WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1968
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Lonely Week for
ty PAUL LEVINE
Collegian Sports Sditor
It won't be an easy weekend for Gene
Wettstone. Penn State's gymnastics coach
of 30 years has seen many an NCAA cham
pionship, but never one without his Lions
competing.
The 1968 version of the collegiate
gymnastics championships gets underway
tomoi'row in Tucson, Ariz., and for the
first in three
decades, Penn
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four somewhat - •/ .)
lonely compet- .
itors, But
lonely as Bob LEVINE
Emery, Tom Clark, Joe Litow and Dick
Swetman may be, the man on the sidelines
will feel quite a bit worse.
Gene Wettstone is not used to losing.
In 30 years at Penn State his teams have
totaled 139 dual meet victories and only 33
defeats. Eight of his Nittany Lion teams
have won national titles, and Penn Staters
have captured 11 NCAA all-around crowns.
From that number came five Olympians.
and Wettatone himself coached two U.S.
Olympic teams. In the list four years,
Wettstone's teams have won 32 dual meets
and lost only sne. After breeiing through
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Scientific Study May Aid Vaulters
Many pole vaulters who use fiber
glass poles could theoretically add a
foot-and-a-half or more to their best
jumps if they heed the results of a
scientific study reported ',ere by two
researchers from the University,
A profile of the ideal pole vault
plus advice for getting the most out
of the once controversial fiberglass
pole was presented by Charles J. Dill
man and Richard N. Nelson of Penn
State's rtiomechanics Laboratory at
the National Convention of the Ameri
can Association of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation.
Attended Citadel
Milian, who gave the paper, first
became interested in making a de
tailed scientific study of a fiberglass
powered pole vault when he was a
varsity vaulter at The Citadel four
years ago.
After using a combination of mod
ern cinematographic techniques, pre
cise body motion studies of actual
jumps and computer analysis, the re ,
searchers concluded that the average
pole vaulter could improve his jump
dramatically by increasing his "con
trolled take off vertically" and ex
ploiting more efficienctly the energy
stored and returned by the fiberglass
pole as it bends and ut.bends.
In the study, the researchers
filmed 125 jumps of four Penn State
NCAA To Reply on Track Feud Today
WASHINGTON (AP) The There was no advance indication efforts, was granted an
National Collegiate Athletic As- tion that the NCAA would agree early look at the NCAA reply.
toheprosedpeac l z th i eic a t et "They very carefuly didn't
sociation appears ready to de-
with
the Amateur us," a source said.
liver its long-awaited answer Union in e the attle over con- The NCAA and its affiliate
today to the Senate-sponsored trol of amateur athletics. the U.S. Track and Field Fed
compromise suggested in the Not even Sen. Warren G. eration, scheduled a news con
bitter track feud threatening Magnuson, D.Wash., chairman
to entangle the U.S. Olympic of the Senate Commerce Com_ ference for 3 p.m. EST today
team. mittee and a leader of arbitra- to make public its response.
CAMP CHOCONUT
Friendsville, Pennsylvania (17 miles south of Binghamton, N.Y.)
is seeking several men to round out its counseling staff. Emphasis on out
door activity and 'helping boys help themselVes gain self-reliance through
inter-group relationships. Small camp (50 boys, 9.14), high counselor ratio.
Good salaries for the right men. Opportunity for before and after camp
work at additional pay. Needed: Waterfront (WSI,), Natural Science Camp
craft, Sports, Work Projects (basic skill with hammer and saw), Driver-
Buyer, or combinations of these. Also good general counselors. Booklet and
application forms: Box 33W, Gladwyne, Pa. 19035.
The Director will interview students at Penn State on Thursday, April 11
at Room 121 Grange Building. Arrange a convenient appointment time by
seeing the secretary or telephone 865-6301. This is an excellent opportunity
to develop skills with people in small numbers while earning, and having
a rewarding summer. S. Hamill Horne, Director
a 7-0 record this season, a Lion champion
ship in the Eastern tournament seemed a
certainty.
But Carl Patterson's crew of frustrated
Philadelphians upset the Lions, and Temple
—not Penn State—carries the East's hopes
into tomorrow's action.
Temple had been gunning for the re
match ever since its loss to the Lions dur
ing the regular season. In that affair, State
came from behind to upend the Owls by
.70 point. But Temple got its revenge in
the Eastern tournament at Annapolis, and
State was left out of the national action. ,
For Lion fans the only interest now
will be the all-around. competition where
Emery is State's lone competitor. But the
little Lion Junior who followed the shadow
of NCAA champions Mike Jacobson and
Steve Cohen isn't given much of a chance.
Emery will be up gainst Southern Cal's
Makato Sakamoto and a host , of other
talents from the West.
"Sakamoto is definitely the favorite,"
Wettstone said yesterday. "Emery can be a
threat, but only if he hits on every event.
So far this year, he's been too inconsistent
to defeat someone like Sakamoto."
Ever since the Easterns, where Emery
broke on the horizontal bar, the Lion junior
has been a young man with a mission.
"Emery wants to prove something to
somebody," Wettstone said. "He's been
working hard every day maybe too
hard."
Penn State's best bet for an individual
title would have been Paul Vexler, who
won the rings title at the Easterns and last
year finished second in the NCAA long
horse competition. But Vexler elected to
sit out the national competition, and his
coach says he doesn't blame the diminutive
strongman.
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Can Increase 'Take Off Velocit
varsity vaulters during a four week
period. They ranged in age from 19 to
22 and in weight from 136 to 180
Pounds. Their pole vaults heights
ranged from 12 1 / 2 to 15 feet.
