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VOL. VIII AUG., SEPT., 1966 NOS. 8 & 9

CONTENTS

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ______ Glenn Sundby 5 CHALK TALK ___ ________ _________ ......... ... ... .. ........ ..... 6 WORLD REPORT __ .... _ ......... Dr. Joseph Gohler 7 CANADIAN REPORT ....... _ ...... . .John Nooney 8 COVER STORY .... __ .. _ ...... _ ... .. ..... _._................... 10 1966 SCHOLASTIC GYMNASTICS Dick Criley 12 1966 SCHOLASTIC

GYMNASTICS ... ___ .......... _ .. ....... .. Dick Criley 12 RICHARD SWETMAN,

ILLINOIS H.S. STATE CHAMP .................... 18 PEACH BASKET __ .... ..... __ ........ ... .. _ ... Don Tonry 23 GYMNASTICS IN PHYSICAL

EDUCATION ___ .. .... ....... _ ....... A. B. Frederick 24 HELPFUL HINTS ...... _ ..................... Jim Farkas 25 "Y-NEWS" ...... _. __ .......... _._ ..... .. Kenneth Hollis 26 RESEARCH AND FITNESS .. _.Dr. James Bosco 28 PROGRESSIVE

TRAINING ... . Bob Lynn & Prof. Ben Solomon 30 NOTES FROM A

NEUROTIC JUDGE .... .................. Roy Davis 32 LETTERS ._ .... _. __ ............. _ .. _ ......... ............... ... .... 33

COVER: Bob Teel , 1966 Southern Section CIF Ring Champion - (MG Photo)

GLENN SUNDBY .. . _ .. ____ . ____ ..... __ ..... _ ... . _____ _ ... ____ Editor-Publisher ASSOCIATE EDITORS

A. BRUCE FREDERICK .. .. ___ _ ...... _______ .. _ .. ....... ..... ...... Education DR. JAMES S. BOSCO ...... .. ___ .. _ ... __ .. _ ... . ____ ._ . _____ .... .... Research DICK CR I LEY ____ ... .. ________________ ..... ... .. .... ___ . _. ___ .. __________ Stotistics J 1M FARKAS .. ..... ... _. ___ _ .. _ .. _ .. __ ._ .. .... ........ .. ___ .. __ .. ___ Instruction JERRY WR IGHT ____ ... .. ____ .. _ ...... ___ .. _____________ .......... Competition FRANK L. BARE _. ___ ._ ........ .. _ .... ... _____ .. __ .. __ ._ .......... _ ... _ ... __ USGF JESS ROBINSON __________ _____ __ _ ._ ....... .. ... ____ ._ .. __ __ ._. _____ Trampoline ROY DAVIS ____________ . ____ ___________ ._ ._ ...... .. _._ .. _ ... _ .. ___ .. _ ...... Judging JACKIE KLEIN UPHUES ________ . __ ____ ....... _._ ... _ .. _. __ ._. ___ .. ... Women GRACE KAYWELL ....... . ____ .... .... ____ . _______ .... .... _ ... ..... .... ... Ballet KENNETH W. HOLLIS __ ........... _ ...... _. __ ____ .. ...... .. ......... . YMCA

INTERNATIONAL JOHN NOONEY ____ .... _._ ...... ...... _ .. ...... .... _ ... _. _____ ___ ____ ._ .. Canada KURT BAECHLER ... .... . ____ ....... . __ ... ___ .. .. ________ ._ ...... ____ .... Europe HELMUT ROH N ISCH _________ ____ ___ __________________________ Scandinavia YUR I SAB I ROV _______ . __ . _____ . __ . _____ . __ ._ .. __ ._ .. _._ ....... __ ._ ..... _ .. Russia BRUD CLEAVELAND ...... _. ____ .... _._ . ____ ._ .. _______ ........ .. .... ___ Japan DR. JOSEPH GOHLER ____________ ..... _ .. ____ .. _._. ____ .. __ .. . __ .. _ .. Germany

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

WOULD YOU BELIEVE, TEN? It was with high hopes and great expectations that we announced "TWELVE FOR '66" in the December '65 MG. Rising printing costs and office expenses without an increase in subscribers and advertising has forced us to face the facts . Good intentions are fine but not real· istic therefore to insure the continuance of the MG we have had 'to tighten our belt to ten issues a year. We feel this is an espec ially good edition filled with facts and instruction wh ich we hope you find inspirational and challenging to your gymnastic program. We cannot over emphasize the need for new subscribers and quick renewals. Please do what you can to insure the success of the Modern Gymnast by renewing as soon as your present subscription expires and to see to it that your gymnast ic friends all subscribe to the MG. The MG can only grow better with your help ... Thanks.

BOUND EDITIONS The history of THE MODERN GYMNAST takes on more

meaning when we look through the bound volumes of past editions that grace our bookshelf. Here at a glance we see the collective work of the many people that contributed to make the M.G. possible ... Each year we have held out a few copies to be bound and sent to our regular feature contributors as a small token of our appreciation for their efforts ... In our recent request for back editions from readers to help fill our depleted stock of M.G.s needed for binding we had a very good response. So good in fact we were able to .have several extra complete sets bound be· yo,nd our immediate needs. We are therefore in a position to offer for sale ten complete sets (all editions of the M.G. printed between Dec. 1956 and Dec. '65) of seven volumes each. These volumes are collectors items and when they are gone we will not be able to repeat this offer at any price. Therefore if any Universities or individuals (perhaps a group of gymnasts would like to get a set for their coach) would like to obtain a complete bound collection of past M.G.s they will be available for $70.00 a set while they last on a first come first serve basis . . . In the future we will set aside copies of each edition to have bound at the end of each year for those that desire bound editions and place their order in advance. The price will be between eight and ten dollars per volume depending on the amount of orders received.

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"S. M. GYMFE'ST" Cover gymnast Bob Teel and many other

top gymnasts have been invited to compete in our 4th Annual Santa Monica "GYM­FEST" on Lahor Day weekend Sept. 3rd, 4th and 5th. Plan to be there if you are in the area. The "GYMFEST" is held a few hundred yards in from the ocean where the cover photos were taken. (Lou Perschke will again set up the equi pmen t for the competitions.) Saturday will be the OPEN CLASS COMPETITION, Sunday will be the GIRLS INVITATIONAL, Trampoline, Mini-Tramp and a Special "GYMWHEEL" demonstration, by a champion from Ger­many. Monday (Labor Day) is the MEN'S I VITATIONAL with top competitors from the area.

GYMNASTICS RETURNS TO THE COLOSSIUM

The Los Angeles Colossium the site of the 1932 Olympica was once again the cen­ter of Gymnastics attention as members of the Southern California Gymnastic Associ­ation put on a demonstration that thrilled the thousands on lumd for the Annual 4th of July Show and fireworks display. Saka· moto, Teel, Diamond, Rock, Banner, Lynn, and Luber were just a few of the big names Assoc. Pres. Jack Beckner brought for the exhibition with the aid of Jerry Todd and also his brother Dick who brought up sev­eral girls from his Corona Del Mar Gym Club.

POOL AND STEAK PARTY

PLANE CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF HALI SHERIFF

One of America's bright hopes in future Olympic competition, Hali Sheriff, Blue Mound, Illinois, died in a plane crash June 15th. Hali and her parents, Hal and Vir­ginia Sheriff, and three other passengers wer~ returning to Blue Mound froIT) a gym­nastIC demonstration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They apparently encountered bad weather and were forced down near Galesburg, TIL

At fourteen, Hali was already regarded as one of the best gymnasts in the country. Her natural ability and intense desire to succeed made her the United States' best bet for success at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

UCLA alumnus Don Rosenstock (top UCLAN free-x competitor in the late 50's) invited Coach Art Shurlock and the Bruin gym team to his home in the Hollywood

ming, trampolining and feasting on 2 inch thick char-broiled steaks Art gave out awards to the top UCLAN Gymnasts of the past season. Do GymnaSts really have more fun than people ? You bet they do! Hills for a swim and fun time. After swim-

Southern Californh ia Gymnasts in Coliseum

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Kanati Allen

USA MEN'S WORLD GAMES TEAM Top US gymnast lVlakoto Sakamoto came

through as expected to take top position on the USA World games team. 1966 NCAA All·Around Champ Steve Cohen placed second followed by Greg Weiss, Fred Rothisberger, Arno Lascari and Don Tonry with Kanati Allen of UCLA coming up with the highest total optional score of the competition to gain the alternate posi· tion.

FUTURE OLYMPIAN? Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beckner (three time

USA Olympic team member) announced the arrival of Maria Lee Beckner (6 lbs., 12 oz.) on July 16th, 1966.

SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP Fred Friedrichsen, Gymnastic Coordina­

tor at Southeast Missouri State College and Miss Freddie Malone, Assistant Instructor, Women's P.E. recently held a Gymnastics Workshop for teachers in the elementary and secondary schools in the area. The ob­jective, to introduce and to improve the quality of Gymnastics in the public schools in the state of Missouri. An extremely eager and willing group of teachers came from all over the state to participate to help make the five day workshop successful.

, OLYMPISCHE TURNKUNST

NEW GYMNASTICS PUBLICATION OL YMPISCHE TURNKUNST or GYM

NASTIQUE OLYMPIQUE if you perfer th€ French is a new publication featuring World Competitive Gymnastics. It is pub­lished in Germany with text in Gern1an and French (the official FIG language). Our good friend Dr. Gohler (who has since been made the vice-president of the Deut­shes Turner Bund) is one of the edi tors and the first regular edition will be J an­uary, 1967 selling for DM .3 a copy (75c). WE will give you more information in com­ing editions of the MG, as to subscription rates etc.

WORLD REPORT By Dr. Joseph Gohler

LATEST GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS IN EUROPE

The Russian gymnasts were very success­ful in Finland and in both parts of Ger­many .. . Special attention should be paid to two up and coming young Finnish gymnastic talents by the names of Nissinen and Sappinen who are just 18 years old ... The USSR-B-Team was lucky to win over Germany-East, a team which may be the favorite for the third place at Dort­mund (World-Championships) ... Two 16-year-old girls are the best in the USSR­Team of today, this they proved in Mos­cow, Tifles and J erewan. A third 16-year­old girl came in 7th place with 74.665! ... The Poland-Germany (East) meet ended in a great surprise as the experts had Poland picked as the top team . . . The German team of Hamburg missed Tepasse and Banzhaf, the team of Kassel (against the CSSR) started without the champion J aschek and Steinmetz, a 20-year­old junior-gymnast . . . The Czechoslovak­ian team is nearly as strong as the Ger­man/ East Team ... The best gymnast of the world, Vera Caslavska. I saw her per­form at Stuttgart. This admirable girl is an artist of great perfection. These were her scores when the Czechoslovakian Cham­pionships took place: Vaulting, 9.9019.80; Parallel Bars, 9.9019.90; Beam, 9.70/9.90; Floor Exercise, 9.85/10. ( ! ! ) .

At the moment with the results we have so far I would rank the teams for the World Games like this : 1 JAPAN, 2 USSR, (Russia), 3 GERMANY (east), 4 CSSR (Czech), 5 POLAND, 6 USA, 7 ITALY, 8 FINLAND, 9 SOUTH KOREA (perhaps even better), 10 Yugoslavia, 11 Germany (west ) 12 Sweden.??

WORLD-EVENTS IN GYMNASTICS

Finland 561.15-USSR 567.90 (Men) at Tam­pere, May 1966: Woronin-USSR 1 IS.20; Laiho­F. 113.65; Titow-USSR 113.35; Kerdemelidi­USSR 112.80; Karasew-USSR 112.75; Nissinen­F. 112.65; Sappinen-F. 112.00. The Ex-Wor ld­Champion Boris Schaklin got anly the 8th place with I I 1.95 points!

Germany / East 564.75-USSR (B-Team) 564.80 (Men) at Schwerin, Germany, May 1966: Fuelle­G. 1 14. IS; Brehme-G. 113.70; Arkajew-USSR 113.65; Doelling-G. 112.95; Medwedew-USSR 112.90; Zapenko-USSR 112.40.

Germany (Bundesrespublik),: .549.25-USSR (A Team) 556.20 (Men) at Hamburg, May 1966: Diamidow-USSR I 14.30; Woronin-USSR 113.55; T itow-USSR I 13.05; Kerdemeli9i-USSR 1 12.3S; Karasew-U5SR 111 .90; Jaschek-G III . IS; Lyhs­G. 110.7S; Schaklin-USSR 110.25 .

Poland 556.45 - Germany/ East 561.50 (Men) at Premnitz-G. May 1966: W. Kubica-P . 113.70; Brehme-G. 1 13.S0; Fuelle-G. 1 13.40; N. Kubi­ca-P . 112.60; Doelling-G. 111 .8S; Faerster and Dietrich-G. I 10.60.

Cup Meeting at Moscow (Men) May 1966: 1. Woronin , 1 15.00 (obI. 56.90/ vo l. 58 .1 0); 2. Lisitizki , 114.25 (56.45/ 57.80); 3. Diamidow, 114.00 (56.70/ 57.30); 4. Titov, 112.95, (55.90/ 57.05); 5. Waschajew, 112.85 (56.0/ 56.85) ; 6. Arkajew, I 12.40 (55.65/ 56 .75) .

Germany (BR) 548.00 - CSSR 560.05 (Men) at Kassel, June 1966: V. Kubicka-Cz . 112.65 (56.95/ 55 .70); Mudrik-Cz., 111 .85 (55 .95 / 55.90); Bischof-G., 111 .25 (55.20/ 56.05); Stast­ny-Cz., 111.00 (55.30/ 55.70); Krbec-Cz. 110.45 (54.65/ 55.80); Bocko-Cz. 110.10 (55.95 / 54 .1 5) (Pommel Horse 7.85) .

Italy 556.55 - Hungary 538.25 (Men) at Rome, May 1966: Menichelli - It. 114.70; G. Carminucci-It. 112.35; Cimnaghi - It. 111.75; Cser-Hung. 108.B5; P. Carminicci - It. 10B.45; Franceschetti-It. I OB.I O.

Yugoslavia-Ukraine at Lubljana, June 4-5: Ukraine 564.80; Yugoslavia 560.10; Cerar-Y. I 15.45; Titow-U. 113.70; Kuc-U. 113.20; Med­wedew 112.90; Schamenko 112.60; Makurin-U. 111.15; Anic-Y. and Keran ic-Y. 110.45 (tie).

Finland-Norway at Lappeenranta, July 23-24 : Finland 558.50; Norway 541.90. Nissinen­F. 114.10 (19 years old! ); Storhaug-N. 113 .70; Sappinen-F. 111 .95 (19 years); Heino-F. , 111 .00; Ekman-F. 110.80; Gjerstad-N. 109.30; Rahi­kainen- F. 106.26; Lilja-N. 105.05.

Yukia Endo

III. Qualifications for World-Championships 1966 of Japan at Tokyo July 2-3: (Men) Endo I 15.25; Kato and Nakayama I 14.25 (tie); Havata I 14.15; Tsurumi 114.05; Matsuda 113.95' Mitaukuri 11 3.55; Watanabe 113.35.

Japdnese Championships of 'Universities at Tokyo July 18-24: Ueda 112.85; Takei 112.70; Miki I 12.60; Konishi 112.45 (Champion of 1965 ') Jinbo 111.55; Sasaki 111.40.

USSR-Qualifications at Gorki for World Championships, July : Diamidow 116.45 (!), Lisitzki 115.15; Medwedew 114.10; Kerdemel,d, 113.75; Arkajew 113.00; Kurzew 112.80; Schak­lin 11 2.35; Titow 112.30.

WOMEN DUAL MEETINGS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS

Invitational Meeting at Tiflis (USSR), May 1966: Kutschinskaja 76.65; Petrik 75.70; Asta­chowa 75 .1 5; Dschanukaschwili 75.05 (all USSR); Zuchold / Barth-Ger. East 74.55; Starke­G.E. 74 .55; Ducza- Hung . 74.55.

Invitational Meeting at Jerewan (USSR), May 1966 : Petrik 76 .55; Dschanukaschwili 76 .05; (both USSR); Zuchold / Barth-G.E. 75.50 Makra,­Hung 75.35; Starke-G.E. 75.35; Burutschewa­USSR 75.35.

Cup Meeting of USSR at . Moscow, May 1966: Kutschinskaja 76.298; Petrik 75.965; Druschm­ina 75.198; Dschanukaschwili 75.031; LatlDlDa (! ) 74.999; Surminewa 74.864; Charlowa 74.665; Astachova (!) 74.063.

Germany (BR)359.95 - CSSR 380.75 at Stutt­gart, June 1966: Caslavska-Cz. 7B.15; Sed lac­kova-Cz. 76.20; Kostalova-Cz. 75.35; Kub,c­kava-Cz. 74 .90; Rimnicova-Cz. 74 .55; Krauser­Germ. 73 .90.

CSSR-Championships at Prague, June . 1.966 : Caslavska 78.95; Sed lackova 77.25; Kralclrova 77.15; Kubickova 76.95; Kostalov a 76.75; R,m­nacova 76.50; Hana Liskova 76.00 (14 years old!); Svetlikova 75.90; Hubena and . Sklenlc­kava both 75 .75. Still five gymnasts With more than 74 points, another four with more than 72 points!

IIi. Qualifications for World-Championships 1966 of Japan at Tokyo, July 2-3: Shibyua 75 .65; Ikeda 75.20; Mitaukuri 74 .30; Furuya­ma 73 .90; Ikenaga 73.80; Kandori 73.60; Hara 73.25; Hashiguchi 73.20.

