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citius altius fortius official report iii olympic winter games lake placid 1932 issued by iii olympic winter games committee lake placid n y u s a compiled by george m lattimer

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contents page foreword 7 official congratulations 8 9 list of officers and committees .11-16 olympic regulations and protocol and general rules 23-34 brief history of olympic winter games 35 36 history of winter sports at lake placid 37-42 how iii olympic winter games were awarded to lake placid 43-52 organization following award of games to lake placid .5 3 7 2 general organization 7 3 7 8 finance 7 9 9 2 publicity 93-108 local arrangements housing .103-115 transportation .115 health and safety 115 116 special sections office lay-out 117 entry forms 117-122 tickets 122-123 attendance .123 125 diplomas medals and badges 126 127 international secretary 128 souvenir book 129 concessions .130 ushers and information .130 feeding 131 music 131 decorations 131 132 medical attention .132 social affairs 132 137-139 olympic facilities summary of seating capacities .141 3

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page intervales ski-hill 141-144 ski trails 145 146 stadium 147-150 arena 150-157 bob-run .157-166 olympic winter games opening day .167 168 173-180 official competitions skiing 181-203 speed-skating 204-212 figure-skating 213-223 hockey 224-239 bobsleigh 240-249 demonstrations sled-dog racing 250-254 curling 255-258 womens speed-skating .258-262 closing ceremony 263 point scoring 264 265 tables of honor chamonix 266 st moritz 267 lake placid .268 lake placid demonstrations .269 table of participation 270 iii olympic winter games program 272 273 alphabetic list of entries .274-276 xth olympiad summer games 277 278 conclusion 279 index 281-287 list of illustrations 288-290 4

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g cleveland jack shea of lake placid subseqent winner of the 500 and 1500-meter speed-scating races takes olympic oath for american team on opening day of games

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a word of explanation this book official report of the iii olympic winter games is -intended to serve a dual purpose it tells the complete story of the lake placid games and the plans for staging them and it gives a detailed history of the development of the winter-sports movement in lake placid the pioneer winter resort of the north american continent these two motifs underlying the plan of the book are closely intertwined the games could never have been awarded to lake placid if it had not been for the international standing that this resort had attained as a winter-sports center so the history of the games in reality goes back to that day over a quarter of a century ago when organized enjoyment of the sports of snow and ice and cold began where the highest peaks of the adirondack mountains cast their shadows on the village by the two lakes progress was steady from that day to the morning of february 4 1932 when winters sons and daughters from 17 nations of the earth paraded past the reviewing stand in the stadium at lake placid in the impressive opening ceremonies of the iii olympic winter games the lake placid games have given a tremendous impetus to winter sports in the united states other communities are finding that snow and ice are among their greatest assets for sport and recreation it is hoped that this book will help these same communities to develop their organized enjoyment of winter still further for this reason facts and figures of lake placids experience and the story of this experience are given in great detail may they prove helpful for much that the organizing committee did there was no pattern if it can leave one for others it will be glad all those concerned with the plans for the celebration of the iii olympic winter games feel only the utmost confidence that the winter games of the quadrennial olympiad are destined to reach greater heights and more enduring fame with the passing years this book attempts to tell the story of the part that lake placid played in making this achievement predictable and possible iii olympic winter games committee lake placid n y june 1 1932 7

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baron pierre de coubertin honorary president of the olympic games i congratulate you and your co-workers most sincerely on the success of these winter games of the xth olympiad 8

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statement by count de baillet-latour washington d c march 11 1932 dear dr dewey before leaving america i wish to congratulate you on the success of the iii olympic winter games altho weather conditions and the extraordinary economic situation rendered your task extremely difficult 17 nations represented by 364 athletes took part in the gamesa showing that reflects only the highest credit upon the countries represented on the international olympic committee and your own organizing committee i feel that i may say and speak conservatively when i say it that european nations that participated in the iii olympic winter games were more than pleased at the plans made for staging the games in lake placid facilities for the conduct of the sports and other arrangements such as housing feeding and transportation that made the stay of your international visitors one that they will long remember the games themselves brought out the most spirited competition in all the events on the olympic program this made the games that much more enjoyable for both spectators and participants all who attended took home with them i am sure a better idea than they ever had before of just what international sports competition means in its highest sense beyond a doubt the athletes taking part went back to their native lands imbued with the same idea the thanks of the international olympic committee are due the community of lake placid for taking on in the iii olympic winter games of 1932 a greater burden in proportion to its size than any community ever assumed in staging olympic contests you know how i feel about the exceptional manner in which this obligation was discharged it is something that lake placid and the lake placid olympic organization can always look back on with pride as a great task masterfully handled 9 count de baillet-latour president international olympic committee i feel certain that you would not be satisfied if the success of the competitions should be the only reward for the work you and your competent staff did in staging the iii olympic winter games of 1932 you were working for an idealto increase the love for winter sports in the united states with the view of augmenting the ranks of the olympic family and of making lake placid the best-equipt resort for these sports you have reacht these two goals very sincerely yours president of the international olympic committee

