They are surprised to find some of Inspector Henderson's men arresting Polaski and Risutti. Suspecting something is wrong with the boys, Clark and Jimmy go to the team's dressing room. Unfortunately, they are not doing their best as Metropolis has lost the game. Will they be able to participate in the competition?īoth Polaski and Risutti are injured, but they still able to play in the game. Suddenly Joe and Fargo attack the two boys. Two of the Metropolis High School basketball players, Tony Risutti and Casimir Polaski, exit from there to go play in the championship game. The petty thug leaves after being beaten, but he and a man named Fargo go to an apartment building. Reed refuses and gets into a fight with Joe. However, the tension is still high because Coach Reed tells Clark and Jimmy that he was visited by a man named Joe McMillan, who threatens and bribes him to throw the basketball game. The four students have been cleared of all gambling charges. Now, as a result of his investigation, Clark Kent has become a target of the Knights of the White Carnation. Mortimer then becomes worried and advises Vincent Kirby, who had threatened Mortimer into suspending the lads. The mild mannered reporter connects the removal of the star athletes to the death of Charles Canfield. Suspicious, Clark confronts Mortimer about evidence of the accusations against the players. Baden got his orders from Henry Mortimer, chairman of the Metropolis School Board. He said that school principal Mister Baden told the coach to remove the other four students from the basketball team. Later, Jimmy speaks with Jack Wilson, the only remaining member of the first string squad.
Superman supports the load as Inspector Henderson's men calm the mob and call off the basketball competition. Steel girders supporting the grand stand are breaking from the weight of the stamping, screaming, angry crowd's frantic running. The former asks the latter to call the police. Jimmy and Clark are suspicious of this and intend to find out what's really happening.Īs Clark and Jimmy go to speak with the basketball coach. The coach announces that the players were suspended for gambling. The cub reporter and Kent, believing that it's connected to Canfield's death, go to the state championship only to find that four of the five first team members, the same ones that the Knights of the White Carnation had targeted, have been substituted. Jimmy had written the story and gets into games with his press pass. It is about the Metropolis High School Basketball Team. Clark notices a newspaper clipping from the Daily Planet that was found in Canfield's jacket. However, they only took Canfield's wallet and left behind a watch and other things that the victim had with him that were worth more than a thousand dollars. The assassin made it look like it was a common robbery. He also believes that the wealthy, respected business man was murdered. However, White is under the impression that Canfield was murdered.Ĭlark Kent and Jimmy Olsen are discussing the killing of Charles Canfield with Metropolis Police Inspector Bill Henderson. Not long after he had called Perry, he was stabbed in what was believed to be a mugging. Unfortunately, Canfield will not be able to speak with the chief. He later phones Perry from a drug store to make a lunch date for the next day to discuss the story of the Knights of the White Carnation. Canfield wants no part of the Knights of the White Carnation and intends to expose their racist activities to the press. A member named Charles Canfield, a friend of Planet editor Perry White, is offended by the hate mongering words of Vincent Kirby. According to Kirby, four of the five players are "Un-American foreigners," and he wants to rid the country of this element.
The Metropolis High School Varsity Basketball Team is about to go to the state championship. Each member has a white carnation in their jacket lapels as they look at an article in the Daily Planet. He is meeting with his secret organization the Knights of the White Carnation.
Our story begins in the aristocratic home of Vincent Kirby. Original Broadcast Dates: February 26, 1947-March 17, 1947
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Superman on Radio & Audio Superman Radio Series - Story Reviews 1947: Knights of the White Carnation