Japanese Championships of Universities at Tokyo, July 18-24 : Ikenaga 74.43 1; Yamagami 74.29B; Iwamoto 73.062; Hash iguchi 72.997; Matsuhisha 72.097; and Miyazaki 72.097 (tie).

USSR-Qualifications at Gorki for World Championships, July : Kutschinskaja 77.85; Pet­rik 76.45; Astachowa 76.10; Drushinina 76.05; Charlowa 75.95; Latyn ina 75.85; Danukasch­wi li 75.60; Kitljarowa 75.00.

TEEN POWER Dick Swetman, top High School Gym­

nast from Illinois (our center-fold gymnast for this edition) was the cover subject and lead inspirational theme article for a June edition of TEEN POWER, a SCripture Press Sunday School publication that is read by thousands of High School age students all over the USA.

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CANADIAN REPORT bv Johnnv Nooney

18 Lavine:ton Dr. Weston. Ontario

THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Mr. Raymond Gagnier, our National

Chairman of Gymnastics for A.A.U. of Can· ada has been associated with gymnastics in i 'lontreal for at least fourteen years. His early gymnastic experience was !?ained while a high school student at RIchard Academy. After graduating from the Uni· versity of Montreal he spent 9 years as a teacher of physical education in the Catho­lic Schools of Verdun during which time he coached and promoted gymnastics. One of his outstanding contributions to the sport was discovering and developing Rich­ard Montpetit so that Richard was able to attend the University of Michigan on one of the first gymnastic scholarships awarded to a student from the Province of Quebec. Montpetit became Canada's National Cham­pion and an all round winner of the U.S. "big ten",

In 1956, Raymond was" a member of Lew Waller's Westmount YMCA gym team which won the Quebec-Montreal inter YMCA gymnastic meet.

Ray was elected chairman of the Que­bec Gymnastic Association in 1958-59, served as French secretary 1962-63, and was again elected to the chairmanship in 1963-64. He withdrew from this office on the Quebec Committee in order to devote his full attention to the office of National Chairman of the Canadian Gymnastic Com­mittee of the A.A.U. in 1964.

The Quebec Branch of the AAU hon­ored Raymond in 1961 by the presentation to him of their Annual Award and Ci ta­tion for outstanding leadership in gym­nastics.

Mr. Gagnier is now director of physical education for Commission Scolaire Region­ale Le Royer, Montreal. He has held the position of Provincial Chairman of L'As­socia tion des Diplomes en Education Phy· sique et Recreation for two years.

Besides his work as an active committee member, judge and dedicated promoter of gymnastics, Ray is a keen follower of track and field sports and holds a black belt in judo.

CONGRATULA nONS Miss Monica Lindeman, the chairman of

the National Women's Judging Committee was awarded the C.A.P.H.E.R. prize, at the University of British Columbia this month.

Miss Lindeman was first in her class. Congratulations.

GOOD FRIENDS DEPARTMENT Mr. Horst Wilhelm recently left Ontario

to settle in British Columbia. Horst was a dedicated worker here in the East for the Sport and being connected with equipment companies he was always assisting some­one, by lending equipment or assisting in the lay-ou t of equipment at Meets.

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Horst, on behalf of all your gymnastic friends in the East, may I wish you suc­cess in your new venture and happiness to you and your fam ily. We will miss you here but our loss is British Columbia's gain. Good luck.

HERE AND THERE It is now finalized the Athletic scholar­

ship granted to Sid Jensen, Montreal, by the University of Michigan.

Gary Balcombe of Saskatoon, is also be­ing considered and according to the Uni­versity of Michigan coach, Newt Loken, everything is being arranged.

Steve Mi truk, our grea t prospect from Hamilton, is considering attending the Uni­versi ty of Michigan as well. Three of Can­ada's great juniors could-next year, be attending the Univers ity of Michigan and don ' t let us forget Fred Romney, Montreal who is already in this University.

Another excellent gymnast, Miss Diane Masse, Montreal (Palestre Nationale Club) is go ing down to Centenery College and will join Susan Mc Donnell; both are mem­bers of our National team. Mr. Dezo Kief­er, her coach, and Sid J ensens and Fred Rodneys coach, can be justly proud of his boys and girls. This Palestre Nationale Club is doing tremendous work producing excellent juniors. I hope in the next issue to have the story of this Club.

Al Pawlak, :me of our previous Canadian Junior Champions has just graduated from Teachers College and will teach in one of Toronto's public schools. It is pretty excit­ing to watch our young gymnasts mature into excellent teachers and coaches.

Mrs. Janet Armstrong has been appointed to teach at 0.c.E. this summer and maybe in the fall. Janet has had a fine year with her own high school team, winning the S.O.S.S.A. championships and she gave many clinics to her fellow teachers and took time to write the Simple High School judging procedure. Congratulations Janet.

Mr. Doug Kerr, O.S.G.C.A. President, will attend the University of Oslo, Norway this summer. I know Doug will take his camera and will attend a good many of Europe's gymnastic camps, so come fall we can again look forward to many enjoy­able evenings watching Doug's home movies.

CANADIAN WINTER GAMES To date, seven provinces have informed

the Corporation of their intention to par­ticipate in all the competi tions listed for the First Canadian Winter Games.

British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Prince Ed­ward Island will send athletes to compete in the 13 sports forming the Games.

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are taking part in 12 of the ~3 sports while Newfoundland has decided on 10 and North-West Territories on 9.

Yukon , it seems, will try to participate as fully as possible in the Games, and plans to enter teams in more than one competition.

As of now, a total of 1,851 athletes is anticipated for the Games, pending the elimination of Handball and the final ac­ceptance of "Wrestling.

Air transpor tation will be provided by the Corporation for all these athletes; pick-up points to be chosen for each province and territory.

TORONTO DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Recently a superb Meet was convened by Mr. Hugh Rodgers of T. L. Kennedy ColI. This was a well run meet, much above the average. I\'lany of Hugh's innovations have been adopted and will be used in next year's meets.

This year for the first time, all com­petitors competed All Round and they were also area winners having won the right to compete. This improved the standard and made the meet a high calibre one, although it cut down entries, the twenty boys com· peting should give some indication. of !he improved standard in our Ontano hIgh schools.

The Individual All Round was won by B. McVey, Cedarbrae ColI. and the Team Trophy was won by the David and Mary Tompson Coli. This team was coached by Bill Symons who has been active in high school gymnastics for many years. Congrat­ulations, Bill.

All Round: McVey, Cedarbrae 42.75; Veno David and Mary Thompson 39.85; Cam~bell, Central Peel 38.85; Arturs, Vic· toria Park 38.60.

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Before the largest crowd to ever witness a High School meet Bawating High School, Soo Ste. Marie, superbly coached by Ed. Boutiller, captured the team trophy by edging out Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa and Trinity College of Port Hope.

In true championship style Bawating won first place, on all apparatus, thus picking up 15 gold medals. Mike Zuke was the big scorer for Bawating winning the All Round, winning first in vaulting, free cal and high bar. David Russel, his team mate, had a first on pommels and finally Roger Dorion of the Bawating team made his presence felt. This is an excellent team. In compari· son to last year's winners Sir J ames Dunne also of the Soo Ste. Marie, I would con­sider this team having more depth and bal· ance. Over 20 school teams competed, far more than ever before and a much higher standard when you consider the difficult requirements set up to eliminate the frin ge gymnast, also a separate competition for the Individual champion, thus a real team effort was necessary to win this trophy.

It was obvious to all coaches and officials connected with high school gymnastics in Ontario that this meet is becoming the high· light of the year.

Ralph Thornton's Glebe Collegiate team had a fine day as the runner up and Had· ley Armstrong Trinity College coach again demonstrated his ability to come up year after year, with a conten"der. The present hold that the Soo Ste. Marie schools have on the team trophy is, I feel, partly due to the fine competition to get from the Michigan High Schools and from attending the Summer Clinics. It was obvious a great deal of hard work went into their perform· ances. Bawating High School were worthy champions.

The judging was oIle aspect as laid down by the O.S.G.C.A. officials.

ONTARIO INDIVIDUAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

This meet was convened this year by Mr. Jim Mc Pherson of Port Col borne and it reflected the dedication that this man has for gymnastics. This year's e n try was doubled and the representation was pro· vincial, north, south , east and west. Run· ning this meet in conjunction with O.E.A. week is in itself a feat but great credit must also go to the Phy. Ed. Dept. of Bath·

hurst Collegiate for assistance. I believe that this meet next year will be part of the Centennial celebration and will be held in Ottawa.

A pack!!d house, watched Mike Zuke of Bawating' High School, coached by Ed Bouiteiller, win the All Round with superb performances. His floor exercise was mag· nificent. Mike also won the Vaulting.

John Lash of Sir James Dunn C. & V.S. won the Side Horse and Horizontal Bar. This boy is coached by Frank Holm, and Bill Kernaghan and Tim Wasyliuk both won medals, Bill winning on the Parallel Bars and Tim winning the Rings. Both boys are students at the Sault Technical and Com· mercial school and coached by Dave Walsh thus glVlng the Soo Ste. Marie High Schools a clean sweep.

Year after year judging these boys from Soo Ste. Marie allows me the privilege of saying our finest traditions of gymnastics are being taught to these boys. The well composed routine, the flawless execution and the deportment on and off the floor.

Sometimes you wonder what it is that makes champions; whatever the secret, the coaches of the Soo Ste. Marie schools have found it.

High level competition and dedicated coaches could be the answer.

The judging was one aspect as laid down by the O.S.G.C.A. officials.

GREATER MONTREAL INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOC.

HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS by Don Cochrane

Over 56 Juniors and 52 Seniors took part in this exceptionally large meet held at Chateauguay High School, Montreal.

This meet was convened by Arne Peter­son, former Danish Olympic coach, and was a highly organized and well-run competition.

SE NIOR (U nder 18)-F.X. : M. Provencher, M.M.S., 1st; R. Douglas, L.I .S., 2nd; D. Glen­denning, Ver., 3rd. P. Bars: M . Provencher, 1 st; D. Glendenning, 2nd; B. Wright, R.H.S., 3rd. H. Ba rs: M. Provencher, 1 st; B. Smell ie, M.W.S., 2nd; R. Walker, M.C .S., 3rd. L.H. Va ult : M. Provencher; D. Glendenning ; R. Kennedy; M. Nicho lson and R. Walker, Tie. Po mmel Horse: M. Provencher, 1 st; D. Glendenning , 2nd; R. Wiechald, M.C.S., 3rd. Rin gs: M. Provencher, 1 st; D. Glendenning 2nd; B. Wright 3 rd . Sen ior All Rou nd : M. Provencher, 1 st; D. Glen­denning, 2nd; M. Nicholson, Lachine H.S., 3rd.

All Round Juniors: C. Gillis, 1st; G. Jamie­son, 2nd; R. Godwin, 3rd.

WESTERN ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOLS GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Fifteen hundred spectators were treated to an excellent gymnastic meet held at Wood· stock Collegiate. Part of the success can be attributed to the work done by Mr. Don Young, the Convener. A record entry from the London schools and Sarnia and Elgin schools, gives an indication of the growth of gymnastic in the high schools of On­tario. The judging was on aspect and as laid down by the O.s.G.C.A. officials. All Ontario schools used this system this year.

The Senior and Junior Team trophy was won by Central Elgin H.S.

RESULTS Seiior Division-All Round : 1 st, C. Robertson

(C.E .C.I.); 2nd, A. Willis (C larke Rd .); '3rd, D. Fowler (C.E .C.I.) . Para llel Bars: 1. Allan Phil­lips (Lam); 2. Gord Robertson (Elg.); 3 . Dave Sterling (Elg .). Free Ca l.: 1. G. Robertson; 2. A. Willis; 3. Gary Oulette, (Reg. Mundi Coli.) . Va ulti ng : 1. John Duchene (St. Clair); D. Fow­ler; 3. G. Robertson; 3 . A. Phillips. Pom mels: 1. Greg Barge (Clarke); 2. Gord Hammet (Wheable); 3. Lennie Bailey (Lambton); High Ba r: 1. D. Fowler; 2. Lorne Godfrey (Lambton); 3. A. Phillips. Tumbling : 1. A. Willis; 2. G. Robertson; 3 . Ray Hooper (Beal) . Tra mpoline: 1. A. Willis; 2. D. Fowler; 3 . Jim Tilley (Lamb­ton).

Jun ior Division- All Ro und: 1 st, Gary Gagen (C.E .C. I.); 2nd, Ron Charron (C.E .C.I.); 3rd Ken Graham (Lambton).

ONTARIO FEDERATION OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC , ASSOCIA TIONS

BIENNIAL COACHING SCHOOL Comments by J. D. McPherson,

O.F.S.A.A. Gymnastic Committee Chairman Recently, O.F.S.A.A. played host to its

biennial Coaching School amidst the pic­turesque surroundings of the Ontario Ath­letic Leadership Camp on the shores of Lake Couchiching-a setting typical of On­tario's northern terrain, with sparkling lakes embraced by giant evergreens perched on mounds of colourful crystalline rock.

In Ontario, it is considered desirable that all coaches in the school systems be r egular members of teaching staffs. The im­plication of this is that many of our coaches are not directly concerned with the curricular programme in physical educa­tion and are therefore not readily exposed to the continuing changes in athletics which the professional physical educator must be aware of. The Coaching School was established to provide an opportunity for these teacher-coaches to meet and ex­change ideas with their colleagues, some of whom are, of course, physical educators. This meeting is vital to the progress of athletics in the Province.

The 273 coaches in attendance had their choice of lectures in football, basketball , volleyball, wrestling, track and field, and gymnastics. The coaches were advised to select two sports for maximum benefit, and the timetable of lectures provided for this.

The gymnastics sessions, although time­tabled simultaneously ~vith lectures on the traditionally more popular activities, re­ceived extraordinarily high attendance. An average of 75 interested persons were ex· posed to four lectures offered by the mem­bers of the Ontario School Gymnastics Coaches Association. An added feature, which created a great deal of interest, was a display of gymnastics manuals, periodi­cals, and wall char~s. Mr. Nooney (Can. editor) was responsible for this exhibit and he reports that the U.S.G.F. Age-Class Workbook and the Nissen Wall Charts at· tracted most of the favourable comments. The loquacious Irishman was always on hand, giving advice and inspiration.

The first lecture in the gymnastics sec­tion was entitled The School Gym Team and was conducted by Mr. George Harlow, the very successful gymnastic coach at York Memorial C. I. in Toronto. Methods of promoting interest in gymnastics on a competitive basis were explained as were methods of handling large numbers of students so as to derive maximum benefit from time allotment. Although Mr. Harlow was directing his comments to the uniniti­ated, as an experienced coach I derived a great deal of benefit from his remarks. In particular, the use of compulsories or "set" routines in early practices to assist you in spreading yourself thinly over the g'roup. Highlights of Mr. Harlow's material were

O.S .G.C.A. executives at coach ing school: L to R, J . Nooney, Advisor; A. Warrick, V-Pres.; D. Kerr, Pres.; H. Rogers, Sec .

published in Modem Gymnast, April '66. Compulsory or "set" routines may be ob­tained from the U.S.G.F. workbook. (l like Group 4.)

Next on the gymnastics agenda was for the most of us, the highlight of the entire School. At 8 :00 p.m., a time when most of those in attendance were getting "tired of being lectured to", Mr. Nooney was scheduled to deliver an address. As con­venor, I was a little apprehensive about the number that might attend such a late event. The place was packed! With dedi­cation and conviction Mr. Nooney held the audience spellbound for the better part of an hour, as he implored and at times goaded his listeners to take up the torch. Sometimes on the verge of tears, some­times in gales of laughter , the group hung on every wO,rd as they were humbly be­seeched . . . gym'nastics for the young peo­ple, gymnastics as a vehicle for better health, gymnastics as a builder of men- a challenge to the creative competitive spirit inherent in everyone. When it was over, the appreciative audience, touched by Mr. Nooney's sincerity, commended him with a thunderous ovation.

The following day, Mr. Al Warrick of the North York Bd. of Education and l'vlr. Doug. Kerr of Western Technical School in Toronto presented a two-hour seminar on the One Aspect Judging System which was formulated by Mr. Nooney and Mr. Warrick and which is currently in use in most of our high school meets. Mr. Wai­rick preceded the explanation of the intri­cacies of the system by giving a brief, but extremely important, commentary on the r esponsibilities of a convenor to the judges of his meet . .. the provision of sufficient score sheets, the positioning of judges, the provision of trained judges' helpers, and, possibly the most important of all, the scheduling of events well in advance of tlje meet so that judges can be assigned to their events in time to do a little " boning up". Mr. Warrick pointed that convenors and judges should make every effort to as­sist the spectators in understanding how the routines are being . evaluated. Skilled announcers and explanations on the pro­gramme of events help in this most .import­ant "sales job" for gymnastics. While Mr. W srrick explained in considerable detail the various implicatidns of the syst.em it­self, thirteen explanatory sheets were passed out to each of the ' sixty-five present. The conclusion of the seminar took the form of a practical judging session and was con­ducted by the Province's most experienced judge, l\h. Doug Kerr. A filmed routine was shown at regular speed. The group was then directed to judge (unde'r Mr. Kerr's guidance) the composition ' as the film was shown again in slow motion. Similarly dif­fi cult and execution were judged ' with good results. Although there is no space avail­able at this time to explain the vaulting problem, suffice it to say that i't, too, has been divided into different aspects for pur­poses of more objective evaluation.

