Sunday Futbol

In Argentina soccer is known as futbol. Every autumn Sunday 18 major league teams play it in stadia throughout Buenos Aires. Every Sunday Argentine fans reach a fine pitch of emotion. Last week, as Argentine's autumn got under way, Sunday crowds saw many a fine futbol game. At one a River Plate player assaulted and broke the jaw of an opponent. He was held for trial on $5,000 bail. Another was arrested for kicking his opponent in the stomach. Exhilarated, the crowd began to throw rocks at the players. Some took out revolvers and fired furiously into the melee on the field. After one game last week futbol fans set fire to the stadium.

Before the games on Easter Sunday the Ministry of the Interior announced it would supervise futbol for the rest of the season. Heavy police guards searched 200,000 fans for guns, knives, rocks, bottles and vegetables. By a new law any home club that incites riots among the fans will have its stadium closed indefinitely.

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