Magazine of Sports and Games Cup

The Magazine of Sports and Games Cup (in Czech: pohár redakce "Sportu a her"; German: Sport a Hry Pokal) was an early bandy/hockey competition staged in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bohemia.
It was first played in 1903-04.Počátky hokejové hry u nás
==Champions==
HC Slavia Praha - History
*1903-04: SK Slavia Praha
*1904-05: SK Slavia Praha 
*1905-06: appears not played
*1906-07: AC Sparta Praha
*1907-08: SK Slavia Praha
*1908-09: AC Sparta Praha
==Known results==
;1903-04
Participating teams: SK Slavia Praha A, SK Slavia Praha B, SK Smichov, Veslarsky (Ruder) Klub Slavia Praha, I. CLTK Praha. The games were played at Letna field in two periods of 30 minutes each.
*January 1, 1904: SK Slavia Praha A 20 - SK Slavia Praha B 0 (9:0, 11:0)
*January 3, 1904: SK Smichov 7 - VK Slavia Praha 2 (5:1, 2:1)
*January 3, 1904: SK Slavia Praha A 6 - I. CLTK Praha 1 (3:0, 3:1)
*January 6, 1904: SK Slavia Praha A 12 - SK Smichov 1
*January 6, 1904: I. CLTK Praha 13 - VK Slavia Praha 2
*January 10, 1904: I. CLTK Praha 5 - SK Smichov 0 (3:0, 2:0)
*January 10, 1904: VK Slavia Praha 6 - SK Slavia Praha B 2 (2:0, 4:2)
*January 24, 1904: SK Slavia Praha A 21 - VK Slavia Praha 0 (12:0, 9:0)
*January 24, 1904: I. CLTK Praha 9 - SK Slavia Praha B 0 (6:0, 3:0)
*January 31, 1904: SK Smichov 4 - SK Slavia Praha B 2
SK Slavia A winning roster:
*Goaltender – Vopalecký; Defensemen – Baumruk (also played on the wing) – Masaryk; Halfback – Jechental; Forwards – Semanský – Krýs – Kindl - Stána (alternated with Baumruk on the wing).
;1904-05
The January 6, 1905, issue of the Prager Tagblatt listed the following teams as participants in the "Prager Eishockeypokal" (Sport a Hry Pokal): SK Smichov I, SK Smichov II, I. CLTK Praha (I. Lawn Tennis Klub), SK Slavia Praha A, SK Slavia Praha B, Lawn Tennis Cercle SK Slavia, Ruderklub Slavia, AC Sparta Praha. According to Slavia's website, they finished first, ahead of I. CLTK Praha and SK Smichov. 
*January 15, 1905: SK Smichov I 10 - SK Slavia Praha B 3
*January 15, 1905: I. CLTK Praha 7 - SK Smichov II 3
*January 19, 1905: SK Slavia Praha A 23 - Lawn Tennis Cercle 1Historie - LTC Praha
*January 19, 1905: SK Slavia Praha A 11 - SK Slavia Praha B 2
*January 21, 1905: SK Smichov I 12 - Lawn Tennis Cercle 0
*January 21, 1905: SK Slavia Praha II 16 - SK Smichov II 1
*January 22, 1905: SK Slavia Praha A 9 - SK Smichov I 2
*January 22, 1905: AC Sparta Praha 9 - Lawn Tennis Cercle 0
*January 26, 1905: SK Smichov II 10 - Lawn Tennis Cercle 3
*January 26, 1905: I. CLTK Praha 6 - SK Slavia Praha A 4
*January 28, 1905: Lawn Tennis Cercle - SK Slavia Praha B
*January 28, 1905: I. CLTK Praha - SK Smichov I
*January 29, 1905: SK Smichov II - SK Slavia Praha B
*January 29, 1905: I. CLTK Praha - AC Sparta Praha
;1905-06
Eight teams entered the competition: SK Smichov, SK Smichov II, Lawn Tennis-Club, Slavia Praha, Slavia Praha II, LTC Praha, Ruderclub Slavia, and AC Sparta Praha. The cup was not played due to a mild winter preventing hockey activities in Prague. 
;1906-07
Seven teams participated: I. CLTK Praha, Ruch, Sparta Praha, Akademicky SK, Slavia Praha, Smichov, Ceska Lawn Tennis Cercle (LTC). The competition was played in a round-robin format. Sparta won the competition as they tied once, whereas Slavia lost a game (to Sparta). 
