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FROM THE PUBLISH.: VISIT USA:This has been the story the past few months as foreign Gymnastic teams from allover the world have decended on America . One after the other they came for exhibition and competition tours across our nation, Japanese, Rumanian , Hungarian, German, French and Russian gymnasts from 9 year olds(Japanese) to Olympians. And thats not al[, the Peoples Repub[ic of China Gymnastic team are stil[ to ilrrive ... This a[1 ads up to all impress ive record at Gymnastic visitors to the USA.

A TTENDENCE RECORDS: Perhaps the most celebrated and successful tour was that of the Russian girls team(sponsored by Fabrege) that exhibited in Sports Arenas across the USA. Close to 20,000 people paid up to $9.00 each to see them at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and in Los Ange[es over 15,000 came to watch Olga Korbut and Turicheva do their thing, making it the second largest attendence record in LA Sports Arena history(on[y the UCLA - NCAA basketbal[ Championship finals did better). Never before in America has there been so much interest and publicity for the sport of Gymnastics as in the past few months. [t would be hard to imagine what the total exposure would be if you added up a[[ the stops of all these visiting teams. Just the "ABC Wide World of Sports" telecas t of the Russian gir[s(narrated b'y au r good friend , Gordon Maddux) had an estimated audience of 40 mi[[ion ... That 's what we ca[1 exposure.

GYMNASTICS ON THE MOVE: Gymnastics [S on the move in America and with this issue of GYMNAST we have tried to bring you photo and editorial highlights of as many of the foreign team tours and competitions as space would permit. We will do a fol[ow up on some of the other teams in later editions as we receive more photos and reports.

LATE AGAIN: Promoting the Sport of Gymnastics and getting the GYMNAST edited, published and mailed(not to mention the just plain physical end of running a business) seems to be(at least for the moment) beyond my ability even with al[ the wonderful help we have from a[[ over the country. Therefore we are looking for an artist or editor(or both) to join our staff SOON to help us with the layout and production of GYMNAST.

MAILING PROBLEMS: Last year we went to computor mailing to help us get the magazine out on faster schedule. We are sorry to announce it did not work .. . We have had more mixed up addresses, wrong names,expiration mistilkcs ilnd subscription confusion then ever before in our publishing history. We have now returned our mailing program to our offices and are in the process of getting it straightend out. But, we need your help ... if you know of anyone who did not receive the editions they subscribed for , or any other problem in delivery(other then being [ate) have them contact us and we wil[ correct it as soon as possibl e.

HAVE A HAPPY HANDSTAND

TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XV / Number 3/ March 1973

4 FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn 'iundby 6 ON THE BEAM, Barbara Thatcher 8 VIEWPOINTS, Dick Criley

INTERNATIONAL TEAMS TOUR USA 1973 10 Hungarian Tour 1973 17 Romanian Tow 1973

Official Competition . Romania vs. USA, Berkeley, California, Barbara Thatcher Romania vs. USA All-Stars, Eugene, Oregon, Bill Ballester Romania vs. Denver School of Gymnastics, Rod C. Hill

22 Russian Tour 1973 24 CENTERFOLD, Jim Kruest 30 NEWS 'N NOTES, Renee Hendershott

Tulsa Revisited, Beatrice Lowe Don't Be A Wisher, Helen Sjursen Starting A Newsletter, Helen Sjursen

36 SEQUENCES BY SCHULZ, Dieter Schulz 38 HELEN'S CORNER, Helen Sjursen 38 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Cover: Ludmilla Tourischeva, Olympic gold medalist in the All-Around performing on the uneven parallel bars before a capacity crowd at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Publisher: Glenn Sundby, Associate Editors: Dick Criley and Renee P. Hendershott, Staff Writer: Barbara Thatcher, Contributors: Bill Ballester, Rodney C. Hill , Beatrice Lowe, Dieter Schulz and Helen Sjursen. Photographers: Ken Coleman, Geoffrey Crankshaw, Rich Kenney, Alan Levi and Still Photography Services.

GYMNAST magazine is published by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, Ca. 90401. Second Class Postage paid at Santa Monica, Ca. Published monthly except bi-monthly June, July, August and September. Price 75¢ a single copy. Subscription correspondence, GYMNAST - P.O. Box 110, Santa Monica, Ca. 90406. Copyright197J" all rights reserved by SUNDBY PUBLICATIONS, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, Ca. All photos and manuscripts submitted become the property of GYMNAST unless return request and sufficient postage are included .

JAPAN ANYONE? Our Associate ed itor, Dick Criley has se t up a 14 day tour to Japan for th e Hawai ian Gymnastic Association leaving Honolulu July 23rd and returning A ugust 6th. The total tour package is just $652.BO(from Hawaii) and includes all transportation, hotels, special side tours etc. .. plus tickets to th e Japa n College and High School Championships that are held at that time of the yea r . ... 50 if any of our GYMNAST readers would like to join them for a wonderful trip to Japa n to see th e best Gymnasts in the world ... Just write to the Hawaiian Gym nas ti c Associat ion P.O. Box 3956 Honolulu, Hawaii and ask th em to save yo u a seat(as it will be done on a first come first served basis yo u 'd better send a deposit along with your request).

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ON THE BEAM by Barbara Thatcher

Our lady on th e bea m thi s month is Linda Scott Polizzano w ho we nt to Hawa ii for a two wee k vacation but so impressed th e people at Punahou School w ith her gymnasti c ab ility th at she was asked to stay and is now coaching at the old Academy of Th ea ter Arts Building under

O.K. Fan Club with O.K.

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th e guidance of the Academ y of Th ea ter Arts. My source of info rmation sa id she was shanghaied in paradise. Na h I don ' t think th at much convincing had to be don e .... Suntans, surf and somersa ults just seem to go together.

Thi s mon th I present recipe #1 for in stant fame or bett er kn own as Glenn Sundby's recipe · fo r Na ti onal Publi cit y a la ca rte:

First, take the publi sher of GYMNAST ·-magaz ine w ho would like to greet the Russ ian

Ol ympic tea m at th e airpo rt in a rea ll y unique way; add o ne staff wr iter w ho also doubl es as a coach at the Beverly Hills YMCA; in clud e 18 li ve ly, gigg ly, gum chewi ng girl s from th e " y " , mi x th em all toge ther an d in 24 hours you have th e Olga Korbut Fan Club o f Beverly Hills, Calif. (Instant fame. )

Yes we did it, we actua lly met little Olga and her Russ ian cohorts at the L. A. A irport and presented her w ith one o f our now fairl y well known O.K. Fan Club " t " shirts. We now rank in th e top three of OK's favor it e things about the United St ates. Not bad co nsidering it 's hard to top N iagara Fall s and the New Yo rk skyscrapers. No t only were we mentioned in Newsweek but also in th e L. A. Tim es, in loca l papers and ou r " t" shirt was show n on "Wide World of Sports." Incred ible .. .. You just don ' t know w hat w ill happen nex t around thi s place.

* Perh aps the person w ho had the biggest thrill

was Lisa Myers of th e B.H. "Y" w ho wo re her " t" shirt to the Ru ss ian ex hi bi tion and was standin g around outside the dress ing room hoping to catch one more glimpse of the biggest p romoter of ke tchup since Hunt 's (Ketchup is OK's fa vo rit e food rumor has it.) whe n all of a sudden she was pu ll ed under th e rop es and pushed in th e d ressing room w here she was gree ted by th e Ru ss ians w ho we re anxio us to acqu ire another " t" shirt (how swee t, th ey liked them) and traded one of th eir Montrea l's (Ol ympi cs '76) fo r Li sa 's OK and then signed it. And that 's one " t " shirt th at ma y neve r be washed.

Moving on to M ichigan (that almost sounds like a song) it seems th at gym nasts are gettin g yo unger and more daring all the time. For instance Jodi Thompson a six yea r o ld f rom Brentwood does a giant into a doubl e hip circl e into a f lyaway dismou nt w ith a half twist (and that 's on th e unevens wonder how she's do on high ba r?) In th e Michigan Association for Gymnastics regiona ls she ca ptured f irst place all-arou nd as well as w inning the o th er four firsts. Not bad ...... .

Michiga n is also the ho me of ano th er new tea m the L.A.G.M.A.T.S. w hich by th e way stands for Laurie Ann Gorian's Michigan Association Tumbling Squad. Th e team is

named alter laurie Ann, a seven year o ld , Irom Taylor w hose mother tried for seve ral months to get a gymnas ti cs prog ram sta rted in th e area and finall y succeeded w hen th e Recreation Department of Taylor agreed to start th e prog ram. It sounds li ke a lo t o f t ime, e ffo rt, and pa tience was invo lved in the forma ti o n o f th e cl ub. Mrs. Gorian and her g irl s sound like a very dedi ca ted and determined group. Best of luck.

Tim e to mention a few es tabli shed gymn as ti cs schoo ls just so yo u ' ll kn ow · th at they ' re still around. One is th e Olympiad Schools Inc. w ith headquart ers in Wilmington, Delaware. There are also O lympiad schoo ls in Moorestown, New Jersey and O rl ando, Fl o ri da and a new schoo l in Richmo nd, Virgini a. (Wh at no schoo l in Ca lifo rnia?) Pr es ident and secretary o f th e co rporati on are Pat and Ed Knepper of Wilmington.

An d th e nex t clu b the Marvateens ce rtai nl y needs no introducti o n . Besides training National champions the g ro up also performs in parades but not your typi ca l county fair o r St. Patri ck 's Day parade oh no thi s time it was th e President of the United State's Inaugural Parade. Th ey appea red o n th e ph ysical f itness f loat al ong with George Hery and Stormy Eaton. And supposedl y th e President liked th at float th e best. The President is becoming a rea l gymn asti cs fan. He even met OK o r rath er OK met him, w hicheve r sounds ri ght.

Jodi Thompson, queen of the high bar, ooops uneven bars.

Thi s summer, think sun and think abo ut sending me some informil ti o n o n your summer gymnas ti cs ca mp. A h yes th ose wonderful ca mps w ith th e eight hour wo rkouts and th e smell of Ben Gay thro ughout the enti re ca mp the fi rst ni ght. Ah yes good old ca mp days w hen your coach d idn ' t have to wo rry abo ut yo u gainin g we ight beca use th e food was so bad.

So get your pens and ca len dars ready because here's the list of camps I have so far ... . Sanford Summer Clinic fea turin g Muriel Grossfeld (you kn ow the Olympic coach) f ro m July 29 - Aug. 2 and A ug. 5 - Aug. 10 in Hockessin , Delawa re. Co ntact Edgar Knepper 235 Pinehurst Rd. W ilmin gton, Del. 19803 (Yes this is th e sa me Mr. Knepper I menti o ned ea rli er.) .. .. Nex t we have th e Hall of Fame Camps Jul y 22-28 at Sa int Leo 's Co ll ege in St. Leo Fl o ri da .... A lso International Gymnastic Camp from June 24 - A ugust 4 at Bl air Academy and August 19 to Sept em ber 1 at Ca mp Sun Mountain . Thi s one sounds su per (my wo rd fo r

the month ), w ith John Crosby, Don Tonry and Abie Grossfeld as instructo rs among others. Contact Bruno Klaus Intern ati onal Gym Ca mp R.D. 3, Box 518 Stro udsburg, Pa. 18360 ... . Th en th ere is th e Northeast Region YMCA Girls Camp, June 24-30 at Lake Geo rge, NY. Contact Stan Zdunek, ca mp d irecto r 13 State Street Schenectady, New Yo rk 12305 (Schenectady? Not the Schenectady). Then th ere is the Middle Eastern Gym Camp at Tim ber Ridge Ca mping Reserva ti on fro m A ug. 20 - A ug. 26. Co ntact · MEGC 11615 Fulh am Stree t, Silver Spring, Mary land 20902. A lso the Annual All Girls Camp in Idy ll w il d, Ca li f. From June 30 - Jul y 14. Contact Vince Pietrok 1008 E. So uth SI. Anaheim, Ca. 92805 .... That is definit ely enou gh fo r now on ca mps. I do have o ne request fo r a ca mp th at has an adva nced coac hing program w ith instru cti o n in spo tting adva nced skill s, like tw istin g va ults, tw isting tumblin g, and anythin g that would educate an instructo r and give hi s coaching a new twist (anoth er littl e pun th er EC.J .

A lso don' t fo rge t th ese ca mps alread y mentioned in ads through out this magazine Sokol USA School, Woodland Camp, Caravan of Camps, Rocky Mountain Camp and Stony Brook Camp. And of course do n' t fo rget Camp Gymnast (Just had to inc lude that) .

I am cru shed ... . 1 think many of you are skimmin g over my co lumn, going straight to th e ce nterfo ld and o ther articles and completely igno rin g my plea fo r MORE MAil; ca mp news, meet results, pi ctures, articl es anythin g. A nd yo u kn ow yo u ca n w rite ,thore th an on ce . Al so wh ere are all th e entri es I expected in my Olga Ko rbut Essay Contes t. Wh at do we have to do, make our ce nterfo ld li ke Cosmopo litan 's in orde r to get reader respon se. Anyway it sure would be nice to get some mail. How ni ce it wo uld be to take it all to th e beach, stretch o ut on th e sa nd and just rea d it. Wh at a life that w ould be.

So, because I would li ke to ge t a better tan this summer I 'm ask ing yo u ·to WRITE. See yo u AII----Around.

At right : Marvateen float. Below: The Louisville Gym· Club has found a nice way to travel this summer or any other time of year.

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VIEWpoints by Dick Criley

MARCH--time aga in to remind all and sundry to get those high schoo l champ io nship reports in for our summer high school ussue. We need only the top 3 scores in each event and the A ll-Around. Include scores, schools, and a ca psule write-up of th e meet high li ghts. Winning routines wi ll also provide more information about the leve l of gymnas ti cs in the state. If possible, se nd sharp, action photos­-we try to se lct from th e ones we rece ive fo r our cover and centerfold. Don ' t forget--we also have state championships for girls and wou ld like to hear about them too .

I am reminded of recent co nversat ions w ith some coaches and USGF Techni ca l Cha irmen. We were talking about the building o f high school progra ms and recruiting fo r co lleges. Many states ho ld gymnastics during th e sa me season as basketball and wrestling in th e manner of trad iti ona l co ll egiate gymnastics. A few have fa ll seasons and a few others sp rin g seasons. Each aboids the competition for floor space wi th the other established indoor sports. Th e fall programs suffer from a lack of pre­season pract ice, but even winter and spring sched ules ma y hurt for practice time when state athl etic association s limit the length of th e pre-competition season for practices. Early seasons allow college coac hes to look over th e "crop" but late season s find him with many of his scholarships committed for th e nex t season. There are pros and co ns for al l 3 seasons, and we hope to present va riou s views on th ese this year. Pl ease send you r viewpoints to me cl o the GYMNAST magazine.

