Guts Players Association

Vol. 3 No.1

1979 Most Valuable Player - Steve McLean displays the catching forrn that earned the t itle.

Photo by Sue Brown

GUTS PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

. ,. #' O'''''lSlM ",.enll18 N<1'~ A LONG TIME COMING You mayor may not have wondered whether the GPA still exists . Rest assured , it does.

Many factor s combined to delay your newsletter this long. The lack of written material (i. e.: major tournament articles), an inadequate supply of good photos and some plain old-fashioned foot dragging all contributed to making this newsletter a long time corning. Your fearless GPA staff has recently undergone an organizational change. A change which will enable us to serve you more efficiently in the fut ure. There is another change I would like to see corne about this year. That change would include an in crease in player response and involvement in what the GPA was created to do. Your comments, your suggestions, your good b lack and white photos and even your bitches can contribute t o improving the game of Guts for everyone who Ballon Plucks Tommy Matuzak from game as plays. Al Bauman looks on helplessly. One of the Wishing you a h ealthy and success- many strange happenings at the Air Aces ful summer. Dave Demers 1979 World Champions - Foothill - Califo rnia Tournament. Photo by Sue B r own Al Bonapane, Charles Duvall, Torn Field, I rv Kalb and Steve McLean A special thanks goes to Bud Photo by Tim Roycraft Weeson fo r his continued cooper ation and support of the GPA. We also appreciate the cash donation.

Thanks Bud! ! ! 1979 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GPA NEWSLETTER STAFF 5: ::::: ; ::: ::::::::::::: :::::::::;;::::;: :;::::: ::: Beautiful sunshine lit up the bright The early rounds were battled out green fie lds of Gilson Park as the pretty much as expect ed, though best 25 men' s and 6 women's Guts Buck Buchanan ...... • • ...... •. Editor /Special Projects Coordinator there were a few surprises. Hong t eams met in the Windy City Nan cy "B" Demers . • .... • ..•.... Financ ial Director/Women's Guts Kong Fireworks bested the defend s uburb of Wilmette, Illinois on Coordinator ing World Champions, Library Septemb e r 8-9 to battle for the John Sappington .....•...... •... Asst. Financial Direct or/I. F.A. Bar team in the early running. 1979 World Guts Championships. Repre senta tive Paul's Bar also went d own early _ This was to be the climax of a Dave Demers ....•...... Men's Guts Coordinator to Motor City - and then q uickly successful season dominated by Bruce Wilk ...... •...... GPA Representative - Wisconsin out of the tournament at the han ds the performa n ce of Motor City Sue Brown ...... •. • ...... Kibitzer Contributor of the Used-To - Bees (featuring Guts - certainly the favored team. Tim Roycraft • ...... •...... Photo Contributor GPA notable Buck Buchanan).

