NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1939)

12 NBC TRANSMITTER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES Coif News Luck seemed to abandon George Milne and his brother engineer, George McElrath, when they were invited to participate in the recent RCA invitation tournament, as they had to spend the day entertaining other engineers who were visiting the studios, and so had to send their regrets. But their “work before pleasure” creed did finally bring down the smiles of Lady Luck, for after finishing their duties, they found time to attend the tournament banquet; and — here's the real news — George Milne won a brand new golf bag plus a fine traveling bag which were raffled off during the proceedings. Which goes to prove that in a rough, on the green, or in a raffle, luck is always with a golfer. Tennis News Our summer tennis tournament, which has been run off principally to establish individual ratings for future industrial league competition, is now in its final stages, and has been narrowed down from its original thirtyodd hopefuls to three. Serge de Somov of Engineering was the first to blast his way into the finals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over another engineer, R. Swanecamp. Dick De Raismes of Script and Ed Kahn of Engineering will battle it out in the other semi-final for the honor of meeting de Somov in the finals. Although the NBC A A found it impossible to put up a prize for the victor of this tournament, a tennis racquet has been donated by Mr. Godfrey of the Godfrey Tennis Courts, Jackson Heights, L. I., to be presented to the winner. With this added incentive, the two finalists hope to arrange a meeting soon. Challenges have already been received from other tennis-minded companies in the vicinity for a meeting on the courts in the near future. Last year we lost only one match, and that to the powerful Standard Oil Team; so as soon as the present tournament is completed. we will be ready to take on all comers — and may the best team win. The women’s instruction groups are held as usual on Wednesdays at Bill Rice’s school, and from all reports the girls are progressing rapidly. Watch out boys, they swing a mean racquet! Riding News At this writing, great plans are in store for the Riding Club outing to be held on the first or second of August depending on weather. The cast will assemble at the San Jacinta Club. Allendale, N. J.. and while the riding group venture into the countryside on horseback, the non-riders of the day w ill occupy themselves with a softball game. The two groups w ill then merge for an evening of fun, consisting of swimming, a dinner of barbecued hamburgers, a camp fire, group singing, music by Pedro, and dancing in the moonlight under the stars. A large turn-out is expected and by the time this is issued, there should be some great stories circulating of the fun and frivolity of a really festive occasion. Softball News The first half of the NBC A A Softball League is finished, and the final results show that the Artists Service team has won, closely followed by General Service, Program, Engineering, and Auditing in that order. The victors automatically win the right to meet the winners of the second half in the NBC Little World Series to determine the company champions. The second half, although still in its opening stages, has crammed plenty of fireworks into a small space of time, and promises many more before it is completed. The Artists Service team, not content w ith winning first place honors in the completed half of the schedule, has carved itself a niche in the NBC Hall of Sports Fame by shutting out the Program Department team with a 10-0, no-hit, no-run victory. They, incidentally, again lead the league with an undefeated record for the second half. The standings for the second half of the schedule to date are: T earn W on Lost Artist Service 2 0 Engineering 1 0 General Service 0 1 Program 0 2 The remainder of the schedule is as follows : Engineers vs. Gen. Serv. — Aug. ff Art. Serv. vs. Program — Aug. 10 Art. Serv. vs. Engineers — Aug. 15 Program vs. Gen. Serv. — Aug. 17 Engineers vs. Program — Aug. 22 Art. Serv. vs. Gen. Serv. — Aug. 24 Gen. Serv. vs. Engineers — Aug. 29 Program vs. Art. Serv. — Aug. 31 Engineers vs. Art. Serv. — Sept. 5 Gen. Serv. vs. Program — Sept. 7 Baseball News On June 30th the NBC Baseball Team ventured into New Jersey to play our “cousins” of the RCA Victor plant in Camden. About twenty-five ballplayers and NBC rooters made the journey. The group was welcomed at the station by the manager of the Camden team and was immediately escorted to the playing field, where the game got under way. Going into the second half of the ninth inning we were leading by a score of 6 to 4, but the hardhitting Camden team had one last desperate rally left and scored three runs in their half to win the game. It was a heartbreaker to lose, with about the only consolation for our team being the fact that the Camden boys pack a wallop right down the lineup and it was no disgrace to lose to such a hardhitting team. The score by innings: R. H. E. NBC 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1—6 9 2 RCA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3—7 13 I The NBC team is still in the running as far as the Motion Picture League is concerned. We still have four games to play in league competition, and have a very good chance of qualifying for the play-offs. If we do, the cup on display on the fourth floor of the studio section will be ours permanently. Hunting News Well, hunting may not be officially organized by the Athletic Association, but don’t think for a moment that it isn’t actively engaged in here at Radio City. We are not referring to the actors in their undaunted, unending search for program directors, but to those admirables who seek book lamin’. For those of you who have not already had occasion to make the discovery for yourselves, the library, still in the capable hands of Miss Frances Sprague, is now located where the clients booths of studios 3E and 3G used to be