1939 National Challenge Cup

1939 National Challenge Cup

Dewar Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	December 11, 1938 – May 7, 1939
Defending champions	Sparta Garden City
Final positions
Champions	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic (1st title)
Runner-up	Manhattan Beer (IL)
Semifinalists	Morgan Sports Club German American SC

The 1939 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Eastern Division

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

January 8 - Philadelphia

German American

2

February 11 - Philadelphia

Baltimore Germans

1

German American

1

January 8 - Baltimore

Baltimore

0

Baltimore

4

March 26 - Philadelphia

Hatikvoh

0

German American

3

January 8 - Brooklyn

Lusitania Recreation

2

Brooklyn Hispano

1

February 12, 19

Holy Cross

2

Holy Cross

1–1

January 8, 22

Lusitania Recreation

1–2

St. Michael's

3–0

April 15, 16

Lusitania Recreation

4–1

German American

0–2

January 8 - Bronx

Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic

2–1

Brookhattan

4

March 19 - Bronx

Bethlehem Hungarians

1

Brookhattan

1

February 5, 11

Scots Americans

0

Philadelphia Passon

3–2

April 2 - Bronx

Scots Americans

3–3

Brookhattan

1

January 29 - Bronx

Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic

3

New York Americans

1

February 12 - Brooklyn

Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic

3

Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic

6

January 8 - Kearny

Trenton Highlanders

4

Irish American

0

Trenton Highlanders

2

Western Division

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

November 13 - Detroit

Bolton All-Stars

0

January 8 - Detroit

Chrysler S.C.

2

Chrysler

2

December 11 - Chicago

Manhattan Beer

4

Manhattan Beer

4

March 12 - Chicago

Swedish American

0

Manhattan Beer

3

December 11 - Buffalo

Bartunek Slavia

2

Beck's German-American

0

January 8, 15

Kodak Park F.C.

1

Kodak Park

1-0

Dec 11,18/Jan 2 - Cleveland

Bartunek Slavia

1-3

Shamrock S.C.

3a

April 2, 9

Bartunek Slavia

7

Manhattan Beer

2-3

December 11 - Homestead

Morgan

3-1

Curry S.C.

0

January 8, 15 - Bridgeville

Castle Shannon-Deutsch Sport Club

3

German Sport

1-0

December 11 - Bridgeville

Morgan

1-5

Heidelberg S.C.

1

March 12 - Pittsburgh

Morgan S.C.

2

Morgan

4

December 11 - Chicago

Sparta

2

Sparta Garden City

1

January 8 - Chicago

Olympia A.F.C.

0

Sparta

7

February 12 - St. Louis

Lindell Trust

1

Lindell Trust S.C.

3

Burke S.C.

1

a) aggregate after 3 games

Final

First game

April 30, 1939

Manhattan Beer (IL)	0–1	St. Mary's Celtic (NY)
		Nanoski 76'

Sparta Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: James Carleton

Second game

May 7, 1939

St. Mary's Celtic (NY)	4–1	Manhattan Beer (IL)
W. McEwan 1' Nanoski 44', 52' Kuntner 63' (pen.)		Gonsalves (pen.)

Starlight Park, The Bronx, New York

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: James Carleton