E:E :: ; :; ::: :::: ::::::::::::::JE :::: ::: :: ::::: When it got down to the final 6, the game against the highly favored crowd started t o sense the excite team, but too, the Guts season was ment and tension cre ate d by great e x tended for one more game a nd Guts. In the ' loser's bracket, the the competitive tension was taken 1979 BOX SCORES Used-To-Bees put up a scrappy a notch higher. fight a gainst Hong Kong, but their tip work w asn ' t s h a rp enough and The third - and final - game of t he Hong Kong came out on top. The match began with each team p r o - Windy City Hitmen - t our name n t bing the other for vulnerable spots. hoses - had a simil ar problem T here weren't many. Like t he Great Northern Open - Green Bay, Wisconsin GPA Regional - June 16 8< 17 with the ir old foe s , the Library first game, things stay ed even f o r Bar . Hong Kong then repea ted a while - - but only fo r a while. At Men Women their earlie r achievement and put 7 to 7 s omething dramatic t h e Library Bar out of the t o urna happened. Some strange fo r ce 1. Motor C ity m ent. A t the same time this was s e e med to take over as F oothill Information unavailable 2. Marquette Stingers happening, M ot o r City went t o wo rk b egan to dominate the play. The 3. L ibrary Bar on the Foothill team f r om L o s M otor City machine was breaking Angeles, California. Foothill t ook d own. Led by the outstanding its first match loss of the tourna cat ching and throwing of M VP Int ernational Frisbee Tournament - Houghton, Michigan ment and Motor City remained as Steve McLean, Foothill made a J une 30 8< July 1 the only undefeated team. From wreck of Motor City with a final here, it looked as if Motor City score of 21-15. Men Women had the Championship all sewn up. The real battle would be between Congratulations Foothill - Al 1. Motor City - $1,464.00 1. Redford Ringrays - $ 32 2.50 the Hong Kong and Foothill for Bononpane, Charles Duvall, Tom 2. Windy City - $732.00 2. Copper Country Fire second place. This match didn't Field, Irv Kalb and Steve McLean. 3 . P aul's Bar - $366.00 Extinguishers - $ 193.50 materialize as much of a battle, A second congratulations goes out 4 . Library Bar - $366.00 3. Milky Way - $64. 50 however, as Foothill made short to Steve McLean (MVP), Al 5. Marquette Stingers - $91. 50 4. LaVilla Bar - $64.50 work of the Milwaukee team. On Bonopane, Buzz Doucette, Irv 6 . Parkside Bakery - $91. 50 to the finals went Foothill to meet Kalb, Tom Matuziac and Gerard 7. Queen City Flyers - $ 9 1.50 Motor City as perhaps the only Newman for being voted tourna 8. West End Scrap - $91.50 five guys present with the belief ment all- stars by participating Redford Open - Redford, Michigan they could win. players. GPA Regional - July 28 8< 29 The first game of the Champion The women's division was con Men Women ship match was a tough one. There tested on a more predictable was lots of catching as the score note. The field of 6 teams played 1. Motor City 1. Touch of Clas s stayed very close the entire game. several closely contested matches 2. Usetabees They reached the proverbial score before the Crazy Ladies (Kristin 2. De layed Reaction 3. Parks ide Bakery 3. Madgrabbers of "18-18 -- play like hell!" before Hamill, Jana Machwart and Mary Motor City eeked out a 21-19 vic Callaghan) claimed victory in the United State s Open Championships - Marquette, Michigan tory. Sensing ultimate victory with finals over the People's Choice. CPA Regional - August 11 8< 12 otily one game to go, Motor City The Mill City Flyers placed third relaxed just a bit in the second and have vowed to returh in 1980 Men game. Foothill was able to gain an to make their presence better Women advantage of several points and known. Players again voted for 1. Motor City then just trade points evenly to end the all-star team. Congratulations 1. Madgrabbers 2. 151 Frisbee Team up winning game two. by a 21-17 to Nancy "B" Demers (lv1VP), 2. La Villa #2 3. Library Bar margin. This pleased the crowd Nancy Ciaglaski and Mary Callaghan 3. La Villa # 1 comprised now mainly of hard for making the all-star team. core Guts entnusiasts - because not only had the underdog won a JOHN SAPPINGTON AT LONG LAST· SHEBOYGAN REGIONAL ••••••• ...... •...... Ten t eams from 5 states, including a lso close until Mill City started ,1979 BOX SCORES In diana and Ohio, showed up for the catching, and c a tching, and catching. Sheboygan, Wisconsin GPA Regional As it was stated to me by a GPA r ep: CONTINUED tournament. The number of teams "The Mill City Flyers are virgins no d oesn't give a true picture of the good mor e!" The F l yers collected $125. 00 competition that took place. At l east and medallions for their fin e play. 5 teams had a shot at the title. In the Rounding out the top five men 's teams end, it was the M ill City Flyers f rom w e r e: Marquette Stingers (2nd), Hong W i scons in State Champions h ips -Sh eboyga n, Wisconsin Minnesota who captured f irst place. Kong Fireworks Co'mpany (3rd), Beer GPA Regi onal - Augus t 18 & 19 The tea'm consists of Steve Trauger, City (4th), and Cosmic Frisbee Cow John Grieg, Steve Wachtel, Dave, boys and the $32.00 Frisb ee Team (tie Men Women Eric and Harvey. M ill City h as a l w ays for 5th). f ought hard and this was their first GPA Unfortunately, we had no women's guts 1. Mill City Flyers No Women Competed sancti on ed title. They won by coming pl ay at this tourname nt. Bu t, hopefully 2 . M a rquette Stingers all the way through the loser's bracket the word w ill get around and we will 3 . Hong Kong Firew ords Company after suffering a first round defeat at have guts pl ay for women at the next the hands of the Marquette Stingers . Sheboygan GPA Regi onal. Guts Players Association World Championships - Chicago, Illino i s Ironically, it was the Stingers who GPA National - September 8 & 9 Mill City had to fac e once again in the Bruce Wilk Aug. 18 + 19, 1979 final match. The Stingers won the first Men Women game, but Mill City stayed fired up. Bratwurst City Frisbee The second game was close but Mill 1. Foot Hill - $2,000.00 1. Crazy Lucky Ladies - $400.00 City prevailed. The final game was 2 . Motor City - $1,000. 00 2 . People's Choice - $200.00 • .e 3. Hong Kong Fireworks - $700.00 3. Mill City F lyers - $ 150 . 00 4. Library B a r - $500 . 00 POWERED BY MOLSON? 5. Us e tabe es - $ 300.00 MM. 6. Windy C ity - $ 300 . 00 • • • E •• 7 . Killer Bees - $100.00 At Brock University Sports Complex Our expenence w ith spectator Guts 8 . Queen City Flye rs - $ 100. 00 (in St. Catherines, Ontario, Cana da) drew a curious crowd of 70 on on February 13, 1980 was the flight loo kers over the evening peri od. 1979 S eeding (P rio r t o World Championsh ips) of friendly and spirite d Guts action. Although the turn out was disappoint ing (a varsity basketball game 1. M ot o r City 20 Points Niagara Disc, a St. Kitts Club, had politics club party and a New Way 2. Marque tte Stingers 18 P oints challenged the Brock Disc Varsity of Play had the nerve to schedule 3. Lib rary Bar 16 Poi nts to a 2 out of 3 games match several against us), we were pleased with 4. Parkside Dou ghboys 15 Points weeks earlier. At stake were honor, the final r e sults. 5. Killer Bee ' s 13 Points manhood and five symbolic beer 6. R e dfo r d P arttimers 12 Points bottle openers, to quote the press The B r ock players especially had 7. We st E n d S crap 12 Points release. What was not mentioned r e n ewed ener gy and enthusiasm for 8 . Mill City F lye rs 10 Poi nts was that each player also had a disc sport and a ll of us are looking 9 . California F oothill 10 Points case of Canadian beer riding on the forw ard to Ontario University in 10. Us e -to-be's 9 Point s m atch. March and Ann Arbor in April. 