New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
Through fife Static

Ohmyohmyohmyohmy! A silly eve ming, all around, with every station
 on the map playing hide-and-seek with us throughout the night. What pack of trouble we found done up
 in those five tubes last night! In fact, we blamed everything but the atmosphere which, after all, was re- sponsible. The fading was of dis tinctly novel type, taking the sta- ton right out of the set and then roar. There was a most disgusting | buzz on all evening, this having started at about 7:30 o'clock. Some body turned something on, because we heard the click of the switch and after that the entire atmosphere was churned up to beat the band. None of the other stations except WTIC
 and WBZ were unaffected by the ab- surd weather conditions, and we had sweet time, all around.
 First of all We want to apologize
 to the several people who called us on the phone last evening to ask whether the Delaney German fight
 was to be broadcast. AS we remem- 1 Der, we stated that it was not sched- uled which was perfectly true. How ever WOR, Newark, without an- nouncing the feature in the pro- grams carried the fight last evening and made good job of it, too. Paul Calico of sporting fame was at the microphone and the pig bout started at about II o'clock. It lasted for only two rounds while Paul yelled himself blind, he was that excited. The station came through strong most of the time. strange to say, and
 we were able to get nearly every word the announcer said. Delaney hit German with everything but the ring post, and in the second round the referee gave the fight to the champion, since German was hang ing on the ropes emulating the well known punching bag, refusing to go down to the resin, while Delaney played Home Sweet Home" on his ribs. Paul went absolutely dippy while the angry and frenzied mob kept up a ribald accompaniment in the background. After the fight was over the announcer paid great compliment to German, stating that he was absolutely game.
 
 Our favorite organist: Walter Dawley of WTIC.
 Now to go back to the early part of the evening, we heard the New Departure dance orchestra in a group of numbers including Am I Wasting My Time On You?" The music was worth listening to, al- though a greater originality in or chestrations might have been ex- hibited.
 Another feature of the evening. this time from WIZ, New York, the "Peck's Bad Boy' of radio, was the program of negro spirituals by Paul Robeson. the talented negro singer, actor and author. MT. Robeson pos sesses resonant and well modulat- ed voice and he bespeaks culture. His habit last evening was to de- scribe each number before he sang it, thus giving us some of the history and romance of the negro spirituals. Sometimes I Feel Like Mother less Child;' negro convict song, "The Water Boy" and Little David, Play On Your Harp" were among his offerings. Laurence Brown, his accompanist in Little David," joined Mr. Robeson in duet during one of the choruses. The program was un- usual and decidedly entertaining, in spite of the fact that WJZ was act ing up like q three-year- old trying to show off. The fading of that station was absolutely eerie. Unique doesn't describe it.