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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XII APRIL NUMBER 4 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .... .... ...... .. . Glenn Sundby 4 COMMUNIC ATION ....... .... .... . Dr. Michael V. Doyle 6 CHALK TALK ... .. .. ... .. ... ....... .... .. .. .. ..... ..... ... 7 MARIJUANA AND THE GYMNAST .. .. ..... Ken Sakoda 9 CANADIAN REPORT .... .. .. .. ........ " .. .. . John Nooney 10 1970 NCAA COLLEGE DIVI SION

CHAMPIONSHIPS .... .... .. .. .......... . Bill Holmes 12 MG CENTER PHOTO .. ...... ..... .... .. .. Yoshi Hayasaki 16 ANYONE FOR ALL-AROUND

.. . George, Fortier, Tonry, Reichl 1 8 TUMBLING TOPICS ........ .. .. .. .. .... ...... .. Dick Criley 21 PASADENA NATIONAL INVITATIONAL

... Sakoda & Sundby 22 SUGGESTED GUIDELINES .. .... .... Joseph Troth, Ed.D. 24 MG SCOREBOARD ...... .. .. . . , .. .... ....... .. Jerry Wright 26 LETTERS ... .... ...... .. , ., .. .. .... .... ,.. .......... .. ......... 28 MG CALENDAR .. .. .. .. ... . .. .. .... ... .. ....... .. .. .. .... .. .. 30

Cover Pau l Tickenoff, 1970 NCAA College Div ision AA Chomp. See repor l page 1 2.

PUBLlSHE.R-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS· Feature

A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Basco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competi t ion; Frank Bare. USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Robert Hanscom, YMCA ; Andrzei Gonera , European ; Gerald George, Dan Millman & Don Tonry, AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.

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gy mnasti c coach and meet direc tor the impo r­ta nce o f effec ti ve ora l co mmunication tec h­niqu e in report ing gy mnas tic meets. The author concentrates his effo rt s o n the non-profess iona l announcer who w ill in most cases mainta in the pos itio n of announce r a t the gy mnasti c meet.

Fro m my ex pe ri e nce as a nno uncer for gy m­nas t ics a t Michigan S tate U niversit y, and U ni­ve rs it y of Illinois , a nd th e Big Ten Invita tional Meet. I have att e mpted to review some of the bas ic co mmunication pro cedures and prob le ms anno uncers may face. Those who ass ume a pos itio n as gy mnas tics announcer w ill , there­fore have so me recomme nded bas ic a pproaches to fo llow in the high school or uni vers ity gy m­nas tic meet s ituation. Prac tice (l lId Procedures

A ll gy mnast ic meets s ho uld have an adequa te pu blic address syste m fo r use by the a nnouncer. The sys tem idea lly sho uld be se t up by the audio-v isual coordina to r of the school o r uni­ve rsity. Thi s procedure sho uld be completed well before the warm-up pe riod begins. Aft er the equ ipme nt is insta ll ed the meet a nnouncer s ho uld tes t the dev ice for proper voca l leve l. The ha nd micropho ne in most cases seems to be the most effecti ve type to use . The a nnounc­er will ha ve mo re freedo m of movement behind the desk when he reads scores with the ha nd­mi ke.

The a nnouncer sho uld become fa miliar with the ge nera l gy mnas ti cs rules so that he will be ab le to converse when confe rences may be ca lled by the j udges du ring a n event. He should be able to explain a va ri e ty of proble ms fro m

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COMMUNICATION

Dr. Mic hae l V. Doyle

the ra nge or scores to time limits gy mnas ts must adhe re to if they fa ll off a piece of a pparatus.

Proper pro nunc ia tion of gy mnas ts ' na mes a nd schools is imperati ve. It is most e mbaras­sing to gy mnas ts , coaches , s pecta tors , and o the rs when obv ious blunders are made and repeated. A nnounce rs should contact coaches a nd tea m captain s we ll be fore the meet to obtain these correc t pro nunciations .. A nnounc­ers should info rm the a udience of the a ll­a round me n, team capta ins a nd o ther pertinent info rmation about the coach a nd tea m in the o pening minu tes o f the mee t.

As the meet progresses the names of the a ll ­around me n wit h the ir aq:umul ated points should a lso be me ntio ned. T hese scores can be a nnounced as tra nsitions fro m e vent to event. A nnouncers sho uld kee p a running score of each event. H e a lso should re late to the a udi­e nce and the gy mnas ts the event score as it mate ri a li zes afte r each event. It is a lso mean­ingful to announce future meets the hos t school will pa rti cipate in at leas t th ree times during the meet. Each score a nd ave rage sho uld be mentioned as the events unfold . A nnouncers

. should onl y a rticulate scores aft e r a ll judges s imulta neously fl ash scores .

Stri ct a tt e ntio n sho uld be placed upon pec ulia r s ituations whi ch may occur at the meet and the announce r mu st be a lert to these prob le ms and cope with them. For instance, a t a mee t whe re la rge crowds a re in a tt endance the a nnouncer should mention to the crowd to . be quiet during routines: a lso - not to s hoot fl ash pictures during a gymnas t 's performa nce. I f the crowd seems a ppre he nsive and res tless the announcer should use so me humorous anec-

Approaches to Operation of the Gymnastic Meet

By Dr. Mi c hae l V. D oy le Ass ista nt Professo r of Speech U nivers it y of Illinois

dote to re lax both contestants a nd audience . If c ro wd size becomes an extre me prob le m, the a nnouncer s ho uld info rm the s pectato rs to move more c losely together. The use of a "colo r ma n," gy mnas tics coach, is not neces­saril y impo rta nt and may ca use mo re confusion than be an a id to a udience unders tanding. It is recommended a coach act as "color ma n" in the demonstration or exhi bitio n situation ra ther than the dua l meet s ituatio n.

Fina ll y, the a nnouncer s hould have at his di sposal a n ass istant w ho will co mpute a ll scores and rela te to him the ave rages so he will not have to be di stracted by hav ing to figure these scores himself. Thi s is crucia l a t the univers ity leve l. The math ex pert should be capable and mainta in accuracy fo r the a nnounc­er. I n a ll instances the anno uncer should be situated at the ma in score r' s table o r a t the most foca l point of the are na so he w ill have unint e r r upt e d vision of the enti re meet proceedings.

Conclusion Those individuals who assume the position

of meet a nno uncer or co mme nta tor a re e n­couraged to a llow thei r own pe rsonality tra its to appear in their delivery. S pecifica ll y, be yourse lf a nd ma ke the meet situatio n a pleasant ex perie nce fo r the a udie nce a nd visiting teams.

It is s tro ngly recomme nded that those coach­es respo ns ible fo r rec ruiting a n announcer should loo k fo r an indi vidu al who will be per­sonable, art iculate , a nd res po nsible to the unique challe nges the gy mnas tics meet wi ll pose to him when he is behind the micropho ne .

ilK We Have Gone Too Far by DON TONRY Gymnastics Coach, Yale University

I n an attempt to organize ou r area judges , we have created various judges associations. These associations have periodic meetings. and attempt to instill within their groups a desire to learn the judging rules of the sport and their application. We have moved from a situation of not having any judges in time of need to one where most competitions can be assured of having an adequate number of judges. We pay our judges up to fifty dollars for a dual or cham­pionship competition, according to how far they have to travel. For this we expect a service that is accorded by extreme prestige by both the coaches and the competitors. Once the meet starts, the judges are in command' Who are the judges~ They are mainly composed of former gymnasts - some specialists in one or more events - some were previous all-around competitors - some are fringe people who en­joy and appreciate the sport. I n the making, we ask that they know the rules and the skills that they are expected to judge.

We are now at a point in the history of our sport where we are being " taken " by our own judges. Theirjudge's associations back them by requiring a psuedo-test for admission into the judging fraternity. These individuals then be­come " qualified," test-passing members. Judg­es are supposed to be able to write down Band C parts as they appear in an "open the spot" routine - many cannot do this - many do not even try. Judges are supposed to make deduc­tions in accordance with the FIG rules-many simply guess in accordance with the level of competition that they think they are judging. I have placed my team members in reverse order of ability on several occasions, and the judges gave the best men the lowest scores . The team laughs at such ignorance, but an awful lot of love for the sport is lost.

Many of our judges have stopped trying to improve their judging ability because their as­sociation requires so little of them. Part of this fault lies in the fact that we have many judges that were officiating during the dark ages of gymnastics (prior to detailed judging guide­lines) who cannot adapt to technical changes. These individuals have not continued learn­ing the new skills, techniques and methods. They and the judging associations would be put on a very tight spot if a good pass or fail test were to be introduced. Who wants to put a famous old judge or former Orympian on the bench? They add prestige and stability to the association. I certainly don't want to , but I do want them to be working under the exact same rules that I'm using for coaching. I f they can ' t handle it, they'd better do some homework and gymnasium visitation because they are hurt­ing our sport very much.

Judges associations are quickly losing the admiration of the gymnasts and coaches . Coaches are telling their athletic directors that so-and-so wou ld have won , but the judgin~ was

s ick. TJie athletic directors are wa tching our meets and seeing the very same thing for them­selves. You don't have to know gymnastics to know that a one or two point spread means that these judges are not working with the same rules. When a coach watches a 9.0 routine receive a 75.0. he knows that someone made up deductions that do not exist.

Judges who are together in their judgment (within a good range) can and u.fien {Ire all wrong. Their ignorance and self-conscious­ness often give them a bond of togetherness. "These kids are poor gymnasts . Let's keep the scores low and start off with a 3.0"

After statements such as this. the judging has to be muddled and subjective. Admittedly. there are many instances that require a good guess. Some routines do defy all reasonahle forms of judgment: however. most of these can be categorized according to form and tech­nical execution.

Generally , the judging associations of Amer­ica have a responsibility to themselves and to us. They must require individuals to pass dif­ficult written and practical exam inations. Write to your local association and express your opinion - they're nice guys and they·lIlislen.

"THE SALUTE" Report by

Robert Meecham, OGF, PR chairman The above design was recently approved as

the symbol for the Ontario Gymnastic Federa­tion. This was approximately the eighth draw­ing in what has been a very slow evolution problem. It was noted that , in other areas and countries, two figures were used to get across the male and female aspect of the sport. From our standpoint of recognition , simplicity and economics , a single figure offered the best solution. Thus, "The Salute" neatly finalizes a gymnastic performance.

THE PERFECT CURE-ALL By Charlie Nobles Miami News Sportswriter

Gene Diaz has fooled a lot of people in the last three years ... Diaz has polio in his right leg ... But if it bothers him, he's the only one that knows about it. Diaz is the state 's best in the Parallel Bars and Side Horse.

"He's an outstanding example of what a boy can do if he makes up his mind" says Carol City Coach Bill Keefe. "And he 's an out~tand­ing example of what gymnastics can do for a boy. "

Gene took I st ploce on SH, PB ond a 3rd on Rings.

Diaz remembers a note written in his year­book after his 10th grade year by former Carol City coach Bailey Stewart. It said. " I hope I see you in the Modern Gymnast Magazine some day. " That thought stuck with Gene and now he's closer than ever (you better believe it).

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. nastic Camp at Dinky Creek. Fresno. Calif. July 26th - Aug. 2nd. This Camp will be for Sokol members on ly and will be open to all the Pacific District Sokol Units (Seatt le. Fresno , San Francisco liz Los Angeles). For further info. contact: Ruth Santo. Sokol Los Ange les , 500 North Western Ave. L.A. Cal if.

USGF United States Gymnastics Federation Re­

appointments: Gordon H. Chalmers. Indiana State: Harold J. Frey. California: William Meade , Southern Illinois. New Appointment: Edward M. Czekaj, Pennsylvania State.

The Central Atlantic Area YMCA Gymnastic Camp - An Adventure In Volunteer Service By Jim Wylde, memberoJthe Committee

Gymnastics may be the most demanding of all sports. It takes strength , courage, flexibility and lots of coordination. But the difficulties of gymnastics seem unnoticed by the campers at this annual event.

For the last seven years a week-long gym­nastic camp has been held at Camp Letts on the picturesque shores of tidewater Maryland. The time of the year- near the end of August -usually means pleasant, sunny days , and cool "good-for-sleeping" nights. Gymnastic ap­paratus, lots of it , is set up under the trees. There's plenty of grass to layout the tumbling mats. And along with all this are enough dedi­cated instructors to go around.

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Y MCA acti vity in the Central Atlan tic area that could serve youngs te rs wit h beginner and in te rmediate sk ill s. I ts program combines recreation with intensive instruction. Pa rt of each day is given to learning graded U nited States Gy mnas ti cs Federat ion routines on each piece of gy mnast ic apparatus as we ll as free­exerc ise and tu mbling. But there is also time fo r individua l practi ce , in addition to swimming, boating, dancing, and j ust pla in socia li zing.

T he Senio r Staff (i nc luding the wives who lI1al1 the store and he lp wi th s upervising the girls) is led by J erry Krawitz , oll r chairman.

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Assisting him in thi s great unde rtaking of many yea rs a re : George Puglia , C li ff and H elen Sjurse n, Marvin Spe ide l, Paul and J udy Boher, Bernie Michels , Bob Nichols, Jim Wylde , Lloyd Capwell , Ll oyd Warner. Bob G ras , Will y Wienholdt , J ohn J a rboe , F ran Trupo, A rlene Norris , and Vernon Elder, the Di rector.

