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-School Data: It has taken longer than planned to gather and prepare the College and University Data promised for this edition of the MG. We are in the process of putting all the information we received into chart form, and it will be published in the next edition of the MG.

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Robert Schmidt 1898-1969 Although a bit belated we would like to note the passing

of a friend in gymnastics, Robert Schmidt. Whenever we met at international events, he always had something en­couraging to say about the MG and your struggling editor. Robert was a contributing editor for the Olympische Turn­kunst, and we quoted from that publication's remarks in their most recent edition:

" On June 1 st, 1969, the world of gymnastics lost one of its greatest experts, Robert Schmidt (w. Germany). There were only few who equaled this diploma mathemati­cian and physicist in his command of the mechanical prin­ciples underlying gymnastics. It was gymnastics to which he devoted all his spare time. His power of remembering the routines of former champions was amazing! Nobody in the world had a greater knowledge of the early history of men's Olympic gymnastics. The editor of Olympic Turn­kunst has suffered a grievous loss through the death of this contributor who also took a lively interest in all mat­ters concerning O. T. generally and made valuable sugges­tions. His friend , Karl Koenen , writes on page 31 about what Robert Schmidt meant to German gymnast s. Koenen stresses that his friend was a man of sober habits who nei­ther drank nor smoked. Three days before he died of a brain stroke he was still coaching his club 's gymnasts. Aged 71 he was able to do the free planche and the one­arm handstand on the floor, thus proving his fitness. But death will always be the ultimate victor, and we must reconcile ourselves to its seeming arbitrariness. To do this in Robert Schmidt's case is difficult and painful. "

m THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

CONTENTS

VOLUME VII JANUARY NUMBER 12

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ..... ....... ...... Glenn Sundby 4 GUEST EDITORIAL ... ... ..... ... ... ... ..... . Don Tonry 6 CHALK TALK ..... ............ ..... .. .. .. .. ........ ........ .. . 7 VIEWPOINTS ....... ... .... .. .... .. ...... .... Dick Criley 8 CANADIAN REPORT ....... .. .. ... .. .... .. .. John Nooney 9 ANYONE FOR ALL-AROUND .. .. .... .... .. .. Gerold George,

Don Tonry, Dan Millman and Borislav Vajin .. .. 10 THE BASEL GYMNAESTRADA .... ...... .. . A. B. Frederick 1 5 JUDGING BY JERRy ... ....... ... .. ...... .. Jon Culbertson 18 MG REGIONAL REPORTS .. ... .... ..... ... ... .. ... ... .... .. ... 20 LETTERS ......... .... ..... ... .. .. ... ... ... ........ .. ... .... . .. . 28 MG CALENDAR .. ....... .. ......... ... .... ..... .. ... .... ..... .. 30

COVER: Jeff Weils, AA Gymnast from Springfield College

PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

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

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature

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

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C ___ gu_e_st_e_d_ito_r_ia_l:_) Don Tonry, member of three USA World Game Teams, two Pan Am teams, 1960

Olympic team, 1962 AAU-AA Chomp, Gymnastic Coach at Yale University

Selection of National Team Coaches and Judges I recently read an article written by Jerry Wright (Sept. 1969-M.G.) where he

criticizes the U.S. system of choosing coaches for international teams. Having been a victim of this system for almost ten years as a competitor, I am in complete agreement with him.

There are numerous examples in the past history of our sport whereby coaches and judges were selected for international posts on the basis of a guess or by an appointment by a small group or single individual. I believe it is a fact that many of our top officials (A.A.U . and USGF) do not want to insi st upon requiring a severe testing program and thereby establishing a national coaches/judges list , because this could remove their names from further free participation in international games.

I s it true that a coach 's record is enough to show us that he is capable of coaching an international team? Does the fact that a man has already judged or coached in inter­national contests make him a good prospect for the same post again? Does a former Olympian automatically make the grade as a great coach?

I feel that the answer is no to all of these questions . I have competed with national champions and Olympians that did not know the compulsory exercises and could not explain how they executed many of their skills - " throw and go men. " I have worked under nationally prominent coaches that could not criticize a skill other than to say "go harder," " lift it higher" and " let's see you make it thi s time. " Needless to say , these con­ditions demoralized many a team - a gymnast is quick to find out the ability of his coach.

There is no doubt that , in times of strife, coaches and judges must be chosen on a haphazard basis: college dual meet record , membership on national teams , all around good guy , etc. However, we are now in an era of relative stability (F. I.G. judges courses , long term training camps , etc.). We test our gymnast because we would not dare send a poor team abroad - but we continue to select our coaches and judges by vote , where favors and friends are often the determining factor.

This is not a new message - everyone is aware of it. The AAU did not rectify this situation (this was one of the U.S.G.F.'s biggest gripes) perhaps the U.S.G.F.-A.A.U. will do the job - (hopefully these groups are not patting each other on the back the way the A.A. U. was accused of patting itself on the back).

How difficult is it going to be to design an extremely difficult test (one that ranks people according to the results) for judges and coaches? How many judges and coaches would submit themselves to such a test? Would this be a fair method to use for evaluation? I believe that it would be better than any method that we have used in the past.

The coaches' test would have to take into consideration all phases of technical knowledge (including the judges ' test) and spotting ability . The first phase of the exam could be a written test that takes classification of skills on all events, exercises for pre- and post-training, judges ' examination, current compulsory exercises , etc. into consideratiori. The second part might be geared toward the actual pelformance of the coach with refer­ence to spotting and orally analyzing routines and sequences. Finally , an oral exam de­signed to be somewhat all-encompassing but with emphasis on coaching procedure and conduct during training and international contests .

The test would be given annually and must be retaken every three years in order to prove one 's desire and ability to coach on an international level. The judges ' test would be similar to the F.I.G. judges ' test but far more detailed and (hopefully) more accurate.

All of the scores would be published so all gymnasts , judges and coaches would have a clear understanding of the national ranking-just as we do with the gymnasts.

Perhaps I am being too critical of the current systems of selection for coaches and judges - however, I cannot help but see how well the gymnasts have to perform in order to " make it"; while our officials are chosen without having any sound method for evalu­ating their technical abilities.

SUMMER CLINIC AT MICHIGAN Report by George Szypula, C linic Director About 300 people of all ages congregated at

Michigan State Univ. for the 12th annual Na­tional Summer Gymnastic Clinic. There were rave notices about the clinic, the staff, fellow participants, the facilities and the food ... ev­erything seemed just right.

In the fine competition conducted by Rusty Mitchell and Fred Orlofsky for boys and by Jackie U phues and Betty Meyer for the girls the following gymnasts excelled in their age groups.

NOVI CE GIRLS: Amy Isett , Bobbi Ann Hunt and Laurie Story. JUNIOR GIRLS: Diana Sepke, Merry Jo Hill and Kathy Stew­art. SENIOR GIRLS: Rae Anne Miller, Adele Gleaves and Cherry Gleaves.

JUNIOR BOYS: Carl Szypula, Tom Lam­pone and Timmy Foster. SENIOR BOYS : Rick Russe ll , Dennis Seidel and Kelly Harmon.

The program was directed by Paul Fina, board chairman, in the absence of Jack Carr (official program director). Paul and Jack, along with Bill Meade, secretary-treasurer, and George Szypula, clinic director, make up the clinic board. Dick Richter and Dick Shilling directed the "Nite of Stars" show, a well-re­ceived , ta lented demonstration of gy mnastics and dance skill. Rounding out the fi ne staff were Ernie Carter, Cap Caudell, Bill Ballester, Tom Walthouse, Chuck Thompson, Shaun Armour, Dave Arnold, Ron Aure, Linda Beyer, Jim Curzi, Bob Dixon, C . M. Dubois, Stormy Eaton , Carl and Louise Engstrom, Joe Fedor­chik, Adele Gleaves , Barb Goode, Don Kiger, N ancy Koetke, Carol Liedtke, Charl ie Morse, Mary Nie, Jan Richter, Kate Rafferty, AI Sanders , Barb Stark, Betty Stewart, Karen Stewart, June Szypula, Jim Walton and Steve Whitlock.

The clinic will be held at Michigan State again in 1970 from Aug. 9-14.

Eastern Gymnastic Clinic Winter Session

For its third consecutive and successful year, Eastern Gymnastic Clinic, Winter Session played host to enthusiastic gymnasts from the East Coast. Four hundred clinic participants gathered at Abington High School, Abington , Pa., for two concentrated days , N ov. 28-2 9, 1969.

Clinic directors Muriel Grossfeld , Bill Coco, Bob Stout and Milan Trnka recruited a fine staff of over 50 expert instructors. Through their coordinated efforts and the clinic policy of limited enrollment, the instructional pro­gram afforded each gymnast an opportunity to participate in classes of numbers small enough to insure benefit from clinic attendance.

Each active gymnast took classes in his or her Olympic gy mnastic events, plus tumbling, trampoline, dance and routine composition. Coaches and officials shared views in the C linic Coaches' Seminar and gathered much useful information during lectures on the past Olympic Games and Care of Athletic Injuries. The view­ing of films of recent international and national competitions was also offered.

Michigan Clinic

Springfield College Gymnastic team

The clinic was brought to a close by the an­nual Clinic Exhibition. Routines in all events were presented to a standing-room-only audi­eQce by such gymnastic greats as "Fred Turoff, Gary Anderson, Sara Brumgardt , Janet Cant­well and Patti McGarry , to name a few. The highlight of the evening, however, was an ex­cellent comic routine by staff member Jack Pancott , former Olympic gymnast from Great Britain.

By the close of the day , Nov. 29 , the entire "E.G .C." family - staff and participants alike - headed for home weary but sat isfied from a job well done and with minds filled with knowl­edge and enthusiasm ready to be applied in the coming gy mnastic season.

Eastern Clinic

CHIEFS SUBDUE LIONS IN THEIR DEN Springfield College pulled off the upset of

this and many seasons as it ni pped Penn Slate, 158.20- 158. 15, in gymnast ics competition.

The loss was Penn State 's first at home in 13 years, dating back to 195 7 when the Nittany Lions bowed to Army.

Springfield College accompli shed the re­markable feat before 7500 screami ng specta­tors at a meet that was televised throughout Pennsylvania.

The C hiefs won the meet without benefit of a firs t place. The lions' Tom Dunn won three events and Tom Clark captured two first places with Captai n Dick Swetman scoring High in all events.

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Contributing valuable point s to the Spring­field Total were All-Around pe lformer Jeff Wiles who took second place in the final event , the horizontal bar, to ice the deci sion , Captai n Dave Ellis , Pa ul Briggs , Ron Brown , Joe Ceni s , Ed Datti , Tony Manzella, Kerry Newell, Doug Nielsen , Ray Pe ll et ier, Mike Provencher, Kirk Ridgeway, Chuck Shiebler , and Andy Wahtera.

- Springfield Republican , January I I , 1970

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16mm OLYMPIC FILMS We have been informed by our Associate

Bruce Frederick, that Don Clegg has so me ve ry excellent 16mm film s of Olympic Gymnastics in Mexico and anyone interested regarding purchase of this film can contact Mr. Clegg at: 50 I S. Highland, C hampaign, Ill. 61820.

INTERESTING TROPHIES Some time back we rece ived from coach

John Zuerlein a report of the fir st Stout State Invitationa l (Menomonie , Wi sconsin) where eleven High School teams from Minnesota and Wisconsi n met in Interstate competition. Al­though the meet results did not make it into the MG (lack of ,pace at the time) we were

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very impressed with the awards John used for the meet. The indi vidual winners took home trophies depicting the ir event and the team troph y won by White Bear Lake Illustrated all the events. We are sure these attractive trophies are proud possess ions for the winners.

WORLD GYMNASTIC RATINGS Dr. Gohler, editor of the Olympic Turn­

kunst gymnastic magazine, keeps a score index file on all of the top gymnasts of the world. From this file he makes up an annual rating system of points and placements as he sees it from all of the statistics he receives and com­piles throughout the year. Listed below are Dr. Gohler's tabulations and placements for 1969:

1969 WORLD RANKING FOR MEN Individual High Score

I . Kenmotsu - Japan ... . . ... 114.35 2. M. Kubica - Poland ... ..... 114.00 3. Bogus - U.S.S. R. ....... 113.90 4. S. Kato - Japan ..... 11 3.65

Nakayama - Japan ..... 11 3.65 6. Klimenko - U.S.S.R. . .... 113.45 7. Maleiew - U.S.S.R. . .... 11 3.40 8. Diamidow - U.S.S. R. . .... 113.32 9. Guiffroy - France ... .. 11 3.30

10. Kosamatsu - Japan ....... 11 3.05 II Cerar - Yugoslavia ....... 113.00 12. Ohara - Japan ....... 11 2.95 13. lisitzki - U.S.S.R. . ........ 11 2.65 14. Tsukohara - Japan ............ . .. . . .. ..... 1 12.50 I 5. Okamura - Japan ........... . .. . .11 2.40 I 6. Honma - Japan ................ .. . .11 2.30 I 7. W. Kubica - Poland .11 2.20 18. T. Kato - Japan.... .. .. ll 2.05 19. Karassew - U.S.S.R. ...... ........... .. .. 111.85 20. Koeste - D.D.R ..... ... ............................ 111.85 24. Mossinger - Deutschland ..... ................... III .1 5

Sakamoto - U.S.A. with 110.40, was among 22 other world gymnasts that scored in the II O.OO-point bracket.

Placement Rating I Sawao Kato - Japan

Nakayama - Japan 3. Kenmotsu - Japan 4. Woronin - U.S.S.R. .

T. Kato - Japan ............... .. .. Tsukahara - Japan ............ .. Honma - Japan Ohara - Japan ............ .. .. Okamura - Japan . Klimenko - U.s.S.R.

II . M. Kubica - Poland Kasomotsu - Japan. lisitzki - U.S.S.R. Bogus - U.S.S.R. Cerar - Yugoslavia .......... .. .. Konishi - Japan . . ........... . Diamidow - U.S.S. R ......... ..... . Aiba - Japan. Miki - Japan ................ .. ..

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Sakamoto, U.S.A., and other top gymnasts follow from this point on.

Team Placement: I. Japan; 2. Russia ; 3. Poland; 4. W. Ger­man Turner Bund; 5. North Korea; 6. U.S.A. and E. Ger­many; 8. Switzerland; 9. Czechoslovakia; 10. Yugoslavia; II . France; 12. Hungary; 13. Finland; 14. Rumania; 15. Sweden; I 6. Norway, Bulgaria and Spain. (Due to an over­sig ht Italy was not included in Dr. Gohler's report to the MG. We expect we will have an odiusted report later but not in time for this edition.)

VIEWpoints Ry iJick Criley

Hawaii Gymnastics Association Clinic Nov. 28-29, 1969

by Dick C riley , Clinic Director The Hawaii G ymnas tics Association ambi­

tiou sly held its first clinic with the cosponso t:­ship of the Hawa ii Department of Education. C redit was offered to high school teachers who participated in the two-day sess ion held dur­ing the Thanksgiving vacation.

The participants included about 15 teachers registered fcr credit , another half dozen from pri vate schoo ls , a number of cit y parks and rec­reation speciali sts and students from the U ni­ve rsity of H awa ii and Church College. Junior high school youngsters from a number of schools parti cipated in the age-group work­shop.

T he purpose of the c linic was to introduce teachers to the fund amenta l skills on each ap­paratus. The women's program was headed by Earlene Durrant of C hurch College, assis ted by

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Mrs. Julie C rutchfield of Punahou and Miss Kathy Quinn of Ka me ha meha , girls from C hurch College , and Dick C riley. Bill Buck headed up the men 's program, and he was as­sisted by Rick Fonceca of Punahou , Dean Hay­ward of Kamehameha and the University of Hawaii gymnastic team. The half-day trampo­line program was headed up by Mr. Larry Anderson with the assistance of J ac k Bonham, University of Hawaii gy mnastics coach , and Rick Fonceca. University gy mnasts and st u­dent s of Mr. Anderson pelformed skill s and ass isted teachers in lea rning their correct pro­gress ion and execution.

The Central YMCA of Honolulu gave still another boost to gy mnas tics by pro viding the gy mnas ium space , equipment and cooperation. The University of H awaii a lso provided equip­ment , as did lola ni School and Punahou . Possible Positions Available

A coupl e notes from Hawaii may interest readers in the rest of the country.

Because of dock st rikes , the November MGs didn 't reach us until mid-J anuary. And you thought your service was bad!

Also, I would like to echo the notice appear­ing in the Dece mber MG about us ing the MG as a means of locating openings where teach­ers and coitches of gy mnast ics are needed. (Actua ll y, it read that notices of such open­ings should be sent to the MG for publication in the C lass ifieds , but I' ll subvert that just slightly). I can not li st schools of Hawaii which are looking for coaches, male and fe­male, as I have no authoriza tion , but I can note that gymnasts with a potential for teach­ing other subjects in schools could a lso de­ve lop some mighty fin e gy mnas ts a mong our local youngs ters. The Hawaii Gy mnas tics Association is doing its bes t to stimulate an even greater acceptance of the sport in our schools. Without trying to deluge MG Box 777 wi th teaching applications and making _ no promises, we would like to hear from both men and women interested in the poss iblity of teaching in our State. Be sure to include your address and an indi cation of other areas of expertise.

