Tennis on the Air
"THE meeting between Stanley and Livingstone was a most interesting one. It would be, wouldn’t it?"-A. K.. Turner, commenting from 1YA on the
New Zealand Tennis Championships. } Mr. Turner’s commentary has been a refreshing change from the usual jargon of the sports commentator who, having to keep moving with the game, has. no time for a nice choice of word or phrase. The sports commentator has a style all his own, somewhat limited as to vocabulary perhaps, but expressive for his particular purpose. Mr. Turner made no attempt to give a ball by ball, or even game by game account, but contented himself, very wisely, with recapturing the excitement of the highlights. There were also some sidelights, presumably unintentional, as when Miss So-and-So was said to have lobbed over her opponent’s head, "always her weak spot" remarked the commentator. I hope sports announcers are protected against libel action.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 9
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152Tennis on the Air New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 9
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