THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

JANUARY 1969 SOc

Apollo 7 Astronaut Walter Cunningham receives "Herol s Welcome" at Santa Monica City College and plaque from Gymnastic coach "Brud" Cleveland.

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR:

In Volume 1- No. 4 Nov.-Dec. 1957 edition of The Modern Gymnast your editor wrote a brief editorial on Gymnastics and Space flights brought o~ by the fact that the USSR had just launched Sputnik II a 1,200 pound payload one thousand miles into space, while we had not put into orbit anything larger than a grapefruit. The article went on to ~oint out that Gym­nastic training really fills the phYSical needs for men in space and that "The World of Tomorrow" was here today.

* * * * Ever since I can remember, as a child of six standing on the curb of the Minnihaha Parkway in Minneapolis, watching Charles Lindbergh . ride by in an open car ~mid shouts of admiration for this pioneer hero of flight, I have had a keen interest in Space. "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" along with Lindbergh were my childhood heroes. So it has been especially thrilling for me to be around as our first Astronauts opened up a new era in space bX circling t~e moon and lead­ing the way to moon landings and flights to the stars.

* * * * The week previous to the Apollo 8 Moon .fligh.t, Astro­naut Walter Cunningham, member of the historic Apollo 7 flight crew which orbited the earth for 11 days, marched onto the Santa Monica City College field to receive a "Hero's Welcome" from 5,000 students and faculty. Mr. Cunningham present.ed th~ C~lIege. with an American flag he had taken In orbit With him. In return he received a plaque saluting him for his "out­standing service to mankind". The plaque (with a figure of a gymnast in a spacesuit on a side horse) ~as presented by Dr. Henry "Brud" Cleveland, Cunning­ham's former gmynastic coach at SMCC.

* * * * In the press conference before the program your e~i­tor presented Mr. Cunningha~ with a MG lapel . . Pln and asked him about gymnastics and space conditIOn­ing. Astronaut Cunningham (a former side horse com­petitor at SMCC) said that he thought "G¥~n~stics" was the best basic training for space conditioning or for that matter any activity that requires top physical condition and coordination. When asked if he had any special advice for all of our MG readers throughout the world he replied, "be sure to have a good spotter when you first try a "Cody on the Trampoline".

* * * * The day of the "Lone Eagle" is history, today it takes the cooperation of thousands working together for one man to reach the stars. For they are not alone who fly in space but a part of each and every dream of all of us - teacher, coach, teammate, technician, par­ent or pastor who by physical work, taxes and 'prayer are the unseen companions in their capsule In the sky.

* * * * When on the eve of the birthday of the Christ Chi ld "The Prince of Peace" - a Catholic 250,000 miles in space, can look back at earth and. read "The Story of the Creation" from a Protestant Bible as recorded by a Jewish historian (Moses) over 4,000 years ago, to

. people all over the earth - I would say there is hope .' for America and the world ...

* * * * The MG Staff and Readers salute the Astronauts of Apollo 8 for a job well done.

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m THE MOD ERN GYMNAST MAGAZ INE

CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

CONTENTS

VOL. XI JANUARY 1969 NUMBER 1

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ........... .. ............ ......... Glenn Sundby 4 CHALK TALK ............ ......................... ...................... ... ................ 6 VIEW POINTS ....................... ................................... Dick Criley 6 USGF REPORT ................. ~ ........... .. ...................... ... Frank Bare 8 CANADIAN REPORT ..................... .... John Nooney 9 NEW ENGLAND CLINIC ..................................... .Joe Massimo 10 EASTERN GYMNASTIC CLINIC ........................... .walt Zwickle 12 THE GYMNASTICS TEAM & THE INDIVIDUAL ... ..... Don Tonry 13 OLYMPIC COMMENTS ............................................. Steve Hug 14 MENICHELLI ..................... ............ ..... ..... .......... Glenn Sundby 15 MG CALENDAR .......................................................................... 16 MG INTERVIEW .............................. Dick Criley, Ken Sakoda )8 A SECOND LOOK AT SWING ....................... c . . .• Gerald George 20 THE COMPUTER TAKES A NEW LOOK AT

COLLEGE GYMNASTIC JUDGING ......... ........... ... 21 GYMNASTICS LANDING MATS AND

THE KNEE JOINT ......................... . ...... Don Tonry 2? REGIONAL REPORTS ................. .... ........... ........ Jerry Wright 24 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ................. ... ..... Jerry Wright 28 PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS .............. .. ............. Jerry Wright 28 LETTERS .. ..... .. ............ .......... .. ................................. ... .... 29

COVER: Pictured at left is the unique plaque presented t o ex­gymnast W olter Cunn ingham of Santa M onico Cit y College turned A stronaut (plaque photo by Tom Campbell ) . . . On the cover along with W olter Cunningham and coach Brud Cleveland is Miss Sharon Pro­chaska of the SMCC Coronettes who put on a Special Space So lute f or the Apollo 7 Astronaut .

PUBLISHER - EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS -Technical KEN SAKODA, Design

. . ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature

A. Bruce Frederi ck , Education; Dr. James S. Bosco, Research; Dick e ril ey, S tatistics; Jerry Wright, Compe tition; Frank L. Bare, USGF; John Nooney , Canada.

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Swiss Olympic Team Comes To U.S.A.

in Jan. 1969 The Swiss Olympic Team will come

to the United States for a two week tour in January, 1969. Arrangements have been completed, although the specific arrival date is still being discussed, and four stops have been firmed up at this time.

The team will consist of 7 gymnasts, Coach Jack Gunthard and a manager. 'l:he team will compete at four stops (if tIme allows we will increase that to five) and will meet American all-around gymnasts at each stop. They are ex­pected to arrive on the East Coast on January 14, 1969 and proceed to Penn­sylvania State College for their first match. Their schedule as of this writing looks like this:

January 17, 1969 - PENN STATE UNIV. Evening competition at Recre­ation Hall, University Park, Penna. For information or tickets write, Mr. Gene Wettstone, Gymnastics Coach, PSU, Univ. Park, Pa. 16802.

January 20, 1969-NASIMINY HIGH SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. Hosted by the Temple University Ath­letic Department. For information or tickets write to Mr. Bill Coco, Gym­nastics Coach, Temple Univ. in Phila­delphia.

January 23, 1969 - UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWA. Hosted by the Iowa Univ., athletic department. For information "on this evening competition write to Mr. Mike Jacobson, Gymnastics Coach Iowa U., Iowa City, Iowa 52240.

January 25, 1969-IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, AMES, IOWA. Hosted by the ISU Athletic Department, for in­formation or tickets write to Mr. Ed Gagnier, Gymnastics Coach, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

If the schedule allows (based on our request to the Swiss visitors to stay longer) we contemplate placing them at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Joggers Group Gets Underway

The official ceremony establishing the National Jogging Association took place in Washingotn, D.C. on September 23. Among those taking part were Secre­tary of the Interior Stewart Udall ; Janet Travell, M.D., of the George Washing­ton Medical School; Senators Strom Thurmond (S.C.) and Claiborne Pell (R.I.); and Audie Murphy, movie actor. Readers desiring further information may write to the National Jogging As­socaition, Box 19367, Washington, D.C. 20036.

HIGHLIGHTS ANNOUNCED FOR AAHPER 1969 CONVENTION AAHPER convention highlights at

Boston will be a performance by the Springfield College gymnastics team and a concert by members of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Headliners among the speakers are Paul Dudley White," well known cardiologist; Scott Carpenter, astronaut; A. Donald Bourgeois of the Urban Coalition; and Ethel Alpenfels, New York University.

A detailed Convention program will appear in the February Journal of Health - Physical Education -lWcreation. Convention dates are April 11-15, 1969.

RESEARCH NOTES The Modern Gymnast recently re­

ceived a copy of an M.A. thesis entitled A Comparison of Interscholastic Gym­nastics on the High School Level (Univ. Minnesota, 1968), written by Mr. Wil­liam F. Murray, Jr., of White Bear Lake, Minnesota. In an effort to improve the gymnastics program in Minnesota, Mr. Murra y surveyed coaches and admin­istra tors in four states: California, Colo­rado, Illinois and Pennsylvania. His thesis summarizes background data on the coaches, schools, state interscholastic programs, coaching techniques, progres­sions, and other aspects of competitive gymnastics in the high schools. From time to time, Chalk Talk will present brief summaries of his data and more lengthy articles wlil appear featuring his conclusions and other helpful find­ings.

Mr. Murray would be pleased to hear from other coaches in the "newly emerg­ing" gymnastic states. He is the gym­nastics coach at White Bear H.S., White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110.

Our abstracts and summaries have been prepared by former MG associate editor, Dick Criley.

COACHING AND INTERSCHOLASTIC GYMNASTICS A recent thesis by William F . Mur­

ray surveyed high school coaches in four states concerning their background and qualifications. He found that responding coaches averaged 5.8 years experience in California, 3.7 in Illinois (but with a median of 5 years), 5 or more in Penn­sylvania (4 replies), and 3.6 in Colo­rado. The California coaches ha d only limited high school or college competi­tive experience .while Colorado and Il­linois coaches more frequently had both H.S. and college experience. There were too few replies from Pennsylvania to gauge experience levels. The history of competitive experience (no. years with competitive teams) showed California with the oldest system, averaging 16 years, Illinois with 7, Pennsylvania with 6, and Colorado with the youngest pro-

grams, half with 4 or fewer years.

(Editor's Note: It should also be pointed out that Mr. Murray learned what we ha ve also found out: That re­turns from mailed" questionnaires are usually not too good. Three states aver­aged about 40 % return, the other, 26 % . Additionally, the data should not be extrapolated to the rest of the U.S. as this represents but a small sample. The trend does tend to show why California and Illinois have such highly regarded programs and why Colorado is a n up­and-coming state in terms of its future production. )

3rd Annual Maryland Open: For info : Mr. George C. McGinty, Towson State College, Baltimore, Md. 21204.

VIEWIXJintB By Dick Criley

Making the Invitational Scene in Southern California

by Dick Cruey Southern California has long been noted for

the number and quality of gymnasts it pro· duces. Not only is the area strong in grass· roots development of gymnastics but alSJO in competitive and creative opportunity. One as· pect of this program is the large number of invitational competitions hosted before, duro ing, and after the gymnastics season. Aside from providing a showplace for the gymnasts, southern California also stimulates public in· terest through the invitationals by educating the public in the subtleties of gymnastics. Few other areas of the U.S. can match the California record. Perhaps after reading the results of a questionnaire distributed by the MG to a number of prominent collegiate gymnasts following invitational " competition this past year, more coaches in other parts of the country will accept the challenge of host· ing an invitational. -

With a 50 % return of questionnaires representing 4 all-around men, 4 special­ists, and one multiple-event man (listed with the specialists), the survey can be considered as an adequate reflection of California gymnasts' opinions about in­vitationals. The all-round men accounted for 16 invitational meet appearances and the specialists 20 for a total of 36 meet experiences. The number of invi­tationals competed in per gymnast ranged .from 2 to 8. There were 11 invi-

tationals evaluated: Ben Price Memorial, Bruin Classic (UCLA), California Win­ter Clinic, Frank Hailand Memorial, Holiday Classic (Cal State, La) , Long Beach Invtl., Pasadena National Invtl., Sacramento State Invtl., San Jose Invtl., Tournament of Champions (Cal State LA), UCLA Invtl.

These gymnasts compete in invita­tionals for many reasons, the primary ones being preparation for upcoming meets, for the experience, and because they are fun -less formal and less pres­sure than dual meets. Additionally, they compete because of their coaches' recommendations, because of the stress upon the individual and the greater recognition for winning, and because of their contribution to the image of the sport.

They feel that the host coaches spon­sor the invitationals to raise money (8) and to promote the sport (7). (Unfor­tunately, we have no figures to substan­tiate the former, but the number of invitationals gives support to the lat­ter.) Other suggestions as to why a coach holds an invitational included: to give public exposure to his proteges, to show off his facilities, to improve the caliber of gymnastics, to build his per­sonal reputation, and simply, to host a meet for the sake of holding a meet. While the last observation may well be questioned by those acquainted with the work that goes into preparing for an invitational, one gymnast noted that it originated from a particularly uninspir­ing invitational which was poorly at­tended by competitors and spectators alike.

Few gymnasts felt that invitationals interfered with their workouts or with their dual meet competition as a team member. As one gymnast astutely noted, "No coach is going to let an invitational interfere with the preparation of his team." The recommendation of a coach that his gymnasts take part in invita­tionals is indicative of a recognition that the competitive experience is desirable.

The respondents generally termed in­vitationals as a positive factor in in­creasing a gymnast's confidence and, to a lesser extent, his endurance. His con­fidence in his routine may be aided by the looser and less-pressured atmosphere of the invitaional. The freshman per­former may particularly benefit from the opportunity to compete as his meet experience is often limited.

Since most of the gymnasts who re­plied live in the Los Angeles area, their personal expense for participating mere­ly involves driving to · the host institu­tion. More distant competitors have their expenses paid by the host coach or, sometimes, pay for it themselves, con­sidering it an educational expense. It might be noted that student standby rates between LA and San Francisco are under $30, a plus factor in importing gymnasts and one not likely to be dup­licated in many other parts of the country if the host could pay their ex­penses. This willingness to compete else­where was tempered by the free time allowed in their college competition and academic schedules but also by the size and importance of the invitational. Since southern California occasionally plays host to specialists and all-around gymnasts from the Rocky Mountains, WAC, and mid-west area, it is not in­conceivable that reciprocating invita­tions may be extended as these other areas increase their gymnastic pro­grams.

Seven of the respondents felt that the invtiationals relied to too great an ex­tent upon west coast gymnasts. They blamed the cost of paying expenses from other areas as a major factor but noted that some meets brought in more new talent han others. The pride in southern California gymnastics was evident in the comment that, "We've got the best gymnasts anyway." The appearance of the same gymnasts with the same rou­tines was cited as contributing to a lack of audience appeal.

When asked if invitationals extend the competitive season too much, five (2 AA, 3 specialists) agreed. Other ob­servations ranged from reducing the number of invitationals to hosting more of them. One man advocated more sum­mer competition while another asked for one a month. A few fellows voiced the complaint tha t the constant training for a meet was conducive to staleness as they had no chance to work on new material.

There was a general agreement that the lack of open meet:. inhibited evolu­tion of novice nad junior gymnasts, and recommendations to hold more open and/or invitational meets for the less experienced competitors were made. A dissenting vote declared that novice be­long in clinics, not invitational meets.

The replies of the all-around men and specialists to the question of whether invitationals over-emphasize specialists were of interest. While conceding that the public prefer specialists, the AA men declared that more emphasis on the all­around was needed. The improvement of the AA as the internatioal competitor was mentioned as a matter of vital im­portance. Nonetheless, it was noted that there seem to be enough AA men to take ·part in invitationals. The special­ists split on the question of over-em­phasis but agreed with the AA men that the public prefer the specialist because he is more exciting. Justification for re­taining specialists took the form that the specialist raises the level of com­petition and makes the all-round man work harder. They noted that an in­vitational exists for the quality of the performances and that the winner wins because he is the best, whetlier all­around or not. The fear was expressed that limiting competition to all-around entrants would encourage mediocrity rather than outstanding performances. One respondent stipulated that the AA be an event in every invitational to en­courage development of all-around gym­nasts.

The questionnaires asked for criti­cisms and suggestions for improvement of invitationals. Since the replies were diverse and overlapped and explanatory comments were appended to many an­swers, the positive aspects - particu­larly those remedying a criticism - will be listed.

1) Make the meet short and sweet. Limit the number of competitors, in­vite only top quality, use efficient and gymnastically knowledgeable announc­ers.

2) More consideration for the gym­nast. Provide warm-up facilities of equal caliber to competition apparatus or al­low warm-up on the meet apparatus prior to proceeding with the event (after all, the purpose of the meet is to elicit the best performances, not to disadvant­age an opponent).

3) Get the invitations out early. Two weeks or a few days ahead of time con­veys a bad impression to the invitee-

as if · he were a last minute thought or second choice. The criteria for the in­vitation need better publicity among the gymnastic community.

4) More and earlier publicity. Attend­ance can be good only if the public knows who will be there. This also stimulates advance sales and avoids last minute jam-ups at the ticket office. Television coverage was suggested as a means of increasing interest. As acorol­lary, the gymnast should show up once he has committed himself.

5) More elaborate awards (See be­low).

6) Invite more gymnasts from outside the area (See previous discussion).

The foregoing suggestions do not ap­ply to all meets as several gymnasts pointed out that some meets are well run in all aspects. They felt that the needs of both the audience and com­petitor should be met without sacrific­ing one or the other. As to rumored pressures to attend an invitational, all denied being subjected to such pressure from the host although one stated that his own coach was tar more coercive. As was pointed out, "An invitation is such only if it can be refused without consequence. "

The gymnasts were asked to rate the meets they had participated in on the basis of general consideration for the gymnast, awards, level of competition, and audience appeal. Since the purpose of this report is to encourage more in­vitationals, the trends will be cited rather than pinpointing any particular meet.

Specialists tended to be more critical of the general consideration for the gymnast factor than did the AA :nen although this varied with the meet. (Perhaps AA men are more adaptable?) As to awards, gymnasts across the board generally agreed that certain meets simply offered less incentive. Team invitationals seemed to generally fall in a lower bracket. There is a trend towards rating higher those invitationals with the more flashy awards, i.e., tro­phies or unusual awards over plaques. This may be summarized in the thought that the individual wants recognition ror his effort - the bigger and brighter, the better.

The level of competition was rated as above average to excellent in most cases although the specialists tended to be more critical than the AA men. Audience appeal rarely dropped below an above average rating, but those meets with lower level of competition ratings tended to rate lower on the audience appeal scale. Likewise, the meets with many competitors or which were drawn out rated lower.

