SUNDAY FOOTBALL.

Shannon News, 25 June 1929, Page 3

SUNDAY FOOTBALL.

(To the Editor). Dear Sir,—lt is just about time the Borough Council stopped the Sunday football in the Domain and I am glad to see that so many letters have been written about it. The Domain belongs to the people not the footballers and we who live near the ground have a right to demand quiet Sundays. Some time ago the Council were asked to put .a stop to a bee-farm nuisance in the Borough, and they rightly did so. Now what about this football nuisance? Are they going to allow the people to be annoved on Sundays? I suppose it was easier to tell a- poor bee-farmer to get rid of his trouble, than to tell some noisy footballers to stop play on Sunday. At the election some months ago I thought I was' voting for a crowd of men who would do the best for the town; but one gets disappointed when something like this comes along. I am afraid most of the Councillors looked upon it as a personal affair, not as an important matter concerning the residents of the Borough. We did not put them there to'vote as they feel but to, do what is best for the'people as a whole, and we expect something better from them. The new Council had a good opportunity _of carrying out their promise of serving the ratepayers and residents to the best of their ability. Yet they failed to do the right thing, Yours truly,— DISAPPOINTED,

(To the Editor). ■ Si r> —So long as those who accuse the footballers of filthy and abominable language remain anonymous their testimony is of course valueless. But, supporting the accusation to be well founded, vile language is no. more to be tolerated on Saturday than on Sunday. Three things stand out clearlyfirst that any man or woman hearing such language and neglecting to. report it to the police, fails in his oilier duty as a good citizen. Secondly that if the police, fail to take action, they fail in .their duty to the community. Thirdly, that if one policeman is not sufficient to preserve decency in Shannon, it is every citizen's duty to agitate for another. If all intoxicating drinks were excluded from football grounds, there would be less noise, and none of this truble, for none but the lowest would be guilty of beastly language unless befuddled ' by, drink. "Mother of G" must have queer ideas of pleasure or health to want to take, her little brood to that cold, damp place in the middle of winter. Football is the only thing that could warm them. —I am., etc., "LAW AND ORDER."

(To the Editor). Si rj —it is a long time since the columns of your paper have been so flooded with evidence of the indignation of the people of Shannon, as the action of our Borough Councillors has 'recently aroused by the support they are giving to Sunday organized football. Please accept my small effort in expressing my resentment at their acttion. All your other correspondent;* wrote most'forcibly on the subject, and they are to be congratulated upon the stand they have taken. I only hope they will go further still and insist on the right'thing; being done. It will most certainly be interesting to see if the Council intends taking any further action or whether they will simply; ignore the storm they have brought down upon themselves. We trust, that, as a responsible body of men, to whom power is given to uphold the honour of the town they wii: find some way out of the difficulty and sink their Dw n feelings in favour oi the majority. One would hardly take notice of a few school boys kicking a football about on a Sunday afternoon in the Domain, but when it comes t< men arranging organised matches and jevc-n taking* up collections to provide "light" refreshments for their oppon ents—and incidentally for themrelvet —it is about time the Council took ;' hand in the matter. lam glad so many have already spoken up, and one know, (that there aie always scores of others who would like to publish their viewbut can never .find time or courage tr do so. The evidences are indeed strong that a very large proportion of thvmblic of Shannon have resented tin weak-kneed attitude of our municipal representatives; with the exception oi .course of Councillors Hyde and Thwaitcs; two men only; who had the courage to say what they considered was right and stuck to their guns when it came to voting. This town needs cleaning up in more ways than one and the stopping of Sunday football assist greatly in that direction. The hoodlum element is already as much as one can bear. —I am, etc. CLIMAX.

(We have received several other protesting letters on the above subject but as they merely repeat the arguments of previous writers, we are unable to find space for them.—Editor, ?'Shannon News.")