The activities of O.S.G.C.A. at the O.F.S.A.A. Coaching School must certainly mark a milestonp. in their development. Never before has so large an audience been so sympathetic to the cause. Each person there will return to his school where the most captive audience of all waits on his every word. The ' responsibilities of coaches and judges alike have been r ecognized and clearly defined. The foundation has been laid but the house is far from being fin­ished. I extend my thanks and my congrat­ulations to O.S.G.S.A. for having achieved " the end of the beginning".

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Bob Teel of Baldwin Park High School in Southern California was perhaps the most outstanding Ringman in High School Competition anyw'here in the USA this past season. A top Rope Climber and Ringrftan, Bob Tee! contributed much to help tlie Baldwin Park Gymnastic team win its sixth consecutive C.LF. Championship under the coaching of John Draghi.

After watching Bob compete we asked him to come to Santa Monica Beach so we could take a cover photo of him for the MG. With the able assistance of Lou Perschke we set up the ring stand at the waters edge. A most cooperative Pacific Ocean, its breakers as a backdrop for our photo efforts, resulted in our cover shot and the complete setup pictured here.

We gave Bob a fine workout that A.M. on the beach as we took close to a hundred color photos i;I search of the right one. Fact is we harp SQ mapy good color photos

it was hard to decide just which one to use. Th~ P~9~<! on this page is a Ql1!P~ and whIte Jep.r.Qducti~n of a color tran.~~~fpncy. Hold tL/:!:·.}Ibld It! Here comes a breaker we yell.ed to Bob from behind our zoom lens and he held it! Over and over again until we finished with all the cover shoot­mg. Then if that was not enough ! Bob went through his full routine for us several times to enable l:!S to take the ' sequence photos of his routine which follows (se­quence camera se~ting slipped and our photos did not turn' out as ' well as we had hoped for, sorry) . ~OB TEEL, R!!\p Routine: (Butterfly)

StIff-arm-pull to a' . .H0ss, pull out to "L", press to malteze, shoot to handstand, back­giant to handstand, lower through back lever pull through support position to front lever, pull to cross, pull out to ."L", hollow­back to hanqstand, giant to high straddle dismount. .

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1966 SCHOLASTIC GYMNASTICS IN THE USA by Dick Criley

A he·adline in The Deliver Post read, "Prep Gymnastics Rated High". The lead paragraphs pointed out that more than a dozen college coaches attended the 1966 Colorado High School Gymnastics Cham· pionships, an evidence of the growing qual · ity of high school gynmastics.

This phenomenon is not confined alone to Colorado, we find, as newspaper clippings and writeups sent to The Modern Gymnast from all parts of the U.S. relate the in· creasing interest and improvement in schoo lastic gymnastic programs. The increasing number of states coptemplating and holding regional qualifications also is. an indication of the growth of the sport: This growth is one of the reasons we have devoted nearly the whole of this month's issue to the grass· roo ts gymnastic programs of our nation's high schools.

Two prominent members of our collegiate gymnastic scene, Bill Meade and Rusty Mitchell, climbed out on the proverbial limb and voiced their own rankings of the state scholastic gymnastic scene. Mitchell , U.S. Olympian and recently·named gym coach for the University of New Mexico, rated the current gym powers this way: 1. California, 2. Illinois, 3. Colorado, and 4. Pennsylvania. Meade, coach of the Southern Illinois University team that has won the NCAA title two out of the lilst three years, took a slightly different tack, going Ly ci ties with PhHadelphia first. Chicago second, Lo~ Angeles third, and Denver fourth . He, too, rated Colorado th ird over·all behind JIlinois and California .

Coach Meade offered an additional com· ment-the Un ited States will have to get behind an age group gymnastics program to move to the top in international com­petition. The U.S. hasn't won an OIympic gold medal in gymnastics for more than 30 years. "It will have to start at the grass roots, just like age group swimming has done," Meade says.

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Beginning wi th the report from District No. 1 of National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association by Roy Davis, The Modern Gymnast is happy to offer a some· what condensed version of the more than 80 pages of state gymnastics summaries and result s received by this offi ce since the middle of this spring.

Many result s have appeared in previous issues, but sti ll other state championships were never reported at all. Space limita­tions, a desire to use as many of the photo· graphs sent us, and the differences existing between scoring systems in the various regions have necessitated our abbreviations and omission of score designations.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS COACHES ASSOCIATION

REPORT District #1 by Roy Davis,

Corresponding Secretary CALIFORNIA Part I Survey of Growth and Participation.

In September· 1965, the California Inter· scholastic Federation (CIF) sent out the following letter reporting the results of a na tionwide survey on interscholastic ath­letics:

INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY

1964·65 SCHOOL YEAR The California Interscholastic Federation

and other State High School Athletic As· sociations recently participated in a nation­wide interscholastic participation survey. The survey is evidence that the interscho­lastic athletic program provides for great numbers of students, rather than for a few. On a nationwide basis, football leads in participation with 822,681 boys involved. Basketball is second with 674,938 partici­pants; track and field is third with 569,687 participants; and baseball is fourth with 355,053 participants. Wrestling ranks fifth

with 140,719 partiCIpants. Gymnastics is 12th with 25,891 participants in 1,159 schools (also 12th in number of schools with such a program) .

The California tabulations are based on an actual count of the boys on the various athletic teams as reported by the Athletic Director at each senior high school for the 1964 school year. Refer to Table I for tab· ulations by CIF sections in California and for growth of gymnastics in California.

Table II compares participation in gym­nastics for 10 states and California.

In response to my inquiry, the following letter was r eceived : ARIZONA Dear Mr. Davis : In reply to your letter of May 1, 1966, I

submit the following information : 1. The state association is divided into

four conferences, "AA" enrollment 900 and over "A" enrollment 400 to 900 "B" enrollment 150 to 400 "c" enrollment 1 to 150

2. 24 "AA" schools participate in gym· nastics

3. Three new gymnastic schools this year over last year

4. Approximately 992 participating this year

5. Increase of 135 participants over pre-vious year.

Very sincerely, H. A. Hendrickson, Executive Secretary

UTAH, HA WAIl, NEVADA At the present time there is no olIcial

interscholastic gymnastics according to of­ficial communication from state athletic associations. Summary of Part I

If you will examine carefully the growth statistics from the California and Arizona area, you will notice that Arizona added three schools in one year, California added

8 in three years. Of the 11 listed spor ts in California, gymnastics is growing slowest of all! This is a very interesting fact in view of national population and growth fig· ures which show that California is the fastest growing and most progressive state in the U.S. Let's hope the other states are doing their job. In Arizona, only one coach bothered to join the NHSGCA. If we don't get together to do the job, obviously it won't get done. Give it some thought. You may be party to a dying cause. Part II Area Results.

(Editor's note: We usurped this part of Mr. Davis' report and are including these results below: ClF Championships, Los An­geles City High School Championships , Northern California Invitational Gymnastics Championships , and Northern CIF Champi­onships.)

TABLE I California Tabulations by Each CIF Section Interscholastic Athletics Participation Survey,

Section Central Los Angeles North Coast Northern Oakland Sac-Joaquin San Diego San Francisco Southern

Calif. Total Years 1961-62 1963-64 1964-65

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Northern California Invitational High School

Gymnastics Finals A multitude of league, conference, and

regional competitions preceded the Finals of the No. Calif. Invitational sponsored by the College Park Turners at the College Park High School in Pleasant Hill , Calif.

In spite of the fact that there were some outstanding individual performances, the highlight of the 1966 Finals proved to be the battle for team title. Encina High of Sacramento , the East Bay Qualifying Cham­pions, edged Berkeley High 93% to 93 in spi te' of Berkeley's 1-2·3 placings in tum­bling, the final event.

Dick Wolfe's Encina team was paced by Dave Douglass and Jim Ellsworth with vic­tories in PB and SH respectively, and by Dana Alexander who garnered a host of points with several high place finishes.

Berkeley was led by so ph Kirk Edward, Sr. Maurice Williams, and freshman How­ard Hardie (an unusually young team taken altogether) .

Scott Standish retained some of defend­ing champion Homestead High's honor by retaining his all-around title and by win· ning the long horse vault. Homestead man· aged a third place fini sh despite the fact that Larry Butts, defending champion on three events, was unable to compete.

Other highlights of the meet included the fin e still ring performance of Jim Kepley of Hillsdale, a good trampoline routine by Jim Turpin of San Mateo, and some excel· lent vaulting by at least 5 good vaulters.

Several late injuries kept some fine gym· nasts out of the meet as San Mateo's Jim Sweeney, Hillsdale's Steve Fletcher, and Larry Butts suffered accidents ' just prior to the Finals.

RESULTS Team standings : Encina (E), Berkeley (B),

H omestead (Hd), Hill sdale (H ), San Mateo (SM), Fremont (F), Carlmont (C), Oakland (0), Ygna­cio Va lley (YV), Clayton Valley (CV); AA: Scott Standish (Hd ); FX: Kirk Edwards (B), Rogers (Hd), Bob Lutz (YV) ; SH: Jim Ellsworth (E), Dana Alexander (E), Don Reed (HD); TR: Jim T u rp in (SM), Tim Earl y (SM), Thompson (H); HB: Maurice Williams (B), Scott Standish (Hd), Robb ins (CV); LH: Standish , Hoover (H), Tom Doy le (C); PB : Dave Douglass (E), Edwards, Ernie Wash ington (F); SR: Jim Kepley (H), Douglass, Wil li ams; T: Edwards, H oward Hardie (B), W illiams. East Bay Qualifications for No. Calif. Invitational

Team standings: Encina (E), Homestead (H), Berkeley (B), Fremont (F), Ygnacio Volley (YV), Oakland (0), Clayton Valley (CV), Col­lege Park (CP), Sky l ine (S), Mt. Diablo (D); AA: A lexander (E), Borders (C), Edwards (B); FX : Butts (H ), Rogers (H ), Lutz (YV); SH: Reed (H), Ell sworth (E), Chisum (YV); TR : 5, Stand­ish (H ), McWhirk (E), L. Standish (H); HB: Washington (F), S, Standish (H), tie between Douglas (E) and Robbins (CV); LH : Standish (H ), tie between Douglas (E) and Borders (0) and Wash ington (F ); PB : Douglas (E), Edwards (B), Borders (0); SR: Williams (B), Vanderhoef (E), Dcuglas (E); T : Edwards (B), Rogers (H), tie between Stand ish (H) and W illiams (B ) and Hardy (B). West Bay Qualifications for No. Calif. Invitational

Team standings : H i ll sda le (H ), Carl mont (C ), San Mateo (SM), Mills (M), Palo Alto (PA), San Carlos (SC), and Sequoia (S); AA : Fletcher (H ), Doyle (C), Cooper (M); FX: Herschberg (SM ), Cooper (M), Hills (H); SH: Mesik (H ), Fronzil (H), Bresso (SC); TR : Turpin (SM), Ly­num (H), Earl y (SM); LH: Doyle (C), Cooper (M) , Turpin (SM ); PB: Doy le (C), Kepl y (H), Pigg (PA); SR: Keply (H ), Keck (C), tie be­tween Luddy (PA) and Shigam~to (SM); T: Herschberg (SM); Howel l (C), Hills (H). Winning routines:

LH : Scott Sta " dish, (Hd), Yamashita. HB: Maur ice Williams (B). Stem ri se, for­

ward giant, full pirouette change (Yz turn plus Yo lurn), forward giant, Yz turn, back giant, cross change, reach under rear vau lt, kip, hop, front giant, hop, free hip, fl yaway,

FX: Kirk Edwards, (B). Round off, flip flop, back sam ie, flip flop, full twisting somersaul t, jump, splits, turn, straddle chest lean, hollow­back press, Yz turn, step down, handspring, heodspring step out, arch div e to chest roll, stoop vault, back lean, sit flip flop to back (cradle) and kip with Yz turn, stand, round off, back di ve Yz twist, forward roll, to im­mediate flip flop, snap out with Yo turn to sil , Va ldez, step down, round off, flip flop, pike back somersault.

PB: Craig Douglass, (E). Peach basket to L, ho llowback press, layaway, struehle (hold), un­derbar cast, back uprise, double cut, layaway, front uprise, reverse pirouette, underbar cast, back uprise, double cut catch, swing hand­stand (hold ), shoulder rol l , forward, glide kip, layaway, front uprise, - front somersault dis­m ount .

TR: Jim Turpin, (SM). Baroni out fliffus, barani out fluffus, barani, rudolph, back, full twist, baran i, back, 13,4 back to stomach , double cody.

SR: Jim Kepley, (H). Inverted pull to hand­stand, inverted cross, fall forward to back up­ri se and maltese, 2 straight body back rolls, pull to cross, front lever, pullout to inverted

hang, ~ack uprise handstand, giant swing, gi­ant SWing, flyaway .

SH: Jim Ellsworth (E). Moore in middle, dou­ble, Moore, Side travel , double kehre in dou­ble, right leg back, reverse s~issor, r ight leg back, left leg over , 3 f o rward scissors left leg over, 2 doubles, side travel, 2 doubies 2 loops, V2 turn dismount. I

T: Kirk Edwards (B). 1. Round off flip flop, 2 bounders, flip flop , full twist, flip flop, full twist. 2. Front sam ie, step out, handspring front , run , round off , flip flop, back, back.

All Around winner: Scott Stanish, (Hd), Sr. LH : Yamashita HB: front cast, back uprise, full pirouette,

kip , back giant, free hip, back giant, cross change , fro nt giant, sto ll to reach under rear vau lt, kip, back giant, cross change, I front giant, barani off.

FX: straddle jump, front sam ie, run to round off, flip fl op, Arabian somersault , handspring, step out, reverse pirouette to handstand, strad­dle ro ll , straddle stand, wide arm press, walk Wide and hold, ro ll , pin wheel kick turn handspring, front somie, heodspring V2 turn; straddle vault to back rest , back extension roll, kick, round off, flip flop, full twist, chest fall, full turn to left , shoulder roll, shoulder kiP, With Yo turn, lunge, handspring step out, forward scale, turn, round off, fl ip flop back somle.

PB: glide kip , dislocate, front uprise, swing handstand with Yz turn, f orward stutz, under bar cast-catch , straddle cut, dip handstand, b~ck ~omerSQU ltf underbar cast, glide hip, L, stiff-stiff press, one arm handstand, swing , front somersault with Yo turn.

SR: dislocate, shoot handstand, lower to dis­locate, dislocate, back lever, pull out, 2 in­locates, back uprise, L, forward roll, hand­stand, lower, back roll, dislocate, double back s0mersQu lt.

SH: Moore mount to middle, 3 doubles, Moore! 3 doubles, right leg back, reverse scis­sor, right leg back, 2 front scissors, left leg over, right . leg back, 2 doub les, side travel left, loop With Yz turn.

Ken Mathauser, Northern Open Champ

FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 1966 The Yreka High School Gymnastic team

coached by Ed Loudon scored 86 points to win the Far Northern Gymnastic Open March 5th at Redding, California. Enter· prise was second followed by Chico, Del Norte, and Eureka.

Besides winning the Open, Yreka had an undefeated season winning 11 dual meets, including a victory over the University of California Freshmen.

A key factor in Enterprise's victory was their domination of second place, 7 out of 9, in addition to three firsts.

Ken Mathauser of Enterprise won three rsts, in Free Exercise, Parallel Bars, and Side Horse, in addition to the all-around title. The all-around is scored by allowing a man to en ter as many of the nine events as he wants to; in this way we have a real all-around gymnast!

Seven schools entered the meet which was well-conducted by Chuck Endres, En­terprise gymnastics coach.

RESULTS Team standings: Yreka (Y), Enterprise (E)

Chico (C), Del Norte (DN), Eureka (Eu); FX: Ken Matheuser (E), Steve Roney (C), Gary Penberthy (Y); SH: Mathauser, Dan Bunns (Y), Joe Garrison (Eu); TR: Jim Ridgeway (DN), Ralph Grossen (Y), Paul Nichols (E); HB: Pat Connors (Y), Paul Tufts (Y), Mathouser; LH: Roney, Grossen, John Burwell (E); PB: Math-

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auser, Roney, Bill Schmidt; SR: Joe Jarvis (Eu), David Lowe (Y), Roney; T: Grossen, Jim Hol­lister (Y), Charles Darr (DN); Rope: Dan Lacy (Y), John Tufts (Y), Dana Simpson (Y).

1966 C.I.F. Finals by John Draghi,

Baldwin Park Unified School District Co-capt"ains Bob Teel and Craig Dick­

son led Baldwin Park to a record-breaking 6th consecutive CIF championship, erasing all other winning streaks in the CIF_

Cal State College at Los Angeles, under the competent direction of Gordon Maddux, hosted the finals before a large enthusi­asti c crowd_ The meet began with Steve Wright of Baldwin Park winning the Rope Climb with a fast time of 3_2 seconds and ended with a 9.7 performance by Bob Teel on the rings to win his third consecutive ring title and Baldwin Park's sixth conse­cutive ring title.

The meet developed into a two-way bat­tle between Baldwin Park and Lakewood and was not settled until the last two events when Baldwin Park outscored Lake­wood on Parallel Bars and Rings.

Missing due to injuries were two fine all-around performers, Dan Kolb of West­minister and George Greenfield of Muir. As defending elF high point man, George was expected to provide the needed strength for Coach Steelhead's fine team from Muir.

Outstanding performances were given by Gen'e Cataldo of Millikan, a junior with tremendous front tumbling, John Nelson of Muir who won the side horse with a diffi­cult routine (see below) finishing up with effortless loops, and Ed M etters of Lake-

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wood who edged out Steve Langdon of Muir on the high bar with fine style and contra!'

