High School of Commerce - Commerce Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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J '- f' 2 w il CROSS COUNTRY iPhoto Top Leftl By ARMANDO FERRANTE november 24, l944, the second annual Cross Couiinj Meet was held at Golden Gate Park. The com- peting teams were Commerce, Poly, Lowell and Balboa. Although lohn Valdermale of Lowell won the race, Poly wcn the meet uh the highest score. Lowell finished second, Balboa third and Commerce fourth. The men who placed for Commerce were Leo Romero, lohn Perodi, and lohn Raines, who is now in the United States Marines. Kenny Mattea, Loe La Come, Ken Linka, Everett Eyslie, Leo Romero, Aldo Parodi, Dale Perkins, Arnold Loza. COMMERCE'S 110's TRIP EAGLES KLower Right Photol By TOM LEWIS The Commerce llO's unraveled all they had Novem- ber l3, l944, to defeat the Washington Eagles l9-7. Corn- merce had the game from the :start right to the end. The score at the half was ll-4, 'va-g. SOCCER CUpper Rightj The Commerce soccer team finished the l944 season with two wins and eight defeats. The soccer team started the season by winning over Balboa, 4-3. The season ended with another victory for Commerce, this time beat- ing Washington by scoring three field goals to Wash! ington's one. Definitely All-City material, Manuel Morales was the outstanding player of the league, before enter- ing the Navy. The loss of Morales greatly handicapped the team. The coach of the soccer team, Mr. Walter Lester, did a fine job of coaching, always giving his players the finer points of the game and putting fight, courage and determination into the players, COMMERCE 120'S LOSE TO WASH. lLower Leftl The l2O's played a very exciting game at our gym. lt was a close game all of the way and the score at the half was l7 to 24 in favor of the Eagles, and from then on it was a stiff battle and the final score was Washington 36, Commerce 30. i231

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touchdown drrve ln the second half Com merce was unbeatable wrh Bob Bleng1no throwmg to Bones Ferrante Staten Web ster and Sal Cardtnelh Bob Blengrno threw to Staten Webster and Webster was fmallv pushed out of bounds on the erghteen yard hne Frye plays later Iames Carter scored The try for pomt was no good Toward the end of the fourth half Bob Blenglno scored from the two yard hne and hm Carters try for pomt was good W1th the second strmg 1n Tommy Drllon as a sneak play ran 92 yards to a touchdown The fmal score was l3 6 CError m cutl tial L-1? COMMERCE 56 GALILEO 18 The Commerce Bulldogs ran up the largest score of the season when they de feated the Gallleo Lrons 56 18 Commerce started thelr sconng when Bob Blenglno scooted h1s own left end and went 56 yards to a touchdown Brll Loskutoff s try for pomt was good Score 7 U Then Staten Webster s down the srdelmes to pay drrt Try for pomt was no good Score 13 U ln the second quarter Staten Webster scored on a long jaunt down the fleld Agatn the try for pomt was no good Score l9 U Then tt was Brll Loskutoffs turn B1ll scored from the srx yard lme and klcked the extra pomt Score U W1th e I Q 'A K second strmg actlon Boy Barnr Galtleo s star half back caught a pas and scor d Score at the half 26 6 The second halt was hardly under way when Bob Blenglno Jolted around left end for l9 yards to a touchdown Try QS.,-ff'-v,tL..,.g-334,-2 f27 ily for pomt no good Score 32 6 One m1n ute later Staten Webster rambled 28 yards to a touchdown Score 38 6 W1th the sec ond team 1n actron Iames Madrson reserve fullback went through tackle and romped 47 yards to a touchdown Try for poxnt by Bob Day no good Score 44 6 Then Ben Smrth threw a pass to Bob Day who tall1ed agaln The try for pomt was no good Score at the end of the thrrd quarter 50 6 Once agam Boy Barnr Galrleo s star