In summary, it can be concluded that gymnasts regard it as a privilege and a pleasure to participate in invitation­also They seek to improve themselves and the image and caliber of gymnastics and view invitationals as an important means to this end. Nonetheless, partici­pation is an ego-matter, and gymnasts seek the recognition of the invitation, of a large audience, and of impressive awards. Efficient planning and handling of the meet itself contribute to their willingness to take part. Top gymnasts agree that the specialist has much to contribute but encourage development of the all-around. Developmental meets for novices and junior gymnasts al'e urged as a means for increasing the number of competent gymnasts.

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The United States Gymnastics Federation P.O. Box 4699 Tucson, Arizona

the increased attendance at this year's Congress. Further testimony to the in­terest and enthusaism for gymnastics in the U .S.A. is the fact that of the first 1,000 copies of the Code which arrived in the U .S.G.F. Office, now only ap­proximately 50 or fewer remain in stock. In order to have a sufficient number on hand to meet the needs of our ever in­creasing American program, we have previously made an order for 2,000 more copies of the Code of Points in the Eng­lish language.

Some discussion followed on a gym­nastic circuit. That is (similar to golf) the national team of a given year would be scheduled in a series of five-six or more meets of some size in different regions of the U .S.A. and the team would then take part in these meets against other gymnasts on a team basis or individual basis as promoters desire. In this way, television could be arranged for on the basis of now knowing who would be where months in advance and even (perhaps) arrange for a system of compiling national points on the basis of all these circuit meets.

USGF DIRECTORS REPORT FRANK L. BARE Executive Director

1968 U.S.G.F Congress CmCAGO, ILLINOIS

The women's Code of Points has been translated by the USGF Women's Tech­nical Committee and is avaliable now. Copies of this publication were also dis­tributed in Chicago.

The largest of all the American Gym­nastics Congress meetings ever held came to a close Sunday afternoon, with a vote to conduct the fifth such event in Denver, Colorado in the month of November, 1969. We are proceeding to invite distinguished visitors as guests for lecture-discussion purposes for th'e 1969 Congress. So put the month on your calendar now ... November, 1969 . . . the fifth annual USGF Congress.

One hundred and fifty of the nation's leading gymnastics coaches and officials gathered at the Marriott Motor Hotel on November 2-3rd for the Fourth Annual USGF Congress. It was two days com­pletely filled with activity. Showing of the films from the recently concluded 1968 Olympic Games that took place in Mexico City. Gene Wettstone discussed the soon to be conducted Continental Judges Course (January 17-19) sched­uled for 1969. The women had an excel­lent first such meeting, with nearly fifty women registering for the sessions that took place in conjunction with the Con­gress.

Some of the notable guests at this year's USGF Congress, President of the F.I.G., Mr. Arthur Gander ... spoke at two sessions. One on gymnastics in the world today and at the other session, he dealt with the new Code of Points. He was very ably assisted in translations by Mr. Hellmut Rohnisch, of Orebro, Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. La nce Otto of Australia spent the week-end with us and Mr. Geoff Elliott, who was repre­senting the Canadian Collegiate Coaches was also with us for the meetings. The all-time great professional trampolinists . . . I mean for all time . . . Mr. Larry Griswold was also at the Congress. It was g reat to see all our visitors.

Some of the discussion sessions were on the possibility of the United States adopting the syst~m of naming one na­tiona l coach and three to four staff coaches for a period of four years. This coach, or a staff coach would then be attending every interna tional event of significance for the period he was na ­tional coach. It would take some work and if properly approached would de­velop us a trainer second to none. Those in attendance voted to favor such a plan.

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HORIZONTAL BAR: I . Jump to mized grip 2. Flank Vault to 3. Kip to handstand position with

Y, backward turn. 4. 1 and % giant forward 5. Single leg Kreiskehre to free straddle support. 6. Drop bock and disengage legs and join legs, 7. Stoop through to bock kip B. German Giant swing, 9. Disengage legs (squat or bend legs coming out)

10. Kip, hip circle forward, changing grip to under-grip to handstand position.

11 . 1 Giant swing forward 1 2. Pirouette 1 3. Bock Giant 14. lross cnange to torward giant, 1 5. 1 and % giant to stoop

dismount. LONG HORSE VAULT: Number 6 in F.I.G. Code of Points. SIDE HORSE

1. Czechkehre .(Moore over pommel) 2. Loop around the end 3. Uphill travel

4. Circle and break into scissors on Right side (left leg bock)

5. Scissors to the lett and scissors to right,

6. Pick up one reverse ci rcle 7. Drop right leg to B. 2 backward scissors 9. 1 and Y, circ les

10. Travel down and kehre in (Tramlot)

11. Ci rcle 12. Moore 13. Kehre Out 14. Loop dismount. RINGS

1 . Pull to straight body inverted hong, w/slight bending of arms,

2. Kip to "L" support, 3. Hollow bock press to handstand

(no hold) 4. Swing downward and forward

and cost out to straight body inlocate.

5. Bock uprise to support and immediately fall backward into Y, inverted hong,

6. Dislocate and shoot to handstand,

7. Lower down through planche

with straight arms to bock lever and hole,

B. Dislocate, dislocate (bent body) to straight body fly-a -way to stand.

PARALLEL BARS 1. From a stand, jump to a glide kip,

to support 2. On the bock swing, backward

stutzkehre 3. Shoulder roll forward to bock

uprise straddle cut and catch to hold in 'fL" position.

4. Hollowboc ks (straight body) press to handstand (hold).

5. Forward pirouette 6. Stutzkehre to loy-a-way to upper

arm support 7. Front uprise, B. Front somersault dismount to

stand.

FLOOR EXERCISE 1 . Standing tucket bock somersault

to stand, 2. Two steps and handspring and

jump upward into arch jump and dive roll forward.

3. Two continuous pirouettes turns

into flying roundoff, bock hand­spring and jump backward into dive Y, twist and roll to stand.

4. Japanese jump with V. turn to handstand and lower to chest roll down and hop to a straddle position.

5. Straight arm and straight leg press with bent body and open legs, to handstand. Lower legs, and

6. Roundoff, bock handspring to layout bock somersault to stand.

FIN.IS\

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The above routines are subject to moderate changes, however, they should be the com­pulsory routines for the 1969 NCAA Championships and 1969 Championships of the United States as are or with very slight modification.

CANADIAN

HI REPORT

by f ohn Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

COMMENTS ON JUNIOR TRAINING CA.l\'1P

By Jim Hoyle National Junior Coach

Wtihout question this type of camp is very valuable to Canadian gymnastics . . . Immediately after the na tional championships is not the best time as this is a good time for relaxation but it is better than not at a ll . .. The lo­cation, facilities and supporting staff were good; a better alterna tive would be hard to find . . . More apparatus would be helpful (e.g. low horizontal bar, a second vaultnig horse), though there may not have been enough room at Gracefield . . . This was one of the all too rare opportunities for many of our gymnasts to work together . . . It was also very good coaching practice . . . It has been suggested that a strict­er discipline would be advantageous, but I think that in such a t emporary situ­ation it would not be too helpful ... Twelve gymnasts is enough for one coach . . . It is easy to see how uncor­rected training deficiencies are magni­field as time passes. Such fault (e.g. poor swinging, not enough strength de­velopment, lack of shoulder flexibility little control of arch of back, poor run~ ning and jumping) are very difficult to correct when the gymnast has achieved a fairly high standard using incorrect techniques .. . Differences between boys from different clubs are very interest­ing. ';I'he persistence a nd dedication of those who are obliged to work a lone. is commendable; those who are lucky enough to work in a group should have no difficulty in making progress. Any deficiency in this regard must be ascribed t o weak or low -skilled leader­Ship ... The incentive of a national camp or international junior competi­tion is very necessary to keep juniors (and younger groups) progressing as fast as possible . . . The need for our gymnasts to work in fairly large groups often, instead of groups of 1 to 4 is im­portant in 'order to provide a greater competitive atmosphere a nd to provide examples for the lesser gymnasts. The large difference in score between the highest and lowest (or between the top 15 or so juniors) must be made as small as possible. This will generate an in­tense competition for "team places" which is not possible when results can be fairly accurately guessed. Thus the standard of the group as a whole will increase, rather than that of individuals.

JUNIOR GYMNASTS AT CAMP: Blades (Victoria) H as the intelligence and ability to become a good gymnast , but needs to learn self-discipline. Must learn to run and swing; Bouchard (Mon­treal) A well-disciplined gymnast and a very hard worker; Copeland (Hamilton) Needs a s teady program to realize full t a lent; Howe (Victoria) Should be

Elg in Summer Camp

pushed and worked hard; Hunter (Tor­onto) Swings well; should develop s trength now . Elevate rear half of body w hen vaulting; Johnson (Victoria) A steady performer but must extend swing. Should be worked hard ; McVey (Toron­to ) Talented but needs motivation and good guidance; Mitchell (Victoria) Very high potential; needs s trong persona l support to keep motivation high; Sedge­wick, N. (Saskatoon) Should develop strength now, also flexibility. Attention to running; Sedgewick, T. (Saskatoon) Work strength and maintain flexibility ; pay attention to correct body position during each move in routine; Sbore (Winnijeg) Must build back and ab­dominal strength in order to achieve more control. Routines should be sim­pler and surer; Thibodeau (Montreal) Already strong ; swing each move fully; a im at the top; do not be satisfied with something less than perfect.

ELGIN GYMNASTIC SUMMER CAMP The above camp is owned and oper­

ated by my good friend Don Cochrane. I need not tell you how much this man has done for gymnastics in the Mon­treal, Quebec area and throughout Can­ada. Don has been connected with Can­adian gymnastics for many years He is and has been for many years a Phy. Ed. teacher in the Greater Montreal School system. I might a lso add that Syd J ensen, a member of our national, was and will be a counsellor a t the Elgin Gym Camp, also many new coaches ha ve been invited to teach this coming sum­mer.

This is a 40 acre camp with swim­ming pool, all kinds of gymnastic equip­ment, overhead twisting safety belts, etc. Ten new buildings with modern conveniences is situated in the prettiest part of the province of Quebec near the little town of St. Aubert. For further particulars write Mr. Don Cochrane, 540 Rockhill Cres, Beaurepaire, Quebec.

Typical Day at Elgin Gym Camp 7: 30 - Morning Dip 8: 00 - Flag Break , Breakfast 8:30 - Cabin Clean-up 9:30 - Warm-up and Workout

(2 hrs.) 11:30 - Swim 12: 30 - Lunch

1:30-2 :30 - Rest Hour 2 :30 - Warm-up and Workout

(2 hrs.) 4:30-Swim 5 :30 - Supper 7: 00 - Evening Program (Games,

Archery, et c.) Swim if it is w arm

8: 00 - "Tuck" (Cocoa, chocolate bars, etc. )

8 30 - Junior bed time 9 00 - Senior bed time 9 30 - Staff Meeting

10:30 - Staff bed time (Periods: 2, 4 or 6 weeks at $50.00 per

week.)

MEN'S NATIONAL INVITATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

AND THE SECOND ANNUAL CANADIAN WOMEN'S

COLLEGE 'CHAMPIONSHIPS AT McMASTER UNIV., HAMILTON, ONT.

Friday, March 7, Saturday, March 8 McMaster University, Physical Education & Ath­

letic Complex, Hamilton, Ontario. Al l teams requ ir ing accommodation are re­

quested to contact di rectly the Royal Connaught Hotel, 11 2 King St reet East, Ham ilton, Ontaria, telephone 527-5071 and make the necessar y ar­rangement s.

Transportatian is available meeting all flights at Internationa l Airport, Toront o and wi ll take passengers t o Cannaught Hatel, Hamilton , On­tario . General Pragram

Friday, March 7 9 :30 a .m.-Facu lty Lounge, School of Phys ical

Educatian & Athletics Complex. Meeting for Judges and Coaches.

1 :30 p.m.-Men's Events (Preliminaries) 1. Side Horse 2. Vault 3. Rings Women's Events (Preliminaries) 1. Flaar Exercise 2. Balance Beam

7:30 p.m.-Men's Events (Preliminaries) 1. Parall el Bars 2. Floor Exercise 3. H igh Bar Women's Events (Preliminaries) 1. Vaul t 2. Uneven Bars

Saturday, March 8 9 :30 a.m.-Faculty Lounge, School of Physical

Education & Athletic Complex, C.I.G.C.A. (Canadian Intercollegiate Gymnast ic Co a c h e s Association) meeting.

12 noon - Luncheon for coaches and officials, location to be announced in later bulletins.

1 :30 p.m .-Men's Events (Finals) 1. Side Horse 2. Vault 3 . Rings 4. Parallel Bars 5. Floor Exercise 6. Horizontal Bars Women's Events (Finals) 1. Floor Exercise 2 . Balance Beam 3. Vault 4. Uneven Bars

6 :30 p.m.-Banquet and awarding of champion­ship trophies. Location to be an­nounced in later bulletins.

General Information Important

All institutes planning to send teams must submit entries to: Mr. Digby Sale, School af Phy­sical Education & Athletics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario at the earliest possible date, and not later than January 15, 1969. A n early letter indicating you r decision to enter wou ld be appreciated. Off icia l entry forms were mailed out during the manth of November.

Institutes w ill be request ee: t o provide a ll pub­licity data, team names, pictures to : Mr. Bruce Jackson, Publicity Director, School of Physical Education & Athletics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontar io.

For any additional information please contact: Mr. Lesli e A. Prince, Director of Athletics, M c­Master University, Hamilton, Ontario. Telephone 522-4971 Extens ion 463.

NOVA SCOTIA GYMNASTIC ASSOC. Dr. Alla n Coles, head of the school of

Physical Education, Da lhousie Univer­(Continu'ed on poge' 29)

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lEW EM6l10 CUIC Report by Dr. Joe Massimo

Coach Rusty Mitchell , advanced tumbling lecture.

The sixth annual N.E. Gymnastic Clinic was held on Nov. 29 and 30, 1968 at the United States Coast Guard Aca­demy, New London, Conn. As in the past the program and scope of the clinic has continued to grow. The attendance at the clinic this year was over 1500 gymnasts and coaches from throughout the east, making it the largest teaching clinic of its kind ever held in the United States. Close to 150 college instructors were also on hand to assist the Master Teaching Staff.

Lecture-Demonstrations were held on the six international events for men and four for women. :in addition, there were special sessions in dance, judging (theory and practicum), Olympic review, routine composition, tumbling, trampol­ine, acrobatics, Special Coaching semin­ars and others. This year special sessions were provided for such things as mounts and dismounts only, the full twisting

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back somii, etc. The procedure of hold­ing Problem-Solving sessions where gymnasts and coaches could bring spe­cial questions on individual . events to an instructor for assistance was con­tinued and once again proved highly successful. The Lecture-Demonstration, Problem-Solving, and Special Sessions aspects of the program were offered on a Beginning, Intermediate, and Ad­vanced Level.

The Master Teaching Staff was once again of extremely high ca liber. Six Olympians and' several national and regional champions were on the staff as well as other outstanding teachers from across the country.

Men's Staff - Rusty Mitchell, Arman­do Vega, Ed Scrobe, Gary Erwin, Joe Massimo, Richard Aronson, Jerry Hardy, Jeff Cardinali, Eric Kjeldsen, Frank Wolcott, Tom Auchtelonie.

Women's Staff - Dale (Clements)

Flansaas, Ernestine (Russell) Carter, Lois Engstrom, Kitty Kjeldsen, Joe Mas­simo, Bob Laundy, Arlene Resnick, Marianne (Davis) Wakerlin, Delene Gif­ford, Marilyn Schnaars.

Special congratulations are due Mr. Jeff Cardinali, Coast Guard Coach, and Clinic Director and to his staff who un­questionably ran what must have been the best organized clinic held anywhere. Meals were provided in the huge facility as were all free workout, problem solv­ing, and lecture-demonstrations areas. Participates could enter the door at 9 A.M. and not leave until 10 P.M. and have all their needs met within this one beautiful new building.

The clinic came to a close on Satur­day evening when members of the Master Teaching staff and college in­structors put on an exhibition which was enjoyed by a full house of spirited clinic partiCipates and local townspeople.

Cooch Joe Mass imo, women's side horse vault. Coach Rusty Mitchell , men's P-bars spotting techniques.

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EASTERN GYMNASTIC CLINIC November 29·30, 1968 Abington High School, Abington, Pa .

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Ed Knepper, women's s ide horse vau lt

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The Gymnastics Team and the Individual

by Don Tonry Yale University

If a gymnast is ever fortunate enough to make an international team, one of the first informative lectures that he receives is titled "Teammanship". One of the team officials takes it upon him­self to explain that "you are no longer individuals, as you have been in the past, but a team working together toward a common goal. From now on, you will work as a team and compete as a team. All competitive decisions will be based on achieving the highest pos­sible team score." I have always won­dered what this was all about. This speech was usually the first of a long list of irritations that were to follow.

How does. a group of gymansts work as a team? In the absence of a good coach, they can spot each other and coach each other, but I don't believe that this is what the lecturing team officials have in mind. My personal feel­ing about teammanship is simply that I wish each of my teammates the very best of luck in training and during the competition. I want them to know that I'm behind them all the time, as op­posed to a feeling of indifference that I may have had prior to our training together. Teammanship is very hard to come by when one is a member of a large training squad that will eventually be reduced to a seven-man team. It is extremely difficult to be truly concerned about the excellence of one's com­petitors when vying for a place on an international team. If teammanship does exist in gymnastics, it would have to occur after the final team has been chosen.

