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VOLUME VIII APRIL, 1966 NUMBER 4

CONTENTS

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ...... Glenn Sundby 5 USSR CHAMPIONSHIPS .......... .... Yuri Sabirov 6 LIABILITY AND /

GYMNASTICS .... ...... .... ... .. . Elliot C. Derfler 7 JAPANESE NATIONALS ...... Brud Cleaveland 8 CANADIAN REPORT .. .... .. .... ...... John Nooney 10 USGF DIRECTORS REPORT .. ..... ... Frank Bare 15 THE HOST .... ................... .. .. .. .... ... Dick Criley 16 THE COMPETITOR ....... .... ............... ........ ..... . 18 GYMNASTICS IN

PHYSICAL EDUCATION .... .. A. B. Frederick 20 GYM SNAPS ... ... .... ..... .. ........ .. .. .. .... ........ ... ...... 22 HELEN'S CORNER .. ....... ..... ...... Helen Sjursen 24 TRAMPOLINING ....... ....... ....... .Jess Robinson 26 NOTES FROM A

NEUROTIC JUDGE ... .... .. ........ .. .. . Roy Davis 28 WHAT'S THE SCORE ................. .Jerry Wright 29 LETTERS ... .... .................. ...... .. ..... .... .... ... .. .. ...... . 32

COVER: Dave Thor AII·around gymnast from Michigan State Unive rsity. Dave shou ld be among the 12 contenders for top AII·around awards at the NCAA Na· t ional Championships at Penn State April 1 st. (For othe r aspirants fo r the crown see Dage lB .)

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FROM THE EDITOR Dear Glenn,

I have just finished reading a letter from David Jacobs and your reply in the Feb . issue. You asked "who do you think will win out, the club or the pro· gram ?" Well, no matter who wins, the gymnast will lose in the long run. Why not just let us compete and not worry with which organization we do so . Until the times comes when this is made possible we, the gym· nasts 1l'ill be the losers and I myself don't like that ar· rangement. I like to win! H 01ll about the rest of you?

Sincerely, Pamm Horack St. Louis , Mo.

HERE WE GO AGAIN: We received more letters on our "Club or Program" comments in the Feb. MG than on any subject we have written about in some time. Although most all agreed and seconded what we said this one lone letter stood out as a very strong point. No matter how idealistic we may be there are facts to face and even though we have more boys and girls, men and women competing in Gymnastics than ever before in the history of America many are caught up in the middle of the conflict of sides. This should not be, for it is difficult enough to worry about be ing in shape and performing to the best of your ability without having the added weight of being pressured with loyalties to a cause that you do not completely understand, the root of which goes back to a point of history before many of the current gymnasts were born.

Personally, I would like to see all gymnasts enter ALL com­petitions and let the Officials work out the dispute. How· ever, I guess this is too much to hope for. But the fact reo mains, it could be done. All that is necessary is that our very top gymnasts (ALL of them) enter ALL competitions and the top mediators will have to go about getting a solution on their own without the gymnast as a pawn. It will not be easy but I do feel in spite of differences we all want ou.r country represented by the best gymnasts possible in Inter· national competitions. To do this our trial for International competition should be open to ANY AMATEUR, AAU, USGF, YMCA, TURNER, SOKOL OR UNATIACHED GYMNAST in the USA who can qualify in the compulsories. I further feel the winners and coach ( a touchy point) that make up this team should go under the emblem of the USA not AAU , USGF, etc. no matter who has the International sanction. (Now every· body will be mad at me). We still believe the USGF to be the answer to the basic problem and will with its program ultimately be the recognized governing body for Gymnastics in the USA. However, the solution has not been quick and complete as originally hoped with time continuing to pass without settlement in sight. Let us at least figure out a way to get "off the back" of the Gymnast, out of the Gym and into the conference rooms with facts and data by the upper echelons leaving behind past personality conflicts and go FORWARD FOR A GREATER TOTAL GYMNASTICS PROGRAM FOR AMERICA.

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USSR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

November 1965 by YLLri Sabirov

The National Championships took place in Moscow. About 450 gymnasts represent· ing all the Republics of the USSR partici· pated . The team of each Republic con· sisted of 28 contestants (8 men, 8 women, 6 Jr. boys and 6 Jr. girls). The men and women competed under the World Champi· onships compulsories which are to be used in Dortmund in Sept. '66. We were afraid our best gymnasts would not make a "ood showing as they had been busy with" the USSR vs. J apan conte.st which was only un· der the optionals. Also our all·around world champion Yuri Titov and Olympic champion Larisa Latynina had been in Mexico and could not prepare well for this contest. Fortunately we were mistaken. Now we may openly say that our woulcl·be candidates made a . good showing and proved to be ready for Dortmund.

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Poulin'o Astokohovo

As to the women's competition, of course, our prominent Polin a Astakohova and Larisa Latyn ina were reg~rded as the prin· cipal claimants for top places but it is wor th reminding you of the sensa tion in Kiev, when an unknown school girl, Larisa Petrik, placed first. By now, Kuchinskaya (16) and Druzinina (17) have im· proved rapidly and we should have taken them into account also. Astakchova took the lead right .from the start. The first five places with totals in the compulsories and optionals follow: Astakchova, 75.45; Kuch· inskaya, 75.3, Latynina, 74.75, Dzanukash· viIi , 74.55 and Volchetskaya, 74.5. The best 16 gymnasts had yet to compete in the All· Around. It was' on the final day that ten· sion reached its peak because, as you have noticed, the gap between the leaders was very small and the least slip on that day could change the position of any of these contestants. The judging was very ' strict. They took into consideration not only gym· nast ic technique, but also the combination as a whole, especially the number of diffi· cult elements and the general impression it created.

At first it seel~ed that nothing could happen, but gymnastics fortune is rather changeable. The girls had only balance and free ex left to compete and everyone real·

ized that the balance beam performance would be the decisive moment of the championship because it has always been a tricky apparatus for gymnasts. Latynina was the first to display her routine. Calm and selrcontrolled as usual, she began her new combination but at the end of it she committed an error, which at once pulled her out of the lead. Next it was Astak· hova's turn and again sensation. You could feel she was a little nervous but she couldn't be blamed for that. Her rivals had come up close to her and the loss of even a thousandth of a point could cost her the gold medal . At contests a competitor can allow himself to be nervous before he 'comes up for his exercises, but once the exercises are started all signs of excite­ment must be fought down and Polina fail ed to do that. Losing her balance for a moment she had to jump off the beam and although she was back and continuing the exercises within a second she lost a whole point and the hope of a gold medal with it. Kuchinskaya seemed paying no at­tention to her r ivals failure and performed the leap, turns and cartwheels so confi­dently that watching her you sometimes for­got she only had a beam 10 centimetres wide beneath her. (By the way, while in Prague she received the same score (9.8) on that event as Caslavska.) After that it was clear that for the first time in her life Natasha Kuchinskaya would win the highest honor to be the first gymnast in the USSR. She did the last exercises on the carpet brillian tly and scored 9.5. Her total was 75.5. Now the second place on the honored ladder was not clear. Astak­hova had to receive only 9.8 to be second and she managed to do so with 9.85 and the secon d place as' her reward for cour­age. Third place was occupied by Dzanuk­ashvilli fo llowed by Druxinina, Burucheva and Nickslaeva.

Among the junior girl s the Moscovi te schoolgirl Olga Kharlova was the first. By the way, her coach is the famous Sofia Murtaova who has devoted herself to teach­ing young girls. And what about our fel ­lows? The competition was vcry interesting indeed. Diomidov and Voronin gave the tone. Unfortunately Boris Shaklin could not take part in the contest as he had the flu. After the compulsories the places were as follows: Diomidov, 56.9; Voronin 56.8; Titov, 56.35; Kerdemelidi , 56.0; Arkaev, 55.95; and Leontev, 55.9.

The main interesting feature of the com­petition was that there was tense fighting between Diomidov vs. Voronin and Kerde­melidi vs. Leontev. Results were as follows: Voronin 115.0, Diomidov 114.65, Kerde­melidi 113.0, Leontev 112.8, and Arkaev 112.5. (Titov fai led on the parallel bar.)

Free Ex.: Diomidov 9.55; Voronin 9.6; Ker­Titov demelidi 9.5; Leontev 9.3; Arkoev 9.4; Titov 9.45. Side Horse: Diomidov 9.8; Voronin 9.7; Kerdemelidi 9.4; Leontev.9.3; Arkoev 9.0' Titov 9.6. Rings: Diomidov 9.85; Voronin 10.0: Kerdemelidi 9.7; Leontev 9.8; A rkoev 9.55; Titov 9.8. Long Jump : Diomidov 9.6; Vo ron in 9.3; Kerdemel idi 9.6; Leontev 9.65; Arkoev 9.35; Titov 9.0. P. Bar: Diomidov 9.9; Voron in 9.8; Kerdemelidi 9.6; Leontev 9.6; Arkaev 9.25; Ti tov 9.0 . H. Bar: Diomidov 9.75; Vor­onln 9.75; Kerdeme!idi 9.7; Leontev 9.7; Ar­kaev 9.35; Tltov 9.55. Total: Diomidov 115.775;; Voronin 115.65; Kerdemelidi 114.0; Leontev 113.9; Arkaev 112.15; Titov 112.125.

Among the junior boys the best was V. Klimenko. In conclusion I must say that the National Championship was successful and a lot of young new gymnasts have ap­peared.

Would also like' to note that the first time in our country we have had a Na­tional Trampoline Championship. First place was occupied by Victor Palagin from Moscow.

LIABILITY AND GYMNASTICS By Elliot C. Der/ler

Instructor of Physical Education Hunter College of the City Univ. of N.Y.

It is the purpose of this article to ~c­quaint physical education personnel with the legal aspects of negligence inherent in the area of gymnastics.

Many physical education teach~rs may be presenting unsafe skills to their students in activity classes. Either through a lack of knowledge about progressive teach!ng techniques, or a lack of understandmg about spotting methods, the instructor does not always act as a wise and J?rudent i~. dividual. Oftentimes, the result IS an accI· dent by the student, followed by a law suit against the instructor, andlor the local Board of Education. Even if direct negli­gence cannot be proven against the teacher, the resulting harm to the program and the individuals involved is considerable.

This writer has recently completed a study of litigation in gymnastic a.ccidents since 1900· a study encompassmg all states. The 'study was concerned only with cases whereby judicial decisions were reached i.e., cases that came before the courts. ' The preponderance of litigation arises in New York and California, as the majority of other states still follow the doctrine of school district immunity. This doctrine holds that agencies of the govern· ment, including school districts, are not liable for their torts. A tort may be de· fined as any wrongful act, not involving a breach of contract, for which a civil action will lie. "The legal rule under the com­mon law is that districts are not liable for damages caused by the negligent acts of their offices and employees."1 However, California and New York are among the few states that impose tort liability directly upon school districts. These states have enacted "save harmless" laws, whereby employees are "saved" from financial "harm" by making the districts indemnify them. Thus, the districts are liable for the payment of damages assessed by a court for injuries to a student, arising from the teachers negligence, when acting in the line of duty.

Court cases in gymnastics occur from a variety of causes. Some examples include: defective equipment, overcrowded or over· lapping facility spaces, insufficient train· ing and instruction, inadequate supervision, insufficient warning of danger by the in· structor, lack of progressive teaching and failure to heed pertinent safety precau· tions.

An example of a case where the physical education teacher was held liable, will give the reader an insight into court de· cisions in this area of litigation.2

The- material facts state . that during a regularly scheduled physical education class, the plaintiff, an eighteen year old,

200 pound high school student, fractured his right fibula while attempting to do an "elephant vault" over a parallel bar draped with mats. A springboard was used as the vaulting apparatus. The plaintiff ran a~out 30 yards, gained impetus from the spnng· board, and while turning in the air, struck his foot against the bar and fell to the bare floor. The floor on the far side was supposed to be covered with a double m1!t. The student apparently fell short of the mat. The instructor was on the landing side, presumably to spot.

It had been ascertained that a number of accidents had occured while doing this particular stunt. In fact, two days p:-evious to this injury, a boy had broken his arm in the very same exercise. _ _

In ['lew -10rk :;tate, phYSical educatIOn is required under the Educa,~ion L.aw; Sec· tion 695 of this law states that It IS the duty of the regents to adapt .rules det~r­mining the subjects to be mcluded m courses of physical training." Section 696 states "that the regents have prepared a syllabus which describes numerous exer­cises and acrobatic feats."

The acrobatic feat in which the plaintiff was injured is not included, b~t is a com­bination of two or more exerCises. It was concluded from an 'expert' witness that the somersault over the elevated bars is not generally taught and should be. at­tempted only by exceptional and highly skilled pupils_

The court stated that it is the duty of a teacher to exercise reasonable care to pre­vent injuries and to assign pu~ils to. ~':1ch exercises that are within their abilIties. Also the teacher must properly and ade­quat~ly supervise these activities. Failure to do so constitutes negligence on the part of the instructor.

The instructors negligence may be pre­dicted upon the following facts: ,failure to have mats in place on the far Side of the bars which would have reduced the hazard of ~he fall ; assigning the plaintiff, who was not exceptionally skilled, to an exer­cise beyond his prowess which was not recommended in the regents syllabus; the knowled«e of existing inherent danger, a~ several boys had been inj ured in the same exercise.

Initially the verdict was against the in­Mructor and the Board of Education. Th" verdict against the Board of Education was set aside by the trial justice, but not that against the instructor. The court stated that "where a teacher was liable for in­juries sustained by a student, the. Boa.rd of Education was not chargeable With lIa­bility under the doctrine of 'respo~dent superior' , but could only be held lIabl~ for a failure to perform a statutory duty. There was no proof that the Board failed to provide a competent teacher to super­vise the gymnasium work; no defect of structure or equipment was claimed, and that the occurrence- of the accident could not be attributed to the failure of the Board to adopt rules in respect of :nain. tenance and operation of the gymnasIUm.

The Appellate Division affirmed the judgments and orders against the defend­ant physical education instructor, a~d _af­firmed the judgments and orders dismiSS­ing the complaints as to the Board of Edu­cation in this case. 3

By careful analysis of court de.cis~ons as summarized in the above case, It IS pos­sible for physical education personnel to anitcipate how courts will rea~t in. similar circumstances. We must keep In mmd that each case is decided on its own material facts but often facts are similar and trends in decisions and court reasonings

are discernible. It is only by studying the common law emanating from case decisions in gymnastic accidents, that a set of legal guidelines can be developed for the phy­sical educator, the coach, and the adnllnIs­trator.

Arthur Daniels, in the CPEA's 58th An­nual Procoodings succinctly lists many of the reasonable precautions one should take to safeguard himself and his program. It is worthwhile to restate them now:

l. know- the health status of your sub­jects

2. do not permit participation in ac­tivity without medical approval follow­ing ~eriou s illness or inj ury

3. make frequent inspection of all equip­ment used in your program

4. conduct your activities in the safest way possible

5. be absolutely certain that personnel assigned to conduct a.n activity .. are qualified for that partlc~l~r actlVlty

6. make certain that the activity IS With­in the ability of the student to perform

8. know the procedures for administering first aid and summoning medical at­tention, or removing the student to medical attention

9. do not treat injuries 10. provide supervision that is both ade­

quate in quantity and quality 11. have at all times the safety of your

students and their general welfare uppermost in your program

12. make certain that adequate and pro­gressive instruction is carefully given before performance is permitted

13_ keep an accurate and complete record of accidents and injuries4 _

In conclusion, I would like to remind !he reader that there is always an element of risk in teaching motor skills as gymnastic stunts. The intent of this article is to ac­quaint physical education personnel with liability factors in the teaching of gym­nastics. It certainly was not my intent to use a scare-type technique, as this might dissuade beginning gymnastic teachers be­cause of the negligence risks involved. However, if the instructor is aware of his responsibilities, if he acts in a reasonable and prudent fashion, keeping the afore­mentioned safeguards in mind, he has ful­fill ed his duty , to the students, to the students, to the Board of Education, and most important, to himself. I- Hamilton, Robert R. , and Reutter, E.

Edmund, Jr., Legal Aspects of School Board Operation, Bureau of Publica­tions, Teachers College, Columbia Uni­versity, 1958-

2-Govel v. Board of Education, 48 N.YS 2d, 1944

3-Ibid, 267 App. Div., 1944 4-Daniels, Arthur S., " Legal Aspects of

Physical Education" , 58th Annual Pro­ceedings, CPEA, 1955

BACKGROUND DATA Elliot C. Derfler, Instructor of Physical

Education, Hunter College of the City Uni­versity of New York, BA, lVIS in Educa­tion , finishing Ed. D. Teachers College, Columbia University

Formerly taught in Yonkers school sys­tem for 8 years on secondary level where I coached va~sity gymnastics_ .

Gymnastic ream undef~ated in competi­tion for 3 consecutive years, 1961-64, win­ning Section I title (N.Y. State) each year

Coach of the Year in Gymnastics, Sec­tion I, 1963-64 sponsored by Macy West­chester Newspapers.

Former president of Gymnastic Coaches and Officials organization, Westchester County.