11. Windy City Hitman 9 Points 12. T eam 15 1 9 Point s After a hard fought first 2 games, Will b e tossing with you! ! ! the match was even at one game apiece. In the 3rd game, Niagara got off to a bad start and was unable Patrick Burton to recover -- cries of " we need beer" were repeatedly heard as Brock won 21-16. .FOUR EXTRA EYES? observe rs at the 1. F. T., disputing high stateme nts. This is good, but I had throws could be seen e qua lly well by to search out feedbac k . Later in the both observers. Hence, my next date as I was watching people leave EE ;:; HEE EEE:::;E;;;;;:; ;EEE;:E ;; ; EE :;E question: Should there b e a third ob and sipping on anothe r Stroh's beer, server, which would give unanimity I realized that all feedback occurred I had heard about the use of observers should continue to be allowed to resolve to a decision? during the matches we observed. Of at the Ann Arbor tournament from sev any call on their own. However, to If observers will continue to be used the three matches Dave and Iobser eral members of the Bratwurst City alleviate the 5 -15 minutes squables that in Guts frisbee, the flow of the game ved, we were called upon approxi mately lO - 12 t imes. Had w e not Frisbee (that's cheese country!) who occur (mostly in the final matches), should be kept in mind. When Dave been doing our job properly, players obser ved sever al matches. They observers should be used. and .1 would be called in by the teams, would have complained on the spot. thought observers worked well and Should the obs erver s as sis t with all Dav e and I would each present to the Not once did this h appen. Non-verbal thought the players seemed to accept disagreements when asked ? That is , other what he saw. If we disagreed feedback is another way a person's it. My initial impression of observers what area of play should observers be on what we saw, we would automat perfor·mance can be l ooked a t. I do was that Guts is a disc game that has responsible for ? I was instructed be ically call are-throw. If we disagreed, bee n officiated by the people playing it fore Dave and I did the first game, that say on a vertical shot, we would go have some recommendations for the and it should remain that way. I was we would assist the disagreements per with the person who has the best view. future use of observers: still open to the idea of observers, but taining to short, high, w ide, or vertical The difficulty I see here is that one had my reservations. How ·much input throws. As I see it, this leaves out foot person may end up making a call. I 1. Notify all captains at captain's would observers have? Would they be f aults, traps, and the score. Dave and I also have to say that I see nothing meetings that observers w illi active or passive? were asked to settle a score disagree w r ong with one person making the will nat be used and in what These questions were answ ered when ment in one ga·me. We told the captains call, if he or she has the best v iew and matches. Dave Demers and Buck Buchanan asked we were not responsible to keep the score. also because observers are usually 2. Notify the captains of the Guts if I would be interested in observing the Should observers keep track of the score people most of the players know and match who the observers are, third game of the Windy City-Queen City in case of a dispute? Should observers t rust. Once Dave and I wer e called on and w hat their specific duties match. I answered in the affirmative, be ready to give a ruling on all aspects to settle a dispute, we a rrived at each w ill be. as I wanted some first-hand experience of Guts or should their duties be limited? decision in no more than 30 seconds. 3. Notify the captains as t o how in observing. As I had watched the first The position of observers is another area I fee l this serv es three (3 ) purposes: to make use of the observer s if two games and had seen how much bitch to consider. One observer w ould pOSition a dispute call arises. ing, hollering, disagreeing aod delay of himself or herself behind the person on 1. Keeps the game moving. 4 . Notify the captains that the the game there was, I was elated with the throwing team who was throwing, 2. Puts as little emphasis on observers w ill remain quiet the outcome of observers in the match making sure he was not obstructing the obse rvers as is possible. until one or both captains ask game. With observers, the game was receiving tea·m's view. This observer 3. Shows the players in any for the observers. peaceful, kept moving, and the crowd would be primarily responsible for high, given Guts game that the stuck arouI1d, "",ot like the second ga·me . wide, or vertical shots. The other ob observers can arrive at a These are my thoughts and feelings of Dave and I did two other matches and server would position himself or herself quick decision, which is being an observer at the grandaddy of those also went well, although John on the goal line of the receiving team. fair to both tea·ms involved. all Guts tQu. name nts, the 1. F . T. It was d e finitely a worthwhile and w ell Hodges thought someone put him in He would be primarily responsible for charge of appointing observers (only high or short shots. When I was on the Another a rea of concern to me and hope spent Sunday afternoon. kidding John!). goal line of the receiving team, it was hopefully to others who act as obser - In terms of whether the observers difficult to call wide or vertical throws. vers is: How does an observer know Bruce Wilk should be active or passive, it seems When I lined up behind the throwing team, if he is doing his job? We all need GPA Representative - Wisconsin that it has been unofficially decided that it was difficult to see throws that were feedback in so·me form or another. observers should be passive. I agree . short. To me, it seemed that when I asked most players of the matches The r:>layer s have and should continue to observers were called to settle a disputed we observed. I received all positive This article raises some interesting control the game. Disagreement is in vertical, wide or short shot, only one questions, which are easily answer herent to the game of Guts and player s observer had a good enough view of the ed by the new Observers Handbook. throw. From my experience as an The Observers Handbook is available through the G . P. A . feated , once a gain proving that undefeated. Would they be able t o Cliff's Ridge can b e a tough pla c e win their final match? Would the to play for o ut-of-town teams. The 20 plus games Motor City had Librar y Bar, the Parkside D ou gh playe d make a difference? Motor boys and t h e Flye rs a lso m ov e d into City (AI Bauman, Gary Ciaglaski, Sunday undefeate d. Ron Arndt, Buzz Doucette, and Torn Matuzak) gave t hem the ans Sunday morning a rrive d e arly and w e r by winning in straight games. not without its share of s urprise s. With Gary Ciaglaski and Buzz Team 151 and th e Library Bar Doucette leading the defense, M otor squared off early in the fina ls of City proved they had the endurance the winner's bracket. Though 151 to corne through the loser's bracke t was undefeate d, the B a r with the ir and that t h e y w ere the b est t eam, experience s eemed a shoe - in t o the and on ce again the U. S. Champions. finals. But p l a ying far b eyon d their exp e rience and bolste r e d by In the w omen's finals, a fte r defe at the always p r esent pro- Marquette ing s orne · strong compe tition, the crowd, Team 151 wen t on to beat Madg rabbers b e at La Villa # 2 t o the B a r in three games a n d ear n a b ecome the U . S. Women' s Cha m berth in the finals . In the l o s e r's pions. bracket , Mot o r City was on a roll. 1979 United State s Champions -- Cliff's Ridge Photo by Cliff's Ridge Mining Journ al B e ating the Cosmi c Cowb oys in a (From Left to Right) : Ron Arndt, Torn Matuzak, Once again, Cliff's Ridge proved remat ch, they slowly s tarted t o Buzz Doucette, Gary Ciaglaski and Al Bauman itse lf to b e on e of the top tourna work their way into the finals. ments on the cir c uit in both fun and Knocking out the P arttimers, Queen c ompe tition. Thanks s hould go out City Flyers, the D oughboy s and to B ud Wesson and his crew for finally the Library Bar in the semi making this annua l e vent an e nj oy finals , after 20 plu s garnes , the y able weekend. CLIFF'S RIDGE had reach e d the fin als. A ll the t eams that p layed on Sund a y H op e to s e e yo u n ext y ear I deserve recogniti on.

