EAST (con't) Bob Emery
first E.I.G.L. Championships and National Honors.
comes from suburban Boston. Last year he made himself known nationally by a real good performance at the World Game Tryouts that earned him an invitation to the Olympic Development Camp last summer. He scores 53.75 points in a losing cause to Springfield College.
Tom Gibbs was fifth all-around in the East last year. He is the National Turner all-around champion and a junior at Temple Uni ve rsi ty. A product of Roxborough Turners, the Germantown YMCA and Germantown High School in Philadelphia, he came to Temple as a transfer student from Southern Illinois University. Tom's high school coach was Dr. Wil Augustin former E. I. G. L. tumbling champion. Now twenty-three years old Tom Gibbs is a steady performer who should be a strong contender to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
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is another Philadelphia gymnast from Central High School. Under Coach Charles Houston, Joe led his team to the Public High and Eastern States team while annexing both all-around championships. Tod DiNicola is probably the only ex-gymnast that has his two sons on teams at two different schoolsatthesametime. Todd's older son Lenny is on the Temple team and his younger boy Rick is the all-around man at West Point. Todd DiNicola judging assignments are really limited since he cannot judge either a Temple or an Army meet.
Gordon Pettus handles the all-around spot for the Naval Academy. His gymnastics career began at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera California under Coach Tom Eads. He start~ ed as a rope climber but soon migrated to Parallel Bars, Side Horse and Vaulting, He was pressed into duty as an all-around man at the Nava 1 Academy because of NCAA rules. However, because of academic schedules and limited work-out time, he does not consider himself a real threat to the all around title. He will be a strong candidate for Parallel Bars and Vaulting laurels which are his real specialties.
Rick DiNicola is a sophomore from Carteret, N. J. He attended St. Peters Prep. His high school coach was Milton Berkowitz. As a senior Rick won the Horizontal Bar and placed second all-around in the Jersey City, N. J. High School Championships. Rick is nineteen, his best event is Flo or Exercise.
Gary Anderson
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hails from West Chester State College. Last year he was the only Eastern qualifier for the NCAA that was not from an EIGL member College. Gary is a junior with a goodSokolbackground. He is good in every event and excellent on the Horizontal Bar.
won the Suburban Philadelphia allaround championship as a senior at Upper Moreland High School, Hatboro, Pa. He gives much credit to Dick Haver of the Abington YMCA for his early training. So far he has been one of Temple's leading point produce rs.
Harold Hauben is another third year student. He is on Abie Grossfe ld' s Southern Connecticut team. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, (New York) and was coached by Fred Youngbluth. He won the New York City High School all-around in his senior year, was third in the 1965 YMCA nationals and placed fourth all-around at the 1966 NAIA Championships.
Fred Turoff is the real dark horse in the east. Freddie grew up in Philadelphia. He started gymnastics at the Mann Recreation Center under Bill Coco. He moved to Stamford, Conn. where he attended Rippowan High school. Under Coach John Peasannelli he CONTINUED PAGE 31 -6 -
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