-A lxuRutrucsEMt-FtNAL. SA1'L I{DA}-, I Ned Charvle and his men lsere slow to I settle down in the opening exchanges, and it I rvas only the sotnd goal-keeping of Jack I o'Brien that saved a number of dangerous I Treaty drives initiated b1' Dovle, rvho rvaq lilt*n* grest work for tfie eity- at midffold' ' WidJs followett at both ends before Ptddt' I Doyle and Pa Connolly pacerl the rvay for a determineil Treatr- drive, rrhich Nedtly Mc' Semi-Finatrs.Grath finishetl off $'ith a clever point-the opening score of the game. Replying rvith determination, Granagh took the lead rvith a JumonHunuxc AND goel, per John Fitzgernlcl. Alter Leahy acldeil n point lor the city meu. Granagh retalisted FoorsaI,r. rvith a similar score, per Mulla4e, and Ned Charvke followed. up rvith another point for the winners e fe\r miDutes later. Treoty Granagh counter'attscleil to secure a point, per tr'lana- and Sapfielas lYalsh' €&n, and before the intelval Packey lrom & touch'line shot, sent all the way to t5.,t.IL.Win. goal, W the Treaty net for & further GraDagh leaving the half.time score:- (Froon Oun Reporter), '0--3. Gnanagh,'Treaty 2-J; TreatYt Junior Hurlino: An early point from Bourke rras Granagh, 3-2; Treafy, 2-3. disallo*'ed owing to an in{ringement, but e J|*nior Football: subsequent sustaineil effort was rervartleil with S-arsfields,3-3; Ballyst een, 2-4. a goal, when Murphy inisheil off a clever and West shared the movement with a slbshing ball to the net' FAST honours & series ll when the semi-finals of the Co. The Treaty defence stood well up to L.imerick junior hurling and football of dangerous Granagh drives th&t {ollowecl' champioh6hipswere decidedat Adare Then Treaty took up the running, and Hogan on Sunday. The fixtures drew a large gave tho city men a point leatl t'ith a graud and representativegathering to the 9oel. Granagh, norv ffghting Rgeinst tjflre' picturesquevillage, and the splendid retaliated with all th&t vas in them anil e.nclosure was in perfect order for Pockey \tolsh, frorn otre of his choice touclr' the occasion, The-stewardinq.-and how- Iine pucks, dropped the leather in the sqtrore. ever, left much to 'be desired. en- fn the hectic scramble that ensued, the Grsn- croachments on the playing-field agh fott'ards movetl iu in a,mass offensive tended to accentuate a edupte of un- and suceeded, by sheer strength, in forcing pleasant scenes that more or less the ball into the Treaty llet for the tleciding marred two otherwise excellent score of the game. games. ft.$jln,"*trii:ii4i,#,;tir*j Inileeil, were it not for the intervention of l#":f*n;,"".:,"*#: $'ell kro\yn Claels such as Rev. E. Punch, "b.;*;".!Hi;: C.C.,_Chaiman, County Board, Rev. Father :!irgj, ;, Jtlhane, C.C., Rev. Fr. Kelly, C.C., and 1!Ir. i;?1;'.i.&,,",.'foralasrr;a?:, pails'r,:* 3ill Sheehan, Rathleale, it is doubtful if the i??1. "ii natches $'oultl have been flnished at all. "J?'1;",ili,1sf,"fr Soth matches ffnished in r&ther 'actory & unsatis- manner. In the hurling game the city men evidently refused to accept a, ruling of the referee near i5;;ifr}::r'"+*#_*q5 uhe end, and a number of the Tre&ty players qilin" "f: were threatening to leave the feld rvhen the H*".l:sF full-time *T \i'histle \r'es blotvn. A gereral nrelee ftifri#' follorveil, during the course of which even the ?eferee (Jim Roche, of Croom) had to de. fencl himself. ft was some time before the pitch could be cleared for the football semi- final and. ilarkness had practically falleu l.hen tr#rH$it;i,t'ffq':{ir the game eniled, also in a state ol confu:ion, *r"" with players sDd spectators taking part in a $l;1igi_*kg,"+" .*,r":r general mix-up. I{owever, it must be readily conceiled th&t duling the ectu&l progress of play in both games, the players acquitteil them- selves most creditably. The matches were, in fact, excoptionelly well contestecl, anil in hoth cases the issue rvas very much in tloubt tn to iffi;;tfi.lii,t#*-xr* the last miuute. *il?",-[lao," fn the hurling test the lA/estern channpions i,f,ffFi,,?t,r?: rg.al* were deserving winners, elthough they did not mainf&in -lhc folm sho$'r!_in the later stages of the divisional conpetition. On more then one occasion, indeed, they rrere sorely l' pressed by the city repr€sentatives, v,ho dis. # i**, played admirable dash trnd determination and +fl$i+*,p,-+,+'' continued to ffght the issue right up to tle t'rg'" end. At half-time Ned Chatvke,s men \\,ere l,l$il"'!li'"""1'" l' leading by 2-3 to 0-B for Treaty. A few "li'# miuutes from the end Treaty took the lead. .lt'rn"tnft!