In case some o f yo u sharp-eyed linguists not iced, las t month we had a typographica l error in my preferred spelling of th e name of Russ ian gymn as t Liudmila Turischeva. On th e other hand, we lea rned from the television th at she prefprs -- Turischeva.

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Speaking of trampoline - the USA Trampoline and Space Ball Team traveling with the Russian exhibition was a crowd pleaser.

The U.S. Trampoline Association (USTA) and AAU have underta ken the rev itali za tion of trampolining in the U.S. Th anks to their efforts and those of th e Nissen Corporation, a Russian trampolin e tea m was brought ove r for a tour and competitions. This March ('73) a U.S. team journeyed to Ru ss ian fo r a return series of matches. The group that made the trip consisted of Jeff Hennessy, coach, Frances Kauffman , chaperone, George Nissen, public relations; Bill Copp, delega tion chief; Jeff Aust in , U.S.T.A. Pres ident, Mr. and Mrs. Scott . Ca rpenter, State Departm ent rep resentatives ; A len xa ndra N icho lso n , U.S.T.A. representative; Mari lyn Ste ig, Julie Jo hnson, Leigh Henn essy, Chris Eil ert se n, John Kauffman , and Stormy Eaton.

I recei ved a ca rd from Bill and Jeff which noted a 10-nation meet is b eing plann ed by th e USSR for May '74. Th e Russ ians want trampolining in as an Olympic sport by '76 for Montrea l and will certain ly pu sh fo r it w hen se lling Moscow as the sit e for th e 1980 Olympics.

This note, togeth er w ith th e participation of Mason Kauffman and Joy Umanhofer as U.S. representatives at the Sout h Afr ica n games, indicate th e potential o f trampolining as a sport for young propl e. Th e South and cen tral parts of _the U.S. now hold forth as hotbeds of trampoline act ivity, and -- like women 's gymnastics--th e pri va te clubs seem sure to assert dominance.

Whi ch leaves us with the question of where are th e co ll eges in this pi cture? A few are still recruiting trampo lini sts (sometimes with th e thou ght of co nve rtin g them to gymnasts) and others ma y start if the World Universit y Games also pi ck up an d include trampolinin g in th eir spo rts program. Afte r all , it beco mes pretty easy to fi eld a trampolinist or two and make a name fo r a University in th e intern ational arena ...

Did you no tice a sma ll advertisement in the February GYMNAST seeking professional gymnas ts? Curious? So were we.

It seems th ere's a hui (Chinese term for co ll ec tio n of individuals putting up financial backing in a p rojec t) w ho beli eve in th e potential g rowt h of gymnastics to th e ex tent that they are hiring top All-Around m en and women gymnasts- -at a decent sa lary in th e neighborhood o f $12,000, plu s benefit s--to pro m o t e gym n ast ics through c lini cs, ex hibiti o n s, shows , and eve ntuall y competitions. Th e groups, GYMNASTICS FANTASTICS, alrea dy has quite an itinera ry of programs outlined and is ready to w rite co ntacts to graduat ing (or grad uated) co ll eg iate gymnas ts.

As A I Ca rter, President of Gymnastics Fantastics, exp lai ned it, th ey are af ter the top gymn as t, but he must be abl e to teach as well as perform and must also be ab le to identify wit h high school coac hes since th ey are th e principa l cl ien tele for th e benefit s of GF's

programs. Whil e GF 's operatio ns w ill headquarter in th e Pacifi c North wes t, th ey expect th e future w ill provide mo re trave l opportuniti es.

Their formula fo r success invo lves the ready money most high sc hoo ls have for assembl y programs; beyond this are th e c lini cs, w ith high quality exhibiti o ns providing th e fini shing touches. From th ese reve nues come th e benefits (use o f a mobil e ho me, paid vacations, etc.) and sa laries for th e roo ki e gymn as ts and ex hibition perfo rmers with a (futu re) competiti ve team slated as o th er profess io nal tea ms evolve. Eventually, promo ti o ns w ill make it poss ible for a gymnast to manage his own gymnasti c gym as a part of a chain envisi oned by Gymn asti cs Fantastics.

One quick no te: Th e Chevro let Company has give n a rea l boost to th e AAU junior Olympic Program. Professio nal advice has given birth to a sli ck promo tional Newsl etter, th e Chevro let-AAU' Tim es, co mplet.e with pictures, sto ri es and boost fo r indi viduals and program s. In additi on, Chev rol et has designated M ason Bell, th e di recto r fo r you th acti viti es, to coo rdinate and spo nso r the junio r Olympic and Ph ys ica l Fitn ess prog rams with th e AAU. He is seekin g inputs from eve ryone with news stori es, h uma n interest stori es, promotional ideas, etc. W rite to him at Chevrolet M o to r Divisio n, General Motors Building, 3044 W est Grand Boulevard , Detro it, Michigan 48202.

It sounds as if you might be abl e to ti e in w ith th e sports interest of some loca l Ch ev ro let dealer in your home loca le to build a gymnasti cs o r trampo lining p rog ram. Th ey have the apparent encouragement of t he home office.

A promo tional film from th e 1972 junio r Olympi cs is also ava il abl e from Chev rolet Zone Offices and from 58 AA U Associ ations. Gymnasti cs is a part o f thi s f ilm as is trampolining.

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Announcing this year 's "Camp Gymnast" has moved from Catalina Island to a beautiful site overlooking Lake Big Bea r, a popular southern California resort area. Instruction is for girls 10 and over. However advanced 8 and 9 year olds will be accepted with their coaches recommendation. june 25 - july 2 1973 are this year's dates.

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Th e A meri ca n Assoc. for Hea lth , Ph ys ica l Ed uca tion and Recrea tion has recent ly ass igned th e task of editing a fo rth co mi ng p ubli ca ti o n , What Research Tells the Coach About Gymnastics, to A. B. Frederi ck (U ni v, o f Wi sconsin - Supe rio r) and D r, Pat Bird (C h. Dept. of HPER, Un iv. of Virginia -Charl o tt esv ill e). Thi s pub li ca ti o n wi ll take i ts p lace in AAHPER's se ri es devoted to resea rch generalizati ons w hich are use ful to th e coach. In an effo rt to in vo lve as many people as poss ible in this p roject th e Edito rs have as ked tha t those mem bers o f the gymn as ti c community w ho have completed resea rch pro jec ts (Master 's th eses; Docto ral di sse rtati o ns; o th er spo nso red resea rch) send th em abstracts o f their wo rk so that th ese may be inco rpora ted into the pu b lica ti o n. Sta ti sti ca l da ta is not requ ired. The advantage in communicati ng d irect ly w ith th e Edito rs is that the resea rcher w ill have th e oppo rtunit y to let them know d irectl y w hat th ey fee l th e va lue o f th eir wo rk might be to coaches and w hy. Fo r examp le, a d irect re po rt fro m some o f those w ho have completed cinematog raph ica l studi es in dica tes th at broad general izati ons are no t often possib le but th at such peopl e no ne-th e­less we re in a bettef positi o n to·es tim ate the va lue of ce rtai n methodo logy etc. It is such "of f th e cuff " ma ter ial th at the Edito rs are look i ng for si nce abstracts fo r mos t un pub lished resea rch is ava ilable. Will you kindl y share your expe rti se w ith th e Edit o rs? A ll cooperati on w ill be ackn owledged appropriately in the publica ti o n.

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International Teams Tour USA 1973 HUNGARY vs. USA All -Stars Maine West High School

Des Plaines, Illi nois February 16-17, 1973

Women's Competition

Th e U nited States wo rne n 's tea rn rni ght h ave defea ted th e Hunga ri an co nt in gent had t h e Hunga r ian s bee n rninu s o n e p erfo r rne r ... . ll o n a Bekesi.

W i t h f irst p lace vic to ri es in va u lt in g, balan ce b ea rn and fl oo r exerc ise M iss Bekesi eas i l y cap tured f i rs t p lace A ll-A ro un d an d ad ded en o ugh tea rn p oi n ts to put th e Hungarian s c lea rl y ah ead o f t he A rn e ri ca n s 184.90 to 180.50.

Th e rneet was never rea ll y close eve n th o u gh th e A rne ri ca ns executed ni ce floor exe rc ise ro utines, and scored fai rl y we ll in va ul t in g .

Mo nika Csasza r c lairn ed second in the A II­A ro und. Th e hi g h es t sco r i n g co rn pe ti to r fo r th e USA was Na ncy Thi es w h ose e ffo rt s rne rit ed a t hi rd place f ini sh in th e A ll-A ro und.

USA 1. R. Pierce 2. N. Thies 3. D. Payton 4. D. Grayson 5. C. Israe l 6. C. Fizell Total

1. c. Israe l 2. N. Thies 3. R. Pi erce 4. C. Fize ll 5. D. Pay ton 6. D. Grayson Tota l

Ru nning Score:

1. D. Grayso n R. Pierce N. Thies

4. D. Payton 5. C. Israe l 6. C. Fi ze ll Total

Runn ing Score:

1. N. Thies 2. R. Pierce 3. C. Israe l 4. C. Fize ll 5. D. Grayson 6. D. Payton Total

Fi na l Sco re:

1. N. Thies 2. R. Pi erce 3. C. Israe l 4. C. Fi ze ll 5. D. Pay ton 6. D. Grayson

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VAULTING Hungary

9.30 1. I. Bekesi 9.25 2" Z. Nagy 9.20 3. M. Ga ll 8.90 4. K. Medveczky 8.70 5. A. Ba n fa i 8.80 6. M . Csaszar

45.45 Tota l

Unevens

9.40 1. M. Csasza r 9.35 K. Medveczky 9.30 3. I. Bekesi 9. 15 4. Z. Nagy 8.70 5. M. Ga ll B.05 6. A. Ba nfai

45.90 Tota l Hunga ry 92.60; USA 91.35

Balance Beam

8.80 1. I. Bekesi 8.80 2. M. Csa sza r 8.80 A. Banfa i 8.30 4. M . Ga ll 8.20 5. K. Medveczky 8.00 6. Z. Nagy

42.90 Total Hunga ry 138.15; USA 134.25

Floor Exercise 9.45 1. I. Bekes i 9.35 2. M. Csasza r 9.25 K. Medveczky 9.15 4. Z. Nagy 9.05 5. M. Ga ll 8.75 6. A. Banfa i

46.25 Tolal

Hungary 184.90; USA 180.50

All -Around 36.85 1. I. Bekesi 36.75 2. M. Csasza r 35.55 3. K. Medveczky 35.10 4. Z. Nagy 34.95 5. M . Ga ll 34.80 6. A . Ba nfa i

9.40 9.30 9.20 9.15 9.05 8.95

46.10

9.40 9.40 9.35 9.20 9.15 9.05

46.50

9.40 9.30 9.30 8.80 8.75 8.60

45.55

9.50 9.45 9.45 9.25 9.10 8.50

46.75

37.65 37.10 36.75 36.35 36.25 35.60

' . Pho lo by Ric h Kenney All-Around winners : Above: left 10 righi, Gary Morava, Zollan Magyar, Jim Ivicek. Below : left to r ight, Monika Csaszar, Ilona Bekesi, Nancy Thies.

Pho lo by Ric h Ke nney

Photos by Rich Kenney Medveczky

Morava

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HUNGARY vs. USA All-Stars (Men's Competition)

Maine West High School Des Plaines, Ill inois

February 16-17, 1973

It was Hunga ry's Zo ltan Magyar who won the A ll-Around but it was a st rong, confident American squad that wo n the meet.

Jim Ivicek of the University of New Mexico and Gary Morava o f Southern Illinois Univers ity lead th e way for th e American tea m with seco nd and third place fini shes respecti ve ly in the A l l-Around. Morava's fin est showing was in high bar where he ea rn ed a 9.55 and first place. He also took a f irst in floor exercise . Ivice k 's acco mplishments included first in rin gs and va u lting.

Th e Hunga r ians ca me w ithin .05 of tying the score fo ll owing pommel horse as they ga ined more team points on that event th an th e Americans; th ey also proved to be more than adequate va ulters. Howeve r th e United States ' squad succeeded in sco r ing ve ry we ll on hi gh bar and lengthen ed the lead tremendously winning the meet w ith a total of 270.90 to the 263.90 point s th e Hungar ians had ea rned .

Floor Exercise

USA Hunga ry 1. Morava 9.45 1. Magyar 9.10 2. Ivicek 9.10 2. Si vado 8.55 3. Simmons 9.00 3. Polszler 8.35 4. Wanner B.95 Banrevi 8.35 5. Marli 8.70 Ki ss 8.35

Bulzman 8.70 6. Molnar 7.80 Total 45.28 Tota l 42.70

Pommel Horse 1. Wannel 9.25 1. Magyar 9.70 2. BUlzman 8.80 2. Sivado 9.30 3. Morava 8.50 3. Molnar 9.15

Ivicek 8.50 4. Banrev i 9.05 5. Marti 8.25 5. Ki ss 8.55 6. Simmons 7.80 6. Polszler 7.85 Total 43.30 Total 45.75

Rings

1. Ivicek 9.30 1. Molnar 9.00 2. Bul zman 9.00 2. Sivado 8.70 3. Morava 8.90 3. Polsz ler 8.60 4. Marti 8.65 4. Ki ss 8.50 5. Simmons 8.40 5. Magyar 8.45 6. Wanner 7.95 6. Banrevi 8.20 Total 44.25 Total 43.25

Vaulting 1. Ivicek 9.45 1. Magyar 9.40 2. Morava 9.20 2. Molnar 9.30 3. Simmons 9.10 3. Banrevi 9.15 4. Wanner 8.90 4. Kiss 8.65 5. BUlzman 8.70 5. Sivado 8.60 6. Marti 8.55 Polsz ler 8.60 Total 45.35 Total 45.10

Para llel Bars 1. Ivicek 9.40 1. Magyar 9.45 2. Simmons 9.20 2. Molnar 9.25 3. Morava 9.10 3. Banrevi 9.05 4. Wanner 9.00 4. Sivado 8.55 5. Marli 8.65 Kiss 8.55 6. Bulzman 8.35 6. Polsz ler 8.15 Total 45.35 Total 44.85

High Bar 1. Morava 9.55 1. Magya r 9.50 2. Bulzman 9.50 2. Polsz ler 9.30

Simmons 9.50 3. Ki ss 8.90 4. Marli 9.45 4. Banrev i 8.85

Ivicek 9.45 5. Molnar 8.70 6. Wanner 8.30 6. Sivado 8.65 Total 47.45 Total 45.25

All-Around 1. Ivicek 55.20 1. Magyar 55.60 2. Morava 54.70 2. Molnar 53.20 3. BUlzma n 53.05 3. Banrevi 52.65 4. Simmons 53.00 4. Sivado 52.35 5. Wanner 52.35 5. Ki ss 51.50 6. Marti 52.25 6. Polszler 50.85

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Opening ceremonies at Penn State.

