Who Were The Washington Glee Club?

The Washington Glee Club, also known as the New Haven Washington Glees were an independent professional football team in 1920. The played their home games at Weiss Park. There first ever game was canceled on September 26th, 1920 against the New Britain Nutmegs at Nutmeg Field. In the first game they ever played they went on the road to Bristol, Connecticut to face the Bristol New Departures in which the Glees won 7-0. The following week at home the Glees faced the Bridgeport Chains in a 7-7 tie. The teams decided to face each other the following week which was common in those days after a tie. This time at Newfield Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut the teams tied again in 0-0 tie. At home the following week the team won aginst the Providence Steam Rollers in a 12-0 victory. The Glees went on the road to Hartford, Connecticut to face the All-Hartford squad. The game resulted in a 0-0 tie so they decided to face each other again at Weiss Park where the Glees won 14-0. The next game got postponed two days so after the wait the team faced the New Haven Williams at Weiss Park. The game resulted in a scoreless tie. In the Glees final ever game they faced the Canton Bulldogs of the APFA (later to be the NFL) who had future Hall of Famers like Jim Thorpe. Both teams did not score and that game resulted in another tie for the Glees. The Glees would not the following year.