The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-18
GREAT COLUMBIA
 RADIO PROGRAM
 OF SPORTS BILLED
Start With Grand National
 Steeplechase Late This Month

Major events in nearly every branch of professional and anna teur sport, including annual class
 ics of the turf, track, gold links and baseball diamonds, will be
 heard over the coast-to-coast Co.,
 lumbia Broadcasting system dur
 ing the spring and summer season.
 Just completed by the CBS de- l-partment of public events and spe- cial features, the ella aborate sched-'
 ule will get away to an impressive
 start with transatlantic relays of the grand national steeplechase at Aintree, England, on Friday, March
 29. and the. Axford- Cambridge boat
 race on Saturday.. April 6. Both of
 these events, which command great
 international interest each year. will be brought to American listen CTS by Columbia in cooperation with the British Broadcasting cor poration.
 This year Columbia will place particular emphasis on the base
 ball and turf lineup for the sea-
 son, with Thomas Bryan George,
 noted writer and radio commenta-
 tor. on racetrack doings; Francis
 Laux, baseball authority, and Ted
 Husing, the networks ace sports
 announcer, handling the major as- signments in these divisions.
 On April 16, Columbia will | broadcast one of the major open | ing baseball contests of the sea- son-the game yet to be deter
 mined-and on April 23, the en- | gagement between the New York Giants and the Boston Braces at the Polo grounds, New York. The ] latter event will be of special in- | terest to metropolitan fans in that | it will mark the first appearance of Babe Ruth in New York as a | member of the Boston Braves. As the season progresses other impor- | tant games, depending on national | fan interest, will be scheduled, the climax coming in October with the annual broadcast of the World | Series.
 Virtually every American turf | event of consequence will be cov-
 cred by CBS during the spring and | summer meets. This phase of the network sports program will be in- augurated on Saturday, April 20, with the opening of the eastern racing season at the Jamaica track, followed by the Wood memorial stakes on April 27, which brings | forward the eastern candidates for l the Kentucky derby. Then, in suc- | cession, radio listeners will hear | eyewitness description of the l Preakness, on May IL; the Bel 1 mont park opening on May 15; the Metropolitan handicap at Belmont, May IS; the Acorn stalks, May 21; | the Wither at Belmont, May 25; l the Belmont Memorial day subur- | ban handicap on May 30; the Swift stakes at Belmont on June 4: the | Belmont stakes, with a scummary | of the Meadowbrook steeplechase | and the international stallion stakes | on June 8; the opening of the Aqueduct track on June 10; the
 Dwyer handicap at Aqueduct, June l 22; the Brooklyn handicap at | Aqueduct on June 29: and the l Great American on July 4. High | light events of the Empire City
 racing meet which will be held
 from July to July 29 and which will be broadcast will include the Empire City derby, the Empire
 City handicap, and hte Butler l handicap. Definite dates for, these 1 races are not yet avilable. Plans to broadcast the outstanding events of 1 the Saratoga meet also are in the | formative stage.
 Another prominent place in the spring lineup is held by important
 eastern collegiate track meets and boat races. Most of these colorful classics of amateur sport will be described by Ted Husing, who draws as his initial assignment in this particular schedule the annual Penn relays at Franklin field, Phil | adelphia, on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27. On Saturday, May II, Husing will do the Heptagonal games-inter-colle track meet at Princeton, and the Princeton
 invitation track meet, on Saturday, June 15. Also, on the latter date, Husing will describe the annual Poughkeepsi regatta from an amphibian plane.