Jack Armstrong 34-01-03 Carrying Line To The Pelican

Summary

Harold's Old Time Radio Summary
Episode: Jack Armstrong 34-01-03 Carrying Line To The Pelican
Release Date: June 1, 2025

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1. Championship Victory with Max Carey (00:25 - 04:22)

Introduction to Champions: The episode opens with the enthusiastic host, Jack Armstrong, introducing the Wheaties All American Amateur Baseball Champions. A roaring crowd of American baseball fans welcomes Max Carey, Leslie Mann, and the 18-member team, celebrating their recent triumph.

Max Carey's Victory Speech: Max Carey takes center stage to share the thrilling journey of the team’s championship win in Japan. He recounts their warm reception in Yokohama and the blend of cultural experiences with intense baseball competitions.

Key Highlights of the Championship Trip:

• Arrival in Japan: "We were met at Yokohama by the University League officials who put us aboard the electric car for Tokyo" ([01:40]).
• Cultural Immersion: The team was escorted to the Emperor's home and participated in a grand procession at the Emperor Minji Shrine, symbolizing respect and unity ([01:55]).
• Baseball Challenges: Despite initial losses due to starting slow, the team quickly adapted, securing significant victories against teams like Yokohama Commercial College (9-0) and Waseda University (7-0) with standout performances from pitchers like Fred Herringer ([02:30]).

Tough Battles and Strategic Play: Max details the nail-biting games against Jose University (5-4 loss) and Tokyo Railways (6-4 victory), highlighting strategic plays such as Ted Wickman's hidden ball trick, which secured the win ([03:20]). The final match against Tokyo City champions saw another decisive shutout (6-0), sealing their status as world champions.

Return to the USA: Concluding his segment, Max expresses gratitude to the fans and reflects on the team's successful return journey aboard the Cayumaru ([04:10]).

Notable Quote:

"We lost the first two games we played because it seemed like the boys hadn't regained their land legs after the Sea Boys." – Max Carey ([02:05])

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2. High-Stakes Rescue Mission: Jack Armstrong Saves the Day (04:22 - 13:02)

Setting the Scene: The narrative shifts to an intense rescue mission involving Jack Armstrong. Following a fire on the ship Pelican, Jack volunteers to carry a line across packed ice floes to rescue Captain Hands and his crew.

Critical Moments of the Rescue:

• Initiation of the Rescue: Jack begins his perilous journey across the ice despite the dangerous conditions. His determination is evident as he reassures his partner, Betty, and prepares for the challenges ahead ([04:30]).

Dynamic Dialogue Highlights:

• Encouragement and Strategy:

  "You've seen the wisdom of letting him make the attempt, Captain. I doubt if any of your crews will make that safely." – Jack Armstrong ([09:10])

• Challenges Encountered:

  "He slipped as he landed on the other side. He fell flat and slid forward. That may have knocked him out." – Jack Armstrong ([09:43])

Tense Progression: As Jack progresses, the tension escalates with intermittent signals and the perilous state of the ice:

• Obstacles on the Ice: The rope Jack is carrying occasionally gets stuck, increasing the difficulty of the mission ([10:53]).
• Moment of Doubt: A critical moment occurs when Jack slips but manages to recover, showcasing his resilience ([09:36]).

Triumphant Conclusion: Despite the numerous obstacles, Jack successfully reaches the Pelican's side. The crew, led by Captain Hands, eagerly awaits his arrival. The episode culminates in a heartwarming rescue as Jack is safely pulled aboard, ensuring the safety of Captain Hands and his men ([13:02]).

Notable Quotes:

"He's got to make a jump on it. Great scuff. That must mean he's reached a stretch of open water." – Betty ([09:01])

"He's more than halfway across. Anyhow, I'm. The rope's paying off." – Jack Armstrong ([11:02])

Suspenseful Elements: The episode masterfully builds suspense through detailed sound effects and urgent dialogues, immersing listeners in Jack's daring rescue operation. The interplay between Jack and Betty maintains a gripping narrative, highlighting the perilous nature of the mission.

Conclusion and Cliffhanger: As Jack completes his mission, the episode hints at possible further challenges, prompting listeners to tune in for the next installment ([13:02]).

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Final Notes

This episode of Harold's Old Time Radio skillfully blends celebratory sports achievements with a thrilling rescue adventure. Through engaging storytelling and dynamic dialogues, listeners are transported to both the triumphant fields of the Amateur Baseball Championship and the icy terrains of a high-stakes rescue mission. The inclusion of authentic sound effects and character interactions enhances the immersive experience, making it a memorable installment for fans of classic radio drama.

Remember: This summary omits advertisements, intros, and outros to focus solely on the core content of the episode.

