Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 12 | Princeton Tigers Are Too Noisy

X f ww 'pfl mm T T T T T T T " T T T T Ttl 1 T I T T T T"T T T PRINCETON TIGERS ARE TOO NOISY Harvard han complained of tho cheering Indulged In by Princeton, and Yale has seconded her. There Is no question but that at all college games there is entirely too much rooting, Hinging and cheering on both sides. The one idea seems to bo to rldlculo tho opposition's pitcher or any other player who Is momentarily dolnj; tho important work. But Just why Princeton Prince-ton should be singled out as the object of attack by Harvard, herself a notorious noto-rious offender, is hard to understand. It Is very much the same as if two men had agreed to rob a bank, and one man having irotten tho lion's share of tho spoils, the less fortunate culprit becomes be-comes suddenly virtuous and turns State's evidence on hlB pal. In saying this we do not Intend, of course, to reflect re-flect in any way on the character of either Harvard, Princeton or Yale. Their students are representative of all that Is best In American youth, but tho manner in which tho former has started start-ed out to bring about a reform is not only silly, but wholly Illogical. Cheering, Cheer-ing, as it is today at the average baseball base-ball game, Is a pest, and undoubtedly needs modification. The best statement of the case that has yet appeared, In our opinion, was in a recent Issue of the Yalo News. It was as follows; "Baseball Is largely a matter of nerves, and the continuous uproar of the present pres-ent day game Is often sufficient to prevent pre-vent the players, especially the pitcher, from doing themselves Justice. It makes little difference in considering this matter, whether or not the supporters sup-porters of our college make more noise than those of another the fact remains re-mains that Harvard, Princeton and Yale have all been guilty of this sort of cheering to a greater or less degree. In spite of this, it Is acknowledged at all three universities that It Is an unpleasant un-pleasant feature of the modern college game. It has now reached a stage where, in tho Interest of clean sport, definite steps should be taken to suppress sup-press It" From the Illustrated Sport-inr Sport-inr News. Ui.iJ.J.11 1 1 k i. i i i . . j iii Pilte x