthy contributor .to Gym· nastics.

TED STEEVES--Contributor: Springfield College, '31. <(Excelled in football and baseball); Coach of all sports, Milford, Mass. High School, 1933-1940; Coach of Gymnastics, football, and basketball, Wel· lesley, Mass., 1941·1%6; Developed many outstanding gymnasts, and pro d u c e d championship teams; Instituted competitive Gymnastics for girls at Wellesley. ,. A note· worthy contributor to Gymnastics.

Helms Hall Gymnastics Hall of Fame Roster, to date: • Also cited Coach. , Contributors: E. A. Ekh-\nd, Gus Kern, Po Abe Lober, William Matthei, George < Nissen, Adolph Picker, Henry Schroeder, Ted Steeves. , Gymnasts: Raymond Bass, Dallas Bixler, Frank Cumiskey, William Denton, Joseph Giallombardo·, George Gulack, Frank Hau· bold, Alfred Jochim, Paul Krempel, Frank Kriz, John Mais, Frederick Meyer, Chester Phillips·, Arthur 'Pitt, Curtis Rottman, George Wheeler, Herman Witzig, Roland Wolfe.

Coaches: Alfred Bergmann, Marshall Brown, Lester Griffin, Gustav Heineman, Daniel Hoffer, Leslie J. Judd, Rene J. Kern, LOuis H. Mang, Roy E. Moore, Ralph A. Piper, Harry G. Nelson, Charles Pond, Emil Preiss, Ben Price, < Hartley Price, Henry SmidI, Charles Vavra, Erwin Volze, Lyle Welser, GeneWettstone, Max Younger" Fred Zitta, Leopold Zwarg.

New NHSGCA officers left to right: Paul Uram, Sidney Drain, Victor <Lesch (Past Pres.) <and Art <White<

PROGRESS 1Il0l HIGH< SCHOOb GYMNASTICS National <High <School Gymnastics Coaches

by Past Pre~ident Victor Lesch The high school <gymnastics program in the United States continues to expand.

This r< enewed impetus must be partially attributed to the g row t h of the N.H.S.G.C.A. This organization had its be· ginning through meetings of the Illinoi.s High School Gymnastics Coaches ASSOCI' ation in 1962 (Victor Lesch, President, Andrew Kostick, Vice-President, and Don Von Ebers, Secretary· Tr~asurer) . Letters of inquiry were sent out in December to every state association in the United States asking their feeling on the formation of such an organization. The response was favorable. Registration forms were sent to gymnastics coaches all over the United States. The response again was very en· couraging. At the same time that the N.H.S.G.C.A. was created, the U.S.G.F. was also coming into its own. Since< the coaches felt that any organization that controlled gymnastics should hear from the coaches as well as administrators, the N.H.S.G.C.A. applied for, and received, <a seat on the U.S.G.F. Governing Council All this happened before the N.H.S.G.C.A: had< really had a formal meeting.

In April of 1%4 at Iowa City, the first national convention was formally held. At that me~ting Victor Lesch and Sidney Drain were elected officers pro· tern to start the ball rolling. These officers then selected eight interested, hard working men to serve as the corresponding secretaries for the N.H.S.G.c.A. .

One of the most pressing problems seemed to be the publishing, dissemination, <and availability of high school gymnastics information. A common center <was needed so that coaches, organizations, and states could receive information to improve gym· nastics in their area. <Probably the out· standing accomplishment this first year was the collection and editing of materials for this, the first handbook. Certainly with· out the cooperation of the NISSEN COR· PORATION, this handbook would have not been a reality. Printing and distribu· tion was carried on during January·March, 1964. The errors were numerous, but con· sidering that it was the first of its kind, it must be termed a success. During this same period of time President Lesch served on the U.S.G.F. Governing Council as representative for the N.H.5.G.C.A. As a member of that group, he helped estab· lish the original by-laws of the U.S<G.F. .. The second annual convention was held in<<Carbondale, Illinois, April 3, 1965. Vic· tor Lesch and Sidney Drain were re· elected to office, and Dick Aronson was continued on puge 32

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Any University or College with an active girls programme would be well advised to contact Linda or myself for further informalion.

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CANADIAN REPORT

by Johnny Nooney 18 Lavinl!ton Dr. Weston. Ontario COMMENT Recen tly the Canadian Int ercollegiate Athleti c Union whi ch is made up of Can· ada's 52 physical education directors, drafted a very im portant program for sub· mittal to all Co llege President s and Ad· ministrators.

This program , if accep ted, co uld assist in the growth of gym nastics tremendously.

One of the recomm end ation was that "No athl et ic rpogram should be evaluated by ga te receipts or public int erest and goes on to say a college program should have a wide base to accommodate all Sports, not just football and basket ball.

Anot her recommendation is the elimin· ation of the athletic fee. This fee should be in cl ud ed in th e general tuiti on fee.

This is good news for gymnastics. A new awareness for gym nastics at th e College level was evident this year and the accep t· ance of this poli cy would again furth er our Sport , in the Colleges and Universities.

NOUVELLES De L' ASSOCIATION GYMNASTI CS OF QUEBEC Honors to Miss C. Preville Miss Preville has been nominated to reo ceive th e A.A.U. Award and Plaque and Citation for her outstandin g work in gy m· nastics, in the Quebec Provi nce. The award wi ll be presented at the Quebec A.A.U. Annual Meeting. Congratulations Cecile.

Coming Events Palastre National Invitational Meet May 7 and 8th- Quebec Provincial Cha mpion· ships Jun ior .and Senior May 14·15thCity of Montreal Championshi ps (Mens) April 17th; (changed from April 2·3 ) Display A gym nastic demon stration will tak e place at the Paul Sa uve Centre on April 20th gymnasts takin g part will be from the Pal· aestre National Club and from the Cen tre.

Russian Visit Arrangements are now being made to reo ceive the Russian Mens' and Womens' gym· nastic team. It is probable that the Ru ssians will visi t l\'Iontreal aro und the 30th of Nov. or Dec. 1st. when they will present adem· onstration and clinic or tw o demonstrations.

CANADA'S FUTURE MLLE. GYMNASTS Miss Linda Waller one of Canada's great prospects is consid ering chan ging school.

Linda has had great ye ars in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 as a member of the Quebec team. She is coached by Canada's National coach Mr. Dezso Kiefer of the Palastre National Club. Linda is presently attendin g McDonald College, Montreal, and is work· in g on her teachin g diploma. This girl has an excell ent background in gymnastics and is a dedicated gy mn ast comi ng fr om a well known family. Her father Lew Wa ll er is the National Gymna stics Assoc. S.ec.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA NEWS In Ma rch the Annual Age group Meet was held at the Uni versity of British Columbia also the Ann ual High School Meet was held at Delbrook High School.

Plans are underway for the holding of the Provincial Meet sometime in June for fur· ther information write the B.C. Sec. Miss K. Wong, 5959 W. Boulevard #4, Van· co uver 15.

British Columbia representatives, Willie Weiler, Sandra Hartley, Leslie Bird at the North Ameri can Championships deserve congratulations.

Will ie placing 2nd All Around I believe the first Canadian to do so. Sandra placed 5th in Vaulting and 7th All Round. Leslie tore so me leg li gaments and is now in a cast but she l'till managed to finish her compulsories. Get well soon.

Congratulations to Janet Terry, Sandra Hartl ey and Owen Walstram on winning at the Annual Kelowna Meet.

Gym Camp last two weeks in August.

Ideas ?? Suggestions ? ? write Sec. for further information .

GYM SKETCH The following is a sketch of Sidney J en· sen, the present Jun'ior Canadian cham· pion. By Don Cochrane, Lachine H.S., Quebec.

Sidney comes from a sport and fitnessminded family. Sidney's father was a memo ber of a Danish demonstration team in his youth in Denmark. His mother is a very fi t person who swims regularly all year round.

Sidney first competed at the age of 12 in an Inter-Elemen tary School meet win· ning all four events-rope climb, box and spring board vaulting, fl oor exercise, an!i tumblin g.

I began to coach him the foll owing year a t Verde en High School. In his first year competi ng in the all·around at 13, he won every event and meet we entered and has continued to do so ever sin ce. He has ,held every title in the Province of Quebec and is now the Eastern Junior and National Junior All·A round 'C hampion.

Sidney is what I call an "honest" athlete - he never missed practices and, always worked hard. He cannot understand people who drink or smoke.

Like most of our best gymnasts, he did not require much coaching. After I taught him a few fundamentals-including the £act that he had to compete in all 6 events in order to obtain all-around developmenthe quickly learned to work by himself.

He worked-out every noon hour at school including Saturday mornings plus on or two evenings at the Westmont Y.M.C.A. from November to April over a 5 year period. Dodd Dixon, one of my former high school gymnasts and Junior Canadian ruri· ner-up in 1959, took Sidney under his wing and coached him for several years at the Y. Dodd's personal coaching helped a great deal as my time at school had to be spread over 20 boys.

Sidney along with Dodd and Warren Roy, who placed 4th in the Juniors last sununer and who is the ' present national Intercollegiate Champion spent the summers of 1962 and 63 at Elgin Gym Camp, which I own, where he worked-out 4 hours daily over 6 week periods. He was 14 the first year at Camp and mastered the U.S. A.A.U. Novice compulsories with no trouble. He is equally good in all events with perhaps the side horse being his weakest event. He is also an excellent diver liaving won many high school meets including the Eastern Canadian High School McGill Invitation. lIe also skis and swims well and like most gymnasts could have been outstanding in any sport he put his inind to.

At present he is in his final year of high school and intends to go if possible to University of Michigan next year. '

Sidney Jensen Clinic 'Vaulting session with use af the trampoline.

THE O.S.G.C.A. "SHORT" CLINIC

By At Warrick (Clinic Director) Recently O.S.G.C.A. presented a clinic to over 80 men and women from the North York and Toronto Metropolitan Schools.

The North York Board of Education sponsored this half day clinic which was a contraction of the regular O.S.G.CA. Clinic format. Arrangements were made through Bing Caswell, coordinator of physical education for North York and Bob Davis, head of the P. E. Dept. of the host school, Lyon Mackenzie C.l.

All the facets of the regular clinic were covered but the depth of treatment was left to individual perusal of the printed material, presented at each session.

Some of the sessions were provided for all those present, others were optional (See Break #1 and 2 in fhe clinic format.

A study of the Clinic evaluation forms revealed that the Simplified Judging was of particular interest to the majority of those attending.

Format 9·10 A.M.-Registration, warm·up and flexibility exercises; techniques of teach· ing. This was most ably presented by Barry Brooker ane! John Tutte of Club Harmonie.

10·10:30 A.M.-Classroom teaching-16 period block of lessons 10:30·11:30 A.M.-Coffee and films 11 :30-11 :45-Break No. 1. Options available were equipment, publications, use of weights, use of films 11:45-12:15 P_M.-Judging 12:15-12:30 P.M.-Break No.2. Same options available 12:30-1:00 P.M.-ABC's and school team.

SASKATCHEWAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Over 200 gymnasts attended the provincial open meet. Great credit is due to the conveners and officials who worked so hard to make this championship one of the best ever held.

With some excellent performances Glenna Sebeysten of the Marian Gym Club captured the All Round Senior Women's title, with a score of 34.2, closely followed by Susan Hartley, a member of our National team and University of British Columbia with a score of 32.05 and in third spot M_ McDonald University of Saskatchewan who scored 30.35.

In the Men's All Round it was Bill Robinson, St. Josephs Saskatoon first, with a score of 49.70, Bill Mackie second, Vancouver Y with 47.55 and in 3rd place R. Danielson, University of Alberta with 46_70.

This meet is getting so big they will have to divide it up tyro and novice one day and senior the next day_ The participation of so many Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. is indicative of the great growth of gymnastics in this province.

RESULTS Women's Division All Round: Tyro: 1. S. Beatty (Mar); 2. J . Broun (St. Vital); 3. D. Storey (Mar). Novice: 1. D. Jones (Mar); 2.

J . Terry (St. Vital); 3. L. Keyway (Mar) .

Junior: 1. A. Walecke (Mar); 2 . J. Down, (U:M.C.A.); 3. Mc Camon (Mar); 3. J . Wood (St. Jo.). Senior: 1. G. Sebeysten (Mar); 2.

S. Hart!ey (U.S.C.); 3. M. McDonald (U. of 5).

Team Ttitles: All won by the Marion Gym Saskatoon.

Men's Division All Round: Tyro: 1. B. Granchuk (Bran) 2. B. Reed, Moo<se Jaw Y; 3. I. Molden/.. Regina y.. Novice: 1. J . Spicer (Regina Y) 2. K. Shore (St. Vital. Winn) 3. B. Gould (Moose Jaw Y. Junior: 1. M. Boyd (Regina V); 2. R. . Hunter (Vancouver V); 3 . T. Sedgewick (St. Jo). Senior: 1. S. Robinson (St. Jo Sask); 2 . R. Danielson (U. of A.); 3. B. Mackie (Von V). Teom Ttitles: Tyro Brandon 'Y.M.C.A.; Junior Regina Y.M.C.A.; Novice Moose Jaw Y.M.C.A.; Senior St. Josephs Sask.

Glenna Sebestyen

NOVA SCOTIA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS BICENTENNIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT DARTMOUTH This Meet is indicative of the great interest in Gymnastics in Maritime Provinces.

The Truro Elementary Schools were well represented at this Meet; also were the Halifax Y.M.C.A. and the Dartmouth Y.M.C.A. which sponsored the Meet. All the co mpetitors did set routines laid down by the Maritimes Gymnastic Conference.

The use of se t routines is essential to the growth of the sport. Over sixty competitors took part in this Meet.

Montreal City Tyro Chomps: Durocher and Boibenue.

McGraw,

MONTREAL CITY WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS In the beautiful Civic Centre of Montreal East, Diana Masse proved again that she was worth her place on the National team. Hard pressed by her teammate, Jocelyn Auger, she won the All Round senior title with a score of 33.8 points.

Jocelyn Auger also of the Palestre National Club was second with 32.2 points and Nicole Menard was third with 31.7. A clean sweep for this great Club, all coached by the national women's coach, Dezo Keifer.

In the Tyro Division Guy Valiquette's girls from the Centre, swept the titles: Helene Durocher, first with 32.9; Denise Mc Graw, second with a score of 31.8 and Lucille Boivenue, fourth with 30.9.

An exceptional large entry, well over 50 gymnasts at all levels speaks well for the fUlure of the Sport in Montreal.

Argo A All Round: i. Vicki Slaster P.N.; 2. Joannet Noble, P.N.; 3. Valerie Roper, P.N. Argo B All Round: i. Johanne Rock, W.E.G.; 2. Lise Ouillette, P.N.; 3. louiseete Rock, W.E .G. Tyro All Round: i. Helene Durocher M.E.; 2. Denise McGraw M.E.; 3. Suzanne Wenklin W.Y.M.C.A. Novice All Round: i. Andree Bloucin M.E.; 2. Micheline Trucotte C.I.C.; 3 . Francine lavergne C.I.C. Junior All Round: i . Joy Harrison P.N.; 2. Marcello Kelly, W.Y.M.C.A.; 3 . Nicole Menard, P.N. Senior All Round: 1. Dione Masse P.N.; 2 . Jocelyn Auger, P.N .; 3. Eva Demalki, P.N .

