The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-06
Enlistment of
Entire Teams
nSomeC Cases
Because Of DeScents, This
Sport Was Affected More
Than Any Other

Soccer football has been MI harder
food Of Young men into he nations
service Thif. iof many months the con.
tsuti0u Of leading authorities ln soccer
in this country. IL borne out By the early
I returns from Ill sections Of the county
In response 10 an appeal Issued from
the office In this city Of Thomas W.
Footssr ss%soci5uon. Tor tbs names Of
those soccer players who have gone into
the nghting ranks
n the ration indicated IN the first
tso score lets 10 reach Secretary CHhlll
Il sustained, " will be shown that
from among tho 1850 players " APP
In the United States. before this coun-
I tD's entrance into thr war more than
"a 1909 etponenis ~ the kicking game
are iu government service. This would
mean hat considerably more than 1000
soccer eluhs have either been forced 10
disband for the duration Of the war or
70 no the places Of patriotic regular
players with players Of less experience
Some Gntifs Clubs Enlisted.
In some sections Of the country entire
clubs have Joined the colors. Reports
10 this effect have come from Chicago,
- Louis. Dallas and Buffalo. TIE
Dallas Soccer club Of the North Terhs
Soccer Football league recently o the
field aEalnst = powerful team represent
ms the Royal Flying corps. whose ayla-
ton school fields are ~nelghborinK with
the third eleven organized 60 represent
Dallas this season. by early December
the entire Dallas club that started the
teanon In September had gone 10 war
The last remaining member Of = sec
ond team that represented Dallas IN
midvlntet. Joined the eolors tho first
week an March.
AmonE the dozens Of nationally proml-
nent clubs 10 dlshand temporarily on
account Of the trek Of players Into army
and navy were the Cleveland Thlstles
and the Brooklyn Celtics
Because nearly half Of the assocla-
ton footbsllers In the United States are
Canadian. Irish, Scotch or English born,
Or descended from such stock. soccer
football felt the effects Of the war long
before the entrance Of this country into
the catAclytm. Clubs In cities adjacent
20 Canada were particularly affected a.
early A. the isit-'iB football season.
II IL a strange fact that clubs In
New England. where the percentage or
subjects Of Great Britain IL great, we're
leAs Affectsd-ihdeed, even nov are not
% hard pressed to cwsin.Sln team
Cleveland. Rochester and other cities
where the Canadian population - fair
~ large and from which Il II but a
short trip 10 a Canadian recruiting point
Many Portuguese players.
There IL. too. a surprisingly large mum
Der Of soccer players in the United
States born in Portugal, Italy or one OF
another Of the Scandinavian countries
I The Joliet Oll) Steel Football club,
which meets Bethlehem (Pa-) Football
club In the western semi-final OF the
/ national challenge cup competition At
Bethlehem, ID made up largely OF portu,
- lNa nkA .naN.W0 49, NnaI
In the national competition Ia 10 be
4 played pest Saturday at West Lynn,
Mass. the national champion Fail River
Royers and the Lynn Hibernlans being
the participating clubs. Referee William
Taylor Of Boston wv oficlate at this
game
Benefit gpmes are being played In
many cities this month 20 swell the chain
letter soccer football fund, directed by a
e. s. r. A. committee. which has sup
pied hundreds Of balls, goal nets and
other soccer p~Araphernalia 10 army and
n v camps over here and over there,
Fortunately for soccer, the army shoe
with It's broad. blunt toe Ia almost as
good as the specially constructed kick
Ing shoe. and the association game has
gained vide favor In all service camps
this past winter.
The first Y. 2 y A. president, DR., a.
Randolph Manning Il now Captain Man
ming OF the medical corps, attached to
the Sssth field artillery. Camp Custer,
Battle Creek. Mich, Captain Manning
was Transferred recently from Fort Ben
jSmin Harrison. Ind, to Camp Custer.
Seven members OF the first inter
national soccer team from this country,
which scored successive triumphs In
NnvVuaV aud EWaAHn In thu anmmHF NJ
1916. are In the national service. Charles
Ellis. a forward, well known TO New
York soccer fans, Is In the aviation
branch
Ernest vfberE, a member ~ the Y. s
r A. national council has enlisted In the
l.. s n. submarine service. Having been
a torpedo expert In the Swedish navy
SINE years ago, Niberg was given the
rating OF chief boatswAlu's mate, with
the mark OF expert torpedo pointer.
The annual meeting Of the Y. g r A.
council probably viii be held In the mid
that Cleveland. Detroit and Pittsburgh,
in addition 10 Chicago, have asked 10
play host TO the football legislators, The
last meeting was held at Boston.
Z. s F A. President p. J. Peel Of
tNlc0kO mas Olleftu n trophy TOT inv
army camp soccer team making the best
showing this season. An attempt was
made to arrange an intercamp competl-
ton, but the plan, while meeting with
the support OF army athletic authorities,
was found impracticeble and the project
abandoned.
wv -
Berlin or Bust is a mighty poor
slogan unless it is backed up literally
with Liberty Bonds.