TV Guide (August 7, 1954)

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At! times a AUGUST 9 • Chicago Daylight Saving Time. In Standard Time areas, subtract one hour. 0BOXING-New York City Danny Jo Perez, New York, vs. Dickie Wong, Honolulu, welterweights, 10 rounds. Chris Schenkel reports from St. Nicholas Arena, New York City. TV GUIDE RATINGS Rated Bouts W L D KO's Perez unrated 16 14 2 0 2 Wong unrated 12 12 0 0 2 A close bout between two of the best young welterweight prospects. Wong, who is making his TV debut, is a fine young boxer now moving up into the main bout class. Perez is a rough, tough club fighter, who has defeated Dennis Pat Brady and John DiGilio. Compiled by Nat Fleischer (The Ring) 9:30 0 COLONEL MARCH OF SCOT¬ LAND YARD—Police Drama 0 DROODLES—Game Comedy quiz. Roger Price emcees panel. 9:45 Q BATTER'S BOX-Jack Drees Leonard Stone with a "baseball game." 0 SPORTS- Arch Ward 10:00 0 NEWS—Fahey Flynn Cartoonist P. J. Hoff gives weather report. p] INDUSTRY ON PARADE 0 WEATHER—Clint Youle 0 CITY ASSIGNMENT "Fear, Inc." Pat McVey and Jane Nigh. 0 MO VI E-Comedy "Mr. Universe." A sidewalk hawker turns an ex-war buddy into a wrestler. 10:10 ©DORSEY CONNORS-Variety "Uses for spools." 10:15 0 IN TOWN TONIGHT-Variety Len Dresslar and Merelyn Tate with songs. Lee Phillip is fenicee. 0 NEWS—Paul Skinner 0 NEWS-Jack Angeil 10:25 fil WEATHER—Bill Carlsen 10:30 0 NEWS—John Harrington 0 BEST IN MYSTERY "Lost Kid." A grandmother uses every possible device to keep her juvenile-de¬ linquent grandson from embarking on an adult life of crime. Even sleeping potions are fair in the battle. Elizabeth Patterson, Mary Field, Harry Harvey, Jr. 0 SPORTS—Norman Barry G QUALITY THEATER-Drama 10:45 0 IRV KUPCINET—Comments 0 HERBIE MiNTZ—Musical 11:00 0 Playhouse—Drama "Crossroads." During the French Revolu¬ tion, a cynic tries to play both sides. E Big Town—Drama Pat McVey and Beverly Tyler. 0 Now For Nordine "Literary Disc-jockey" Ken Nordine an¬ swers requests of viewers for poetry. G News—Ulmer Turner 11:05 G Tom Duggan—Comments 11:30 0 Late News 0 MOVIE—Drama "Mask Of The Dragon." Violence ac¬ companies an attempt to smuggle a jade statuette containing uranium into the United States. Richard Travis. G Danny O'Neil—Musical Nancy Wright and Chet Roble join Danny with songs and Roble's "barefoot jazz." 0 News—Les Nichols 11:35 0 MOVIE—Drama "His Grace Gives Notice." A footman learns that he has inherited a dukedom. 11:45 0 Weather—Carl Greyson 11:50 0 Commercial 12:00 0 MOVIE—Drama "The Contender." A truckdriver be¬ comes a fighter in order to pay for his son's education. Buster Crabbe. 1:00 0 News—Tom Mercein KqoLVen? FIGHT AT 9:00 TONIGHT Keep Score With Ed Pazdur On WGN-TV, See Listings. A-24