The Globe -- Bethlehem
Friday, March 30, 1923
SOCCER LEAGUE MEETS MAY 21-24
U. S. Football Assn. Will Use Big Baseball Parks for Soccer Games Whenever Possible
BETHLEHEM HEADS LEAGUE

George Healey of Detroit, national president, has issued a call for the tenth annual meeting of the United States Football (Soccer) Association to be held May 21-24, at Cleveland, with convention headquarters at the Hotel Winton. National Secretary Thomas W. Cahill has just notified state and district soccer governing bodies of the meeting place and dates.

Numerous matters of great importance to the future of the game in this country will be delved into by the soccer legislators this year at Cleveland. Outstanding among these will be formulation of plans for selection, direction and financing of the first American Olympic soccer team, which is to go into the Paris Olympiad in 1924; broadening of the scope and rule-making for the National Amateur Challenge Cup competition, introduced this season, and planning for the acquisition of soccer parks of adequate facilities and capacity in all soccer centers at present lacking proper parks. In this last named connection strong efforts to utilize major league baseball parks generally for soccer during the winter months are to be made.

In the final of the annual national soccer championships, the National Challenge Cup Competition, conducted by the U. S. F. A. which is to be played tomorrow at Harrison, N. J., in the Newark International League ball park, will clash the present national champions, the Scullin Steel F. C., of St. Louis, and Paterson Football Club, 1922-23 western and eastern champions, respectively. J. B. Stark of Detroit is the referee.

Curiously enough, the game tomorrow will be the third meeting in national finals in successive years of practically the same group of players. For all three consecutive season in which the Scullins have been national cup finalists, the team has been held virtually intact.

League Standing

 

P

W

T

L

Pts.

Bethlehem

17

11

4

2

26

Fall River

19

11

3

5

25

Pawtucket

16

11

2

3

24

New York

14

7

2

4

17

Paterson

13

6

3

4

15

Brooklyn

16

3

1

11

9

Philadelphia

19

3

2

14

9

Harrison

14

2

1

11

5

Goals Scored

 

For

Against

Bethlehem

34

16

Fall River

38

21

Pawtucket

39

20

New York

35

21

Paterson

27

18

Brooklyn

17

39

Philadelphia

22

57

Harrison

16

38

Leading Goal Scorers

Thos. Fleming

Pawtucket

14

Daniel McNiven

Bethlehem

14

Archie Stark

New York

11

Frank McKenna

Paterson

11

Harold Brittan

Fall River

10

John Reid

Fall River

10

Percy Andrews

Philadelphia

8

Bart McGhee

New York

8


1922-1923
Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club