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Keiko I kedo, First All-Around and Beam

Taki Shibuya, First Vault and Free Ex., 2nd AA and Beam

Women : Team Standings: 1. Nihon Physical Edu­

cation University, 369.152; 2. Nihin Uni­versity , 362.453; 3. Swallow Club (alumni

. of Nihon P.E.U.), 360.522; 4. Mukogawa Women's Univ., 358.154; 5. Kokushi Kan Univ., 357.151; 6. Tokyo Education Univ., 356.456.

All-around: 1. Keiko Ikeda, 76.164; 2. Taki Shibuya, 75.96S; 3. Taniko Nakamura. i5.297; 4. Hiroko lkenaga, 74.931; 5. Mit­suko Katori, 74.497; 6. Yasuko Furuyama, 74.331.

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Japanese Nationals Report by Brud Cleaveland

The 1%5 championship meet was held in the large Kyoto Sports Center from No­vember 25 through the 28th. The spacious floor made it possible for all six men's and four women's events to be staged simultaneously. There was also ample room for judges, scorers and non-participating contestants. Balcony seating for about 5.000 extended on three sides and was nearly packed during the afternoon ses­sions. As Eric Hughes reported last year, most J apaneses buildings have no central heating and this hall was no exception. However, the temperature inside was be· tween 60 and 65 degrees.

The big story of the meet was that Yukio Endo and Keiko Ikeda remain king and queen. In winning the all-around, En­do had the highest combined score on rings, parallel bars and high bar, tied for the highest on free exercise and side horse and the second high in long horse. In the finals he had bad luck on the side horse and parallel bars with scores of 8.5 and 9.0 to take sixth on both. His ring per­formance was a little off also which netted him second. Nonetheless, he was still the class of the meet and thrilled the crowd with his full-twi sting hecht dismount from the high bar with a landing that stuck like glue for 9.8 .

Keiko, likewise was complete master of all events except the vault. However, in the finals she elected to withdraw from the vault and free exercise-apparently because of an old leg injury.

It is interesting to note how keen the competition is by the number of elite class gymnasts who performed in the meet. Yukio had only a 1.9 lead on 5th place and Keiko was only 1.1 points ahead of

7th place. Thirty-second place in the men's all-around competition averaged 9.10 and in the women's 8.75 points. T eam perform­ances were also impressive: the women's division winner, Nihon Physical Education University, averaged 9.23 and 7th place averaged 8.91; the men's division winner averaged 9.42 and 7th place averaged 8.91 points . .

In all, 276 men and 146 women com­peted all-around. Wouldn't we love to have such a national meet in America. Well, we can if we put our efforts in that direc­tion (a ll-around rather than specialized gymnasts) . Possibly it would be of inter­est to some readers if an explanation of the Japanese program be included here. Eric Hughes mentioned in his article (May-June 1965 ) that Japanese gymnasts are a hard working, tough, dedicated lot. This is true and they are to be admired. On the other hand, many of the American gymnasts are just as dedicated. It is this writer's belief that the big difference be­tween the results in each country stems from the difference of emphasis in their programs.

First of all, Japanese athletes are es­sentially one sport people. They decide early in life what sport they will partici­pate in and they stay with it year in and year out throughout all seasons. This trait is endemic to their culture whether it be vocational or avocational pursuits. Athletes organize into clubs starting in junior high school , practice regularly all year, receive excellent professional coaching from time to time, but in the main manage and train themselves. Regional and national committees determine the type, time and place of contests. Junior high gymnasts compete in tumbling, high bar and vault­ing. Every gymIlast must perform in all three with required as well as optional

exercises. Then in high school boys and girls compete with req uired and optional exercises in all of their respective olympic events.

The gymnastic season starts in 1l'ray with a few dual meets. After August vacation the sport continues again , building up to championships in November. I witnessed a greater Tokyo girls' championship (a one day affairl where 200 high school girls competed in teams of four, doing required routines, on all four events. They were all in complete uniforms and performed in a most business-like manner. A week later, 430 high school boys in teams of six, per· formed optional routines, on all six events during a two day meet to determine city individual and team champions. The col­leges have regional and nat ional champion­ships prior to the open nationals.

Waseda University, who incidentally placed seventh this year with an average score of 8.91, practices six days a week from 12 :30 until 3 :30 in a room shared with the ping pong team . There were about 25 members the two days I observed them. They rotated around the six pieces of apparatus, performing routines and parts of routines. The first half hour was devoted to loose rhythmic type calisthenics and tumbling. They all did alternate front and alternate back series. l'vrany of them did sides and back flips with twists. For landings at the end of the row of mats there was a huge foam -rubber, canvas cov­ered mat, 8" thick 8' x 12'. They also moved this about the room for landin gs under other apparatus. The team spirit, organization and amount of work done was most impress ive--all without a coach pres­ent. r have seen several high school groups practice in a similar manner.

Many aspec ts of their procedure are not applicable to the American scene, but I fee l strongly that we cou ld work toward

all-around team competitIOn with possibly A, Band C class teams similar to what we have in other high school sports. I am equally convinced that America can not compete favorably internationally with countries such as Japan until we encour­age all gymnasts to go all-around . We could still keep rope, tum-bling and tram­poline as ex tras.

SUJ'I'IMARY OF JAPANESE NATIONALS

Women's Events: Vaulting: 1. Shibuya, 19.09 ; 2. Ikenaga. 18.78; 3. Katori , 18.65 ; 4. akamura, 18.59; 5. Keiko Yamagami. 18.58 : 6. Ikeda, default . Parallel Bars : 1. Ikeda', 18.99; 2. Nakamura, 18.86; 3. Ik enaga, 18.69; 4. T oshiko Hasunuma. 18.63; 5. Shibuya, 18.08; 6. Kayoko Hashi· guchi. 17.48. Beam: 1. Ikeda , 19.18; 2. Sh ibuya, 18.83; 3. Furuyama, 18.75 ; 4. Katori , 18.73; 5. Ikenaga, 18.68; 6. Naka­mura, 17.68. Floor Exercise : 1. Shibuya, 19.10 ; 2. Furuyama, 18.95; 3. Nakamura, 18.86 ; 4. l\Iit suko Tabiraki , 18.72; 5. lkenaga, 18.43; 6. Ikeda , default.

Men's Events: Floor Exercise: 1. Endo, 19.32: 2. l\Iitsukuri, 19.20; Tomihiro Hirai. 19.20; 4. Nakayama, 19.07; 4. Nobuyuki A ihara; 6. Masa take Matsumoto. 18.65. Side Horse: 1. Mitsukuri , 19.17 ; 2. Tsur­um i, 19.12; 3. Yoshihira Aiba, 19.10 ; 4. Nakayama, 19.05; 5. Konishi , 18.60; 6. Endo, 18.10. Rings : 1. Hayata, 19.37; 2. Endo, 19.15; 3. Aihara, 19.15; 4. Nakaya· rna, 19.12; 5. Aiba, 19.05'; 6. Tsurumi, 19.00. Long Horse: 1. Endo, 19.07 ; 2. Yoshio Kubota, 19.05; 3. Shiro Miki , 19.00; 4. Tsurumi , 18.92 ; 5. Hayata, 18.80 ; 6. Nakayama, 18.70. Parallel Bars: 1. Tsuru· mi. 19.12 ; 2. Aihara, 19.05; 3. Mitgukuri , 19.02 ; 4. Masayuki Watanabe, 19.00: 5. Konighi, 18.% ; 6. · Endo, 18.70. Hi:;h Bar: 1. Endo, 19.45; 2. Yoghiaki Takai , 19.27; 2. Nakayama, 19.27; 4. Mitsuku·ri. 19.15 ; 5. Hayata, 19.10; 6. Tsurumi , 18.20.

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Yukio Endo AA Winner , 1 st Long Horse, High Bar, Free Ex . 2nd Rings

Tokuju Hoyota , First Ring s, 5th AA

Men : Team Standin gs: 1. Swallow Club,

565.20; 2. Nohon P .E. Univ. , 560.25 ; 3. Ot . uka Clu b (Tokyo Educ. Univ. alumnjl. :;;:;3.95; 4. Nihon Univ .. 543.70; 5. Tokyo Educa tion Univ., 542 .50; 6. Chukyo Univ .. 542.00.

All·around: 1. Yukio Endo, 115.50; 2. Akinori Nakayama. 114.45; 3. Shuji Tsur­llmi , 114.35; 4. Takashi Mrtsllkllri , 113.95; 5. Takllji Hayata, 113.60; 6. Yoshiaki Koni,hi , 113.35.

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CANADIAN REPORT by Johnnv Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston. Ontario

HERE AND THERE 1969 Gymnaestrada: Word has been reo

ceived from Switzerland that the next Gymnaestrada will be held in the city of Basle, Switzerland. This .will have to be ratified at the next F.r. G. Congress.

National Clinic lor Coaches. This will be held July 5, 6, 7, 1966 at Winnipeg just before the Canadian Championships. Those that would like to attend the clinic are asked to submit their names in writing to Mr. Gil Larose, 3209 Paul Pau., Montreal, Que. More about this clinic in later re­ports.

McDONALD COLLEGE, MONTREAL About a month ago, Mr. D. Cochrane

was appointed Gymnastic coach. Since then about 14 or 15 first and second year students are practicing twice a week. It is unfortunate that these practices did not start sooner, Mac has a lot of potential.

They have scheduled their first meet against Royal Military College, Kingston and next year with an early start and now all the equipment available, the gymnastics programme should grow rapidly in "Mac".

WOMEN'S CLINICS Mrs. Stephen Johnson, the ' Scarborough

Schools women's gymnastic covener, organ­ized a general woman's clinic at her school last month. The guest lecturer was Mrs. Marilyn Savage, Winstonettes Gym Club Coach who is outstanding in women's gym· nastics. Marilyn tells me she gave more than 40 clinics last year and is well on her way to doing the same this year.

Mrs. Savage almost single handed has promoted women's gymnastics in Eastern Canada as well as coached some of our top women gymnasts Susan McDonnell and our great junior Marilyn Minaker.

Mrs. Janet Armstrong, covener for the S.O.S.S.A. area held an excellent Women's Judging Clinic recently at the Oakville Trafalgar High School, Oakville.

Over' 60 women teachers attended the day·long clinic. At this clinic, Mrs. Janet Armstrong { }qitiated a simple women's judging prb'ce'ilure which was well received by the beginner judges and this procedure has now been adopted in other areas.

Anyone wishing a copy of this simpli­fied system, please contact O.S.G.C.A. or Mrs. Janet Armstrong, Oakville-Trafalgar High School, Oakville.

Another successful Women's Judging Clinic was also held at Waterloo Col­legiate, Waterloo for the women members of c.W.O.S.S.A.

This clinic was directed by Miss Kaarina Tulisalo, the covener for that area. This clinic was well attended and this idea of having small local clinics is proving very successful.

Kaarina is to be congratulated for her efforts. Mrs. Janet Armstrong's system was also advocated at this clinic.

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GREATER MONTREAL HIGH SCHOOLS GYMNASTICS

By D. Cochrane Gymnastics Chairman, GMIAA

The followin g is a brief outline of the high school picture in Greater Montreal.

Before World War II, when I was at high school, there was one annual meet between Montreal High and Westmount High. This meet was sponsored by Hav Findlay at McGill University. I lost track of the high school picture during the next 9 years as I was busy with the war and getting through college. However, since 1950 there has been high school meets every year. During the early 50's swinging rings and spring board and box vaulting were replaced by still rings and beat board (we build our own) vaulting. Since around 1955 the 6 Olympic events have been used and we have experimented with compul­sories, semi-compulsories and optionals from year to year. In 1955 I built the first pair of un evens and balance beam in Mon­treal and now every high school has this equipment.

Over the past 10 years, the Greater Mon· treal Girls Athletic Association has had an average of 125 girls competing and the Greater Montreal Interscholastic Athletic Association has had an average of 90 boys competing. The gi rls' meet consists of the 4 all-around events as well as trampoline, tumbling and swinging rings with choice of events and semi compulsories. The com­pete in 4 age levels.

The boys compete in the 6 all-around events and this year with compulsories only. Recently we drew up 12 routines for each event starting with very simple ones and building up to the 12th routines which are the Junior Canadian Compulsories. This ties our high school program into the AAU or "Outside" meets so that our bet· tel' gymnasts can compete more often. Our duel meet season is in full swing and will be finished at the end of March. Dual meet scores count with the best 2 school meeting in a final team championship meet. This will re followed by a in­dividual type competition for our schools and then the AAU city and Provincials fOl the better boys.

ONTARIO SCHOOLS CLINIC On Saturday, December the 11th at Port

Credit Secondary School in Toronto Town­ship, an O.S.G.C.A. Clinic Team ran a successful Pilot Clinic for 43 Teachers.

Keeping in mind the knowledge and cx­perience of those attending, the Clinic format ': illcluded many aspects of School GymnastJc~ with the emphasis on Claos· room Gymnastics.

This was the major item of the Clinic. A booklet was given to all those attending containing a 16 period block of lessons (many were explained at the Clinic) with special attention given, to pre-testing stu· dents, motivators and maximum particip!\­tion, and a detailed class lesson. .:

The School Gym Team, promotion of it, choosing the Team, Safety, Use of Instruc­tional Aids (many from the M.G.) was also given considerable attention.

Other major segments were Practical Gymnastics. The Technique of many Sim· pIe movenrents on various apparatus, was explained and demonstrated, by outstand­ing gymnasts and the availability of special­ists in Equipment, Publications (M.G. Table) Use of Loop films, and finally ,a special session in the New Simplified High School judging procedure.

In my OpinIOn, the highlight was the as­sessment form which each person attending the Clinic was asked to complete. This form is to permit the O.S.G.C.A. Director­ate to critically examine the Clinic.

This assessment form' may give some in­dication what teachers want ' in future I$linics. This is a forward step and I per­s~qa)ly will be anxious to hear the findings.

TENTATIVE DATES AND SUGGESTED CITIES OF RUSSIAN GYM TEAMS VISIT TO CANADA Start-

Vancouver, B,C.-November 14, 15, 16, 1966 Edmonton & Calgary-Nov_ 17, 18, 19, 1966 Saskatoon or Regina-Nov _ 21, 22, 1966 Winnipeg-November 23, 24, 1966 Toronto--November 25, 26, 1966 Montreal-November 20, December 1, 1966 Halifax-December 2, 3, 19&6

Depart-December 4, 1966

COMMENT

Mr. Stuart Aberdeen, head basketball coach at Acadia University, says the basic requirement for developing athletes at Canadian universities is a better athletic program, not athletic scholarships.

Aberdeen, who led Acadia's basketball team to the Canadian intercollegiate championship last season and ' was named coach of Canada's national basketball squad, said the responsibility for develop­ment of skills and attitudes leading to pro­fess ional achievement a I' international competition rests at the high school level.

Aberdeen said that to produce better athletes, local school boards need to pay academic teachers for assisting physical education teachj'!rs in coaching duties, per­mit daily practice and provide adequate competition.

"Only when attainment in sports be­comes generally important to a country, a province, a community, a coach and to the boy will we produce students in abund. ance who have been able to realize their true po'tential . .. " he said.

"I'm not ' against athletic scholarships nor am I against provisions for financial grants to needy student athletes." Howev­er, he said scholarships should not be, "the prime issue in the development of Canadian athl~f7s." . .

Aberdeen stud ' that even If CanadIan universities did offer scholarships to ath­letes, U.S. institutions could bid higher for the talent~ of any Canadian youth.

TORONTO' TOWNSHIP GYMNASTIC DISPLAY

The first annual Gymnastic Display was held at Lome Park Secondary School on January the 29th. This display was span· sored by O.S.G.C.A. and . the Lome Park School Athletic Assoc. Seven groups took part in the display. It featured the begin­ner school gymnast and the Senior Club gymnasts, participating were the Toronto Township Recreation Group undh the direction of Mrs. Milne, the Toronto Town­ship Public School Group under Mr. Mar­tin, the East York Gym Club Community Centre Group under the direction of Mr. Art Stead and the Club Group under Mr. Willie Rehorn, Oakivlle and Trafalgar and Aldershot High School Group under the direction of Mrs. Janet Armstrong, York Memorial Collegiate Group under Mr. George Harlow, the Winstonettes Gym Club under the direction of Mrs. , Marilyn, Savage, and finally the Senior ' Toronto Harmonie Gym group under Mr. John Tutte.

All groups performed their own special­ty and some groups showed a grea t deal of originality_ It would be unfair to single out anyone group for praise. All gymnasts whatever calibre performed to the maxi­mum of thei r ability and deserve congra tu· lations.

It was a change to see many of our fine gymnasts perform to a packed house. This kind of display has its place in our pro­motional programme, as I was the coordin· ator may I take this opportunity to thank all the gymnasts and directors who so kindly participated.

The evening was under the direction of Mr. Al Warrick, Vice Pres. O.S.G.C.A. and the technical director was Mr. Karl Nutz­en berger. A special thank yOU to Mr. Jack Richardson and Mr. Gary Ewart, the school representatives, who were responsible for the large attendance, refreshm ents, etc.

THE SCHOOL GYM .,JEAM Ed. Note: ,4t one of the receTi'-fiO.S.G.C.A .

Clinics Mr. George Harlow, P.H.E.D., York Memorial Collegiate, Toronto, gave the fol­lowing lecture on the S chool Gym Team. I believe this le cture is an excellent guide for teachers just beginning to organize a School Gym Team or start a S chool Gym Club.

