Additional security was assigned for the deciding fifth game of the 1979 PBA All-Filipino championship series between Crispa and Toyota as a measure to prevent fans from throwing objects as witnessed in the last two games.
Assign more cops in Big Dome today
Bulletin Today
Published Saturday July 7, 1979
Uniformed policemen will be assigned to maintain order in various sections of the Araneta Coliseum during today’s Toyota-Crispa game, it was learned yesterday from the assistant to the Metro Manila governor and MMC chairman, Ismael A. Mathay, Jr.
Mathay said that upon request of Commissioner Louie Tabuena, and in consultation with Col. Luis Riad of the Metropolitan Command (Metrocom), he directed Brig. General Tomas Karinga, superintendent of northern police district, to deploy peace officers inside the Araneta Coliseum during the championship game between the country’s foremost professional cage teams.
The request of Tabuena was an offshoot of the behavior of the crowd during the past two encounters between Toyota and Crispa in which coins, corn cobs, and other debris were thrown into the hardcourt.
He sounded an appeal to those who will witness today’s final game of the All-Filipino series and to the players, team officials, and arbiters to cooperate in making the game as enjoyable as it should be.
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