Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Atfjlctic Association ATHLETICS at the High School of Commerce has been taken in strong doses. The teams, at first new and unorganized, now have high hopes for the future. The spirit of the student body tending to the promotion of athletics is indeed very encouraging. The entrance of Commerce into the Senate of the Cleveland High Schools, while it has not caused any great changes, has resulted in gaining the respect of the opposing schools. gasket IBall anb iErack leagues The basket ball and track leagues have been very successful this year. Four captains, Romanis, Crebbin, Weintraub and Hilberer were selected to lead the teams. Each captain selected his squad from those desiring to play. Each squad was given a color under which the teams enrolled and there were four groups, the Red, the Blue, the Green and the Gold. TOTALS Total Basket Ball Total Track Total Blue 15 44 54 S9 2 Green 35 w 2 Gold 33 35 Red 9 19J4 29 71

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THE Basket Ball team of 1911 was a complete success Five of last year’s varsity were back in harness, so prospects for a good team were exceptionally bright, although one of the stars of last year’s varsity was missing in Captain MacAlpinc. When Captain Babe Hach issued a call for candidates many aspirants responded. Coach Evans was greatly pleased and soon built up a speedy team, composed of Captain Hach, Weintraub, Leopold, Crebbin, Romanis and Hird all of last year’s varsity. The season started with a dash, the strong team from Glenville High took us into camp to the score of 15 to 9. Not discouraged by this start, we next tackled East in one of the prettiest games of the season, in fact, one of the finest, cleanest exhibitions of basket ball played at East for many a day. We lost to the tune of 15 to 13. The next game with South we dashed into with might and main, and by displaying lightning speed and team work we were victorious over the South five, with the final count 26 to 10. The next week we played Tech. This game was full of excitement and was a complete mix up. But when the whistle sounded and the smoke cleared away we found ourselves on the losing ground, 20 to 15. The following week we took the Loyola bunch into camp by a close score 17 to 15. The next game, the most important one of the season, was also the roughest and most disheartening of any Commerce played. We were greatly handicapped by our weight and size, and our opponents from Lincoln High took us off our feet as only the “Lincolnites” could. We found easy sailing in the next game and emerged from the fray with Spencerian College by the score 24 to 13. Our friends from the West Side took the last senate game of the season by the score of 23 to 14. The faculty of the school composed of Messrs. Harrison, McMyler, Trace, Manville, and Coach Evans was played next, for the benefit of the varsity. The fellows evened up old scores, as the faculty received numerous bumps, while the varsity took revenge probably the sweetest during the entire season, the score being 27 to 17. The second team, composed of Lebowitz, Goldman, Donley, Sacha and Zak displayed much dash and vigor in all the games they played. The fellows showed good team work thus winning three out of the six games they played. 73