Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-12
SEES A FOOTBALL GAME.
Sot Old Kind, hut Doesn't Want to
Interfere with Education.
Chicago Evening Post)

Chicago Evening Post)
"Jawn," said Mr.. Dooley "whin I play
I'd fut-ball twas sport; now fut-ball is
war"
How is that?" asked Mr.. McKenna.
well. whin l was a lad tn way we
played fut-ball was this way: Twinty or
thirty OF. wan hundred min an boys
coming together In vacan' lot an we
had round rubber ball that tn biggest
man b owed up, an so tn air wuddent
run out Nv 1t he stuffed chswed-up bread
e the hole be- s Thn eco ad ahead be 5h nd name ny
| give her a kick an put her over the
dncc. Thin they brought II. back. III
little la-ads did. an l kicked 1t on tn.
Alexis fetched It down.. an says he:
'Dooley. don't kick so hard, he says;
So give II wan low kick with tn broad
w me fut, an kicked Hinnissey, who was
stomach. an he kicked young Regain,
an Regain kicked Cassidy, an CASSIDY
kicked OBrien, an OBrien Kick I'd
Brother Alexis, an a boy be tn name
lv Hogan run off with tn ball.
THAT was fut-bal.! But las week
tn back ~ tn dump an see game
bechune tn Young Parnells an tn Young
Sarsfie.ds. | took Hlnnissy with me.
a game befure. Tn la-ads was there
whin we come. / luked over IN held
an says /: What is this? says l.
'What're they goln' 10 dor | says. HIN
nissey made no answer. tn little Null
cahy kid was done up with wooden snie-ds
on his shin an earmuffs on his ears an
a band around his head an carnycopy
on his nose. He wore mattn. g. - .r
pants, an he had hair " head like cole
slaw. tn others was like him. fe cud Nv
,o.' no wan Nv thin firm tn other;
well. sir, a man blew a whistle. an
with that lite Mulcahy reached over an
give Tom o. Briens son a punch IN IN
Mike Mulcahy. what ye'err boys dom to
mine. / wan ye TO stop him. stop no.
wan says Mulcahy acrost tn field 'But
that boy iv mine again. he says, I'll have
Ia law on him, says he. Look out rr
his feet, little Nike. he says. Now, thin'
well. o'Brien whit right acrost tn
field afther Mulcahy, an tn last seen ~
thin they was CO lar-an' -elbowin' down
toward tn bridge. Just thin Hogan Cas-.
.dy threw his fut into lite Malacni
Dorney an oil man Cassidy whit over an
pulled Tom Dorney's nose. l took tnim
apart near tn river. an come back Just
as what tn lads call scrimmdge was
on. Tommy OLeary got hol Nv IN pan
an started to run away with IL, WIN
Jaw an brought him down. He'd no
more thin done that whin Teddy Clancy
uailed Duggan with a kick on tn back
an rolled him on top Nv OLeary an,
on Duggan an Clancy, an OLeary an
out wan. That was Dinny Casey. an
> strnayed around tn .dge an TOOK
kick at any wan he saw, and particuiey
.,ete OSnea.
"Pete O'Shea was Hnnissy's nivyew,
an tn first thing Hinnlssy done wnin
ne see his sisther's son gittin' tn worst "
II was TO r-run acrost tn sthreet an an
ONE pack with an armful ~ br.cSs. lie
| can throw FIR an old man. an he fetched
,asey with tn first brick 8 ick it ont
he says to his nivyew. Stick IT out
ne says. IN clane al ~ am an -,
re says. An sure he'd iv done IL, pu'
IN lad comes virgin out Nv IN pile
sml in, az says he: Uncle. lave go ye,eI
bricxbats.' he says. What RI? says HIN
l.ssy Don't sc see they're al up, par
rim Mucahy,' says tn kid. Twas on
a down., he says A WHAT says HIN I'm,
many many more is thsrer says Hlnnissy;, a
hundred or more says tn lad. We'll
ihin.' says Hinnissy. I'm goln' nome,
Ne says. If ye have amy wurrud te
ave ye'er mother. ne says tel II u
II took him be tn arm az we win
| home an says /: Hinn.ssy, l says,
made a fool Nv ye'ersilf,' l says. now
.haty says he. 'How's taat! ieer al
litherate man.. / says. 4 can read an
rite. he says. AN give ye Ia warruki
iy Willum Carleton be heart. 'Inrds,
says l. But whin ye intns riered wlti
nat game, did We know that ye wa
stoppin' tn iducation II III youth Nv Tn
andY I says. i DID not he says. sad.y
An now tn thought comes on me an
makes me heart gray with trouble, h
avs. 'Whin l intnerfered with that me-
.aat was poundln' Hoo.ihan with bss
lnny wan out Nv q proper schoolin'"
Eye may have, says /.