FOOTBALL CROWD INSULTS RECRUITERS.
DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS. Sydney, May 25. In spite of the drain ol' war upon the young men of the community, the foothall season has been opened in Australia with much of its old-time vigor; and, gathered thickly around out- may find a very considerable proportion of the real shirkers of Australia. They are a loudmouthed, stupid, hooligan class quite insensible to all the prevalent ideas of national decency. Recently, the recruiting organisation sent recruiting officers, who are returned soldiers, among the football crowds in Melbourne. Each Inade a report on his experiences. These documents are amazing.
Lieutenant Maskell and Sergeant Carpenter went to the Fitzroy-Carlton match, at Flt'.roy, and were grudgingly admitted to the grandstand by the football comjnittee. "The majority of the public was adverse to us speaking, and hurled personal interjections at us. We continued the meeting until the match again started, and when we went down the steps of the grandstand we were attacked by many men and women, which necessitated our' leaving the ground." Sergeant Kilpatrick attended the South Melbourne football ground, hut when, at half-time, he attempted to address the crowd "they absolutely refilled to let me speak, and pushed and jostled me all over the place. They said T had no right to go there and spoil their sport. I had to leave the grounds, as they threatened to 'deal' with me."
Pergt.-Major Durand wa3 -treated with every courtesy by the committee at the Collingwood-Richmond match, but "the crowd was hostile, and it was hard to get » hearing. I had to abandon the address, as my voice was not in good enough trim to bawl loud enough to drown the interjections." Sergeant Pqrrv, who also spoke during half-time at this nmtcli, reported: "I found that the people were dissatisfied with the speakers attending their sports. There was nothing hut personal interjections and personal insults." "These narratives of heartless, vicious and detestable actions on the part of people who class themselves as sports people call for drastic action by football clubs and ground committees," says the Age. •
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1917, Page 7
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345FOOTBALL CROWD INSULTS RECRUITERS. Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1917, Page 7
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