NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1939)

8 NBC TRANSMITTER WCY SCHENECTADY by W. T. Meenan WGY’s annual pre-summer outing was held at White Sulphur Springs on Saratoga Lake. About ninety folks, members of the staff, men and women, wives, sweethearts and husbands, joined in the day’s frolic beneath the magnificent elms of the Luther Estate or in the cooling waters of the lake. Softball as usual was the most popular sport, though swimming was a close second. Three games were played between evenly matched teams of men, and for the first time women got into the game actively and put a team on the field against the men. The girls’ team was permitted a male battery. The men on the opposing side had to make all the outs by catching and fielding the ball with the left hand and they were also required to bat left handed. Some of the young women had a very vague idea what it was all about, and some weird baseball resulted. For example, a batter hit an outfield fly while three girls were on base. They all started home before the catch was made. The coach on third ordered the fleet-footed girls to reverse their direction, intending them to regain the bases they had left. However, they interpreted his signals as meaning that that particular Virgil Hasche was chairman of the outing committee. AAA Stanley G ode 11 left Guest Relations to become a control engineer for General Electric’s short wave broadcasting outfit and was succeeded by Robert Warner, of Fonda, N. Y. AAA WGY staff members are scattering hither and yon vacation bent. Philip Brook and familx spent most of their vacation at Malden, Mass. . . . Wil bur Morrison of Press took in the sights of the World’s Fair and then traveled home to Plattsburg to recover . . . A1 Zink, newest Press Department recruit, spent a short vacation at Utica, N. Y . . . Howard Wheeler, engineer, took his family, fishing tackle, and camera to Lake George ... A. 0. Coggeshall, program manager, is trying to land the big ones he missed last year at Snyder Lake . . . Betty Foy of Program Department enjoyed several days at Cape Vincent on the St. Lawrence . . . John Howe of Sales, sporting a brand new car, packed up the family, and traveled to Eagle Lake where the black bass were reported as striking at almost any bait. On the swimming float at Saratoga Lake. Left to right, standing: Chester Rudowski, Bob Wilbur, Sylvia Karsfeld, Betty Donahue, Mrs. Leo Spira, and Leo Spira. Seated: Betty Foy, Caroline Osan, and Theresa Lamos. type of hit ball required them to run the bases in clockwise direction. They did, all reaching home plate by way of first base. Someone tells your reporter that the women actually won the five inning game by 9 to 7. Other games included quoits, badminton, darts, and a variety of somewhat goofy but non-strenuous contests promoted by Betty Donahue of Sales. Following dinner, Gordie Randall's orchestra, WGY’s house band, played for dancing. During the evening a new and promising voice was discovered when Caroline Osan introduced her own version of “The Three Little Fish Left: “Coggie” Coggeshall catching as “Bernie” Cruger swings. Right: The victorious women's baseball team; reading from the left: Caroline Osan, Sylvia Karsfeld, lone Caranchini, Betty Foy, Frances Adanti, Gertrude Alderman, Sylvio Caranchini, Marjorie McMullen, Irma Lemke, Howard Tupper (peeking), and Theresa Lamos.