In the p a st two fina l s a t Cliff' s With defending champs Motor City sets throughout the day. Two strong R idge t eams fr om Mar q ue tte had returning and 35 other teams trying D e tr oit teams went into the loser's B uc k Buc hana n m ade it. Once a gain it happen e d - to grab the ir title, the 1979 u. S. bracket early. Motor City lost in b ut what a sur prise. T e am 151 Championships turne d out to b e one the s e cond round to a Wisconsin (Kurt " Lug" Hamme r, Joe Thomann, of the toughe st tournaments of the team, the Cosmic Cowboys, one of Randy "Smitty" Smith, Bill "Brock The tournament started off year. the major upsets of the year. In the R ock " D e P e tro, a n d Scott in great form as Ed D e ering and his the meantime, strong off their "Andy" Ande rson) had corne from girlfriend Pam Ha verly were second place finish in Redford, the n owhere a nd made the fina ls by married Saturday morning on the Use-To-Be's were sent into the p laying hard, intensive Guts . Led Chalet at Cliff's Ridge. Afte r the loser's bracket by the host team, b y th e stron g throwing of Hamme r vows were e x changed tournament the Queen City Flyers, and had a nd DePe tro , they made it the r e play starte d . trouble the rest of the way, finally being eliminated late on Saturday. With the Marque tte tournam ent Also, another Marquette team, fielding its traditionally stron g T eam 151, beat the Redford Part competition, there were s om e up- time rs to move into Sunday unde- Motor City proved they could party name of the game as both teams ex late and p lay early by beating the changed catch after catch. Motor Use-To-Be's in two straight games. City won the first game 21-18. The The Use-To-Be's would now sit and Use-To-Be's c a me bac k to take the wait for someone to come out of the second game 21-17. In the third ' . loser's bracket. But the loser's game it was close , but Motor City bracket was a bloodbath. The came from behind to win it 21-18, Killer Bee's came on strong to beat to become the Redford Open West End Scrap, but finally lost to Champions for 1979. Parkside to finish in fourth place. Remember the Parks ide Doughboys In women's guts there were 6 teams. from Calumet in the U. P.? They The competition was excellent as were the ones who l ost their first the Madgrabbers finished third. In match and now had fought all the the finals, Touch of Class beat way back through the loser's Delayed Reaction to become the 19 79 bracket to beat the Redford Part Redford Open Women's Champions. timer s and then the Killer Bee's to make their way to· the semi-finals. Every year this tournament gets But after playing 22 games they ran stronger and draws a better field, though that doe s not draw away First Place Women's Team - Redford Open out of gas and lost to the Use-To from tournament director Al (Left to Right): Kristin Hamill, Diane Klemmer, Be's in two straight games. The Doughboys got their money's worth Bauman's low-keyed approach to Nancy "B" Demers and through talent and stamina having a 'tournament. The compet proved they are a team to reckoned ition is fierce but the atmosphere i s with by finishing in third place. to party and have a good time. This is evidenced by the hot roasted REDFORD OPEN So that set up the finals. Motor City bratwurst and fresh corn served up (AI Bauman, Gary Ciaglaski, Ron by Redford's own chefs Larry "eat Arndt, Tom Matuzak, Roger "Buzz" as much as you can" Shelton and In only its fourth year of existance, Saturday, Tri-City 1 defeated Doucette) versus the Use-To-Be's Dave "get 'em while they're hot" the Redford Open Tournament has Parkside in three games in one of (Willie "the claw" Shovan, Norm Klemmer. Also by the tradition of grown to be a very competitive the best matches of the weekend. Dinser, Leonard Demers, Keith the winning team spending some of weekend. 20 teams showed up to Then later on in the day Beer City "green" Moher, and Buck Buch their prize money on beer for the compete at the first major tourna upset Riding High in another good anon). Two strong Detroit area Sunday night party. ment since the 1. F. T. De troit, match, although Riding High came teams. Both these teams have the Redford area and its suburbs back to r e deem itse lf later by practiced and played against each A good time is had by all. See you have in the last few years become beating B eer City and knocking other so much it was a long and in '80. a hotbe d of Guts frisbee. Besides them out of the tournament. In the interesting finals. Defense was the the veteran t e ams in the area meantime, the favorites were going Buck Buchanan (Motor City, Use-To-Be's and the through the weekend undefeated. Redford Parttime rs), many other Motor City beat the Killer Bee's t eams have d eveloped such as the and West End to move into Sunday Killer Bee's, Riding High 1 & 2, without a loss. The Use-To-Be 's and three n ew teams from the Tri beat the Parttime rs in the last City area. The Redford Open not match of the day to remain unde only draws from its own area, but feated. two teams from the U. P. (Park side Doughboys & Forest Inn), a Sunday morning came awfully early Canadian team (West End Scrap) afte r a late night party at Jim and a Wisconsin team (Bee r City). Bolger's house. For the last 3 y e ars Jim has donated his h ouse for As usual at a tourname nt there are the party, and eac h y ear has bee n a upsets, but they started early in good time for all. Thanks Jim! ! Redford. In the first match on In the finals of the w inne r's bracket, Parkside Doughboys at Redford Open Photo by ·Tim Roycraft Hundreds gather to watch the finals at the 1979 I.F.T. MOTOR CITY ROLLS INTO GREEN BAY