CANADIAN

HI REPORT

by fohn Noone y 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

Report on the Pre-World Games Trip to Jugoslavia

By W. Weiler - National Coach We left Mont real at 8 :30 p. m. on Oct. 13 and

a rri ved in Amste rdam the nex t morning. J . Diachun, A. Simard , S . J ensen and myse lf met S'. Hartley in Amste rdam. The fli ght to Lju­blJana was delayed until approx imate ly 3 that aft e rnoon. We arri ved in Ljubljana about 5 p. m. Vi sas and money changing, as we ll as pu rchas­ing of bus ti ckets to Lj ubljana , which was about 25 miles fro m the sma ll a irpo rt, too k about Y.i of an hour. We arri ved at 7:00 p.m. in the hotel that was reserved fo r parti cipating athletes. Everyone was tired and hungry, so afte r supper they tu rned in ea rl y.

I was called to what turned out to be a very importan t emergency meeti ng where I was urged to act as offic ial trans lato r fro m German to English by Mr. I vancevic. T he meet ing was cha ired by Mr. Gande r and was called to di s­cuss South African parti cipation in the pre­World Games.

T he South Afr ican de legat ion had obta ined a visa in Pa ris , F rance, from the Jugos lav ian Embassy. Shortly before leav ing fro m Frank­furt, West Germany, on the final leg of the ir journey to Lj ubljana , they were de nied en­trance to the coun try by the J ugos lav ian gov­ernment.

It seemed that the Jugos lav ian Gymnas tics Federat ion did everything poss ible to obtain pe rmiss ion fo r the South African de legation to enter Jugos lavia but without success . All ef­fo rts by Mr. Gander with the Jugos lav ian gov­ernment by telephone and numerous te legrams also fa iled . Mr. Gander read a pa rag raph from the F IG rules to the de legations present , whi ch in so many words had the fo llowing meaning: Every F IG member nation in good standing has the right and the pri vilege to parti c ipate in any F IG meet. South Africa was voted into the F I G last summer at the world congress in Basel, Switzerland. Mr. Gander made the announce­ment that he would leave Ljubljana in the morning as he did not recognize the competi ­tion to be a fa ir one. He left the dec ision as to whether or not to assis t in th is mee t to each na­tion as we ll as to the ind iv idua ls present from the F IG technical committee.

Most technical members fo llowed Mr. Gan­der's exampl e and withdrew fro m the compet i­tion. Mr. Gander stated that no afte r effects will res ult to any na tion if they did parti cipate . Mr. Ivancev ic , whom we in Canada all know, was caught in the middle of all this confusion as vice president of the technical committee of the F IG and will be play ing a big pa rt in the organization of the pre-World Games in Jugo­slav ia .

U.S.A. had the ir private meeti ng and so did the officia ls of the J apanese tea m. U.S .A. had seven top officials and J apan about the same number. U.S.A. withdrew fro m the co mpeti ­tion immediately.

It was more di fficult to decide fo r me, as I was the onl y officia l representing our Canadian gy mnas ts. U nder the circumstances it seemed pretty clear to me to withdraw the entry. I

placed a ca ll through to Canada right away , which fina ll y go t through the next morning. Mr. Cal Gi ra rd had the same view as I had to withdraw our entry.

As Mr. Gander was to leave earl y next morn­ing, he a rranged a meeting be tween U.S.A. and Canada. The poss ibi lit y of a three-country meet in Switze rl and be tween U.S.A. and Canada, also Switze rl and , was di scussed , and we were given 90% assurance of this meet, which was to be organized in one of the major cities . Al­though U.S .A. and Canada trave led by cha r­tered bus to Z urich, a competition could not be organized.

I went to the e. P. office in downtown Z urich the next day to charige the flight as we no longer had a reason to stay onl y to learn that the tick­ets were not endorsable to another company, and e. p.'s flights could not ge t us home any earli er. We were so mewhat di sappointed at thi s ti cket arrangement , and any manager in the f1.lture must make sure that tickets be open to all companies in case of such an incident. After I had the tea m stra ightened away and on their journey home on Saturday morning I left by train to Lahr, West Ge rmany. The following Tuesday I was abl e to ge t a sea t on a mi lita ry aircraft bac k to T renton, Ont.

We all were a little di sappoi nted over this trip, but the gy mnas ts rea li zed the .necess ity of the boycott. It is unfo rtunate, hav ing spent so much money for what turned out to be the most unsuccessful tri p in the history of Canadi an gy mnasti cs . As I write thi s report I am still un­aware whethe r the competition took place at all. I could not fi nd a single piece of news about the competi tion in any of the Euro pean news­pape rs at the time.

Canadian Intercollegiate Gymnastic Coaches Association

Report by J AC K C HARTE RI S, C IGC A-Pres. A committee of nine was recently fo rmed as

Canada's representa tion on F. I. S.U. and to o rganize Canada's parti cipation in the World Student Games. T hi s co mmittee co mprises three me mbe rs from C. I. A.U. , th ree fro m e. U .s.S. and three represent ing national sports governing bodies. O urs was one of the three sport s chosen to initiate this sche me.

All Ontario uni ve rs ities are e ligible to join the Ontario Gy mnas tic Federation. These in­sti tutions will have the status of associate mem­bers and will be recogni zed voting me mbers of the federation with entitlement to all the pri vi­leges enjoyed by affiliated amateur gy mnasts. It seems good sense fo r O ntario unive rs ities to join the O.G .F. and to part ic ipa te in the growth of gy mnas ti cs togethe r rathe r than in­dependently. If every gy mnas t in Canada co-

. o perated with a ll the others in promoting gy m-

nas tics , ours would still be a minor sport. T hi s seems a greate r, not lesser, reason for joining fo rces. Support the e. I.G .e.A., support your prov inc ia l assoc ia tion and make the e.G. F. a powe r in Canadian sport.

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" Weste rn " now has a G ymnas tics squad. Men's coach is Bob Vigars. Women's coach Eli zabeth Lindsay (both c/o Department of Athle tics). Anyone inte res ted in arranging meet fi xtures with the new teams should con­tac t Bob and Elizabeth .

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Steve Mi truk is now a student at McMaster Uni ve rsity and enhances the ir squad , and Barry Brooker is do ing graduate work at the Unive rsit y of Ottawa.

If you do not a lready have one, write Bo ri s Baj in (Depart ment of Athle tics, York Uni ve r­sity, 4700 Keele St. , Downsview 463, O nta rio) fo r a copy of his and Tom Z ivic 's exce llent "Manual fo r Coaches of Women's Gy mnas­ti cs. " T his manual is not intended to stand on it s own and is, of course, most effecti ve as a supple ment to the York se minars which the autho rs conduct. Regardless , it is a mlls l fo r a ll coaches.

"This Is Gy mnas tics" continues to se ll we ll in Central and Eas tern Canada but has no t ye t caught on in the West. Obta in my book direc t fro m the publi shers: Stipes Publi shing Co., 10-1 2 C hester St. , C hampaign, Ill.

Eastern Canada Christmas Cl inic Another exce llent meet and clinic was o r­

ganized by Geza Martiny. This yea r a tota l 232 people attended : coaches , male and fe male, 50 : male gy mnas ts, 36: female , 146. All regions were represented: Prince Edward Island , N ew Brunswic k, Newfoundland , Nova Scotia and , of course, the Ph ys. Ed. students attending St. F ranc is Xav ie l'.

T he guest lecture rs were Mrs. N ada Petro­vic (competed under the name of Werne r) in Yugoslav ia now teaching at one of Montreal' s leading high school. N ada is a welco me a dd i­tion to Canadian gymnastics. Prio r to co ming he re she was very active in Aust ra lia. Our ve ry ha rd-working Albert Di ppong, national techni ­cal chai rman, was in cha rge of the men's d ivi­sion, plu s many local coaches.

T hi s C hristmas c linic has now grown to the ex tent that a summer school-type se minar must evolve. Pe rsonal congratulations must be ex­tended to Geza, who has slowly and sure ly built thi s uni ve rs ity gy mnas tic program up to one of the fines t in Canada.

If the spo rt is to grow, our uni ve rsit ies must make the ir fac ilities ava ilable and their s taff. Many a re do ing just that now, but I am sorry to say these uni ve rsi ti es a re in the mino rit y.

Canadian Christmas Clinic, Mike Nickolson, Univ. of New Brunswick

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ANYONE I!I EI FOR miSS ALL AROUND I!jJ

GERALD S. GEO RG E. Coordinator

We of the MG staff are constantly seeking ways and means of prOl'iding both educational and interesting materials for our subscribers. In an attempt to fu rther in crease the scope and breadth of the "A nyone For A II-A round" series, we would like to extend an im'itation to any and all gymnasts, coaches, j udges, and enthusiasts to submit articles pertaining to all-around instruction. Perhaps you h{JI'e a particular skill that you fe el particularly qualified to illustrate, dis cuss, and/or explain . Let's share your talents with the reading public and th ereby help to fos ter a stronger "System of American Gym­nastics."

Submit your illustrations and articles to Gerald S. George, A thletic Department, Louisi­an a State Un;" ersity, Baton R ouge, Louisiana 70803 .

I!I FLOOR EXERCISE By DAN J. MILLMAN Gymnas tic Coach. Stanford

Picking up direc tly from last month 's column , let 's go over the basic sequence of front tum­bling, the front handsprin g, front saito.

Of the two kinds of front handspring, the " fl oater" and the "s peedster," we choose the latte r for a preparation to the saito. As in the roundoff, a good, coordinated hurdle jump is necessary. As the last leg touches the ground , bending, in preparation for a great push, the arms are brought down forcefull y towards the ground. Please note that the arms don 't work independently of the body. The a rms are he ld in a straight line wth the body , and the entire upper body is th rown down fo rcefully.

For a good illu stration of the front hand­spring, see the Nove mber-December '68 issue of the Modern Gymnast , page 43.

What the illustration doesn't show is the rounded back (pulled in chest) and relaxed shoulders as the hands touch the ground. Then , at a certain point , the shoulders are explo­sive ly extended , and the chest is "opened " at the same time for a full extension. Thi s exten­sion takes place at about the same time as the lower leg is rapidl y joining the upper one after the lower leg's powerful kick from the ground.

If the chest and shoulder ex tens ion takes place just befo re or at the vertical , the hand­spring will be a high, graceful " floater," which is fine, when done by itself. But when prepar­ing for a front saito , the pu sh should take place later after the legs have passed the vertica l.

Another difference is , on the " floater" the toes should relax , or sta ll , after the initial kick­ing motion. On the "speedster," the toes should race one another to the ground. Thi s foot speed is vital to a good front handspring. We want to rotate as quickly as poss ible to our fee t.

For an excellent illustration of the handspring to front sequence, check "Tumbling Topics" by Dick Criley, page 19 of the April '69 M.G.

Note that as the feet land on the ground , the body is bent backwards like a bow , ready to spring. The arms a re stretched straight , tra iling behind , with the e lbows behind the ears. Kanati Allen correctly shows how the head should re­main s lightly back.

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Upon landing, the body unbows rapidly, the arms reaching tall through a ve rtical position and into a tuck, as the hips and heels dri ve up­ward to the ceiling. It is important to note that the gy mnast should fee l that his heels never touch the ground when springing into the front saito. Actuall y the heels may touch the ground, but try not to le t them ... thin k of stay ing on the balls of the feet.

Once in a tight tuck , all that remains is a litt le awareness and a dynamic kickout.

A word on front so mersaults: whether com­ing to a landing out of a handspring on the long horse , the floor o r landing a front saito fro m the high ba r, on floor exerc ise, para lle l bars, one fact should be kept in mind. The idea that fro nts are ha rder to land because they are "blind" is a complete mi sconce ption! If we assu me the only thing we can spot is th e ground , then the land­ings a re blind. Ye t we can spot anything we choose as long as we ge t used to it. When land­ing a front , become accustomed to spotting the spot where the wa ll meets the cei ling. You 'll have better body line , and your land ings will be more cons istent. Common errors in the front handspring, front saito sequence: I ncorrect or ineffec ti ve hurdle jump (poorl y

timed). Arms drop to ground , breaking straight body

line. Heel kick quits before reaching the ground. Incorrect amount of knee bend , beginning of

handspring. Thi s amount must be " felt " through repetition.

Arms bend when touching ground. (This breaks body line and lowers the ce nte r of grav ity.)

Bringing head forward ... this should not hap-pen until the body is into the front saito.

General timing difficulties of kick and push. On landing the handspring: Prematurely bringing head forward an arms down, losing bow-spring action. Landing flat­footed and trying to jump the front , in stead of spring. O verlean forward (resulting from above

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One fina l comment on front handspring, front saito: G enerally, it is bes t to come out of the saito simila r to the end of the handspring in preparation for another handspring or saito. The "blind " landing is the most difficult hurdle to overcome in learning the correct handspring, saito combination. Like a back kip-german on the high bar, it is the prelimina ry tri ck (back kip or the handspring) that determines the effec­tiveness of the second movement in the series. The swan di\ 'e roll: is being covered as a basic movement because it involves important mus­cles in the back which should be coordinated for any forward rotating extended movement. The mu scles of the lower back , gluteus maxi­mus (or buttocks) and back of the thighs are used in pulling the body to a stretched or slight­ly a rched position .

Two good exercises for these muscles are as fo llows: I. " Airplane" arches on the ground ; lying on

stomach, lift head and arms (in line with body) high off the ground , and wi th legs straight and together, lift legs off ground as high as poss ible.

2. Lay crossways on pa rallel ba rs, one bar over heels, and one bar under thighs. Hanging down, head poinfing towards ground , hands stretched over head (towards ground in line with upper body). Lift upper body above para lle l to ground , arching back and repeat , first twisting to left , then twi sting to right. Once the muscles a re strong enough, prac-

tice the swan di ve ro ll s preferabl y into thick mats. Even though in reality , the hips will ·al­ways lead , if o nl y fo r a fraction of a second, it is best to imagine the back of the legs and feet lead , lifting immediately off the ground. This movement takes di scipline and repetition. Once

the swan dive movement is maste red, it will he lp the handspring over the long horse and a number of other re lated movements.

The a rm action in the swan di ve ro ll is signifi­cant. On takeoff, the stra ight arms should have lifted so they are stretching and lifting in a st raight line with the body. Directl y after take­off, the a rms should spread sideward , for a good line , and to shorten the rad ius to help the body rotate . The swan di ve should be st ra ight rather than arched. Common fau lts: Lazy leg lift , caus ing the fol­lowing faults. Throwing arms down to he lp rotati on (but this keeps di ve low). Throwing hips up instead of legs and feet pull­ing rest of body around.

The full piroette: Thi s is simpl y a leap, fu ll twist, to a landing. It is significant in thai it is the bas is fo r a ll twisting sa ltos. There are a number of ways to initiate a twist , but this would re­quire a thesis to describe. I n summary , let 's just say that the body genera ll y " ge ts the hang" of the different ways to twist without hav ing to think about them at length. What will be dis­cussed in the piroette motion is, how to use the twist most efficientl y once we get it.

We have all seen ice skaters begin a spin, with the a rms (and perhaps a leg) stretched away from the central ax is of the body. As the a rms come in , shortening our radius, the body spins fas ter. I n perfo rming a piroette , the arms should begin wide, and as the twis t motion is begun, should gradua lly pull in to the body. Thus, as the twist begins , we try to twist with stra ight a rms , then pull them in.

The body twists most efficientl y when it is straight , stiff, and skinny. Keep that in mind. Common errors on the piroette (and any twist): Pull ing arms directly in befo re a stretched twist has begun. Spreading legs, piking or a rching body (it mu st be straight). Ineffective head motion.

A genera l rule of twisting is, where the head goes, you' ll go. If you are havi ng trouble twi sting, (first check your somersault rotation to make sure it is more than sufficient), then make sure you are loo king in the direc tion you want to twist until the twi st is completed.

To make sure the body is straight and stiff and skinny while twisting, make sure you tighten your stomach muscles , your buttocks, and keep the legs pressed together and locked. To do a ll this at the same time in the a ir is difficu lt . Practice it!

THE TRANSITION MOVEMENTS As mentioned in pas t art icles , there a re a

great va riety of transition movements, but they a re primarily intended to set the gymnast up for a change of direction , and to smoothly send him on his way. We can fulfill some of our st rength , ba lance, kipping and leaping move­ments in transitions , as well as show grace and dramatic expression. We can a lso lose most of our points here , so be careful and be cold!

The kip up to the feet : The kip action is a vitally important one in gy mnastics; the ability to open from a tight pike pa rtia lly or complete­ly, with speed, is used in many move ments. It requires flexibi lity to reach the correct piked posi tion , and quick strength for the opening. In learning a kip correct ly, the student should be able to do a good back bridge, with shoulders ex tended. I f the shoulders are stiff, they wi ll a lmost invariably pull off the ground too soon, when they should still be pushing. In order to be able to do an excelle nt kip to the feet , we should first learn a - Kip to the handstand : From the piked position , with hands on either s ide of the head , spring open from the pike, shoot ing the feet towards the ceiling. Have someone pu ll the feet upwards until you get used to the direction. Open to a stra ight handstand , not an arched position , and try not to throw the head back, keep it fa irly closely between the a rms. You should try and open so rapidly, the hands ac tually leave the ground momentaril y as you reach the handstand position.

Once the kip to handstand is learned , the progression is as follows : Kip handstand, arch over to back bridge , push with arms to a stand . (Keeping the head back). Next , kip immediately to a high back bridge and immediately push to a stand (reme mbering, head and arms back). Next , work on performing the entire motion in one rapid movement ; Kip through the back bridge right to the feet, pushing with the arms extended backward for as long as poss ible.

I n following the above progression , which may at first seem the long way around , the student wi ll learn a correct, extended kip, instead of the kip to squat we see often , in addition to ensuring good shoulder fle xibility.

