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COLORFUL CEREMONY OPENING OLYMPIAD MARRED BY SHOWERSAMERICANS ADOPT OWN SALUTE WHICH IS NOT OF NAZI ORDERIfiifBy ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports EditorBERLIN, Aug. 1.—W— An overflow crowd of 105,-000 spectators packed the main stadium today as Chancellor Hitler arrivedat the Reichsportsfeld to declare the 11th Olympiad games formally opened.Hitler arrived promptly at the scheduled hour, 4 p.m., as the huge crowd, unmindful of a heavy downpour, roared greeting and gave the Nazi salute.Wearing a uniform and flanked by Dr. Theordor Lewald of the German organizing committee and Count Henri Balllet-Latour, president of the International Olympic committee, the chancellor smiled and returned the crowd’s repeated ‘Iheils” aa the normal ceremonies were opened.Half way to the grand stand, a little girl stopped the feuhrer and gave him garland of flow-* era. Olympic and government officials and military and naval aides composed the official party following in Hitter’s wake as he walked a quarter of the way around the track and then into the stands.BERLIN, Aug. l.“(/P~Preceded by a wholesale withdrawal of Brasilian athletes followng the* 'louth Americans' failure to settle actional differences, the colorfulceremonies leading to the formal +w opening of the 11th Olympiad were marred by intermittent showers today. , Hundreds of thousands of spectators converged on the Reichsportsfeld, despite tn© rain. Overnight, the Americans, oa-'J4 feasibly motivated by a desire to : avoid giving the equivalent ofV, the Nazi salute, changed plans for their part in the parade of the ■ 7. athletes of 53 nations before 1 * Chancellor Adolph Hitler.. Instead of extending their right arms outward at an upward angle v X 'with their hats in their hands, they decided instead to hold their •*'■ Hats over their hearts, then give an eyes right” salute at a given command while passing in review. Earlier in the day, the Brazll-;lt; Ians were forced to withdraw tfvfrom the swimming, rowing and Og*;track and fiSld competitions as j rlVa! teams, sponsored by dlffer-7: f Vent factions, failed to settle their differences. This left Brazil rep-’ recented in only nine events.: Represented in Nine Events ;,The Brazilians still are entered £V;:‘in' the equestrian, fencing, pistol ^“Bhbbtlttg, cycling, wrestling, yachting, boxing, basketball and modern Pentathlon events.E:. : Withdrawal of the other Bra-VV zilian. teams came when no agree-could be reached as in fwhich .of two available squads |||Was entitled to represent the fiouth American country,'V The International Olympic com-* ralttee refused to untangle the dis-flgiite and declared it was willingVaioply to recognize national Olym-^pic committee choices. The Brasilians, however, apparently were nable to settle the squabble.7 Hitler, receiving the Jnterna-itional Olympic committee, ©arlythe afternoon, announced his contribution of the 11th Olympiad as to resume complete excava-lon of the original Olympic arena •begu n in 1875 by German savants rbut/dropped in 1881,”^ 1 thank the Greek governmentfor having voluntarily consented r|4lo 'the execution, this work,” the S fuehrer said. The hallowed an-£clejit culture thus will be re-^•tbred to the people of today.” Olympic Flame Arrives prAmidst raindrops and a full-throated Deutehland Uber AUes mvc by 28,000 youths and maidens; the Olympic flame arrived from Greece on a torch carried yVa white-uniformed runner, and then flared up on the altar of , erUn’s, historic Dompitz. pDr. Paul Goebbels, Nazi minister Vor propaganda, in the name :ojfV Berlin's youth, greeted the arriving flame with a tatutation: Rail! May you never die out,” After lighting the altar flame, ,e runner retracted his steps to m entrance of the square where tt.aightd. another brazier around VfHich fluttered the flags of all ^nations * participating in the frames. This gesture too was veil-by the rain and accompanied melody—this time the strains '^the horst wessel song with q|qh the ceremony closed.S. TradkField|VTeam Has ChanceRUN, Aug. 1.—«■)—The fed States men’s track and d^ieara, all things considered, A good chance to collect a n • gold medals in the eight-day pie competition starting and thereby carry off a rity of the coVeted first places Jiir first time in 24 years, e^jprogram of 23 events, in
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