The Washington herald., 1922-10-02
RADIO BECOMES
FAMILIAR THING
IN YEARS time
Remarkable Results OBJ
tanned in Broadcasting
Leonard-Britton Tilt.

tanned in Br0adcasting
Le0nard-Bri Tilt.
Radio has been accepted by the
public as something established.
not to be marveled at. not astound-
ing but something as matter-of- fact
as the telephone. the typewriter.
and almost as commonplace and
convenient as the megaphone." Such
Is the conclusion of Maurice Henie.
writing in The Wireless Age of the
of the Leonard Brit
ton boxing match by J. Andrew
White. editor Of that pioneer radio
Says Mr.. Henle:
Radio telephony. as the public
knows IL. has been a familiar
agency only q little over a year.
and yet within that short time the
people have passed through the
stage wherein, It was a scientific
to be regarded with
awe. They now class II with other
established means of communica-
tion.
I'm but one or two instances dur
ing the entire period that the re-
turns were coming through, the
writer heard such ordinations as
Gee, that's wonderful" "Just
wireless" and $50 plain,
too" For the rest, II appeared that
the assembled crowds had their
minds concentrated on the words
that they heard and not on the
medium through which they heard
them.
Gongs Rang Clear.
The thing that tickled the fancy
of the crowds that night, more so
than possibly any other point, was
TIE clearness with which the gong
could be heard. IT brought a smile
to every face. an involuntary smile.
1t was one Of the little touches tina,
made the whole affair so real, and
delighted all even more than hearing
the crowd cheer and yell.
1t was the one time. IL at any.
when the crowds along Broadway
lost their poise. They chuckled with
that same sheepssn snicker Of the
school boy caught smoking corn
SILK. A few seemed to realize for
an instant that they were, after all,
to history in the making
and that fully as wonderful as the
description of the bout itself, was
the instdument used to describe -.
But only for an instant, and then
in the next second the crowd settled
back into the same sophisticated
attitude il already had assumed
an attitude closely identified with
New York.
we know radio Is practical. We
know 1t is here to stay. We realize
the voice comes over clearly. What
we want to hear is the fight. That
was the sentiment of the crowds in
the nations metropolis"
Pastor Hears Fight.
Mr.. White received some 1000
letters from the general public
him for his work. reveal
ing in n striking fashion what radio
means TO people in all parts of the
country and in all walks of life.
Here are a few excepts from a
letter by little fellow confined in
home for cripped children, which
reads in part:
Il received every word of the
fight plainly. / am in a home for
crippled children in Newark and
am able to get around in a wheel
chair. The time the fighting was
on all the rest of the fellows were
In bed. but 1 stayed awake and
managed 10 get to the rtceiver and
listened to the whole works. 1t
was the best thing I ever heard.
and 1 enjoyed 1t better than any
thing else that was ever broadcast.
hope another one will be sent
out soon again"
The following is from a clergy
man who-let him speak for him
self: Il want to tell my experience
receiving prize fight over the ra-
do. 1 am a churchman, and the
five guests at my home were all
churchmen and churchwomen. We
have a homemade detector and
three step set and received the re-
turns by loud speaker. The ring
side broadcasting was so artisti-
cally done that every face was
flushed and all sat forward in their
chairs to hear every word and TO
shudder at every cheer for fear IL
might mean a knockout Every
newspaper has a slight or otherwise
bias on these matters, and / feel
that Mr.. White too has just a little
color in his news, although the
whole job was a work of art
Cripple Appreciative.
Another letter from a shut-in is
as follows:
while listening to you broad
casting the Benny Leonard VS. Jack
Britton fight Monday night / want
ed to tell you II was so good that
1t seemed to me that / was right
there.
II am crippled and cannot go out
and 1 enjoyed 1t very much and 1
think that you cheer other shut-ins
like me-"
A letter from a man in Trudeau,
n. Y, runs in part: Radio certain
ly Is the greatest invention of the
age. 1t takes an isolated locality
like this to fully bring out .he
great powers It possesses. We
health seekers up here can certain
ly appreciate radio more than folks
in the city who are able to go
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