Show SPORTS MIRROR By John JohnS Mooney Telegram Sports Editor Observation Ward Jh Vu The 1948 sports au enc ince seems to fa f o f rt oni of two wa cia classes c those Ita who want wan to fa go fla pa places and boo a things thing and those wh who want wan to a gIve ve tit the best rt I. I of their lift lii for lor athletIcs er rs We have never have r gone along with the deucedly decent of df you ou old fellow school of f sports spectators as personified fied by the tennis set We prefer our rooters red blooded like the baseball blea But ev even n the baseball crowd hostile th though ugh it t may be always applauds a brilliant t play or a timely hit I Ic c even en when performed by the opposition op op- op- op position Not so though the basketball basketball bas- bas crowds of the nation and even Utah B BYU YU and Utah State rooters have fallen faIlen into the partisanship partisanship partisanship par par- fetish to such an extent that sportsmanship and fair play from Irom the crowd is a a. thing of the past too often otten used Its It's like Marlowe Branagan to say in the Ule Derks field press box This press box is is' absolutely neutral and we dont don't care what especially if it happens to o those visiting so and In their desire to root the team to o victory many many many of ot our fans f ans are going way out of line Cheering razzi razzing g or booing too often otten disconcerts the man at the foul line And since the field houses are so limited In In seating in respect to the crowds which would lilt like to a attend tend the visiting team has little chance chance to crowd In many supporters anSI and must ride on the tender mercies of a hostile crowd e Two Easy Ways Its It's so 80 bad ad in the Big Nine Western conference that a survey y revealed tho home team team lost only four our or five games Barnes this season There are arc several fiC ways 38 this booing could be curtailed nullified or maybe eliminated The official could call can technical fouls foul on the home home team until the fans subsided But this puts a 8 penalty on the thet t team am which after all chances chances' ar are Is a 8 good collection of sportsmen Doc Doe Robinson on returned recently re- re from the midwest and ho lie offers a suggestion patterned after the Oklahoma A M student stu stu- stu- stu dent body At Stillwater Okla Okia the students have pledged themselves them them- selves elves to a no booing plat- plat f form orm They applaud but if any- any one cne attempts to boo his neighbors neigh neigh- bore bors hush him up It v would auld be bea benice xA a nice gesture If the three Utah colleges would sponsor such a a. 4 plan before we have some lome of those unfortunate Incidents like Ia Laramie ramie's or throwing orange deal Unless s the A A U committee rules out ut the combined entry of ot all the Salt Lake Lak boys' boys clubs under one banner in theA the theA A A U boxing tournament opening Monday night nigh the coveted team championship competition is concluded concluded con con- eluded before the tourney opens In years past the team competition competition competition compe compe- has provided some of the added zest in this popular amateur but through a little chicanery chicanery chicanery chi chi- chi chi- canery on the part of the the- the boys boys boys' club directors the ultimate champion cham cham- pion now flOW is 1 a foregone conclusion Not Nat Fair F Ir C Competition 4 For with each of the five city city- controlled boys' boys clubs entering its best fighters lighters under one banner ban ban- ner ncr theres there's no team In the intermountain in- in area capable of meeting that much competition with its Its' limited membership In addition to the numerical superiority of the boys' boys clubs over the competition theres there's another another another an an- other factor factor members members of the five boys' boys clubs In Salt Lake have hae well equipped gyms and land trained b box boxing o X I 1 U n g instructors These are provided by the sponsoring sponsoring sponsoring spon spon- organizations and the the parks parka department Thusly a private individual who has been boosting boxing and helping the kids with his own time and money has little tittle chance of winning a championship Inasmuch inasmuch inasmuch inas Inas- much as the Salt Lake City boys boys' clubs have banded to freeze him out The A AAU A U which selects the team winner could prevent this unfairness by making each of the city boys' boys club entries come in under the die name of 01 his own club which he ha had been representing all year until the Golden Gloves and A AAU A U tourneys came carne along Its It's a nice political boost forthe forthe for forthe the boys' boys clubs to win this one for their boss Commissioner Fred Tedesco Tedesco Tedesco Te- Te desco but lets let's make the winning team actually win win the trophy not finesse finess the opposition put out of the running by sheer man power If It this comes om gm s to pass PaBS all aU the other boxers in the t tourney mey should enter under one common team nam name to offset I this advantage We Weare are arc sure sure that this unfair situation situation sit sit- nation caused by the banding to together together to gether of all the city boys' boys clubs was unintentional and ana we weare are sure sur that Commissioner Tedesco now now that hes he's been Informed of at the sit situation Uon will take immediate immediate's s steps cps to remove a a. taint of unfairness unfairness un fairness which might be asso ss as dated with this type of at mass mass entry |