The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-18
IRISH CHAMPIONS WIN 3 roc BEFORE
 RECORD CROWD


 New York. May l7-Before a colorful crowd of more than 50.000 persons at the Yankee Stadium yes terday, the Irish champions of Gaelic football from County Kerry, Ireland defeated a team selected from the New York district, 9 points to 6. The assemblage set record for Gaelic football. attendances. in this country
 The teams will. play two more games here in series for cup. The contests will take place in the Sta dfum on May S1 and June 21, total points to count.
 The New Workers put up a sur prisingly good game in the second half and forced the champions to their best. Three of the home teams six points were accounted Tor by the only goal made in the game.
 A contingent from the Sixty ninth Regiment. two bands of Irish pipers in costume, large fife and drum corps. a group of Irish lassies with yellow lined green capes, and the contendins players. two abreast, comprised the cOlorful parade that marched around the running track before the football contest. This cul- minated in the running up of the Irish Free state flag on the high pole in center field.
 Skill shown by Visitors
 The game was not long under way before tho visitors showed their skill Tn five minutes they had scored two points on kicks over the bar by Dan Ryan and Sweeny. The cons of Erin kept pressing. and on a free kick from 40 yards out Ryan put the ball over the bar for third point, and Captain John J. Sheehy made 1t 4 to on a breatiful drop kick from 30 yards out.
 One of Sweeny's attempts to get the ball into the net for three points at clip was disallowed. With the score 4 to 0 against them, the New Workers surprised the Irish visitors, and Maloney put over an easy point. The half ended 6 points to in favor of the Irish champions. with Dan Ryan carrying off the major honors with three ponits. Swecny. Fitzger- aid and Sheehy tallied one each.
 The tempo of the contest in the champinos did not seem fully pressed by the opposition afforded by the New York team, which scored one point midway in the half on an easy chance.
 The distance both teams kickers got from the round ball was surpris- ing as was the accuracy. The new York team committed the greater number of fouls, and the free kicks resulting were costly because the visitors were in the losers territory most of the time and points or dan gcrous ,scrimmages resulted.
 Champions Put on Pressure
 In the early part of the second half. New York really pressed Its op- ponents hard for the first time and before long Keogh put the ball over the bar for a point to make the then put on pressure and Sheehy tallied another point. But New York was not to be stopped.
 The native players took the play and out of one of the many scrim- ages, Keogh made a revolving back kick with two players hanging on him and put the ball into the net for 8 points to make the score 2 to E.. Soon after that Tuitc of New York took free kick from forty yards out.
 The ball hit pair of. outstretched hands in the scrimmage in front of the goal and went over the bar for another point. making the score 2 to 6. But Sheehy from difficult position. tallied another for the vis- itors. ra".f
 The battle was. evenly waged. the New York defence playing brilliant. ly. A free kick for rough play was l l,x, nny- I, if the bar for the Irishmen's ninth point. The game ended soon after wards. ,
 In the hurling game that preced- cd the football contest Tipperary defeated Offaly in good exhibition of this strenuous sport in which some of the players bat the ball dis- tances similar to long hits in base ball. Tipperary scored 4 goals and 3 points. 15 points all told, and O'FaIy made 5 points. ,.t5.
 The football lineup: ...... Kerry 0) ,+". New York (ey H,,it' ,v,oraan' s...'...1....... Eoberts Whitty. fb... .fb. Mangan conner, rb. ........: .rb, Ayres walsh, 1h. ..... .lh, Armitage O'Donnell, oh. ........ .ch, Collins !tussell, rh. ..... ..rh. McGoldrick J. Landers, lh. ....... .lh. Tuite 5rosman. c...... ...c. Shanahan otacK, C. ... ..c, Maloney ...- e 40-yd. man Doyle .....N.. .............. Flynn L. Landers, cf. ..cf, Mahon Ryan, rw. w..............r .rw. Jermyn Fitzgerald. lw. ...... .lw, Keogh Sweeny, IT. ........ .rf, Ormsby Sheehy, If. ....... If, 'Lenihan
 Goal-New York: Keogh, Points Kerry. Ryan 2. Sheehy 3, Stack. Sweeny. Fitzgerald. New York; Maloney, Keogh. Tuite. <,
 Feferee-Walsh. Time of halves