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

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82 EASTERN ECHO Riverdale-Riverdale juniors had a small team but they were not lacking in football ability. Commerce took things easy at first but were lucky to force a tie with the score being 2-2. Riverdale seniors reached the finals. That is probably why they were good enought to take the Commerce team into camp, 5-1. Commerce tried hard but so did Riverdale. The game was a good one for the first half and then the Stenographers Wilted. ' Danforth Tech-Danforth Tech juniors had a good team and so did Eastern Commerce. But Commerce left their team at home and Dan- forth had no difficulty in winning from Commerce 3-O. The seniors also presented a substitute team and Tech seniors won by the same sc-ore as their juniors Cprinted abovej. The game was Tech's all the way through. Northern Vocational-lf a miracle had happened Commerce had a chance for the junior championship. It didn't happen but they beat Northern Vocational by a score of 8-1 to give them second place in the group. Both the Commerce seniors and the Vocational seniors being out of it, it was decided to save car tickets by calling the game off. Eastern Commerce has won the cup twice. So has Danforth Tech. If either one of these .teams wins the junior championship again they will hold it for good and all. It is up to any good junior football player to come out and play for the team next year and help Commerce keep the cup. TRACK AND FIELD The 27th day of May, 1931, being the day scheduled for our field day, it naturally had to rain. The school was given short periods so that we could have a large group of spectators to cheer the boys to victory and new records. I After the contestants had run and jumped for what seemed to be an champions declared: indeterminable length of time, the scores were counted up and the following Senior ........................... ........ J ack Smith Intermediate .................................................................................... Vic Gibson junior ............................................................................................. Stan Norman The section for boys under 15, which was introduced last year, was won by Brick. The new section for boys under 14 was won by B. Matthews. . During the course of the day four new records were set. E. Marinett toppled the old intermediate hop, step and jump mark. Ed. Roe broke the junior high jump record and Stan Norman made new marks in the junior hop, step and jump and the junior 440-yard run. The new set of records are on file and may be obtained by applying to the Athletic Commi-ttee. In the Toronto Championships held at Exhibition Park, jack Smith obtained two firsts in the 100 and ZOO-yard dashes for boys under 17. Stan Norman came third in the 440-yard dash for boys under 16. At the Toronto District championships jack Smith won the intermediate 100 and -came second in the 2ZO. At the Cntario district championships jack Smith was nosed out in the 100-yard dash by Bert Pearson, the present Canadian champion.

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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.

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EASTERN ECHO 83 fContinued from page SOJ then -hurry back to t-he station and let me know. I have been trying myself for a week, but t-he fellow has always managed -to give me the slip. No one would ever expect the rich Doreen 'Crawford to be playing at priv-ate detective, and tha-t is why I am asking you to do this for me. The young man, with a reassuring look at the girl, turned and was swallowed up in -the crowd. Doreen Crawford from a safe distance gazed pityingly at the desolate figure a few feet away from where she stood in -t-he shelter of a doorw-ay. She found it hard to believe that t-his unobtrusive look- ing man was at the head of the long chain of robberies which had kept t-he cleverest detec-tives in New York guessing for so many years. A little thrill ran up and down her spine as she -thought of how 'pleased her father would be when he heard the part she had played in this strange quest. Ars Bill slowly hobbled :along the street he noted with satisfaction that the smart young detective was 11ot following him to-night. He took no notice of the slim, slinking, figure of a girl on the opposite side of :the street. Thus the daughter, all unkn-owing, proceeded to track down to his lair the man who was dearer to .her than life itself. At last sthe saw him -turn in to the desolate house. Eagerly she jotted down the number and then sped swiftly away. One lhour later a powerful car full of armed men came to a halt ouftside -this same house. The place was quickly and quietly surrounded. The heavy arm of the law had at last descended on the culprits. Harvey Jackson along with the rest entered the house. Harvey, noticing at once that Blind Bill was not among the amen captured, strode from room to room in search of -him. Harvey would never he content until he 'had his hands on Bill. As he opened the door of a small hack room he stood rooted to the spot as if turned to stone. He was staring into the face of his future father-in-law. VVilliam Crawford beckoned to Harvey to sit down. ln a few shont sentences the older man poured out the sad story of his life. All he asked was that his daughter be kept in ignorance of all thcsc facts. Harvey -lackson agreed to this on condition that Bill promise to go away and never return. He then hastily helped llill to escape through a back entrance. That nigh-t, as Doreen sat talking to Harvey, now the hero of the moment, she said sadly, There is only one th-ing which spoils my hapf piness. It is the thought of that poorcreature being captured. Harvey jackson with eyes that glistened with something very near to tears 'told her of 'how Blind llill had escaped. At precisely this same moment the dreary drooping figure of a man -could have been seen hurling himself into the black, lapping waters of the Hudson, but, there was no one present at the funeral of XVilliam pl. Crawford, for -it was very late. and the city slept. +-ffflll ila l'lll'l'?Ull7'lf, 492.