COURTESY?

In amateur circles, courtesy is ordinarily taken for granted; and its application is extended to players and spectators alike.

In recent baseball games at the University, this rule seems to have been neglected or totally forgotten. In professional contests, and audience may perhaps be pardoned for "razzing" the umpire, or for addressing remarks to individuals on the hostile team. In a college game, such acts are inexcusable.

At the time of our team's visit to Annapolis, Navy men had occasion to compliment the University for the sportsmanlike conduct of its representatives. By the action of certain spectators at the recent game against Princeton our good reputation has been much injured; and more than one of our visitors has expressed his open criticism, which is only too well founded.

The reputation of the University must not be allowed to suffer in such a way as this. If those in the stands must exercise their voices they can employ them better in support of their own team, instead of sarcasm directed against the officials, or worse still, against members of the opposing team. Sportsmanship is as essential in the stands as on the field. Those who are unable or unwilling to practise it should in future remain absent.