New-York tribune., 1922-10-06
Radio Carries
Story Of Came
To 100000
t.rantland Rice Describes
Second Battle to Vast
Audience of Base b al |
and Wireless Devotees
Project Marks an Epoch
/. Resul: of Years Eff
fort, Says Official of the
Westinghouse Company

probably 100000 persons heard the
,o,ee Of the Tribunc's sports expert,
crantiand Rice, describe in detail the
,.eond worlds series game between the
r.nsees and the Giants direct from
,he polo Grounds yesterday.
Th;. was learned after careful
.srvey by officials of the westinghouse
ry.csric and Manufacturing Company,
,hroaeh whose station, WIZ, at New
-, .he games are being broadcast in
eon;uncton with The Tribune.
Bv fitting coincidence, the second
a.v Of the worlds series broadcasting
occurred on the first anniversary of
wy and It proved to be even more
,uecessful than the first days broad
casting. Many Of the minor defects
experienced in Wsdnesday's broadcast
;nc we're overcome. and the story ran
steadily through the cheering of the
crowds. The two wires between the
poio Grounds and Newark which were
set aside by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company were IN perfect con-
u.
The survey conducted by the West
inThouse officials showed that there
was scarcely block in New York City
without loud speaker in operation.
In many parts of the residential sec
tlons Of the city two or three loud
speakers were in operation, each with
its own small crowd OF listeners. This
was equally true of virtually every
- .t& IL, Il -
miles, and beyond that range hundreds
Of thousands Of headsets were in use.
So successful has been the under
taking that William H. Easton, of the
Westinghouse Company, issued the fol-
lowing statement yesterday:
4In its endeavor to develop the art
public service Of the highest order the
turing Company has always regarded
games direct from the field as one of
the most important things it could do.
"After several years of effort to ac-
been successful. The whole hearted
so-operation Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and the National
physically possible, and the assistance
Of The Tribune and Grantland Rice
has given the public an unparalleled
opportunity to follow the games
through an experts eyes.
"The deafening roars of the Polo
Grounds crowd, flung hundreds of
sniles through space, mark an epoch
IN the history of engineering science,
radio telephony, journalism and
Americas national game"
. Each day Of the great undertaking
mas brought forth some new and in
teresting phase on the receiving end.
Yesterday, for instance a radio fan
Established himself on the roof of a
huading in Chambers Street, next to
lha Hall of Records. He had set
With pair of head phones.
As each play came in he shouted it
through an improvised paper mega
ak0ne to the persons hanging out of
very available window in the Hall of
Records. When the noise of traffic
nrevented them from hearing, they sig
nified the fact by gestures, and the fan
would chalk up the play on big
water tank alongside him.
Not only in this city, but in every
city throughout the range of WIZ, the
greatest enthusiasm prevails over the
enterprise. From Bridgeport, Conn,
the following report:
Thousands of fans heard Grantland
Rice's story Of the game to-day, as
they did yesterday. The biggest crowd
IN town gathered at the American
hardware Company's store, where a
radio receiver was equipped with a
loud speaker.
AT Danbury fair thousands more
heard the broadcast by means of a
ioud speaker. The Stratford motion
picture house tapped in on the story
Ier Ir the benefit of its afternoon patrons.
~ in1undreds Of amateur radio fans also
'hssened in in their homes"
1ne stunt will be repeated to-day.