The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-25
|ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-In-

Carpenter lands light right on
Tunney's head. Gene comes back
with a heavy body attack, the
Frenchman stepping back with
Tunney following him."
That's the way the fight came
over the air from KDKA, East
Pittsburgh, with the announcer
telling Of the fight from reports
received over the telegraph wire.
It was hating description, the an.
nouncer stopped in the midst of
the most exciting action, to wait
for more information from the wired
ticker.
We regretted, when 1t was an.
nounced that WY would broadcast
the blow by blow description of the
fight, that some other station easier
to get was not rebroadcasting 1t.
So. it was with considerable pleasure
that we stumbled upon KDKA, just
as the fight was about to start last
night. OF course the description
was not as good as it would have
been from the ringside; with j., An
drew White explaining the mean
ing OF every move, but it was more
than we had expected anyway.
We missed the atmosphere Of the
fight, too, with the sounds of the
crowd yelling and the excitement
which was in the air. at the Polo
grounds The reports, as relayed
by KDKA, did not give the impress.
sion Of a ringside seat by any
nd "a A.
just little bored, as though he
would much prefer to be announc.
ing that Nine. Zamberino, the
worlds most famous pianist would
render recital, or something Of
the kind. But after all we knew
pretty well what was happening.
When the first three rounds all
went so easily to- Tunney, we ex-
pected to see the bout end in about
the tenth round, figuring on Carp
enters age making the fight even
more one sided as 1t progressed,
but the Frenchman was game, TAX
ing it all and coming back strong
in the fourth.
For a while it looked again like
the fight would go for the full linnit,
especially after Carpenter took two
successive rounds in the eighth and
ninth But when Gene came back
SO unexpectedly in the tenth, putting
Carpenter to. the floor and unto
the ropes time and again, we waited
for the final blow, expecting II
any minute.
But the Frenchman showed that
he was not yet through. BY now,
however, there was little DOUBT tnat
IL was q mere matter OF time. he
stuck it through the eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth in then in the
fourteenth came word that Carp
was on the floor writhing in agony.
The KDKA announcer said 1t was
all over, but he was not exactly
right, as he corrected himself a
minute later. Carp was In the ring
once more at the beginning OF the
last round in fighting position. with
his hands paving the air, and all
but gone. It was chance for vivid
description, but the KDKA .announ-
Ger either didn't have the informa-
ton, orswas lacking in color.
When the fight started, KDKA
was coming in like a local but as
the fight progressed, 1t became
more and, more difficult to make
out what the announcer was say
ing. The squealers were beginning
to discover there was a fight in
the air, and they all came in. BY
the end Of the fight, the air was
one continual sQueal. And the sta
tion's transmission was none too
good, making it impossible to hear
at times.
Because Of the fight, we missed
WRC's feature-the L'Aiglon Or
chestra. The remainder of the pro-
gram was not varied enough to be
interesting. But the two announc.
ers proved that they are sufficient
ly good to fill in whenever some
number doesn't show UP.
We hand the flowers to Isaac
Minovitch, the boy violinist. He
exhibited that same mastetful touch
with the violin. in his debut from
WRC, that he showed when per.
forming for. WCAP earlier In the
spring. He should have q great
future. $3.50