Evening star., 1951-05-07
Ion the Air
derby Call
Has q Man
Unhappy
By Harry Macarthur

ready now to cheer it if it drives
radio completely out of business
Radio commentators, especially ir
sports, who try to be actors in
stead of reporters have been caus-
ing him to blow his top periodi-
cally for years. He is happy now
to have device on which he can
see a sports event and turn the
confusing sound off if necessary
1t was the CHS radio coverage
of the Kentucky Derby and the
Dixie Handicap Saturday after
noon which came as the latest, il
not the final, blow Glen Nc
Carthy, calling the Derby, did get
the winner right, but confusion
took over from there. Mccarthy
allowed as how it looked like Royal
Mustang second and Ruhe third,
in a photo.
Mel Allen came aboard soon
with a report that it was Golden
Birch second and Ruhe third, in
the same photo After a fair
length of time-close to Is min
utes at one irate report-Allen
Strengthened things out. It was,
like Mccarthy said, Royal Mus
tang and Ruhe. Golden Birch
was another horse, somewhere
else.
1t really didn't mater, though,
Allen told his vast network au-
dience in apology, since Golden
Birch and Royal Mustang were
running as an entry.
you call this reporting?" our
man almost Immediately demand
ed of CHS and of us. CHS didn't
have a ready answer. Neither do
we, unless it is possible that Allen
can't tell them apart unless they
are wearing New York Yankee
uniforms with numbers on their
backs, which. of course, would
look funny in the Kentucky Derby
The really triumphant roper
torial blooper of Saturday after
Moons race coverage. our inform
ant says, had Mccarthy and Allen
in a dead heat with Raymond
Haight and Charles Purcell, who
announced the Dixie Handicap
Not one of them has yet said any
thing publicly about the running
time of either race.
Our man is getting a stopwatch
to put beside his television set and
if they get that coaxial cable into
Churchill Downs next years, you
know where radio can go.
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Best Foot Forward: Televiewers
in France, and possibly in other
parts of Europe and in Great
Britain, soon should have higher
opinion of American television
than you can get from watching
a great deal of it. Film recordings
of Johns Hopkins Science Re
view" (WTTG - Tuesday, $50
PM have been requested by
UNESCO and soon will be tele-
vised over Radiodiffusion Fran
caise, which diffuses televiSion as
well as radio to the Francaise
people. The Peabody y-award-win-
nlng program, produced by Lynn
Poole, public relations director at
Johns Hopkins University, also
may be a BBC feature next win
ter. Nothing is definite on this
as yet, but conferences are being
held to work out details.
Music in the Air: Musical op-
portunity is being offered to tai
ented Washington children in a
new series of programs launched
yesterday by WCFM. These will
consist of a series of tests in
pitch. rhythm, intensity and time,
designed to measure the basic
talents required in the perform
ance and appreciation of music. -
Children can take the tests at
home with pencil and paper and
those who show musical aptitude
will be invited to WCF'M for an
other brief series of supervised
tests. Those showing outstand-
ing talent will be given free mu-
sic lessons and have free use of
instruments during their study.
The musical aptitude tests will
be aired by WCFM on Sundays at
2 and on Tuesdays and Thursdays
at $50 pm. during the month of
May.
Programs and People: Mary
Beth Larrabee, assistant to Ruth
Crane on her Modern Woman
programs on WMAL and WMAL-
TV, is resigning on account OF
approaching motherhood and her
place is being taken by Mrs. Mary
Louise Roberts. She's Mary
Beth's mother Pick Temple
tonight adds a silver dollar give
away to his "Old Sagebrush'
show (WTOP-TV-6 PM A
late news program by Gunnal
Back, at the close of each broad
cast day, is being added to the
WMAL-TV schedule Beverly
Roberts of the movies will be {
guest performer on tomorrow!
"Once Upon Tune" (WTTG-
10 pm0 =. The Were Brothers
comedy trio, whose boast il
We've been world famous for q
years but nobody knew it." have
been added to the permanent cas-
of James Melton's Ford Festival
CWNBW-Thursday, 9 PM
Singer Toni Arden and Impres.
sioniSt Larry Storch will join Louis
Prima tomorrow on "CaValcade o.
Bands" (WTTG-9 PM.