The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-19
MIR. OooLEr on FoOr NAIL.
He Thinks the Modern Game Is Much
Too Rough.

TOO though.
From the Chicago Evening Post
'Whln l was a young man." said Mr..
Dooley, IAN that was a long time ago
but not so long ago as NANNY iv me in-
imies'd like 60 believe II l had any in
imies-I played fut ball but twas not
tn tut bail ! see whin tn brothers school
an tn Saint Aloysius Tigers played las
week on tn pee-raries.
"Whin was a la-ad, Nv a Sundah afth-
ernoon we'd get out in tn field where tn
oats'd been cut away an we'd choose
up sides. Wan capn'd pick wan man an
tn other another. L choose Dooley,' I
choose O'Connor L choose Dimpsey' L
choose Riordon,' an so on ill there was
twinty-five or thirty on a side. Thin wan
capn'd kick tn ball an all on our sided
r-run at 1t an kick IL back, an thin
wan iv tn others side d kick it to us an
afther awhile tn game d get So timpis-
chous that all tn la-ads Nv both sides d he
in wan pile kiclSn away at wan or tn
other or at tn ball or at tn Umpire, who
was mostly a la-ad that cuddent play,
an that come out less able to play thin
he was whin he wint in. An IL amy wan
laid hands on III ball he was kicked be
ivry wan else an be tn Umpire. We play
ed firm noon till dark an kicked tn ball
all IN way nome IN IN moonlight.
THAT was fut ball. an 1 was a great
wan to play it. I'd think nawthin' iv hist
in tn bah two hundherd feet i'm tn air
an wanst l give 1t such a boost that /
stove in tn ribs in tn Prowtestant min
ister-bad luck to him, he was a kind man
that was looBin' on FIRM hedge. l was
tn finest player in tn whole county, l
was so
But this here game that I've been seem
livery time tn pagan fistival Nv Thanks
givin' comes ar-round sure il amt tn
game l played l seen tn Dorgan la-ad
comm up tn sthreet yesterdah in his fut-
ball clothes-a pair iv mattresses on his
legs, pillow behind, a mask over his nose
an hushel measure Nv hair on his head.
He was followed be three men with bot
ties, DR.. Ryan an tn Dorgan family. |
1ined thin. They was a big crowd on tn
peerary-a bigger crowd than We cud get 70
go FIR to see a prize fight, Both sides had
their frinds that give tn colledge cries
Says wan crowd: Take an ak, an ak. an
AK 20 thin. Hooroo, hooroo, helabaloo
Christyan Bro-othersr an tn other says:
Hit thin. saw thin, gnaw thin, claw thin
saint Alo-ysius" Well, afther a while they
got down to wuT-rul6. Swim eighteen, two
four says a la-ad. I've seen people go
mad over figures durin' tn free silver
campaign, but l niver see figures make
man want f'r to go out an kill his fellow
men before. But these here figures had tn
same effect on TIL la-ads that a mintion Nv
Lord Castlcreaghd have on their fathers
Wan la-ad hauled off an give a la-ad
acrost firm him a punch in tn stomach
His frind acrost tn way caught him in tn
ear. TIL cinter rush iv tn Saint Aloysl-
uses took a runnin' jump at tn left lung
iv wan Nv tn Christyan Brothers an whit
to tn grass with him. Four Christyan
Brothers leaped most crooly at four Saint
Aloysiuses an rolled thin. Tn capn iv
tn Saint Aloysluses he took tn capn Nv
tn Christyn Aloysiuses be the leg an he
pounded tn pile with him as I've seen a
section hand lamp tn thrack. All this
time young Dorgan was standin back TAX
in no hand in tn ARRAY. All Nv a student
he give a cry Nv rage an jumped feet fore
most into tn pile. Down. saws tn inn
pire. Faith, they are all fv that says l.
viii liver they get up? They WILL says
OF man Dorgan. 'Ye can't stop Thin
says he
ut took some time FIR to pry thin off
Near ivry man iv tn Saint Aloysiuses was
tied in a knot around wan Nv tn Christyan
Brothers. On'y wan iv thin remained on
tn field. He was lyin' face down, with
his nose in tn mud. He's kilt says !. 4
think he is,' says Dorgan with a merry
smile. Twas my boy Jimmy done It, 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 downtown dom tn same FIR some
body, he says Well, they carrd tn corpse
to III side an took tn bali out iv his stom-
ach with a monkey wrinch, an tn game
was rayshumed Swim, sixteen, eight elev-
en- says Saint Aloysius, an young Dor
gan started to run down tn field. They
was another young la-ad r-runnin in fr-
ront iv Dorgan, an as fast as wan iv tn
CHRISTIAN Brothers come up an got in tn
way this here young Saint Aloyslus grabb-
ell him be tn hair iv' tn head an the
sole iv tn fut an thrun him over his
shoulder. What's that la-ad DOM? says l.
Interferin,' says he. L shud think he was,
says /. an mos impudent,' l says. IT'S
such interference as this I says, that
breaks up families, an / come away.
"Tis a noble sport, an I'm glad to see
us Irish ar-re gettn' into It, Whin I'VE larn
IL thruly Wen teach thin colledge joods
fr' tn pie belt thrick or two
I'VE have already" said Mr.. Hennessy.
"They'se a team up in Wisconsin with a
la-ad be tn name iv jeremiah Rlordan FIR
cap'in 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
'Tv coorse they did," said Mr. Dooley.
CIV coorse they did. An they cud bate
amy collection iv Baptists that liver come
out iv tank"