HUNGARY vs. USA Official Competition (Women)

Penn State University February 23-24, 1973

Th e Hunga ri an women 's gymnast ic team bea t the American tea m at Munich .. .. and aga in at Penn State.

Th esco reswerea litt le closer this t im e, 188.15 to 185.90, but the Un ited States trail ed in every even t except balance bea m and there th e effo rt s were not quite strong eno ug h to catch th e Hunga ri an squad.

Throu gh th e efforts of Kim Chace, howeve r th e Americans managed to p lace in th e A II ­A round . Leaving th e gy m Friday ni ght, the first even ing of competition, Kim was in e ighth p lace having executed two fa irl y m ed iocre performances in uneven parall el bars and va u ltin g. Bur w ith a lot of ski ll and perh aps a littl e luck she hit so lid routines o n Saturday, th e fina l night, and succeeded in skippin g past fi ve places to finish w ith an overall sco re of 37.45 and third place, behind Hungary's Kr istin a Medveczky at 38.00 a nd I lo na Bekes i w ith 38.30.

It was Joa n Moore Rice who look ed th e pot enti al A ll-A ro und w inner, Frid ay n ight. After va u lting and unevens she was o ne- tenth of a po int ahead of Ilo na Bekes i and sti l l held a ve ry narrow lea d after balance bea m. However in floor exe rcise, often co nsidered her best event, a fa l l to the floor during a tumbling pass knock ed her out of first and she fini shed w ith 37.25 overall and ti ed w ith Hungary's Monika Csaszar for fourth p lace A ll-A round. The one po int she lost on floor exercise wou ld have been all th at she needed to secure f irst.

The m eet was a m emorable one for Flor ida gymnast C laudia Fize ll bu t for reasons differen t than most of th e other gymnasts. A tumbl e from th e uneven bars Friday resu lted in a broken foot bone, a visit to a lo ca l hosp ital where a cas t was put on , and th e prediction that she would not be able to work-out fo r at leas t six weeks.

Ann Carr proved to be a more than adequate subst i tut e for C laud ia, and delighted Penn State audiences w ith h er floor exe rcise routin e. A young and fairly inexpe ri enced performer as far as competing o n an Intern atio nal level, Ann demonstrated she could ho ld her own among Ol ympic ve terans and rece ived a three event total of 26 .85.

Photos by Geoff rey T. Cra nkshaw

Another yo ung perform er for th e Amer ica ns was Debbie Fike. A wel l known pe rform er on the W est Coast Debbi e appea red to impress the Easte rn crow d w ith her dynam ic style and noti cea ble po ise. Th is was Debbie's first appeara nce in an Intern ational meet at Penn State.

Olympic competi tors Nancy Th eis and Roxa nne Pi erce gave stron g bu t fair ly lackluste r performances and Na ncy p laced third in the All-Around among th e American girl s w hil e Roxanne had the lowest Al l-Around total for both teams.

Although the American sq uad lost th is fact did not seem to bo th er th e ca pacity crowd w ho ca m e to see h igh level competit ion and we re not di sa ppointed.

Fike

Women's Competition

U.S.A. 1. Moore Rice 2. Pierce 3. Theis 4. Fi ke 5. Chace Total

1. Moore Rice 2. Chace 3. Theis 4. Fike 5. Carr Total

1. Chace Moore Ri ce

3. Theis 4. Fike 5. Pierce Total

1. Chace-'~' Theis

3. Pierce 4. Ca rr 5. Fike Total

Vault

Hungary 9.60 1. Bekesi 9.50 9.50 2. Banfai 9.45 9.30 3. Ke leman 9.40 9.25 Medveczky 9.40 9.15 5. Csasza r 9.30

46.80 Total 47.05

Uneven Bars

9.60 1. Bekesi 9.60 9.35 2. Medveczky 9.55 9.25 3. Csaszar 9.45 8.95 4. Keleman 9.40 8.60 5. Banfa i 9.30

45.75 Total 47.30

Balance Beam 9.50 1. Bekesi 9.65 9.50 2. Medveczky 9.45 9.30 3. Ke leman 9.15 9.25 4. Banfa i 9.05 9.00 5. Csaszar 9.00

46.55 Total 46.20

Floor Exercise 1. Chace 9.45 1. Bekesi 9.65~_2. Moore Rice 9.45 2. Csasza r 9.60 3. Theis 9.40 Medveczky 9.60 4. Fike . 9.35 4. Nagy 9.40 5. Pierce 9.15 5. Banfai ' Keleman 9.35 6. Ca rr (3 events)

46.80 Total 47.60 Final · Score:

Rice (Moore) Chace

Thies

A"-Around 37.45 1. Bekesi 38.30 37.35 2. Medveczky 36.00 37.30 3. Csa sza r --3T.35 36.60 4. Keleman 37.30 36.45 5. Banfai 37.15 26.85 6. Nagy ._ 36.60

Hunga ry 188.15; U.S.A. 185.90

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pierce Photo by Still Photo Scr"ice

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HUNGARY vs. USA Official Competition (Men)

Penn State University February 23-24, 1973

To say that coach Gene Wettstone was pleased with Marshall Avener's All-Around performance against the gymnasts from Hungary wou ld be an understatement. He was overjoyed.

Avener, a senior at Penn State and Wettstone 's top A ll -Around man gave extreme l y st ro n g, sure and steady performances to assist the United States squad in a 278.10 to 275.15 victo ry over the Hungari an visitors and also cap ture th e All-Around crown , by a mere .05.

The vete ran Olympian got a lit t le help from hi~ teammate Jim Kruest, a junior w ho chalked up high points for the team in rings, va ulting, and high bar. This was Kruest 's first International meet and he demonstrated that he was more than ab le to hand le the responsib iliti es by post ing a 56.06 in the A II­.Around and fini sh ing second among th e Amer ican men.

The battle for the A IiAround title between Avener and Zo ltan Magyar was sure ly the high li ght of th e compet ition which drew over 7,000 spectators. The crown was up for grabs down to the last event although Avener was ahead at th e end of the first night of competition. He widened the margin afte r Saturday night 's first event va ultin g, but the Hungarians came on strong in the last two events, parall el bars and high bar but not st rong enough.

The American sq uad never lost th e lead w ith good, solid, and often exci ting routines in each event. Part icularly noteable was Joh n Crosby's wi nning floor exerc ise routine and Greg Weiss ' performance on paralle l bars.

Jim Ivicek and Dave Butzman also co nt r ibuted to th e American effort. Ivicek usuall y a strong va ulter d id not score wel l in that event but boosted the team sco re in both para ll el bars and rings. Butzman ga rn ered a few po in ts in high bar.

Floor Exercise USA

1. Crosby 2. Avener 3. Ivicek 4. Kruest 5. Butzman Total

Hungary 1. Magya r 2. Po lszte r 3. Molnar 4. Berczi

Kiss Total

9.50 9.45 9.20 9.10 9.05

46.30

9.30 9.10 9.00 8.85 8.85

45.10

Pommel Horse 1. Avener 9.55 2. Crosby 9.15 3. Kruest 9.10 4. Weiss 8.85 5. Ivicek 8.55 Total 45.20

1. Magya r 9.70 2. Molnar 9.40 3. Berczi 9.20 4. Kiss 8.95 5. Banrevi 8.45 Total 45.70 Running Score: USA 91.50; Hunga ry 90.80

Rings 1. Kru es t 2. Ivicek 3. Avener 4. Crosby 5. Weiss Total

9.55 9.40 9.35 9.30 9.15

46.75

1. Molnar 9.45 2. Banrevi 9.20 3. Magyar 9.15 4. Kiss 9.10

Polszte r 9.10 Total 46.00 Running Score: USA 138.25; Hungary 136.80

Vaulting 1. Kru est 2. Avener 3. Crosby 4. BUlzma n 5. Ivicek Total

9.40 9.35 9.30 9.00 8.85

45.90

1. Molnar 9.40 2. Banrevi 9.30 3. Magyar 9.10 4. Be rczi 8.65 5. Polszter 8.55 Total 45.00 Running Score : USA 231.00; Hungary 228.25

Butzman Parallel Bars

Photo by Geoffrey T. Crankshaw High Bar All-Around

1. Weiss 9.50 1. Molnar 9.50 1. Kruest 9.55 1. Magyar 9.65 1. Avener 56.40 1. Magyar 56.35 2. Ivice k 9.40 2. Magyar 9.45 2. Crosby 9.45 2. Kiss 9.35 2. Kruest 56.05 2. Molnar 56.10 3. Kruest 9.35 3. Banrevi 9.30 3. Ave ner 9.40 Molnar 9.35 3. Crosby 56.00 3. Banrevi 54.15 4. Avener 9.30 4. Berczi 9.25 Butzman 9.40 Polszter 9.35 4. Ivicek 54.70 4. Be rczi 53.75

Crosby 9.30 5. Polsz ter 8.95 5. Ivicek 9.30 5. Banrevi 9.20 5. We iss 54.15 5. Ki ss 53.00 TOlal 46.85 Tolal 46.45 Tola l 47.10 Tolal 46.90 6. Butzman 53.85 6. Polszte r 52.90

Magyar Photo by Geoffrey T. Crankshaw Final Meet Score: USA 278.10; Hungary 275.10 Photo by Geoffrey T. Crankshaw Polszler

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All-Around winners Marshall Avener, Imre Molnar, Zoltan Magyar.

nI~~-= photo by Still Photo SefYice

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ROMANIA vs. USA Official Competition (women)

University of California, Berkeley Fe bruary 28, 1973

by Barba ra Thatcher

Th e Amer ican team comprised of three O lympic veterans and three other highl y capable gymnasts had a slight balance pro b lem and this fa ct helped tilt th e sco re in fa vo r o f the vis iting Romanians to give th em a 185.85 to 185.00 victory.

Even w ith tremendous tea m effort and very solid ro uti nes in t he final event, floo r exe rcise, the US ladies co uld not entirely close the one point gap th at separated th e two tea ms fo llowin g ba lance beam .

The meet was basica lly a co ntes t betwee n a youn g and enthusias ti c America n squad and a very mature and experi enced Roman ian tea m. Th e experi ence paid o ff fo r th e Romanians, but for the 6,500 spectato rs the competiti o n i tse lf and no t the final o utcome seemed to be the important th ing.

A few years of experi ence and .7 separated the fi rst and third place All-Aro und performers. Alina Go reac 20, took to p hono rs w ith a 37.90 and edged out three time O lympic veteran, Elena Cea mpelea, 25, by .1. Both women had very dynamic and excit ing rout ines; and Elena's f ront ae rial moun t o n beam was most impress ive. Fi fteen yea r o ld Debbie Fike added a certain style and grace to her own ro utin es to total 37.20 w hich p laced her third in th e All-Around and made her the highes t sco rer fo r th e United States.

Close behind Debb ie were teammates Nancy Thi es and Kim Chace who t ied for fou rth p lace A ll -Around at 36.95. Nancy 's live ly fl oor exe rcise rout ine delighted th e aud ience and merited 9.65 the h ighes t sco re of th e evening for the America ns. The bea m proved to be not as wobb ly fo r Kim as it was for Nancy and Roxa nne Pierce and she hit a ve ry so lid ro uti ne wh ich included an ae rial wa lkove r, and a ni ce ly cont ro ll ed , side hand stand and back handspring. She was awarded a 9.45 .

Fellow O lympian, Roxanne Pi erce was a litt le shaky o n the unevens and that plus a fall f rom the bea m caused her to tally only a 36.40 in the A ll-Aro und.

Al so contributing to the Ameri ca n team <rnre we re Jeannette And erson and Diane

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Sabau Pho tos by Barba ra Thatcher

Dunbar. Jea nnette was ca lled in to take Debb ie Hil l 's p lace in th e competiti o n and the Sea tt le, W ashington lass turned in cred ible perfo rmances on unevens and fl oo r exe rcise. Thi s marked Diane's f irs t appea rance in Intern ation al type competit ion . But at 14, Diane displays a tremendous amo unt of poi se and ab ility pa rt icularl y in fl oo r exercise and may well be a gym nast to watch fo r in th e future. Had it no t been fo r a tumb le from th e bars Diane m ight have secu red a much higher posit ion in t he A ll-Around.

The hi ghes t sco re for th e Romanians was A li na Goreac 's 9.70 in f loor exe rcise. Thi s great ly p leased th e Romanian men's team, w ho acted as cheer leade rs throu gho ut th e co mpetiti on, so much that they p icked her up and ca rr ied her aroun d th e gym much to th e amazement and amu se ment o f th e aud ience.

Vaulting USA Ro mania 1. Pi e rce 9.40 1. Gri goras 9.40 2. Dunbar 9.25 2. Ceam pelea 9.35

Thi es 9. 25 Goreac 9.35 Fike 9.25 4. Saba u 9.20

5. Chace 9.00 5. Trusca 9.15 6. Ande rson 8.80 Coman 9.15 Total 46.15 Total 46.45

Bars 1. Fike 9.35 1. Go reac 9.40 2. Ande rson 9.30 2. Ceam pelea 9.25 3. Thies 9.25 3. Trusca 9.15 4. Pie rce 8.95 4. Saba u 9.10 5. Chace 8.90 5. Grigoras 8.55 6. Dunbar 7.80 6. Coman 8.40 Total 45.75 Total 45.45

Balance Beam 1. Chace 9.45 1. Ceampe lea 9.60 2. Fike 9.30 2. Grigoras 9.50 3. Dunbar 9.25 3. Go reac 9.45 4. Ande rson 9.05 4. Sabau 9.25 5. Thies 8.80 5. Trusca 9.05 6. Pie rce 8.60 6. Coman 8.50 Total 45.85 Total 46.85

FX 1. Th ies 9.65 1. Goreac 9.70 2. Chace 9.60 2. Ceam pelea 9.60 3. Pi e rce 9.45 3. Gri go ras 9.40 4. Fike 9.30 4. Trusco 9.20 5. Ande rson 9.25 Coman 9.20 6. Dunbar 9.15 Sa ba u 9.20 Total 47.25 Total 47.10

All-Around 1. Fi ke 37.20 1. Go reac 37.90 2. Chace 36.95 2. Cea mpelea 37.80

Thies 36.95 3. Grigo ras 36.85 4. Pi e rce 36.40 4. Sa bau 36.75

Ande rson 36.40 5. Trusca 36.55 6. Dunbar 35.55 6. Coman 35.25

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ROMANIA vs. USA Official Competition (men)

University of California, Berkeley Harmon Gym

February 27, 1973 by Barbara Thatcher

The odds on the American team beating the Romanian delegation cou ld ha ve matched those of a plow horse beating a throu ghbred . But the US men came on strong during the home stre tch and with classic form and consistently high scores on th e final even t high bar, succeeded in beating the Rom anians by a nose or in this case .3.

