Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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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CENTRAL HIGH. We played Central on our floor Feb. 6, 1914. Commerce presented a changed line-up because of the graduation of Kamnetsky. We had at the end of the first half the score of 10-6. Because of the injuries of Twitchell and Novasel, we were greatly handicapped, the score ending 32-15 in Central's favor. Twitchell scored 11 points. Commerce 2nds, 28; Central 2nds, 10. SOUTH HIGH. On Feb. 14, 1914, we met South on their floor before a large crowd. We were against a team whose record showed not a game lost. Little scoring was done, due to the close guarding of the defense. Twitchell caged two fouls in the beginning, which gave us the lead. This lead was soon overcome by the shooting of South's star, Peel. The game was fast and ended with the score of 11-4, favor of South. Commerce 2nds, 9; South 2nds, 6. GLENVILLE. On Feb. 20, 1914, we played Glenville on our floor. Our boys started with the whistle and scored a field basket. The first half ended 12-10, in favor of Commerce. The second half was fast and interesting, Glenville being in the lead till a few seconds before the whistle blew. Twitchell tied the score with a field basket and then shot a foul, the final score being 17-16, favor Commerce. Twitchell scored 13 points. LOYOLA HIGH. This game was played at the East End Y. M. C. A. on Feb. 26, 1914. Loyola is the best team in the city. They did not meet with a defeat this year: The score at the end of the first half was 9-7, in Loyola's favor, but that did not discourage our boys. We led in the second half up to the last three minutes of play, then Loyola went ahead and won out, 26-21. We were the only team to score over 18 points on them, and we gave them their hardest battle. Twitchell again was the star, scoring 15 points. The team work of the Catholic boys was the feature of the game. LINCOLN. Lincoln and Commerce had to decide who was to take fourth place in the senate race. The game was exciting and close. Our boys were anxious to retain fourth place, but were slightly handicapped by the small gymnasium at Lincoln. The score ended in Lincoln's favor. Our second team deserves credit for the remarkable showing they made this year, being the champions of the second team division. t»i