In pelforming a heads pring, we are actual­ly doing a rapid head kip. Even in a straight body forward handspring with legs together on takeoff, we have this slight pike- snap­open movement.

The back extension roll to a handstand is generally pelformed too quickl y. It should feel like a slow pike roll to a pike on the floor , to a rapid back kit to handstand. Remember, roll s lowly and kip quickly.

On the kip with 1/2 twist and back roll with a half twist , make sure you are reaching the extended handstand position before twist­ing. Learn these step by step , making sure each step is solid before proceeding to the next one.

In a ll transition movements , lunges , etc. , here are a few generalizations to keep in mind:

Practice in front of a mirror so you begin to feel and check exactly where each arm , leg, hand and foot are - make sure all body lines look clean and in place.

Befo re working any move ment , picture it done pelfectly. to the ultimate, then work towards that ultimate. Don 't be sat isfied with almost there '

Don 't merely take pride in your ability to do , but take pride in your ability to stril'e for the ultimate.

In conclusion , we should not see every indi vidual tumbling movement as a trick in itself, because there are some mechanical genera lIzations we can make. Once we under­stand the genera lizations, in terms of what our goal is (e.g., height , trave l, rotation) , we can figure out the mechanics of any si ngle movement.

In performing the Arabian di ve roll, for example, we begin the roundoff, f1ic-f1ac the same as for the layout. Then , knowing we want only a half saito, we can stop more rotation by blocking and sending our body higher. Remem­bering the hip and leg lift and straight body , we look over the shoulder, pelforming a half­piroette, and fini sh as in a swan dive roll , hips tight. ...

It is hoped , that once the student of gym­nastics gains a mental understanding of at least what the ends are , he can figure out for himself the means , and through determined phys ical effort , transcend his mental under­standing by distilling it into physical ability.

BThe Side Horse By DON TONRY Gymnastics Coach , Yale Univers ity

There have been many articles written on side horse circles, but I have received a spe­cific request from one of our Modern Gymnast readers - so here is another one that will hopefully shed some additional light on the subjec t.

The circle, as most coaches and gymnasts know, is the basic element in all work on the side horse. Paradoxically , the best method , in my opinion, of learning this skill quickly is to atta in a fair amount of proficiency in the area of single leg skills. I cannot specifically outline those skills that one must learn before he is absolutely ready for a double leg circle, but I shall out line several good possibilities for your considerat ion.

Before proceeding into the area of skill progress ion, I would like to di scuss two other factors which I conside r to be of importance :

Flexibility - While trying to correct poor position on hundreds oLcircles over the years , I have noticed that lateral fle xibility in the hip area (waist) is often very poor in many indi­viduals. I realize that one can be quite stiff in this area and still execute excellent circles: however, the begi nner needs every advantage possible as he slashes his way around the horse. Lack of a reasonable degree of flexibility will have to be compensated by extra lean or pike, and will cause some modification in the circle pattern. Practicing the circle itself (if you can get that far) will increase lateral flexibility , but it would be an advantage to have that flexibility in the first place. Practice side-stretching from a standing position and side-rais ing from a side support position.

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Strength The side horse pertormer has developed a high degree of strength in specific areas of the body through repetition of the per­formance of circles. The beginner should develop those same muscle groups through other exercises because he cannot yet perform the circles. Exercises: L From a rear sup­port , raise hips rear-upward, ten times. 2. From a front support , raise hips rear upward, ten times. 3. Para lle l bar dips. 4. Straight leg raises on the high bar.

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I. Swinging left and right in front support (raise legs as high as possible to each s ide) .

2. Left over and back - right leg over and back.

3. Left over, right over, left back , right back.

4. Rear support: develop a swing and pass both legs under hand to front support.

5. Front support : develop a swing and pass both legs forward under hand to rear support.

6. Stride support: pass left leg forward under left hand and pass joined legs rear­ward under right hand to front support.

7. Stride support: pass right leg rearward under right hand and pass joined legs forward under left hand to rear support.

8. From stride feint position : cast forward leg rearward and attempt to execute one or more double leg circles.

There are other lead-up skills that are often taught, such as single leg circles and scissors: however, this pattern usually varies from coach to coach. The beginner must be very patient with himself and e xpect to spend several weeks to several months practicing the double leg circle before he can execute circles in a series.

Side Horse Literature and Visual Aids:

Th e Pommel Horse . by George Kunzle. International Gymnastics Materials, 527 Full­erton , Addisor, III. Approx. $5.50.

The Side Horse. by Don Tonry . Gym­nastic Aides , Northbridge, Mass. $3.00.

Beginning and I ntermediate Side Horse Charts, by Don Tonry (2 charts , 17" x 22"). Gymnastic Aides , Northbridge, Mass. $3.00.

Selected Side Horse Skill Charts. Ni ssen Corp. , 930 27th Ave., S.W., Cedar Rapids , Iowa. One chart $ 1.00.

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ImThe Rings By DON TONRY Gymnas tics Coach. Ya le U niversit y

LEARNING THE BACK RISE TO HANDSTAND ON THE RINGS

This article is intended to provide the gymnast and coach with a brief outline of the basic pro­cedure that is commonly used to teach the back rise to handstand. Prerequisites:

I. Back rise to support 2. Stable handstand 3. Hollow back press to ha ndstand

Procedure:

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I. Attempt to perform a series of back ri ses to a horizontal position with the palms of the ha nds turned outward as in the mid­point of a hollow back press to handstand.

2. The back rise should be performed by pulling with the arms and placing the rings behind the head , extending the hips (sl ight­est pike) during the first phase of the de­scent , increasing the pike slightly during the fina l phase of descent and arching the back (driving the heels backward) as the body passes the bottom of the swing.

3. As the legs, hips and chest r ise in the rear, the a rms are brought to the side of the body. The performer mu,st keep consta nt pressure (bear down) on the rings as the arms move out to the side .

4. The exact placement of the rings in rela­tion to the body depends upon the degree of elevation that the torso has achieved by

the time the arms are in position for the press to (swing) handsta nd.

Spotting: This is a skill that ca n be spotted very effec­tively. The spotter (standing on the floor) should place one hand on the performer's thighs during the last phase of the descent. As the performer arches his back at the bot­tom on the swing, the spotter thrusts the per­former upward with a sweeping motion. The performer should attempt to catch himself in position for a straight body press to a hand­stand. The spotter, if he is standing on a raised surface, may also spot the support phase of this skil l.

General: As soon as the support position is reached, the performer must learn to quickly push his lower body over his head toward a handstand. The straight arm backrise to handstand is performed in the same manner but requires exceptional rotation (heels over head) cou­pled with elevation of the shoulders (arm pull throughout the rise). The high swing that is required for the straight arm back rise wi ll often place the performer halfway between an in verted cross position and a plange upon arriving above the rings.

Common errors: I. Not following through with leg drive dur­

ing the rise . 2. Not placing the rings next to the hips in

position for a straight body press to hand­stand.

3. Not bearing down on the rings as the arms move sideward during the rise .

4. Not having a stretched shoulder position at the bottom of the swing a nd/or arching the back before the bottom of the swing.

ElThe Vault By BORI S LAV BAJI N

Research Assistant , Dept. of Phys ical Ed., York University , Toronto , Canada Formerly Professor, N ational School of Ph ys ica l Education , Yugoslavia and . Yugoslav ian Wome n's Coach 1968 Ol ympics

Yugoslavian and Canadian Gymnasts in Performing

the Yamashita Vault Comp/eled as parI of a research program in gym­

nastics under the direction of Dr. Bryce Tay lor , Di­rector of Physical Education and Athletics. York Uni" ersity , T oronto, Canada, and partially support ed by (l Na tional Fitn ess R esearch Grallt , Department of National H ealth and Welfare, Olla"'a. Canada.

Film anal ys is of a tri-meet invo lving U.S. , Yugos lav ia n and Canadian gy mnas ts on Aug. 16 . 1969 . in Toronto. Canada , showed that the A mericans utili zed a diffe rent technique in ex­ecuting the ya mashita vault th an did the Yugo­s lavians a nd Canadians. In this meet 12 vault­ers competed with seven perfo rming a yamashi­ta from th e fa r e nd. The best s ix vaults were se­lected for analys is with those of Thor, Tick­enoff a nd Tucker from the U.S. being compared with those of Vratic and Ki se l from Yugos lav ia and LaRose from Canada.

The first bas ic diffe re nce was that the pre­flight of the American gymnasts was highe r as indica ted by a mea n body position on ha nd touch of 52.3° above the hori zonta l. The Yugo­s lav ia n and Canadia n gymnas ts at the same time had a lower bod y posi tion with a mean of 43.7° (Figure 7). This higher body position on ha nd to uch for the American vaulters resulted in a la te r hand re lease as illustrated by a mean body pos ition of 99.3 ° while the mean body positio n ofthc other gy mnas ts was 92.2°.

Thi s late hand re lease resul ted in a late pike, a nd therefore the gymnas ts were not a ble to attain the body pos ition norma ll y characteris­tic of a we ll -executed yamashita vault. S ince the pike was pe rformed at a late r point in the flight th ere was not sufficie nt time to execute a good landing. I n the opinion of the a uthor an example of correc t technique in after flight can be found in the vaults of Vratic (Figure 4 , pic­ture 10) and La Rose (F igure 6, picture 9) .

Although th e Americans scored well. with a small improveme nt in technique the ' scores could be improved.

Figures I to 6 a re fi lm tracings of the vault s studied. The body position a t reuthe r boa rd contact , takeoff, hand touch , hand re lease. maximum pike in flight and the moment of l a nd ~ ing are illustra ted in Figure 7. T ab le I sum­mari zes the exact bod y positions for the same refere nce points as we ll as the scores awarded to each vault by the judges.

E3 Parallel Bars GERALD s. GEORGE Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

RE: From an H andstand Pos itio n - CAST -to an Inve rted U nderarm Support Pos ition.

Illustration A assumes a n ex tended ha nd­sta nd pos ition with all bod y segments in a direct stra ight-line re la tionship. The for­downward push aga inst the bars depicted in Illustration B serves to offset the grav ita tiona l line towards the intended direction of move­ment.

As the body begins its pendulum descent , Illustrations C -D - E, observe the proportion-

Figure 1 _ D . Thor - U. S .A. Figure 2 _ P . Tickenoff - U.S.A.

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Figure 5 - A . Kisel - Yugoslavia Figure 6 - G. LaRose - Canada

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ate forward lean across the ve rtical line. This lean serves to control the initial aspect of the descent. It is not until the leg-trunk unit as ­sumes a near horizontal position that the above mentioned s light forward lean is reversed to a degree that insures a controlled yet aggressi" e descent. The previou s illustrations, in addition to Illustration s F - G - H , depict the bas ic techniques utili zed in the " early drop" cast action . The kinesthetic sensation , thus far, is mos t s imila r to tha t of the Free Backward Hip C ircle on the Horizontal Bar.

Upon transcending Illustra tion H , note the slight hip angle decrement. This " foot-lead" action , in addition to the steadfas t for-down­ward push against the bars , affords the gymnast the opportunity to best employ all potential spec ifically to the cast itse lf. The hip angle de­crement wi ll continue in direct proportion to the

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pendu lum descent and will termInate as a totally decreased hip angle at the exact bottom of the swing. Observe that the arm-trunk angle re­mains relati ve ly fi xed as depicted in Ill ustra ­tions H -/-J - K - L. The above actions served to pos ition the body well away from the point of support (hands), a condition necessary for a mechanically sound " basket " action.

As the body approaches Illustrat ion L , the gymnast will sense a " bottoming effect" in that the bars will bow downward s lightly and then recoil vigorous ly as the body unit rises up the pendulum swing. It is at thi s time that a most vigorous and continuous shoulder angle incre­ment occurs. The action is most similar to "a throwing the bars away from and behind one­self ' as ha rd as poss ible. Refe r to Illustrat ions M-N. Note also that there is 110 aclllal "oltl/1-tary release of the hand grasp. The hands shou ld

be torn free from the ba rs by virtue of the afore­mentioned vigorous " throwing" action .

At I ll ustration N , the body is air-borne and ri sing. Observe that in itial re-contact with the bars occurs. first with the undera rms a nd then with the hands. This regrasping action, Illustrations N - 0 - P, must be instantaneous in order to stabilize the total body unit in a position slight ly above the ba rs.

Illustra tion P relates the final aspect of the Cast. The hip angle remains totally decreased and the trunk re~ion is he ld we ll above the ba rs. This momentary posi tion is sustained by means of a forceful downward pu sh of the hands and a rms against the bar. (Note that the elbow regions are point ing in a s lightly down­ward direction) . I ndeed a moment of truth is rea lized in that the gymnast is idea ll y positioned for any of the sequentia ll y related ski ll s.

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lOll Horizontal Bar GERALD S. GEORGE Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

RE: Free Backward Hip Circle - ONE HALF TURN (PIROETTE) BACKWARD - to an Undergrip Handstand Position.

Illustrations A-B-C of this sk ill sequence a re identical to the respecti ve illustrations de­picted in the Free Backward Hip Circle to a Handstand Position (MG, Oct. , 1969). Hence the mechanics and techniques relati ve to each skill are thus far one and the same.

In Illustration D, the shoulder angle con­tinues to decrease wh ile the upper aspect of the body begins to return and move backward across the upper vertical. This action is fol­lowed up with a slight decrease in the hip angle , common ly referred to as "foot lead. " At this time the gymnast is ideally positioned to set his visua l and sensual cues of relocation so as to direct the body to the intended posi­tion , i.e. , a direct straight- line relationship of al l body segments positioned slightly to the left of the upper vertical line and the longitudinal weight of the body leaning slightly to the side of the anticipated Y2 turn. All oncoming actions are dependent upon the quality of this "direc­tive set."

As the body continues to descent through Illustrations E - F , the hip angle continues to decrease s lightly. This slightly decreased hip angle and almost fully decreased shoulder angle serve as potential forces for the oncoming upward circular swing. Observe that the body is positioned well away from the bar so as to insure sufficient " basket" action necessary in actualizing the aforementioned potential forces. Such a consideration will enhance an effortless , fluid , and mechanically sound ascent.

During Illustrations G -H, the gymnast wi ll sense the " bottoming effect" of the bar. The bar will bow downward s lightly , and then as the body begins to rise up the circular swing, the bar will pull itself straight. The gymnast responds to this " bottoming effect " by means of a simultaneous and proportionate increment of the shou lder and hip angles. It is best to concei ve of these angle increments as the " throwing the bar away from and behind one­self without, as yet , releasing one 's hand-

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Gymnastic Classics Volume II - Parallel Bars Section C - Casts Number 1 - From a Handstand Positian­

CAST - to on Inverted Under­arm Support Position

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grasp." Except for the free arm depicted in the actual Y2 turn , the arms remain completely extended throughout the entire skill. (Actually the free arm should remain straight .. . sorry , it's an illustrative error.)

As a result of the previously mentioned " directive set ," the ankle regions alone follow a path identical to the upper vertical line.

Illustrations H-I-J-K reveal the shoulder and hip angles increasing in a relationship with the upward circular swing such that the gym­nast is rising slightly to the left of the upper vertica l line with the longitudinal weight of the body leaning slight ly to the side of the antici­pated Y2 turn. It is only after the gymnast attains a direct straight-line relationship position of all body segments and completes the backward piroette that the entire upper vertica l is transcended .

The traditional and necessary slip-grip action of the wrists occurs during Illustration K in order to provide support for the oncoming body weight.

Slightly before the increasing shou lder and hip angles prescribe a direct straight- line re­lationship with each other, the actual Y2 Turn (Piroette) Backward is initiated. It is best con­cei ved of as "an extension of the afore­mentioned shoulder and hip angles into the Y2 turn. " Such action is often referred to as "cork screw" twisting.

Throughout the entire Y2 Turn , Illustrations L-M, a vigorous for-upward push against the bar with the attached arm will help to avoid the tendency of turning too late. I n order to remain congruent with my concept of full anatomical range , the piroette must be initiated , executed , and completed slightly before the gymnast transcends the upper vertica l line.

An important point is that the Y2 Turn must be executed as a single action. The entire motion must be instantaneous and coordinated with respect to total body unity. Upon re­grasping to a double undergrip , Illustration N, the gymnast is in an ideal position of any of the sequentially related skills.

Gymnastic Classics Volume 1 - Horizontal Bar Section C - Backward Hip Circles Number 4 - Free Backward Hip Circle -

ONE HALF TURN (PIROETTE) BACKWARD - to an Under­grip Handstand Position

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THE BASEL GYMNAESTRADA. Too Much Not Enough

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By A. B. Frederick

A. Bruce Frederick poses for a photo with a group af Scattish handbalancers at the Gymnaestrada. L to R, Follen, Barn, (Frederick), Hale, Benny and Sey.

A gymnaestrada is a complete gymnastic experience. For the small group of Americans who were savoring their first trip to the festi­val late las t Sum.mer in Basel, Switzerland, it will remain for them a gymnastic highlight for years to come. As one unknown sage put it , " I've seen too much , yet not enough. "

The Swiss were ready in every respect for the festival. The Gymnaestrada was an organi­zational masterpiece. It was also a special time for Americans who have something to do with gymnastics. For as our Moonmen pre­pared to take a hi storic first step for man, the F.I.G. Congress approved a historic step for American gymnastics as well. This body had in Basel given approval to a Gymnastic Com­mission for the United States thus uniting, on paper at least, a community that had been split for so me years. We were commended by Euro­peans on both counts.