Frankly, I would like to see the team competition eliminated from interna­tional gymnastic competitions. I believe gymnastics is an individual sport and that every competitor should be given a fair place in the lineup, just as he would expect in a national competition. Can six individuals, whose sports activ­ity requires individual effort as in wrestling, weight lifting, swimming, diving, most track and field events, etc., really function as a team? Why should the judges know that the last three gymnasts in a lineup are the best in a particular event? The reason for this is simply that we know the last three men are expected to be the best and, therefore, will probably receive the highest scores. If the best went first we know that they would receive low scores because there are more men to follow and the judges don't want to run out of points. This is part of "teamman­ship". The gymnast must allow the coach to place him in any order that the coach feels will raise the team aver­age. Many gymnasts have worked from five to ten years in order to make an international team, only to find that they will receive low scores for no.t be­ing a member of a traditionally high ranking team, not having a personal in­ternational gymnastics reputation and perhaps being placed on the first three in their own team lineup.

Making a team lineup is a secret pro­cess of finagling the team members as

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a means of "outguessing" the judges. According to some observers in Mexico, this was the year for putting the worst performer last in an effort to keep him from getting the lowest score. The as­sumption here is that the team's lowest score will come from the next to worst gymnast; therefore, raising the team score. This could work if the worst gymnast scores higher than the next to worst gymnast and the judges do score the next to worst gymnast higher than they would have scored the worst gym­nast. Figure that one out!

Some rules for making a team "line­up":

1. Do not start with your weakest performer because he will start your team off with a low score. (The first man is assumed to be the weakest, so fool 'em.)

2. The first man should be a "steady Eddie" type to create the best im­pression.

3. Sneak the weakest man in second or even third and hope the judges believe that you are honestly trying to "build upward."

4. If the same gymnast is a "steady Eddie" on all events, be kind and put him up second once in a while. (Gymnasts have a tendency to be­come distraught when they are get­ting all the low scores and begin to feel like they deserve a chance also. Remember - teammanship.

5 . Always put a possible medal win­ner up last so he may benefit from the "building· process". (If you put him up early, he will surely get a lower score.)

It seems to me that the coach's job should be that of helping each individual achieve his best possible performance during the all-important international competition. The coach should provide the best psychological atmosphere for training in order to relieve the gymnast of any undue stress that may inhibit training. I think that we have to as­sume that the athlete is proud to be a member of the team and, therefore, plans to improve his performance as much as possible. I have never been on a team (six international teams) where the gymnasts did not desire to do their best. I have, however, been on a couple teams where the "well-meaning" offi­cials applied various types of pressure on the group which caused certain in­dividuals to become so despondent that training became a negative experience.

I have a feeling that we tend to lose sight of the fact that we should be training the individual for peak per­formance because he is this thing that we call a team. We ask our gymnasts to produce a higher degree of technical accuracy, but we force them to perform complete routines that are composed of several weak elements. Our top gym­nasts can do routines - they prove it by going through the all-around in the most grueling of all meets, the AA U National Championship. I would like to see a new emphasis placed on individual skill technique as a means of improving the gymnast's &core. We should not as­sume that the gymnast misses a skill because he's tired. Assume instead that he misses because he does not execute the individual skill or combination of skills well enough to avoid inconsistent performance. I am not suggesting this procedure for upstarts. I am suggesting that our training camps should be a clinic or individual skill-combination

training session rather than a condition­ing session, because we are working with well-conditioned athletes. I am also suggesting that our coaches do not ask for teammanship - let it develop.

Steve Hug (youngest men's Olympian) strolls through Olympic Village with Kathy Rigby (youngest women's Ol ympian), Mex­ico 1968.

Olympic Team Comments By Steve Hug

On my return from the Olympics I wondered why the other athletes in our country did so much better than "The Gymnasts". After considerable thought I decided it was not any fault of the athletes or coaches during the final two month "Training Camp". The team in general was not ready for the final preparation. Man y individual skills (mostly in compulsories) had to be learned or relearned taking time away from perfecting sequences and complete routines. We had quite a few tests or inter-squad meets for which there was a lot of protest (because it limited our workout time). I think these meets could have been very profitable if we would have been better prepared for them.

Since there would seem to be a limi­tation on the number of qualified ex­cellent coaches in all parts of the coun­try we just need more training camps. We need a major training camp at least a year before the 1970 "World Games." This way the athletes could have time to learn or at least get a good basic foundation on how the Compulsories should be done; thus avoiding many of the bad habits which occur when .;om­pulsories are rushed or attempted to be learned in too short a time before an Internationa l Competition. This would also definitely help to make the final training camp function a lot smoother.

We must not blame the coaches for the team's position in Mexico. We must blame the lack of a good preparation program before the final training camp (there is none).

MENICHELLI OLYMPIC NOTES:

One of the tragedies of the past Olympic Games was the elimination of potential All-Around and Individual Medal winner Franco Menichelli of Italy due to a broken Achilles tendon. Meni­chelli, a top world contender for many years, looked good during his optional practice sessions with his double-back somi FX mount, his straight arm front and back giants on the rings, good vaulting and HB work along with a new optional routine on the PBs that looked great. We were able to shoot a few se­quence frames of 'Franco's PB routine during a practice period and include it here for our MG readers. A shoot hand­stand mount on one bar, half pirouette in, %, outward twisting stutz, catch on one bar, straddle leg glide kip, thrust hop to quarter twisting pirouette, stutz etc. (our Robot camera ran out of wind at this point, sorry). I am sure all our MG readers wish Franco Menichelli a speedy recovery and a return to com­petitive gymnastics if possible.

(Any MG reader who would like to send this wonderful world competitor a get well card or a note of encourage­ment of what his fine competitive ex­ample and ability has meant to you, just send it to: Franco Menichelli, Via Oderisi Da Gubbiog, Rome, Italy.)

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( BY DICK CRILEY AND KEN SAKODA

Our West coast readers always evidence considerable curiosity and disbelief about the prowess of Eastern gymnasts . . Last .Apr~l, during the 1968 AAU Champwnshlps m Long Beach, Calif., we ~ere (ortun.ate enough to have the opportumty to mtervlew

How and when did you get started in gymnas· tics?

I was just in a gym class and they asked us to climb a rope just as fast as we could. Then a guy said to me you have to come out for the gym club because I was the only o~e who could climb the rope! I said all right, III join the gym club; after all I miss two periods of classes in the mornings. Then when they started the gym team in the fall, I was one of the six best in the gym club, so I got on the team. In the Philadelphia junior high school system, there was. a 3. event all·around ·tum~. ling, side horse, stili rings. In high school. It was 5 events·tumbling, but no free exerCise, and the other four events. My second two years in junior high I was first a~d my second two years in high school I was first. Does the Philadelphia system promote a lot of gymnastics. .

When I was in gymnastics it promotea a lot of gymnastics. It was very conducive to pro· ducing all-around performers because every· one went all-around. There was no specialization. You had no choice; you either went all-around or you didn't work. Since I left, they have ta~en up the college format and they have special­ization and tney have one all-around performer. They've done it for spectator purpose~. . Could you define in some way w~at It IS that motivates you to keep at gymnastics? You have had the chance to drop out and to devote all your time to your medical studies! why stay on?

The thing which has me striving to stay In shape, to keep -competing, is the OlympICS. Th.ere is a certain inherent . Iove for gymnastics that I do possess, but I could mor~ tnan adequately use the time to study mediCine, Right now, I have a very difficult time working out. But things that keep me going - No. I, the Olym­pics and No.2, the i~spiration I. have received from different people In the medical school who have encouraged me. There has never been a medical student from Penn make the OlympICS and that's a great thing to them. So, tney've inspired me, and my I'arents, and people down at Temple where I work out, and Gene (Wett­stons) who always calls me and talks to me about my workout~. ~e's very i.nspiring, keeps me going. It's very difficult working out by myself. I have been working out by myself even though I've been working out with (Temple's) team. Are you a 'loner' in your workouts?

No I like to work out with people and get help from people. I like working out with people who know more than I do. I always felt confi­dent in working out at Penn State that there were going to be people in the gym who knew more than I did. What kind of routine do you follow in your work­outs?

I work six compulsories one day, parts the next day, six optionals the next day, parts the next day. I usually onl~ get to work out four or five times. a week. It IS difficult bec.ause I am not in close proximity to the gym. and also I. am starting to work more and more In the hospital. Next year, it will be irJ.lpossi.ble bec'ause I Will be working in the hospital nights aQd days. How did you schedule your workouts when you

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Sieve Cohen ) one of the most outstanding of our u.s: gymnasts, an Easuerner and product Of Penn State, Steve Cohen.

Following a knee operation and six-month layoff and despite .formidable demands upo,: his 'time as a medical student at the Um-

Name: Steven Robert Cohen Age: 22 Ht. 5' 7" Wt. 152 lb. Education: Attended Beeber Jr. H.S. and

West Phi1ad~phia H.S. in Philadelphia, Penna. Went through Penn State. in 3 years; now attending University of Penn­sylvania Medical School.

Honors: 1965 NCAA All-around; 3 times EIGL Champ on FX; Won EIGL title on every event except LH during 3 years; 1966, 1967 NCAA AII·around Champ; 19~7 Nissen Award; 1967 NCAA Scholarship Award; 1968 AAU Rings Champ; 1968 U.S. Olympic Team Member and top quali­fier in trials.

were competing for Penn State? Back at Penn State, I always had the work­

out time. Not only that, it was so nice to k~ow that I could go seven days a week so that If I had a final I could stay out of the gym for 4 days straight and I knew that for the next week I come every single day. When I went In,. I went in because I liked to go in and I went In w~en I wanted to go in, which was most o.f the time anyway. But now when, I go in, sometimes there are times when I don t want to go Ih; I force myself to go in. Another big difference is now I have to work on 12 routines when at Penn State I only had to go for 6. My studies always came first. I've always wanted to be a doctor. If anything now, I'm afraid that !'ve. relegated my studies a little bit to the Sidelines more recently, especially for this meet. For the past two or three weeks I have spent a lot of time just on trying to get the fine points, a little polish. What kind of mental preparation do you put yourself through before a big meet?

Very serious mental preparation as far as I'm concerned. I concentrate on my routines inces­santly. I don't use the wOfd 'psych' becauses I'm not trying to psych myself Into or out of anything. Psyching yourself up IS like trYing to get yourself up for something above and beyond. I know what I'm capable of and I'm not trying to get myself to do something aboye that; I ~m only trying to concentrate on dOing what I m capable of. I don't think of myself as . doing routines which are worth a 10.0 every time. I visualize myself as doing 9.3 or 9.4 routines, the way I've been doing them all the time. I never fool myself; I want to get a 9.3 or 9.4 if I:m cap\!ble of it. I concentrate on that really in­tensely. I don't talk to anyone before the meet and I come into the gym about an hour before and loosen up fairly, fast. I take about 1O-~5 minutes to warm up and then I stop for 15 min­utes and then I start about half an hour . before the meet to get ready for the meet. All that time I'm still thinking about my routines. I think it's a very important part of my preparation. You are noted for your strength moves. Do you have any favorite exercises you use to develop this strength?

I have no (strength) exercises whatsoever. I've gotten any strength I may have strictly

versity of Pennsylvania, Steve decided to Inake a gymnastics comeback. Subsequent to· our interview, Steve proved Inmself the top U.S. Olympic Team qualifier in, the final trials held at UCLA (see Sept. 68 MG).

through gymnastics. I've never !ifted a. weight in my life, except for fun. Onc~ In a while I go in and lift some weights, but I ve never trained for strength using strength machines or . cross machines for crosses. I never used any kind ?f gadgets for any tricks that -lhave, but I did get everything just by doing what I w.anted to do. I ttrink that all these other things are psychological helps; I think that if a person. got up and did a cross every single day on the rings, he would get the cross just as fast, if not fast· er than with a cross machine. That's only my own personal opinion an~ that's why I did it. I just got up there every Single day - It was fr~st­rating for maybe a year or two when I first started learning it. I'd been trying ~o learn a cross ever since I started gymnastics, but I think when I started trying this way, it took me a year to learn a cross so I could hold i.t with a false grip and it was about 2. years 'II I I could hold it with just a regular grip. I never did use any teaching aids. I'm not sure that Bob Lynn would be very happy with me. . Did you ever use spotting aids, like a spottmg ~m . f

I don't like spotting aids. If it is possible. or me to do. the trick having four guys hold a mat rather tllan putting myself in the belt, I'd rat~er do fhat. If it is possible for me !o do ~ trick with' hand spotters that I trust, I d do It .that way. Sometimes you just have to have a belt ~n . If you are going to learn a double off the high bar, you're going to have to put a belt on, .but I kind of just hate to do it. Spotting, I thln.k, is just a crutch; no matter how you look at It.­it is a crutch. A lot of people get so used. to spotting equipment, that they won't, come Int.o the gym and do a trick until they ve done It once in the belt. There seems to be controversy with the new NCAA format emphasizing a tea~ ~~proach to gymnastics a lot more th~n the JndlVl.dual: How team··oriented do you thmk gymnastics IS, or do you think that it is an . individu~l's sport?

In collegiate rules, I think that It s~ould be a team sport. Unfortunately, gymnastics does not lend itself to being a team sport. I can look at it on both sides. I can say, well, this univer­sity is paying money for athletes to go to school, in most cases, and i~ the people who are run­ning the school want It to be a team sport, they have all the right to want it to be a team SPO!t. On the other hand, gymnastics is of itself an in­dividual's sport. I think that a few xears ago they had it integrated so well that It .was a team sport and an individual's ~port In the championships; they had. w?r~ed things ~ogether very nicely. They had individuals working and had two teams on the final night. They had regional eliminations. If they. co'Uld make the eliminations a little more eqUitable for all four regions, they were starting to approac.h som!l­thing that was going to be really fair. . It IS wasteful to bring all these teams to NatlOnals­both money and timewise . Even th~ug-h I c?n tell you that I can see it from the pOint of view of the people who are running collegiate gy~nas­tics I don't think it's good for the competitors. You' have probably noticed here (in Long Beach) that when someone is in the midst of his rou-

tine, the crowd may break out into applause. At Penn State you were used to silence through the routine and the applause at the end. Does it affect you one way or another?

Yes, I really abhor it. I feel that the time to voice your approval of a routine is at the end of the routine and not during the routine. You don't clap in the middle of a movement in a symphony; you wait until the end of the piece before you applaud. It's courtesy. Since gym­nastics is a sport that approaches art, I think people should be educated to clap at the ap­propriate time. I don't think people would feel hurt out here if they clapped at the end of a routine. A lot of gymnasts complain that meets are run for audiences and don't consider the gymnast. Do you think it is a good idea to promote gym­nastics in that way to get audience support?

Why can 't you do both? That's my question. I was a member of a team and a program where we had gymnastic meets that lasted hours, and they were oriented for the performer as well as for the spectator. You seem to be saying that if we have longer gym meets that's for the gymnasts and if we have shorter meets that's for the spectators. I think it works to the advantage of the competitor and the spec· tator if the gym meets are short. I think that this meet (the AAU Championships) was run very well, considering that there are 101 people and it was run from 9 in the morning until 5 in the evening·-which you expect for that many people . What is the role of a coach to you? How far does his role go?

It goes all the way-as far as the coach 's protege needs help. If it includes helping them in their private life, I think that's a part of a coach 's responsibility. Gymnastics is a sport of discipline of mind and body and you have to discipline yourself outside as well as inside the gym. I think that a coach's responsibility doesn't stop with the two or three hours that he puts in at the gym talking with gymnasts, (it goes) right on dow nto what the guy does in his studying . . . You want to build people, not just gymnasts. Gymnastics is just a trans­ient thing in a person's life, lasting maybe one, two or maybe ten years, but you know, the per­son lasts a lot longer. You ask what the job of the coach is; I say it is as deep as is nec­essary. Some teams are full of guys who aren't real mature and you handle them accordingly. You keep in touch with them outside of the gym and you know that they're growing beards and long hair and they are not studying in school, they're flunking out and they have all kinds of social problems and though you don't want to try to rule a guy's life, you have to tactfully exert your influence to steer the guy the right way. It is very important in lower levels of gymnastics. You think it's the responsibility of the gymnast to listen to the coach then?

No, I think it's the responsibility of the coach to make the gymnast listen to him without making it too obvious that he is doing it. The gymnast shouldn't fee l that the coach is mak­ing him do something; it's the responsibility of the coach as an educator to mold his students. Since he wants to make good gymnasts out of them and since gymnastics is a sport of disi­pline, if he wants to make men out of boys, he's going to have to do something with them out­side the gym. Do you think that the coach for a national team should have different responsibilities or a dif­ferent approach to handling things than a col­lege coach?

Yes, because, taking the coaching for the Olympic team as an example : He's only going to get these boys for a month or two. He just can't get them together and start ruling their lives. He knows he can 't exert a profound in­fluence because it's going to take him 'years anyway. I know my college coach, for example, planned on having his boys the way he wanted

them by the time they were seniors. You can't say that when you get a National championship team; these guys are going to compete in two months. When a coach gets his team just two or three weeks before the competition, his best bet is to really know his gymnastics. A fine coach gets in there and knows those compulsories cold and knows those guys' optionals cold. Their jobs are completely separate-the college coach and the National coach. The college coach has four years and the National coach has a month, at maximum. Jack Beckner may have those guys for a month at a training camp, so you know he's got to playa different role.

Do you think it would be a good idea to im­port caoches?

No. I think the best way to build coaches is to build your own coaches, because if you im­port coaches, the coaches are going to leave eventually. If you think we should import ideas, I think we are importing ideas in the literature, the Olympische Turnkunst, the Japanese maga­zines and so forth . But it is a matter of util izing those Ideas we imPo·rt. A gymnast can pull so much out for himself, but that's where the coach comes in. If a coach has all these ideas and references at his fingertips, he can always make these suggestions to his gymnasts.