Pl ans a re a lready made fo r ho lding the Camp in 1970. The dates are Augus t 23 rd th rough Augus t 30th : the place is Camp Letts , Mary­land. Gy mnas t-campers (from all over the world) are invited to ap pl y. Write to Vernon Elde r, Ca mp Director, 1736 G Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

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BRAVE NEW WORLD BRAVE NEW WORLD BRAVE NEW WORLD by Kenneth Sakoda

In 1932 Aldous Hu xley pu blis hed a nove l e nt itled , Brm'e Nell' World. In thi s nove l Hu x­ley sa tiri zes and prophecizes th e di rectio ns a pparent to him in wes te rn c ivilization . Hu xley saw the future as holding a society that was co mpletely do minated and blinded by scie nce. F rom co nceptio n to dea th the indi vidual (if suc h an e nti ty could be considered to e xist in such a world ) was to ta ll y regulated in one way or a nothe r. Birth was a matte r of be ing formu­lated in a la bo rato ry test tube, your intelligence a nd ultimate place in society was predeter­mined by how your " birth " was ch emically composed. I nfa ncy to adult maturation was a matter of consta nt brain washings a nd con­ditionings , da il y li fe was to ta ll y regimented , soc iety was comple te ly immobil e and most importa nt of a ll el'el),one lI'as totally content lI' ith his li/e, thi s due to hi s conditio ning and to a panacea called "soma," a drug that induced e uphoria a nd escape through sleep.

What has thi s got to do with marijua na a nd the gy mnas t ? T he poin t I would like to make, a nd one that I find quite interes ting has to do with wes tern c ivilizati on today a nd Hu xley's prediction s about it some 37 yea rs ago. When I read Bra ve Ne ll' World I made 2 assump­tions : I) that Hu xley was trying to warn people of what ve ry we ll could be the pl ig ht of a science-ori e nted society a nd 2) that th is warn­ing was directed at th e leaders of society , the establi shment. N ow from these 2 assumptio ns, and I thin k thi s is the gist of what mos t people got out of the book, I conc luded tha t a warning constitutes guarding aga inst a condition w hic h is undes irable a nd that o ur ma in co nce rn would be whet he r our lea d e rs wou ld heed suc h a warning.

T oday I a m fo rced to reevaluate my inte r­pretat ion of the book. I find that while Hux­ley 's predictions seem a ll too accurate and ahead o f schedule, my assumpti ons were both wrong. I) I saw Brm 'e Nell! World as some­thing to be avo ided. The current trend towards psychedeli a, " love" as something consta nt a nd all pe rvasive, a dread of respons ibility and the ove ra ll de pe ndence of technology from e lec­tric mus ic to syntheti c " grass" see ms to indi­cate that Brave Nell' W orld is the " G oal ," not the warning it used to apparentl y be. And, 2) most surpri sing to me is that while I assumed tha t our sc ience-ori ented es tabli shment would be the one to eventuall y push us in to a brave new world , thi s is not the case at all. It is the underground , the youth , th e leaders of the future, who a re ta king wes te rn civilization down the path to the total dominance of the indi vidual.

Ma rijuana fits we ll into thi s trend , it is in the rea lm of "soma," it is a safety valve , a mind ope ne r, a nd it is the beginn ing of the end fo r the gymnas t. N ow I qualify that by saying the gy mnas t, not the indi vidual, beca use the gym­nas t is only pa rt of the individua l a nd quite poss ibly the individua l may survi ve a nd con­tinu e to grow with the help of marijua na a nd the host of o the r c he mical " mind blowers ," but I a m certain that using any che mical means to a n end by the gy mnas t leads to ultimate de­struction.

I t is recognized a nd has been brought out that the a thlete more tha n any o th e r group in society is subject to the care of a ph ys ician. A back pull , a torn callous, a spra in , a ll receive a ttention and medication , whil e in a no rmal indi vidua l the a ilment might go unc hecked . It has been fo und that in many cases drugs are admini stered to stimulate the mind as we ll as the body. Benzedrine to a fa tigued footba ll playe r, and va rious uppers and downers to a thletes that aren't in the right mood at the right time. A nd a pparentl y so me of the drugs seem to work, but do they appl y to gy mnastics? A football player could conceivably go through a game with a broke n leg if he was given a dose of novocain to deaden the pain , but could the sa me be true for a free ex man? A sprinte r could use a co uple of " whites" to give him that ex tra burst a t the fini sh line , but would the same be he lpful to the side horse ma n or the ri ng man? I n both examples I think gy mnas tics must be cons ide red separate ly and not a ppli c­able to the same solutions. Gy mnas tics is the most delicate a nd complicated sport ex isting, th at I know of. I could not imag ine going through a routine without the control of my e ntire body , w hile a footba ll playe r could bulldoze his way with a numbed leg, the hai r­line balance a nd coordination required of a free ex routine is a lmost imposs ible with part

of the bod y dead to the senses. Likewise while a sprinte r co uld just give a n a ll o ut effort w ith the he lp of a n uppe r, it mu st be re me mbe red that he has onl y o ne thing to kee p in mind , be fas t. A s ide ho rse ma n must re member to be fas t , be ba lanced , be concio us, be styli sh, be ri ght in every littl e movement. T he ring ma n must have that burst of stre ngth as we ll as co mplete control of the directi o n of tha t s tre ngth.

What about the mind expande rs a nd mo re specifica lly , ma rijua na? G ymn as tics is often sa id to be a n art fo rm rathe r th an a sport a nd a rti s ts a re notorio us users of va rious mind develo pe rs in the search for a new insight. T he ques tion he re is what a rt is t needs the co­ordination and stre ngth of hi s entire body to execute a painting or sculpture? Again. gy m­nas ti cs should be conside red unique.

. It is recognized that in ma ny cases a give n event in gy mnast ics s tagnates. due to lack of origina lity , but are drugs th e a nswe r: is ma ri ­j uana the answe r? Pus hed to th e ex tre me would a sport like gy mnas ti cs survive if drugs were to be cons idered a major tool ? It is ha rd to con­ce ive of a dedica ted " Pot head" be ing dedi­cated to a nything so de ma nding. But, as always. ' the cho ice should be up to the individual. I f drugs a re the a nswe r to o ne ind ividual, is it necessaril y "T he" a nswer?

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CANADIAN

HI REPORT

by fohn Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

HERE AND THERE WI TE R G AMES - SAS KATOO

A ll a pproved by Canada Ga mes Counc il. T en prov inces. plu s N .W.T. a nd Y.T. tea ms of six me n a nd wo men, ma nager and coach. w ill be the fifth larges t de legation if every prov ince. e tc ., sends tea ms we s ho ul d have about the larges t spo rt de lega tion at th e G ames. G YMN ASTI CS IL LUSTR ATE D

O ur na tio na l coach, Will ie We il er. has se nt me a n a ttrac ti ve n ye r o n Gy mnas tics Illustrat ­ed : thi s is a s ix-pa rt series covering a ll me n's a ppa ratus . For further info rma tion, writ e W illy a t 16 Pa rc La uri er. St. Jean. Q uebec. Thi s is a n exce lle nt book fo r teache rs. gy mnas ts. e tc . : the se ri es is illu stra ted by sequence pho togra ph s (a ll moves done by W ill y). Be lieve me. this is an exce ll e nt book by a gY l1lnas t who has rea ll y do ne so mething fo r Ca nada. Come o n now: let 's ge t be hind o ur nati o na l coac h in thi s e n­deavou r. Write him . PER SO A LI T IES

Syd J ense n won the all-around a t the Mic hi­gan- Illino is meet: Bill Mack ie sco red third in F .X . O th er gy mnas ts with Newt Lo ke n fro m Canada a re Pc: ,e Rogers (Pe te was the Ontario H.S. c ha mpio n) a nd Rus ty Pi erce. bot h fro m Ottawa. N AT IONA L TEAM DI S PL AYS

Thi s yea r they have proved ve ry s uccessful. alr;.'ady he ld a t Q uebec a nd Wate rloo U ni ver­si ty a nd T hunder Bay. a nd I be lieve o ne is a r­ranged fo r D a lH ouise U niversit y. He re is a cha nce fo r a local se rvice orga niza tio n or high schoo l o r loca l gy m club to have th e bes t in Canada fo r a di s play a nd c lini c.

A ll you have to do is to contac t Will y Weil e r or Mrs. Savage. T his way you' re he lping the nationa l tea m a nd learning gymnas ti cs fro m the knowledgeable o nes. ANNUA L REPORT F ROM F ITNESS C O UNC IL

Th is re po rt shows we rece ived $6.429 fo r o ur nat iona l c ha mpions hips a nd $ 17,326 for our tra ining progra m. Thi s was a shot in the a rm . a nd th e new rumo r is th at the Canadia n Spo rt s Fede ration w ill pay the sa la ry of a full­time secretary o r ad ministra to r for a ll sport s in the future. I s incerely ho pe thi s co mes to pass . The Ca nadi an Ol y mpic Assocati on has go t a ll kinds of publi c re la tio ns plans in mind to improve the image of amateur s po rt in th is country. We are slowly but su re ly beco ming be tte r o rganized . NOW ITS U P T O OU R OW N OF FI C IALS.

1970 NATIONAL COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS at th e U ni ve rs ity of A lbe rt a, Edmo nton

Fra nc is Tull y and Geo ff E lli o t surpassed the mse lves w ith a n exce ll e nt organi zed meet. This year a to ta l of 28 wo me n gy mnas ts a nd 18 men co mpeted in the now two-day meet.

The CBC te lev ised li ve pa rt of the fina ls a nd did a tre me ndou s job. It 's se ldo m our s port ge ts suc h good T V cove rage. T hi s a llowed many mill ions of peop le to see this meet a nd fo r our begin ner gy mnas ts to see co ll ege gy mnast ics.

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Don Meikle, University of Alber ta, PB champion and fou r th AA.

Sandra Ha rtl ey. U. B.C .. a nd Steve MltrU K. Mc Mas ter (bo th membe rs of o ur na ti ona l team). do minated the scoring. Sandra won the pre­lims a nd the fin a ls , and Steve did the same ex­cept ing a ti e in F.X. In the girl s' d iv ision Karen Deane. Vancouve r C it y College: Liz Swinto , Yo rk U ni ve rs ity. and Lo ui s La mothe, Mc Mas­te r U ni ve rs it y. a ll looked very pro mi s ing. San­d ra had definite ly on o ne of he r be tter days: it seems a ll the mee ts s he is tak ing part in is he lping. A new mount on the un evens and a c ha nged B. B. routine is he lping he r cause. Steve Mitru k was ve ry s teady a nd see med re­laxed - S. H. ve ry st ro ng. F.X. needs mo re work. T his is hi s bes t yea r tha t I have seen him. Ba rry Broo ke r, U ni ve rsit y of Ot tawa. Me ikl e of U. of A lbe rta a nd T o m Kinsma n of Yo rk a nd Til1lmy Sedgewic k of Saskatoo n all s ho uld get conside ra tio n a t o ur na tio na l tria ls thi s year.

T hi s mee t did show e mpha tica ll y tha t col­lege gy mnas ti cs is on the move, bu t we must be ho nes t a nd say that the C lu b G y mnas t or the gy mnast who is connected with a clu b s howed to have a n advantage, especially the gy mnas t who learned th eir funda me nta ls a t an early age. Ve ry exciting to see the growth of th is annual meet.

E ight wome n a nd me n we re selected as pos­sible candidates to re present Canada at the World Stude nt Ga mes in Italy.

Wo me n: Bette Shaw, Vancou ve r C ity Col­lege: Ke rry Loew , U . of A lberta: Lynew Ha rt. U ni v. of Ca lga ry: Martha Ke meny. U ni v. of Toronto: Lois La mothe. Mcl\llas ter U ni v.: Karen Deane. Vancouver C ity College: Sa n­dra Ha rtl ey, U. B.C. : Li z Swinto n, Yo rk U ni­vers it y: coach - Carol A nne Lethe ra n, U ni v. of Toronto.

Me n: Geral'd L' A ll ie r, Mon treal U ni v.: Pa ul

Coo per, U. of A lbe rta: Rick Sho re, U niv. of M'lnitoba: Garry Balco mbe. U ni v. of Saska­toon: T o m Kins man, York U ni v.: Barry Broo ker. U ni v. of O ttawa: Steve Mitruk , Mc­Mas te r Un iv.: T immy Sedgewick . Sas ka toon U ni v.: coach - Tom Z ivic , Yo rk U niv.

The Japanese Visit at York University, Toronto

Again , thank s to Dr. Bryce Taylo r a nd hi s s ta ff: the gy mnasti c devotees of O ntari o we re ab le to see the world 's greates t gy mnas ts. A u­diences of 2,500 both nights, thi s is a n ind ica­tio n of the growt h of the spo rt in O nta ri o.

The me n gy mnas ts were unde r Ha ruhiro Mat­suda (fo rme r surna me YAM AS HITA), a nd the girls were unde r M rs. T aniko Mitsukuri.

