Evening star., 1934-03-24
HISTORIC BOSTON
MARATHON ON AIR
Will Open Outdoor Sports
Broadcast for
Season.

~ OSTON'S historic marathon,
- Thursday, April 10, will open
the busy 1894 season of out
~ door sports programs over
National BroadcaSting Co.'S
networks. Horse racing, crew racing.
yacht racing. golf, tennis, base ball
and foot ball will be among the other
sports covered over the air before the
season ends in the Fall.
The report of the Boston marathon
will come from the new N. B. c.
mobile transmitter, which will be
driven up to New England for the
purpose There will be two broad
casts, the first from ll:45 am. to
1915 pm, E. S. t, covering the
start, and the second from 2:l5 to
2:45 pm, covering the finish.
The next big sporting event will be
the Kentucky Derby, on May 5, fol-
lowed a week later by the almost
equally famous Preakness. A number
of other important racing events also
will be broadcast during the season.
N. B. c. also is planning to describe
the Poughkeepsie regatta and the
Yale-Harvard crew races at New
London. Tests will be conducted
shortly to determine whether 1t Will
be feasible to utilize the short-wave
mobile transmitter to bring these ac-
counts to the networks.
The open and amateur golf matches
will be covered, with the aid of pack
transmitters which will allow the
sports announcerS TO follow the most
important play around the links, and
microphones also will be set to pick
up the action of the mems and wom-
ems tennis tournaments.
Perhaps the outstanding sports
programs of the season will be those
coming from off Block Island, the
middle of September, where the
Americas cup races. the worlds great
est yacht racing event, will be in
progress. Short waves again will be
utilized to flash the story to the net
works.
Shortly after this will come the
world series, and then foot ball,
which will complete the outdoor sports
season for the year.
X K X X
CLARA, LU M EN-, radios three
~ gossips. have just renewed con-
tract to continue their chatter
five mornings week through National
Broadcasting Co. facilities for the rest
of the year.
Under the new terms of the con-
tract, Clara, Lu n En- will broadcast
daily except Saturday and Sunday
during the remainder Of 1884.
The three girls, who have been on
the air for nearly three and a half
years, will become available to more
listeners than ever before when they
change to the new and larger net
work. They will continue to offer
the same humorous chatter which first
brought them fame on the air.
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MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
1V1 will speak over WRC Monday,
between / and 1870 pm, in con-
nection with the drive being held TO
complete the sustaining fund OF the
National Symphony Orchestra. Her
address will be broadcast from the
Carlton Hotel, where luncheon is to
be given, beginning at 1890. for
friends of the orchestra.
Other speakers will be Carl Engel,
rnusicologist of the Library of Con-
ereSs; DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi-
dent of George Washington Univer-
sity, and Rev Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
Another broadcast is scheduled over
the same station at $50 pm, with
Clarence Aspinwall, civic leader, dis
cussing the business aspects of a
symphony orchestra.