Transcript

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[Max Carey]

Hello everybody. I'm mighty glad to be here to talk to all my friends again. And I'm mighty glad to be able to tell you that the great Wheaties All American Amateur Baseball team which you fellows and girls of the Jack Armstrong audience helped to select, has won the Amateur Baseball Championship of the world. First thing I want to do to tell you something about our trip to Japan and the grand reception we received. We were met at Yokohama by the University League officials who put us aboard the electric car for Tokyo. At Tokyo we were escorted to the Emperor's home, then on into Emperor Miji Shrine where we joined a mile long procession of seemingly millions of Japanese who came from all parts of Japan to pay their respects to the Emperor on his birthday. Then we went to the Imperial Hotel, which was to be our headquarters for our stay in Japan. We lost the first two games we played because it seemed like the boys hadn't regained their land legs after the Sea Boys. Following that, we played against the Yokohama Commercial College, which team we defeated handily on a score of 9 to nothing. Briganti, a pitcher from New York to shut out ball. The boys were now rapidly regaining their condition and the following day we played Waseda University, the largest university in Tokyo with an enrollment of 15,000 students and the champions of the University League of this year, Fred Herringer of Stanford University fits the game for us and shut them out by a score of 7 to nothing. The next game we played was against Jose University. We lost that one by a score of 5 to 4. Boys out hit the Japanese but were very unfortunate in not scoring runs. The next game was played against the Tokyo Railways team who had just defeated the Tokyo Giants, the professional champions of Japan in a two game series. The All Americans won this game by a score of 6 to 4. At one time leading by a score of 6 to nothing. With the bases full in the ninth inning, our first baseman, Ted Wickman pulled the old hidden ball trick on them to make the last out of the game. The following day we defeated Kyle University by a score of 5 to 4. And five days later we played the Tokyo City champions composed of former University star players. We, these all Americans defeated this club by a score of 6 to nothing. Fred Haringer again picked fine shutout ball. Tyrus Wagner, by the way, hit a homer with two men on in this game. Then, having won the amateur baseball championship of the world, we boarded the good old Cayumaru at Yokohama and we started back for the USA Thanks a lot, Max Carey.

[Jack Armstrong]

You were swell. And now, Jack Armstrong, the All American boy. Yesterday, after the Pelican caught fire, Jack offered to take a line across the packed ice floes so that Captain Hands and his men might be rescued with a breaches buoy. Here we are on deck. Jack has just started across the. Listen, get off there, honey, for that box is black. Watch it. L go easy. Yes. There's lots of time, Jack. I'll get there. Just keep paying off the line. Hang out. If you need help, I'll come after you. We'll be watching you all the way, Jock. We can see you're playing against the fire on the Pelicans. If you get into trouble, we won't leave you out there. Okay. Don't come unless I call Owen. Better not shout to him anymore. Let him give all his attention to what he's doing. He'll need to be on the alert every step of the way. And I hate to see him go.

[Betty]

Seems to me he's going too fast.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's all right. He's getting along. The start first. I blow it pretty solid. Well, the other's far more treacherous.

[Betty]

And the worst of it is there'll be places where we can't see him. Those big hummus will hide him more and more as he goes along. They will. And just when we're most anxious to.

[Jack Armstrong]

See Him, I believe he'll pick his way so he'll keep inside as much as he can. I hope he doesn't try. He ought to pick the best way and forget everything else. Aye, and we've still got the lane to keep track of him by. If he stops pulling it out, we'll know something's happened. Aren't you playing it out a bit too fast, Captain? It's crawling up down below. It's on the ice. I wanted to. I aimed to get him plenty of flocks so as to put as little drag on him as possible.

[Betty]

Tell me it doesn't get tangled up in those big hollows.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't see how it can, unless it's caught in a crack or something. The ice is so smooth, it ought to slide easy all the way now. Betty hardly feels it. He'll feel it before he's through. He'll be pulling quite a weight of it by the time he clear across. Ay, but it can't be helped, dear.

[Betty]

Maybe we should have used a lighter one.

[Jack Armstrong]

This one's as light as we dared use, Betty. It has to be strong enough to pull two heavy ropes across when we get it there. Tackle too. If the men on the Pelican need it. There'll be no time for pulling it back and forth. They'll have their own time. No ship would be without it. They have a fire on board, Captain. We can't tell what's been destroying. Gee, your ch's blazing up now. The worst of it seems to be in the back from the sky. The shipwreck. Here's the glasses. North. She got up on board. Yes, Captain, I. I forgotten them. I was so busy watching Jack. He's still getting along swell, but he's.

[Betty]

Going behind the first big hummus now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, we'll see him again when he gets a little beyond it. You watch the Pelican, Norfolk. Keep the glasses on her and tell us what the men are doing. You ought to see him playing the way the blaze is now. We'll keep track of Jack Very well, but if you prefer to use a glass of yourself, I got my job here paying out the roof. Caught. Jack's out of sight now.

