High School of Commerce - Caravel Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CCER TEAM, 1910-11 SO F M L

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COMMERCE YEAR BOOK, 1911 TEAM JAMES BIOONAN, Manager G. LANE, Captain - Mr. P. ROTHERHAM, Coach Although the response to the call for candidates this year was by no means en- couraging, and three of the six veterans of last year's team were unable to swim on account of ineligibility and domestic causes, the swimming team finished the season greatly to its credit. At the beginning of the year, Mr. Frank O'Neil, a former Com- merce man, assisted Coach Rotherham in selecting and rounding the team into form. The members of the team now take the liberty to thank both men for their work in behalf of the team. With the team not fully organized, they swam the first P. S. A. L. Meet with Townsend Harris Hall on January 6th, Though defeated by the score of 31-13, the team was by no means discouraged. Lemcke won the 50-yard dash in 30 seconds fiat, equaling the P. S. A. L. record. Prior to the rest of the P. S. A. L. Meets, the team engaged in two contests with Barringer and St. Paul, and were beaten in both cases by the scores of 30-23 and 40-22 respectively. In the Barringer meet, Commerce was ahead by one point, 23-22, but the lads from Newark won the relay race, and carried off the meet. The second P. S. A. L. meet was with Clinton on February 3d, and although humbled by the score of 40-4, our team forced Clinton to establish new marks in two events, But the results of the hard work of the team now showed itself. On February Ioth we downed Boys' High by an overwhelming score of 40-13, Commerce winning first place in every event but one. The Erasmians then journeyed from Brooklyn on February 17th, only to be beaten by the score of 25-IQ. The last two, being P. S. A. L. meets, gave Commerce an even break. with two contests won and two lost. On March 10111 a tournament was held between the High Schools of New York, in which seven schools competed. Ill fortune. however, pursued us. ,In the first place two men could not enter on account of ineligibility. The team was then entered in but four events. In the relay, only two of the four men swam, and when the fifty-yard event came around, Lemcke, after swimming his heat handily, was dis- qualified for swimming out of his course. Nevertheless, the team finished third to Clinton and Townsend Harris Hall, with five points, scored by Kallman, who fin- ished second in the plunge, and Walsh and Neuse, each finishing fourth in the 220 and plunge, respectively. The last meet of the season was held with Montclair, who defeated us by the score of 34-10, which is good considering the fact that Mont- clair beat Clinton. Great praise is dne james Moonan. the Manager, who worked very hard in his endeavor to secure a good team, The splendid work of Lemcke and Neuse throughout the entire season brought to Commerce many points. The rest of the team consisted of Nicholas, lfValsh, Kallman, Fulton, Masterson, Reaske, Sklarz, Byrne. Geohegen, Malinen and Captain Lane. DATE SCHOOL OPPTS. COMM. DATE FCI-IOfL OPPTS. COMM, Ian. 6--Townsend Harris...3I .... I3 Feb. 3-Clinton ...... .... 4 0.... 4 I2-Barringer .......... 30 .... 23 10-Boys' High ......... I3 .... 40 20-St. Paul ........... 40 .... 22 I7-EFZISIHUS ........... IO .... 25 27-Hoboken ....... Forfeited to Mar. I0-Cl1ZlI'I'lDS ......... Third place Commerce 24-lX'fOl1lIClZ1ll' .. ...... 34 .... I0 43 ,4 .- - if i YW Y W .Q

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COMMERCE YEAR BOOK, 1911 OGZER 'rt-:Ari WF' DANIEL Dunrzxnoifrrzn. illanager . XVILLIAM Tow, Cajwfain , N HEN we consider that the Soccer Team was without a Coach ment, we can do naught but shower praise upon all members of the team. The team l1ad a nucleus of seven veterans about which to build itself. The first game of the season with Public School 62 resulted in an easy victory for our team, 5-o. It was but a practice game and gave us a line on the fellows. The first P. S. A. L. game was with Curtis, Zlllil we defeated their strong aggregation by the score of 3-I. The game against Boys' High was a hard played and exciting one, but after all was over the score stood I-o in favor of our opponents. This practically put us out of the running for the championship. At Mac- Comb's Dam Park the team turned a trick which, were it the only victory of the season, would have made the season a success. XV hen we defeated Manual Training we did what no other P. S. A. L. team has ever done. In all the five years of its existence Manual has been scored on only two or three times, and previous to playing us had never been defeated. The team, of course, played a snappy game and shut Manual out, 2-O. Next, the team played the Morris combination of headers and easily defeated them. Two weeks later the Clinton and Commerce Soccer 'Teams lined up against each other, and after a most exciting game we were returned victorious, I-o. During this game we had the services of Love and Renner, two men who played on the football team. Manager Dudenhoffer helped make the season a success, and should be com- plimented on the good work done by his fellows. The members of the team were: Baruch, W'hyte, Sheridan, Streicher, Saperstein, Beck, Schulman, Israel, Horan and Captain Tow. The sub- stitutes were Van Baalen and Moses. A summary of their season follows: S' the whole season and yet finished third in the ten-team tourna- tl 61 Oppts. Comm. Oppts. Comm. P. S. 62 ..... o 5 T.H.H .... .. 2 0 Curtis ........ . I 3 Morris .. .. o I Boys' High .... . I o Clinton .... . . o I Manual ..... . 0 2 45