The Washington times., 1925-05-16
HOBART B0SWORTH To BE ON AIR TONIGHT
|ROrnping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-M

Two prodigal sons of the loca
radio world returned to the air las
night and were given the fatted
calf, in other words the choice
hours of the evening.
The two prodigals, who were at
one time favorites with the Local
audience, both returned after
long absence. and to show that they
were glad to be back gave very
good accounts Of themselves They
were the Nordica Mandolin and
Guitar Orchestra and Clubs. undel
the leadership of Walter L. Holt
and the Hawaiian Melody Boys.
We particularly liked the Holt
organization. We never tire OF
nedleys composed from Southern
clans included one in their program
they hit us in a vulnerable spot. 1t
was great.
It was a delightful surprise to
hear Ruth Peter, one of the best of
local singers included as a surprise
feature of the bill. We didn't hear
the first announcement, and when
her beautiful voice came through
the 1oud-speaker, the entire group
around our set stopped playing
bridge to hear who it was. We
might have known.
The Hawaiian Melody Boys, Mel
vim Henderson, Clinton Robins and
Edward E. Pringle gave good
lively concert 1t was a pleasure
to listen to them.
We were just called to the phone
to settle a bet between two radio
baseball fans, as to whether Bill
Sweets, who is announcing the ball
games every afternoon is doing il
from Washington or st. Louis.
Obviously the caller was the one
who had bet the announcing was
being done direct from the western
ball parks We could tell that
from the form of his question. We
informed him, of course, that the
broadcasts were being made from
The Washington Times studio.
Many fans who have written ap-
plause cards in appreciation of the
baseball broadcasts have compared
Bill Sweets accounts of the games
with Graham McNameess broad
casting of the world series games.
last fall.
That is hardly fair comparison
because McNamee was broadcasting
the most colorful baseball games
ever played direct from the field
where he could see all the side
lights and color with his own eyes,
while Sweets is announcing the
everyday. games of the regular sea
son through another's eyes. Louis
A. Dougher, sporting editor OF the
Washington Times, seated IN the
press box at the games is sending
the details by. wire to Sweets, who
puts it onto the air.
q. Feiand Cannon, who nearly
everyone will remember as q WRl
been added to the staff of station
WOR. Newark. He will give ;.
song recital of classical numbers
from that station next Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
When Cannon was at WRC, he
sang under the nome de mike OF
Arthur Mccormick, and for several
months completely fooled local
listeners as to his true identity. It
was revealed for the first time in
this column.
A special festival service for the
OONACtS VI SOIOIA1dI p w aTS OF IlS
District of Columbia will be held
in the Bethlehem Chapel of the.
Washington Cathedral at O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon, with the Rev
erend High Birckhead, of Balti-
more, delivering the sermon.
Several long waits between mum.
bers marred the WCAP programs
last night. The worst were just
before the concert by the Juniata
College Girls Glee Club, when three
long waits, punctuated by repeated
announcements that they would be
on Sin just moment reminded
us that delays on the air are not
nearly so frequent nowadays as
they used to be. WRC has almost
completely eliminated them and
WCAP has improved greatly in this
respect. But last night was ter
rible.
E. L. Rice, of 1115. Connecticut
avenue, tells us he has completed a
dandy little pocket radio set that
can be turned out at a ridiculoug1y
low cost 1t has a fixed detector-
eliminating the bothersome cats
whisker, double tuning slider and
multiple phone sockets.