Baldwin Park won four individual titl es; Rope by Steve Wright, Rings by Bob Teel , and Long Horse, and Floor Exercise by Craig Dickson. Tee!'s routine was high­lighted by his straight arm pull to cross mount, effortless pull-outs of crosses, free swinging giants to handstands, maltese, and extremely high dismount. In winning his 2nd FX title, Dickson displayed strength by holding a planche, control with high doubles, balance by a one-arm handstand, and tumbling both frontwards and back­wards. Craig emerged the high point cham­pion of the 1966 CIF Gymnastic Champi­onships.

RESULTS Team standings: Baldwin Park (BP), Lake­

wood (L), Muir (MU), EI Rancho (ER), West­minister (Wm), Pasadena (P), Millikan (M), tie between California (C) and Santa Paula (SP), Wilson (W), Ganesha (G), Anaheim (A); FX: Craig Dickson (BP), Tom Johnsey (L), Mike Shane (BP); SH: John Nelson (Mu), Darryl Mil­ler (L), tie between Tony Parra (ER) and Ken McGowan (L); H B: Ed Metters (L), Steve Lang­don (Mu), Charlie Hedges (ER); LH: Dickson, Phil Bullington (SP), Langdon; PB: John Se­void (Wm), Son Stoval (BP), Roger Stambaugh (BP); SR: Bob Teel (BP), Paul Gillespie (P), tie between Bob Turner (ER) and Don Flock (L); T: Gene Cataldo (M), Chuck England (C), Felix Montoya (ER); Rope: Steve Wright (BP), tie between Bob Teel (BP) and Steve Hall (L). Winning routines:

FX: Dickson (BP): Press straight arms and legs (together) to handstand, one arm stand; 3 steps, run, front somie, handspring, hand­spring; fall; high doubles; come to stand, Y2 turn; roundoff, beck handspring, high layout; planche; bounce to handstand; rollout to stand with Y2 turn; back extension roll with Y2 turn in handstand; straight leg roll up; step to handstand, pirouette; roundoff, back handspring, high tuck back.

SH: Nelson (Mu): (clockwise) Moore mount, immediate downhill travel, Y2 loop to Y2 back loop, Y2 loop to high doubles an end, travel uphill, break right leg, back to one reverse scissor; reverse high doubles, break to high doubles, Russian, travel downhill, loop, loop, Olympic.

HB: Metters (L): With overgrip, cast, swing back to pirouette (full twist) catch, kip to Dvergrip giants, cross grip change to under grip giants, stall out giant, change left hand to Qvergrip, reach across and under with right hand to under grip, rear vault, reverse kip, german giant, disengage feet, kip to overgrip giants, flyaway.

PB: Sevold (Wm): Peach basket to L, hold, prass to handstand (stiff-stiff straddle), cast below bars to upper arm support, swing back­wards and drop to glide kip, straddle cut catch, layaway to front rise, swing to hand­stand, layout back somie off.

LH: Dickson (BP): Pike front handspring from croup. Hecht from the neck.

SR: Teel (BP): From hang slowly pull to iron cross (straight arms and regular grip), press to maltese, 3;" frontward giant (leading with ventral side of body) to handstand, backward giant, stiff arm and body drop down rotating to back lever (drop slowly through planche position), from back lever pull through to cross and support position and drop back to front lever, pull to cross (hold), press to L (straight arm cross pull), straight body bent arm press to handstand, frontward giant to high straddle dismount.

T: Cataldo (M): Front walkout, roundoff, back handspring, full twisting back, back handspring, full twisting back. Front walkout, handspring , front walkout, handspring, front walkout, handspring, front, front. Front walk­out, roundoff, back handspring, arabian, front handspring, frontsomie, roundoff, back hand­spring, back layout.

Rope: Wright (BP): 3.2 seconds.

1966 Los Angeles City Gymnastics Championships

by Dick Criley The 1966 Los Angeles City Gymnastic

Championships were held at the San Fer­nando Valley State College on June 4. Earlier, eliminations were held in each league which resulted in 1he appearance of over 100 ,gymnasts representing more than 30 high schools.

Juan Sanchez, L.A. City Champ

Undoubtedly, the dominating figure was Juan Sanchez, a senior from Venice High Schoo!. In winning the individual high point title, Sanchez captured three firsts and two seconds and erased the old mark held by Makoto Sakamoto. With teammate Don Ferre, he led Venice to its second con­secutive city championship. Westchester, led by Larry Bassist, tied for second with Garfield whose effort was sparked by the Caling brothers, Marty and Leonard.

Tumbling and the rope climb are still a part ·of the event sequence in Los Angeles, but the efforts of the rings performers cre­ated some confusion due to the resemblance to the discarded flying rings event. Only Jeff Marcus of Fairfax could muster the difficulty, control, and style to break into the 9's. With difficulty to burn, too many tumblers tried too much with too little finesse and the event was won by the clean, moderately difficult tumbling of Don Ferre. Fourteen of the 17 rope climbers posted times better than 4.0 and 4 of these were 3.5 or better. Side horse and parallel bars both lacked the quality of 9.0 performances although some individuals possessed the material, if not the contra!'

The championships were perhaps most outstanding for the high bar and floor exer· cise performances. In addition to the medal­ists, several other competitors showed prom­ise, including Max Magdeleno (Wilson), Mark Davis (Van Nuys ) , and Bill Ward (Venice) on floor exercise and Tim Pusztai (South Gate) , Larry Fratus (University) and Davis on high bar. It was interesting to note that at least half a dozen gymnasts used double flyaways as a dismount.

The meet itself was well run, and the large crowd quite appreciative. Indeed, a number of routines were of college caliber, and the Los Angeles city high schools can be proud of their contribution to the gym­nastics scene. But, in view of expanding gymnastics consciousness in other parts of the country, this area would be well ad­vised to pay even more attention to the goal of aesthetic as well as difficult gymnastics.

RESULTS Team standings: Venice (V), tie between

Westchester (WC) and Garfield (G), South Gate (SG), Reseda (R), Los Angeles (LA), Jef-

Venice Hi Sch., City Team Champs

ferson (J). tie between Fairfax IF) and Poly (P). tie between Banning (B) and University (U) and Van Nuys (VN); High Point: Juan Sanchez (V). Larry Bassit (WC). Don Ferre (V); FX: Bassist, Sanchez, Ferre; SH: Sanchez, Ken Bronner (Dorsey). Richard Muff (V); HB: Phil Eliades (R), Sanchez, Marty Caling (G); LH: Sanchez, Bassist, Caling; PB : Sanchez, Gerald Green (B). tie between Robert Chavez (G) and Ferre; SR: Jeff Marcus (F). Ralp Tanioka (LA), Mark Davis (VN); T. Ferre , James Bettors (J). tie between Ron Brunswick (Birmingham) and Bassist; Rope: Harry Sid les (P) 3.3, Gene Zdenek (Taft). tie between Hal Cohn (Pa li­sades) and Eugene Bailey (SG). Winning Routines:

FX: Bassist (WC); Roundoff, back hand­spring, full twist; turn, body fall, single leg circles to bock support; full twist around to back support; dislocate kickover to handstand to Japanese (side) spl its; ho llowbock press t o handstand; handspr ing, pike front, handspring; Swedish fall , t urn to straight sp li ts; stiff-stiff, pike down; handspring walkout, roundoff, lay­out with walkout t o swedish fall; momentary handstand, step dawn back walkover; round­off, back handspring, back somie.

SH: Sanchez (V): Jump to doubles on end, double rear to center (kehre in). 2 doubles, ri ght leg back, left leg back, 2 forward scis­sors, left leg under, right leg under, right leg back, doubles, side travel, 3 loops, V2 twist off .

Above: High Bar Placer, Marty Caling and Ring Winner, Jeff Marcus

HB: Eliades (R): Stem rise, front giant, pirouette to immediate reach under cross change (fu l l twist to one eagle gr ip). giant and change other hand to eagle gr ip, eagle hop out, forward giant, V2 turn, free hip, reach under, rear vault, back kip, german giant, castout, uprise, free hip to handstand, one bock giant I b l ind change, front giant, turn and cross change, hop to back giant, double flyaway.

LH: Sanchez (V): handspring from neck; pike handspring (Yamashita) .

PB: Sanchez (V): Peach layaway, front up­rise, moore, L, stiff-st iff, backover bar, st itz, drop, un"derbar cast, straddle cut, press and sw ing handstand, backover bar off.

SR: Marcus (F): Bock lever to cross, press t o L, hollowback to handstand, back giant to handstand, back giant, front upr ise L, press to maltese , back lever bounce, cross, dis locate, straddle off from half support.

T: Ferre (V): Roundoff, 2 back handsprings, fu ll , 2 back handsprings, full, 2 back hand­springs, full. Handspring front walkout (re­peated four times) . Front walkout, roundoff, bock handspr ing, full, 2 back handsprings, ful l.

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1966 VVashington State High School

Gymnastics Championships by Harry Johnson

Highline High of Seattle dominated the 1966 meet scoring 177.5 points to 70 for second place Issaquah. Coach Bob Sarvor 's gymnasts have consistently been the class of Washington's high school gymnastics. Marv Hildebrand, Highline's outstanding junior all·around man amassed 48·9 points to win the event by almost t en full points, winning the floor exercise, side horse, hori­zontal bar, parallel bars, and still rings in addition to the all·around title. Wash· ington coaches report Hildebrand is pres· ently doing college level work on both hori· zon tal bar and rings.

Marv Hildebrand, Washington A l l-Around Champ

Ron Street placed second in all·around fo r coach Jim Sullivan's Bothell team. Street was also second in floor exercise. J arry Kraft of Issaquah was third in all­around. Fourth place fin isher in all-around was Charlie Peters of Foster high schoo!. Peters performed solidly with a second in the parallel bars and thirds in floor exer· cise, side horse, and still rings.

Results: Team standings: Highline, Issaquah,

Bothell , Renton, Foster, Kennewick, Kent· Meridan, Richland, Shorecrest, Cascade.

1966 Oregon High School Gymnastics Championships

SOUTH EUGENJ;: HIGH SCHOOL by H arry Johnson

A strong fini sh in the all·around event pushed South Eugene to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Oregon High School Gymnastics Championship. The largest crowd on record witnessed the seventh an· nual meet held March 11 at McArthus Court on the University of Oregon campus. The close finish, combined with the in·

Ron Moninger, Oregon A ll-A round Champ

creased cal iber of competition, generated considerable crowd enthusiasm.

Performances were generally on a higher plain than last year. Highlights of the meet were the routines of South Eugene's Tim Rayley on the side horse, David Doug:· las's lVlike Walker on the high bar, and the still ring performance by Jim Lambert of South Eugene. Overall performances on both the side horse and the still rings far surpassed those of previous years. The all· around champion was South Eugene's Ron Moninger who also finished second in the high bar, fourth in floor exercise and eighth in parallel bars.

The system of districting established by the Oregon Gymnastics Association after the 1965 season proved highly sa tisfactory and will be continued. The Association has established a series of judging clinics for the fall of 1966 to better train judges. Lack of qualified judges and coaches con· tinues to be a problem in Oregon as it is throughout the Northwest. All indications point to a higher level of gymnastics with greater interest from coaches, participants, judges, and spectators.

RESULTS Team Standings: SoOth Eugene (SE), David

Douglas (DD), North Eugene (NE), South Sal­em (55), Sheldon (5), Cottage Grove (CG), Junction City (JC ), Albany (A), Roosevelt (R), Wi lson (W), Thurston (T); AA: Ron Moninger (SE), Gary Brain (DD), Don Schrouder (NE); FX : Bil l Sp iller (5), Bob Hanes (SE), Brain; SH: Tim Rayley (SE), Ken Betterton (NE), Tim erguson (SE); HB: Mike Wa lker (DD), Monin­ger, Ron DePiero (NE); LH: Brain, Ray ley, Gary Singleterry (DD); PB : Lance Larwood (NE), Jack Boyd (55), Walker; SR: J im Lam­bert (SE), Don Avance (DD), tie between Jim Moore (55) and Dave Masengil (NE).

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G YivIN ASTICS CHAM PIONSHIPS by Tracy R ogers

The meet was hosted by Aurora High School and as usual Coach Don Robinson put on a magnificent show. Banners for each school and large paintings by Tony Rowan , Aurora gymnast, decorated the gym.

The meet was of high calibre throughout. Coach Bill ivl eade who was present rated Colorado third in the nation, and there were 11 other college coaches present for recruiting purposes.

A long story could be written about the difficulty of routines and excellent per· formances. For example, tumbling compe· titian had 3 double backs, one out of al· ternates. All the doubles were solid. Seven out of ten scores were over 8.0 on vault· ing, and so on down the line. High bar and Still rings were the weakest events while Free X, vault , trampoline, and tumbling were all exceptionally strong.

Fairview's Tom Proulx defended his FX title and won high bar and the all·around title in leading Fairview to its second straight State Championship over 17 other teams.

Certa inly one of the contributing factors to the excellence of the various teams and individuals was the strength of the coaches organization. Not enough can be sa id about the activity of this group in providin g publicity, high level judging, and a fin e show.

Teams: Fa irv iew (F), W asson (W), Aurora Centra l (AC ), Ranum (R), Abraham Lincoln (A L), N orth (N ), East (E), George W ashington (GW ), Palmer (P), South (5), Mapleton (Mp), Mitchel (M i) and Aurora H inkley (AH) tie, Littl eton (Li ), Golden (G), Jefferson (J ) and Manual (M o) and W heatRidge (WR) tie .

FX : Tom Proulx (F ), Chuck Kennedy (W), Rich Murahata (F); SH: Pat Edwards (F ), Ron Day (R), Larry Dardano (N ); TR: M ike Brown (GW), Doug Boger (AL), Jim Royce (A C); HB: Proul x, Frank Swanson (W), Ralphe Clarke (E); LH: Jim Dye (5), Rich Tew (P), Kennedy; PB: Edwards, Prou lx, Mi ke Larson (AC); SR: Chuck O'Shea (R), Dave Mawhorter (A C) , Ron Crescen tini (N); T : Boger , Proulx, AI Hendrich (AL).

LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOL GYM TASTICS INVITATIONAL

by A rt White Fairview High S chool

Five Colorado high schools took part in the third annual Littleton Invitational held April 29, 1966, under the direction of Lit· tIeton Coach Dick Qualls. Team standings were determined by awarding points to the top 9 places in each event, and ' medals were awarded the top 3 places.

Team standings: Fairview (F), W heat r idge (W), Palmer (P), Littleton (L), Durango (D); FX: Tom Proulx (F), Rich Murahata (F ), Dick Klutsch (W; SH: Pot Edwards (F), M ike Tr ian-

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t os (F), Russel Lucas (W); TR: Julian Stovall (W), Proulx, Bob Arrell (L) ; HB: Proulx, Mura­hata, Lucas; LH : Proulx, Bob Fluken (W), Rich Tew (P); PB : Edwards, Ken Macauley (F), Tew; SR: Edwards, M ark A sbury (W ), Proul x; T: Proul x, Rich Sadok (W), Murahata; AA: Tom Prou lx (F), Bob Fluken (W) , Rich Tew (P) .

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET

T eam: Fa irview (F), A braham Lincoln (AL), Au rora Central (AC), Iver Ranum (R), W asson (W), Golden (G), Palmer (P), North (N ), South (5 ) and W heatR idge (WR ).

AA : Tom Proul x (F ), M ike Dyas (AC) , Dove Rod ri guez (AL); FX: Proulx, Doug Boger (AL), Ed Ramos (AL ); SH : Pat Edwards (F), Ron Day (R), Mike Triantos (F ); TR : Boger, Julian Stov-01 (WR), Jim Royce (AC); HB : Proul x, Fronk Swanson (W), Dyas; LH : Proul x, Rich Tew (P), Rich M urahata (F ); PB : Edwards, Ken Ma­cau ley (F), Proulx; SR: Edwards, Proul x , Chuck O'Shea (R); T : Boger, Proulx, Doug Watkins (R).

COLORADO STATE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GYMNASTICS MEET

Ka thy Rogers of North Denver high school succeeded her older sister, Susan, as all·around champion in the junior divi· sian. Miss Rogers won the uneven parallel bars and vaulting and placed third in bal· ance beam . The only girl to win two events in the meet was J ane DiFuJco, of South Denver High, who captured the junior free exercise and balance beam titles. Allison Lehti of Golden High School won the all­aro und crown in the beginnin g division .

Junior Division-UPB : Rogers, Sherry Hanson (GW), A nne Birky (LaJunta ); FX : DiFulco, Kay Lirette (Denver ), Phy lli s Jojola (WR); T: Ellen Ketter ing (Fort Morgan), Jojo la, Sue Alley (WR); TR : Donna Hortman (Denver), Sandi Bi llinger (Denve r ), Cindy Mor iarity (WR), BB: Di Fulco, Pam Fossum (Bear Creek), Rogers; SHV : Rogers, Billinger, Sherron Houk (Denver); AA: Rogers, Hanson, Beth Work (Cortez).

Beginning Divisian-UPB: Linda Rob inson (Colorado Springs), Cinda Clark (BC), Dione Rathbun (CS); FX: Amy M ontova (Denver), Lehti , Sharlene Sanderson (CS); T: Deborah Fila (L i), Barbaro Cou nce (Alameda), Vicki V erve rs (FM) and Conn ie Vernon (Arvada ); TR: Jon Da ley (Ar), Linda Chadw ick (BC), Susan Let t s (Durango); BB: Lindie M ulnex (CS), Suz­anne Bean (CS), Cleo M artinez (Denver ), SHV : Phy llis Jo jo la (W R), Lehti , Carol Sorgent (CS); AA : Leht i, Robinson, M artinez.

