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Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Sunday, November 6, 1955

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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(EDITOR'S NOTE: Eeles Landstrom,
European National pole vault cham-
pion, is one of the many representa-
tives from foreign countries who have
reached great skill in their fields.
Somewhat of a public personality,
Landstrom still has the marked inter-
est in American students that we have
found to be a characteristic offoreign
Students on campus.)
By JIM BAAD
THE number one athlete on cam-
pus from this side of the At-
lantic is very likely Ron Kramer.
But the European group at the
University points to Eeles Land-
strom as its representative for
this exclusive title.
Landstrom, a tall, powerfully
built pole-vaulter from Finland not
only is his country's national
champion, but holds the European
National pole vault title at the
European record of 14' 9".
The Finnish people think so
much of his agility that a Fin-
nish national magazine featured
a two-page tribute to Landstrom
and his wife when they left Fin-
land for Ann Arbor this fall.
DEVOTION to his skill led to the
realization of one of Land-
strom's great desires: the oppor-
tunity to study in an American
university.
As Europe's top pole vaulter, he
attracted much attention at track
and field meets, and especially

caught the eye of Michigan's trav-
elling track coach Don Canham.
While on one of his trips abroad,
Canham offered Landstrom the
chance to come to Michigan if a
scholarship could be arranged.
Landstrom says he jumped at the
chance, and the scholarship did
come through.
Now Landstrom is here and
ready to pole vault for Canham's
defending Big Ten champions as
soon as he is eligible. Big Ten
rules require one year's residence
before varsity competition.
LANDSTROM worked out in the
field house last spring, but said
that he had some trouble reaching
the height he should have. He
seems to think now, however that
the trouble was caused by emo-
tional problems. He had a girl
waiting for him in Finland and
much of his concentration was on
her and not on going over the cross
bar.
He went home to Finland over
the summer, saw his girl and mar-
ried her. Right away any emo-
tional drawback disappeared from
his pole vaulting, as he wrapped
ap the European championship,
and broke the existing record with
his leap of 14' 9".
Asked if he had his goal set for
the magical height of 15 feet
(reached thus far by only five
men, including Cornelius Warmer-

tion and go into his father's busi-
ness. He is quite frank about
wanting to study business in
America. He says plainly, "When
you're in business the object is
to make a lot of money, and what
better place to learn this than in
America. You Americans do it so
well."
In addition to his athletic skill
and business studies, Landstrom
dabbles in journalism. He regu-
larly writes articles for Finnish
magazines, mostly on his impres-
sions of American sports andhis
life at the university. He is very
much interested in writing these
comparisons of life in the two
countries.
He has travelled all over Europe
to track meets, and has been in-
vited to appear behind the iron
curtain many times. He has vis-
ited, competed in, and has many
friends in Hungary, Czechoslova-
kia, and Rumania.
He has even been invited to
compete in Moscow but turned
down the chance, because, as he
said bluntly, "I hate the place."
Despite the language barrier,
Landstrom wants to write in Am-
erica about the-people and 'their
life in the Iron Curtain countries.
Because of the great amount of
literature he has seen over here
on the subject, he believes the

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dam who was the first to make it),
he merely patted his stomach and
said "Too fat now. I'll have to
take off a little of this, and then,
15 feet is my goal."
Landstrom looked anything but
fat, but in pole vaulting, as he put
it, "It's all done with the arms
and just a few extra pounds will
cut down your jump."
MAJORING in business adminis-
tration, Landstrom plans to

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