The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-10
WINNERS of the contest con-

w Quoted last year by the Ma
tional Federation of Music Clubs
will be brought to New York by the
National Broadcasting Company to
take part in a special program to be
broadcast Tuesday evening, April
"a. Arrangements have also been
made for delegates to the New York
convention of the Federation, in
session at that time, to hear the
program.
Miss Kathryn Witwer, of Chicago,
lyric soprano, winner in the female
voice class; Miss Hilda Burke, of
Baltimore, dramatic soprano. CO.
winner with Miss Winter of the
$1,000 prize offered by the National
Opera Club Of New York for the
best operate voice; James r.
Houghton, Of Somerville, Mass,
bass baritone, winner in the male
voice class, and Miss Helen Hallett
of Boston, winner in the pianoforte
class, will be brought to New York
from their home cities at the eX-
pense of the National Broadcasting
Company.
The New York State convention
Of the National Federation of Music
Clubs will be held in the st. George
Hotel, Brooklyn, from April % to
25, and the date of the broadcast
was chosen to enable the convention
delegates to hear it. Special equip
n1ent will be installed in the hotel.
The program will be broadcast
through number of stations asso-
ciated with the NBC network at 8
Tuesday night. Plans for the broad
cast are nearing completion and de-
tailed programs and a list OF
stations through which it will be
heard will be announced later.
The reception according Rogers
Hornsby the first time he appears in
New York in the uniform Of the
Boston Braves as well as a play-by-
play description of the opening
Giants Braves game will be given by
Graham McNamee NBC sports an
nouncer for radio listeners through
WEAF of the National Broadcasting
Company Wednesday afternoon,
beginning at 2:10. McNamee will
report the events of the game from
a n1icrophone in a field box at the
Polo Grounds. The game itself will
start at 2:30 o'clock.
The Boston Braves are conceded
by many baseball critics to have an
excellent chance to secure a berth
in the first division of the National
League. On account of the trading
Of Hornsby by the Giants, keen riv-
airy will exist between these teams
from the start of the season.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the Crosley Radio Cor
poration for the broadcasting of the
opening game of the Cincinnati
Reds through WLW on Wednesday.
Baseball celebrities, famous citizens,
sports writer's and baseball players
will greet the radio audiences
through the four microphones in
stalled on Redland field by WLW
and Crosley engineers.
Cy Young, one of the best pitch
ers in the history of baseball, will
pitch the first ball of the Cincinnati
Reds VS.. the Chicago Cubs, at 1870
p. m. From a vantage point on
the roof of the Redland grand stand
Powell Crosley, Jr, president of the
Crosley Radio Corporation, will give
a play-by-play account Of the game.
WLW will go on the air at 1 p. m.
Commander Richard E. Byrd,
American aviation hero, will speak
during the Eveready hour tonight,
the program of which will be broad
cast over the NBC Red network at
8 from WEAF, New York. Stations
in the chain for this program will
be found in Dial Twisters.
Favorite features to be heard to-
night follow:
6:0O-wEAo, Columbus. Music Lecture
80. Schubert's Unfinished symphony"
7:oo-WJz. New York. Stromberg Carl
1;00-WGN, Chicago. Spelling Bee.
7;30-WLS, Chicago. Music Personalities
7:3o-WEAF. New York. sieberling Sing
7:3o-WJz, New lew York. Marimba orches
sooW We f R Nes Y Y6rE Evereadv Hour
Com. Richard E. Byrd to chain.
8:ood oiy g5i Chicago. opera ''The Choco-
soo~WGBs, New York. Ukrainian Ma
o;oo--WEAF, New York. oliquot Eskimos
a1o-WNiAo, Chicago. Musicians Club of
s:so-WfP. Philadelphia. American L.
glon Program.
Thousands tof midwest fans will
witness the opening of major league
baseball in Chicago tomorrow even
though they may be miles away
from Comiskey Park, the scene of
the encounter between the White
Sox and Cleveland.
Hal Totten, WMAQ baseball an
nouncer, viii be present for the
fourth consecutive year to broad
cast the opener, and TO inaugurate
his baseball broadcast of a game
a day throughout the season.
Chicago schedules are. so arranged
that when the south side team is
in the city, the Cubs are on the
road. AS this works out, fans are
provided with big league contest
and broadcast every day. Dyed-in-
the-wool fans of every walk of life,
literally, hundreds of thousands,
regularly tune Totten at 2:45 each
day and stay with him until the
game is over.
The Furnas Ice Cream Company
will present their Golden Anniver-
sary Jubilee Quartet again tonight
for their regular half-hour concert
from 7 to 1880 over WFBM. This
male quartet was the first colored
quartet in America to be featured
over the radio. Their half-hour