Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 62, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 30, 1973 Page: 6 of 16
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THE LOBOS’ ALLEN Lockett made a neat steal Friday night then drove for
two points as Levelland knocked off Pecos, 63-60, in the Lamesa
tournament. Lockett scored eight points. Levelland was to meet
Brownfield Saturday morning. The Lobos have two more non-district
games before district starts here January 11, against Dumas. (Staff Photo
by Loman Jones)
Over Pecos in Lamesa
Lobos open tourney with win 63-60
With 2 2 seconds
remaining in the ball
game Friday, the
Levelland Lobos held a
60-58 lead, and Pecos
had the ball.
A quick turnover gave
Levelland the ball, and
Vernon Krueger was
fouled on the play. He hit
one extra point, and
Keith Burleson added
two more, and the Lobos
defeated Pecos 63-60 in
the Lamesa tournament.
Levelland and
Brownfield were to fight
it out at 10:30 Saturday
morning, and the winner
was to meet either
Senuiiuleoi i.amesa lor
the championship.
Lamesa was favored to
win its own tournament.
The slow paced game
saw Levelland take a 12-
11 first quarter lead, but
with 3:45 remaining until
halftime, Pecos had
gained the advantage, 20-
18. Krueger, who had a
cold night and 16 points,
got a hot hand just before
halftime and Levelland
went to the dressing
room leading 29-27.
Atone time during the
third quarter the Lobos
led by six, 43-37, but
Pecos came right back
on the shooting of Walker
to tie the game at 46-all
with two minutes
remaining in that frame.
Walker scored 26 points
to 1ead the Eagles.
Levelland, on the
shooting of Gerry
Lomaris
Lowdown
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THE CROWD FRIDAY at Lames* was small, bet loud. Levelland defeated
Peces in the first round of the basketball tournament there. Two of the fans
were cheerleader Tonja Currington and her escort Marty Estes. They’re
smiling because the Lobos were ahead. (Staff Photo by Loman Jones)
By Loman Jones
The Lobos looked
rustier than an old gate
hinge Friday against
Pecos. For awhile, 1
didn’t think they would
win. Vernon Krueger,
who is usually Level-
land’s top scorer, hada
really bad night. The
ball just wouldn’t fall
Sometimes, the Lobos
would get three or four
shots at the basket and
still come away dry.
Kerry Morgan paced
the Lobos with 21 points,
and he seems to get
better each game. It’s a
good feeling to see other
players take up the sl-
ack when the “number
one son’’ is off.
Levelland isn’t
blessed with great speed
nor an abundance of
quickness, but they play
smart basketball. At
least half a dozen times
Friday, the lead Lobo on
the fast break or a steal
missed the bucket, but a
teammate was always
trailing who made the
play.
One thing which made
Levelland appear so
slow was the quickness
and speed of Pecos. They
stole the ball, blocked
shots, and passed with
exceptional speed.
Levelland had from two
to three inches per
player on the Eagles and
used it to our rebound
their opponents making
the rebound a deciding
weapon.
Coach John Curry told
me that the Lobos will
give up the full court
press because his big
boys just aren’t fast
enough. He said they will
use it only as a surprise
or in the last two minutes
orsoofthe game. Curry
added that Brady
Brashear is the key to
thepress, but that the big
boys are limited to a
half-court defense.
Curry is going with his
taller boys, trying to
have eight starters by
district. With Vic Estes
slowed by a painful case
of “shinsplints,” Keith
Burleson is starting.
Levelland has only two
non-district games
remaining before
district opens here with
Dumas January 11, and
the Lobos continue to get
stronger.
As I mentioned, the
game Friday seemed
like a daytime football
game, unreal. It was
more like watching an
animated cartoon in sl-
ow motion. The
expressions, especially
among the Pecos
players, never changed.
No one became upset nor
mildly excited. A small
but vociferious crowd
>m Levelland made the
ipto Lamesa, and they
supplied the action.
And to me, one of the
highlights of the game
was a supporting female
of VernonKruegar. Each
time he stepped to the
foul line, everything was
deadly silent, except this
shrill voice yelling,
“SINK EM VERNON,
SINK‘EM!’’What a boon
to concent ration.
Boston racetracks in trouble
By Junes O’Hara holiday was 51,157.
BOSTON—|Within a Racetracks in Maine,
50-mile radius of the New Hampshire and
Boston area there are 12 Vermont that day
racetracks-horses and boosted the total New
dogs--all competing for England attendance to
the gamblers’ dollar and 63,703.
all of the establishments On the same day at
are in financial trouble. Aqueduct attendance was
New tracks springing 41,310. The total handle
up in the area, which for the New England
includes not only tracks on the holiday was
Massachusetts but $4,158,796 while
Rhode Island, and Aqueduct was gathering
extension of racing dates in$4,485,904.
have combines to bring a Certainly good proof
poor quality of dogs and that more tracks are bad
horses into the picture, for business in general.
The result has been And the condition is
steadily dwindling bound to get worse
attendance and nightly before it gets better as
handles. owners look to
A good example of the legislatures in the three
diterioration of racing states to solve their
in the heavily populated dilemma. As it is, more
three-state zone is and more racing dates
*own by comparative are being granted
figures of the Aqueduct existing tracks all the
track in New York. time.
.\*0» -!••* July 4 This summer, after
at seven dog racing was legalized
on the in New Hampshire, a new
track was built in
Seabrook which is in
direct competition with
the dog track at Revere,
Mass., a half-hour’s
drive away.
At Seabrook the
summer date was
extended to Labor Day
and more recently more
days were added to
provide dog racing until
December.
Furthermore, a winter
meet is planned there for
January and February.
Those worrying about
the worsening situation
see further trouble after
a new dog track is
prcposed for the Nashua,
N.H., area to be ready
for operation in 1974.
And there is talk of
another Massachusetts
dog track to be
established at
Tyngsboro. The owners
of the New Hampshire
tracks are seeking to
establish still another
track in Hartford, Conn.,
area.
For eight years until
1964 the horse tract at
Suffolk Downs, Mass.,
was a highly successful
operation conducted by
the Eastern Racing
Association headed by
the late Judge John C.
Pappas and his brother,
Thomas, shipping and oil
magnate. ,
- -> In 1964 they sold theiri
interests to David Haber
of New York for $3
million.
For four years Haber
added to the track
income by leasing the
facilities in off-season
for a variety of
expositions.
In 1967 Haber enjoyed
a lucrative year with net
income listed as
$697,433. But from then
on it’s been a downhill
operation and in 1968
Haber sold out to Realty
Equities Corp. of New
York.
Noted baseball mogul
Bill Beeck was brought
into the picture at Suffolk
and he tried all sorts of
gimmicks to boost
attendance. They
included the right to
admit minors to the
track. But after the 1969
profits were down to
$245,000.
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts was
receiving $8.4 million in
taxes on pari-mutuel
waging in 1970 and was
surprised to be told that
the track was operating
with a deficit of $L3
million.
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VERNON KRUEGER trys to maneuver for an open shot against a Pecos
player.Krueger, the leading Lobo scorer, hadan off night for him, ending
the evening scoring with 16points. Levelland won the game 63-60 and were
scheduled to meet Brownfield at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the second game of
the Lamesa tournament. (Staff Photo by Loman Jones)
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Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 62, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 30, 1973, newspaper, December 30, 1973; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1147169/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.