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basket ball in the Olympics at Tokio in 1940 where the XII
Olympiad is very apt to be held. The Japanese Delegation vol-
unteered to work unceasingly to influence Germany and to ask
other Olympic representatives to petition for basket ball in
the XI Olympiad at Berlin.

Digressing from the XI and XII Olympiads at Berlin
and Tokio, your attention is-called to the Third Central Ameri-
can Olympic Games which were held March 17, 1935, at San Salva-
dore in the National Stadium, which is located just outside of
the City wv’ the stadium which took two years for construction
seats 35,000 persons. The competing nations were Costo Rica,
Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panana, Porto
Rico and El Salvadore. The games included track athletics,
fencing, wrestling, boxing, basket ball and volley ball.

Returning from the X Olympiad at Los Angeles, a
letter was addressed to Mr, Carl Diem, the goneral secretary
of the Germany Olympiad. Contacts wore made with Herr Siewicki,
an exchange student at iemineticia. Rens. College, where we
were teaching basket ball for the summer. On May 25, 1954, the
following letter was reccived from Gabard Krausc, assistant
Secretary of the Olympic Games at Berlin: "Acknowledging receipt
of your lotter of May 12, I beg to inform you that the question
of what sport shall be demonstrated at the Olympic Games at
Berlin will be decided upon later in this year. as you will
know, the Olympic program provides two demonstrations. One
of them will be glider flying, the second one has a yet been
decided upon. Dr. Diem, our general secrotary, who wili have

to deal with the mattor is not yot back from Athons, and I