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10 ranger l moore ready for the games a general view of the stadium in the heart of the principal adirondack mountain range just south of lake placid

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list of officers and committees international olympic committee founder baron pierre de coubertin honorary president of the olympic games headquarters lausanne switzerland president count de baillet-latour members argentine republic his excellency m de alvear former president of the argentine republic paris r c aldao buenos aires australia r coombes sydney james taylor sydney austria dr theodore schmidt vienna belgium count de baillet-latour brussels baron de laveleye jette-saint-pierre brazil his excellency r de rio branco minister of brazil berne arnoldo guinle rio de janeiro dr ferreira santos sao paulo bulgaria his excellency stephan g tchaprachikov berlin canada j g merrick toronto sir george mclaren brown london central america p j de matheu paris chile his excellency don alfredo ewing santiago china his excellency dr c t wang shanghai cuba porfirio franca havana czechoslovakia counselor jiri guth-jarkovsky prague denmark his royal highness prince axel of denmark gentofte egypt angelo c bolanachi alexandria and paris 11 esthonia his excellency dr f akel minister of esthonia in stockholm finland ernst krogius helsingfors france albert glandaz paris marquis de polignac rheims and paris count clary paris germany his excellency secretary of state dr theodore lewald berlin his excellency duke adolphe frederic de mecklenburg-schwerin bad doberan schwerin dr carl ritter von halt munich great britain general kentish british olympic association london lord rochdale london lord aberdare london greece his excellency m politis minister of greece in paris greek legation paris holland commander p w scharroo amersfoort baron a schimmelpenninck van der oye doorn hungary count geza andrassy budapest senator jules de muzsa budapest india g d sondhi lahore ireland j j keane dublin italy hon carlo montu bellagio count bonacossa milan japan senator jigoro kano tokio dr s kishi tokio

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jugoslavia general s s djoukitch sarajevo professor f bucar zagreb latvia j dikmanis riga mexico dr m saenz minister of physical education mexico city monaco count gautier-vignal beaulieu s/m alpes maritimes new zealand c j wray london norway thos fearnley oslo peru alfredo benavides miraflores lima poland his excellency m ignace matuszewski minister of poland in budapest general dr rouppert warsaw portugal count de penha-garcia lisbon roumania georges a plagino bucharest russia prince leon ouroussoff paris south africa henry nourse johannesburg transvaal spain baron de guell barcelona count de vallellano madrid sweden count clarence de rosen julita j s edström vesteras switzerland baron godefroy de blonay grandson turkey his excellency kemaleddin sami pacha ambassador of turkey in berlin united states of america william m garland los angeles general charles h sherrill new york commodore ernest lee jahncke new orleans uruguay dr f ghigliani montevideo executive committee count de baillet-latour president baron godefroy de blonay vice-president j s edström lord aberdare marquis de polignac general charles h sherrill dr theodore lewald secretary lieut-co1 a g berdez mon repos lausanne 12

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american olympic association honorary officers honorary presidentherbert hoover the president of the united states honorary vice-presidenthenry l stimson secretary of state honorary vice-presidentpatrick j hurley secretary of war honorary vice-presidentcharles f adams secretary of navy president emeritusdr graeme m hammond officers president .avery brundage chicago ill vice-president dr charles w kennedy princeton n j secretary frederick w rubien new york city treasurer .george w graves detroit mich executive committee romeyn berry ithaca n y william j bingham cambridge mass avery brundage chicago ill henry penn burke philadelphia pa lieut george c calnan lakehurst n j major eley p denson washington d c l di benedetto new orleans la dr r s elmer bellows falls vt j frank facey cambridge mass daniel j ferris new york city captain karl t frederick new york city a c gilbert new haven conn george w graves detroit mich henry kirk greer new york city dr graeme m hammond new york city major-general guy v henry washington d c leslie a henry los angeles calif murray hulbert new york city william f humphrey san francisco calif dr charles w kennedy princeton n j gustavus t kirby new york city frank l kramer newark n j fred w luehring minneapolis minn general douglas macarthur washington d c clifford d mallory new york city dr g randolph manning new york city charles l ornstein new york city dr joseph e raycroft princeton n j brig-general m a reckord washington d c commander l f reifsnider washington d c major william c rose washington d c frederick w rubien new york city professor l w st john columbus ohio joseph k savage new york city alonzo a stagg chicago ill fred l steers chicago ill major patrick j walsh new york city 13 american olympic committee the american olympic committee consists of the executive committee of the american olympic association listed herewith and the following sherwin c badger new york city frank w blankley chicago ill dr i r calkins springfield mass joseph t england baltimore md emile e fraysse ridgefield park n j william carroll hill boston mass william p kenney roxbury mass roy e moore new york city jay obrien new york city armstrong patterson detroit mich prof charles a proctor hanover n h dr albert soiland los angeles calif leon m schoonmaker long island city n y paul a spitler new york city rufus j trimble new york city henry wiener iv philadelphia pa dietrich wortmann new york city international olympic committee members for united states william m garland general charles h sherrill commodore ernest lee jahncke

