New Britain herald., 1929-08-05
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 The worlds greatest prize ring warriors-from John l.. Sullivan to Jack Dempsey-are to fight again.
 Pivotal battles in their several careers when heavyweight cham pionships hung in balance, are to be re-enacted for the fancy of New England These comebacks of world champions will be affairs of radio and will be broadcast Monday evenings from stations WBZ and WBzA.
 The Champs Corner as the series is to be known, begins this evening. The first ring feud to be refought before the mike will be at 9:30 be- tween the father of all champs, John L. Sullivan and the youthful challenger, James J. Corbett, who wrested the heavyweight crown from Sullivan in 21 rounds at New Orleans in 1892.
 Other championship classics and battles of the century will be broad cast from WBZ every other Mon day night. Charley Vassall of the station staff will announce the first bouts
 New England's sporting fraternity in the listening audiences who sel- dom get a break on the air except during the football season and a fa1 have it's fill of fight broadcasts. Old timers moreover, can relive the days of the real, bone crushing mpions-before Corbett took to trouping and Jeffries to raising or anges-when set-ups and million dollar gates were unknown.
 In recreating the important fights of ring history the scriptwriter has given strictest heed to historical and technical accuracy as well as taking care to preserve the color and atmosphere surrounding the event So faithful, indeed, was the interpretation of one recreated fight broadcast by a Pacific coast station in which Jim Jeffries figured, that the former champion personal ly congratulated the author of the fight continuity.
 Monday night the stage will be set in the studios at the Statler eX- actly as it was in New Orleans September [. 1892. when Sullivan went 2 rounds of a finish fight be- fore Gentleman Jim slipped over the kayo-"Sullivan weighs in at 2f2. Corbett at 1S9 . Pools close with money at to 1 on Sullivan . Fully 900 people are present.
 'Then the bell The men shake hands Time is called . Sullivan leads with his left to the jaw, misses, quickly crosses a right hook to the body. Corbett counters with a hard lift" Blow by blow the progress of this first great heavyweight encounter will be described by the announcer to the fans huddled at the ringside by their radio receivers.
 Subsequent bouts in the series of 20 broadcasts include the famous conflicts for tistic supremacy be- tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimmons and Jeffries, Jeffries and Sharkey, Jeffries and Corbett, Johnson and Ketchell, Johnson and Jeffries, Johnson and Willard. Will lard and Dempsey, and Dempsey 1 and Firpo.
 Ten o'clock tonight will see the second of a series of new broadcasts from WOR called Red Lacquer and Jade. As the title indicates, the new hour is oriental in theme.
 For the most part orchestral, the instrumental music is not the piece de resistance of the hour. The program was planned to present some of the eXquisitely fragile pie torial poetry and legends of the | East, and to these the orchestra is an incidental background.
 The first program used, an old Japanese legend which told how the gods of Japan first gave the gift of lacquer to mankind brightening the world and making it glow wildly with color. As the musical | background authentic oriental themes, especially arranged, are employed. An unique orchestra composed of strings and wood winds approXimates the musical coloring and quality of the music of the East, adapted to the occidental ear An experiment was made, using Japanese musicians built was found that the effect was too harsh and bizarre for western ears. The or chestral combination, however. gives the oriental effect in a version high ly pleasing to the ear of the occi- dental, and still reflects the real rhythm and harmony of the east.
 Eugene Ormandy, whom most | listeners will recognize as the vioHnist who was one of the first members of the famous Roxy gang. returns to the microphone this | nc at 0.o of