Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAMS. EXCITEMENT was intense; the seniors had been victors in one game of three to be played for the school championship; the juniors had captured one, and now this was the deciding game. There were three more minutes of play; the score was six to five in favor of the seniors; suddenly the junior forward caged the ball. Everything looked black for the seniors; one-half minute and the whistle would blow. The senior center shot a basket and—the Senior Girls were the Basketball Champions. The seniors won the first game seventeen to eight. The juniors rallied and were the victors in the second, eight to five, but the seniors became champions by an eight to seven victory. Seeing girls play basketball is a novelty and the crowd that turned out to the games taxed the “gym” to its capacity. The girls practiced every Thursday, and much friendly rivalry existed between the two teams. Both of the captains, Martha Hansen and Edith Tiffany, were eager to have os

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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

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their teams win most of the games, and the victories were usually about equally divided. Unlimited praise is due our coach, Miss Bandeen, who settled impartially all disputes concerning “bunching” and “close guarding,” and her interest in the games was so contagious that we are all sorry the season is over. Seniors. Juniors. Em;ly Gaiser—Eleanore Murphy. R. F........Edith Tiffany (Captain) Martha Hansen (Captain........L. F..Anna McKeon—Myrtle Anderson Louise Brown ..................C......................Elsie Torry Ada McDowell .................R. G. ... AltissaOster—Myrtle Behrend Helen Goodman—Stella Moskovitz.LG........................Florence Schultz Manager Junior Team ....................Malvina Weiss Manager Senior Team ................. Flora Bratburd FLORA BRATBURD. 93