Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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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Twitchell (Captain) ..........C...................Foreit (Captain) Krauss .......................L. G........................ Pesicka Kirian, Fischer ..............R. G..... ................... Weizer E. J. Kirian (Mgr.) Chas. Motto (Asst. Mgr.) Subs Barber Novasel FACULTY. The first game of the season was played on Dec. 18, 1913, between the Faculty and the Varsity. The majority of the students turned out to see this game. The varsity did not expect a walk-away because the Faculty had a better team this year than in previous years. The Faculty were confident that they would give the varsity a beating, but the latter won out 22-19. It was a see-saw affair. Evans and Carrier starred for the Faculty, while Twitchell starred for the Varsity. EAST TECH. The first senate game was played on January 9, 1914, when Commerce was sent against the two times senate champions, East Tech. The game was witnessed by one of the largest crowds that turned out to see an inter-scholastic basketball game. At the end of the first half Commerce was in the lead, 12-8. After the second half was nearly over East Tech forged ahead and the game ended with the score 21-18, East Tech 2nds, 20; Commerce 2nds, 17. WEST HIGH. We met and defeated West High on our floor Jan. 16, 1914. Our boys still filled with memories of defeat by East Tech, went into this game determined to make up for the loss of the week before, the score ended 25-23 in Commerce’s favor. The game was featured by fast and clever playing, and not until the signal was sounded was Commerce sure of winning. Twitchell, Krauss and Kamnetsky were the stars of this game. Twitchell scored 13 points. Commerce 2nds, 11; West 2nds, 8. EAST HIGH. We next met East, whom all wanted to defeat because of their previous victories over us. Our boys scored in the first minute of play and kept the lead all through the game. The second half saw them run away with East, reminding one of the defeat given us by East in football. Kamnetsky, Twitchell and Krauss were the stars, Kamnetsky scoring 15 points. WEST TECH. Our next game came on Jan. 30, ’14, with West Tech on their floor. This game was to decide the West Side championship. The game was fast and closely contested all the way. The score was 10-7 in favor of West Tech at the end of the first half. In the second half with fifty seconds to play a foul was called on West Tech, but Kamnetsky failed to cage it, and Tech won by the score of 18-15. Commerce 2nds, 26; West Tech 2nds, 18. oo