Motor City won its second tournament 20 - 30 teams to the Green Bay area. this year at Mt. LeBett Ski Resort in Two possible reasons are that the gas Cole'man, Wisconsin on June 16 & 17. scare kept teams away and/or that As in the past at the Northern Wisc on tournament information wasn't re- sin Regional, the weather turned its ceived until the week of the tournament. back on us and dumped enough rain to NOTE: Pat Dennis has put on a good stop some traffic. It rained a lot on tournament for three years, but I know Saturday, but some matches were still as a tournament director, that is damn played. Twelve men's teams and six hard to run a tournament on your own. women's teams started play and pro The Stingers were crusin' again on bably c ould have played more matches Sunday as they put away the Library as the weather mellowed out late Sat Bar in 2 straight. Motor City, con urday afternoon. The Stingers were sisting of Al Bauman, Tom Matuzak, the class of the tournament on Saturday, Ron Arndt, Buzz Doucette, and Gary AL BAUMAN Photo by Sue Brown as they beat the eventual winner two Ciaglaski, came up through the loser's straight in what I was told were two bracket to set the stage for the champ The cameras caught it, but the players didn't! quick games. At the hub of this young, ionship match. This would be a re but exper ienced team are the 1st and match of Saturday's ,second round 2nd fastest shots in the world in 1978. action. As could be figured, the match The two guys were Ken Whitehouse and went down to the final point of the third Smitty, both of which can really shoot game. It was getting dark, adrenalin some smoke. was flowing, and a disagreement evolved The players party Saturday night was over either a high or vertical throw. It loose and much liquid was consu'med. is hard enough to see some shots under Although there were fewer people than ideal conditions and when it's the last last year, everyone seemed to have a point of the last match u nder the dark good time drinking, watching the rain, ening sky, it's even harder to see clearly. and listening to the dismal weather fore Anyhow, Motor City prevail e d and wrap cast (tornado watch, etc.). Sunday, ped up their second straight victory on most of the 12 teams were still in it. the circuit. Hope to see everyone in 10 The fields weren't in too bad of shape, Marquette! ! due to the sandy soil in this area. For P. S. Any Guts player, e ither young, those who weren't there, the fields were old, superstar, or up and c oming could reminiscent of the 1. F. T. Anyone at always use a tip or two to as sist in Coleman who played at the 1. F . T. was i'mproving their ga'me. To assist your familiar with playing on this type of ga'me, pick up a copy of Playboy's August surface. As the Great Northern Open 1979 issue and turn to Little Annie Fanny. has been seen as a warm up for the You w ill read an expose on Guts Frisbee 1. F. T. and as an indication of potential that has showed me how the game should team strength, many were surprised really be played! ! that only 12 teams showed for this tournament. Past interest has brought Bruce Wilk