What is style in gymnastics? To me, style in gymnastics is a reflection of

the personality of the individual who is perform­ing. You compromise this when you are working with a team in that you take a guy who can consistently perform an 8.8 with an easy routine rather than let the guy bring himself out in a more difficult routine. I think I was very fortun­ate to have a coach who wanted the individual to bring himself out in a routine, although he didn't say so per se. I always wanted to put myself into my routines. If you watch my free exercise for example, I'm not a graceful-type gymnast and I don't pretend to be. I don't go out there and do splits and wave my arms a­round like a ballet dancer, and I think it's very beautiful the way Toby Towson does it, but I just couldn't do that. I .have a martial-type style and my type of flair is a bang-bang-bang type of flair. I don't think that I compromise my free excercise for it. Free excercise can go from the one end of the spectrum with a lot of grace and beautiful execution to the other end with a militaristic style which also meets all the requirements, which I do. In free exercise, this is an example of how I put myself into my rou­tine. If you look at my other routines, you find the same type of composition. Going all the way down the line to high school gymnastics, you see guys who look awkward. The reason · they look awkward is that they're not doing tnings that are for them. Maybe they haven't sat down and figured out what is for them, but if you've got a good coach, he can sit down and put the personality of the gymnast into his work. It's a big problem and it's all integrated right with style.

How about comparing U.S. gymnastics with the European in terms of style, content, types of moves and so forth?

Possibly American gymnastics may lack some originality compared to European gymnastics, man for man. I'll reserve comments about Ameri­can originality, which seems to be our gerieral complaint until after the Olympics. I think We are exerting more and more influence in inter­national circles . It will be the deciding factor when American gymnasts are recognized over there as good gymnasts. ;

But, as far as American gymnastics being relegated down to sixth place, I personally think it's a crime. I think that in the Olympics, especially in view of this meet (AAU Champion­ships) and the way our compulsories have: im­proved, our team should finish in third or fourth place without any question. What I'm hoping for is third place, but we'll probably take follrth.

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A SECOND LOOK AT SWING © By Gerald S. George

Varsity Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

The only true difference between a good Stalder and an excellent Stalder is the same as the difference between a plain woman and a beautiful woman. It's simply a matter of millimeters ...

The "straddle-in" action is the single most important variable in executing a proper Stalder. A commonly observe fault lies in the tendency to initiate the Stalder too soon . . . i.e. . . . decreas­ing the hip angle from the bottom of the previous undergrip giant swing and continuing this decrement well into the Stalder. Observe carefully the degree to which the previous undergrip giant swing ascends before the actual "strad­dle-in" is initiated. This action is identi­cal to a "mUle-kick to a stoop-through" in floor exercise. Such a consideration will serve not only to improve one's tim­nig of the skill, but also it will enhance greater aesthetic value and significantly increase the degree of consistency with respect to the sequentially related skills . . . i.e. 1. cross-change to an immediate Stalder; 2. eagle giant swing hop out to an immediate Stalder; 3. etc.

Another important consideration lies in the degree to which the gymnast should straddle laterally. During the initiation of the skill (straddle-in), the straddle should be deep and full, YET THE LEGS SHOULD BE AS CLOSE TO THE HANDS AS POSSIBLE. When at­tempting to come out, THE GYMNAST SHOULD THE N STRADDLE HIS LEGS AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE.

A final point centers about Illustra­tion R. Observe that the straddle piked position is AS DEEP AS IS ANATOMI­CALLY POSSIBLE. Attempt to drive the legs behind the shoulders. Such a consideration necessitates full and total hip flexibility.

Yes, I know that most gymnasts aren't that flexible. Yet, let's be brut­ally honest . . . Do you want to do a mere Stalder or do you want to hang 'em high?? Then I suggest you take

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a Second Look. And in your spare time, work a little more flexibility.

Write to the M.G. for those skills you would like to see analyzed.

Illustrations A - B - C - D are identical to the corresponding illustrations pro­vided in the August-September issue of the MG for the Basic Undergrip Giant Swing. They have been omitted in order that a more concise pictoral analYSis of the Undergrip Stalder would be realized.

The slightly decreased shoulder and hip angles depicted in Illustration E ad­vance the hips downward, preparing the body for an oncoming and necessary beat. This beat or "Bottoming Effect" extends the hip and lower back seg­ments, driving the body into a slightly arched position. Refer to Illustration F.

Observe that, at the very same mom­ent, the previously decreased shoulder angle returns to a direct straight-line relationship with the trunk. It is during this time that the "Bottoming Effect" of the bar becomes actualized. The body is cocked as in an archer's bow ready to release its potential force in coordin­ation with the upward circular swing.

The "Bottoming Effect" of the bar serves as a cue in releaSing the previous­ly mentioned slightly arched body posi­tion. The gymnast must immediately fol­low up this action first by decreasing very slightly in the shoulder angle and then by decreasing the hip angle in direct proportion to the upward cir­cular swing'. Illustrations G - H - I pro­gress into this "hip lead" position.

As the body approaches the apex of the upward circular swing, the afore­mentioned decreased hip angle begins to increase to a point such that the lower back region is slightly arched. However, the decreased shOUlder angle is main­tained throughout Illustrations J - K - L. Such angular variations in the final phases of the upward circular swing will not only serve to yield a feeling of weightlessness, but will also serve to place the gymnast in an ideal position for the oncoming "straddle-in". This

feeling of weightlessness serves as a tactical cue for the slip-grip action of the hands. The wrists are arched unto the top of the bar to provide support for the oncoming body · weight.

Observe carefully the Illustration L Illustration M relationship. Since all up­ward momentum is nearly exhausted, the body appears to be momentarily stalled. A slight forward push against the bar (Illustration L) enhances the timing for the "mUle-kick" action of the "straddle-in" (Illustration M).

Illustrations M - N - 0 - P - Q are best considered as a unit for the sake of concept. As the arms transcend the upper vertical, the "straddle-in" action begins and continues to one's full ana­tomical range of motion. It must be in­stantaneous, vigorous, and complete. The shoulder angle decreases continually, but only to the degree that it will inhibit the possibility of premature unfolding or "straddling-out" too soon. The greater the distance of one's center of gravity from the bar, the greater will be one's momentum for the ascent.

Illustration R depicts the actual "Bot­toming Effect" in action. The bar bows slightly downward and then, as the body begins to rise up the circular swing, it will recoil or pull itself straight. Of prime importance is that the hips must be positioned as high above the shoul­ders as is anatomically possible. This will help to avoid the tendency of pre­mature unfolding.

During the ascent, Illustrations S - T -U, the gymnast attempts to maintain as deep a "straddle-in" as is possible con­sidering the tremendous amount of cen­trifugal force acting upon him. This common tendency of premature unfold­ing is almost always due to the inability to maintain an adequately decreased shoulder angle rather than to the, often professed, inability to maintain an ade­quately decreased hip angle.

As the gymnast transcends Illustra­tion V, a sense of weightlessness is rea­lized, almost as if one were being pulled

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above the bar. It is during this feeling of weightlessness that the slip-grip ac­tion of the hands becomes apparent. The wrists a r e a r ched onto the top of t he bar to provide support for the oncoming body weight. In addition, the shoulder and hip angles begin to significantly in­crease in p ropor tion t o the upward cir­cular swing. A vigorous for-downward push against the bar serves to enhance these increments . Ref er to Illustra tion W .

As the "straddle-out" continues to drive the legs upwa rd, the arm segm ents and part of the trunk segm ent slight1y transcend the upper ver tica l line. Yet as the body continues to a direct straight-line rela tionship pOSition, the aforementioned body segm ents return to a point such that the total body unit prescribes a straight line which is per­p endicula r t o the hor izonta l. Illustra­tions X - Y - Z progress to this undergrip handstand position. At this time, the gymnast is ideally set for any of the sequentially r elated skills that st em from the basic undergr ip handstand position.

The Computer takes a New Look at College Gymnastic

Judging

During the 1967-68 gymnastics sea­son, a computer program was developed at the University of Massachusetts to evaluate gymnastic judging at the col­lege level. (See Modern Gymnast), March, 1968.) This program computed the number of times each judge was high or low man on the panel, the num­ber of times each judge was more than a certain range higher or lower than the mean, the average score given by each judge for the whole meet, and the intercorrelation matrix am 0 n g the judges and the mean score. The pro­gram did this once using all the scores given in the meet and then repeated the analysis once more for each team using only the scores from that team.

One of the major shortcomings of this program was that it only evaluated the work of an official in relation to the pa rticular judging panel on which he worked. In an effort to overcome this shortcoming a new section has been added to the program.

In this section, the program prints out (See Fig. I) the name of the event (Fx. for floor exercise), the team (NA, for Nail University), the name of the competitor (Mikon) , and under the columns one through five, the scores given by each judge and the mean of the two middle scores. In column six is the average of all the past scores the competitor has received in the current season (excluding scores for routines where he had a major break) - if it is available. In Mikon's case, no past aver­age was ava ilable, so the computer prints this out on the next line.

The past non-break average was avail­able for the next competitor (Wills of Nali U.) . In the second line for Wills, the amount each judge's score and the mean score, was higher or lower than the past average score is printed out. If, as was the case with Given of Nail U. and Callen of Pat State, there was a major break in the routine, the pro-

FIGURE I SCORES AND COMPARI.SONS WITH PAST SCORES

FX NA MIKON 8 .20 8.40 8.40 8 .30 8.35 FX NA MI KON NO PAST SCORES AVAILABLE.

FX NA W ILLS 8 .80 8 .80 FX NA W ILLS -0.10 - 0 .10

FX NA GIVEN 8.50 8 .80 FX NA GI VEN BREA K IN ROUTINE

FX PS SAM IT 8,40 7 .90 FX PS SAMIT 0 .35 -0.15

FX PS CONE 8 .40 8.60 FX PS CONE -0.35 -0.15

FX PS KING 8 .60 9 .00 FX PS KING 0 .05 0,45

FX PS CALLEN 9 .20 8.80 FX PS CALLEN BREAK IN ROUTINE.

FX SU SCHON 7 .90 8.20 FX SU SCHON - 0 .95 - 0.65

FX SU MANET 8 .80 9 .20 FX SU MAN ET -0.80 -0.40

FX SU EVANS 9.30 8 .90 FX SU EVANS - 0.05 -0,45

FIGURE II ALGEBRAIC SUMS AND AVERAGE DIFFERENCES

FOR EACH JUDGE

2 3 4 5 Algeb raic Sum of Differences for Each Judge

-1.85 - 1.45 -2.35 -0.75 -1.45 Average Diffe rence for Each Judge

0.38 0 .34 0.38 0 .34 0 .34

FIGURE III ALGEBRAIC SUMS AND AVERAGES

DIFFERENCES BY TEAMS

NAIL SCORES ONLY 12345

Algebraic Sum of Differences for Each Judge -0.10 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10

Average Difference for Each Judge 0 .10 0 .10 0.10 0 .10 0 .10

PAT STATE SCORES ONLY 12345

Algebraic Sum af Differences for Each Judge 0 .05 0.15 -0.55 0 .75 0.20

Average Difference for Each Judge 0.25 0.25 0.28 0 .28 0 .23

SOON SCORES ONLY 12345

Algebraic Sum of Differences for Each Judge -1.80 -1.50 -1.70 -1,40 -1.55

Average Difference for Each Judge 0.60 0.50 0 .57 0.47 0.52

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grame notes this and no calculations a re made.

Only the floor exercise event of a triangular meet between Nail Univer­sity, Pat State, and Soon U. is shown in the figure, but the program continues in

8 .80 8 .80 8 .80 8.90 - 0.10 -0.10 -0.10

8.50 8.40 8 .50 9,45

8 .00 8,40 8 .20 8.05 -0.05 0.35 0 .15

8 .10 8 .70 8 .50 8 .75 - 0.65 -0.05 -0.25

8.70 9 .00 8 .85 8 .55 0 .15 0 .45 0 .30

9 .00 9 .10 9.05 9.65

8.10 8 .20 8.15 8 .85 -0.75 -0.65 -0.70

8 .80 9.00 8.90 9 .60 - 0 .80 - 0.60 -0.70

9 .20 9.20 9 .20 9.35 -0.15 -0.15 -0.15

the same manner through the whole meet. The computer then gives the a lgebraic sum of the differences for each judge and the mean score. (See Fig. II ) Tha t is, it adds the differences for each of the judges, taking into ac­count the plus and minus signs and prints out the resulting sum. Also, the prog ram gives the average differences for each of the judges and the mean score. In other words, it adds up all the differences for each judge, disre­garding the signs, and divides these sums by the total number of com­petitors where there was a break or no past scores available) and prints the r esulting figures.

Finally, the program repeats the cal­culation of the a lgebra ic sum differences and the average difference for each offi­cial and the mean score (see Fig. III) one more time for each of the teams using only the scores from that team.

Looking at these results, it can be quickly ascertained whether an indi­vidua l judg e or a whole judging panel differs significantly in their judgment from the con census of other officials. It can be determined whether their scor­ing was higher or lower than the pre­vious concensus, for the meet as a whole and/ or a team or individual. In short, the new addition gives an even more thorough look at the work of the offi­cials.

The cost of running the data is just a fraction of the cost of hiring the officials. It can be done quickly (ap­proximately 20 seconds of machine time) and gives an objective look at the work of the officials.

As with the original program, a word of caution is necessary. There are valid reasons why officials should award scores different from the past concen" sus. Teams and individuals have good and bad days - even without consider­ing major breaks. Also, there is the question: What constitutes a major break ?

Again, as with the original work, the program is not complete. The program in its present form, awaits a new idea - and the hours of work to transform that idea into cold computer logic ­to make the analysis more complete and/ or accurate. The program, even with this slight new addition, is only a feeble start on the immense task of making an objective evalua tion of hu­man performance.

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Gymnastics Landing Mats

And The Knee Joint By Don Tonry

Instmetor of Physical Training Yale University

Are we losing sight of one of the most important goals of the sport of gymnastics? Are we asking our young athletes to per­form unnecessarily hazardous skills under very questionable safety conditions? I think that we are!

We all realize the inherent risks of our hobby, but we balance this with the physi­cal and emotional values that our activity develops_ The same risks are found in track and field events such as high jumping, and pole vaulting_ I mention these two ac­tivities in particular because they are analogous to the dismounts that the gym­nast is required to perform from the hori­zontal bar, parallel bars, vaulting horse and rings. In the case of field events, the ath­letes can perform in almost absolute safety because of their style of landing and the soft landing surface which has been devel­oped over the years. Foam rubber has re­placed sawdust and other less absorbent materials for the purpose of preventing in­jury. This innovation is probably the result of the added gains in elevation over the years and the advent of new techniques and materials such as the fibreglass vaulting pole. To most people, it would be ridiculous to jump over or from an object that re­quired the body's center of gravity to be upwards of eight feet high, such as a hori­zontal bar. They are correct in assuming that this is a foolhardy adventure; however, the gymnast has mastered this skill and performs it at the end of every routine, under conditions of fatigue and with multi­ple somersaults and twists. At times we even ask him to land sideways which, as we all know, is directly antagonistic to the struc­ture of the knee joint.

Further, our rules require that we stick our dismourits without a single wiggle. Some people may be inclined to say that this is the chance that must be taken in the heat of competi tion. This, of course, is true. Let us look back to the training period of the gymnast. Generally, he prac­tices and learns a dismount or vault with the aid of a safety belt or thickly matted surface while the apparatus is at a low height, if the dismount permits. Finally he learns to perform the dismount with a minimum of aid, on a heavily matted sur­face. Still later he or she must add the routine prior to the dismount. However, it is only because the rules of gymnastics re­quire a landing on a relatively hard sur­face (i.e., on the bare floor) that the gym­nast proceeds to practice the dismount on a single or double matted surface, where a slight miscalculation could result in serious injury.

In thc days when a full twisting somer­sault on the horizontal bar, forward hand­spring on the vaulting horse and backward somersault with one-half twist on the parallel bars were supreme, perhaps this was an adequate landing surface. Today we are adding more somersaults, twists and elevation to our dismounts, thereby increas­ing the difficulty and the force of the land­ings. Our gymnastics is rapidly improving, but our landing surfaces have remained very close to what they were fifty years ago. We are still placing an archaic premium

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on the performer's ability to stick his land­ing (a minute portion of a complete rou­tine) on a hard surface. Fortunately, the rules allow for the bending of the knees and the hips in order to absorb the shock.

We all know that it is easier to stick a dismount on a soft surface than it is to do the same on oa hard one. At the same time, I think that we would all agree that a dismount that poses severe technical faults will not only be obvious during the period of flight, but will also require severe modifications during the landing phase. In short, a . soft landing surface would only benefit the performer who is slightly out of balance during the landing.

The floor exercise mat is probably the

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best example that can be sighted to show some degree of progress in the area of safety for the gymnast. It eliminates bone bruises on the feet and absorbs the shock of violent landings. The softness of the mat, in this case, is appropriate for the activity, I'm sure, however, that many a competitive gymnast will testify to the fact that he or she has had to dismount from the high bar or high uneven bar into the equivalent of a floor exercise mat during major competi­tions.

Progress in the area of rule change is often very slow in world gymnastics. The U.S.A. is not 'about to start insisting upon the use of softer landing surfaces (foam rubber type mats, 6" to 8" thick) unless

Side Landings - stress on the lateral and medial ligaments of the knees.

The advent of more twists and somersaults in dismounts (above: full tWisting front somersault, "full-in-") .

has resulted in increased difficulty and the force of impact on landings (above: double back somersault) .

the F.I.G. (International Gymnastics Feder­ation) suggests or requires their use for international competition. In the near future the F.I.G. will probably recognize the human anatomical value of this landing surface and it will become standard pro· cedure. Why don't we lead the way and introduce the world to a safer landing mat?

