NBC chimes (Jan 1947-Dec 1948)

6 NBC CHIMES Athletic Association FRANK MULLEN TO DONATE BRIDGE TROPHIES Our executive veepee, Frank Mullen, who is an enthusiastic bridge player himself, has announced that he will donate a trophy for the A.A.'s Bridge Club. Although the trophy is still to be chosen, here is the general plan. There will be one large challenge cup and two small cups. The latter will be awarded permanently each year to the winning pair. The large cup will remain in the hands of the AA for display. It will be named for its donor. So far, here are the chief contenders for the Frank E. Mullen Bridge Trophy as announced by Al Saunders. Al, who is from Recording Engineering, is the chief in charge of the Bridge Group. Averaging the first three scores of the winter series, Merwin Elwell and Ira Skutch of Television are tied for the lead with 67.4%. Al Saunders holds second place with 63.6. They are followed in this order: Allan Hughes of Spot Sales, 56.6; Gerry Martin of Network Sales, 56.5; Florence Lurie of WNBC and Margaret Riebhoff of Traffic, 52.1, Mike Boland of Controllers and Helen Davis of 48.4; Rita Alevizon of Radio Recording, 44.3; and Victoria Mack. These duplicate bridge sessions take place on alternate Tuesdays in one of our studios. Call Al Saunders if you're interested in joining them. TWO NBCites FIND OUT HOW THINGS REALLY ARE IN GLOCCA MORRA TRAFFIC TEAM LEADS BOWLERS Bowling still remains NBC's most popular sport. The Thursday competition is hot and heavy with the Traffic team still in first place with 52 games won. Controllers follows with 48 games to its credit. The stars of the league are George McElrath of Engineering, who leads the men with a high game of 253 and high series of 624, and Joan DeMott of Controllers, who holds both first places among the women with 228 and 575. As far as the individual averages of 160 or over are concerned, Frank Mocarski of General Service heads the list, followed by Jack Treacy of Radio Recording and Bob Burholt of Controllers. Joan DeMott of Controllers and Mary Ruiz of Press hold first and second places in the individual women's averages of 130 or over. This is how the bowling record looks from here: TEAM WON LOST TEAM WON LOS Traffic 52 20 Radio Recording 35 37 Controllers No. 1 48 24 Air Conditioning 35 37 Construction 46 26 Gremlins 35 37 Engineering 46 26 Radio Rogues 32 40 Controllers No. 2 41 31 Audio Video 31 41 Promotion 41 31 Spot Sales 25 47 General Service 37 35 Recordettes 23 49 Gadgeteers 35 37 Set Ups 14 58 HIGH GAME— MEN George McElrath 253 Bob Burholt 252 Ed Prince 233 Al Frey 232 Jack Treacy 227 HIGH GAME— WOMEN Joan DeMott 228 Mary Ruiz 206 Anne Surowitz 197 Helen Walker 196 HIGH SERIES— MEN George McElrath Bill Bork Bob Burholt Jack Treacy Frank Opsal HIGH SERIESJoan DeMott Anne Surowitz A. M. Caramore Mary Ruiz Helen Walker -WOMEN 624 616 614 594 585 575 550 475 469 464 Recently, Radcliffe Hall, NBC announcer, and Dennis Dalton, NBC newswriter, parlayed a story from Columbus, Ohio, about a search for Glocca Morra into a feature on the noon newscast that has given NBC wide publicity. The sequence of events was as follows: The original story out of Columbus was about the city editor of the Columbus Citizen trying in vain to put through a telephone call to Glocca Morra in Ireland to find out how things were there that day. Finally, he cabled Irish Prime Minister Eamon de Valera for help. All this we put on the air. Next day, Rad Hall got a letter from Mrs. Kathy O'Connor of Staten Island, saying she knew where Glocca Morra was and that it was a little hamlet in County Donegal. This went on the air that noon. After the program went off the air, the United Press called to get further details about Mrs. O'Connor, apparently having monitored Rad's newscast. That produced a feature story on the UP radio wire that evening, crediting an NBC newscaster for finding someone who knew the location of Glocca Morra. Next day (February 27), the UP radio wire AND the UP's regular news wire moved another story with NBC credit, elaborating on Mrs. O'Connor's statement with further details the UP obtained itself. Also, another UP story moved with a Dublin dateline, telling of a UP reporter (named McDonnell) who went out to look for Glocca Morra without success. The lads in Killybegs (County Donegal, of course) said there was no such place and came back with the rejoinder: "Where's Podunk in the United States?" But the answer to "How are things in Glocca Morra" seems to have been supplied by Mrs. O'Connor's cousin's daughter, who recently wrote home from Killybegs — "You can have this place. Give me the moon over Brooklyn." PLAYBACK (Continued from page 3) carefully signed in and out. The girls proudly announce that none has ever been lost. The Playback Room and the girls that keep its telephones answered and its machines turning, is another one of the interesting facets of a very interesting company, the National Broadcasting Company. NEAR-CHAMPS Breathtaking Game Ends Basketball Season Pete House, who is chairman of the Bowling League, is asking for volunteers to act as substitutes when vacancies occur on the various teams. Anyone interested in bowling should contact him on Ext. 579. Playing good ball throughout the entire game, the NBC Basketball team was nosed out of the Rockefeller Center League championship in a thrilling final game played March 3rd in the Rockefeller Center Gym. The first half proved to be a nipand-tuck affair with the score seesawing first to one side and then to the other. Campbell-Ewald, the opposing team, built up an impressive score after the start of the second half and though NBC came very close towards the end, they were never quite able to catch up. The final score was 22-26, with Campbell-Ewald the new champs. The NBC team, captained by Dean Kearsh of Research, became eligible for the championship playoff after defeating the ABC team in a game just two weeks before. Although our team was disappointed in the final outcome, they had reason for satisfaction. In only their second year of play, the boys made a fine showing. Members of the playoff team included Kearsh, Kerr, McCabe, Kromer, Stahlberger, McKenna and Byrne. At the top of a toss-up is Dean Kearsh, captain of the NBC Basketball team. Team lost Rockefeller championship in exciting playoff against Campbell-Ewald.