The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
Soccer Season Here Is
 A Financial Success;
 Locals Showing Good
Attendance Has Been SEostIy encouraging Because Teams Have Always Given Their Best
By JOE BOOTH.

IL cah De r1Shtully said at this time 'iial the soccer year has been a most | successful one in every way Particu- iarly profitable has the season bean Tor the local aggregations which b.v. iurnlshed the sports in this section with an unusually fine brand of soc Ief- ne patronage, with the war over, haS oeeh all that could have been
 asked and in many cases the most Iib- eral expectations of enthusiastic fans
 nave been exceeded in the point of
 attendance. | Local soccer fans are still discus- sing with much enthusiasm the sboy ing the Bridgeport City team mads l aSalnst the Thistles in their game at seaside Park Sunday. More than .ooO peeple sat through two solid hours l or excitement, for 1t was one of the finest exhibitions of soccer ever seen
 III thls district. The game brought to
 an end the final round of the Spring Cup competition, the Citys finaIIy
 winning by the score of three goals | to two eS l The Thistles played great hall | throughout the game and were the | petter team on the days play and
 TOT three parts of the game they were
 ieaolhs Tn the score. The City team
 vas certainty lucky to be able 10 call | themselves champions as if wAs nn+ i | they equalized the score owin zEo rid
 marsh handling the ball in.>e penalty area and Dowdau equaliztd the score. | ana caused two extra periods of 15 l minutes each to be played to decide.
 the tie. It was in these extra periods
 that the City team gained the upper
 hand and scored the winning goal. | The Bridgeport City team lacked
 the services of both Drinwkater and
 Pohlmann who failed to turn up. and the management of the team is at | a loss to know as to why they should treat the team in this manner espe- cially in final tie. Stamford and Carr filled their places. On the This
 tie side Kilroy was missing and Mo | Call came into the team.
 The game was tip and go durinq the whole two hours that the game was in progress and with the power fuI sun blazing down on the players | It was certainly hard work but there
 was a lot at stake and the players | did not seem to mind. both sides were out for victory. Early in the game. the
 Th1stles were dangerous as a fine shcr from Jock" Griffin almost brought about the downfall of the City goal as Calliss was fortunate in saving The Thistles kept up the attack and | it seemed only a question of time when they would open the scoring once OGrady was almost through but Jones came to the rescue in the | nick of time and saved the situation
 The City players next attacked and
 after some fine passing between Shaw | Dowdall and Harrison, the last nam ed sent in shot that just went wi5e | of the goal. Midfield play followss.i . | for the next ten minutes each sido striving to get the upper hand. Finally the Thistles forwards came away in a body and O'Grady gettfng
 n good position, let fly and sent in terrific shot that Calliss failed to hold and the first goal of the game was scored. Both defenses put up a great exhibition after this score and prevented the opposing forwards from
 scoring. The goalkeepers also played
 great game and in no way were
 they to blame for any of the goal that were scored. At the interval the ! Thistles were leading by the only goal scored.
 In the second half 1t was evident hat the Thistles meant business and were out to keep the goal lead and for the first fifteen minutes they were
 in the vicinity of the City goal, being awarded corner after corner but the City defense, especially Jones, pre-
 vented them from scoring. Finally the
 City forwards got going and some finer
 combination was witnessed and Logan
 getting possession from a pass by
 Shaw, beat a couple of opponents and sent in shot that beat Resenzwefg.
 and hit the far upright and bounced
 into the goal, equalizing the score. 4
 Hardly had the game been restarted
 when the Thistles again took the lead
 IS they were awarded a corner kick
 and the ball was beautifully centeredk and going to Jack Stamfogd who df-
 to1 l,.. -
 scored against his team. This was cer-s
 tain1y hard luck for Jack as he had
 played a good game throughout
 After the second reverse, the City
 forwards played a great game and
 tried hard to equalize the score but
 the play of Tidmarsh and Wagner at
 backs for the Thisles will long be re- membered as they put up a great game and were quite impregnable. Ten min
 utes from time the City team scored
 a fine goal but the referee declared
 DowdaI offside when he was behind
 the ball. It was fair and square goal
 but the referees decision is final and
 the City team were compelled to abide by his decision although thsfe was great dispute
 It caused the City team to plav better. but the Thistle defense was unbeatable and it was not until three minutes from time that the equalizer came as Tidmarsh unfortunately hnn@s dled the ball in effecting a clearances and Referee Miller had no option but to award penalty kick from whic6 Dowdall scored. sS
 The score being a tie the State association rules called for extra per-
 iods, and the game was restarted amid great excitement The first ffyas minutes were sensational as the C4ty players made great attack on t1IH; Thistles goal and Hirst and Dowdait both had great opportunities and both narrowly missed scoring A third St4 tempt. however. resulted in the x4I&~s s ming goal being scored as Htl1y 4h9yr taking advantage of a niptafe {
 Wagner. scored fine goal. From k{l{1 x period to the end the ThistIe6 mi
 desperate attempts to ecore but {1
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