Another recognizable landing problem in our sport is that of side landings. The side landing tends to place a lot of stress on the lateral ligaments of one knee and the medial ligaments of the other knee. This condition is particularly true during the performance of a side landing that is out of balance and is exemplified by the in­dividual's desire to "stick" the landing. There is a long list of performers who have hurt the knee joint as a result of landing sidewards on skills that did not require side landings, such as under twisting a full (1/l) twisting backward somersault. Cer­tainly we are all familiar with this injury as a common occurrence in football. The football player's knee inj ury is also usually the result of being hit from the side or turning sharply to one side when he is out of balance. Recently we, of the U.S.A., have had several serious injuries as a result of attempting to land dismounts in this posi­tion. Two or our former National Women's All-Around Champions have been completely immobilized as a result of performing the cartwheel-type dismount or vault. Dale Mc­Clements Flansas severely injured her knee by attempting to stick a compulsory vault in the 1966 World Championships_ She will never compete again because it has weak­ened the knee beyond repair. Carolyn Hack­er (1966 All-Around Champion) has been going to doctors and therapists for well over a year in an attempt to normalize her seri­ously strained knee. Carolyn will have thc cartilage removed soon_ Barbara Galleher (former nine times winner of the U.S.A. tumbling ti tle ( dismounted to a sideways landing in the 1968 National Championship to what appeared to be well-controlled landing. After instinctively sticking the dismount, she collapsed in pain because all of the ligaments in the knee (including the cartilage) had been severely injured. Bar­bara will undergo extensive surgery to re­pair this injury of which there is only a 50-50 chance (according to specialists) of ever being active again_ Shelly Cale, an up and coming All-Around competitor, under­went extensive surgery shortly after the 1968 Nationals as the result of the com­pulsory side landing on the horse vault. Shelly will never compete again.

How can we avoid this type of injury ? One, we must insist upon the use of special landing mats for our competitors; and two, we must eliminate those skills that require side landings from our compulsory exercise programs at all levels of competition. Worse than the actual performance of a single side landing in competition is the fact that our performers must practice this landing at every training session - thus causing a continuous jolt to one of the most unstable joints in the human body. Gymnasts will continue to perform skills that require side landings in their optional routines. How­ever, they should not be required to punish themselves in this manner because it is a violation of one of the basic reasons for gymnastic training - "The health and wel­fare of the body"_

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t\I(l REGIONAL REPORTS as received prior to presstime

RegiOn liD Region 2 - Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland.

STEVE COHEN

Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League

Penn State University Coach Gene Wettstone submitted an in­teresting report in that all he says is that "The important thing now is to work hord with the boys and not worry who is gOing to win or lose etc!" If I had Bob Emery, Dick Swetmon, Joe Litow and Paul Vexler I don't think I would worry too much about winning or losing either. Penn States losses were Don Spiker and Marty DeSantis but this will not seriously affect the team. Ed Note, Penn State appears loaded! Varsity, in addition to Emery, Swetman, Litow and Vexler, includes John Kindon, Tom Clark, Jim Corrigan, Leonard Bunes, Tom Dunn, Casey Saunders, Robert Koen­ig, Glenn Williams, Scotty Bressler, Tam Taylor, Ed Baynk, Wayne Johnson and Dick Bloom: The Eastern Leogue will compete 5 men in each event because of the 2 All Around rule. West Point Army appears as though they will be in the thick of the Eastern race with some good performers supported by a 21 man squad. AA-Dan Swetman, Bob Robello, Rick DiNocala; FX-M. Casey, P. Dunphy plus AA; SH-T am Kerestes, Roy Moore, B Arcuri; SR-J.Lucas, D. Warner, plus AA­LH-P. Clark plus AA; PB-D. Warner, plus AA; HB-J.Shine, J.Senor plus AA. Naval Academy Coach John Rammacher 'sends in an op­timistic report that sees Navy as a strong threat, possibly helping to make this one of the best balanced years ever for the Eastern League. AA-Bob Mackey; FX­Gerry Gallagher, Terry Wanner, Mackey; SH-Pete Haring, Mackey, Brian Finegold; SR-Mackey, Milchanawski, Steve Klotz; LH-Mackey, Klotz, Mike Milthanowski, Hering; PB-Mackey, Klotz, Milchanowski, Jack Oswald; HB-Mackey, Klotz, Milchan­owski, Charles Schaeffer. Eastern Independents West Chester State College Coach Milan Trnka expects a "decent" season (more wins than losses) but must operate with only one all around man. Team stacks up strong on SH and weak on HB and fair elsewhere. Big loss with graduation of Gary Anderson, 3rd in last years NCAA College Division AA. New­comers include Tony Williams-AA and Rich McCabe (6 ft. 1 in.-1 85 Ibs.) working PB and SR. Other team members include Bob Daly-LH; Howard Davis-FX,LH,HB; Paul Krouser-SR,HB,PB; Dave Mantz-SH; Steve Ogg-SH; Don Peters-SH; Jon Rose­FX,PB,HB; Bruce Turtin-PB,LH; Williams and McCabe. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Lt. Art Zielinski expects W. Tomasovicto taKe the place of last year's team Capt., Greg Parks on the SH for even though he is only a plebe, Tomasovic shows great promise in the event. AA-Emery; FX-Del­conte, Busch, Emery, Winslow; SH-Emery, Busch, Kristiansen, Tomasovic; SR-Peake, Kirchner, Emery, Clavin; LH-Delconte, Busch, Emery, Winslow; P8-Busch, Wins­low, Clavin. Emery; HB-Delconte, Busch, Emery, Clavin.

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Ithaca College Coach Gordon Eggleston apporently is in for a rough year as he reports that due to the draft, transfers, injuries and grodua­tion he will have only one boy who has competed varsity gymnostics on the team this year. He does, however, have 7 frosh who have seen limited competition in high school prior to this year and will be build­ing for the future (E.C.A.C. does not allow freshman to compete) and operating as a club in order to allow his freshman to compete. Newcomers with bright futures are Geof­frey Wright, and Lee Multari. AA-unknown at this time; FX-Wright, Multari; SH-Tab Ames, Multari;SR-Multari, Russ Feder­man; LH-Wright, Multari; PB-Dave Reich, Federman; HB-Federman, Ames; TR­Wright, Multari.

Trenton State College Coach Don Williams reports that Trenton will be represented gymnastically by a majority of sophomores. The team has po­tential first or second place winner on every apparatus but lacks dependable depth. New faces include Brian Young, sopho­more, good HB and FX; and Richard Brode, freshman and experienced on HB and PB Losses were Mike Bauer, Captain 1 968, FX, SR, LH, and James Surgent, now in air force reserves sophomore all around man. AA-unknown as of now; FX-Paul Minore, Wayne Oberstoedt, Young; SH-George Davies, Robert Conover, James McFadden; SR-Michael Totin, Oberstaedt, Minore; LH-Minore, Oberstaedt, Robert Wisser­kerk; PB-Edward Gorchinski, Harry Bell, Broda; HB-Broda, Young, Monore.

RegiOn Four Region 4 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Iowa.

ROGER COUNCIL

BIG TEN CONFERENCE University of Iowa - defending champion : Iowa has 11 lettermen returning from a team that rolled up a 13-1 dual meet rec­ord (7-0 in the Big Ten). capturing the Big Ten title in a playoff, and finished third in the NCAA championships. The Hawkeyes have five returning AII­American gymnasts, including 1967 NCAA side horse champion Keith McCan­less, two time Big Ten still ring titlist Don Hatch, USGF Long Horse champ Rich Scor­za, and USGF All-Americans Bob Dickson and Mike Zepeda. Zepeda's speciality is the trampoline and Dickson is an All-Around performer. Jerry Bonney is the team's top floor exercise man. Terry Siorek should be of real value to the Hawkeyes if he overcomes an in­jury that kept him out last year. Coach Mike Jacobson has some dandy sophomores to work with. Ken Liehr is a side horse specialist who could gain na­tional recognition. Barry Slatten is an 011-around performer who is expected to per­form exceptionally well. Other sqlJad members expected to contribute to Iowa's success are Mark Lazor-parallel bars; Jim Morlan-Trampoline; Roger Neist-all­around; Dick Taffe-floor exercise; Phil Farnam-Long Horse and horizontal bar; and Don Uffleman-Trampoline. The Hawkeyes should be strongest in the side horse, still rings, and long horse. Weakest event will be trampoline. Mike Jacobson is in his first year as Iowa's

gymnastics coach. Mike was appointed to the position in June, 196B, after serv­ing two yeors as freshman coach at the U.S. Naval academy. He replaced Sam Bailie, who resigned to enter. private business.

Michigan State University: MSU may have trouble coming up with a good challenge this year after losing one of the nations best ring teams, Gunny, Croft and Goldberg and Olympic team member Dave Thor the Big Ten's all around champ the past 3 years. AA-Fedorchik, Uram; E~-Towson, Fedor­Chik, Haynie, Uram; SH-Dennis Smith, Ed Witzke, Mick Uram, Fedorchik; SR-Dan Kensey, Fedorchik, Uram, Bob Goldberg;

placed second to Rapper in the Big Ten on parallel bars, and parallel bar man Fred Rodney, a Canadian Olympic Team alternate. On high bar Michigan lists two veterans in Mike Sasich and Ray Timm. And Jim DeBao, the Wolverines' top side horse man of lost year, will be bock along with Bob Wagner who will be pushing DeBoo for his position. Helping captain Rich Kenney out will be senior ring specialist Charlie Froeming.

Though Loken will feel the loss of world renowned trampolinist Wayne Miller, sidehorse expert Dove Geddes and ring specialist Larry Metnick by graduation, he is optimistic about his newcomers. In

Keith McCanless, U. of Iowa, 1967 NCAA Side Horse Champion

TR - Rick Murahata, Norm Jolin, Randy Campbell; LH-Towson, Fedorchik, Pete Sorg, Uram; PB-Fedorchik, Uram, Smith, Murahata; HB-Haynie, Fedorchik, Uram, Sorgo In addition to losing Thor-who tied for 4th on the Side Horse in the Olympics, the ring team and Jerry Moore Zip may have lost Cliff Diehl because of injury. In spite of this MSU still figures to be a contender with fine side horse and floor exercise teams. Co-Captains are Toby Towson and Dennis Smith. University of Michigan The 196B-69 campaign should reaffirm Michigan's Gymnastics strength as the Wolverines should again be tough in the Big Ten. Coach Newt Loken points to the loss of only 3 men by graduation and a fine crop of sophomores as prognostications for Michigan's season. Leading the Michigan gymnastics team for 1968-69 is Rich Kenney, this year's captain. Rich's special­ty is the rings. Another top returnee and probably the most well known Michigan gymnast is Dave Jacobs. Jacobs has cap­tured national titles in floor exercise and trampoline and world titles on the tramp­oline. Helping Dave out on trampoline is junior George Huntzicker, another NCAA trampoline champion. Michigan's all-around man lost year and returning again this year is Sid Jensen. Sid is currently in Mexico City represent­ing his native Canada in the Summer Olympics. Ron Rapper, last year's Big Ten Parallel Bar Champion, will again be bock along with Dick Richards, who

the all-around deportment, sophomores Ed Howard, Ricky McCurdy, and Murray Plotkin will be welcome additions to the varsity. This terrific trio was outstanding in their high school careers. Mike Gluck, another sophomore, will help out on side horse, and his classmate Tim Wright will join Jacobs and Huntzicker on trampoline.

University of Illinois Coach Pond feels the Illini will be a strong contender for the Big Ten title and rank high nationally. Illinois has excellent pros­pects in sophomores Dove Silvermon­Trampoline, Floor exercise, and vaulting; Neil Litman-rings and side horse; Jim Millns-horizontal bar; Terry Kushner-all around; and Harold Wright-Rings. Re­turning lettermen, Captain John McCar­thy-floor exercise, vaulting, and trampo­line; Larry Butts-all around, Ed Raymond­all around; Arnie Sepke-rings, paralrel bars, and high bar; John Davis-rings; Wayne Coats-side horse; and Steve Chap­ple-trampoline, should prove to be steady performers throughout the year. Silverman and McCarthy are having great success with the O'Shaw vault and of course this will delight spectators every­where. Coach Pond is also quite proud of his freshman team so look out next year. Ohio State University The Blickeyes shOUld have a good year this year, as they only lost one senior and picked up several freshmen that will help out in the weak spots of last year. Coach Sweeney is, however, depending on the present varsity to improve for thefreshman help will only be spotty.

The two all-around men NCAA r.ule should help the Buckeyes to a great extent, be­cause the bulk of their scoring will be centered around 'B ruce Trot and Steve Howard, both of whom are 50.00 or above in the all-around. The inclusion of trampoline in the Big Ten will also help as the Buckeyes have all lettermen re­turning plus outstanding additions. The team goal is to break 180 points and toke one or two more steps out of the Big Ten cellar. Indiana University Coach Otto Ryser, NACGC President and Sec. of the NCAA Gymnastics Rules com­mittee this year, feels this will be IU 's strongest team ever. The team has six seniors and a strong ring team. Weakest event wi ll be trampoline but one good man. Best bet for Big Ten andlor National honors will be Wayne Wiser on the still rings. Most productive scorer will prob­ably be Pot Kivland who works 7 events. Otto reports the meet of the year for I U wi ll be against Indiana State Univ. AA-Kivlond, Gary Funke, Jim Lewis; FX­AI Gatti, Fred Mann, Kivland, Lewis; SH­Sam Cullison, Bill Hunt, Kivland, Lewis ; SR-Wiser, Paul Gra!. Chuck Earle; TR-Jerry Collins, Kivland, Bob Shapiro, Mel Jacob­son; LH-Gotti, Collins, Mann, Kivlond, Lewis ; PB-Wiser, Witmer, Graf, Gatti, Earle, Kivland, Lewis. University of Wisconsin As for as the prospects for the year are concerned Coach Bauer feels that Wis­consin has a few boys who could prob­ably go to the nationals from the Big Ten region. They are Pete Bradley on the par­allel ba rs, Don Dunfield on floor exercise, and John Russo who won the notional AAU side horse championship lost year. He was second in the Big Ten and tied for fifth in the NCAA. John could also improve well enough on the PB to qualify for na­tionals this year. Teomwise, without considering trampo­line, Wisconsin should score well enough to be in the top 25 teams notionally. As for as the Big Ten is concerned, where trampoline will be used, the prospects are that Wisconsin will be fortunate to place anywhere between fourth and sixth . Coach Bauer states "I am afraid we just do not have the personnel to compete with Michigan, Michigan State, and Iowa." He does feel, however, that Wisconsin will hold their own against Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, and Minnesota this year. Top sophomore prospect is Lorry Scully on the side horse who has good difficulty as well as excellent form but needs work on scissors. Team roster includes Dean Arnold, Pete Bradley, Bruce Drogsvold, Don Dunfield, G. Goodman, Curt Johnson, John Kugler, David Lantry, Pete Holsten, Rich Nyborg, John Russo, LarrY Scully, Don Wollschlager, Jon Weber, Ira Woods. Arno Loscari will serve as assistant coach. University of Minnesota Coach Pot Bird reports that Minnesota will have one fine performer in each event, however, they lack over all depth (in terms of talent). Pot figures the Big Ten to be tough, as usual, with the top three teams being Iowa, Michigan, and Michi­gan State - not necessarily in that order. Minnesota will be working hard to grab fourth place. Minnesota will meet eight non-conference teams in addition to our conference schedule and expects to win all but perhaps one of these meets. Cap­tain is Dove Stende. AA-Dave Stende, Fred Kueffer, Dove Chap­man; FX-Mark Howell, Bill Munsinger, Larry Petersen; SH-Robin Linder, John Hennessey, Fryhofer, Hoffa; SR-Pat Pres­ton, Mike Tracy; TR-Howell, Petersen, Munsinger;lH-same as FX; PH-Robin Lin­der, John Fryhofer, HB-Frank Harris, Mike Tracy.

UNIVERSITY DIVISION-INDEPENDENTS Indiana State University The I.S.U. Sycamores, after winning 14 and losing 6 meets in the '67-'68 season, have bright prospects for another good

season. The only losses from lost year's squad are NCAA college division trampo­line champion, Jim Price and all around man, Wayne Lessner; however, on im­pressive group of freshmen will more than compensate for these losses. The I.S.U. team which placed fourth in the NCAA college division nationals lost year, with a primarily frosh-soph squad, will be competing with much of the some per­son nel as lost yeor. After some preseason intra-squad competition the first men in each event are,

FX-Rav Jauch , Fred Henderson (both Soph); SH-Tom "'eville (Jr) NCAA oil-Amer­ican; PB-S'en'ior Ed Navarro, Fr. Mike Eller; HB -Dave Gilchrist (Jr), in mid-season form;

clude Steve Scott, rings; Lorry Restel and Terry Miller, FX and Trampoline and Pot Dalessandro in FX. FX-Vrshek, ~estel , Esposito, Delessandro; SH-Ungaro, Exposito, Cummings, Chid ley; SR-Pete Weber, Scott, Charles Kou les, Corcoran; TR-Vrshek, Restel, Miller, An­de[sen; LH-Unaaro~ Larrv Reste!. Miller. Esposito; PB-Merl Wells, Scott, Koules, Esposito; HB-Scott, Koules, Paul Homoly, Tim Cummings.

