Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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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