#""Ji","%Ll??ii1 by a point, snil it $'as only a last minute ,tlay goal thet saveal the for the Westerners. Ned and. Stephen Chawke, Packey Walsh, Mick Mullane, John Fitzgerald, Barry and Hannan did great rvork for the rvinners. r,ho s,ere also well served by Jack O'Brien, in goal, Gra. ham, Considine (,:oal), Connelly, Dofle, FIana- gan and McGrath rvere outstanding for Treoty. Sarsfelds, lvho rvere much the younger team, fully tleservecl their football victory, al. though they were extremel)'luckl to escape a last minute ilefeat at the hantls of the more experiencetl enil sttonger Bslll,,steen combination. The city lads started in a can- ter, end at half.time were leadins g_2 to 2-2 loP Balll'steen. Although Salsfields lrad much the better of the play in the second moiety, the Western nen maile a trallent last minute efrort to pull the fat out of the ffre, anil their ffnal effort was.frustrated only by the referee's whistle. It rvas a hectic end- ing to one of the best football games seen il the West ef the eount]' for manv vears. iltilil,1ilt I ll l ,uNloR HUR!-INGAT Gra ADAREt&/${P naSh-Batt in garflf o-rf inat At the Adare Gaeli6'/i"olta" oh Sundav lasf, before a large fi#fl!;,ffi#T j attendance, Granagh defeated Hd Croom in the Losers' GrouP of , - the West Limerick Junior lIurl- l*i""iffi,?i*i""ilf,?ly ;l,m I *,il: ing Championship (writes our Adare correspondent). .'Tbe same was well contested ind Granagh had the better of *'i?**ffiT'l,r}i* tlit' opening and were leading bY two -goals ht ttru interval. On r'esumption, Croom Pl?Yqd better hurling but their half rfu*s this i#'l,l*{,'t+::",=,.'s forward line was weak and i cost them a few scores. T?re flnal scores were:- Gran- agh.3 goals 4 poir-rts; Croom, 2 goals 1 point. i\llr. Michael Burke (Croagh- Kiifinny) refereed. Best for Granagh were Sheahan, Chawke' a-nd l{annan. while McDonnell, Regan broth'ers, and l{ennedY played well for Croom. .ODROM"TOURNAMENT ,9f',1,1qsn-Baliingarrv ... ... ... 4-I, rtueedy ,.. ... B-p, At-Dromcollogher Gaelic Grounds on Sunday last the season opened wlren .Granagh-Ba.llingarrv def-eated nrre.eoy tn the opening round of a Fassing local- nurllng tournament. In the of otd opening half the winners held. the i upp€r hand and led at the interval I e4 tn_e score, 4-1 to 1_1 for Kileedv. I ael d l.R.A, ]'he- losers played spirited hunlin-e I rn rhe second half and added Z I goals 1 point to rln Porntror.and t."".693,,;'tp".". _ a solitarv I an I WIN FOR GRANAGH- BALLTNGARRY/?61 I At Dronrcollogher on Sundav the junio.r county championships. I{e lholders, Granagih - Ballingarrv, became a member of the Irish Vol- lscored a welj-deserved victory unteers at an eaily aBe and took lover Feenagh in the West Lime- an active p,art in the fig.ht for irick Hurling Championship. The freedom, and was always ready lvrinners, -who led 3 goals a-nd 2 and willing to serve the cause of lpoints to 1 goal and 2 po,;ntc for' Ireland in any capacity. I{is iFeenagh-Ililmeedv a-t the interval, house was the meeting place for llvere e.t ail times the superior side the local Volunteer company. I:tis I and ihorlqh Fcenagh bettled in remains were removed to St. l splrifcd fashion they rvcre ttnnbie Joseph's Church, Granagh, aad ito come on level term i. Finsl the internment took place in ihe lscc're: Gra"nagh-BalllnsnrryJ 6-5', Fecnaeh-Kiimecdy. 3-4. nearby cemetery of Shananoha, i The coffin, draped in the tri-col- our together with the colours of the Granagh hurling club, was borne by some of his former f.B.A. j comrades and by past and present I members of the local hurling club, j who wished in this mannei to be I associated even in a small way I with one who took an active -Ire-pari I in the games of the GaeI and I land's fight for freedom. Prayers lat the graveside were said by'the Very Rev. P. Lyons, P.P., Ballin- Ealryi Rev. J. Sheehy, C.C., dol and Rev. Dr. Sadlier, C.C.. Gran- agh. I -q! 9l ?* I*:H"I,F Ner\.caFrir€ fvest on Sundal', Granagh de- lft"lt, feated Dromcollogher hy 2-8 tc cRANAGH cei 6/ut ncnn 0-{ in e lack lustre encounter, general Granagh are the title holclers At the recent annual have to im' G.A.A, but wili certainly rneeting of the Granagh prove sho$'ing if theY outgoinB chairms,n, on this Club, the ' retain the title.