The Washington times., 1925-06-02
ROrnping Around
the
Radio Dial

That little combination mas plVen
thousands of fans q thrill before
yesterday but probably more people
got a kick out of 1t during the
Times WRC broadcast yesterday
afternoon than ever before.
When Babe came up for the
second time with chance to just
about win the ball game with one
Of his famous swate, Bill Sweets
did not miss the dramatic possibili-
ties. And that long foul must have
given plenty of the Walter Reed
boys d thrill Evidentally it gave
Walter himself somewhat of thrill,
or at least a warning, because the
next three were balls and The
Babe walked for the first time this
year,
with nothing sure about It until
the very end. The Yanlke made q
great threat In their last half Of
the ninth but Firpo stopped thern IN
time, but not until all Of us listen
ing to II through the radio had lost
O. few pounds Of worry.
Which reminds III Of q nice little
note which came from =. Byrd
Doran, past department chaplain
OF the United Spanish War Veter-
ans, recently. Chaplain Doran adj
dressing his letter to Bill Sweeis,
said:
ION the part of the patients in
the u. s. Naval Hospital II wish
to thank you most heartily for the
wonderfully clear, accurate and
most beautiful manner in which
you have broadcast the baseball
games play by play for the last few
weeks. If you coulI1d realize the
great comfort, alike the illexprea-i
@Stble pleasure you have afforded l1s
boys, many Of as unable to be out
of bed, believe me you could not,
fail to feel that you have done us
all favor that will remain with
Us as a most delightful souvenir
Of your good self and the valuable
paper which you represent.
with appreciative regards from
the boys at the U. s. Naval Hrs
pital, believe me most cOfdialIs
your friend"
Bill says those are the letters
which make It worth while con-
tinuing. But on that game yester.
day he didn't need any letters.
When Walter johnson is pitching
a good game, Bill is happy to tell
the world about It.
Yesterday when johnson OF the
Yankees made that little home run
in the ninth inning, Sweets got his I
left ana right fields mixed for a
minute. It made us laugh because
1t was less than a year ago. when
has
the World Series and Bill was writ.
he gave the famous New York an
nouncer a little razz for getting his
fields confused.
Bill realizes full well now just
how easily q mistake like that can |
be made.
Norman Brokenshire, much her.
aided announcer. from VIZ, who
has been heard frequently by local
announcers through WRC when 1t
was. hooked up with Now York, will
make his local debut tonight when
he announces the dance music from
the LIE Paradis Roof.
Brokenshire is supposed to be the
ace Of the Radio Corporation an
nouncing staff. While employing an
entirely different and much less for
NAL style than McNamee, Broken.
shire has almost as wide repu.
tatfon as that other famous gentle
man.
Tomorrow evening WCAP will
broadcast the George Washington
University graduation exercises
from the Washington Auditorium.
Features Of the exercises will be ad-
dressed by Doctor Harry Emerson
Fosdiek, OF New York and Doctor
William Mather Lewis, president OF
the university. Both are considered
among the best speakers in
America.
Although in doing so we are risk.
ing our job, we cannot end a col.
umn of romping around the dial
without mentioning that talk by
Avery G. Marks, kjr., from WCAP
last night, in place of the weekly
talk by William Hard, Washington
Times correspondent.
1t was a thoroughly enjoyable ad.
dress during which one of the
clearest explanations of the evoill-
ton theory and school fight IN
Tennessee we have ever heard was
given. He was fortunate substi-
tute for the popular Hard.