Th e demonstration started w ith F.X. : YUlI1 iko K omiyo - O pe ned the de monstra tio n with a fa irl y traditio na l F .X. ro utine, B.W.O., F. W.O. ae ri als . e tc.: no thing spectacula r. MifsllO TSllka ltara - Started the me n with a tre me ndous noor ro utine. lo ts of high tum bling. excelle nt conti nuit y and a mplitude: th en I no­ti ced it looked ve ry like the 1970 wo rld co m­pul sories a nd ri ght e no ugh thi s de mo nstra ti on was a po li shing- up perfo rmance fo r the ir co m­pulsories (is there a message he re?). Very we ll ­do ne routine. Yoko Nagao - Had a hec k of a time, lost he r mu sic, l1li ssed he r layout, c tc. It was now ob­vious the Japanese ma le gy mnas ts we re excel­le nt , but the ir girl s we re hav ing trouble ge tting go ing. RYllki FlIj i l11al'({ - Reall y thrill ed the crowd with a supe rb rout ine , aga in us ing the world co mpul sories as a base a nd fini shed wi th part of an opti ona l. but th is was the highlight of the

Sondra Hartley, Canadian Notional Women's AA champion.

F.X. He had continuity, flow , high tumbling, the works all done with superb form . This is an excellent floorman. Chieko Oda - Finished the F.X. with an ex­cellent routine; again you cou ld see the world compulsories being polished. This girl was the best of the Japanese girls in my opinion. SIDE HORSE: Both groups specia li zed On their own appara tus , the men going to side horse. All had nice doubles, good ex tens ion and all had secure routines - all concentrating on getting the ir dismount nice and high. The Japanese men, Konishi and Ohara, were tops .

RINGS : The classic performance, Swing to H .S. , L positions, Press to H .S. , leve rs and Crosses and double Sommy di smounts, all done with ease. Mitsuo Tsukahara was the top per­former; Hayata Konoshi also excellent - all world pelformers, no straining, every move done with control and amplitude. This seemed to me to be their best apparatus . UNEYENS: Saw nothing really-a few Usual eagles , wraparounds, C hieko Oda im­pressed me but nothing I cou ldn 't see in any U .S. meet. BALAN C E BEAM: Far better pelformances than we saw on the Unevens . All attempted the back handspring to stand and back handspring to st raddle. Lots of doubl e 3600 turn s and a ll had back sommy di smounts from cartwheels. Looked ve ry sure on the beam and all seemed to enioy it.

PARAtLEL BARS: High Stutz 's , Sommy's between bars, One half and Double Sommy di s­mounts. Ohara and T sukahara were excellent - aga in they worked high above both bars­form perfect. T he moves a ll were done with that pelfection that is only achieved with prac­tice: the traditional moves but so we ll done it was a treat to see these moves pelformed after watching for years the feeble attempts of medi­ocre gymnasts. HIGH BAR : The crowd could have watched these excellent men on high bar all night. What exciting moves -pelfection with EASE-notice that word EASE. They made difficult moves look easy. Amplitude and form were just taken for granted. Double Sommy dismount from the H . B. by Fujimara was superb - high above the bar like he was suspended in the air- to that st ill landing that we all look for. Rings and High Bar were the highlights of the night. Y AUL TING: A combined effort but not too great; the women did handsprings i4 turns and the men Yamashita's wi th turns and Hechts. Fairly average vaulting. TO SUMMARIZE: I interviewed Mr. Yoshi­aki Fqiiwara , Director-of the J apanese Gym­nastic Assos. He said the backbone of the ir gymnastic program is the junior high school s, high schools and universities. All the members of this tour were students in the uni ve rsities -one, Kanzue Hanyo, was still in high school. He also pointed out that Compul sories are the key and of course their early age school pro-

gram. Dr. Bryce Tay lor invited Haruhiro Matsuda to teach at the York Summer Seminar and he has agreed to co me to Canada : this is fairly definite - ANOTHER F IRST FOR YORK. It was a big night for our young gy mnasts and great c redit must be given to York University. In c losing I must say all the clu bs in Ontario ra llied around Y,"rk University to have the ir people there and , in this way , to support Dr. Bryce Tay lor, who has done so much at his uni ve rsity to promote the sport of gy mnastics.

1970 National Technical Conference by Cal Girard, Pres ident e.G.F.

Another milestone in the evo lution of gy m­nas tics in Canada has been created by staging the first ever National Technical Conference. This conference of technica l chairmen from a ll provinces of Canada as well as the armed forces met in Edmonton on March 3,4 and 5. This conference was organized by Mr. A. Dip­pong, National Technica l chairman , " to di scuss and recommend technical policy for the long­term development of gymnas tics in Canada. Three days of di scuss ion pro and con ended up with the drafting of a technical policy which will be presented at the annua l meeting for ratificat ion .

Delegates attending: Newfoundland Prov­ince - Norm Gi lles pie , J ane Drover. Nova Scotia - Eli zabeth Coles and Jim Hoy le. New Brunswick - Beve rley Cooke. Quebec - Mrs. Simard Jaqque Cote, Deni s Des lauri s . Jacque C houinard . Ontario - Cal G irard, pres ide nt e.G .F.: AI Dippong, conference director: C::. A. Iteheran, J an Waldauf, Tom Zivic. Manitoba -G. Bibleheimer, Alfreida Goerman. Saskatch­ewan - M. Mayhew, e. Sebesttyn and B. Sedgewick . Alberta - J . Thayer, H . Weiler. G. Elliot, H. Horlich K. Ku ske. Briti sh Colu mbia - M. Medveczky, K. Russell. G. Hartley. Canadi an I ntercollegia te Coaches Associates - Franci s Tully. Canadian Armed Forces -Art Yondette.

Th e highlight develo pment s arising from thi s conference was the unanimou s agreement to develop:

I. I ncenti ve awards syste m for gy mnas ts aging from midge t di vis ion to ve teran gy mnas ts.

2. To not attempt a coaches grad ing sys tem. 3. To continue establishing aj udges certifica­

tion sys tem. 4. To increase our degree of li aison with the

Educational System in Canada. As pres ident of the Gymnastics Federation

I was es pecially de lighted to see the open­minded approach to promoting the Technical Organization of Gymnastics in Canada. Fur­thermore we enjoyed the unique experience of us ing the technica l de legates to act as judges at the Canadian Inte rcollegiate championships which were a significant success . This fact alone shows the true spirit of cooperation betwee n the University Coaches Association and the Canadian Gymnastic Federation. More impor­tant is the fact that the Canadian Intercollegia te Coaches Association is a branch member of the C .G.F. and enjoys the same rights and respon­s ibiliti es as a province. It was agreed by the delega tes at this event (many having a great deal of ex perience with thi s kind of confer­e nce ) a nd with na tion a l mee ts th a t the C. I.C .CA. C hampionships is now a majo r gy m­nas ti c event in Canada and hopefull y will con­tinue to grow until we can consider a further competition with the U.S. N.e.C.A. team.

My si ncere thanks to a ll who were respons i­ble in any way for the holding of First Techni­cal Conference.

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1970 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS by Bill Ho lmes

Team Placement : 1. Northwest Louisi no State. 1 60.25; 2. Southern Connecticut, 159.30 ; Springfield College, 1 58.90.

Ma nka to State Co ll ege was host to the thi rd annual co ll ege di vis ion c ha mpio nships March 26, 27. 28. 1970. The th ree day cha mpio nship saw ma ny c ha nges fro m the prev io us two con­tes ts. A new c ha mpio nship team was crowned , North wes te rn Lo uis iana State Coll ege coached by A rma ndo Vega. T ea mmate Paul Tic ke noff dethroned J ohn E lias both of North wes te rn S tate as a ll a round c ha mpion. I n each of the events a new c ha mpio n was crowned . A n add i­ti o na l in nova tion was the use of a co mpute r to score the meet. Co mpute r time was do nated by Ho neywe ll Co. of Minneapoli s a nd a progra m w ritt en by a se nior student a t MSC , Bob Ga rt­ner. Bob. inexperi e nced in scoring gy mnas ti cs. s tudied the 1969 res ult s and spe nt ma ny hours in prepa ra ti on fo r thi s eve nt. It appea rs that thi s me thod of scoring is mo re accura te a nd re li ab le tha n the in vo lveme nt of ma ny peop le.

Pa ul Ticke noff made a strong bid as the out ­sta nd ing gy mnas t in the meet. winning 4 go ld meda ls. He was champion in the a ll aro und , fl oor exe rcise, lo ng horse, and para ll e l bars. W inner of the horizonta l ba r a nd seco nd in the a ll a round was Jo hn E lias of N o rth wes te rn State. Bruce McGartlin tea med up w ith Tic ke n­off a nd Elias to score the majo rit y of po ints fo r Bill Holmes, meet director and coach at Mankato State College.

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Floor Exercise: Paul Tickenoff, NW. State, 18.250; Bruce McGartlin, NW . State, 1 7.925; John Crosby, Southern Conn., 17.600; Jeffrey Wi les, Spring· f ield, 17.350; Pat Mahoney, SFVSC, 17.150; Jo· seph Cenis, Springfield, 16.900.

Side Horse: Jim Yearwood, So. Conn., 17.475; John Ell is, NW . State, 17.400; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., 16.950; Whitey Anson, Fullerton, 16.900; Steve Fox, Ch icago Circle, 16.425; Jeffrey Wi les, Sp ringfield, 16.275; Ronald Brown, Springfield, 16.275.

Rings: Charles Sh iebler, Spring f ield, 17.900; David Ellis, Spring f ield, 17.725; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., 17.675; Jim Ball, So. Conn., 16.875; Dave Bid· dinger, Chicago Circle, 16.425; John Ellis, NW . State, 8.3 75.

AA·Around: I . Paul Tickenaff, NW Louisiana, 104.10: 2. John Ellis, NW La., 103.00; 3. Jim Amerine, So. Conn., 101.45; 4. Jeffrey Wiles, Springfield,

Long Horse: Paul Tickenoff, NW. State, I B.550; John Crosby, So. Conn., IB.325; Eric Paul, MSC, IB.275; Jeffrey Wiles, Springfield, 17.900; Bruce McGartlin, NW. State, 17.900; Pat Mahoney, SFVSC, I 7.B50.

99.65; 5. John Crosby, So. Conn., 97.30; 6. Bruce McGartl in, NW La., 96.05.

Parallel Bars: Paul Tickenoff, NW., IB.625; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., IB.425; John Ellis, NW. State, 17.575; Jeffrey Wiles, Springfield, 17. 150; Mike Provencher, Springfield, 16.B50; Charles Schieb· ler, Springfield, 16.450.

Photos by Ray lorenz coach, Chico Stale

Northwestern. Other individual winners we re Jim Yearwood. So. Connecticut State on the side horse a nd C harles Sc hi eble r. Springfie ld . on the rings. J im Amerine was again third in the a ll arou nd . second on the high bar. third on side horse a nd rings . to prese nt a s table performance for Sou the rn C onnec ticut. T he coach of the yea r award was prese nted to Armando Vega. Coach of Northwes tern State College by virtue of hi s team winning the national champ ionsh ip. It was dec ided by vote of the coaches in the co llege di vision that th e coac h of the yea r sha ll be that coac h of the tea m th at wins the nationa l championships.

The final team cha mpion ships were e xtreme­ly exciting. Qualifying for the fin a l team cham­pionships were Southern Connecticut with a score of 158.10. N o rth wes tern State College. 157.05 , and Springfield College. 156.30. North­wes tern State led final competition through the fir st two events and dropped be hind at the e nd of the rings by .05 of a point. They regained the lead following vaulting and led to the fini s h of the meet scoring 160.25. The second a nd third place teams e xcha nged places four times during the competition. Following the ring even t Springfie ld Coll ege led the scoring but dropped to second place following vaulting a nd parallel bars. Southern Connecticut made a strong bid in vaulting. para ll e l bars a nd high bar scoring 159.30 edging Springfie ld with a score of 158.90. It was trul y an exciting team championship down to the last di smount pitting the "all around type" team against the larger Specia li st-oriented teams.

Choosing the event cha mpions in the 1970 meet recorded another first. Compulsory exe r­ci ses were required to gai n entry to the final s. It was obviou s that gymnast ics in the co lleges has progressed to the point where athl etes are capable of perfecting two se ts of exercises. It was a pparent that the qua lit y of the fin als was at a high leve l a nd not great ly reduced by use of compulsories. Most of the fina lists were on the three top teams. Some of the a ll around men performed up to 24 rout ines in the three day meet. I t was ev ident tha t the length of the 'c ha mpionship was beginning to take its toll a nd only the most we ll conditioned athletes finished strong.

The meet ran smoothl y before a sma ll crowd during the Easte r vacation . Approximately 140 athletes were in attendance representing twenty colleges and universities. These included SI. C loud State, Minnesota, University of North-

Horizontal Bars : John Elli s, NW. State, I B. I 75; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., I 7.BOO; Juan Sanchez, SFVSC, 17.250; Paul Tickenoff, NW. State, 17.150; Jef· frey Wiles, Springfield, 16.475; Bruce McGartlin, NW. State, B.225.

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e rn Iowa. N o rth wes te rn Sta te College (Louisi­a na). M. I.T.. ni ve rsit y of C hicago. Colo rado S tate Co llege. Ca lifo rnia State. F ulle rton . S pringfie ld College. S lippe ry Rock S ta te Col­lege. C hicago C irc le. Illino is State U ni vers it y. Southern Connec ti c ut State Coll ege . Eas te rn

Hanson

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Mic higan U ni ve rsit y. Georgia So uthe rn Col­lege. Sac ra me nt o State Co llege. o rthe rn Mic higan U ni ve rs it y. San Fernando Va ll ey Sta te College. Mont cla ir State College. Ma n­ka to S tate College a nd Cortl a nd State College.

Fourth place wen t to C hi cago C irc le . 148.65.