PROMOTION Colorful pictures and ip.formation on the

athletic notice board followed up by P .A. announcements, movies in an Auditorium programme or after school and announce­ments by Physical Education teacher in Health periods where some background on gymnastics can be given; with all serve to make students aware of the sport and bring them out for your first work out. Enthusi­asm is contageous ; if you show interest and eagerness to spend time when and where a space can be found you will find that the boy~ ~ will respond. TIME AND 'PLACE FOR ' WORKOUTS

This can be a real pr6blem when many activities are competing for space. Early morning workout and utilization of dress­ing rooms, corridors or galleries to work on apparatus that can be moved around may start to solve the problem. CHOOSING THE TEAM

You' must decide whether you are going to hold try outs and take only the boys who show promise or form a club taking all comers. By formin g a club you have the advantage. of mQre time to make your decision as to who ' sliould be on the team but the disadvantage of having to work with a larger group, Limitations of time and space may be factor when deciding on your approach, UNIFORM

Do not allow boys to wear watches, jewelry or p~ndents for gymnastics. T­shirt, shorts, light socks and gym slippers or bare feet (never running shoes ) are ideal. You may want to allow them to wear gym pants for work on some pieces of ap­paratus, Slippers and hand grips are per­sonal items and should be made available for purchase by those who desire, The school may choose to own a set of gym­nastic uniforms for competition or make them available to the competitors at a re­duced price. The latter method means that you get around the problem of always having the wrong sizes. APPARATUS

Before the first work out check and clean all apparatus, Before each work out be sure that each piece of apparatus has been properly set up and will not collapse

SCENES FROM TORONTO TOWNSHIP GYM DISPLAY York Memorial High School group vaulting display . . . Jennifer Diachun of the Toronto Harmonie Gym Club on the unevens . . . . Barry Brooker o f the Harmonie Club gave a Free Ex demonstration ... . Toronto Township recreat ion rhythmics group.

under the weight of a performer. As the end of the gymnastics season check and make a list of necessary repairs and lightly oil all metal parts which may rust when not in use, SAFETY

Gymnastics is not a dangerous activity if you, the coach, instill in the boys the correct attitudes. (a) No one uses the gymnasium or equip­

ment except under supervision.

(b) An exercise new to the boy is always done for the first time under the direct su pervision of the coach.

(c) The performer is responsible for hav­ing a partner who knows what exer­cise is being attempted, knows how to help and is in a position to help.

WORKOUTS Know what you are going to do before

you start work. Whether it is a full scale workout or a small group working in a

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cDrridor Dn the pDmmel hDrse, have an idea Df what YD U want to' accDmplish. All wDrkDuts shDuld begin with a warm·up; either Df a general nature Dr fDr sDme par· ti cular piece Df apparatus. Flexibility, strength and stretching exercises will bDth warm up the athletes and help imprDve their perfDrmance. Workouts early in the season may be devoted to' tumbling and /loor exercises. Vaulting is a gDDd event to intrDduce next as almDst all boys can start to' learn a vault that makes them feel ready fDr competitiDn. When YD U bring in the remainder Df the apparatus have rDU' tines ready fDr each age group Dr level Df ability. By having a specific rDutine in mind it makes sense to' the bDY to learn a certain exercise (i.e. it is in the routine) . As SODn as possible he shDuld put to" gether; first two. exercises, then three exercises and slDwly build up to' the as· signed rDutine. If YDur group has cD mpul· sory rDutines then use same as the first routine. As the gymnast becDmes profici ent in the compulsDI), Dr fi rst rDutine or used with exercises he has learned previously to make up an optional routine or at least a routine more advanced than the Dne with which he started. He will never be ready for competitiDn unless you keep insisting that he show you "his" routine. A bDY should be preparing for competitiDn on at least three pieces of apparatus; no one· shot Charlies. As time for competition ap· proaches suspend work on new exercises and concentrate on polish ing the routines. Have each boy hand in a description of his DptiDnal routine, have him do that rou· tine, and compulsory routines, for you and have seniDr boys judge these routines. After each meet have a workout as soon as pos· sible to allow the boys to try new exer· cises they picked up at the meet. After the last meet of the season give the boys some gym time to taper of with some fun after the pressure of competition. INSTR UC TION AIDS \al Books. (b) Movies. Loop films. (c) Senior boys who have been with you

previous years can help you when you have two. or three age groups by spending part time assisting the younger ones.

(d ) Dual workouts or meets. The boys al · ways CDme home with something new or find a cDach who explains an exer­cise just differently enDugh that ' they finally understand what you wanted from the start. -

(e 1 Spotting belt. Overhead belt. Give a boy a feeling of security that allows him to concentrate on the exercise.

(f) Weights. Regular and proper use of weights at home or at school will , given sufficient time, help improve his performance by increasing his strength.

UNIVERSITY OF LAVAL, QUEBEC VS. UNIVERSIT;Y OF MONTREAL

Just recently a dual meet was held be­tween the above Universities. The Univer­sity of Laval narrowly outpointed the Uni­versity of IVIontreal scoring a total of 113.83 points to Montreal's 113.18 points.

In the individual scoring R. Guerin of Laval University scored a total of 42.74 pts. to win, closely follDwed by M. Tram­blay also of Laval, with a score of 39.54 pts. and in third place, R. Chevalier Uni­versity of IVIontreal with 37.10 pts.

R. Guerin of Laval showed great form in winning the Rings, High Bar and Paral­lel Bar. Thank you, Paul Goeffrion of Laval University for details and results.

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MEXICAN INVITATIONAL MEET

Our great Ambassador Willie Wei ler placed 2nd All Round at this great repre­sentative Meet. He had a score of 56.40 and the winner scored 56.60, how close can you get? Willy won the Long Horse Vault­ing and High Bar and came second ill Free Exercise, Parallel Bars and Side Horse. An outstanding performance by one of our truly great Canadian Gymnasts. Congratulations!

FLINT ANNUAL INVITATIONAL MEET MICHIGAN 1966

Here are some results from this excellent Flint Meet and according to the convener Mr. Jim Hynds, was the best in its history. So here are the results of some or our Canadian gymnasts who took part: COLLEGE DIVISION

Canadian John Mason from Toronto repre­senting Eastern Michigan Univ. placed 3rd All Round, 2nd on the Long Horse, 4th on Paral­lel Bars. Fred Romney of Montreal represent­ing University of Michigan, outplaced John in the Free X. Congratulations John. OPEN DIVISION MEN

1 st All Round, Kurt Eggerschwiler; 2nd All Round , Berne Krudwig; 3rd All Round, Barry Brooker . These boys are all members of the Central Ontario Gym Team and this team also won the Team Championships.

Individuals: Berne Krudwig , 1 st in Long Horse; Kurt Eggerschwiler, 1 st on Rings, Parallel Bar and High Bar; Steve Mitruk of Hamilton, ant. was 2nd on Side Horse.

The Central Ontario team was under the direction of John Tuite the Toronto Harmonie Head Coach. OPEN WOMEN'S DIVISION

Our excellent woman gymnast Gail Daley from Saskatoon was 1 st All Round 1 st on the Vaulting; 2nd on Balance Beam; 3rd in Free Ex.; and 1 st on the Unevens.

TRINITY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL 9TH INVITATIONA L MEET 1966

This year's meet surpassed all others. The entry of nine high schools was due to the hard wDrk and dedication by the con­vener, Mr. Hadley Armstrong, the Trinity College coach, who works continually and consistently year after year for Gymnastics.

Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa, coached by Ralph ThDrntDn, won the Team TrDphy with a total of 125.5, 2nd Place was won by the host school T.C.S. with 117.4, coached by Hadley Armstrong, and 3rd Place by David and Mary Thompson, c.I. with 112.2, coached by Bill Symons.

Schools participating : T.C.S. , Western Tec. H.S., D.M. Thompson c.I., ]'vlonarch Park S.S., Glebe c.I., P eterborough C.V.s., Appelby ColI., Jarvis c.I., Richview c.I.

Judging officials were from the On tario SchoDI Gymnastic Coaches Assoc. Head Judge, D. Kerr.

RESUL TS Side Horse: Walker (Mon. P) 8.8; C. Bar­

ret (T.C.S.) 8.8 ; D. Vena (D.M. Thom )8.8; C. Henderson (T.C.S.) 8.7; R. Potter (Rich) 8.6; C. Yull (GL) 8.6.

Free X : J. Boyne (GL) 7.9; K. Vena (D.M. Thom) 7.8 ; M . Toole (Mon. P) 7.7.

Parallel Bars: C. Yull (Gle) 8.8; J. Kortright (T.C.S.) 8.6; G. Miall (GL) 8.4.

Long Horse : I. Morin (Man P) 9.5; C. Yull (Gle) 9.2; Berrong (Jarvis) 9.1.

High Bar: J. Kortright (T.C.S.) 9.8; D. Walker (GL) 9.2; D. Vena (D.M. Thom) 8.8 .

ONTARIO AND QUEBEC UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 1966

The above championship meet was held at the University of Montreal before a packed hDuse. The highlight of this meet was the outstanding performances of Barry Brooker of U. of T. and Art Kuisma of Queens Universities, Kingston.

In the overall team scoring, University of Toronto with a score of 129.6 led easily ; 2nd place was captured by Queens Univer· sity, Kingston with a score of 114.3; and in 3rd place, University of Montreal scored

Championship University of Toronto Gym ~f~a~~ Cero, Lumb, Sale. Hamilton and

98.1; 4th place, Royal Military College, Kingston, scored 95.0.

The superiority of the Ontario Univer­sities was Dbvious and it reflects the h igh school gymnastic programme in that prov­ince.

Barry Brooker, U. of T . won the All Round scoring 50.15; Art Kuisma, Queens Univ. scored 39.90; and Ken Lumb, Univ. of Toronto scored 38.45.

RESULTS P. Bars : Brooker , 8.8 (T); Lumb, 7.45 (T);

KUlsma, 7.45 (Q). Floor Ex. : Brooker, 8.05 (Tl, Gero, 7.35 (T); Kuisma, 7.0 (Q). Pom'mels: Brooker, 7.55 (T); Mathews, 6 .5 (Q) ; Lumb, 6.05 (T ). Rings: Brookers , 8.65 (T); Sale, 8.65 (T ); Cheva lier , 7.55 (M). Vaulting: Brooker 9.2 (T ); Lumb, 8.9 (T); Lee 8.75 (Q) . High 'Bar: rc?).oker, 7 .9 (T); Neck, 6.2 (Q); Kuisma, 5.7

GERMAN HARMONIE CHILDREN'S MEET

This Tri Club Gymnastic Meet between the Toronto Harmonie Gymnastic Club East York Gymnastic Club and East York Canadiana Gym Club was held at the Har­monie Gym Club recently in Toronto.

This meet was broken down into Arre Groups, age 10-12 years, boys and girls and age group 13-15, all using compul­son es,. and ~vhat is very essential every boy and gIrl go rng all around. It is from this kind of meet that our future gymnasts will come and thIS type of meet is essential for the growth of gymnastics.

Switzer, Vassilids and Scott

RESULTS Girls Age 10- 12 : 1st All Round, Sophie

Vassiliadis, -E .Y.c.G.c. , 35.50 pts; 2nd All Round, Sandra Switzer, 34.55, E.Y.C.G.c. ; and 3rd .AII Round , Col leen Scott, 33.45 E.Y.C.G.C.

Girls Age 13-15: 1 st All Round, Shoron Tsukamot o, 35.15, E.Y. C.G.c. ; 2nd All Round Joy Best, 33.80, E.Y.C.G.C . '

Boys Age 10-12: 1 st All Round, Mike Shea, 28.10, E.Y.C.G.c.; 2nd All Round Chris Jones 26.20, E. Y.C.G.c. ' ,

B.oys Age 13-15: 1st All Round , Paul Blath-erwick; 2nd All Round, John Shea.

COLBORN INVITATIONAL: Top Novice All-Around champion School Senior AA Champs, top Wolfgang Lindeman.

Kurt Eggerschweiler Senior meet . Nick Lippa Novice High School to bottom; Stefan Bell, Gerald Kasper,

Port Col borne Invitational Meet,

PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO One of the largest crowds ever to watch

a High School Meet and Senior A.A.U. Meet attended at Port Col borne High School last month. An overflowing gym, people were turned away.

This I believe was a fir st-a High School Meet and a Senior A.A.U. Meet side by side. The convener of this Meet , Mr. Jim McPherson, the coach of Port Col borne H.S., did a magnificent job of coordinating the two divisions; the A.A.U. sanction was given by the South Western Branch, Ont. and the whole venture was sponsored by the Ontario School Gymnastic Coaches Assoc.

Kurt Eggerschweiler of Sokol Toronto was 1 st All Round followed closely hy Steve N[itrak of Hamilton Harmonie Club and in 3rd place Robt. Dunning of the Buffalo Turners. This was the line-up in the A.A.U. Division Senior Men.

In the High School Division Ali Round Senior- 1st Stephen Bell, 2nd Gerald Kas­per and 3rd Saverio Pirrocco. This Division was of a very high standard. As the Head Judge I was very pleased with the all round ability I witnessed. The High School coach in Ontario is now realizing the value

of the Age Group Gymnastic Workbook_ 1 noticed many of the routines were from this book, also the deportment and dress of the high school gymnast was excellent.

Mr. Jim McPherson has informed me this will become an annual meet. Judging officials A.A.U., Al Dippong, D. Kerr, S. Bowie, Al Stumpf; High School, Al War­ri ck, G. Harlow, J. Krar, 1. Nooney.

RES'UL TS A.A.U . Senior Division-SIDE HORSE: Kurt

Eggerschweiler, Steve Mitrak, Robt. Dunning. PARALLEL BARS : Eggerschweiler, Mitruk, Dun­ning. LONG HORSE: Eggerschweiler, Mitruk, McVey (Sokol, Toronto). HORIZONTAL BARS: Eggerschweiler , Mitruk, Dunning. FLOOR EX_: Eggerschweiler, Mitruk, McVey.

Novice A .A.U _ Division-VAULTING: Eric Stumpf (B.T.), Mark Meyer, J. Wry. HORI-" ZONTAL BAR: Eric Stumpf, John Wry, Mark Meyer. PARALLEL BARS: Eric Stumpf, Jim Mitchell, J. Wry. TUMBLING: Eric Stumpf, Mark Meyer, J. Wry.

High School Senior Division-5IDE HORSE: Peter Mesaros, Stephen Bell, Wolfgang Linde­mann. PARALLEL BARS: Marcel Maurice, Pet­er Mesaros, Larry Rosnuk. VAULTING L.H.: David Roberts, Dirg Hooykaas, Larry Marriot. FLOOR EX_: Larry Marriot, G. Kasper, D. Hooykaas. HORIZONTAL BAR: J. Bartok, Mar­cel Maurice, Wolfgang Lindemann.

High School Novice-ALL AROUND: Nicholas Lippa, Colin Puffer, Denis Cuff. SIDE HORSE: Frank Zaretta, Sean Cannon, Gene Lauro. PARALLEL BARS: Gene Lauro; Tie, Richard Duval, Guy Charbonneau, Carlo Pacella; Law­rence Howe, srd. VAULTING: Gary Branning, Florian Raby, Claude' Coupil. TlUMBLING: Law­rence Howe, David Harret, James Accursi.

GYM SKETCH Gil Larose was born in Montreal and

started his gymnastic career at age 15 at the Immaculate Conception Centre, where he is today Men's coach.

In his high school years, he was an All Round performer. He won the Canadiall Novice and Junior All Round title and the Quebec Novice, Junior and Senior titles_ The same yea r he attended the Sarasota Clinic, Florida and won the All Round ullder 18 Division.

Gil graduatrd from high school with hon· ors and ranked number two in the entire school, obtaining an A average. He was awarded an athletic scholarship in gym­nastics by the University of Michigan. Coached by Newt Loken he placed third in four events at the 1962 Big Ten Meet; he also captained the Nlichigan team. That year he won a berth on the Canadian team which represented Canada at World Games in Prague and won the All Round title at the Mid West Open, Flint Open, also the Big Ten All Round title 1962-1963 and in 1963 won the All Round title at the N.C.A.A. Meet at Pittsburgh.

Gil returned to Canada to teach school but still continued his gymnastic career. In 1964 he won the Provincial and Sokol Championships and placed 2nd All Round at the Nationals and he won a berth on the Canadian Olmpic team that went to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The year 1965 saw him win the Mon­treal City, Quebec Eas~ern and he caused the big upse t by winning over Wilhelm Weiler at the Nationals in Vancouver. He represented Canada at the North Ameri­cans recently and helped the team a great deal but he also was responsible for the organization of this super meet, without a doubt a tremendous feat.

Gil is the President of the Quebec Gym· nastic Assoc., coaches the University of Montreal team and at the Immaculate Con­ception Centre. This year he will head up the National Coaching Clinic at Winnipeg_ This could be his greatest achievement, be­cause he has the opportunity to put to­ge ther a National Coaching staff, that Canada so badly needs. This could be his finest contribution to the Sport that has showered every possible honor on him.

