. ▁ ▁St ix , ▁Ba er ▁and ▁Full er ▁( SB F ) ▁would ▁not ▁improve ▁on ▁Hell r ungs ’ ▁performance , ▁finishing ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 - 1 9 3 2 ▁stand ings . ▁ ▁However , ▁they ▁found ▁considerable ▁success ▁on ▁the ▁national ▁level ▁as ▁they ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Challenge ▁Cup ▁final s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁semif inal ▁series , ▁they ▁won ▁the ▁first ▁game ▁against ▁Chicago ' s ▁Br ick layers ▁and ▁M asons ▁F . C . ▁ 3 - 1 , ▁before ▁losing ▁ 2 - 0 ▁the ▁second ▁game . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁tied , ▁the ▁two ▁teams ▁played ▁a ▁dec iding ▁game , ▁won ▁by ▁S BF ▁ 1 - 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁National ▁Cup ▁final s , ▁S BF ▁ran ▁up ▁against ▁the ▁New ▁Bed ford ▁Wh al ers ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Soccer ▁League . ▁ ▁Wh al ers ▁was ▁stock ed ▁with ▁future ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fam ers . ▁ ▁Despite ▁that , ▁S BF ▁played ▁them ▁to ▁a ▁ 3 - 3 ▁tie ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis ▁before ▁losing ▁ 5 - 2 ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁game , ▁both ▁played ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis . ▁ ▁The ▁Wh al ers ▁fol ded ▁after ▁the ▁National ▁Cup ▁series ▁and ▁five ▁of ▁its ▁players ▁moved ▁west ▁to ▁join ▁S BF . ▁ ▁Bol ster ed ▁by ▁the ▁infl ux ▁of ▁talent , ▁S BF ▁ran ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁table ▁in ▁the ▁