Sanchez

fifth place. Ca li fo rni a Sta te. F ullerto n . 144.00. and six th place. Illinois State U ni ve rsit y. 1 36.~0. It must be noti ced that a specia l th a nks is due to the Athle ti c Direc to r a t Manka to S tate Coll ege . Dr. Dic k Ko ppe nhave r. ac ting as meet direc tor' and Le n Ka la kia n. Ass is ta nt

Vega, coach of the yea r

Coach. who ass isted the meet manager fo r thi s c ha mpio nship meet. Ray Lo re nz. coach at C hi co State College. Californ ia. is credited with a fin e job of photogra ph y during thi s eve nt.

The offic ia ls fo r thi s meet we re F ra nk C um-

!nskey . New J e rsey: G rady Matthews. Colo­rado: Ray Gold bar. Ca lifo rn ia : C hris Webe r. Iowa : Jim H oward. Wi sconsi n : Jim Schmidt. Minnesota: Dua ne Hoechre l. Minnesota: Bill Murray. Minnesota: Way ne Sanfo rd . Minne­sota: Lo n A rfsten. Minnesota: George Dalluge .

Ell is

Minnesota: a nd Warre n Rolek. Minnesota. T hi s gro up turned in a tire less effort to make these cha mpionships a s uccess. It must be no t­ed that F ra nk Cu min skey prov ided exce lle nt leade rship as direc to r of offi c ia ls.

Yearwood

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ANYONEI!IB FOR miSS ALL AROUND ED

GERALD S. GEORGE. Coordinator

We of the MG staHare constantly seeking ways and means of prO"iding both educational and interesting materials for our subscribers. In an allempt to further increase the scope and breadth of the "A nyone For A II-Around" series, we would like to extend an i/ll'itation to any and all gymnasts, coachl'S , jlldRes, and enthusiasts to sllbmit articles pertaining to all-around instruction. Perhaps yOI/ hm'e a particular skill that you feel particlliarly qllalified to illustrate, discuss, and/or explain . Let's share your talents with the reading P!lblic and thereby help to foster a stronger "System of American Gym­nastics. "

Submit YO llr illustrations and articles to Gerald S. George, A thletic Department, Louisi­alla State Uni,'ersity, Baton RouRe, Louisiana 70803.

I!I FLOOR EXERCISE By Frank J. Fortier J. F. Kennedy Senior High

I n a previous iss ue (M Ci Jan. '70 , pg. 10) the "s peeder" forward handspring used in the for­ward handspring forward so mersault combina­tion was de sc ribed. The writer will pick up by exp loring the so-called "floater" forward hand­spring. Figure I illustrates five body positions during performa nce of the forward handspring as well as the hip angle (angle A) and the s houl­der angle (angle B) at initial hand place ment. Reference to Figure I is given in the following analysis of the forward handspring: FORWARD HANDSPRING (Floater type -See Figure I) I. Takeoff I. Rlln and prelilllinary approach . (Position I) Following a brisk preliminary run , the gymnast executes a s kip step. The trunk is fle xed for­ward, the head is held up , and the ex tended arms and hands reach down and forward to­ward the mat. Th e forward leg is fle xed as the rea r leg begins a backll'ard upward kick. The forward leg now extends causing the rear por­tion of the body to ri se. 2. Initial hand contact, (Position 2) As the hands contact the mat, the rear leg moves in line with the body and proceeds for­ward and upward. The transfe r of body weight from the legs to the ha nds is completed as the forward leg completes it s extension. The arms remain straight a nd the head is held up. 3. Initial rise. (Position 3) The legs are split and move forward and up­ward. The shoulders and hands extend as the body passes through a momentary handstand posi tion causing the bod y to ascend. II. Airborne I. Ascent. As the body ascends forward and upward the back arches. The legs begin to c lose and move forward and downward. The shoulders and legs are maximall y extended and the head is

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positioned be tween the arms. 2, Highest vertical pain/. (Position 4) The body s hould be fully arched with the legs together. The upward lift of the body has been expended and rotary motion occurs. 3. Descent The legs now proceed backward and down­ward under the body caus ing it to turn upright. The seve re back arch is s traightened in prepa­ration for the landing. III. Landin g (Position 5) As the feet contact the mat , the legs fle x abso rb­ing the landing impact. The body is extended , and the back is s traight. The arms move s light­ly late rally and overhead with the head still positioned betwee n them. The legs then extend the performer to a stand.

Some additional hints for an effective forward handspring:

I. Place the hands well in front of the body (at least three feet in front of the forward foot),

2. Hold the head up throughout the skill. 3. Kick the rear leg backward and upward. 4. The hip angle (angle A) should be approxi­

matel y 65 degrees,

5. The shoulder angle (angle B) should be 155 degrees or greater.

6. Keep the arms straight with the hands be­low the shoulders at takeoff.

7. Extend the shoulde rs backward and up­ward at takeoff.

8. Maintain an arched position during the airborne phase of the handspring,

9. The total travel distance (hands to foot landing) s hould be 3 Y2 to four feet.

BThe Side Horse By DON TONRY Gymnastics Coach, Yale University

Shown this month are the mechanics of three intermediate difficulty mounts on the side horse, Each mount is progress ivel y more difficult. (Drawings from Intermediate Side Horse Rou­tines Chart by Don Tonry , publis hed by Gym­nastic Aides Co. , Northridge , Mass.

mlTHE RING MACHINE By Pa ul Reichl Graduate Student at Illinois State University

Some four years ago the ass istant gymnastic coach at ISU , in his attempts to strengthen hi s ring men . des igned and constructed what he now calls the "Fantasy Machine." The coach is Ala n Weith and he is now the head coach at Illinoi s State. succeeding Dr. Wayne Truex after the 1969-70 season. There have been ma ny attempts to use a syste m of pulleys . ropes. a nd weights to help deve lop certain exercises for ring men. however, the se t-ups usuall y cost too much. took up too much space. or were just not justified in accordance to their use. Coach Weith. after studying a ll of the available infor­mation on past " ring machine s." began to de­sign his own set-up which would e limin a te man y of the old problems.

What he came up with was a sys te m of ropes, pu lleys. safety belt and ring cables which was not ve ry cost ly, took up little space , a nd most importantly, did the job like no other one had. The gy mnast is placed in the safety belt: ropes extend from each side of the belt up through two se ts of pulleys and back down to the straps of the rings . The space between the pulleys determines the amount of body weight tha t is decreased during the ring exercises. A lmost a ny trick or skill practiced on the act ual rings can be practiced safely and more easi ly on the "Fantasy Machine. " Because there is a re­duction of body weight, Coach Weith has di s­covered that the novice can practice sk ills and tricks that are out of his reach on the actual rings. The transfer of ski ll s has been excellent for not only the novice but the ski ll ed performer as well. The gymnast has to on ly be strapped into the "Fantasy Machine" to rea li ze all of the poss ibilities that exist for him.

Ma ny col lege coaches , high school coaches a nd gymnasts of every level have observed the "Fantasy Machine" in action and most of them agree with this reporter that Coach Weith 's design has made a significant contribution to a higher degree of excellence in still ring compet ition.

I3The Vault By FrankJ. Fortier J. F . Kennedy Senior High

V IRTUOSITY IN VAULT IN G

What can be done for the gymnast who se­lects a vau lt , practices conscientious ly and de­velops correct technical execution and yet finds his performance lacking? Perhaps he has overlooked one of the most vita l ingredients: virtuosity.

Virtuosity implies e legance, superior execu­tion , technical skill and more. A performa nce of high qua lity must be presented to achieve artistic excellence. I n addition to these things, the vaulter must " feel " his vault a nd transmit this sensitivity of performance to others. This is the essence of gymnastics in the creative realm. If the vaulter can successfully express his feelings to the a udience and effectively move them, he may approach the ult imate in perfor­mance : charisma.

Often in our drive to perfect more daring and difficult ski ll s the concept of virtuos ity s lips into obscurity . We fall victim to the misconcep­tion that in order to achieve a rtistic excellence, we must do something that is very difficult. Vir­tuosity can and should be incorporated into ev­ery vault whether it be a straddle or a twisting handspring. What can be done to begin the process of virtuosity deve lopment? Develop a sty le. By style , I refe r to a characteristic and distincti ve way of vaulting that you enjoy. This style may be somewhat limited due to variant physiological differences in individuals. But remember, a rt and virtuos it y can manifest them­selves in many pa ttern s and forms. Check the success of your style by actua l performance before a crowd. It may be beneficial if the au­dience includes gymnasts of varied abi lities. Ask them what they thought of your perfor­ma nce. If a majority were impressed, then stick with that style.

Next , work on technical ski ll s and execution. Figure out the body mechanics necessary to achieve technical excellence. Picture , in your mind 's eye, the vau lt performed perfectl y, then practice, practice, practice.

Blend the aggress iveness of your style with the finesse and elegance of execution and transmit this sensiti vity of the vault to others , and virtuosity will be yours.

9 Parallel Bars GERALD S. GEORGE Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

R e: Pa ra llel Bars - From a Ha ndstand Pos i­tion - CAST - to a S traight Arm Support Position Illustration A assu mes an extended ha nd­

sta nd pos ition with all body segment s in a di­rect stra ight-line re lationsh ip. The for-down­ward push against the bars depicted in Illu s tra­tion B serves to offse t the gravitational line to­wards the intended direction of movement.

As the body begins its pendulum descent , Illustrations C-D-E, observe the proportionate forward lean across the vert ical line. This lea n se rves to control the initial aspect of the de­scent. It is not until the leg-trunk unit ass umes a near horizontal position that the above- men­tioned s light forward lean is reversed to a de­gree that insures a controlled yet aggress;\'e descent. The previous illustrations , in add ition to Illust ration F-G-H , depict the bas ic tech­niques e mployed in the "early drop" cast ac­tion. The kinesthetic sensation , thus far, is most

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similar.to tha t of a Free Backward Hip C ircle on the Horizonta l Bar.

Upon transcending Illustrat ion H . note the s light hip angle decreme nt. Th is " foot-lead " action , in add ition to the s teadfas t for-down­ward pu sh aga in st the bars , afford s the gymnast the opportunit y to best employ a ll pote ntia l force spec ifically to the cast it self. The hip angle decrement will continue in direct proportion to the pendulum descent a nd wi ll terminate as a totall y decreased hip a ngle a t the exact bottom of the swing. Observe that the arm-trunk a ngle rema ins rela ti ve ly fixed as depic ted in illu stra­tion s H-/-J-K-L. The above actions se rve to pos ition the body we ll away from the point of s upport ... i. e ... . the ha nds , a condition neces­sary for a mecha nicall y effec ti ve " basket " ac­tion.

As the bqd y tra nscends Illustration L a nd a pproaches Illu st rat ion M . the gymnas t wi ll sense a " bottom ing effec t" in that the bars wi ll bow downward s lightl y and then reco il in stan­taneously as the body unit ri ses up the pendu­lum swing. It is a t thi s time that a most vigor­ous a nd continuous shoulder a nd hip angle in­crement s occur. Th e arm ac tion is most similar to "a throwi ng the bars away from a nd behind oneself ' as hard as possi ble. The hip a ngle con­tinues to increase until prescribing a forward­opening a ngle wit h the trunk.

Illustrations N-O-P relate the " throwing" action of th e a rms. Yet observe that the re is 110

aelllal I'o llllllary releases of the hand grasp. The hands should be torn free of the bars by

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Vol ume - Parall e l Bars Sect i on C - Ca sts

Number 2 - From a Hand s tand Pos iti on - CAS T -to a Strai ght Ar m Sup po r t Pos i tion

virtue of the afore me ntioned vigorous " throw­ing" action.

At Illu st ration Q. the body is a irborne and ri sing. Of prime importance is the fact that the re lease-regrasp mu st be instantaneous a nd forceful. Observe carefully the position of the tota l body unit re la ti ve to the bars it se lf. No­tice also the direction of the arm action rela­ti ve to the regrasp . . . i.e. , Illustration R .

Illustration 5 re lates a moment of truth in that the regrasp is characterized with stra ight arms a nd the s houlder region li es slightl y in front of the hands, a point rea li zed by a force­ful back-downwa rd push of the arms aga inst the ba rs . Thus , the body is in a mechanica ll y sound full forward swing position and prepared for any of the sequentia ll y re lated skill s .

Inl Horizontal Bar GERALD s. GEORGE Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

Re: Ho rizontal Bar - From a Free Eagle G iant Swing - HOP ONE-HALF T U RN (HOP PIRO UETTE) FORWARD - to an O vergrip Hands tand Position Illustrations A-8-C-D-£-F are omitted in

orde r that a more vivid prese nta tion of th e Hop One-Half Turn (Hop Pirouette) Forward can be rea li zed. The omitted illustrations , in

addition to Illu stra tions F-G-H are identical to the respecti ve illustra tions depicted in the basic Free Eagle (Dislocated) Giant Swing (re­fer to MG, February issue , 1969, page 20). Hence the mecha nics and techniques relative to each s kill a re thus far one and the same.

The potential force of the arched body posi­tion apparent in Illu stration H is released in order to fac ilitate the upward circula r swing. The gy mnast mLlst immediately follow up this action firs t by decreasing the shoulder a ngle s lightl y and then by decreasing the hip angle in direct proportion to the upward circular swing. Illustrations /-J-K progress into this " hip lead" position.

