St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-18
PHILOSOPHER oooLev.


Ills Description ut Football Gaze Each
OF thu Dump
"Jawn," said Mr.. DOoley. "whin ]
played futball twas sport; now futr
ball is war"
'IIow is that?' asked Mr.. McKcnnA
"Well, whin I was lad tn way we
played futball was this way: Twinty
Or thirty or wan hundred min an
boys come together in q vacan' lot an
we had = round rubber ball that tn
biggest man bowed up, an so tn air
wuddent run out iv IL lie stuffed
chewed-up bread in tn hole. Thin 4
lad be tn name iv Mcclure he says:
GO head now an l give her = kick
an put her over tn fince. Thin they
brought it back, tn little la-ads did.
an kicked it on tn roof iv tn Broth.
ers' school. Brother Alexis fetched it
down. an says he: 'Dooley, don't
kick SO hard he says So give it
wan low kick with tn broad iv me tut
an catched IIinnissy, who was a young
man thin. in tn pit iv tn stomach, an
he kicked young Regan, an Regain
kicked Cassidy. an Cassidy kicked
O'Brien, an OBrien kicked Brother
Alexis an had to do tn stations iv tn
cross, an boy be tn name iy Hogan
run of with tn ball.
"That vas futball: But las week
young Clancy asked me r. to so over
to tn back iv tn dump an see q game
bechunc tn Young Parnclls an tn
CO. -
with me, may Gawd frgivc me. He'd
ne'er seen q game befure. Tn la-ads
was there whin we come. Iluked over
tn field an says l: What is this? says
!. 'What're they goin' to do? says.
Hinnissy made no answer TIL little
Mulcahy kid was done up with wooden
shields on. his shins an earmuffs on his
ears an band around his head an
carnycopy on his nose. He wore mat
thresscs fr pants an he had hair "
head like cole slaw. tn. others was
like him. Ye cud iv toll no wan iv
thin firm tn other.
well, sir, . man blew a whistle an
with that little Mulcahy reached over
an give Tom O'Brien's son q punch In
tn nose. O'Brien calls out, Look
there, Mike Mulcahy, what ye'er boys
doin' to mine. want We to stop him.
stop nowan,' says Mulcahy acrost tn
field. But il that rasc'lly son iv ye'ers
liver kicks that boy iv mine again. he
says, I'll have tn law on him. says he.
Look out r. his feet, little Mike he
says Now, thin. land him.
SWELL. OBrien whit right acrost tn
field afther Mulcahy an tn last seen
iv thin they was collar-0n'-elbowin'
down toward tn bridge. Just thin
Hogan Cassidy threw his tut iuto little
Malachi Dorsey an oil man Cassidy whit
over an pulled Tom Dorney's nose. ]
took thin apart near tn river an come
back Just as what tn lads call scrim.
mage was on. Tommy OLeary got
hor iv tn ball an started to run away
with it, whin little Duggau fetched
him puck in tn jaw an brought him
down. He'd no more thin done that
whin Teddy Clancy nailed Duggan
with kick on tn back an rolled him
on top iv OLeary an fell ON him
Thin all tn other lads fell on Duggap
an Clancy an O'Leary, all but wan.
That was Dinny Casey, an he sthrayed
around tn idgc an took kick at any
one he saw, an particuley At Pete
O'Shca.
"Pete O'Shca was Hinnissy's uivycw,
an tn first thing Hinnissy done whin
he see his sisther's son gcttin' the
worst iv it was to run acrost til
sthrcet an come back with an armful
" bricks He can throw fr an old
man, an Etched Casey with tn first
brick. Stick It out he says. III
clane all iv thin aft ye,' he says. An
sure he done it, but the lad comes
wrigglin' out iv tn pile smilin
an says he: Uncle. lave go yc'er
brickbats,' he says What fr| says
Hinnissy. Don't ye see they're oil up
Bsrrin' Mulcahy.' says tn kid. 'Twa:
on'y . down. he says "A whatT says
Hinnissy. "A down. says tn lad. An
how nanny more is there" says Hin.
Missy. "A hundherd or more, says tn
lad. Well. thin,' says Hinnissy, In
goin' home he says If ye have amy
wurrud to lave ye'er mother he says
tell it to me-
II took him Oy the arm Is We whit
home an says I, 'Hinnissy,' l says. .yc
made . fool of ye'crsilf,' says
'How's that?' says he. 'How's that:
Ye'er IN illithcrate man. says J
can read an WRITE he says. AN give
W tn wurruks OF Willum Carleton be
heart 'Thrue.' says l. But whin ~
intherfered with that game did ye
know that ye was stoppin' tn iduca-
ton " tn youth " tn land says i
did not he says, sadly. An now tn
thought comes on me an makes me
heart gray with trouble he says.
when / interfcred with that man that
was poundin' Hoolihan with q baseball
bat las WINTER he says did keer
annywan out iv proper schoolin'?
"sYe may have. SAYS I."-Chicago