1919–20 American Cup

The 1920 American Cup was the annual challenge cup held by the American Football Association. The A.F.A. officials were president Duncan Carswell of Orange, vice–president Donald McMillan of East Newark, recording secretary James Gulletly of Kearny, and financial secretary/treasurer Andrew N. Beveridge of Kearny, NJ with the advisory board made up of William Patrick, Harry Craig, Hector MacDonald, Andrew M. Brown and Donald MacMillan. Bethlehem Steel had their streak of four straight American Cup wins broken this year by Robins Dry Dock of Brooklyn. The shipbuilders defeated the steelworkers 1–0 in the final on May 2 at Harrison, New Jersey.

1919–20 American Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesOctober 1919 – May 1920
Final positions
ChampionsRobins Dry Dock (1st title)
Runners-upBethlehem Steel Works

First round

The first round draw took place October 4, 1919 in Newark, NJ.[1] In this year's tournament, district groupings were maintained until the semifinal round to further reduce travel for the teams involved. The following teams drew byes: American A.A., Bethlehem Steel, Bridgeport City, Celtic (New Bedford), Clan MacDuff (New York), Crescent, Disston (Tacony), Erie, Fairlawn (Pawtucket), Federal Shipbuilding (Kearny), Fore River (Quincy), General Electric (Lynn), Germantown Boys Club, Haledon Thistle, J. & P. Coats (Pawtucket), Malta, Morse Dry Dock, New York, Parcell Rovers, Paterson, Robins Dry Dock, Rovers (Bridgeport), Thistle (Bridgeport), Wanderers (Philadelphia), West New York Blues.

Connecticut District
No games

New England District

St. Michael's1–0Yankee Boys
Bouchard (pk) [2]
Athletic grounds, Fall River
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pemberton
Fall River Rovers4–1Crompton
5' Booth (og)
30', 50', 75' Pilkington
44' Martin		 [3]
Athletic grounds, Fall River
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Hayden (East Newark)
Greystone7–2Rangers
Cunliffe (3)
Justice (pk)
Holt (3)		 [4] Steele (2)
Centredale grounds
Referee: Pemberton

New Jersey District

Bunker Hill3–0Edison
Hennie Deickman
Inglis
Van Geisen		 [5]
Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ
Referee: McDonald
Babcock & Wilcox0–4Victor
[6] 30' Wyllie
Pettigrew
McCallum
Wyllie
Home Park, Bayonne, NJ
Referee: Frank Smith

New York District

Longfellows1–1Newburgh Shipyards
15' Lomas [7] Murdock Jamison
Ridgewood baseball grounds, Brooklyn

replay

Newburgh Shipyards2–0Longfellows
75' Sam Jamieson (pk)
84' Murdock Jamieson		 [8]
Desmond Park, Newburgh, NY
Referee: M. DeGroff (NFA)

Pennsylvania District

Merchant Shipbuilding1–1J. & J. Dobson
75' Nolan [9] 35' Finnegan
Ball Park, Harriman, PA
Referee: George Young

replay

J. & J. Dobson1–4Merchant Shipbuilding
Aleck Brown [10] 28', 55' Nolan
Satterthwaite
86' Rooney
Northeast High School Field
Referee: George Young

Second round

The second round matches were due to be played on or before November 9.[11]

Connecticut/New York District

Bridgeport ThistleW–LBridgeport Rovers
[12]
Bridgeport, CT
New York5–0Bridgeport City
5', 20' Bleich
Sweeney (2)
7', 1H' Hunziker		 [13]
Lenox Oval
Referee: T. Findley
Clan MacDuff0–2Robins Dry Dock
[14] 65' McGuire
Shanholt
Morse Oval, Brooklyn, NY
Referee: T. Cunningham
Newburgh Shipyards1–2Morse Dry Dock
70' Hughie McDonald [15] 55' Lynch
86' Parker
Desmond Park, Newburgh, NY
Referee: William McKinstrie

New England District

J. & P. Coats3–1General Electric
27' Hadfield (og)
60' Howarth
72', 79' Haigh		 [16]
Coats Field, Pawtucket, RI
Referee: Pemberton
Fall River Rovers4–0Greystone
5', 2H' Martin
15', 65' Pilkington		 [17]
Athletic grounds, Fall River, MA
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Heywood
Fore River3–1New Bedford Celtic
26', 80' Kershaw
Paige		 [18] 11' Parker
Quincy, MA
Referee: B. Robertson
St. Michaels3–0Fairlawn Rovers
47' Art Greenslade
69' Tommy Grey
87' Adams		 [19]
Athletic grounds, Fall River, MA
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Heywood

New Jersey District

Haledon Thistle3–2Crescent
[20]
Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ
Paterson6–0Victor
10', 12', 50' Heminsley
13' Shaw
28', 65' Brown		 [21]
Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ
Referee: Charles Ward
Erie6–0Bunker Hill
Tom Stark (2)
Brierley
Koelsch
Neilson
Knowles		 [22]
Clark's Field, East Newark
Referee: Charles Pierson
Federal Shipbuilding4–0West NY Blues
Ward (2)
McDonald (2)		 [23]
Clark's Field, East Newark
Referee: Charles Pierson
American A.A.1–3Malta
Brown [24] Sherlock (3)
Clark's Field, East Newark
Referee: G. Pearson

Pennsylvania District

Disston2–1Merchant Shipbuilding
Cleary
75' Andrews		 [25] Nolan
Disston Ball Park
Referee: John Walders
Wanderers2–0Parcell Rovers
J. McGhee (2) [26]
Hess–Bright grounds
Referee: Pat Gunn
Germantown Boys Club1–6Bethlehem Steel
Spencer [27] Forrest (2)
Pepper
McKelvey
Harris (2)
Germantown Boys Club
Referee: Dan Oates

Third round

The draw for the third round was held November 15 in Newark, NJ. Matches were due to be played on or before November 30.[28] The Haledon/Federal match was protested and ordered replayed. Haledon forfeited the replay.

