The division reportedly earned $120 million a year.
The divisions that generated $64 million in the recent quarter earned $65 million, or 19 cents a share, a year ago.
The division earned $1.26 billion, a 26 percent gain.
At midnight on 14 July 1918, the division earned lasting distinction.
The 2nd division earned the player's first honours winning Dunbar Trophy in 1968.
Last year, the division earned $140 million on sales of $967 million, an increase of nearly 19 percent from the previous year.
In the first nine months of this year, the commercial division earned $26 million on an operating basis, down from $35 million a year earlier.
After taxes, but before corporate overhead, that division earned $830 million, up 17 percent from the year before, based on continuing operations.
During the following months, the division earned itself a reputation for ferocity and fanaticism.
The division earned $62 million in the quarter, down 52 percent from $128 million in the 1989 quarter.