When the committee reached the decision that the replay must be in the East the men from Missouri threw up the sponge. In a statement given out by Manager Brayd, of St. Louis, he puts the case of his team as follows:
The Scullin Steel management is unable to put a fit team on the field in the East next Sunday, when under the rules, the repay would have to be played. Unfortunately, four of the Scullin players are professional baseball players. Because the baseball training season is at hand, one of the Scullin regulars was unavailable for the game on Sunday. Four of the regulars of the national champions would not be available for a replay in the East next Sunday. Three others of the Scullin players are injured.
Quite a few local fans witnessed the Sunday game, included among which was "Billy" Sheridan, manager of the Bethlehem F. C. and all interviewed were of the unanimous opinion that the Paterson Club was the best team and had it all over the defending champion. "I don't see how it was possible for Scullins to hold Paterson to an even break," said Sheridan, "for the Jersey delegation were the aggressor practically throughout with Scullins breaking their defensive tactics only occasionally with a short lived rally, twice in which they succeeded penetrating the net."