Evening star., 1951-08-10
On the Air
This Could
Finish Off
The Experts
By Horry Macarthur

LnrOugn the CITY gaJeS lOr NC
tioneer, invents a new game. Any
number can play. All you do, or
any fight night. is get the picture
on television and the blow-by.
blow description on the radio anc
laugh your head off.
The addition of sight to SOUND
apparently has done nothing tt
lessen the popularity Of Harry
Wismer, whose good friends fl
every stadium and who once dis
itinguished himself by calling the
position of the ball wrong the
second time around. while an
nouncing the film of a football
game he had reported earlier.
Right in his hands but he
dropped it." says Mr.. Wismer as
you watch a Redskin stretch In
vain attempt to get finger within
1.-TWO feet of the pigskin. Nobody
seems to mind. though.
x x x X
There is a sportscaster named
Russ Hodges, however. who is 60
ing to make things tough for the
Iradio-TV fight experts if he isn't
careful. Mr. Hodges is to be found
on the Wednesday night show on
iCBS-TV which, during the sum-
mer. is showing films of, fights
instead Of fights.
Mr.. Hodges has guests and is
continually demonstrating. though
he never seems to notice 1t. that
silly question gets the answer II
deserves. 1t was Irish Bob Muir
ply, if memory serves, who was
sitting there one night watching
films of recent battle of his. AT
one point in the film. Murphy got
backed up against the ropes and
a goodly amount of leather was
\ tossed about.
That's quite an exchange OF
blows" said Mr.. Hodges. who is
no anti-vivisectionist when il
comes to the obvious.
| You're telling me?" growled
Mr.. Murphy.
It was more recently. this pas
Wednesday night to be exact, thai
Mr.. Hodges inadvertently dis
qualified a number of expert f1ght
broadcasters. The Louis-Brior
bout was being shown on ths
screen and Rocky Marciano wa.
sitting at the Hodges elbow.
"Brion is trying to wear Loui!
down." Mr.. Hodges said knowingly
at one point, as fight announcer
always have. That's a trick tt
tire the other fellow out, leaning
on him that way, isn't it, Rocky?'
IF you're balanced right" sale
Rocky right back. that weight
shouldn't bother you.'
How about resting yourself?'
said Mr.. Hodges in a quick try al
recovery. You get some rest your.
self, don't you, leaning on thu
other fellow?"
Il suppose you could" said Mr.
Marciano. "if the other fellow
would let you lean"
4 Week End Guests:
\ Saturday: Maureen Cannon, OF
the premiere of The Patricis
Bowman Show" (WTOP-TV-6:4:
p.mD. Jane Pickens and LIE,
Tracy. helping Faye Emerson
salute Atlanta, on Wonderful
Town" (WTOP-TV-9 p.mD.
Mimi Benzell, on Songs for Sale
! (WTOP-TV-10 PM.
/ Sunday: Joe Frisco and Kyle
Mcdonnell, on "Star of the Family
CWTOP-TV-6:3O p.m.). Ha
Block. on Leave it to the Girls
(WNBW-7 p.mD. :. Judy John.
son, on Summertime Revue
| (WMAL-TV-7 p.mD. Wick
Cummings and Elliot Lawrence
on 60 Lucky" (WTOP-TV-7:3(
Ip.m0. .. Senator Harry P. Cain
on Meet the Press" (WNBW-
I7:30 p.mo. Johnny Johnston
and Marcia VanDyke, on "Toas
of the Town (WTOP-TV-8 pm.
Arnold Eidus. on Recital Hall
(WNBW-8:30 p.m.). :. Jani
Paige. Pat Rooney, sr., Helen Gal
lagher and Harold Lang, on Cues
House" (WTOP-TV-9 p.m.).
Parker Fennelly, in "Ephrain
TUFTS Clean Hands," on "Tele.
vision Playhouse" (WNBW-s
p.m0. :. Dizzy Dean, on Celebrity
Time" (WTOP-TV-10 p.m.).
Senator Joseph O'Mahoney anc
Charles M. Sleigh. discussing the
tax program on American Forum
/ (WNBW-10 pm.). Robert
@. Lewis, on Whats My Line?'
(WTOP-TV-10:3O p.m).
| Monday: Harvey Lembeck, or
Hollywood Screen Test" (WMAI..
TV-7:30 PM. Hal Block
on new program, Tag the Gag
(WNBW-8 p.m.). Brian Sui
livan, in "The Man With the
Watch" on Lights Out" (WNBW
- p.m.). Murray Matheson
in ''The Great Man." on "Somer-
set Vaughan Theater" (WNBW-
$3.50 PM. Maria Riva and
Richard Purdy, in 1.-THE Rabbit, ;
on Summer Theater" (WTOP-
TWO p.m).
4 X X X
In Person: Bill Mayhugh, morn
ing man at WPIK, also is a drum.
mer and head man of new "jazz
combo that specializes In pro.
ducing the modern sound in music
"a la George ST. caring" Come
Monday, Mr.. Mayhugh and hi.
quintet will open at AL Simmonds
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