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Observers who expected the Xth Olympiad* of the Modern Era to be a failure because of Depression, international hard-feeling or Los Angeles' promotion methods were vastly disappointed last week. The Xth Olympiad was a gorgeous, unprecedented success. More people attended the Games than ever before (510,000 through last week). The athletes (1,740), better housed than ever, enjoyed themselves more than hitherto. In actual competition, it began to look last week as though the Xth Olympiad might be too much of a success: in almost every race, runners broke Olympic records. This was not entirely because the runners...
...white polo hat to protect him from the sun, carried a handkerchief to mop his face. The field of 28 plodded through the hot streets of Los Angeles. They had 26 mi., 385 yd. to go in the race that closed the track & field events of the Xth Olympiad...
Women. Of the 140 women contestants in the Xth Olympiad, by far the most spectacular was Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson of Dallas, Tex. The first event she won was the javelin throw with a world's record of 143 ft. 4 in. She explained that she would have thrown it further if it had not slipped out of her hand. In the 80-metre hurdles she set another world's record of 11.7 sec. Disgusted at not being allowed to compete in the discus throw (won by Lillian Copeland of the U. S.) and 100-metre dash [won by Stanislawa Walasiewicz...
...Olympiad" used to mean the period of four years between Olympic Games. The Olympic Committee this year gave its sanction to the meaning created by usage?Olympiad: Olympic Games...
...When all the athletes had marched past the tribune of honor and grouped themselves in the infield, Vice President Curtis stood up to deliver 27 momentous words: "In the name of the President of the United States, I proclaim open the Olympic Games of Los Angeles, celebrating the Tenth Olympiad of the Modern...