Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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BOYS’ BASKETBALL. 'T' HE fourteen boys, who composed Mr. Warfield's leaders’ class, picked teams from the boys of the school. These teams met in the gymnasium on Tuesdays and Fridays before school to play their games. There was much interest centered in these teams, each having its little following of rooters. The team captained by Weizer finally won out. II. S. OF C. BASKETBALL TEAM. The H. S. of C. Basketball team of 1914, although not of championship caliber, proved to be quite satisfactory. It was necessary for Coach Evans to develop three new men, for Twitchell and Kamnetsky were the only varsity men back from the team 88

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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?

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of 1913. Forty candidates were out for the first practice. Out of these the Coach picked ten men which number was finally reduced to eight. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE, 1914. Date Team Floor I Com. Opp. Dec. 18 '13 Faculty Commerce 22 19 Jan. 9 '14 East Tech East Tech. 18 21 16 West High Commerce 25 23 23 East Commerce 27 16 30 West Tech West Tech 15 18 Feb. 6 Central Commerce 15 32 14 South South 4 11 20 Glenville Commerce 17 16 26 Loyola East “Y” 21 26 March 6 Lincoln Lincoln 13 16 Varsity Line Up Second Team Kamnetsky, Sauernheimer..........L. F................Schneider, Krivos Smith .......................... R. F................. Cowell, Johnson 89