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

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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.

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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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EASTERN ECHO Sl Riverdale-The two closest games of the schedule were against Riverdale. In the first game Commerce did everything but put the ball in the basket. Unfortunately, that is the objective of the game. Commerce had the greater part of the play but Riverdale had the greater number of points, with 16 to Commerce's 12. The return game was a thriller. Riverdale were leading S-1 at half- time but Lowe and Norman, with some fast work, scored 6 points each. What was the surprise of the Commerce team to have the Riverdale team score the winning basket in the last minute of play. VVhat a heartbreak! Final score, according to latest reports, was-Riverdale 14. Commerce 13. Northern Vocational-Commerce had a fairly good basketball team. Northern had a group of boys and Shack. Shack Qon his lonesomei scored 22 points. His grateful teammates helped the good cause along by contributing 4 points. Commerce put their best foot forward and gained 12 points. , With the watchword being Look out for Shack, Commerce began to show their real basketball ability by running Northern ragged. For the first time in the season the Commerce juniors were leading at half-time, the score being 13-6. In the second half Northern tightened up, Shack broke loose. and the game ended in a heart-breaking defeat for Commerce, 21-20. During the season several exhibition games were played, especially against the All-Star Commerce team. Of these games, the juniors won two and the seniors won one and lost one. INTERFORM BASKETBALL The second Interform Basketball Tournament is now under way. .-X new ruling has been made which forbids any player who plays for a school or outside team to play for his interform team. Thus the boys now playing are evenly matched and are gaining valuable experience which will help them out in the future years when they will try out for regular teams. The tournament, which was held by the Athletic Society last year, resulted in 3A winning the championship from 2A. The final score was 28 to 14. INTTERFORM BASEBALL The first real interform baseball championship games were held last spring. After various elimination games had been run off it was found that 2B had won the junior championship and 3A the senior. Accordingly, these two teams played off. The game resulted in a victory for ZB, who won with a score of 12-8. SOCCER The soccer was handled this year by Mr. L. Halpenny, who produced a junior and senior team. The juniors showed line football ability and lost only one game. The seniors, although they did not win any games, did well for they did not have any practices. The juniors played four games and the seniors three. Jarvis'-The junior team had an easy time with Jarvis. T-hey did not exert themselves and just played with their smaller opponents. After a dull game, the goals were counted up and Commerce were the winners, 6-0. The Jarvis Seniors had a very good team and they did not have much difficulty in beating Commerce 3-0. Although there were no goals scored in the first half, Jarvis had the best of the play and they deserved their win.