Raider Fans Went to Anaheim Stadium, and Soccer Game Broke Out

As the Joint Operations Commander for Policing at the World Cup games held at the Rose Bowl, I would suggest the use of the Pasadena Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department for policing at the next Ram-Raider game. We spent a lot of time and effort preparing to deal with hooligans at the soccer games and would like to put that training to some use.

DONN BURWELL, Commander,

Pasadena Police Department

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This is one person who fervently hopes that the Raiders and Rams leave California soon--and take with them the thugs who were more bent on turning Anaheim Stadium into a slugging arena than enjoying a game last Sunday.

Such a hope is based on one proviso--that the thugs keep going past the three-mile limit in the ocean so as not to contaminate other parts of the United States.

JOE PIERCE

Santa Ana

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This was my first Raider game and my last. What kind of people go to these games? Do the jails give weekend passes to all the inmates? The $23 I spent on my ticket should be refunded. If I wanted to see the fight, I would have paid for Saturday’s pay-per-view and seen Gonzales-Carbajal.

RAMIRO VIRAMONTES

West Covina

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What’s the fuss, guys? When players lose their heads on the field, start swinging and then lose a whole week’s pay in fines, when they take cheap shots at opposing players and then watch their victim hauled away on a stretcher, when they and their coaches shout at and curse officials, and when TV offers countless replays of jarring and career-ending tackles, should we be surprised when the goons in the stands imitate the mayhem on the field?

FRANK J. GARZA

Los Angeles

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For Christmas, Al Davis should give Art Shell a stopwatch. He should present it to him at the two-minute mark just before halftime.

STAN GORDON

Encino

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The Raiders need to hire a penalty-prevention coach. Obviously, the present staff is incapable of teaching it.

WALLY BEARDSELL

Pacific Palisades