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Show OLYMPIC STARS P1S51PEW Americans Have Largest Entry i of Any Contending Nation Excepting Belgium ANTWERP. Aug. 14. (By the Associated As-sociated Press) Olympic athletes, sportsmen and officials of twenty-seven twenty-seven nations, numbering 1,612 marched in review before King Albert of Belgium today In the ceremony opening the lmplc stadium. wher all was ready for competitions berln-nlnjr berln-nlnjr tomorrow The Americans as a result of the reinstatement of Dan Ahearn. dismissed dis-missed on charges of Insubordination, went into th' parade In fine spirit and full of hope for victory. Their delegation dele-gation of 299, is the largest evcept the Belgians, whose ranks numbered 301. sckni: OF COLOR With a perfect day, the beflagged field was thronged with competitors, ranging in color from the pale blonde men and women of the northland. through all shades of brown of the J. ip.iiie.se, turbaned Hindus and fezzc-d Egyptians, to the almost Jet black of some Americans in age they ranged from Alleen Rlggln. the 12 year old American dler, who kept step braely with the longer ."trided big Americans, Ameri-cans, to a bearded Belgian archer, the last in line, who might have been her great grandfather. There was a small crowd of spectators spec-tators but the official b,oxes were crowded The Belgian royal family 11a a in lk HWal lw LIKE KNIGHTHOOD DAYS When King Albert at the Invitation I of Count Balllet-Latour head of the Belgian Olympic committee, proclaimed pro-claimed the stadium open, after Car-' ,dinal Mercler had pronounced the I benedlrtlon, seven cannon shots boomed boom-ed and carrier pigeons fluttered over the field. An airplanr gave the onb twentieth century touch to a colorful pageant such as might have attended a tournament In knighthood days. The delegation from the Inlted States, with Pat McDonald carrying the American flag, and Harry J. Hebner, bearing the standard, was well applauded. Aft?r the flags and officials offi-cials marched the navy men In unl-1 forms, then the seven coaches, the sixteen girl swimmers wearing white skirts and blue Jackets and tho athletes. ath-letes. An army contingent was at thei end of the American group. Tomorrow's events, starting nt 11 a m include the javelin throw flnaK preliminary s in the 300-meters event, the 400 meters hurdlej and the SU0-meters SU0-meters run. American entrants In these events ai e Javelin throw M. S Angler. Illinois Illi-nois A. Ci J. C. Lincoln. New York A C.i J. P Hanner. Leland Stanford university, and A. M. Tuck. Multnomah. Multno-mah. Portland, ore. who will take the place of K L. Wilson. Chicago A A. 100-meter Loren Murchison, Nov, York A. C-; J. V. Scholz. University of Missouri; Charles W Pnddock. Los Angelas A. C; M. M, Klrksey. Olympic Olym-pic club, San Francisco. 400-meter hurdles Prank Loomls. Chicago A. A , J K Norton )ym- pit club, Sin Francisco. A G, Desch. Notre Dame university, Charles D. 1 Dttgga, Los Angeles A. A 3t0-meters Earl Eby, Chicago A . l ieutenant D. M. Scott. U S. A., Thomas Campbell, Yale; A. B. Sprott, Los Angeles A . C. -00 |