RegiOn One Richard Aronson, Gprl1lastic Coach Lowell Technological In stitute Lowell, Mas s.
R egion 1 - Connecticu t, Maine, Massachllsetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Ver:mont. Sprin gfield College (Frank Wolcott). Spri ngfield fini shed last year in a first place ti e wit h Penn State for the EIGL title but will not have the great team they had back thi s season. Gone are Tom Auchterton li e and Bob Cargill both con· sistent winners for Sprin gfield. Frank reo . ports as does Erik Kj eld sen of U. :Mass., that the 12 man rule is hurtin g his team. He sta tes that he has six men sitting out dual meet s who cou ld be hi gh on th e pla cin gs this year. However, he does have a few bright spots that could pu ll him team to a possible third place thi s season. On the trampoline, Tim Rogers and Ste\'e Hi ck· man both place winn ers in the EIGL Championships last year, Ben Ardzzonf' and Ron Grant both all arou nd and Mike Provencher in three event s a long with cap· tain , Tom Pilli on on th e rin gs cou ld all finish well in the Eastern stand in g. Spring· field is hosting the college division NCAA Champions hi ps in March 7, 8. and 9, 1968. University of Mass. (E rik Kj eldse n) My comment s : Thi s could be th e best year in hi story for U. Mass. Pre-season streng th sees the Redm en as finishin g around third place fi ghtin g it out with Sprin gfield , Army . and Navy. A recen t re port has it that their all·around man is injured so thi s wi ll most definitely have a bearing upon the final tcam standings.
Lowell Te chnological Institllte ( Dick Aron son) This is Lowell Tech's first year in competition. T ech is a youn g team but alon g with sop homore Wayne Wh ite who ex cells in fl oor exercise and horizontal bar and Walter Marcella on r in gs, Lowell should win Ihei r share of New England meets. Nex t year, T ec h will expand to a larger schedule and host tbe New En gland Intercollegia te Champions hi ps. REGIONAL RANK INGS All Araund: I . Jim Amerine, S. Conn.; 2. Harold Hauben, S. Ca nn.; 3. Joe Reed, U. Mass.; 4 . Be n Ard izizzone , SC; 4. Ron Grant , SC; 6 . Phil Mi ller, MIT. Side Harse : 1. Le Clair, UMass.; 2. Yearwood, S. Conn.; 3. Babakion, UMoss. Trampoline: 1. Rogers, SC; 2. Hickmon , SC; 3 . Stevens, S. Conn. Parallel Bars: 1. Amerine, SC; 2. Provencher, Spfd.; 3. Reed, UMass. Floor Exercise: 1. Amerine, SC; 2. Godwin, UMass. 3 . DelGallo, UMass. Rings: 1. Amerine, SC; 2. Detgallo, UMass.; 3. Pillion, Sc. Lang Horse: 1. Amerine, SC; 2. Provencher, SC ; 3. Reed, UMass. Horizontal Bar: 1. Amerine, SC; 2. Grant, SC; 3. Ardizzone, Sc.
RegiOn Two Mr. Mike Jacobsoll V.S.N.A ., A tmapolis, Md.
Region 2 - Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ma ryland.
RegiOn Three
Mr. Letl Bryson Memphis S tate Ull iv., MempJlis, Tell/I.
-U . Mass Varsity Schedule : Jon. 27 H Penn State
Feb. 3 A Army Feb. l OA Pittsburgh Feb. 14 A Spring field Feb. I 7 H Navy Feb. 24 A Syracuse Team Roster- AA: Tim Steeve s, Joseph . Reed. FX: Toby Kasovana, Rich De l Golla, Dav id Woods, W illiam Bean, Joseph Godwin, William McCauley. SH: Fred Babakian , Clarence Fraser , Mic hael Koffma n, Robert Lecla ir, William Estes , Franklin Dean. R: Fraser, David March, Del Gallo, Estes, Geo rg e Seibert , James We bb, Woods, Mike Kasa vo na. Tr : Kasavana , T., Thomas Adorns, Beon, Godwin , Kosavona, M., McCaul e y. LH : Stephen Bro wn, Kosava na , T., Leclai r, Bean . PB : Bro wn, Fraser , March, Webb, Godwin . HB : Brown, March , Seibert, McCauley, Richard Wilcox.
