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The cool weather Of the last Few
days reminds us that football is
mot far distant and today the Co
lumbia System announces q most
interesting program for football
fans that is scheduled to start Sep
tember S.
Three Of the country's best
known football coaches, Knute
= Rockne, Glenn Warner and Tad
Jones, will pick the probable win
ners of the important football
games next season every Friday
evening at $3.50 p. m, .bver WCAO
and the Columbis broadcasting
network.
In q series of prediction in
.terviews" on the eve Of the big
games, these experts win proph-
esy the results and probable
scores each week. Christy Walsh,
sports promoter and newspaper
:, man, will interview Rockne on
September before the micro
phone in Columbia's New York
studios. The following Friday
Walsh will interview Tad Jones,
and one of the three each Friday
thereafter.
Rockne, Warner and Jones
comprise the All,American board
Of football which selects the all
American team each year.
Irving Caesars one-act comic
opera, LA Tickera." now enjoy
ing it's third week as a stage
presentation at the Roxy Theater,
will be put on the air by ROXY,
at 6:45 p. m. during the broad
cast by Roxy and his Gang. Sta
tion WIZ and a coast-to-coast
network of the National Broad
casting System will carry this
famous 1yricists latest work
throughout the country.
Irving Caesar, a prominent con-
tributor to musical comedy, was
inspired to write the burlesque
on high finance and the Metro
, politan Opera by the ups and
downs Of Wall Street prices. The
opera was so enthusiastically re-
ceived by Roxy audiences for the
past two weeks that Roxy decided
to put it on the air. The entire
company will take part in the
broadcast which will originate
from the radio studio Of the
theater.
The cast includes, in addition
to Caesar, who takes the leading
role of stage carpenter; James B.
Carson, Eddie Miller, James Phil
lips, Bryant Williams, John Ken.
nedy, Robert Rhodes, M. Vodney,
John Gurney, Belle Flower and
the Roxy Chorus.
The opera is sub-titled America
Laughs at Its Tragedies" The
theme is treated in the manner
of grand opera with the scene
laid on the stage of the Metro
politan during dress rehearsal.
The presentation Of La Tick
era" will take 13 minutes.
Highlights on today's radio pro.
grams are:
7P. M.
WMAL-Another inStallment of
Syncopated History, depicting his
torical highlights in burlesque and
featuring Henry Burbig, will be
broadcast. In his broadcast Bur
big will be assisted by Nat Brush
lofts novelty orchestra and male
quartet.
1880 p. M. ....
WMAI-A program Of martial
airs will be played by the United
States Navy band. directed by
Lieut.. Charles Benter.
WRC-Airy, fanciful ballet mu
, sic is featured in the program
which the "A. & P. Gypsies will
broadcast. Harry Horlick, di,
recting the orchestra, will pre-
sent: "Badinage." "Oid Black
Joe", Tango Rosita", 'The Wed
ding Of the Birds, Whats the
UseP", "Just to Be With You
Tonight" and Strike Up the
Band. =.
$3.50 P. M.
WRC-The overture to Tam
haeuSer", seldom broadcast in its
entirety, will be played its full
length during tonight's General
Motors Family Party. One Of
the four numbers to be heard