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1937 National Challenge Cup Results

January 10, 2009 by Josh Hakala

First Round
Eastern Bracket
1/10/37 Kearny Scots 4 : 1 (aet) Patapsco Rangers (Bal.)
1/17/37 Kearny Irish 3 : 1 St. Michael’s
1/17/37 New York Americans 4 : 0* German Hungarian SC (NYC)
*Match abandoned at 60th minute due to heavy rain
2/7/37 R New York Americans 6 : 2 German Hungarian SC
1/17/37 Brooklyn Hispano 6 : 0 Hosiery Local (Phi.)
1/17/37 Passon SC (Phi.) 4 : 0 Haitkvoh (NYC)
1/24/37 Brookhattan (NYC) 5 : 1 Baltimore SC
1/24/37 Philadelphia Germans 5 : 2 (aet) Trenton Highlanders
1/24/37 St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn) 5 : 1 Paterson Caledonian
Western Bracket
1/10/37 Kodak Park (Roch.) 0 : 2 Heidelberg (W. Pa.)
1/10/37 Pittsburgh Steel 0 : 1 Castle Shannon (W. Pa.)
1/10/37 Chevrolet SC (Det.) 0 : 4 Shamrocks SC (St. L)
1/10/37 Olympia SC (Chi.) 2 : 1 Maccabee SC (Chi.)
1/18/37 Sparta Garden City (Chi.) 3 : 1 (aet) Vienna AC (Mil.)
1/31/37 Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) 3 : 2 Graphite Bronze (Cle.)
2/7/37 Town Criers (St. L) 5 : 1 Club Lotus (St. L)
2/14/37 Burke Undertakers (St. L) 1 : 0 North Side Optimists (St. L)


Second Round
Eastern Bracket
2/7/37 Brooklyn Hispano 3 : 2 Brookhattan
2/7/37 Kearny Scots 2 : 1 Passon SC
2/7/37 German American SC 1 : 1 (aet) Kearny Irish
2/14/37 R Kearny Irish 1 : 0 German American SC
2/21/37 New York Americans 2 : 1 St. Mary’s Celtic
Western Bracket
1/31/37 Sparta Garden City 5 : 0 Olympia SC
2/7/37 Shamrocks SC 1 : 0 Bartunek Slavia
1/31/37 Castle Shannon 2 : 1 Heidelberg
2/28/37 Town Criers 2 : 1 Burke Undertakers


Quarterfinals
3/7/37 Shamrocks SC 2 : 1 Town Criers
2/21/36 Sparta Garden City 6 : 4 Castle Shannon
2/28/37 Kearny Irish 0 : 1 Brooklyn Hispano
3/28/37 New York Americans 2 : 1 Kearny Scots
Semifinals
3/13/37 1L Brooklyn Hispano 2 : 0 New York Americans
3/14/37 2L New York Americans 3 : 0 Brooklyn Hispano
New York Americans advance on 3-2 aggregate
3/21/37 1L Shamrocks SC 3 : 1 Sparta Garden City
4/4/37 2L Sparta Garden City 0 : 0 Shamrocks SC
Shamrocks SC advance on 3-1 aggregate


Final
First Leg – at St. Louis, Missouri
4/11/37 Shamrocks SC 1 : 0 New York Americans
Second Leg – Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
4/18/37 New York Americans 4 : 2 Shamrocks SC
New York Americans win National Challenge Cup on 4-3 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1937, Brooklyn Hispano, Castle Shannon, Kearny Irish, Kearny Scots, New York Americans, Shamrocks SC, Sparta Garden City, Starlight Park, Town Criers

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