Trail ing by nearly a point after parallel bars the US squad seemed to forget it wasn' t the pred icted w inner and ch ipped away at the opposit ion 's sco re w hil e holding the audience in suspense throughout high bar. Brent Simmons' 9.6 rout ine clinched the victory for the Americans and the team fini shed with a sco re of 271.10 to the Romanian 's 270.80.

There was not an Ol ympian among th e American gymnasts and th e members of th e Romanian team in Berkeley were the sa me gymnasts who had competed for their country in th e Olympic Games at Mun ich.

However th e A ll-Around honors went to Dan Grecu, 22, of Romania whose great st rength was ev ident in his ring and parallel bar performances. His total sco re for the evening was 55.30. Half a point behind him was Ga ry Morava of Southern Illi nois University who at 54 .80 was the highest US sco rer. Morava ca me close to w inning the All-Around titl e but a med iocre performance on paralle l bars produced a mediocre score and hurt his overall total just enough. Morava set the pa ce for the other US gymnasts and executed a ve ry intri cate floor exe rcise rou tine to ea rn th e highest score in that event and threw a flashy and well controll ed double front vau lt to claim first in vau lt ing. Mihaiuc Photo by 8Mb.ua Thatche r

Ivicek photo by Barbara Thatcher

Assisting Morava in the collection of team points were Jim Ivicek, Brent Simmons, Dave . 1. Morava Butzman, Ted Marti and Tom Weeden . Butzman

k I 3. Weeden

Morava 's wea nesses in severa cases were 4. Simmons Ivicek 's defin ite strengths. The University of 5. tvicek New Mexico gymnast turned in fine Marti performances on paralle l bars and r ings and Total was close behind Morava in vau lting disp laying the same double front vau lt. 1. Ivicek

2. Butzman Simmons was the second h ighest scorer for

th e Americans and w ith a score of 54.50 fourth in th e A ll-Around behind Petre Mihaiuc of Romania, w ho scored 54.75. A fo rmer Nat ional champ ion on paral lel bars and h igh bar, Simmons was a tremendous asset to the team in those events.

Butzman hit a nice ro utine on rings to score a 9.15 which the crowd seemed to think was not high enough . His pull , from a hang, to an iron cross mount looked almost effor tless.

Th is was the first Internationa l meet for Tom Weeden , a freshman at the University of California, and although he looked a li ttle nervo us in several even ts, he looked extreme ly confident in floor exe rcise where he displays good tumbling w ith nice high layout and piked backs.

Ted Marti 's high bar routine had severa l nice combinat ions and merited a 9.50 which greatly he lped the Amer icans.

USA 1. Morava 2. Simmons 3. Weeden 4. Ivicek 5. Butzman 6. Marti Total

Floor hercise

9.50 9.20 9.00 8.95 8.75 8.65

45.40

Romania 1. Mihaiuc 2. Oprescu 3. Grecu 4. Petrescu 5. Gheorghiu 6. Bars Total

9.30 9.25 9.10 9.00 8.80 8.35

45.45

Simmons 4. Morava 5. Marti 6. Weeden Total

1. Morava 2. Ivicek 3. Simmons 4. Butzman 5. Marti 6. Weeden Total

1. Ivicek 2. Simmons 3. Butzman 4. Marti 4. Weeden 6. Morava Total

1. Simmon's 2. Marti 3. Morava 4. Butzman 5. Weeden 6. Ivicek Total

1. Morava 2. Simmons 3. Butzman 4. Ivicek 5. Marti 6. Weeden

Pommel Horse 9.00 1. Grecu 9.00 2. Gehorghiu 8.70 3. Mihaiuc 8.55 4. Bars 8.35 5. Petrescu: 8.35 6. Oprescu

43.60 Total Rings

9.35 1. Grecu 9.15 2. Bars 9.15 3. Oprescu 9.00 4. Mihaiuc 8.75 5. Gheorghi u 8.70 6. Petrescu

45.40 Total Vault

9.55 1. Grecu 9.40 2. Mihaiuc 8.70 3. Oprescu 8.60 4. Bars 8.40 5. Petrescu 7.20 6. Gheorghiu

44.65 Total Parallel Bars

9.30 1. Grecu 9.25 Mihaiuc 9.20 3. Oprescu 8.90 4. Gheorghiu 8.65 5. Petrescu 8.40 6. Bars

45.30 Total High Bar 9.60 1. Pet rescu 9.50 2. Mihaiuc 9.35 3. Gheorghi u 9.25 4. Grecu 9.05 5. Bars 7.85 6. Oprescu

46.75 Total All-Around 54.80 1. Grecu 54.50 2. Mihaiuc 53.95 3. Petrescu 53.20 4. Gheorghiu 52.55 5. Oprescu 51.30 6. Bars

9.10 8.85 8.80 8.40 8.25 7.80

43.40

9.50 9.45 9.20 9.05 ' 8.80 8.70

46.00

9.20 9.05 8.95 8.90 8.75 8.55

44.85

9.30 9.30 9.20 8.85 8.801 8.45 '

45.45

9.50 9.25 9.05 9.00 8.85 8.25

45.65

55.20 54.75 53.00 52.90 52.65 52.40

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WELCOME ROMANIAN GYM OLYMPIC STARS

ROMANIA vs. USA All-Stars (Men's Competition)

Eugene, Oregon by Bill Ballester

University of Oregon Gymnastics Coach

The Romanian Nationa l Team was welcomed to Eugene, Oregon, by a very enthusiastic crowd of 5,000 gym nast ics fans. For the first time eve r, Oregon fans .were treated to an International meet featuring an All-Star U.S.A. men 's team vs. the Romanian Olympic team.

The crowd was warm and responsive, and the pagentry and color of the meet was felt and appreciated by all. Th e evening ceremony began wi th the Mayor of Eugene presenting keys of the city to the visiting gymnasts and coaches. Competition

The format of the meet was to have allowed Romania to use six A ll -Around men (four to count); and the U.S.A . All-Stars five A ll-Around rT:"n (four to cou nt ) plus one specia li st in each event, for even t honors only, not team score. However, the Romanian coach requested th e use of seven performers to be used in some even ts as speciali sts, w ith the top scores cou nting. The door was then open--to ailow specia li sts to participate in an Internat ional Meet. The results of this move were quite interest ing.

The U.S.A. A ll-Stars were composed of AII­Around men Brent Simmons and Dave Butzman (fo rmerl y of Iowa State), Ted Marti (fo rm erly of Mich iga n, Steve Posner (sophmore at Ca lifo rnia), and Steve Roskam (freshman from Oregon). The specialists we re all from the University of Oregon 's team: Bob Rikli (FX), Joe Perc iva l (PH), Kevin Cornelius (R), Greg Maxwell (V), Tom Phillips (PB), and Warren Weiseth (HB). Floor Exercise

The w inner of the event was Bob Rikli, Oregon freshman. His sty le and presentation were nea rl y fl awless. After a unique start from the cente r of the mat, he ca me back with a double rull , over hea d high, and stu ck it. Hi s rout ine also included a o ne-step run into an arabia n 1-3;" to an ext remely high st radd le jump. Number 1 for the American spec ialist.

Pommel Horse

Event w inner sophomore Joe Perciva l once aga in gave th e U.S. the edge by scoring a 9.40. Joe works ve ry high and with grea t extension. He sta rts wi th a back moore into immediate

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travel to end loop arou nd hop to kehre in to extremely high scisso rs. His unique dismount includes a hop, a wa lk around and two outside loops.

Number 2 for American specia li sts. Rings

Dan Grecu of Roman ia won rin gs with the meet 's high score of 9.50 (to this point). His work was very aggress ive w ith st raight arm work both ways, grea t strength work, and an exceptionall y high giant inlocate to a rudolph dismount. Vaulting

Va ulting was not up to the par of the other events for either team. The Romanians all performed triple-astericked va ults (f ull hechts, full Yamashitas) but were not solid in landings. The U.S. team was co nse rvat ive and performed Yamashita vau lts. First place was taken by Brent Simmons.

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Petrescu Weiseth

Parallel Bars Th e United States was in the lead going into

the parallel bars; however, the Romanians closed the gap in this event, led again by Dan Grecu who real ly turned on the crowd with his original and unique work featuring a flying lay­out front sa ito to upper arm to a high straddle cut and ca tch. He dismounted with a rudolph.

Th e score going into high bar was U.S.A. 182.05 - Romania 181 .85 Horizontal Bar

There was a first place tie in this event between Brent Simmons and Constantin Petrescu, both sco ring 9.50.

Brent displayed hi s fl aw less form and technique and concluded wi th a beautiful full hecht. Petrescu 's routin e included some reall y unique moves and different uses of Czech giants, ext remely high hecht va ult, and a very high pike open full dismount. All-Around

Dan Gr_ecu narrowly edged Brent Simmons for honors: Grecu Roman ians 55.20 Simmons All-Stars 55.10 Butzman All-Stars 54.35 Mihaiuc Romania ns 54.30 Posner All-Stars 52.55 Marti All-Stars 52.30 Roskam All-Stars 50.85

Results A. All-Stars had defeated the Romanians 218,80 to 218.25.

U.S.A. coach Bill Ballester had nothing but praise for the U.S. contingent who, under very trying conditions, turned in excellent performances. A special thanks to Brent Simmons and Dave Butzman who came directly from Penn State Saturday night (U.S.A. - Hungary) to Eugene for competition some 3,000 miles from College Park. They came directly from the airport to the gym where they immediately began warm-ups. A real tribute to two very fine athletes and great young men.

It was a great meet for everyone concerned, and Oregon is looking forward to their next gymnastics spectacular.

Rosham

ROMANIA vs. Denver School of Gymnastics

(Women's Competition) by Rodney C. Hill Denver School 01 Gymnastics

We felt it a great honor to have the Nat iona l team from Roman ia come to Denver and w ish to thank the U.S.G .F. and Bob Fisher of Den ve r for arra nging it.

We we lcomed the Romanian Team to Denver as they arrived at Stapleton Airport the morning o f the meet. A surpri se guest to ou r city was Frank Bare, w ho met us at the airport before the National team arr ived.

We took the team to their motel where they rested for the entire afternoon.

That evening the meet was held at Lakewood High School before a capacity crowd. Th ere were people stand ing, sitting in aisles and I don' t believe 10 more people could have been put in the gym.

After t he open ing ceremon ies and introduct ions were ove r the meet began in Olympic o rd er.

In the vau lt we stayed w ithi n two tenths of ou r vis ito rs w ho boasted four Olympians. The Romanians used mostly twisting vaults. As o ur team is so young (ave rage age 13V2) we are st ill in t he bu ilding p rocess, so we had a problem in that at present we are using most Yamashitas. We co uld use it f ive t imes, so our meet plan was to put stro ng va ulters fi rst using the Yamashi ta, and hoping for a stick on the first va ult. Our first va ulter A li cia Johnston co uld not con tro l her vau lt on the first attempt and so we had to use up two ,Yamashitas. Our second va ul ter was Cindy Golgart. She landed cleanly and scored a 9.25. Now we had two Yamashitas left and two vau lters to use them. Trish Reed hit her first o ne clean and scored a 9.45 to tie A lina Goreac of Romania for first place. Lind a Antoni o used the last Yamashita and sco red 9.35 . Debbie Hill and Chris Paser used handsprings scori ng 9.40 and 8.80. Renee Hack used a quarter on, quarter off and received a 8.85. Elena Ceampe lea and Anca Grigoras for Romania sco red 9.40.

The second event was the uneven bars. Our girls did an excell ent job here and we scored well. Debbie placed f i rst w ith a 9.65. She was followed by Goreac w ith a 9.60 and Grigoras w ith a 9.55. Linda Antonio and Trish Reed scored 9.40 fo r Denve r. We we re now seven tent hs down after two events.

At this stage of the meet we took Debbie from the competition because of a gro in injury suffered in practice two weeks befo re. She was unable to do th e stretch ing moves necessary in beam and floor ex.

On the balance beam, th e Romanians were beautiful to behold . They were exciting to watch and ve ry steady. Elena Ceampelea thrilled th e crowd wit h her rout ine and scored 9.65 but was beaten by teammate Goreac w ho scored a 9.7. Grigoras was third w ith a 9.5 . Lead ing the Denver team was Antonio w ith a 9.40 and Johnston with a 9.30.

The Romanian team had opened upa2point lead. We went to the final event free exercise. I feel the Denver team did an exce llent job here and they scored well . Th e Romanians we re again excellent. Goreac had another 9.7. Ceampelea had a 9.65. Antonio of Denver had a 9.40 and Reed had 9.30. The fin al team sco re turned out to be 189.25 for Romania and 184.55 for Denver School o f Gymnastics.

The Roman ian team was much more experienced and showed a great deal of poise . Their bars were not as st ro ng as I expected, and

th e va tJltin g was not as strong. Beam and I loor exercise were exce ll ent and very sure.

The Denver Schoo l of Gymnastics showed great strength in vau lting and un even bars. Had it not been for one troubl e rout ine on bars, we cou ld have been leading afte r two events. Debbie was leading the A ll-Around at the t ime we took her out. The DSG team showed grea t poise and determinat ion throughout t he meet. They neve r gave in and had th ey made no misses and Debbie had been able to compete all th e way, it would have been very close.

We were invited to Roman ia next yea r to compete. We w ill go.

RESULTS OF THE MEET:

Vault Ull .... ·ven Bars 1. Reed D 9.45 1. Hill D 9.65 1. Goreac R 9.45 2. Goreac R 9.60 2. Hill D 9.40 3. Grigoras R 9.55 2. Ceampelea R 9.40 4. Reed D 9.40 2. Grigoras R 9.40 4. Antonio D 9.40

4. Trusla R 9.40

Balance Beam Free Exercise 1. Goreac R 9.70 1. Goreac R 9.70 2. Grigoras R 9.65 2. Ceampelea R 9.65 3. Ceampelea R 9.60 3. Grigoras R 9.50 4. Sabau R 9.50 4. Antonio D 9.40

5. Reed D 9.30 5. lrus la R 9.30 5. Coman R 9.30

All -Around

Romania Denver Gri go ras 38.10 Johnston 36.50 Cea mpelea 34.65 Reed 37.30 Goreac 38.45 Anton io 37.50 Sabau 36.65 Pa ser 34.60 Coman 36.65 Hack 35.55 l rus la 36.90 Golgart 34.40 Si monl i 36.70

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RUSSIAN TOUR 1973 RUSSIAN EXHIBITION

Los Angeles Sports Arena March 14, 1973

Over 15,000 peopl e crowded into the Los Angeles Sports A rena to see the best women gym nas ts in the wo rl d, the Ru ss ian Ol ymp ic tea m .

