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In the World of Sport f3- lt;IV' William .1. Purcell - •JOK CX S11 ET AL()nr night last week we met Joe Cush. Jre is the captain and star player lot the Pittsburgh Gaelic Football Team, which defeated th« Cleveland performers at Greenlee Field last Sunday afternoon. He's an interesting young man. and was finally persuaded to talk a 1 little about hiniself It seems that there are only two things that interest Joe, and they are the depression and Gaelic football.1 lie Irish who li\e in Vmeriea like baseball, football, tennis and all the other sports of their adopted land, lint more than that, saxs .loe, thex want to see Gaelic sports, such as hurling, lush football, and such. Cush seem* to have the right idea, lor the spectators Sunday were pleased with Itud Boyle's venture, and are asking lor more. According to Boyle, additional \entures into tin* held of flu* Irish sports are being planned.J o Cush has been in the I’nited States for just three years. He ; came here diimtig the depicssioir. he says, and is wondering when it‘11 l*e over Hut since the depression isn’t by any means any form of spurt, we hnal\ managed to have Joe tell about his exploits as a member of the championship County Tyrone team in Erin, some five years ago. Center-half. Joe's position, is the most important post on an lush grid aggregation, and Joe plays it very well. He outplayed hi i Forest City opponents Sunday, and was easily one of the best men on the Held. Cush won many medals back in Ireland for his | sterling play during his junior days, and was well on his way to national repute In*fore lie crossed the* ocean, just to run into the depression, as he* constantly reminded us.1 ben* niai In* more Gaelic football in Pittsburgh, for the Irish arc* interested. 1 lie lt;lex eland manager told us Sunday that a 0.000 crowd is expected at a game that will bo held In tin* Uikeside stadium next month, and that surely indicates that inte rest is running high in the nation-wide revival of the athletic contests of Old Krill.
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Pittsburgh Catholic
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jul 27, 1933
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