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

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gathered the ball up and was off down the freld At mrdheld he was tackled but rt was North Ends ball and the touchdown had been prevented The game seemed to favor ackson Therr lrne was stronger and therr backs were heavrer ohn urncy Adams playrng left half found the brg game rather worse than the scrrmmages wrth the scrubs Already he could feel a swellrng on hrs eye whrch bothered consrderably A few mrrrutes before half trme ackson went over for the hrst try but farled to krck the goal The half ended wrth the score 6 0 and a weary buch of North Ender dragged themselwes over to the North End slde of the held urncy Adams was the most weary of the bunch and he knew he had a black eye The second half began rn much the same manner as the frrst North End farled to make a down and krcked And then began the ackson march once more But they drd not go far for the North End lrne began to hght desperately and held ohn ulncy Adams however got mrxed up rn the middle of a scrrmmage and when he woke up he was on the rde lrnes and Merrrt was playrng left half Wha s s matter groaned ohn ulncy lemme carry the ball Youre all rrght Adams sard Coach Foster just lle down and rest a whrle you re through for the day And then ohn ulncy Adams realrzed that he had been knocked out and the game was over as far as he was concerned He gazed blankly at the North End rootrng sectron rn front of hrm and then drscovered that rn hrs hand he held a crrmsorr colored sponge Oh yes hrs nose was bleedrng he drdnt know that North End drove to wrthrn ten yards of ackson s goal and then farled to make therr yards ackson took the ball and began to push therr way out of danger Trme and agarn they make therr down and carrred the ball down the held once more And ohn ulncy Adams on the slde lrnes was forced to watch all of thrs The North End rootrng sectron was strll urters thought ohn urncy as he looked at them and rubbed hrs sore nose son found hrs mrnd agarn She had smrled at hrm Two jumps took hrm over to the Coach Put me rn wrll you3 he asked Im all rrght now Foster looked at hrm I should say not he answered So ohn urncy Adams went back to the srdelrnes and moped Lrttle by lrttle ackson was approachrng the whrte lrne that meant another touchdown At last ohn ulncy could stand rt no longer He ran out on the field Coach Poster stared at hrm rn astonrshment and then drd some raprd thrnkrn He let Adams go Substrtut for left half reported ohn ulncy Adams to the referee not darm to look back at the North Eno slde Merrrt llmped slowly off the held ackson wa only five yards from the goal lrne Lets hold em guys shrrlled ohn urncy Come on stop these bums we can vwrn yet Ten mrnutes to go' But ohn urncy Adams knew that rn four mrnutes the whrstle would blow and the game would be over North End te m drd not know thrs however and serzed the fact that they tlll had a chance to wrn The lrne held and once more a touchdown was averted North End took the ball on therr two yard lrne Langford trred a run around the left end and got away clear Forty yards he made and North End was out of danger lhen ohn urncy heard the sr nal for the crrss cross mth hrmself carryrng thc ball Mechanrcally he ran back felt somethrng Jabbed rnto hrs chest and then dashed off madly f . J . ' ' ' 1 - J Q . ' ' H , . ' . . . . - J Q .. . , Q ,,, J r Q . , .. l .,, Y , .jj , J Q n ' . , , - J . r , - A . Q , J Q Someone saw John.Quincy at that moment and smiledhat him. And Mrs. Adams' 1 q . - J A Q ' 2 . . ' . . . . ' e ,T 1 Q l , , Q Z .I s I ' . U ' j J Q , . . Page Thfrzy COMMERCE 1920

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Rats rnterrupted Tom rt ll do you good to lose some fat ohn urncy Adams refused to comment further Durrng the course of the afternoon chance took ohn urncy down the lrne by the wrre fence and placed hrm next to Mrllrcent Bennett ln her enthusrasm she began to converse wrth everyone lm crazy about foot ball she had remarked to ohn ls that so7 I l er lm gorng to try out for the team myself tomorrow h announced fools rush rn where angels fear to tread But she drd look at hrm a trrll drfferently Football practrce that fall was a long hard grrnd but there was Mrllrcent Bennett farthfully watcnrng each days practrce from behrnd the wrre fence Though she drd not look at hrm strll ohn urncy felt conscrous of her presence and the fact spurred hrm on A months trme saw hrm playrng left half on the second squad Seven trmes a mrnute ohn urncy Adams would frnd hrmself sprawlrng on the ground and seven trmes agarn would he have to prck hrs weary body up Lrfe was no longer the affarr that rt once had been Off the grrdrron ohn was strll the ame fashron plate fond of gazrng at hrmselt rn store wrndows He was strll the Matrnee ldol though a lrttle more respected now Then came the day when Tow Wrley broke hrs ankle durrng a mrxup and left a vacancy at left half Try left lalf Adams ordered Coach Foster and that youth hurrred over to the lrne and took hrs place glad at last that he was rrd of the scrubs At last the practrce games were over and only the brg game wrth acks rr remarned North End had gone through a successful season losrng one game only and that to the Freshman Eleven of the State College But that rs where the rub comes ln ackson Hrgh wrrh an unusually strong eleven had won every game rt had played even conquerrng the team that had beaten North End So the brg game promrsed to be a real frght and by no means the slaughter that had been expected And then the great day armed ohn urncy Adams as lmmaculately attrred as ever appeared at school wrth a brrllrarrt tre that nearly created a furore However he had changed I-le was tanner than before and more frlled out but strll the Matrnee o You can t cure that guy of comrng to school all dolled up remarked Truck Mrlls and that was tne nearest thrng to the truth The recrtatrons that day were weary affarrs to ohn urncy Adams to Mrllrcent Bennett to lruck Mrlls and to the other 997 odd members of the North End Students Assocratron But a llttle relref was garned by the fact that they were cut short and school was drsmrssed at two ocloclc to let everybody be present at the brg game It rs needless to say that the stands adornrng both srdes of aclison freld were frlled to capacity acksons blue and gold predomrnated one srde of the held whrle the other was a rrot of crrmson Delrrrum broke out on one srde when ackson s blue clad warrrors appeared whrle pandemonrum rergned when the boys rn red stepped on th e An anxrous frve mrnutes and then the referee s whrstle shrrlled Jackson rccerved the lcrclcoff and downed the ball on therr thrrty yard lrne From then on rt was 1 trrumphant march to North Fnd s goal lrne Three yards away a lrne buck was trred nd therr someone sprlled the ball Trlly Langford North End rrvht half COMMERCE 1920 Pass TW fy 1 u n - u- s n 9 , . , J Q , . ' ' C4 I n u y - n . T L 1 Y Q . , , . . C 09 s - , . , . l . . . , J Q , . . . . J Q , V - l . . J . Q . . . , s V a . . . ,, . ,, . . , '. u b as - 5 s a 9 - s V - , , J O - s s I , . , . - s Y I .1 . ,, . - y s Id I. u v, - n - 1 -s I . ' J Q , -- , , , , a s A - a u - n . , . . - . . . . - J 5 Y . . . . . 9 , . - . . , . . E . . . . - . . , , . - 4 . . 1 ' 0 . D , 0 . G , C