Ludmill a Tou ri scheva an d O lga Korbut we re clea rl y the " stars" of th e show, however th e aud ience res po nded enthus iast ica ll y to the perfo rm ances of th e rest of th e tea m w hich included Tamara Lazakovich, Anton ina Kos hel, Ru siko Sikharuli dze, and Liubov Bogdanova.

A ltho ugh seve ral o f th e routines we re lackin g some o f th e diffi cult elements di splayed in M unich, th e major it y of th e routines we re well executed and in cl uded enough d iffi cult y to make them exci tin g and memorab le, especiall y th ose on ba lance bea m.

One o f th e most impressive beam rout in es was th at of Bogda nova . She has not been as publi cized as Ko rbut but does many of Korbu t's tri cks and in thi s ex hib iti o n did them w ith somewhat better fo rm. She included in her routine a tu cked back fli p, a front ae ri al, a f ro nt handspring step out and a beau tiful tu rn on her sto mach. For her dismo unt she used a do ubl e full tw istin g back.

Tou rischeva looked ve ry re laxed o n th e bea m and made her no hand ro lls look effo rtl ess. Her fro nt wa lkove r, back ha ndspring and va ldez we re also ni ce ly do ne. Perhaps the o ne thi ng th at is most not iceab le abou t her is her ampli tude. Each movement is stretched and ex tended as far as poss ible and done w ith excepti o nal body co nt ro l.

Korbut 's bea m ro utine was much the same as the one in M unich. She ad ded ano th er tucked back flip to her rou tin e w hi ch does no t rea ll y .enhance the compositi on. No w here in her routine does she do wa lkove rs o r ca rtw hee ls in success ion, no r does she perfo rm anyone arm skill s. Her only dance movements are leaps and her ro utine lacks any of th e intrica te dance skill s and turn s fo r w hich o th er Ru ssian perfo rmers are kn own.

The beam ro ut ine o f Laza kovich however was much the o pposite. Her dance elements we re very graceful w ith a ni ce ju m p, full turn , chasse and side movements. Her tumb ling skill s includ ed a back handspring and di ve ca rtw hee l.

Uneven parall el bars proved to be equall y as spectacular as beam. Bogdanova 's routine was a definite c rowd plea se r as she once aga in demonstrated many of Ko rbut 's moves but w ith mo re fo rm and ampli tude. Her layout back w ith a double tw ist dismount from th e high bar was very thrilling to see and her back sole circle in a tu cked positi on o n th e high ba r was also ni ce.

Ko rbut performed the sa me routine she d id in Munich including the layout back to regrasp th e high bar. Hundreds o f fl ashbulbs exp loded during th at tr ick.

To urischeva's ro ut ine was ve ry steady and she kipped and tw isted her way th rough th e exe rcise w ith littl e apparent effo rt and ended th e ro utine w ith a ve ry high hecht o ff the low bar.

The vaulting was cl ean, simp le and so lid . M ost vaults were handsp rin gs and Yamashitas. Lazaza kov ich d id a Ya mashita w ith a full tw ist and Touri sc heva d id a handspring w ith a full tw ist th at was very smooth.

No w here was sty le more apparen t than in f loo r exe rcise. Bogdanova 's ro uti ne was do ne wi th ve ry Ru ssian sounding music and she demo nstra ted her fantast ic tw ist ing ab ility o nce again w ith a ro und-off fl ip-f lop double twisti ng back.

Laza kov ich had a slow beg in ning to her routine and her tu mbli ng includ ed round-o ff flip-flop layout back and ro und-o ff f lip-flop full twi st.

Th e di f ference betwee n Ko rbut and To uri scheva was def initely no ti ceab le. Ko rbut 's sty le was simp le, girli sh and cute. Her diffi culty included a handsp rin g fro n t f lip into a round ­off flip fl op back and a ro und-off fl ip-fl op layout back. Touri scheva demonstrated much mo re poise and looked ve ry mature and fe minine. Her tu mb ling inc luded a ro und-o ff fl ip-flop full tw ist and a ro und-off flip- f lop layout back. Aga in she showed great ampl itud e and body con tro l.

As th e gymnas ts wa lked o ut fo llowing the cl o,sing ce remonies th e smil es o n th eir faces made it apparent th at th e evening had bee n as enjoyabl e fo r th em as it was fo r th e spectato rs. photos by Alan Levey

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COMPETITIVE EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE PRIVATE CLUBS

More and more open meets are being held by private clubs throughout the United States nowadays, and some are even attended by teams from Canada and South America which brings in an aura of international flavor. With the approaching tour of Dieter Schulz with his German team and the japanese team via the private club circuit, many of our young gymnasts are having competitive experience that they could not have dreamed of as few as four years ago. THE MINNESOTA OPEN

Represented were clubs from Iowa, Illinois and Winnipeg in addition to Minnesota clubs ... 14 all told . james A. Pederson , meet director, noted this: In 1969 most of the teams participating were high school and junior high teams with a small representation from the AAU private clubs. The number of participants in this meet has grown from 85 in 1970 to ?85 in 19/3. He noted that no high school or junior high teams have participated since 1970. They are now all private clubs. He also noted that the greatest increase is shown in the intermediate group, the first level in which the girls are allowed to perform optional routines.

Mechelle Wilkins (CHIPS), Borme Peterson (KEGS) and Debby Dunning (CHIPS) topped their own age groups in the intermediate division with scores of 30.65, 30.35, and 31 .15. Kolleen Casey (TURN) took first honors in the All-Around competition for ages 14 and under with a 33.00 and Denise Rivet (TURN) received the highest score in the whole meet (34.90) to win in the 15 and over advanced group (TURN) . THE DAYTON INVITATIONAL

jay Klein directed Dayton Ohio's first invitational meet in january and managed to gather gymnasts from 17 different teams from surrounding states including Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, and New York. (Quite a feat being that it was on the same weekend as the First Elite Qualifying round). There were 65 girls competing in the junior division and 45 competing in the senior division.

Placing first, second, and third in the junior division were Melissa Stack (Canton) with 30.65, Terry Musial (Bodnar Bell) with 29.05, and F. Allen (B-Raven) with 28.60. In the senior division julie Scholtz of Bodnar Bell took first place honors with 31.35. Kathy Belford of Canton was second with a 30.30 and Chris Flowers of Columbus came in 3rd with 29.55.

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1972 TEXAS Y.M.CA. AND OPEN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Report by Pat Alexander Over 150 gymnasts, ages 6-18 competed in

November in the 1972 Texas Y.M .CA. and Open Gymnastic Championships. Ten teams from three states and two countries came to EI Paso, Texas. These teams from Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and Mexico competed for two days with their optional routines.

The meet was hosted by KENOS gymnastics team (Head coach Pat Alexander) and sanctioned by U.S.G.F. The KENOS won the 1972 Y.M.CA. Texas Championships with 251.36 and the Arizona Saultos (Coached by former Olympian, Marie Bilski) won the open team title with 320.52. SEATTLE "Y" MEETS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL

TEAM Y.M.CA. News, February 1973

Mr. George Lewis, head coach of the Seattle YMCA Gymnastics Council , writes:

On December 10th ('72) a tryout was held at the University of Washington to select a team to represent the Seattle ALL-Stars in a meet with the Australian National Women 's team. The top five winners were from the Seattle Y.M.CA. The Australian girls arrived in Seattle on Tuesday December 12th. There were a total of fifteen girls and the Y.M.CA. girls hosted them in their homes ... a great thrill and experience for all the girls. It snowed while the Australians were in Seattle, which delighted them since it was the first time they had ever seen or felt snow ...

The competition was held on the 15th ... a three-way meet between the Australian team, Seattle All-Stars, and the Reno GymnasticClub. The Australian girls were strong on floor exercise and beam. janette Anderson of Seattle, really looked good (36.35) and placed first on every event. .. she really trained for this meet. The Australian Olympians, jerry Sunderland sported second and third places with scores of 34.35, and 33.90 respectively . They were very solid in their performances. The Reno All-Around girls, unfortunately, experienced an eight-hour plane delay and arrived when the competition was half over.

In the team competition the Australian team beat the Seattle girls by 1.8 points ... 165.45 to 163.65. All girls had a "swe ll " time.

Julie Scholtz, lirst All-Around Dayton Invitational.

TULSA REVISITED By Beatrice D. Lowe

Appearing la~t November at the USGF .Coach's Congress was Beatrice Lowe, a most attractive lady, hair beautifully done, a piece 01 lur gracing her shoulders, and long gown. She looked so proud and, Although she is quite tiny, she appeared to be very tall and stately with ihe dark beady eyes 01 a woman who lights lor what she wants and stands up lor what she leels is right.

As I listened to her tell the story 01 the development 01 gymnastics in1the Tulsa Schools, I lelt that you all might like to read about it. It is a documentary lor the advantages 01 putting gymnastics even in the elementary school programs. In Tulsa this has been done with the gQod sense and responsibility that must go along with th'e initiation 01 such a program:

Ten years ago my appointment as Supervisor of Elementary and Secondary Girls Physical Education in ' the Tulsa Public Schools presented a tremendous challenge and opportunity to implement new concepts and goals in the physical education program.

This intense evaluation of Tulsa 's physical education program took place during the early 1960's and confirmed that the posture program in the curriculum did not adequately meet the present day needs of the student. The Posture Day (once a week) program consisted of a series of structured postu ral exercises performed by the student with piano accompanimerlt after silhouette-o-graph photographs had been taken and classified.

A statement made at my fi rst supervisors staff meeting by Dr. Hiram Alexander, Assistant Superintenderit of Instruction at the time, provided the impetus to initiate and develop the present physical education program in Tulsa Public Schools.

Supervisors <were. asked to re-evaluate the programs in each of their areas and come up with answers to the following questions : " What are we now doing in our programs for the children of Tul.sa that is good but can be done better and what are we doing that turns youngsters off rather than on in a desire to learn? "

In addition, continued automation and mechanization, contributing to society 's greater physical inactivity, increased the need

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for a strong physical education program beginning on the elementary level.

Near the mid-1960's when Tulsa 's gymnastic program was being formulated , much was being written by national experts on the va lue of se lf-chal lenging activ ities in physical education and the role of such activities in perfecting balance, agility, flexibility, perceptual-motor skills, rhythm, contro l, precision and creative motivation. Dur.ing the early stages of the program's development the National Journal of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation provided a valuable reference for the continuing education classes being conducted for physical education teachers.

Also at this time , 1966, a new publication entitled " Mademoisel le Gymnast " was being published by Glenn M. Sundby and Managing Editor Barbara Sundby. I recommended that every ph ysica l education teacher subscribe to this magazine and that it be placed on the required library list of Tulsa Public Schools. This publ ication later became " The Modern Gymnast" and is now entitled " Gymnast" . A good boost for the gymnastic program came during a visit from Frank Bare, UsGF director, who was returning to Denver after an extensive tour of promoting membership in the UsGF.

He had been informed of the developing Tulsa Public School program and wanted to visit the schoo ls and observe the program in action. Luckily, a department meeting had been scheduled in one of the schools for that afternoon for a demonstration of gymnast ics with students.

After the demonstration, time was provided for Mr. Bare to speak and evaluate the program. Teachers were excited and elated with his remarks. The final exaltation of his visit came when we recei ved th e October 1966 issue of " The Modern Gymnast " maga zine which conta ined his art icl e ent itl ed " Gymnastics in Physical Education , Tulsa, Oklahoma, Public Schools" .

As the structure for the pi lot program began to take shape enthus iastic Board of Education members, the Superintendent, 'PTA executive board members and physical education teachers added their support. The "supersalesmanship" of the believers and the students themselves confirmed the merits of the program.

Preliminary study sessions on the benefits of a gymnastics program were conducted with

~embers ';f the physica l education department, the schoo l system 's director of health , Tulsa orthoped ists and state health experts.

Gymnastics was presented as a se lf-testing and cha ll enging individual sport - both a science and an art in which the student experiences enjoyment and satisfaction in degrees of success. He learns to overcome fear by participating in daring ski lls; he experiences emot ional thrills through creative movement through space and he develops the ability to make quick decisions to alter his behavior in the face of contingency.

A physical educat ion program for elementary and secondary girl s which concentrates on gymnastics and conditioning exercises estab lishes coordination for team and individual sports which wi ll carryover into adu lt life for life time leisure time activities.

Although boys enjoy gymnastics, many parents often are eager for compet iti ve athletics even though young muscles, bones and sockets are not read y for such rigorous contact activity.

Tulsa Gymnastrada While mdny school systems were mulling

over the possibil.ities of including gymnastics in their physical education programs, the Tulsa system had made its move for a pilot program. In the fall of 1963, a full two years ahead of other systems, a voluntary pilot course in gymnastics was launched in three elementary schools, one junior high and one senior high.

At the time the program was initiated, the Tulsa system wou ld have been straining an already-tight budget to grant funds for purchase of expensive new equ ipment. Still hopeful, I drew up rough specifi cations for homemade equipment which could be built from metal pipes, wooden beams and other materials in the system's maintenance department. The BJilding and Planning Department revised and drew the plans according to accurate specifications w ith the help of the machine shop foreman . They further refined the homemade equipment by adding extra safety features during the construction process.

Money used for the posture program was used to pay for materials for the homemade equipment. And so the first sets of parallel bars, uneven parallel bars and balance bea~s took ' shape.' The first sets of parallel bars were only three feet high. I didn 't want any accidents or ' any worried parents--one accident cou ld have ruined the who le program.

Laminated balance beams were four inches wide, 16 feet long and six inches deep, adjustable from two to four feet from the floor. Adjustab le, uneven parallel bars were made of I one-and-one half inch pipe extending to a height of seven-and-one-half to eight feet.

It wasn 't until 1966 that federal funds became avai lab le for the purchase of manufactured equipment and replaced the " homemade" equipment in Title I junior and senior high schools. I might add however, homemade equipment is still in use in elementary schoo ls.

A prerequisite for teaching gymnastics or placing any of the equipment in the schools was compulsory attendance and enrollment by the physical education teacher in the continuing education classes which met regularly every week along with regularly schedu led wo rkshops.

The continuing educat ion class and workshops offered a time for evaluation ,

sharing of ideas and experiences and requesting of equipment to be used in the classroom with principal's approval.

As the program mushroomed, there was a natural reluctance for change on the part of many veteran teachers. I nitially, meetings were geared for new teachers and those with less than three years of experience in Tulsa system-­those who had a desire to learn had an almost immediate positive response to gymnastics.

