Evening star., 1943-08-15

NEW YORK.
1t looks as though sports will be
dreadfully lacking from the networks
this fall. Army regulations pro-
hihiting trainees in colleges from
participating in sports Is partly re-
sponsible, but only partly. Many
schools throughout the country have
dropped athletics for the duration.
while still others have their eyes on
student registrations and are re-
serving decisions on teams until the
last minute.
Saturday afternoon spots for the
fall, formerly given over to football
games whenever available. are al
ready beng committed to long hair
music and dramatic broadcasts.
Especially is this true on CHS, where
the three-year contract for the Phil
adelphia Orchestra, beginning in
October. will make necessary the
displacing Of all early starting games.
Station program directors seem to
be disregarding sports in their fall
plans.
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The recent meetings of Army and
Navy representatives, and the ath-
letic directors of IS colleges hardly
brought any encouragement for
dialers who look forward to athletic
airings come fall. Nothing came of
those meetings except the decision
that maybe President Roosevelt and
Secretary Stimson ought to discuss
the matter further. Perhaps they
will be able to before the pigskin
plans are made final Whether any
thing will come of it Is another
question.
It's really too bad if something
isn't done about sports programs.
Boys offshore have little means of
recreation and one of them is listen
ing to broadcasts Of football games
and other athletic events via short
wave. They know that in England
and Russia sports are considered a
vital part Of living. During the blitz
England continued her track meets.
The Soviets went right on with their
sports festivals while the Nazis were
within gunshot of Moscow. Sports
is one thing our boys don't want
changed in the U. S. A. They may
be bitterly disappointed when the
fall season opens and their Short
wave fare doesn't include some of
the sports broadcasts they used to
have when they were home.
It's a Fact-Chicagos WIS trans
mitter engineers have the only
transmitter location where turkeys
are raised. and are harvesting good
supply of fresh vegetables from their
two-acre Victory garden.
Richard Crooks was a member of
the 626th Aero Squadron in World
War I.
Eight years ago, when Phil Spi-
talny started his quest for girl musi-
Clans his friends told him there just
weren't enough feminine instru-
mentalists in the country to form
top-notch orchestra. Recently he
held his 6,000th addition of female
musician.
Bill Smith of Stella Dallas lays
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With the Shortest Career in the
World. He was reused out of bed
at 2 am. one night by friend who
urged him to come take screen
test. He went
The director looked at him. Turn
sideways" Bill turned. TOO thin,"
said the director Bill went home
and went back to sleep.
Vernon Duke, composer, visited
Mary Martin when the screen star
appeared on Stage Door Canteen
recently. They discussed certain
numbers, one Of which slipped Miss
Martins mind for moment. Sorry.
Vernon she explained, lit was on
the tip of my heart-I mean tongue"
Vernon flashed quick smile. Say"
he declared. you have a grand title
in On the Tip of My Heart" With
out further ado he sat down and
composed hasty outline of num-
Der which will bear the title and
which Miss Martin is introducing.
For two months musicians in
Felix Mills Band had been argu-