PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN WAR TIME. [To THE EDITOR OF THE
" SPECTITOII."-] SIR,-if public opinion has up to the present unfortunately failed to stop League football, surely it will insist on the abandonment of the Cup Competition, notwithstanding the recent decision of the Football Association. Business people in the North know from bitter experience in the past some- thing of the depth of feeling excited by English Cup-ties. Workmen think nothing of taking an extra half-day (or whole day if necessary) in order to see a "replayed" match during mid-week. The convenience of their employers is not their concern. If the Cup Competition is allowed to proceed the scandal will be great, and as for "recruiting," that will be of secondary importance in some quarters compared with the " prospects " of the next tie I Can nothing be done to put the matter right ?—I am, Sir, &c., LANCASTRIAN.
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