1966 NEW MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Gymnastic championships for both boys and girls were held at the Roswell High School, Roswell, N.M., under the direction of Mr. Derry Moore, Roswell gymnastics coach.

The Santa Fe boys team coached by Clarence Allen won the boy's division due, in part, to their clean sweep of the first fi ve places on still rings. This victbry un· seated Lovington from the championship which they had held for the past three years.

The Lovington girls team coached by Mrs. LoLeet Speegle demonstrated fine depth in winning the girls division.

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BOYS-Team standings: Sante Fe (SF), Lov­ington (L), Roswell (R), Farmington (F), God­dard (G), Carlsbad (C); AA: Lee Tay lor (R) , Leo Rios (SF), Jerry Allmon (L); FX: Mark Hop­kins (L), Rick Popoff (F) , Chris Truillo (SF); SH: Allmon, Mike Duron (SF), Trujillo; TR: Murphy Lynch (G), Allman, Doug Jones (F ); HB: Tay lor, Dale Hadley (SF), Steve Wil son (L); LH: Taylor, Rios, Allman; PB: Hopkins, Ta y lor , Allman; SR: Johnny Duran (SF) , Steve Scott (SF), Ri os; T : Hopkins, Robert Duarte (C) Rios.

GIRLS-Team . standings: Lovington (L), Farmington (F), Carlsbad (C) , Roswell (R), God­dard (G), t ie between Santa Fe (SF) and Clov is (CI); AA: tie between Laquita Hargrove (C) and Brenda Gibson (F), Rosie O'Grady (L) ; FX : Hargrove, Pam Wallace (L), Sharon Snell (G); SHV : Susan Stoabs (F), Libby Lee (L), Judy Hawthorne (SF); BB: Emily Gimsberg (G), Stoabs, Hargrove; TR : Leona Camp (L), Cindy Broweland (CI) , Janice Wolters (L) ; UPB: Har­grove, Stoabs, Janet Dennison (R); T: Har­grove, O'Grady, Stoabs.

FIFTH ANN UAL OKLAHOMA CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS by Paul T. Condit

The Fifth Annual Oklahoma City Gym· nastic meet was held on February 19, 1966, at the Oklahoma City YMCA. A total of 40 gymnasts from Oklahoma and Texas par­ticipated. The largest group came from the F t. Worth Y, under the coaching of John Rhoads.

Strong competition was evidenced in tumbling ( Dick Womack with a double twisting back into a front , as well as a full twisting front ) and trampoline from Dyckman 's, Maverick 's and Nard 's Tram· poline Clubs, both in Amarillo.

The outstanding performer award went to Bob )\'IacKey, a high school senior from Ft. Worth, who is a promising all· around gym-nast.

RESULTS Boys 16 and over : AA: Bob Mackey (Ft .

W orth ), Tom Cunningham (Houston Y) Kent Reed (Okla . City Y); FX: Mackey, Odess Lov in (Maver icks), Ronnie Webb (M); SH : Mackey, Ed Trantham (FW Y ),Reed ; TR : Jerry Str ic k ­land (Nard Tromp), Darrel Bohn (Perry ton Y ), St eve M cFarland (Nard); HB : M ackey, Cun ­ningham, Reed ; LH: Mackey, W ebb, Bohn; PB: Mac key, Cunningham , Bo hn; SR: Cun ni ngham, Mackey , Reed; T: Richard W omack (Mav.), Odess Lov in (Mav), Ronnie W ebb (Mav ).

1966 KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

With only two seniors returning from the 1965 Championship squad, Lawrence High School edged Wichita East for the state championship 116% to 114, at the Wichita State University, February 18, 1966, for their sixth victory in seven years.

Kansas Coach Bob Rector with his win­ning team champs; Snow, Mitchell and Hemphill

Three Lawrence gymnasts, Ken Snow, Steve Mitchell and Roger Hemphill netted five first places between them while Bob Carroll of Wichita East paced his team with wins in three events, contributing over one-fourth of the East team total.

The State meet was Lawrence Coach Bob Rector's last as he has accepted the posi­tion of Head Gymnastics Coach at the Kan­sas State University.

RESULTS Team standings : Lawrence (L), Wichita East

(WE), Wichita South (WS), Atchison (A), Medi­cine Lodge (ML), Winfield (W), Topeka Sea­man (TS), Highland Park (HP), Wichita Heights (WH), tie between Washburn Rural and Wichita North and Wichita Southeast). AA: Snow (L), Jim Hughes (WE), Cl yne (WS); FX : Snow, Hughes, Clyne; SH: Bob Carroll (WE), Stutleey (A), Martin (L); LH: Steve Mitchell (L), Hughes, Mike Tennyson (L); HB: Roger Hemphill (L); PB: Carroll, Mitchell, Brouillette; SR: Carroll, Gardner (A), McDer­med (A); T: Snow, Clyne, Carner (TS).

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WISCONSIN STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

Granvill ~, Wisconsin's defending State High School Champions, repeated for their fourth consecutive title by topping 20 teams with 93.5 points. Unlike last year's win they qualified men in every event and wo~ three individual titles. Greg Gruenwaldt netted the champions two firsts on floor exercise ;and long horse. For the third blue ribbon, Chuck Senn topped the side horse competition.

State Champs from Granville

Paul Rabbitt in still rings and Dean Arnold in trampoline gave Eau Clair Mem­orial two firsts. Eau Clair North's P eter Tharp earned his school a first on the parallel bars. The most closely contested event, the high bar, was won by Gary Ploetcher from Marshall. Dick Airis of Janesville and Mike Weinstein of Marshall split the tumbling title.

The fourth state high school meet was highlighted by the finest fi eld of gymnasts thus far to vie in this meet and the indica­tions are stronger than ever that the sport will continue to grow steadily in Wiscon­sin. Although ihe preliminaries and final s were conducted in one day using three ses· sions, there is a strong possibility that ad­ditional qualifying rounds will be needed in the future . Credit for this bright future is directed to the excellent efforts of the Wisconsin coaches, the W.I.A.A. and the national enthusiam to boost gymnastics.

As a footnote, it might be added that Granville's fourth championship marked the end of Coach Bob Bowen's high school coaching as he becomes Head Coach and Assistant Prof. in P .E. at the State Uni­versity in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Team standings: Granvi lle (G), Milwaukee Marshall (MM), Milwaukee Boys Tech (MBT), Menomonee Falls (MF), Green Bay Preble (GB), Milwaukee Custer (MC), Eau Clair Nort h (ECN), Whitnall (W), Milwaukee Bay View (MBV), tie between Eau Clair Memorial (ECM) and Milwaukee Pulaski (MP), Janesvi lle (J), Manitowoc (M), MilWaukee King (MK), Jeffer­son (Jf), Madison East (ME), Milwaukee Juneau (MJ), Homestead (H ).

FX: Greg Gruenwaldt (G), Mike Weinstein (MM), tie between Rich Gehrke (ML) and James Rezell (G); SH: Chuck Senn (G), Roger Downey (GB), Gerald Bieck (MP); TR: Dean Arnold (ECM), Larry Smieja (ECN), Steve Engedol (ECM); HB: Gary Ploetcher (MM), Bob Fitz­patrick (MF), Bill Grochon (MBV); LHV: Gruen­waldt, Rezell , tie between Steve Gerhard (Jf) and Henry Winfrey (MK); PB: Peter Tharp (ECN), tie between Roger Maker (MBT) and Rod Maker (MBT); SR: Paul Rabbitt (ECM), Craig Hopper (ME), Tom Daniels (G); T: tie between Dick Airis (J) and Weinstein, AI Hebbring (MF).

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1966 ILLINOIS STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Victor Lesch, Willow Brook High School The Illinois Gymnastics Championships

were held March 11 and 12 at Willowbrook High School, Villa Park, Illinois. The final s were witnessed by a capacity crowd of over 4,000 spectators, including a closed circuit TV broadcast in the auditorium. The ninth annual ISHA-sponsored meet had a close fini sh with three teams battling to the last event Proviso East 55, Willowbrook 53, and Arl ington 46 1h was the final result.

The two-day session was ably conducted by John A. Fisher, meet manager for the fifth time. Chicago's TV channel 32 video­taped the final evening's performances for rebroadcast to the Chicagoland area.

This weekend climaxed months of pre· paration for over 60 Illinois schools which participate in inter-scholastic gymnilstics. There were six conference meets held in February. The conference champions were: Suburban, Proviso East and Evanston; Mid·

Suburban, Prospect; DesPlaines Valley, Willowbrook ; West Suburban, Arlington; Central Suburban, Niles North ; and the City title, Lane Tech. Qualifying in three district meets were Evanston at the Rich East district, Arlington at the Barrington district and Willowbrook at the Proviso West district.

Rich Swetman scored a record 33% points winning the all-around and parallel bars and taking second on high bar and an 8th place tie on side horse to pace Pro­viso ot its third state gymnast ics title. When Willowbrook's tumblers hit , it was up to Les Sargeant of Proviso East to pro­vide the winning margin, which he did, taking second place.

Coach Roetzheim and Sandy Horn with their Illinois State Championship team from Provost East Team scoring: Proviso East (PE), Willow­

brook (Wb), Arlington (A), Niles West (NW), Evanston (E), Niles North (NN), Prospect (Pr), Barrington (B), Maine East (ME), Glenbard East (GE), Niles East (NE), Thornton (Th), Oak­park (0), W heeling (Wh ), Forest View (FV), York (Y), New Trier (NT), Proviso West (PW), Waukegan (Wa), Wheaton Central (WC), Lane Tech (L T ), Hinsdale Central (HC), Maine West (MW).

AA: Richard Swetman (PE), Richard Scorza (Wb), Edward Raymond (NW); SH oo Robert Wagner (B), Bruce Co la (Pr), Tom Nev ille (Th); TR: Richard Crim (E), David Hippensteel (FV), Richard Carr (Pr.); HB: Scorza, Swetman, James Johannesen (A); PB : Swetman, Ron Rapper (NN), Scorza; SR: Steven Rochelle (NW), James Bowker (Wh), Roy Rettburg (A); T: Barry Slatten (NE), Les Sargeant (PE), Jer­ome Bonney (PW). Winning Routines:

TR-Crim: Full in back out, barani out flif­fus (piked ), randolph, back, double full, barani out fliffus (p iked), rudolph, back, 13,4 back, double cody.

SH-Wagner : Russian moore, circles (4), moore, circles (3), tromlet down, circles (2), kehre in , circle, cut, reverse scissors (2), cut, reverse circle, cut, scissors (3), circles (2), tromlet down, loops (3) dismount.

H B-Sco rza: Stem, reverse giant I stoop in, eagles, one flank, reverse kip, german, flank out, kip, 2 giants, full twisting flyaway.

PB-Swetman : Pea c h support, L hold, straight arm straight leg press to handstand, back to handstand, stutz handstand, under bar cast to half twist , front uprise, swinging pirouette, stutz, layaway, front uprise, front off.

SR- Rochelle: Dislocate, shoot handstand, regular hand giant, planch down, back roll, cross, butterfl y up, L ho ld, straight body for­ward roll, straight body press to handstand, bock roll L cross, drop back, inlocate, back uprise, drop dislocate, straddle cut off.

T -Slatten: Roundoff, 2 back handsprings, double back. Roundoff, back handspring 1 V2 step ou t , roundoff, back handspr ing, d~uble full. Tinsica, roundoff, back handspring, back Y2, tinsica, front, front. Roundoff, back hand­spring, back, back, full , back, back hand-spring, full. _________ _

1966 INDIANA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

by John Hinds Columbus Senior High School

The 1966 Indiana State High School Gymnastics Championships were held March 12 at Indiana State University under the

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direction of R6ger Council. Approximately 500 erilhusiastic fans watched Concord Community High School successfully de­fend its state crown, in this, the Seventh Annual Gymnastic Championships_ Colum­bus Senior High and Warren Central High tied for second place_

Prior to the state meet, three regional meets were held to qualify teams and com­petitors for the finals_ The regional winners were Columbus, Madison Heights, and Con­cord __ A total of 208 gymnasts, representing 25 teams entered the respective r egionals, with only 15 teams qualifying men for the state meet_

The level of competition continues to ad­vance, and several routines w.ere of col­legiate caliber. The , fans also saw three promising all-around gymnasts perform, Tom Dunn, Jeff Myers, and Brent Simmons_ With many outstanding gymnasts returning next year, including Dunn and Simmons, interest in gymnastics will be hightened by keen competition_

Indiana All-Around Champs

Team : C~ncord (C), Columbus (Co) and . War-. ren Central (WC), North Central (NC) , Madi­

son Heights (MHl. Angola (A) , Crown Point (CP), Elkhart (El. Wabash (W), Clarksville (CI.) All-around: Tom Dunn (NC), Jeff Myers (C), -Brent Simmons (Co.); FX: Phill Rehl (WC), Mike Myers (A), Jeff M ye rs (C); SH : Dunn, Steve Kafoure (NC), Richard Haynes (WC). TR: John Connell (MHl. Rich Fore (C) , Eric Connell (MH ). HB: Fore, Simmons, Danny O'Dell (WC). PB: Dunn, Rob Eckhart (C), Haynes; SR: Chuck Earle (Co), Dunn, Mike Roe (C) . T: Rehl, Mike Myers, Tim Blosser (C) . Winning routines:

FX-Rehl : Roundoff, back handspring, full twist; Y2 turn; Swedish fall ; leg circles; side straddle; press handstand; h pirouette; roll out; neckspring; closed seat; kip; back hand­spring; run, front, straight leg roll ; handspring; % turn; scale; straddle jump front; roll out; roundoff, back handspring, 3;" turn , run, front, di ve handpsring; straight leg front roll ; roundoff, back handspring, back layout.

SH:-Dunn : Moore mount , circles, tromlet down, circles, double in, circles, cut, reverse ci rcles (3), regular scissors (2), cut, reverse scissor, cue circles, tromlet down , circle, loops (3), h twist dismount.

TR-Cor'\nell : Baroni out fliffus, double back, back, rudolph , back, double full, back back back, 3;" back, double cody.

HB-Fare: Reverse grip kip, front giants, fl ank vault, front swing change grip, reverse grip kip, front giants, pirouette, reverse giant , full turn change ove r, reverse giant, crossover, front giants, barani off.

PB-Dunn: Peach support, L hollow back press handstand, one arm straddle leg hand­stand, return to momentary handstand, back toss, stutz, under bar cost, back uprise, strad­dle cut, layaway, front uprise, swing hand­stand, stutz handstand, layout back off.

SR-Earle: Inver ted hang, pull through to handstand , regular hand giant, handstand, straight body ro ll , cross, back roll , back lever, d islocate, shoot t o L support, maltese, 2 dis­locates, back hip circle, straddle leg cut off.

T-Rehl : Roundoff, back handspring, full , 2 back handsprings, beck. Front, front, front, front, front. Front , roundoff, 3 back hand­springs, back layout. Roundoff, back hand­spring , back layout, back handspring, back, back handspring, back.

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FLINT JUNIOR OPEN Flint, Michigan

Northwestern High School-April 23, 1%6 320 competitors from Dayton, Columbus,

Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Clarenceville, and Farmington, Mich. and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada battled it out for the 1966 Flint Junior Open individual awards at North­western High School with Grand Haven, Flint, North Farmington, Clarenceville, and the Detroit Y coming out on top team-wise and Linda Weaver, Jack Nelson, David Eby and Barry Frechette garnering most of the individual awards.

RESULTS Team standings: N. Farmington (NF), Clar­

encev i l le (C), Grand Rapids (GR). AA : Dave Slucte; (NF), Charlie Morse (C), Jim McCam­mon (C) ; FX: Jack Nelson (GR), Tom McArt (NF) , Gary Herc (NF); SH: Morse, Bob Kainz (NF), Sluctor; HB: Ray Smith (NF), Morse, tie between Sluctor and Roger Schamanek; LH: Nelson, Clay Rumble (NF) , Kainz; PB: Rum­ble, Morse, Nelson; SR: Nel.son, Morse, tie between McCammon, John Mroz (GR) and Sluctor; T: Herc, Jim Harris (NF), McArt.

NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL SECTION 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Clayton Bush, Section 5 Chairman The 1966 version of the New York State

High School Section 5 Championships were held at Irondequoit High School in Roches­ter , New York, on March 26, 1966.

The class A team title (for teams with formal competition) was taken by Franklin High of Rochester as they successfully de­fended their championship after winning the 1966 City title.

Leading Coach Lewis Szeles' Franklin team were J eff McGrath who plans to at­tend Monroe Community College next year and Harvey Silverstein who plans to at­tend Syracuse University.

Webster led the class B division (team without a formal competitIOn schedule) and they showed the results of a strong

building program under the leadership of Coach John Boomer_

RESULTS CLASS 'A'

Team standings : Franklin (F) , Madison (M), Greece Olympia (GO), Marshall (Ma), Edison (E). FX : Casey Sanders (M), Jeff McGrath (Fl, Robert Geddis (M); SH: McGrath, Tom Ekwell (GO), Ken Wilcox (MF); TR: Bob Gaddis (M); LH: Harvey Silverstein (F), Bill Atkins (E), Ged­dis; HB : Si lve rstein (F), John Douglass (GO), Prince Forbes (M); PB : McGrath, Forbes (M), Todd Ottman (V); SR: Ottman, Silverstein, Ek­CL~SST;BPouglass, Atkins, Y. C. Bell (M) .

