1928 OLYMPIC GAMES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1926, Page 4

1928 OLYMPIC GAMES

(From A Correspondent.) LONDON, May 20. It is a far cry to 1923, out when it comes to organising international events two years is not much for thorough preparation. The scenes where will bo laid the Olympic Games of 1928 are well on the way towards preparation, and in Amsterdam the Commission for Architectural Art has approved the plans for the stadium which is to be built for the games. Staircases of more than four yards *-idth will lead to the various amphitheatres, and particular care will betaken that the events in the arena can be followed from every corner of the edifice.

The main entrances and exits will bo so arranged that thousands of vehicles are allowed to pass without causing the slightest congestion. The municipal tramways will extend one of their services in order to bring visitors right to the main gates.

The leading principle of the architects seems that of space, the avoidance of all cramming. The “Tribune of Honour,” for instance, will have several large smoking and coffee-rooms, while the Press balcony contains six hundred scats and specially fitted rooms for allowing the journalists to write, telegraph or telephone their reports. The Wembley example will apparently be followed in a generous manner.

The decorative part of this great work will find particular attention, as it is desired to show'tlic millions that are expected from abroad how well Dutch architecture and Dutch decorative art collaborate.

It is confidently expected to be ready in good time for the Olympic Games of 1928.

The “Netherlands Olympic Committee” is still receiving large and small donations from Dutch as well as foreign enthusiasts, and, though the Government refused their financial support to the enterprise, there is very little doubt that the necessary funds will he mnply obtained from voluntary contributions.

Talking of sports grounds, there has been rat her a bad break ill tlio dcsoi iption of the new stand at Lord’s. '1 be Rothermerc organ “ The Daily Mail ” assorts that it makes Lord’s th© ugliest ground in Fngland, while one of my Lord Beaverbrook’s young men will have it that “the now stand is a charming building, well fitted for its purpose, carrying si good dcfll of in proportion to the spjico it occupies, and designed with so much grace that I shall" never sit in it mysolf, but rather opposite it. so that I can dook at it while Mi- Ponsford is hatting.” How dare lesser mortals have an opinion on this question of taste?