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA INVITATIONAL MEET Willie Weiler showing tremendous form, swept the All Round title, with a total of 54.35 points and Gordie Gannon of the Victoria Y 2nd with 47.20 and 3rd place Bo Bennet, Seattle Y with 44.05 points. In the Women's Division, J. Tanac was first with 34.1, Seattle Y; L. Rodella, Seattle Y, 2nd with 32.7 and . 3rd, Susan Hartley, 32.12 of the University of British Columbia.

It is good to see many of Seattle friends across the border attending our Canadian Meets. individual Winners-Men's: P. Bars: 1.

Weiler; 2. Brody; (t·ie) Bennet. Free X: i.

Weiler; 2. Gannon; 3. Bennet . Rings: i. Weiler 2. Connon; 3. Brady. Vault: i. Weiler; 2.

Gannon; 3. Bennet. High Bar: i. Weiler; 2.

Hardy (Univ. of Alberta); 3. Gannon. Pommel Horse: i. Weiler; 2. Gannon; 3. Sennet.

Individual Winners-Women's: Beam: 1.

Hartley; 2. Tanac; 3. Rodella. Vault: i. C. Pingetere; 2. Tanac; 3. Rodella. Uneven.: i .

Hartley; 2. Tanac; 3 . Woodward. Free X: i.

Tanac; 2. Rodella 3. Woodward.

All-AROUND PLACINGS Tyro Girls: i . Joan Baxter, Dar Y; 2. Norah Hart, Dar Y; 3. Gaye Griffin, Truro.

Tyro Boys: i. Bryan Cooks; 2. Doug Copping; 3. Doug Lucas.

Junior Girls: i. Adrienne Lucas, Dar Y; 2.

Heather Kent, Dar Y; 3 . Janice Graham, Dar Y. Intermediate Girls: i.

Valerie McNeil, Bridegwater Gym Club; 2. Cathy Murray, Bridgewater Gym Club; 3. Janice Hebb, Bridgewater Gym Club.

Intermediate Boys: i . Ricky Gilbert, Halfx Y;

2. Dennis Ring,

Dar: Y;

3. Peter Rushton,

Halfx Y. Winners in Nova Scotia meet, left to right: Crook, Gilbert, Baxter and MacNeil.

HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS at Delta High School Steve Mitruk, Barton High School captured the individual title followed closely

by Dave Copeland, Westdale Coli. and Tom Hewitson Hill Park S.S. placed third.

The Team Trophy was won by the Central High School lead by . Larry Marriot.

St~ve Mitruk and Larry Marriot are real comers arid we will hear a great deal from those two boys in future years.

This Meet was held before a sell out crowd and great credit is due to Mr. Al Kingston the convener. This was an excellently run meet. The judging officials were from the n .S.G.CA. RESULTS Floor Exercise: Larry Marriott, Central, B. i; Steve Mitruk, Barton, B.O; Dave Reid, Glendale, 6. i . Pommel Horse: Vaughn Osborn, Wl?stdale, 7.8; Steve. Mitruk, Borton, 7.4; Jim Porter, Hill Pork, 6.4. Vaulting: Larry Morriott, Central, 9.3; Dave Edgcumbe, Glendale, 9.2; Pacella, Central 9.0. Parallel Bars: Steve Mitruk, Barton, 8.2; Tom Hewitson, Hill Park and Dave Copeland , Westdale, 7.5. Horizontal Bar: Steve Mitruk, Barton, 8.4; Mike McCartney, Westmount, 6.6; Dave Copeland, Westdale, 6 .3.

OTT AW A, ST. LAWRENCE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GYMNSTIC COMPETITION A dual meet took place recently at the Royal Military College between MacDonald College Montreal and the Royal Military College, Kingston.

The team standings, 1st Royal Military College 117.33 pts and MacDonald College 101.89, an excellent showing for MacDonald.

Sgt. Vendetta the hard working coach of the R.M.C. team can be proud of his gymnasts and Don Cochrane who just took over the coaching of the MacDonald Col11

lege team shoul d' not be dow n hearted~ This MacDona ld team had only a few weeks workin g out toge th er . . In the All Round standin g a clean sweep

by R.M.C. Sutherland 39.54 pts., Haase 39.04 pts., Les 38.75 pts. .

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS : Rings : 1. Sinclair (Mac); 2 . Sutherland (R .M.C. ); 3. Lee (R.M.C).

Parallel Bars : 1. Lee (R.M.C. ; 2 . Sutherland (R .M.C.); 3. Haase (R .M.C.) . Floor Ex: 1. Salmela (Mac); 2. Pettipas (R .M.C. ); 3 . Lee (R.M .C.). Side Horse: 1. Salmela (Mac) ; 2.

Grace (R.M.C.); 3. Lee . (R.M.C. ). Vaulting: 1.

Salmela (Mac) ; 2. Lee (R .M.C.) ; 3. Haase (R.M .C.).

Hor. Bar: ' 1. Haase (R .M.C. ; 2.

Sutherland (R.M.C.), 3. Fransho m (Mac) .

TORO NTO CITY A.A. U. CHAMPIONSHIPS Recently an all class Mee t, Argo., Tyro, Novice, Junio ~, Intermediate, Senior ,vas held at Bendale Collegiate. Scarborough.

Outstanding performances by the Scarboro Winstonettes eym Clu b almost gave this Club a clean swee p in the women's events.

Argo, Tyro. Junior.

Elsbeth Austin of th e Harmonie Club won the All Round Senior title and Jennifer Diachun also of Harmoni e won the Novice All Round title.

Nancy McDonnell and "Janice Campbell of S.W.G.c. won their share of All Round medals. Janice won the Argo and Nancy won the Tyro. Barb Thompson just beat out her team .m ate Judith Wilken to win the Junior All Round title and Karen McDonald of the Sokol Club, Toronto won the Ipterme· diate All Round title.

In the mens classes David Harrington won the Argo , a member of the HambuFg team in from Buffalo .and John Hunter of Sokol Toronto won the All Round Tyro Class. Steve Mitruk from . Hamilton Ger· mania won the Junior All Round ' t itle and the Intermediate was won by Hans 'Ditruch of Sokol and hi s team mat~ · Kurt Egger· schwieler of Sokol . won . the Senior All round title placing first in Pommels and Rings and a tie on the Parallel Bars.

One of the highlights of the Meet was the great come back by Marilyn Minaker.

Marilyn has been .out of competition 1 for a few months with an injury. It was a very close contest between her and EIsbeth Aus· tin for that Senior womens title. It looks lik e Marilyn is now fully recovered.

ALL ROUND RESULTS Argo boys (under 12)-1. David Harrington, Hamburg Gym club; 2. Mike Rescorl , Monarch Park; . 3 . James <;Iass, Hamburg .

Argo girls-l . Janice Campbell , Scarboro Winstonettes; 2. Dale Fi sher , Scarboro; 3. Lorie Amwake, East Auro ra , N.Y. Tyro boys (under 14)- 1. Dav id Hunter, Sokol; 2. Dav id Hover, Hamburg; 3. Dennis Ebata, Monarch Park .

Tyro girls-l . Nancy . McDonnell , . Scarboro; 2. Diane Dahnez, Scarboro; 3 . Sherry Morse, Camp Borden .

Novice girls (under 16)- 1. Jennifer . Diachun , Harmonie; 2 . Teresa McDonald, Scarbo ro; 3. Kath y Mullen , Scarboro.

Junior men (under 18)-1 . Steve Mitruk, Germania Club, Ham ilto n; 2. Brion McVey, unattached; 3. Igor Morin, Mo narch Pork.

Juni·or women-) . Barbara Thompson, Scarboro; 2. Judith Wilken, Scarboro; 3. Katheryn Amwake, East Aurora.

Intermediate men- l. Hans Dietrich, Sokol; 2. Mike Bazar, Harmonie; 3 . Stephan Frick, Harmonie.

Intermediate Women-l. Koren McDonald, So kol; 2. Gail McDonald, Soko l; 3. Carol Shelt on, Bayv iew 5.5.

Senior men-1. K. Eggerschwiler , So kol; 2.

B. Brooker, monie.

Harmonie;

3.

B.

Krudwig,

Har-

Senior women-l . Eisbeth Austin, Harmonie; 2. Mar ilyn Minaker , s WGC; 3. Dione Gallagher, sWGc.

TORONTO CITY CHAMPS: Starting at top of page left to right and down: Senior Men : Brooker, EggerS6chwiler and Krudwig . Senior Women : Minaker, Austin

and Gallagher. Junior Women : Wilkin, Thomson and Amwake. Nov ice Girls: McDonal, ' Diachun and Mullen .

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UN IVERSIT Y OF T ORO N TO ~ VE R SUS EASTER MICHIGAN AT H ART HO USE, TORO "TO Barry Brooker, U. of T . coach and team mem ber, turned in some outstanding per· . form ances to win the All Round with a score of 50. 7 closely foll owed by J ohh lVIason, a hometown boy (now on a schol· arship ) at Eastern Mich. with a score of 45.5 and Ken LumD, U. of T. (a' very much improved gymnast) 3rd with a score of 38.3 points.

A packed house, in my personal opinion the largest ever, watched Ihese two fin e College teams turn in excellenl perform· ances. It was obvious that Mason and Brooker would battle for the leadership.

Barry's experience on the Canadian team, and a superb Side Horse and Horizontal Bar routine were the deciding fa ctors, plus a steady performance on all apparatus. J ohn Mason on the other hand, won the Vault· in g and the Free Ex. The tension was felt right up to the final event.

Digby Sale, U. of T., won the Riri gs and D. Munroe,' Eastern Michigan, won the Parallel Bars. The team trophy was won

by Eastern Michigan with a score of 131.9 points and the University of Toronto scored 130.1, very close and should give some in· dication of the growth of college gym· nastics takin g place here on Ontario.

Officials : Meet Marshall , J , McManus; Head Judge, J . Nooney; Diff Judge, J . Tutte; Camp. Judge, B. Dean; Exec. Judge , G. Harlow and H. Rodgers.

R'fSUL TS Team Results : Eastern Michigan 131.9; Univers ity of Toronto 130.1.

All . Around : Barry Brooker (T) 50.7; John Mason (E .M.) 45 .5; Ken Lumb (T) 38 .3 , Free Calisthenics: J. Mason (E .M.) 8 .6; B. Brooker (T) 8 .3; T . Wagoner (E.M.) 7 .6; S. Muffi! (E .M.) 7.3; J . Gero (T) 6.7. Horizontal Ba;: B. Brooker ' (1) 8.0; J. ' Mason· (E.M .) 6.7; T. Wagener ·(E .M.l 6.6 ; K. Lumb (T) 5.1; A. Pe iff (T) 5.0. Long Horse: J. Mason (E .M.) 9.6 ; B. Brooker (T) 9.4; J . Gero ' (T) 9.0; K. Lumb (T) 9 .0; J . ' Arnold (E.M .) 8-.6; S. Griffiths (T) 8.4. Pominel Horse: B. Brooker (T) 7; J . Arnold (E.M.) 5 .9 ; J . Mason (E.M.) 5 .6 ; K. ,,"umb (T) 5.4 ; H. Booth (T) 4 .2 . Partitlel Ba;: D. Munroe (E.M.) 9 .0; B. Broq ker (T) 8 .8; O. Sale (T) 7.3; J . Mason (E.M.) 7.2; R. Coscarelli (T) 6 .5 . Still Rings: D. Sale (T ) 9.4 ; B. Brooker (T) 9.2; H. Bo oth (E.M.) 8 .9; S. Muffit (E .M.) 8 .8 ; J. Mason (E.M.) 7 .8; K. . '. ' Lumb (T) 7.8 .

BRITISH· COLUMBIA SCHOOLS GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Delbrook Senior Secondary School North Vancouver, B.C., April 2, 1966 Team Awards: . Junior Girls, Balmoral : Jr. Secondary, No. Vancouver, ' B.C.; Intermediate Girls, Delbrook Sr . Secondary, No. Vancouver, B.C. ; Senior Girls, Delbrook Sr. Secondary, No. Vancouver, B.C.; Intermediate Boys, J. lloyd Crowe , Sr ., Secondary, Trail; Senior Boys, Victoria High School , Victoria , B.C. Results: Jr. Gi;ls: All-Around: Tami Martin, St. Edmonds, Teresa Adler, 'Ross Rood; Holly Bird ,

Eastv iew;

Bolance

Beam:

Tami

Martin,

Teresa Adler, Mary Vosper; 'Free Exercise : Martin, . Holly Bird, Adler; VaUlting: Ma'r tin, Carole Hogg, Bird; Uneven Bars: Adler, Morfin, Bird. ' . ' Intermediate Girls: All-Around: Janet Terry, Edmonds; Cathy Corter, Balboral; Bette Show, Delbrook. Balance Beam: ' Bette Show, Jill Henderson , J'anet Terry. Free Ex.: Terry, Cathy Corter, Lynn Brown . Vaulting: Terry, Henderson, Brown . Unevens: Terry, Barb McDonald, Corter. . .

Senior Girls: All-Around: Sandra Hartley, Delbrook; Pam Brehaut, Sentinel; Linda ' McNab, Hillside. Balance Beam: Sandra Hartley, Pam Brehaut, Nicky Laing. Free Ex: Hartley, .B rehaut, Bonnie Gilbert. VaUlting: Hartley, Laing , McNab. Unevens: Hartley, Brehaut, Pot Campbell .

Intermediate Boys: All-Around; Ron Hunter, Winston Churchill ; Mike Blades, Oak Bay; Lonnie Mitchell, Esquimalt. Parallel Bars: Mike Blades , Owen Walstrom, Lonnie Mitchell .

Rings: Ron Hunter, Mike Blades, Mitchell .

Free Ex.: Hunter, Waltsorm , Mitchell . Vaulting: Hunter, Walstrom, Mitchell. Side Harse: Hunter, Blades, Mitchell .

Senior Boys: AU Around: Bill Mackie, Glad.stone; Ric ky Johnson, Victoria; Norm Jane, tsquimalt. ParaUel Bars: Bill Mackie, Ricky Johnso n, Norm Jane. Rings : Steve Chatan , Jane, Johnson . Free Ex: Mackie, Johnson , Jane.

Vaulting: Johnson, Mackie, Pat Talmey. Side Horse: Jane, Johnson, Mackie.

1966 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS: Center : Coach Bill Meade and his 1966 National championship Southern Illinois Univ ersity team .

At right runners-up, Coach Hal Frey and his University of California team . At left Coach George Szypula and his Michigan State t ea m who placed third .

1966 NCAA National Championships R eport by Dick Criley Turnabout is fair play. The Penn State Nittany Lions, who captured the NCAA Championship title at Southern Illinois last year, returned the favor as the Salukis won the 1966 championships hosted by P enn State. While their two point margin of victory may seem a walk路away, SIU experienced several breaks, particularly on side horse and parallel bars, which co uld have cost them the title had n ot other teams suffered similar misfortunes. Penn State was counted upon to put up a strong defense of its title until Don Spiker, their Qonsistent No. 3 man, suffered injuries in practice the preceding week.