scored from the two yard hne Ed Frankenstem mter cepted a pass and ran 35 yards to a touch down Score 56 l2 ln the fadmg mrnutes of the game Boy Barnt caught a pass and dove down over hrs last man to a touch down Fmal score Commerce 56 Gahleo 18 COMMERCE 29 SACRED HEART 0 Commerce Bulldogs defeated the Sacred Heart lrlsh on Commerce held 29 U ln the f1rst quarter Bob Blengrno krcked to the lrlsh safety who fumbled and Commerce star end Sal Cardmelh fell on 1t Four plays the extra pomt Frve plays later Commerce scored agarn the lr1sh tr1ed to qurck krck but Babe Egan blocked lt On the next play Bones Ferrante on h1s famous end around scored stand mg up Brll Losku toff s try tor pomt in was no good M1d way rn the thrrd perrod Staten Webster 1n tercepted a pass and rambled 65 yards to a touchdown ln the fourth quarter Wlth the second strmg IH actron Commerce got two potnts because of a safety hm Carter the fullback scored on a plunge Frnal score 2 O tu A lfnslv- , . . ' l b O 1 . - I . C . ' I A . IS fum, he TCU1 ClfOUUd his OWU left efld Und later Big Bill Loskutoff scored and kicked 26 - . 5 th 1 ' - - - , , H I 74..- V41 H1 . ' - rl - - . . . , s. V f- , - l , 1 f ,EX ' I - x K l ,Id , ,--, X. I , N 'J ir: l . . 9 - .

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Commerce vs Washrngton By BONES FERRANTE Outclassed but not outfougrt the Hrah School of Commerce basketball team mmus three returnmg veterans lost therr flrst game of the eason tn George Wa hrngton frve by a core of thrrty to frfteen Fxcept for Bob Blengmo and Sal Cardrnelll who made e ght and flve pomts respectrvely Commerc would have been blgnked Gut Commerce vs Sacred Heart A much rmproved Commerce team took tne floor on Ianuary l5th agam the heav1ly favored Sacred Heart Frve Men of lron Up to and untll th fourth quarter 1t looked as though etther team Could w1n but wrth a few mrnutes to go Sacred Hea t po red rn srx porn s to w1n the game by a scor of twenty two to srxteen l-hgh pornt honors went to Kevln Duggan w1th ten pomts Commerce vs Lowell Atded by the slow break of plays used by Lowell Commerce kept them break to a fast one and went mto a scorlng spree that broke Commerce s bacc and won the game for them to the tune of l6 to 40 l-hgh pomt men for Com merce were Duggan and Ferrante wrth four each Commerce vs Galrleo After recelvmg a humrlatmg defeat by Lowell the Bulldogs came back to Kezar wlth a strong determ1nat1on to wm Paced by Bob Bleng1no who was playmg hrs last game for Commerce before entermg the U S Coast Guard Commerce matched Galrleo basket for basket throughout the game but a free throw made by one of the Gal1leo guards rn the closmg mmutes of the contest provlded the margtn for a one po1nt Wm over the1r Van Ness r1vals Bob Blengmo was hlgh po1nt man for Commerce ln thetr 26 to 27 defeat wlth lU pomts Commerce vs Balboa Mmus Bob Bleng1no sharp shootrng forward for Commerce the Bulldogs recetved the-1r frfth defeat m a row to a score of l4 to 12 After leadmg Balboa to the end of the flrst half by one pornt Commerce fa1led to halt the on comma pomts made by the Balboa forwards untrl 1t was too late H1gh polnt man for Commerce was Kev Duggan wrth 4 d1g1lS Bulldog Beaten by Lrncoln 19 28 By MARION KERR On February l6 the least excxtlng game of basketball rn whrch the Bulldog has partlcrpated was played agarnst Lmcoln Hrgh polnters were Al Munn Lmcoln forward w1th ll Trm Green Com merce center and Sal Cardrnellr Commerce forward both wrth 8 Sal Cardmelll IS soon gomg 1nto the Merchant Marme and rs saylng good bye to the old hlgh th1s Week f29 I I . . '1 ' . . A , k I K . . S A' 1 s ' ' sz' ' A . '. I I . , , W 'DL . . . I . A ' r L1 ' ' ' t ' e 1 P . . . . V , I selves in the ball game until the fatal second half. Lowell changed the slow . . , , U O C C . 1 , , 1 4 , -