Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-04
MIR. DOOLEY ON FOOT BALL.


still larger sum if offered for sale now.
MIR. DOOLEY ON FOOT BALL.
He Thinks the Modern Game is Much
Too Rough.
From the Chicago Evening Post
"Whin I was young man. said Mr..
Dooley, AN that was a long time ago-but
not so long ago as NANNY iv me inimes'd
like to believe. If 1 had amy inimies-l
played fut ball, but twas not tn fut hall
l see whin tn brothers' school an tn
| Saint Aloysius' Tigers played las week on
tn pee-raries. - #
"Whin 1 was la-ad, iv a sundah afther-
noon we'd get out in tn field where tn
oats d been cut away an we'd choose III
| sides. Wan cap'n'd pick wan man an IL,
| other another I choose Doeley,' Il choose
OConnor,' I choose Dimpsey,' 4 choose
Riordon. an so on till there was twinty-
nve or thirty on slde.I Thin wan cap'n'd
kick tn ball an all on our side ID r-r7In at
| 1t an Kick 1T back, an thin wan fv tn 9th
er side d Kick 1t to us, an afther awhile
IN IN g game "a get so timpisehous that all
IN ia-ads Nv both sides ID be in wan nile
klckln away at wan or TIL other or at tn
pan or at tn Umpire. who was mostly a
ia-ad That cuddent play an that come
Out less aoie to play thin he was whin he
wiht III. An II amy wan laid hands on
IN pail he was kicked be ivry wan else
an be tn Umpire. We played firm noon til
aark an kicked tn ball all tn way home
In tn moonlight.
That was fut ball an, T was g., oroo+
wan 20 play 1t. I'd think nawthin' iv hist
In tn ball two hundherd feet in TIL air
an wanst l give it such boost that
stove i'll tn ribs in tn ProWtestant minis
ter-pad luck to him. he was a kind mar
mat was lookin' On firm i hedge | was
tn finest player in tn whole county.
was so.
But this here game that I've been seein,
livery time III pagan fistival Nv Thanks
glVln comes ar-ro,ind, sure it amt Ia
game played. l seen TIL Dorgan la-ad
ceniin up tn sthreet yesterdah in his fut-
ball clothes-a pair iv mattresses on his
legs, pillow behind, mask over his nose
an b'fshel measure Nv hair on his head.
lie was followed be three men with bot
ties DI Ryan an tn Dorgan family I
jined thin. They was a big crowd on TIL
peerary-a bigger crowd than we cud get TO
go fr to see prize fight Both sides had
their frinds that give tn coledge cries
says wan crowd: Take an AK, an AK. an ak
to thin. Hooroo, hooroo hellabaloo.
Christyan Bro-othersv an TIL other SAYS:
Hit thin, saw thin. gnaw thim claw thin,
Saint Alo-ysius" Well afther a while they
got down to wur-ruk. Swim, eighteen, two,
four. says la-ad. I've seen people go mad
over figures durin tn free silver campaign,
but l niver see figures make a man want
fr to go out an kill his fellow men before.
Out tHeSe ilSuFeS mad Tn same effect
ON tn la-ads that mintion Nv Lord Cas-
tlereaghd have on their fathers. Wan la lad
hauled Off an give la-ad acrost firm him
punch in tn stomach. His frind acrost
tn way caught him in tn ear. TIL cinter
rush iv tn Saint Aoysiuses took a runnin'
jump at TIL left lung iv wan iv tn Christ
yam Brothers an whit to TIL grass with
him. Four Christyan Brothers leaped most
crooly at four Saint Aloysiuses an rolled
thin. TIL cap'n iv tn Saint Aloysiuses he
took TIL cap'n w 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 Dorgan was standin'
back takin" no hand in tn affray. All iv
student he give cry ~ rage an jumped
feet foremost into tn pile. Down. says
tn Umpire. Faith. they are ell iv that
says OF man Dorgan. we can't stop thim,'
says he.
1T took some time FIR TO pry thin Off.
Near ivry man iv TIL Saint Aloysuses was
BROTHERS. On'y wan Nv thin remained on
tn field. He was lynn face down, with
his nose in tn mud He's kilt says l. 1
think he is says Dorgan with merry
says he. He'll be arrested FIR murdher,
says /. He will not says he, There's on'y
wan polisman in town ]scud take him, an
ssSs %s 1asr tn eoroas 20
side an took tn ball gut ~ his stomach
rayshumed. Swim, siXteenf eight, eleven,
says Saint Aloysius, an young Dorgan
started to run down tn, field. They was an
other young la-ad r-rannia,, in fr-ront iv
Dorgan an as fast as san * tn CHRISTIAN
Brothers come up an got in tn way this
here young Saint Aloysius grabbed Kim be
TIL hair Nv tn head am tn sole iv III fut
| an thrun him over HIS shoulder. What's
| that la-ad doin'?' says + i'Interferin'.' says
| mos impudent,' 1 says IT'S such inter
ference as this, 1 says, that breaks up
families, an 1 come away.
" IT'S noble sport, an I'm glad to see
us Irish ARE gettin into it, Whin we iarn
1t thruly Well teach thin Scolledge joods
firm tn pie belt thrick or two
We have already" said Mr.. Hennessy.
Theyse a team up in Wisconsin with
la-ad be tn name iv Jeremiah Riordan
r. cap'n an wan named Patsy ODea be-
hind him. They come down here an bate
III ia-ads firm tn Chicawgo college down
he tn Midway
Nv coorse they did," said Mr.. Dooley. '1v
coorse they did. - An they cud bate amy
COLLECTION Nv Baptists that iyer come out iv
He-"It really doesn't seem possible that
Quen Victoria can be as old as that"
She-"As old as what,"
He-'Why, as old as this paper fnfers."
She-"HOw OH &c fho+9o