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Show Antwerp Picked for Olympic Games Geemany and Soviet Russia Only Big Nations Not Represented in Classic n J. H. Duckworth V E A. Staff Correspondent ANTWERP. Over 3000 of the world's finest athletes arc here In Antwerp for the Olympic Karnes The American contingent is h'.ust d ,,i .half a dor'n communal schools which have been specially fitted up with dormitories, dor-mitories, baths and gymnasiums and i kitclv ns for their convenience 1 Not sines 'ctober, 1914, has Ant-I Ant-I vverp presented such an animated ap-pearance ap-pearance as it does today Then, after a fierce bombardment, the Hermans Wi re entering Antwerp Now the city has been invaded by a host of m rrj holiday makers from all the allies and friendly neutrals of Europe, and from distant India, Canada and South Africa. Afri-ca. Germany which should ha Q been holding the games, and bolshevik Russia Rus-sia are the on! big nations tiarred from the seventh olympiad. SLEEP )N TABLES I - At the hotels on the Avenue de Key-Iser Key-Iser visitors are bunking out on billiard tables Thousands are coming jn daily 1 bv auto, and even b' aeroplane, from 1 Paris and Brussels. The city is smoth-lered smoth-lered In flags and bunting. As for the stadium. Antwerp hai ! done herself proud. A few' week? ago I was In the stadium at Stockholm 'lb.-outfit 'lb.-outfit here I5 larger than the one in Sweden It Is also more plctureso,uel situated than the Olympic arena in london In 1 90S WORTH SETTING The Antwerp stadium Is in the suburb sub-urb of Kiel, outside the- ramparts, and .about fortv minutes' car ride from the lecrtor of the city The surroundlnK grounds are thickly carpeted with flower beds between which arc shady walks The whole place provides a worthy s.-tting for what a Belgium official of-ficial ratiier grandiloquently described ias "the Treat manifestation, the living n. vclopedla of sport and physical cul-1 cul-1 lure.'' The Kround for the stadium Is 136 meters leng and 92 meters wide. The running track is 9 meters wide and 400 meters long. Th football ground j measures 1 06x70 meters. There are a total number of 10.250 seals. In the tribunes are boxes with a total of 700 Iseats. In front of the large tribune arc I bcxes which can hold t'60 people. BIG TRIBUNE L'nder the big tribune arp cloakrooms cloak-rooms for the athletes, with lavatories. 'shower and foot baths. There are also five rooms reserved for the press, and I for the postal, telegraph and telephone services. Near to the big tribune Is a special pavilion for the- athletes, with three stories, where, besides many 1 louk rooms, are meeting rooms and a r -served space for an orchestra of about on.' hundred musicians On the right of the big tribune is the tower, on top of which Is hoisted th national colors of Belgium, the organizer or-ganizer of the seventh Olympiad At the opposite angle of the arena Is ihe triumphal arch, throuKh which will - . . - " STADIUM " 1 8?- VAPDV BY lOO YARDy- - 1 SFATIr-iG 10X50 - ,LD ,-No TR I UMPH AL APCW I UN'NG I fWsi2&-'' JssBBBBBBBBHHHBW-ieJsiit HPbsbbssI3KMbbbsshI :":;?8ffig5gpBPW",r - mBBBBSSSBSSBHBSBBMSrBlBSSSBSSM teMhisT'" A&SSWisBSBBBS!BBBBKBlBaaBB9 fc " " 'enter the marathon runners and other 'grand advents of athletes." announced an-nounced by the heralds and with blasts! of "Theban trumpets" from V - top ofl tho arch. CIT OF FLAGS It is also through this arch that will enter all pageants, defiles and reviews. On the inside of tho stadium Is the table, for the results and the big mast for the flags of the countries victorious .in the different cont ts. I Both sides of the tribune are connected con-nected with Me. 1, 'bet or what 'he , Belgians more politely c lII the popu-llar popu-llar places," forming a semi-circle and built-in tiers. Colonnades and a multitude mul-titude of banners and flags complete the decoration of the stadium. ONLY t IIAMI'AfiN K ! At the back of the main tribune ai e 'the lawn tennis and hockey grounds with their special cloak rooms. Here are also restaurants, eafes. American Ice cream parlors, confectionery and pastry shops, tobacco stands and newspaper news-paper stalls. 1: th" w.iv Belgium is dry that is to sav , whisky, cornac and other I' strong drinks" are forblddi n All one ! can get here Is champagne at $3 a quart and the red and white- stuff at-;75 at-;75 cents a bottle. The war cert-.irfly mussed up life In Belgium ml 4 ., U o f) fr , t ! 1 "- Lower picture 'ws lb laian rnnnt'r. Umbering np on the ciniler path with the Triumphal i in the bar! ground |