Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-19
ODDS AND ENDS
ON ENTRIES FOR
OLYMPIC GAMES
By GEORGE ii. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, July 1s. dip
Honoring the arrival of its athletes
and officials to the 1882 Olympic
games the tri-color of France was
to swing aloft at Olympic Village
today.
The French party, totalling 90
was expected by train during the
morning.
This numerically strong group
was only a small part of the pop
ulation addition promised for the
village.
Other trains were to bring in a
group of 40 Firms, 18 Argentines,
80 poles, a second group of Swedes
and 40 members of the American
swimming team
Since the others all previously
were represented at the village, the
flag of France was the only new
one added today.
1t proclaimed the fact that 81
foreign nations had men or women
or both on the ground for the ath-
letic competitions from July 30 to
August IA.
The village, constructed especially
to house the visiting athletes, had
population of 575 this morning
and was to add almost $50 during
the day. Eventually it will be the
temporary home of 1000.
The first to be enrolled this
morning were Los Angeles members
of the United States track and field
team.
They included William Graber,
who broke the worlds record in
the pole vault in the United States
pref Olympic finals; Richard Bar
ber, who took first place in the
broad jump; Robert Van Osdell,
who tied for first place in the high
jump, and Frank Wykoff, sprint
star who failed to place in the 100
meter dash but was selected for the
relay team. All four wear the col
ors of the University of Southern
California.
The main body of the u. S. track
and field team will not reach here
until tomorrow night.
Eventually the American team,
men and women, will total more
than 300, the largest delegation of
any nation.
The complete Japanese team
worked out for the first time today.
While it had many athletes already
on the ground, they were joined
by los more competitors and Off
cials yesterday. In the last group
were it's 16 women athletes. Ex-
cepting United States, Japan has
the largest representation at the
games. The team of Italy, third
largest, practiced for the first time
yesterday.
Among those who worked out to-
day was DR.. Paul Martin, captain
of Switzerland's team. He runs the
8OO-meter race and is competing in
his fourth Olympic games. So far
as Olympic officials know Paavo
Nurmi, the Finnish distance star,
is the only other runner here who
aspires to Olympic honors for the
fourth time.
Nurmi practiced as usual today,
ignoring the fact that he has been
accused of padding" an expense
account and may not be allowed to
compete.
The French team was without its
best known track star, Jules La
doumeglc, who has been barred
from amateur competition.
1t also was without any wine,
although it once pretended it would
make an issue of that question. Al
most at the time the French ar
rived in New York without their
wine, the local federal customs
heads decided they might easily
pass wiile on a split-hair decision
whereby the French would consider
wine as foodstuff.
Three minor casualties were re-
ported at olympic Village today.
Those affected were expected to
be able to resume practice tomor-
row, however. They were Hans
Oldag, y. S. marathon runner, who
had a tooth pulled; Sylvia Gator,
broad jumper of Haiti, suffering in
jured leg muscles, and Federico
Kleger, Argentine hammer thrower,
suffering blistered feet.