Team standings: Webster (W), Rush Henri­etta (RH), West Ironidequoi t (WI), Penfield (P), Byron-Bergen (BB); AA: Dan Farnan (WI), Jerry Boddy (RH), Mike Johnson (W); FX : Bruce Staffon (RH), Pat Fi nn (W), Charles Brucker (W); SH: Len Chernetski (RH), John­son, Pat Finn (W); TR: James Wings (W), Kim Blair (P), Steve Tiller (W); HB: Boddy, James W ebster (W), Steve Tilly (W); LH: Farnan, Johnson, Gary Chastic (RH); PB: Richard Sunde (W), Richard Day (WI), Wing; SR: Boddy, Day, Sunde; T : Farnan, Jack Watson (W), Chastic .

1966 PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL

GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Third Pennsylvania State High

School Meet was held April 3, 1966 prior to the finals of the NCAA Championships at the Pennsylvania State University. Over 250 boys representing more than 40 high schools participated.

The meet was run with six events being conducted simultaneously and concurrently with a girl's championships_ There were two judges per event representing the western and eastern parts of the state. Elite division and "A" competition separ­ated the performers with competitive ex­perience from those with little or no meet experience.

Although a grea t improvement has been made in the calibre of statewide competi­tion since the fi rst meet in 1964, gymnasts from the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas still dominated the competition. Bellmar High School of Belle Vernon (western Penna.) handed defending champion, But­ler High, their first defeat in ten years to win the team title_ Butler High, coached by Paul Uram, was a close second.

Joe Fedorchak led John DiMilion's Bell­mar team to victory by winning the all­around title and three other gold medals in floor exercise, high bar, and long horse. Carl Satta, a Philadelphia boy, from Olney High School , was a double winner taking the parallel bars and still rings.

High school coaches met prior to the meet to determine ways and means of set­ting up regional qualifications and the for­mat for the State Championship Meet for 1967 . Elite Division

Team standings: Bellmar , Butler, other standings nat reported ). All-around: Joe Fed­orchak (Bell.), Pete DiFurio (Bartram), Mickey Uram (But.); FX : Fedorchak , Uram, DiFurio; SH : Don Peters (Bell .) Tony Blasko (W. Mif­flin S.), Ca rl Satta (Olney). HB : Fedorchak, DiFurio, Uram. LH: Fedorchak, David Haiagh (Kiski), Uram. PB : Satta, Uram, Fedorchak. SR : Satta, Steve Goss (Chief Logan), Bill Par­ese (But.)

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CHAMPIONSHIPS by Carl Patterson, Temple University Sponsored by the Temple University Gym

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expanded its geographical range and en­compassed even greater talent and compe­tition. Fifty-one boys representing 27 schools qualified by finishing in the top three in their own area or state champion­ships came from as far away as New Hamp­shire and Virgin ia to compete for individ­ual and team honors.

Defending champion on 1I00r exercise, Bill McCauley from Wakefield, Mass., took the event again with fine style and good lIexibility and tumbling. Pete DiFurio took top honors of the side horse with an exer­cise which included a moore to circles, moore, tromlet, forward and backward scis­sors, side lift, and a triple loop dismount. Joe Fedorchack displayed an excellent re­verse stalder in winning the high bar with a routine that also had a high start, rear vault, back kip to German, front and back pirouette, and a high straddle dismount . Fedorchak became a double winner by exe­cuting a fine Yamashita to capture the long horse event. P ete Difurio picked up his second gold medal by winning parallel bars with a beautifully executed exercise that included a back coach, stitz, and a front somie dismount. Carl Satta, of Olney High School, Philadelphia, became a winner for the second year by defeating the field on still rings.

The all-around competition, with 16 boys taking part, developed into a dual between Peter DiFurio \ the winner) of Bartram High School in Philadelphia and Joseph Fedorchak from Bellmar High School near Pittsburgh. By outscoring Fedorchak in a closely contested meet, DiFurio not only became the all-around champion, but in doing so, he led Bartram to the team cham­pionship.

The meet was judged under modified F.I.G. rules by officials from the eastern sect ion of the National Gymnastics Officials Association.

Team standings: Bartram (Bar), Bellmar (Bel). Olney (0), Hudson (H) N .J., Wheaton (Wh) Md., Woshington Wa). Northeast (Ne). Morris Hill s (MH) N.J., Pennridge (PR), S. Freehold (SF) N .J. , tie between Pennsbury (PB) and Wakefield (Wk) Va., and Wakefield (W) Mass.

All-around: Peter DiFurio (Bar). Joe Fedor­chak (Bel). Carl Satta (0); FX : Bill McCauley (W), Fedorchak, Barry Weiner (Ne); SH: Di­Furio, Paul Kiatkin (Wa), Satta; HB: Fedor­chak, DiFurio, Satta; LH: Fedorchak, Dave Fennessey (Wh). . Edward Vano (MH); PB: Di­Furio, Fedorchak, tie between Fennessey, Satta, and Norman Vexler (SF) : SR: Satta, Garth Garges (PR), DiFurio.

PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC LEAGUE

CHAMPIONSHIPS With the team championship determined

by a playoff between Washington (winner) and West Philadelpia, the section winners based on the season dual meet record, only the individual champions remained to be determined in the League Championships. In taking the title, Washington snapped the four·year hold of Central High School on the championship.

In the all-around competition, Pete Di­Furio of Bartram was the winner, followed by Carl Satta of Olney and Paul Kiatkin of Washington, Individual top honors were tilken by DiFurio on the horizontal bar, horse, and parallel bars, while Satta won the rings even t.

RESULTS Mats: Williams (S. Philo .)' Tom Woods (Ol­

ney). tie between Pete DiFurio (Bartram) and Barry Weiner (Northeast); HB : DiFurio, Wein­er, Paul K iatkin (Washington); SH : DiFuria, Kiatkin, Carl Satta (Olney ); PB : DiFurio, tie between Weiner and Satta and Dennis Mc­Neill (Wa); SR: Satta, Kiatkin, Appline (W. Philo.)

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1966 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GIRLS INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS by Steve Banjak, Chairman WPGIGL On the basis of league dual meets,

Rochester, with 8 wins and no losses was named the league Team Charnpion. On March 19, the league sponsored individual championships with girls doing compul­sories and optionals in each event in the preliminaries. In the finals, the top 10 com­peted with the optionals for final places.

In the state championships at Penn State, there were four league teams represented. Shenango won the "A" division Champion­ship. Upper St. Clair, Rochester, and West Mifflin North competed in the Elite divi­sion. Results were not readily available.

The league hopes to expand to nine mem­ber schools and plans to divide into north­ern and southern sections.

Results of WPGIGL Chompionships : All-around: Nancy Kerr (USC). Kathi Vaughn

(Roc), Theresa McDaniels (Roc); FX: Kerr, Gail Egner (WMN), McDaniels; BB : Ebner, Judy Phillips (WMN), Joann Easton (USC); SHY: Kerr, Dana Smi ley (Roc). Paula Martin (Roc); UPB: Vaughn, Kerr, Melissa Schuller (Shen).

1966 VIRGINIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Dick Taffe Wakefield high school of Arlington, Vir­

ginia had a taste of Sweet revenge on March 12 at the fourth annual Virginia state high school gymnastics championships held at the University of Virginia. York­town high school, also of Arlington, state champions since the establishment of the state meets, was dethroned by the powerful Wakefield squad by a commanding score of 242 to 141.5. Arlington's Washington-Lee high school finished and also-ran third with 46 points.

Due to a three way tie for first place on the parallel bars (all three winners from Wakefield), the champions walked away with eleven out of the ten gold medals (all­around events plus tumbling, trampoline, rope climb, and alllaround itself ), leaving only the gold from the side horse to the Yorktown boys. Wakefield team captain AI

All-Around Champ, A I Gatti

Gatti pulled a typical "Rusty Mitchell" trick by winning not only the horizontal bar, parallel bars, and all-around, but the extras of tumbling and rope climb as well. Tom Clark of Wakefield defended his state trampoline championship for the third time as well as winning the vaulting. Junior Pat Swanson was in the gold medal tie on the parallel bars and also managed to muscle his way to his still ring championship. Dick Taffe and Jim Lewis copped Wakefield's last two gold medals with Dick taking the floor exercise (with a sprained knee yet), and Jim closing up the parallel bar trio. Lone gold medalist from Yorktown, Bill Johnson, beat out favored Ray Gatti (AI's twin) to break the Wakefield Warriors streak.

Despite the fact that the competItIOn was lopsided in that Northern Virginia teams were in complete domination, the 1966 state meet proved that through the use of clinics, open meets, and increased publicity, gymnastics is rapidly coming unto its own in the inter-scholastic sports system of the Old Dominion. A summary of place win­ners in the state championships follows:

Floor Exercise: Dick Taffe (Wake.); AI Gatti (Wake.) ; Tom Clark (Wake.). Horizontal Bar: AI Gatt i, Dan McCord (Ykt .). Tom Clark. Par­allel Bars : (Three-way tie) Jim Lewis (Wke.), Pat Swanson (Wke.) , AI Gatti . Still Rings : Pat Swanson, C. Mcintosh (Ykt.) , B. Murry, (Ykt.) . Side Horse: Bill Johnson (Ykt.). C. Bernard (Ykt.), Ray Gatti (Wke.) . Trampoline: Tom Clark, S. Merrill (Hammond), Mike Taffe, (Wke.). Tumbling: AI Gatti, Dick Taffe, Dan McCord. Rope Climb: AI Gatti , B. Murry, Pat Swanson. All-Around : All Gatti , Tom Clark, Jim Lewis.

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FLORIDA GOLD COAST HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Don Holder The Florida Gold Coast Conference Gym­

nastic Championship was held on February 19, 1966, at the Miami Coral Park High School. After two nights of preliminaries, the top six gymnasts were chosen in eight events for the finals on Saturday evening.

The first two nights completed the all­around with Roland Lopez of Coral Park the winner.

With this 8 point lead, Coral Park then alternated with Hialeah while North Miami maintained a consistent third. Depth proved to be the deciding factor as Coral Park had no entries in tumbling. A slight break by the defending tumbling cbamp Cliff Honeycutt (NM) on a double twist as­sured Hialeah the championship by allow­ing Dan Shannon (H) to capitalize on his great routine to become the new tumbling champion.

The meet was dotted with some outstand­ing stunts and routines. Steve Belleme (H) carried off a nice back somi stutz and other C moves on P-bars. Most gymnasts completed fronts over the long horse and there was one brandi. A double flyaway by Brennan iSW) and full twist by Vest (H ) were examples of some good dismounts shown on high bar. Cliff Honeycutt's floor exercise was almost lIawless and probably the best ever in Miami. Don Clay (CP) also performed an outstanding routine on side horse, the best in most recent mem­ories. Honeycutt had the highest tramp routine according to the Bollinger system.

RESULTS Team standings: Hialeah (H), North Miami

(NM). Coral Park (CP). Southwest (SW) Nor­land (N) , Coral Gables (CG); AA : Rola~d Lo­pez (CP). Steve Powell (H). Steve Klotz (NM); FX : Honeycutt (NM), Bellame (H), Lopez (CP); SH: Clay (CP). Gortman (CP). Hoercherl (NM); TR: Honeycutt, Greer (H), French (NM); HB: Brennan (SW). Powell, Klotz; LH: tie between Brennan (SW) and Bosse (NM), Bellame; PB : Bellame, Lopez, Byers (CP); SR: Morales (CP), Archer (N). Sharp (SW); T : Shannon (H). Honeycutt I Brennan.

PEACH BASKET HALF TURN TO SUPPORT

Drawings and Article By Don Tonry

The peach basket may be performed with either of several types of preliminary "drops" or swings below the bars. When used as a mount on the parallel bars the grips are interchangeable. One may use an outside or an inside grip according to preference. The outside grip lends itself to a more direct type of pulling action on the bars but limits the performers versa· tility because the outside grip cannot be used when dropping below the bars from a support to a hang as in the middle of an exercise. The early drop (body descends with hips behind hands) tends to be more difficult than the late drop (body descends with hips in front of hands) because of the speed acquired from leaning backward off·balance early in the swing.

The peach basket 1h turn to a support, illustrated in chart 66·2 - ADVANCED PARALLEL BAR SKILLS, is of the early drop type. The following is a brief descrip­tion of the action that occurs:

1. Obtain a slight swing forward with a slightly arched back. Stop the for­ward swing of the body just before the hips reach the hands. The shoulders are leaning forward slightly in front of the hands.

2. Lean backward with the shoulders and allow body to descend straight down­ward. There is a tendency to over ex­aggerate a pike at this point which causes over rotation during the latter part of the skill.

3. As the body continues downward, the hips are fl exed so that the calves are approximately bctwccn the wrists. The head is held forward , the shoulders are rounded forward and the arms are straight.

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Gymnastics Methods VOLUME II,

"A RTISTIC GYMNASTICS MADE EASY" Helmut Bantz, Adalbert Dickhut

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Helmut Bantz-the 1952 Olympic

Long Horse Vaulting Champion, Mr. Bantz is a professor and gymnastic coach at the Sporthochschule in Co· logne, Germany.

Adalbert Dickhut - Coach of the 1964 combined East/ West German Olympic Gymnastics Team. An injury prevented Mr. Dickhut from being Bantz's teammate in the 1952 Games. Dickhut now has his own Gymnastics School in Frankfurt, Germany. He is one of the most highly respected Gym. nastics authorities in Germany today.

In the last decade advances have been made in the training and conditioning of athletes in all sports. This has come as a result of new understandings of physics and psysiology. Much of the credit for the advancement of our knowledge of condi· tioning should be given to the track and field people.

The endeavor of this book will not be to discuss conditioning programs for gym· nasts, but rather to attempt to take three basic gymnast ics movements and show how they can be altered slightly and become more advanced movements. Up to now this approach has not been used. This method was developed from the practical experience of the authors and can be used by the readers in the development of gymnasts.

The uniqueness of this approach lies in the methods by which it develops difficult movements from basic movements. Minor details are left out in order that the main points may be clearly understood.

In higher level, competitive gymnastics it is especially clear that there are only a few unique moves. The basic activity with· in these uni que movements- or root move· ments, always remain the same; they only change as a result of the difference in the apparatus, i. e. , through the stability of the horizontal bar as opposed to the instability of the rings, or through the differen t sup· port positions and grip possibilities. For example, on the parallel bars and the hori· zontal bars the greatest change is in the grip and the movements of the arms. The bending and straightening of the head, trunk and hip remain essentially the same, the deviations come in terms of the dy· namics of the movement such as the angle,

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tlmmg, etc. But it is incorrect to assume that a gymnast who is able to do a giant swing on the horizontal bar should also be able to do a giant swing on the rings. Rather we wish to say, for example, that a correct understanding of the accomplish· ment of a simple giant swing on the hori· zontal bar is of value, if not the most valu· able prequisite for the learning and teach· ing of the very difficult giant swing on the rings. If an elementary movement is an· alyzed, then learned, it should not be diffi · cult to carry this movement over to another piece of apparatus. "Correctly recognized, is half done". Of course, not all gymnastics can be included in the development from a basic movement. This is especially seen in the international, competitive C·movements. These more difficult movements will be dis· cussed after we have presented the basic or root movements.

We wish to make the way for our young gymnasts a little easier than it has been in the past. We recognize that not all will become master gymnasts; we want to smooth out some of the rough spots along the way to a gymnast's optimum achieve· ment; but even more than this, we wish to give some guidance to leaders, coaches and teachers of gymnastics in the German Sports Federation and a wider understand· ing of gymnastic fundamentals. THE KIP (lst of the 3 basic movements)

The Kip is also a cement workers tool, which is emptied through sideward move· ments. This tool turns around a stable sup· port or turning point (axis). One shank tilts, the other follows immediately there· after. In this machine the angle of course always remain the same.

The same mechanicai analysis can be observed in all forward kips in gymnastics. There is no great bending or straightening in the. gymnastic kip (floor kip excluded) , but rather like the cement workers kip the movement of one shank (thighs of both legs), with a fairly fixed angle at the hip joint, causes the following movement of the other shank (trunk).

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WISCONSIN STATE UNIV. DEPT. OF P.E. & ATHLETICS

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The cement workers kip is passively moved, while the action of the gymnast's kip is an active one. From the inverted pike position (kip position ), the gymnast must kick his legs forward upward and continue to hold an angle at the hip joint thus causing the trunk to come forward upward also. This movement is basic and changes only slightly according to the ap· paratus.

From this it can be easily concluded that the legs must be straight and extended in order to lift up the heavy trunk success· fully. Gymnastics with good form comes out of physical necessity.

Each apparatus demands its own adapta· tions which many times eliminate a sub· stantial unique movement. The kip on the Aoor seems to be the contrary of the above, here it is a bending and stretching, or hy· perextension. The apparatus, the floor, de· mands this. While on all other apparatus without great change of our center of gra· vity, we still have room for downward movement of the legs, this is missing on the floor. While most kips on the apparatus develop from a hang into a support, the floor kip leads us out of various positions into a stand. Since we do not have room for our legs to come through, we must lift up this center or gravity or turning axis, so that the legs will come into a standing position. The missing pull of the legs is compensated by special intense pushing and stemming of the head and arms.

The first kip movement the beginner meets is a backward extension roll. The slower the backward roll is executed, the stronger is the sudden stretch or extension action from the back and up move. The backward roll to a handstand is not really a difficult accomplishment but it assists, through a dynamic push movement, to ' bring the body weight over the "roll·barrier", the head. The stronger the upward movement (hip and trunk extension) the lesser is the load for the arms and head, so that the arms can be stretched or extended without using great arm strength.

