Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-25
ROYAL WELCOME
FOR ATHLETES
old England viii Show How TO
Entertain At Olympic
Games.
THE SPLENDID NEW STADIUM
Two thousand Athletes From an
Parts of World VIII Com.
pete In Contests.

The Olympic games to be held tbl,
summer in the great stadium Mt shan
herds Bush in the west end of London
viii make the contests of the ancient,
look like a back-lot event. Two thon.
sand athletes from all parts of I'm
world will compete.
No country has entered the fun MIN.
Der of contestants allowable for IN.
100 events that make up the program
still the managers of the lympald ar.
| thankful "'e
| If all the entries were filed, it womb
mean a descent upon London bv Al,
army of $3.50 athletes.
The giant stadium, with it's seating
capacity of 10000, its ITO yard swinmlns
tank, and its two ono-third mile track
is almost completed. 1t will be ready
Tor the first event on July 10.
COST A LITTLE BIT.
The stadium alone will cost s3OoOO,
| None of this falls upon the Olympaii
management, however The stadium /,
being built privately, to form a part OF
the Anglo French exhibition which 4,
to be held this year The admission no.
Iceipts will total $4,000 a day when tbs
stadium Is filed, but this will not han.
pen often.
A loss of at least $4,000 is expected
for the arena builders, and as much
more will be spent by the Olympic cam.
mittee in entertaining the visiting ath-
letes, in arrangement expenses and in
providing medals. The last item will
require $4,000 alone. England will
lose 100000 on the games. but thinks
it cheap If a record Olympaid is en-
joyed.
The most expensive single tournament
will be the rowing contests, which will
take place on tho Thames at Henley
and which will cost 5000.
WHY POPULAR.
The most popular event will be the
25-mile Marathon race, which will start
in the grounds of King Edwards palace
at Windsor and end with a 66O-yard
final dash around the stadium track.
About 100 runners are expected to COM
pete.
The least popular contest will be hs
pony polo match, for only the United
States and England have developed the
game sufficiently to have any chance
for the prize and other nations are
fighting shy of making q show of them
selves against the Anglo American eK-
perts.
The continental countries arc going
land and America that though they
can't play polo they are away up IN
other branches OF sport. The belgian
team is expected to walk away from
all its rivals in the water polo match.
TWO "AGIN' US.
Belgium has a high jumper. Dupont
who is going to give America and Eng
land q lot OF trouble, and Germany has
Il long distance runner, Runge. who is
q strong continental favorite. Tho
Swedes and the Germans are being
counted on to carr! off everything in
the gymnastic contests.
The national prize probably will fall
either TO America or England, for there
are a lot of contests, like hockey, la
crosse, lawn tennis and football IN
which the continentals have not
chance.
The moot modern of all sports. auto
mobile racing. Is not included IN the
Olympaid. An attempt was made TO
arrange a contest, but the big auto
mobile dealers declined to trust their
high power cars to amateur drivers,
and as only amateurs can compete IN
the games, motoring will be cut out