Penn S tate's consolation prize, however, was the all-around title, their tenth, won

by Steve Cohen with a total of 55.70.

Michigan State's Dave Thor was expected to press Cohen as was Mark Cohn of Temple who topped Cohen in the 1965 Maccabiah Games. These three were the only ones to top 53.00 in one of the more lacklustre all-around competitions in recent history of the NCAA Championshi ps. R outines, which during the season were nettin g th eir performers 9.2's or better, couldn 't hold together under the pressures of nation al competition. Dave Thor, for instance, had beautiful material but lost .2.3 on each exercise for failin g to make his dismount.

A large a udience, exceeding 20,000 for the 4 sessions, saw this highli ght of th e collegiate gymnastics season, a new NCAA attendance record for this sport. Forty schools were represented by more than 230 gym nasts, and twelve teams had qualified in four reg ional competi tions for the t eam championship. Thanks to the screening of th e regionals, the caliber of perforrnanceg was geneqlly greater than in past years as exemplified by the cut-off scores and med ian scores in each event, Table 1. The meet was a model of organization and Coach Gene Wettstone's flair for showmanship provided participants and spectators alike with one of the finest presentation s of gymnastics since the 1960 NCAA Championsh ips, also- held at Penn State.

Table 1. Cut-off scores for qualifiers into the final s and median scores for all competi tors in each event.

Cut-Off Median S core Event S core Floor Ex ercise 9.00 8.65 Side Horse 9.20 8.30 Tram polin e 8.75 7.65 Hi gh Bar 9.35 8.70 Parallel Bars 9.15 8.70 Long H orse 8.90 9.20 Still Rin gs 9.10 8.70 In a pre-meet meet ing to orientate the gy mnasts, coaches, judges, and other of-

Judges for the 1966 NCAA Championships

fi cials, Mr. Charles Lupton, Director of the Penn State Foundation welcomed the parti cipants, noting that the purpose of the meet and of the participants in the meet was " to enhan ce the role of gym nastics in intercollegiate athletics." It was reported that 7200 reserved seat tickets had been sold out a month and a half in advance of the mee t. Mr. Wettstone presented slides show in g the actual locations of the gymnasts and the apparatus throughout the series of compe titions. Gymnasts were inform ed of the entrance and awards procedures to be followed the evening of the final s. The pre-meet meetin g even went so far as to drill the scorefla shers and stand ard bearers in their part in the proceedings.

T he competition began Friday mornin g with the trampoline, and a crowd of 1800 gathered for some hi gh-flying trampoline performances. Among the more exciting of these early performers was Jim Lindstrom of Cal whose unpremeditated flyin g back dismount from th e tramp and solid stand landin g provided as grea t a surprise to the spectators as to the trampolinist himself. An appreciative crowd appl auded Millman's preliminary routine whi ch opened with a piked rudolph out and con路 cluded with a 2% back double cody dismounty. The judges were apparently justi-

4th place : Coach Ed Gagnier and his Iowa State team .

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5th place: Coach Newt Loken and his University of Michigan team.

fied in their 9.45 score, but the crowd thought that thi s was low. , Last. year"s tramp champ, Frank Schmitz, who topped th e prelims with a 9.50 score, was not eligible for entran ce into the finals because he had fail ed to qualify in the regional competItIOn. At the mid-east regionals, Frank co mpleted 5 tricks, then landed on the edge of th e ramp and fin· ished out of the running when he chose not to fini sh his routine.

The home team opened on floor exercise with the first 9.00 score of the afternoon being a warded to Ed Isabell e whose floor exercise routin e showed excellent combin· ation and demonstrated his fl ex ibility and inventiveness. Off to a good start in the all·around, Steve Cohen was impressive with hi s one arm lever, press to planche.

The Ca l team put on a fin e di splay, al· thou gh Sid Freud enstein, who should have made the final s was sloppy in his footwork and rece ived only an 8.90. Sid's routine opens with a hi gh straddle toe touch bounce immediate front somi e and includes a number of imaginative tumblin g sequ ences and exhibitions of strength. Dan Millman " fak ed out" the crowd who thought his routin e had concluded with a roundoff, handspring, flying piked arabian se quence and were surprised to see him pick up and carryon with additional sequen ces before concluding with a round · off hand spring pike back dismount. Kanati Allen's (UCLA) tumbling r eminded one of Mike Jacobson's in its height and beauty, but he was unable to stay within the boundaries of the mat. Some imagin· ative gymnastics by the Fuller brothers of Michigan included such items as an arabian barani-something like a full, or mayb e an arabian in and out. Perhaps the highlight of the floor exercise competition was the performance by the SIU team. Brent

Williams opened with a double baCK mount and demonstrated excellent tumbling throughout. Larry Lindauer showed good material but had too many little breaks in his exercise. Paul Mayer displayed fine flexibility and exce.lIent expression. These men showed the fin e depth of the SIU team, but the prize performance of the afternoon was put on by Frank Schmitz, who opened with a double twisting somie and included a full twisting dive roll and a Ph twistin g dive roll (arabian dive plus full twist).

Southern Illinois led off on side horse, but their No. 1 man, Mike Boegler had fail ed to qualify in the regionals and his 9.25 could only bolster an otherwise mediocre team performance. Early favorites, Jack Ryan of Colorado, Dave Thor and Dave Doty (A rizona ) failed to make the final s because of small breaks. Mark Cohn, an eastern favorite, worked a little low and looked rushed . His teammate, Frank Yapps, worked high and solid for a 9.2 score. Steve Cohen, still going strong, worked high but perhaps a little too fast, including in his routine some flashy travels. Tom Auchterlonie of Springfield College worked solidly to earn his 9.45 and second place finish in the prelims. Working under the handicap of borrowed equipment because his luggage had been de· layed, Fred Seibum of Cal State Long Beach, notched his place iIi the finals with a 9.2. ' Another Cal State College side horseman , Gary Hoskins of Los Angeles logged the high score of the day with a 9.7 routine. The crowd of 4500 watched in total silence and broke into thunderous applause upon completion of the exercise.

A number of western gymnasts were ex· pected to steal the show on the still rings.

P erhaps it was the cold weather, but many of th ese performers looked a little shaky.

9th place : Coach Carl Patterson and his Temple University team .

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6th place: Coach Gene Wettstone and his Penn State team.

Throwing a solid exercise, Ken Sakoda of UCLA was underscored at 9.05. Cal's Josh Robison hit solidly, throwing every cross in the book. A fine performance was turned in by Jim Jackson of Iowa State whose dislocate, shoot to an inverted cross, press handstand won applause fro m the crowd.

The East failed to place any performers into the finals although Steve Cohen who had been scoring a consistent 9.45 throughout" the season earned a 9.40, making believers out of westerners who had firmly believed that eastern judging was too easy.

Cohen was another example of a top performer failing to qualify in his regionals.

Last year, a 9.40 was sufficient for Mike Jacobson and Jim Curzi to tie for the high bar honors, but this year a 9.35 was the lowest .core making it into the finals.

Among those faili ng to qualify was Ed Gunny of Michigan State, who despite a slight break on a straddle vault regrasp, finished with a high double dismount, receIVIng a 9.0. In • warmup, the crowd watched in amazement as Gunny threw a double with a half twist and a look·ma-nohands double dismount. Thor finished a beautiful exercise with a high double but broke on his landing and received an 8_85, a score which the crowd protested as being too low. Doubles seemed to be the dismount of the day as doubles were performed by Sid Freudenstein, Dan Millman (piked), Al Luber, and Mike Flansaas among others. On the other hand, interesting dismounts were displayed by Rusty Rock (front cast to front somie), Gary VanderVoort (back off with % turn), and various performances of a giant hecht by Jerry Fontana, Sam Sakamoto, Ed Isabelle, and Terry Higgins. Rock's unique routine won a standing ovation from the evening crowd of 7,000 and a 9.6 from the judges. As last man up of the

10th place: Coach Ron Barak and his University of So. Calif. team.

Our apologies to Frank Wolc:ott and his gymnasts, our photo of their team did not turn out.

7th place: Coach Eric Hughes and his University of Washington team

evenin g, JVlark Cohn opened with both stald ers and concluded a fine exercise to receive a 9.25 which just missed qualifying him for the finals.

While Jim Curzi last year won the parallel bars with a 9.525, this year he cou ld "only" improve it to a 9.60. H e worked high and his lifting front-off di smount was truly spectacular. Terry Hi ggin s, whose p-bar mount peach to h andstand was as solid as they come, came through a surprisin gly brief routine t o earn a 9.2. Fred Seibum rushed a little but did a good job on the diomidov move whi ch was to become his nemesis the following evenin g. J erry Crowder (ISU) likewise pulled through in fin e sty Ie, also us路 in g the diomidov move ( see February MG). P erhap s none was as disappointed as Lindauer, who after averaging 9.2 through the season worked into and out of trouble on the p-bars but not in conspicuously enough.

To some spectators, the long horse vault is tiresome, but one little old lady claimed she could sit and wa tch "those fellows bounce over that silly thin g all ni ght."

Frank Schmitz's full twisting front handsp rin g earn ed him only an 8.95 in the prelims because of poor form and an uneven landing. Sid Freudenstein's giant hecht was performed almost upri ght and might more rightly be titled a flying stand. Tying with Sid at 9.3 Sam Sakamo to's giant bic displayed those qualities of flight and controlled landing which judges look for and reward. Southern Illinois' depth placed 3 men into the finals including besides Schmitz, Paul Mayer and Brent Williams who performed a giant handspring and hi gh piked hand spri ng respectively.

Throughout the preliminaries, giant scoreboards at either end of th e gym kept the spectators and participants informed of

8th place: Coach Frank Wolcott and his Springfield College team.

the running of the team and all-around scores. These scoreboard s, designed with nea rly every sport in mind, appeared to be capa ble of doing everything but setting off fireworks and flashin g "Welcome to Hou ston. " Between each round of competition , intermissions permitted warmup, for the competitors and allowed the crowd to shift its collective anatomy.

While it may be adding fu el to the fire, it is of interest to note that the East qualified 11 into the finals, the West 17, the Mid -west 10, and the Mid-east 23 of which 14 were from SIU. Complete with brass band and TV cameras, the finals opened Saturday evenin g before a crowd of 7415 with a lP"and entran ce march as each team paraded in and the team awards were made to Southern Illin ois, University of California, and Michigan Sta te University. immediately following, the all-around awards were mad e to Steve Cohen (55 .75), Mark Cohn (53.70) and Dave Thor (53.45) .

In the floor exerc ise, Jim Barber of Iowa Sta te demonstrated fin e flexibility inc! udin g an arabian to handstand and a chest stand but also suff ered minor breaks.

Desp ite a break on his double back mount, Brent Williams finished strong to receive a 9.00. Steve Whitlock, also of sm, showed fine tumblin g ability but touched hi s hand to th e mat on his dismount , drawin g a penalty. On the other hand, Phil Fuller of Michigan improved hi s over-all average with an outstanding routine which includ ed a layout ba ck to splits ( drawin g audible comm en ts from the crowd) and a lower down from a handstand to a straddle L and press back up again. The hom etown favorite, Steve Cohen, drew a tie for second with Millman with a well-executed routin e leadin g off with a strong front tumblin g seq uence for a mount and also

11 th p lace: Coach-Editor Sam Bailie (for further extensiv e coverage on NCAA championships see his April U.S. Gy mnast) and his University of Arizona team.

12th place: Co lorado.

including hi gh double leg circles on the floor. Frank Schmitz's winning exercIse was superbly and cleanly done, earning him a 9.50.

The side horse was fraught with disaster. Only four of the eight finalists made it through without breaks. Gary H oskin s earned the second highest score of the evening and the highest average of the meet (9.75 for a 9.725 average) and a large hand from the crowd. Also finishin g strong was Fred Seibum, who, just when he should have been getting off, added another set of loops on the end_ Receiving a 9.5 in the final s to tie Jim Curzi and Terry Higgins, Al Luber of ULCA came in as a darkhorse third behind Curzi and Rock. Working both stalders and fini shing with a路 high double to a solid landing, he drew a fine hand from the crowd. But, forewarn ed by th e preceding evening, the crowd saved up for Rock and were not disappointed. Rock nipped Curzi, the defending champion, 9.525 to 9.50 using a number of difficult grip changes and a well controlled straddle vault regrasp. It is of interest to note that everyone completed and the lowest score in this event was a 9.275!

Because both vaults counted in the finals, their average being averaged with the preliminary score, some competitors lost out with a break on one of their two vaults. An insecure landing thus penalized Brent Williams and 'a grip fault Sam Sakamoto. The crowd was quite unhappy when Sid Freudenstein's giant hecht received only a 9.15. Great applause greeted Frank Schmitz's full twistin g handspring which he stretched out, held perfect form, and struck his landing. His 9.80 on that vault was the high score of the meet.

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in g his 9.50 on trampolin e in the preliminari es, whil e Dan Millman ave raged 9.475 for th e four event s whic h he co mpeted in .

Steve Co hen was the first all-around titl e Il older to fail to win a first place medal in a ny of the seven events sin ce Greg Weiss in 1961. Steve 's overall avera ge for 10 performan ces through the two-day champion ships was 9.125 and would have bee n hi gher had he not r eceived a 7.90 pn the side horse in the final s.

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High scores go up f or Frank Schmitz ! w ll t"~ p- bar r outin e and a low moa n went up with break. Te rry Hi ggin s, who had I){路 rfurm t' d com istentl y throughout th e compe tition work ed hi gh a nd clea n to nab a tie fur 3nl pla ce with SI U's Ron Harstad. ;\ft er a littl e trouble in ad justin g the bars, Fred Se ibum go t und er wa y Ivith a rear czcch, rear L mount in the middl e of the bars but cam e out too low a moment later for hi s di omid ov move and on e break led to an uth er. J er ry Crowde r hit every move with na ry a qui ver , includin g th e di omidov move on whi ch he had just seen Fred break . With a be tt er di smount , hi s r outin e mi ght have bee n a 9.60. Jim Curzi's p-har routin e gave him a dec isive victory with a 9.600 a ve rage. His wo rk was hi gh and cl ean and mi ght be described in one ~ word : class.

The still rin gs, as th e last event of the el,enin g, start ed off with performan ces whi ch an y ,~h e r e else wo uld have earn ed top ~c nn 路s . But th e judges we re criti cal to a de tail and dedu cted for shaky moves by Pat ;\ rnold and Ri ch Blant on and for break s nn Rohin son 's and Coo k '~ di smount s.

P erf"nllin g th e " mythi cal " butt erfl y for a ma lin!. Ed Gunn y furth e r a wed th e crowd with hi s ol ympi c crosses in both directions imm ediat ely foll owl' d by a solid iron cross.

