BINGHAM TO MAKE STADIUM OFFER TO OLYMPIC ATHLETES

William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, and chairman of the American Olympic track and field committee, will recommend, and at the same time, offer the motion that the 1936 Olympic track and field final tryouts be held in the Stadium.

Nothing definite has been done in the way of making arrangements for the coming Olympics, according to Bingham, but his offer will be taken up at the next meeting of the committee in New York sometime next month. At that time, plans will be started for the world games which will be contested in Germany unless complications with the Hitler regime set in.

Olympic tryouts will not be new to Harvard for the Stadium was the scene of trials in 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1928. In 1932, the last year when Olympic games were held, Los Angeles played host to athletes since the games were also to be held there.

Because the Stadium offers unusual facilities for track and field events, it is expected, that the Olympic committee will accept Bingham's offer. The track in the Stadium compares favorably with any in the country and the weight-throwing rings and jumping pits are in perfect condition. Harvard, with its Dillon Field House has ample housing facilities for the hundreds of athletes who will be competing. Also, Boston has supported former final tryouts with sizeable crowds, and a good profit would be in prospect. Track meets in other eastern cities have not met with the same enthusiasm and in many cases have been financial flops.

If Harvard's offer is accepted, the Olympic committee will probably use the same schedule that worked well in 1928. At that time the team was picked on the Sunday following the tryouts and the athletes sailed from New York a few days later.