The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-15
GERMANY MAKING
 Brq PREPARATIONS
 FOR 1916 OLYMPIAD

That Germany has sat out to make the Olympic games which will be held in Berlin in 1916 the greatest meet that has ever been held and one thai will eclipse even the one held al Stockholm last summer is evident from the tentative plans announced by the imperial committee which iE making the preliminary arrangements and suggestions. For one thing there 1 will be number Of departures in the program, and many events will be ad- ded and others featured <NAat have Aot been a part or prominent at least in past Olympiads. These plans, Of course, will have to be approved by the International Athletic association, which will meet in June. for that pur- pose.
 Lawn tennis is one sport that will find a place in the games at Berlin. The tennis events have been inserted in the program with the proviso that they will be held if suitable courts are available but it is understood without difhculty. Cycling swim ming and shooting are to bN given a prominent place, as well as skating and hockey, and it is planned that the skating and hockey will be staged as a curtain raiser to the games them selves.
 Tn the running events there will be races from 100 metres to 7,500 metres besides the Marathon. In addition there will be a hurdle race, walking race and all the usual events, includ- ing the pole vault, discus throw, jave- lin throw and putting the weight. The Pentathlon and Decathlon, both of which were won by James Thorpe at Stockholm, will again be features of the games.
 Germany Is taking a great pride in the new stadium where the games will 1aA haIH zfadiI7NN will cost about $75O OoO0 and will seat something like 34 900 persons in addition to which there will be opportunity for a great number on the terraces about the top of the amphitheater. Its long1tudin- al axis runs from east to west The entrance to the arena and to the seats for spectators issues south of the public enclosure of the GruneWald race course through tunnel 60 me tres long and 20 metres wide, bored under the course in the north-south direction of the transversa1 axis
 Opposite this entrance the amphf- theater, 12o metres long, opens out to the north in an effective manner, both from the point of view Of landscape and architecture. Outside the actual arena it is proposed to erect a place for water sports, consisting of a group of buildings which will be closely cofa- nected with the stadium buildings.
 A swimming tank, 100 metres long by 26 metres wide, the dHfnensiO1lS oA which correspond to the regulations. will be bounded by dressing rooms, resting rooms and refreshment roorns' the roof of which, being the contfnua- ton of the arena stands and terraces will provide seats for from 5000 to 4oOo spectators for use during the special water sports events.
 The aref1a of the stadium Is 290 metres long by 95 metres wide In round figures. It is surrounded by cycle track, 10 metres wide, the to- tai circumference of which is 666 2-3 metres, so that three laps represent a distance of two kilometres. Inside the cycle track is provided ctnder track 400 metres long and six me- tres wide for runnfng,S in addition to graveled spaces for Jumping, gymnas- tic displays, etc. The remaining DOT ton of the arena, covered with grass, provides ample practice room for the various branches of sport A foot ball ground, TO metres by 100 metres, will occupy the ,enter of the arena.