South ern COIlII. State Collepe (Ab ie Grossfeld ) (College Div isionL T his team ha s slowly come up through the years and now stands as one of the bett er teams in New England if not the East! Sout hern has Jim Amerine, a con sistent 9 scorer in fi ve of six event s. In addition , sophomore. Jim Yearwood on sid e horse and senior, Harold Howben wi ll make Sout hern very tough thi s year. . Sa. Cann. Varsity Roster-AA: J im Amerine, Harold Hauben. FX : Hatfield, Webster. SH : Shay, Yea rwood. R: Hatfield, Capitao. Tr: Simon, Bu rn s, Stevens, Amerine. LH: Copitao, Yearwood. PB: Shay, Copitao. HB ; Hatfietd , Cepitao.
Ma ss. Inslilnte 0/ Technology (Bru pe Wright ) (College Di vision). This is MIT's second year of compet ition and Ihey should continue to grow in strength. Th ey have Di ck Hood and Phil Mill er both all around men. Wri ght bases his hopes on his team 's youth and tal ent. 'Varsity Schedule : Jan. 13 H Dartmouth Feb. lOA Coast Guard Academy Feb. 17 H Plymouth State Feb. 24 H Yale Team Raste r: Lance Antrim , Fr .; Patr ick Bailey, G.; Mot Casadabon, Fr. ; Pot Cunningham, Fr.; Michael Devorkin, . Jr.; Ken. Gerber , Fr.; Thomas Hofer, Soph. ; Mlk,: ~endrlCks, Sr.; Richard Hood, Soph.; Steve Killingswo rth, .F~ .; Denn is King, Jr.; Arpad Lomeli , Fr.; Phillip
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Dartmouth (Ken J ones ) My comment s : I do not know who is strong, etc., but th ey ha ve had a team fo r abo ut fou r years. I imagin e the upper c1assmen arc OK. I do know that th ey have so me good freshmen, so look to t he future . . . Te am raster : Fronk Couper, Sr.; J a hn Pai sley, Jr.; Jeff Soffer, Jr. ; J o hn Anderson, Jr.; Burt Port er, Soph .; Lorry Ri!ilgs, So ph .; Dole Strubte, Soph.; Bob Moskoulltz, So ph.; Tom Weigle, Fr.; Jeff Rogers, Fr .; Dave O'Connor,
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Unil'ersity 0/ New Hampshire ( Lou Da· tilio ) U of NH wi ll compete as a club thi s yea r with a varsity pro gram to start the followin g" year. Yale ( Don Tonry ( No re port rece ived at press time.
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Coast Guard Academ y (J eff Card in a li ) No report received at Ilrcss tim e.
Region 3 - Alabama, Wash. D, c., Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, LOl4isia'la, MiSSiSSippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, SO ldh Ca rolina.
