Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
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w YITH the national amateur and
"a P. G. A. golf championships
NV in the offing. there is more
and more talk about the
possibilities and probabilities
Of golf being broadcast. My mail brings
might be done. Some of them are
rather far-fetched, including such fan
tastes as q telephone box near every
tee, feeding the broadcaster a mile
away, and a sun telegraph system,
flashing signals to the broadcasting
station on some remote height. Eric
Jorgenson, formerly in the Navy, sends
me the following:
Get a couple of Navy boys who know
by the microphone. Put 1t somewhere
where 1t can be seen from the golf
field, and let the other follow the golfers
with a couple of flags. He could drop
behind and wouldn't need to bother
them when they are aiming or shoot
ing. He could feed In enough stuff to
choke q 16-inch microphone. You
would be standing there to talk into
the mike and these two hoabres could
give you more than you could use"
That's a bright idea, Eric, but radio
broadcasting falls fat unless the an
nouncer gets closeup view of what's
happening, rather than just feeding in
reports. You couldn't see Bobby Jones
slapping a mosquito just before his
drive. and it is little things like that
which make these radio tales come
true. OF course, q broadcaSter could
use strong glass and do pretty well.
into 1t that way.
Radio, above all, requires an inti-
mate. penetrating view. Furthermore.
1t requires some of the incidental
sounds. The smack of Walter Hagen's
driver and the naturally excited excla-
nation of the announcer telling the
world that this one Is sailing clear over
into Posie County would be the bust
ness to put over golf broadcasting.
OF course, mechanically 1T Is entirely
feasible. Microphones could be moved
to each tee. but aside from the expense
involved you have to be careful how
YOU clutter up o golf course with con-
versatien and machinery. Then, again
championship play Is pretty delicate
business, and there Is to be considered
the effect on the golfers nerves. know
ing that some pop-eyed kioiszer Wa va
hiding in the brush and describing the
mole on his neck to a breathleSs world
Maybe somebody will figure 1t out, but
don't see how. :.
For many reasons Broadway isn't
what It used to be. and life around
radio studios, which has drawn IN
many stage artists, Is also quite diher.
emit from the old-time carousing and
spending carnival Of the middle Forties
One rough difference between radio and
the stage is that radio gets the home
folks and the stage gets the sadabouts'
This, believe, Is one reason why radio
work seems to attract . steady, hard.
working group Of performers who al
Snto the fireside picture. One findi
sraong these radio people very little OF
the big whoop-la doings which are sup
posed to light up Bohemian life IN this
gay metropolis,
know one radio musician, member
of an orchestra, who earns 81 500
week. There are quite a number OF
others who earn more than $1,000 Q
week. Almost without exception these
chaps are domestically inclined, SPEND
inR their leisure hours with their farni-
lies, putting their savings in Govern
raent bonds and reporting on and on a.
punctuaily a. q workman punching 2
time cleck. Once in o while I read
selne silly yarn about the high-step.
sing Of the radio gang, but this ID just