I know his immed iate aims are to be a mel11ber of the 1968, 1972 Olympic team and I wishs him every success. The future for Canadian gymnastics looks bright, when such men as Gil Larose are in the forefront. His return to Canada after his college days, to help his country and his province, shows the dedication this man has for Gymnastics and Canada.

Gil Larose

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Top: Sokol Invitational All-Around winner Barry Brooker, 2nd Kurt Eggersahweiler and bottom: Sokol President Milan Brtan awarding 3rd place All-Around Trophy to Bern Krudwig.

SOKOL INVIT~ TIONAL MEET FOR SENIOR MEN AT

MASARYK HALL, TORONTO Barry Brooker of the Toronto Harmonie

Club dominated the Meet by winning 5 events. Parallel Bars, F.X., High Bar and Long Horse.

Scoring 50.35 points he placed 1st All Around. Kurt Eggerschwiler, Toronto Sokol Club, scored 48.45 points to place 2nd All Around. Kurt and Barry were close in scoring right up to the final event High Bar. It was in this event that Kurt scored 7.70- this enabled Barry to move ahead. Also Barry had an excellent per­formance on Pommels scoring S.55 which gave him the lead to place 1st All Around.

Bern Krudwig, Toronto Harmonie Club, placed 3rd All Around and Steve Frick of the same club was 4th All Around.

John Tutte, Harmonie Coach, can be proud of his gymnasts-they certainly re­flected fine coaching.

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SENIOR CITY GYMNASTIC COMPETITION SA'ULT TECHNICAL & COMMERCIAL

HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Free Calisthenics: John Lash, Mike luke

Ed McDermid tied Dove Russell, Tim Wasy­liniuk tied Bill Latham. Pommel Horse: John Lash, Mike luke, Ed McDermid, Terry Sher­bock tied Bob Cameron. High Bar: Mike luke Tim Wasyliniuk, John Lash tied Norman Mont~ gomery, Roger Dorian. Parallel Bars: John Lash, Bill Kernaghan, Dave Russell, Mike luke, Toni Treberg . Rings: Bill Kernaghan John Lash, Mike luke, Toni Treberg, Murray Hamilton. VaUlting: Tim Wasyliniuk, Mike luke, Toni Treberg tied Ed McDermid, John Lash . All Round Gymnast: John Lash, Sir J.omes Dunn; Mike luke, Bawat ing; Tim Wasy­ilnluk, Tech; Dove Russell, Bawating; Roger Dorion, Bawating . Final Team Standing: (I) Sir James Dunn C. & V.S.; (2) Bawating C. & V.S.; (3) Sault Technical H.S.

SASKATOON CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS The large entry reflects the great inter­

est in gymnastics in Saskatoon. The tyro men and women divisions had large entries and so did the junior men and women . Now that the Canadian Games are all ap· proved, this province will have a strong Junior Mcn and Women's team.

The Senior Men All Round was won by Bill Robinson of Brandon and the Senior Women All Round was won by Glenna Sebestyen, Marians Gym Club; 2nd All Round, Maureen McDonald, Vniv. of Sask. and 3rd place, Patti Sebestyen, Marians Gym Club.

Team results SI. Josephs Saskatoon had an excellent day, winning the Tyro Men and Women, Novice men and Junior men; Marians Gym Club won the Women's Senior team championship.

Clubs taking part: Marians, St. Josephs, Bethel, Westgate, Regina Y.M.CA., Bran· don, Vniversity of Saskatchewan.

RESULTS Tyro Women All Round: 1st, M. Walton,

(St. Joe) ; 2nd" S. Beatty (Mar); 3rd, C. May­hew (St. Joe). Team Results : St . Joe, 58.76 1st; Marians, 56.95 2nd.

Tyro Men All Round: 1 st, B. Gramchuk (Brd); 2nd, P. Mayhew (St. Joe) ; 3rd, H. Sedgewick (St . Joe). Team Results : St. Joe , 69.90 1st; Regina Y, 65.20 2nd.

Novice Women All Round: 1 st , S. Dean (St. Joe); 2nd; D. Jones (MOL); 3rd, J . Holtzman (St . Joe).

Novice Men All Round : 1 st, G. Horseman (Reg Y); 2nd, J . Spicer (Reg Y) . Team Results : St. Joe, 60.23 I st.

Junior Women All Round: 1 st, K. Dean (St. Joe) ; 2nd, A. Walecke (Mar); 3rd, J. Wood (St. Joe). Team Results: 51. Joe, 86.15 1 st; Marians, 77.60 2nd. .

Junior Men All Round: 1 st, T. 5edgewick (St . Joe); 2nd, M. Boyd (Reg Y) 3rd, D. Smith (St. Joe)

Senior Men All Round: 1 st, B. Robinson (Brd) ; 2nd, G. Balcombe (St. Joe).

Senior Women All Round: 1 st, G. Sebestyen (Mar); 2nd, M. McDonald (U. of 5.); 3rd, P. 5ebestyen (Mar) . Team Results: Marians, 92.36 1 st; U. of 5. , 77. 12 2nd.

ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, KINGSTON, OPEN INVITATIONAL

MEET Queens Vniversity, Kingston, scored

126.73 points to win the Team Trophy at the Annual R.M.C. Invitational Meet and Vniversity of Toronto placed second with 124.91 points. R. M. College placed third with 100.0S.

Eight other teams competed at this Meet which shows what a great upsurge in Gym· nastics is taking place in the Eastern Canadian Colleges.

The highlight of this Meet was the per­formance of Barry Brooker, V. of Toronto, who was first All Round with a score of 47.96 points placing first on the Side Horse, first on Parallel Bars and Hori­zontal Bar, second on Long Horse, and third on Still Rings- an outstanding per­formance. Barry's year working out in Ger· many is showing in his performances.

His teammate, Digby Sale, was first on Still Rings.

Art Kuisma of Queens Vniversity also had an excellent day placing second All Round with 46.95, winning two firsts and three seconds. Art is a very much improved gymnast this year.

The increase in the number of Eastern College Gym Teams this year is a result of the increased activity in Gymnastics at the high school leveL

VNIVERSITY OF TORONTO INVITATIONAL MEET

The Vniversity of Toronto played host recently to teams from the Vniversity of New Brunswick and the Royal Military College, Kingston.

This was the first time that the New Brunswick team competed in Ontario and they certainly looked very good. As to be expected the Vniversity of Toronto led by their coach· team member Barry Brooker won the team trophy, closely followed by the Vniversity of New Brunswick with tremendous performances b y Truman Hirschfeld.

Team scores: Vniversity of Toronto 160.1, Vniversity of New Brunswick 154.1, and the R.M.C Kingston 134.9.

Barry Brooker won the individual cham­pionship with a score of 56.3, Truman Hirschfeld scored 51.5 for second place, and Ken Lumb, Vniv. of Toronto scored 49.5 for third place.

This was a very well organized meet by the V. of T. staff and what personally pleased me was the manner in which I received the score sheets, results, etc. I wish I could say the same for other con­veners of gymnastic meets.

ALL AROUND, B. Brooker, V. of T, 56.3; T. Hirschfeld, V.N.B., 51.5; Ken Lumb, V. of T., 49.5. FREE X, B. Brook­er, · 19.Q ; Jim Hancock, V.N.B., 17.1; J. Gero, U. of T ., 17.1. LONG HORSE VAULTING, B. Brooker, V . of T., 19.1; T. Hirschfeld, V.N.B., 18.4; S. Sutherland, RoM.C, 18.4. SIDE HORSE, B. Brooker, V. of T. , lS.6; T. Hirschfeld, V.N.B., 16.9 ; K. Lumb, V. of T , 16.8. HORIZONTAL BAR, B. Brooker, V . of T., 17.S; D. Eagle, V.N.B., 16.S; S. Sutherland, RoM.C, 16.3. PARALLEL BARS, B. Brooker, V. of T, 18.S; T. Hirschfeld, V.N.B., 18.1; D. Haase, R.M.C, 16.3. RINGS, B. Brooker, V. of T., 18.S, D. Sale, V. of T., l S.S; T Hirschfeld, V.N.B., 17.6.

Jim Hancock from the University of New Brunswick

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FRAN K L. BARE Executive Director

Z' iu,~to't~ 1i! eft-0~ THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION

P.O. Box 4699, TUCSON, ARIZONA.

The 1966 USGF Nationals are all set for the U. S. Air Force Academy on April IS-16th. Entries already in­dicate an excellent turnout for another great National Championship. Plan on being there to take part.

+: .;: +:- * The USG.F. is now located in new office facilities.

The print shop has been expanded and enlarged and some new equipment added to help speed up mailing and pro­cessing of mail to allow for quicker service to gymnasts in the USA. The office itself is large, modern and now is staffed full-time in order to keep orders and inquiries from backing up at any time. This is an excellent sign of growth for our organization and the sport. There was a day when gymnastics was little known and seldom ap­preciated, however, times are sure changing for the better. Witness one sign of this welcome chanrre in our new of­fices . . . . for all of you in our great' sport.

* * 7: * New USGF offices and facilities

The U.S.G.F. Tour is filling rapidly. If you desire t6 see the World's Championships with a group of your fel­low coaches and athletes, write immediately to the USGF for tour information. September IS-27th Dortmund Ger-many. (For USGF members only).' ,

* * * * The gymnastics posters described in an earlier edi­

tion of The Modern Gymnast, are now ready in three colors (red-blue-green) and with an appropriate photo of a girl gymnast for women's meets. Order from USGF or write for information on them.

'* * * * ATTENTION TEACHERS AND COACHES ... -

please plan now on attending the 1966 CONGRESS OF AMERICAN GYMNASTICS COACHES .. _ . November 2S-26th. This professional meeting is aimed at exchanges, discussions, guest lecturers, films, officials program, coaching techniques . . . . and it affords the coaches and teachers involved in gymnastic program an opportunity to work together without the pressure of competition near ­by. If you need to seek the approval of your administra­tion early to have financial help to make the trip place the dates on your calendar right now and get your appli­cation for travel in right away . . . . more on this in is­sues to follow.

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THE HOST PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HOST FOR 1966 NCAA GYMNASTIC

CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Dick Criley

Below: A portion of the extra gymnasium facilities available for warm -ups

Once identified by a former President as "situated su as tu be equally inacces· sible frum all parts of the State," Penn State still offers few of the distractions uf a metrupolitan campu~. Lucated in the that some reference is being made to Penn State Nittany Lions will host gymnasts from all parts of the United States in the 1966 NCAA Gymnastics Championships April 1 and 2.

From Maine tu Califurnia, when one reads ur hears the word Nittany, he knows that sume reference is being made to Penn Stale. Nu other American college is so linked with a geographical term. The name is attributed to a local legend of an Indi­an Queen, Nita-nee, who ruled her people kindly and justly. Upon her burial, a great mountain arose, covered with cedar and pine .. . MI. Nittany. The Nittany Lion Shrine near Recrtlation Hall will be seen by many of the visiting gymnasts. It repre­stnts the Nittany Lions stalking forth from their mythical dens in the shadow of MI. Nittany. Their claws are ever couched for s!'orting battles in athletics and inter-col­legiate cum!,etition.

While the center of attraction for visiting gymnasts is sure to be Recreation Hall, many will take advantage of the opportun· ity to see the Hetzel Union Building I HUB), site of student activities, cafeteria, snack bar and games rooms; the Library with more than 700,000 volumes; and the

Penn State gymnastics Caach Gene Wett­stone who has been planning for the Na­tionals for a year and a half.

Mineral Industries Museum with its min­eral and fossil collections. As on many other campuses, construction is rampant, and modern laboratories mingle with ivy­covered buildings of older vintage. Gym­nasts will have more than 30 dormitories to consider in arranging after·the·meet dates, as nearly all coeds live on campus. Even having seen the University Park campus, gymnasts will have missed a large part of Penn State. There are an addition· al 18 Commonwealth Campuses helping to educate its 28,000+ st udent body.

In 1960 when the NCAA's were last held at Penn ~tate , more than 11 ,500 sp~ctators viewed the Championships. Now, newly re­modded Rec Hall accommodates 7500 and the old .-record is sure to be broken for the two day st'ssion. Excdlent lighting and accoustic:; and a lack of obstructing sup· ports make this facility one of the finest in the country , and it has been filled to

Aerial view of the Athletic facilities, the main gymnasium to the right with locker rooms in the middle and auxiliary gym an the left .

capacity many times this year for gym· nastics.

Many factors contribute to the unique spectator appeal of gymnastics on this campus, not the least of which is Lion Coach Gene Wettstone. His earliest gym· nastics teams put on exhibitions and circus acts, the like of which he recalls with a chuckle and a shudder. Nonetheless, the popularity of the sport grew, in large measure due to his fair for showmanship and carfeul attention to detail. "Great stress is put on the harmony of movement, the development of ease and grace wtih rhythm, muscular and masculine coordin­ation . Posture, efficiency of movement, and mature personalities are also reflected by our gymnasts. The same can be said of our present manner of conducting and present­ing gymnastics to our audiences." Wett­stone has said, speaking of his philosophy of the sport itself.

Student enthusiasm has in no way been dampened by Wettstone's 28·year win-loss record of 126·32. His squads have won 8 NCAA and 11 EIGL Championships. Penn State gymnasts have brought home 22 Na· tional and 65 Eastern individual champion· ships. It is difficult indeed to list all the outstanding gymnasts he has coached, but today's students will argue knowledgably as to the relative merits of Vel!a, Weiss, Seward. Jacobson, and this year's stand· outs, Ed Isabelle and Steve Cohen. No small part of the interest in gymnastics is generated by the student newspaper which has printed over 315 column·feet on gym· nastics alone in the past 7 years.

Penn Staters will extend an enthusiastic welcome to the competitors in the 1966 NCAA Championships, and close attention and loud applause will greet the perform­ances of men from north, east, south, and "est.

The Hetzel Union Building (HUB) site of student activities

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Rusty Rock, senior , Sa n Fernando Valley Slale Co llege

Kanoli Allen , sophomore, UCLA

Ed Isabelle, senior, Penn Slale

Steve Cohen, junior, PE-

THE COMPETITOR i,f

Mar k Cohn, senio r, Temp le Un iversity

Th, provii NCAI piclUi AroUi them, to b , Natie

In must (this of I I Ihe d oes cham

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ln State

All-Around competi tion is certain to e a great deal of interest in this year's

Championships. On these pages are ,d and mentioned many of the AII ­d gymnasts who have distinguished elves so far this season, and who have

counted among those t o watch at the l ois . oddition to the fellows pictured here, we include Dave Thor of Michigan State

month's MG cover ) and Sid Freudenstein e University of Californ ia , pictured in :ebruary MG (Chalk Tal k). Since space not permit and pictu res of All-Around

)5 were not ava ilab le, we 'l! just have to le names of some of the other top con­' S: Bob Cargill , a Springfield College ; LoMoune Durham, a senior at the Uni­t of Southern California; Mike Flansaas .

a junIor at the University o t Wash ington; Terry H iggins, a sen ior at the Ai r Force Academy; Rich Impson, a sophomore from Arizona State; .Larry Lindauer of Southern il ­l inois University; Dan Millman, a University of California , Berkeley, junior; Fred Roeth1is­berger, 0 senior at Wiscons in; Sam Sakamoto, a University of Southern Californ ia sopho­more; and probab ly several other whom we have unintentionally ove rl ooked .

From amonlJ this group o f pi ch.[red and named candidates, only 12 wi ll fi nally qualify for the NCAA fina ls (which will take place as this edit ion o f the MG goes in the mail). In our May edition, wMich w il l feature com­plete coverage o f the 1966 NCAA Nationa l Championships you will see just which ones of these men wi ll mount the trophy stand to receive the top A ll -Around honors and awards.

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Mike Lovell , senior, University of Wash ington

Jerry Fontana, junior, Iowa State

Rick Field, senior, University

GYMNASTICS­THE NOBLE SPORT

by Charles Ashjian " The author (Charles Ashjian) wishes to

ackn owledge the valuable advice and en­couragement extended by Michael facob­SOil, current NCAA All -Around Champion from the Pennsylvania State University during th e writing 0/ this, article."

Here, at Penn State, is the home of the current NCAA Gymnastics Team Cham­pions. Unfortunately, gymnastics, if not oft en neglected, is a poorly understood activity. One hesitates in depicting gym­nastics as only a sport or a sportive art because of the skill , taste, and formal beauty that are its salient and imposing characteristics. Nevertheless, un d e r a stricter analysis, this designation is found correc t. This evaluation, however, should not ignore the fact that gymnastics is nearer than any other sportive activity, even superior in certain features, to the total development and expression of the creative art s. For this reason, gymnastics is considered- The Noble Sport.

Let us be fore specific about the rea­sons for such a designation. First, let us consider some of the qualities that contri­bute to the existence and creation of an art ·object. Then let us move to a consider· ation of the dance, a creative art form , and consider some the special qualities of this art form. Finally, in terms of such a background we shall discuss gymnastics, a sportive art form , and attempt to present the main poin ts of parallel, distinction, and accord.