Since the big era of tile Florida Stal e Uni versity gy mnasti c powerhouse, in th e earl y 1950's; Southern gymnasti cs has been on a rapid declin e. Until recently a great number of gym nasti c programs wpre f'ilh f' r discontinued or supported onl y to a min i· mUIll. Within the last fiv e years admini stra· tors and coaches have worked together to aga in promot e the sport of gymnasti cs. Even thou gh the support is be in g add ed, mos t of th e teams represent the depart. ment s of physica l edu cation and not ath· letics. This in turn decreases the size of bud ge ts, elimin ates recruit in g. and makes it ext remely diffi cult to maintain a res pect· able size schedu le. The establi shm ent of new team s in region three has been fl ourishin g. The stat e of Kentucky has see n the devel opment of five new teams, Tennessee three, Alabama one, Georgia two, Virgin ia two, and South Ca rolina one. Northwest and Nort heast Louisiana Sta te Universit ies ha ve emerged on the gy mnasti cs scene by recruitin g two top gym nasts in Ri cha rd Ll oyd and Kat · sut oski Kanzak i. Hi gh sc hools and YMCA 's with in the At lan ta and Birmin g: ham areas and t hroughout the states of Virginia and Florida are expandin g their programs dai ly. A great number of northern hi gh schoo l gymna sts are fin din g the Sou th att ractive and are looking that direction fo r their coll ege ed ucat ion. Th e grea test boost to come about in reo cent years for Sout hern gymnastics has been the NCAA rule which makes the Southern Int ercolleg iat e Championships a qu a li fying meet for the Nat ionals. 1\ lost coaches in the Southern Distri ct realize that we have no nationally th reat ening team; bul. we do produce seve ral fin e specialist ea ch year that deserve th e oppo rtunit y to compe te in nationa l competit ion. Formerl y we had an added financial burden of at· tendin g the Eastern District s which creat ed an imposs ibl e situ ati on for most of the tea ms. The South ern Intercollegiat e Gymnastics Championships aga in looks to be a close race. Last yl'a r th f' Inp fOllr If'ams Wl'rf' all within fi ve points of each oth er. David Lipsco mb should prove to be the great es t threat as the enti re 1966·6 7 team returns with the add it ion of fou r new fr eshm en. Other cont ende rs for the titl e wi ll be Fu r· man Un iversit y. :\Iemphi s State Universit y. and the possibil ity of "Vest Virgin ia.
SIGL CONFERE NCE TEMIS David Lipscomb College Coa ch Tom Hanvey The Biso ns as mentioned earli er wi ll b,. the stronges t contend er for the S IGL title. Lead by seni or Ted Imrn ed iato. Lipscomb will not on ly have the depth but al so at least one strong special ist on each e\'e nl.
Da~e Fennessey, a ll 'around ma n, will ex· ce ll on fr ee exercise and long horse as he appears to be somewhat stronger on all events. Memphis Stat.e Uni versity Coach Len Br),son The Ti ge rs have look ed good in pre·se ason ex hib iti ons and demon strated a great amount of potential. Relurn ing: lett erm en Jim Lockard , Di ck Tobias, and Bill \ViI· cox will carry a great amount of the bur· den. Dep th will be added by the return of Mike Wheat, P ete Morri s, David P orch. and Clayton Covin gton. With a lot of hard work in the right di rection Memphi s State wi ll again be in the top three if not first. Furman University Coach Bobby Fay New head coach, Bobby Fay, re port s that hi s tea m is grea tl y im proved and ex· pee ts a good season. Capt. David Creech is expected to be a strom; cont end er on trampoline as is Bobby Tubb on side h o r~ e. Freshmen St uary We isner is said to be on(' of the stronges t ri ng men in th e area an fl should help make thi s event a real con· test. University oj Georgia Coach Lee Cunnin p: ham The Geo rgia Bulldogs are again improv· ing rap idl y. If th e problem of break ing during rout in es can be elimin ated Georgia will be anot her S IGL co nt end er. Capt. Hank Rodgers is a girted free exercise and trampoline spec ial ist who will be extremely difficult to defeat. 10hn Hardt has ad e· quat e routin es on side horse, hi gh bar, an d para ll el bars and will place hi gh for the Bu lld ogs. Uni versit y 0/ Florida Coach J oe Regna Florida will be leanin g heavil y on "w ide· smilin g" all around cont ender Robin E!H!' land for a great amoun t of the learn score . En!!land was the hi ghli ght of the 1966·67 S IGL Champ ionships in Memphi s as he demon :o;trat ed the importan ce of form throughout a routin e. Sup port wi ll be added by Rich Irwin and !I"like Brenna n. Georl{ia Tech Coac h Lyle Welse r The loss of stand out performers Charley .\I onot and Larry Coffee n will put a damper 011 t he Rambling Wrecks for th e 1967·68 season. But look out , Lyl e always comes up with a presentable team. Louisiana State U"i versity Coach Bill Bankhead LSU will be dow n this season. Wes Me· Vay, aft er a year layoff, will be back a l o n~ with Cl yde Ashl ey. The Ti ge rs are looking: forward to next year when all th e top rreshmen in the SO llth move up to the LSU va rsity team. Other team s in t he SIGL are : Th e Cit a· del :\ lilitary College, Virgini a Military Col· lege, Auburn Universit y, College of Wil· liam and !\-lary, Georgia Southern Coll ege and Florida State Universit y. $No report has been received at this ti me from the grea t number of ind epend ent teams in the Sou th . Those school s in the Inde pendent group is : Northeast Loui siana State Un iversit y. Northwes t Louisiana S tat e Uni\'ersit y, So uthw est Louisiana State Universit y. Un iv. of Louisvill e, Eastern Kentu cky State Col· lege, Georgetown Coll ege (Kentu cky) and Western Kentucky Stat e Co ll ege. It is impossi bl e to att empt to place gym· nasts in th e poss ible position at thi s time. As soon as competiti on begin s all of the schools will forward their result s.
