Show He e Flies Through The Air L With rith The Greatest Of Ease r 1 r E 1 VS George holder of the world pole pote vault record and Bill Hayward track coach of the University of Oregon o.-egon who Is pouring Georges George's ration ra ra- ration ration tion of pineapple juice which he Includes in his training diet would think of milking cows FEW J as likely to lead to a new world record in the pole vault but triumphs tri trio triumphs in athletics is s well veil as in other fields frequently trace tr ce back to such apparently unrelated origins George who recently set a anew anew anew new world record for this event worked on his fathers father's farm when a aboy aboy boy and milking the cows helped give ive him hint the great strength in i hands and arms so necessary to the pole vaulter It was at the eighth forty national senior meet of the American Ath Ath- Athletic Athletic letic Union held this month at N. N J. J that George stab established established the new record Until a week before he Jle had never vaulted 14 feet but at Princeton in his first try at the dizzy pinnacle he lie zoomed to the world record of 14 feet 6 inches more than an inch better than anyone had ever done before The farm where George grew up was on the Island of ot Maul Maui in the Hawaiian group Money was none too plentiful and there were younger brothers and sisters Georges George's mother however was an intelligent as ns well as a working hard-working parent and the diet she served her brood of growing children George believes was another important factor in his unusual muscular development There was always an abundant fare of fresh tresh fruits and vegetables vegetableS' and George who retains his fond fond- fondness fondness fondness ness for the pineapple which is practically synonymous s with Hawaii Includes pineapple juice in his train train- training training ing fag diet During the train rido ride East with other athletes bound from the West Nest Coast for tor the AAU AAP meet meet 0 a s N a t J r w M r r ra rc a c i f t W U IJ just after he had established a new pole vault record at Prince Princeton ton New Jersey Jers y r f George even sold his fellow athletes on his national beverage the boys bos buying the pineapple juice in cans at stops on the way Several years ago George matriculated at the University ot of Oregon It is big Bill Hayward track coach at the University of ot Oregon for 34 years who is Ig largely responsible for Georges George's develop development ment as a pole vaulter CuriouslY reminiscent of Georges George's early earl ex ex- experience e experience on the farm faun is 13 one of ot the tha exercises Coach Hayward pre pre- prescribes prescribes prescribes scribes for his boys boys- To strengthen their fingers and arm muscles he ho hohas has them carry cairy in each coat pocket a tennis ball which they the form the habit of or alternately alt squeezing and releasing calling into play much the same use of the muscles a q is in In- involved In milking a cow f S |