Of the many factors that go into the making of a - work of art, none are more important than the taste, temperament and personality of the artist. No work of art can embody more merit than is allowed by the poten tiality and quality of the artist, material, or contential elements that are present. It is most naive to assert that the full personality of the arti st does not manifest itself in the expressive elements of the aJ:t-object. The personal taste or the distinctive' judgment of the artist can never be separated from his personality. The aggregate of factors which go into the formation of a personality and the con­tingent taste and judgment of the artistic personality begin to suggest the complex

Drawings by Ivan Foster

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orIgms of the final product. Again, the per­sonality of the artist is rich in moral character. This is not, however, a strict plea for morality in art nor is it an as­sertion that the artist is only moral. And it is not even to say that moral character is a prerequisite for successful artistic creation-but, it is to say that no great performance or creation can result from the endeavor of an artist who does not truly and markedly possess moral char­acter. As the whole of the artis t's being, not merely some visible object or surface image, is finally placed on display; such considerations may not be ignored.

Again, the artist IS a master ot hiS cr~tt.

He is a technician who is familiar With all of the possibilities of his medium. Technique is what can be gained by study and observation and instruction. Though an art endeavor can be effective and pleas­ing without a mastery of technique, it qn never approach that attainable perfection of a particular medium. To employ tech­nique alone in the creation of an art ob· ject is to present an object devoid of feel· ing and which, finally, merely flaunts an annoying sort of perfection. The presence of spontaneity, freedom, and human per­sonality have been minimized. An observer cannot detect any sort of texture nor, as a result , can he derive any emotional ex­citation. The final product is merely con· catena tive or the bearer of a machine-like perfection . If taste has been exercised at all, it is merely in the in terest of avoiding error. Selectivity has been directed with this emphasis. One can travel very dull paths if anxious to avoid the possibility of an encounter with error. Such excess, from the vantage point of art criticism, is termed "formalism". Much abst·ract art possesses this flaw.

If the tas te of the artist is to be exer­cised frui tfu lly it must have access to a rich array of values, images, and ex peri ·

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ences or standard performances from which to choose or guide progress. The artist must expose himself to all this and in some manner, also, be able to duplicate these apprehensions within his own mind so as to imitate, depict, or elaborate upon them within the compass of a particular medium.

To sum up, the artist is a man rich in personality and character who exercises his taste or selective faculty upon a rich store of values, images, and experiences and pre­sents, using the strength of his particular technical capacity, a fin al product for mutual experience and evaluation. All of this applies to the gymnast.

Finally, two more points related to art should be mentioned. First, art gains its impact from the capacity to depict and convey emotional experience. It can depict other sorts of experience, certainly-but, its very strength and existence must be traced back to the vitality and vigor (,f human emotions-ultimately as they have been experienced and presented by the artis t. Gymnastics, which is our main con­cern, does not full y accomplish this. There is an ex perience of emotionality to be de­rived from gymnastics but it is not chiefly the result of a previous emotionality ex­perienced by the performer. Rather it is, among other things, a result of the awe, admiration, and excitation to be derived indirectly from the observance of graceful and poised movement within framework of the most precarious sort s of circum­stances. Secondly, art organizes, creates, or reminds the audience of life experiences in the broader sense. Art in this respect, is limitless in its possibilities gymnastics is extremely limit ed. Certainly, gymnastics cannot organize or comprehend these life­broad boundaries, b'Ymnastics remains ex­plicit and referential within narrow ones. Nevertheless, many of the points where creative art and gymnastic are converge are becoming ev ident.

Let us now sharpen this awareness by discussin g both the dance and gymnastics. Movement is the essence of the dance anJ, so too, is it the essence of gymnast ic<. Both use the body as a medium and both depend upon a dynamic flow of energy within the bounds of taste, control, and technique. The body is the primary med­ium in which such movement takes place. Both emphasize or demand the physical fitness and perfection of the performer. Both emphasize the desirability of beauty in the human fi gure and the expressive presentation of this figure. In both these fornls the body itself becomes an object of art .

Further, dance and gymnastics both rely upon design of two types-first, design in space or a concern with a particular image

at a particular moment. This design rela tes the performed in the optimal manner to the obj ect or surroundings with which he is performing whether it be a prop, an ap­paratus, or an open-space_ Second, design in time is a goal wherein the most favor­able effect th rough a series of movements over a span of time is intended. Both dance and gymnastics concern themselves with the form of the total movement or the arrarigement of all the images in a sp e~ial and most desirable sequence. Such mutua l concern wi th form manifests a similar strong desire for clarity of expression and statement.

Gymnastics and dance concern themselves with the arrangement of movement in time with emphasis on variation in the se­quences of movement or upon the " phras­ing" or " pacing" of the total presenta tion . H ere, interesting varieties of tempo and stimulating surprises are the goals. Move­ment fl ows into varied movement and se­quence fl ows into varied sequence in order to present change and contrast. In this manner, monotony is avoided. Static posi­tions are minimized.

Next , gymnastics tends primarily toward the straight line and right angle and the impression of strength and fortitude. Though graceful and delicate movement is certainly a fea ture of gymnasti cs, there is always the tendency to r eturn to these dominant positions. The dancer, in turn , can more properly encompass these and many other nuances of expression_

Further , the gymnast is a symmetrical performer. H e is concerned with stability and poise in all of hi s endeavors. No un­balanced movement is ever intended. Mere symmetry in art would, ordinarily, be dull and monotonous. Aga in, excitation and variety are usually obtained by a resort to asymmetrical movement which is appar­ently unbalanced and precarious. The gym­nast, in contrast, arouses the same sensa­tions that the dancer produces by asym­metrical activity, from the use of appartus and the startling manner of approach and maneuver within his environment.

Finally, the dance and gymnasti cs both concern themselves with rhythm. Rhythm is the soul and spirit of the dance. It is what the dancer adheres to or interprets or comments upon- most often it is the motive force behind the dance_ Rrythm is the pulse of emotionality and the dancer usually derives inspiration from a strong rhythm outside of himself. In contrast, the gymnast is his own source of inspiration. Usually , the rhythm is established by his own taste or preference and sometimes im­posed upon him by his own performing ca­pacity. Often the rhythm is imposed upon by the demands of a particular movement, however, the rhythm which the gymnast employs has little to do with emotionality. Thus, one of the sharpest distinctions be­tween the art of the dance and that of gymnastics becomes apparent. Whereas the dancer conveys and proj ects a taste anci maximum emotionality through vivid form ; the gymnast, an artist rather than art-ob­ject, conveys and projects a taste and minimum emotionality which are primarily concerned with form. Thus, gymnastics ap · pears to participate in the "formalism" of which we spoke earlier. Yet , the precari­ous circumstances under which the gymnast performs are so conducive to the excita­tion of emotional response in the spectator that it is easily spared from any criticism which suggests dullness or lifelessness.

In conclusion all of these assertions, which how the proxImity of gymnastics and creative art , are also the basis for our designation- Th e Noble Sport.

HOW I LEARNED TO PLAY THE PIANO IN 15 MINUTES Do yo u play the piano ? I don ' t But let

me tell yo u how I lea rned to play it ... rh ythmically.

What good was it anyway? It very often was in the way at game time, standing unused in the small teaching station I had been ass igned. Occasionally , it was useful as an observation platform. I could vault to its vantage poin t to observe the mis­takes of lea rning of my primary tumbling classes.

It was good for laughs, too . When the new music teacher heard I had been using it in my classes she said , " Oh, that's wonderful! " A music teacher would never dream of standing on it ; a physical edu­cator might. Eventually, the children told her how I was really using it , or mi susing it. Just the other day she s tartin g speak­in g to me again.

Then one day , durin g a creative rhythms class, I learned to " play" it. The children responded. In fift een minutes I had be­come an arti st-com poser-conductor for a symphony of movement ! From that day , its value as a platform was relega ted to secondary importance. Turning Noise Into Me aningful Sound

I thought to myself, " I'll use this key (any key) for the right foot ; another for the left."

" Now children, when yo u hear thi s note, you will do somethin g with your right foot and when _ .. etc." In proper com­binations of tempo (and only two notes), I enjoyed the thrill of a puppeteer as the children responded by walking, skipping or runnin g. The obj ective; to move ap­propriately to music. Noise, if you will.

Having explored other possibilities such as jumping, hoppin g, gliding and the like, m~, mind "toyed with other possibilities as I played.

Suppose I selected two higher n otes for the fee t as opposed to two lower one,? Tip toes were evident with high notes allLl something akin to crawling resulted frolll the stimulus of the lows. Crawling? Hadn 1 someone been working on a study of mixed dominance and handwriting r ecently '! Would the piano in its new role be of value? But that's another story. Back to pure, purposeful noise.

Suppose the children were sitting. Could the piano ge t them up ? My mother, a former pianist for the silent movies, had taught me how to locate middle " C". I struck it twice, recall ing my one and onl :1 piano lesson. The children learned to recognize the authority of middle "c" as it said sharply, "Stand up." This combin­ation of notes became a signal for them.

To get them down again , I simply hit the lowest note on the keyboard . Dowll they went. This time without .;uggc..sti(ln. The lowest key had a quieting affect as well. If I held it down, it continued to drone in a monotonous, almost hypne·ti c way which resulted in non-movement. Th~ children lazily searched for space on the floor in order to get into a comf"rtable position on their backs. They looked like puddles of limp flesh and the silence was unlike any I had ever noticed in a gym­nasium_ Or was it? The children had been taught the " rag doll" technique of tension ·control in their introduction to a new aspec t of their physical education . Yes, ill all fairness, the silence was similar to that produced by the techniques so carefully related to me by the wonderful folks of the Foundation for Scientific Relaxation in Chicago. Their story is important, too, but I'll tackle that one another time.

With further experimentation, I found that playing three notes which closely cor­responded to the first three musical words of the old tune, " Three Blind Mice" ( played ad infinitum ) seemed to be say­ing musicall y, "Turn a-round." Try it and see. Pirouetting children resulted from these sequen ces. They could turn fas t, slow, high or low de pendin g on the " art­ist's" momenta ry whim .

The exact oppos ite of the quietin g affect of the lowest key was elicited by what I have decided to call "nervous music". I remembered a time when such noise co uld almost dri ve my mother crazy and more than once she said , "Stop that infernal drumming on the piano!" ow, at least, it had some other meaning. Nervous music is s imply a random ( using !I'[om's termin­ology) drumming of the keys in a rapid sequence. You should see what is does to children! You can bun ch your fingers to­ge ther or s imply att ack the piano Frank­enstein Monster style_ W e tried high-nerv­ous and low-nervou s. One interesting lo w­nervous reaction was a child 's emulation of the fabu lous " Curly" of the Three Stooges. Don't you remember how Curly occasionally got down on his side to per form his unique, circular running move­ment s at times when he was particularl y affec ted?

The children and al so discovered "growin g lllusic". You can produce thi s va rie ty by runnin g the scale i.e. hitting each key in order ; either white or black. On ce aga in I tri ed mixing up the tempo as my fin gers stumbl ed from key to key. On the faster sequences I thought Illy thumbnail would split. The chil dren reacted by either "growing" up or down and I was ca reful to see that they could respond in a proper way.

Subse.quently I taped a noise concerto, The arti st was finally released to move among his human instruments and mak e su o-o-estions and offer help to those who co~ldn ' t lose themselves and respond. Very oft en a child would simply stand and not react at all. The use of the tape recorder in the gymnasium can almost become the right arm of the teacher in many situ­ations. Do use it sometime. If not for rhythmics ; then something else. It 's a grea t teaching aid .

Not sati sfied with s imply playing the piano, I thought I should invent some form of notation to represent the kind of move­ment ideas I would present to my classes. I offer the following system to those of yo u who will compose in the future.

.-. . - -.

L "

Two high notes struck rapidl y meaning " stand up" etc.

A key representing the left foo t

A key represent ing the right f oot

Nervous Music

Growing (or dying ) Music

Representing a sequence of three notes f or turning rapidl y

Turning (three notes) moderatel y

Turning (three notes) slowly

The lowest note on the keyboard

The lowest nate on the keyboard held tor v ary ing periads o f time

The little curl added to any of the above wou ld indicate a high key. Located on top o f the sym­bol, " L" indicates a high key f er the left foot

A low key for the left f oot . (With no curl at t op or bottom, a random choice is indicated_)

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YM NAPS

This issue of the MG we bring you Gym Snops from Coach Glen Wilson's Uni­yersity of Calorado Gym team, Boulder, Colo. At upper left : Warren Boatright doing a Moltese on the Ri ngs, next; Lon Arfsten performing a vault on the High Bar, Bill Padia (All Around) doing a straddle cut-catch On the Parallels, Bob Setchell doing a full twist on the Trampol ine and in the lower left hand corner, Bob Fisher (All Around) shown in a handstand' on the Parallel Bar, with Dave Baldwin holding an "L" on the Parall el Bars, Bob McCabe de­pressing the Trampoline, Jack Ryan showing great style on the Side Horse and Larry Hoffschneider holding a Cross on the rings.

Corner By Helen Sjursen

Editor's Note: Mrs. Helen (Schifano) Sjursen is a former USA Olympian (Bronze Medal winner, 1948 Olympics) now an in· structor at the F anwood·Scotch Plains YMCA. Helen has also written several pamphlets and books on Women's Gym. nastic Apparatus work for beginners. As an officer in the New Jersey Gymnastic As· sociation, running meets, teaching classes and writing books, Mrs. Sjursen is a very busy person. But when it comes to promot· ing Gymnastics she just can't say NO ... So as time permits "Helen's Corner" will be an almost regular feature in the MG.

So, you are a beginner and want to take up gymnastics. Congratulations! You have chosen a marvelous sport, not only for the enjoyment you can get out of it, but for what it can do for you-KEEP YOU PHYSICALLY FIT.

As a beginner, naturally your instructor will give you the more simple movements and skills to learn (or moves geared to your natural talent). You must, at this stage, develop the habit of keeping "form" with your legs, (straight, together and toes pointed), as later on, you will find that learning the more difficult skills will be·

For abdominal

For back arch

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Chin·ups Abdominal

come easier for you. So when a move calls for straight legs, make sure they are straight and toes pointed and if they should be together, make sure they are together. Your instructor should constantly remind you about "form" as you are learning, to help you become conscious of it until it does become a habit.

Although strength moves are not reo quired in today's artistic gymnastics for women, the female gymnast must still have a certain amount of strength in her arms and strength of abdominal muscles. There are many exercises that can be done to de· velop the necessary strength needed for gymnastics. The following are some that can all be done at home so that you can spend more time in your gym on the ac· tual skills you are trying to learn. A chin· ning bar can be put up on a doorway of your home for home practice of hanging exercises. The advancement you make in gymnastics will depend upon the time you put into it. Try the following exercises and watch your legs whenever possible to see that are kep in FORM.

SOME PREPARATORY EXERCISES FOR THE BEGINNER GYMNAST

Push-up for arms

Lie on stomach on floor and place hands by chest, palms flat on floor. Be sure legs together, straight and toes pointed. Do not curl the toes, as a beginner must keep her legs in form whenever possible so that "form" with the legs will soon become a hab· it vital . in gymnastic work. If you feel your feet sliding back as you are doing your push·up, check to see that your hands are not placed too far forward. As arms straighten, be sure to have the shoulders in a forward position.

Chin-ups for arms

There are times, on the unevens, you will need a pulling action, so to prepare yourself, do some chin·ups starting from a hanging position. Remember, even in a hanging position, concentrate on "form" with the legs, straight, together and toes pointed.

SIt-ups for abdominal

Lie on your back on the floor, arms stretched over head. Swing arms upward and forward, raISIng upper body, bend forward and touch toes. Return to original position. Watch your legs as you are touching your toes to make sure they are in form.

For abdominal

Lie on your back on the floor, arms at sides of body, palms flat on the floor. Raise legs upwards pressing the palms of hands firmly against the floor. This "press­ing" will help you raise hips high enough to complete the remainder of this skill, to allow toes to touch the floor behind the head. Slowly return to original position.

Abdominal

Hang on any piece of equipment avail­able and raise legs to the "L" position and hold. Relax, and repeat again.

For bock arch

One exercise to develop the arch in the back is to kneel placing hands on hips fingers facing upwards. Arch back pressing hands against the hips· hold. Return to original position and repeat several times. Having a good arch can be an advantage when learning front and back walkover, and also in learning advanced tricks such as the front and back walkover on the beam. (When you start to feel more con­fident and have good control, do this exer­cise without the use of hands.)

For bock arch

Lie on your stomach with bent knees. Grasp ankles firmly. Raise head and chest off floor and at the same time try to straighten your legs.

For bock arch ,. '; ',

Another is to lie on YOllr back, palms flat on the floor, fingers pVointing towards shoulders, feet are placed close 1'0 buttocks and flat on the floor. Raise body to a bridge position. Straighten the arms (which you will find easy enough to do, but now straighten your legs keeping your feet flat on the floor. Feel it in the small of the back?

Stretching leg muscles

Start from a stride position, bend front knee (other leg remains straight. Take a deep lunge (bring buttocks close to foot of bent leg. Return to original position and repeat on other side. This exercise will help to stretch the leg muscles.

Stretching leg muscles

Starting from a stride position, arms sideways, slide feet farther apart widening the stride. Legs must be kept straight at all times. When you have lowered as much as ppssible, return to original position and repeat. Keep the spine rigid when doing this exercise (stretch your head towards the ceiling) as relaxing could cause a side bending which will throw you off balance. Why do I say keep legs straight, and arms sideways? So you can kill three birds with one stone; I-By keeping the legs straight, when you finally have stretched enough to get down to the split position, you will have a nice looking split, legs in form, 2- By keeping arms sideways, you are al­so learning balance control at the same time. When your leg. muscles are fully stretched, you will be doing a perfect split without the use of the hands, which 3-· has prepared you to execute the splits on the beam where you must have balance control.

