Lewis Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

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Blue Mountain League (1915–19)
American Soccer League I (1925–30)
American Soccer League II (1940–63)

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| founded = 1915

| abolished = {{end date and age|1963}}

| region = Lehigh Valley, PA

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| current champions = Newark Ukrainian Sitch (1963)

| most successful club = Uhrik Truckers
(4 titles)

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The Lewis Cup was an American soccer trophy established in 1914 as the championship trophy for the amateur Blue Mountain League, which was composed of clubs from the Lehigh Valley region of northeastern Pennsylvania. It was later awarded to the winners of the American Soccer League's League Cup. The last winner received the trophy in 1963 and it resides in the Museum of Sports Glory in Kyiv, Ukraine.

History

In 1914, Horace Edgar Lewis donated a trophy to crown the champion of the newly established Blue Mountain League.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tmbzAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22blue+mountain+league%22+lewis+trophy&pg=PA59 Blue Mountain League] When the league disbanded, the trophy was stored in a jewelry store safe.[http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl121624.html Bringing Back the Cups; The Globe – Bethlehem; December 16, 1924] In December 1924, was brought out of storage in order to award to the winners of the 1925 American Soccer League cup. The league began to collapse in 1931 and did not hold a league cup. In 1933, the league disbanded. That year, a semi-professional league, the second American Soccer League, began operations. In 1940, the Lewis Cup was again brought out of storage and given to the winners of the league cup. In 1963, Newark Ukrainian Stich won the cup, the last season it was awarded. The team later donated the trophy to the Museum of Sports Glory in Kyiv.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140227104750/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1111985/index.htm The Sports Sleuths]

Winners

=Blue Mountain League=

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Year !Winner !Runner-up
1915 \|Bethlehem Reserves \|Nativity Men's Club{{cite news \|title=Local Soccer League Celebrates At Banquet\|date=June 4, 1915\|newspaper=The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274690545/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer\|page=13\|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}
1916 \|Allentown YMCA{{cite news \|title=Soccer League Trophies Awarded\|date=June 10, 1916\|newspaper=The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274694783/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer\|page=17\|accessdate=February 15, 2019}} \| –
1917 \|Allentown YMCA (2) \|Nativity Men's Club{{cite news \|title=Another For Allentown\|date=April 7, 1917\|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/169042354/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer\|page=16\|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}The league was reduced from six to two teams half way through the season when most of the players were drafted into military service when the United States entered World War I. The remaining two teams, Victor FC and North End FC played three games to determine the Lewis Cup champion. North End won two of the three games.
1918 \|North End F.C. \|Victor F.C.{{cite news \|title=Cup For North Ends\|date=April 21, 1918\|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/169002885/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer\|page=23\|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}
1919 \|North End F.C. (2) \|Saucon Cross Roads{{cite news \|title=North Ends Wins Title By Dumping Saucon, 2-1\|date=March 16, 1919\|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/170694054/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer\|page=21\|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}

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Year

!Winner

!Runner-up

1915

|Bethlehem Reserves

|Nativity Men's Club{{cite news |title=Local Soccer League Celebrates At Banquet|date=June 4, 1915|newspaper=The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274690545/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer|page=13|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}

1916

|Allentown YMCA{{cite news |title=Soccer League Trophies Awarded|date=June 10, 1916|newspaper=The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274694783/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer|page=17|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}

| –

1917

|Allentown YMCA (2)

|Nativity Men's Club{{cite news |title=Another For Allentown|date=April 7, 1917|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/169042354/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer|page=16|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}The league was reduced from six to two teams half way through the season when most of the players were drafted into military service when the United States entered World War I. The remaining two teams, Victor FC and North End FC played three games to determine the Lewis Cup champion. North End won two of the three games.

1918

|North End F.C.

|Victor F.C.{{cite news |title=Cup For North Ends|date=April 21, 1918|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/169002885/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer|page=23|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}

1919

|North End F.C. (2)

|Saucon Cross Roads{{cite news |title=North Ends Wins Title By Dumping Saucon, 2-1|date=March 16, 1919|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/170694054/?terms=Blue%2BMountain%2Bsoccer|page=21|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}

=American Soccer League I=

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Year !Winner !Runner-up
1925 Details \|Boston Soccer Club \|Fall River F.C.
1926 Details \|New Bedford Whalers \|New York Giants
1927 Details \|Boston Soccer Club (2) \|Brooklyn Wanderers
1928 Details \|Bethlehem Steel \|Boston Soccer Club
1929 Details \|New York Nationals \|New Bedford Whalers
1930 Details \|Fall River F.C. \|Hakoah All-Stars
1931-1933 \| No competition \|

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Year

!Winner

!Runner-up

1925
Details

1926
Details

1927
Details

|Boston Soccer Club (2)

1928
Details

1929
Details

1930
Details

1931-1933

| No competition

=American Soccer League II=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
Year !Winner !Runner-up
1934-1939 \| No competition \|
1940 \|Kearny Scots \|Philadelphia German American
1941 \|Philadelphia German-American \|Brookhattan
1942 \|Brookhattan \|Kearny Irish
1943 \|Philadelphia Americans (2) \|Kearny Irish
1944 \|Kearny Irish \|Brooklyn Wanderers
1945 \|Brookhattan (2) \|Brooklyn Wanderers
1946 \|Brooklyn Hispano \|Baltimore Americans
1947 \|Baltimore Americans \|Kearny Irish
1948 \|Kearny Scots (2) \|Brookhattan
1949 \|Philadelphia Nationals \|Kearny Irish
1950 \|New York Americans \|Philadelphia Nationals
1951 \|Philadelphia Nationals (2) \|New York Hakoah
1952 \|Philadelphia Nationals (3) \|New York Americans
1953 \|Newark Portuguese \|Philadelphia Nationals
1954 \|Newark Sport Club \|S.C. Eintracht
1955 \|Uhrik Truckers (3) \|Brookhattan
1956 \|No competition \|
1957 \|Elizabeth Falcons \|Newark Portuguese{{cite news \|title=Falcons Lose, 1-0, But Win Cup\|date=June 17, 1957\|newspaper=New York Daily News \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/455455402/?terms=Lewis%2BCup\|page=53\|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}
1958 \|Uhrik Truckers (4) \|Ukrainian Nationals
1959 \|Ukrainian Nationals \|New York Hakoah
1960-1962 \|No competition \|
1963 \|Newark Ukrainian Sitch \|Ukrainian Nationals

