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TED HUSINC once sold wicker furniture to housewives
IF ever, on an autumn afternoon, you turn your radio dial and a rushing tumult of words pours from the loudspeaker, words that are distinct and excited and technical and expert all at once, you may know be¬ yond doubt that you have one of America’s great announcers, Ted Husing.
His own natural interest in sporting events makes him an eager, exciting com¬ mentator in that field. Prize fights, football games, or such spectacles as the mock attack of 700 airplanes on New York last year are grist for his mill.
His best efforts probably result fnjm foot¬ ball games. And that is as it should be, for he is an inveterate fan. Each year, at the beginning of the season, he goes up to West Point or out to Notre Dame and works out with the team for a fortnight, putting on
moleskins and playing in the scrub backfield or line, carrying the ball, punting, learning all the new rules and new plays so he can project them to his listeners when, from the security of his observer’s seat, he sees them happening on the gridiron.
Athletics are nothing new to Ted Husing. After his parents brought him from Deming, New Mexico, where he was born almost thirty years ago, he became a grammar school five letter man. At Stuyvesant High School in New York City to which his father sent him, he played basketball, football, baseball, and boxed. When America entered the war, he added a few years to his age and went out to Governor’s Island to enlist.
Officers there looked him over, passed him, and asked “What can you do?”
“I can fight,” said Husing.
. “Okay, you’ll be our physical instructor,” they told him.
His honorable discharge enabled him to look for a job. The first thing available was a position as salesman for wicker furniture. He tried hard but after the war the market for wicker was terrible. He resigned and became a runner for a Wall Street firm. That intrigued his imagination, for he carried huge sums of money and securities.
Then WJZ advertized for an announcer. He was the 600th would-be announcer to apply. It didn’t matter. The other 599 were eliminated and Ted got the job. Since then he has gone to the Columbia Broadcasting System where his wit and fluent delivery are ready for any emergency.
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