Hakoah Team Scores Victories in Final Games Before Its Departure

The two concluding games of the Hakoah Soccer Team’s American tour, played in New York on Saturday and in Philadelphia on Monday, resulted in brilliant victories for the Jewish eleven. On Saturday the Hakoah scored its fifth victory, defeating the New York Giants, members of the American Soccer League, by a score of 2 goals to 1, before a crowd of 25,000. The game was played on a challenge to the Hakoah team by the New York Giants.

Part of the proceeds of the game went to the fund of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

The Hakoah defeated the Philadelphia Field Club of the American League before 25,000 spectators at Franklin Field on Monday. The score was 3–0.

Schoenfeld, centre forward for the Hakoah, was the hero of Saturday’s game. He scored both the goals. The first tied the score after ten minutes of the first period and the second won the game after twenty minutes of the second period.

Eastern, right inside for the Giants, put his team in the lead when he made the first tally of the game five minutes after the opening.

The Giants won the toss and kicked off toward the home plate. Hakoah players dashed the ball into Giant territory within a minute of the kick-off and forced the play. Geudert, the Giant goal keeper, was kept busy stopping Hakoah shots.

The first score of the game came on a determined rush by the Giants, with the Hakoah men pressing at all times. Fabian, the Hakoah goal keeper, had had only one other shot to block since the game started. Schoenfeld got the ball past Guedert after a hot scuffle at the goal.

Following the Hakoah tally the Giants assumed the offensive for a few minutes and froced a corner. During the remainder of the first half the Hakoah team was always pressing hard.

Hakoah kicked off to start the second half and, though it met determined opposition, was again the aggressor after the first minute of play.

Schoenfeld scored again for the Hakoah. The shot that broke the tie went past three Giants, massed in the goal mouth and Geudert.

Schoenfeld’s goal was scored after a fine attempt by Neufeld failed. He had rushed the ball down the field for many yards and made a lateral pass in front of the goal mouth. Geudert kicked out, but Hakoah blocked the kick, passed to right and left, and then Schoenfeld made the tally from directly in front when the Giant defenders were confused.

Following the goal the Giant forwards pressed their hardest but their efforts were defensive. Fabian had to stop only two shots in ten minutes. Hakoah soon brought the play back to Giant territory after the brief periods at the other end of the field. Neufeld forced a corner and at least adoren futile attempts at goal were made in the space of a few minutes.

The Ginnts then got the ball down the field and pressed hard. For the first time in the game Fabian was very busy. He stopped five attempts in loss than a minute. His work was so fine that it brought almost as heavy cheering from the crowd as had the scoring.

Hakoah got the ball out of danger. It came up the field and after a foul shot was in Giant territory. However the Giants brought the ball again to the Hakoah goal.

Bishop Manning was in a field box. With him was Julian S. Myrick, former President of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, and now active in collection of funds for the sports bay at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Bishop Manning made a speech to the Hakoah players before the game thanking them for their aid and wishing them luck, Dr. Valentine Rosenfeld replfed for Hakoah.