The color of the 5th Gymnaestrada has alrea­dy been reported by this writer.! Much more could be written. Ideas for gymnastic pro­grams abounded every day in the Halls of the Mustermesse and other ideas were discussed by concerned groups of people from a variety of countries taking literal note of the real pur­pose of such an occasion ... to elevate gymnas­tics to new heights. One of these ideas, Jugo­slav ian Ladders is exposed in detail in this issue.

Like the Lingiads which preceded the mod­ern " way of gymnastics'" teachers, coaches and gy mnastics gathered in Basel to display their own , unique work and to learn about the work of others . What follows below is a brief ex posure of the masculine side of the Gym­naest rada.

Basel Gymnaestrada As in the four previous occasions of Gy m­

naes trada festivitie s, females outnumbered

the males In a ratio approximately two-to-one. Most of the presentat ions were group efforts with occasional gymnastic work done by a si ngle gymnast. The emphasis was on class or group gymnastics, however. Certain perform­ances were designated as teaching-learning demonstrations and were very well done. We saw work from each of the fo llowing gymnastic categories:

I. Pattern and stream tumbling including doubles , triples and other balancing displays.

2. Combined apparatus. 3. Synchronized apparatus work. 4. Mass calisthenics. 5. Unusual apparatus (Iron bars , logs, lad"

ders ) 6. Combined work of men and women or

boys and girls. A clown act performed by a group of prom­

inent Czech gymnasts of a decade or more ago was a special highlight. It will be re­membered by many who saw it as one of the best comedy routines for para llel bars ever done. Synchronized work on both side horses and parallel bars was performed by Swiss gy mnasts at the opening ceremonies at St. J acob's Stadium. Simple movements were perfectly combined with music. Having seen this for the first time, it is understandable why such work is so popular in Europe.

I have used the term "combined apparatus"

ISee Mademoiselle Gymnast Sept.·Oct., 1969. Most of this issue is devoted to the 5th Gymnaest rada. ' Depending on how you pronounce it "Gymnaestrada" may have two meanings each of which is suitable. (l) Gym Strodo - The street or way of gymnastics .. . gym­nastic way. (2) Gym Aestrada - a lifting up of gymnos­tics. The modern father of the Gymnaestrada, Enric Som­mer, gives credence to both interpretations.

to represent those challenging gymnastic s ituations created by the teacher (or lea rn­ers) in which two or more different kinds of apparatus are combined. The gymnastic "play" ensueing is creat ive, challenging and is used occasionally for lead-up work. Traversing com­binations of apparatus provides a change of pace in the gymnastic program and has much to recommend it. Young German boys were seen vaulting a ramp composed of several thick landing mats combined with mini-tramps. (C-10) N at ional Swiss Trainer, Jack Gunthard, showed a more complicated grouping as he challenged Swiss champions (Rohner, Ettlin , Berchtold and Hurzeler) to jump from the mini-tramp to the horizontal bar finishing with a variety of advanced dismounts . With a little imagination, combinations of apparatus can be a very valuable method in training at all levels of skill.

The boys of Kuwait provided a simple, yet well planned routine of tumbling and floor exercises. While some were in action we ob­served others (C-15) in a unique stance ready to spring into action. Stream tumbling (quick passes by a line of boys) was featured in some of the demonstrations. Carnegie College of Great Britain presented a demonstration les­son on the variations of kipping action on the floor leading to handsprings and other move­ments. (1-7)

The Scotch provided a combination of men and women for their demonstration. The girls' work has been described in Mademoise{le Gymnast. (See Mille. G. Sept.-Oct. , 1969) I posed with the Scottish hand balancers out­side the Mustermesse . Their work included some fine pyramid balancing (L-23, 24 & 25) and as a finale they vaulted over one another often using a circular pattern where a ll men were moving at once in a sort of advanced , gymnastic " leap frog." (L-26A)

Other combinations of male and female talent were provided by Germany , for exam­ple. At least one combination was frozen for posterity during the synchronized trampoline work performed (K-30) by the Germans un­der the leadership of Dr. Heinz Braecklein. Boys and gi rl s also worked together on rhon­rads (gymwheels) under the direction of Wer­ner Mais. (1-19)

The " Evening of the World 's Best" includ­ed performances by two Americans ... Kathy Rigby and Dave Thor. We can be very proud of both of them for their very fine work at three separate "World's Best" perform­ances. Special distinction was reserved for the great Jugoslavian Champion , Miro Cerar. His performance in Basel was the third time that he was especially selected for a Gymnae­strada performance. No one but Cerar has ever equalled this honor.

There are those who emote that the Gym­naestrada has little to offer but such people sadly and a ll too often have a limited , competi­tive narrowness. For such people, gymnast ics is reserved for the select few . The Gymnae­strada, on the other hand , is for everyone. Thi s Festival , held once every four years , is dedicated to the upgrading of gymnastics in all of its forms. In a world composed of many different kinds of individuals , this periodic look at the world's gymnastic program pro­vides a tremendous impetus for those con­cerned about how gymnastics affects life and culture. As the name Gymnaestrada implies, it is an uplifting experience.

Americans have participated in Gymnae­strada work in several different categories. Our continued and expanded participation, even though great distances must be traversed and sacrifices must be made , will be one small indicat ion that the total program of gymnastics in our part of the world is becoming slowly but surely more important. Those who know gym­nast ics also know that the way to medals must first be paved by stepping stones from "the way of gymnastics" ... the Gymnaestrada.

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THE BASEL GYMNAESTRADA . . .

Worlds Best Dave Thor

Worlds Best March in (Dave Thor waves to cameraman ABF)

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Kuwait boys ready to spring into action (C-l 5)

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JUDGING by JERRY By JERRY WRIGHT

Part III - Rings by JON CULBERTSON

ARTICLE I Stemme Backwards

1-2: A back uprise , even if from a handstand , is a very simple move and a very questionable B move , as most would probably agree. Cer­tainly evaluate this one as the lowest B on the rings (value - 2.1! ?).

1-4: The "L;' support should be held two sec­onds , according to the French version of the code of points which then leads me to believe there are two parts here , and therefore this example should read A + A.

1-5: As in #4 the " L" support should be held two seconds , according to the French version and therefore should read B(?) + A. As men­tioned above , this is a very weak B move, how­ever.

1-7: Again the two-second hold has been omit­ted for the " L" support. Here A + A is desig­nated which clearly argues for my comments above at least for the sake of consistency.

1-8: This comment may be somewhat picayune, but the French has been too literally translated here (as elsewhere) to give the term stretched where straight would be more appropriate.

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1-9: For the sake of consistency this should read A + C since a C evaluation is awarded elsewhere for the straight arm planche alone (see XV-3). The French version says nothing about straight arms , and yet in the illustration it is clearly straight arms (?). This could lead to some ominous speculations - e .g., is a back up­rise to a bent arm planche a C combination whi le a straight arm planche alone is a C move?

ARTICLE II Stemme Forward

11-3: Although the illustrations appear to show the swing to a handstand with straight arms , this is not stipu lated in the verbal description from the French version. The meaning of the word "effective" here is not clarified by read­ing the French (in which the word does not ap­pear). Ed. Note: Illustrations are usually more accurate than the verbal descriptions and prob­ably should be more closely followed.

ARTICLE III Kips

111-2: The " L" support should be held two sec­onds , according to the French version.

111-3: The comments above for 11-3 apply here as well. Ed. Note: Again , it would seem that the illustrations are more reliable and that the intent is to have the stunt performed with straight arms.

111-6: . The translation here is seriously in er­ror : i.e. , " kip to support and lower to cross" . .. of course, this would be a simpler C com­bination than what is indicated by the English version. I agree with the Engli sh version , but this is not what the official French code says.

~lA!'C~~~ Back-Kips

IV-2: Handstand must be held three seconds, according to the French code'

IV-3: Same error in translation as in 111-6: French says , " Back-kip to support and lower to cross. " However, I. agree with the English ver­sion. According to French - low C.

IV-4: Shou ld read A-A (?).

I V -5: Does not seem consistent with other combinations ending in a straddle " L" support (see V-7 and VII-7). I fail to see why it is a B combination with a back-kip but not with a felge. What do you readers think on. this one?

IV-6: Should read A-C (similar to 1-9) since a planche alone is a C move (see XV-3). This time, however, in contrast to the case in 1-9 straight arms are specified. '

ARTICLE V Feige backward from swing

V-2: Handstand must be held three seconds according to the French version of the code:

V-4: Should read A-A (?) V-6: Shou ld read " Feige upward and lower to cross ," according to the French version.

V-9: Again should read A-C since a planche is a C by itse lf!

ARTICLE V I Feige Forward

VI-2 & 3: In the translation from the French version of the code, bent arms have been omit­ted from the English version. #2 should be con­sidered a low B.

VI-5 & 6: "S lowly" does not appear in the French version, and the word " lower" should precede the hold positions in both cases. The translation of #5 is a mess! One shou ld just consider the illustrations.

IJr~M~~

f+~~ ARTICLE VII

Feige backward from support VII-3: Should read " Feige backward slowly and press straight body to handstand, 3 sec., according to the French version .

L~t~ VII-4: The 2-sec. hold is omitted in the French but wou ld be appropriate if evaluated as A-A.

VII-8: This is not consistent with IV-3 , espe­cia ll y when one considers that here it is a felge directly to a cross whereas one can lower mto the cross from the back-kip (see IV-3). In add i­tion, there isn ' t that much distinction between a felge and a back-kip. Hence, this should read A-B (preferably a high B).

VII-9: Should read " horizontal body and." . ..

ART ICLE V III Inlocates

VIII-4: The new code has changed this move from a B to an A which was certainly expected and overdue.

ARTICLE IX Dislocates

IX-6 : I have the temerity to suggest that full twists are relatively easy. Particular attention should be paid to the technique , especially with regard to freedom from the rings, before a llow­ing full C credit.

'~~'~ ARTICLEX

Presses X-I & 3: All handstands must be held three seconds, according to the French ve rsion.

ARTICLEX I Slow Feige Backwards

X I-2: Handstand must be held 3 sec .. accord­ing to the French version. XI-4: "L" support held 2 sec., according to the French, and hence shou ld read A-A (?). XI-5: "L" support held 2 sec. , according to French. This B combination is dependent on a slow felge since a felge to a straddle " L" sup­port was previously defined as A-A (see V -7).

ART ICLE XII Vertical Pull ups

X I I-I: Should read "with bent arms and straight body," according to the French (although in

,h;, "" 'h, ;"'''rn;{' ~)' cern;",.

XII-2 , 3, 5 & 9: Unfortunate ly none of these clearly states that the arms must be straight when lowered to the side, according to the French code, but certainly any significant bend­ing should reduce the value of the move.

It~~~~ .9. V ertical pull up, straight arms sideward, to hanging scale rearways horizontal and 3 sec. (see also

XIV 3)

XIJ-4 & 12 : " L" support must be held 2 sec. , according to the French version. A-A for 4.

ARTICLEXIII Hori70ntal Front Lever

XIII-5: I heartily agree with the demotion of this once C combination to a B, but it shou ld read A-B.

XIII-6: Here is probably the grossest's injus­tice of the new code. When a front scale is de­fined as a B move and a ll the following moves in the combinations given here are defined as Cs (see XI-6, XI-3 and XV-3 , respectively) , how can one come up with anything less than

B_C?AIUfi

ARTICLE XIV Horizontal Back Levers

XIV-4: Should read A-A (?). XIV-5: Should read " lower slowly through," according to the French vers ion.

ARTICLE XV Planches

XV-2: Same correc tion as for XIV-5 above: "Lower slowly through. " XV -3: Should read " horizontal body and straight. "

ARTICLE XVI Cross and Inverted Cross

XV I-6: The term "and stretched" should be omitted.

ART ICLE XVII Dismounts

XVII-7: Note that from a handstand this dis­mount becomes a B move (see VIII-2).

XVIJ-8: Likewise this dismount becomes a C move from a handstand (see V I 11-3).

XVII-14: This stunt remains listed as a B but should be regarded as a low B.

In summary the ring section of the new code is quite complete and up to date with on lya few inconsistencies. The worst features of thiS sec­tion are the omissions and errors in translation from the French version. There seems to be some unnecessary duplications as with the dis­mounts , but I could only come up with a brief list of moves which might replace the redun­dancies.

Unl isted Ring Moves and Suggested Difficulty

Slow press to handstand from inverted hang with straight body . C

Maltese Cross C Press from inverted cross to handstand C Stemme forward (front uprise) from

handstand C Pull to cross from back lever with

straight arms C Feige (or dislocate) to handstand with

straight arms C (?) Two straight body in locates with

shoulders near ring height B Cast forward (or backward) from support A

Ed . Note: Jon , how about XVIII-3)?

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RegiOn One

Region 1 - Connecticut, "Maine, Massachu­setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Ver­mont.

REGION ONE

M.LT. Coach Robert Lilly reports that he is looking forward to a good season. Graduation losses included Mike De vorkin and John Schaefer, but newcome rs show a good dea l of promise in the person of Nate Rudd and Pa ul Bayer. The team roster also includes Dick Hood , co-ca ptai n in the AA: Ken Gregor, co-captain and AA: Phil Milbe , AA: Tom Hafer, AA: Dave Beck , FX: Don Wan. HB. LH. and Coz Ishimoto. LH. Prospects are for s trong SR and PB , average FX and LH and weak SH and H B. YALE UNIVERSITY Coach Don Tonry indica tes that the Yale gym­nastics tea m looks better than ever in spite of losing two seniors, Bruce Bolnick (10th place in the 1968 NCAA on the SHand in the Ivy League championships first 011 PB and SH in 1969) and Bruce Myers (No. I man for Yale in FX). Although Yale did not recruit a single gymnast, their freshmen squad consists of seve n mem­bers, one of which is Bob Rossback (Hinsdale , 111.) , who could be an all-time great on the side horse. Yale will have dual meet problems with s ix in­experienced performers and only one AA man but will have more depth than ever before. Roster includes John Boly , Phil Frost, Jim Grillo, Pete Kenyon , Chris Khoury, John Ma­lick , Dave Miller, Rich Miller, Tom Mooney, Jim Ryon, Mike Sherman , Brad Slnith and Steve Young. CORNELL UNIVERSITY Coach Bob Martin figures hi s team will be strong in SR. They lost no one and have added two strong freshmen , Tom Chesnut and Mike Lawitts: two juniors, Lynn Williams and Pete Ullman. " We will be hard to beat regardless of the league ," continues Coach Martin. Long horse tJgures to be Cornell's second best event with the 1-2-3 punch of Allstadt , James and Wiggins. Weakest event will probabl y be FX after losing top man Mike Hammel , but Allstadt, Mark EI­Iyne and Wally Auser expect to rectify that be­fore the season is o ve r. Cornell won the 1968 and 1969 I vy League championship and hopes to repat in 1970. They have scheduled some of the best teams in the East and with added ex­perience and hard work expect to be one of the best teams in the country. Newcomers include Chesnut, Rex James, good on SH and LH: Lawitts , second in N.Y. high school championships on rings: AI Janos , good on PB : Rich Bower, Pete Suci , Steve Wight and Dave Granatstein. AA: Russ Wiggin , Lynn Williams FX: AA + Auser, Ellyne , Allstadt SH: AA + Swanson, Wight , James SR: AA + Lawitts , Chesnut. Ullman LH: AA + Auser, Allstadt,James PB: AA + Wilderoter, Auser, Janos HB: AA + Suci , Ullman , Allstadt

SOUTHERN CONN. STATE COLLEGE So. Conn. has shown the strong coaching of Abie G rossfeld the past three years by being one of the. strongest teams on the East Coast, and prospects are that this year will be no ex­cePtion. With Jim Amerine leading the team

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the addition of John Crosby and help from as­sis ta nt coach Dave Thor should make this the team to beat in the NCAA College Division Nationals. Graduation losses were Fred Hatfi eld and Antone Capitao (AA a nd third in 1969 NCAA college division on SR) , however, the new team members will more tha n make up the differ­ence: John Crosby: AA , NAAU champion, second in vaulting a nd third in FX. Robert Lack man on PN and Tony Guarnieri on HB. AA: Amerine and Crosby FX: AA + T a mburri SH: AA + J a mes Yearwood , Shay (strongest

event) SR: AA + Ball LH:AA + ?? PB: AA + Shay , Lack man HB: AA + Guarnieri

LOWELL TEC HNOLOGI CAL INSTITUTE Coach Aronson reports that this sho uld be the best yea r in Lowell Tech's hi story. With no losses through graduation and led by tri-cap­tains Wayne White, Walter Marcella and Da r­rell Gallant , the prospects are indeed bright. White has two strong events, Gallant wi ll com­pete in the AA a nd finished consistently high last yea r on the H B, and Marcella is Tech 's No. I ring man. The outstanding sophomore is Mike Holmes , who competes on side horse , has full difficulty and needs only better form to start getting the higher scores. Tech uses freshmen , therefore , Frank Alden , Gary Berset, Jack Meagher, Clarence Poi sson will see plenty of action. AA: Nick Cicciu , Darrell Gallant , Wayne

White FX: AA + Mark Brooks , Robert Brown , Tom

LaCoste. Jack Meagher, Dan Mitchell , Richardson

SH: AA + Frank Alden , Henry Anderson , Mike Holmes

SR: AA + Alden , Gary Berset, Earle Dins-more, LaCoste , Marcella , Richard Weir

LH: AA + Dinsmore, Bob Lawton, White PB: AA + Anderson, Richardson , White H B: AA + Marcella , Meagher, Richardson ,

. Weir, White , William Prince

U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY Coach Jeff Cardina li reports that this is a build­ing yeal: for the Coast Guard after losi ng two a ll-around men and their top side horse man. Newcomers Mike Kirby, John Molmrose and Paul Russe ll will comprise the building ma­terial. Team will be strong on side horse and weak on rings and in floor exercise.