Stretching leg muscles

Exercises demonstrated by Susan Grimson at MG Gym Studio, Santo Monico . Calif.

Preparing for vaulting

Lie on storriach on floor, palms flat on floor by chest. Legs should be in form, straight, together, toes pointed. Press palms firmly on floor . quickly raising hips to a jack·knife position placing feet on floor close to hands. (Arms straighten as hips raise.) This is not so difficult to do if you remember to place hands on floor by chest (not too close to shoulders) and when you jack-knife, the shoulders must be kept well shifted forward so body

weight is balanced over straight arms. This exercise will give the b,eginner the fe~l of having the body weight over the arms with raised hips in preparation for squat vaults and straddle vaults requiring the raising of the hips. (For the two vaults mentioned, the hips will not raise as high as shown in this exercise.)

Next Edition: "Squat Vault For the Be­ginner."

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By Jess Robinson

We have -mentioned hand bounces only three tiines in the two and one-half years of writing .this column. In February, 1964, we recommended a handstand be used in the fundamental routine - hands-&-knees, stomach, knees, hands, feet, seat, back_. In the July-August 1964 issue Terry Winkles reported he performed 51 .consecutive hands bounce? for "Record of the Month," and Frank Schmitz threw a back somer­sault from hands at the Tucson Clinic for "Un usual Stunt" of February 1964_

We cari safely say the hands bQunce will never be used effectively in a competitive routine but still, bouncing on hands on trampoline may hive some merit. We be' lieve it can be a helpful training exercise for learning to hold . handstands or for gei ting into a handstand or handspring. And since handstands and handsprings are such an important part of gymnastics wc are devoting a full page of sequence pic­tures to these siunts.

TURNERINNEN

Learning the Trampoline Handstand To learn knee drop to handstand, land

in knee drop position approximat'ely one foot behind center line of trampoline. As knees start upward motion, snap hands down onto center line, drive hips over the head and land in handstand position. Com­mon errors are to ei ther anticipate harid­stand and never really land in knee drop position, or to .wait too long and dive to handstand ~ Once timing for handstand is learned, performer should attempt to change the immediate downward snap of arms to a lifting motion as is used in take­off of forward somersault. This will give lift to the stunt instead of cutting height. Learning' correct hip lift on takeoff should also be of value in a handspring on Long Horse, dive roll in Free Exercise or pos­sibly giants on Horizontal Bar.

Our thanks to Dan Millman for these pictures.

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RECORD OF THE MONTH Reports of two new records came in last

month, both on twisting somersaults_ Hom­er Sardina of Iowa State University broke the bara.ny record of 250 oy performing 251 and John Anthony of Seattle, Wash­ington, rai sed the back with full twist record to 87.

MEMPHIS GYM ASSOC. Milton Davis, Recreation Director of the

second 'Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tenn . wrote to tell us of tlieir successful Trampoline meet held earlier this year_

Fifty-seven competitors entered the meet and the senior winners were Jim Y oungue of Lafayette, La. and Donna Bascon, Springfield, Ill.

Mr. Davis also mentions that the Mem­phis Gym Association is in its 7th season and hosted the Memphis Invi tational on March 19th. The Memphis Assoc. takes pride in the progress the gymnasts from their area are' continuing to make.

TRAMPOLINE NEWS by Larry Martin

Trampolining was welcomed into the Ca~adian gymnastic world once more at the' North American Gymnastic Champion­ships in Montreal on February 12th and 13th.

Though handcapped by a 6 x 12- 1o/.± inch web bed, a spectacular trampoline per­formance ' was given to a packed arena by six American and Canadian trampolinists. Jim Yongue (current North American Champion ) of the U.S. thrilled everyone

TURNER

~Q 3. Weltmeisterschaft im Trampolinspringen

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Am 29.130. Aprij 1968 werden in Lafayette/Louisiana/USA die 3. Welt·

meister.chafteR 1m Trampolinspringen ausgetragen. Karlheinz Grindler

hat die Auuchreibung fUr PRAXIS DEA lEIBESOBUNGEN iIIustriert.

We -thought yO!.l would enjoy these drawings published in the German Gym Instructors mogozine of the World Championship Trom­poline compulsories for men ond women.

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KNEE DROP, LAYOUT TO HANDSTAND. Hips and legs lock into layout position some motion needed fo'r forwar d twisting samer$Oults.

'" immediately after leaving tra~poline b~d. Tris is

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SEAT DROP, LAYOUT BACK SOMERSAULT TO HANDSTAND. (Could be learned in belt.) Parallel Bars. Note that hips are forward and upward immediately on takeoff.

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"" BACK KABOOM, HALf TWIST TO HANDSTAND. (See trampoline column March 1965 to learn bock kaboom.) Th i§ is ba$ically some mechanics n~eded to execute a stitz to han,dstand on Para!lel Bars. Wait to twi~t until body is. post horizontal position.

so much by his routines (Rudolphs-in to open and triple backs to ; close) that he was asked to do an encore for the audi­ence and T.V. cameras. · George Porter (N.J. State Champ) and Beverly Averitt (AAU Champ) added the sparkle to the U.S. team, with Canada's three top tranlpo­linists : Rick Kinsman (1964 Canadian Champ), Jean-Marie Pesant (1964 runner­up) and Wayne King (1962 runner-up) turning in an outstanding display of Can­adian talent.

Since the AA U decided to present an exhibition instead of a competition, we are

", still unsure of our position in Gymnastics. As Canadian Trampolinists are still not cif equal calibre to the :top American c'ompeH: tors, it is conceded that the ' winner of such a meet would have been a forgone conclusion, however, Canadian trampolin-

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ists seem to be asked only to ent!,!rtain' and not compete, and so often miss the opportunity of competition experience. An­nouncing trampoline as a "Special E'vent;' but still competition should continue to help draw people to gymnastic meets and also provide me comp'etitive experience for our trampolinists.

Some very realistic letters have been re­ceived offering suggestions on ways to hasten the growth of Canadian Trampolin­ing. These letters emphasize the need to push this sport among the nation's youth by org!lnizing cililics and holding small m~Js~: CO.l\.I<..h..~~. JltU~Lbe_ ,willi!,1g ,' t.o 'hgld

. . regular workout, setting up ptb-grruni ' to produce results in competitive meets.

Who's . boullCin$ in CilllaQa that we haven't heard hom?

U.S.G.F. NAT10NAL CHAMPIONSHIP • TRAMPOI!I~~ ROUTI~E~ . , " . Men's ~l it'e Division .

1. % bock somersdlHt , piked ... touching ankles momentarily, to a stomach landing

2. Cody somersault (tuck position) 3. Double back somersault (tuck) 4. larani (pike position) 5. ack somersault (layout pOsit ion) 6 . <oub le twisting back somersqil lt 7. Front 1 V2 twisting. somersaLilt., (rudolph) 8. Back somersault (tuck) ; . 9 . Front swan dive to bock drop landing

10. Half-twist of body into on immediate back somersault (pikea) to stand

. Women's Division 1. Front with 1 Y2 twist (Rudolph) 2. Bock tucked 3. 31.. bock layout 4. Cody. tucked 5: BeSrhny 6. Back wit·h full twist 7. Barany , . 8. Bock piked 9. Swan dive (layout)

10. Barony bailout (bailout with Y2 twist)

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~~ FROM A

NEUROTIC JUDGE by Roy Davis

THE NCAA RULES­OASIS I A DESERT

\Note-for a copy of the NCAA Rules, simply write to: The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, Box 757, Grand Central Station, New York, New York, and ask for the 19 ...... Official NCAA Gymnastics Rules. Enclose $.75 payment.)

The Rules Committee made some signifi· cant and welcome changes in the format of the NCAA rulebook for 1966. They added an index, a Code of Ethics for judges, suggested difficulty ratings on trampoline, and portions of the FIG rules; in addition, they combined the apparatus and event specifications . with the event reo quirements to make the rules much more readable.

As for the rules, the Rules Committee adapted the trampoline regulations to more closely parallel the rules applicable to the other events, again altered long horse vaulting, drastically revised the NCAA qualification procedure, added a 4th man in dual meets. eliminated the all·around event except in principle, added a rather unnecessary intermission to dual meets \several to championship meets-ugh!), and adapted the biggest and most signifi· can t headache of all-the raw score.

The '66 rules are to be saluted for their boldness. They admit to "modifications" in the FIG Code and, in the concomitant in· clusions, establish a more complete rule book than ever before. It serves as a fine example to all related gymnastics associ· ations and a tremendous challenge to judges and judges' associations everywhere. HOWEVER-FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY:

For the sake of clarity and improved fules, I would like to recommend several changes. To facilitate reading, I will list them in order of occurrence in the rules

RULE 2. DUAL MEET COMPETITION Section 6. Judges and Officials. Officials

to be used in a dual meet must be agreed upon by th e participating coaches."

Is this actually done? Section 7 Judges' duties. On the long

horse, the judges will place themselves in such a way that two of them can observe the vault frontways and particularly the trajectory. The other two will concentrate especially on the first phase of the vault.

According to Webster's dictionary, tra· jectory is defined as "the curve which a body describ~s in space ... " Obviously this wording should be ;revised. It is rather difficult to observe the curvature of flight from the front. . RULE 3. REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

MEETS. Section 5. Team Score. Article 2. The

gymnast does not ' /:lave to compete in all six events to receive an all·around score.

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Doesn't this permIssIveness weaken the all·around event? Is this permitted because the all·around is not a scored team event? I tried to introduce such a rule contingent upon injury or disability in my high school association, but was rather soundly con· vinced that such a rule would allow the three or four event specialist to score in all·around without any extra effort on the other events. This seemed to be a move in the wrong direction.

RULE 5. GENERAL RULES OF COM· PETITION.

Section 4. Article 1. An exercise must be composed of parts and movements typical and proper for the corresponding appar· atus (see Rule 6) .

Article 4. Penalizing oj' the combination a. Combinations and movements of

the wrong type, deductions each time, 1·3/10.

This rule needs clarification. What ex· actly is a movement of the "wrong type"? Double leg circles on the floor or p·bars? A held move on high bar or side horse? Is it necessary in view of Article L?

Section 5. Article 2. If a C part is reo placed by a B part, the difficulty score will be decreased by 0.2 points. The maxi· mum score would be 9.8 points. An extra C part can replace a missing B part. The same applies for B parts replacing A parts.

Technically, a C part cannot replace an A part, and it can only replace one B. Ob· viously, this is unfair. The rule should read that any move of higher difficulty "nay replace one of lower difficulty.

Section 7. Article 2. c. When in the trampoline event, the contestant touches anything but the bed . .. the gymnast is permitted preliminary bounces alter this type of interruption withQut further de· ductions.

This rule favors the gymnast who fall s off over the gymnast who maintains some control and stays on the bed. The latter may submit to extra bounce penalties which he could easily avoid if he simply touched the springs.

Preliminary bounces should be penalized in the same manner as extra swings.

Section 8. Article 1. Coaching or talking to a contestant during his performance is prohibited. 'When a performer is actually touched, the judges shall deduct 1.0.

The ' penalty assessed here is not only too severe, it is contradictory to later para· graphs which state that penalties up to LO will be levied for spotting on any move in the routine.

The penalty should read "up to LO". Section 11. In the event of accidents .

the head judge shall allow the contestant a second trial.

In view of some past confusion about the scope of this rule, it should be clari· fied as to whether or not it includes iorn handgrips or if the intention is to leave this matter completely up to the superior judge regardless of the interference. In my opinion, handgrips are unpredictable.

Section 15. Article 2. C •• • • Depending on the seriousness of the fault and taking into consideration the difficulty 0/ the part leading to it, stops will be penalized, each tim'e 3.7/10.

Exactly how does difficulty affect a stop? More severely or less? Uncontrolled difficulty should be more severely penal· ized, but the issue should be clarified.

Article 3. g. (3) Lack 0/ harmony, rhythm, and suppleness during the entire (floor) exercise, up to 10/10.

This rule is one of the best and at the same time the most dangerous in the whole FIG Code. I earnestly hope that good

judges use it wisely and poor judges are reluctant to overapply it; I have often wondered why it does not apply generally to all exercises instead of floor exercise only. This is a very important area of de· duction. Most judges exercise the rule everywhere; make us honest, Rules Com· mittee.

RULE 6. SPECIFIC RULES OF COM· PETITION FOR THE EVEN TS

General: all apparatus specs should be made flexible enough to accommodate per· formers of all sizes. Tall performers are handicapped by inflexible height allow· ances on high bar; short and tall per· formers alike might be adversely affected by the stingy four· inch adjustment allowed on parallel bars.

Side Horse: Section 2. Article 2 .... All three parts of the horse and both left and right sides must be used . . .

Does this rule mean to include a move· ment involving a 1;2 turn such as a Moore, simple Swiss, or inverted stockli? Because if it means neck and croup, it would ap· pear to be dedundant. I favor the 1/2 turn idea as long as no level of difficulty is specified.

Parallel Bars: Section 5. Article 2 .... there must be shown either erne B part below or one B part above the bars in which the grip is momentarily released, and not more than. .. : '

I do not favor regulating the difficulty of a required movement. Change the B prescription to read "of corresponding or special value" (one of the other). Also, define grip as a complete release of both hands simultaneously.

Rings: Section 6. Article 2 .... A fur· ther requirement is at least one difficult position held with strength (other than a hand3tand). .

It is unfair in this instance to prescribe a held move which could be less aestheti· cally pleasing than a strength move that is not held. Any strength part should be acceptable other than a ' handstand.

Long Horse: Section 7. Article 4. (This paragraph lists the difficulty of the vaults. It is my feeling that vault scores must be revised to be more consistent with the value oj' skill achievements in the other events. I feel that the following adjust· ments are reasonable.)

VAULT For End Near End Present Rcmd. Pre.~ent Rcmd.

straddle squat

Value Value Val; ' . Value 7.5 5.0 7 .. , 5.0 8.0 6.0 8: _ 6.0

handstand pivot cartwheel

stoop (knees 9.0

straight thruout) 9.5 scissors, with Y2 turn 9.8 handspring 10.0 stoop

(bent to straight)

7.5

8.5 8.5

10.0

stoop with V2 turn 10.0 9.5

10.0 9.0

10.0

9.0

9.5 7.5

10.0

7.5 9.8

giant cartwh'eel 9.5 9.0 hecht 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 hecht with Y2 turn 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

Article 7. Before competition in this event begins, the judges shall be notified of each compe titors vault prior to the vault . ..

The rule is unnecessary and time con· suming. The judges do not really need such information. CONCLUSION:

These recommendations won't fit in a nut shell, but who wants to carrry a nut shell around. It is true that some of the recommendations may be rather signifi· cantly deviant from FIG procedure, but what great achievements can we boast of as followers anyway? The message should be obvious.

Starting next month: the A. B, C Illus· trations

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"WHAT'S THE

SCORE?"

By Jerry Wright Francisco State College

U.C.L.A. Invitational FEB. 5, 1966

The University of California, continuing to dominate most of the collegiate com· petition on the West Coast this year, easi ly captured the team title in the annual U.C.L.A. invitational held Feb. 5, 1966.

Dan Millman led the Cal team by win· ning the FX, Trampoline, and LH; Josh Robison won the SR and Bill Fujimoto, up and coming Sophomore SH man cap· tured his specialty.

Rusty Rock continued to lead the West Coast HB men in head·on battles, this time getting the best of Allen and Luber of UCLA who placed 2nd and 3rd.

Dick Nicholas and Van Wagenen of BYU made a long trip worthwhile as Dick won the PB and Van placed 2nd on the tramp'oline at 9.3. Cal's Sid Freudenstein who looked un· beatable in December, seems to be retro· gressing and does not look quite as sharp now as he finished 4th in FX and 2nd on the LH, Rick Field, however, appears to be mending as he placed 3rd on the SH and 4th on the PB.

RESULTS All-Around: Allen, UCLA, 52.20; Dan Gar­

cia, CSLA, 50.70; Nicholas, BYU, 50.30; Saka­moto, USC, 50.25; Durham, USC, 45.40; Cop­pola, SJS, 40.40; Haven Sil ver, SB 38.75; Johnson, SDC, 25.95 .

Floor Exercise: Millman, Cal. , 9.35; Garcia , LA St ., 9.3; Diamond, SFV, 9.2; Freudenstein , C, 9.15; Warren , CSLA, 9.0; Rock, SF V, 9.0; Allen, UCLA, 9.0.

Side Horse: Fujimoto, Cal. , 9.25; Hoskins, CSLA, 9.1; Field, Cal., 9.05; Buss, San Diego, 9.0; Allen, UCLA, 8.8.

Trampoline: Millman, Cal., 9.55; Van-Wagenen, BYU , 9.3; O'Bannon, C. Pol y, 8.9; Bailey, Cal., 8.8; Stanton, CSLA, 8.5.

High Bar: Roc.k, SFV, 9.55; Allen, UCLA, 9 .35; Luber, UCLA, 9.1; Millman, Cal. , 9.05; Marri$Sey, BYU, 8.95.