The techniqu es of th e winnin g per fo rm er5 we re of int eres t, th e strength moves of J acbon and Gunn y contrastin g sharplv with th e fl owin g sw in g move ments of Fred Denni s. \VIH'Il all wa s said and done, SIU had c1aim!'d 11 meda ls. Ca l 6, P enn Stat e and .\Ii chi!!an :-tat e :; each. Iow a S tat e 4, a nd T(' mpie and .\Iichi gan 3 each. Th e '\lideast took home 18 of th e 42 indi vidual Ilwdal s indudin!! .) indi vidual champi onships. Frank Sc hmitz. by winn ing th e Fl oo r Exe rcise a nd Long Horse Vault tit,,"s. j uin ed a selec t g roup of nin e gy mntH s whll hal'<' \\'fill at leas t four indi vidua l (" rf) \\" n ~

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George Nissen presenting Nissen Awa rd t o outstanding Senior Gvmnast J (m Curzi .

At intermission , the F irst Annual Nissen Award was made to Jim Curzi as the outstandin g seni or gy mnast in the nation . Jim was selected fr om seven nomin ees from all part s of the co untry includ ing Rich Blanton of Michi gan , M ark Cohn of T emple, Rick Field of Cal., T er ry Hi ggin s fr om the Air Force Academy, Ed I sabelle of P enn State, and Rusty Rock from San F ern a nd o Valley State College. Michigan S tat e coach, George Szyp ula was nam ed Gymn asti cs Coach of the year. T qp coa ches from other r egions who were nominated in cl ud ed H al Frey of Cal (West ) , Ed Gagni er of Iowa State ( Mid-west ) and G ~ n e Wettstone of P enn State ( East ).

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Gymnasts, co aches, and judges alik e were liberal in their prai se of the conducting of the mee ts. Said Bob Kreidler , head of the judges and a member of the Rul es Committee, ' " The meet came off as well as plann ed, if .,nilt be tter. The organization wa s fantastic, the audien ce was very appreciative a nd the compe tition was th e best I've seen in 13 years." The announ cers, manage rs, and scorekeeper s ke pt things mo vin g ri ght along, and the thorough planning which went into the organization of the championships was e videnced by the four Monroe cal culators constantly in opera tion to keep the participants and spectators u p to date on th e running scores. Mention must be made too of the fin e so uvenir program prepared by Gene Wett stone wlfich included not onl y the usual score boxes but also som e fin e photo graphs, ex planatory articles, and enli ghtenin g diagrams. While the partisan crowd may have distra cted some competitors, others comm ented that they would expec t their home audiences to be partisan as well and praised the crowd's attention .

The 1966 NCAA Gymnastic Championships will go down in the record books as th e best attend ed, th e best or ganized, and one of the fin est di splays of gymnastics ever presented, truly enhancing the role of gymnastics in inter-collegiate athletics.

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Follow ing t h e center spreod ore 8 pages of r esu lts, photos anef routihes by Ev ent of th e top finalists . A lso included ar e the Pre l im scares of t hose who did not qua l ify fo r the finals. In same cases you may find g y mnasts whose pre li m scores are h igher than the fina lists which would mean they did not q ualify in the ir reg ionals fo r t his event but entered as A ll -around or qua lifying team member points onl y and not e ligible for the fi na ls.

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1966 N CAA Ftoo r Sid e Ex. Ho rse 27 ,55 24.70 11 7 27 .05 25 .75 2 2 26.35 25 . 15 8 6 26 ,75 25 .65 4 1 26 .95 25.30 3 3 26 .50 24 .65 5 8 26.40 22.75 6 to 25.30 26.40 6 3 25 .25 25.30 10 3 24 . 10 2 2.85 II 9 2 1.95 25.65 9 11 8.65 13 . 10 12 12

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Below: MG statistic editor Dick Cr iley getting rou t ine facts from 1966 A IIaround Champ Steve Coh en of Penn State.

TE AM SCORES High Ba r 27 . 10 3 27.40 1 27 .35 2 26 .30 7 25 .85 8 26.95 4 26 .90 5 2 4.70 10 25 . 10 9 26.40 6 22 ,90 11

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Parall el Ba rs 24 .50 10 26 .80 4 26 .75 5 27 .20 2 26.25 6 27.25 I 26 .20 7 25.35 9 25.70 8 26 .90 3 23.45 11 16.85 12

St ill Rings 27.25 2 27.15 3 27 .75 1 26.35 7 26.50 S 27. 10 4 24.75 11 25 .90 10 25 .95 9 26 .50 5 26.20 8 7.50 12

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1966 NCAA ALL-AROUND SCORES AN D PLAC IN GS Lon g Floor Side Still Para llel Horizontal Tota l Rings Ho rse Bars Bar Ex. Ho rse 9 .45 55 .75 9.4 9.0 9.25 Steve Cohen , Penn St .

9.3 9 .35 53.70 Mark Cohn, Temple 8 .45 9.25 8.5 9.1 9 .15 9 .25 5 3 .45 9.0 8.9 8.6 9.1 9 .0 8 .85 Da v e Thor, Michigan St .

9 .35 52. 00 8 .15 Terry Higgins , Ai r Force 8 .0 8 .5 8.8 8.8 52.00 8.9 8.55 9 .0 8.55 8.55 Rich Field , California 8 .8 9 .25 51 .95 Ed Isabelle, Penn State 9.0 6.4 5 9 .05 9.0 9.2 8.55 6 .9 9 .3 8 .95 51 .25 Sam Sakamoto, USC 8 .85 8.7 Gero ld Fontana, Iowa St. 9.1 9.45 51.20 8.05 6 .95 8.7 8 .95 50.70 8 .9 6 . 15 9.3 9 .3 8.95 Sid Freudenstei'n , California 8.3 7 .0 49 .95 Rich Nicholas, Brigham Young 7.85 8 .95 8.85 8 .75 8.55 7 .95 8 .35 9.1 8.6 49.65 Mike Flansaas, Washington 6 .8 8 .85 9 .05 48.85 Gory VanderVoort, . Michigan 7 .65 6.6 5 8.0 8.5 9.0 5 .9 ' 7 .85 7 .95 9.0 4 6 .70 Larry Lindauer, So. Il linois 8.75 7.25 8.0 46.70 Ike Heller, Iowa 7.7 5 .3 7 .9 9.0 8 .8 8 .7 ' Bob Cargill , Springfield 8 .9 8 .5 42 .80 9.1 8 .85 3.4 Robert Fisher; Colorado 4 .5 7.5 29.00 8 .35 8 :65

HORIZONTAL BA R: Begi 'ln ing with over grip, h ig h start : half turn and jam fro m under ba r to Takemot o, vault forward : roll hop t o reve rse giant, giant to mi xed grip; double rear,

b a ck sea t circle; german, disengage, half turn straight body k ip , t n e,,-quorter giant t o over grip, free hip, sale ci, cle (immed iate). hop to reverse g rip; giant, pirouette, back giant, flyawa y with full t wist.

SIDE HO RSE: Circle, loop, hop, immed iate to cut in, circle, moore, circle, dou b le o ut, loop, back stuck in, circle, s ingle-leg ci rcle with Y2 turn to bock scissors, leg cuts to 3 front scissors, cut ioto ci rcles, tromlet down , circle, loop, hop, loop, loop, Y2 turn off .

FLOO R EX ERCI SE: Front, step 'out, ha ndspring front, headspring; fall to fro nt support; 3 double leg ci rcle t o corner; roundoff, handspring , full; lu nge; di ve fr ont support; press one arm leve r, planche (2 arms). press t o handstand (hold); % turn sna p down , ha ndspring, handspring , bock dive with Y2 turn ; headspring to seat, Y2 turn, straddle through, bock 路roll % t urn to corner; round off, ha ndspring back.

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FLOOR EXERCISE Fri. 9.55 9 .35 9.30 9. 15 9.35 9.00 9.00 9.00 9 .00 9.00

Schmitz, F., SIU Millman, D., Cal. Cohen , S., PSU FulJer , P., Mich.

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W IN NING ROUTIN ES FRANK SC HMITZ : Roundoff handspring , handspring , doub le full; back extens ion 1/ 4 tu rn; run , fu ll twisting di ve, roll ; front head kip; swedish fa ll 1f4 tu rn t o straig h t spli t ; straight a rm, stra ight leg straddle press; snap down handspr ing , handspring llf2 twisting back d ive ; back ro ll to hands tand ; sing le le g ci rcles

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PRELIM SCORES OF NON-FfNALISTS FLOOR EX ERCISE : Lovel l, Was h. 9 .05 ; Miller, 8 .95; Fruedenstein , Cal. 8.90; Diamond, SF VSC 8 .90; Impson, ASU 8 .90; Full er, Mic h .

8 .85 ; DePue , Wash. 8.85; Cargi ll, Spfd. 8.85; Bennon, Ariz. 8 .8 0 ; Solomon, Col. 8 .80; Ot to, Spfd. 8.80; Aure, MSU 8.75; Allen, UCLA 8.75 ; Henderson , Spfd . 8 .75; Lindauer , SIU 8 .75 ; Pontuck , Arm y 8.65; Fisher, Co l. 8.65 ; Rohs, MSU 8.60; Rosenberg , Temple 8.60; Wi lcox, ISU 8. 60; French , BYU 8 .60; Voo rhees, Ar iz. 8 .55; Fie ld, Cal. 8.55; Nicho las , BYU 8.55 ; Sa kamot o, S. USC 8.55 ; Garcia, CSC LA 8.5 0; Buckingham , Wash. 8 .50 ; Cohn , Temple 8.45; Diggins, MSU 8.40; Mills, Spfd. 8.40; Monk , Ariz. 8 .30; DiSantis , PSU 8 .25; Hood, Templ e 8.20; Sakamoto, M., USC 8 . 15; Fontana , ISU 8.05; Hi ggi n s, Air Fo rce 8.00; Chase, PSU 8 .00; Gi bbs, Temple 8.00; Fl onsaas, Wash.

7 .95; Shaw, III. 7 .95 ; Ballens ki . CSU 7.90; Kenan , Ariz. 7.85 ; Heller, Iowa 7.70; Vande rVoo rt , Mich. 7 .65; Sacks, USC 7.40 . ~ch.

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Thor

SIDE HORSE

Fri. 9.70 9.20 9 .30 9.45 9 .35 9.25 9. 10 9.20

SIDE HORSE Hoskins, G., CSCLA Seibum, F., CSCLB Slatten, M., Iowa Auchterlonie, T., Sprfd.

Cohen, 5., PSU Cohn, M., Temple Hale, B., Utah Yapps, F., Templ e

Avg. 9 .725 9.325 9.300 9 .300 8.625 8.625 8.275 8.225

Sat. 9.75 9.45 9.30 9.15 7.90 8.00 7.45 7.25

WINNING ROUTINES GARY HOSKINS : Back moore, immediate tromlet out, one double on end, (back) tromlet up, circles, russian on one pommel, circle, break into one sc issors, circle and Q hal(

break to front scissors (2) (note in the preliminaries,

Gary Hoskins

there

was

a

third

scissors

with

a

Y2 turn), pick up , back tr omlet immediate m oore to in (o n one pommel), three loo ps, dismount.

FRED SEIBUM: Back moore mount, back moore down t o end, rear in, Shur lock to end, loops,

hop

turn

rear

in,

scissors,

doub les

to

immediate travel down, russian turn and off.

MARK SLOTTEN : Back moo re immediate tram let, circle, tromlet, 3 loops, hop immediate

kere-in,

circle,

break

in

front,

cu t ,

cut,

scissor, cut, cut, reverse scissor, two circles, tromlet, 4 loops wtih a half dismount.

SCiS'SO f ,

TOM AUCHTERLONIE : Moo re (czech) t o the end, loop in (german front), walk around (double swiss), loop in (german front), stock li into

center

(flank

turned

rearward

into

cen-

ter), one circle, Back moore (back czech ) t romlet down (side lift), kehre in (crow n in), Russian moore, bock scissors, two front sc issors,

pick

up

ci rcles,

kehre

twa loops (germans), loo p

Y2

out

(crown

ou t),

twist off.

Seibum Auchterlonie Slatten

Hale

PRELIM SCORES OF NON-FINALISTS SIDE HORSE: Boegler, SIU 9:25; Kraneman, ISU 9.05; Curran, Man. St. 9.05; Hoecherl, Minn. 9.05; Field , Ca l. 9.00; Bumman, ISU 9.00; Fujimoto, Cal. 8 .95; Thor, MSU 8.90; Doty, Ariz. 8.90; Paoletti, PSU 8.85; Baessler, Michigan 8.85; Webe r, Syracuse 8.80; Herter , Wise. 8 .75; Flani gan, ISU 8.70; Ryan, Col. 8.60; Peek, Spfd. 8.50; Higgins , Ai r Force 8.50; Smith, MSU 8.45; McKinnis, Pitt 8.40; Geddes, Mich. 8.30; Jensen , Was h . 8.30; Tucker , SIU 8 .20; VanderBroek, M ich. 8. 15; Sakamoto, M. , USC 8:00; Durham, USC 7.95; Nicho las, BYU 7.85; Curzi, MSU 7.80; Gentile, Navy 7.80; Kapp, Cal. 7.80; Boland, Col. St. C. 7.40; Flaathen , Wash. 7.40; Crossley, Spfd. 7.35; Lindauer, SIU 7.25; Kenan, Ariz.

7.25; Mayer, SIU 7. 10; Lovell, Was h. 7 .05; Fontana , ISU 6.95; Sakamoto,S., USC 6.90; Gibbs, Templ e 6.85; Flansaas, Was h . 6.80; VanderVoort, Mich. 6.65; Isabelle, PSU 645; Hahn, Ind. St . 6.20; Freudenst ein, Cal. f 15; 'v\ank, Ariz. 5.80; Wi lson, MSU 5.60; Hl'I ler, Iowa 5.30; England, USC 4.75; Hood, Tem ple 4.20; Cargi ll , Spfd. 3.40.

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LONG HORSE

LONG HORSE VAULT Schmitz, F., SIU Millman, D. , Cal. Freudenst' n, S, Cal Mayer, P., SIU Shidemantle, Pitt.

Williams, M., SIU Sakamoto, S., USC Fuller, C., Mich .

Sat. Avg. Avg.

Fri.

Sat.

9.50 9.25 9.30 9.20 9.20 9.25 9.30 9.20

9.50-9 .80 9.45-9.45 9. 15-9.25 9.25-9.30 9 .20-9.10 9.40-8.45 8 . 10-9.45 9. 10-8.50

9.650 9.450 9 .200 9 .275 9.150 8.925 8.775 8 .800

9.5750 9.3500 9.2500 9.2875 9.1750 9.0875 9.0375 9.0000

Frank Schmitz's 9.8 full twisting Lang Horse Vault

WINNING ROUTINES FRANK SCHMITZ : pike handsl)rlng , full twist. MILLMAN: pil<e handspring , handspring.

FREUDENSTE1N: giant hecht (for end), giant hecht (near end). PAUL MAYER: handspring , pike handspr ing.

