Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-03
THE CRIDlRON
KERRY DID
 THE TRICK
The Big Championship Game in Ireland Won By the Kerrymen = Other Football News.

The Kerry Sentinel of October IS describes the football game between Kerry and Kildare in very glowing terms. as follows:
 On Sunday the above teams met for the third time to decide the All-Ireland Home final. On the two previous oc- caslons the match was draw. and speculation was rife in Gaelic circles as to which team would carry off the laurels. Both teams practiced hard, and conscientiously spared neither time or trouble to try and secure the coveted trophy. The Leinstermen were positive as regards their cham pions. while the Kerry followers had no hesitation in pinning their hopes on the wearers of the green and gold. Never before in the history of the C.. A. A. was such an immense gathering as that which witnessed Sundays great match. The field was thronged With an excited. but we are happy to say, most orderly crowd of followers and sympathizers of both teams. The Barrack street and Listowel bands dis coursed a nice selection of music pre- v1ous to the match and during the in- terval. On a rough calculation there must have been at least 25,000 people in the enclosure. Kerrys were the fa- yorites previous to the match, but at half-time Kildare went up point, and the prospects were anything but rosy for the boys from the Kingdom To add to their hard luck, O'Neill of Ga hirciveen, who was playing instead of Duggan, put bis arm out and had co retire from the match, his place being filled by F. O'Sulliyan, Killarney, who donned inter-county colors for the first time. Now as regards the indi- yidual play of the Kerrymen, it is i'm possible to single out one or two men for particular praise as they all played splendid game. Their hard and con stant training stood them in good stead, and they were as dry at the conclusion of the sixty minutes as if they had scarcely touched the ball. We always claimed that the Kerry foot ballers had no equals If they only trained. If any doubts existed as to such being the case, Sundays great contest put them aside for all time. Considering the splendid reputation the kildaremen had as footballers-an un- broken series of victories over the crack teams of Leinster-it Is scarcely to be wondered at that the Kerry players were looked upon with some thing like contempt by the, 'short- grass" men. However, they quickly changed their opinion about the Kerry mems ability. as at Tipperary. Kerry 1lnnnnhfpIlx- V hn mo t,Ia rhn ond match in Cork was also in favor of Kerry, and Sundays match put a clnker on the whole lot, Kerry win ming by the comfortable margin of six points, or two goals.
 First Half
 Kerry won the toss and chose to play towards the Blackrock goal with q light wind at their backs. Kildare at once got possession and kicked well on to the opposite quarter way, but an indiscreet kick sent the ball dead. Soon after the kick-out Kildare, still in Kerry preserves, were guilty of foul. and Dillon's kick went to touch at the center. From the throw in Kerry broke away, and after some exchanges still at mldfield took play to the Xiii dare quarter, A well judged kick from here was very nearly proving disastrous to Kildare. but the GUS todian defended soundly, and play was transferred again to the quarter way, where Kildare were awarded free, and play was taken to the center, where Kerry were awarded free. which sent play back to touch at Xiii dare quarter. The latter gained ground from the throw in, and were given free on the subsequent throw in, but they made little use of the ad- vantage of the kick. The ball was we'll centered, but the forwards failed to take advantage, and the Kerrymen getting possession got down to mid field, where the Kingdom men secured another free. which enabled them to get down to their onnnnents' uuarfer