Evening star., 1948-07-11

at least. Mutual has an affair
called Three for the Money" (WOL
Saturday, PM, on which you
don't have to know the answers to
Sany questions. You don't have to
know anything. Three for the
Money" is another broadcast game
designed for those listeners who
have telephones by their sides.
The rules for these programs get
more and more complicated, but
this one seems to go something like
this: Phone calls are placed
throughout the country in much
the same manner as on stop the
Music" Listeners are asked to list
the order in which they want three
tunes played by the orchestra, then.
after the music, this is matched
with list on studio blackboard,
the pay-off being based on how close
the listener comes to the black
board list This is continued
the prize advancing from $500 for
the first three, through $500 for
the second three, to $4,000 for the
final three tunes (plus the $500
already collected.
| And there's no skill about It,
All you have to do Is sit there and
guess. Since there are only six
ways in which three songs titles
can be combined, with each song
IN the same position twice, the odds
are only 3 to l against you win
ming 500 If Three for the Money"
calls you. The odds, according to
one school Of handicapping thought,
are to against the listing of all
three correctly, 36 to against hit
ting six and ZIG to l against naming
all nine tunes.
This means, since there are ap-
proximately 100000 telephones,
that you have one chance in 4,32O,-
100000 of winning $500 from
Three for the Money" Keep the
phone free while you're listening to
Mark WarnoW's Orchestra, though
Remember how lucky Mrs. Shelley
was.
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about convention coverage from the
Republican Convention, radio and
television hope to do an even bet
| ter job when the Democrats start
meeting tomorrow in Philadelphia
The one they did in Philadelphia a
couple OF weeks ago was a fine one
AS in the case Of the Republican
conclave, broadcaSts, both for listen
ers and looking listeners, will con-
form to the business of the conven-
ton, with regular programs being
Cancelled, If necessary, to put i'm
! portant Democratic business on the
air. You'd better fellow the daily
day sessions are expected to go on
the air at about 1890 pm. and $50
pm. tomorrow, with subsequent ses-
sions scheduled for 1890 and
9:15 pm. ...
Horses, especially those on race
tracks, have betrayed men in many
ways, but seldom as f1agrantly as a
bunch of horses betrayed Tom Carr,
the WNBW television commentator
the other night. Mr.. Carr was COM
mentating the harness races at
Laurel at the time. He watched the
horses around the track, out of the
turn and down the stretch, shouting
the name of the winner. Horses and
sulkies kept right on going, though.
Mr.. Carr had forgotten he was
watching a mile race on half-m
track.
L guess that makes a Glen NC
Carthy out of me-" Mr.. Carr said
weakly.
1t doesn't quite, some one should
tell him. Mr.. Mccarthy has called
lot of good ones, too, even though
his excitement at one Kentucky
Derby did make a Roy Riegels of
him. People never forget that one
wrong way run.
Mr.. Mccarthy at least knows
where he is. He wouldn't be caught
dead calling the Laurel Raceway
the Roosevelt Raceway, which is
what our television observer caught
Mr.. Carr doing several times the
other night.
Our favorite announcer'S boner,
incidentally, remains the one per-
petrated by Ben Grauer awhile back.
Mr.. Grauer, who is one of radios
better announcers, stepped up to
what he thought was dead micro
phone in a moment of playful fun
and said solemnly, this is Which,
Hoboken, Labrador" The micro
| phone wasn't as dead as he thought
He startled listeners from coast to
coast.
Mystery Melody" Department: :
Nobody has come along so far with
better guess to tout us off of
World Events" Walter Winchell
| (WMAL-Sunday, 9 PM did hurt
our feelings. though, when he an
nounced last Sunday that only 10
people in the country knew the
name of the thing, after we'd had
it in the paper all day.
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The Local Scene: Advice on how
to remove paper stuck to vanished
table tops, how to remove match
scratches from white-painted wood
work and how to perform a thou
sand and one other odd household
tasks are the forte of the Handy
Gal" Her real name is Glover Holly
and she passes out her advice to
home makers via WTOP at 3:55 pm
Monday through Friday. :. VOL
will be the local outlet for the Beau
Jack-Ike Williams bout tomorrow
night, with Russ Hodges doing the
blow-by-blow at 1915 pm. .. The
American Automobile Association is
sponsoring a new series of SYM
phonic programs, heard daily on
WQQW at 10 am. It's taking
two people to fill in for WRC's
vacationing Bill Herson. Holly
Wright is doing the 6 am. Time
keeper" shows and the Saturday
Coffee With Congress" and John
Batchelder is standing in on "Capi-
tai Citizen" Tuesdays on WNBW.
Jay Owens WINK show, ANY
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