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

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N Ms' M 'Auf Hills A X FOOTBALL. ' AT the beginning of the year of 1914, the problem that the Faculty and Athletic Association had to solve Was, Shall We have a football team? The school Wanted a football team very badly, so all the boys that could and Wanted to play football made up a list which was handed in for inspection. The list was studied carefully by Coach Evans, and his decision was that the boys were too light and inexperienced to stack up against the teams put out by other high schools of the city. The only veterans Were: Krauss, Kirian, and Fischer, all of Whom had played on the last varsity football team. OUR COACH. M R. D. M. EVANS, who is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, coached the Commerce teams this year, and Will continue to do so next year. Mr. Evans is a star in all branches of sport, having played on the football, basketball and baseball teams of his college, along Which lines he certainly is a hustler. Although a star in every sport, he is modest of his grand record at Wesleyan. Mr. Evans has gained the good will of all the fellows, and never has a coach been so popular and so close to the student body. At Commerce he is making a reputation for himself, as being among the best coaches in the city, as well as an oflicial second to none. SUMMER SCHOOL BASEBALL. C OMMERCE HIGH'S summer baseball team was a success. The stu- dents of Central and Commerce formed teams to play for the summer school championship. Central had one advantage over Commerce, and that was that all the pupils from the other Academic Schools Went to Central during the summer and that gave Central more students for a selection of players, While Commerce had only its regular students. The two schools planned to play a series of five games, the school Winning the most games to claim the championship. Commerce Won three out of the five games. 85

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BASEBALL. B ASEBALL in 1913 was far more successful than any other line of sport in the history of the school. We were small in numbers and had little baseball knowledge, but through the remarkable coaching of Mr. Evans we developed into the best high school team in the city. The boys went all the way to Edgewater Park every night after school to prac- tice, but they kept up their courage and were well paid in the end. The sensational pitching of Meyers and the remarkable team Work of the rest of the fellows on the team enabled Commerce to tie East Tech for the Senate championship. BASEBALL SCHEDULE. S 3 April 28, 1913 ........ H. . C ....... ........ L akewood ........ 2 May 5, 1913 ........ H. S. C ....... 6 ........ East Tech ........ 7 May 12, 1913 ........ H. S. C ....... 36 ........ Willoughby ....... 4 May 19, 1913 ........ H. S. S ....... 9 ........ Lincoln CForfeitJ .. 0 May 26, 1913 ........ H. S. C ....... 8 ........ West Tech ....... 5 June 3. 1913 ........ H. S. C ....... 24 ........ Loyola ........... 17 June 10, 1913 ........ H. S. C ....... 11 ........ West. ..... 6 Total .... ............... 9 7 ........... ..... 4 1 BASEBALL LINEUP. Meyer 2 - Dolezals .......... ..................... .... P 1 tcher Kirian CCaptainD . . . ..... Catcher Zak 2 - Kamnetzkyg ....... .... F 1rst Base Donnelly . . . .... Second Base O'Conner .... Short Stop Hasselo . . . . . .Third Base Gfothl L ft F' ld Reichl 6 le Pesicka . . . .... Center Field Motto .. ..... Right Field