PRELIM SCORES OF NON-FINALISTS LONG HORSE VAULT : Shaw, III. 9.15; Thor, MSU 9. 10; Cohn, Temple 9. 10; Flansaas, Wash . 9.15, Kallay, CSU 9 .15; Pettus, Navy 9.05; Aure , MSU ' 9.05 ; England , USC 9 .05; Isabelle, PSU 9.00; Cohen , PSU 9.00; Robison , Cal. 9.00; Henderson Spfd . 9.00; Lindauer, SIU 9.00; Heller, Iowa 9.00; Podia , Col o. 9.00; Steel, Army 8.95; Allen, UCLA 8 .95; Fuller , Mich . 8.95; Fontana, ISU 8.95; Durham, USC 8.95; Bruce, Cal. 8.90; Jensen, Wash . 8 .90; Buckingham , Wash . 8.90; Sakamoto, M. USC 8.90; Kenan, Ariz. 8.85; Cargill, Spfd. 8 .85; Nicholas, BYU 8 .85; Pershing, Col. SC 8.85; Impson, ASU 8.85; Field, Cal. 8.80; Thatcher , BYU 8.80; Higgins, Air Force 8 .80; Voo rhees, Ariz. 8 .75; Wilcox, ISU 8.75; Miller, Mich.

8.70; Diggins, Mich . 8.65; Gunny, MSU 8.60; Aucherlonie , Spfd. 8.60; Collins, PSU 8 .55; Mills, Spfd . 8.55; Clarke, ISU 8.55; Gib bs, Temple 8.50; Risenberg, Temple 8.50; VanderVoort, Mich . 8 .50; Monk, Ariz. 8.30; Paulsen, ISU 8 . 15; Ivey, Temple 7.55; DiSantis, PSU 7.30.

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PARALLEL BARS

Crowder PARALLEL BARS I. Curzi , J., MSU 2. Crowder, J. , ISU 3 . Higgins, T., Air Force 3. Harstad, R., SIU 5. Durham, L. , USC 6. Cohn, M. , Temple 7. Cohen, S., PSU 8. Isa belle, E., PSU 9 . Seibum, F., CSCLB

Fri.·

9.60 9.40 9.20 9.20 9.15 9.15 9.25 9.20 9.30

Sat. 9 .60 9.45 9.20 9 .20 9 .1 0 9.05 8.90 8 .85 1.75

Ava. 9.600 9.425 9.200 9.200 9. 125 9. 100 9.075 9.025 5 .525

WINNING ROUTINES JIM CURZI: Peach layaway, front uprise, h op pirouette, drop peach handstand, stutz, peach to L, press handstand (stiff-,tiff), back flip , finni sh kip, back uprise straddle cut to layawa y front uprise to front off.

JERRY CROWDER : Peach to L, straddle press, full spin (see Fe b ruary MG) bock, stutz, peach

layawa y I

front

uprise,

handstand ,

one

arm, stutz handstand, bock-off.

TERRY HIGGINS : Pea ch to handstand, bock so mie , stutz la y boc k , fr on t

uprise , pirouette ,

cost full supp ~ rt , straddle cut, L, press handstand, bock somie off.

RON HARSTAD : Peac h handstand, bock sam ie, stutz, cost catch, straddle L, hollowbock, stutz, drop, peach layaway, handstand, stutz handstand , bock-off.

Durham

Seibum

PRELIM SCORES OF NON-FINALISTS

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PARALLEL BAR: Fontana , ISU 9.10; Sakamoto, M. USC 9.05; . VanderVoort, Mich. 9.05; Thor, MSU 9 .00;· Millman, Cal. 9 ,00; Freudenstein , Cal . 8 .9 5; Benyo, Col. 8.85; Flansaas, Wash . 8.85; Hel ler, .Iowa 8.80; Co ll ins, PSU 8.80; Kenan, Ariz.' 8.75 ; Diamond , SFVSC 8 .7 5; Nicholas, BYU 8.75; Tucker , SIU 8.70; Sakamoto , S., USC 8.70; ' Cargill , Spfd. 8 .70; Paulsen, ISU 8.70; Jensen, Wash. 8.70; Blanten , Mich. 8.65; Flaathen, Wash . 8 .65; Anderson W.Ch .SC 8.55; Williams, Mich. 8.55; Field , Col. 8.55; Peek, Spfd 8 .55; Podia , Col. 8.50; Garcia, CSCLA 8.40; . Fisher, Col. 8.35; Pettus, Na vy 8 .3 5; Jensen , Temple 8.35; Brown , III. 8 .25; Sel vidge, USC 8 .2 5; Mittman, Temple 8.20; Wilson, MSU 8 . 15; Kasten , Spfd. 8.10; Monk, Ariz. 7 .80; Curran, Man . St. 7.45; Duke, Mich. 7.45; Rohs, MSU 7:00; Bennon, Ariz.

6 .90; Mansfield, ,Spfd . 6 .90; Gibbs, Te mple 6.70; Dennis SIU ,6 .60; Dindauer, SIU 5.90 .

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HORIZONTAL BAR

HORIZONTAL BAR

Fri. 9.60 9.50 9.40 9.35 9.45 9.45 9 .35 9.40

Rock, R., SFVSC Curzi, J., MSU Luber, A., UCLA Higgins, T., Air Force

Cohen, S., PSU Fontana , G., ISU Millman , D., Cal. Tucker, R., SIU

Sat. 9.45 9.50 9.50 9 .50 9.40 9.25 9.30 9.15

Avg. 9.525 9.500 9.450 9.425 9.425 9.350 9.325 9.275

WINNING ROUTLNES ROCK : Pirouette, stoop through , back kip, german; disengage feet and cast V2 twist (reverse grip) kip; front giant, change to back giant immediate roll in; flange back giant , back stalder shoot, back giant; whip change immediate front sta lde r shoot; back giant; straddle vault catch, full twist; reve rse grip kip front giant, change t o back giant, cast , front somie . . JIM CURZI : Pike; back uprise double rear in to german; disengage half turn to arch kip; giant, re a ch over va u lt; hop change to RUSTY

arch

kip; giant, stoop

in;

two

inverteds, dis-

locate immediate pirouette , giant to fl yawa y.

AL LUBER: High cast with reverse grip to handstand, stoop through, inlocate giant, dislocate

giant,

pirouette awa y.

hop out , reverse

stalder, giant,

change, stalde r, giant,

double fly-

TERRY HIGGINS : Jam , takemoto, kris-kehre, seat circle , hop seat circle, german

straddle

giant, stutz-kehre, free hip shoot, giant, g iant , blind change to eagle giant, hop one hand, ono, vau lt catch, kip, hop to reverse grip, giants, hecht .

PRELIM SCORES OF ,NON-FINALISTS HORIZONTAL BAR: Lovell , Wash. 9.25; Dennis, SIU 9.25; Cohn, Temple 9.25; Isabelle, PSU 9.25; Morr issey, BYU 9.20; Durham, USC 9.20; Schmitt, Iowa 9.20; Weber, III. 9 .15; Cargill , Spfd. 9.10; Freudenstein , Cal. 9.10; Diamo nd , SFVSC 9.10; DePue, Wash. 9.05; Gunny, MSU 9.00; VanderVoort, Mich. 9.00; Sakamoto, S., USC 8 .95; Swanton, Cal. 8 .95; Thor, MSU 8.85 ; Paulsen, ISU 8.80; Cashman, Mich. 8 .80; Wi lson, MSU 8.70; Flansaas, Wash. 8 .60; Harstad, SIU 8.45; Bruce , Cal. 8 .35; Anderson , W . Ch. SC 8.30; Sakamoto, M., USC 8.25; Runyan, PSU 8.25; Roggenkamp, .Army 8.25; Field, Cal. 8 .20; Gibbs, Temple 8.10; Brown, ISU 8.05; VanderBroek, Mich.

8.05; Persh ing, Col. SC. 8 .00; Albright, Spfd .

8 .00; Heller , Iowa 8.00; Kopf, Air Force 7.95; Voorhees, Ariz. 7.90; Lindauer, SIU 7.85 ; James, ISU 7.80; Par is, Mich. 7.80; Monk, Ariz . 7.75; Ivey, Temple 7 .75 ; Butler , Spfd.

7.60; Ellis, Temple 7.55; Kenan , Ariz . 7.25; Nicholas, BYU 7.00; Flaathen , Wash . 6 .80; Bbrnestein, USC 5.85; Mansfield, Spfd . 5 .00 .

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Higgins

RINGS

STILL RINGS 1. Gunny, E., MSU 2. Dennis, F. , SIU 2 . Jackson , J., ISU 4. Robison, J., Cal. 5. Diamond, R. , SFVSC 6. Cook, T., SIU 7. Blanton, R., Mich.

8. Arnold, P., Arizona

Fri. 9.50 9.40 9.30 9.25 9.30 9.15 9.25 9.10

Sat. 9.60 9.45 9.55 9.35 9.10 9.20 8.85 8.95

Avg. 9.550 8.425 9.425 9.300 9.200 9.175 9.050 9 .025

WINNING ROUTINES ;~~~~~ce photos of the powerhouse

Ring mount whi ch started off Ed Gunny's winning

ED GUNNY: Straight arm pull from hang to cross (the " mythical" butterfly), raising legs to L press , ho ll owback press handstand; drop d own dislocate shoot handstand; straight arm front cast, inlocate, back uprise; left olympic (hold), turn to right olympic (hold), turn to irol" 'ross (hold ), back cast, dislocate, double flyaway. fRED DENNIS: Dislocate shoot handstand, gia~t

sw ing,

lower

to

front

lever,

in locate,

back uprise, L cross, lower legs to iron cross,

layaway to reverse kip, L, hollowback, handstand, giant, fu ll twisting dismount.

JIM JACKSON: Dislocate shoot to inverted cross, press to handstand, reverse giant to handstand, front cast, inlocate , back uprise, L, straight body-straight arm press to handstand,

reverse

f allout,

bock

uprise,

maltese

cross, cast straddle off.

BOB DIAMOND: Front kip, maltese, lock arm flange cross, flange L, stiff-stiff inverted, handstand, drop down, dislocate flange handstand, lower to cross, dislocate, full tw"t .

Jac kson

Dennis

Diamond

Rob ison

Blanton

Cook

PRELIM SCORES O'F NON-FINALISTS STILL RINGS: Cohen, PSU 9.40; Goldberg, MSU 9.25; Sakoda, UCLA 9 .05; Perry, BYL' 9.05 ; Isabelle , PSU 9.05; Millman, Cal. 9.05; Sakamoto M., USC 9 .05; Croft , MSU 9.00; Jenner, Cal. 9.00; Nicholas , BYU 8.95; Peek, Spfd 8.95; Cargill , Cpfd. 8.90; Field, Cal. 8 .90; Sakamoto , S. USC 8 .85; Schmitt, Iowa 8.85; Mittman , Temple 8.80; Fontana, ISU 8.70; Polizzano, SIU 8 .70 ; Edwards, Syr. 8.70; Chaplan,UCLA 8.70; Warner, PSU 8.65; Duke, Mich . 8.65; Patty, USC 8.60; Thor, MSU 8.60; Chilvers Mich . 8 .60; Ellis, Temple 8.60; Kenan, Ariz. 8 :55; Bennon, Ariz . 8.55; Ivey, Temple 8.55; Williams, PSU 8.40; Bolton, ISU 8 .35; Flansaas , Wash. 8 .35; Quellette, Army 8.35; Paulsen ISU 8 .20; Flaathen, Wash. 8.20; Finne 'W ash . 8.20; Higgins, Air Force 8.15; Fonse~a, Wash . 8.15; Riccitello, Spfd. 8.05; VanderVoort, Mich . 8.00; Lindauer , SIU 7.95; Heller Iowa . 7.90; Fisher, Colo. 7.50; Lamb; CSU j .45; Bliss , Spfd . 6.95.

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TRAMPOLINE 1. Miller, W " Mich.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

The Championship form of Wayne Miller above and run ner-up Dan Mi ll man at ' right.

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Millman, D. , Col. Hardt, D., SIU Clarke, T., ISU Dvorak, R., SIU Williams, B., SIU Fonceca, R., Wash .

Rolla, C., III. Q'Bannon, R., Col Poly Evans, D., Colo.

Fri. 9.40 9.45 9.45 9 .30 9.20 B.90 8.75 8.85 8.75 8.75

Sat. 9.50 9.40 9.35 9.35 9.30 9.;20 9.15 9.05 8.95 8.75

Avg. 9.450 9.425 9.400 9.325 9.250 9.050 8:950 8.950 8.850 8.750

At left and down: Hardt, Clark, Dvorak, Williams, Fonceco, Rollo, Q/Bannon

and Evans.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wayne Miller, sophomore from University of Michigan, performed a 9.5 trampolin e routin e to edge out California's Dan Millman and become 1966 N.C.A.A. national trampolin e champion. Final competition, held at Penn State College, April 2, was witnessed by a standing room only crowd of more than 7,000 gymnastic enthusiasts.

Finals Going into the finals, competition for top spot was between Hardt, Millman and Miller. Dale Hardt had made great improvement in the past ye ar and had hit exceptionally well in prelims. However, he had had less com petitive experience than either Miller or Millman so there was a questions as to whether he would hit twi ce in a row. As for Miller and Millman it was pretty much of a toss-up although Millman had a .05 edge from the qualifying round.

Routines in the finals were as follows: Q'Banian : Layout 1% back, cody with double twist, back, double back, barany out, double back, back, Rudolph, back, piked 1% back, double cody. Evans: Double back, barany out, double twist, Rudolph, double twist, back , barany out, Rudolph , back, 1 % back, double cody.

Fonceca: Barany out, double back, full twist, double back, 'Rudolph, double back, full twist, double twist, double back, back, 1 % back, double cody, Rollo: Barany out, double back, double back, back, Rudolph , full twi st, back, Rudolph, double twi st, H'i front, bailout with 1% twist. Williams : Back full back f1iffi s, barany out, double back, Rudolph, full twist, double twi st, double ba ck: Rudolph, full twist, I %, back, doubl e cody. Dvorak: % in % out f1iffis , triple twi st, doubl e back, Rudolph, back, double twist, barany out, full twist , double" twist, n'~ back, double cody. Clark: Back full % back f1iffi s, cody with double twist, ba ck, % in lh out fliffi s, full twist, barany out, Rudolph , double twist, double twist, 1% back, doubl~ cody.

Miller began hi s routine with a 2% twistin g front double (it appeared to be

MG Trampolining editor Jess Robinson taping the routines while his wife, Abby, films them.

1% in. full out) to a double back, double twist, back , full twist. At this point he threw a beautiful piked % in % out fliffis and in our estimation it was this stunt that gave him the edge over Millman. The balance of the routine was Rudolph, double twist, back, full twist, piked back with 1 % %, front fliffi s, bailout with 1% twist.

Millman mounted with a piked Rudolph out fliffi s to a double back and then a double twist. The double twist was traveled to the end of the trampoline and cost him a few tenths. He recovered with a full twi st and went on to finish the routine with piked barany in, full twist, piked doubl e back, back, piked barany out, full twist, back, 2:)4 back, double cody_ Hardt had difficulty starting his routine_ After several extra preliminary bounces he finally went on a bad bounce which caused him to underturn his triple back. This, in turn , mad e him cut height and travel a barany out fliffis. He recovered with a back, then a full twist, barany out, full twist, double twist, % in % out fliffis, full twist, 1% back, cody with triple twist.