As the body begin s to approach the apex of the Llpward circular swing, Illustration L, the aforementioned decreased shoulder and hip a ngles begin to vigorous ly increase in a direct proportion wi th each other. Of prime impor­tance is the fact that the longitudinal weight of the body is maintained at the original median position throughout the entire Hop Pirouette. Such a consideration w ill se rve to faci lita te proper body a lignment upon completion of the Hop \12 Turn Forward.

Upon transcending Illustration L. the body will sense a feeling of weightless ness. almost as if one were being pulled above the bar. It is during thi s feeling of weightlessness that the eagle grip handgrasp is released leaving the gy m­nast mome ntarily airborne. Careful observa­tion revea ls that both the Hop a nd the \12 Turn are initia ted , executed and completed before

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Volume 1 - Horbontal Bar Section B - Chanses in Direotion Above the Bar

Number 6 - Fl-OII a Free Easle Giant Svins _ HOP ONE-HALF TURN (HOP PIROE:ITE) FORWARD - to an Oversrip Handstand Position

TUMBLING TOPICS by DI C K CRILEY

Cartoon used with permission of the Saturday Evening Post.

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9. Back handspring, "Arabian" front somersault. (pike or tuck position. A + C difficulty). I n contras t with the twisting somersault (see previous arti cle on back so mersault wi th twist) . the move combines a different twist and so me rsault with some of the same principl es of snap-down and lift-off. Onl y half a twi st is required : this means killing longitudinal rotation with the arms and bending of the body, but delayed sufficiently to allow attainment of the height initia ted by the snap-down and lift-off. While the purpose of these sequences is to show just this portion of

the body transce nds th e upper ve rtica l. Illu strations M-N-O-P de pict the Hop Y2 Turn

Forward in ac tio n. T he ac tual Y2 T urn is in i­ti ated s lightl y befo re the afo rementioned in­creas ing hip and s houlder angles presc ribe a direct straight-line rela tionship with each oth er. T he nature of such initi ati on is so minute that it is not revealed by means of a right-angle view pi ctorial analys is.

Illustration M depicts th e body airborne. ready to regras p the bar with the oncoming pi vot hand . The pi vot hand , now in an unde r­grip pos iti on, crosses the median as pect of the bod y's longitudinal ax is and regras ps the bar at that point previously occupied by the other hand . Thi s considerati on will in sure proper body alignment upon co mpletion of the H op Y2 Turn Forward .

It is impo rt ant to conce ive of the " hop" such that the gy mnas t must reach downward in order to regrasp the bar. Thi s infers that the act ion of the release-regrasp occ urs during the afore ment ioned mome nt of weightlessness. Such a concept will e nhance as thetic fluidit y.

Illu strations N-O prese nt the regras ped pi vot hand exe rting a vigorous fo r-upward push aga inst the bar. Thi s will help to avo id the co m­mon tendency of turning aft e r the body tra ns­cends the upper vertica l.

A fin al point is that the Hop Y2 Turn mu st be ex ecuted as a singl e ac tion. The entire motion must be instantaneous and coo rdinated w ith respect to the tota l body unit. Illustration P relates thi s moment of truth in that a ll body seg­ments presc ri be a direct straight -line relati o n­ship with each oth er.

Hav ing co mpl eted the Hop Pirouette slightl y befo re the body transcends the upper ve rti cal will help to insure greater conti nuit y re lati ve to the sequentia lly related sk ills . it 's rea ll y the onl y way to fl y ....

Photos used by per miss ion of Allyn & Bocon, Inc.

the move, the somersault ac tion is initia ted much as in a di ve. with the hips ri sing a nd rot ating over the head and shoulders. Earl y attempts at thi s move will oft en be low because the tumbler will omit the delay or stall to ga in height and will throw his head under to initi ate th e somersault as soon as he fee ls he has co m­pl eted the half turn . Take time to get the proper lift and do not hurry the head and arms around in the twist.

Next. "Arabian" dive roll.

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The Pasadena National Invitational Gymnastics Meet

April 18, 1970 by Sokodo & Sund by

L ike a fin e w ine . .I erry T odd 's Pasadena Na­ti o nal Inv itati onal see ms to improve w ith age as w itn essed by ove r 1.500 chee ring fans. Asse m­bled fro m all over the co untry were 40 o f the fin es t gymnas t s available. T he mos t o ut stand­ing o f these proved to be Yoshi H ayasa ki f ro m Japan by way of the U ni ve rsit y of W as hington . H ayasa ki is thi s yea r 's NC AA all-around cham­p io n. and he capti va ted th e full ho use as he won the parall e l ba r. ring and all-aro und eve nt s. Hi s prec isio n and tec hniqu e of exec utio n we re en­j oyed by all as attes ted to by the tumultuo us app lause at th e end as we ll as the " oohs" and "ahs" during eac h o f hi s ro utines.

A no ther o ut standing j ob was do ne by Whitey A nson or Ca l State-Full ert o n o n the side horse as hi s beautiful form and contro l edged out for­m er champion D ennis Ram sey. w ho exce lled in diffic ult y but had many small fo rm brea ks.

The meet start ed o tT w ith a bang as Tom Pro ul x o f Colorado State de fended hi s noor exe rc ise titl e during w hich he di splayed his un­equaled do ub le back and high-cont ro ll ed tum­b ling. T o m was 197 0 N CAA champi on in thi s eve nt.

D o ug Boge r o f A ri zona. thi s year 's NCAA lo ng hor se champio n. won thi s eve nt w ith an exce ll ent full tw isting handspring.

T he ring eve nt was a little upse tting as Steve R ochell e o f Stanfo rd landed on his bac k w hile attempting his double n yaway . and the res t o f the ring perfo rmers held bac k on their di s-mo unt s. Steve Hug

T o say that the hori zont al bar w as fa ntas ti c would be an understa tement as Juan Sanchez o f San F ern ando Valley State did his all -time best routine to score 9.5 as he ended w ith a do uble th at was 10 fee t above t~ e bar and stuc k w itho ut a wobble. H is complicated turns into hi s stald er s we re tremendo us.

Results All-Around: Yoshi Hoyosoki, 54.7: Steve Hug, 53.3: George Greenfield, 52.7: Minoru Morioski, 51.6.

Event Results FX : Tom Proulx, Colorodo Sto te, 9.45: Doug Boger, Ari­zona, 9.2: George Greenfield, Ca l, 9. 15: Richord Poscole (Unott.), 9.1 : Louis Moreno, LA Stote, 8.95. SH: Whitey Anson, Ful lerton, 9.35: Dennis Ramsey, BYU, 9.3: Steve Hug (Unatt.), 92: Daryll Mi ller, BYU, 9. 15: Dan Uyeda, UCLA, 9.15. R: Yoshi Hayosaki, Washington, 9.4: Barney Peters, PCe. 9.1 5: Steve Hug, 9.0: Dick Hammers, Coloro­do, 8.75 : Steve Rochelle, Stanford, 8.7. LH: Doug Boger, 9.3: George Greenfield, 9.15: Minoru Morisaki, Ca l, 9.15: Tom Proulx, 9.0: Yosh i Hoyosoki, 8.9. PB: Yoshi Hoyosaki , 9.4: Steve Hug, 9.2: Juan Sanchez, San Fernondo Vol ley, 9.0: Minoru Mori saki, 8.95. HB: Juan Sanchez, 9.5: Mork Davis, So. II I. , 9.3: Minoru Morisaki, 9.3: Steve Hug, 9.25: Yoshi Hayasaki, 9.2. Yoshi Hayasaki

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Juan Sanchez Photo by Richard Dgner Doug Boger

Don Uyeda Richard Pascale

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SUGGESTED GUIDE LINES AND MATERIALS FOR GENERAL WARM -UP FOR GYMNASTICS

By J osep h Toth. Ed.D . A rnold College Di vision U ni versit y of Bridgeport

!I/ trodllctioll : Success in co mpetiti ve gy mnas ti cs depends

in large meas ure upon the tra ining progra m fo llowed. A good progra m takes into cons ide r­a tion a number of factors : na mel y. a bilit y of the gy mnas t (motor a nd me ntal) . frequenc y a nd th e time of hi s training. th e kind of in struction he rece ives. ava il abl e faciliti es . lengt h of co m­pet iti ve seaso n. diet. res t. da il y li ~in g hab it s . geographical a rea . location of his tra ining (t his is espec iall y import ant in the U.S.A.) a nd th e na ture of the co mpe titor. Des pite s imil a riti es a mo ng gymnas ts. th ere a re w ides pread diffe r­e nces betwee n th e m. Beca use of these differ­e nces . th ere is no single training program whic h ca n be adopted by a ll gy mnasts: a lthough a ge nera l pa tt e rn mu st be modifi ed to ide ntify indi vidua l diffe rences. Despit e recommenda­tions by experie nced coac hes and th e ava il ab le tec hni ca l literature in gy mnas tics . the ult imate res pon sibilit y of an effecti ve t ra ining program res ts w ith the coac hes a nd the gy mnas t himse lf.

T he formulation and modifica tio n of a gy m­nas ti c training program of eve ry coach de ma nds a knowledge of human anato my a nd ph ys iology . mec hanica l kines iology, technical execution of prese ntl y known move me nt s. te rminology a nd rules of gy mnas ti cs beyond the scope of th e gy mnast. Furthermore. a ny coac h who wi shes to be s uccessful must devote much of hi s time and ene rgy fo r acquiring the necessary know­ledge of the deve lopme nt of motor co mponent s esse ntia l in the pe rfo rmance in th e pe rformance of gy mnastics.

The progress ive digestio n of the lit e rature ava il a ble in gy mnas ti cs a nd the increased de­ma nd for the inc lu sion of the s port in the a th ­let ic programs of o ur schoo ls and co ll eges has resulted in a wo rld wide recognition of th e grow th a nd develop ment of A merican gy m­nasti cs.

A ltho ugh there is a considerable body of knowledge in gy mnasti cs, informa tion is limit ed conce rning the problem of "General Warm-up and it s exerc ise mate ri a l prior to performing gy mnast ics. T he refo re . the purpose of thi s a rti c le is to d iscusss guide lines a nd exe rci se materia ls for general warm-up in gy mnas tics for men.

Afte r examining the methods a nd material s used by the lead ing natio ns for general wa rm-up in gy mnas ti cs. such as: J apan. Ru ss ia . Eas t Ge rma ny. U.S .A .. CSS R, Po land , Yugoslav ia and Hungary. thi s writer wishes to present in Pa rt I. "The Purpose of General Warm-up and it s Exe rcise l'vlaterial.· ' I n Pa rt " .. th e writ e r will ide ntify and di scuss " Guide Lines " necessa ry for the coac h and for the gy mnas t co ncerning gene ra l warm-up. I n co nclusion . Pa rt III. , the readers will have th e o pportu nit y to s tud y a li s t of exercises . illustra ted w ith stick figures . in o rder to observe the guide lines and mat eri a ls prese nted in Pa rt I a nd II in a se ri es of exe rc ise form s.

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Part I. PlIrpose q/, Gell eral Warm-lip alld its Exercise Material

The purpose of ge ne ra l warm-up is to pre­pare the bod y fo r more strenuo us work by increasing c ircu lation a nd body temperature . moving th e joint s through their full range of motio n progress ive ly. a nd stretching the sys­te mati ca ll y se lec ted mu scle gro ups slowly. in­c reas ing both th e amount of res ista nce a nd the number of repetitions. Ge nera l warm-up in­cludes the fo llowing exe rcise mate ri a l:

A. Walking, running, s kipping and ho pping. B. Cali s the nics. Walking a nd running a t differe nt te mpos

a re th e two best exercises for increasing the work load of the ci rculato ry a nd res piratory sys te ms. in orde r to put th e bod y from a rest ing sta te into a prolonged wo rk sta te.

Th e ca li s the nics exe rc ise will inc rease the work capac it y of the sys te maticall y selected mu sc le group a nd will insure the range of mo­ti on of the joint s necessary to perform spec ifi c gy mnas tic move ment s. The cal isth enics should be se lec ted from a gro up of e xe rc ises w hich a re easy a nd can be executed w ithout " tiring" out the mu scl es . The exe rcise se lec ted should work on th e following muscle gro ups a nd joints :

I. lower ex tremities 1 uppe r ex tremi ti es 3. trunk. inc luding fro nt a nd back , left a nd

ri ght. with s tre tc hing. tw is ting. a nd circling motio n

4. combina tion of th e above three mu scle groups and joint s

Th e refore . one ca n say that in gene ra l warm­up . w he n the exe rci ses are carefull y selected , the TOTAL' bod y and it s part s will be e xer­cised. Part II. G lI idelil/ eslor G e/I era I Warm-lip:

A. T he se lected mu sc le or mu sc le group and joint s mu st be exe rci sed progress ivel y with a minimum of repe titi on of eight and a max imum of sixteen counts.

B. The le ngth of the warm-up should be sc hedul ed in o rd er to keep the following fac to rs in mind: I. Age of th e gy mnasts 2. Abi lit y of th e gy mnas ts 3. Leve l of pelformance (beginning. ad­

vanced. e tc. ) 4. The event which will follow th e warm­

up (parallel ba rs . s ide ho rse, e tc .) 5. Tempera ture of the gy mnasi um or out­

of-door gymnas ium 6. The time of the day (morning, ea rl y

afte rnoo n o r eve ning) C. Th e se lec ted muscle or muscle group

a nd joint s s hould be worked alte rna te ly as fo llows: exercised: res ted and exe r­c ised aga in: or stre tched : res ted a nd stretched agai n. The omi ss ion of any mu scle group may lead to uncontroll ed move me nts and increase the poss ibility fo r injury.