Next month- The Kip (continued)

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Helpful hints

The use o.f the Trampo.line as auxiliary equipment, is no.t unkno.wn. Here I wish to. emphasize ho.w it can be helpful as a landing platfo.rm, particularly at ho.rse-vaulting.

When teaching ho.rse-vaulting, especially fo.r girls, it is no.t Unco.mmo.n to. see students who. abruptly sto.p o.n the springbto.ard, o.r if they take-o.ff then they ho.ld themselves back, co.mpletely retarding the seco.nd phase o.f the vault, especially at hand-springs. The reaso.n is usually a fear o.f landing. While a landing technique can be successfull y develo.ped with gradual expo.sure, fo.r so.me all metho.ds

by "Jim" Farkas, Instructor of Physical Education, of The Milwaukee Turners, Wisconsin

fail to. ease up the terro.r. Here is where the Trampo.line co.mes in. Simply place the ho.rse to. the, Trampo.line (as illustrated ), co.ver the Trampo.line-bed with mats to. reduce the bo.uncing effect and yo.ur gymnasts will hin~e fun while at the same time practicing a fast push:o.ff fro.m the ho.rse. In some instances it will be helpful to place a large ro.ll o.f mat o.n the trampo.line to. enfo.rce sho.ulder-extensio.n in hand-spring, but in all cases you can depend o.n safe "lan~ ­ing" and also. in yo.ur students the last remnants o.f sub­co.nscio.us fears will disappear.

"Y-NEWS"

Introducing The Backbone Of The YMCA

" Bread is the staff of life." Whether or not this is true is debatable, but whether or not volunteer leadership is the sta ff of a YMCA's life is anything but debatable. The untiring efforts of our gy mnastic vol ­unteer leadership here at Brooklyn have brought about renewed vigor in our ap­proach to gymnastics (see article, '"A Long Range Promotion").

Our busy and complex world t. ,:" y would not seem to lend itself too we!' ' 0

the giving of several hours each week : ,r t he assuming of additional duties. I I jJ­

pose this is what makes their service a gi ft to be treasured- the fact that it means enough to them to impose still an­other inconvenience on their already busy lives.

Our head coach is Harvey Schwartze ll­berg, an engineer for a large induotli al firm. H e has a very discerning outlook toward the complexities of our yout h's world and is not content to let a'!1y prob· lem lie dUfllIant. It was his idea which

Ij you have " Y-NEWS" that should be in the MG ... Send it direct to Kenneth W. Hollis, 3881 W. 25, Cle veland, Ohio, 44109.

spurred our new Play Gymnastics program at Brooklyn, a program seekin g to pro­mote interest in competiti ve gymnastics by a new and exciting method. Mr. Schwart z­enberg's oldes t son, Lee, is a former Cleve­land YMCA and Junior Olympics gym­nastics champion, and now attends Kent State Universi ty.

Adolph Dannecker, at nearly 80, is still acti ve in teaching gym nastics. His career is a long and distinguished one, beginning over 60 years ago as a Turner gymnast. He has organized and promoted some of the Turner's most gala gymnastic exhibi­t ions and is still pretty mean with a pair of Indian clubs. Boys and coaches, alike, a re impressed with his alertness, ambition, and his technical knowledge of the per­forman ce of gymnastic moves.

Art Kenaga, an employee of a frozen foods company, is a fo rmer member of the Rocky Ri ver High School Gymnastic Club an d a Physical Education Leader at that schuul. His specia lt y is trampoline, he says,

Kenneth W. Hollis

but his real specialty, the physical director says, is his ability to work well with youths. His enthusiasm and good natured­ness are contagious.

Bob Kuell zer, a student 'at Parma Senior Hi ""h -School, is a former member of the Br~okl yn Gymnastic team. One of Ameri­ca's worst events is side horse, but Bob liked the event so much he built his own - installed it in his back yard!

LOUISVILLE Y. IVLC. A. INVITATIONAL Report by Cap Cah ill

The Louisville YMCA of Kentucky hosted their first annual Invitational Gym­nastics Meet Feb. 12, 1966. 20 teams were entered from all parts of the Mid-west and South.

Volunteer Gymnastic leaders of the Brooklyn YMCA, Cleveland, Ohio. Left t o right; Art Kenaga, Bob Kuenzer, Harvey Schwartzenberg and Adolf Dannecker

180 participants took part in 3 divisions, Element ary, Junior High, and Senior Open.

The Louisville "Y" dominated the meet by winning 3 divisions-Junior High Boys and Girls and Sen ior Open Girls. Gilmore Lane won the elementary boys and Day­ton YMCA the elementary girls. North­eastern Louisiana College of Monroe. coached by Barry Johnson won the Senior Open Mens.

The overall team trophy went to the Louisville YMCA.

The competition was very good in all age groups. The outstandjng performers were J ohn Elias, Dennis Sullivan in the Senior men's. 10th grader Garry Koch of the Louisv ille Y performer solid on the rings. We should hear a lot from this youngster in future years.

Terry Spencer, of the Athenaum Turn­ers, and Carole Shepherd of Louisville Y finished 1st and 2nd respectively in every event. The Junior High girls had several outstanding young ladies Debbie H owell , Adele Gleaves, Patty Murrell from the Louisville Y, Sharon Fogers and Susie Ap­plegate fro m J effersonville Recreation were all solid performers in the All Around .

Terry Walters and Kelly McIntosh of the Louisville Y won 1st and 2nd in the A 11 Around to win their 3rd team trophy in as many tries this year.

Sue Werling of Dayton Y was the All Around winner in the Elementary Girls. Faye Hensley of Gilmore Lane was 2nd. Brenda Arms performed the outstanding routine of the day on the uneven parallels. Brenda is in the 5th grade at Gilmore Lane and considered by many as the top Bar worker in this area. David Hayes won the All Around for the 5th time this sea­son for Gilmore Lane.

Jon Harrison, Ring Champ

THE 1966 NATIONAL Y.M.C.A. GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Frank O. Perron Assist. Phy. Director- Dayton, Ohio YMCA

The 1966 National YMCA Gymnastic Championships are now a part of history. The memories, however, will be manifold.

Even though functioning under the handicap of completing the entire com· pulsory and optional meets in one day, there will be constant recollections :;f out­standing performances by Mark Cohn (Philadelphia, Pa.), Joyce Tanac (Seattle, Wash.), Rick Black (Montclair, N.J.), Jon Harrison (Redwood, Calif.), Margie Sims (Bethesda, Md.), Paul Newman ( Redwood City, Calif.) , and a host of other top·flite competitors. The 17th An'1ual Men's and 2nd Annual Women's Championships were truly great National YMCA meets. They found some thirteen states representing thirty-one YMCA's gathering for the con­testing of both individual and team Championships. The representation was from all points of the compass-the Pacific northwest, weSt coast, east coast, and the Gulf coast. The large representation at the 1966 Championships indicates to us that gymnastics, throughout the United States, is growing by leaps and bounds. We were, indeed, fortunate to have hosted the largest National YMCA Gymnastic Championships ever, with a total of one hundred and eight competitors.

The Dayton Central YMCA feels that the caliber of men's Competition exhibited was well above that of the many meets of the past. Past performers at our National meets did not show the great diversity of ability of this year's performers. Many more routines of national caliber were exe­cuted. The Women's Championship was dominated completely by Seattle's Joyce Tanac, taking all 5 gold medals. It was apparent that the abilities of the women are advancing even more rapidly than those of the men. The women are now an integral part of the National Champion­ships, and it should remain this way.

Photos by Bud Whyte

The Dayton Central YMCA would like to extend to the New Britain, Connecticut, YMCA the best of luck in hosting the 1967 YMCA Gymnastic Championships.

1966 NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN

RESUL TS All Around: Mark Cohn, Germantown-Phila­

delphia, Po ., 106.25; Peter DeFuria , German­town-Philadelphia, Po. , 93.20; J ohn Pesha, Westside, New York, 9 1.80; Harold Hauben , Westside, New York, 90.40; Joseph Bridges, Westside, New York, 89.50; Barry Weiner, Germantown-Philadelphia, Po. , 84.25; David Fennessey, Washington, D.C., 83.75; Larry Posey, Washington, D.C., 82.85; Bruce Trott , Columbus, Ohio, 80.95; Bob Cook , Sequoia, Redwood City, California , 79.30.

Team Scores: Germantown, Po., 66.5; West­side, N.Y., 41.0; Sequoia, Redwood City, Calif., 17.0; Dayton, Ohio, 12 .5; New Orleans, La ., 8.0; Washington, D.C., 5.5.

Parallel Bars: Mark Cohn, 18.70; Paul Newman, 18.50; John Pesha, 17.50. Floor Exercise: Mark Cohn , 17.50; Jerry Dufour, 16.90; William McCauley, 16.40. Side Horse: Mark Cohn, 18.35; Myron Gluck, 17.35; John Pesha, 16.20. Long Horse : Richard Black, 17.9; Mark Cohn , •. 16.80; Dav id Fennessey, 16.05. Tumbling : Gtover DeLuca , 7.5; Jerry Dufour, 6.95; Kirk Peterson, 6.85. Still Rings : Jon Harrison , 17.00; Mark Coh n, 16.45; Lee In­man, 16:00. Horizontal Bar: Mark Cohn, 18.45; Paul Newman, 16.60; Peter Defurio, 15.25. Rebound Tumbling: Rich Black, 8.40; Glenn McLain, 8.15; Clay Siefert, 8.15.

1966 NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN

All Around: Joyce Tanac , Seattle, Wash., 68 .55; Margie Sims, Chevy-Chase, Bethesda, Md., 58.60; Lonna Woodard, Seattle, Wash., 55.85; Debbie Howell , Louisville, Ky., 54.25; Cleo Ann Carver, Seattle, Wash ., 51.40; Betty Haas, Montclair, N.J., 50.45; Carole Shepard, Louisville, Ky., 48.75; Linda Beyer, Wash ing­ton, D.C. , 48.07; Sue Wer ling, Dayton, Cen­tral, 47.70; Adele Gleaves, Louisvi lle , Ky ., 46 .85.

T.eam Scores: Seattle, Wash., 59 points; Louisville, Ky., 13 points, Dayton , Oh io , 5 pts.

Floor Exercise: Joyce Tanac, 16.65; Lonna Woodward, 14.95; Cleo Ann Carver, 13.20. Balance Beam: J oyce Tanac, 16.65; Margie Sims, 15.00; Lonna Woodward, 12.55. Horse Vault: Joyce Tanac, 17.25; Linda Beyer, 16.65; Margie Sims, 16.35. Uneven Parallel Bars: Joyce Tanac, 18.00; Debbie Howell , 14.70; Margie Sims, 14.50.

Joyce Tanac, First All-Around

Mark Cohn, "Y" All-Around Champ

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This lS the first if! a series of articles dealing with random' topics of research in gymnastics. Since March, 1964, your editor has attempted to present articles according to area and in series' of- six. Thus far, the following have b~en presented relating gym­nastics to: 1) motor fitness, 2) cardiovas­Cltlar fitness and 3) mechanical and cine· matographical analysis. In the ensuing series, no attempt will be made to classify by subject area. The emphasis will be on variety. S end all articles, comments, ques­tions and suggestions to the above address. ANALYSIS OF BEGINNING TUMBLING

Harold J. Frey Unpublished Master's Thesis, Urbana:

University of Illinois, 1951 P URPOSE :

The purpose was to order of dilIiculty in tumbling stunts. METHOD:

determine a rank selecte~ beginning

A survey of tumbling literature was made to locate beginning tumbling test items. The most outstanding published materials were used to secure a battery of test skills. The curriculum content of beginning tumbling classes at the University of II· linois, at Champaign, University of Michi· gan, Michigan" Siate College, and the Uni· versity of Illinpis ' Undergraduate Division, in Chicago, we~e\ also reviewed.

The testing b~t f~r: was selected from a gross tabulation, ' · 6f forty · five tumbling iteins. This battery of tests was finally reo duced to twenty items after consulting ex­perts in teaching tumbling. They also helped .to set up the various items in ap· proximate relative difficulty.

The battery of twenty test items was giv· en to nine sections of beginning tumbling students at the University of Illinois Under· graduate Division, in Chicago, during the fall ' semester of 1950. A grand total of two hundred and three freshman and sopho· more male students were included in this study. These students were enrolled in the beginning tumbling course in fulfillment of their physical education requirement. Five different insti;uctors taught the various sec· tions of beginning tumbling. The following stunts and ~t;mdards for "Passing" or "Fail· ing" were. used:

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1. Forward roll-Do three consecutive rolls.

2. Backward roll- Do three consecutive rolls.

3. Sq~at balance-Hold ten seconds. 4. Head balance-Hold ten seconds. 5. Elbow balance-Hold ten seconds. 6. Dive and forward roll- Dive over a

minimum distance of five feet without touching floor.

RESEARCH -". .

AND FITNESS IN GYMNASTICS

by James S. Bosco, Ph. D. San Jose State College

7. Neckspring-Land and remain on feet without stepping back

8. Forearm balance-Hold ten seconds. 9. Cartwheel- The legs, arms, and back

should be in one straight line during the execution. .

10. Back extension roll - Extend to straight arm hand stand, hold momen· tarily, and snap legs down for land· ing.

11. Headspring-Land and remaip on feet without stepping back. Execute with head touching or almost touching floor.

12. Front handspring-Land and remain on "feet without stepping back. Exce· cute with arms straight.

13. Roundoff-Execute with body reason· ably straight. Feet must land simul· taneously.

14. Bucking bronco-Hands and feet can· not be touching floor at the same time. Performer must hit a momen· tary handstand with an arch on ea<;h jump to hands.

15. Back roll to head balance-Hold the balance ten seconds.

16. Hand balance- Hold ten seconds. Do not walk on hands. '

17. Front somersault-Land and remain on feet without stepping back.

18. Back somersault-Land and remain on feet without falling forward on hands.

19. Tirisica-The body must face in a forward direction. One foot must be at least 1 foot ahead of the other on landing.

20. Back handspring - From stand or roundoff - Performer must secure definite support from hands during the back spring.

The instructors were asked to teach the items in the order of relative difficulty as set up above. Each section met three times a week for sixteen weeks. Each class peri· od lasted one· half hour. ANALYSlS:

In order to determine the value of each item, the item was correlated with the total score criterion on the entire twenty items of the experimental battery. The regular bi·serial technique was used by correlating "Pass" or "Fail" on each item with the quantitative scores by means of the follow· iog formula :

. M2-Ml pq R =

6W z wherein,

M2=Mean of those "passing." Ml=Mean of those "failing." 6W=Standard deviation of the entire dis·

tribution. . ' P=Pt:, ,>,cent of those passing the item,

expf.e·ssed ' as a decimal. q=Per cent of those failing the item, ex·

pressed as a decimal. z=Height of ordinate in normal curve

dividing p from q. The twenty item battery of tests was

grouped into five categories for further statistical analysis. The groups are: ' hac\<· ward springs ; forward springs; rolls; bal· ances; and change ~f direction stunts. ~,ach item in a group was correlated with every other item in that group to find out the relative discriminating power of each , item. Twenty·eight intercorrelations between 'vari· ous items v:ere computed. These coefficlF-nts are shown In ' Table I. '. RESULTS: ,

1. The frequency distribution for q~gin. ning tumbling ability as measured by ' the total scores of the twenty item battery;. was normal. The distribution was normal be­cause the test skills ranged from relatively easy to relatively more difficult items.

2. Nineteen bi·serial validity coefficients were obtained by correlating each item with the total score criterion. The coeffi· cients ranged from .579 to .965. The back· ward roll had the lowest coefficient and the elbow balance had the highest coefficient. TlJ.e range 'of Irs for the various groups were : :

1. Balances ...... ........... ............. . 73 to .965 2. Backward springs .............. . 78 to .87 3. Forward springs ................. 75 to .82 4. Change of direction ......... 70 to .80 5. Rolls ................................ ... 579 to .74

The values pf R were significant since they were thre«;: times greater than the probable error. These cpefliiients showed that every item in the I:]i!ltery of tests with the excep·

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Front d ive and roll

Elbow balance

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tion of the forward roll was valid in test· ing beginning tumbling. T he forward roll was passed by every student in the study.

3. A short classification testing battery of the "progressive" type consisted of the most va lid ietms selected from the various groups of instructional emphasis. The selections included: forearm balance; roundoff; front handspring; 'bucking bronco; and the back somersault. This battery of test skills cor· r elated .71 wi th the twenty item battery. The probable error mis ± .0166.

4. A middle length progressive testing battery included the following stun ts: back ex tension roll ; forearm balance; roundoff, headspring; fron.t handspring; back roll to head balan ce ; bucking bronco; hand balance; back handspring; and back som·

ersault. This battery of test skills correlated .76 wi th the twenty item battery .. The pro b· able error was ± .0269.

5. The relative difficulty of the test skills accord ing to per cent fa ilures is shown on Table II.

6. Only three test items changed very much in the order of difficulty shown by the test results. They were the necks pring, back ex tension roll, and the roundoff . All of the instructors thought the back hand· spring was a' more diffi cult item than the back somersaul t. However , according to the study the back somesault was the most difficult item in the test. The roundoff, cartwheel, and front headspring had almost the same relative difficulty.