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Mass appears to be headed for a strong season as de pth in every event should make them a threat to any team in the East. Success rests on the shoulders of the AA men , Joe Reed, Norm Vexler and Tony Vacca and the strong team effort of the specialists. Contenders for indi vidual honors should be Joe Goodwin , FX: Norm Vexler, SH: Joe Reed , R & HB: Tony Vacca , LH & HB ; Steve Cary , LH & PB , and Scott Stover, LH & H B. Graduation losses were Dick Del Gallo, East­ern rings champion , and George Seibert. New­comers are Tony Vacca, AA , and Dave Ge­nest, LH and PB. AA: Joe Reed , Norm Vexler, Tony Vacca,

Doug Salisbury FX: AA + Goodwin , Kasavana, McCauley ,

Nelligan , Calabria, Genest SH: AA + Dean, Hastings , Jones, Riley, Au­

brey SR: AA + Jones , Myslicki , Peloguin , Aubrey ,

Genest , £earle LH: AA + Cary , Henry , Stover, Calabria ,

Genest , Searle

PB: AA + Goodwin , Cary. Henry, Peloguin. Genest, Searle

H B: AA + Myslicki , Stover

RegiOn lwo

Region 2 ~ Delaware, Pennsylvan ia, New York, New Tersev. Maryland.

Region Two Re port By STEVEN CO HEN

The artist s of Eastern gymnastics a re looking to paint a brightly colored 1969-70 season. A thumbnail sketch of the teams who answered a questionnaire sent out by M.G. is presented here to give gy mnastic followers an idea of what is happening this year in the East.

COLLEGE DIVISION E. STROUDSBURG STATE CO LLEGE Coach Bruno Kraus

It will be interesting to watch former interna­tional gymnast Bruno Kraus turn his efforts to coaching a relati ve ly young crew of gymnasts. The success of state 's endeavors will rest squarely on the shoulders of Bill Hladik , Gary Detweiler and Dan Barret , the team's all­around men. ITHACA COLLEGE Coach Gordie Eggleston

The white-clad men of Ithaca wi ll be re­bounding from a hard-luck 1968-69 season. Coach Eggleston will be going with a com­pletely new crop of talent that include all­around performers C raig Kolloff, Lee Multari , Norm Sosin and speciali sts Russ Federman (PB , R), Roger Scott (FX , LH) and Tom Bull ( R). MONTCLAIR STATE CO LLEGE Coach Terry Orlick

The 1968-69 season for Montclair proved quite successful with a record of 10 wins and two losses. This year's team undoubtedly will be handica pped by losses of many old faces, but with the bright new stars of D av id Green (AA) a nd Bill Balogh (AA), Coach Orlick's team will be big threat to all college di vision members. U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY Coach A. L. Zielinski

One of the Mariners' newall-around per­formers this year is named Bob Emery - how­ever, no relation to last year' s Nissen Award winner from Penn State. Mr. Emery, needless to say , has a big pair of shoes to fill. Other top pelformers on Coach Zielinski 's team are Ke­vin Clavin (AA) and Mariners ' Winslow , Busch, Peake and Kristensen.

EASTERN INTERCOLLEG IATE LEAGUE

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY Coach Bill Savering

Last yea r's fourth-ranked Middies will be looking for even smoother water this year. De­pending heavily on seniors Bob Marchy and captain Steve Klotz (bo th AA) , Coach Save ring will have his work cut out for him. Michael Ash, another all-around performer, will he manning hi s battle station with a talented acad­emy team. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Coach Gene Wettstone

Always one of the great gy mnastic dynamos of the East , Penn State promises no less than an excellent team this yea r. The losses of Mssrs. Emery , Litow, Kindon , Vexler and Bayuk would be enough to give a ny coach peptic ul­cers but not Coach Wettstone. Returning ve ter-

an Dick Swetman to captain seasoned Lions Tom Clark , Casey Sanders, Tommy Dunn , Len Bunes and Jimmy Corrigan wi ll provide the one-two punch. Never withou t some rabbits in hi s ha t. Wettstone will pull out sparkling sophs Marshal Avener, Bob Koenig, G len Williams and Bill Mitchell to make a ll contenders cringe. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Coach Paul Romeo

Stout-hearted Coac h Rom eo has bee n plagued by the uni versity di sease called" Ath­letic Dee mphasis ." Though he is still working hard to keep the level of gy mnast ics at high calibre, Syracuse will suffer at the hands of bureaucratic policymakers. George Statler (R) and T ony DeStefanno (S H ) are the tea m's best individuals, but it is go ing to be a stormy sea­son for the Orangemen. TE:MPL E UNIVERSITY Coach Bill Coco

Coach Bill Coco has rapidly es tab li shed himself as one of gy mnas tics ' foremost mentors since taking the head position for T emple after the untimely demi se of former Coach Patter­son. The Owls were a powerhouse of ta lent last season, turning in a nine-and-one record. No doubt , the team will feel the losses of Turoff, Geist and Weiner (red shirting thi s season), but with the exemplary talents of Pete Difurio, Ronni e C lemmer, J an Kitzen (R) and host of new faces , Temple will be a serious contender for the Eastern C rown. ':T eams li sted in alphabetical order.

RegiOn Three

Region 3 - AUloama, Wash . D. C, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ten· nessee, South Carolina.

REGION THREE COMPILED BY LYN BRYSON WRITTEN BY JERRY WRIGHT

(Teams listed alphabetically) AUBURN UNIVERSITY GYMNASTI CS C LUB Gymnastics is floundering this year at Auburn. With the res ignat ion of Coach Ed Bengston the responsibility of running the club has fallen on team captain Warren Bacon. The school has not yet secured a new coach for the group. The team members have expressed a strong desire to con­tinue competition even under this handicap. We need support from coaches across the South and the nation who will take the time to write the head of the Ph ys ical Education Dept. at Auburn , Alabama, urging the department to get a qualified coach soun. A reductiun in the budget a lso eliminated financial support for the club. T eam members are Warren Bacon, AA : Tom Barrington , SR ; Charles Stuart , SH ; Larry Smith , FX, PB , LH ; Bruce Harri son, FX, PB. S R, HB ; Tom Martin, Dick C hen­oweth and C harles Thompson.

DAVID LIPSCOMB CO LLEGE 1968 sixth-place N A I A all-around man Dave Fennessey should be a threat for first place on

parallel bars thi s year and will be competing to reta in his 1968 a ll-American ranking in the side horse event. Jac k Willard. another all-around man, should score very well thi s yea r. H is strong events are high bar, PB , S H and SR. FX: J ack Leonard , Bohringer, Fennessey, Wil­

la rd SH: Willa rd . Ron Yancey, Fennessey , Leonard SR: Willa rd , Fennessey , Jerry Guiffre , Jay

Mike LH: Fennessey, Leonard , Willard , Mike PB: Fennessey , Willard , Guiffre , Leonard HB: Fennessey , Bohringer, Willard, Leonard

OLD DOMINION COL LEGE (NOIfolk , Va.) Mark Grammer should do well in the all -around in the S I G L meet. Pat Davenport has the ex­perience and now the style to become the best SH man in the South. And Ray Shackelford should do very well on the H B thi s year. AA: Mark Grammer, Kurt Ebersole , Shackel­

ford , Allen Blackmon , Ralph Evans FX: AA plu s Jim Reynolds , Ricky Eddleman ,

Jim Ambrose S H : AA plus Gene McNiff, John Jones, Don

Rees S R: AA plu s Pat Davenport , McNiff, Hank

Foiles , Richard Joy , Bob Tylor, Ambrose LH: AA plu s Reynolds PB: AA plus Davenport , Foiles , Mike Dean,

Craig Landa HB: AA plus Foiles , Tylor, Dean,Jones, Landa

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (T allahassee) "We look for a good year from our best all­around competitor, Don Hervig. Don won the SIGL long horse event last year, and we ex­pect him to be quite strong in that event as we ll as in FX and PB ." U nfortunately, other than a few good individuals the team lacks depth . AA : Don Hervig, Terry Morris , Ed Jonas , Karl

Bishop, Bob White , Steve Tarver, Doug Lemond , Paul Goren

Other team members are Steve Musielak , LH , SR , FX: Hrian Metalits , SH , LH ; Steve Kauf­man , FX ; Lee Beal, FX , and Bill Pete rsen, SH.

GEORGETOWN CO LL EGE New coach Frank Powell reports the team is most ly beginners, but that they are looking fo r­ward to building into a respectable team. With a young team, of course , any line up will be ve ry tentative and dependent upon who work s ha·rd­es t. Candidates a re : AA: Shannon C hasteen , Bob Kohl FX: AA plu s Benny Blustein , John Cohn , Mike

Patterson, J eff Kaufman SH: AA plus John Cohn , Patterson S R: AA plu s Steve Collins, Kaufman, Curti s

Wilhoite , Curl Morgan LH : AA plus Patterson, Tom Stephens PB : AA plus Patte rson, Dale Gunn H B: AA plu s ~??~

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Coach Lee Cu nningham appears to have a fairl y good team shaping up for him. Lee reports on the follo wing: Holliday: H B: hecht vault , eagles , hecht with full di smount , etc. Wisehart: H B: inverteds, hecht vault , double

fl y-away. Murphree: SH & FX: Potential SIGL cham­

pion both events - exce llent tumbler. J anowski: SR: C lose to a straight arm outine

with a good line of skills.

AA : Holliday, Presley , El sner, Murphree FX: AA plus Wisehart , C unningham, Dimling.

Hayes , Walker SH: AA plus Bradley, Hayes, McEver SR: AA plus Pete rs, Janowski, Boyer LH: AA plus Prosser, Cunningham PB: AA plus Pete rs , Wisehart , Hayes, Walker H B: AA plus Peters, Wisehart

LO U IS IANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEAN S

Coach Loyd Huval indicates that this squad has some strong individual performers espe­cially: Roland Lopez: Exceptional FX and double saltos in vaul ting ; 100.00 potential in AA. Scott Rodosta: National caliber on rings with

good swing and strength. AA: Lopez, Bob Johns , Jay Biggs, John Barras FX: AA plus Radosta, Frank Maier SH : AA plus Glenn Morri s, Ron Lind , Jim

Mano, Ed Pavur SR: AA plus Jerry Ad rain , Radosta , Joe Emmel LH: AA plus Adrain, Lind , Maier PB: AA plus Adrain , Radosta , Lind , Emmel HB: AA plus Adrain , Lind , Emmel

UN IVERSITY OF LOUI SV ILLE Big problem here is the lac k of a seasoned sec­ond AA performer and a general lack of team depth . Team score of 11 5 is anticipated.

AA: Ted Morrison , C hris Miller, Kevin Tay-lor, J. Kessler

FX: AA plus Stan Bracata , Ken Kle ier SH: AA plus Dick Haynes , Dan Miller, Kleier SR: AA plus Haynes, Kleier , Marc Riggs LH: AA pl us Riggs PB : AA plus Haynes, Dan Miller HB: AA plus Riggs

MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY Coach Lyn Bryson reports the entire team is greatl y improved with good indi vidual per­formers and team depth. Watch for Robert Mayers - excellent on SH - could go fa r.

AA: Jeff Miller,Jim Clemons FX: AA plu s Gu y Freeman , Dav id Buel , Dick

Geisinger, Don Rutherford , T erry Vaezey SH: AA plu s Dick Ol szewski, Mayers S R: AA plus Geisinger , C huck Duncan , Jerry

Knight LH: AA plus Geisinger, Olszewski , Ruther­

ford , Vaezey PB : AA plu s Buel , Geisinger, Mayers H B: AA plus Mayers, Duncan, Jack Cribbs

NORTH CA ROLIN A UNIVERSITY Coach Fred Sanders ' report indica tes that the c rew from C hapel Hill could be tough this year with the following examples:

Frank Jeffreys: Smooth HB with excellent ex-tension

C raig Miller: Poss ible double back in FX Bob Jacobson: Freshman from N.Y. in FX Steve Alexander: A real comer on PB - Stutz,

kehre to hanqstand , etc. Fred feels tha t the e limination of the trampo­line event was a big mi sta ke. T ea m potentia l is around 130- 13 5 points.

AA: John Bentl y, John Hesse r, C harles Lantz, C raig Mill er, Bill Reid , Bob Rosenstein

FX: AA plu s Bob Jacobson, Ken Rasberry SH: AA plus Bill Calhoon , Joe Grier SR: AA plus David Gerber LH: AA plus Ste ve Alexander, Harry Snyder,

Jacobson PB: AA plu s A lexander, Rasberry H B: AA plus J ames Fisher , J effreys

NORTHEASTERN LO U ISI ANAST ATE (Monroe) Coach Wayne Boyles ton feels tha t N.E. will be fairly strong this yea r with so me good individual performers. He is looking for meets also. AA : Ray Carnahan, Albert LeCoff, C huck

Minica, Bill Schmidt , David Taggart , Glenn Venator, Ruben Villalobos, Manuel Hinojos

Other team members include Jim Fonte not , FX, SR ; Steve Lund, HB ; Blake Vidrine, SR, SH , and Ronnie Martin , LH.

NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA STATE (Natchitoches) Coach Armando Vega has probably one of the stronges t co llegiate teams in the country led

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by national team members John Elias and Paul Tickenoff, two top all-around men. Newcomer Bruce McGartlin from New Orleans will be a surprise to many , especially in FX: NW competes mostly as an AA team and sel­dom uses specialists.

AA : John Elias , Paul Tickenoff, Max Magda­leno , Bruce McGartlin , Bill Luciano , Bob Quintanales.

Other team members include Bill Morgan , SR & HB , and Pat Dial , SR, FX & LH .

WILLIAM AND MARY Coach Chris Patterson indicates that Tom Buehler may come through on the regional level on the rings and that Bill Sordill has potenti al on SH but might not develop enough thi s year to place regionally.

AA: Chris Condit, John Bryant , Bill Bullard, Dick Eyler, Ed Tomlinson , Bill Sordill

FX: AA plus Rich Belton , John C rowe , Ray Hill , Pete Tyree , Mike Berhett , Chris Layne

SH: AA plus Tyree , Jeff Wren SR: AA plus Tom Buehler, Crowe, Mike

Keurney LH: AA plus Belton , Ray Hill , Keurney , Mike

Berhert , Layne PB: AA plus Buehler, Crowe , Keurney HB: AA plus Layne

MIAMI DADEJUNIOR COLLEGE Just to let everyone know there is a fine junior college in Florida that is turning out some fine gymnasts we bring you this info about Miami Dade.

David Arnold shows excellent promise in the all-around with no weak events. Rodger Letour­neau , another all-around man with fine straight­arm work on rings. Other all-around men a re David Smith , Vince Woods , Dale Smith , Bob Spencer, Larry Konefsky , Joe Rigol , Joe Trab­baccone, Drew Keyes and Mike DiGiacomo.

RegiOn Four

Region 4 - nlinois, Indiar14, Michigan, OhIO, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa.

Region Four Compiled by Roger Counsil

Written by Jerry Wright

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Despite heavy losses Coach Szypula expects to have his team in the top three in the Big Ten. Gone are Toby Towson, FX, who won practi­cally every title available; Norm Haynie - Big Ten champion on HB ; Craig Kinsey (SR) , third in Big Ten; Dennis Smith (SH) , second in Big Ten ; Ed Witzke and Dan Kinsey. New personnel include Charles Morse , Michi­gan high school AA champion and sixth in NAAU on PB ; Tom Kuhlman , AI Beaudet , fine AA from New Jersey ; Randy Balhorn , third AA in Illinoi s State High School; Ken Factor, excellent AA from Philadelphia, and Fred Zafran , another fine AA prospect from

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Philadelphia. AA: Joe Fedorchik , Mickey Uram , Randy Bal­horn , Tom Kuhlman , AI Beaudet FX : AA + Rich Murahata, Pete Sorg SH: AA + C harles Morse SR: AA + Morse, Mark Anthony , Bob Golden-

berg, Balhorn LH: AA + Sorg, Murahata PB: AA + Murahata, Morse, Ken Factor H B: AA + Beaudet , Murahata , Fred Zafran INDIANA UNIVERSITY First-year coach Jim Brown reports that I. U. has a fine frosh team but will need seasoning. Team generally short on experience with loss of Ki vland, Witmer, Graff and Wi ser. New personnel: Dave Carter - Ind. state a ll­

around champion '68 and '69. Bob Gleichman - Illinois high school finalist Gene Coyle - I nd. high school second in AA

first on PB. Gary Powell - I ndiana high school FX and

tumbling champion OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Coach Sweeney indicates that not havi ng tram­poline as an event will hurt his team so mewhat. as that was one of their better events. Bringing up a weak side horse team will help us four points at least, he states. Sweeney predicts a 152-155 score on fair days. However, Ohio State might be hard-pressed to retain their fifth place in the Big Ten standings of last yea r. Losses include Mike Sexton , Big Ten trampo­line medalist: Steve Howard , AA , and James Simon , SH. Newcomers include Reed Klein , AA , will help in a ll weak events, and Gary Gammage , good backup in AA and will help right away in several events. AA: Bruce Trott , Reed Klein , Gary Gammage ,

Je rry Ballinge r Other team members are Steve Younger, Walt Buck , Pete C lute , Mike Kniffin , Steve Meyer, Tom Roush , Joe DeH aven, Bob Harding.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Coach Pat Bird reports that the team has

quantity but does not ye t have the qua lity re­quired to succeed in this league.

