Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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BASEBALL. ASEBALL in 1913 was far more successful than any other line of sport in the history of the school. We were small in numbers and had little baseball knowledge, but through the remarkable coaching of Mr. Evans we developed into the best high school team in the city. The boys went all the way to Edgewater Park every night after school to practice, but they kept up their courage and were well paid in the end. The sensational pitching of Meyers and the remarkable team work of the rest of the fellows on the team enabled Commerce to tie East Tech for the Senate championship. BASEBALL SCHEDULE. April 28, 1913. H. S. C.. 3.... . .. . Lakewood . 2 May 5, 1913. H. S. C.. 6.... . . . . East Tech . 7 May 12, 1913. H. S. C.. 36.... . .. .Willoughby . 4 May 19, 1913. H. S. S.. 9 Lincoln (Forfeit). . 0 May 26, 1913. H. S. C.. 8.... . .. . West Tech . 5 June 3. 1913. H. S. C.. 24.... . .. . Loyola .17 June 10, 1913. H. S. C.. 11.... ....West . 6 Total ..........................97...... BASEBALL LINEUP. Meyer ( Dolezalj Kirian (Captain) ........................... Zak I Kamnetzkyi Donnelly ................................... O’Conner ................................... Hasselo .................................... Groth} Reich ( Pesicka .................................... Motto ...................................... 0 l .....Pitcher .....Catcher .. First Base Second Base .. Short Stop .Third Base . Left Field Center Field .Right Field

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FOOTBALL. AT the beginning of the year of 1914, the problem that the Faculty and Athletic Association had to solve was, “Shall we have a football team?” The school wanted a football team very badly, so all the boys that could and wanted to play football made up a list which was handed in for inspection. The list was studied carefully by Coach Evans, and his decision was that the boys were too light and inexperienced to stack up against the teams put out by other high schools of the city. The only veterans were: Krauss, Kirian, and Fischer, all of whom had played on the last varsity football team. OUR COACH. MR. D. M. EVANS, who is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, coached the Commerce teams this year, and will continue to do so next year. Mr. Evans is a star in all branches of sport, having played on the football, basketball and baseball teams of his college, along which lines he certainly is a hustler. Although a star in every sport, he is modest of his grand record at Wesleyan. Mr. Evans has gained the good will of all the fellows, and never has a coach been so popular and so close to the student body. At Commerce he is making a reputation for himself, as being among the best coaches in the city, as well as an official second to none. SUMMER SCHOOL BASEBALL. COMMERCE HIGH’S summer baseball team was a success. The students of Central and Commerce formed teams to play for the summer school championship. Central had one advantage over Commerce, and that was that all the pupils from the other Academic Schools went to Central during the summer and that gave Central more students for a selection of players, while Commerce had only its regular students. The two schools planned to play a series of five games, the school winning the most games to claim the championship. Commerce won three out of the five games.

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LAKEWOOD. The first game of the season was with Lakewood. This team was feared by most high schools, as it had gone down to Berea and defeated the strongest team there by a large score. Going into the game with a determination to win, the Commerce boys outclassed their rivals, the final score being 3 to 2. The feature of the game was a double play, Motto to Donnelly to Kamnetzky. This play saved the gold and white team, as the suburbanites had two men on bases, and with this play omitted there might have been a different story to tell. EAST TECH. The East Tech nine defeated our boys at Woodland Hills by the score of 7 to 6. It seems useless to excuse the loss of a game, and we relate the following incident only to show how some players act in sports. In the seventh inning, with Commerce in the lead by the score of 6 to 5, East Tech came to bat. Harry Steffen got on by virtue of a base on balls, and reached third base by a single, leaving a man on second and third. This made two men on base and one out needed to retire the side. Harry Steffen led off third, was caught asleep and would have been an easy out had he not run into the ball purposely. The ball hit him and rolled into left field, allowing all men to score. Meyers, the Commerce pitcher, pitched wonderfully, striking out fourteen East Techers. WILLOUGHBY. The third game of the season was with Willoughby, at Willoughbeach Park. A hard battle was expected, but to the surprise of all present, the Commerce team defeated the Willoughby nine by the overwhelming score of 36 to 4. In the first inning 16 gold and white players crossed the plate. Commerce scored in every inning but the sixth, the game going only seven innings. The Willoughby players, however, deserve much credit, as they fought gamely. WEST TECH. “We have met the enemy, and they are ours, eight runs, ten hits, and but one error. That is what we think of every time we are reminded of the West Tech game. West Tech was proclaimed by many schools the best in the city because they defeated the East Tech team the week before with a score of 4 to 3, but the Commerce players made them look like mediocres. There were two pleasing recollections about the game. First: the honor of beating West Tech; and, second: the satisfaction of winning from the sister school of East Tech. The final score was 8 to 5. WEST. Hitting the offerings of West High pitchers at will, the Commerce team thoroughly and decisively defeated them by the score of 11 to 5. This victory gave Commerce the West Side Championship and a stronger foothold for the senate title. Meyer’s pitching featured the game. LOYOLA. The High School of Commerce took a slow and uninteresting game from the Loyola team by the score of 24 to 17. Commerce had the game cinched in the fifth inning when the score stood 24 to 8. But being overconfident, the knights of the ledger took things easy and allowed the Loyola team to score nine runs in the next four innings. Had not the Commerce boys put on the brakes and stopped Loyola scoring the latter might have won the game. This game gave Commerce the right to the title of “champions of the high schools. a?