I.ong Horse : Millman, Cal., 9.4 ; Freudenstein , Cal. , 9.25; French, BYU, 9.25; Rock, SFV, 9.15; Allen, UCLA, 9.05.

Parallel Bars : Nicholas, BYU , 9. 15; Garcia , CSLA, 8.85; Diamond, SF V, 8.65; Millman, Cal., 8.6; Field, Cal. 8.6.

Still Rings : Robison, Cal., 9.5; Sakoda, UCLA, 9.25; Rock, SF V, 9.2; Diamond, SF V, 9.1; Chaplan, UCLA, 9.05 .

Team Standings: California 185 .20; San Fernando V 170.70; U.c.L.A. 169.55; Cal. St. L.A. 163. 10; Brigham Young 150 .85; U.s.C. 138 .80; San Diego St. 129.30; U.C. Santa Barbara 118.60; Cal Poly (SLO) 89.80; Cal. St. Long Beach 87.05; San Jose State.

HOLIDAY CLASSIC California State College at Los Angeles

Host: Gordon Maddox The University of California maintained

its domination of the Holiday Classic, held annually during the Christmas vacation, by winning the 1965 edition with 185,53 points,

Sid Freudenstein, Dan Millman , and Josh Robison led the Cal contingent with the following victories-Freudenstein , AA, FX, LH; l'vlillman, Tramp, and Robison, SR. Bill Fujimoto helped with a 2nd place tie on the SH and Pat Bailey and Mike Ramstrom contributed a 2nd and 3rd on the trampoline for a 1·2·3 Cal sweep of that event.

The score shee t received was somewhat unclear so it was not possible to make sure who was second, U.C.L.A. or San Fer· nando Valley, each havin g almost the same score, Cal St. L.A . was fourth with 161.89, San Diego State was fifth with 126.7 and Long Beach sixth at 122.30.

Individual standouts included Fred Sei· bum of Long Beach who captured the Side Horse and PB with identical 9.2 scores, and Rusty Rock who captured the HB with a 9.3.

OTHER RESULTS All Around: Freudenstein, Cal. , 53.45; Al­

Ien, UCLA, 49.35; Diamond, SF V, 49.05. Floor Exercise : Millman, Cal. , 9.2 ; Worren, CSLA, 8.95 . Side Horse: Hoskins, LA, 8.9; Fuj imoto, Cal. , 8.9. High Bar: Luber, UCLA, 9.1; Allen, UCLA, 8.9. Long Harse : Millman, 9.4; Rock, SFV, 9.4. Parallel Bars: Freudenste in, 8.85; Luber , 8.85; Diamond, 8.85. Still Rings: Mill­man, 9.3; Chaplan, UCLA, 9.2; Rock, SFV, 9.2.

BEN PRICE INVITATIONAL USC freshman l'vlakoto Sakamoto scored

a clean sweep of all seven events in the eighth annual Ben Price invitational gym· nastic meet at Pasadena City College Feb. 18, 1966, Results :

FREE EXERCISE: 1. Makato Sakamoto (USC Frosh), 2. Freudenstein (Coliforn ia), 3. Allen (UCLA), 9.5 points. SIDE HORSE: 1. Makato Sakamoto (USC Frosh), 2. tie between Allen (UCLA) and Durham (unat.), 9.65. PARALLEL BARS: 1. Makato Sakamoto (USC Frosh), 2. Allen (UCLA), 3 . Fields (Co lifornia), 9.3 . RINGS : 1. Tie between Makoto Sakamoto (USC Frosh) and Fields (California ); 3. LaMoyne Durham (unat.), 9.25. LONG HORSE : 1. Ma­kato Sakamoto (USC Frosh); 2. Sid Freuden­stein (California); 3 . Dan Garcia (unat.), 9.5. HIGH BAR: 1. Makoto Sakamoto (USC Frosh) ; 2. Kanati Allen (UCLA); 3. Lemoyne Durham (unat.), 9.65. ALL-AROUND: 1. Makoto Sako­moto (USC Frosh), 56.85; 2. Kanati Allen (UCLA), 54.05; 3. Lemoyne Durham, (unat.), 53 .00; 4. Rick Fields (Caltifornia), 52.90; 5. Sid Freudenstein (California), 51.85; 6. Dan Garcia (unat.), 51.85.

FIRST ANNUAL FLINT INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET January 22, 1966

Northwestern High School, Flint, Michigan Report by Jim Hynds

Overview Competition at the Flint Meet this year

was undoubtedly the best in its history. There were Olympians, World Champions, Nationol Champions, plus many individual stars. Teams which placed first, second, and third in each div ision were:

Closed College Division 1. University of Michigan 2. Michigan State University 3 . Eastern Michigan University

Open Men's Division 1. Eastern Toronto Gym Team 2. Columbus YMCA 3 . Fl int Gymnastics Club

Open Women's Divis ion 1. Southern Illinois University 2. Flint Gymnast ics Club 3. Toronto German-Canadian Club

In all there were 92 competitors in 3 di­visions (Open Women--elite, Open Men­elite, College Men-elite). The t op 10 com­petitors in the afternoon advanced for final competition at night.

The meet was held at Flint 's newest ultra modern school and the gymnastic equipment was new and of exact olympic qualifications. On hand for the evening compet it ion were approximately 2,000 spectators. The meet was covered well by television, radio , and newspaper.

FIRST ANNUAL FLINT INVITATIONAL College Division :

All-Around : Gary Vandervoort (Univ. of Mich.), 52.30; Norm Hayne (Mich. St. U.), 49.70; John Mason (E. Mich. U.), 45 .30; Jer­ry Baker (Ohio St. U.) 41.70. Floor-X: Toby Towson, Phip Fuller and Chip Fuller. Long Horse: Chip Fuller , John Mason and Toby Towson. Parallels: Gary VanderVoort, Ken Williams & Rick Blanton. Horizontal: Vander­V eort, John Cashman & Mike Sasich. Side Horse : VanderVoort, C. VandemBrook & Dave Geddes. Rings: Don Kinsey, VanderVoort & Rich Blanton. Trampoline: Dave Jacobs, Wayne Miller & Mike Sexton. Open Division:

All-Around: Curt Eggerschwiler (Eastern To ronto Gym Team), 479 .3; Berno Krudwig (E. Toronto Gym T.) , 468.5; Barry Brooker (E.T.G.T. ), 460.5; Don Friend (Flint Gym Club) , 448.9; Steve Mitruk (Hamilton Germania Club), 445.5 . Floor-X : Don Friend, Berna Krudwig & Barry Brooker. Horizontal : Curt Eggerschwiler , Berna Krudwig & Brooker . Parallels: Eggerschwiler, Brooker & Bruce Trott . Lon!, Horse: Krudwig, Eggerschwiler & Brook­er. Side Horse: Trott , Steve Mitruk & Krud­wig. Rings : Eggerschwiler, Lanny Inman & Brooker. Women's Open Division

All-Around : Gail Daley (So. III.), 37.650; Vera Govaerts (Flint Gym Club), 37.600; Don­na Schaenzer (So. III.), 36.450; Judy Dun­ham (So. 111.), 35.825; Janice Dunham (So. III.), 34 .875; Elsbeth Austin (Toronto), 31.850; Barb McKenzie (Flint G.C.) 31 .550; Cathy Bradley (FGC), 30.300; Paulette Baldwin (FGC), 29.250; Maddie Wetherell (FGC), 26 .250.

At left : Ben Price, All-Around winner Makoto Sakamoto. Below: Lemoyne Dur­ham, third place AA winner.

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Inland Empire Open Report by Rex Davis

The Inland Empire Gymnastics Jamboree was held on December 11, 1965 at Colum­bia High school in Richland, Washington_ It was a fine· meet and the competition was quite good for an early season meet. The high school meet took place and in­volved some 50 competitors from Bothell, Highline, Chehalis, Kennewick, and host Richland high schools. The afternoon ses­sion saw 30 gymnasts from Washington State University, Eastern Washington State College, and Cheney Gym Club square off . Highline of Seattle won the high school meet , while WSU was victorious 'in the open meet.

Randy Carruthers, representing th e Cheney Gym Club picked up most of the marbles here as he won the Ah, FX, LH, and PE.

Washington State, however, had enough depth with Dave Miller, SH champ and Toby Elliott, Trampoline champion, to take the team title over EWS whose Ash­more and Ron Cornelius captured the HB and SR.

OTHER RESULTS Floor Exercise : - Carruthers, 9.2 ; Funderburg,

8 .75; Newbille, 7.85. Side Horse: Miller, 7.8; Potter, 7.5; Carruthers, 7.1. Trampoline : El­liott , 8.2; Carruthers, 6.4; Blair, 6.0. High Bar: Ashmore, 8.45; Shaw, 8.251; Cornelius, 7.8 . Long ·Horse : Carruthers, 9.55; . Wright, 9.05; Shaw, 8.8. Parallel Bars : Carruthers, 8 .5 ; Shaw, 7.35; Ashmore, 7.3. Still Rings : Cor­neli'us, 9. 1; Hanavan, 8 .9; Pardee, 8.2. All Around: Carruthers, 48.35; Shaw, 45.40; Mil­ler, 41.45.

High School Division The high school division was dominated

by Highline and its sta~ Hildebrand, win­ner of the AA, HB and SR, & Bothell, team runner· ups and its top gymnast Street, who was runner-up in the AA and winner of the FX and PB. Schurfrieder of Highline helped the cause by winning the SH over Myers of Kennewick; Cole of Richland defeated Prui of Bothell on the trampoline; Leon (Highline) tied Street for first on the PB and Myers won the tumbling over Hildebrand. Other runner­ups included Hildebrand·FX, Butz-HB and Sawyer-SR.

First Annual Uni. of Louisv'ille Invitational

Report by Robert Wason Some twenty teams from fi ve states gave

reason to believe the University of Louis­ville's (Kentucky) first Invitational gym­nastics meet could well prove to be one of the major events in the area in the future.

Coach Lyn Bryson's Memphis State Team highlighted the open division competition by taking the first three places in the still rings- led by a strong routine from Rick Clark.

There was a real battle for the all around between Leonard Bunes (reportedly headed for P~n State ) an'd Bruce Trotts (headed for Ohio State) who led the Columbus Y to the Open T eam title. Both boys should be strong additions to their future teams I In the third place spot in the AA was Nick Weise, now an elementary physical education teacher in Louisville (Nick was a former flying rings champ from Michi­gan ) .

Additional Senior Results FX: Weise, Bunes, Tratt. ' 5H: McKinery,

Tobias , Trott. HB: Schneider , Clark, Bunes. LH : Morrison, Trott, DavIs . PB: Tash, Trott, Bunes. SR: Clark, Lockard, McLain. Tumbling: Hutchinson, Trott, Cash.

Senior Women In the Senior women's division it was

the Indiana!Jolis Atheneaum Turners all

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~ir~~~in~n~it7~u~~am winner coached by Bob Sarver, High School All Around w inners Hildebrand,

Inland Empire Open All-Around Winners: , Carruthers, Shaw and Miller, Open team trophy pre­sented to WSU Coach J 1m Sweeney b.y Meet Director Rex Dav is

the way. Walt Lienerts Protege's Terry Spencer and Linda Heddrick were 1-2 in every event with Carol Shepard (Louis­ville Y) right on their heels.

Junior High Boys The Louisville Y captured the team title

but Donald Jones of the Atheneaum Turn­ers captured the FX and the AA over Walters of the Louisville Y.

Junior High Girls The J efferson Recrea tion Club and Louis­

ville Y tied for the team title here with Sharon Rodgers of the J eff. Rec., the all around champion. despite the fact that Col­leen Mulvihill .of the McKinley Y cap­tured the unevens and the balance team events.

. Elementary Boys Gilmore Lane Elementary school of

Louisville, Ky. took the team title, David Haynes (Gilmore) the AA, PB, and SR to lead this division. Tom Morrison and Roy Klapheke of the Louisville Turners won the HB and vaulting respectfully.

Elementary Girls Traveling all the way from Blue Mound,

llIinois, Cindy Strum and Nancy Trinble led their team to the team championship here with Cindy also winning the beam and tumbling events. Sue Werling of the Dayton, Ohio W captured the all around and vaulting, Mary Troutman (Jeff. Rec) and Brinda Arms (Gilmore) picked up the remaining first place in the FX and Un-evens in that order. I

Inv itational Meet director Bob Wason (U. of L. Coach) presenting awards to winners Di vis ion : From the Columbus YWCA, Hutchinson , Troti, Howard a nd Bodovrain .

Leonard Bunes and Bruce Trott.

NJSIAA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS The 4th Annual New Jersey State Gym­

nastic Championships were held in February 1966 . A total of 17 schoo ls parti c ipated with 392 entries. The Sectional Meets were held at Rive rside High Sc hool and Henry Hudson Regional High School. Twe lve schools with 105 entries competed in the finals on Feb ruary 26th at Trenton State Co llege. Fol­lowing are the meet results :

Teams: No rth "A": (Coached by J ohn Bird) Henry Hudson (HH ), 59Y,; East Brunswick (BB ) 17; Monmouth Reg. (M) 9Y2; North Bergen (B) 4. (No team score or Morris Hills (MH) since onl y one man placed from that team) . South " B": (Coached by Ron Udy) Freehold (F) 49; Riverside (R) 24; S. Freehold (SF ) 18Y2; Hightstown (H) 10; Cherry Hill (CH ) 6; Palmyra (P) 3; Wall Township (W) lY2.

All-Around: R. McCurdy (HH ); E. Vano (MH); N. Vexler (S F); J. Marsh (H); R. Muntz (F). Tumbling : G. Sil vert (F) and E. Vano; R. Muntz. Side Horse: N. Vexler; J. Soda (R); R. McCurdy. Parallel Bars: R. Mc­Curd y; N. Vexler; R. Muntz. Horizontal Bar: K. Don (R) and T. Tolson (R); P. Gaj (F). Long Horse : E. Vana; R. Muntz, and J. Kellers (HH). Still Rings: E. Vano; R. Phillips; (HH); T. Fiorenti no (F).

MEET RESULTS WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AT STOUT STATE UNIVERSITY 26 FEBRUARY '66

Team Standings: LaCrosse State University 166 points; Stout State University 148 points; ~u Claire State University 38.5 points; Wh ite­wotan State University 35.5 points; Ri ver Falls State University 31.5 points; Stevens Point State University 30.0 points

AU Around: Anderson, Cary, L. , 424.25; Wentworth, David, L. , 407; Kwick,. Charles , L. , 398; Noyce, Clyde, S., 383.5; Sm ith , Dan S., 378.

Floor Exercise: Stoneman, John, W./ 77; Lorenz, John. S. and Anderson, Cary , L. , 74. Trampoline: Anderson, Cary, L., 78.5; Lorenz, J ohn, S., 77.5; Karceski, Ed, L., 72. Still Rings : Willers, Vern, E.C., 77.5; Noyce , Clyde, S., 75.5; Wentworth, Dave, L., 71.5. Horizontal Bar: Wentworth, Dave , L. , 77.5; Anderson, Cary, L. , 72; Sawyer , Paul , S., 71. Long Horse : Anderson, Cary, L. , 79.75; Lorenz . John , S. , 72.75; Kwick, Charles, L., 71 .0. Side Horse: Smith, Dan, S., 68; Wi llers, Vern, E.C., 67; Olson, Rick, E.C. , 65.5. Parallel Bars: Feste, Dale, S., 74.0; Anderson, Cary, L., 73.5; Stone­man, John , W. , 70.0.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC MEET

January 25, 1966 Wheaton High, Wheaton, Maryland

By Bernie Michels Wheaton H igh School 's Outstanding gym­

nastic trio of Dave Fennessey, Larry Posey and Bi ll Thompson dominated Montgomery County's first compulsory gymnastic high school meet.

Points of interest: 1. First year of com­petitive competition on a school versus school bas is . 2. The county meet ended the com­petitive -high school season. 3. The compul­sory exercises were taken from Group 3 USGF Workbooks. 4. The high school coaches felt that these workbooks were a tremendous aid, in helping not only the gymnasts but begir.­ning coaches as well. 5. Approximately 1,20(. were in attendance at the meet which shows the tremendous interest now being developed in this area (Md., D.C. and Va.) for gym­nastics . 6. The plans for next year are to repeat the group 3 compulsory exercises and expand on a slow degree to some optional meets.

Participating schools: Wheaton (W) Walter Johnson (WJ). Bethesda Chevy Chase (B). Northwood (N). Einstein (E). Springbrook (S). Damascus (D). John F. Kennedy (K). Robert E. Peary (P) and Sherwood (S ).

Medal winners: Boys Events: Floor Exercise: Dave Fennessey (W), Dick Walker (W). Jeff Rogers (WJ). High Bar: Dave Fennessey, Larry Posey (W). Bill Thompson (W). Still Rings: Bill Thompson, Larry Posey, Kerry Lake (N). Vault­ing: Larry Posey, Bill Thompson, Daye Fen­nessey. Side Horse : Larry Posey, Dave Fennes­sey, Haro ld Brodsky (E). Parallel Bar: Larry Posey, Don H indman (WJ). Dave Fennessey. Tumbling: Scotty Howard (N). Dave Fennes­sey', Steve Nachman (E). Trampoline: Mike Wittenste in (N). Steve Na~hman (E). Don Smith (S) .

