Show I SPORTS SPORTS I Do Down With J LL Bas Bask Basket Basket- k et et- et ball bait of or Salt Sal Lako Lake C Cly I t y 5 has suf suffered fere ferea a 8 turn turf turp fo for forthe the worse ry during th the thelast last t three h r e eyears e eyears S years a and n t the tho h o writer write d doesn't o e s n mean per per- haps Three Thre y years e a r s ag agthe ago the basketball basket basket- ball bail fans o othis or of orthis this city I Vt w were ere well wel wele welle e educated d u ca cat ted ed eda a along Ion th the lines of th the hoop sport but their actions the last two years year would indicate that this knowledge knowledg has disappeared It If a basketball official or player playe I were hissed and booed three years year ago the fans tans would have immediate Immediate- J I lv out nut a halt to this disturbance by letting Jetting the person know it was no riot not done in and around Salt Lake Booing and arid hissing a player or an is a common event at the games played ed in Salt Lake City toda today There is no direct gain In Inthis Inthis inthis this and It Is only those who do donot donot donot not understand the game or else rabid fans that Insist upon doing it Jt The players and officials are usually out there giving their aland al aU alland and doing their best and shouldn't be razzed It Is Nine sine out of or ten times the person doing the hissing and booing doesn't understand the game let alone play It as' as well as the player he Is continually continually con con- razzing Now that the state high bight school basketball tournament is coming up Friday this Wednesday Thursday and Saturday It Jt is time some of the fans Uns learn the art of or conducting properly at the games True a a. home town team or alma mater may be lO losing a game and andIn andIn I In Jn doing so may lose the p pennant I and a few dimes for the spectator but Jeering you dole out Is not going to do any good In one case it has caused the home town team to be penalized Homer Warner prominent local official in the high school and coOlege college college col coO lege basketball ranks proved a martyr to the cause last week when he penalized the University of Utah team until the Jeering c ceased ased This ThiS' booing and hissing did hot not Injure tho the official but in a close game six free flee throws might decide the Issue and cause a defeat The only way to stamp out this unnecessary jeering at a game Is to adopt the plan Homer Warner used In n the Utah-Montana Utah game If this will not riot stop it it then do away with athletics By By VIC TAU FER |