Ba ll State University Coach Robert Weiss feels that the team will have greotp.r depth and better per­formers thad ever and they are hoping for a real good year. FX- Dennis Smith, Jock Kosma, Goszynski,

Dave Gilchrist, Indiana State Unive rsity, Co-Captain

LH-Sopp's Bosse, Wunderlich, Henderson; SR-Dave Seal, Harley Koberts, Jim Reidel, Metin Cambel; TR-AII-Americon Rich Crimi AA-Eduardo Navarro, Mike Eller, Ron Miller. In general Indiana State should be at least equal to lost year and, in all likelihood, due to an increase in depth, should be much better. Northern Illinois University Coach Hubie Dunn reports that the pros­pects for this season are not as encour­aging as in the past years. Lost from lost years team are five strong competitors who have been the mainstays in leading the team to fifteen victories in twenty dual meets during the post two years. The current team is being built around nine sophomores, three juniors and three seniors. Freshman are not permitted to compete on our varsity teams, at least not during the first semester. The roster of varsity and freshmen gymnasts totals 35! The most serious draw-back to our field ­ing a balanced team, reports Hubie, is the lock of two strong all-around performers to satisfy the NCAA requirement. Special­ists and semi-specialists who could per­form well will have to sit in the stands while all-around performers do the best they can in their weak events. Northern does not expect to be unique in this re­gard as many coaches have expressed a similar predicament. Northern expects John Ungaro to con­tinue his winning ways on the side horse, and for Bob Esposito to perform well in his four strong events. Other veterans in-

Gale; SH-Mar} ~ Young, Steve Gale, Gas­zynski, 10cCO'; SR-Jim Gaszynski, Gale, Ellis Domes, Smith; LH-Young, Domes, Gaszynski, Ga le; PB-Goszynski, Gale, Den­nis Iocca, Domes; HB-Gaszynski, Gale, Iocca. Western Michigan University Coach Fred Orlafsky reports that West­ern has only 3 lettermen returning from lost yea rs team and all are specialists. This years squad will be mainly built around 5 sophomores. Gymnastics is not a conference sport yet in the Mid-Ameri­can conference as only Kent State Miami of Ohio, and Bowling Green offer teams. (E.d . Note, that makes four teams­sounds like enouah for a start). Fred feels that he has a promising group of fresh­men who will definitely odd some closs to the team. Only trouble is that WMU is not sure, at the present, as to whether freshmen will be used. This will be voted in Jan., 1 969. FX-Bab Borrow, Chuck Beatty, Demulder, Guinn; SH-Wayman Guinn, Steve Apple­gate, Larry Weeks, Barrow; SR-Beatty, Barrow, Wayman Guinn, Jim Wyrick; LH -Beatty, Borrow, Guinn, Demulder; PB· Beatty, Guinn, Barrow, Wyrick; HB-Guinn, Borrow, Beatty, Art Demulder.

NCAA COllEGE DIVISION SCHOOLS Mankato State College New coach Bill Holmes, known to most of us as the man with the leagher hands, re­ports that Eight experienced gymnasts return from last years team to lead the 196B-69 squad. Seven gymnasts that are freshmen and transfers round out

the squad of fifteen. At this time the squad appears well balanced throughout the six events. These Minnesota gymnasts, Bill relates, have a good background and considering that there are five former state champions on the squad the outlook would appear optimistic. Floor Exerercise and still rings appear at this time as the strong events. long Horse, parallel bars and high bar deserve a medium rating . The side horse event finds five specia lists fightino for two spots. The all-around pic­tur.P. aD the side horse appears rather bleak. The team is lOOKing torward to meeting some of the stronger squads in the country in S. III., Mich., Iowa State, and Ind . St. The team also plans to com­pete in the NCAA College Division Nation­als in California. AA-John Focht, Bob Knight, Gory Riverts ; SH-Dave Edens, Tom loppnow, Plocher, Don Sill; FX-same as AA; SR-Steve Achter, Jon lageson, Tedd Stocker, lilge; lH-Eric Paul, Mike link plus AA; PB-Achter,Dave Plocher, Stocker, Bob Wuornos; HB-Acht­er, Wuornos, link, lorry lilge. University of Illinois-Chicago Circle New coach Bill Roetzheim reports that his work is ' cut out for him because he wi ll have to operate without an all-around man. FX-Rich Parovan, Fontecchio, Schaeten, He yman ; SH-Roger Fish, . Steve Fay, Schrammel, Jeff Jensen, SR-Dave Bidding en, Bob lascheoher, Parovan, Schrammel; lH -Parovan, Gerold Fontecchio, Jim Schaeten; PB-Fish, Schaeter, John Schram­mel; HB-Parovan, Clearence Johnson, John Kardt, .Kelly. N.A.I.A. SCHOOLS laCrosse, Wisconsin State university laCrosse has a good nucleus of lettermen returning fra'm last years Wisconsin State Univ. conf. championship team. The 011-arounci . being the only weak point. la­Crosse .. will look forward to outstanding NAIA all-American Eric Johnson on the side horse, and Steve Berger, who placed fourth in lost years NAIA nationals, on the trampoline. AA-Mark Pllu!lh!left, Steve_ SchUlZ, Gor­don Schoeller, FX-Paul lini, Mike Ryan, Steve Berger; SH-Bab Tolzman, Chris Show, Eric Johnson; SR-Don Perrodin, Greg Silha; TR-Mike Ryan, Don Von Ebers, Jim Baumgarten, Berger; lH-l ini, Ryan, ~erger; PB-Charles Smith, Eb_ers, Mike Tolzman, Rolph Druecke; HB-Mike Davis, Tolzman, Druecke. Western Illinois University Coach Robert Claw states on ly that West­ern expects to be 10 to 15% better than lost year, that is if everyone stays fit and eligible. AA-Ken Brieschke, Alan low, Edward Vana, B. West; FX-Paul Azuma, Bran­caccio, Carlson, lick; SH-Jim Anderson, John Knox, Mike litwin, Victorin; SR-Ken Brieschke, Carlson, CiVincenzo, Tony lad­ner; TR-Brancaccio, Knox, Tim Rock; lH­ladner, Rock, lick, plus AA; PB-Carlson, DiVincenzo, plus AA Eastern Michigan University The graduation of Jim Arnold presents a problem that coach Morvin Johnson has not hod to face for the post three years, that of the outstanding individual. Coupled with the new rules, (NAIA) making 3 men in each event mandatory this presents a depth problem that is, as yet, unresolved. Arnold is now on assistant coach. Coach Johnson feels that this is his strongest team ever, however, he tempers this thought with the fact that the 1968-69 schedule is the toughest ever faced by a Huron gym squad. Captain Tim Reilly is expected to fill in most areas vacated by Arnold, and he will be assisted by Tim Wosyliniuk and Sam Muffitt. Chuck Harvey on all-American side horse performer lost year will return in that event and Tim Fitzharris returns as the top trampoline performer. Fitzhar­ris earned All-American honors lost sea­son also. Other expected team standouts include Joe Sawtell Bob Kainz, Tony Turn­er, and lonny Mills.

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AA-John Ciarovino, Mills, Don Peters, Reil­ly, Sawtell, Tim Wasyliniuk; FX-Tom Mc­Cort, Sam Muffitt, Rollie Steele; SH­Charles Harvey; SR-same as AA; TR-Turn­er, ??; LH-HB some as AA; PB-Glenn Ogg, Mike Perry, plus AA. Oshkosh, Wisconsin State University Coach John Schaefer reports that the WSU conf. will have a coaches meeting on Nov. 16 to rule on the trampoline. He reports his strong events are side horse and still rings and weak events are long horse and all-around. AA-Neal Krupicka, Jim Rainer; FX-Mike Coughlin, Sulton, George Grainger, Meis­sner; SH-Bill Vollenweider, Joe Lake, Wayne Huhn; SR-Dick Everett, Bob Shirtz, Jock Schmitz; LH-Grainger; TR-Coughlin, Steve Sulton, Ellis; PB-Jim Altree, Joe Townsley; HB-Joe Bruber, Jim Rainer.

George Williams College Short report here indicated that George Williams College's 1967-68 team, led by coach Falussy, recorded on unprecedent­ed 16-1 season record and climaxed the season with a victory at the Wisconsin Invitational and a 12th place finish with four men at the NAIA notionals. This years team promises on even better season.

RegiOn Seven Region 7 - Arizona. Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming.

DON NORjON, Reporter

Reports have been trickling in. Some coaches haven't yet got the reporting habit; or they are all wrapped up in early season workouts. The following schools have reported: University of Arozina: Glenn Wilson, Coach. The key to Arizona's success this year will be improvement during the season. The team locks in experience. They could do well this year, but look for more prom­ising in a year or two. Top squad members are Curt Shropshire, junior college transfer and leader of the team on high bor and all-around; former PB conference champion Corey Fox; and another transfer, Doug Boger. The latter two competitors are both in their first year as all-around. Doug Boger is a very exciting performer and has a chance at the NCAA floor exer­cise title; Curt Shropshire will lead his team also in long horse and rings; Corey Fox will be the man to beat on p-bors. Raster: Michael Berry (Soph.), FEx, LH; Doug Boger (Jun_), AA, Tromp; Bob Burd (Soph.), SR; Prudencio Corrales (J un.), FEx, SH, PB; Joy DeBake (Soph.), FEx, LH; Jed Deutchamnn (Frosh), AA; Corey Fox (Senior), AA; Barry Headricks (Senior), LH, PB, HB; Steve Kaplan (Soph.), SR; Steve Kite (Frosh), PB, HB; Mike Linehan (Frash), SH; Montenegro (Jun.), FEx, LH; McCullough (Frosh), SH, PB; Scott McGirr (Frosh), SH; Norm Parry (Senior), SH, LH; Curt Shropshire (Jun.), AA; Kelly Spencer (Jun.), SR; Jim Stevenson (Soph.)' SH T ramp; Doug Swartz (J un.), SR.

BYU; Bruce Margenegg, Coach Elimination of trampoline has greatly aid­ed the BYU team. Sub-par performance lost year on the trampoline accounted for at least half of BYU's six losses, meets in which the win margin was one point or less_ The team faces a really challenging dlial­meet schedule; of the 14 teams BYU will meet, four of them ranked notionally in lost year's ratings. Dennis Ramsey, 1968 All-American on the sidehorse, will spearhead BYU's at­tock, along with All-Conference Dove Wat­ters (PB) and Mike Gordon .!HB). The bulk of the team depth will lie in outstanding recruits such as Mike Lynn (AA), Gory Vanderhoef (AA) and Don Feree (AA). BYU is looking to a better win-loss record than

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it has hod in recent years. Roster: Craig Beck, HB; Don Davis, SR; Don Ferre, AA; Fred Gogan, AA; Mike Gor­don, HB; John Green, HB; Randy Greener, PB; John Hughes, AA; Wayne Larson, SH; Mike Lynn, AA; Bryce Martin, FE, LH ; Den­nis Ramsey, SH, PB; Gory Vanderhoef, AA; Dove Watters, FE, SH, PB ; Wally Williams, LH, PB. Colorado State U: Steve Johnson, Coach. CSU, 1968 Western Independent Regional champs, are stronger this year than lost. The entire team returns, and the additions of Tom Proulx and Paul Gillespie (Pasa­dena City College transfers) will make a great difference. The 1968 National Champion trampoline team also returns; they hope to fore as well this year. The new trampoline ruling will not hurt the team. Experience and new team members will compensate for the loss of the excel­lent trampoline scores. Tom Proulx and Ron Baretta appear to be the strongest members of the team. Del Strange, lost year's WAC champion in PB and SR, will be hard to beat. Ron

Other team members are Gory Cook, Terry Day, Ron Mustain, Tim Parsons, Wayne Payne. The team will be quite strong, but side horse talent is locking. The new rules on number of competitors and trampoline will hurt the team. Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo.; Jim Gilbert, Coach Fort Lewis, in its second year under Jim Gilbert, will have a young, inexperi­enced, yet highly qualified team. All lettermen return. A sixth place finish in last year's NAIA Notional Champion­ships makes the Raiders a (eal threat this year. Recruiting was successful: six able fresh­men came to Durango campus this fall. Top on the list is Kent Umbarger, post National YMCA Trampoline champion and California Jr. College long horse champion. He is probably the only vaulter in the country who is presently throwing a double front somersault over a long horse. Two state champion recruits are Richard

Don Hatch, U. of Iowa, 1967 and 1968 Ring Champion

Baretta, if his legs hold up, will be a strong contender in AA. He missed some meets lost year. CSU will be very strong in SR, HB and PB; respectable in other events. The team considers itself a strong con­tender for the WAC title, but expects stiff competition from New Mexico, BYU, and Arizona. Roster: Ron Baretta, AA; Del Strange, AA; Tom Proulx, AA; Lorry Dardono, SH; Rob Ewing, FEx, Tromp, LH; Paul Folger, SH; Paul Gillespie, SH, SR, PB, HB; Dick Ham­mers, SR, HB; Bryon Krogman, SH; Dove Slade, Tromp, FEx; Ron Forney, LH, HB; Rich Tew, LH, PB; Lee Wayman, PB. CSU Roster: Ron Baretta, AA; Del Strange, AA; Tom Proulx, AA; Lorry Dardano, SHe Rob "Ewing, Ftx, "Tromp, LH; Paul Folger, SH, Paul Gillespie, SH, SR. PB, HB; Dick Hammers, SR, HB; Bryon KrQgman, SH; Dove Slade, Tromp, FEx Ron Forney, LH, HB; Rich Tew, LH, PB; Lee Waymall! PB. University of Denver; Doug DeWitt, Coach Probably the U. of Denver will have an outstanding gymnast in Cliff Gauthier, fourth lost year in the long horse national competition. Vince Nicoletti and Fred Schonberger look good in all-around. Top single-event men will be Fronk Swon­son, H~; Jerry Schirm, SR; Frank Scar­dino, SH (6th, 1967, NCAA); C. Gauthier, LH and FEx.

Close, who will do well in free exercise and vaulting; and Dusk Winkler, Colorado State high bar champion. For a small college (l 700 students), Fort LeWIS has a rigorous schedule this season, 14 dual meets and the NAIA championships. Opponents include New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, BYU, and Arizona State.

University of Utah; Lorry Anderson, Coach Utah this year has some fine individual talent. Mike Kimball, perhaps the most talented all-around gymnast the. WAC has even produced, returns for his senior year. Mike has been working out hard through the entire year, and he is steadily improving. Sergio Luna, who competed for Ecuador in the Olympics this fall, has also improved greatly over last year. A third all-around, Ken Wright, promises also to give individual strength to the team. However, the outstanding individual strength will not be complemented by depth. A couple of serious injuries have already forced two gymnasts to give up competition this yea r. Also, the team will not benefit from its three senior trampolinists. Weber State, Ogden, Utah; Tom Low Weber. State does not compete in gym-

nastics. Some 40-50 people from the area meet once a week at the Deseret Gym. Hopefully, courses and eventually a team will emerge from these beginnings. No Reports: Colorado U., Air Force Academy, Colorado State College, Ea stern Montana College, U. of Montana, and Arizona State U.

RegiOn Eight Region 8 - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nev­ada, Idaho, Oregon, Washjngton.

JERRY WRIGHT

Athletic Association of Western Universities

University of Washington The University of Washington is, as most people realize, the one to beat, both in the AAWU and in the NCAA. With a line up of Yoshio Hayasaki, Mauno Nissenen, Sho Fukushima, Heidi Umeshito, and Bo Bennett (Bo Bennet!!1 how did that foreigner get in there!), Washington ap­pears unbeatable. This group will also vie for many of the individual honors in the AAWU and the NCAA. Coach Eric Hughes reports that losses included Tom Gester, Don Bird, Brent Rule, and Steve Eadie. New faces include Hide Umeshita an excellent sopo all around prospect and Bruce Denton-SH. AA- Hayasaki, Nissenen, Fukushima, Umeshita; FX- Peterson, Bennett; SH­Charles Peters, plus AA; SR - Bennett, plus AA; LH - Peterson, plus AA; PB ­Peters plus AA; HB - same as AA. Washington has some good trampolinists and will compete in the event against some schools and will possibly take some men to the NCAA meet in the trampoline event.

University of California Coach Hal Frey flatly states, with almost unguarded optimism, that in spi te of los­ing almost his entire championship team, he will have to be contended with all the way this year. Losses include Dan Millman, now coach­ing at Stanford, Sid Freudenstein, Joel Tepp, Bill Fujimoto and Tom Bruce. An outstanding addition to Cal's team is George Greenfield an excellent all around prospect, who, along with Gary Diamond, will furnish the majority of Cal's scoring Other new personnel include John Nelson Junior College SH champion, Tom Johnsey, 4 event man from Long Beach City College and Bill Henry. AA - Gary Diamond, George Greenfield; FX-Johnsey, Henry, Tim Lutz; SH-Nel­son, Courchesne, Fazakerly ; SR­Courchesne, Hammon , Smylie; LH ­Henry, Bowles, Johnsey; PB - Phil Rock­well, Johnsey, Lutz; HB - Bowles, Johnsey, Lutz.

UCLA Coach Art Shurlock reports that his 25 man varsity should again come up with a real contender in spite of such prom­inent losses as Olympian Kanati Allen (now in graduate school at U. Washing­ton), Mickey Chaplan (now assistant coach at U. Oregon) and Ken Sakoda (at the Institute of Fine Arts in LA). The va rsity includes 10 sophomores but Art failed to say anything about them except thot Chorles Hedges and Dave Warren will be contenders for the AA spots. UCLA figures to be right at the 9.0 level except for on the side horse where, at this writing they appear to have a weak­ness. AA- Larry Bassist, Don Arthur, Dusty Ritter, Charles Hedges, and Dave Warren ; FX - Brion Casserly, Sandy Bassist, Baumann; SH - Richard Muff, Wayne Marcus; SR - same as AA; LH - Sandy Bassist plus AA; PB - Bob Lowthoep plus AA; HB-Mork Haugen, Jon Lindeke, Dave Kelly plus AA.

