Evening star., 1951-08-06
On the Air
Sports Fans
Can Cheer
DuMont
By Horry Macarthur

Walcott- Charles fight has given
the DuMont network an appetite
for more Of the same. Home
viewers will see plenty Of the ma
tons top sports events as long as
DuMont can line up the sponsors
to bid for them.
The nets recently revamped
sports department, headed by Tom
S. Gallery. has signed up six Of
these so far to underwrite the
telecasting Of 27 major contests.
The first result of the new sports
policy is the televising of the Tam
O'Shanter Golf Tournament yes
terday Con WTTG) and next Sum-
day.
The next major event on the
DuMont sports schedule will be
the All-Star Football Game, to be
played in Chicago the night of
August II. Local viewers will see
this on WMAL-TV, since WTTG
has baseball game scheduled for
that night.
The web also has promised to
ibid aggressively" for the Randy
Turpin- Ray Robinson fight and
the Walcott- Charles return match
as soon as the International Box
ing Club makes them available.
A list of % professional foot
ball games is on the DuMont
schedule. too, but so far George
Marshall. Redskins boss, has
withheld the necessary permission
for WTTG to carry these in
Washington.
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New Dimension: The Ford
Foundation has established a tele-
vision-radio workshop aimed at
adding new dimension to TV
and radio programs" A fund of
$1.2 million Is available, accord
ing to the announcement, "to
produce programs combining cul-
tural, public service and enter
tainment qualities for use in the
normal stream of commercial
broadcasting." Therell be new
dimensions displayed by Sarah
Churchill. too, when she appears
this week on James Melton's
Ford Festival" CWNBW-Thurs-
day, p.mD. Miss Churchills will
be talent-wise, a demonstration
that she is singer as well as an
actress.
Joe Louis, whether or not there
Is much hope for his success on
the comeback trail. still is the pet
OF the sports fans. who will see
a lot of him on TV this week.
Via film, Of course. The motion
picture record of his recent 15-
round go with Cesar Brion will
be shown Wednesday night at 10
on WTOP-TV. And viewers of
Greatest Fights" (WNBW-Fri-
day. 1890 pm0 will see the ear
lier, more efficient Louis, who got
a nights work done in a hurry.
That show will have films of the
Louis victory over Charley Retz-
laft in an abrupt IS seconds on
the night of January II, 1886.
Formal Wanted: Wonder how
soon the Mug (Richardson and
Gene (Klavan Show" (WTOP-TV
"wednesday, 10:45 PM will
evole into television show. Miss
Richardson has a gracious person.
altty. Klavan a definite talent for
satire, they seem to work together
well, and they have an idea here.
But the idea still hasn't. been
shaped into a television format.
Maybe what's needed is some SIM
pie situation comedy dramatiza-
ton OF Washington "gripes," rath-
er than discussion Of them . The
two stand good chance of COM
Ing up eventually with the right
answer, anyhow. WTOP Boss John
Hayes is a man who believes in
giving local TV shows a chance.
They can't all click, of course, but
the more you give a fair trial, the
better your average is The
powers around WNBW seem to be-
l1eve in local shows, too, espe-
cially local shows that can be put
on the air in place of Ernie Kovacs.
the pride of Philadelphia. AS of to-
night at Z the vague and fanciful
wanderings of the Quaker City
Joy will be replaced on WNBW by
a program featuring WWDC Disc
Jockey Willis Conover.
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Versatile: frankie Thomas will
be demonstrating something of a
triple-threat this week on Tom
Corbett, Space Cadet" (WNBW-
Saturday. z PM. In collabora-
ton with World War II chum.
Ray Morse. he wrote the script for
the weeks adventure, "The Mys-
terry OF Alkar," and he also is Tom
Corbett, Space Cadet, and Tom
Corbett, narrator, on the show
-. "Television Theater" (WNBW
"Wednesday, 9 p.m) will turn to
blank verse next week (August 15)
with John Baragrey playing the
leading role in John Wilkes
Booth" The historical drama ex-
amining the man who shot Lincoln
was written by Peter Yates
The usual success-seeking route
was reversed by Concert Pianist
Sid Shane. Instead of going to
New York to seek fame, he came
from there to appear on Jim Glib
bons' Wednesday night stage
Seven" show on WMAL-TV.
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Very Much Alive: You might
think radio is dead, but there is
q television set manufacturer who
thinks otherwise. This firm is
sponsoring two shows - Grant
land Rice's Football Forecasts
on CHS and Sammy Hayes Sun
day Serenade" on ABC-on that
old-fashioned medium, to promote
the sale of TV sets . . Italian art
and music will he featured this