MARK LIBBY Photo by Sue Brown NEW RULES? In an effort to define or redefine Here's what you voted on: certain areas, in the 1. F. A. Rules SUBSTI TUTI ON of Guts Frisbee, the GPA conducted a vote at the 1979 1FT. Although Substitutions may be made only at TO THE only a third of the competitors the switch points of the game present took the time to vote, I feel (11-22-33, etc.). EDITOR we accomplished what we set out to do. INJURY SUBSTITUTION

Substitution and Injury Substitution A team with an injured player may rules hav e been standardized, thus pick any person for substitution, as shortening the agenda a t ever y pre l ong as the person is not registered t ourney capt a in's meeting from here as a player at the tournament. i ••••• ••••• • ••••••• • ••••••••••••••••• • •••• on in. Scoring on foot faults has been changed and we have a new FOO T FAULTS rule concerning "sticky substances. " A foot fault is when the thrower This is in regards to the bracketing The bracketing in the tournament In the women's division we find a steps ~ the line. difficulties that occurred at both the package is correct. Cross -br acket ing formal validation of two r ules U.S. Nationals and the GPA World is prov illed for at appropriate points, a lready in use, these being the 13 PENALTY FOR A FOOT FAULT Championships. As this is a letter This is done so that teams will not met e r court and 3-women t eams. A foot fault on the throw constitu that will b e signed by me (see end of end up playing the same team twice letter), these are my opinions, so in the early rounds . This is what The new rules take effect immed tes a loss of the d isc, not a point. take it for what it is w orth. happened at the Nationals and the iately, but that shoul dn't prese nt The difficulties - adding extra matches Worlds tournaments and r e sults in a probl em to most of us. With fe w STICKY SUBSTANCES where they should not be and not unnecessary, but justified bitching. exceptions, Guts players voted a l ong following GPA bracketing guidelines, The GPA, through its tournament traditional lines in accepting sub Players will not be a llowe d to use - creating frustrating situations for Coordinators, needs to better control stitutions at the e l even p oint switch substances whi ch remain on the some teams at both the Nationals and bracketing. I can better accept los ing and the existing definition of a foot disc, such as tack c l othes or the Worlds. I feel the GPA was not a game or match due to human error, fault. grip it. Dave Demers i ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••, directly responsible for the difficulties. than having a system beat me. Buck Buchanan sent out a tourna'ment package, which included everything, To Summe r Bre ezes, including how to set up brackets for 8, 16 and 32 teams. I am sure there Bruce V. Wilk NEW GPA ADDRESS was a good reason for this package - to help assure that Guts' tournaments would be run as smoothly as possible. We of the GPA Newsl etter Staff have greatly enjoye d serving you. However, we need s trong support from our Members to continue.

The cost of producing this Newsletter and promoting Gut s throughout the l and is high indeed. Your check will go a long way in easing our financial burden. Remember, you won't find a mor e informative, accurate source of Gut s infor mation anywhere else.

You will receive a GPA Membership card and the GPA Newsl e tter whi ch will keep you informed on the 1980 Guts season - - we will publish at l east four and hopefully five Newsl etters for tte year. We are a l so selling discs (GPA at l ow Membership prices). GPA Headquarters Send your $2. 00 t oday to: 19969 Winston Detroit, Michigan 4 8219 FIREWORKS RING IN THE NEW YEAR playa tough match to defeat Windy Woman's guts was also held with the City Frisbee. In the championship Mill City Flyers defeating the Mis m a t ch, Hong Kong Fireworks fits of Milwaukee in 3 games. Al a v eng ed their previous day's loss to thoug h the re were only 2 teams, it Mill City by taking the Minnesota was good to see involve ment from team in 2 straight games. this sector of the Guts p opulation.

A point needs to be made here re garding ups (the act of not cleanly catching the disc, but getting it up with a part of the body so that one's Bruce Wilk team has a play on it). If there GPA Rep. - Wisconsin were an award for best feet, John Grieg of Mill City would probably have the best shot at the h onor. I 've seen him use his feet on occasion, but Sunday during the final matc h he EDITORIAL COMMEN T did it twice against two thumbers. This is not luck but a calculated reaction. Check him out during the coming season. It is most unfortunate that no see d ing points ·Jor the 1980 GPA Wo rld Championship can come from this event. As Guts players, the GPA staff understands the r ationale which led to the round r obin format. Hong Kong Fireworks at the 1979 World Championships Photo by Sue Brown Our regional sanction, h owever, does not permit the round robin Hong Kong Fireworks Co. of Mil Each team playe d 5 best 2 out of 3 format. The GPA staff hopes that waukee captured the 2nd Annual matches on Saturday. Hong Kong next year the Mid-winter Guts Mid- Winter Guts Classic. The Fireworks l e d the field with a 4-1 Classic will draw enough teams tournament was the first GPA Reg match record. The team was to truly be considered a regional. ional of 1980 and took place on composed of Andy Lemann and Jan. 12- 13. With first place went Kinney Adams (ends), Dave Dave Demers a beautiful trave lling trophy, Bolyard and Bruc e Wilk (whips), enshrined with 5 Guts players. Bob Rothman (Ce nter) and Steve Van Veghel, who played an Men Teams from 3 state s competed excellent 6th man. during the 2-day event. Six t e ams 1 st - Hong Kong Fireworks Co. $100, team trophy & travelling trophy turned out. As a result of the Hong Kong's only loss on Saturday 2nd - Mill City Flyers $50, and team trophy small turnout, a captain's m eeting came at the hands of the Mill City 3rd - Windy City Frisbee $10, and team trophy was held and a r o und robin format Flye rs. The y are the defending 4th - Beer City was used. COMMENT: Round Wisconsin State Guts Frisbee 5th - Left Outs robin was used for 2 reasons -- Champions. 6th Hong Kong Too 1) Were an 8 team bracket system used, one team would have had to The four finalists on Sunday in order Women play only 2 matches to make it to of Saturday's record were: Hong Sunday, and 2) With the distance Kong Fireworks Co., Mill City 1st - Mill City Flyers Team trophy several teams travelled, not much Flyers, Windy City Frisbee , and 2nd - Misfits energy would have been expe nded B e er City. Hong Kong won their on Saturday. And everyone came semi-final match against Beer City to play GUTS! ! in 2 game s, while Mill City had to 1979 FINANCIAL REPORT 1980 TOURNAMENT CALENDAR The GPA staff thought you might be of these expenses can be found in interested in a breakdown of how the accompanying table. ANNUAL ANN ARBOR FLYING DISC FESTIVA L - "A" GPA LOCAL GPA funds have been handled over April 18, 19 & 20., 1980. the past year. Basically, the We've already receive d word from GPA was funded by a $4,50.0. con the I.F.A. that again this year they SITE - Ann Arbor, Michigan tribution from the 1. A . A. This will provide a substantial contrib contribution was used to purchase ution to the GPA - although the TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR/INFORMATION discs fo r resale to tournaments actual amo unt is not yet determined. john Sappington and anyone else interested in The GPA wishes to thank the 1. F.A. 170.8 Charlton taking advantage of our very for its continued support and we Ann Arbor, Michigan 4810.3 reasonable prices. Income from also want to thank each of you who 313- 663- 2893 the sales then went to support the participated w ith us by running tour various costs of putting out the naments, joining membership or by EVENTS: GUTS - 5 Men newsletter and coordinating the just playing the game of Guts, cuz 3 Women tournament series. A breakdown that's what we're about! WALL HITTING FREESTYLE John Sappington ULTIMATE -- Pre-registration only - Limit of 8 teams