University of Southern California A belated report from Jack Beckner indi­cates that USC will be in there fighting, as usual, with a good all-around team. Jack also indicates that USc, and the rest of the conference will use Freshman in the AAWU conference championship meet but wi ll not use freshman in dual meets so he will have a varsity and a frosh schedule. The varsity includes James Betters - AA, Brion Thomas - PB, SR, SH; Ken Cole­FX, LH , PB, Dan Connelly - AA; Ken Bronner-SH; Mike Frericks - SH; Bob Turner - AA; Kent Carney - FX, LH ; Freshman include, Tim Puszta - AA; Randy Martina - AA; Jeff Luke - FX, PB; Ron Kuznetsky - SH; Kirk Hastings­SH and Don Elshire - SR. Losses include Makoto Sakamoto who is on a USC exchange program to Waseda University, Japan Gory Wull­schlager - dental school, Ross Selvidge­graduate school of architecture and Mikio Sakamoto - graduated. FX - Mike Muir, David Morgan; SH­Dennis Mesick, Bob Tomlinson; SR­Harry Bohner, Don Boll; LH - Morgan, Tomlinson; PB - Bohner, Ball; HB­Tomlinson, Duane Linsenbordt. ED. Note, Stanford could finish fourth in AAWU but has to be at USC to do it. Washington State University Coach Rex Davis reports that WSU ex­pects a relatively good team this year. The two AA men wi ll most likely be Glenn Clinton and Dan Holtman, " The bottles for the other two spots in each event should give our team more depth than we had last year." Hope here is to move out of the Pacific 8 cellar. Team losses include Team Captain Toby Elliott (now teaching and coaching in Vancouver, Wash.), Larry Amos (Graduate school at Riverside), Bob Slick (Veterinary Medicine student) Jerry Penney and Mark Siks. New faces to watch for, in addition to Dan Hotlman, are Mike Bitow - FX and LH, John Gasdick-SR and AA, Bill Fuetz-SR and John Phillips, who has great potential on the SH. AA- Glenn Clinton, Dan Holtman; FX­Sta n Schroepher, Bitow; SH - John Ph illips, Rob Smallwood; SR - Bill Fultz, Chuck Barrett; LH -Clinton, Schroepher, Bitow, Holtman; PB - John Gasdick, John Thorne, AA; HB - Clinton, Holtman, Lute, Thorne. University of Oregon Coach Dick Smith is quite non-committal about his teams potential this year, simply stating he figures to have a win­ning season. Weakest event appears to be side horse with a very young team (only Senior is Wayne Noecker). Losses were heavy and included Dave Telling, Jim Hampton, Mike Olson, Ken .Betterton, and Dave Manock. New men to watch for are George Shoe­moker-9.0 in FX, Dean Hale 48.00 plus in AA and Gary Pemberthy - FX. AA - Dean Hale, Dave Olson, Wayne Noecker, . S. Funke, Joe Lilley; FX-Shoe­m ker, Pemberthy; SH - Brian Lasalle, plus AA; SR-Jim Lampert, Jim Pitt­man, AA; LH - Pemberthy, Bob Leach, plus AA; PB - Brad Hunter, Olson, Shoe­maker; HB - Leach, plus AA. CCAA and PCAA Conferences Much discussion has taken place re­cently concerning the formation of a new conference in this area and therefore it is difficult for me to place the following teams in their conferences at this time so I will group them all together. San Fernando Valley State College Coach Bill Vincent feels that he will be weaker than last year (his team that is, not him) because of the loss of several good back up men including John Magginetti - AA, Mike Almandinger - AA, Chuck Walden -SH and SR, Darryl DePue - College Division National Floor Exercise champion and back up man on HB, LH and PB, and Bill Nash LH and TR. HOWEVER, with the addition of Juan Sanchez - AA it could be another banner

year for Valley. If Coach Vincent can just get Sanchez to work close to his potential this could be one of the most exciting gymnasts in the country. I know Bill is capable if Sanchez is willing. Putting a strong Sanchez with established veterans Rich Grigsby and Steve Radomski would give Va lley 3 strong AA men plus Bob Medina, NCAA college division national side horse champion, Bob Hughes - SR, Willie Tamura - SR and PB, Charles Glass - AA, Tom Bell SH and Renny Goldenhar - HB and SR. ED. Note, If Sanchez comes through look·out. If not it could be a weaker Volley team. AA - Richard Grigsby, Sanchez, Radomski, Glass. San Jose State College Interim coach Bob Peavy, substituting for Clair Jennett for one year, reports that San Jose will have their strongest team ever. Standouts include Doug Hills in FX, Jim Turpin - AA, and Pete Shigamoto ­SR. Newcomers include Steve Sinsen ­PB and Tony Spencer - HB. Losses were heavy in the person of Tony Coppole but team will be able to make up for that. Another new addition to the team is Mike Cooper, a fine all around prospect who transferred from the U. Oklahoma. All in all the next two years at Son Jose State should prove to be excellent. AA-Jim Turpin, Doug Hills, Joe Sweeney, Shigamoto; SH - Lou Lefcourt, Steve Sinsel; FX - Steve Fletcher suffered broken leg; SR - Winston Ashizawo, plus AA; LH - same as AA; PB - Steve Sinsel plus AA; HB- Tony Spencer, Fletcher, plus AA. San Diego State College Coach Ed Franz reports that the loss of Gene Spindler, Fred DeFalco, Don Mc­Daniels, Ed Landry, Tom Nelson and Mow Herriott will weaken Son Diego considerably. New faces to watch for are Dove Borgier -AA and Mike Folo - FX; AA- Cliff Sherrill, Gory Jones, Borgier; FX -Jock Fares. Folb. Arthur Varley, plus AA; SH - Larry Buss, Stan Shoe­maker, plus AA; SR - Larry Gardner, Chris Schwalm, plus AA; LH - Arthur Varley, plus AA; PB-same as AA; HB ­Ken Meyer, Larry Gardner, plus AA. U.C. Santa Barbara Coach Art Aldritt reports only that "We have some holes that we're working to fill, but generally we hope to be stronger than last year." No line up was offered but team members include, Steve Barrett, Gordie Biock, Jim Carlton, Bob Harris, Jerry King, Jeff Leach, Dennis Miller, Jeff Olson, Weste Osbrink, Alex Peters, Greg Pierce, Jeff Rosen, Mark Taylor, Jim Vieth, Ken Wagner, Jim Wayman, and Bill Wenger. Lost from last years team were Bill Shook, Jim Butters, Haven Si lver, and Rob Shumer. New personnel are Carlton, Leach, Os­brink, and Wayman. Santa Barbara will not compete on the trampoline. California Staie ' College at Long Beach The loss of Don Jennings - College Divi­sion NCAA national champion on the PB and good AA man causes Coach Ken Bartlett to feel the teams general weak­ness in the AA will hurt team depth. Another problem is that the team is about 95% freshman and so ph so lack of experience will also hurt. All of this in spite of a roster of 22 gymnasts. Other losses include Bernie Rechs - HB and Tom Dawson-HB. LH and FX. Team is picked for third in CCAA conference. AA- Fred Robles, Tracy Savage; FX­Les Armstrang, Nick Syracopoulos, plus AA; SH - Scott Jeffers, Tim Mercer; SR­Mark Nolan, Lee Nickerson; LH - Arm­strong, Syracopoulos; PB - Anderson, Gary Erickson; HB - Brian Anderson, Erickson. Quite a few new personnel that include, Brian Anderson - CIF runner-up on HB, Gary Erkksen, CI F HB chii-mpion, David McCaine - tied for first in tumbling in ClF, Gordon McCallon - (IF long horse champion, Lee Nickerson - SR and Les

Armstrong - LH and FX. Far Western Conference The For Western Conference appears, at this writing, to be weak over all with most teams suffering severe personnel losses through graduation and other causes. The For Western Conference will compete on the trampoline in league meets. Sacramento State College New coach Ron Peek, formerly of S pring­field college, faced with the loss of Steve Pleau-AA, Dave Niemand - All American HB performer and excellent 4 event man, Mike Crofoot, and Dave Parker, will be going with a young but, none-the-Iess, potential team. Sac. St. figures however, to be weaker than last year. The best events for the Hornets should prove to be Floor Exercise, headed by Dan Barber - an All-American candidate, and vaulting. New personnel will probably lead the team as Freshman Tim McWhirk will possibly by the teams top AA man, Jim Fisher promises to be a top FX man, Pat Simms looks good on the trampoline and Paul Tufts "may become a real swinger on the horizontal ba r". AA - Tim McWhirk, Dan Schilling, Dan Barber; FX - Fisher, Barber, McWhirk, Bruce Goldstone; SH - Rich Peterson, plus AA; SR - Greg Heterick, Terry McCade, plus AA; LH -Jim Fisher, Gold­stone, plus AA; PB - Roger Rossberg, plus AA; TR - Pat Simms, George Siller, McWhirk, Barber; HB- Terry McCade, plus AA. . Chico State College As of this writing Chico looks to As of this writing Chico looks to be a good bet to take over second place in the FWC this year. With a veteran team returning Chico could well be a surprise this yea r (exception being the trampoline - they have no trampolinists). Coach Ray Lorenz (Chic Johnson is doing Doctoral work at U. Utah) wi ll be working with Buckey Mackey and Lance Astrella, both of whom have developed from rank beginners as freshman, into fine gymnasts and shou ld do very well this year. Warren Wei seth, a freshman from Oregon, is working to fill the teams 2nd AA spot. AA - Buckey Mackey, Wei seth, Astrella. San Francisco State College After finishing 2nd for four years in a row in the FWC the Gators are in trouble this year. Internal school prablems have made recruiting impossible and has caused some other gymnasts to drop from the team. Mike Jimenez - AA, left school to change his major and Ken Canada - a f ine vaulter, decided he needed to work full time. The team now has only 5 students out for practice and only one of the 5 had high school ex­perience. A lot is expected, however, from Bruce Lybrand in the AA and a surprise in the conference may come from Wayne Hill in FX. Wayne has only been in gymnastics for two years but looks good. David Brandt - Ericksen expects to battle for 1 st in the conference on the trampoline. AA- Lybrand, Bill Garcia, Phil Horton. FX - Wayne Hill, plus AA; TR - Ericksen, plus AA; all other events same as AA. California State College at H~ward Coach Jim Quinn sounds optimistic about the future of gymnastics at Hayward and goes so for as to predict that Hay­ward will be the team to ward will be the team to beat in the con­ference in 1969-70. Jim also reports that he is pleased that the conference will continue to contest the trampoline event in league dual meets. AA - Howard Davis, Glenn Hosstedt; FX - Charles Pillow, Hasstedt, Davis, Bill Jamerson; SH - Jamerson, Matt Huckler, Davis, Tom Beczner; SR-Gary Yuhora, Hasstedt, Davis, Berney Hooper; LH - Huckler, Jamerson, Davis, Hasstedt; PB - Huckler, Jamerson, Hassted!, Davis; HB-Huckle r , Pillow, Davis, Bruce Borgosh; TR - Charles Pillow, Bill Rogers,

Doine Miller, Bob Helit. New personnel to watch include. Howard Davis 3rd in OAL last year, Hasstedt, Holmes, and Miller. Best performer is Matt Huckler, 3rd in the conference last year on the PB. University of Nevada The University of Nevada is currently planning on dropping out of the FWC. This will not toke place this year but perhaps next year. No report from Nevada. Independents Eastern Washington State College Perennially one of the top teams in the NAIA and also one of the top independent teams on the West Coast, Eastern Wash­ington State appears to be even stronger this year. Eastern also hopes to compete on the trampoline this year, as a point of information. According to Jack Benson, head coach; the team will be led by Randy Carruthers, 3rd in the AA in lost yea rs NAIA Notional championships and Mace Brody who also goes AA. The team expects to be strong in FX and vaulting and weakest in SR and SH. New personnel include Russ Ritualo, Monte Issacs and Bob Hohne, all of which workAA Other team members include Bill San­ford, Mike Kelly, and Walt Prue. AA - Randy Carruthers, Mace Brody ; FX - John Selden, Jerry Kraft, plus AA; SH - Bob Hohner, Kraft, AA; SR-Jim Goldade, plus AA; LH - Kraft, Hohner, plus AA; PB-Kraft, plus AA; HB-same as PB .. ED. Note, Although this writer is not that familiar with the NAIA situation I pick EWSC to finish either first or very close to first this year. Central Washington State College The team that Dick Aronson started only three years ago as a club now finds 1 7 aspariants competing for spots on this enthusiastic team. Coach Curt Hahn is dubious about his won-lost chances this year but is look­ing forward to working with a high spirited group. Central expects to work trampoline in its meets. With Central only in its second year of competit ion, it may seem un­necessary to speak of new personnel but Dick Foxel (former Pacific Northwest ring champion), Ken Krebs (Washington State vaulting champion), and Russ Linford (Potentia l AA man), are certainly worth mentioning. Team members also include Ed Barnhurst, and Norm Moll. AA- Ken Platt and Roger Smith ; FX-Karol Sowinski, Steve Justiss; SH­Russ Linford, Dove Rothernel ; SR- Dick Foxal, Fred Trousdale; LH - Sowinski, Ken Krebs; PB - Russ Linford, Butch Swenson; HB - Russ Linford, Nick Hiatt; TR-Jim Brown, John Krinkwater, Rocky Rickard. University of California at livine Coach Larry Banner, former Olympian from UCLA, reports that the Irvine team is new at the game but " look out for 1 983"! John Potter is the man to watch on this team and could go for, otherwise it is a team short on quantity. As of this writing the team consists of John Potter, Paul Boulian, Ron Craig and Randy Strickley. California State College at Los Angeles Coach Gordon Maddox reports that the only event they feel weak on is the ring event and in spite of this, they are look­ing forward to a fine year. New faces include Marty Caling - State K, FX champ; Jon Hyde - PB man from pce; Lorry Perez-66 and 68 CIF side horse chomp; and Jim Ayers - L.A. city finalists on PB and SH. AA- Don Warren (Capt.), Bruce Coulter, Caling; FX - Warren, Coulter, Caling, Albert Hernandez; SH - Perez, Caling, Coulter, Ayers; SR-Coulter, Warren, Co ling, Hyde; LH - Coulter, . Warren, Hernandez, Caling; PB - Warren, Coulter, John Sevold, Hyde; HB - Warren, Coulter, Sevold, Caling.

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JAN. 4. SATURDAY U. Iowa & U. Wisc. at Indiana U. U. II I. Chi. Circle at U. Minnesota U. Denver at U. Arizona Ft. lewis ot U. New Mexico. JAN. 6. MONDAY U. Denver at U. New Mexico JAN. 9. THURSDAY Col Poly Pomona at S.F. Volley ·n. JAN. 10. FRIDAY \1 . .I0WD qt U. Wisconsin Mankato at lo Crosse·n. USC at Stanford ·n. l ong Beach 51. at Son Diego 51. U. Col. at U. Arizona BYU at lA State Col at Son Jose 51. ·n. U.c. Irvine at Fullerton ·n. JAN. 11. SATURDAY U. Mich & Mankato at U. Wisconsin U. Illinois at U. Minnesota Indiana U. at Indiana 51. U. W. Illinois & Chi. Circle at Central Mich. U. North Iowa at North III. U. Ohio 51. U. & W. Mich. at Boll State JAN. 17. FRIDAY W. Illinois at Boll State ·n. Stanford at Sacramento St. Cent. Wash. 51. at E. Wash. 51. ·n. Ft. lewis at U. Arizona U. Oregon at Son Jose 51. ·n. U.c. Irvine at l.B. State ·n. JAN. 18. SATURDAY Southern III. at Michigan St. U. Minn. & E. Mich. at Ohio State. W. Illinois & Chi. Circle at U. Chicago Chico & U. Oregon at California ·n. UCLA U.c. Irvine, & UC Davis at UCLA Cent. Wash. at Washington St. U. ·n. Alumni at U. Wash. Army at Penn. State U. Colorado at U. Denver Ft. lewis at Arizona St. Ithaca at M. Morine Acod. JAN. 21, TUESDAY Iowa at Iowa 51. U. JAN. 23, THURSDAY U. Illinois at Indiana 51. U. ·n. JAN. 24, Fri.ay Indiana 51. U. & So. III. at Mankato ·n. Son, Froncisco St. at Chico 51. ·n. Sacramento 51. at Hayward 51. ·n. E. Montano at Cent. Wash. ·n. U. Wash. at ~YU. U. Denver at Col. 51. U. Coost Guard Acod. at Ithaca JAN. 25, SATURDAY Chi. Circle & Wisc. 51. U. at George Williams U. Mich. at W. Mich .U. Mich. State U. & Indiana 51. at U. Minnesota Cent. Missouri at W. Illinois (aliiomio oi Stanford Fullerton & Pomona at U.c. Santo Barbaro U. Oklahoma at UCLA U. Wash. at U. Utah E. Montano at Wash. 51. U. U. Moss. at Penn. State Springfield at Army Trenton 51. at West Chester U. C. Irvine & USC at Pomona JAN. 28. TUESDAY U. Wash. at Cent. Wash. JAN. 31. FRIDAY E. Mich. U. & Bemidii at Superior North. III. at W. Mich. U. E. Ill inois at W. Illinois U. Wisc. at Indiana 51. U. Stanford at U. Oregon Hayward 51. & l.A 51. at Son Jose ·n. U. Col. at U. Utah U. Arizona ot Arizona St. FI. lewIS at BYII UCLA at UC Santo Barbaro UC Irvine & U. Arizona at Nev. Southern FEB. 1. SATURDAY U. Mich. & 51. Cloud at U. Minn. Mich. 51. U. at U. Illinois Indiana U. & Kent State at Ohio State W. Illinois at Chicago Circle lo Crosse & Oshkosh at Eou Claire Stanford & Alberto at U. Wash. Son Diego St. at Col Poly Pomona U. British Col. at Cent. Wash. U. Arizona at UCLA Penn State at Navy Army at U. Moss. Ft. lewis at U. Utah U. Denver at Col. 51. College M. Morino Acod. at W. Chester Brockport 51. at Ithaca FEB. 5. WEDNESDAY Oneonta at M. Morine Acad. FEB. 1, FRIDAY Wichita State at W. Illinois

