*BOOING A REAL MENACE IN BASKETBALL
hy Forrest Ce Allen, University of Nansag—

The tenesecond rule with the division line across the court
and the three-second post pivot play rule have succeeded in speeding up
' ‘The next big drive to put on is against blatant rowlyien, expressed
in the form of beoing, hissing, and the wellelmowm "Bronx Cheers” This
form of reverse English enthusiagn has shown an alarming increase in the

Stalling, which threatened the seourity of the gane a few years
ago, ns alnost wholly disappeared. But I think that booing and rowlyien
in tasketball crows are getting so bad that unless definite steps are
made to curtail them, they will kill the game. To me it seems all wrong
that we permit the public, because it pays money, to deride, cajole and
abuse the officials. Serve notice at the games that booing will not be
tolerated, thet it i considered unsportemanlike, that offenders will be
escorted to the box office by ushers, and after the money is refunded will
be asked to leave the buildings

The serious thing about booing at basketball games is that
uttered is almost © pervene remrke In football and baseball the individual
cannot throw his voiee and direst it at anyone in partioulars

If possible, the leaders in the school student body should handle
the matters Appeal to the students that this is their gime, and have then
ask the cooperation of a1] Varsity lettermen to see that booing is die
couraged to the limit. Booing is unsportemnlile and affects both young
and eld in a most unsavory manners 7

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