The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-31
SOCCER FANS
 HERE WORRIED
Poor Weather Again Deprives Them of Good GameS-0ther
 News From Gridiron.
By JOE BOOTH.

soccer cup ties of this state as both
 the games at Hartford and New Ha-
 ven Were called off owing to the snow
 covered grounds. The game at New
 Haven was called off early on Satur-
 day afternoon as at that time it was
 found impossible to play the game as the snow had ldGtfted on to the ground
 in several places to the tickness of lone yard. The Swedish team of this
 city were notified and the game called off through the state secretary. The conditions in Hartford were practically the same and both teams
 agreed to call off the game and the writer was notified on Saturday. Both these games will now have to be play
 ed on Sunday next and this postpone
 ment has now held up the competi-
 ton as the other teams cannot play until this rounds game are completed. The game that was to have been played at the Meadows between the Bridgeport City team and the Thistles of this city was also called off. the players were on the ground ready to play but the ground was in a bad condition and il was found unadvisa- i ble to play the game under the con ditions. The mana cement of the two teams decided to play the game on Sunday next.
 Very few soccerites know that the first team that Captain Santeson of the local Swedish team. played for
 was the Bridgeport Athletic team who three seasons ago were members of
 the Connecticut Amateur league. ]
 The Morse Dry Dock team now con- tains no less than seven of the mem 1 bers of last seasons Fall River Rovers
 team who were the fnalists of the l National Challenge cup competition. The Bridgeport Thistle team held a smoker last Tuesday evening and as l 1t was such a. great success, it is pro l posed to hold another one in the | course of 9 couple of weeks
 The Bethlehem Steel soccer team 1 will not he able to play any more l games with team outside the jurisdic- 1 ton of the Eastern district of Penn | sylvania without the permission Of that State association.
 l On account of the Eastern Penn ! syIvanfa district moguls desiring to | push soccer. to the limit among the 1 public schools. they have decided to award trophies to the winners of the 1 cham pionships. Quite different to ! the officials of this district where the i public schools officials do not approve | Of trophies.
 1 The Hartford United team has reg | istered Player George B. Williamson who was born iu the ca pitol city. This shows that the club is introducing new blood in it's team.
 The Manchester team has secured : the services of several professional players and all these will be availa bIe
 for the game while the Swedish team
 will have the use of five of the Hart ford United team for this game. The latter team did not enter the co1npe-
 tition. The referee for this game will be Bobby Rae of this city and it will be certainly a great game to test the abilities of this capa ble official
 The Bethlehem F. c. and the Bricklayers and Masons of Chicago met today at the Lehigh Stadium. South Bethlehem. in the western
 semi-final game of the National ChaI- Ienge Cup Competition. The Bethle- hems are the present holders of the trophy which carries with it the championship of the United States. The Morse team was eliminated from the \. F. A. competition by the Paterson team several weeks ago so they are out for revenge in tomor- \ big Brooklyn dry docks, has donated the services of the great Morse Dry Dock band of so pieces. acknowledged the peer of all Atlantic Coast ship
 yard and dockyard musical organlza- store for the fans.