D. The exerci se mu st be se lected for using the muscles or joint s in eve ry possible direc tion whic h is a na tomicall y sound a nd kines iologica ll y poss ibl e. Both the coach a nd gy mnast s ho uld use several diffe rent types of exe rci ses in a number of va ri­a tio ns. Th e so-ca lled " Stereotype" exer­c ise, or doing th e same thing over and over every day, such as the we ll-known jumping jacks, s it -ups, squat thru sts, pu sh-ups, etc., will not meet the require me nt of your gene ra l wa rm-up for gy mnas tics.

E. During wa rm-up th e gymnast should not s top for unnecessary reasons or pau se a ny lo nge r than 30-60 seconds be tween two exe rcises . Na turall y, w ith the younge r and w he n the exe rci se se ri es is new, you need the a bove time. A lso , w he n injury is like ly, both the gy mnas t and the coach must obey

the time limit. A lso. the exercise s hould be sa ti sfactory not onl y for warm-up but for the re hab ilita tion of the injured part of the gy mnas t.

F. Warm-up can be performed in a group or indi vidua ll y. It can be led by the coac h or by one of the o lder gy mnasts. Team warm­up. especiall y favo red among European gy mnas ts. is performed both before com­petition a nd during the ir workout s. Regard­less of w hich me thod is employed , the coach should a lways be the person who will se lect the exe rci se to be used for gen­eral warm-up.

G . The effec t of any warm-up mainl y de­pe nds on the executio n of eac h of the se­lec ted exe rc ises. The refore , it is importan t to execut e them according to their full es t move me nt pattern. Exercise executed w ith " supe rficia l spirit " will not reach the ulti­mate goa l which is " the preparation of the bod y for prolonged work. "

H. The tempo of eac h exerci se should begin s lowly and afte r 3 - 4 repetitions o ne may increase the te mpo of hi s exe rcise.

I. Ph ys iologicall y, the result of general warm-up lasts onl y about 8 - 10 minutes. Therefore, after thi s ti me , if the gymnast w ill not start hi s " specia l" workouts , or compete, it is advisable to do some li ght stretching, hopping a nd arm circling move­ments in order to avo id the " cooling-off ' pe riod.

J. The use of a warm-up suit is highl y recomme nded. Th e warm-up suit s a re practical and wi ll keep the muscles under equa l te mperature for a longe r time th an w he n not used. Re member, the warm-up suit s are des igned to se rve as a " the rmo­stat " fo r the body a nd a re not made for s howing only the color of your club or school.

Pa rt III . List oIExercisesfor Gel/eral Warm-lip The se lec ted warm-up exe rcises sho uld be

different in their effec t and exec ution. About 12- 16 exe rci ses are sati sfacto ry for gene ral warm-up and will have positi ve ph ys iological effect on the muscles and joints in order to continue to work on special gy mnast ic mo ve­ments .

The suggested order for the execution of the exe rcises for ge ne ral wa rm-up should be as follows:

1 Running, hopping. skipping 2. Jumping in place 3. Arm pulling· stretching kicking exe rcises 4. Trunk bending exercises forward 5. l eg swinging exercises forward 6. Trunk bending exercises backward 7. Trunk rotat ing and twist ing exercises combined w ith

arm swinging 8. l eg·swinging exercises backward 9. Trunk·bending exercises sideways

10. Combined exercises of trunk, legs and arms 11 . Knee exercises 12. Combination of leg (circl ing) swinging exercises side·

ways 13. Support exercises 14. Abdominal exercises 15. Exercises with special att enti on to all the bock muscles 16. Arm and leg exercises

Examples of "warm-up " exerci ses. Exercise: No. I For the Beginner Gymnast

No.2 For the Intermediate Gymnast

NO.3 For the Elite Gymnast

REFERENCES I. Forstreuter, Hans, Gymnastik (Kerperschule ohne Gero t), Frank­

furt , Main, Wilhelm limpert·Veriag. 1959. 2. Kerezsi, Endre Terna I. Budapest, T ankanyvkiade, 1954. 3. Kunzle, G. c.. and Thamas, B. W., Olympic Gymnastics, Freestanding

London: James Barrie, 1956. 4. Ricci . Benjamin, Physiological Basis of Human Performance, Philadel·

phia, lea & Febiger, 1967. 5. Guy!an, Arthur, "Textbook of Medical Physiology. " Philadelphia ,

W. B. Saunders Ca., 1968.

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NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Lowell Technologica l Ins!.

Host : Dick Aronson March 14, 1970

The 1970 New England Collegiate Gym­nastics Championships were held at Low­ell Technological Institute, Lowell, Moss., on Saturday, March 14, 1970. Entries were received from 15 colleges and uni­versities in the NE area which attests to the growing interest in collegiate gym­t ics, not only from the major schools, such as, Springfield, UMass and Southern Conn State but individual entries from Harvard and Boston Un ivers ity.

The meet opened at I I am with pre­liminaries in all events except trampoline, and was until the final competitor on the horizontal bar that the team competition was decided in the Open Division. Spring­field College scored high on the bar to toke the title in their division and give the Chiefs ano ther title to go with their Eastern League tit le. Qui te a yea r for Spri ngfield.

The finals drew over 1,000 persons to witness Jim Yea rwood of Southern Conn SC do a fa ntastic rou t ine on the side horse to give him a score of 9.65. Jim drew a standing ova t ion from the crowd for his very excellent work. Then John Crosby opened wi th a double bock sai to in floor exercise to win that event, and Tony Vacca threw a double twisting salta off the high bar to toke a well-deserved second.

This yea r the meet hod two divisions, wi th Springfield winning the Open Division and Dar tmouth College taking honors in the College Division. Host school Lowell Tech , with Dick Aronson as meet direc­tor, hod a pleasant surpr ise when Low­ell's Dorrell Gallant placed sixth in the college division all around. This was the f irs t time a Lowell gymnast hod won a medal in any competition.

Judges: D'Autorio, Tom Steeves, Ted Steeves, Meyer, Ost rander, Tadord, Mas­simo, Ross, Hanscom.

The 1971 championships are slated for Bos ton State College under the direc t ion of Joe Dorsey.

RESULTS OF INDIVIDUAL FINALS Floor Exercise 1. John Crosby, SCSC 2. Jeff Wiles. SC 3. Tony Vacca, UM 4. Tony Tamburri, SCSC 5. Mike Kasovono, UM 5. John Calabria, UM Side Horse I. Jim Yearwood, SCSC 2. Mike Shay, SCSC 3. Rick Riley, UM 4. John Crosby, SCSC 5. Norm Vexler, UM 6. Andy Wohtero, SC Rings 1. Chuck Shiebler, SC 2. Jim Amerine, SCSC 2. Norm Vexler. UM 4. Dove Ellis, SC 5. Tom Hofer. MIT 6. Paul Briggs. SC Trampoline 1. Paul Stevens. SCSC 2. Mike Kosovana . UM 3. Doug Nielsen. SC 4. Bob Fletcher. SC 5. Henry Anderson, l TI 5. Dorrell Gallant, l TI

9.15 8.975 B.875 8.825

8.80 8.80

9.60 8.90

8.875 8.75 8.55 8.50

9.30 8.925 8.925 8.725

8.35 8.30 .

8.75 8.40 8.35 . 8.30 5.25 5.25

long Ho rse 1. Jeff Wiles, SC 2. Mike Provencher. SC 2. Ed Doll i, SC 4. John Crosby, SCSC 5. SCOII Stover. UM 5. Jeff Rogers. Dartmouth Parall el Bars

I . Jim Amerine. sese 2. Mike Provencher, SC 3. Tony Vacca, UM 4. Steve Cory, UM 5. Chuck Shiebler, SC 6. Norm Vexler, UM Horizontal Bar 1. Jim Amerine, SCSC 2. Tony Vacca, UM 3. Jeff Wiles, SC 4. Tom Myslicki. UM 5. SCali Stover, UM 6. John Crosby, SCSC OPEN DIVI SION TEAM RESULTS I . Springfield College 2. Univ. of Mo ss. 3. Southern Conn SC COllEGE DIVI SION TEAM RESUlTS 1. Dartmouth 2. MIT 3. Boston Stole 4. ( oosl Guard 5. lowell Tech 6. Univ. of NH 7. Newton JC 8. Univ. of Vermont OPEN DIVISION ALL-AROUND RESUlTS l. Jim Amerine. 50 Conn 2. John Crosby, So Conn 3. Jeff Wiles, SC 4. Norman Vexler. UMass 5. T any Vacca, UMass 6. Dove Ellis, SC COLLEGE DIVISION ALL-AROUND RESULTS 1. Tom Weig le. Dartmouth 2. Dick Hood, MIT 3. Dave Leong. Boston State 4. Dove Montoni, BasIon SI 5. Jeff Rogers, Dortmoulh 6. Dorrell Gallonl, lowell Tech

9.175 9.1 t5 9.1 t 5 9.025 8.825 B.825

9.t5 9.075

8.BO B.65

B.575 8.50

9.20 9.125 8.975 8.90 8.85 8.30

156.45 t55.70 155.20

126.80 119.80 110.50 92.15 84.25 68.35 41.45 35.85

52.30 52.25 52.05 50.75 47.90 42.95

42.20 3B.45 36.50 32.B5 32.80 30.90

43RO ANNUAL EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Syracuse University March 5, 6, 7. t970 Host: Paul Romeo

Temple's Pete DiFurio notched a place in hislory for himself as he become only the second gymnast to win the Eastern In­tercollegiate league all around in the post 19 years other than a gymnast from Penn State. A Penn State gymnast has won the AA title 16 times in the post 19 years.

And, thanks largely to the talents of . DiFurio, Temple University was able to up­

set Penn State (any t ime Penn loses it's on upset) for the team title to advance to the NCAA fina ls. Pete won the AA and qua lified for the na t ionals on SR, PB and HB.

Team Scores

1. Temple 2. Penn State 3. Moss. 4. Navy 5. Army 6. Syracuse All Around 1. DiFurio, Tem 2. Avener, PS 3. Clemmer, Tem 4. Mackey, N

RESUlTS

5. D. Swetmon, PS Floor Exercise 1. R. Li nd, Tem 1 L. Meek, Pitt 3. DiFurio, Tem 4. Clemmer, Tem 5. Cen is, Sp

Side Horse 1 . Joy Long, Tem 2. Bob Mackey, N 3. M. Avener, PS 4. DiFurio, Tem 5. DeStefano, Sy Still Rings 1. Scott Bresler, P.S. 2. Chuck Shiebler, Sp 3. Pete DiFurio, em 4. George Stalter, Sy 5. Ron Clemmer, Tem

163.30 163.20 -152.60 152.10 130.45

54.35

106.25 102.35 100.95 100.85 100.20

18.25 18.25 17.B2 17.62 17.27

17.92 17.77 17.62 17.55 17.35

1 B.15 18.07 1 B.05 1 B.OO 17.25

Long Horse I . Jim Corrigan, PS 2. Ron Clemmer, Tem 3. Marshall Avener, PS 4. Tom Clark, PS 5. Steve Cory, Moss Parallel Bars 1. Pete DiFurio, Tem 2. Marshall Avener, PS 3. Ron Clemmer, Tem 4. Tom Dunn, PS 5. Dick Swetmon, PS High Bar 1 . Pete DiFurio, Tem 2. Ron Clemmer, Tem 3. Marshall Avener, PS 4. Dick Swetmon, PS 5. John Senor, Army

18.B5 18.30 1 B.17 18.12 17.B5

1 B.27 1807 1 B.05 17.67 17.62

18.47 17.B7 17.37 17.30 16.85

Big Ten Championsh ip Host : Pat Bird

The University of Minnesota in Minne­apolis was the scene of the 62nd Annual Big Ten Conference Gymnastics Champi­onships held March 6-7, 1970.

Eight schools part icipated in the meet which sow the University of Michigan toke team honors wi th a 161.95 score.

Compulsory and optiona l rou tines we re performed in the two-day meet and de­fendi ng Big Ten Champion Rick McCurdy won the All-Around champipnship with a 99.20 score.

Judges: Leinert , Hoecherl, Muzyczko, Bortz, Murray, Landers, Lascari, Piper, Whi te, Coco, Brpwn.

RESUlT~ All -Around Championships

I . Rick McCurdy, Mich. .. ....... 99.20 2. Rich Scorza, Iowa . .. ............. 93.85 3. Sid Jensen, Mich. .. ..... 93.70 4. Bruce TrOll, Ohio ......... ..... __ ....... 93.60 5. Ed Raymond, III. . 87.70 6. Bob Swenick, ill. ............... . __ .. .. .. . 83.25

Floor Exercise I. Barry Sioiten, Iowa ............ __ ...... 8.8625 2. lorry Bulls, III. ... 8.6625 3. Rick Blesi, Minn. 8.525 4. Rich Muroholo, Mich. 51. . 8.45 5. Bill Mackie, Mich. . .. .......... 8.4375 6. Rick McCurdy, Mich. B.35

Side Horse 1. Ken Liehr. Iowa . 2. Ken Barr, III. . 3. John Russo. Wisc . . 4. Dick Kaziny. Mich .. 5. Russ Fystrim. Minn .. 6. Roy Guko, Mich. 7. Charlie Marse. Mich. State .

9.35 .. 9.3375

9.t 25 9.075

. . 8.675 8.25

.... _. 7.825

High Bar 1 Rich Scorza. Iowa . 2. Ted Marti, Mich ............. .. . _ .. ..

