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/ AMPHiTHEATRE FOR OLYMPIC
GAMES WILL SEAT $4,000.
I Construction WIN Cover $40 Acres
/ When Compiete-The Stadium al
Athens or the Coliseum Would Be
/ Lost Wit1in-Rhodes Scholars in
England May Compete for This
Country.
Nothing more extraordinary. as 4
/ constructive feat. is to be seen JUST
now in London than the city within
city. which is rising as rapidly rs
AladIin's palace on the open spaces
OF Shepherds bush. Astounding adj
vance has been made in the last few
| mcnlhs in the erection Of the huge
instructions that cover 40 acres of
what was desert land less than twelve
months ago.
Eight spacious halls. each 4Go feet
BY 10 feet, are already outlined il
steel, iron and concrete. For many
TIL, external decorations have already
been affixed to the fireproof structural
walls. Two hundred and fifty thous-
and square feet of floor space has
hall alone Other palaces are rising
rapidly for education. fine arts, music
and woman's work
In IT'S present condition. with only
the two great segments finished at
each end Of the mighty ellipse. the
Olympic arena irresistibly reminds
the spectator of the Coliseum. as
that venerable monument of Imperial
Rome now looks in the splendor of
its majestic ruins. But the Coliseum
with all its tiers of arches, could be
easily contained within the completed
arena of today.
The stadium of modern Athens,
seats and all. could be built within the
space of grass that forms merely the
lentre Of LOndon's latest marvel. The
amphitheatres of Mines or Aries could
be hidden away at one end OF tfft
Shepherds bush arena. and scarcely
interfere with its proportions. Some
10000 people will be able 10 sit
around its spacious seats and watch
the greatest athletic gathering the
world has ever seen.
According to reports from the va
riOus countries interested in sports
in all parts of the world, the assembly
OF athletes will be the greatest. both
in quality and quantity. that ever com.
peted for international honors. France.
Germany, Greece. the United States
and many other nations. aside from
England and the British colonies. will
be represented by host Of entrants,
skilled in strength. speed and endur-
ance. and the winner of any special
event can well be termed champion
of the world in his particular spec.
ialty
The Olympic games will be held
under the auspices of the British
Olympic Council. The American com,
mittee. which has been appointed in
accordance with the wishes of Lord
DesbOrough. as president of the
Olympic Council, is a representative
one, the honorary president being
Theodore Roosevelt. President of the
United States; Caspar Whitney. presi.
dent. and Julius W. Curtiss. of Yale,
treasurer.
No athletes Of the United States will
be permitted to compete in the Shep.
herds bush stadium through an indi-
vidual entry He must be member
of the American team and entered as
such by the American Olympic com.
mittee. Only native-born or natural
lied Americans. either residents of
the United States or having migrated
to foreign countries within recent
years. will be eligible for the team
While it is not likely that any of
them will be used. the United States
has quite few athletes in England
itself who. in case of necessity, or
10 the event of them showing such
class that they would be entitled to
places on the team. can be called
upon to compete under the Stars and
Stripes at the Olympic games-the
Rhodes scholarship men. Under the
ruling of Lord Desborough these men
are eligible None of the Rhodes men
are world-beaters. but in interco-
legiate meets they have been placed
well most Of The timc-New York
Post.