In 1954, Ring was placed in exhibition mode, a role he was somewhat uncomfortable with, when Cork met New York at the city’s Polo Grounds. “Last Sunday, hurling’s greatest star showed New Yorkers why he is Babe Ruth of Ireland. “Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring is a balding, 33-year-old Irishman with a broad back, strong legs and hands that could choke a bear. “What Ring does so well is play a game that at first glance looks like field hockey, but which resembles field hockey about as much as a Mercedes-Benz resembles a Baker Electric. Cork won 29-19, as Ring demonstrated his genius to the full satisfaction of 30,000 Irish-Americans in the Polo Grounds, which, praise be, nestles under Coogan’s Bluff.

Source: Irish Examiner October 30, 2020 12:30 UTC