American Soccer League
The ASL Metropolitan Division expanded south for its second season, adding Baltimore Canton as its 9th team. Some surprises were in store for the season, as Philadelphia Germans and Kearny Irish swapped places – 1st and last respectively! In a nearly unique occurrence in professional sports, the last place Philadelphia German-Americans surged to take the league title by a large margin, while the defending champions Kearny Irish fell to the cellar. What made this more unusual was the fact this was in a 9-team table, as opposed to the 4-5 team divisions so common nowadays.
Elsewhere in the Metropolitan Division, the New York Americans held on to second place, but finished 9 points behind the German-Americans. Hispano improved enough to finish in 4th place, with Brookhattan edging them by a point for third. The other major loser this season was the Kearny Scots, who fell from 3rd to 8th place. Lang of the new Baltimore Canton took the scoring title with 14 goals. Standings are not available for the New England Division, but the Pawtucket Rangers reached the finals of the National Challenge Cup, losing to St. Louis Central Breweries.
Final American Soccer League Standings, 1934-35
- Metropolitan Division -
Before the season, Baltimore Canton was added.
(GF-GA stats as of 4/28/35)
G W T L GF GA PTS
Philadelphia German-American 22 18 1 3 47 24 37
New York Americans 24 12 4 8 38 24 28
New York Brookhattan 24 10 5 9 42 38 25
Brooklyn Hispano 24 8 8 8 40 23 24
Newark Germans 23 9 4 10 32 48 22
Baltimore Canton 24 9 2 13 44 49 20
Brooklyn Celtics 24 8 3 13 32 41 19
Kearny Scots 24 7 5 12 28 37 19
Kearny Irish 23 8 2 13 26 40 18
LEAGUE CHAMPION: Philadelphia German American.
LEADING SCORERS:
GP G
Lang, Baltimore Canton 19 14
Carroll, Brookhattan 19 13
Rae, Newark Germans 19 16
Schwanke, Baltimore Canton 16 12
Deal, Philadelphia Germans 13 11
Salcedo, Brooklyn Hispano 20 11
Wortmann, Brookhattan 18 10
McEwan, Brooklyn Celtic 11 9
Mack, Baltimore Canton 19 8
Collins, New York Americans 19 8
Lauder, Kearny Irish 19 8
Michaels, New York Americans 13 8
- New England Division -
(fall 1934 - through 1/13/35)
GP W T L GF GA PTS
Pawtucket Rangers 12 10 1 1 36 12 21
Portuguese Sport Club 12 5 1 6 24 25 11
Pawtucket Celtics 10 4 1 5 22 34 9
Thornton Victorias 11 4 0 7 16 22 8
Boston Soccer Club 9 2 1 6 20 25 5
(spring 1935 - through 4/24/35)
GP W T L PTS
Portuguese Sport Club 4 4 0 0 8
Boston Soccer Club 3 2 0 1 4
Pawtucket Rangers 2 1 0 1 2
Pawtucket Celtics 1 0 0 1 0
Thornton Victorias 3 0 0 3 0
Championship: Portuguese defeated Pawtucket Rangers 1-0
St. Louis Soccer League
Stix Baer & Fuller got a new sponsor this season, changing their name to Central Breweries. Andersons and Minit-Rub were replaced by Marre’s and Hellrungs respectively, but Ben Millers was still around for its 22nd season. Central Breweries won the league title by 5 points over Marre’s and went on to win the National Challenge Cup, while Ben Millers fell to their worst record ever, going winless for the season. Bert Patenaude of Central Breweries was the top goal scorer for the season, with 16 goals.
