Olympic Cavalcade

LOS ANGELES, 19-32- 175 - - ~ latter's brother,Ak.illes, was runner-up to Bauschin the Decathlon. Germany ; won the Fours with cox, F ranee took the Individual Dressage in the Equestrian events, -Holland _gaine_d Cycling~ victory through Van Egmond, and Hungary proved invin~jble at Water Polo and with the Sabre, just as India overwhelmed the world at Hockey. Italy, Poland and F ranee also supplied further winn~rs of gold medals. _ ~ ~ - Even more impressive than th( opening eer_emony .was -the closing "" ceremony of the Games, when the enormous Staaium was packed to over– flowing to witness ~he presentation biCom:t Baillet-Latour of the awards for Alpinism won by two Germans for th-e unprecedented feat of sm- mounting the Matterhorn from the N6rth. - The' final parade of flags and standards followed. Then the Olympic Flag was lowered as the teams filed out of the Stadium; a fanfare 6f trumpets - was sounded from the Peristyle, after which the Olympic Flag was formally transfered from the custody of Ams!etdam to Los Angeles, where it rested– until it passed on to Berlin in 193-6. t\."s the standard-bearers marched out of the arena, the banner of Greece, home of the ·al;lcient and modern Games, :– rose slowly to the mast-head flanked by the 'Old Glory' of America, host ~ _ fo_r the Xth Celebration, f!nd the Flag of Germap.y, where the G.ames of the -~ XIth Olympiad were to be held in 1936. - " ~- ( And -while the Bags w<ere rising, the huge multitude stood· b_are-:-he_aded,-~ x and flowing from their lips came -the saaly sweet song d farev;ell, 'Aloha'. _ ~ The trumpeters sounded 'Taps'. The notes sank-into silence ana the Olympic - Torch, _that had burnea brightly throughout the Games, faded also-to be hc:>rne from Athens and re-kinclleCI ·at Berlin i'n_1936; and-as the flame died ~ down t~e words ~ppeared upon tli~ Peri?tyle:: ..:: ,.'May the·Olympic Torch pl}rsue its way." -- -- :\s the world in 1932 was passing through an ~.conomic depres_sion it was _ felt m many quarters that the Xth Olympiad could not possibly be a financial su.ccess. America, however, who h~ld a very strong hand, was quite deter- rruned to put the Celebration through. ~ - Thirt:y-nine nations were to be represented by approximately 2000 athletes· at Los Angeles. The State of California voted one million dollars towards the expense of staging the Games, and the City of California floated a Bond issue of I,5ooo,ooo d-ollars fur the privilege· of playing host to the athletes of the world. _ When the athletes :arrived at Los Angeles they found: An Olympic Stadiumwith seating accommodation for 105 ,Goo spectators and perhaps the finest surface for ttack and field events that has ever been seen. ~ An Olympic Auditorium with seats for _IO,ooo where 1:he boxing and Wrestling events and-other more formal ceremonies :would be accommodated. An Art Museum for the Olympic Fine Arts competition. - ..... - - .. -