The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-02
Soccer Teams Will Furnish the Attraction at Mead ows on Next Sunday Ali ternoon-Other News.
By JOE BOOTH.

~ One of the finest soccer games of the season as far as this state is con- cerned is the one that is to be staged when the Bridgeport City and the Manchester teams will meet in the first game of the final round of the Budd Cup competition. Home and home games are to be played and the first game between these teams is the one to be played Sunday while the last and deciding game will be played at South Manchester on May 18th
 In the first round of the competition the Manchester team eliminated the Hartford Swedish team after two hard and strenuous battles while in the semi-f1na1 round the Thistles of this city were beaten in both games. The Bridgeport City team had bye in the first round and were drawn to play the Swedish team of this city i'll the semi-f1nal game, the first game re- suited in a victory by 90 and in the second game an unfortunate terrnin- ation occurred as the Swedes walked off the ground four minutes from time, forfeiting the game.
 Sunday will bring together the best teams in the State as both have proved to be the strongest in their respective sections. The local team is the strong est around the southern part of the state while the Manchester team has always held the leadership in the up- state section. Both teams will be out in full force and the local team will have to place it's strongest team in the field to overcome the silk City" team who are regarded as the best cupfight- CTS in the state
 The locals will have in their team. Charlie Drinkwater who has just re- turned from France and all that know Charlie. will admit that he is one of the best defenders in the country. What the teams will be will not be known until tomorrow even- ing when the two teams will appear In The Times Farmer" the official soccer paper of the state. The referee for the game will be Jimmy Miller of New Haven who holds the honor of being the president of the Con nectfcut State Football association.
 It Is reported that Thomas H. Beg nall, of Harrison, N. J., who was treasurer of the United States Foot ball Association, last season, and who lost his position on account of the national body making a rule to the effect that none only American citi- zens shall hold the offices of the na- tional body, will be present at the an nual meeting of the U. s. F. A on the 15-16 day of May at Chicago as the delegate of the Southern New York State football association.
 Bagna1 created a great sensation at last seasons annual meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa, when he termed the citizenship papers of this country as mere scarps of paper" He is well known in this city as it was his de- cision that robbed the Bridgeport City team of the championship of the New York State league last season.
 When the Bridgeport City team played the Bridgeport Rangers team three seasons ago at the Brewster Street ground. the following was the lineup: Calliss, goal; Drinkwater and Todd, backs; Forsyth, Ffndley and Kelly, ha1f-backs; Waite, Satterwaite. Austin, FfIdes and HeppinstaH, for wards. Only Calliss appeared in the City team last week who took part in that memorial game out Black Rock as the rest of the players have departed as follows: Drinkwater, has just returned from Overseas as has Waite, but the latter has retired from the game.