The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-29
STOCKHOLM READY
FOR BIG ATHLETES
ExCELLENT ARRANGEMENT ron
HANDLING SPECTATORS As
WELL As PARTICIPANT
LARGE ATTENDANCE

STADIUM AND THB DEAUTT-
's-sAc
y ro- v,.rc~.
In view Of the general interest in
fhe nrnhe hiiitv th.t msr. Cir.
iron, vir.4ri. vsII - rr~-ent 6nrsrs
~. mset. ~. -. - - sAIrw
the MN ~ atccEhoIm ana rns.fn
ahcut *. .+Ni~.~ LII ~rrx. e n.
terssf Tnis acccunt !. ~ Az, a.
she wor,1 hx ths stccrnoIn fcorre.
snorAsrt ~ tn IIondnr TYyn~a ana Il
vsli vo,sr rsadtnr.
-
1t you - up 70 the place whore
they sell ssasoa ttcksts tor the SKA
dtum (Hl0ett1orsaljntng). which = in
= building quite apart from that In
which the geUeral o0iceo Of the Olym-
pic gAmss are situated. yuu viii and.
In the MIDDLE OF . large room. an ex-
csllent plaster model q the Stadium
itsslf. sono seven ree< loue, wnsreon
every seat can b tdsntded- AZ any
time Of the dag nov. In business
hours, people are there Walking
round the model and ssts-cdng their
seAtA - Y buying tickets ~ the oox
ounce o. . tnOaxsr Tor 2 performance
which oeG1ns nAxf week
Th>rs ar, four uopths yU&, ali but
. week, to the opening OF the games
on June 20: and already s.eoe season
tickets have besn locally sold. Some
1900 more aru reserved for foreign
~, 70 IS sold thruugh The national
Olympas oouuaitaees IN the several
oounfra>a. or the Author11od agentA
There are ales tn rsasrvattoas for the
press $500 saats). which may have to
be Increased, and for ofictal purpos-
e Including compstitor& which
amount 10 about 1870. The British
Olympic committee alone asks for
forty seats. which II moro thaa any
other country: out otner nauohs max
reQuesss In proportion, inA'U tue
who'll top tnofnl enc o. Ine s en- az
sure = $1,000 ~. uSnrt. ara
etA to arcommooA1s reaoenu no
short-dne SS0io'A Inls lnc'uu.'
about e.oee seAaA wnicA sses .ot.
but whsa 1t v aadeI&ooo mat
NO uncommon tnihS ~ nav ~ .N
ense q 7,ooo 10 s'ooo pe!ns
purely iocal sporting ssenu IN S. S.,,
holm. u does NOT SEEM ~. I r,~n
be much margin IN tnie Tor IoFe1sn
80, ..s.,~ ...r.citv IN thu Stadium
tS'A ;, nnn shn,,t iS'soo srs Already
.. 1870 ~ rrs rsms,ninx t5oo
,~,,, ~ vsrv quickly. and L u -ot un-
VII! y" w ~. ~. COMMITTEES are be-
S.nn.nx y ~ asmanS r. roinr enor-
pS .. essrur IL. suuply. The
Mo~sy ~ y. .rx.svor.nr 10 prevent
.. S,.,r~ rcr sneruiativs purposes:
an. ousn. snv Enriishman or
guy ss.srrsr ~hc wishes 60 SEE
otneI Io ~, Al rr,, 10 make appii-
sne sa - -. sssts n once. either
.s.nn.h ~. national committee or
tnrousn M .;ro,v .sOlympiska
direct adarexs pn,nsrvise. ne
epsaen, nsoe ~ ~. chance ~ getting
VIII nave 20 VA hanchss with the
INTO INC nor"
osIis =, Am
The sestin4 sAp.cy =. o 49,
II. Of course. sma1. c0mp - .ns
$4,000 seats OF tne DHn ~.
But Il must De norne " m.nu .n.' .ns
etocknoim oui srnc..nt me- on other
than International OCCASIONS: and
10 obvious that ps ~ y, .rau,S
- accommodate s0.vvv poop', -
b IN elephant tsn tnn S'"~' -
truly 91gAnsao ptoosuon
eeo0an C0o
A considerable part u each Of the
LAST two days I have spent In and
about tlse Stadium itself. II = sur
pris1nsiy accsssibls. bsing only some
6fteen minute1 walk land. Of >ourss.
mwch - 81 sisotrio carl from the
ceatrS OF 0tockholm. From the
0raae Hotel Il 3 not much farthAs
than from Charine Cross to Hyde
Park corner: and Il - = charming
walk along some OF the nnoot streets
II this notoriousiy beautiful city (ths
Rirrer Jeris 0atan and 0turs 0atan).
while for Il isase ons-half Of the way