*December 25/26, 1906: AC Sparta Praha 7 - I. CLTK Praha 7
*December 25/26, 1906: AC Sparta Praha 32 - Akademicky SK 0
*December 25/26, 1906: I. CLTK Praha 9 - Ruch 4
*December 25/26, 1906: SK Slavia Praha 10 - Smichov 2
*December 25/26, 1906: SK Slavia Praha 10 - LTC Praha 6
*December 25/26, 1906: Ruch - Akademicky SK (Forfeit)
*December 30, 1906: Smichov 7 - Ruch 1
*December 30, 1906: AC Sparta Praha 8 - LTC Praha 2
*December 30, 1906: SK Slavia Praha 7 - I. CLTK Praha 3
*January 1, 1907: I. CLTK Praha - Smichov 
*January 1, 1907: AC Sparta Praha 5 - SK Slavia Praha 4 (1:1, 4:3)
*January 27, 1907: AC Sparta Praha 8 - SK Smichov 0 (7:0, 1:0)
;1907-08
The December 30, 1907, issue of the Prager Tagblatt listed the following teams as participants in the Sport a Hry Pokal: Cechie Karolinenthal, Novomestsky SK, Bohmische Realschule, Slavia (2 teams), Sparta (4 teams). No mention was made of DEHG Prag, who later played in some "Sport a Hry" matches. 
*January 6, 1908: SK Slavia Praha 25 - Bohmische Realschule 0 
*January 6, 1908: Novomestsky SK 11 - Cechie Karolinenthal 10 (6:5, 5:5) 
*January 6, 1908: SK Slavia Praha comb. 16 - Novomestsky SK 0 (8:0, 8:0) 
*January 12, 1908: Bohmische Realschule 4 - DEHG Prag 2
*January 12, 1908: SK Slavia Praha 15 - Ruch 1 (5:1, 10:0)
*January 12, 1908: DEHG Prag 30 - Cechie Karolinenthal 0 (18:0, 12:0)
*January 12, 1908: AC Sparta Praha 28 - Novomestsky SK 0 (15:0, 13:0)
*January 19, 1908: Bohmische Realschule - Novomestsky SK
*January 19, 1908: SK Slavia Praha - Cechie Karolinenthal 
*January 25, 1908: 'DEHG Prag - Ruch - walkover
*February 8, 1908: DEHG Prag - AC Sparta Praha (appears to note that Sparta would then face Slavia on the 9th. Also states that DEHG was in third place in the cup, but that the ranking could change depending on the outcome of the match against Sparta)
;1908-09
*January 1, 1909: SSK Olympia 3 - Cechie Karolinenthal 3
*January 1, 1909: AC Sparta Praha 4 - Akademicky SK 3
*January 1, 1909: SK Slavia Praha 26 - Union Zizkov 1
*January 1, 1909: SK Slavia Praha 16 - Zimni Sportklub 2
*January 2, 1909: SK Smichov 14 - Meteor Vinohrady 0 (8:0, 6:0)
*January 2, 1909: SK Slavia Praha 15 - SK Slavia Praha II 0
*January 2, 1909: AC Sparta Praha 13 - Novomestsky SK 1 (3:0, 10:0) 
*January 3, 1909: SK Slavia Praha 10 - Zimni Sportklub 3 (3:1, 7:2)
*January 24, 1909: Cechie Karolinenthal 2 - SSK Olympia 1
*January 24, 1909: SK Smichov 4 - Cechie Karolinenthal 1
*January 31, 1909: AC Sparta Praha 6 - SK Smichov 1
*January 31, 1909: Akademicky SK 7 - Novomestsky SK 2
*AC Sparta Praha 16 - Novomestsky SK 0
==Contemporary accounts==
Prager Tagblatt 1-6-05.png|The January 6, 1905, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 1-16-05.png|The January 16, 1905, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 1-27-05.png|The January 27, 1905, edition of the Tagblatt.
Prager Tagblatt 12-27-06.png|The December 27, 1906, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 12-31-06.png|The December 31, 1906, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 1-2-07.png|The January 2, 1907, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 12-30-07.png|The December 30, 1907, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 1-7-08 (6).png|The January 7, 1908, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 1-12-08.png|The January 12, 1908, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 1-13-08.png|The January 13, 1908, edition of the Tagblatt.
Prager Taglbatt 1-27-08.png|The January 27, 1908, edition of the Tagblatt.
Narodni listy 1-1-09.png|The January 1, 1909, edition of the Narodni listy.
Prager Tagblatt 1-2-09.png|The January 2, 1909, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Narodni listy 1-2-09.png|The January 2, 1909, edition of the Narodni listy.
Narodni listy 1-4-09.png|The January 4, 1909, edition of the Narodni listy.
Prager Tagblatt 1-4-09.png|The January 4, 1909, edition of the Tagblatt. 
Prager Tagblatt 2-1-09.png|The February 1, 1909, edition of the Tagblatt. 
==Sources==
*Prager Tagblatt newspaper
*Prager Abendblatt newspaper
==Credits==
Special thanks to Patrick H. for supplying information on the 1903-04 tournament. 
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