In the laboratory, the biornechan
icists broke each vault down into its
fine points by studying every fifth
film frame running from before the
vaulter left the ground to completion
of the jump. For each frame studied,
they recorded the degree the pole
bent and calculated the position of
the vaulter's center of gravity as it
moved through the entire jump pro
cess.
Used Computer
By feeding that basic data into a
computer, they were able to compare
the individual "biomechanical com
ponents" of different phases of the
jump and establish "energy patterns"
for each jump. Their calculations in
cluded the vertical and horizontal
velocities of the jumper as well as
the energy traded between the jumper
and the pole as it bent and uncoiled.
According to the Penn State study,
a vaulter should be able to develop a
"mechanically perfect j 111111" by care
fully controlling and increasing his
initial take off velocity (his running
approach up to the point where his
feet leave the ground) so as to bend
the pole to the. extent that the fiber-
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glass pole wouil give him the•greatest
upward boost.
The mechanically perfect pole
vaulter should then "ride" the pole
as it uncoils, taking time to get into
a good vertical position, and adding
more energy by pulling upward with
his arms.
By comparing the key points of
two jumps made by the best vaulter
studied, the researchers concluded
that he could probably have jumped
considerably higher than the recorded
15 feet if he controlled his take off
vertically better and coordinated it
with the energy patterns produced by
his interaction with the pole,
Could Do 161 Feet
"Through practice, if that vaulter
developed his technique, timing and
strength, so that he was able to per
form the energy pattern of vault num
ber two with the take off velocity of
vault number one, he would theo
retically be able to jump sixteen-and
one-half feet," Dillman said.
The Penn State scientists told the
AAHPER meeting that even the most
experienced coach can not tell through
field observations or convential slow
motion films if his pole vaulter has
the right or wrong take off velocity
or how well he is performing the
correct energy patterns.
"Actually, the only way to do so
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"Nobody can blame Vexler for not
wanting to compete," Wettstone said. "All
the emphasis has been taken off the indi
vidual events. That's the way it should be,
of course. The all-around is the important
thing for the individual. If we were in the
team competition, Vexler would be glad
to compete."
Wettstone has long been a leader in
the movement to de-emphasize the indi
vidual events
in an attempt
t o strengthen
the all-around
competitors. To
Wettstone,
nothing makes
less sense than
training a gym
nast f r just
one event.
"I remem
ber a number
of years ago
when the
GENE WETTSTOhtE championships
. not used to losing were held at
UCLA." Wettstone said. "Rope climbing
was still an event then, and we had a spe
cialist in the event. After taking him all the
way to California, he did his routines twice,
and broke each time. It takes 3.9 or 4.0
seconds to climb a rope. He had gone all
the way across the country to compete for
eight seconds and didn't do a thing right.
The rest of the weekend he hid on the
beach."
Gene Wettstone won't be hiding this
weekend in Tucson. But the proud old
strategist won't be his old self either. His
long stride might lose a bit of its bounce,
the confident smile a bit of its shine. Not an
easy weekend for old Gene.
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without guessing would be to perform
a mechanical analysis such as the
one completed in this study," Dillman
pointed out, adding:
"This may seem to be a time
consuming job, but through recent ad
vances in cinematography, automated
film analysis systems and computers,
it is now possible at the Penn State
Biomechanics Laboratory-to make the
films on one day and the completed
results by the next day's practice
session.
In the future, we hope to have
a sports analysis center where films
of athletics performances could be
quantitatively analyted to help reduce
some of the uncertainties in the coach
ing of athletics."
Supported by Bureau of Research
Hillman is a native of Morrisville,
Pa. He received a B.S. in Physical
Education from
_The Citadel in South
Carolina in 1964 and a M.S. in Physical
Education at Penh State in 1966. His
present Research Traineeship is sup
ported by the Bureau of Research,
USOE.
Richard C. Nelson, who is director
of the Penn State Biomechanics Labor
atory was Dillman's adviser on the
pole vault project. The Biomechanics
Laboratory is part of the College of
Health and Physical Education and
Recreation.
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IMIENI
LION FIRST BASEMAN Mike Egleston cuts loose a throw to the plate in practice yester-
day. Tomorrow the Penn State baseball team opens its 1968 season with a game at
Bucknell. The Lions' first home game will be Saturday afternoon against Gettysburg.
The Bomber Raps Boycott
DETROIT (iP) Former heavyweight
boxing champion Joe Louis, looking weary
but healthy after a bout with the surgeons,
told reporters yesterday Negro athletes
would make a serious mistake if they de
cided not to repreient America at the Olym
pic Games.
"Maybe they don't have equal oppor
tunity in America, but they're gaining it
every day," the Brown Bomber said, sitting
in a wheelchair.
"And that's something you should rea
lize. Things are improving. If they were
going backwards, it would be different."
Louis, who had his gall bladder con
taining five gall stones and his appendix
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Clay erred by not entering the Army, but
that he still considers Clay the world's heavy
weight champ.
Louis spent four years in the Army dur
ing World War II at the height of his career.
Wearing a colorful robe, Louis was
wheeled into the director's office at the new
$3 million Kirkwood Hospital in Detroit. He
was flanked by his nurses, his wife, Martha,
who is an attorney in Beverly Hills, Calif.,
and his doctors.
They included Dr. Robert Bennett, who
has been Louis' doctor since the time when
Louis—who grew up in Detroit—was in his
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