1934-35 SLSL Final League standings
Stix Baer & Fuller became Central Breweries
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Central Breweries 15 10 2 3 46 17 23
Marre’s 15 7 3 4 35 22 18
Hellrungs 15 5 7 3 13 35 13
Ben Millers 15 0 10 4 12 38 4
Champion: Central Breweries
Municipal League Champion: Irish Village Club
Leading scorers: G
Bert Patenaude, Central Breweries 16
Jack Simmerman, Marre's 14
L. Garcia, Hellrungs 9
Jimmy Roe, Central Breweries 8
Billy Gonsalves, Central Breweries 7
Art Garcia, Hellrungs 7
Lou Ahrens, Hellrungs 5
William McLean, Central Breweries 4
Gene McAuliffe, Ben Millers 4
Leahy, Hellrungs 4
Frank Pastor, Central Breweries 4
Amateur League & Cup Champions
New York State Senior Challenge Cup: St. Mary’s Celtic
New York State Qualifying Cup: Belfast United
German-American Soccer League (New York): Brooklyn
Metropolitan League (New York): St. Mary’s Celtic (Premier Division); Greenok W Scot. B (1st Division); Metropolitan Cup: St. Mary’s Celtic
New Jersey State Challenge Cup: Dover
West Penn Challenge Cup: Cedar Grove
Rowland Cup (Maryland State Open): Stonewall
Stewart Cup: Shanon
Peel Cup (Illinois State): Harvey United
National Soccer League of Chicago: Sparta FC
California Senior Challenge Cup: Western Pacific of Sacramento
John O. Bellis Perpetual Trophy: Rovers
The US National Team
The Scotland National Team toured the United States in 1935, with two featured games being played against ASL All-Star squads unofficially representing the United States. The first match was held at the Polo Grounds in New York on May 19, 1935. The crowd of 25,000 was the largest to see a US soccer match since the Hakoah visit in 1926. Unfortunately, the US players were no match for the seasoned Veterans of Scotland. McEwen opened scoring for the United States, but Scotland scored 4 unanswered goals to take away a 5-1 victory. Scotland then continued its tour, racking up a consecutive 10 wins against US & Canadian clubs. On June 9, Scotland again played the ASL stars winning 4-1 in Newark on June 9, with Moorhouse scoring the only goal.
National Team Results, 1935:
1935 Totals: 0W, 0D, 2L
Jun 09 35 L 1-4 Scotland 8,500 +Newark, NJ, USA
Moorhouse
May 19 35 L 1-5 Scotland 25,000 +New York, NY, USA
McEwan
International Tours
Scottish Football Association: May 18, 1935 through June 9, 1935. Results: 4 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses. (includes an additional 8+ games in Canada.
Roster: A. Anderson, George Cummings, Robert Donnelly, Douglas Duncan, Alexander Ferguson, Robert Fraser, Hugh Gallagher, Robert Main, Robert McDonald, David Meikeljohn, William Miller, William Mills, William Stevenson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Walker, David Wilson, Peter Wilson.
5/18/35 Scotland 3, 1st German American F. C. 0 (at Philadelphia) 5/19/35 Scotland 5, Eastern United States Stars 1 (at New York City) 5/26/35 Scotland 3, Illinois Stars 0 (at Chicago) 6/9/35 Scotland 4, Eastern United States Stars 1 (at Newark)
New York Americans to Mexico: June 16, 1935 through July 21, 1935. Results: 3 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses.
Roster: Tom Arnheim, Harry Carroll, Stanley Chesney, Harry Collins, Ed Czerkiewicz, Walter Dick, Aldo Donelli, Billy Gonsalves, Tom Lynch, Joe Martinelli, Ed Parodi, William Schwanke. Manager: Erno Schwarz.
6/16/35 New York 2, Amerika 3 (at Mexico City) 6/23/35 New York 9, Espana 1 (at Mexico City) 6/30/35 New York 3, Atlante 2 (at Mexico City) 7/7/35 New York 3, Asturias 1 (at Mexico City) 7/14/35 New York 1, Nexaca 2 (at Mexico City) 7/21/35 New York 0, Espana 3 (at Mexico City)
The College Game
Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association Champion: Yale
Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Soccer League: Cornell, Penn Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference: Swarthmore New England Intercollegiate Soccer League: Yale California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference Champion: San Francisco
College All-American Squad, 1935:
G - Stewart, Pennsylvania RF - Ward, Yale LF - Robie, Harvard RH - Dorman, Harvard CH - Carson, Pennsylvania LH - Pearson, Swarthmore OR - Coerr, Yale IR - Pond, Yale CF - Scott, Pennsylvania IL - Hollowell, Swarthmore OL - Wood, Harvard
Other Action
1935 National Challenge Cup Final: Central Breweries of St. Louis took the Cup in three. After defeating Pawtucket Rangers 5-2, they battled them to a 1-1 draw, and lost the third game 1-3, winning 7-6 on goals aggregate.
1935 National Amateur Cup Final: On June 2, W. W. Riehl SC defeated the Fall River All-Americans 3-0.
National Junior Cup Champion: Reliable Stores F. C. of New Bedford, MA.