NBC Transmitter (Mar-Oct 1941)

JULY. 1941 7 CHICAGO Dan Thompson CHICAGO HAS ITS DAY! A record number of 270 NBC Cities turned out to make the Fifth NBC Athletic Association Outing, at the Medinah Club, near Chicago, a rousing success. The entire NBC Central Division was represented and general credit for the splendid organization of the Outing belongs to President Lynn Brandt, Dorothy Masters, social chairman and Fred Klein, treasurer. Activities divided themselves into golf, softball, ad lib swimming, tennis, horseshoes, dancing, horseback riding and just plain loafing. Climax of the day’s events was the dinner at which prizes were awarded by President Brandt and Golf Chairman Frank O’Leary. Larry Dutton, engineer, won the Curt jonatat Cup from Singer Ed Davies. Three consecutive wins are necessary to obtain permanent possession of the trophy. The sad part of the story is that Ed Davies had two wins on it, with a low gross of 78. Guide Captain Warner Holmgren won the Breakfast Club Cup, which was awarded for the first time this year. L. j. Edgley, assistant continuity editor, took the ’’Confusion Trophy.” The famous tin can funnel cup was suitably engraved by Fred Klein for the fifteen strokes Mr. Edgley found necessary on the 1 8th hole. The three fair ladies with the three excellent scores, winning this and that, were Harriette Hansen, Laura Satterwhite and Terese Lauer. The NBC Ball Team with Rudy Neubauer on the mound, won the championship from the Artists, the ATE nine, and the Musicians. In the first game with the Musicians, the NBC team came through with a 3-2 victory. The Musicians then trounced ATE, 28 to 18. NBC sank the Artists, 6 to 2, and in the play-off, NBC came through with a sensational 1 5 to 3 blitzkrieg over the cocky Musicians. Pitcher Phil Shukin was knocked out of the box and his successor, Pianist jerry Marlowe all but suffered a similar fate. The Big Moment came when Salesman Gil Berry hit a home run with three men on base. George Bolas pulled a ’’hidden ball” trick on second to put two men out and George Diefenderfer showed Big League style in right field as did Freddie Kasper on first base. Near-tragedies of the Outing included Curt Mitchel’s dive from the back of a horse, Sam Kaney’s departure at 4;00 PM, and Wynn Wright’s loss of his camera. Stellar horseshoe pitchers were NBC Central Division Manager Harry C. Kopf and Salesman Jim McEdwards. Stories vary on the championship style of these ’’ringers”, but most reliable information has it that Engineers joe Alusic and W. O. Conrad defeated the KopfMcEdwards combo consistently for some 30 or 40 games, then gave them a big handicap for the ’’playoff” and the boys won. Cashier Irene Shields and Chairman Paul ’’Tarzan” Millen stayed in or near the water for four hours, starring in the strictly ”on your own” swimming events. Irene won a very nice sunburn and took it home with her. Door prize winners were Byron Spears, Dorothy Bowser, John Lagen, John Carasalla, Loretta Cooney and Dick Sample. Movies of last year’s Outing were shown at the conclusion of the dinner by W. F. Lanterman. Free lance photographers included Frances Morton, Gale Swift, Judith Waller, Emmons Carlson, Fred Klein and, of course, poor Wynn Wright who can no longer prove it. Not with his Kodak Retina anyway. The photo exhibit of the Outing will be prepared under Carlson’s direction. By just glancing to your left you can see that a grand time was had by all and 270 NBC Cities covers a lot of grand time.