NEW OLYMPIC STADIUM.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1772, 10 June 1913, Page 5

NEW OLYMPIC STADIUM.

OPENED BY THE KAISER. By MegraDi—Pr« sa Asßooiatlon—OopyrieM Berlin, June 8. Tho Kaiser opens to-day the Olympia Stadium at Grunewald, containing the usual arena, with tracks for cycling and Tunning, and ample provision for football, swimming, and other sports. There will be sitting accommodation, for 14,100 people, besides standing accommodation for 12,470 more. . A GREAT GATHERING. (Rec. June 9, 10.15 p.m.) Berlin, June 9. Thirty thousand spectators attended the opening of the Stadium, despite the fact that standing room cost two marks (Is. lljd.). General Podbielski greeted the Kaiser land Empress on behalf of two and a ! quarter million athletes affiliated to the Game 3. The Imperial Committee of the, Olympic Gomes released ten thousand military pigeons, bearing to all parts of Germany the Kaiser's motto: "Ever ready for Empire's glory." Thirty thousand athletes, bearing a thousand banners, then marched past, saluting the Emperor, and crying "Hail!" They were headed by ten .thousand gymnasts, and followed by twenty thousand cyclists, four thousand footballers, and also lawn, tennis players, swimmers, runners, skaters, and' finally 8500 Boy Scouts, and 500 Girl Scouts. The displays which followed included women club-swinging, and wall-scaling by guardsmen.

The Kaiser stood for two hours returning salutes.