NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1939)

12 NBC TRANSMITTER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES Baseball News As this goes to print the NBC baseball team, which is tied for second place in the Motion Picture Baseball League, is about to leave for Camden, N. J., to play its first intra-family game with RCA. This game marks the first of a two-game series, the second to be played in New York early in July, with our esteemed visitors taking in the World’s Fair after the contest. Now our team is strictly Class-A, but the boys are only human and thrive on encouragement. So watch your bulletin boards for information on the game — place and date — and turn out in hordes — or any way you want to turn out as long as you all turn out. AAA Riding News Sixteen NBC horseback riders unanimously agreed that it was a grand night. The occasion was the moonlight ride of Friday, June 2nd, on the bridle paths around the Oradell Reservoir in Bergen County, N. J. It was the perfect formula — good horses, pleasant companions, and best of all a made-to-order full moon. After a snappy ride from 7 :00 to 9:00 p.m., the group was joined by eight other members of NBC at the White Beeches Golf and Country Club. The steak dinner, which lasted until almost midnight, was interspersed with music, dancing, singing, and impromptu entertainment. John Graham and Mrs. Earl Mullin delighted everyone with their demonstration of how the rhumba should be done. Jimmy James and Alice Bradford gave a repeat performance of their version of the shag. Henry Hayes did his best at the polka and Gordon Weber turned out to be the perfect Viennese waltz dancer. Topping it off, a snake dance was made realistic with the assistance of Dorothy Lewis, Edna Mustor, A1 Frey, and Howard Selger. A1 Walker, Ed de Salisbury, Leonard Braddoek. George Robbins, Earl Mullin, Mr. and Mrs. Van Houten, and Mrs. John Graham joined in the singing. Other guests present at the dinner included R. J. Teiehner, assistant treasurer, George Frey, Sales, and Walter Tepper, Accounting, all of whom became so enthusiastic that the riding group has their promise to come out on the next trip. The ride back in the moonlight topped off a perfect evening, and one-thirty finally found the group back at the stables, tired but happy. Helen Korday, Personnel, still happy over her recent South American vacation, voted the moonlight ride almost equal to her cruise, and was ready to exchange her next vacation for another one like it. Tuesday night, June 6th, the Jersey Riding Group, after their regular evening ride, saw an indoor polo game at the Pegasus County Club in Rockleigh, N. J. Softball News The NBC AA Softball League is humming along at a fine clip, with the standings up to June 9 as follows: Team Won Lost Per. Accounting 3 0 1.000 Art. Service 2 1 .667 Gen. Service 1 2 .333 Program 0 3 .000 The Engineers, although not in the League, do have a team of which they are pretty proud. They were especially set-up after challenging the leagueleading Accountants May 21st and coming out of the slug-fest victors by an 18 to 15 count. This smirch on the honor of the league resulted in rankling sorely the sturdy hearts of the third-place General Service team. So on June 6th they took on the mighty Engineers and handed them sweet revenge. Fairness demands us to add that the game was a real struggle — going 14 innings to a final score of 14 to 12. The schedule for the next few weeks is as follows: Program vs. Gen. Service June 29 Accounting vs. Program July 11 Art. Serv. vs. Gen. Service July 13 Program vs. Art. Service July 18 Gen. Serv. vs. Accounting July 20 The playing fields are easy to reach — give a look some evening. Cigarette News Besides sparing you the pain of having to bum a weed until you can spare the time to get a package downstairs, those newly-installed cigarette machines will make fuller your lives in another way — for what revenue they accrue goes to the treasury of the NBC Athletic Association. Coif News For NBC golfers the first Big Day of the year has come and gone. The lime — Wednesday, June 14th. The place — Rockland Country Club, Sparkill, New York. The event — NBC Golf Tournament. As usual, everything ran off smoothly, and it was a great success. There was a twenty-minute deluge which soaked those on the course before they could reach a tree, but the sun came right out strong again and did a quick job of drying. The 59 competitors and four guests stayed on for dinner, after which the prizes were awarded. It was strictly an informal, family affair — no speeches, heads of tables, etc. Eighteen-hole qualifying rounds were played in the morning, with the eighteen holes for the handicap championship coming after lunch. Following are listed the various prize winners. It will be noted that the prizes are not the usual cups, but items of real utility value. This splendid idea is that of Golf Chairman Frank Jones, Artists Service, who ran the tournament in such fine fashion — as usual. Low Gross, 36 Holes: George Frey, Sales, shot an 80 and an 81 for a total of 161. His prize was an unusual, laborsaving cocktail set. Championship Handicap: Winner was M. Jacobson, Engineering, with a 110 — 48 — 62; prize — a large picnic suitcase, fitted with knives, forks, etc. For being runner-up with a 106 — 40 — 66, R. W. Friedheim, Electrical Transcription, won a fine golfer’s bag. Member s Consolation: (For those who could play only eighteen holes.) A score of 100 — 35—65 brought William Hillpot of Artists Service an electric Telechron Clock. Guest Handicap: Everett Clarke — 88 — 23 — 65 ; combination calendar and automatic list finder. Guest Low Gross: Edward Lasker — 84; cocktail tray. Ball Nearest The Pin: A. J. Waddell, Engineering, was rewarded with a golf bag for pasting the pellet to 43 inches from the tenth pin. High Score Oj The Day: This honor, commemorated by a cocktail shaker, went to Guest Relations Manager Charles H. Thurman for bagging a 139. And it’s all recorded for posterity' — Walter “Hap” Myers having kept busy all day with his movie camera.