THE WORLD SERIES TO BE BROADCAST BY RADIOPHONE
New York City (JFK+50) The New York Tribune reports "for the first time in history" the World Series will be broadcast over the radiophone* direct from the Polo Grounds here in the city.
The national championship match-up between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees will be broadcast on a play-by-play basis by Grantland Rice**, "nationally known sports expert."
Mr. Rice's voice will be "radiated through the ether***" via radio station WJZ at Newark, New Jersey.
It is expected that 1.5 million people will tune in to the broadcast.
JFK+50 NOTE
The New York Giants won the 1922 World Series in 5 games, winning 4 with 1 tie. The Giants kept slugger Babe Ruth at bay by "pitching around" him. The Bambino had only 1 rbi & a series batting avg of .118.
The Giants & Yankees both played their home games at the Polo Grounds, but the following year the Yanks would move to Yankee Stadium, "the house that Ruth built."
*radiophone or radio telephone is a radio communication system used for transmission of speech over radio as opposed to radiotelegraphy which transmits telegraphic or television signals.
**Henry Grantland Rice (1880-1954) was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee & graduated from Vanderbilt University, 1901 where he played football & baseball. HGR worked at the Nashville Tennessean before beginning his sports column in the New York Tribune, 1914. As a sports writer he was known for his eloquent prose.
***ether, in physics a theoretical substance once believed to act as a medium for transmission of electromagnetic waves.
SOURCES
"Ether," Britannica, www.britannica.com/
"The World Series by Radio," The New York Tribune, October 2, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
