High School of Commerce - Annual Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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S FIT!-ILETIYF EE gg all S . 5 I . y 1 C 0 1 o Svcbehule of Zgasket 335111 Games anh the Results Date. Score. january 4, 1910 ,.... .... H . S. C.. .. .. 22 St. Ignatius. .. 39 -Ianuary7, 1910... .... H. S..C.... 10 West January 12, 19l0 West Seconds.. January 14, 1910 Glenville ...... january 21, 1910 East .... ' . February 4, 1910 .... .... T echnical .. .. February 9, 1910 South .... . February 16, 1910 ......... Shaw .... . . February 25, 1910 ......... Central . March 4, 1910 ..... . .... Lincoln Total ..... 1. April 22 . . .Glenville 2. April 29 ...... Lincoln 3. May 6 .... .... T echnical 4. May 13 ....... West 5. May 20 ..... South 5, May 27 ...... East 7, June 10 ..... Central 8. June 17 ...... .... O pen date

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General ilaisturp nt Zltbletits From the first of the year it was evident that the student body was very enthusiastic over athletics. From the smallest Freshman and the most dignified Seniors were heard groans of disappointment, when it was announced there would be no football team. When the basket ball team played its first game with West an extremely large crowd from Commerce cheered the boys on. As the team did not win any games, the spirit weak- ened a trifle but there were still a chosen few who came to all of the remain- ing games. The baseball season is next and let us hope that the baseball team will receive the hearty co-operation of the student body. Among the most loyal supporters of the team were the girls, some of whom made their presence known at every game. And let us not forget the faculty whose interest and hope never waned throughout the season. Let us then look for a continuance of this hearty school spirit which will pull for winning football, basket ball, track, debating and baseball teams in, l9ll. Basket Ball HE basket ball team of 1910, although they did not win a game from the local high schools, showed that they were game to the core. They did not seem to be discouraged by heartrending defeats, but only fought the. harder to win the remaining games. The players practiced long and faith- fully, but were handicapped by the fact that they had never played together, while all the other schools had as players two or three of last year's team, and the other players had been on the second team the previous year. Next year our team will probably be made up of the same players as this year's team, and we look for a fine record from them. We were very fortunate in having a very capable and hard-working coach. Mr. Harrison worked faithfully with the team, and was in no way to blame for their failure to win games. We believe Mr. Harrison did well to turn out as good a team as he did under the difficulties. Even the gymna- sium had to be fixed over, which suspended practice for a week. Manager Krauss also deserves a great deal of credit for the excellent schedule he arranged. Krauss was so interested in the welfare of the team that nothing could keep him away from their practice, to which he went every night, no matter what else was on his mind. Last, but not least, there was the sturdy Mack, otherwise known as Cap- tain McAlpine.. .Without him the team must have disbanded, for it was only by his patience and hard work that the team was not a complete failure. Not only was he an excellent player, but his cheery word and encouraging tone always made the boys fight harder for victory. 60