Trampolinists Turned Gymnasts Fine showings were turned in on other gymnastic events by a couple of trampolinists turn ed gymnasts_ Frank Schmitz won Floor Exercise and Long Horse events. His almost perfect full twisting front somersault over the long horse was a highlight of the meet. Frank failed to quaify for the trampoline event in the regionals but com peted in preliminaries for team points_ He was high scorer with a 9.5 routine.

Dan Millman scored 9.0 and better in six events in the preliminaries; Parallel Bars 9.0, Rings 9.05, Long Horse 9.25, High Bar 9.35, Floor Exercise 9.35 and Trampoline 9.45 . This was a total of 55.45 scored by Millman for his team. (Steve Cohen scored 55.75 to win all around.)

Dan went on to win three seconds in Trampoline, Long Horse and Floor Exercise and take a seventh in Horizontal Ear in the finals.

PRELIM SCORES OF NON-FINALISTS TRAMPOLINE: Schmitz, SIU 9.50; McLean, Air Force 8.60; Constant, ISU 8.55; Cordaro, MSU 8.45; Sterner, MSU 8.35; Snapp, CSU 8.30; Cargill, Spfd. 8.25; Conant, Mich . 8.20; Wilcox, ISU 8.15; Cooley, Mich. 8.05; Poe, Ind. St. 7.90; Turchi , Ore. 7.85; Strobel, MSU 7.80; Fisher, Col. 7.70; Wallace, Wash . 7.65; Scofield, PSU 7.60; Bailey, Cal. 7.60; Groover, Army 7.50; Disantis, PSU 7.50; Chrisman, Cal Poly 7.40; Hickman, Spfd. 7.40; Hardin, Wash.

7.40; Coggeshall, PSU 7.30; Monk, Ariz. 6.80; Voorhees, Ariz. 6.70; Rosenberg, Temple 6.70; Aure, MSU 6.65; Orlick, Syr. 6.55; Freudenstein, Cal. 6.35; Otto, Spfd. 6.30; Harper, USC 5 .50; DiNiccola, Temple 5.45; Kenan, Ariz. 5.35; Lindstrom, Cal. 4.55; Barber, ISU 4.25; Sacks, USC 4.25; Bergliss, USC 4.00; England, USC 3.40; Lomtev, Temple 3.10; Ross, Temple 2.00.

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IIWHAT / S THE SCORE?II

By Jerry Wright San Francisco State College EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Steve Cohen and Ed Isabelle of P enn State and Mark Cohn of Templ e dominated the annual Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League Championship meet held March 3-4 at the University of Pittsburgh.

Steve Cohen ca ptured the AA, FX, SH, and SR. Teammate Ed Isabelle was 2nd on the HB and in FX and 3rd in the AA and on the PB. This, in cidently made it several years in a row that a Penn State gymnast had captured the all around title in this meet.

Mark Cohn, after being sidelined a year with an injury last year, won the HB, and placed 2nd in the all around and PB and 3rd on the SH for Temple University.

Other individual standouts included Dave Shidemantle (9.38) of Pitt (arousing the local fans) the long horse champion in a close battle with Joe Steel (9.35) of Army.

Ron Peek of Springfield came through with an impressive victory on the PB and Terry Orlick came from nowhere to capture the trampoline competition.

Pre meet side horse favorit e, Tom Auchterlonie took it on the chin from Cohen as he finished 2nd ; highly regarded Dean Bellavia blew it to end up in 8th on the HB and Alan Cohen-pre meet favorite on the LH finished 5th in a strong fi eld. Bob Cargill of Springfield fini shed 4th in the AA, 3rd in FX, 6th on the trampolin e, 4th on the PB and 8th on the SR to make a strong account of himself.

Steve Cohen

All Around: Steve Cohen, PS, 55 .35; Mark Cohn, Temple, 53.65 ; Ed Isabelle, PS, 53.20; Bob Cargill , Sp, 48 .95; Thomas Gibbs, Tem., 43 .55 ; James Sacco, Pitt., 43 .35; Don Spiker, PS, 41 .3 5; Ignacio Perez, Pitt., 37.20; Bill Cowden, Ithaca , 32.50. Floor Exercise: Steve Cohen , PS , 9 .35; Isabelle, PS, 9.075; Cargill , Springf 9.075; Brian McKinney, Sy, 8 .975; Mark Cohn , Tem , 8.875 . Side Horse: Steve Cohen , PS, 9. I ; Tom Auchterlonie, 5, 9.1; Cohn Tem ., 9.025; Charles Beckwith, A, 8 .72; Dave' Gentile, Navy, 8.4. Trampoline: Terry Orlick, Syra., 8.85; Dave Grover, Army, 8.8; Ge"e Scofield, PS, 8.5; DenniS Angel , Syra., 8.4 ; Martin Desantis, PS, 7.95. High Bar: Mark Cohn , Temple, 9.4; Ed Isdbelle, PS, 9.3; Steve Cohen , PS, 9.0; Paul Roddenkamp, Army, 8.57; Bob Albright, Sp., 8.52. Long Horse : D<lve Shidemantle, Pitt., 9.38; Joe Steel , Army, 9.3 5; Ed Isabelle, PS, 9.28; Ken Henderson, SP , 9.18; Alan Cohen , Mass ., 9. 15. Parallel Bars: Ron Peek, Spring., 9.2; Mark Cohn, Temple, 9. 15; Ed Isabelle, PS, 8 .97; Bob Cargill, Sp., 8 .85 ; Gordon Pettus, Navy, 8.275. Still Rings: Steve Cohen, Penn St., 9.42; John Ellis, Temple, 9.2; Ron Peek, Sp., 9.17; Gary Wilhams, PS, 9.07; Ed Isabelle, PS, 9.05.

SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATES Furman University - March 4-5, 1966 Team Scores: Louisiana State 157.70; Furman Univ. 147.40; West Virginia 134.95; Memphis State 123. 10; David Lipscomb 114.00; Georgia Sauth. 114.00; Georgia Tech 66,40; Auburn 49.50; Univ. Florida 44.65; Cit idol 42 .2 5; Georgia 40.05; Florida St. U. 31.95; Uni v. of Virginia 18.65; William & Mary 6 .30.

All Around. No results received. Floor Exercise: Bob Boudreaux, LSU 8.62; Tom Donovan , LSU 8,42; Frank Fortier , LSU 8,4; Kip Burton, GS 8.2; Ed Ehler, WV 7.35; Bobby Tubb, Fur. 7 .32; Charles Eunice, GS 7.05; Aubrey Bowles, Aub. 6.72. Side Horse: Ted Immediato, DL 8 .02; R. Boudreaux 7.37; B. Tubb, 6.75; Dick Tobias, MS 6.67; E. Ehler, &.67; Bobby Fay, Furman , 6.27 ; David Brown, Fur. 5.97; Thurman Knight, FSU 5,45. Trampoline: Joe Parks .

LSU 8 .65; F. Fortier 7.65; B. Fay, 7.62; David Creech , Fur . 7.6; Ted Rose , DL 7.57; B. Tubb, 7,42; Jim Boensch, MS 7.22; Pete Dlcrose, FSU 7.1. High Bar: Charlie Deane, UF 8 .2; B. Fay, 7.52; K. Burton, 7,42; Jeff Wood, Fur. 7.35; D. Creech , 7.05; Danny Smith, DL 7.0; Tom Donovan , LSU 6.62;. Bill Sherry, Fur. 6 .32.

Long Horse: F. Fortier, 9 .25; K. Burton, 8 .72; Jim Bays , WV 8.7; B. Fay, 8.62; T. Donovan , 8.6; Parks, 8.57; Butch Johnson , DL 8.5. Parallel Bars:. Donovan, 8.57; Ehler, 8.15; Wes McVay, LSU 8.10; K. Burton 7 .6; R. Boudreaux 7.45; Robert Janslng , LSU 6.9:;; Bill Wilcox, MS 6.8 ; Tom Dana, MS 6.77. Shll Rings: Immediato, 8,4; Rick Clark, MS 8.07 ; Jim Lockard , MS 7.57; Bill Kelley, UF 7.50; Fay, 7.17; Donovan, 7.1; Ehler, 7.0; McVay, 5.77 .

EASTERN

REGIONAL N.C.A.A. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS United States Naval Academy March 19, 1966 Team Competition: Penn State 184.3 5; Temple 180.80; Springfield 176.95; Navy 159.55; Army 157.7 0.

All Around: Cohen, Penn 55.35; Cohn , Temple 54.50; Isabelle, Penn. 54 .05; Cargill, Sfld. 48.90; Gibbs, Temple 48.70. Floor Exercise : Cohen, Penn S. 9 .3 0; Isabelle , Penn. 9.00; Pontuck, Army 9.00; Engel , Syracuse 8.85; Ott o, Sfld. 8.70; Cohn, Temple 8.65; .Da Santls, Penn . 8.50; Cargill , Sfld . 8,40. Side Horse: Cohn, S., Temple 9.45; Cohen, S., Penn S. 9. 3; Yapps, F. , Temple 9.2 ; Auchterlonie, Sfld . 8.65; Isabelle, Penn S. 8.6; Gentile , Navy 8.6; McKinnis, Pitt 8 .6; Weber, Syracuse 8.5.

Trampoline : Orlick Syracuse 9.0; Groover, Army 8.85; Engel, ' Syracuse 8 .7; Cargill, Sfld.

8.6; Scofield, Penn S 8.3; Rosenberg , Temple 8.2; Hickmon , Spfld. 7.9; De Santls, Penn 7.9.

High Bar: Cohen, Penn 9.35; . Isabelle,. Penn 9 .3 1; Cohn , Temple 9.2; Cargill , Sfld. 9.00; Anderson, W. Chester 8.90; Roggenkamp, Army 8.85; Spikes, Penn State 8 .7 0; Gibbs, Templ e 8.20. Long Horse : Shidemantle, Pitt. 9.4; Cohen , Penn . S. 9.2; Bellav ia , Syracuse 9 .2; Cargill , Spfld . 9.15; Henderson, Spfld. 9.1; Rosenberg, Temple 9.1; Pettus, Navy 9.05; Steel, Army 9.00 . Parallel Bars: Cohen, Penn S. 9.45; Cargill, Spfld. 9.3 5; Pettus, Navy 9.2; Cohn , Temple 9.15; Jensen, Temple 9. 1; Isabelle Penn S. 9.05; Kasten, Sfld. 9 .0; Anderson, 'w. Chester 9.0. Still Rings: Ellis, Temple 9,45; Cargill , Sfld . 9.2; Edwards, Syracuse 9.15; Isabelle, Penn S. 9. 10; Cohn, Temple 9.05; Mittman, Temple 9.05; Peck, Sfld. 9.00; Quellette, Army 8.95 .

BIG TEN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS "6" IN "66" Indiana University hosted the annual dog-fight called the Big Ten conferen ce gymnastics championships and what a battle it was!!!

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Reversing an earlier dual meet loss, Michigan defeated Michi gan State University and went on to win their 6th straight conference champion ship ( team title being based on both dual meets and order of fini sh in the conference tourna ment.

Picking an outstanding performer for the Michigan team is somewhat difficult to do and rightfully so when one considers that it takes a complete team to win nowa-day. Nevertheless it sure did not hurt Michigan to have Gary Vandervoort fini sh 2nd in the AA, 3rd on the HB, 3rd on the PB, and 6th on rings, or to have Wayne Miller and Vic Conant to place 1 and 2 on the trampoline, or to have twins Chip and Phip Fuller both place in the top 7 in the FX and on the LH ; or to see Ken Williams 2nd on PB and Rich Blanton 2nd on the Still tings.

The individual standout of the meet was certainly Dave Thor of Michigan State, former L.A. product who placed first in the all around, side horse and floor exercise.

Jim Curzi helped Thor and the Michigan State team win 6 of 8 events as he won the parallel bars and high bar.

Team Standings: Univ. of Michigan, 188.40; Michigan State, 186,40; Illinois, 181.60; Iowa, 181 .~O; Minnesota , 164.85; Wisconsin, 163.05; Ind iana , 162.25; Ohio State, 137.75. All Around: Dave Thor, MSU , 55 .00; Gary Vandervoort, M, 52,40; Neil Schmitt, Iowa, 50.90; Ike Heller, Iowa, 50.70; Hennecke, Wisc., 49.95; Bill Silhan, III. , 49.70; Joel Sutl in, Ind., 47.75; Nelson, Minn ., 46.70. Floor Exercise: Thor, MSU, 9,4; Phip Fuller, Mich. , 9 .3; Ron Aure, ' MSU, 9.0. Side Horse: Dave Thor, MSU , 9.5 ; Bob Hoecherl , Minn. , 9.35; Art Baessler , Mich. , 9.15 . Trampoline: Wayne Miller, Mich., 9.2; Vic Conant, Mich ., 8.95; Ra y Strobel, MSU, 8.7. Horizontal Bar: Jim Curzi, MSU, 9,4 ; Chuck Webber, III. 9.3; Vandervoort, Mich.

9.25; Thor, MSU , 9.25. Long Horse: Hal Shaw, III., 9.35; Dave Tho r, MSU, 9.3 ; Ike Heller, Iowa, 9.1. Parallel Bars: Jim Curzi , MSU, 9.3; Ken Williams, Mich ., 9 .1; Gary Vandervoort, M., 9.0. Still Rings: Dave Croft, MSU, 9,4; Rich Blanton, Mich ., 9 .2; Larry Goldberg, MSU , 9.1.

NCAA MID-EAST REGIONALS Team Scores: Southern Illinois 191.00.

All Around : Dave Thor , MSU 53.85 ; Larry Lindauer . SIU 5路1.45; Gary Vandervoort, M 51 .00; Ike Heller, Iowa 50.75; Neil Schmitt, Iowa 50.60 Len Thompson, Man . 48.75. Floor Exercise : Frank Schmitz, SI U 9.55; Dave Thor, 9.25; Brent Williams, SIU 9 .2 ; Steve Whitlock, SIU 9.2; Paul Mayer, SIU 9.05; Larry Lindauer, SIU 9.0; Hal Shaw, III. 9.0; Phip Fuller , Mich. 9 .0. Side Horse : Dave Thor, MSU 9路.6; Mark Slatten, Iowa 9.35; Alan Curran, Mankato 9.30; Dennis Smith, MSU 9.25 ; Curt Hahn , Ind . St. 9.2; J. Herter , Wisc. 9.15; R. Hoecherl , Minn. 9.1; Jock Elioson , III. 9.05.

Trampoline: Wayne Miller, Mich. 9.7; Dole Hardt, SIU 9.55; Hutch Dvo rak, SIU 9 .2; Brent Williams, SIU 9. 15; Vic Conant, Mich. 9. 1; Bob Cordaro, MSU 9.0; Coo ke .Rollo, III. 8 .85; Dan Poe, Ind . St. 8.7 .

