Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07
1t Has Become Popular With
IriSh-Americans.
CENTURIES 0LDIN IRELAND.
Regular League Formed With An
nual Championship Games.
MEN WHO LEAD IN THE SPORT.


| NEW iRANhs ONla IL
The game OF Gaelic football. although but
recently introduced into the United states.
has rapidly pushed It's way to che front aud
Is now popular 9asttno among youthful
! athletes Who claim luBh deacent Not
ohiy Is i SO. but its popularity Is daily In
| crtetlnG, Ihia 10 IHcribOd 10 lt8 being
dlstinctlvely a racial sport. There is oer-
'aln element Of danger In IL that eNeltos
Enthusiasm aud impols tho player TO rush
/ AZ tue ball with hand aud VITA foot, and
! "isa Us much iuputuosity as ever soldier
| oi Celtic race rushed Oh the foe. az the
| Heights OF fredericksburg az Foutcnoy or
at tdentoa d onora
with the exception OF bolus football
game Il 10 essentially different, ns regards
1 s'yle OF playing from the Rugby aud Amer
can college games. muat important
difference distinguishes II from the Asso-
| elallou game. Uader the Gaelic rules a
player may strike the hail with ha hands.
eaten u when on the ground aud kick it any
direction no likes. Not so with tho Asso.
el9ue1 game, where kicking only is per-
The origin Of the game Is shrouded In
antiquity TraditonRry lore says Il was
iaNofltv amusemeut with the claus that
fought and won Victories under leadership
OF MAJ OF tue Nine huatAge5 aud With the
warriors thar followed Dathy through Gaul
"a the campaign which ended In thag soldier
Kings death by lightning at the foot Of the
Alps, II was in subsequent centurlos-up
70 the year iSSi-known IN Erin only by
tradition. In that year concerted effort
was made TO revive the ancient national
gnmoa OF llberna, which resulted in tho
formation OF an association having that OBJ
iect In view and which was entitled Tho
Gaelic Athletic Association" Tho place at
which this took place waa rhurlcs. County
llppcrary. and the tlmo Noy, /. 1884, This
action produced an effect throughout tho
island ultlUgt HlpNfrlruI Vhn 4F
centuries was cast aside and Cluba Hprang
up like fhamrOoll5 throughout the lougth
and breadth % tho land
The enthusiasm was waited ucrors the At
lanuc Ocean and struck root In congunlnl
soil In 1888 y delegation from tho parent
association visited the United States. ana
played the gaino la various sections OF the
regions over which the star Spangcd Ban
Nor noats, The route taken by the dolcpa-
ton Ia to-day marked with clubs. formed
OF tho sons OF Irish Immigrants aud OF
young nhtui0iizod citizens Of Irish birth,
who devote their loibur0 hours to prun-
tlcing the tme-honorod game thoir fore.
iathers IN bygonc ages delighted TO play
High proficiency In the plny OF tho game
has been arrived at on this side OF the At
unuc, and IL Is only question Tor the near
future whom Gaelic nthlotoa from this coun-
try viii visit tho land ol thnir slruu and
contest Ia friendly rivalry with their ilna,
mon IN the gap for supremacy 10 tho
national E0mc-par cNccllencc-of Erin.
Gaelic football clubs hayo been formed
IN California and IN the reglona Of tho far
West. In April 1890, tho 1rst Western
Gaelic club was organized Ia Chicago.
Others quickly tprang Into existence Ia the
surrounding territory On March 1. 1891
they appointed a central goyefning body
which wa1 Incorporated as THE lnoiH
State Central Council Of the Gaelic Ath-
lotic Association
Clubs were also rapidly organized IN
New York and the neighburlnw districts,
and a local government upon the lines OF
the parent Organization. decided upon This |
loi 70 the formation of tho "GaelIc Athletic I
Association Of America" which a now
nrmly established. with Jurisdiction IN thla /
vicinity alone over seventeen clubs.
These are the tltel OF the clubs over
which the Gaelic Athletic Association of
America holds sway ln this vicinity FauRh-
a-Hallagha, New York. shimrorts. New
Jersey. uaell, williamsburg. william Sui.
liyuns, Now York. Irish Americans. New
York; Wolf Tones nrooklyn; Reshnma.
Harlem; lnnistals Now York: Bnrrys
New Jersey; Kearns, Williamsburg, Garry. /
owens. New York; William O'nrienH