9.15 9.1

.. . 9.025 .. ..... 8.925

8.70 ..... .. 8.5125

3. Phi l Farnam. Iowa .. 4. Rick McC urdy, Mich. 5. Ed Howard, Mich. 6. Frank Harris. Minn .. ..

Vaulting I. Rich Scorza, Iowa . . .... 9.025 2. Sid Jensen, Mich. . . B.B5 3. Barry Siollen, Iowa .. . ..... 8.8375 4. George Hunlzicker, Mich .................. 8.775 5. Mike Taffe, Ind. 8.7 6. Rich Murohato, Mich. Stole. 8.475

Rings I. Don Repp, Iowa . 2. Sid Jensen. Mich .. 3. Chuck Earle, Ind .. 4. Fred Kueffer, Minn . . 5. Dave Lan try. Wisc. 6. Dick Nyborg, Wise

Parallel Bars

....... B.B75 ...... 8.8125

..... ......... B.6875 . ...... 8.6375

... B.6125 ......... 8.5875

I. Ron Rapper, Mich. 9.025 2. Sid Jensen, Mich. . 8.B75 3. Gene Kolin, III. . . 8.700 4. Charlie Morse, Mich. State ............. 8.5625 5. Gene Coyle, Ind. ... 8.525 6. Murray Plotkin, Mich ..................... 8.1375

TEAM STANDINGS

Score- . I . Michigan - I 6 t .05 2. Iowa - I 55.70 3. illinois - I 49.45 4. Michigan Siale - 152.30 5. Minnesota - 148.05 6. Indiana - 146.30 7. Wiscpnsin - 139.50 8. Ohio Stole - t 37.55

Points 15 12 I I 9 .. 7 5 3 2

GEORGIA GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS

Gainesville Junior College March 28, 1970

Host : Martin Huckabee For the first time the GGA invitational

championships have been held some­where other than at Georg ia Tech.

Highlighting this fine occasion was the special presentation of a commemora­tive award to Lyle Welser. Mr. Lee Cun­ningham, University of Georgia gymnas­lics coach, mode a spec ial presen tat ion 10 Coach Lyle Welser, Georgia Tech, for over 40 years' service to the sport of gymnastics. A crowd of over 300 gave him a standing ovat ion. The presentat ion was mode in behalf of the Georgia Gym­nastics Association.

RESULTS Team Scores I . Univ. Georgia 2 Gordon High School 3. Georgia Tech 4. Goinesville J.c. 5. Rockingham CC All Around I. Reggie Holliday, Go 2 Fred Cochron, Unoll 3. Marvin Lyons. Unatt 4. Ron Downton, Cordon ) . Martm Longe, Unott Floor Exerci se I . F. Cochran, Unoll 2. R. Murphree, Go 3. F. lovelace. Go. T. Side Horse I. R. Murphree, Go 2. R. Holliday, Go 3. D. Davis, Unolt Still Rings I. D. Peters, Go 2. M. Bishop, Unoll 3. C. Peebles, Ga.1. Long Horse t . D. Burkill, Go. H . 2. R. Holliday, Gz 3. F. Cochran, Unolt Parallel Bars I. C. Presley, Gz 2. M. Bishop, Unoll 3. J. Wisehor1, Go High Bar I . D. Peters, Go 2 F. Cochron, Unoll 3. M. Raines, Unott

WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

WILLIAMS FIELDHOUSE Platteville State University

March 13, 14, 1970

t 21.37 78.30 73.82 33.85 6.10

39.37 38.62 35.07 34.22 34.20

15.65 14.95 14.90

1325 t 2.65 t 1.90

15.90 t4.65 t 4.45

16.62 16.55 16.40

14.15 14.05 t 3.B5

t 5.20 t 5.00 14.90

For t he seventh consecut ive yea r, La Crosse Sta te Unive rsity dominated the WSUC and won the Conference Tit le. La Crosse has built on outstanding team and has produced some of the top gymnast s in the notion. For the second year, Stout State gave La Crosse all they could hon-

- die, but La Crosse hod plenty of depth in each event to give them the edge.

TEAM STANDINGS t . lo Crosse Slate t 35.45 2. Stoul Stole 132.55 3. Oshkosh Stole t 11.05 4. Plolleville State 108.65 5. Eou Claire 103.05 6. 51 evens Point t01.95 7. Whilewoler 96.75 B. Superior 79.60 AA: Bill l iebich, Stout, 43.60, Craig 50S, Stout, . 42.35, Steve Scholz, lo Crosse 40.60. FX: Steve Berger, lo Crosse 8.7, Bililiebich, Sioul 8.625: Mark Von Colligan, l o Crosse 8.025. SH : Eric Johnson, La Crosse 8.4; Chr is Shaw, La Crosse 8.05: Craig 50S, Siout 7.125 . SR , Tim Kruse, Stoul, B.025: Mike Zissmon, Stoul, 7.875, John Kouba, Oshkosh 7.725. LH , Don Woodward, lo Crosse 8.65, Sieve Ber­ger, la Crosse B.6: Bili liebich 8.425. PB : Bill l iebich, 51 out, 7.725: Charles Smith, lo Crosse 7.725, Craig 50S, Stout 7.625. HB : Pele lologgio, Siout B.5: Mike Edwards, Plolleville, 8.25: Rolph Druecke, lo Crosse 8.1.

BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Kansas State University

March 20-21 , 1970 With Brent Simmons leading the way

Iowa State University again captured the Big 8 conference gymnast ics champion­ships and led the Big B with quali f iers to the NCAA fi nals.

Progress, however, is cotching up with ISU as the rest of the conference is get-

ting better and better each year. ISU is better, too, but so is Kansas State, Kan- . sa s, and Oklahoma. The best ind ication of thi s is in the fact that Ken Snow of KSU won the FX with a score of 19.00 (that's a 9.5 overage) and finished second in the AA with 106.90, and Kirk Gardner of KU captured the SR wi th 1 8. 550.

RESULTS Team Standings 1. Iowa Stole 2. Kansas Sf 3. Kansas 4. Oklahoma 5. Nebraska 6. Colorado All Around I . Bren t Simmons, ISU 2. Ken Snow, KS 3. Dove Butzmon, ISU 4. Dave Mowhorter, KS 5. John Brouillelle, K Floor Exercise 1. Ken Snow, KSU 2. Rick Simmons, ISU 3. Brent Simmons, ISU 4. Dove Butzman, ISU 5: Jim Stephenson, ISU Side Horse I . Russ Hoffman. ISU 2. Doug Peak. ISU 3 Rich Schubert. KU 4. John Howland. KSU 5. Brent Simmons, ISU Still Rings 1. Kirk Gardner, KU 2. Dove Bulzman, ISU 3. Ken Snow, KSU 4. Dennis Mazur, ISU 5. Dick Rainer, OU Long Horse 1. Brent Simmons. ISU 2. Lincy Buck. ISU 3. Dove Butzmon, ISU 4. Dove Mowhorter, KSU 5. Stew Buck. ISU Parallel Bars 1. Dove Butzmon, ISU 2. Dennis Mozur, ISU 3. Brent Simmons. ISU 4. Jim Hohonnesen, OU 5. Ken Snow, KSU High Bar 1 Brent Simmons. ISU 2. Gerold Corley, KU 3. Ken Snow, KSU 4. Dove Bulzman, ISU 5. DennIS Mazur, ISU

165.55 159.05 156.15 153.45 138.10 115.45

108.15 106.90 104.50 91.75 89.95

19.00 18.70 18.40 18.20 17.95

18.90 18.37 18.00 17.80 17.72

18.55 18.45 18.27 17.85 17.85

18.47 18.45 18.12 18.07 18.05

18.52 18.50 18.37 18.32 17.82

18.85 18.57 18.25 18.12 17.72

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hos!: Rusty Mitchell In spite of on impromptu snowstorm

on appreciatively large audience sow on evening full of excellent gymnastics in the fina ls of the WAC conference gym­nastics championships March 26 27 28 1970. The finals were held in the ~pa~iou; Lobo fieldhouse on t he campus of the University of New Mexico.

With the compulsory exercises re­qUired of all competitors wishing to qualify for the nationals, the WAC coach­es agreed to have them count in the team totals also. Thi s brought about a rather deceptively low scoring meet on Thursday, With only the University of New Mexico sconng over 1 50.00. As a result NM built up a commanding lead in the compulso­nes, and the team bottle was over.

In the individual finals, however, it was a different story. The WAC is now quite obViously one of the top leagues in the country. With Tom Proulx (double bock In FX), Stormy Eaton and Ooug Boger in FX; Darryl Miller on SH; Seymour Rifkind, Scott Whittaker and Raleigh Wilson on SR; Doug. Boger, Proulx and Dono Shelley on LH ; R,fk,nd, Sergio Luna and Charzuk on PB; Bob Manno, John Aitken Ken Thompson and Tom Proulx on HB, the league Will be wel l represented in Phila­delphia. Judges: Jerry Wright, Bob Fisher, Bob Smith, Buzz Clark, Jim Gilbert Hal Frey, Dick Schilling, Harvey Plant. '

RESULTS Team Scoring

I. U. New Mexico Dptionals Combined

159.65 312.65 2. Colorado SI. 154.15 294.10 3. BYU 153.60 293.90 4. Arizona St . 150.05 279.95 5. Utah 150.15 272.95 6. Arizona 142. 75 266.70

All Around 1. Dove Ropp, UNM 2 Tom Proulx, CSU 3 John Hughes. BYU 4. Don Ferre, BYU 5. Roger Holdeman, UU Still Rin gs I . Seymour Rifkind, NM 2 SCali Whilloker. A 3. Raleigh Wilson. BYU 4 John Hughes, YU 5. Dove Ropp, UNM High Bar 1 John Ait ken, NM 2. Bob Manno, NM 3. Ken Thompson, CSU 3. Tom Proulx. CSU 5. John Hughes. BYU Floor Exe rci se 1. Siormy Eolon 2 Tom Proulx 3. Doug Boger, A 4. Dono Shelley, NM 5. Brion Scott, AS Long Horse 1. Doug Boger. A 2 Tom Proulx, CSU 3. Dono Shelley, NM 4. Kerry CossulO, AS 5. Don Ryan, AS Side Horse 1. D. Miller, BYU 2 Dennis Jones. U 3. Mark Hopkins. NM 4. Rich Borgman, CSU 5. John Chorzuk, NM Parallel Bars 1. Seymour Ri fkind, NM 2 Sergio Lund. UU 3. John Chorzuk, NM 4. Ken Thompson, CSU 4. Dove Ropp, NM 4. Don Ferre. BYU

1970 Pacific 8 Conference Meet Host: Eric Hughes

98.05 95.05 94.8: 93.85 9020

9.06 8.97 8.9 8.86 8.78

9.27 9.12 8.67 8.67 8.43

9.43 9.17 88 8.77 8.68

9.28 9.11 8.92 8.88 8.75

8.95 8.85 8.62 8.26 7.9

9.05 8.88 8.86 8.66 8.66 8.66

The Pacific 8 Conference race, as a re­sult of the dual meet season, seemed to be between the University of California and the University of Washington. With USC and UCLA close behind, California rated a slight favorite due to a close meet win over Washington earlier in the sea­son.

The compulsory session wa s held on Thursday, March 26, in Edmundson Pa­vilion on the University of Washing ton campus in Seattle. Washing ton started strong, much to the pleasure of the home­town fans, by dominating the compulso­nes. It appeared at thi s point that Wash­ington was the strongest team and would upset California. Yoshi Hayasaki took a commanding lead in the All-Around over teammate Hide Umeshita, who in turn was well ahead of California 's George Green­field.

In the Friday team session California looked like on entirely different team. Al­though Washington still looked strong, they were unable to match the outstand­ing optional performances of the well­balanced California team. Although close, there was not much doubt after the first two event s, floor exercise and side horse, who the runner-up would be. California built up a 2V2-point lead and maintained that exact amount during the other four events. Al l four Washington side-horse men hod below-overage performances and, although expected to beat California in this event, ended up with on ly 24.3 to California's 25.4.

California and Washington between them dominated the final session on Sat­urday night, winning 7 and 6, respective­ly, of the individual qualifying spots to the NCAA meet at Temple University.

UCLA picked up two spots and USC and Stanford one eacb.

The meet will be televised on the Hughes Sport s Network Saturday, May 16, fram 2-4 p.m.

The officiating of the meet, although farr and much better than in days gone by, was "ultra-conservative" and low.

Routines that hod scored 9.0 to 9.2 during the season were scored 8.4 to 8.6. Officials were selected by the four promi­nent associations on the Pacific Coast and were as follows : Washington Asso­clatlo~ B_ob Hall and Jim Sullivan; Oregon

Association, Bob Mozony and Harry John­son; Northern California Association, Rick Field and Don Allin; Sou thern Cali ­forn ia Association, Jock Elder and John Draghi.

