Nine more games are on the schedule of the Hakoah Sport Club Soccer team, the Jewish eleven from Vienna which opened its American tour with a victory at the Polo Grounds last Sunday. The schedule of the forthcoming games was announced yesterday as follows: Saturday May 1 — In diana Flooring — New York: Sunday. May 2–Providence Club, Cycledrome. Providence. R. I.; Sunday, May 9 — Sparta A. C., Comisky Park, Chicago: Saturday, May 15 — St. Louis Leagot team. St. Louis; Sunday, May 16 — Chicago All-Star team. Comisky Park. Chicago; Saturday. May 22 — Brooklyn Wandeness. Ebbers Field. Brooklyn: Sunday. May 25 — Newark Club. Newark N. J.; Saturday, May 29 –Yale University. Yale Bowl. New Haven Comm; Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day) — Philadelphia Club. Philadelphia.
As the players have a limited leave of absence from their positions at home, they will sail for Europe on June 2.
The game on Saturday will begin at 5 p. m. instead of 3:30 as both the Hakoah and Indians players must catch the Fall River boat at 5:30 p.m. for New England for games on Sunday. Indiana will play at Fall River, while Hakoah will go to Providence, for a Sunday game with the Providence Club of the American Soccer League, at the Cycledrome.
Dr. Albret Mazur, one of the United States delegates of Hakoah, will be formally received by the Governor of Rbode Island and the Mayor of Providence.
The line-up shows six Indiana Flooring players and fire New York Giant. The make-up of the New York team, together with the Hakoah line-up, follows:
Indiana-Giants Pos. Hakoah
Geudert (G) Goal Fabian
Ferguson (I) R.B. Gold
Moorhouse (G) L. B Wegner
Scott (G) R.H. Pollak
Terris (I) C.H. Guttman
>McKenny (G) L.H. Drucker
Gallagher (I) O.R Neufeld
Carlson (I) I.R. Haeusler
Brown (G) Centre Schoenfeld
Miller (I) I.L Wertmann
McGhee (I) O.L. Schwartz
Reserves–Indiana-Giants: Schylander, Rankin, Cameron (I). Duggan, Crilley (G). Hakoah: Gruenwald. Scheuer, Hess.
Dr. Henry Moskowitz, treasurer of Hakoah in this country, gave out the official attendance figures on last Sunday’s game. The total advance sale was 19,840 and 7,260 paid admission at the Polo Grounds or a total of 27,100 paid admissions. The largest previous soccer attendance was 14,375 at Fall River in 1923.
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