Evening star., 1931-06-09
ATHLETES TO HAVE
COMPLETE VILLAGE
Stadium Enlarged to Handle
11O,OOO-SchooI, College
Equipment Available.
By stan Correspondent of The star

BY staf Correspondent of The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, June 9.-This
city is busily at work in preparation
for the gaines of the tenth Olympiad, to
take place here in 1882.
A complete Olympic village, to house
the thousands of competitors, will be
built; the Ol'npic Stadium has been
enlarged to 10000 capacity, a 100000
pool is rcing built and the athletic
equipment of approximately so high
schools and a half dozen colleges and
universities will be available.
The tremendous task of setting the
stage for any Olympic games devolves
upon what is known as an Organizing
Committee. In small countries. such as
the Netherlands. where the 1928 games
were held. it IS possible for the National
Olympic Committee to take over this
function. However, in the United
States where the ma jority o. the men,
bers of the National Olympic Commit
tee are from the East, and consequently
not familiar with conditions at the site
of the games, en- Organizing Committee
IS appointed
When the 1882 games were awarded
to Los Angeles. the first move was that
of selecting an efficient Organizing
Committee. This community was for
tunate in having already formed and
in action group that could cope sue
cessfully with the problems sure to
arise. This was the Community Devel-
opment Association, formed several
years previously to erect and maintain
the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Provides Facilities.
The primary function of the Organ
izing Committee is to provide for the
fields and equipment for each Of the
events. There are 16 competitions on
the 1882 program
Secondly, the committee must ar
range for the housing and feeding OF
the thousands of athletes. 1t has been
customary for each organizing commit
tee to contribute some new idea for the
betterment of the games. The 1882
committee has introduced the idea of
the Olympic village.
The village will be on the heights
in a residential district, Just west of
Los Angeles, and not more than 25
minutes from the heart of the city. A
plot one-half mile square has been Sc
iected. and between 600 and 800 houses.
each accommodating four men. will be
built at a cost of approximately
$500.O00
The village is only 15-minute drive
from the Olympic Stadium. 30 minutes
from the site of the equestrian sports,
ling pavilion, and 40 minutes from the
rowing and yachting courses Within
Commute radius are Is training fields
and SO are within 45-minute radius.
Advantages of Village.
The Olympic village plan was pre-
sented by the Organizing Committee to
the Olympic Congress in Berlin last
year. The advantages of having the
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Each house will be 20 feet wide by
"a feet long. The houses will be divi-
ded into two sections. each with a sepa-
rate yestibule and bed room. Each
house also will have a shower bath,
will be electrically lighted, and will be
provided with new furniture.
Every nation will have number OF
houses, according to the size Of the
team, and it will be a simple matter
SO that those competing at night can
sleep late without being disturbed by
those in action during the day.
number of dining halls will be in
cluded in the village, with walls sep
arating each building into a series of
small dining rooms. These rooms will
vary in size according to the size of the
teams and will be under the control
Of the team manager. That all the COM
sine to which they are accustomed.
the Organizing Committee has asked
each manager to submit a list of foods
required. Every team will bring its own
chef
Partly to defray the expense of build
ing the village. 9. charge of 81 day
man will be levied upon the nations
sending teams.
Features OF the village include ar
a q
distinct headquarters with special houses
as offices for team managers and at
tacheS Medical service, supervised by
DR. Sven Lokrantz, medical director OF
the games, will be provided without cost.
Dormitories for Women.
Only the men will be quartered in
the village. The women will be housed
in the dormitories of the University of
Southern California. The campus ad-
joins Olympic Park, where the Olympic
stadium is located and where the SWIM
ming pool is being built.
Arrangements for training are COM
plete. Because of the climate here it
is possible to have some outdoor sport
throughout the entire year, and ;he
gymnasium equipment at the various
high schools is excellent. The commit
tee has arranged to place this equip
mcnt at the disposal of the visiting
teams Already 16 high schools have
been obtained as training places, their
equipment including tracks, fields, GYM
nasiumS, showers, lockers. gymnastic
apparatus and swimming tanks. A fign
school or college will be assigned each
team as its training camp. and bus
transportation will be provided to and
from the village at no cost to the teams.
Sites Tor all of the Is events have not
yet been definitely determined. The
track and field games. of course, will be
held at the Olympic Stadium, home
grounds for the University of Southern
Californias foot ball games and track
meets. Equestrian sports probably will
be held at the Riviera Country Club,
which has three polo fields Swimming
and water polo will be in the new Olym-
pic pool Boxing. wrestling and weight
lifting will be in the Olympic audi
torium. The rowing course will be at
Long Beach, 40 minutes from the
Olympic village, and the yachting events
will take place in Los Angeles harbor.
The Organizing Committee functions
as group without country" In all
its arrangements the United States is
treated as foreign nation, just as Eng
land, Japan, Finland or any other coun-
try.
Mayor Porter has appointed a COM
mittee to prepare for the entertainment
of the visiting athletes. Hollywood, the
film capital is making arrangements
for the games. Various clubs of for
eign-born citizens are planning enter
tainment for the representatives, or their
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