Eastern High School of Commerce - Eastern Echo Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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EASTERN ECHO 79 BASKETBALL Two teams were the entries in the High School llaslcethall League from Eastern Commerce. The junior team were the smallest in the league but made up for their size hy a grim determination. The seniors were also a small team but they did not lack in playing ahility. ' SENIOR BASKETBALL The senior haslqethall team was coached hy Mr. Carter. .Xlthough it was his first season he turned out a team that was worthy to hear the name of Eastern Commerce. Gibson was the centre, Morton and XY. liailey the forwards and Smith and Skinner Yye the guards. XN'ilson, Swift, Menard and Finbow were the alternates. The hard luck experienced hy our team was talked Of all over the School. lt was rarely that they were defeated by a decisive margin. Danforth Tech-In the lirst game played against Danforth the location of the gym proved to he a large factor in deciding the winner. For the first part of the game the two teams were evenly matched hut gradually Danforth forged ahead until they were declared victors with the score 37-lo. The return game at Commerce was the most exciting ever played on a Commerce rloor. First one team would he ahead, then the other. just after half-time, Commerce gained a point lead hut the determined efforts of the Tech tive gave them a one point lead which they held until the whistle blew. The score-25-24. North Toronto-In this. the lirst Commerce home game. the seniors displayed a fine hrand of haslqethall and were never headed. Their combination was sparkling, the shooting was gmail and the all-round work of the team gave them a 42-29 victory. In the return game at North Toronto the Commerce team could do nothing right and North Toronto seemed lu have the proverliial hlanlvet over them. The game seemed to he just the reverse ol' the tirst game that Home S l JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM n . K P ' ' lg J, M ll y, S. Norman, J. Williamson, N. Chalykoff, N. Philip, Mr W east 1 nlgflliizve, N. lSo:l?ret, F. Shea, Mr. W. Copp tCoachD.

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78 EASTERN ECHO a small team as Commerce and -the score, 10 to 2, reveals the game iight that the team from the East put up. Stevenson, although severely hurt, put up his usual good game. Fidler kicked splendidly, and the 5-2 score at half-time reveals again a grand fight. 125-LB. RUGBY A Mr. Carson had to build a team around three of last years' players, W. Bailey, Richardson and Norman. How well he did this is shown by the fact that the team came second in its group. Cottam snapped to Bailey, who played quarter. Ayers and Rogers were insides and Moore and Tomlinson played middle. Roe, VVilliamson and Meader were effective outsides. Norman played dying wing. The halves were Reynolds, Philip and Richardson. The alternates were Cooper, Lucas, Shea and Carphin. In their tirst game against Central Commerce, Eastern gained an early S point lead, which was lost shortly after half-time. A desperate light by Commerce resulted in their holding the Central team to a 12-8 score. On a muddy field, Commerce defeated VVestern Tech 9-l. The con- dition of the field hampered play but Commerce gave a convincing display. The game was a good exhibition of rugby. Against Danforth Tech the team did not play so well. It rained during the whole game and Tech's larger team proved to be the better in this kind of work. It was a hard game to lose for it put us out of the contention. The score was 5-2. A 23-5 win over Northern Vocational showed the ru0 y ability of our team. Long runs by Richardson, Bailey and Norman f tured this game. Roe played well, scoring a touch by grabbing a loose a . We hope for a championship next year. ' SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM C. Vye, H. Swift, M. Finbow, F. Menard, W. Bailey, V. Gibson, C. Wilson, J. Smith. Absent-L. Morton, Mr. Carter CCoachJ.

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80 EASTERN ECHO merce had played against the same team. Although it is sad to relate the final score was 43-18. Riverdale-Riverdale had what was supposed to be the best team in the group, but the undaunted Commerce team had a great desire to lower their banners. I For the first half Commerce had the superior team and were leading at half time. During the second half Riverdale recovered and began to put in the odd basket, at the same time holding the Commerce team scoreless. Final result-27-17 in favour of Riverdale. The return game was another thriller. Wfith Commerce leading and their supporters nearly hysterical, Riverdale girded up their loin-cloths and set to work to wipe out the lead. We wish that they did not have such grim determination down at good old Riverdale. The score, several hours after full time, was in favor of Riverdale-35-31. Northern Vocational-Usually tie scores in a game mean a thrilling finish and a game replete with good work. This was the exception. Commerce had a large advantage in the play but they seemed to have for- gotten where the basket was. A game fighting spirit tied up the score for Northern and it remained 30-30 until full time. The return game at Northern was full of thrills and it made up for the dull display given in their first game. Commerce gained an early lead but Northern'5 knowledge of their own floor gave them the advantage and after several thrilling plays the Northern team walked off the iioor victors by a score of 31-29. JUNIOR BASKETBALL The job to be done at the iirst of the basketball season was to find a coach for the junior team. Mr. Copp, a newcomer to the' school, offered his services and they were gratefully accepted. Although the team did not win any games they showed great promise and as most of them are eligible, for the junior team next year great things are expected of them. Mellway and Norman alternated at centre and guard, Lowe and Philip were the forwards and Chalykolf was the other guard. Williaiiison, Shea, Roe, Pomfret and Morlock were the alternate team. - Danforth Tech-The team opened their schedule against Dan- forth Tech. During the lirst half the play was even and Danforth were able to gain a lead of only 2 points. In the second half they ran amok, and although the Co-mmerce defence tried hard they could only keep the score down to 24-6. In the return game the Tech team again demonstrated their superiority by scoring a very much larger number of points than did the Commerce team. Commerce displayed great ability but their shooting was weak. The final score was 32-11. North Toronto-North Toronto ha-d the -biggest team in the league and Commerce had the smallest. Draw your own conclusions. North Toronto were beaten in the finals by only 2 points. Judging by the game they played against Commerce they should have won the Canadian championship. The score was 32-12. In the second game of the series, Commerce were outplayed in the first half, but in the second half they scored 12 points before North Toronto scored any. However, North Toronto buckled down to w-ork and made short work of putting the game on ice. The final score was 43-18.