Letterdrom the Editor [& - Wrestling USA Magazine

SpoIf Researchlntclligcnrr sportiveThe World's LeadingThis material has been copied under license from the Publisher.Sport Resource Centre WWW.sirc.ca 9 Any resale for profit or further copylng is strictly prohibited.U.S.A. Mat Notes ................... 3Coach's Corner ..................... 5Cultural Exchanges.. ............... 8U.S.A. Wins FILA SchoolboyChampionships ...................10What's Happening ..................14Russian Top Technique .............20What Is FILA?. .....................21........................................National Wrestling Hall of Fame. .22Up 'n Coming Wrestlers.. .24Pennsylvania Wrestling. .26Arizona Wrestling .27Letter from a Champion ............28College Outlook .....................29Ready Comment ....................30Medieval Castle Walls and theHorrors of Dachau ................31Resistance Training5 for SuperiorWrestling PerformanceRussianTop Technique 201976 JapannrizonaExchangeCollegeOutlookMore LETTER FROMTHE EDITORWIDE WORLD OF SPORTS and this year'sfabulous overall Olympic coverage, isprobably not even aware of the audience ofU.S.A.millions who would like to see more wrestl- .............................................ing coverage. The wrestling masses havenever informed him, or the newspapers andmagazines for that matter, that there aremillions of us ready for the recognition ofour sport. Arledge is himself an ex-collegewrestler, but his job is to show sportingevents that rank high in audience acceptanceand win the ratings. We must convincehim that increased wrestling coveragewill bring him a new and untapped group ofviewers.We at SWN challenge each and everycoach, fan, and wrestler to rectify theexposure inequality. Drop Arledge a line.Write to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED thankingthem for their coverage and asking ifmore might be possible. Hold public clinicsat the beginning of the season to increasewrestling understanding and appreciation.Speak to as many civic organizations as willschedule you. If all of us will concentrate ourefforts in this area, we can get the job done.It's a monumental challenge, but it canand must be met. Its solution depends on ourdedication to educating the media andDeAugustino Joins UrbanPittsburgh Wrestling CrusadeNorth Allegheny's super wrestling coach,Gus DeAugustino, has joined the UnitedStates Wrestling Federation's drive tointroduce and activate interscholasticwrestling in Pittsburgh's public schools.Rex Peery, Pitt's Hall of Fame Coach, andGeorge Lamprinakos, past PIAA Coach ofthe Year from Mt. Lebanon High School, cochairmenof the urban Pittsburgh program,in a joint statement released said:"We are delighted with the addition of Gusto our 15 man Pittsburgh Urban WrestlingDevelopment Committee (PUWDC)."A member of our 1952 US Olympic teamand a 1953 NCAA champion from LockHaven State, he is an outstanding wrestlingclinician and a brilliantly successful mentor:masses. Let's move the "Big One" ahead ofthe "Big Three." We owe it to ourselves andto the greatest sport in the world....having been selected in 1971 as the PIAACoach of the Year."Most importantly, though, Gus De-Augustino is committed to reaching andredirecting the lives of countless numbers ofaggressive youngsters in urban Pittsburghthrough wrestling."We are gratified to have his involvementand leadership in our critically importantmission and program."Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit, AtlantaDevoid of High School WrestlingOf our nation's 11 largest urban centers(excluding those in Texas) without interscholasticwrestling in 1971, only four(Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit and Atlanta)now remain devoid of America's fastestgrowing schoolboy sport in their publicschool systems.High School WrestlingRule Changes for 1976-774-4-4: Provides by state high schoolassociation adoption there may bean allowance of one pound for the*October 16,1976-SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING NEWS Page 3