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

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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 , -

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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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11f11f44 1716 HARRY CHIN Basketball llll s PLAYERS N LAI B HOWARD MACIA H CHIN H ZUGELDER WONG H GIN TEAM COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCE PLAYERS 110 LB DATE 10 17f44 10 24 44 10 26f44 OPPONENT BALBOA LOWELL SACRED HEART LINCOLN 15 35 I1 5 2712 12 F PLAYERS W IOHNSON MCCLURE LEWIS CURRY GALILEO POLYTECHNIC MISSION WASHINGTON 36 20 20 13 LOZA MATTEA 111 4 ST IGNATIUS 16 33 POINT STANDINGS 120 LB PLAYERS NORMAN LAI BOB HOWARD KEN MATTEA H WONG HOMER ZUGELDER ARNOLD LOZA TOM LEWIS HARRY CURRY WESLEY IOHNSON BILL MCCLURE IOHN MACIA AL PIRA FRANCIS LAI DALE PERKINS ARCHIE CAMERON IOE LA COME WONG YUEN ONG Basketball 120 s PLAYERS TEAM DATE OPPONENT SCORE 9 .I 1, 10,4 X44 42 D.. . ' -15 H, . . 10X X44 4 A. 10X 4 14. . 1 14 -5 7,f4 . - 55 75 49 63 I3 38 . 12 34 7 5 7 2 4 U 1 0 1 .LL 1 218 U 0 151 9 , . ' . 7,1 - , I ' . 4,1 -I , . ' 6,1 4 , I. A ' .11,1 - 'S . 11,1 - ' . I7 1 . - PERKINS E COMMERCE 120 s CAMERON E COMMERCE 120 PIRA C COMMERCE 120 s LAI G COMMERCE120s ONG G COMMERCE 120 LACOME G COMMERCE 120 s WONG F COMMERCE 120 s YUEN COMMERCE 120 COMMERCE 120 s OCT OCT OCT NOV NOV NOV I 2 2 1301 944 944 944 944 944 944 BALBOA LOWELL SACRED HEART LINCOLN GALILEO POLYTECI-INIC MISSION WASHINGTON ST IGNATIUS 13 33 15 30 26 24 18 20 3163 1617 30 43 30 36 2126