The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-02
NBC TO OFFER
GREAT FARE TO
FOOTBALL FANS
Schedule includes Nineteen
of Most Outstanding
College Games.

Football enthusiasts from coast to
coast who follow the great inter-
collegiate contests by radio face the
most interesting season in the his
tory of broadcast football this year,
according to an announcement made
today by the National Broadcasting
Company.
Nineteen outstanding intercol-
legiate football games will be de-
scribed for listeners through the
company's networks this fall, &C
cording to the announcement.
The first two games will go on the
air Oct. IL and the last game de-
scription will be broadcast Dec. %
when the Army eleven goes west to
meet the Leland Stanford team at
Palo Alto Cal.
Two Contests
Almost every Saturday will give
radio listeners choice between two
outstanding grid contests, according
to the schedule. A complete sched-
ule has been sent the Pacific coast
group of stations associated with
the NBC and officials in the division
office at San Francisco will select
the game of most general interest
for tie-in with the transcontinent-
al circuit.
The Navy battle with Notre Dame,
to be played at Baltimore and the
Yale-G Georgia game at Athens. Ga,
will be the two contests to be de-
scribed Oct. II.
While all of the nineteen games
planned for the season are DELI
nitely scheduled, the names OF the
contesting teams in two contests are
being withheld for short time by
agreement between officials of the
National Broadcasting Company and
the college athletic organizations
involved.
New improvements in broadcast
equipment, to be used this year for
the first time, will make the broad
cast story of the game even more
colorful and exciting than in pre-
vious years, it was stated.
Names of the announcers to de-
scribe the games will be revealed
later, the announcement from the
NBC said.
Complete Schedule
The complete schedule of games
Oct 12-Navy VS.. Notre Dame al
Baltimore. NBC network including WIZ
Oct. 12-YaIe VS.. Georgia University. al
Athens. Ga. NBC network including
WEAF.
Oct. ls-Harvard VS.. Army. at Soldiers
Field. Boston. NBc network including
WIZ
Oct. ie-Game to be announced later
NBC network including WEAF.
Oct 26-Harvard VS.. Dartmouth, at
Soldiers Field, Boston. NBC network in
Guiding WIZ.
oct. 26-Arny VS.. Yale. at Yale Bowl
New Haven. NBC network including
WEAF.
Nov. 2-Princeton VS.. Chicago. at Prince
ton Stadium. NBC network including
WIZ.
Nov. Navy VS.. University Of Penn
sylvania, at Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Penn. NBC network including WEAF.
Nov. 9-Army VS.. University of Illinois
at Campaign. Ill. NBC network including
WEAF.
Nov. 9-Harvard vs.. Michigan at Ann
Arbor. MIC network including WIZ.
Nov. 16-Yale VS.. Princeton at Yale
Bowl. NBC network including WEAF.
Nov. l6-Game to be announced later
NBC network including WIZ.
Nov. 23-Ohio State university Tvs. Uni
versity of Illinois. at Columbus. NBC
network including WIZ.
Nov. 23-Harvard VS.. Yale. at Soldiers
Field, Boston. NBC network including
WEAF.
Nov. 2s-University Of Pennsylvania vs.
Cornell. at Franklin Field. Philadelphia.
NBC network including WIZ.
Nov. So-Dartmouth VS. Navy, at Frank
lin Field. Philadelphia. NBC network in
Guiding WIZ.
Nov. 30-Army VS.. Notre Dame, al
Yankee Stadium. New York City. NBC
network including WEAF.
Dec. Georgia Tech. VS.. University OF
Georgia. at Athens. Georgia. NBC net
work including WIZ.
Dec. 2s-Army VS.. Leland Stanford, at
Palo Alto. Cal. NBC network including
WEAF.