AP is the first news organization to directly transmit a play-by-play
report of a sporting event. The event, baseball's World Series
between the Brooklyn Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, is covered
using a special 26,000-mile circuit.
One impressed reader wired his thoughts:
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MUST BE WONDERFULLY WELL ORGANIZED TO BE
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WAS DONE IN THE BALL GAMES. UNCLE SAM
HAS NOW A REAL ARTERIAL SYSTEM AND IT IS NEVER GOING TO HARDEN.
It was signed by Thomas Edison.
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