Evening star., 1951-08-24
| On the Air
You Can See
Only One
AT Time
Bv Harry Macarthur

BY Harry Macarthur
There is man in the audience
/ who wishes to take exception to
la line in the recent column about
IIthis seasons football television.
He probably has a point, too.
Compare this (the 1851 Tv
|schedule) with last year." writes
IF. B. of North Pershing drive, Ar
llington (Va.) when on many
Saturday afternoons there was a
Ichoice of four games to view, with
THE result that there certainly was
lat least one outstanding game to
hold your attention. For this
year. however, there will be no
choice in the matter. and the one
game that will be televised may
well turn out to be one-sided and
luninteresting. Despite this
ldismal outlook, you state that
there may be even buster foot
'Iball week ends than last year on
IteleViSion. -
Well, the intended implication
of that line was that you can only
watch one football game at time
and you will be able, on many
week ends this autumn, to see
three games. two live and one, de-
Ilayed. on film. It may be that
these latter telecasts will lack
interest because, as f. B. contends
there's not much excitement in
watching q game when you al
ready know the outcome" If
this is true, however. the news
reels have been wasting a lot Of
time and film on football games
through the years.
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Still, it is true, as F. B. says.
that you won't have any choice
in the matter, but will watch
what someone else decides you
shall watch. We might as well go
along quietly. though. with the
National Collegiate Athletic AS
lsociation's plan to test the TV
effect on the box Office.
It is a non-hysterical approach
and, whatever its shortcomings in
the matter Of variety Of grid fare
ltelevised, it is better than banning
television altogether in fright.
The NCAA doesn't call television
a villain but it does hope to find
out whether or not 1t is one. 1t
will be just as happy as the tele-
viewing football fans if it turns
out that TV doesn't keep the GUS
toners away.
The NCAA football plan has
drawn some fire, to be sure. The
Fair Television Practices Commit
tee has asked the Department of
Justice to examine it thoroughly
on the grounds that it resembles
Gin FTPC eyes, a monopoly.
Whether it is or not. there is
a rather odd attitude being dis
played by the televiewers. What
the basis for it is would be hard
to say-perhaps radio by its wide
spread sports coverage has spoiled
us all. At any rate, our present
correspondent touches on it when
he writes:
/ "Television seems to be bringing
about a race of dictators-the
tNCAA, the IBC in boxing. Clark
Griffith. George Marshall, and
possibly others"
The overlooked point is that
organized sports are not games
but business. The members OF
the NCAA, the International Box
ing Club, Clark Griffith. George
Marshall and all the others are
engaged in sports endeavors for
the purpose of turning a buck.
They sell tickets and there is
nothing dictatorial in their notion
that ownership of a television set
does not give you the right to
ignore the ticket-seller and get
in free.
Week End Guests:
Saturday: Colleen Gray, in "A
Job for Jenny" on Faith
Baldwin Theater Of Romance"
t (WMAL-TV-12:30 p.m.) !.
Peggy Lee. on 1.-THE Patricia Bow
man Show" tWTOP-TV-6:45
p.m.) Don Ameche. in kip
Van Wrinkle" WMAL-TV-9 PM
:. Burl Ives, Cliff Norton. Dave
IGarroway, on Summer in the
Fe6untry" (WTOP-TV-9 pm.
Sunday: Vice President Alben
w. Barkley, on Man of the Week"
(WTOP-TV-5:30 p.m.) :. Bert
ILytell, on Family Hour" (WMAL-
ITV-6 p.m.) -. Juanita Hall and
joey Adams, on Star Of the
Family" (WTOP-Tv-6:30 p.m)
!. Betty George, on Summer
time Revue" (WMAL-TV-7 p.m.)
|. Robert Aida, Eddie Mayehoff.
Isabel Bigley, on "Toast of the
Town" (WTOP-TV-8 p.m0 !
Ruggiero Ricci, on ''Ricital Hall"
(WNBW--8:3O p.m.) II. Ethel
Waters and Lanny Ross, on Guest
House" (WTOP-TV-9 PM j
William Prince, Jerome Cowan,
Polly Rowles, in Might at the
Vulcan on "Teleyision Play
house" tWNBW-9 p.m.) -. Rose
Marie and Johnny Mercer. on
Celebrity Time (WTOP-TV-10
|p.m.1.
Monday: Hurd Hatfield, on
Hollywood Screen Test" tWMAL-
|TV-7:30 PM Celeste Holm,
in 1.-THE Pacing Goose" on "Video
Theater" tWTOP-TV-8 pm.) -.
Jerome Hines. on Voice of Fire
stone" (WNBW-8:30 pm) :. :.
Leslie Nielsen and Adelaide Klein,