[Betty]

He's still going along in the same rope, though. You can tell by the way the rope slides out.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe the men in the Pelican can see him. They ought to be now if they've had their own glasses on earth.

[Betty]

But it's not as bright over here as it is there. They won't be able to see so well.

[Jack Armstrong]

What can you make out? Norfolk? Do they seem to be watching him?

[Max Carey]

No.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't believe they've noticed him yet. They're still fighting the fire as best they can.

[Betty]

Then they don't know what they're trying to do. The fire much worse.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. And it'll probably spread faster from now on. Some of the men are gathered way up in the bow. It must be getting plenty warm over there.

[Betty]

There's one man up on the bridge.

[Jack Armstrong]

That will be Hans himself.

[Max Carey]

Betty.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's starting to wave his arms and shout. Some of the men are running to the rails. They're looking this way and pointing. They've seen Jack at last. Hands must have spotted him. Good for him. It's about time. Now watch close. Norco. Time to know what we're doing. You can soon tell whether they've got tackle or not. He's shouting some kind of order. The men are running from the bow. They're going to do something. All right.

[Betty]

They'll save a lot of time if.

[Jack Armstrong]

They can get ready. Aye. And they'll knew it. They've got tackle all right. They're running to the forward mass to rig it out. Hands is helping. Look.

[Betty]

They're sending up another red rocket. What can that mean?

[Jack Armstrong]

Most likely to let us know that they've seen Jock. Or else. It's the teller that the fire is almost too hot for them.

[Betty]

It doesn't make Jack feel he has to go faster.

[Jack Armstrong]

I wish we could see him again. He's not going as fast as he wanted to start. The rope's paying out floors. I see. It's too. He'll keep his head and be careful about all the way. Yep. He won't forget what's at stake. Yes.

[Betty]

But what if those men have to read the kit before he gets to them?

[Jack Armstrong]

They don't aim to or they wouldn't be working at the tackle. They're getting it up. I can see it clearly now. I hope Hans doesn't forget. I see.

[Betty]

Oh, Rachel. God.

[Jack Armstrong]

The rope. Stop.

[Betty]

Jack must be stuck. It does first and then stop.

[Jack Armstrong]

Six or eight feet got forward all of a sudden. It's not moving. No.

[Betty]

What could have happened? He said he slipped himself.

[Jack Armstrong]

That wouldn't cost a much rope to jerk forward. No. He put it on it for some reason. It may have been to tell us he was in trouble. I'd better start after him. Captain. Not yet. Billy. He said he'd yell if he needed help. Yes, and we could hear him if he did. He's not more than 50 or 60 yards. Out.

[Betty]

We can only see him.

[Jack Armstrong]

Bring your glasses. On the line without hummock. He went behind. Northrop. See if you can make out anything at all. I can't, Captain. Not a thing. The rope winds around behind it and. But wait. It seems to be moving there. Yes, it is.

[Betty]

It got some more. Yep, it did.

[Jack Armstrong]

Three or four more feet shut out. And there's Jack. He's moving over into full view.

[Betty]

He is. I can see him now.

[Jack Armstrong]

So can I. Good enough. He's looking back and waving. He moved out on surface so we could catch sight of him.

[Betty]

What could even matter? Has he reached a place he can't get past?

[Jack Armstrong]

He tells him something that means I gotta go away. What is. Quiet, Billy. Listen, sir, all of you.

[Betty]

What did he say?

[Jack Armstrong]

He's got to make a jump on it. Great scuff. That must mean he's reached a stretch of open water. Yep, that's it. He's stepping back for a short run before he takes off.

[Betty]

But he'll slip. He's almost drifted on that ice. And the rocks will hold him down?

[Jack Armstrong]

Not a great deal. He took care of that by drifting it forward. He always had planking his feet so he wouldn't feel the pull of the whole race of it while he was jumping. He's keeping his wits about him.

[Betty]

He's getting ready to run.

[Jack Armstrong]

Can you see the open water, Northrop? Yes, the same black slip. I can't tell how wide it is from this angle, though. At a rough guess, right there is 8 or 10ft. Possible more.

[Betty]

How can he make it from a slippery takeoff?

[Jack Armstrong]

I've got his ticket spot. With his rough ice at the end.

[Betty]

Not even.

[David Owens]

So.

[Jack Armstrong]

There he goes. He slipped.

[Betty]

Did he slipped at the edge? He didn't.

[Jack Armstrong]

He made a clean jump. But I failed.

[Betty]

Oh, he went down. I can't sail this crash. He fell, didn't he?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Betty]

Did he go on this? Did he fall back in the water?

[Jack Armstrong]

If he did.

[Max Carey]

Oh, no.

[Jack Armstrong]

He slipped as he landed on the other side. He fell flat and slid forward. That may have knocked him out.

