The First Cup: Violence halts Yonkers, New York Celtic match; Niagara Falls Rangers win snowy match in Detroit (Feb. 1, 1914) February 1, 2013 by Chuck Nolan Jr. TheCup.us introduces “The First Cup” series, which revisits the first running of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (then known as the National Challenge Cup) that took place from the fall of 1913 to the spring of 1914.