Financial Table January 1, 1979 - January 3D, 1980. AIR ACES OPEN - GPA REGIONAL - "AA" - May~, 1980. Incomes ~LJ 0- SITE - Rochester, Michigan ~ $ 4,50.0..0.0. 1. F . A. Donation S"" 848.52 Beginning Cash TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR/INFORMATION 4,0.0.1. 43 Disc Sales Ron Arndt 4,90.0..0.0. Prize $ Donation: 121 East University $2,50.0. Stroh's Brewery Rochester, Michigan 480.63 $2, 40.0. 1.F. A. 313-652-30.39 251. DO. Membership Fees $14,50.0..95 ONLY GUTS Expenses $ 1,329.0.0. Printing 5,0.0.0.. DO. Prize Money TWENTY - THIRD I NTERNA TIONAL FRISBEE TOURNAMENT 643.46 Trophies July 5 & 6, 1980. 3D 1. 65 Mail Expenses 246.70. Supplies SITE - Range Snowmobile Club 242.0.3 Phone Atlantic Mine, Michigan 189.0.0. Miscellaneous $12,529.84 TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR/INFORMATION Current Assets Jon Davis $ 1,971. 11 Cash on Hand Copper Country Chamber of Commerce 575. 0.0. Inventory Value Post Office Box 336 210..0.0. Accounts Receivable Houghton, Michigan 49931 $ 2,756. 11 ONLY GUTS Current Liabilities $ -0.- Accounts Payable BUCK'S BACK PAGE