Medal Winners, Girls Events: Floor Exercise : Sue Pettinato (WJ ). Carol McDougall (WJ) . Vale rie Henderson (N). Balance Beam : Carol McDougall, Patti Pope (E). Faye Sledge (W). Uneven Parallel: Judy Halstead (W). Rodi Nisewarmer (E). Carol McDougall. Vaulting: Patti Pope, Rodi Nisewarmer, Bonnie Metting (N). Tumbling : Mariellyn Jones (N). Sue Pet­tinato, Patti Pope. Trampoline: Cynthia White (N). Jane Hargett (WJ) .- Anne Pokras (N).

Terry Greiner, Lorine Anderson, Ronda Shurvinton, Susan Samms, Lynda Borden, Cheryl Wa llace and Coach Ray Chinn.

THIRD ANN'UAL O~EGON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Report by Ray G. Chinn , coach (boys & girls) North Eugene H. S.

The North Eugene H.S. Girls Gym team was the victor fo r the third year in a row over the teams fro m ;2 1 other Oregon high schools in the annual State meet. There were almost 140 gir ls participating in the competition pre­liminaries which were run off in 3 V2 hou rs. Only eight girls qualified for the finals with the four Olympic e vents plus the All-Around scores counting toward the team totals. Trampoline and Tumbling were held , but on ly as specia l events .

Four judges were used , each with a differ­ent task. Judge # I judged " difficulty" with a max. of 3 points; #2 " Technical value", max. 2 pts.; #3 "Execution", max 2 pts.; and # 4 " General Impression", max. 3 pts.: making a possible perfect total of 10.00. Thi s system worked very ' good.

RESULTS Team Score: North Eugene, 59; Douglas, 43;

Marshfield, 38.5; Cottage Grove, 22; So .. Salem, 15; Albany, 9 .5 ; Sheldon , 7 and Thu rs­ton 2. All-Around: Barb Henen , 30.75; De­Etta Jamieson, 30.3; Susan Samms, 30.0; Loys Henningsgaord , 27.85; and Tania Wyant, 24.25. Floor Exercises: Jamieson, Hennings­goard, Hanes and Storm. Unevens : Borden, Hannen and Samms. Beam: Jamieson and Samms, Anderson. Vaulting: Hanen, Jamieson and Samms. Trampoline: Hess , Reed and Wal­lace. Tumbling: Hess, Samms and Borden.

REPORT OF THE WOMEN'S MIDWES T OPEN MEET

by Jackie Klein Uphues USGF Vice President jor Women

The Midwest Gymnastic A ssociation held a very s u ccessful Women 's Midwest Open Competition at Rich High School in Olym­pia Fields, Illinois on Saturday, December 11. Through the fine effort s of Meet Direc­tor Erna Wachtel, a ssisted by Paul Fina, head judge for Trampoline and Tumbling and head .scorer, Bruce Robinson , and Bet­ty Meyer, scoring table; Bob Kreidler, an­nouncer, Sharon Pirkl, tickets; Bob Bohl, publicity, Marti Stark, site director, and Lorma Bauer, entries, the MGA staged a very well run competition.

A total of 44 girls representing 11 gym­nastic clubs or teams from the s tates of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and New Mexico competed in the preliminary events. The All-Around event showed 21 competitors.

Judging for the final events Saturday evening w e r e: M illie Chilla, American Sokol; M ildred Prchal , Sokol Tabor; Bar­bara Zweifel Thornton, Bern<ud Honvich Educational Cen ter; Melodee Gallik, J . F.

K e nnedy School ; and Jacki e K. Up hues, Lincoln Turners and USGF Vice President.

The Flint Gym Club easily won th e team title for its second con secuti ve yea r un­d e r the able coaching of Mr. Jim McGraw. Miss Hali S h e riff , 1st All Around winner, earned the hi g hes t scor e o f th e m ee t with a 9.766 for h er beautiful optional floor exerci se and also "chalked up" 9.55 for an impressive balance b ea m compos ition . Mrs. Vera Govaerts (1964 B e l g ian Olym­pian) pe rformed an outstanding layo ut hand sprin g for a 9.63 final event scor e to win 1s t in the Vaulting and also won 2nd in th e All Around with her lovely " Euro­pean " fla vor e d routines.

EVENT RESULTS Vaulting : 1 st, Vera Govaerts 19.13; 2nd,

Hal i Sheriff 18 .9 16; 3rd, Deana Lorentzen 17 .9. Beam: 1st, Hali Sher iff 18.916; 2nd, Madeline Wethell 16.92; 3rd, Diane Bo lin 16.466. Floor Exercise: 1st , Hali Sheriff 19.416; 2nd, Vera Govaerts 18.6'83; 3 rd, Bonnie Kil­gore 18.183. Uneven Bars: I st, Tie: Vera Govaerts and Holi Sheriff 18.416; 3rd, Kathy Bradley 17.0. Trampoline: 1st, Nancy Smith 17.85; 2nd, Judy Wills 17.70; 3rd, Vicki Bo linger 17.10. Tumbling: 1 st, Barbara Bauer; 2nd, Blythe Bauer; 3rd, Janet Hurd.

All-Around: 1st, Hali Sher iff , Blue Mound Gym Club, 38. 10; 2nd, Vera Govaerts, Flint Gym Club , 35.60; 3rd, Deana Lorentzen, Univ. o New Mexico, 33.70; 4th, Diane Bolin, Mc­Kinley YMCA, 33.30; 5th, Barb Kenzie, Flint Gym Club, 32.95; 6th, Madeline Wetherell, Flint Gym Club 32 .80.

Team: 1st, Flint Gym Club, Flint, Michigan; 2nd, Ames Gym Team, Ames, Iowa; 3rd, Springfield Gym Team, Springfield, Ill inois.

EASTERN STATES WOMEN'S INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSH IPS

Sponsored by Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA, Scotch Plains, N.J.

The Eastern States AAU Women's Invita­tional Gymnastics Chompions hips were held Feb . 26th at the Scotch P lains-fanwood High School. Top honors went to 17. y ear o ld Kath y Hill who represented Montclair State Teachers Co llege where she is a Freshman. Kathy WGS an outstanding performer in all four events being the on ly gi rl who won a medal in ali the events, along with the coveted ):irst pl'J<..e all-around medal making her one· ...... C:lG!11P (1:1 . Kathy is a resident of West Caldwell, N.J.

Com plete results: Vaulting: I st, Carol yn Hacker, Southern

Connecticut Gym Club , Connecticut; 2nd, Con­nie Maloney, Southern Connecticut Gym Club , Connecticut ; 3rd, Kathy Hill , Montclair State Teachers College, New Jersey. Unevens: 1 st, Kathy Hill , Montclair State Teachers College, New Jersey; 2nd, Margie Sims, Bethesda-Chevy Chase YMCA , Mary la nd; 3rd, Caro lyn Hacker, Sourhern Connecticut Gym Club, Connecticut. Balance Beam: I st, Kathy Hill , Montclai r State. Teachers Co llege, New Jersey; 2nd, Margie Sims, B.C.C. YMCA, Maryland; 3rd, Kathleen GiQnnini, Unattached, Pennsylvania. Floor Exercise : Tie for 1 st, Carol yn Hacker, Southern Conn. Gym Club , Conn. and Con nie Maloney, Southern Conn. Gym Club, Conn; (no 2nd); 3rd, Kathy Hill, Montclair State Teach­ers College, N.J. All-Around: 1 st, Champion Kathy Hill , Montclair State Teachers College, N.J.; 2nd, Carolyn Hacker, Southern Conn. Gym Club, Conn.; 3 rd , Margie Sims, B.C.C. YMCA, Maryland; 4th, Connie Ma lonev, Southern Conn. Gym Club, Conn.; 5th, Kath­leen Giannini, Unattached, Pennsylvania.

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NATIONAL ASSOC. OF COLLEGE GYMNASTICS COACHES (N.A.C.G.C.l

TO: All College Coaches FROM : Clair Jennett, Sec.-Treas., Men's Physical Ed ., San Jose State College, Son Jose, Calif .

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TO : Clair Jennett , Sec .-T,ces ., Men's Physical Ed ., San Jose State College, San Jose, Calif .

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,vhic h " 'ere under Fra nk Hai1and, ,vork­ing with young people in developmental gymnastics programs . I h ave had 3 years exper ience coaching at the high sch o"l an d j u n ior co llege level. My major teach­ing f ie ld is social sc ience and I a m " compet it ive gymnast. I am look ing for a coachi ng p os i tion withi n commuting di s ­t a nce of a coll ege offering a 1l1as ters pro­gram. As a contributor t o your fine job opportunit)T pnngranl , th e r e wi ll be a posi ­ti on opening in Baker, Montan a. Contact Dick Schmidt, Athletic Director, Baker High School.

Respectfu lly yours , Jam es M . Quinn Gymnas tics Coach Custer County High School Miles City, Montana

ED. If you a re a coa ch loo k ing for a posi tion or kn ow of a school w ith a n opening send the info r m a t ion on t o us and we will publish it in th e MG . Perh a ps y ou may not wish to h ave y o ur name pub­lished, but would still like to t a ke ad ­v a ntage of our new servic e. This is easy , we will Just publish your qualifications and assign you a number c / o M G and for· ward all replies to you . Or pe r haps your sc h ool will be looking for a coach in the nea r future a nd d o not w a nt t o make it public at the m oment. This can be done in much the same m anner. Just send us an outline of wh a t you desire and we w ill pr i nt i t unde r " positions open " as · signing you a number, care of the MG a nd forward all inqu iries on to your ad ­m inistrat ion.

COACHING POSITION WANTED Qualif ied High Sc hool Gym nastic Coach looki n g for coaching position in Californ ia or A r i:;o;ona. \ Vrite M. R. 1, c/o the Mode r n Gymnast, P.O. Box 611 , Santa Monica, Calif.

LET DOWN Dear Gle nn:

I n the February issue (From the Edi tor ) you indicate t hat you "have let do\vn our E a.stern subscriber s"-\vell , maybe t h e tru t h of the matter is we h ave let you down. After a ll on e can't print anyth ing if nothing is received. As coach , gymnast, Sec. -Treas. of the Massachus­etts Gymnastic Off iciaJs Association, Cor­respo nding Sec. for Dist. #6 NHSGCA, and a n ac tive official in the Nation a l Gymnast ic Jud ges Assoc iation (Eastern) I fo r one w ill try t o h elp in k eep ing you posted. Ki nd of a repor ter at In rge you migh t say.

It is a shame mor e mat eriaJ has not come to you concern ing t h is area. A leagu e ("om posed of . Army, Penn. S t ate , U ni v . of Massachuset ts, Pittsbur g, Navy, Temple , S p r ing fi e ld, and Syracu se Un iv. sure ly h as ple n ty t o off e r not onl y in te r nu; .of in fonn ation concerni ng ou ts t and ­in g individ ual a n d team performances but a lso in t h e area of c,oaching, offici­ating, r esearch and a.dm in istratlon.

In t h e compet itive a.rea. just tak e fo r example t h e Pen n State-Spl'ingfield mee t which took p lace at Penn . las t mon th and, in fact , dete r m ined the Eastern League T eam C hampions h ip. In 1965 Spri n gf ield was 2nd and Pen n. firs t­they went on, as you know, t o become Natlona.l C h ampion s . The 1966 contest b e ­twee n these t wo teams was look ed for ­wal'd t') with great anticipat ion . It turned out to b e a c lassic. Pen n. State i s famous fOI' its gymnastic enth usiasm and t h is meet was atten tl e d bv ove r 7 ,000 S'Pec ­tators. No t bad fo r a duaJ meet. (By the way I h ope you h ave r eceived Gene W ett­stone's newsle tters co n c e rn i n g th e

N.C.A.A.s at P e nn.- th ey are great. These Nationals w ill be the bes t yet.) Gene's t eam won over Springfield by th e scor e of 176.75 to 176.70- that Glenn, was competition. Frank \¥olcott will never be the sa m e ! He has really done a job with thi s great Springfield team with the able ass istan ce of Dick Aronson (New Eng land Gymnastic "Czar" as we affection a t e ly call him .) E r ik Kjeldsen's young U niv. o f Mass. team is m ov ing a long s martly and indeed h as a brig ht future .

As George Hery a n d AI Bickum re­ported in t h e Feb. M.G. t h e New Eng land Gymnastic cl inic is reall y superb. Com­p e ti t ion is de - emphasized, alth ough op­portunity is provided fo r gymnasts to have the ir routines evaJuated and dis ­c ussed b y a panel of quaJified off icials (I think this is tremendous for the gym ­nast), and gl'Oup teaching and ind ividua l ins truction are emphas ized.

Sincer.ely, Joe Massimo Dr. Joseph L. Massimo Newt onville, Mass .

P.S. Your notes in r espon se to a though t­ful lette r from M,'. Jacobs of New York in the F e b. issue wer e excellent.

PUSHED OUT D ear Mr. Sundby:

I h ave come to reali ze that " The Mod­ern GYlllnast" is ,,' rit t en for coach, ad­vertiser , pnOll1oter , sponsor a n d gylnnast. Howevc r , I feel that th e gymnast is b e i n g pushed out of this co t erie.

Gymnasts, I believe, are a very ego ­ti s tic bunch. W h en c li n ics and res u lts coverage a ppears in the "JIoIodern Gym ­nas t" from a ll over the nation and the world, the gymnasts tha t I krlOW wa.nt to see how s u ch things can b e useful to them. Therefore, a p icture of someone on the winner's stand o r the reporting of scores a lo n e d oes not arouse th em. If th ere ,vas a clin ic, they ,,'ant to kno,,, who was there (famous coaches or gym­nasts>. what n e\v fantastic Rkil ls were invente d or exhib i ted, and wha t various gymnasts f elt that they had gained from the experience. If a meet is r e ported, t h ey w a nt to kno,,, not in ,vhat order th e w inn er s happen ed to p lace, but what r outines they did. Complete rouOnes g ive 1l1a ny idea s f o r cornpoS'it ion, a.nd the w in ­ner who has his routine printed is jus ti­fiab ly more prou d, in that h is compos i ­tion is assoc iated with hi ::; nfi lll e.

Furthermore, Questions and Pointers has not appeared und e r anyone' author ­s hip for some time. Such col umn s h elp to make old MGs infinitely more valuable.

Complete routines of pas t gym na st champs (e.g. Complete routin es of the p lace rs in the In2 OlympiC's) would gh'e proper c r edit to those men who have been forg·ott e n; ideas in composition of t h e "old days" a r e reappearing in m o d ern tin1es; 11101'e of t h e sa.me wcndel be np­prec iated.

A lt h o u g h I am not particularly a trampol ine fan, I feel that Jess Rollinson's ('olu mn best incl udes my idea of whf! t s h o ul d be d ispla.y ed in a ma~azine such as MG He often rep or ts complete rou ­tin e!", t eaching and learn ing t eehnique!" (w it h the graph check camera), progress of individuals (trick o f the month), term inology explana.tio l1, and his ideas of how trampoli ne s hou ld be worked , how it should be used a.s a learning rl e v ice on other apparatus, and a l ittle ph ilosophy on how and ,vhy tralnp routines Sh:Hl1rl be composed, p e rformed , and judged .

I felt that a se('tion like this for every event-and a fe,,: others, sueh as hano­ba lanl'ing, as well as an i1npl"ovecl r eport of scnres ,vould Inake Inany gyn1l1n.sts a. lot h appie r about s u bscrib ing.

Sincerely, Mickey Chaplan UCLA Gymnast

ED. As much as we would like to pleas e all f a ctions of gymnastics in e v e r y edi­tion of the MG, tIme , space and materi a ls do not alwa ys c oope r ate. However, we do feel your p oi nts are well taken , and w e are taking steps to balance our news , inst r uction a l, educational, photo and meet res'Ult fe a tures . We will publish more rout ines in fu ture ed itions (i nclud ing t op r out ines from the up and coming NCAA national ch a mpionships). Your coa ch Art Shurlock assures us he will make t ime to renew his "Questions and Pointer s" series a nd we h a ve several other new art icle series coming up of interest to All-Around performer as well as the specialist . If any coaches or ex-gymnasts remember routines from "way back when" send t hem ou r way so our re a ders can read about th'e routines done "i n the good 01' days".

Above: Robert Swonick Lower Grade AII­Around Winner and scenes from SOKOL Parade and Mass Drill.

Dea.r Mr. Sundby: Here a.re some photos of our Slet w hich

was h e ld in Bethleh e m last year at L e­hig h U n iversity. I know thi s is a lit t le late but b e tter late tha.n n ever. I am a ~ub~criber a.nd several of our lnelllbers a re. I liked t h e spread you gave th e Sok ol Centennia.l-I w ish you could do the sanle you us . Thanking yo u in ac1 va-nce.

Sincere ly yours, Steph e n C. B uri can S lovak Catholi c S ok ol P assa ic . N ew J e r sey

D eal' Glen n, We use this (,.;l.rtoon character for our

p rognllll s n.nel al~o for our p oster:-:, on a. la r ger scale .

Doug Dew itt Coach U ni v . of Dell\'er Den ver , Colorado

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