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Sparta Garden City

1938 National Challenge Cup Results

January 10, 2009 by Josh Hakala

First Round
Eastern Bracket
1/16/38 Kearny Irish 3 : 5 Bethlehem Hungarian
1/16/38 New York Americans 4 : 2 Brooklyn First Germans
1/16/38 Brooklyn Hispano 1 : 1 (aet) St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn)
1/22/38 R St. Mary’s Celtic 4 : 1 Brooklyn Hispano
1/16/38 Paterson Caledonians 1: 0 Kearny Scots
1/16/38 Baltimore SC 2 : 1 Budd AA (Phi.)
1/16/38 German American SC (Phi.) 3 : 3 Passon SC (Phi.)
1/23/38 R German American SC 2 : 0 Passon SC
1/23/38 Brookhattan (NYC) 4 : 1 Hatikvoh (NYC)
1/30/38 Lusitania Recriation 3 : 3 Ponta Delgada
Western Bracket
1/16/38 Maccabee SC (Chi.) 2 : 0 (aet) American Nickeloid (Peru, IL)
1/16/38 Schlitz (Mil.) 6 : 4 Racine Deutscher (WI)
1/16/38 Castle Shannon (W. Pa.) 2 : 0 Heidelberg (W. Pa.)
1/16/38 South Side Radio (St. L) 3 : 2 St. Patricks (St. L)
1/16/38 Sparta Garden City (Chi.) w/o Shamrocks SC (St. L)
1/23/38 Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) 3 : 1 Cecil Merchants (W. Pa.)
1/30/38 Burke Undertakers (St. L) 5 : 4 St. Matthews (St. L)
2/13/38 Thistles SC (Det.) 5 : 1 Eckert & Becker (Det.)
   
Second Round
Eastern Bracket
1/30/38 New York Americans 4 : 1 Bethlehem Hungarian
1/30/38 St. Mary’s Celtic 7 : 1 Baltimore SC
1/30/38 German American SC 5 : 3 Paterson Caledonian
2/20/38 Brookhattan 7 : 0 Ponta Delgada
Western Bracket
1/30/38 Maccabee SC 2 : 1 Schlitz
1/30/39 Castle Shannon 3 : 0 Bartunek Slavia
2/6/38 South Side Radio 1 : 0 Burke Undertakers
2/20/38 Sparta Garden City 5 : 0 Thistles SC
   
Quarterfinals
2/20/38 Castle Shannon 4 : 2 South Side Radio
2/27/38 New York Americans 4 : 3 Brookhattan
2/27/38 St. Mary’s Celtic 1 : 1 (aet) German American SC
3/5/38 R St. Mary’s Celtic 1 : 0 German American SC
2/27/38 Sparta Garden City 1 : 0 Maccabee SC
   
Semifinals
3/27/38 1L New York Americans 2 : 1 St. Mary’s Celtic
4/2/38 2L St. Mary’s Celtic 3 : 0 New York Americans
St. Mary’s Celtic advance on 4-2 aggregate
3/13/38 1L Castle Shannon 1 : 2 Sparta Garden City
3/20/38 2L Sparta Garden City 3 : 1 Castle Shannon
Sparta Garden City advance on 5-2 aggregate
   
Final
First Leg – at Sparta Stadium – Chicago, Illinois
4/17/38 Sparta Garden City 3 : 0 St. Mary’s Celtic
Second Leg – at  Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
4/24/38 St. Mary’s Celtic 2 : 3 Sparta Garden City
Sparta Garden City win National Challenge Cup on 6-2 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1938, Brookhattan, Castle Shannon, German American SC, Maccabee AC, New York Americans, South Side Radio, Sparta Garden City, Sparta Stadium, St. Mary's Celtic, Starlight Park

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

1936 National Challenge Cup Results

January 10, 2009 by Josh Hakala

First Round
Eastern Bracket
2/2/36 Hatikvoh (NYC) 1 : 2 German Hungarian SC (NYC)
2/2/36 Kearny Irish 2 : 1 Newark Germans
2/15/36 Canton FC (Bal.) 5 : 3 Stonewall SC (Bal.)
3/1/36 Kearny Scots 2 : 0 Trenton Highlanders
3/1/36 German American SC (Phi.) 5 : 0 Budd AA (Phi.)
3/1/36 Santo Christo (New Bedford, MA) 2 : 1 Liberal AC (Fall River)
3/1/36 Brookhattan (NYC) 3 : 3 Brooklyn Hispano
3/8/36 R Brooklyn Hispano 4 : 4 Brookhattan
3/15/36 R Brooklyn Hispano 1 : 2 Brookhattan
3/7/36 New York Americans 2 : 3 St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn)
Western Bracket
1/19/36 Olympia SC (Chi.) 3 : 2 Maccabee SC (Chi.)
2/2/36 Heidelberg (W. Pa.) 4 : 0 Curry Silver Tops (W. Pa.)
1/19/36 Shamrocks SC (St. L) 0 : 0 Hellrung Grimm (St. L)
2/2/36 R Shamrocks SC 6 : 1 Hellrung Grimm
1/19/36 Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) 2 : 1 Highland Park Chrysler (Det.)
1/12/36 Marres (St. L) 4 : 2 Burke Undertakers (St. L)
2/23/36 Sparta Garden City (Chi.) 6 : 0 Ben Miller SC (St. L)
3/8/36 Vienna AC (Mil.) 5 : 4 Bayern Schlitz (Mil.)
1/26/36 Rochester Celtics 0 : 4
Kodak Park (Roch.)


Second Round
Eastern Bracket
3/15/36 German American SC 3 : 2 Canton FC
3/22/36 Brookhattan 2 : 0 German Hungarian SC
3/22/36 St. Mary’s Celtic 4 : 1 Santo Christo
3/22/36 Kearny Scots 2 : 0 Kearny Irish
Western Bracket
2/23/36 Heidelberg 4 : 1 Kodak Park
3/1/36 Sparta Garden City 2 : 1 (aet) Olympia SC
3/1/36 Shamrocks SC 4 : 3 Bartunek Slavia
3/15/36 Marres 6 : 3 Vienna AC


Quarterfinals
3/22/36 Shamrocks SC 2 : 1 Marres
3/22/36 Sparta Garden City 1 : 2 Heidelburg
3/29/36 St. Mary’s Celtic 2 : 1 Brookhattan
4/5/36 Kearny Scots 0 : 1 German American SC
Semifinals


4/12/36 1L St. Mary’s Celtic 0 : 2 German American SC
4/19/36 2L German American SC 0 : 1 St. Mary’s Celtic
German American SC advance on 2-1 aggregate
3/29/36 1L Shamrocks SC 1 : 1 Heidelburg SC
4/5/36 2L Heidelburg SC 1 : 2 Shamrocks SC
Shamrocks SC advance on 3-2 aggregate


Final
First Leg – at Walsh Memorial Stadium – St. Louis, Missouri
4/26/36 Shamrocks SC 2 : 2 German American SC
Second Leg – Rifle Club Grounds – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5/3/36 German American SC 3 : 0 Shamrocks SC
German American SC win National Challenge Cup on 5-2 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1936, Brookhattan, German American SC, Heidelberg, Kearny Scots, Marres, Rifle Club Grounds, Shamrocks SC, Sparta Garden City, St. Mary's Celtic, Walsh Memorial Stadium

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