[Betty]

Is he moving?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, he's getting up. He's on his feet again. He's all right. He's going on.

[Betty]

Oh, my. What a relief. Gracious. I hope he doesn't have to be back again.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's more than halfway across. Anyhow, I'm. The rope's paying off. Steady now. I'm hoping the worst is over. You've seen the wisdom of letting him make the attempt, Captain. I doubt if any of your crews will make that safely. You're right, Northrup. Neither you're not right to have done it. We can't. Get your glasses back on the Pelican again. See what's going on. Most of the men are trotting back to the rail to watch Gas. They've done about all they can to make ready for a breacher boy. Captain Hands are back on the bridge with his glass of same on Jack. They've about given up trying to fight the fire. They may as well. If Jack reaches them safely, we'll have all of them off in half an hour. Hi, McGregor. Heard them in. Coming. We finished, sir. The breach and boy is ready for the hardware and the ropes to be sighted across hidden. Bring it here, then, till we have them ready. I've got them, sir. I'll pass one to the end of this white line if you want. Go ahead and tell the men to stand by on deck. They will. I couldn't get them to go below, for Christ. They're too anxious to watch the lad making his way across the ice. I gave them permission to line up along the rail, if you don't mind. Of course I don't mind. It's a thing worth watching and I wouldn't begrudge it to anyone. He's out of sight again and say.

[Betty]

The line's not going out as smoothly as it was. It slides out fast for a few seconds and then stuck.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's feeling the drag of it that way. He fell on her with his hands to ease the pull of his waist.

[Betty]

He must be getting dead pretty tired. Oh, I do this, he can keep it in front.

[Jack Armstrong]

The farther away he gets, the easier the men on a pelican can see him and they're working every move he makes.

[Betty]

There he is. I can see him again, but he's nothing wrong. I can't make him out clearly anymore, but he seems to be bobbing up and down. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hendrik, stop moving. Get your glasses on him, Norseman.

[Betty]

Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

What is it?

[Betty]

I believe he's waving again.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, he's not. He's got his arms out to keep his balance. I know what's happened. He's going across a thin sheet of ice that's loose from the rest. It's giving a little unrest. Oh, my. Will he make it to your ticks? Yes, it's holding him. If he doesn't have another gap to jump across, he'll be all right. Watch him close. I will. He's steady again now. I believe he stepped over on the firm ice. Yes, he has. Yep. There goes a strong Pull on the line. That was one of those treacherous places I was worried about.

[Betty]

One thing after another.

[Jack Armstrong]

The roast is over, Mrs. Northrup, I think. You needn't worry. No.

[Betty]

But he still has quite a ways to go.

[Jack Armstrong]

Only 20 yards or so. Ay, if anything happens to him now, the men on the Pelican will go to his rescue. I don't believe he'll have any more trouble. The ice looks firm and unbroken the rest of the way.

[Betty]

Oh, God.

[Jack Armstrong]

He and we'll soon have to breach his boy work anymore. We will but say, I've never seen a breach as boy in action. The won't the cable give? I mean, the men will drag along the ice part of the way. That won't matter. We'll not pull them fast enough to hurt them any. Jack's nearly there. The men are waving and shouting to him. Captain Hands are coming down from the bridge to drown them at the rail.

[Betty]

And there goes another red rocket.

[Jack Armstrong]

I suppose they're setting it off to let us know if Jack nearly would him. Gee, suppose they think we're paying any attention to them. I don't believe that's what the rocket means, Billy.

[Betty]

Then what are they for?

[Jack Armstrong]

To warn us that the fire is spreading dangerously fast. To let us know we'll have to work the beaches very fast when we get it started. McClain, have you got that cable? Fox to the lane. Hey, Captain, I've drinked a lot too. So she'll quite easy if she hits a rough spot.

[Betty]

Jack ought to be the first one to come across. I don't believe he will.

[Jack Armstrong]

He'll figure he can come back across the ice if he has to.

[Betty]

He's nearly there. He's nearly there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, by Joe. There's no question before. He'll make it now. And he's going as strong as ever. Look at the pull on that line. Boy. I knew he could do it. He's almost at the Pelican's side. The men are reaching down to pull him up. Captain Hands is pointing them aside to be the first one to grab him. Hands no courage when he sees it. Bhagori. He's got him. Jack made it. Hands are gripping him up on deck. Good for him.

[Betty]

For you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Good. Put the log. Friends. Give him a shield. The log's won his way across to the rescue. Let her ring out so he can hear it. Quick. Over with the cables. McGregor. They're pulling line. The over she goes, Captain. Stand by, man. There goes another red rocket. They want us to hurry. The time may be far shorter than we think. So Jack reaches the Pelican safely at last. But will there be time to rescue Captain Hand and the crew? Be sure to listen in at the same time tomorrow evening. Find out what happens next.

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