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officers and active members of iii olympic winter games committee honorary presidenthon franklin d roosevelt governor state of new york albany n y honorary vice-presidents honorary officers hon herbert h lehman lieut-governor state of new york albany n y gustavus t-kirby past president american olympic committee new york city general douglas macarthur past president american olympic committee washington d c dr graeme m hammond president emeritus american olympic association new york city active officers president dr godfrey dewey lake placid club n y vice-president willis wells lake placid n y secretary ernest gamache leominster mass treasurer william j ohare lake placid n y board of directors avery brundage president american olympic association and amateur athletic union chicago ill dr godfrey dewey vice-president lake placid co lake placid club nyac gilbert executive committee american olympic association new haven conn lewis g graeves past president saranac lake chamber of commerce saranac lake n y forrest b guild president bank of lake placid lake placid n y harry wade hicks secretary lake placid club lake placid club n y james b hurley vice-president bank of lake placid lake placid n y dr charles w kennedy athletic director princeton university and president national collegiate athletic association princeton n j rollie j kennedy chairman north elba park commission lake placid n y gustavus t kirby past president intercollegiate amateur athletic association of america and american olympic committee new york city judge thomas a leahy president lake placid chamber of commerce lake placid n y martin t ryan mayor lake placid village lake placid n y charles waite chairman essex county park commission crown point n y howard l weaver past president lake placid board of education lake placid n y willis wells supervisor town of north elba lake placid n y 14 active members the executive committee of the a o a see page 13 and h sargent appleton new york city sherwin c badger new york city jerome d barnum syracuse n y paul l boyce glens falls n y henry e h brereton lake george n y irving brokaw new york city sir george mclaren brown london england harold a bruce schenectady nyrrm carpenter wilmington delaware walter cluett troy n y lewis crane utica n y dr godfrey dewey lake placid club n y dr melvil dewey lake placid club n y charles wesley dunn new york city mark eisner new york city george r fearon syracuse n y william e feek lake placid n y abraham w feinberg new york city t harvey ferris utica n y judge rufus e foster new orleans la william may garland los angeles calif lewis graeves saranac lake n y irving h griswold plattsburg n y forrest b guild lake placid n y basil harris new york city fred harris brattleboro vt merwin k hart utica n y harry wade hicks lake placid club n y deceast

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joseph t higgins new york city john w hornor new york city william g howard albany n y james b hurley lake placid n y commodore ernest lee jahncke new orleans la commander herbert a jones washington d c frederick t kelsey new york city rollie j kennedy lake placid n y peter d kiernan albany n y judge thomas a leahy lake placid n y a jocelyn h magrath new york city alexander macdonald albany n y henry morgenthau jr albany n y john caldwell myers new york city john p myers plattsburg n y julian s myrick new york city james f newcomb new york city william j ohare lake placid n y george foster peabody saratoga springs n y fred l porter crown point n y raymond c prime lake placid n y john j raskob new -york city philip e rice schroon lake n y martin t ryan lake placid n y general charles h sherrill new york city warren t thayer chateaugay n y harold r thompson lake placid n y ralph j ury schenectady n y charles waite crown point n y howard l weaver lake placid n y willis wells lake placid n y counsel wallace e pierce plattsburg n y iii o w g standing committees housing committee judge t a leahy chairman benjamin r bull edward hart james b hurley dura jenney william lamb c j ortloff martin t ryan william ryan hubert stevens transportation committee lewis crane chairman arthur w brandt c k brodhead sir george mclaren brown edward english russell golder earle mcdevitt william wallace howard weaver health and safety committee martin t ryan chairman dr f j davignon dr j a geis major john a warner h j wood finance committee willis wells chairman t harvey ferris irving h griswold f b guild basil harris publicity committee f b guild chairman j b hurley e e macconnell e c paarman thomas p faherty iii o w g sports committees skiing dr r s elmer chairman bellows falls vt fred h harris brattleboro vt charles a proctor hanover n h o smith johannsen new york city george w martin lake placid club ny speed skating joseph k savage chairman new york city edmund horton saranac lake n y clarence eccleston lake placid n y figure skating sherwin c badger chairman new york city david t layman jr new york city henry w howe new york city bedell h harned new york city hockey rufus j trimble chairman new york city william eggens lake placid n y harold a bruce schenectady n y w f duquette saranac lake n y 15 new york state olympic winter games commission chairman warren t thayer chateaugay n y vice-chairman fred l porter crown point n y secretary .t harvey ferris utica n y dr godfrey dewey lake placid club n y frank a frost watkins glen n y george foster peabody saratoga springs n y edwin w wallace rockville center n y rollie j kennedy lake placid n y william g howard albany n y ex-officio members george r fearon syracuse n y joseph a mcginnies ripley n y executive secretary ernest f gamache leominster mass decast

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