-w I -Mpl A' Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, November 6, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunnv: November 6, 1955 .. New Brnnch & CARRY Cleaning Plant i i i (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. 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