Los ses were many: Mark Howell , Dave Stende, Robin Linder, Larry Peterson , John Hennessy and Mill Munsinger. Newcomers are Jeff Rock - Minnesota State a ll around champ - 1969 and Rick Blesi - Minnesota State all around champ - 1968.

AA: Jeff Rock , Rick Blesi, Fred Kueffer, C raig Carlson , Charles Marti

FX: AA+ SH: AA+ Randy Hoffa, Ru ss Fystrom SR: AA+ Pat Preston , LH: AA+ Frank Harris pb: AA+ Steve Benson, Dave Chapman H B: AA+ Frank Harris , Blair Hanson

WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITIES W.S.U. AT LaCROSSE

WSU at Lacrosse will be looking forward to defending their 1969 conference champion­ship and hope to capture the 1970 title. La­crosse has won 3 consecutive conference titles under coach Jim Howard. Our weak event , according to Jim, will be still rings , but the re­mainder of the events are well balanced. Coach Howard also reports that he expects some out­standing performances from Steve Berger (1969 NAIA trampoline champion-5th in FX, 4th in LH) and Eric Johnson (1969 NAIA SH champion). Jim indicates that the trampoline event will be a special event in the NAIA Nationals only. It will not be used in dual meets and not in the Wisconsin State Uni­ve rsity Conference championship meet. Ap­pa rently non-resident tuition increases forced the loss of two fine gy mnas ts from Minnesota and this will affect the team. AA: Steve Schultz, ??? FX: AA + Steve Berger, Mark Calligan SH: AA + Eric Johnson , C hris Shaw SR: AA + Russel Franken, ?'/?

LH: AA + Berger, Dan Woodward

PB: AA + Mike Tolzman, Ra lph Drecke H B: AA + Druecke, Tolzman Roster a lso includes: Keith Bolham, Mark pnughoeft , John Pollack , Walter Price, C harles Smith , Robert Tolzman , and Don Von Ebers.

WSU AT OSHKOSH New coach Ken Allen rela tes that having

judged in the conference prior to this yea r he feels that he can state tha t the team should maintain their relati ve position. The team lost a few good pelformers because of the raise in out-of-state tuition but these spots should be capably filled by other team members. A lot will depend upon fre shman performers.

Losses included: Neal Krupicka- AA: Bill Vollenweider-SH : Jim Altree-PB , HB ; Dave Ellis- Tramp. , LH: Mike Meissner- FX and H al Devera. This is compensated for by six new freshmen that were not recruited but just came to a good school with a fine gym­nast ics program. AA: Jim Rainer, George Grainger FX: AA + Bob Stoneman , C hris Grainger SH: AA + Rick Jaku s, Joe Lake SR: AA + John Kouba, Mike Gelles, Larry

Suihlik LH: AA + Stoneman , Ch ri s Grainger PB: AA + Frank Loomis, Suihlik , H B: AA + Jim Arthur, Dick Bacon

OTHER SCHOOLS

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Coach Fred Orlofsky sounds optimistic in

stating th at hi s is a " much improved team. " Western did not suffer any severe graduation losses and added some promi s ing freshman and losses and added some promising freshmen and they are hoping for their first winning season ever, though they have a ve ry tough schedule.

New pe rsonnel include Larry Jordan - AA from Wacren , Pa. - especially strong on SR & PB and G ene Brinkerhoff - FX & LH from Jackson, Mich. AA: Larry Jordan , Chuck Beatty , Bob Schau FX: AA + Denni s Spencer, Brinkerhoff, Paul

Boes , Brinkerhoff SH: AA + Mark Kujawa , Larry Weeks SR: AA + Dale General , John Vignola , Bill

Bernadelli , Rick Toohey, Poe , Bankowsk i LH: AA + Spencer, Brinkerhoff, Toohey PB: AA + Weeks, Bob Borrow, Jim Alderink H B: AA + Borrow, Alderink

STOUT STATE Coach John Zuerlein indicates that the

team will be the best it has ever been in spite of definite weaknesses in long horse and on PB. Our team , states John , is young, but still the most experienced we have ever had. Stout will host the N A I A Nationals and this could effect

"He did the required very nicely, but I didn 't care for that last little effort of his own."

the team's performance. Peter La Loggia, freshman from Illinois ,

is expected to develop into a good AA man. Ron Day has been lost from the team -a fine AA man , excellent ring man and good leader. AA: Bill Liebich , Craig Sas FX: AA + John Elliott, Steve Joelson SH: AA + AI Doerer, Alan Smith SR: AA + Tim Kruse , Mike Zissman LH: AA + Larry Pfeiffer, Jim Beeck PB : AA + La Loggia, Harry Look H B: AA + La Loggia, Paul Krauth

MANKATO STATE COLLEGE Mankato has three returning lettermen,

one transfer student and the remainder fresh­men. Coach Bill Holmes feels that the team has a good potential: however, it will take a lot of work to score well. The team is working well and is excited about the school hosting the College Division Nationals and determined to make a good showing.

New men are Tim McCloskey from N.E. Louisiana-excellent high bar and good AA potential : Gary Mortenson - frosh from Min­nesota - FX and vaulting.

Team losses were: Captain Bob Wuornos , Dave Edens, Mike Zenk and Tom Loppnow. AA: John Focht, Bob Knight , Brent Smith ,

Tim Marcks FX : AA + Eric Paul , Mortenson SH : AA + Jim Rosenou , George Flad SR: AA + Dave Bye, Dennis Meemken LH: AA + Eric Paul , Jim Tarnowski PB : AA + Bye HB:AA+Bye

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY E. Mich. expects to be stronger over­

all than last year even though they will have to rely on gymnasts with no va rsity experience in FX and SR. Their top trampolinists has turned to diving because of a lack of competition on the tramp. With a year of experience under their belt Lanny Mills and Tim Reilly a re ex­pected to be greatly improved in the AA and contribute about 60% of the team score.

Losses were Sam Muffitt - SR specialist: Rollie Steele - FX specialist and Chuck Har­vey - SH specialist who is down grade points but hopefully will be back second semester.

New personnel include: Jim Curtis-SR ; Tom McArt-AA, Dan Witz -state tumbling champion, Dennis Sawtell- FX & LH , Joe Trimai - State side horse champion - gopd things expected.

AA: Lanny Mills , Tim Reilly , Tom McArt Roster: Kainz , Ogg, Wasyliniuk , Ciarovino, Perry , Peters , McDermott , Curtis , Cilk, Witz Fronimos , Trima i.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE

Coach Bill Roetzheim reports that the team will be above average this year, but with­out seniors they will lack the experience neces­sary for top national ranking. The underclass composition of the team shows promise of building into a power by next year. Although young, enthusiasm appears as though it will carry the team through a winning season. One glaring weakness is the team's failure to come up with a second all around man and the fact that freshmen will be used to fill out the line­up. Thirteen positions , however, will be filled by returning gymnasts.

Losses were significant: Jim Schaefer and John Schrammel not only were co-captains but also tied in the annual vote for the most valu­able gymnast.

F~urteen new freshmen are going to be counted on to add valuable depth and a look to the future.

Roster: Vogt, Heaver, Sakurada, Schaeter, Schubert , Vanic , Biddingen, Bohlin, Fish , Foy, Fritzsche, Efstathigo, Grabinski , Engi , Jensen, Johnson, Heyman, Laschoben , Kruse , Kelly ,

Losott , Reeves , Paravan and Misek.

ST. CLOUD STATE COLLEGE The prospects here are definitely not

cloudy! H B is the team's strongest event. SR specialists are good except for the AA men , FX is good and SH for AA is poor but the team potential is around 145- 150 points .

Losses were Dave Olson and Larry Wat­son (both side horse).

Newcomers are Jeff Chinn, excellent ring specialist (placed in state meet). Tom Kahler­placed 2nd in 3 events in state meet. And Dave Vensas-state champion on SH two years ago. AA: Scott Lewis , Mitch Vogt , Mike Brown,

Gordon Schroeller FX: AA + Mike Ryan , Tom Kahler SH: AA + Dave Vensas , Dennis Anderson SR: AA + Mike Nilles , Jeff Chinn LH: AA + Gill Gillespie , Mike Ryan PB: AA + Gillespie H B: AA + Brown

MIDEAST GYMNASTICS LEAGUE This new five-school a lliance consisting of Southern Illinois University , Indiana State University , Northern Illinois , Illinois State Univ. and Ball State University should con­stitute one of the stronger leagues in the coun­try. Southern Illinois University and Indiana State already enjoy national reputations and Illinois State with an impressive array of Frosh ta lent will surprise many in the near future.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Coach Bill Meade reports that he should be able to field a team. I n fact, the prospects are pretty good as usual in spite of the loss of AA men Pete Hemerling and Stu Smith and ring man Wayne Borkowski . Taking up some of the slack will be newcomer Tom Lindner, AA (10th in Midwest Open and fourth in Iowa Invitational), and Charles Ropie­quet, Midwest Open and Iowa Inv . ring cham­pion , and Dan Bruring, 1969 Illinois State High School ring champion. Team strengths: HB , PB , SH and SR Team weaknesses: LH & FX Lineup: AA: Tom Lindner, Frank Benesh FX: Bill Beebe, Tim Frank, plus AA SH: AA plus Dave Oliphant,"Ron Alden SR: AA plus Dave Fruring, Ropiequet and

John Arnold LH : AA plus Alden, Frank Larry Ciolkosz PB: AA plus Arnold, Jeff Long, Don Locke HB: AA plus Del Smith, Frank, Bert Schmitt,

Mark Davis INDIANASTATE UNIVERSITY With the addition of several new faces and the loss of only one veteran, co-captain Ed Na­varro, the prospects for the coming gymnastics season at Ind . St. are quite bright. Eight indi­vidual gymnasts qualified for the nationals last year and all eight will return to the team this year. "They include All-American Tom Neville, a finalist on the side horse; sophomore sensa­tion Dave Seal , top 10 in NCAA as Frosh last year; Dave Gilchrist, also in the top 10 in NCAA last year on the HB; Bob Bosse and Dan Wunderlich in vaulting and floor exercise standouts Fred Henderson and Ray Jauch. Among the new personnel are D ave Huson -AA whose best event is PB ; John Pellikan from Denver, Col. - AA who placed third in AAU Junior Olympics last summer; Paul Woercz, second in Ind. St. High School in FX ; Byron Horine - SR ; Paul Dachdjian -SR, PB ; Bill Zeigler - SR; Bill Goodwin from Miami - AA ; Dick Brennen from Syracuse, N.Y. - AA, and Rick Wagner, Centereach , N.Y. AA: Bill Goodwin, Dave Huson , John Pellikan FX: AA plus Henderson, Jauch, Quimby,

Hostetler, Kevorkian , Wunderlich, Woerz SH: AA plus Neville , Lapointe, Glinsky , Ehr­

hard SR: AA plus Roberts , Seal, Rendel , Eller, Ne-

ville LH: AA plus Bosee, Wunderlich , Kevorkian,

Woerz, Wagner PB: AA plus Eller, Thomas, Brennan, Wagener H B: AA plus Gilchrist , Tavenner, Wagener.

Lendi ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY ISU's gymnastics squad has added depth for the 1969-70 season particularly on the H B and SH. Two freshman all-around men will help strengthen the team and will give addi­tional depth. With only one senior on the squad and 100% eligibility from last year's squad. I SU will have a good chance to defend their confer­ence (II AC) title of 1968-69 and will make a strong bid for a high placing in the NCAA col­lege division nationals . Team losses were Ron Bauer and Mel Wheeler. New Personnel: Greg Gian - AA from Rich centra l Terry Haines - FX, LH , PB - III. state high

school champion on trampoline Frank Acquaviva - H B - Harvey, Illinois Larry Larson - SH - Illinois Steve Munro, Mike Hughes - AA, Richa rd

Allen - HB,Jim Artwohl - SH.Jim Pep­per - SH, Richard Atwater - FX.

AA: Bian, Alan Galatte, Haines, Mike Hughes, Art Weidner

FX: AA + Rick Atwater, Jay Wil son SH: AA + Artwohl. Doug Atkins, Curt Haines,

Larson, Pepper SR: AA + Rich Carlson, Rich Smith , Gerry

Whitson LH: AA + Tim Cline PB: AA + Lee Combs , Gary Gathman, Mike

Hillineer HB : AA + Acquaviva, Rich Allen

BALL ST ATE UN I VERSITY Coach Robert Weiss projects that his team will be in the high 140s this year.

Don Hoecherl , new from Miami-Dade J.e., is expected to strengthen the SH event. AA: Jim Gaszynski , State G ale FX: AA + Dennis Smith,Jack Kosma SH : AA + Don Hoecherl , Mike Rich SR: AA + Ellis Dames , Rich LH: AA + Dames, Eric Connell PB: AA + Connell , Dennis locco HB: AA + Connell, Rich

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Coach Hubie Dunn anticipates that his crew will score in the neighborhood of 130-140 points. Graduation losses were Dave Moehale, Les Hoffer and Steve Mitschele. Promising newcomer Robin Tennessen is ex­pected to contribute greatly on HB, FX, LH .

"Okay, girls, what's all the tittering? You've all seen Stan workout on the high bar before."

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SR: AA + Mike Wedge LH: AA + Tennesse n PB: AA + Randy Cormican HB : AA + Joe Garris UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Picked by most as the favorite in thi s league , Coach Newt Loken will be ou t to make that prediction come true. Michigan will ve ry much miss the likes of it s eight departed seniors , but they do have some fine young men coming up , and the spots should be filled adequately. In FX NCAA champion Dave Jacobs will be mi ssed, but Huntzicker a nd Black will be taking up the s lack. Side horse lost Wagner, but Newt feels that Gluck and Kaziny , plus Saffier and Gura, will make this a solid event. Rings: whenever you lose men like Kenney and Froeming, you're hurting, but in Frowick, Sale, Mackie and Rogers they hope to stay around 27 points here. Vaulting: Loss of Rodney (NCAA finalist s) will hurt but trust others w ill fill in . P. Bars: again losing a great pelformer like Big Ten champion Dick Ri cha rds will affect that event , but Capt. Rap­pe r (NCAA champion) , along with Mackie , Plotkin and the AA men, should help. HB: Michigan fans will certainly miss the unique stylists, Mike Sasich a long with Fred Rodney, since both of them a lways came through but realize that Ed Howard , Ted Marti , Murray Plotkin , Mackie a nd Scully will do a fine job. The AA event will have a strong one-two punch with Big T en all-around champion Rick Mc­Cu rd y and seco nd-place man Sid Jensen. Also in th p ,\A will be Plotkin a nd Mackie.

AA: Rick McCurdy , Sid Jensen , Bill Mackie, Murray Plotkin + frosh Ray Gura-Cle ve­land

FX: AA + Huntzicke r, Black, Weibel and fros h Bl ack- Illinoi s: boys from Michigan

SH: AA + Gluck , Kaziny , Saffier, Gura SR: AA + Frowick , Rogers LH: AA + Huntz icker, Rogers , J ackson from

Canada P8: AA + Ra pper, Vanek , Marti , Rogers from

Canada HB: AA + Howard , Marti , Scully

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Coach Mike Jacobson will be hard-pressed to come up with as strong a crew as last year's NCAA championship tea m. The loss of Bob Dick son - all around , Keith McCanless (two-time NCAA champion on the SH) a nd Don Hatch (three-time Big Ten SR champ) will probably show. Freshman Chuck Ci tron (SH) will be a contend­er thi s year, Rudy Ginez , AA , looks like a con­tender on the PB s, a nd D an Repp will be a con­tender on SR. Coach Jacobson 'predicts that Iowa will have to beat Michigan , Michigan State and Illinoi s

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"Didn 't I tell you two guys that Martin would show up in time for the next practice?"

for the confe rence title and will have to depe nd o n fre shmen for a lot of help. I njuries could playa big role , he says, which might indicate a lack of depth. Rosters : Jerry Bonney, C itron, Phil Farnam, Rich Feldkamp, Rudolpho Ginez, Ray Hardin , Wa llace Kann , Brad Larson , Ken Liehr, Dave Luna, James McRlan , Roger Neist , Mike Prec­tor, Dan Ra pp , Rich Sauer, Rich Scorza, Dave Short , Dean Showalter, Barry Siotten , Dick Taffe a nd Jeff T ay lor.

Region Five

Region 5 - Iowa State Unjv., Kansas, Mis· SOUM, Nebraska, North . Dakota, Oklahoma.. South Dakota.

