Business High School - Commercial Record Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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TIIE COMMERCIAL RECORD 17 BUSINESS IVINS OPENER Business defeated Fifth Avenue's Base- ball team in a slugging match by the score of 25-7. Yockum's pitching fea- tured. Business made thirty hits of which Ennis had five, Pratt, Backinger, and Chernoff each had four. Pratt also having a home run. BUSINESS OPENS ITS HOME S E .-1 S ON Business defeated Schenley on tl1e XVashington Park field by the score of 3-5. Business had to hustle to keep the Schenley lads from scoring and enabled to come out in the lead. Backinger, Muroski, Dupnak, and Chernoff each had two hits. GRE.-ITEST G.-UIIE OF SE.-ISON In the greatest school game ever played on Nifashington Park, Business High was nosed out of a victory by the Duquesne Juniors by the score of 3-2. This game was featured by the pitching of both Yockum and Connelly, with Yockum giving seven hits while Connelly gave eight. Business lost this game by its poor judgment in the fielding of the ball and by poor base running. Both teams played well. BUSINESS LOSES TO RALSTON IN FIN.-lL In a game played in drizzling rain Business High lost to Ralston by the score of 15-10. Business was weakened by the loss of Yockum, its pitcher, and Dupnak, its first baseman. These boys were ineligible to play a few days before the game. Ralston started oft with four runs in the first inning and Business was unable to score until the fourth inning when they scored one run. Ralston came back strong again in the fifth and scored seven runs. Business started strong in the sixth inning and scored seven runs, but were held to two runs in the seventh inning, which was the last inning, and therefore went down to defeat. TIi'AI7IC Business High upheld their great record on the cinder path by annexing their forth consecutive championship. Business High scored -ll points, which were mostly accounted for by Pratt. Rodgers, Chernoff, Muroski, and Reine- man. The runner up in the junior events was Irwin High, who scored only 23 lf!! points. The Business High winners were as follows. 880 yard relay-Pratt, Chernoff, Dup- uak, and Rodgers. First. Time l minute, -L6 3X5 seconds. 50 yard dash--Muroski, first, Marcus, second Reineman, third. 75 yard dash---Chernoff, first: Pratt, thirdg Rodgers, fourth. -140 yard relay-Reineman, Jouver, Mon- gillo, and Goldstein, first. 8 pound shotput-Murphy, second. The following boys won their letters in track: Howard Reinenian, Henry Jouyer, Louis Goldstein, Edward Murphy, Jack Chernoff, Sam Pratt, Frank Mongillo, Michael Dupnak, Michael Rodgers, An- thony Muroski, and Simon Marcus. SOC'f'ER FOOTBALL NVhen Coach NVhite issued the call for candidates for soccer football, the big- gest throng of candidates, in the history of the school, came out to try for a place on the team. After a week of practice the squad was cllt to two teams which practiced faitlifully together, up until the sound of the whistle for the opening struggle, and a chance to show their wares. The soccer team played a larger schedule of games than was played in the past years. The team soon showed itself to be a formidable one, by defeat- ing eight teams out of the ten which were played. The team which usually started at the blow of the referee's whis- tle was as follows :-Backinger, Rodgers, Captain Dupnak, Elwell, and Muroski, were the boys who were on the front

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18 gg THE COMMERCIAL RECORD line. Mazur, Proven, and XVeisman, formed the halfback positions. Pratt and Yalck, were the distance booters, at the fullback positions, and Murphy was the goal tender. The rest of tl1e squad was made up of Anderson, Goldstein, Leibovitz, Mauk, Fralich, Sweeney, Deibold, Verret, and Rogoff. RESULTS OF GAMES Business ....i........... 3 Letsche ,,,,,,,,,,,i,, 0 Business ..... .,... 6 McKelvey ........ 0 Business ..... ..... 0 Union ....... ....,, 1 Business ..... ..... 1 Irwin .....,.......... 0 Business ..... ..... 1 Latimer ,.,..,,..... 0 Business .,,..... ,.... 2 Club E'Spanish 0 Business ........ ..... 2 Riverside .......... 0 Business ........ ..... 2 Club E'Spanish 1 Business ...,,... ..... 0 Ralston ....,.,,...... 2 Business ..... ..... 2 Peabody ......,..... 0 Business .....,..,,...,.. 19 Opponents ........ -L BUSINESS BE.-1. TS PEABODY The first team to ever represent a senior high school in soccer appeared at W'ashington Park in the colors of Pea- body High School. Business High van- quished the senior boys by their excep- tional plays. Muroski and Backinger scored for Business. The Barmen bro- thers played best for Peabody. SPANISH TEADI DEFEATEI1 TWICE Business High twice defeated the Club E'Spanish team, a team made up entirely of Spaniards. The score of the first game was 2-0 and the score of the second was 2-1. RIVERSIDE BEATEN Riverside was defeated in the third league game 2-0. The teamwork of Busi- ness was exceptionally good, and too much for the opposition. Backinger and Muroski were the Business scorers. Faigler, tl1e bulky goal keeper of River- side kept the score from mounting. BUSINESS LOSES CHAMPIONSHIP Business lost the final and champion: ship game of the season to Ralston. The two counts registered by Ralston could easily be avoided, but the luck was against the home boys and they came through with a defeat. Rodgers was conspicuous for Business. The following boys won their letters and certificates in soccer football:- Mike Dupnak, captain, Sam Backinger, Anthony Muroski, Michael Rodgers, El- well, Albert Mazur, Mike Yalch, Sam Pratt, Ben W'eisman, Edward Murphy, Provan, Sweeny, Verret, Anderson, Gold- stein, and YVilliam Griffin, manager. BASKETBALL At the call for candidates for the basketball team there were about forty- five anxious lads gathered in the gym- nasium. After a couple of weeks of preliminary work, the boys were chosen to represent the school. Sam Pratt and Mike Dupnak were the only players who were on the last years team. These two players together with some new ma'terial, bound together a formidable combination. The following boys are on the squad :-Pratt, captain, Mongillo, Backinger, YVeisman, Mazur, Dupnak, Muroski, Verret, Elwell, Thomas, Roth, Yaleh, Goldstein, Murphy, Yarcheever, and Provan. Of these boys the following will be lost by graduation: Mongillo, XVeisman, Masur, Dupnak, and Verret. Manager Ciccone, is the team manager, and he forming one of the best schedules a Business Hi team has ever had. Cap- tain Pratt, will be the only regular left on the team after graduation, but there are several other boys on the squad who have not had much experience, but who will take the place of the players who were lost by graduation. The team has made a very favorable impression in the first two games played this year by defeating Schenley and Fifth Avenue Hi's second teams.