The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
FOOTBALL WITHOUT NOISE.
Features or . Game Mt Wnshinrton I'm which
One Eleven Consisted OF Dear Mutea.

Features or . Game mt Washington I'm Which
One Eleven Consisted or Dear Mutea.
WAsHlNGToN. Nov. 27.-Have you ever seen q
game OF noiseless football 1t is u curious
sight-intense, hard fought, and exciting. but
without shouting. cheering. or cries Of encour-
agemcnt or angry remonstrance.
Such II game was played between Gallaudet
College. one OF the principal institutions in the
country for the education Of deaf mutes. and u
visiting team from Maryland. The contest took
place on Kendall Green. the grounds OF Gal
lsudrt COLLEGE, Just on the edge OF the city OF
Washington. As tho visiting eleven had to
come from some little distance, 1t was accom-
panied by scarcely q handful of ~rooters, and the
Students o. Gallauict College were obliged to
furnish all the demonstration themselves.
II was interesting TO SEQ how they did this.
Poth the young mrn and the young women Of
the college were present in full force. with their
banners o. blue and buff. the college colors,
III de by their toam they would seize one an
other. lie ncc up and down, and RestiCulate wild
u. Ii was both humorous aud pathetic, this
unutteraH.e enthusiasm. a few of the Gallau-
Diet students had tin horns. which they were
able to operate without personal discomfort.
Rad yet in The bi sful Consciousness that they
were masking q disturbances; but the noise from
this source was slight.
tion college yen. This they gave now and then
without keeping together in time or pitch.
DeuI ulultS, even lnOuSn inca paOlc OI hrilCu-
late speech. can usually express themselves in
various cultural tones. They gave their yell
several times, but 1t was impossible to distin-
guish the words in the Strange. inarticu!ate,
and discordant way in which it was given. This
10 1t as written down:
wah, hoo. wah,
Hoo. wah. hoo.
Rail, rah, rah,
Bun and blue.
They also have a newer yell, which they gave
several times, Us follows:
Zip. boom. bah.
RAh, ruh, rRh,
Git there. get.
GallRu'deL
But when one listens to tho yell given. 1t
sounds like The same word repeated over and
over again, and 1t would easily puzzle you 10
Two OF the girls OF the college were noticed
trying TO express their emotions at an exciting
point in the game. but they couldn't get along
half fast enough. and seemed alarningly worked
up over IL. Apparently they could both talk at
once without disturbing each other. though. and
this must have been 4 great advantage.
OF bail, in which there was n refreshing Absence
OF rough talk and useless buster. not infre"
GGrT'!y prominent in other x me-. The quarter
back on the Gallandct team managed the various
bands above his hoad, and signalling with his
fingers. No limo was lost in wrnngline or tho
verbal discharge OF bad temper. The opposing
team, although capable Of speech, seemed 10 be
affected By. the spirit OF the thing. and were al
most as quiet as their rivals.
The little noise made by the tin horns and the
compared with the tumuit usually connected
with a football game. Just why even this noise
should have been INDUCED IN IS hard to see
since il must have been whstet on the students
themselves and their representatives. on thu
gridiron, while there was practically NOBODY
else there to get the benefit OF IT,,
On tn. whole, noiseless football must BIO voted
a success. ana it would be pleasant il there were
more of IL,