Team Scores I Cali fornia 2. Washington 3. Southern Cal if 4. UCLA 5. Oregon 6. Sionford

RESUlTS

7. Washington Slate All Around 1. Hovosoki, W 2. Umeshita. W. 3. Greenfield, C 4. Ritter. UCLA 5. Morisoki, ( Floor Exerci se 1. Greenfield, C 2 Morisoki. C 3. Ri tter. UCLA 4. Hoyosoki, W 5. Moses, C Side Horse 1 . Uyeda. UCLA 2. Ken Bronner. USC 3. Courchesne, C 4. Hoyosoki , W 5. Denton, W Still Rings 1. Hoyosoki. Wash 2. Courchesne, ( 3. Rochell, Stan 4. Leiman, W. 5. Gardner. Col Long Horse 1. Don Bowles. Col 2. la rs Koisrud. W 3. Brad Moses, Col 4. Hide Umeshi to. W 5. Minoru Morisoki, ( Parallel Bars 1. Yoshi Hoyosoki. W 2. Hide Umeshi to, W 3. Minoru Morisoki. C 4. George Greenfield, C 5. Jim 8ellers, USC High Bar 1. Yoshi Hayosoki, W 2. Greenf ield. C 3. Hide Umeshilo. W. 4. Marisaki. Cal 5. Tim Puesztoi, USC

WESTERN REGIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

United States Air Force Academy March 19-21 , 1970

157.80 155.50 148.60 146.45 142.05 134.95 116.10

106.35 100.40 97.65 97.50 92005

17.62 17.47 17.22 16.95 16.47

17.90 17.10 16.72 16.42 15.70

18.10 17.57 16.87 1607 15.90

17.67 17.62 17.50 17.30 17.22

1835 17.92 17.10 16.80 15.17

18.00 17.65 16.92 15.80 15.50

The United States Air Force Academy Falcons won their first Western Regional Gymnastics Team Tit le Saturday in their own gym. They outpointed defending champion Denver, 152.85 to 144.25. Denver wa s the only other school to enter a full team, although individual event par­ticipants represented Cal ifornia State College at Long Beach, California State College at Los Angeles, Son Jose State Col­lege and the University of California at Santo Barbara. Air Force also led all schools in NCAA qualifiers with eight.

. Top performances were turned in by Ritter and Solano of Air Force and Mo­reno, LA State in FX; Neuner of Long Beach State and Kolb, UCSB, on SH; Tracey and Chose of Air Force on R· Tur­pin of Son Jose State (highest score ~f the meet with a 9.35) and Syracopoulos. and McCollom of Long Beach State on LH ; Sevold and Ca ling of LA State and Nick­erson of Air Force on PB, and Caling, LA State, Oakeshott and Nardecchia (both recording event highs of 8.95) of Air Force on HB.

Air Force swept the AA event showing good work in compulsories.

FX: Bill Ritter, AFA, 17.700, Ric k Solano, AFA, 17.375, Louis Moreno, LAS, 17.375. SH: Richard Neuner, L.B.S, 17.925, Brion Kolb, U.C.S 8., 17.500, Bob Fretzs, 16.550. R: 80b Tracey, AfA, 17.700, Joe Chose, AFA, 17.250; Vince Nicoletti, 16.425. LH : Jim Turpin, S.J.S. 18.275, Nick Syrocopoulos, L8S, 18.150, Gor­don McCollom, LBS, 8.000. PB : John Sevold, LAS, 16.950, Martin Coling, LAS, 16.725, Eric Nickerson, AFA, 16.625. HB : Martin (ol ing, LAS, 16.775, Roy Ookeshott, AFA, 15.875, Dono Alexander, 15. 750. AA: Dono Alexander. AFA. 86.05, Steve Hail, AFA, 84.55: Eric Nickerson, . 78.75.

Judges for the meel included Bill ( lark, Rob Ewing, Bob Fisher, Grody Matthews, Dove Maul· ton and Eric Singer.

1970 Far Western Conference Championships (University of Calif. at Davis)

Sacramen to State College won its six th st raight Fo r Western Conference ti tle on March 1 4, 1970.

Th e Sacramento squad wa s led by versa t ile Jim Fisher who won the 011-around even t. Fisher t ied tea mmate Don Barber for fi rst place in floor exerci se, whi le Pete Ivory, also of Sacramen to, w on the side horse event . Fis her also won the LH , PB , HB and AA

Don Barber picked up another f irst place, as he and teammate Rod Ryuga tied for fi rst on the st ill r ings.

RE SU LTS Team 1. Sacramento SIOle .... 2. Son Francisco State . 3. Chico Slate . 4. Hayward State .

INDIVIDUAL Floor Exercise I Jim Fisher, SSC . 1. Don Barber, SSC . 3. Charles Pillow, HS

Side Horse

............ 124.35 95.25 88.30 74.65

8.35 8.35 7.00

1. Pete Ivory. SSC . ............ ..... 6.3 2 Pot Avera. SFS . ....... 5.6 3. 8ruce Goldstone. SC 5.5

Sti ll Rings I . Don 80rber. SSC .. 7.3 I. Rod Ryugo, SSC ... 7.3 3. Pele Ivory, SSC . ............. .... 7.2

Long Horse 1 Jim Fisher, SSC ................. . 2. Rod Ryugo, SSC . 3. Don Barber, SSC ............... .. .

Parallel Bars 1. Jim Fisher, SSC 2. Bill Ga rcia. SFS 2. Rod Ryugo, SSC .... ............. .

High Bar

8.0 7.75

7.7

7.6 7.4 7.4

1. Jim Fisher, SC .... 8.05 2. Charles Pi llos. HS . 6.15 3. Paul Tuft s, SSC . 5.85

ALL-AROUND 1. Jim Fisher, SSC .. ... ..... .... ...... .... 43.55 2 Don 80rber. SSC . ..... .... ...... .. .. 39.15 3. Bill Garcia, SFS . 34.65

CCAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Cal-Poly Pomona State College

March 13, 1970 Closing out a fine season and two years

of hard work and fine coaching, the Fullerton State gymnast s pulled off the upset of the season in the West by knock­Ing off defending notional champion Son Fernando Volley State in their own con­ference championships.

Volley's Juan Sanchez retained some of Son Fernando's luster, however, by winning the Al l Around , PB and HB. Whitey Anson of Fullerton almost pulled off an­other upset though by losing to Sanchez in the All Around by only .1 5 .

Leon Mims of Fullerton helped coach Dick Wolfe's fi ne squad with first -place performances in FX and LH.

RESULTS Team Standings 1 Col St Fullerton 2. Son Fernando Volley 3. Col Poly Pomona All Around 1. Juan Sanchez. SFV 2. Whitey Anson, CSF 3. George Engbrich t, SFV 4. SCali Crouse, CSF 5. Hampton Tedder, CPP Floor Exercise I. Leon Mims, CSF 2. Dene Swart z, CSF 3. Pot Mahoney, SFV 4. Juan Sanchez. SFV

Whitey Anson, CSF 5. Guy Gunderson, SFV Side Horse 1. Whitey Anson, CSF 2. Gory Honiio,SFV 3. T. Kristia nsen, (SF 4. Juan Sanchez, SFV 5. Don Marsh, CPP Still Rings 1. Guy Gunderson, SFV 2. Ed Grogedo. CSF 3. George Engbricht. SFV 4. Pete Patterson, SFV 5. Steve Bosburg. CSF

149.70 148.75 106.80

50.35 50.20 46.50 45.20 37.70

9.15 8.85 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.4

8.9 8. 15 7.65 7.35 7.25

9.0 8.85 8.7 8.55 8.4

Long Horse I . leon Mims. CSf 2. Scott Crouse, CSf 2. Juan Sanchez, Sf V 4. G. Engbrieht. SfV 4. Stan Kitozowo, SFV 4. Dean Swartz. CSf Parallel Bars I . Juan Sanchez, Sf V 2. Pot Mahoney, Sf V 3. G. Engbricht, Sf V 4. Whitey Anson, CSf 5. Scott Crouse, CSf High Bar I Juan Sanchez. Sf V 2. Whitey Anson. CSf 3. Edward Grageda. CSf 4. Hampton Tedeer. CPP 5. Scott Crouse, CS f

1970 Pacific Northwest Gymnastic Championships

(March 7, Eugene, Oregon)

9.25 8.75 8.75 8.3 8.3 8.3

8.95 8.45 8.4 8.25 8.1

9.2 8.75 8.25 8.1 8.0

The University of Washington edged out the University of Oregon 148. 10 to 143.85 to take the team championship in the 1970 version of the Pacific North· west Gymnastics Championshi ps.

Yoshi Hayasaki of UW swept every event except floor exercise and long· horse. Hayasaki's tea mmate Hide Ume· shita took a f irst in f loor exercise, but Dove Olson and Dean Hole of UO took a fi rst and second respectively on long horse.

The Universi ty of Washington junior va rsity team won the team championship in the junior varsi ty· jun ior college pre· liminary meet wi th a score of 11 9. 45.

Gordon Jones of UW was f irst in the all· around wi th a score of 42.45, in the J.V. and J.c. divis ions.

TEAM

RESULTS (Varsity Meet)

1. Universi ty of Washington .. ............. 148.10 2. University of Oregon ............... .... 14385 3. Woshinqlon Sto te Universitv. . 11 1.70

4. Central Washington State ............. I UY.JU 5. Portland 'Stote . .. .. 108.30 6. East Washington State . .. ......... 107.00

AII ·Around 1. Yoshi Hoyasoki 2. Hide Umeshita 3. Dean Hole . 4. Bruce Hoyt ............. . ... . 5. Don Holtman 6. Fronk Perrone .

floor Exercise I Hide Umeshita, UW . 2. Yoshi Hayasoki, UW . 3. George Shoemaker. UO . 4. Gory Penberthy, UO . 5. Bruce Brinton, UW .

Side Horse I. Yoshi Hayosaki. UW .... 2. Steve Cooper. UO . 3. Kent Fredrickson. UO 4. Norm Ewald, UW . 5. Bob Hohner, EW .

Still Rings I. Yoshi Hoyosaki, UW . 2. Doug Church, UO . 3. Don Moninger, UO . 4. Hide Umeshita. UW 5. Kerry Leiman, UW .

long Horse

....... 53.20 ............ 48.70

....... 42.05 .. 41.60

.......... 38.95 .... 34.85

9.05 9.025

...... 8.815 .... 8.025

7.7

8.15 .... .......... 7.675

7.45 .. 6.375

5.65

9.25 8.90

.. 8.625 8.4

8.35

I . Dove Olson, UO . 9.25 2. Dean Hole. UO . ................. 8.80 3. Hide Umeshito. UW . . 8.70 4. Yoshi Hayasaki. UW ............. ... 8.6 5. Gory Penberthy, UO . 8.55

Parallel Bars I . Yoshi Hoyasaki, UW . 2. Brad Hunter. UO . 3. Hide Umeshita. UW . 4. Ron Hunter. UW . 5. Bruce Hoyt, UO

.... 9.125 ........ 8.875

8.8 7.8

............. 7.47

High Bar I. Yoshi Hoyosaki, W ........ 9.025 2. Hide Umeshita, UW . .......... . ...... 8.65 3. 8ruce Hoyt, UO . . 8.15 4. 80b leach, UO . . 8.05 5. Dove Olson. UO ... .. .... 7.925

1970 Southern Intercollegiate

Gymnastic Championships Louisiana State University

Bolon Rouge, Louisiana 70803 March 5·6·7

Meet Director : Gerold S. George The 1970 SIGL championsh ips marked

a mi les tone in compet itive gymnastics for Southern coll eges and univers ities. For the f irst time in its his tory, the SIGL witnessed ovid participat ion in the world game compulsory exercises. An abserv· ably significant upgrading was realized in that eight fu ll teams (of the 10 teams en tered) fought nobly. almost like a fam· ily unto it self, to perform quality rou· tines deserving of not ional recognition. Indeed it was the most awaken ing quo li· fying meet in the history of the league, comparable to most any regional com· petition tha t I have observed. The judges. which by the way were eit her regional ly or no t ionally cert ified, complimented on the significant improvement in the per· formonce of the leag ue as a whole.

Resu lts I. louisiana State University 147.93 2. Memphis Stale University 137.33 3. Old Dominion Universi ty 133.00 AII ·Around I. Kean Day Louis iana Stote Vniv. 85.98 2. Ken Ourso Louisiana State Univ. 82.55 3. Jim Clemons Memphis State Univ. 76.08 Floor Exercise I. Kean Kay louisiana Sta te Univ. 8.84 2. Caleb Dono louisiana Stafe Univ. 8.28 3. Randy

Raudabaugh louisiana State Univ. 8.28 Side Horse I . Dick Olszewski Memphis State Univ. 7.38 2. Kurt Ebersole Old Dominion Univ. 6.04 3. Bill Jennings louisiana State Univ. 6.00 Still Rings I . Steve Borges Louisiana State Univ. 8.04

"1.. Ken Uurso LOUlSlona State Univ. 7.S7 3. Charles Duncan Memphis State Univ. 7.72 long Horse I. Kean Day l ouisiana State Univ. 8.90 2. Caleb Dona Louisiana Slate Univ. 8.13 3. Randy

Raudabaugh Louisiana State Univ. 8.06 Parallel Bars I. Bill Jennings louisiana Stofe Univ. 8.48 2. Kean Day louisiana State Univ. 8.34 3. David 8uel Memphis State Univ. 8.03 Horizontal Bar I. Jock Cribbs Memphis State Univ. 8.04 2. Kean Day louisiana State Univ. 7.88 3. Allen l arson louisiana State Univ. 7.69

Southwest Conference Gymnastics championships of South·

west Conference schools were held at Texas A&M on March 14.

Team I . University of Texas 2. Texas A&M University 3. Baylor Universi ty

AII·Around Winners I Lee Reeves, A&M 2. Lorry Brockett. U of T 3. Mickey Stratton, A&M

108.25 104.60

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