RegiOn Four
Mr, Roger Co uncil Indiana S tate Univ., Terre HaUl, bid.
Region 4 - Illino is, Indian a, Mich iga n, Ollio, Miullesota, Wisconsi,t, Iowa.
Schools a re li sted by divi sions of nati onal compet ition:
'.C.A .A. UN IV ERS ITY DIVI SIO N BIG 10 CON FERENCE Iowa Uni versity, 10IVa Cil)" 10IVa Coach- Sam Bailie Show ing a great improvement in the t ram polin e and g:ai nin g help from sopho· more sensations Jim ~ I orlan , Mike Ze peda , J erry Bonny and Ri ch Scorza , th e Un iver· sit y of Tow a will definitely be one of the stronges t con tenders for th e N.C.A.A. title. The strenp:th of the Iowa side horse team is legend by now, and wit h such talent as NCAA defending champ Keith ;\lcCan less. and Marc Siott en, is und oubtedl y th c best in the nation. Competiti on will be keen in the Big 10 this year and the Iowa squa d will have their hands full when th ey en· .;ount er conference foes Mi chi gan and i\lichi!!an Sta te. No -sc hedu le or roster se nt
Un iversity 0/ Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Coach- Cha rles Pond W ith a team scorin g potential of ;::.!Jou t 190 poi nt s, Coach Pond feels that the Illi· nois squad will be a cont ender for bot h Big 10 and N.C.A.A. honors. The team is led by senior Hal Shaw and is made up of a balance of upperclassmen and sophomo res. With a stron g trampolin e team consistin g of three form er N.C.A.A. finali sts-Hoi· veck , Chapple, and Rollo- Coach Pond, with the abl e help of new assistan t coach Jim Cu rzi, launches his 1967·68 dual mee t season on Decem ber 9: J on. 13 Minnesota Jon. 26 Oklo homo Jon. 27 ot Michi gan State Feb. 2 Ar izona Feb. 3 Oh io State Feb. 10 Indiana University Feb. 17 Iowa Feb. 24 at Mich igan and Wisconsin Mar. I & 2 Big 10 Meet at Michigan State Mar . 8 at Southern Illinois Apr. 4 , S & 6 NCAA Finals a t Tucson Team personnel for Ill inois by events is : LH : Rollo, McCarthy, Show, Butts. FX : He:tke, McCarthy, Shaw, Butts. SH : Butts, Broome, Coots, Raymond, Mierzwa. R: Shapin , Davis, Ro llo, Chapple. PB: Raymond, Sepke, Butts, Rollo. HB: McCarthy, Koplan , Butts, Raymo nd, Sepke.
Ohio Stale University, Columbll s, Ohio Coac h- Dr. J illl Sweeney Coa ch Swee ney writ es, " Ohi o Sta te is lookin g forw ard to a good year in 1967·68. Our won· lost record should improve some, but th e important th ing is getting our score int o the 170's or 180's and gell ing out of the Big 10 cell ar. We are still very much in a building slage a nd are in need of addit ional talent to becom e real con· tenders. AlI ·around man Bruce Trott is looki ng good in all event s and should help out quit e a bit. Most notab le improvement will be on side horse wh ere we will doubl e last yea r's scores. Team morale is excell ent and shou ld help the year to be a good one." Ohi o State '61-68 Gymnastics Schedule Jon. 6 Mich igan State Jon. 13 towa and Boll State Jon. 20 at Minnesota Feb. 2 at Indiana State Feb. 3 at Illi nois Feb. 10 Michigan Feb. 17 Wisconsin Feb. 24 at Indiana Feb. 29 Big 10 Meet at Michigan State Oh ia Stote perso nne l by events: lH : Sexton, Brown , Boker, Stuckey, Breck , Howard Tro tt . FX : Sexton, Brown, Stuckey, Mendelso n, Howard , Trott. SH : Boker, Semon , Howa rd , Trott . R: Howard, Trott , Buck, Perkins , Kelso. Tr : Sexton, Stuckey, Mendelson, Breck, Whit e. PB : Howard, Trott , Baker, Buc k, Kelso. HB: Howard, Trott, Buck, DeHaven, Kelso.