High Bar: Jim Curzi , MSU 9.65; Dave Thor, MSU 9,45; N. Schmitt, Iowa 9.3; Rick Tucker, SIU 9.3; C. Weber, III. 9 .25; G. Vandervoort, Mich. 9.15; J. Cashman, Mich. 9.0; Bill Silhan, III. 9.0. Long Horse : Fronk Schmitz, SIU 9.8; Brent Williams, SIU 9.65; Paul Moyer , SIU 9.5; Ike 'Heller , Iowa 9,45; Dove Thor, Frank Schmitz

M~U

'1.4; Wa yne Miller, Mic h . ').4 ; Chip fuller , Mich. 9.35; Ran Aure, MSU 9.3; Hal Shaw, III. 9.3. Paraliel Bars : Jim Curzi MSU 935' G. Vandervoort , Mich. 9.35; R. Harstad 路S It.!

9 .3; R. Blanton, M ich . 9.2; L. Li ndauer: SIU 9.15; K. W rlil ams, Mich. 9.1; Alan Curran, Manka t o 9.0; R. Brawn, ' III. 9.0. Stili Ring s: Fred DenniS, SIU 9.55; Rich Blanton , M ich.

9.45; G. Vandervoort, Mich. 9 .25; E. Gunny, MSU 9.25; C Chrlvers, Mich. 9. 25; T om Cook, SI U 9.2; D. Croft, MSU 9.2; N. Schmitt, Iowa

9.1.

BIG

EIGHT CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

University

of

Kansas,

Lawrence,

Kansas

March 18-19, 1966 Scores : Iowa State 186.55; Col orado 175.25; Kansas 165.40; Nebr aska 145.8 5; Oklahoma 99.80; Kansas State 92 .50. . Ali Around : Jerry Fon tana , IS 53.55; Bob Fi sher, CU 50.25; Kent Dobbins K U 49 .25' Bili Podia , CU 48.30; Rich Beran' Neb 4095' Rich Poulsen, IS 34.45; Bill Cre~s , au 30: 10; Allan Tall ey, KS 16.60.

Floor Exer cis e: Ji m Barber, IS 9.200; B. Fisher 8.950; Mark Wilcox, IS 8.825; Pat McGi ll , NU 8.525; Kent Dobbins, KU 8.350; Jerry Fontana, IS 8.325; Bob Setchell , CU 8.275; Michael Ready NU 8.200. Side Horse: Jack Ryan, CU 9.525;' Ken Kraneman, IS 9.200; Jim Bumann, IS 9.175; J. Fontana, 8.925; George Flannigan, I. 8.425; Ji m Gil lespie, KU 7.900; B. Fishe r 7.550; Jim my Inness, NU 4.975. Trampolin e: Dan Evans, CU 8.925;. Ti m C larke, IS 8.775; M. Wilcox 8. 725; Ri ch McCabe, CU 8 .625; B. Fisher 8.35; Fl oyd Constant, IS 8.35; Bob Setchell C U 8.05; Bob Parker , KS 7.00. ' Horizontal Bar: J. Fontana 9.45; R. Paulsen, 9.05; Lon Arfsten, CU 8.67 ; Steve Brown , IS 8.65; Bob James, IS 8.55; K. Dobbins, 8.47; B: Podia , 8 .32; B. Fisher 8.2. Long Horse: B. Fisher , 9.33; K. Dobbins, 9.21; R. Beran, 9 .17; B. Podia 8.98; M. W il cox, 8.87; Robert >, N eb., 8.83; T . Clarke, 8.63; J. Fontana , 8.63.

Parallel Bars : B. Podia, 9. 12 Jerry Crowder, IS, 9.05; J. Fontana, 9.05; R. Paulsen, 8 .85; John James , KU 8:82; B. Fisher , 8.82; Dobbins, 8 .72; Rich Hemphill , KU 8.52. Still Rings: Jim Jackson, IS 9.57;. Fontana, 9.22; Warren Boatri ght, CU 9.05; Brll. Bolten, IS 8.85; Steve Py le, KU 8.72; K. DobbinS. 8.6; B. Podia, 8.55; L. H offschne ider, CU 8.57.

W.A,C. GYMNASTICS MEET Summary of Results Floor Exercise : Impson (ASU) 18.995; Monk, St effan (UA) 18 .90; Bennon, Jeff (UA) 18 .82 5; French , T o m (BYU) 18.625; Voorhees Gene (UA ) 18 .575. Side Horse: Doty, Dav~ (UA) 19.45; Galioto, Tom (UNM) 18.75; Hal e, Brent (Utah) 18.70; Ken an, Jack (UA) 18.65; Nicholas, Dick (BYU) 18.45. Trampoline: Van Wagenen, Sterling (BYU) 19.125; Spann, N ick (ASU) 19.05; Br andt, Pete (Uta h ) 18.70; Smi t h B,?b (UNM) 18 .65; Sa ndry, M ike (UNM ) 18.45.

HIgh Bar: Mon k , 18.9; Go rdon, Mike (BYU) 18.875; Mo rri ssey, John (BYU) 18.70; Morris, T ed (UA) 18 .65; Nicholas, 18.625. Long Horse: Johnson, Skip (ASU) 19.30; Thatcher Austin (BYU) 19.025; French, 18.95; Impson, ' 18.925; Voorhees, 18.90.

Parallel Bars : Nicholas 19. 175; Kenan, 19.005; Johnson, 18 .90; Guinn, Perry (BYU) 18.70; Impson, 18.50. Rings: Johnson, 19.425; Chr istianson, Les (ASU) 19. 27 5; Nicho las, 19.225; Guinn, 19.025; Arnold, Pat (UA ) 19.025.

Team

MID WESTERN REGIONALS Ft. Collins, Colorado, March 25- 26, 1966 Team Competition: Iowa State 185.55; Colora do Univ. 177 .00; Univ. of Ariz. 172.75.

All Around : Jerry Fontana , IS 5 1.95; Fisher, Col. U 51.65; Higgins, A FA 51.65; Nicholas, BYU 50. 10. Floor Exercise : Ba r bor, Iowa St. 9.2; Fisher, Col. U. 8.87; Wilcox, Iowa St. 8.77; French, BYU 8.72; Impson, ASU 8.72; Monk , A ri z. 8 .67; Voorhees, A ri z. 8.57; Bennon, A riz. 7.5; Ba ll enski, CSU 7 .5. Side Horse: Ryan, Col. U 9.67; Bumann, Iowa St. 9.2; Doty, Ariz. 9.12; Kraneman, Iowa St . 9.05; Bo land, CSC 8.82; Flanigan , Iowa St. 8.6; H ale, Utah 8.47; Blasko, N. Mexico U. 8.4.

Trampoline: Clarke, Iowa St . 9.37; Wilcox, Iowa St . 8.9; McC lean, Air For ce 8.82; Constant, Iowa St. 8.7; Snapp , Col. St . U 8.65; Evans, Co l. U . 8 .5; McCabe, Col. U. 8.47; Spann, A ri z .. State 8.4.

High Bar: Monk, A r iz. 9.14; Fontana, Iowa St. 9.1; H iggins, Air Force 8.8; Paul sen, Iowa St. 8.65; Arfsten, Col. U. 8.57; Cox Air Force ASU 8.52; Pershing, Col. St. C ' 8.5; Morrissey , BYU 8.33; Long Horse : Fisher Col. U. 9.37; Podia , Col. U. 9.1; Impson, Adz. St. 9.1; Pershing, Col. S.C 9.05 ; Sand ry, New Mex. U. 9.05; Higgins, Ai r Force 9.0; T hatcher , BYU 9.0; Ka ll ey, Co l. SI. U. 8.9. Parallel Bars : Crowder , Iowa St. 9.55; Fi sher , Col. U. 9 .25; H iggins, AFA 9.22; Nic ho las , BYU 9 .2; Fon t ana, Iowa St., 9.05; Pod ia , Co l. U. 8.97; K enan, Ariz. U . 8.85; Kalla y, Col. S.U . 8.77; Paulsen , Iowa St. 8.77. Stili Ring s: Jackson Iowa St. 9.57; Nicholas, BYU 9.17 ; Guinn: BYU 9. 17; Arno ld, Ariz. U. 9.1; Fontana, Iowa St. 8.97; Boat r ig ht Col. U. 8.95; Lom b, Co l.

S. U . 8.8; Mu ll ins, BY U 8.75.

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN UNiVERSITIES CONFERENCE CHAMP IONSHIPS Univ . of California March 18, 19, 1966 Teom Co mpetition: Ca lifornia 18775' Washington 181.45; U.s.C 177.1 5; U C L. A. ' 170 65' Wash. St. U. 150.5 5; Orego n ' 146.50; Sian: f o rd 19.20.

All Ar oun d: Sa m Sakamoto USC 54.85' Mikio Sakamoto, USC 54.45; R'ick Field , Cal'.

5 3.05; Mike Flansaas, W 52.65; L. Durham USC 52.35; Dan Millman, Cal. 51.25; Mik~ Lovell, Wash. 50.95; Sid Freudenstein , C 50.55; Kanati Allen, UCLA 49.15; AI Luber, UCLA 48.10. Floor Exe rcis e: D Millman 93' K. Allen 9.25; M . Lovell, 9.0; Fr eude~stei n' 8.97; Darrel DePue, Wash. 8.95; R. Fie ld 8.87; Herb Solomon , Cal. 8.87; A. Luber 8 .8 5. Side Horse: S. Sakamoto, 9.37; Bill Fujimoto, Cal. 9:22; M. Sakamoto 8.90; L. Durham 8.87; R. Field , 8.77; M. Flansaas, 8.75; K. Allen , 8.62; Dave Mil ler , WWU 8.42; Lonnie Kapp, Cal. 8.25. Trampol in e : D. Millman, 9.42; Ron W allace , Wash. 8.45; 路 John T urchi, are . 8.3; Rick Fonceca, Wash. 8.17; Jan Hardin, Wash. 8.07; Freudenstein, 8.02; Jon Warren WS U 8.02' Heimbigner , a re. 7.57; A r t' English , are'.

J'6m

High Bar: K. Allen , 9.52; D. Millman 937' A. Luber, 9.32; M. Love li, 9.27; M. Sak'am~ to', 9.05; M. Flansaas, 8 .92; DePue 8.87; Steve Love ll, Wash. 8.65. Long Horse : Freudenstein 9.52; D. Millman , 9.48; K. Allen , 9.42 M: Flansaas, 9.38; A. Luber, 9.33; M. Sakamoto 9.25; l. Durham, 9.18; M. Lovel l, 9.1 Parallel Bars: M. Flansaas, 9.22; L. Durham, 9.2; S. Freudensteln, 9.2; S. Sakamoto 9.15' R. Field , 9.12; D. Mil lman , 9. 1 Paul 'Benyo: Cal. 9.05; M. Sakamoto, 8.82; Gene Jensen Wash. 8.57. Still Rings : Josh Robison Col' 9.52; Ken Sakoda, UC LA 9.2; R. Field,' 9. 12; S. Sakamoto, 9.1; D. Millman, 9.0; Mickey Chaplan, UCLA 9.0; M. Sakamoto, 8.95; S. Freudenstein, 8 .77; Chuck Jenner , Cal. 8 .32.

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CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE CHAMPIONS HIPS In the annual Californ ia State College Championships meet, held thi s year in conjunction with the first NCAA College Divi sion Western Regional Champio nship meet, San Ferna ndo Valley State College (174.65) narrowly sq ueeked by Sacramento State College (174.25 ) and Californ ia State College at Los Angeles (formerly Los Angeles State) (173.15) in a three way battle for the team title_ Led by Bob (Fury) Diamond , Rusty Rock, and 10h n Gardener the Valley ites captured their third straight State Championship with Dia mond winn ing the All Around , FX and SR and 2nd on the PE. Rock was 4th in the AA and won the LH and HB and was 3rd on the SR. Probably the outstandi ng even t of the meet was the SH with Fred Seibu m of Long Beach edging a truly fine fi eld of Gary Hoskins of LA, Gene Spindler - San Diego, Larry Buss - San Diego, Bob Vlatch of Sac, St. and Ken Schindler of San Diego.

Fred Seibum of Long Beach also was probably the most spectacular performer of the meet with a fanta stic parallel bar routine in addition to his outstanding side horse routin es, 1ulio Monroy of L.A, State performed an excellent FX ro utine in the finals to move from 5th to 2nd; Rusty Rock moved from 4th to 1st in the fin als on the HB ; and fr om 2nd to 1st on the LH in spite of a bad touch of th e flu.

Not to be denied, Rick O'Bannon hit two fin e routin es on the trampoline to tickle the home town fan s by cap turin g the trampoline event.

Team Scores: San Fernando V alley 17465' Sacramento State 174 .25; Ca l St. Los Angele~ 173 .15; Cal Pol y (SLO) 147 . 15; Long Beach State 145.70; U.C Santo Barbara 12565' So n Jose State 107.15; San Diego Stat'; 48.50; San FranC ISco State 46.65; Cal. St . Fullerton

43.00.

NCAA WESTERN REGION College Division Championships San Fernando Va ll ey State, Sacramento State, and Los Angeles State. battled tooth and nail-event for event for the team title in the first (annual-we hope) NCAA Western Regional College Division champion-

shi p meet held at Cal Poly State Coll ege Sa n Luis, Obispo, Calif. (host coach Vic Buccola, by the way pull ed a fin e meet out of what could have been mass confusion und er a less cool head) .

Vall\!y's Diamond , Rock and Gardiner led their team wi th Diamond winning the AA, FX, and SR, and Rock winning the LH and HB. . Fred Seibum of Long Beach, Gary Hoskms, of L.A. State, 1ulio Monroy of L.A. St. , Ri ck O'Bannon of Cal Poly-SLO, Phil lto of Sac. St., Scott Gardin er of Sac_ St. and Dan Garcia of L. A, State also threw standout routines tha t will stack UJl with the best in th e nation.

Team Scores : San Fernando Val ley i 74 .65; Sacramento State 174 .25; Cal. St. Los Ange les 166 .90; Cal. St . Lon g Beach 139.88; U.C San ta Barbara 117 .75; Cal Pol y (SLO) 95.60; San Jose Stat e 9 1.25; San Diego State 48.50; Son Francisco State 46 .65; Cal. St. Fullerton 37 .60.

All Around: Bob Diamond, SFV 5 1.40; Dan Garcia, CSLA 50.95; Lorr y Topping , SSC 50.45 ; Rusty Rock, SFV 49.30; Stev e Pleau , SSC 47.00; Scott Nettles, LA 45 .90; T o ny Coppola, SJS 44.85; John Gardiner, SFV 43 .3 5 ; John Kulluk, LB 41.15; Tom Fester , SFSC 39.05.

Floor Exerdse: Bob Diamond, SFV 9.3; Julio Monroy, LA 9.05; Dan Garcia , LA 9 .0 ; John Gardener , SFV 8.87; Larry Topping , SSC 8 .87; Steve Pleau, SSC 8 .72; John Kulluk, LB 8 .67; Ton y Coppola, SJS 8 .52 . Side Horse : Fred Seibum, LB 9.27; Gary H oskins, LA 9.07; Gene Sp indle r , SD 8 .75; Lo rr y Buss, SD 8.45; Bob Vlach, SSC 8.4 ; Ken Schindler, SD 8.3; Chuck Walden, SSC 7.77; Mike Walter, LA 7.67; Ron Th ompson , L B 7.65. Trampoline: Rick O' Bannon, CP 9.25; Scott Gardiner, SSC 8 .9; Dave Neimand, SSC 8.55; Clayton Chrisman, CP 8 .5; John Gardener, SFV 8.47; Miles Stanton, LA 8.27; Allan Clark, CP 7.85; Dave Buettner, CP 7.35; Bob Dia m ond, not in finals .