Even though many staff members were reluctant, they were encouraged to attend the continuing education programs. Emphasis was placed on sharing of classroom ideas and safety approaches to classroom organ ization and planning rather than a test of gymnastic appt itude.

To eliminate embarrassment (or teachers lacking in gymnastic training, teachers were permitted to bring students to participate in the act ivities of the meeting.

For three years through a federal funding project, we were fortunate to secure" the services of two nationally known ballet dancers, Miss Moscelyne Larkin and Roman Jasinski of the Tulsa Civic Ballet, to conduct continuing educat ion classes for teachers of physical educat ion and to work with teachers and students in the classroom. We approached this idea with concepts of the disciplines of ballet movements and the relationship to gymnastics and sports. The contribution of this program to the gymnastic program was tremendous. Twenty-seven men elementary physical education teachers and sixty-seven women were enrolled in these evening classes.

As a preparatory as well as safety measure, students are required to complete a series of tumbling and floor exercises before attempting work on the apparatus. Exercises included in the floor routine are balance activities, tumbling and activities to improve agility, coordination , flexibility, strength and relaxation.

Not only has the program been carried on with few injuries, but a drop of nearly 90 per cent in playground accidents in the Tulsa school system has also been attributed to improved coord ination and motor skills developed through gymnastics.

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in writing. The students who pioneered the program displayed overwhelming enthusiasm and were eager for opportunities to demonstrate their newfound skills. Youngsters in gymnastic classes continue to appear at continuing education classes, PTA council meetings and at regular PTA school meetings, state physical education meetings, on school television programs, at workshops for teachers and students, afternoon and evening performances at the annual Tulsa State Fair and before a number of civic organizations. In fact, anytime or anyplace or anywhere a program is requested we have no problem getting students to volunteer or parents to transport students for a performance.

Gymnastic clinics were held to present teaching techniques and concepts, knowledge and understanding of "the skill progressions, stress of safety procedures, good rhythmic timing, precision and form in execution ot performance. Several workshops have been conducted by Dr. Charles (Chic) R. Johnson, gymnastic coach and professor health , physical education and recreation, Southwest Miss( 'Jri , in the Tulsa public schools at no expense to the school system. Every psychological approach possible was introduced to motivate teachers and make them feel secure and knowledgeable in the area of gymnastics.

In the school year of 1969-70, Tulsa public schools underwent a transition of administration with new Superintendent, Dr. Gordon Cawelti , and new Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, Dr. Bruce Howell. Both administrators not only endorsed the present physical education curriculum but strongly urged that the administrative staff members of the 107 schools keep pace with current curriculum developments. This directive was the final encouragement or impetus needed for those reluctant to change. Today, gymnastics is a definite part of the physical education curriculum in all the public schools and has resulted in the growth of gymnastic clubs not only in Tulsa but throughout the State of Oklahoma.

The philosophy of the physical education curriculum is maintaining a continuity of physical development for each child, providing an opportunity for each child to develop his own self-image to the highest potential with the greatest possible personal success. The above philosophy is based upon the physical and psychological growth and development needs of elementary girls and boys and on a unit basis continuum for the secondary girls ' program.

This approach has resulted in a higher standard of performance on the part of the student and necessitated a three time revision on the upgrading of the physical fitness test scores administrated in the fall and spring of each year.

For public acknowledgement of individual achievements, an all school Gymnestrada (At last year's elementary Gymnastrada we had over 5,000 parents in attendance. It lasted all day. All workers volunteered their time. Awards were given for 12 places to give more youngsters recognition and that's the real purpose!) on both the elementary and secondary girls levels has become an annual event along with other events, such as Sports Day; volleyball , track and field , swimming events--which include synchronized swimming and a Dance Symposium.

Beam performance during Gymnastrada

Individual ribbons and certificates donated by the Beverage Company of Tulsa are presented by well-known figures in the Tulsa business world, administrators and board members. The events receive extensive newpaper and T.V. coverage .

Student response has been more than enthusiastic. Many students supplement their gymnastics class by voluntarily usi ng the school gymnasiums before or after regular school hours for their own enjoyment.

One great advantage to the gymnastic program is that all Tulsa schools are equipped with adequate gymnasium facilities and equipment. Teachers in the elementary and secondary girls physical education department are all majors and are employed as physical education teachers and not coaches.

Cooperation with and involvement in community projects sponsored by the Tulsa Civic Ballet, Tulsa Arts and Humanity Council has enabled the incorporation of a cultural arts approach to the total physical education curriculum. Teachers as well as students have performed or served in some capacity for these public programs. For example, for the past three years, men and women physical education teachers, including myself, have performed in the " Nutcracker Ballet. "

Throughout the development of the improved curriculum continuous education courses were and are scheduled on a weekly basis to keep up the level of enthusiasm and to provide encouragement for self-improvement and inspiration to staff members. These courses are flexible practical laboratory courses, not mere note taking activities. Demonstrations are performed, open discussions - giving teachers an opportunity to express themselves, contribute ideas and suggestions for improvement of the curriculum, exchange of ideas on classroom problems which often involve student behavior and attitude toward the physical education as a subject area. In other words, techniques that might be used to turn the potential "drop-out" on . These sessions provide an opportunity for teachers in a large city school system to get to know each

either, respect each other as teachers. We have in physical education broken down the so called " class caste system" between elementary, junior high and senior high. We are one department interested in doing our very best to teach physical education in Tulsa Public Schools. Chairmen are selected on a rotating basis for each activity, by the teachers giving reports at each session and have full freedom of activity as long as school board policies are not violated.

These meetings are never dull - they are exciting and challenging and in recent years the regular attendance has increased on a voluntary basis.

Enthusiasm is the most important sales tool , along with many extra long hours of work after the school day and on weekends. Teachers must" believe in what they are doing, know where they are going, and be able to bring students, parents and other teachers into their world of ideas. This is being done in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

With the enthusiasm of elementary and secondary girls physical education teachers, special programs are constantly being performed.

It is this continued support and enthusiasm that enables me to say, "We are running nearly five years ahead of schedule and we have a great physical education curriculum which includes gymnastics in Tulsa, Oklahoma."

JUDGING CLINICS SCHEDULED April 6-7; May 11-12; and June 1-2 Iowa Central Community College, 330 Ave. "M" St. Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501. Contact Thomas Flagge, at the College for further information. Instructor will be Mrs. Jackie U. Fie. June 19-22 Workshop on Judging Women 's Gymnastics by Mrs. Kitty Kjeldsen at Green Mountain College. Poultney, Vermont for experienced judges only ... a chance to discuss problems and learn latest rule changes. USGF I DGWS Certification exa m Friday morning, June 22. Contact: Mrs. Marilyn Sheldon, Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont 05764. June 25-July 77th Annual Summer Institute of Women's Gymnastics for man and women, teachers. coaches judges .. .3 hrs. graduate credit. Contact: Margit Treiber, Women 's P.E. Dept. Indiana State University, Terre Haute.

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CLARIFICATION FO THE REGULAR KIP FROM A LONG HANG ... Jack ie U. Fie

All kips from a long hang on the HB (I am not talking about the reverse kip) are now medium .. :even the one facing the LB with the legs held together.

Mrs. Fie also mentioned that the changes we find in the Judging Guide are already incorporated in the new USGF I DGWS rating exam as of Dec. 1972. If you do not have them. Order the new judging Guide for $3.00 at the USGF Office in Tucson. USGF DIFFICULTIES NOT IN THE CODE OF POINTS (USGF News, February, 1973) Uneven Bars: a. Glide kip Y2 turn catch HB - Medium. b. Glide k ip Y2 turn change to a glide Y2 turn catch HB - 2 Mediums. c. Glide straddle cut catch LB to glide as a mount (If this is repeated in the exercise it would be considered another superior, but if these are the only two supe riors in the routine, then there should be a deduction 'for the composition.) - Superior. d. Glide 'st radd le cut catch HB as a mount. -Medium. e. Seat circ le on LB - no difficulty. f. Straddle so le circle Y2 turn from HB over LB to stomach whip on LB to a squat on LB -Medium. h. Glide double leg overshoot grasp HB to a long hand kip - 2 Mediums. i. Long hang back kip - Superior. j. Jump stradd le Y2 turn over HB This is super ior only if the turn occurs after the body has completely passed over HB - Superior. Balance Beam: a. Needle scale - no difficulty b. Whip back to split - Medium.(medium if without use of hands) c. Tuck jumps in series 'on beam are not superio r if done in se ries - Medium. Floor Exercise: a. Toe rise is medium and should be to full extension - Medium. WHO WILL JUDGE?

Are you wondering who will determine you r fate in '73? These people will be working hard to determine the va lue of your work. Mar. Elite Qualifier: MR ... Fie; Judges ... Patoile, Weber, Pirkl, Treiber, Weaver, Ruhlman plus one more to be determined. USGF Jr. Nationals: MR .. . Webber; Judges ... Wagner, French, Jones, Treiber, Kramer, Schweyer, Leidtke. USGF Sr . Nationals: MR ... Darst; Judges ... Schweyer, Wagner, Fizell, Jones, Breese, Davis, Treiber, Kjeldsen (tent.) AAU Nationals: MR ... Wachtel; Judges ... Tesn ick, Cross, Chencenski, Leidtke, Crabtree, Stewart, Kjeldsen (plus o ne more undetermined). These two women will go flying off to foreign lands this year: Delene Darst will leave in late March to judge the South African Games, and Greta Treiber will go as our judge for the World University Games.

DON'T BE A WISHER by Helen Sjursen

Don 't be a "wisher" ! If you want things to

happen that aren ' t happening, get up and do something about it! If there are not enough meets, start running one yourse lf. Anyone can run a meet. Run one according to the needs of your area . If you have just beginners, you might want to include on ly tumbling, floor ex and vault ing as the All-Around events. These events put less of a load on young children, and areas just beginning to get invo lved in gymnastics. If you should happen to have a few experienced gym nasts along with a mass of beginners, you might want to run off compu lsories only ... . simple ones geared to the beginners. Then it is a matter of who performs them the best and gives encouragement for the beginners to continue on. Once a year you might have a beginner meet. Al l those who win a first, second, and third place medal are disqualified from th e next year 's beginner meet. By not having any medal w inners you encourage more girls to get involved in gymnastics, and they wi ll look forward to this meet knowing they will not have to compete against the seasoned gymnast. This w ill surely increase gymnastic participation in your area ... a meet with no medal w inners! It should be an age group meet so the littl e ones do not have to compete against the older girls. Suggested age groups are 9 and under, 10-12, 13-14 and 15-18 or 15 and over.

If you are short of judges, someone in your area must know something about judging. Get that person to hold some sess ions in a home if necessary to discuss judging, so eve ryo ne will judge along the same lines, using the present system as a guide. The more experience they have at judging, the better they wil l become. As yo u meet judges along the way, get their names and addresses so you can increase the list of judges you have on file. If you should run a judge's course of some kind, you wi ll then have names to contact. As a judge don't be afraid to admit your mistakes, or ask about something that puzzled you. This is the on ly way you can perfect your judging ab ili ty. After a meet, get together with the judges and discuss some sco res you may have questions about and find out why you scored hi gheror lower and get th e views of the other judges.

Find a good coac h in your area to participate in a gymnastic clinic. Invite gymnasts, coaches and judges etc. to attend. Go ove r the most common sk ills seen in your area and discuss the technical way the skil ls shou ld be performed. Judges need to know this information as well as coaches who are to teach them the correct way in order to avoid deductions. Discuss judging rules at clinics also.

Anyone can start a local gymnastics organization such as the New Jersey Gymnastics Association. There was littl e gymnastics in NJ 10 yea rs ago, and the associat ion was organized to improve and standardize gymnast ics in the state. They made up their constitution, and their bylaws including heights of apparatus for al l age groups, events and requirements. The NJGA sponsors its own meets and is open only to NJGA members (they are charged annual dues). All members receive a newsletter. In order for anyone else to receive the newsletter they must join the NJGA. However when joining as an individual or as a club, these gymnasts are el igib le to enter the NJGA sponsored meets, and have a voice and vote in the meetings besides receiving the newsletter.

The NJGA in my opinion , is THE organizat ion that has done the most to get gymnastics growing in the state for girls since its organizat ion in 1963. I personally fee l that the NJGA today is tlie largest, most uncorrupt organ izat ion ex isting in the state, being a neutral organi zation and working for the good of gymnast ics no matter who the gymnasts are or where they come from, or who they represent.

If such an organizat ion exists in your state and starts a newsletter, or such an organization can be organized, as members join, be su re to send them a constitution and bylaws so they have all the facts at han,d. If your organization produces a good newsletter, you wi ll find that many people will join, not merely to compete in your meets, but to GET GYMNASTIC INFORMA TION.

There is definitely a lack of communicat ion across the country. If more newsletters could get started (with an exchange system with other newsletters) this would improve communications immensely, increase entr ies in meets, clini cs, etc., and increase the number of spectators at meets.

GOOD COMMUNICATIONS CAN MAKE GYMNASTICS GROW IN YOUR AREA

Editors Note: Mrs. Sjursen has turned over her newsletter writing duties to others in the NjGA. She has written her newsletter for many years and, through it, has been of great help to people in her state and in other areas which needed information. We have asked her to tell you how she managed this newsletter sucessfully, hoping that it will inspire other persons to do the same. She does not mention this in her writeup, but she has often included printed copies of local versions of compulsories, and meet entry blanks for New jersey meets.

