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

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coivritrracie 'YEAR BooK,'1912 twenty-yard line. The half ended with the score 9 to 0 in our favor. ln the second half lVIanual managed to score by blocking one of Freer's onside kicks which rolled over our line and Tow was forced to fall on it. There was no more scoring after this and Commerce left the field the victors by the score of 9 to 2. Qn October IQ and November 25 we played St. Peter's Preparatory School and Yonkers High School, respectively, meeting defeat at the hands of both. However, these two defeats had no effect on our standing in regard to the championship of Greater NewiYork, to which we had a clear title up to Thanksgiving Day. 1 Cn this day, November 30, we met Clinton at American League Park. The stands were packed with great masses of humanity, and it is said that it was the largest crowd that ever witnessed a. scholastic football game. The incidents of this game have been told again and again, and it is unnecessary to dwell at great length on them here. Boiling it down, we lost! Tn looking back on the game we can truly say that Commerce lost on account of the lack of substitutes. We outplayed Clinton in,every department of the game during the first three periods, but in the fourth period Clinton put in a number of new men, who gradually pushed our tired lads down the field and with two minutes left to play, Davis, Clinton's husky tackle, drop- kicked a field goal from our twenty-yard line, for what proved to be the only score of the game, Clinton leaving the field shortly after, the victors by the score of 3 to o, and the champions of Greater New York. The prospects for a fine team in 1912 are excellent, as eight members of the 1911 team will be with us next fall, and a large number of Buck,' O'Neil's proteges who played on the 'fCubs last fall will also be in school. Kear has been elected captain for next season and Ruwe, manager, and they have already arranged the schedule for next fall. I The line-up and schedule of the team follows: Team- Position. Team. A Position. Wfaldman .... ....... L eft End Kear ........ Right End Cohn .......... .... L eft Tackle Tow . .... . .... Quarter Back Kelleher ......... ..... L eft Guard Plodgett .... Left Half Back Strong CCapt.j .. ..... I .... Center Blenio y ..... Right Half Back Fleming ................ Right Guard Freer ..... ...... .... ...... F u 1 1 Back Chalaire .......... ..... R ight, Tackle Substitutes: Haas, Parton, Peck, Rattner and Klinko. SCV1001- Oppts. Com. School. Qppts. COHL Peekskill. Military Acad. . 6 10 Manual Training ....... 2 F BOYS, Hlgh School ...... 3 O St. Peters Prep. School.. 5 Cl Stuyvesant ............. 0 21 Yonkers ................ 6 5 Erasmus .......... .. 0 15 De VVitt Clinton ........ 3 0 Morris . . . . . 6 17 48