The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-14
SOCCER MEN
 MAY REVISE THE RULES
Public School Code May Be
 Subjected to Change-Other - Late News of the Gridiron.
By JOE BOOTH.

By JOE BOOTH.
 The annual general meeting of the Bridgeport Public School Soccer Lea gue was hold last evening in the reoms of the Board of Recreation when great discussion followed re- garding the rules of the league for next season. The officials of the league have worked hard for the game for the past five seasons and after great diversity have put the game on Q sound basis without interference. Now that the game has taken a great hold on the boys, the Public School Ath- letlc association which consists of sev- eral principals Of the grammar schools, have stepped In and state that they are to control the sport and have laid down laws that are to injure the game from a professional standpoint.
 These new rules were discussed full ly and the secretary was instructed to get in touch with the Athletic committee and ask for several alter ations. The most important one Is in reference to the playing season, the Athletic committee states that eight weeks Is long enough to play the game whereby the game is played for eight months of the year in practically all parts of the country. The Athletic committee wants the season to start about the end of September and fin ish by Thanksgiving Day. This, in the Soccer committees opinion, is not long enough to complete the long schedule Of games that are arranged. The Athletic committee also debar any games from being played or Thanksgiving Day, whereas games hi hnl fnr the past five seasons with success The Soccer committee desires to play games on the morning of this day.
 Several other important rules and points are disagreed upon and the whole situation is now in dispute unti
 the Athletic committee meets again With the questions still deadlocked it was decided not to proceed with the election of officers at the present
 time and another meeting will be called as soon as the Athletic com
 mittee has met. For the good of the
 game and the welfare of the boys
 1t is to be hoped that a settlement
 can be arrived at within the nex few days A fuli report will be pub. lshed in the Times during the lat ter part of the week.
 Tomorrow afternoon the curtain will be drawn in soccer football cir cles in this state when the Bridgepor' City and the Bridgeport Thistles vii meet in the final round of the Spring Cup Competition. In order to advertise the game for next season the manage ment of both teams have agreed to play the game at Seaside Park so as tC get a large crowd to witness the game The City team has already won the H.. rfr,v, q the State Cup Competition severa weeks ago and are out tomorrow tc win the double event of the state which it has done on two previous oc | casions.
 The Spring Cup Competition ha: been in existence for the past efgh seasons and was first won by the olc Bridgeport Thistle team in the veal of 1912 when the Ansonia team wa! | defeated in the final round, in the following season, the latter team made amends for it's previous failure b1 | winning the trophy which was repeat | ed two seasons afterwards when th' New Haven team was defeated al | Hotchkiss Field In the year 1914. th' l New Haven team managed to win thu trophy while in the seasons of 191t I and 1917 the Bridgeport City team
 succeeded in lifting the trophy Las l season owing to the war, there wa! l a great scarcity of soccer teams aDt the trophyq was ont competed for. The Bridgeport City team is thi season out to win the trophy so as te make it three times in succession 1 but the followers of the Thistle tean
 are confident that history will repeal I itself and the performance Of etgh seasons ago will be repeated and thu
 Thistle team will succeed in springint a surprise upon the favorites.
 l Tho game is arousing the greates | of interest fin the state owing to thu l two teams playing a goalless tie gam | last Sunday at the Meadows but th' management of both teams are con-
 fident of success tomorrow and hart and interesting game should be the re suit, Being the last game of the sea
 son both teams will play hard 10,
 final honors and as each has larg' following it should rank ns one of thu | best games of the season.
 l A meeting of the Cup and Interna tfonaI committee of the Connecticu | State Football association will be heit this evening in ths rooms of the Boarf | of Recreation at 7;30 P M.. when al 1 the final arrangements for the seasof | will be completed and all will be se for the annual general meeting of th' sfats association which is expected ti
 be called in two weeks time,
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