REDFORD OPEN - GPA REGIONAL - "AA" - July 26 & 27, 1980 With the completion of the 1979 GPA amazed at the amount of good quality SITE - l."gli' l Ta 11 ey Pa r1< guts season, the players and the GPA teams, In past years, after the top Redford, Michigan took some positive steps forward. tw o or three teams, the r e was a big Through there still remains some drop in the quality of play. This year TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR/ INFORMA TION problems (nlOre participation, more again there wer e a couple teams w ho Al Bauman publicity, spreading out from the mid were on top, but the gap between these 15597 Pomona Drive we st), last year can b e recognized as t eams has gotten very s mall which has Redford, Michigan 48239 a strong and influential year in guts helped to improve the competition and 313-532 - 7159 frisb'ee history. Besides more prize play. The one majo r edge the top monies and increased amount of teams, teams had w as exp e rience . But th e ONLY GUTS the one major fact or in the 1979 season 1979 s eason showed that edge shr inking waS the full- time us e of observers . rapidly. This year a solid numbe r of teams r e turned back t o play. Most of UNITED STATES OPEN - GPA UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS In previous years, the use of obser vers thes e teams being in their second o r GPA REGIONAL - "AA" - August 9 & 10, 1980 was used seldom and, then, only w hen th ird year of c ompetitiv e year. No there was an argument which could not longe r can you look ahead and take a SITE - Cliff's Ridge be solved by the two teams . At the 1979 team for grante d. More and more t eams Marquette, Michigan 1. F. T., observers, with the vote of the are practicing year round and add to players, were used mandatorily for the that two ot three years of competitive TOURNAMENT DIRE CTOR/ INFORMA TION firs t time. With the increase of prize experience and you can s ee why teams Bud Weeson/Cliff's Ridge money, the arguments between tea'ms are beginning to reach their peak. Just County Road 553 had increased and became more per- ' by looking at this year s 1. F. T. and the Marquette, Michigan sonal, which the use of observers solved. World Championships, you can predic t It allow s the players to concentrate on a great season for 1980. At the 1. F . T., ONLY GUTS the game and not have to l earn how to there were some 40 plus teams . Out argue. By the end of the year, at the of this number, 30 of the teams can be World's Championships, observers were rated very high. A t the World Champ WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN - GPA REGIONAL - "AN' being used on both days and we had no ionships, there w ere 32 teams and they August 16 & 17, 1980 probl em getting observers. Both the w ere all good. This solid number of GPA and the players think that observ teams have helped widen the game and SITE - Sheboygan, Wisconsin e rs worked this year and is a positive make it much more com peti tive. They step. The future of observers in 1980 have shown that their taking the game TOURNAMENT DIRE CTOR /INFORMA TION is t o refine the observer's role so t hat seriously and are going to keep playing Bruce Wilk all players will know how to use the until they can reach the t op. Bratwurst Frisbee Club observer and how to be one, In the Route # 1 spring, the GPA will publish an ob With most of the teams hop efully return Random Lake, Wisconsin 53075 server's handbook, which should explain ing for the 1980 season, it should be !P' it. Anyone with ideas or changes in the exciting year . ONLY GUTS use of observers should send them to the G PA. Though most teams had certain high GUTS PLA YERS ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Though the number of guts teams did points (ex cuse 'the pun) f or the'm selves, GPA NATIONAL - "AAA" - Labor Day Weekend - 1980 not increase drastically in 1979, the there were a few teams who stuck out improvement and dedication did. through the year. These are a few of SITE - Detroit, Michigan my personal observations on the 1979 season. Complete information mid- summer - - flyers will be mailed to all on GPA The overall caliber of play in 1979 mailing Ii s t. w as the best to date in any past season. BEST OVERALL TEAM: Long time spectators and players were MOTOR CITY GUTS FRISBEE TEAM Replacing the Library Bar as a num MARQUETTE STINGERS - 2 second place ber o ne team is no easy task, but Motor (Green B ay and Sheboygan), 1 fifth place City was equ a l to it. T hough they let (1. F. T.) the World Championships slip through TOURNEY BIDS their f ingers, t hey won every other The 1980 season is rapidly approaching. tournament they competed in. The Soon, the GPA calendar will be r e leased highlight of their s eas o n was winning and you can s tart making your plans . the 1. F. T . Add tha t to four oth er I hope to see you all playing next year . Regional victor ies (Ann Arbor, Gree n As you have b een r eading this newsletter, you have gaine d some idea about where Bay, Redford Open and Cliff ' s R idge ) the GPA is coming from. We a re now interested in lining up R egional tournaments and you see why they had a very suc Shoot me, for the 1980 season. Please fill out the follow ing form (yes, some bureaucracy cessful season. already) and send it back to GPA Headquarters. Buck Buchanan Give us a call collec t in the meantime as well. John S appingt on (313) 663-2893 SURPRISE TEAM: or Dave Demer s (3 1 3 ) 532-4866. We will be in touch with you immediately if CALIFORNIA FOOTHILL GUTS not sooner for some follow-up. Also, we have compiled a tournament guide FRISBEE TEAM lines package which shoul d be of great value in helping you plan. POSSibly the experience we have gathered from running tournaments in the past can save you Though they had finished third at the from a few of the pitfalls we have run into. These w ill be available upon request 1978 World Championships in Toronto, soon after you get this newsletter and will include such niceties as proper brack many expe r ts thought they would have eting procedure s , timing of rounds so you don't e nd up playing until way past troubl e in 1979 . Boy were we wrong. dark, s u ggestions for effective publicity, ideas on how not to l ose money while By playing that str ong steady consist running a successfu l "player's tournament" . We can be of help in getting your ent game, they upset Motor C ity to tourna'ment off the ground and into the air . Just get in touch. become World Champions. In the las t c ouple of year s in the midwest, the back-hand throw had been somewhat negl e cted The Foothill team, by using fo ur backhands a nd a thumber, Tournament Name ______showed that the back- hand shot can still be a dominant force in the game. Organizer A dd that to th e dominating pl ay of Steve "Eyes" McClain and you have a Name ______Phone ______World Championship t eam Address ______

MOST IMPROVED TEAM: (tie ) City ______State ______Zip _____ PARKSlDE DOUGHBOYS -- CALUMET, MICHIGAN, HONG KONG FIREWORKS - If other s besides yourself are invol ved, use the back of thi s f o r their names M ILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN , AND THE and number s. MARQUETTE STINGERS -- MARQUETTE, M ICHIGAN Proposed tournament date ______Alternate date(s) "The best catch of the day" All three teams h ad their b est over a ll Condition and l ocation of proposed s ite ______year and if th ey improve n ext year as Mr. & Mrs. Ed D eering much as they did this year, they will b e Married August 11, 1979 Cliff' s Ridge Ski Lodge right in the thick of thing s. Total pr izes a n t i cipated ______Marquette, Michigan On the first day of the U.S. PARKSlDE DOUGHBOYS - 1 third place Resources ______do you have tournament experience? (Redford Open), 2 fourth places (Green Championships. Bay and Cliff's Ridge), 1 fifth place (1. F. T.) Which tournaments ------HONG KONG FIREWORKS - 3 third pla ces Please add any information which you think might be of im'mediate i mportance Photo by Dave Demers (Ann Arbor , She boygan and the World for us in aidin g you for this sanction. Championships )