The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-30
10000 WILL
SEE OPENING
OF OLYMP|CS
Vice President Curtis viii
Start 1882 Games Amid
Pomp, Parade.
80 NATIONS IN EVENTS
1856 Individual Contests to
Be Run Off in Next
Sixteen Days.
BY STUART CAMERON
United Pres Snorts Editor


United Press Sports Editor
LOS ANGELES, July 30.-Nearly
two thousand athletes, dressed in
the vari-colored costumes unique to
their thirty-nine nations, formed
In line today to become the parade
which will be the spectacular part
of the Olympic games opening cere-
monial.
Brought here for the tenth mod
ern renewal Of the international
contests which began with simple
footrace on the slopes of Mt. Olym-
pus in Greece, in the days before
Christ, these athletes of both sexes
will stand at rigid attention while
Vice-President Charles Curtis makes
his set speech Of fourteen words Of
ficially opening the games.
They will be seen by capacity
crowd Of 100000. The spectators
will include part of the more than
100000 persons attracted to Los An
geles for the newest version of the
historic tests of athletic skill.
Spectacular Parade of Nations
Within the next sixteen days, this
group Of the worlds greatest stars
of track and field, as we'll as of row.
ing, equestrianship, boxing, wres-
Ting, fencing, swimming and kim
dred sports, will have competed in
a program Of no fewer than 1875 in
dividual events.
Only one sport was represent "A
in today s@genda. This was weight
lifting, preliminary tests of which
will be conducted tonight in Olym-
pic auditorium.
Thus, the show centered today
upon the spectacular parade of ma
tons, on which the organization
committee Of Los Angeles has been
laboring for more than four years.
The program really starts at 300
Pacific standard time), when the
international organization commit
tee and the Los Angeles committee
form at the peristyle- entrance to re-
ceive Mr.. Curtis.
14-WOrd Speech by Curtis
Ten minutes later, the -Presi-
ident and his escorts will arrive.
Then will come the greetings of
Count Henri Baillet-Latour of Bel
GUM, president of the International
Olympic committee, and of William
May Garland, head of the Los
Angeles organization.
A band will play the national
anthem. A choir of 1000 voices will
sing the second stanza. The parade
will start. Finally Vice-President
Curtis will make his speech. Here it
is:
Il proclaim. open the Olympic
games of, Los Angeles, celebrating
the tenth Olympiad of the modern
era"
There will be a fanfare of trum-
pets to herald the opening. Ten
cannons will sound lin salute.
Oath VIII Be Taken
The Olympic torch atop the peri
stvle. a continuation of the large
arch at the stadium entrance gates,
will be ignited.
The choir will sing, this time, the
OLYMPIC anthem. AS the last note
is heard, 1000 pigeons will be re-
leased.
Next comes the dedication to be
delivered by DR.. Robert Gordon
Sproul, president of the University
of California. He will also deliver
a benediction. The choir will sing
a sacred hymn.
The athletes will take the Olympic
oath. The choir and band together
will sing the occasional, and the
parade in reverse formation, will
file from the stadium, ending the
gala show.
incidentally, the parade will be
led by the Greek athletes. This
honor was given because Greece
held the first Olympic games.
Man Countries in Line
Last in line will be the largest
delegation, that of the United
States. In alphabetical order, be-
tween these two delegations, will
come the representatives of these
nations:
Argentina. Australia, Austria, Bel
gium, Brazil, Canada, China, Co.
lumbia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Den
mark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland
France, Germany, Great Britain,
Hawaii, Holland, Hungary, India,
Ireland. Italy, Japan. Jugoslavia,
Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nor
way, Philippine Islands, Poland
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-
land. Union of South Africa and
Uruguay.