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

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74 EASTERN ECHO Central Commerce-After weeks of training, and several exhibition games, Commerce started its rugby season by defeating Central Commerce. Central scored the first touch by making good on a Commerce fumble, but Eastern came right back and Gibson plunged over to tie up the score. A kicking game started which proved rather dull but finally Hill broke loose and scored the final touch. The game ended with Commerce having the ball on Central's one-yard line. W. McDermott and Hill played a consistent game for Eastern. The playing of the whole team gave great promise for the future. The final score was 10 to 5 in favor of our battling team. Western Tech-Commerce--A score of l to l against Vtfestern Tech proved a surprise to Eastern and it made them settle down and work harder for the next games. The game was played on a muddy field and thisprevented Commerce from showing their usual speed. In the first period Commerce were lucky enough to get the breaks but it was Western who scored first on a long kick. Commerce fought desperately in the second half and finally the Western kicker was caught behind his own line to give Commerce that precious point. Near the end a Western player broke free but he was hauled down by N. McDermott after a long chase. For Commerce the pick of the team were McDermott, Menard and Millar. Danforth Tech--Another tie game for Commerce. The supporters started to hope that it wasn't going to become a habit. Commerce gained an early lead when Hill booted a single and Bredin grabbed a loose ball for a touch. Walden, of Tech, plunged over for an unconverted touch. Early JUNIOR RUGBY TEAM Back Row-Mr. W. Keast fPrincipalD5 J. Bredin, F. Menard, D. I'larrison,'Mr. W. Doidge fCoachj. Middle Row-B. Steen, J. Sawyer, E. Whynot, E. Kerr, A. Lee, W. Morrison. Front Row-A. Hill, S. Millar, J. Smith, E. Lunney QCaptainJg E. Taylor, N. McDermott, V. G'b . MissingLVi'llnMcDermott, S. Ibbotson, W. Holywell.

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EASTERN ECHO 75 in the third period Hill scored another single but Tech replied with a safety touch which put the two teams on an even basis. Hill booted another point across but Robertson tied it up again with a mammoth spiral. The game ended with the score S-S. Menard, Hill and Lunney all played an excellent game for Commerce. Northern Vocational-W'ith Northern in tirst place and Com- merce in second place, this game proved to be the most important of the schedule. A win would put Commerce in a tie for lirst place. Commerce received some bad breaks in the first period. Steinberg of Northern booted a long one and then fell on the fumbled catch for a touchdown which was converted. Commerce fought back strongly and showed a marked superiority but failed to score. ln the second period Hill booted two singles over and the Commerce tacklers made sure that the Catcher didn't get away. XVith long plunges Commerce carried the ball up the field and linally on one of their famous UD trick plays, Steen carried the ball across to put Commerce in the lead, 8-7. The game ended with the same score, although Northern tried desperately to tie it up. Menard, Morrison, XV. McDermott and Gibson all put up a wonderful game for Commerce. The Commerce team were then drawn against Northern again to decide the championship of the group. Northern Vocational-This game gave Commerce the champion- ship of the Tech-Commerce group and the right to compete in the playdowns for the city championship. During the first half Commerce ripped huge holes in the Northern line. but instead of trying for a touch they kicked for single points. llill had a sl ll ll ll I ll 1.2 SENIOR RUGBY TEAM Back Row-E. Richardson, H. Murray, F. Collard, Mr. Carter fCoachDg W. Fidler, F. O'Lc-ary, W. Go d . Front Rossa. Mottushead, J. Filzgibbon, T. Stitzel, A. Stevenson fCaptainJ: H. Hedrick, S. McCann, L. Morton. Missing-Miller, Prettie, Boyd, Monk, Chater, Brooker.