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W. Mich. U. at Indiana 51. U. North. Illinois at Miomi·Ohio 10xford) So. Illinois of Chicago Circle Son Francisco 51. at UC Santo Barbara UC Davis at Sacramento 51. ·n. E. Wash. at U. Wash. U. Utah at BYU Ft. lewis at E. New Mexico Ben Price Memorial at Pasadena Son Jose & l. B. at Fullerton FEB. 8. SATURDAY Mich. 51. U. at U. Iowa ·n. U. Wisc. at U. Minn. U. Illinois at Indiana U. W. Illinois at Illinois 51. U. Riverfolls & Whitewater at laCrosse Ind. 51. U. & E. Mich. at Chicago Circle North. Illinois at Boll State W. Mich. at E. Illinois Stanford & UCLA at California Hayward 51. at U. Nevada Cent. Wash. at E. Monl. Wash. 51. U. at U. Wash. Penn. Stote at Syracuse Temple at Army Navy at U. Pitt U. Denver & Oklahoma at Air Force Ft. lewis at Odessa CC NY & Frostburg at Trenton St. Ohio State at U. Mich. Ithaca at S. Rock FEB. 9, SUNDAY UC Davis at Chico

FEB. 12, WEDNESDAY U. Minn. at Bemidii ·n. FEB. 14, FRIDAY 51. Cloud at l aCrosse ·n. E. Illinois & E. Mich. at Ind. State U. ·n. Mankato State at North Illinois U. New Mex. & UC Irvine at S.F. Volley ·n. E. Wash. at Cent. Wash. So. Illinois at U. Arizona Iowa 51. & Col. 51. U. at U. Denver U. Nevada at Chico Montclair at M. Marine Acad. W. Chester at Ithaca

FEB. 15. SATURDAY Michigan 51. & Indiana U. at U. Mich. U. Illinois at U. Iowa Northwest Open at U. Minn. U. Minn. at U. Nebrosko Ohio State at U. Wisc. Kansas State & Mankato at W. Illinois laCrosse & Stevens Pt. at Stout St. W. Mich. & III. St. U. at Central Mich. E. III. U. at Chicago Circle San Francisco St. at U. Nevada Stanford at UC Santo Barbaro ·n. UCLA Invitational at UCLA ·n. U. Wash. at U. Oregon E. Wash. at Wash. 51. U. Temple at Penn. State So. Conn. at Army Slippery Rock at Navy Queen's College at Trenton 51. Nevada at UC Davis U. Penn at M. Morine FEB. 18, TUESDAY U. Minn. at Mankato FEB. 19, WEDNESDAY So. Illinois at U. Iowa ·n. FEB. 21,FRIDAY U. Minn. at Iowa St. U. U. Wisc. & Boll 51. at E. Mich. ·n. IIAC Conference Chomn's at Charleston. II I. U. Northlowo 01 Lolross .. n. W. Mich. & 51. Cloud at Chicago Circle UC Davis at S.F. State ·n. Chico & UCSB at Son Jose 51. ·n. UClA at U. Wash. U. Oregon at Wash. St. U. BYU at U. Denver Trenton 51. at Oneonta College long Island U. at M. Morine So. Conn. at Ithaca FEB. 22 , SATURDAY U. Mich. at U. Illinois Ohio State & U. Wisc. at Mich. State U. Minn. at U. Iowa IIAC Conference meet at Charleston. III. laCrosse & Superior at Platteville Kent 51., Miomi·Ohio, Bowline Green at W. Mich. Stanford & S.F. Volley at ~on Jose Son Diego 51. at Nevada Southern ·n. Chico 51. at Hayward 51. ·n. Wash. St. U. at Cent. Wash. ·n. U.Pitt at Penn State Army at Syracuse U. Moss at Navy U. Utah at Denver U. Air Force Acod. at U. Arizona BYU at Col. 51. Odessa at Ft. lewis Trenton 51. at Ithaca FEB. 26. WEDNESDAY Indiana State U. at So. Illinois U. Penn. at Trenton 51. FEB. 28, FRIDAY laCrosse at MilTech. College ·n. Stout State at W. Mich. Son Francisco St. at Son Jose ·n.

Son Diego SI. at lA State l.B. State & UCSB at S.F. Volley Pacific NW . Chps at Seattle UC Irvine at U. Utah Col. 51. U. at U. Arizona U. New Mexico at BYU Ft. Lewis at U. Denver

MARCH 1, SATURDAY U. Iowa at U. Michigan Chicago Circle at Mich. State U. Iowa at U. Mich. Illinois 51. U. & U. Minn. at Indiana U. U. Wisc. at U. Illinois Indiana 51. U. at No. Illinois U. Stout State at E. Mich. Son Francisco St. at Stanford U. ·n. UC Davis at Hayward 51. Chico 51. at Sacramento ·n. Pacific NW. Clips at U. Wash. USC at UCLA Navy at Army UC Irvine at BYU Ft. lewis at Col. SI. College U. Moss. at Trenton 51. Ithaca at Plattsburg 51. MARCH 3, MONDAY Ft. Lewis at Air Force

MARCH 1, WEDNESDAY Ohio State ut U. Iowa Hayward SI. at S.F. State UC Santo Barbaro at Son Diego St. SF. Volley at lA Stote Inland Empire Open at Kennewick UClA at l.B. State BYU at U. Arizona Son Jose at U. Nevada Montclair at Ithaca

MARCH 8, SATURDAY Sacramento St. at S.F. State Inland Empire Open at Ken'newick Penn State at So. Conn. U. Utah at U. Arizona BYU at Arizona 51. E. New Mex. at Ft. Lewis MARCH 11 , TUESDAY EI Camino College at Son Diego 51. MARCH 14, THURSDAY

Wisconsin St. Univ. Conf. Chomp's at Oshkosh CCAA Conference Ch 's at l.A. State ·n. Son Jose St. at Sacramento EIGl Conference clips at West Point MARCH 15, FRIDAY Wisconsin St. U. Conference meet at Oshkosh For Western Conference at ? EIGl Conf. Clips at West Point Arizona St. at U. Arizona Nevada So. at Ft. lewis MARCH 20 , THURSDAY Big Ten Championships at U. Michigan NAIA Nationals at George Williams NCAA Eastern Regional at Indiana St. U. Western Ind. Chps at Ai r Force

MARCH 21 , FRIDAY Big Ten Championships at U. Michigan NAIA Nationals at George Williams NCAA Eastern Regional at Indiana SI.U. Western Ind. Chos. at Air Force

MARCH 22, SATURDAY Big Ten Championships at U. Michigan NAIA Nationals at George Williams Calif. State College Ch. at Fullerton U. Arizona at U. New Mexico Western Ind. Chps, at Air Force MARCH 28,FRIDAY NCAA College Div. Nol. at Son Fernando I st Annual PCAA Conf. Ch. at Son Diego NCAA Western Division Regional ot Son Diego AAWU Conf. Clips at USC WAC Conf. Clips at FI. Collins MARCH 29 , SATURDAY NCAA College Div. Notional at Son Fernando I st Annual PCAA Conf. Ch. at Son Diego NCAA Wesl. Div. Regional at Son Diego AAWU Conf. Clips at USC WAC Conf. Clips at FI. Coll ins APRIL 4, FRIDAY NCAA University Division Nationals at Seattle APRIL 5. SATURDAY NCAA Nationals at Seattle, Wash. APRIL 6, SUNDAY MAY 13, Bruion Classic at UClA

PRE·SEASON PREOICTIONS FOR NCAA The following gymnasts, li sted' alphabetically, are given a strong chance of finishing in the top five at Seattle on April 5, 1969.

AII·Around Jim Amerine, So. Conn. Gary Diamond, Cal. Bob Dickson, Iowa Pete DiFurio, Temple John Elias, NW. La. Bob Emery, P.S. Joe Fedorchik, Mich. St. George Greenfield, Cal. Rich Grigsby, SFV Yoshio Hayawsaki, Wash Sid Jensen, Mich. Mike Kimball, Utah Richard Loyd, NM.La. Mauno Nissenen, Wash. Dick Swetman, Penn St. Fred T uroff, Temple Floor Exercise Doug Boger, Arizona Bob Emery, Penn State Cliff Gauthier, Denver George Greenfield, Cal. Yoshio Hayasaki, Wash. George Huntzicker, Mich. Mike Jacobs, Mich . Richard Loyd, NW. La. Tom Proulx, Col. St. U. Bob Robello, Army Toby Towson, Mich. St.

Side Horse Mike Fredricks, USC Richard Loyd, NW. La. Bob Medina, SFV Keith McCanless, Iowa Mauno Nissenen, Wash. Dennis Ramsey, BYU John Russo, Wisc. Frank Scardina, Denver Barry Siotten, Iowa Dennis Smith, Mich. St. Still Rings Jim Amerine, So. Conn. Eric Courchesne, Cal. Bob Dickson, Iowa Don Hatch, Iowa Rich Kenney, Mich. Steve Rochelle, Stanford Del Strange, Col. SI. U. Paul Vexler, Penn SI. Wayne Wiser, Indiana Trampoline Steve Chapple .. Illinois Rich Crim, Ind. St. Jerry Collins, Indiana George Huntzicker, Mich. 9ave Jacobs, Mich. Jim Turpin, San Jose Mike Zepeda, Iowa

long Horse. Larry Bassist, UCLA Bob Dickson, Iowa Cliff Gauthier, Denver Rich Grigsby, SFV Yosh io Hayasoki, Wash. Rich Scorza, Iowa Toby Towson, Mich. 51. Paul Vexler, Penn SI. Parallel Bars Bob Dickson, Iowa 80b Emery, Penn St. Rich Grigsby, SFV Yoshio Hayasaki, Wash. Richard Loyd, NW. La. Mauno Nissenen, Wash. Ron Rapper, Mich. Dick Swetman, Penn St. Horizontal Bar Jim Amerine, So. Conn. Bob Emery, Penn St. Rich Griasoy, SFV Yoshio Hayasaki, Wa sh. Dick Kimball, Utah Joe Litow, Penn St. Richard Loyd, NW. La. Dick Swetman, Penn St.

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LETTERS

SUPPORT FOR GUEST EDITORIAL I fully support the ideas expressed by Don

Tonry in his article "Choosing An Interna­tional Gymnastics Team." The following is intended to supplement those ideas;

1. One reason we use a least four judges in gymnastics competition is to attempt to minimize bad scores. High a nd low scores are thrown out with the hope that wild and unfair scores will thus be eliminated. Are two men picking a Men' s Olympic Gymnastics Team immune from making bad judgments?

2. I question whether a performer' s ooach can judge that same performer without bias. The coach/judge would have the tendency either to give his gymnasts too high a score because of obv ious de­sire for the gymnast to make the team; or, in the pursuit of fairness , to bend over backwards not to give him a "gift", and in so doing give him too low a score. Unfortunately, the former has appeared too often when making an International Team is the prize.

3. The "Fina l" Olympic trials for men were advertized by the United States Olympic Gymnastics Committee to take place August 28, 30 at the Pauley Pa­vilian at U.C.L.A. It turned out that this trial only reduced the squad to eight men. Someone had to be lying!

4. I believe the formula Ron Barak used in coaching the 1967 World :::;tudent Games Men's Gymnastics Team is the proper ,one. Ron kept the team as it had been selected at the trials. He stated that there would be a change of team members only if an injury prevented a team member from performing his rou­tines or if, in the judgments of the coach and team members, the alternate would definitely earn a higher score in the meet. Barak said that if it was a question of a few tenths of a pOint, no change would be made because he felt human judgment was not valid to the point of differentiating at the tenth of a point level. When one deals with something as important to an individual (yes, remember the individual!) as com­peting internationally, it is dangerous to the sport to manipulate team selections.

5. The winners should be decided in the meet, not in practice. Mature athletes know that one may fail or succeed in competition. They accept what fate be­falls them in the meet. That is one educational objective fulfilled. Can ath­letes accept not making a team when they have succeeded in official com­petition but failed merely in the judg­ment of the coach and manager? What counts is what you do on the playing field, not what you do in practice. This concept was drilled into me when a friendly but rival gYmnast came up to me after I had fallen off side horse in an important meet and told me "well, you won the warmups." Winning in warm ups, practice, or even in a train­ing camp is not the goal o f any sport. The goal is to win in the meet. I sug­gest we (or rather they) pick our team members from official and pubic trials and not from performance in practice. Former U.S.A. Gymnastics Team Mem­ber Arno Lascari.

SPE.ED IT UP! Dear Sirs;

I do wish you woud speed up your mailing service, the last issue I received was the Oc tober issue. So please hurry up and get me my Nov. and Dec. issues. Thank you.

Gary Johnson Los Angeles, Calif.

Dear Mr. Sundby, I enjoy your Modern Gymnast magazine

very much. There is only one thing I don't like-getting my magazine at the end of the month, instead of the first week or a week and a half of the beginning of month. If you could please send my subscription out earlier I would be very grateful.

ED:

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Dear Glenn; Congratulations on y,our splendid Pre­

Olympic issues of MODERN GYMNAST and MLLE. GYMNAST. These are most certainly collectors' items with their excellen t report­ing and dramatic photography.

I was most interested in the cover photo of Steve Cohen on the current MG edition. As top-ranking member of .our Olympic team, has an interview-profile ever been written about him. It would be interesting to see something of this nature, since I'm sure his background in the sport is probably quite unique.'

As a mater of reader interest, Chicago' s Lincoln Turner-s is undergoing extensive re­modeling to accommodate its increasing membership. I join with .other members in extending an invitation to visiting gymnasts when they are in the Chicago area to drop by for a visit and workout.

New acquisitions provide an abundance of appartus making the huge gym one of the best equipped in the country. There's a swimming pool to top off a gym sessLon, plus social rooms for informal visiting with members. Both men and women are wel­come, as well as family groups.

Our coaching saff is headed by Fritz and Eleanor Mai, aided by a group of highly­skilled "actives." Lincon Turners is located a t 1019 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago, Ill. 60614. (Not too far from Chicago' s Loop.) Telephone ; BI 8-1682.

Again, congratulations on your remarkably excellent reporting.

Sincerely, Jim Stolp Director of Public Relations Lincoln Turners - Chicago, Illinois

*ED: See MG Interview this edition.

POSITION AVAILABLE Dear Mr. Sundby;

We have a position available for a gym­nas tic spec ialist \vho w ill be 111ade available to work with physical education teachers and students in all of the 29 secondary schools in Broward County.

His (or her) job will be to promote .gym­nastics throughout the County. We desire to begin with the physical education pro­gram and evolve into the interschola stic pro­gram. A master's degree in physical educa­tion is required.

~~n~i;r~ Kfou,.~~\i Supervisor of Health and Physical Education The Boord of Public Instruction of Broward County, Florida 1320 S.W. 4th St., P.O. Box 8369 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33310

Continued from page 9 sity, is this year's President taking over from Mr. Jim McIntosh. Dr. Coles, I know, will give excellent leadership in the coming years.

Mrs. Libby Coles is Women's Techni­cal chairman having successfully com­pleted the F.I.G. course at Montreal. Mr. Ralph McLean, who recently returned to Dartmouth from Springfield College, U.S.A. where he completed his masters in Phy. Ed., has agreed to act as Sec­retary-Treasurer.

The 1968-1969 Executives are as fol­lows with addresses:

President: Dr. Allan Coles, Head of Physical Ed., Dalhousie UniverSity, Hali­fax.

Secretary-Treasurer: Mr. R. Maclean, Phy. Ed. Dept., Prince Andrew High School, Dartmouth.

Men's Technical Chainnan: Mr. James Hoyle, 11 Oakdale Cres, Dartmouth.

Women's Technical Chai!rman: Mrs. Libby Coles, Phy. Ed. Dept., Dalhousie University, Halifax.

Publicity and News Letter: Mr. Bill Adams, Phy. Ed. Dept., Caledonia Junior High School, Dartmouth.

U.S.G.F. Congress By G. Elliot

I attended the U.S.G.F. Congress in Chicago on November 1st and 2nd where I was pleased to be officially representing the Canadian Intercollegi­ate Gymnastic Coaches' Association. I had the opportunity of informing many of our American coaching colleagues of the formation of our Coaches Associ­ation and I conveyed to them our hopes and our fears.

It was quite evident from the in­formation presented that ,now the breach between the U.S.G.F. and A.A.U. has been cemented (in the form of dual cooperation), gymnastically the United States will forge ahead. One other stumbling block they have to overcome, however, is the question of all around gymnasts versus speCialist gymnasts. I was interested to note that the Presi­dent of F.I.G. (M. Gander) in a most illuminating talk said in answer to a question fl'om the audience "It is re­grettable that, from an international point of view, there are 'specialists' in your country" he went on to expand the view that this was unsatisfactory edu­cationally and traditionally in view of F. Jahns (li'ather of Gymnastics) phllo­sophy of gymnastics.

Other pomts brought out from various meetings that perhaps would be of in­terest were:

1. Lack of international competition - with the consequent problem of unknowns' fa c i n g international judges.

2. ::;everity of judging on incorrect basic or fundamental movements.

3. More help for the hlgh school coaches who should be stressmg and teaching correct fundamentals with little or no execution errors.

4. Advantages of compulsory routines for high school meets (it was noted Japan had compulsories for both junior and senior high school meets)

5. Advantages of summer training camps for the elite gymnasts - the potential National team.

6. International judges course to be held Penn. State, January 16-19. (Officials Gander, Ivanovic, Roh­nisch, Gulack, Hamaski, Maloney).

It would appear to me if we are to learn from our friends across the border that a) The C.I.G.C.A. should at the out­set work in close cooperation with the C.G.A., b) The C.I.G.C.A. should act as a controlling body (setting regulations, meet rules, etc.) AND a promoting body (sponsoring coaching clinics, judging clinics and school cliniCS.)

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