High Bar: Rusty Rock, SFV 8.97; Dan Garcia, LA 8.7; Wes Ic enog le , SFV 8.55; Dave Niemond, SSC 8.5; Larr y Topping , SSC 8.42; Bob Diamond, SFV 8.35; Stev e Pleau, SSC 7.8 .

Parallel Bars: Fred Seibum, LB 9.25; Bob Diamond, SFV 8.75; Dan Garcia, LA 8.62; Larr y T opping SSC 8.57; T ony Coppola , SUS 8.45; Jim Foun tain e, LB 8.32; Dave Neimand, SSC 8.42; Bruce Coulter, LA 8.17; Scott Nettles, LA 7.97. Long Horse : Rust y Rock, SFV 9 .25; Dan Garcia , LA 9.22; Bob Diamond, SFV 9 .15 ' Bill Gaffaney, LA 9.1 ; Steve Pleau , SSC 8.95~ Gus Gold, LB 8.92; Jim Fountaine, LB 8 .8 5; Bdl Nash , LA 8.8; Larr y Topping , SSC 8.65.

Still Rings: Bob Diamond, SFV 9.25; Phil Ito, SSC 8.82; Rust y Rock, SFV 8.77; T ony Coppola, SJS 8.72; Steve Pl ea u , SSC 8 .5 7; M. Alimandinger, SFV 8.55. Dan Garcia, LA 8.42; Larry T o pping , SSC 8 .35; M ike Kn ight , SSC 8 .3.

NCAA WESTERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS March 26, 1966 Floor Exercise : Dan Millman, Cal. 9.25; Kanati A llen, UCLA 9.20; Sid Freudenstien, Cal. 9.10; Dan Garcia, Cal. State L.A. 8 .95; H erb So loman, Cal. 8.90; Bob Diamond, San Fernando Va lley St. 8 .90; Sam Sakamoto, USC 8.85; Da rr el l DePue, W ash. 8.85; Mike Lovel l, Wash. 8.80; Steve Pleau, Sacramento 8.80 . Side Horse : Gary Hoskins, Ca l. State L.A. 9.60; Fred Siebum, Lon g Beach 9.45; Sam Sakamot o, USC 9.20; Rick Field, Cal. 9.10; Mi ke Flansaa s, Wash. 9.05; LeMoyne Du rh am, USC 9.00; Wi llia m Fujimoto, Cal. 8.95; Mickey Sakamoto , USC 8.90. High Bar: Rusty Rock, SFVS 9.35; Mi k e Loveli, Wash.

St. 9.20; A I Luber , UCLA 9. 10; LoMoyne Durham, USC 9.10; David N ieman, Sacrament o 9.05; Bob Diamond, SFVS 9.00; Sam Sakamoto, USC 8.95; Dan Millman , Cal. 8.90; Darreli DePu e, Wash. 8.85. Trampoline : Dan Millman, Cal. 9.45; Clayton Crisman, Cal Po ly 9. 10; Rick Fonceca, Wash . 9. 10; Rick O'Bannon, Cal Po ly 9. 05; John Turchi, Oregon 8.75; Scott Gardener, Sac. 9 .65; Ron Wa llace , Wash. 8 .60; T om H eimbigner , a re. 7 .90; Sid Freudenstein , Cal 7 .60; Jan Hardin , Wash. 7.60.

Parallel Bars : Fred Siebum, Long Beach 9.45; Sid Freudenstein, Cal 9.05; LeMoyne Durham , USC 9 .00; Rick Field , Cal. 8 .95; Sam Sakamoto, USC 8.90; Mickey Sakamoto, USC 8.8 5; Bob D iamond, SFVS 8 .85; Mike Flansaas, Wash . 8.85; Dan Garcia, Cal. State L.A. 8.85.

Long Horse: Mike Flansaas, Wash. 9 .35; Sid Fru edenstien, Cal. 9 .35; Bert England , USC 9 .30; Kanati A ll en, UCLA 9.20; Bill Gaffaney, Cal. State L. A. 9.10; Sam Sakamoto, USC 9.00; Dan Millman, Cal. 8 .9 5; LeMoyne Durham, USC 8.95; Jim Fountaine, L.o ng Beach 8.95. Rings: Josh Robison, Cal. 9 .60; Ken Sakoda , UCLA 9 .3 5; Rick Field, Col. 9 .20; Chuck Jenner, Cal . 9 .15; Bob Diamond, SFVS 9. 10; Mickey Chap Ian, UCLA 9.05; Sam Sakamoto, USC 8.95; Dan Millman, Cal. 8.95.

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NHSGCA continued from page 9 electe d to the office of Vice Preside nt. Th e nati onal convention provided a tre m endou s opportunity for an inte rchan ge of ide a s and mutual appreciation, as we ll as critic ism of n ew techniques.

The second year of organization saw a great deal of r e finement of initial-estab· lis he d poli cy. Like the gymnast, alway s striving for perfection , we evaluated our programs to provide coaches and others knowledge to draw upon. Adjus tments were made in the district correspondin g secre· taries, the membe rships incr ease d, changes wer e mad e in the handbook mate rials, and lite rally hundred s of le tt ers poured into th central office for information . It wa s quite evident that our voice was now beIng heard.

The third annual convention was h eld at Univer sity Park, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1966. Again the meeting provided for an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and to keep abreast of curre nt changes and techniques. A majority of the distri cts were represented and presented reports of progress. Action was taken to award cer· tificates of honor and plaques to variou s members of the organization that wer e instrumental in the starting and expanding of the N .H.S.C.C.A. It is especially grati· fying to find that our own contributions to the progress of this sport have not gone unnoticed.

El ection of officers for the coming y e ar was conducted . The executive body, now truly national in scope, is Sidney Drain (Illinois) President, Paul Uram (Pennsyl · vania) , Vice· President, and Art White (Colorado ) Secretary-Treasurer). To these three men and the eight district secre· taries lie the challenges for the coming year.

Th e development of the · high school gymnastIcs program in the past t en years has been notable. This beginning is now history, the present is a fact; the future li es in the hands of m e n in this organi· zation.

In conclusion I would lik e to express my personal appreciation to the many coaches and others that helped get this organization off to a fine start, and to say we are justly proud of the accomplishments during our firs t years.

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D ear Mr. Sundby : Unfortunately, I h ave heard so m e rumors r ecently th at Jack Beckn er, th e former gymn as tics coach at the Univers ity of Southern Califo rnia for a numb e r of years, was r e leased as o ur gy mnastics c oach b y th e U niv ers ity of Southern Califo rnia.

These rumors are absolutely untrue a.s J ack Bec kn er left the employ of the University a t his own volition. He did an outstanding job for u s as th e gymnasti c ooach a nd could h ave r e m a in ed at the U nive r sity of Southern California as long a s he so desired .

It w o uld b e a ppreciated if you would c larify thi s s it uati on in yo ur Mod ern Gymnast Magazine . Your kind coop e ration in so doing wou ld b e most appreciated.

Yours very truly, J esse T. Hill Director of Athletics Dear Glenn , Bud Willi a m s ' story a.b out the Wheato n College Gymnastic team' s H a iti tOUl- was one of the great est a,·tic les o n furthering gymnastics I h ave ever r ead!

It's inspiring to kno w tha t these c ollege students love th ei r sport so mu c h that they a r e willing to s pend their Christmas vacatio n a nd money o ut of their own poc kets (whi c h c olle ge students never see m to h ave e n o ugh ) to b ecom e am.bassadors of gymnas ti cs.

Let's h op e th e Wh eaton Coll ege gymnas ts provid e a n ince nti ve t o other team s and organiza tio n s in th e n ea.r future.

Thank you for sh ar in g thi s tour with a ll of us r ead e rs.

Sincer e ly, Jim Giussi Hollywood, California ED. We also thought it was a wonderful way for a group of gymnasts to spend their vacation spreading the " Good Uews"

through a Gymnastics Exhibit io n to our neighbors in Haiti. MG salutes Coach Bud Williams and his Wheaton College Gymnastics Team .

We hope other coaches will be inspired by this action to take their teams on exhIbition tours, perhaps not to other lands and count ries as the Wheato n team, but consider the undeveloped gymnastic areas in the USA. Dear Modern Gymnas t, We h ere in th e E ast a r e s orry to h ear that :rou do not see m to h ave any ,·eporte r s to cove J~ eve nts or s end in information about hap pe nings ou t h e re. Th e Northeast, esp ec ia ll y New England, is r ea ll y teaming w ith gymnasti c , espec iall y for girls. But s in ce nlt::>st o f our ac ti v iti es a re n ot s pon sor ed b y AAU or USGF, th e res ults n ever seem t o get to any news m e dia.

Well, h e r e is a s h or t r eport o f Ma ssac hu se tts girls gY'1111astic actiYiti es.

PRE-HIGH SCHOOL AGE GROUP This age gro up h as u s u a ll y 2 or 3 m eets during the seaso n, sponsored b y boys c lubs , YMCA's o r oth er yo u t h organiza tions and san c tioned by th e AAU. Mos t meets a r e h e ld c o- e d, a nd cove r on ly t h e oly nlpic events .

HIGH SCHOOL AGE GROUP High schools are the m ost a c ti ve g y mnas ti cs group in the s t a te. About 30 high schools h ave offi c ia l g irls team s , and the numb er of dual m ee t s during the season nea r s 100. It is n ot unu s u a l f or an activ e hi g h sc h ool to h a ve 6 o r 7 dua l mee t s during the 8 wee k seaso n , plu s th e state 111ee t progra nls.

The high sc h ool compe titi on is governed

by Mas sac hu se tt s Girl s Gym n astic Coaches Assoc iation and s p on so ,·ed b y Massa chuse tts S econd a ry Sc h o.ols P 'inc ipal s A s sociati on. N o AAU or USGF m e mb e,'ship is necessary.

At the en d of th e season 5 t ea m s wit h best du a l m eet record s are inv ited t o sta t e t eam c h a mpionship meet, where the s ta te c h a mpi onship is d e termined. Th e teams compe t e in 4 olympi c events , plus tumbling and trampolin e.

Two weeks late r a ll th e girls who h ave attaihd a 5.0 avera g e or a b ove in a spec ific event are invite d to Individual State

Ch a mpiOn s hips w h e r e t h e indiv idua l state s tandings a r e d ete rmi ned.

S in ce judg ing is b ased on FIG a nd oly mpic standards all th e way down the lin e, 5.0 seaso n average is not easy to ac hi eve.

As a n o t e of interes t, on e of th e 5 co nte n d e r s f or t h e tea m c h a mpi o n s hip th is year is a paroc hi a l sch ool from S pring fi e ld, where th e nUll S ta k e a n active p a rt in ct::>a c h in g t h e girl s and running In ee ts.

COLLEGE AGE GROUP Coll ege w o m e n a r e orga niz ed on a r egional b as is, rather than b y th e s t ate.

About 20 coll eges in the N orth east r egio n a lread y h ave, or are in the process of s tartil;g g irl s t ea nls, and th e rn ost ac tive ones , lik e U ni ve r s ity o f M assachu setts or "Vest Ch ester State College ir: Pen n sylva ni a, h ave 7 or 8 dual lli eets a yea r . The active seaso n c uhninates in a NO J·th eas t I'l\"itatioonal championship m eet in t h e ea rl y p a rt of March. Th e coll eges compete in 4 inte rnation a l even ts plu s optional tranlpoli ne COlllpet iti o n.

JUDGES TRAINING An active season lik e the on e lis ted a bove n atur a lly r equires m a n y well tra in e d judges. F or the p ast 5 y ear s Massachu se tts h as had the ir own judges tra inin g prog ram, an d this is th e only r ea!;o n w e a r e able t o accommod a t e s u c h a t r e m e ndou s growth in th e numb e r of du a l m ee t s . fi'I assac hu setts Girls Gy nln as tic Coach es A SHocia.tion h as their own Board of Offic ia ls , who travel through the stat e g iv ing judg in g c linic a nd certifyin g judges .

Thou g h the board has no direc t assoc iat ion w ith the AAU, they are a u th orized to give out New England AAU ratings, s ince th e ir tra ining progra m h as b een approv e d by the loca l AAU a nd· th e W o m e n 's T echn ical Committee of th e Na tio n a l AAU . T h boa rd is a lso p a rti ci pa ting in develop in th e DGWS ratin g sys tem whi c h at pr en t is under s tudy in California .

U ni vers ity of Mas husett s is pionee ri ng on th e field of hav! all women phy s ical e du cation majors - t ake th e gymnastic s judgi·ng , course as a part of the ir pre p a r ati,on iri- gy mna,s tics t eachin g a nd coachin g. It h as prove n so sllccessful tha t seve r a l oth e r colleges a r e planning to ins titute s imil a r program s in th e ne a r f uture. Thi s s umm er University of Massa c hu setts is off ering a 2 c r edit g raduate co urse in gYl11nastics coa c hing a nd jud g in g, taught by some of th e best experts in th e fi e ld.

AND-THE FROSTING ON THE CAKEINTER STATE COMPETITION Ne \v England is a lso pi on eering in the fi e ld o f inte r s ta te competition f,~ ,· gi rl s.

On April 23rd this year Massach u se tts will h os t a gi rl s tri- s t ate m ee t . Two college g irl s, two high sc hool g irl s and two pre- high sch ool age group g irl s w ill b e selecte d by Massachu se tts, Main e a nd Co nn ec t ic ut to p a rticipate in a n inter s t ate m ee t. Eac h sta t e will a lso e lec t two o f th e ir b est wom e '1 judges a nd a c,oach for th e tea m. It s hould be a m e m orab le eve n t.

So- USGF is not the only on e w h o h as gym n a s ti c programs! Th e schools th e msel \'es ca n d o llluch to e Jilllin ate t h e prob le m o f n o co mpetiti o n unl ess yo u a r e d efini te ly a m e mber of on e or the oth e r of th e governing bodies. Afte r a ll , t h e w e ll-being of th e gym n ast s houl d count, n ot w h ose m e mbers h ip card s h e or she carri es.

Sinc erely, K itty Kjeld sen Me mber, B oard of Officials MGGCA GYMNASTIC COACH NEEDED Beginning September 1966. Position :s part-time so the coach can do graduate work at Memphis State University. Excellent opportunity for recent graduate.

Contact: Boys' Club of Memphis 189 So. Barksdale, Memphis, Tenn. ' POSITION WANTED Angus M. Myers, 4463 Tyrone Ave., Sherman Oaks, Calif. desires Gymna's tics teaching position in the Northwest (Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho). Would enjoy working with youngsters , YMCA, Civic, Recreation Commission etc . . . . Full or part time.

SWISS MOVE SW ISS Phys ical Education professor (former top gymnast in Switzerland) is looking for a teaching job for one year in the USA. Offers to Kurt Bachler, MG coeditor, 3073 Guemligen/ Switzerland.

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