Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-16
rs;ng With About Eighteen
4sau,s, the Competition No'o
Hr Thirty.eighs Entries; Or.
.u,ized in 1909
~ noryGLAs STEWART

X syNHuis wv -,
',xHERE are three soccer cup compe.
u,,ons in the United States Football
Ss.s"istjon with the same standing as
. St:te association. These are the
Css;csn Football Association OF New
.r The Allied Amateurs Cup Com:
..:s;.n Of philadelphia and the Feel
aiisnse Cup Competition OF Chicago
X reason Of certain restrictinns I'm;
"a by the United states footoa !
Il k.cciation on the activlties OF tne
s.S,ican Football Association its
'!sSsre Of action has decreased cons,a.
XII. and the Allied Amateur CUP
crnetition has become the Iareest OF
=" three It is the only competitlon p IN
~ limited States which ~ Limited 90
Fscsteurs, and can, OF course. Only
sssrste in Eastern PennsyWan. .r ~
I ~ been in existence wtnout oreaH
~ ~. winners and runners.up for each
~ since 1t started:
-c.%S!.nsI.., %..nsTI psSliadspSis Electric.
k3i-Tsitsiii, v'cfss.;n
RS3Isss'%ys!:; %y.:; kksiaii..ss'pha. kia.sssS'
!NsEPPSut!rIssamm' Y. II. L. Ascension
MS:;s,Ss%n Ss:S 4, ss;S a. >. s.l!: N:v York ship.
js-M'Tssnssa' js--s! e =: DSs:;SsS;,, ;.S,,, Wanderers. (
i's,- =, .ss teams mentioned above, Phila.
~ Electro. Victor. Linwood. Hi'
ssn. West philadelphia and Mer'
S.a. Sh;n b have passed out OF exist
es' sa The remaining are all ACTIVE.
%.s.,.bstanding this, no one team nas
~ss ~Ss" The championship more than once
rhs Wanderers soon once aud
!, ...,c runners. UP ttotce; Fails nccer
4 ~. buf ,pere runners-up ftcIce:
4, 49, %1scrnsion hare ICON once and mere
y ..~s.rs.un once, ds tDerc Bcthte-
Hsm. West Philadelphid.
x.u,usway First Head
when this Cup Compet,tion was OF.
\ s,nised in 1909 there were tns
. ~ Pennsylvania League, interstate
i1asue, Allied League. supHruan mhua
fSssue and st. Georges League. ihese
vss no definite governing Dooy tnen'
cach league having its own ruies. MAJ. MAJ
| sssrs had great difficulty, IN hanaians
thsir players. who would jump .,,,u,t muM
4 An,.S ouv Them. The Cup Competition
,o.H s,oos,S.d The situation to some extent
cIb III .ba necessity of an administrative
SeSy became obvious.
~ Shs Allied Association was formed.
ntinv in ali the other leagues except
~ Pennsylvania circuit, which held
- a little longer, since It was the
%...t descendant Of the Union and
xWsS Association, in existence
Decade before. ,u
- the president and secretary, and
Cvh a capable board, two of whom
49, John B, Farrell, present presi.
80 Of the Allied, and William Pa :
- the nresent secretary of the East.
- District, the competition started
S;th about eighteen clubs in its entry
-. and has continued with ever in
s,Scdns numbers until this season the
ssE,y list covers thirty Eight teams.
III OF the important and strong
4 Ems have from year to year entered
4 ~ competition. This season Is no
sssaptiori. since among those entered
I. n Ascension, last seasons champion {;
n Tsirhill. the runner-up: Wolfenden'
mare. Disston, Marshall Il. Smith.
u pnritsn. Viscose, Fleisher, Hardwick
4 n Masee. Glen Social. Autocar, Kay
~ood, Nativity and other strong com.
blSations. .
Rl Almost ann one Of these teams
hoks oood enough to hold or beat
\ L ~ other and forecastin0 cup toin.,
Nsrs u not a safe and sane propo'
/ ttion.
Many Upsets :,
I'M 1911 the Victor team. a collection
b. good players, which had won every
kame It played, was defeated In the
hal Tor the cup by Fairhill, which was
Supposed to be beaten before It went on
IL ae,d. In 1913 the pisston juniors.
comparatively raw aggregation. beat
\ he Bethlehem team. and in 1914 put
The Victrix all-star team out Of the
eompetition. In 1915 Putnam was
locked upon as q sure winner. yet Puri-
tan came along and upset the dope. In
1920 Puritan was regarded as the win =
\ ming team. yet St. Carthage with only a
knitting chance put them out.
This year teams like Ascension, Puri.
J I'm, Fleisher and WOlfenden Shore are
/ hard to beat ON their homo grounds,
while they seem to lose strength when
playing on other grounds. The luck Of
lAs draw will not. to any extent, at.
lsct Marshall e. Smith. Fairhill. Diss.
ten Saw, Viscose, Hardwick & Magee,
Qasn Social, Palethorp or Haywood.
A. a matter Of fact, the peculiar
conditions affecting cup ties make II
., sWty.ffty proposition all through.