Word: drowned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enterprising vendor has estimated our enthusiasm over the Princeton game in terms of dollars and cents and has introduced into our midst a devilish device for producing a diabolical din. When used in sufficient number these instruments of noise, known as "clappers", are capable of producing enough sound to drown out the best organized cheering or the most effective singing. They are the type of noise-producer that a great crowd going to a professional baseball game desires to employ to "rattle" the opposing pitcher and to give the favorite team an unfair advantage. In other words, "clappers...
...undergraduates the value of cheering as an inspiration to the team, but we said at the outset that there were certain risks connected with it. On November 13 in an editorial we said, "There is a danger ... that the cheer leaders will be induced to give cheers that will drown our own or our opponents' signals. This of course is not to be tolerated." In the Yale game the cheering was abundant and enthusiastic. That in itself was an improvement over the condition in years past when our stands have given but half-hearted support to the team...
...week ago, we heard the whole cheering section call to the leaders for "more" and "more" cheers. If this were the custom here, certainly more would have been given on Saturday. There is a danger in this practice that the leaders may be induced to give cheers that will drown our own or our opponents' signals. This of course is not to be tolerated. Cheer leaders should be able to decide when not to lead cheers as well as when to lead them. The CRIMSON believes that it would be a good thing if the cheering section should call...
...that in the two games to come we can back up our team effectively. Let us sing before the games begin and in the long waits between the halves. Let us fill the short waits between the quarters and when time is out with cheers. We must not drown the signals of either team, but if we believe that there is any good in cheering, let us have a chance to show what...
...care-free supporters of a college team can give vent to their enthusiasm and the spirit of loyalty, manliness, and sportsmanship that is overflowing in them. As such, organized cheering is a worthy and desirable institution, but it sinks into the worst kind of unsportmanship when used only to drown out the signals of the opposing quarterback, or to rattle the other team when it has the field. At recent intercollegiate contests this element has been brought forth most markedly, and it has been forgotten that the game should be won on the field, and not from the stands...