Connecticut/New York District

Robins Dry Dock5–4New York
15' Miller
Ratican
Shanholt
55', 80' Garside		 [29] Edwards 2
Kelly (pk)
Hunziker
Todd Field, Brooklyn
Referee: Thomas Finley
Bridgeport Thistle1–8Morse Dry Dock
[30] Connie Lynch (5)
Stradan
O'Donnell
Coles
Bridgeport, CT

New England District

Fore River0–0St. Michaels
[31]
Quincy, MA
Referee: T. Robertson (Quincy)
Fall River Rovers4–2J. & P. Coats
Booth (pk)
Howarth
Pilkington
Howarth		 [32] 20' Rockley
Holgate (pk)
Athletic grounds, Fall River, MA
Attendance: 2375
Referee: Pemberton (Pawtucket)

replay

St. Michaels1–5Fore River
35' Rego [33] 43' Tom Underwood
55', 56' Kershaw
70' Daley
81' Page
Athletic grounds, Fall River, MA
Attendance: 1100
Referee: Heywood

New Jersey District

Haledon Thistle3–2Federal Shipbuilding
48' Barclay
70' Henderson
Stussi		 [34] 10' Cullerton
Richardson
Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ
Attendance: 500
Referee: Charles Ward
Erie10–2Malta
Koelsch (4)
Stark
Ingeram
Neilson
Brierley		 [35] Durkin
Costello
Clark's Field, East Newark
Referee: A. Pearson

replay

Federal Shipbuildingw/oHaledon Thistle
[36]
Clark's Field, East Newark

Pennsylvania District

Disston0–4Bethlehem Steel
Rodgers (og) [37] Pepper
Harris
Fleming
Tacony Baseball Park
Referee: James Walder
Paterson1–0Wanderers
50' Cooper [38]
Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ
Referee: Charles Ward

Fourth round

The fourth round matches were due to be played on or before December 28.[39] The Morse/Robins game was protested and ordered replayed on account Kershaw of Morse Dry Dock was ineligible.

Bethlehem Steel5–0Federal Shipbuilding
25' Harris
Forrest (2)
Fleming
Sundberg		 [40]
Athletic Field, Bethlehem, PA
Referee: J.H. Carpenter
Morse Dry Dock1–0Robins Dry Dock
20' Joseph Kershaw [41]
Morse Oval, Brooklyn
Attendance: 3000
Referee: T. Cunningham
Erie1–1Paterson
20' Rodgers [42] 27' Todd (pk)
Clark's Field, East Newark
Referee: Finlay
Fall River Rovers1–3Fore River
Pilkington [43] 10', 20' Underwood
25' Farquhar
Athletic ground, Fall River
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Edward Pemberton (Pawtucket)

replays

Erie1–0Paterson
102' Del Brierley [44]
Clark's Field, East Newark
Referee: T. Finlay
Morse Dry Dock1–2Robins Dry Dock
40' Lennon
55' McGuire		 [45] 10' Miller
Morse Oval, Brooklyn
Attendance: 3000
Referee: T. Cunningham

Semifinals

Erie1–5Bethlehem Steel
46' Archie Stark [46] 20' Fleming (pk)
25' Fleming
27' Fleming
58' Murray
McKelvey
Federal Baseball Park, Harrison
Attendance: 5000
Referee: George Young (Philadelphia)
Fore River0–2Robins Dry Dock
[47][48] 34' Bob Millar
83' Garside
Coats Field, Pawtucket, RI
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Edward Pemberton (Pawtucket)

Final

The American Cup final took place at Federal Baseball Park in Harrison, NJ. Bethlehem and Robins had met in the quarterfinals of the National Cup with Robins prevailing. Although Robins lost in the semifinal to Fore River, they reversed the result in the American semifinal. A further consolation for Robins was their triumph over eventual National Cup winners, Ben Miller, when visiting St. Louis earlier in the season.

Robins Dry Dock1-0Bethlehem Steel
63' Tommy Murphy (O.G.) [49][50]
Federal Baseball Park, Harrison, New Jersey
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: George Lambie

Champions

Robins Dry Dock American Cup champions 1919–20.

Upper row, left to right - W. Burrows (trainer), J.P. Bulger (assistant trainer), H. Rodden, J. Robertson, Neil Clarke, P. Renzulli, W. Brownlie, F. Lance, J. Van Deneyden and Hugh Monaghan (assistant trainer).
Lower row- J. Drysdale (manager), E. Garside, J. McGuire, E.J. Smith (director), Harry J. Ratican, Bob Millar (captain) and H. Shanholtz.

See also

References

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