Bethlehem Booster
February 17, 1919
MERCHANT A SCORES ONE

The first soccer game of February for our laddie bucks was played at Harriman, Pa., on Sunday, the 2nd, and resulted in a tie score, 1 to 1. The Merchant A team, of Bristol, gets the honor of being the first team to score a field goal against Bethlehem in a league contest this year.

The first half found the sun and wind against the steelworkers, and after twenty minutes of up and down the field play, a combination forward movement by the entire Bristol offense resulted in Hardy receiving a pass from Heminsley and netting the ball.

The second half was Bethlehem’s, although only one goal was scored. With the wind and sun at their backs, our boys got busy and should have scored more than once. Even George McKelvey missed one when he was only six feet from the goal. Too bad. Ferguson trapped the ball on one occasion in brilliant fashion, and then added to that by beating the two on-coming forwards with a coolness and deliberation that drew applause from the big crowd of 1500 people.

Of course that darn fellow Pearce was playing goal for Merchants, and continually got in the way of our boys’ shots but Whitey Fleming drove one by him after he had received from Sammy Fletcher. This time Pearce did not have a chance. The ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the net. We should have won it. The lineup:

Bethlehem -- Merchants
Duncan – G – H. Pearce
Wilson – RFB – Todd
Ferguson – LFB – Morrison
Pepper – RHB – Russell
Fletcher – CHB – McKay
Butler – LHB -- Small
McKelvey – OR – Burnett
Forrest – IR – Maxwell
Easton – CF – Heminsley
Millar – IL – Hardy
Fleming – OL – Coursey

Final Score – Merchants, 1; Bethlehem, 1. Half time score – Merchants 1; Bethlehem, 0. Goals made by Hardy for Merchants, Fleming for Bethlehem. Referee – George Young. Time of halves, 45 minutes. Linesmen – Gallagher for Merchants, Campbell for Bethlehem.


1918-1919
Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club