A big indignation movement has been started among the orthodox Jews here against the action of the Jewish football teams in resuming playing matches on Saturdays, despite the promise given by them to stop this practice in order to make it possible for Palestine Jewish orthodoxy to join the united Jewish front in Palestine against the anti-Jewish National Home policy of the British Government. 2,500 Agudists have declared that they will prevent by force the sale of tickets to the sports ground of the Maccabee Football Club on Saturday. Last Saturday a similar attempt was made, but it failed because the police placed a strong guard at the box office. The Agudists declare that they intend, in spite of this to carry out their threat.
Chief Rabbi Kook had a conference this evening with leaders of Jerusalem Jewry to endeavour to get them to persuade the football team to keep the promise that no football matches should be played on the Sabbath.
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