Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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rison had blown the whistle. He tried to shoot baskets until someone yelled out, “Throw the ball to the referee.” The features of the game were the basket shooting of Coach Evans, who accidentally made all the points for the Faculty, and the sensational refereeing of Mr. Harrison, when the coach persisted in helping to call all the fouls every time the ball went up between two men. For Coach Evans was very fond of shooting baskets from the foul line. All this nerve-racking, heroic effort on the part of Coach Evans, however, brought the Faculty home victorious, with the score standing eight to seven when the time-keeper, for the last time, blew his whistle. The Varsity, feeling somewhat grieved over the outcome of the game, insisted upon a return match with the Faculty, but owing to the fear of being defeated and consequently destroying their average of 1,000 per cent, they refused to grant the Varsity team a return game. Thus ended one of the most important games of the season, one never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. ANDREW R. KOLLER. 1912. Atljlrtic Association ATHLETIC activities at Commerce were well supported during the year. The suits and necessary furnishings for the teams were bought by the Athletic Association, with the money raised from the sale of buttons and tags. This year a better way of raising money, and having a good pin. was discovered, in which each member paid fifty eents for a silver pin, as a receipt of membership fees for four years. (©ttuprs of tlje Sjigh School of (Aommrrrp Athlrtic Association President ......... Vice-President ... Treasurer ........ Secretary ......... Principal.......... Faculty Treasurer Thomas V. Murphy .... Florence Ott ..William Hilberer .... Ada Rodgers .. Solomon Weimer .Charles F. Dutton Mr. Evans Coach: Managers: Base Ball Foot Ball Basket Ball f 9 Carl Steigerwald Otto Bartunek ... Thomas Albertson . Base Ball . Foot Ball Basket Ball

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Basket Ball (Same—iFarulty us. Harsitg UPON entering the home rooms on December 14, 1911, attention was attracted by an encircled sign in one corner of the blackboard, which read: “Watch this space, tomorrow.” Of course all the pupils were anxious until tomorrow came, for they wished to know what was going to take place. The first thing the pupil had in mind, upon his arrival at school the next day, wa,s to go to his home room and look for the empty space. All were surprised at reading, “Scrape up fifteen cents for Friday.” But the secret had spread all over the school when this announcement was made, for the pupils knew, by intuition it seemed, that it would not be anything except a basket ball game. The students reasoned that as the basket ball season had not yet opened, this must be the Faculty and. Varsity game. The reasoning was good, and it took place on December 21, 1911, at 4:00 P. M., immediately after school. The effects of last year’s game between Faculty and Varsity brought about a decided change in the time of playing, the Faculty team, seeming afraid of ill luck, decided to alter their time of play from Tuesday to Friday, so that in case of a second defeat, they would not be noticed the next day, as would be the case had they scheduled the game for Tuesday. As if a flock of sheep were scared away by a wolf, there was a rush and a tumble for the Gymnasium door, for everyone wanted to witness this grand game. After all had settled down in their seats and the atmosphere had cleared away, the game began. Among the varsity men were, Capt. Weintraub and Bros, forwards; Rus-son, center; Zag and Lebowitz. guards; while Hilberer and Twitchell were substitute men. The players picked from the faculty were: Mathematic Mc-Myler and Civic Weber, forwards; Coach Evans, center; Physical Director Warfield and Music Tutor Manville, guards; Shorthand Harrison acted as first assistant referee to Coach Evans. Dr. Dutton had been called upon to act as first aid to the injured and the last man to be signed up on the team was Chemical Harsh, as chief water boy. During the interval of time that had elapsed between the assigning of teachers to their respective positions, and the time of play, there had been set up by the Faculty team excluding any of the Varsity representatives, a new code of rules governing the game. After the game, the Varsity team demanded from Mr. Harrison an explanation regarding the change of rules. Suspicions were aroused from the fact that the Faculty had induced the referee to stay in the Gymnasium office and to refrain from talking to any of the Varsity players. The one hundred and fifty spectators present, were astonished to see the Faculty arrayed in last year’s Varsity basket ball togs, and in the meantime, the present Varsity men had got. in return, each a new suit. Mr. Manville furnished all the comedy necessary to make every one hold his sides. He insisted on grappling w ith his opponent, even when Referee Har- 08

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