Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 31, 1920, Page 6

- OLYNPIAD IN - BUSINESS WAY Believe It Will Be Big Help in.the Reconstruction to Be Done BELGIANS COMPLEX - . IN SPORTING EVENTS ' 575 Feet Long, by 302 ' Feet Broad ‘By R. H. Sheffield » (United Press Correspondent) Antwerp, March 31.—Quite apart from the sporting viewpoint, and the possibilities of national athletic tri-ed with t umphs, ‘Belgium expects to turn the 1920 Olympiad to commercial ac- caunt in the reconstruction of a war: ravaged country. Such is the ftank admission of Count de Baillet-Latour, president ~of 'the Antwerp Olym- ; pic.committee, himself the keenest of sportsmen, who howeyer is under no [m delu disp] ge! éns as to amount ofi interest yed in sport by his countrymen, mterviewed by the United .: Press unt de Baillet-Latour declared:- ‘The Olympic games are -going to .play a big part in the reconstruction of Belgium, inasmuch as participants and spectators will include ' men from - all parts of the world, who will use . the opportunity thus offered to opem up new business prospects. War Shows Value. ““The WAr has shown the value of sport as an gid to physical' develop- ment, and the more, widely sport is recognized the more popular it will become. This year Belgium is going to help to popularize sport, and inci- dentally she will thus'help in thé re- construction of her‘own industry. In point of fact the Antwerp Olympic zames promise’ ‘to- make good throughout France as well. | niple, a manifesto has by the French National tg urging all young 11’ braiiches of: sport.to go ard training right away, so as Antwerp the honors al: by Wncq. at Athen supplemented by a national fon ' organized by the Swiss e e vice betw‘een Ant‘{vérp ah(\l New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, the com- mittee consider American participa- tion’ a most important factor. - Sev- ‘eral members of the executive:'com- mittes know the principal cities of the United States’ \quite ' well and these have stimulated Belgian:inter- est.in Ameérica. & Working for Stimulation. Vigorous propaganda ' work is be- ing carried on here to stimulate ‘the somewhat dormant national interest in matters sportive, but everybody realizes. the ~advantages accruing| from an international sporting pligri- mage to Belgium, and every induce- ment -is’ being offered to attract or- dinary war-zone visitors to Olympic games. - While the: location of this year's games: is but qvographlcnl €0~ incidence it° happens ‘very fortunate- Iy for a country which badly needs every means of compensation for five years’ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER \ - ‘ (By United Press) | Minneapolis, March 31-—A ' new crop of freshmen For the ‘“‘sophs’’ and Juniors to ‘‘ragz’ were enrolled at the University of Minnesota today. Spring campus activities call for the **wearing of the green’ whether it's St. Pagrick’s Day or not. Subscribe’ for The Dafly Piopeer' impoverishment through war. ;| " “The arena of the Antwerp Stadium |’ ures 576 feet in length by vsoa z::lhrbgd. The width of the run- ning track at the grand stand is 29 feet, and along the atraight 39 feet. A lap on the cinder tract 18 1,332 feet. The length of the football pitel is 345 feet by 130 feet. = ° 5 In all, the stadium covers 11 acres and . has .accomodation . for: = 30,000 spectators, -including 11,000. seats. The grand stand on south is 487 feet long, with over 6,000 seats,’ while there is a somewhat smaller stand on the north side of the ground, accomo- dating 3,800 spectators. The'‘com- petitors’ dressing-rooms: are connect- i the tract by means of a sub- way. i TR S There will be quite a number of exhibitions, Dprocessions, stageplays, and other side-shows, many but motely. connected. with .sport..; expected that King Albert will the salute at the inaugural arch of the competi and: Olympic games after a v tle with Holland a year ago. Holl: putin a strong’ plea for the 1920 Olympiad -on ground that a neutral country. would bé 'more appropriate} so soon after the world “war,. but while she worsted Belgium in. politi- cal arena, King Albert’s gallant little | country won the athletic battle, timent doubtless influencing thie gov- erning body, and ‘the allotment of the Olympiad to Antwerp was.re- garded as something in the nature of a_“consolation prize’ for the hard- ships of war. v The stadium, which is now almost completed, is situated ‘in the suburb ot Kiel; but quite handy:to the heart of Antwerp- “London.—~Hitchen he jdeal official. Declaring that. he had very little to do now lor cal Food Controller Times asked His-salary 'be’ reduced. from _four- [two pounds: weekly. 'Granted: than! ifederation. . Fourteen . big| 'Swiss sporting ‘organizations are al- ready booked for Antwerp.’ ’ Regarding Belgium’s contributfon to the games, Count de Baillet-Latour. declared regrettully, ‘Belgium itself ‘dn so far as the ‘man in the street i concerned, ‘cares little for sport. He does not see the necessity of it. The average Belgian cannot differen- tiate, for example, oetween boxing and’ fighting; between rugby and; soccer; between tennis and lawn- tennis. Yet the enthusiasm of those young folks who do get interested in sport_is simply excessive.” That a large influx of visitors is expected is proyedeby the gnergetic way in which the executive -commit- i tee is making plans for the accomo- dation of throngs of sightseers. 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