AT LOS ANGELES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 176, 28 July 1932, Page 7

AT LOS ANGELES

READY FOR OLYMPIC GAMES , MOST PARTICIPANTS ARRIVED Received July 27, 11.50 p.m. LOS ANGELES, July 27. With participants from 32 nations already resident at Olympic Village, only the contestants of five small nations —China, Cuba, Esthonia, Portugal and Spain—have yet to arrive, before the official opening of the Tenth Olympiad on Saturday. Whereus China and Uruguay are represented by one contestant cavil, the United States have the largest representation with 350 and Canada is second with 120. An interesting post-Olympic feature arranged is the so-called Anglo-Ameri-can Games, between United States and British Empire, at San Francisco beginning on August 14. Fifty thousand spectators are expected daily during the fortnight’s contest at the Olympiad. With the principal stadium seating 105,000, the swimming stadium 10,000, the auditorium for boxing and wrestling 10,400, and six other stadiums with large accommodations, 400,000 spectators can be accommodated daily. It is hoped that all attendance records at Olympic Games will be broken.