Big Eight Confe rence - Region 5 Co mpiled by Dave Wa rdell

Written by J e rry Wright

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Coach Ed Gagnier has almost the same tea m back that finished third in the 1969 NCAA na­tionals with the one big exception of Ward Meythaler, NCAA co-champ on the rings. New personne l include Jim Stephenson , fresh­man AA from EI Cajon , Calif. , and Siew Buck , FX and LH man from Ames , Iowa. Ed reports that hi s greatest asset will be depth because of his seven all-around men and with fi ve conference champions returning it look out " Big Eight. " AA: Dave Butzman, Payton Davy, James

Gilberto, Dennis Mazur, Brent Simmons, Richard Simmons and James Stephenson

FX: AA + Doug Berry , Stew Buck , Robert Ito , Bob Miller, Jeff Robken

SH: AA + Russe ll Hoffman , Doug Peak , Don Graves

SR: AA + Barry Dickerson , Kim Orr, Tony Rizzuto

LH: AA + Mason Buck, Stew Buck PB: AA + Rex Gray , Jeff Levin , Don Graves HB: AA + Ken Fontana

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Coach Francis Allen reports that he has the best group of freshmen he has ever seen at the U. of Nebraska and is looking forward to an up-a nd-coming team. N ew personnel include Hoppy Batten , H Band AA ; Mark Albanes e, Jack Bullington and J eff Johnson. AA: Foster Batten , Steve Elsasser, Alex Ger­

a rd , John Kocourek FX: AA + Jeff Johnson , Tony Manthay , Stu

Pauley , Tom Riesing, Tim White SH: AA + La rry Everman , Vic McWilliams,

Rick Yates SR: AA + Bullington , Albanese LH: AA + PB: AA + Denni s Moen , Stu Pauley HB: AA + Steve Jones UNIVERSITY OF COLO RA DO Coach Lindy Baer regretfully admits that Colo­rado does not have a good deal of depth . I f they

stay healthy , however, they could improve on last yea r's record. Strong event will be FX, a nd weakest event will probab ly be H B. Losses were Ben Blea and Eric Singer, both fine performers. Newcomers are Tom Casey, who had shoulder surgery last year but has recovered nicely and will be in FX. Also, fre shmen Mike Harrison and Rand y Sherman should help the team in vaulting and looking for big things from Jim Lane on the side horse. AA: Pat Edwards , Gary Pomeranz, Ken Mc-

Caulay FX: AA + Dennis Berg, Tom Casey SH: AA + Jim Lane SR: AA + Randy Schumacher LH: AA + Mike H arrison , Randy Sherman PB: AA + Dave Forman H B: AA + Bruce Lonnecker

RegiOn Six

Region 6 - Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas.

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RegiOn Seven

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

Region Seven Report By DON NORTON

Dept. of English, Brigham Young U.

The best news in the Rocky Mountain area is the constantl y improving quality of gymnas tics a t both the collegiate and high school levels. Tea ms a nd indi viduals from Region Seven are gaining fine reputations .

U nfortunately I have not been able to find a high school represe nta ti ve from Montana and Arizona. Any vo lunteers? Bob Fisher from Boulder is anxious to re port Colorado high school news. There is virtually no high school gy mnastics in W yoming a nd Utah.

U. OF UTAH, Lary Anderson, Coach This yea r will be a successful year for U. of U. gymnasts. The team, though small in number, boasts four experienced all-a round men, Sergio Luna, Ken Wright (nicely recovered from last year's injuries) , Bob Montgomery and Roger Haldeman. G uy Seghetti , Dennis Jones and Mike Judd , all with competi tion experience , will furni sh added depth . Brian Taylor has made the trans ition from trampoline to other events and could mean added strength on the P-bars and long horse.

The most experienced performer on the team is Sergio Luna, who participated fo r Ecuador in the 1967 Pan- American Games and in the 1968 Olympics: he also went las t yea r to the N CAA nationals . Each of the a ll-around men should pose a threat among the top specia lists in conference co mpet ition.

Bes t prospects, by event : F X Wright (Jr) , Haldeman (Fr) SH Seghetti (Fr) , Jones (Jr) SR Haldeman, Luna (Jr) LH Wright , Montgomery (FR) PB Luna, Haldeman HB Luna AA Luna, Haldeman , Montgomery, Wright

BRIGHAM YOUNG U. Bruce Morgenegg, Coach BYU 's traveling tea m thi s year will consist en­tire ly of seasoned juniors and seniors. The win­loss reco rd this year ought to tip decidedl y to­ward the win s ide. Peak performances should average in the mid-I 50s : strongest events wi ll be rings , P-bars and side horse.

Each member of the tea m is showing excep­tional strengths. These gymnasts will con­sistently lead the scoring:

Don Ferre, AA(48-5 1): 10th in N CAA long horse las t year ; sixth in WAC all around.

Darry l Miller, SH: I st in Californi a State Jr. College championsh ips.

Bob Bailey, PB: finalist in the same cham­pionships .

Raleigh Wilson, SR: finalist in the same championships.

Bryce Martin , FX: second in WAC , 10th inN CAA.

The team, by event: Ai\. Ferre,John Hughes FX Martin , Dave Waters SH Gary C randall , Way ne Larson, Darryl

Miller, Richard Schafer, Watters SR Dan Dav is, Randy Greener, Wilson LH Martin, Wil son PB Bob Bailey, Greener, Martin , Watters H B John Green , Greener, Martin

Area Events: Coaches and judges from the Salt Lake City and Provo (BYU) areas met in SLC on Nov. 14 to organize an officials assoc iation. Visiting tea ms should find judging at the U . of Utah and at BYU more and more profess ional in months and years to come.

U. OF COLORADO, C . L. Baer, Coach The team does not possess a great deal of depth , but if they stay healthy, they should improve upon las t year's fourth-place Big 8 finish. FX is strong, H B weak and the other events im­proving.

All-around men will be Gary Pomeranz (S R) and Ken Macaulay (Jr).

Excellent pelformances in FX should be com­ing from Tom Casey (Jr) (he is just recovering from shoulder surgery) and Denni s Berg (Jr). Pat Edwards (S r) is looking very good this year on SH, SR and HB.

Pomeranz is recovering from knee surgery but is improving rapid ly in most events.

Jim Lane (So) will he lp great ly on the S H: Mike Harri son (F r) and Randy Sherman (Fr) will strengthen vaulting.

O thers on the roster, by event: SR Randy Schumacher (So) PB Dave Forman (So) H B Bruce Lonnecker (So)

Ot her tea m members who may help on other events a re:

Steve Lopez (Fr) C urtis Mallory (Fr) Dennis Schi rm (Fr) Harri son Sherman

AA FX SR, PB , LH FX ,A A FX , HB , AA

FO RT LEWIS CO LL EGE Clint Ewald , Coach Jim Gilbert, who led the 1969 team to seventh place in the N A I A, has returned to graduate school. C lint Ewald is the new coach .

The squad is small , and the loss of Nat Boyer will hurt , but the tea m may we ll do better than las t yea r.

AII-m'ounds Rich C lose and Dusk Winkler, both 1969 N A IA All-Americans, wi ll be the outstanding pelformers. Ray Lammon will a lso work a ll around.

Others on the team, by event, are: FX Tine Martinez SH Ray Ferguson, She ll y Glassman , Bucky

LaRochelle SR Martinez LH Ferguson PB Martinez H B All-around men

AIR FORCE ACADEMY Major Karl Schqenzfe ie r, Coach AF A enjoys thi s year the best team strength ever: the tea m at this point looks like a strong contender for the Weste rn I ndependent Region­al championship.

Best prospects , by event: FX Kennedy, Ritter, Sorana, Roskey , Lower SH C lauson, Fretzs SR Tracey, C hase, C unningham, Prender-

gast , Rabins LH Kennedy , Ritter, Sorana, Lowe PB Eaton, Nardecchia, C unningham H B N ardecchia, Oakeshott AA Alexander, Hoit , Nickerson

AF A will host both the Rocky Mt. Open (Dec. 5-6) and the Western Independent Regionals (March 19-2 1)

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Doug DeWitt , Coach With the loss of six important senio rs fro m last year's team, the bulk of responsibility must fall on the freshman. The squad is in a building yea r. And the days are past when Denver could chalk up 34 consecutive dual meet wins: stronger co mpet ition will put great pressure on the team.

Yet the pioneers as defending champs are a strong contender for the Western Independent championship. Potentia ll y the team is even stronger than last year, but inexperience may take its to ll. Junior Vince Nicoletti has pro­gressed in all events. Freshman Rod Richards, one of the top h. s . pelformers in the a rea, will also go all around. The team appears strong in a ll events except still rings.

T he team, by event: AA Vince Nicoletti (Jr) , Rod Richards (F r) FX Mike Meyer (Fr) , Rick Mosie r (Fr) SH Frank Swanson (Sr), Bruce Metcalfe (Fr),

Dan Belger (Fr) , ( I st, 2nd and 5th , re­specti ve ly, in the 1969 Colo. State H. S. championship), Larry Stone (Fr. from Illinois)

SR Gary Cook (So) , Wayne Paney (So)

LH Andy Saunders (Fr), Meyer, Mosie r PB Mosier, Meyer, Paney H B Saunders, Swanson , Paney

SPECIAL EVENTS : On Nov. 1-2 Den ver hosted the N ational Gy m­nas tics Congress.

Jan. 4-5 an exhibition German team competed against selected a ll -around gy mnasts fro m Co lo­rado. And the Colorado Gymnastics Associa­tion conducted a special clinic featuring the German gymnas ts.

Also this season the Colorado Association will conduct a se t of instructional cl inics for high school and college offic ia ls. Grady Math­ews has organized these, and he will be as­sisted by top judges in the area.

Colorado High Schools High school workouts do not begin in earnest until J anuary: meets begin in March. So sched­ules are still be ing worked out.

MONTANA Gymnastics is booming in Montana now. Ap­proximate ly 15 high schools have gy mnas tics competitively, and the quality is improving rapidly. I nteres t in the sport is growing by leaps and bounds. C linics a re being organized, and top people in the sport are being brought in to assist. Many in the state a re interested in be­coming quali fied j udges and a re spending many hours of study in preparat ion.

AAU meets will begin as ea rl y as December. Eastern Montana plans to host an open meet for the high school s and co lleges: and the col­lege 's team plans to tour the state giv ing exhibi­tion matches to rouse more interest. Sadly , Eastern Montana is the on ly competing team in the state and so must trave l fa r to meets.

High school meets require co mpulsories as well as opt ionals. Billings West and Kalispell high schools are the best. But other high school tea ms are ga ining in stature. Attendance at the full schedules of high school meets is encourag­ing. About 1,000 spectators saw the state cham­pionships at Eastern Montana College las t spring.

EASTERN MONTANA COLLEGE Jay Shaw, Coach The team has good potentia l, if each gy mnas t works to hi s capacity. But the team is young and inex perienced : this is on ly the co llege's fo urth year in competition. The team hopes to place a mong the top teams in N A I A this sea­son.

Outstanding performers include a ll -around men Tom Perry, Charles Nicloles and Bob Ander­son. Perry placed 18th in the N A I A champion­ships last year. Leo Lapito a lso performs a ll a round.

The res t of the team, by event: FX Jim Baracker (Fr) , Dick E rickson (Fr) SH Erickson SR Dave Harness (Fr), Tom Zoeller (Fr) ,

Mike Spurgeon (Fr), Barac ker (Fr) LH Baracker, Harness, Zoelle r PB Harness , Zoeller, Erickson , Steve Jensen

(Fr) H B Baracker, Harness , Zoeller, Jen sen,

Spurgeon

U. OF ARIZONA Glenn Wilson, Coach The team: F irst man li sted is best man in each event.

AA Darrel Auld , Doug Boger, Steve Brock­meyer, Pat Hattie , Gary Hendrick son, Hemo Walte rs

FX Boger, Prudencio Corra les , J ay DeBake SH Hendrickson, Steve Humphrey, Scott

McGirr, Dave Moeller, Randy Reynolds

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SR Scott Whitaker, Doug Swartz, Mark Pea­cock, Tom Moore, Steve Kaplan, Dave Gin

LH Boger, DeBake PB Corrales, Steve Kite HB Peacock

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Region 8 - Alaska, C4lifornia. HlUllajj, Nev­ad4, Idaho, Or~gon. Washington,

REGIONAL REPORT - REGION 8 By JERRY WRIGHT

PAC IFIC 8 CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON With a healthy Hayas kai back in the gym it looks as though the Huskies have a slight edge in this strong league. This in spite of the fact that Mauno Nissenen decided not to come back to school. Losses , in addition to Nis­senen, include Mark Peterson, las t year's cap-tai n, and Charlie Peters. .

New personnel include three outstanding freshmen from las t year, Ron Hunter, AA: Tomi Ozora, AA , and Chuck Sanders, a SH specialist.

The Washington roster also includes Bo Bennett , AA; Sho Fukushima , AA; Bruce Brinton, AA : Bruce Denton, SH ; Kerry Lei­man, SR; Jim Szender, PB ; Hide Umeshita , AA- Kirk Edwards, AA ; Gary Fox, AA ; Lars Kol~ rud (from Norway), AA; Ralph Reitan, FX-LH ; Terry Barber, SR, and freshmen Kirk Bare, Jim Blackstock , Chuck Draper, Norm Ewald Frank Foreman , Lynn Hall , Gordon Jones ,' Rick Peikoff, Paul Scott , Will Schneider and Mickey Wissler. UNIVERSITY OF CA LIFORNIA BERKELEY Actually the Pacific 8 conference title should again prove to be a tossup because anyone of four teams could win. ThiS wnter IS picking California for second place at this time be­cause of the uncertainties surrounding sopho­more Minoru Morisaki, a fine young Japanese all-around gymnast who, even if el igible, is a ve ry inconsistent performer except on the hon­zontal bar. Ed. note : Morisaki is eligible!

Losses include Gary Diamond , AA, and Jud Hammon, SR. Cal also has some eligibility problems in addition to Morisa ki but should

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prove strong enough with a fine group of sopho­mores that even helped out las t year as fresh­man. AA: George Greenfield , Mori saki , Brad Mo­

ses , Tom Gardener FX: AA plus Mark Hassan, Tom Johnsey or

Bob Raynor SH: AA plus John Nelson , Doug McGirr. Eric

Courchesne SR: AA plus Eric Courchesne , Hassen or Bob

Smylie LH: AA plus Dan Bowles PB: AA plus Phil Rockwell , Johnsey HB : AA plus Dan Bowles , Johnsey and Steve

Cassidy Floor exercise should be very strong, with Greenfield , Moses and Johnsey all ab le to do double twists. Side horse will be strong as Mc­Girr and Courchesne do most of the behind-the­back work , and Greenfield is ve ry capable. Rings will be somewhat weak , somet hing un­usual for a Cal tea m, even with Cou rchesne who made the NCAA finals las t year. Long horse will be st rong, led by N CAA co-cham­pion Dan Bowles. Morsaki could be one of the best in the country on the H B, and Greenfield is now using a full twisting hecht dismount. Assistant coach a t Cal this year is a fine gy m­nast and coach by the name of Masayaki Wata­nabe, who is helping out interim coach Don Nelson; Coach Hal Frey is away working on a Ph.D.

UCLA Coach Art Shurlock reports that he feel s UCLA should be improved over last year which saw them fi nish 5-6. " We are pretty we ll balanced on a ll events except for our fourth man on SH and SR ," reports Art.

Losses include Wayne Marcus , SH, and Jon Lindike , H B. New personnel for UCLA seem to be a bright spot and include: Bill Beach : CI F high bar champ and ve ry good prospect. Gary Garritt - AA prospect Rich Swartz and Gary Albitz: both outstanding

ring men from Long Beach City College. Steve Rubrecht: fourth in CI F on high bar. Ken Bailey , Leo Germain and Dave Pi vnick -

UCLA sophomores. AA: Dusty Ritter, Larry Bassist FX: AA plus Brian Casserly , Gary Garrett ,

Dave Pi vnick SH: AA plus Rich Muff, Danny Uyseda, Ken

Bailey SR: AA plus Gary Albitz and Rich Swartz LH: AA plus Je rry Gans , Garrett PB: AA plus Germain , Albitz H B: AA plu s Mark Haugen , Steve Rubrecht ,

Bill Beach UNIVERSITY OF SO. CA LIF. There is no official report from USC, but a ll indications are that they could be real tough. Makoto Saka moto is apparently back and raring to go. Makoto, along with Randy Martin and Jim Betters should prove to be a strong founda­tion on which to build. Ed. Note: Last-minute conr. ruling - Makoto not eligible! STANFORD Coach Dan Millman relates that "again it isn ' t possible to predict more than we will have a stronger team than Stanford has ever had be­fore. " However, when compared to the com­petition , this still leaves Stanford in a struggle for fifth place. .

John Marks , last year's captain, has gradu­ated, but newcomers C hris Harrold , Rich Je­rome , Ted Mi yamoto and Murray Kephart are going to be of considerable help. AA: C raig Dickson, Jerome , Harrold , Miyo-

moto and Kephart. FX: AA plus Brian Morgan SH: AA plus Bob Tomlinson, Denni s Mesick SR: AA plus Steve Rochelle LH : AA plus Brian Morgan PB: AA plus Brian Morgan and Steve Rochelle HB:AA UN I VERSITY OF OREGON

With a 22- man roster Dick Smith 's Ducks find themselves with what should prove to be Ore­gon's fine st team. With Mickey C haplan and Tom Kidd helping with the coaching, it could be a real battle for fifth place in the confe(ence between Oregon and Stanford, and one of these teams could even move into third.

Losses include Wayne Noecker, AA ; Jim Hambert , SR, and Dick Fernandez, PB. Sev­eral new personnel , however, brighten up the gy m: Dan Moninger will possibl y ~o 9.0 or better on st ill rings ; Bruce Hunter, fifth In the conference two years ago, is back, and Kent Fredrickson might be in on the a ll-around. AA : Bruce Hoyt, Dean Hale , Fredrickson FX: AA plus George Shoemaker,

Gary Penberth y SH: AA plus Ste ve Cooper, Doug

Noecker SR: AA plus Doug C hurch, Moninger LH: AA plus Dave Olson , Fredrickson PB: AA plus Brad Hunter , Dave Olson H B: AA plus Bob Leach , Larry Brown

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15 8.0 potential PACIFIC COAST ATHLETIC ASSN. This new conference consists of Cal. State­Long Beach , Cal. State-Los Angeles, San Jose State UC-Santa Barbara and San Diego State. CAL'STATE COLLEGE AT L.A. Many of us still think of this as L.A. State , but , however, you think of the name coach Gordy Maddus always comes up with a pretty fair team.