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Year

!Winner

!Runner-up

1934-1939

| No competition

1940

|Kearny Scots

|Philadelphia German American

1941

|Philadelphia German-American

|Brookhattan

1942

|Brookhattan

|Kearny Irish

1943

|Philadelphia Americans (2)

|Kearny Irish

1944

|Kearny Irish

|Brooklyn Wanderers

1945

|Brookhattan (2)

1946

1947

1948

|Kearny Scots (2)

|Brookhattan

1949

|Philadelphia Nationals

|Kearny Irish

1950

|New York Americans

|Philadelphia Nationals

1951

|Philadelphia Nationals (2)

|New York Hakoah

1952

|Philadelphia Nationals (3)

|New York Americans

1953

|Newark Portuguese

|Philadelphia Nationals

1954

|Newark Sport Club

|S.C. Eintracht

1955

|Uhrik Truckers (3)

|Brookhattan

1956

|No competition

1957

|Elizabeth Falcons

|Newark Portuguese{{cite news |title=Falcons Lose, 1-0, But Win Cup|date=June 17, 1957|newspaper=New York Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/455455402/?terms=Lewis%2BCup|page=53|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}

1958

|Uhrik Truckers (4)

|Ukrainian Nationals

1959

|Ukrainian Nationals

|New York Hakoah

1960-1962

|No competition

1963

|Newark Ukrainian Sitch

|Ukrainian Nationals

=By club=

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;"
Club !Appearances !Cups won !Runner-up !Years won !Years runner-up
align=left\|Uhrik Truckers# \|5 \|4 \|1 \|align=left\|1941, 1943, 1955, 1958 \|align=left\|1940
align=left\|Philadelphia Nationals \|5 \|3 \|2 \|align=left\|1949, 1951, 1952 \|align=left\|1950, 1953
align=left\|Brookhattan \|5 \|2 \|3 \|align=left\|1942, 1945 \|align=left\|1941, 1948, 1955
align=left\|Boston S.C. \|3 \|2 \|1 \|align=left\|1925, 1927 \|align=left\|1928
align=left\|Allentown YMCA \|2 \|2 \|0 \|align=left\|1916, 1917 \| –
align=left\|North End F.C. \|2 \|2 \|0 \|align=left\|1918, 1919 \| –
align=left\|Kearny Scots \|2 \|2 \|0 \|align=left\|1940, 1948 \| –
align=left\|Kearny Irish \|5 \|1 \|4 \|align=left\|1944 \|align=left\|1942, 1943, 1947, 1949
align=left\|Ukrainian Nationals \|3 \|1 \|2 \|align=left\|1959 \|align=left\|1958, 1963
align=left\|Fall River F.C. \|2 \|1 \|1 \|align=left\|1930 \|align=left\|1925
align=left\|New Bedford Whalers \|2 \|1 \|1 \|align=left\|1926 \|align=left\|1929
align=left\|Baltimore Americans \|2 \|1 \|1 \|align=left\|1947 \|align=left\|1946
align=left\|New York Americans \|2 \|1 \|1 \|align=left\|1950 \|align=left\|1952
align=left\|Newark Portuguese \|2 \|1 \|1 \|align=left\|1953 \|align=left\|1957
align=left\|Bethlehem Reserves \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1915 \| –
align=left\|Bethlehem Steel \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1928 \| –
align=left\|New York Nationals \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1929 \| –
align=left\|Brooklyn Hispano \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1946 \| –
align=left\|Newark Sport Club \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1954 \| –
align=left\|Elizabeth Falcons \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1957 \| –
align=left\|Newark Ukrainian Sitch \|1 \|1 \|0 \|align=left\|1963 \| –
align=left\|Nativity Men's Club \|2 \|0 \|2 \| – \| align=left\|1915, 1917
align=left\|Brooklyn Wanderers \|2 \|0 \|2 \| – \|align=left\|1944, 1945
align=left\|New York Hakoah II \|2 \|0 \|2 \| – \|align=left\|1951, 1959
align=left\|Victor F.C. \|1 \|0 \|1 \| – \| align=left\|1918
align=left\|Saucon Cross Roads \|1 \|0 \|1 \| – \| align=left\|1919
align=left\|New York Giants \|1 \|0 \|1 \| – \|align=left\|1926
align=left\|Brooklyn Wanderers \|1 \|0 \|1 \| – \|align=left\|1927
align=left\|Hakoah All-Stars \|1 \|0 \|1 \| – \|align=left\|1930
align=left\|S.C. Eintracht \|1 \|0 \|1 \| – \|align=left\|1954

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Club

!Appearances

!Cups won

!Runner-up

!Years won

!Years runner-up

align=left|Uhrik Truckers#

|align=left|1941, 1943, 1955, 1958

|align=left|1940

align=left|Philadelphia Nationals

|align=left|1949, 1951, 1952