of Wiscollsin , Madison , Wise. C:oach-Gpo. Bauer ,Vith outstanding performers J ohn Russo-one of the top side horse men in til(' co unt ry, Pete Bradley- a standout on pa ra l· lei bars, rin gs, and long horse, and Bob Hennecke-a lop·notch all·around man , coach Ba uer wi ll fi eld a team th is year th a t wi ll be capabl e of surprisin g several op· ponent s. As an added incenti\'e, the Wi s· consin equa l has two Ol ymp ic team cont enders, Fred Rot hli sberger and Arn o Lascari. wo rkin g out with them. Uni versity
1967-68 Wisconsin Univ. Gymnostics Schedule J an. 6 St. Cloud and Indiana Jon . 11 Wisconsin State (OshKosh ) Jan . 27 tndiona State & Northern Ill inois Feb. 3 Western Mich igan Feb. 10 Min neso ta & Michigan Stale Feb. 16 at Bo ll State Feb. 17 at Ohio State Feb. 24 a t Michigan with Illinois Team Roster by events: FX: Jeff Mahn, Curt J ohnson , Bob Hannecke, Don Dunfield . SH: Jan Weber, Bob Hennecke, John Russo . R: Bob Hennecke, Dick Nyborg, Pete Bradley, Mark Kann. Tr : Woody Lyans, Dean Arnold , Steve Bates, Do n Dunfield . lH: Curt J ohnso n , Mark Kann, Pele Bradley, Bob Hennecke. PB : Pete Bradtey, J ohn Russo, Bob Hennecke, Mark Kann. HB : Curt Johnson, Pete Bradle y, Bob Hennecke, Gory Goodman .
Uni ve rsity 0/ Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minn. Coach- Dr. Ralph Piper No report rcceived. Uni versity 0/ Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Coach- Dr. Newt Loken The team Ih a t was runner·up in both th e Big 10 and the N.C.A. A. meet last season will be relyin g heavily on soph omores and juniors this season hav in g lost se\'en seniors. T eam captain and former 'Vorld Amateur Trampolin e Cham pion, Way ne ,\Iill er will head what is proba bly the strongest trampolin e team in the nation along wit h Dave J acobs, defendi ng N.C.A.A. trampolin e champion, sophomo re standout George Hunt zicker, Vic Corant , and Don Portman. i\lichigan should not have a weak spo t wilh good depth in the remaining six event s. AII·arou nd man Sid J ensen, Canad i· an Pan·Am star from Montreal , wi ll pro· vid e the nucl eus around whi ch many othe r out standing speciali sts will work. 1967-68 Michigan University Sch edule Jon. 6 Eastern Michigan, Ihere Jan. 12 Weste rn Mich igan , there J an. 20 Univers ity of Iowa, there Feb. 3 Minnesota, here Feb. 8 Michigan State Universit y, there Feb. 10 Ohio State, Ihere Feb. 17 tndiana & Indiana State, Ihere Feb. 2 4 Wisco nsin & Il linois, here Mar. 1 & 2 Big 10 Meet 01 Mich igan St a te Apr. 4, 5 & 6 NCAA Meet at Tucson Team Raster by eve nts: AA: Sid J ensen. FX : Dove Jacobs, Geo. Huntzkker, Fred Rodney, Stan Go ldblatt. SH: Dove Geddes, Mike Ca rpenter, J im DeBoe, Steve Swiryn, Fred Rodney,