Marty Caling is the team standout, a lthough Baily is tough on SH: Moreno is strong in FX. AA: Marty Caling FX: Caling, Robin , Hugg, Moreno SH: Caling, Ba ily, Hugg, Fugimoto, Perez SR: Caling, Sevold, Huss LH: Caling, Estrella, Sevold , Moreno PB : Caling, Hugg, Sevold, Anderson H B: Caling, McBride , Sevold CAL STATE CO LLEGE AT L.B . Coach Ken Bartlett reports that he is optimistic that it will be a good year. " We are strong on most events except SH where we have only one seasoned perfo rmer. " The key to success for Long Beach appears to rest on the AA si nce the team has no genuine six-event man. Side horse man Tim Mercer has graduated, but new­comer Richard Neuner, C IF side horse cham­pion , should be able to fill that gap.

Team roster includes Brian Anderson, Les Armstrong, Gary Erickson , Elden Goldsmith, Dave McCain, Gordon McCollom, Lee Nick­erson, Mark Nolan, Fred Robles , Tracy Sav­age , Nick Scracopoulos and Richard N euner. SAN JOSESTATE COLLEGE Coach Jennett is back after a year's leave and picks the Spartans to finish third : this writer sees them as high as first in the PCAA confer­ence. The only drawbacks will be on SR and SH. The team has lost Tony Spencer, H B, but picked up four AA men in Jake Steinlauf, Ed Sparacino, Bill Barnwell and Gene Bro~n , plus Mike Cooper, a transfer from the U mverslty of Oklahoma and a great all-around potential. AA: Barnwell , Brown, Cooper, Sinsel, Spara-

cino, Steinlauf and Sweeney. With Mike Cooper and Joe Sweeney at a ll -around , San Jose could be tough.

FX: AA plus Doug Hills, Jim Turpin SH: AA plus Hills and Rich Havs tad SR: AA plus Jim Turpin , Winston Ashizawa LH: AA plus Turpin PB: AA plus Paul Hausladen , Dave Selleck ,

Turpin HB: AA plus Hills UC AT SANTA BA RBARA Coach Art Aldritt appears ve ry optimistic this yea r with a large squad, including some good,

"Why can't you other clowns do your crosses as steady as Stan here"?

young talent , and hopes to upset a few of his peers in the PCAA.

Team losses from last year were significant , a lthough not depressing with the graduat ion of Gordon Block , probably the finest gymnast ever in the young history of UCSB. Gordon was the 1969 PCAA champion on the SR and tied for first in the NCAA Western Regionals trials. The new personnel include Jim Borg from Virginia, Dave Izzo from L.A. , Brian Kolb , L.A. city SH champion , and Randy Mo­lina from L.A. AA: Alex Peters , Jeff Leach FX: AA plus Molina, IzZQ, Rosen SH: AA plus Kolb SR: AA plus Bob Harris LH: AA plus Ken Wagner PB: AA plus Leach, Kolb HB : AA plus ??? FAR WESTERN CONFERENCE The entire conference will be weak this year with the possible exception of some ' strong individual performances. The star of the FWC is Jim Fisher of Sacramento State who placed sixth in the NCAA finals in 1969. The confer­ence has dropped trampoline for this year.

SACRAMENTO ST ATE Ron Peeks' Hornets appear to be weaker than any of the past four or five Sacramento State teams but will sti ll run away with the confer­ence title for the sixth year in a row.

Team losses were Rich Peterson , SH ; George Siller, trampoline, and Dan Schilling, AA. New personnel is in the person of Rod R vugo, a ju­nior college transfer who may go AA. AA: Tim McWhirk , Jim Fisher, Dan Barber,

Rod Ryugo FX: AA plus Bruce Goldstone SH: AA plus Pete Ivory SR: AA plus Paul Tufts LH: AA plus Goldstone, Tufts PB: AA plus ?? HB: AA plus Tufts

SAN FRANC ISCO STATE With the loss of three all-around men the Gators face a long uphill grind this year as usual. Bruce Lybrand took over his father's business and gave up gymnastics , Phil Horton graduated, and Mike Jimenez decided to just give up com­petition for good. The only returnee is Bill Gar­cia, a sophomore who, because of a freak injury to his wrist last year, will only be able to work three events. Additional losses included Dave Brandt-Erickson , who was second in the con­ference last year on the trampoline.

New personnel include Mike Chong, a trans­fer from College of San Mateo, Jim Griffin from College of Marin and Pat Avera from San Francisco City College. The only hope the Gators have is to obtain additional junior col-

lege transfers between semesters, or they will not even be able to enter three men in each event. CALSTATEATHAYWARD Although the team personnel is unknown as of this writing, Hayward is expected to be in contention for second place. New coach John Ostrella and assistant coach Dave Niemand should be ab le to give a lot of direction if any talent comes to school for them to work with. Matt H uckler is potentially a fine parallel bar pelformer, even of national caliber, if he is sti ll in school and if he works on being more con­sistent and gets a strength part in his routine. UCATDAV IS Coach LaQuard has about the same team as last year and figures to score about 100 points. The team is led by 1968 FWC floor exercise champion Paul Ammendolia, who with a little more work could also be of national caliber. AA: William McKnight, Darwin Takaki, Albert

Thompson FX: AA plus Ammendolia, John Geyer, Dave

Sanford LH: AA plus Ammendolia, Geyer CALIFORNIA COLLEG IATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION S.F. VALLEY STATE COLLEGE Coach Bill Vincent , coach of the year for the past two years , antic ipates a good year with some reservations. The team , college division national champions for two years in a row, may be very hard-pressed to repeat that title after having lost Richard G rigsby and Steve Radom­ski. Grigsby won fi ve events in the 1969 na­tionals , and Radomski placed in several events. The team has also lost Bob Hughes a fine ring specia list and Tom Bell. New personnel , how­ever, is expected to pick up most of the slack , and this includes George Engbrecht , Guy Gun­derson, Pat Mahoney , all good AA prospects, plus Bob Bartell , AI Langegger and Dean Furn­kawa.

The man that shou ld make the difference, however, and the one to watch out for is Juan Sanchez , who is Olympic material. CAL STATE COLLEGE AT FULLERTON Coach Dick Wolfe in his second year reports that he is optimistic with a 16-man squad and the return of Trigve Kristiansen a fine all­around man. Team losses include Phil Marozic, who transferred to the Air Force Academy for Astronautics; Steve Maglioco , transferred to UC-Irvine for pre-med ; Doug Hains , HB , who took third in the state and seventh in college division nationals , has ' been drafted and Jim Nowell , AA , who graduated.

Team roster includes Whitney Anson, John Bakovic, Glenn Bozigian , Brian Burley , Larry Castle, Rand Christiansen, Scott Crouse, Eddie Gragada, John Hess , Trigve Kristian­sen, Jay McDivitt , Jim Mellis , Leon Mims , George Pate, Dean Schwartz, Steve Vosburg. UCAT IRVIN E Coach Larry Banner reports a roster of three men and will probably have trouble fielding a representative team under the circumstances. Bob F ields, a lthough untested, could turn into a good all-around man if he remains injury-free. IN DEPEN DENTS CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE New coach Dennis Lazzar (replaces Curt Hahn) feels that the team should do well against some of the Northwest team. Individually , Dennis ex­pects Dick Foxel to place in the top five in the NAIA nationals on the SR.

New personnel include Keith Harvy , who placed third in the Washington State High School meet , and Frank Perrone, a 10th-place finisher in the same meet. Roster includes Per­rone, Dave Rothermel, Norm Mall, Ken Platt , Roger Smith , Fred Trousdale, Ken Krebs, Jim Brown, Marsh Langan , Robert Arnold , Harvy, Foxal, Ed Barnhurst and Mike Ferre. AA: Barnhursh, Perrone FX: AA plus Krebs, Langan SH : AA plus Rothermel , Langan SR: AA plus Foxal , Trousdale

LH: AA plus Krebs , Ferre PB: AA plus Ferre, Platt H B: AA plus Platt, Foxal

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Bob Len. Wisconsin State Gymnast ... "I doing it" I(weakly)

SEQUENCE PRESCRIPTION Dear Glenn: Since you ha ve stopped printing sequence routines (April 1968), my condition has stead­ily worsened. Although short sequences ha ve given me minor relief, 1 urgently desire to see some Olympic routines. Th e doctors say that this would speed my recovery . Please par­don the crayon. It will be a while before they let me write to you with a pen again-at least until after 1 see one of Nakayama's routines .

Sincerely, Don ICU-PRR fo r FMGS*

*/ntensive Care Unit-Pennsylvania R ehabilita­tion R etreat for Frustrated MG Subscribers.

ED. We get the message a nd will prepare your prescription as soon as we can gather together the necessary ingredience and rush it to you via a coming MG edition.

MG PHOTO ART CONTEST? Dear Mr. Sundby:

/ am interested in Gymnastics and Art and hal'e made se l'eral dra wings of gymnasts in action. / would like to know when your next Art Contest will be. 1 ha ve seen many nice gymnastic pictures in the MG and on posters and 1 wondered if these are from your A rt Contests or if you ha l'e artists on your staff? Please announce your next Art and Photograph contest in the MG. Thank you.

Sincerely , John Kings ley Wichita, Kan asa

Ed. Most of the Art work has come from read­ers . Ken Sa koda our Art director (who is a t­tending the Art Cente r School in Los A ngele s) has done most of our Posters along with ma ny MG Illustrations. Photo a nd Art Contest ma­terial see ms to come in spurts from our read­ers ... We like to receive and publish high qua l­ity and exciting gy mnastic photos for use in the MG a long with good calibre Art work. Many of the photos recei ved have been out of focu s a nd poor quality and the Art work Felt­pen tracings of MG publi shed photographs a nd thi s is ne ithe r good photography or A rt. The MG Photo & Art Contes t is a lways ope n for good e ntrie s.

HELPLESS Dear Glenn : Bob L en , gymnastic team Captain at Wis­conin State Univ. (Superior) sidelined with Appendictis did not let this delay his nuptial plans as he and Mary Ross were married in the hospital . Tho se present h eard B ob sa y groggily " I do" . H e is making a rapid recov­ery and will be ready f or competition SOO Il.

(Father Vincent Walko wskie conducted the ceremony)

A. B. Frederick, coach Wi s. State. U . Superior, Wi se.

Ed. I guess their first offspring will have to be born in a church to even it up.

Tucson Clinic. Bob Manna

CLINIC THRill Deal' Glenn :

I had an exceptionally nice time at the West­ern Clinic in Tucson, Ariz. It was a little be crowded, but I learned a lot and had a lot of fun. Also, I got to meet Bob Manna and take a picture of his in verted "L." Th e clinic was a velY enlightening experience for me.

Sincerely, John Singer -' Los Angeles, Calif.

SAFETY TRAINING

PADS

A-169-W UNEVEN PARALLEL BAR TRAINING PAD Ideal for practicing hip circles. Only 15". Long enough to pro· vide ample protection yet w ill not interfere with hand position.

TEAM 9.50

A-170 BALANCE BEAM TRAINING PAD Added protection in learning backward rolls , hand stands, and other skills. Covers 16'5" beam.

TEAM 49.95

A-170-1 Same as above except 5'5" in length for partial beam covering.

TEAM 19.95

A-170-3 Same construction as above except in three 5'5" sections which will cover all or part of beam as required. Sections are se· cured with velca closure.

TEAM 59.50

A-169 PARALLEL BAR PADS Ny·O-Lite filler with bonded Powerhyde cover and velcro fasteners. Lightweight padding allows bar to fle x, yet gives complete protection f or beginners as well as advanced performers attempting difficult routines. Set of four, five foot sections.

TEAM 59.95

GYMNASTICS HAS ARRIVED!

Gymnastics is now a full time praiect with our company. We who have specialized in wrestling and weight training for many years, now turn our full attention to gymnastics. To prove that we are gymnastic specialists too, we have iust printed our long awaited gymnastics catalog. Need further proof? - Our stock of shoes is now sev­eral thousand and our available gym uniforms, number in the hundreds, twenty five size combi­nations. The new catalog features these products ,

• 4 different gymnastic shoes, including three of the famous Tiger models and a Swiss "waffle" slipper. (We are US distributors for Tiger wres­tling & gym shoes).

• 7 different gym pants from a $6.00 practice pants to a $30.00 luxury competition pant, and several gym shirt designs in white or col­ors. The top part of our uniform line is American

mode and extremely well tailored as evidenced by being chosen by the 1968 US Men's Olympic team.

• Dress Warmups from Japan, Switzerland, Ger­many, USA.

• Leotards created for American Women gym­nasts, all stretch nylon.

• And all the extras - mat tape, choulk, palm guards, mot t ra nsporters, Vitamins for Ath­letes, Resilite Mats (east only)

• And all the extras - mat tape, chaulk, palm guards, mat transporters, Vitamins for Ath­letes, Res ilite Mats (east only)

All products are in stock except the warmups and colors. Write for a 1969-70 catalog and price sheet. Samples available for schools and clubs.

UNIVERSAL-RESILITE (formerly Olympic Products) 43 Polk Avenue Hempstead Li , N,Y. 1155 (516) 483-3700

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presses and levers so essential are mov~s done on these parallettes.

Extensively used by gymnasts and Olympians throughout Japan. Mode of hardwood and stur­dily constructed for long use. Walnut finished and hand polished.

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( __ M_G_G_Y_m_C_G_le_"_d_Q_r __ J 1970 March 5, 6, 7, 1970. Big 10 Championship, University of Minnesota. March 7, 1970. North Atlantic Gymnastic Championship, Westchester, Pennsylvania. March 12, 13, 14, 1970. Eastern Intercollegiate Champion­ship, Syracuse, New York. March 14, 1970. Southwest Conference Gymnastic Cham­pionship, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas. March 19-21 , 1970. NAIA Gymnastic Championship, Stout State College, Menomonie, Wisconsin. March 19-21 , 1970. Big 8 Gymnastic Championship, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kansas. March 26-28. AAWW Gymnastic Championship, Univ. of Washington, Sea ttle, Washington. April 2-4, 1970. NCAA Gymnastic Championship, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvonia . April 8-9-10, 1970. Championships of the U.S.A. Los Vegas, Nevada.

April 11. 1970. Central Atlantic Area YMCA Championships, Glassboro State College, Glassboro; New Jersey.

April 17-18, 1970. National YMCA Gymnastic Championship, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. April 23. 24. 25 . 1970 USGF National Championships for Men and Women. Convention Center - Las Vegas, Nevodo (World Games Compulsories will be used). Frontier Hotel will be the Headquarters. May, 1970 Second Annual World Cup, Long Beach, California. Internauonat Juages Courses for Men and Women. Tenta­tively scheduled for Long Beach, pending approval of FIG Officials involved. Course for all English-speaking women

. Men from Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico. October 22-27 . 1970. WORLD'S GAMES .. Liubilona, Yugo· slav;o.

AAU TRAMPOLINE COMPETITION SCHEDULE

February 14, 1970. SAAU Novice, Junior, Senior Champion­ships, Lafayette, Louisiana. February 28. 1970. First USA Team Trials for World Team, New Orleans, Louisana. March 7, 1970. National Age Group & Open Championships, Lafayette, Louisiana. Agril 11-12. 1970. NAAU Trampoline Championships, Houston, Texas . April 18. 1970. Final-USA Team Trials for World Team, Memphis, Tennessee

Shreveport Gymnastic Supply

Company p, O. Box 5374

Shreveport, La, 71105

Suppliers of 1968 U. S. Women's Olympic

Gymnastic Team 1968 World Trampoline Team

WHY WAIT FOR YOUR ORDER?

Our stock items are shipped the day your order is receiv­ed . We stock most gymnastic clothing items and accessories .

Send for our catalog

GYMNASTIC AIDES

Write to Gymnastic Aides, Northbridge, Mass., for beginn ing, intermediate and advanced rings, para llel bars and side horse charts.

NEW I Side horse charts are now avai lable. Six exercises ranging from beg inner to high interme· diate levels have iust been completed. Write to GYMNASTICS AIDES CO., Northbridge, Moss.

Better Not Take Safety Standards For Granted When You Buy Gymnastic Apparatus Nissen doesn't.

In fact, most new safety and convenience features for gymnasium apparatus in the last decade have been developed by Nissen.

Who else would think of putting a Floating Counterbalance device in each apparatus upright to make height adjustments almost effortless? More importantly, the counterbalance prevents the parallel bar, for example, from suddenly dropping, possibly causing pinched fingers or bruised foreheads. Who else but Nissen would develop an almost unbreakable Perm a-Wood top bar for parallel bars, fusing hardwood laminations together under extreme heat and pressure?

Noone insisted these changes . .. except Nissen.

Heavier gauge materials, interchangeable parts so improvements or innovations will fit equipment in the field, streamlined, protrusion-free design - Nissen has engineered new safety into gymnastic equipment, on its own, without an outside organization requiring it.

Some equipment buyers take safety standards for granted. If you're

that way, your best bet is to buy equipment from a company that doesn't. Like Nissen, for instance. Nissen Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406

A floating counterbalance is installed inside each upright of Nissen parallel bars to keep the pistons at static tension. Only a slight hand pressure is required to raise or lower the bar.

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