 It was a nice win and gave them the city championship, but that was all that it was; the season was won by Pittsburgh the week before.Meanwhile, several members of the Athletics and the Phillies went on to play in the first World Series of Pro football on a team erroneously named "New York" at Madison Square Garden (the "error" was deliberate as the tournament's founder felt that the combined team was the best in the event, and bestowed upon them home field advantage for the tournament).New York and Syracuse AC played in the first indoor football game in front of 3,000 spectators, on December 28, 1902.