STARTING A NEWSLETTER by Helen Sjursen

I Preparing To Get Started a. Compile a mailing list by getting names of

gymnastil:< schools, clubs, coaches, gymnasts, individuals, anyone interested in gymnastics in your area.

b. Give a name to your newsletter. c. Compile news for the first issue. Inc lude a

variety of news in the sample copy. You can list meets, local, regional and national, where to buy gymnastic books and apparel and fi lms, where clinics are being held , names of judges in your area and the like.

d . Make up a flyer telling about the newsletter and the kind of information they will be receiving with a subscription form on the bottom with the cost of the subscription, and hope people will subscribe. The average price is about $3.00 a year for individu als, or $10.00 a year for clubs, organizations, and schools.

e. Try to find some companies that will advertise in your newsletter (Gymnast ic companies, since gymnast ic minded people will be subscr ibing.) Have a set rate and have an advertisers sheet in your news letter.

f. This first initi al mailing will be paid personally by the person issuing the newsletter and as subscription money comes in , this money then pays for the priniting and mailing of the newsletter.

g. Mimeograph the news letter as this is the cheapest method of duplicating. After all, it is

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not the looks o f a news letter that counts, it 's the news that is in it that people are really interested in.

h. Subscribe to gymnasti c magazines, AAU Gymnastic News, USGF News, Gymnast maga zi ne and the like so that the editor ca n have as much resource material as possible.

i. Have an exchange system with other available news lette rs in your state or out of state (with no exchange of dues) as an additiona l source of information.

j. Be sure to include information for both boys and girls. II Once You Have Started To Print Regularly

a. Ask people to send you information of their own gym nastic activities to be printed in your news lette r (no charge) to help them pass on information on their meet, clinic or whatever. This creates good will.

b. If you hear of a new book coming out, or a new gymnastic school opening or whatever, don 't be afraid to announce it in your newsletter free of charge, since the idea of your newsletter is to keep peop le INFORMED. Give pertinent information so readers can make contact if interested . If you do announce a book or school opening or whatever, be sure to send a copy of that newsletter to the pub li sher or school, no charge. Creates more good will. At the same time you might ask them if they wo"uld li ke to advertise on a monthly basis.

c. If you do have stea dy advertisers, it is best to have the same wording month after month, until th e advertiser decides to change th e wording on his ad, (easier on editor). After each printing, be sure to send the advertiser a copy of the newsletter with his bill enclosed. He is entitled to a free copy since he is paying for the ad and should see that it is printed every month . Try to get gymnasiic schools, gymnastic companies to advertise monthly so that the name will constantly be in the minds of the readers. This is good advertisement especially for local gymnastic schools, you are helping them to increase their enro llment and at the same tim e getting a steady income for the advertisement.

d . Attend as many gymnastic functions as you can so you can report them in your newsletter. For meet results , you may want to report al l the winners providing you have the space. As time goes on and you find that you are compi ling more and more information you may have to cut down on listing the results; listing only the winners of each event and the All-Around winners. Kids like to see their name in print. M ake short reports on the various functions that have been run in your area, or are about to be run.

e. Have a dead line for articles written that are sent to you and stick by that deadline ... IN YOUR MA ILBOX by such and such a date. The first of the month is a good deadline for the following month's issue. If you are a busy person, this first of the month deadline will give you amp le time to compile your news, cut the stencils, memograph them off, co llate them, address them and post them.

f. The newsletters should be mailed so that people receive them " in time", that is, if you are mailing out an April issue, for example, people should receive their copy at the end of March. Of if you call it the March issue, you should show April dates in it plus early May dates.

III To Help Subscriptions Increase a. Make up a reserved batch of flyers telling

about the newsletter with the subscription form at the bottom.

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b . When you go to meets, clinics, etc. pass them out to the competito rs , coaches, etc. or leave a batch on a table for people to pick up.

c. Every time you answer personal mail to gymnastic minded people, enclose one of the flyers in the envelope, and with a sample copy of the newsletter so th ey ca n see what they are getting. So print extras for this reason.

d. Ask schools, clubs, etc. to post a flyer on their bulletin board.

e. Advertise your own newsletter in whatever publications you can. IV Subscriptions And Billing

a. It is best to have the subscriptions run from September (opening of season or school year) to June (or September to August if you plan on 12 issues a year). So the month of Sept. should be the month all subscription dues ren ewa ls are due .... makes it easier for bookkeeping. As a pe.rson subscribes, make up a card file in alphabetical order with the name, address and zip code and date paid and for what season (Pd 2/9173 1972-1973 season).

b. Your newsletter should remind peop le in the June issue that renewal dues are due in the month of September and to lighten the bookkeeping advanced dues would be appreciated. When these advanced dues come in be sure to mark it paid on the card in file for the following season. Also remind the readers that if their subscription is not paid by, say, November 15th their names will be removed from the files and they will no longer receive the newsletter. When Sept. comes, use your card file to send statements to those who have not yet paid for th e coming season. Send another statement out in O ctober & November (first of the month). When Nov. 15th rolls around pull out the cards that have not paid and keep in a dead file. Some of these people may just pay later on and pehaps these names may be needed in the future for some reason or other. Sept. Oct. and Nov. newsletters also should remind people to renew or pay their dues.

c. Always send out statements for renewal dues first class once a year. This is a good means of catching up on people who have moved that have not notified you IF you included on your return address " ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED" . V Cutting Down The Cost Of Mailing

a. Once you have 200 or more subscribers, the newsletters can be sent out 3rd class (You must apply for a permit number at your post office). Sending 3rd class takes longer for the readers to receive once they are mailed, so the mailing should be done earlier than if they were sent first class. Advertisers and exchange newsletters to other editors should be sent first class. Sending the newsletter out 3rd class requires a littl e more detail before mailing, but the saving is worth it. Consult your post office for details.

b. Obtain steady advertisers. c. Donations may be secured for the printing

costs. d. Reserve Yl of the back page at least for

addressing. This eliminates having to enclose newsletter in envelopes.

VI Printing The Newsletter a. As your resource material is received, or

you know of gymnastics events going on, write up the article, one art icle to one sheet and put it in a drawer. When you are ready to cut your stencil sort out your news items putting your local business on top . Your readers will then first read about the local activities before reading regional and national news. However,

on rul es changes 'that attect the entire country, you may want to include this with your local news.

b. At first you m~y have to find some place to go to use a mimeograph machine. As your kitty builds up, you may be able to afford to buy your own and possibly and addressograph machine. If and when yo u go on bulk mailing, it is much more efficient to file the address cards or plates by zi p numbers and then alphabetically within the zips. Filing by zips eliminates sort ing the zips as you address the newsletters. VII Increasing The Value Of Your Newsletter

a. Be a neutral newsletter a nd report news of various organizations, such as USGF, AAU, Sokol , American Turners, YMCA, etc. Help various organizations to advertise their own functions. Creates good will and you are INFORMING your readers of as much gymnastic news as possible.

b. Your readers have varied interests so don 't print just local news. Coaches and gymnasts like news abou t rules changes, meets, clinics. Spectators like to know where meets are being held. Coaches and instructors like to know where clinics are, where to buy books etc. to help improve their teaching ability. Everyone across the country needs to know rules changes. Print an events ca lendar for local events and perhaps a second one for all other events.

c. Print loca l, regional, and nationa l news. People in your neighboring states may be interested in subscribing if they do not have a newsletter already going in their area, or perhaps they may like yours better if you have comprehensive news superior to the one in their own state.

d . By printing the open ing of a gymnastic school in your area, you not only help increase the enrollment of the school, but you will help to get more people in your area involved in gymnastics resulting in more entries in meets, and up grading gymnastics in your state.

e. Be sure to make an effort to find out where judges courses are being held and notify your readers well in advance and keep reminding them in subsequent newsletters. Many people are interested in judging but do not know where to take a test. Keeping them informed will draw more people to the tests, resulting in more judges in your area.

I. The editor shou ld be a knowledgable person and a person with FORESIGHT, knowing what the readers wnat to read about and knowing what information they MUST read about to keep abreast and knowing what information MUST be passed on to them.

g. The newsletters definitely heps to close the communication gap. Everyone will know what everyone else will be doing and where.

h. The newsletters, in genera l, help to increase the gymnastics activ ities in your area.

ISHIN ON'T IN/'

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O.K. FAN CLUB

What started out to be a fri endly we lcome to Olga Korbut at the Los Angeles Interna ti onal Airport by Olga 's gymnastic fans from the Beverly Hills YMCA has developed into a nation w ide O .K. Fan Club.

Barbara Thatcher, associate coach fo r girls gymnast ics at the Beverl y Hills YMCA (also staff w riter for GYMNAST magazine) is the found er and president of the O.K. Fan Club. To assist Barbara in organizing the O .K. Fan Club on a national sca le GYMNAST magazine has offered its' publishing and . techni ca l service faciliti es to design, and distribute O.K. Membership ca rds, "T"­Shirts and the off icia l O.K, NEWS to individual fans and Charter O .K. Clubs across the USA . HOW DO YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF THE O.K. FAN CLUB? 1. By filling out the registration form and sending it in to us along

with a $5.00 membership fee. WHA T DO YOU GET FOR YOUR $5.00 Fee? 1. O .K. M embership Card. 2. O.K. " T" Shirt. 3. O .K. Button. 4. O .K. Poster of Olga Korbut in action. 5. O.K. Fan Club Bumper Sticker. 6. O.K. Fan Club Stickers. 7. Introducto ry issue of th e O .K. NEWSLetter (filled with sto ri es

and photos of Olga and information ab6ut other Olga Korbut fans around the country) .

HOW DO WE FORM A CHARTER CLUB? 1. OK Charter Club membersh ips are available to any group of

10 or more O.K. Fan Club members for an additional fee of $10. 2. Your O.K. Fan Club will receive a special certi fi ca te with the

O.K. Sea l and a charter Club number w hich you can frame and put up in your club.

3. You Club Name will be printed on Your 'T' Shirts. 4. A special section of OK NEWS will be to cha rter club activities

along with helpful suggestions for promoting your OK Club in your area .

Listed above are just th e basic steps for the O .K. Fan Club ... With you r help and suggestions many more ideas and World Friendships w il l develop from th e warm and bubbling personality of OLGA KORBUT herse lf...and her many fri endl y fans around the wo rld.

HOW YOU CAN HELP THE OK CLUB GROW ... 1. First by join ing the club as an individual or Charter Club

member. 2. Tell everybody about the O.K. Fan Club. 3. Send us news and ideas from your area. Newspaper clippings,

about Olga or anything that tells us more about YOU and YOUR Club for an OLGA KORBUT SCRAPBOOK we plan to publish in the near futu re.

We' re EXCITED and Know YOU are EXCITED about the OK Fan Club Let us hea r from you soon.

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Dea r Sir: Please find $5.00 enclosed for m y membership in the O .K. I

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Please find $ for members regist rat ion fee plus $10.00 I fo r our club charter cert i ficate and number-Please pr int our team name on the 'T' shirts as fo llows: I

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC

CAMP High in the beautiful Pocono Mountains

A ca mp program designed for girls and boys from 6 years of age through high schoo l.

Our staff w ill be assisted by exce llent high school and co llege coaches. We wi ll have past and present O lympians w ith us as guest lecturers and instructors.

Internat ional Gymnast ic Camp wil l be held for the f irst six sessions at Blair Academy (Bla irstown, New Jersey) w hich is an exclus ive prep school wi th studen ts from all over the world . Bla ir Academy also features a new indoor Olympic swimming pool , tenni s courts, cinder track, 9 hole go lf course. We w ill have a full length feature movie per sess ion. Snack bar and TV lunge are availab le. The Academy is located in the footh ill s of the Kittatinny Range near the Pocono Mountains and the Delaware Water Gap.

The last two weeks of Internat ional Gymnastic Camp wi ll be held at Sun Mountain, a beautiful 200 acre camp located high in the Poconos. It features tennis courts, and a large outdoor swimming pool overl ook ing the 30 acre lake. The camp gymnastic program combines classes in da nce, tumbling, trampoline, flexib ility and strength , w ith appa ratus work and free exercise. Classes are organized to prov ide def ini te and log ical progression of sk ill s w ith campers p laced in beginning, intermediate o r adva nced classes accordin g to their leve l of abi li ty and ex perience. For the advanced gymnast, we wi ll provide an opportunity to develop sty le into their gymnast ic sk ill s. Most of all , we take p ri de in providing one instructor per fi ve campers allowing maximum individuali zed instruct io n. We have indoor and outdoor training facilities.

Our staff (at Camp on a rotating basis) : Barbara Gallagher Jay W helan Don Tonry John Crosby Abe Grossfeld Ken A llen Fred Orlofsky Len DePue Dr. Joseph Toth Mary Jane Gi lpin George Hery Inge Grieshammer Dr. Jerry George Peter Langnickel

FEES Tuition per session Tuition for commuters Individuals attending two o r more sessions

Depos it

$100.00 70.00

90.00 per session

25.00

Special team rates upon request

APPLICATION BLANK

RETURN TO: Bruno Klaus, Director International Gymnastic Camp, Inc. R.D. 3, 518 - Stroudsburg, Pa. 18360

Name ______________ Age--_

Home Add ress _______________ _

City __ _ ____ _ State ____ Zip

School ______ Instructo r/ Coach

Check Session Blair Academy _ June 24-30 July 1-7 July 8-14

_ July 15-21 _ July 22-28 July 29Aug. 4

Sun Mountain _ _ Aug 19-25 - Aug. 26-Sep\. 1

Pleilse_ accompany....1hi; app lication w ith a $25.00 deposit paYiLble -'t"'o'---__ _ In ternationa l Gymnast ic Camp . App licatio n w ill be accep ted on a first come basis as we can accept only 40 campers per week. Directions wi ll accompany receipt. Deposit refundable 30 days prior to session. We wi ll accept children under 6 w ith parental advisement.

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SEQUENCES BYSCHULZ

photos by Dieter Schulz

Ed Hembd, Southern Illinois University demonstrates a back moore to circle on one pommel and kehre-out_ Notice the hand placement and the heighth and extension of the legs.

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HELEN'S CORNER by Helen Sjursen

DROP SPLITS

Arriving on the floor in a spli , pos iti o n, BUT GETTING THERE QUICKL Y, ca n be class ified as a " drop" split. Examples:

1. From a stand, jump with V2 turn , st rid e legs and immed iate ly drop into a sp lit.

2. Tour jete to an immediate drop split. 3. Front aeri al to an immediate split, etc. In o rd er to prevent leg injury when

executin g a " drop" split, th e st retching of the leg muscl es should · be done " beyond" what would be required for the ordinary spli t. Two simple ways of doing this:

1. Pra cti ce th e splits in the rings and bo unce your split until the crotch ca n go below th e horizontal plane.

2. At home, using two chairs ... haye th e front foot on one chair and the back foot on another chai r and slowly bounce your split , until th e crotch ca n go below the horizontal plane. Use one hand support on a table to help control balan ce.

When doing a fast split , do no t twist th e hips as you may ju st drop into a Russ ian split w hi ch you may not be prepared for. Wh en doing a fas t split from any wa lkover type move, do not get to your final split position too soon as far as the upper body is concerned (F loor exe rcise) Use th e last f inal upper body m ovement to help correct any off-balance that might occur ... this also assures better accent with the music. You may feel an " Off-balance" coming as yo u split but so far not noticable to th e spectators or judges, but in order to " hide" this coming mist ~ k e, you may be forced to chan ge an arm movement or upper body movement as a " cover up" to co rrect the off balance before reaching the final split position . This is part of the ga me too, " lea rning to expertly cove r up anticipated errors".

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LETTERS

Dear Glenn: Received and read my january issue of GYMNAST today and as always enjoyed it. Except, I'm a little annoyed at what appears to be a new policy on the use of short articles. The handl ing of my arti cle on the use of trampoline as a part of the All -Arou nd in Barbara Thatcher's col uflln will , I fee l, discou ra ge future arti cles on innovative ideas. However, I did enjoy jerry Wright 's arti cle in the sa me issue. His comments on the use of trampoline as a gymnastic event were very interesting. I wonder how many of your readers feel the same way. Sincerely, Marvin johnson Gymnastic Coach Editor's Note: The following is Mr. johnson's articleas it was submitted to us.

