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Show 11 OLYMPIC ATHLETES PASS IN REVIEW A A A A A e f -' O 4 BRAWN OF 33 NATIONS READY i FOR CONTESTS Dismissed American Athlete Reinstated After Ousting By Committee GREAT VARIETY OF A EVENTS OPEN SUNDAY jtL ' Flays of Enemy Nations Ab-f Ab-f sent At Formal Opening I of Big Stadium ' mWM IVTWKRP. l 1 The ro- ' nisi vtt mcnl ol Dun " '' ''" Illinois ' v' "'' pd3 1)1 rrom the Vnn rta lympk f V JB "ii chorgw of hiaubordtouiikwii H announced ii"- i ' :.ni apologist l this monUllB "i tf i" i1" ' " ' 1 1 b ""' ""' Vm" ". vfiM oomrnltteea Thcj mpW &M hlM spologj and - itm restored tll hfi forme tending on Hi- ?JB team, dosing the Incident, ANTWERP. Auk- 11 The Olympic utadlum was opened today It wax hi H formal rnrmony, staged With P- M uK of flags, banners and fluttering M , i MH white stone, mmem and WOOd. Wltn Hi royalty, officialdom, diplomacy, rame Bl and CMblon participating m the pro- ,1 Lh( thoui indi spoctato M ... out the h ige ; tnc,r 1 ,,,1, , -m In the actual i onteslani 9 athlete from nearly thirty nations j jfjKH a who paraded the arena i.ritl t.. mm row W will begin their teats of strength nnJj Ti,r spei tutor art i b 1 osmopow mmmW an the mass of contestants and In Ihc , fanls of the athlete- w.T. . Iti-.-.-iiM of fjfjM .,11 the countries WhOSC fla,;:;. flliiK from official, dlplomutlc or consular! boxes, made the Men a colorful fjjaH hodgepodge like " waronip out with nil her pennants TV(i M VGS BSl X i Two flags, the German and Aus-trlon, Aus-trlon, which flew over the stadium in the sixth lmplad at Smckholm. HI were missing and these eOUntrlM, MM barred from participating In the meet, mm 3 tatlon either In the n i In the diplomatic boxes. Th,- Russian flag, also, was missing. ' their places, however. wer the athletes and flags of nations newborn of the war, Pb- md and Cw cho Slovak! l, tin I itt i IB J though then listed separately, had to! marcn just behind the Austrian! st LWg Stockholm. M The form.ii oerentoniee of opening mmu the stadium included addresses by the jjJt tag ol the B igl i pn seated the itadluni to Baron Pierre de Coubertln, pr-.ident of thi jm K International Olyi 1 1 1 I , pj numlirr f other offRlalx if the .x 01 itidgian or Antwerp city government WM b Igl i ! mplc ommlttet a mWt There was SlSO tremendously Impres- lL OOXTINUOVS CHEERING A The cheering wax continuous ai th athletes, filing In from the open i. gfl Just back if the stadium where they wLWM hail formed, nation by nation, swung Lwi into the arena u uded b the nim bi i :. ..i ihi I nternal onal 1 Hj mplc iH committee The) marched in alpha-1 Mm betlcai order, though the Belgians, alphabetically first In the list, took Bj last plan , courteously, as hosts. This Hj brought Australia first in line behind IBi the official committee. Each group v. as preceded by Its Ws flags, and generally peaking, each HJ group of nationals WSS uniformly WA dressed not In athletic togs, but In BBI suits of uniform cut and color. Some Mm however, went lr army or navy uni- formi As tai swung by the roj ai IX, uhrre Viii ,. I'rlnce Uu-M Uu-M pold and a group of government otfl- olalfl wero standing, they saluted the king. Some of the athletes paid slml-i BM lar courtesy to the ambassadors or H ministers of th Ii nit Ions, who had , ui boxes ill around the arena .MI KM n i hi i Rl n. The American athlet-K. about 30 LW strong, were cheered frequently not I only b) tneli compatriot! in the stands, but by the throngs who recog-nlzed recog-nlzed that the group marching behind Hpj the stars and stripes were among the Mr j strong contenders for victory In the V seventh Olympiad. r I It seemed that there were thousands j of Americana In the stands. Every I, i soldier from the. army of occupation j on the Hhlne who could possibly se- cure leave was there In khaki Jackles I j from the cruiser Frederick, sailors I J from the American merchant and pa--I i Sanger liners In the harbor and hun-I hun-I dreds upon hundreds of tourists swelled the delegation from across the Atlantic until. In some parts of the stadium, at least, It seemed to be a regular American crowd. The Llel-.lans. Llel-.lans. of course, and also the French and English appeared to be out In force. v I Mill U M m R.IBJ D. j The stadium Is something more than throe miles from the central fs business di--. Antwerp and reached by street railway and steam B railway lines, it has been built of B stone, concrete. s:eol and wood, with B an Impressive arched main entranoa . Its total capacity for spectators U estl- B mated at 20.000. It, like tho tracks it B encloses, Is oval In shape. On two H' v ' slfles there ate roofed "grandstands. T here are located the boxes and re- "M served wat.-. At the two ends of tht (Continued on Togo Two ) J Brawn of 30 Nations Ready for Contests (Continued from Page One) oval, however, there are no roof,, but only a scries of steps like those of the oltl Greek open-air theatres .accommodating .ac-commodating thousands of sp tatora standing The tracks are the ordinary 1 inder paths, while the Inside arena, where will be held the field events, is of well-kept turf. The running track, oval, of course, is a fraction under 390 meters to a lap. There Is a stralghta wa. aim, ; one side sufficiently long for the 10U-meter 10U-meter dash, but the 200-meter race must le run on the oval. The grass field inside Is 14 8 by 73 meters and the footoall ground 106 by 68 meters. There are tenuis courts back of the stadium. There are. of courj-t;. special dressing, dress-ing, bathing and refreshment rooms fy the athletes and rooms for the press and officials |