The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23


 added another honor to its long list as on Sunday last 1t won the cham pionship of the National Football League by beating the Patterson team on tho latter's grounds by the odd goal in three. This was tho third time in loss than two months that the Bethlehcms have conquered the Pat terson team in the championship game as the first occasion was the final tic of the National Challenge Cup competition. By winning the national league championship, the bethlehem team has won the triple event of the country.
 Walter Healy, the ex-RridReport Rangers goalkeeper who has been the custodian for the Paterson team this season will he the proud possessor of threo medals this season as his team has been runners up'' in each of the triple events. Walter is one of the best Eoalkeepers i1 the country and seems to get better the older he gets-
 It has just taken the Morse Dry | Dock and the Robins Dry Dock teams four battles to decide the supremacy between the two teams and the right to enter the second round of the Southern New York State cup com petition. After one of the hardest fought battles ever seen in the metro politan district on Sunday last the Morse team managed to get the yer dict by the onlY goal scored. The winners will now play the NewburEh team in the second round and this game Is of local interest to soccer ites as several Bridgeport soccer stars are playing with the Newburgh team including Satterwaite. Fildes, Kiiroy. Wilson and McManus-
 Tfdmarsh scored a couple of goals for the Thistle team on Sunday against the Hartford Swedes. both goals were scored from penalty kicks while Rozenweig the Thistle Eoalie saved a penalty kick taken by De Laney.
 The Eastern Pennsylvania and Dis trict Football association have made a proposition whereby to foster SOC cer among the schoolboys of their locality and have decided to award trophies, and the school authorities have accepted the offer. In Bridge port the same thing happened but the school atheltbc league refused the offer. Some difference.
 Arthur Thompson. n well known soccer player and supporter of this city who was recently discharged from the Canadian forces, and who for the past few weeks has been working in Pennsylvania has been spending the past few days with his many friends in this city.
 Tt IS stated on good authority that the Bridgeport City team next season will have a far stronger team than ever represented the team in previous seasons. Efforts will be made to enter the team in the National Football league and bring into the city strong teams from other ceuters. This is good news for the followers of the favoritc winter pastfne here.
 large crowd of Bridgeport soc- cer rooters made the trip to South Manchester Sunday to witness the final lie of the State Cup competi- ton between the Bridgeport City team and the Manchester outfit
 Bridgeport will be without a soccer game next Sunday as the city team will be in New Haven tackling the Winchester team. while the Tf1istles will be in Hartford playing the second game with the Swedes of that city, This will be the first Sunday for three months that the city has been without an important soccer game.
 Secretary Drake of the Hartford and District league stated last week that it was impossible for him to schedule any league games in that district owing to cup ties. He said the public were cup-tie crazy at the pres- ent time and that it was doing the game a deal of good there.
 Without Ton, Cabtu at +ba hr. of the United States Football As sociation would be like a kite with out a tail.
 Bridgeport now has two grand old men of soccer in Arthur Stead and Tom Wilson. No matter how severe the weather, you will always find them on hand. The cup final in Fall River eeveral weeks ago was not too far for them, and like a bad penny they turned up at the unexpected moment.
 Bridgeport has certainly got come good lady rooters for the game and there is just as much rivalry among them as there is among the men.
 There is a certain class of rooters in this city whose principal object fs to abuse the referee and pick out all his faults It would do these per- sons a great deal of good if they were 10 go on the field themselves and try and take charge of a game. A refer es is certainly the most abused ofi- cia1 of all.
 The United States Football asso- citation are heartily in favor of play ing annna1 international games with tho Canadian Football association The decision was arrived at when the delegates of the various state assoeIa- tions met fin Chicago last week for their annual convention.
 The "Giorna1e d'Ita1ia' contains the report of a lively soccer game played during the war on the Italian front between British and Italian team which resulted in a tie. Dur ing play numerous Austrian shells fell quite close. but so interested were tho arad that fhav