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It was a great sight to see the blond haired youth, with his head-guard hanging on one ear and his jersey ripped in the back elude one after another of the ackson tacklers and speed down the field. But the man carrying the ball loses speed and slowly a blue jersey gained on him At last the blue jersey shot out grasped the red legs and onn ulncy Adams collapsed in a heap just one white line away from the goal fhe teams jumped into place quickly and Crawford carrying the ball on the next play took it over the line The game was tied Shadows were descending on the field as ohn uincy Adams carefully held the ball and adjusted it at the proper angle for the kick Truck Mills kicked slowly And then the whistle blew North End went into frenzy eaos banners megaphones yes even shoes were flung into the air For Mills kick had been true and North End were victorious by the slim margin of one point ohn uincj Adams was gathered up in the mob that surged out on the field Breaking loose he dashed for the showers and bumped into Oh said Milllcent Bennett I wanted to see you ohn uincy Adams rubbed his eyes Huh3 he said feebly I that is we re Giving a party tomorrow night and Id like you to come I meant to ask you before Suddenly john uincy Adams felt ill at ease His eye was fast closing and he positively didnt know where to put his hands Ill come he said hurriedly looking about for escape And rf you re not doing anything this evening perhaps youd like to come owen and help decorate ohn ulncy Adams surveyed himself ruefully and felt of his nose I look like a tramp he said slowly but Ill be there with bells on And then Coach Foster s massive frame loomed up in front of ohn uincy Adams I wonder said that worthy to himself if hell give me But he didn t ALBERT CASTLE Just H lppy Alvardtrl a Pri There s a hne br earth to live on with pretty thin s to see It s just the place for happiness yet it appears to me That folks dont seem t preciate some thin s the way they could Trey kind of loo at thin s wron side no ri htside as iey should How can a human bein countrybre or raised in town lxeep a run wearin daily just one lon contin al frown3 Vlfhats the matter with these people3 Cant they lwse their rouch a N3 Cant they smile today tomorrer tll they jut lose all 0 lt Some just cant a keep from smilrn or a keep frwm fcelln C u e they re lad to be a luv n workin n fr m day to dav Wlien they hear the birds a sin in watch the plants a rowin new eel the x arm and comfj sunshine then they re lad with Nature too o you folks who re aways rumblin dont xwu know it aint no n o open up your mouth w ith lau hter pleasant words or even rin3 hou h you may hate had your rouches almost from your time of birth l owe em some-hm qmile be happy' let God knr w you like llls earth Ct RISSIII COMMERCE 1970 Pau Tlffft ff t J D . J I ' ' 1 Y 7 ! Y A , . O . O . . . , , . , , Q J Q . V . , 1 an N - - - ns H , . - J Q - - U it - .t - , - V- - , - U U 7 ' 4 U . . . , . tr . ., Q - - . . - rt - , - - - - ' - , Q U 3 5 H C 1 . . . rr - ,I Q . - H - V rt , . H . . - ' Q ' J Q ' - 4. ty - - tr- , - H . , 1 - , I . f C f ' 101 r ' ' in I 'A I 41 , , f, I - h A . 0 . . . Q j i I 4 k - g rr g . '.. ' .. -it 54 -- tj 1 Q 0 - rf I . ' ' ' . . ' ' f' , 1 Q, b , , ' ' - 'i A s 2 I ? ' .V , gay ' a s j' fl 1 o 0 1. . . Q. . V V Q Y' IA. V V . , 2 Y, j S ' I ' g -v jr ' 4 si . T v Q . ' - 2 A T Q ' ' 2 - .5 i ' V. - I . . . m ' 1' ' . ALI 'Z . .. '20, ,U 1' z-nt ,,, . ,