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COMMERCE YEAR BOOK, 1911 I I7 ,I x. sri! V nt Q X K wk' er' 's'3.s- - i ph Q .I JI o 1 I tx J' ' A. VV. Gnixisr, Manager SAMUEL CHERR, Captain MR. ED. SISKIND, Coach ,fwfv-we HE Football Team that Commerce turned out in IQIO was one Hg' ? that the Orange and Blue should be justly proud of. When S Q candidates were called for, a formidable string of veterans 4. v . . , . . , 2 .Nt reported, comprising VV alters, McLoughlin, Strong and Cherr. The new material was especially good and prospects for a championship team were very bright. Coach Siskind, who had been retained, with the assistance of a few former stars. got the team into shape for our first game of the season. On October Ist we defeated Yonkers High School by the score of I7-O, but gloom was cast over Commerce by the loss of Fred. VValters, one of our best men. He had the misfortune to break his ankle, and was unable to play for the rest of the season. Our next game was with Wfhite Plains, whom we defeated by the score of 6-O. As the score indicates, the game was a hard fought one, and showed that our team was fast developing championship calibre. Now came the first big game-that with Boys' High. In previous yearsgthe best that Commerce could do with Boys' was to tie them. The teams clashed on Columbus Day, October 12th, and in the first quarter of play, Chalaire intercepted a forward pass and ran seventy-five yards for a touchdown. After this there was no more scoring, although the game was contested bitterly to the end. To show that it seemed as if nothing could stop our boys, they downed Stuyvesant by 23-O, on October 29th. QQ 25
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CGMMERCE YEAR BOGK, 1911 This, however, merely whetted the appetites of the boys for the Morris game on Election Day. The team was in fme condition, and as a defeat meant much to either team, the game was a thriller from start to finish. lVe demonstrated our superiority, however, by returning a score of I8 to 6 in favor of the Orange and Blue. Morris was, therefore, the first to score on us this season. VVe suifered another loss in this game, being without the services of our fleet end, McCusker, for the Erasmus game, who unfortunately had his hip wrenched. , 1 The Erasmus game tookqplace on November 12th, and although Erasmus was in much betterphysical condition, our boys went into the game with a do-or-die determination. The game showed that Hghting spirit for which Commerce is noted. Nlfithstanding the attacks of the heavy Blue and Buff backs until utterly exhausted, our boys could do no more, and Erasmus was returned victorious by the score of 5-0. A majority of the spectators, and even the daily papers, ventured the opinion that the officials were either partial or incompetent. Now came THE GAME,-tlie game with Clinton. By a strange turn of fortune, our team went stale. From November 12th until the day of the game, Thanksgiving Day, we did not play 'a game, and that is prob- ably the reason. During the game Clinton tore into our line time and time again, but our fullback, Fetter, constantly punted the ball out of danger. At one time especially, Commerce displayed that gameness which characterizes our teams. It was in the third quarter. A punt was blocked by Clinton and they captured the ball on our five yard line. Three times they hurled themselves against our line and .three times they were re- pulsed. It was the grandest stand ever made by a Commerce team, and will go dowii in the annals of scholastic football history. The game ended o-0, the iirst tie between Commerce and Clinton for a long time. Love, Strong, McLoughlin, Fetter and Cherr succeeded in making the All-Scholastic Team, being picked by various experts. As a whole the season was successful, and the prospects for next year's team are very bright. Other members of the ,team who did good work are Blodgett, Cohen, Renner, Kelleher, Chalaire, Kear, Blenio, McCusker and Barton. VVe cannot omit the fact that this year football cleared twice as much as any year in the history of the school. Commerce was also represented by a second team, which had a very successful season. Its scores follows: , ' ' Oppts. , Comm. Boys' High.'... . .. o Boys' High ...... . 9 .... . . I4 Montclair M. A .... .. . I0 .... . . 0 Morris ......................... . 6 ..... . . 28 Erasmus ......................... . 0 ..... . . 5 Washington Heights Y. M. C. A ....... o .......... 23 Among its promising members were McKay, Lozier, Haas and Youngling. 26
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