Thrilling moments in sports : actual voices and sounds from the greatest events in sports history, (sound recording)

Resource Information

The instance Thrilling moments in sports : actual voices and sounds from the greatest events in sports history, (sound recording) represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Sound Recording.

Label

Thrilling moments in sports : actual voices and sounds from the greatest events in sports history, (sound recording)

Title remainder

actual voices and sounds from the greatest events in sports history

Medium

sound recording

Instantiates

• Thrilling moments in sports : actual voices and sounds from the greatest events in sports history

Publication

• New York, N.Y., Harmony, 1967

Note

• Broadcast interviews and events in sports
• Detailed contents list on container

Capture and storage technique

analog electrical storage

Carrier category

audio disc

Carrier category code

• sd

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Configuration of playback channels

monaural

Content category

spoken word

Content type code

• spw

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• Boxing. Jack Dempsey tells of winning championship from Jess Willard at Toledo (1919) ; Jack Dempsey tells about the famous long count in bout with Gene Tunney for World Championship (1927). Gene Tunney recalls his reactions to referee tolling off the count ; Joe Louis wins heavyweight title from James Braddock (1937). Joe Louis wins decision over Tommy Farr and the loser comments after the fight (1937) ; Louis knocks out Schmeling avenging his previous knockout defeat at the hands of the German. After the fight, both Louis and Schmeling give comments as to what happened (1938) ; Tony Galento makes boast that he'll win title from Louis, but after being knocked out, he has other comments (1939) ; Billy Conn tries to wrest the title from Louis but retires from the ring after getting knocked out for the second time (1946) ; Tami Mauriello lasts one round and talks about getting careless with the champion (1946) ; Jersey Joe Walcott just misses beating the Champ as Louis wins a split 15-round decision (1947) ; Famed sportswriter Grantland Rice sees the end of the road for the Champion ; Rocky Marciano knocks out Louis and the great champion's ring career is ended (1951) (Dunphy) -- Football. Knute Rockne gives pep talk to his Notre Dame team (1925) ; Roy Riegels tells how he ran wrong way in Rose Bowl (1929) ; Sportscaster Harry Wismer has difficulty knowing when the Army-Navy game is over (1951) ; Pearl Harbor announcement in middle of New York Giants-Brooklyn Dodgers football game (1941). Connie Mack and Babe Ruth tell of other meetings with the Japanese (1942) (McCarthy) --
• Racing. Whirlaway wins Kentucky Derby (1941) ; Citation wins Kentucky Derby (1948) ; Native Dancer wins Travers (1953) (McCarthy) ; The greatest match horse race of all time- War Admiral against Seabiscuit (Dunphy) -- Baseball. Babe Ruth promises hospitalized kids he'll hit a home run for them (1929) ; Carl Hubbell describes strikeouts of five great American League sluggers in succession at 1934 All-Star Game ; Babe Ruth retires (1935) ; Johnny Vandermeer of Cincinnati after pitching second successive no-run, no-hit game (1938) ; Lou Gehrig tribute at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939 ; Description of Lavagetto breaking up Bill Beven's no-hit World Series game in ninth inning of 1947 Series and winning game for Dodgers ; Description of Gionfriddo making spectacular catch of DiMaggio's bid for home run in same series (1947) ; Babe Ruth, dying of cancer, says his good-byes in tribute at Yankee Stadium (1948) ; Bobby Thompson's miraculous home run to beat the Dodgers in 1951 play-off game for right to meet the Yankees in World Series (Allen) ; Dressing-room interviews Bobby Thompson of N.Y. Giants who hit the home run and Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers who pitched the ball when the Giants beat the Dodgers in the play-off game for the 1951 pennant. Others heard in the dressing room are Bill Rigney, Eddie Stankey and Eddie Brannick of the N.Y. Giants and Duke Snider and Roy Campanella of the Dodgers ; Don Larsen on the N.Y. Yankees pithces the classic World Series game- a no-run, no-hit performance against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956 (Schenkel) -- Track. Vice President Curtis opens 1932 Olympics ; Adolph Hitler opens 1936 Games ; Jesse Owens after winning four Gold Medals (1936) (Glickman) ; The description of the 1500-meter Olympic run of 1936- one of the most fantastic broadcasts ever aired (Hodges) ; Josy Barthel after his 1500-meter Olympic victory (1952) ; Roger Bannister breaks four-minute mile (1954) (Glickman)

Control code

13203087

Dimensions

12 in.

Dimensions

12 in. diameter

Extent

1 sound disc

Groove width / pitch

microgroove fine

Lccn

94750789

Media category

audio

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• s

Other physical details

analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.

Publisher number

HL 7443

Record ID

.b53445715

Specific material designation

sound disc

Speed

33 1/3 rpm (discs)

Tape configuration

not applicable

Tape width

not applicable