The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29
MIR. DooLEY ON FOOTBALL.
He Tells How the Game Was Played
When He Was BOY.

r. p. Dunno, in Chicago Post.
''Whin l was young ma-an," said Mr..
Dooley, AN that was a long time ago-but
not so long ago as nanny iv me inimies d
like to believe, If / had amy inimies-I
played fut-bali, but twas not tn fut-ball
see whin til Brothers school an tn Saint
Aloysius Tigers played las week on tn
.sWhin / was a la-ad, iv Sundah afther-
oats d been cut away an we'd choose up
sides. Wan capn'd pick wan man 2, an tn
ct6er another b CHOOSE ; nooley' c Choose
Riordan.' an so on till there was twinty-
five or thirty on side. Thin wan cap'n d
kick tn ball an all our side d r-run at 1t an,
kick it back an thin wan iv tn other sided
kick it to us. an afther awhile tn game d
git so timpischous that al tn la-ads "
both sides d be in wan pile klckin' away at
wan or tn other or at tn ball or at tn i'm
pire, who was mostly la-ad that cuddent
play an that come out less able 10 play tnln
he was whn he whit in. An If amy wan
laid hands on tn ball he was kicked be
ivry wan else an tn Umpire We played
fr' m noon till dark an kicked tn ball all tn
way home in tn moonlight.
THAT was futball, an was a great wan
to play it. Ia think nawthin' ~ hlstln tn
ball two hundherd feet in tn air, an Wanst
I give it such a. boost that stove IN tn ribs
iv tn Prowtestant minister-bad luck 10
him, he was a kind man-that was lookin
on fl, m a hedge. l was Tn hnest prayer III
tn whole county. / was so.
but this here game that I've been seem
livery time tn pagan fstlvai ~ Ihn ma
comes ar-round, sure it amt tn game |
played. / seen tn Dorgan la-ad comm up
tn sthreet yesterdah in his futball CLONES
"a pair Nv mattresses on ms legs b piiiNM
measure Nv hair on his head. he was Iol-
lowed by three men with bottles, Or. Ryan
an tn Dorgan fam ly. | Jined thlm Iney
was a big crowd on tn peerary-a bigger
crowd than we cud get to go TT 10 see q
prize fight. Both sides had tneir lrl mus
crowd: Take an ak, an AK an ak to thin.
Hooroo, hooroo.. helIabaloo! Christian
Bro-others! an tn other says iTn l' saint saint
Alo-vsiIlsi' We'll, afther awhile they got
down to wurruk. Swim, eighteen Two ni
four says laad I've r seen pepp Campaign
b,t I niver see figures make man
want FIR to go out an XII ms ldli ths
same effect on tn la-adS that mntlon ~
Lord Castlereagh d have on their Iathers
wan la-ad hauled off an give a la az across
firm him punch IN IN stoiiisct ~, nar M
cinter rush iv tn Saint Aloysiuess TOOK q
runnin' jump at tn left lung ~ wan ~ III
Christyan Brothers an whit TO IN Grass Erase
with him. Four Christyan Brothers leapeu
most crooly at four Saint Aloysluses an
rolled thin. TIL capn iv tn Saint Alloy
siuses he took tn cap'n iv tn Christyan
Brothers be tn leg an he pounded tn pile
with him as I've seen section hand lamp
tn thrack All this time young sDorgan
was staHdin' back takin' no hand in tn
ARRAY. All iv a student he gives cry ~
rage an Jumped feet foremost into the
nile Down says thi empire. Faith, they
are all iv that says i. will liver they get
up?' They will, says OF man Dorgan. 'Ye
can't stop Thin says he.
1T took some time fr to pry thin Off
Near ivry man iv tn Saint Aioysiuses was
tied in a, knot around wan Nv tn Christyan
I. Brothers.. Only wan iv thin remained on
tn field. He was lynn face down. with his
nose in tn mud. He's kilt says /, /
think he is says Dorgan, with a merry
smile Twas my boy Jimmy done 1t. too,
says he. He'll be arrested FIR murdher,
says l. He will not, says he. There's
on'y wan polisman in town cud take him,
an he's down town dom tn same FIR some
10 tn side an took tn ball out iv his stom-
ach with a monkey wrinch, an tn game
was rayshumed 'Sivin, sixteen, eight,
eleven" says Saint Aloysius. an young
Dorgan started TO run down IN neld Ihey
was another young la-ad r-runnin in
fr-ront iv Dorgan, an fast as wan ~ tn
CHRISTIAN Brothers came up an got in TIL
way this here young Saint Aloysius grabbed
him be tn hair Nv tn head an tn sole Nv
th' fut an thrun him over his shoulder.
What's that Ia-ad dom? says /. Inter
ferin' says he 1 shud think he was says
T. an most impudent, | says lis such
interference as this, ] says, that breaks up
families an come away.
ms Irish ar-re gettin' into Ii. Whin We larn
ii thruly well tearh thin coledge Joods
firm tn pie belt a thrick or two"
I'VE have already" said Mr.. Hennessy
''They'se a team up In Wisconsin with a
la-ad be tn name Nv Jeremiah Riordan FIR
cap'n an wan named Patsy O'Dea behind
him. They come down here an bate tn
la-ads firm tn Chicawgo college DOWN be
tn Midway"
'sIv coorse they did. An they cud bate
amy collection iv Baptists that iver come
out iv tank"