The Huron Invitational Features the American All-Around

by Marvin Johnson

Senior Steve Rlmar lead the powerful J. F. Kenn edy High School team agai nst the strongest fie ld of com petito rs in the history of M ichigan high school gymnastics, and Kenn edy won the Sixth A nnual Huron Invitational for the fifth straight yea r. The meet attracted a total of 36 tea ms in its four div isions.

Steve won what proved to be the most interesting event of th e m eet, " The American All-Around," which features: strip floor exe rci se, sid e horse, ho rizo ntal bar, parallel bars, still rings, and TRAMPOLINE.

The State high schools dropped va ulting from their program. They fo und it to be a boring event for gy mnasts and spectato rs alike. Vaulting contributed little to t he i r programs. At the Huron Invitational TRAM POLINE was used to be·ef up th e All-Around and help determine a t rue All-Around champion. " The American All-Around " cou ld become a significant factor in future development of Amer ica n high schoo l gymnastics.

In spite of th e fac t that TRAMPOLINE was added as an all-around event, and an all­around entry was not required o f teams, the number of All-Around entri es increased from 19 in 1971 to 27 this season. Teams were g ive n the option of counting o r no t counting th eir All-Around entry as one of th ei r TRAMPOLI N E entri es. Only one team exe rcised this option , bu t as it turn ed o ut the AII-Arounder's TRAMPO LI NE score was better than one of his teammate's, who was a trampoline specialist. Three of the 27 A ll- Around entri es chose not to enter TRAMPOLINE. A ll three of th ese performers were weak All-Around performers and with or without TRAMPOLINE finished nea r the bottom of th eir divisio ns.

TRAMPOLINE is a dying spo rt in America, where it developed . Let's revive it! It was sad to wa tch Russia n trampo li ners, w ho are no t regarded as the world 's best, beat th e best team America could mu ster in a dual meet during th e Russian 's recent tour o f America. TRAMPOLINE is becoming popular in Europe. Th e Switzerland Natio na l Gymnastics Coach at a FIG meeting suggested TRAMPOLINE replace va ult ing in th e All-Aro und. Wh y do we ha ve to wa it to be lead ? Why not do som e lead ing in the world of gymnas ti cs? Let 's do our own thing and bounce TRAMPOLINE into our hi gh

schoo l All-Around programs. The advantages of TRAMPOLINE over va ulting are so obvious . How many advantages can yo u list? Try it. Yo u w ill be amazed at th e list. " The American AII­Around " was an innovat ion at the Huro n Invitationa l th is season. Next year it wi ll be back as a permanent fi x ture.

Dea r Miss Thatcher: Whil e still a readable publi ca tion, I feel that

Gymnas t (or MG or wha tever th e cu rrent ti tl e is th ese days) has slid far downhill during th e past two years. With America n Gymnastics at its highest pOint of popu larity in hi story, exactl y the opposite should be tru e.

The photography has become the equal of the low grade high school yea rbooks, and some prose wou ld not be passing material in a 9th grade EnglISh cla ss.

One very disappoin ting addition to the publica tion has been your col umn. M y complaints: 1. Enough of Olga!!! Granted, she is immensely talented, and utterl y cha rming, but she IS now as overexposed as Rigby was the 3 yea rs before. If you must run a single female gymnast into the ground, I suggest Miss Tour ischeva as a worthy subject. Who won the AA Go ld, anyway? 2. Too much women's gymnasti cs. just because M lle. G. fo lded, doesn 't mea n that the men have to be eliminated from the combined mag. 3. Stop being so folk sy with the prose, and cut th,e ex traneous comments; just give us the facts on what s happening in the gymnastics world and letth e readers decide. 4. Let 's hea r more about the major gymnasti cs people, schools, teams; wh ile I have nothing as such against the Diablo Gym Club, I'd much rather hear how California, UCLA, and Wash ington Sta te (not to mention SIU and the ISU Cyclones) are doing.

I mea n these not to hurt, but to help constru ct and create a better magazine for both your eX isting readers, and those potential converts to gymn as ti cs that might come across yo ur mag. You have a responsibility to your subscribers, and to gymnasti cs as a whole as ambassadors of the sport. Have a happy handsta nd, james P. Holt Editor's Note: Any other reader comments.

Camp Calendar june 25-july 21973 Caravan of Camps, Canyon Texas, Sessions in june in Santa Fe, New Mexico and july in Roswell New Mexico. For information: Ca ravan of Camps, P.O. Box 1206, Andrews, Texas 79714 June 10-16 1973 RQcky Mountain Gymnastic Camp, Box 274, Steamboat Sp rings, Colo rado 80477 june 24-30 1973 International Gymnas tiC Ca mp, For information: Brun o Klaus - Direc tor. R.D. 3, Box 518, Stroudsburg, Pa. 18360. Sessions through August June 24-Julyl1973 Woodward Camp, For information: Woodward Camp P.O. Box 93, Woodward, Pa. 16822 Open to any boy or girl who is 8 years old by the ti me of registration. Sessions through August. June 24-July 11973 Stony Brook Gymnastic Camp, For information: Stony Brook Camp, P.O. Box 593, Stony Brook, Long Island, N.Y. 11790. Located 50 miles from New York city. Sessions through August. june 25-July 21973 Ca mp Gymnast, Located at Big Bear Resort area . For informa tion: Camp Gymnast, P.O. 110, Santa Mon ica, Cal if. 90406. Open to girls only. July 1-8 1973 Sokol USA Gymnastic School, For information: Sokol Woodlands, 276 Prospect St ree t, P.O. Box 189, East Orange, N.j . 07019. Sess ions through August. July 8-14 1973 Hall of Fame GymnastiC Ca mp, For in forma tion P.O. Box 50213, M il wa ukee, Wisconsin 53201

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UNITED STA TES GYMNASTIC FEDERATION

approves BIOMECHANICAL TASK FORCE

The United States Gymnast ic Federation has officially approved the organizing of a Biomecha nica l Task Force under th e direction of Dr. Gera ld S. George of Old Dominion University, Norfolk , Virginia 23508. This recent addendum to the structure of the Federation will serve to lend scientifi c application to our National gymnast ic programs. It is anti cipated that the Biomechanical Task Force will have National impact by working to realize the fo llowing objectives:

1. To lend assistance and direction, from the technical analys is sta ndpo int, to our National coaching effort in terms of preparation and training for our National and Internat io nal competiti o ns.

2. To criti ca lly analyze and eva luate th e development and performance of International team competitions.

3. To insure for more knowledgeable participation and feedback from Internatio nal Coaches Symposia and related congresses.

4. To interpret th e F.I.G. Compulsory exercises in terms of technical execution specific to individual performers.

5. To obtain an accurate and working technica l knowledge of core movement patterns and sequences, expeciall y in terms of their relationship to the more progressive and complex sk ills and combinat ions.

6. To disseminate and app ly said knowledges and practices on a consistent basis to coaches and gymnasts of all levels via a National Program System

The first National meeting of the Biomechanical Task Force w ill be held in conjunction with th e 1973 U.S.G.F. Coaches Congress scheduled for November 9-11 in SI. Louis, Missouri. A three hour lectu re-analysis session is being planned emp loying a 12 man panel to introduce th e members of the Federat ion to the more relevant scientif ic findings in gymnastics and to enterta in questions and comments specific to training and mechanical techniques. People in terested in participating with the Task Force should direct their inqu iri es to Dr. George's attent ion.

U.S.G.F. BIOMECHANICAL TASK FORCE MISSION STATEMENT

Th e U.S.G.F. Biomechanical Task Force has current ly been impl emented for the broad objective of wo rld dominance in competitive gymnast ics. I t is invisioned that the

establishment of an organ ized, consistent Program-System which incorporates reliable, innovative tra in ing techniques based upon relevant research findings from the interdisciplinary standpo int wi ll serve as a most effective base from wh ich to embark. Central to our purpose will be the marriage of scienti fi c theory to practical app li cation for gymnastic training. A rigorously consistent app lication of correct training methodology on a large population of our National leve l gymnasts ca n only se rve to more effic iently realize our centra l objective.

Whi le research efforts w ill be centered upon National and International level compet iti ons,

numerous avenues tor disseminating the findings of the Task Force wi ll be made ava il ab le via the U.S.G.F . News, the Coaches Congresses, the N.A.C.G.C. M eetings, selected National Cli nics, Graduate Cou rse offer ings in se lected universities throughout the cou ntry, and selected regiona l In-Serv ice Programs.

As Director of the Task Force, I ~ou ld like to personally ex tend an invitation to all interested people to attend our first National gatherin g to be held in conjunction w ith the forthcoming Coaches Congress, Nov. 9-11 , SI. Lou is, Missouri .

Gerald S. George, Director USGF Biomechanical Task Force

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In order to rea li ze th e true potential of the Biomechanica l Tas k Force, all interested parties must be given the opportunity to part ic ipate in a capacity specific to their abilities. In this light, I am asking that all of you who support the philosophy and basic objectives of th e Task Force and who feel that you can be of some assistance to fill out this prel iminary application, detach and forward same to my attention. Upon receipt of this information, additional materials will be forwarded to you. The success of our mission is a direct function of your participation. We feel that innumerable qual ified gymnastic resource people have virtua ll y remained untapped. Help us to more effic ient ly realize our world dominance objective in gymnastics.

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This competition wa s organized just like the Chunichi Cup, only this time just event awards would be given rather than All-Around awards.

The balance beam and floor exercis~ were the first two events. The three winners of the balance beam were the only three that stayed on the beam. This event proved disasterous for everyone. This was probably the result of all the confusion during the day and the lack of relaxation time before the meet. Joan did a beautiful routine and then fell on her last stunt. Kim fell on her front aerial for the first time in competition. Dronova and Tourischeva both fell once during the routine and on their dismounts. Janz proved her superior conditioning by staying on the beam and winning with a 9.65. Csaszar, from Hungary, was second with a 9.45 and Hosaka from Japan was third with a 9.20. You can see by the scores, not the best of performances.

Most of the girls did a fine job on their floor exercise routines. Tourischeva was second with a 9.70, after modifying her routine to include her stalled back saito rather than her arabian combination . Her vivacious team mate, Dronova, who included all her difficulty, received a 9.75. Janz was third with a 9.50. Joan would have been third with a 9.55, but she stepped out of bounds after her double. Friday, December 7

Again in this evening competition, there proved to be downfalls for many of the competitors. Vaulting and uneven bars were the two events. I am sure that Janz had one of the worst nights of her brilliant career. She was unable to " stick " either of her vaults and had one missed stunt and several extra swings in her bar routine. Dronova also had a bad night. She fell on her first vault and did a poor second vault. On the uneven bars she had a bad fall after her one and a half sole circle over the low bar. Falling on the low bar left her with bruises that made it impossible for her to compete on bars in the next competition. Tourischeva was the winner of the event with a 9.70; Burda was second with a 9.55 and Bekesi from Hungary was third with a 9.50.

In vaulting, Tourischeva was again the winner with a 9.80. She did a beautiful Yamashita. Janz was second with a 9.65 and Burda was third with a 9.60.

After the competition there was another reception , with more gifts and good-bys to the people of this area. It was also at this reception that we said good-by to the Japanese girls who had been with us so far . At the next meet in Tokyo, the Japanese had different girls because they wanted to use local talent when possible.

One final note about the competition in Fukuoka, the Japanese in their persistence to please provided magnificent gymnasiums and facilities and they did the same at this competition . However, they made one mistake for this competition, all the equipment was new. It had never been used before and proved to be very slippery because of th e oil used to perserve the wood. So besides the mistakes of the gymnasts, the apparatus definitely proved to be a challenge.

Also, after the reception, the Japanese and Americans introduced the Hungarian girls to bowling. They had never played before and hoped they could again on their tour to the United States. Saturday, December 8

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semi-slow motion token from the best loca­tions. In order to show more variety of rou­tines, a second reel for men has been pro­duced showing top competitors throughout the world.

Men's - #14 - 400 ft .... . . . Men's - #15 - 300 ft. Women's - #16 - 400 ft ..

1972

. .$35.00 Ppd. . .. $25.00 Ppd.

.... S35.00 Pod.

MUNICH OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS Super 8 film - in color

See th e most spectacul ar Olym pics eve r h e ld with many new m oves and combinat ions. The Fina ls includes th e to p 4 - 6 com pe ti to rs ent ire ro utin es h e ld in th e new O lympi c Spo rtshall e. Team optio na ls inclu des th ose w ho did not make it into the Finals.

M e n 's Fina ls #22 400 ft . $35.00 Ppd. Me n 's Co mpo #22 -A 200 ft . 15.00 Pp d . Wo m e n's Comp o -23 200 fl. 16.00 Ppd . Wo m e n's Tea m O pl. #24 280 fl. 25.00 Ppd. Wo men 's Fina ls #25 350 ft . 31.00 Ppd.

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GYMNASTIC POSTERS Direct from Munich •.. Exciting full color giant (26 " x 37")

Olympic posters of Olga Korbut . Angelika Hellman . Cathy Rigby. Sawao Kato and Ak inori Nakayama .

Olga Korbut (l eap on Beam) 2)" ,38" Olga Korbut (Scale on Beam) 26" , 3T' Angelika Hellman (Split leap) 23" , 36" Sawao Kato (O lympic AA Champ) 26" ,3T'

· ... S3.00 . S3.00

· .. S3 .00 . .. S3.00

Cathy Rigby (Split on Beam) 22" , 35" . . S2 .00 Akinori Nakayama (Pommel Horse) 22" , 35" .. S2.00

Gymnastics (3 color) 22" x 35" S1.50 ~~~ ~~~ U,F .... U~

World Cup (small) 1)",22" .... S1.00 High Bar (Drawing by Mi lan Med) 1)" x 2Z' . S1.00 Olga Korbut (Back layout on Beam) IT' , 2Z' . ... S1.00 Blond on Uneyens (full color) 1)" x 2Z' . . S1.00 Erika Zuchold (U nevens) 17" , 2Z' . ... S1.00

Not pictured Japan - USA meet poster 22" , 29" Handguard peace sign 1 r x 2Z'

· ... S1.00 .. S1.00

(Please include 25 for postage & handling on all poster orders)

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GYMNASTIC POSTERS

SENIOR Ot YMPICS '73 GYMNASTICS Santa Monica College-Gym June 2nd, 11 am - 3 pm

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California, 90406 (213) 451-4211

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Shreveport, La . 71105

Suppliers of 1968 U. S. Worr .. an's OlympiC

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ZWICKEL A Distinctive Line

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