The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-12
FOOTBALL AND FIGHTS.

Several Small Riots During the Sham
Observation-Disclosures Game.
Gaelic football will cease to be popular
if the d~isgraceful scenes enacted at Ridge.
wood yesterday are repeated. From start
to finish there was continuous growing
and q series Uf free fights, and several
Jersey City people were beaten.
The Shamrock club of this city met the
1rish-Americans of New York. A bitter
rivalry exists between the two and only a
tiifs was necessary to start a row. Each
had a large delegation of supporters. The
Jersey City players D their partisan s
were not the aggreSeors but they were
disposed to retreat. Early in the game
the ball between Smith of the Shamrocks
and Richard Mahoney, one of the Field
umpires for the rival team. This started
the trouble n aroused the fighting pro-
pensitles Of the contestants. Mahoney
brutaily kicked Smith in the eye inhlcting
in which beer bottles were the principle
weapons.
During the exchanges between the rival
factions Miss Della Durbridy or Turbridy,
a Shamrock enthusiast. picked up a bostle
and threw it with fearful force at Ma
honey's head. 1t just missed striking his
head BY an .eyelash. During the excite
ment the women screamed, while the
men cursed n punched each other.
After considerable persuasion Mahoney
was induced TO leave the grounds tenn
porarily, and a few cool heads succeeded
in quietinR the people and restoring
order. The game then proceeded, Smiths
eye was badly blackened and closed. A
deep cash had been cut in his cheek, from
which blood flowed freely.
There was no more trouble in the first
halt barring a few wordy arguments.
In the second half the ball went out of
the playing field, and Patrick Kennedy of
this city. a spectator, took occasion to say
SO two or three times. His remarks aug
cred Patrick Welsh, captain of the Irish
American team. Welsh, without any
warning. set upon Kennedy. Four or FIVE
other 1rish-American players assisted
their captain. Kennedy ran, with Welsh
close at his heels. The latter struck Ken
nedy twice over the head with a heavy
stick. Kennedy finally managed to es-
cape from the grounds. Then some of The
ShRmrock sympathizers knocked Welsh
down. and he was severely pounded about
the face.
The shamrocks brought Kennedy back
again, and dared the Irish-Americans to
modest him.. In a short time there was
Gnother fight. All this occurred while at
tempts were being made to continue the
game At length the game was flushed
and the score stood l goal and 4 points for
the lrish-Amerjcans. to l goal and points
for the Shamrocks.
At the end of the game the fight was
renewed. 1t was a battle royal. Every
obdy hit everybody else. Several
children were nearly trampled D
Women tried to part the combat
ants. One of them took an ac-
tive part in the fracas. During the row
Miss Tubrtdy playfully dropped a soda
water bottle from the seats upon the
heads of some Irish-Americans who were
standing beneath her. A female friend
of Miss Tubridy let a chair drop in the
same direction. Toward the close of the
fight Miss Tubridy managed to get in
some effective wPlk with a chair leg. Fi-
nally, through tile efforts of Arthur SuIli-
van and Mr.. Lon ergan, of the Gaelic A.A.
Council, peace was restored. The teams
were as follows