TABLE It

RELAT IVE DIFFtCULTY OF T EST SKILLS

Difficulty Ra t ings Before Tests

I. 2. 3. 4 . 5. 6 . 7. B. 9 .

10. II. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Forward Ro ll ......... ........ . Backward Roll Squat Ba lance Head Ba lance ............ .. .. .. Elbow Ba lance .. D ive and Forw ard Ro ll ___ _ Neckspr ing ...... .. .. .... ........ . Forearm Ba lance __ ... ________ •• __ .. Ca rtwheel ......... ... .. .......... .... .. .. Back Extension Rol l .... .. .... ....... . . Headspri ng .......... .. . . .... .. Front Handspr ing ..... ...... ....... .. ............. ..... . Roundoff ..... ... ..... ..... ..... .. .. ... .......... .. ...... . Bucking Bronco ..... ......... .. . Back Rol l to Head Balance ..... ... .... ... . . Hand Balance . Front Somersaul t ................. ...... . Back Somersault ... . Tins ica ........ ................... ...... ...... .......... .. ... __ .. Back Handspring ......................... .... ....... ..

Di ffi culty Ratings Per Cent After Tests Failu res

I . Forward Roll .... ............ ...... 0 2. Backward Ro ll .49 3. Squa t Ba lance .................................... 2 .5 4. Head Ba lance 3 5. Elbow Ba la nce .. .... ..... . . ... .... ..... .... .. 5.4 6. Di ve and Forward Rol l ........................ 5.4 7. Back Extension Ro ll ............... 12 8. Forearm Ba lance .. ......... ..... . 14 9. Roundoff .. . ......... ...... ....................... 20

10. Cartwheel .... . ............................ 20 I I. Headspr ing ... . ...... .... 20 12. Front Handspr ing .. ...... .... ..... ...... . ...... . 24 13. Neckspri ng ................................ ............ 27 14. Back Ro l l t o Head Bala nce .. A I 15. Buck ing Bronco ........ ..... ........ .57 16. Hand Balance ... . .............. 81 17 . T insica .. . .. ........ ..... ....... 8 1 18. Front Somersault ....... ............ 92 19. Back Ha ndspri ng .................... 92 20. Back Somersau lt .... 95

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Progressive Training With Pulley-Weights

By Bob Lynn University of Southern California

and Prof'. Ben Solomon Calijornia State College, L.A.

One of the major difficulties confronting athletes training for sports involving lifting or moving the entire body has been that of developing their strength to the point whe~e they could move their own body repetl.t. ively. This problem, and the more bas~c one of building minimal motive power In

novices, has been overcome by the intro· duction of pulley·weight ·training machines. Use of these devices is far superior to bar­hell training in that the athlete is able to exercise exactly the right muscle group for a specific maneuver and to have the cor­rect hody attitude at the time of the exer­cise.

This article contains the results of two years of observation of gymnast~ at . Pasa­dena City College and the UnIversIty of Southern California. The gymnasts trained on a pulley machine manufactured by Cross Master of Altadena, California. Re­sults of a six months study at California State College at Los Angeles using a prototype pulley machine by Healthways Inc. are also incorporated. General Factors Affecting Pulley Training

Some gymnasts are hesitant to start a heavy weight training program due to their fear of a flexibility loss. Our experience has shown that continuous use of the weights will indeed produce a tight and stiff feeling in the muscles, hut that nor­mal, even light workouts, or stretching with the pulleys will soon eliminate this. In fa ct, the pulleys can be used advantageously to develop shoulder flexibility.

It must be emphasized that pulley train­ing should become a part of th~ normal workout program. The same consIstent at­titude that is required for gymnastics should be extended to your strength devel­opment program. Significant r esults can be expected only with determined effort over a long period of time. Do not get discour­aged after 2 months. For example, it normally takes at least 5 months to pro­d uce a cross hold.

Much research has been done on methods of dynamic weight training, and our pro­gram is a combination of the two recog­nized types of exercising: 1. Use of low weight and high repetition for endurance, and 2. Use of high weight and low repeti­tion for power building.'

In order to determine the amount of weight to use, you must take into account your present muscular development and body weight. We suggest a trial starting point of 1;'. body weight. It is better to start too light than too heavy. Each set should consist of approximately ten repeti­tions of which the last three (numbers 8, 9, and 10) re'luire intense effort. After de­termining the amount of weight to use per­form 3 sets the first day. Increase the sets to 7 over a period of 6 workouts. The se ts should follow each other closely. "The greatest growth occurs if the muscle is not allow~d " to fully recover from previous exerCIse. 2

Periodic tests of 15 repetitions should be performed to determine the point at which 5 pounds can be added to the pulleys. At that time repeat the original procedure.

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10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

It is important to perform each exercise with the body in correct position. Keep form even if lower weights are required, and pay attention to your form just as you would on the apparatus.

Another important factor is careful con­trol of breathing in order to give the mus­cles an adequate supply of oxygen. Breathe in on the contraction and exhale on the release. Try to breathe while holding a cross on tbe pulleys.

Schedule: Use the pulleys lightly before workout in order to speed warm up. Very light weight and a wide range of exercises is recommended. After your regular work­out, do intensive training. Work hard every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Tues­day and Thursday work lightly, just to keep loose.

Aids: Weight training can be dull, so anything that can be used to show progress or increase interest is worthwhile. Some devices we have found useful are : 1. A record card of the training program, 2. A mirror placed in front of the machine will help to determine the proper position, and 3. Occasionally, after thoroughly warming up, put on weight in 10 pounds increase­ments to see how much you can hold or pull out.

Safety : There are few inj uries that can be incurred while using the pulleys them-

BODY

selves, as long as one starts out with a reasonably low weight and then builds up. The big danger is in using rapidly devel­oped muscle strength while the tendons, and ligaments of the joints are still under­developed. We have encountered 3 cases of injured tendons in the inner elbow in­curred when insufficiently trained gym­nasts tried crosses after intensive pulley training. To avoid such painful and time­wasting injuries, follow this procedure :

1. Do not try crosses or other holds un­til you can handle nearly your own weight on the pulleys, unless you use another gymnast for partial support.

2. Warm up thoroughly before making any attempt at difficult holds. Use the pul­leys for warm up.

3. Begin work on a new hold or move by starting at the beginning of the sche­dule. Do not expect that since you can hold your weight in cross position on the pulleys that you will be able to begin training for a back lever cross at full body weight. , T. L. Delorme, " Heavy Resistance Exer­

cises", Archives of Physical Medicine, VXVII, October, 1946, p. 607·630.

2 Richard Beckner, Raising Athletic City Schools, 1960.

Resource Guide jar Efficiency, Pasadena

CHART # POSITION EXERCISE APPLICATION

Standing l. Pull down arms bent, "chin up" l. Pull for cast 2. Pull down with false grip from 2. Muscle-up

overhead to hips II 3 . Pull down, arms straight sl ightly 3. Cross, cross pull

forward of lateral IV 4. Pull down rapidl y, arms sl ightl y

bent and about 45 0 off lateral 4. Kips, uprises

5. Arms at sides, swing or shrug 5. P-bar support sid e shoulders horse support

6. Rotate shoulders (dislocate or 6 . Shou lder flexib ility loca te), arms overhead

Sitting l. Pull straight arms from over l. Pull to cross, L-crass head to cross (butterfl y)

XII Inverted l. Press from shou lders t o hand l. Presses, hand stand stand strength

X II 2. Pull from hips t o hand stand 2. Shoot, peach hand, high cast l inverted pull

X I 3. Push arms lateral to hand stand 3. Inv erted cross, shoot , snap rise

4. Hold handstand, swing r ings 4 . Handstand cant rol back and forth

Ly ing face up l. Pull stra ight arms t o sides l. Straight body pull, front level

Lying face down l. Pull arms to s ides, push down l. Back lever, maltese arms strai ght planche

IV. KiDs. uorises pull forward

IX. Olympic cross

EXERCISES

)

I. Cross pull

V. Back lever p!lll. back kip

VI. Support strength

(

X. Inverted cross

II. ButterAy, pull lateral III. Kips, uprises

Vll . Sup port strength VIII. Shoulder shrugs

XI. Shoot. Dress hand stand XU. Inverted pull , presses

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~\~ FROM A \\~ NEUROTIC JUDGE

Roy Davis, Chairman, Committee on High School Judging, Northern California Gymnastics

Officials Association

(Note: I am postponing the appraisal of the FIG Illustrations planned- for this edi­tion oj M .G. to include this article on high school judging. Many people have asked about such information and I think that the proposals contained in this article might be of great significance to gymnastics in the United States and perhaps in the world.)

HIGH SCHOOL JUDGING: We have long been plagued by the prob­

lem of judging the novice or beginning gym­nast. Although all areas of the nation realize this dilemma, few have attempted to solve it, and communications between areas have been virtually non·existent. In recognition of both of these unfortunate conditions, the Northern California Gymnastics Offi­cials Association decided to attack the prob­lem by appointing a committee of volun­teers to propose a solution. In two .I une meetings, the committee decided on the major issues and proposed solutions which we would like to share with the gymnas­tics community. MAJOR PROBLEMS:

I. To determine the maximum value of a complete exercise with a mlllimum number (from 1-6) of A value moves.

II. To establish a penalty for short fuU­

tines. III. To equalize the distribution of points

in the "combination" area by es tab· lishing more complete regulations for all events.

IV. To establish rules for determining "par· tial fulfillment" of combination require· ments in r ecognition of varying degrces of accomplishment.

V. To recommend more complete rat.ings of A difficulty movements in all events.

GUIDING PHILOSOPHY: In deciding on solutions to these very

basic problems, our committee realized that we had to refle ct the goals of the beginning gymnast since our formulation s would serve as guidelines for beginning !!vmnasts and for coaches as well. In attempt ing to define and clarify these goals, we arrived at the following conclusions:

1. Mainly for the benefit of the Judges, but for the gymnasts and coaches as "Jell, the guidelines must be, insofar as is prac· tical and consistent, an extension of the FIG Code rather than an independent for· mulation which would be difficult to Lom· bine at the higher levels.

2. In our judgment, the guidelines must reflect the most important area of gymnas· tics competence: Good, clean, confident exe· cution and presentation. We felt that diffi· cult movements should not be included if poorly performed. We would rather see less difficulty in a routine with a minimum of flaws.

On this basis we decided not to penalize short exercises (i.e. from 7 to 11 moves), since the penalties for lack of difficulL v were already heavy and because we did no't want to force the gymnast to compose an overly·long routine beyond his capabilities (i .e., therefore oIt the expense of execution ). We also felt that extra movements were an assumed risk since more attempts meant a greater potential to err; the added risk should only be justifiable if it added to the difficulty value while not gathering penal· ties to neutralize the gain.

3. We felt that gvmnasts and coaches needed a more objective guide to evaluate lower level exercises not covered by the dll­ductive-type prescriptions of the FIG Code. We wanted to remove the guesswork and give some concreteness to routines with from 0·6 moves. The great bulk of the problems occur before the gymnast acquires the skill necessary to add the B move. Normally, problems in de terming maximum score diminish rapidly with the addition of the first B move.

It was this line of reasoning that led us to decide upon 6 moves as the focal num· ber for our final formula. Not only does the number fit well mathem atically but it serves to maintain consistency with the FIG since the Code only rewards up to six A moves. THE FORMULA : A. Difficulty Value

1. According to the Code, six A moves equals a value of 7.8 points (i.e., 10.0 minus 2.2 for lack of B's and C's), provided all combination requirements are sati sfied. Therefore, each A move, contributing equally, may be assigned a value of 1.3 towards the 7.8 maximum. We are not recoglllzlllg zero va.1ue movements becau;;e the FIG doesn' t and because we don't want to see a gymnast clutter up his routine with them. So: I A = 1.3 maximum 2 A = 2.6 3 A = 3.9

4 A = 5.2 max imum 5 A = 6.5 6 A = 7.8

2. Please note that this formula does not apply to incomplete or faulty exercises. It applies to a complete routine performed by a gymnast whose skills may be ex­tremely limited. The Code provides for the faulty exercise, but not for the complete one. We are attempting to fill the gap.

3. This system is additive up to six moves and deductive from seven and up. (Please note that the number of moves reo fers to A or better movements only).

a. 6 moves or under- a B is worth 0.2 more than an A; therefore, included B's would received 1.5, C's 1.7. (B's might be common, C's quite rare.)

b. 7 moves or over-either use the de· ductive system or add 0.4 for B's, 0.6 for C's. Example:

2 A's + 2 B's = (2) ( 1.3) + (2) (1.5) or (4) (1.3) + (2) (.4) = 5.6

4 A's + 2 B's = (4) (1.3) + (2) (1.5) (6) (1.3) + (2) (.2) = 8.2

6 A's + I B = (6) (1.3) + (.4) = (10 .0) - (3) (.4) - (.6) = 8.2

It may seem complex at first, but it really isn' t at all. Simply keep in mind the additive formula up to 6 moves. After that , the FIG Code can be applied without modification. Try it and you'll see ! B. Combination

1. We took some small liberties with the Code here because we did not feel that it was complete enough. It did not provide for equal deductions in each event, nor did it encourage what we would define as "mastery of the apparatus". We added reo quirements in some instances.

2. Our committee expressed concern over any connection between combination re­quirements and high difficulty. If the gym· nast is to be encouraged to pursue good execution and presentation in his learning, then we should remove the regulations which force him to add difficult moves be­fore he is ready to do so. Consequently, we took care to see that all combination requirements could be sa ti sfied with A moves. As we examined our list, we were surprised and pleased to note that we had to make only three changes: We decided to allow a shoot shoulderstand on rings, an A strength move Qn rings, and an A re­lease on parallel bars as movements of suf­ficient value to satisfy combination require·

ments. (Note : We are in no way pre·empt· ing NCAA Rules. First of all, we are not empowered to do so! secondly, the col­legians are not very often beginners.)

Floor Exercise: Forward tumbling, backward tumbling, balance, f lexibility, strength.

Side Horse : Circles predominant, forward scissors, backward scissors, consecutive scis­sors, apparatus coverage.

Parallel Bars: 2-hand overbar release, 2-hand underbar release, strength, turn, hold_

Horizontal Bar: Forward grand swings, back­ward grand swings, change of direction (does not have to be during giants), in-bar m~ve­ments, two-hand release and re-grosp.

Rings: Swing t o handstand or shoulderstand, strength to handstand, strength hold, rotation around ring axis (compares to in-bar require­ment on horizonta l bar).

Trampoline: Forward somersaulting, backward somersaulting, forward twisting (baranis will have to suffice here but only because it's un­ava idable), backward twisting, bady landing.

Tumbling-: Forward tumbling , backward tumbling, f orward to backward tumbling , back­ward to forward tumbling, backward twist ing.

*For some inexplicable reason , our commit­tee overlooked tumbling. The recommendatians are those of the chairman only.

Note : The above requirements are not delimiting. Points in the combination area could still be deducted for other FIG rea­sons- lack of harmony, extra swings, inef· fective dismount. etc.

Each event listed above has five require· ments, each worth 0.3 points (except rings, each worth 0.4 points.) An official could award partial credit for movements which partially sat isfy the listed requirement­this would be a subj ective judgment on the part of the official. In other words, de­duct 0.1 to 0.3 for deficiency in require­ment. C. Ratings of A Moves

In the beginning, our committee hoped to remove the guesswork from scoring at the lower levels. Our rather strict reliance on A moves to determine maximum value has made it quite necessary to define A moves more completely so that two judges will arrive at the same begining score. We are optimistic that this final phase of the high school formulations will indeed ac· complish this task.

Floor Exercise: 1. Tumbling, all "springs" and kips, cartwheels and round-offs, back-roll extension; 2. Strength and holds, elbow or gut lever (2 arms), pike sit, handstand. 3. Agi l ity, pass through Valdez, straight arm roll down from handstand, Y2 turn in handstana (hold to hold), straddle jump, front l imber, all dive rolls and straight- leg ro ll s, tour jete, squat, stoop, stradd le vault from frant rest, back dive Y2 turn off of one foot to chest ro ll or forward roll, from L, bend knees and br ing between arms and stand, false Va ldez to sit, Russian rol l, battement tourne or tur-jete to scale - A + A.

Side Horse: Full single leg circles , undercut f o llowed by undercut with other leg, sing le rear forward or backward, first double = A , second double = A + A; no credit beyond two.

Parallel Bars: All kips, swing handstand, L support, dislocate, circle, b a c k shoulder (straight body), forward shoulder circle, back roll to support, flank vault (single rear), frant or rear vault dismount with Y2 turn, double out dismount.

Rings: Muscle up, shoulder stand. Horizontal Bar: Al l kips, all swinging casts

level or above (to handstand=B), all hip cir­cles (except free hip to handstand), cris-carry (cris-Kehre), flank vault (single rear), dis lo­cate, seat circle, so le circle, 3,4 giant, all back uprises, seat rise, f lyaway from cost.

Trampoline: All single somersau lts, 3,4 back somie, barani and back somersault with Y2 twist, ball out to feet, cody, kaboom, fu ll twisting back somersault .

Tumbling: 'A' recommendations are covered in fl oor exercise.

Note : Although there may be some over· lapping, these recommendations are in­tended to supplement the ABC illustrations of the FIG Code of Points. Moves already rated were avoided. Also, and rather ob­viously, the r ecommendations are not abo solutely complete, nor can they be. The sport is a creative one; it is this element plus the execution area which place the weight of the final judgment in the hands of the person for whom this report is in­tended-the judge.

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Two years ago Ernie Furblur came t o our s c hool and ,;;tarted t h e sport. In the begin n ing i t lOOKed pretty ragged , "Hey is thi s the way t h ese p a.!m g u a rds go o n ?", "What's this white c h a.lk f.or?" The firs t yea.r' s meets were contested in s pare trac k s h orts a n d tee shirts, bu t the fe llows on the s quad worked hard , a nd regula rly s pent six days a week pra ctic ing. It paid off.

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