The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 3, 1946 Page: 3 of 4
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Twelve Returning Lettermen
Bolster Westerner Lineup
With twelve returning lettermen to (bolster his lineup, Coach “Goober ’
Keyes is fielding his first football team since the 1941 season.
After his absence of four years, Coach Keyes is anxious to make this
year a successful one, and Lubbock Pigskin fans are ready. After four
esasons of disappointing losses and humilating defeats at the hands of
opponents ,the fans think it is about time for the worm to turn.
Coaches Keyes, White, and Price
have a promising squad. Not by
any means a heavy one, this year’s
Westerner team has an abundance
of fast, tough men capable of play-
ing sixty minutes of the hardest
kind of football.
Dick Schmidt, returning end, and
Wayne Cobb and Stony Wall, tackle
and guard, will probably be the out-
standing linemen . Big, fast and
rugged, they were good last year,
and should be better this year. Bill
Carter and Paul Waters, other re-
turning lettermen, will help build
a solid line, while Wilbur Leon,
Geen James, Bab Schmidt, and Don
Brand will push the veterans for
first string assignments.
Six returning lettermen give the
backifield a cembination of speed
and power. John Lanham, describ-
ed last year by an Amarillo sports
scribe as the “hardes trunning back
on the South Plains,” is a driving
fullback. Mixing speed with power
are Arthur Rampy and Bob Booker,
while Noel Sikes and Don Austin
are elusive halfbacks that can real-
ly go in an open field. Jack Alder-
son is an expert field general and
a good blocker.
Up from 'the cowhands are Jackie
Davis and Dwight Moore, two boys
who can pass with the best of them,
and who will probably do the sling-
ing for the Westerners.
All in all, the propect looks bright,
and while they probably won’t be a
ten game winner, the boys' will give
any team they meet a battle that
will be long remembered.
L. H. S. Gridmen
Will Play Ten Games
During 1946 Season
Lubbock High’s gridmen will play
the usual ’ten-game schedule this
season with the first fiv egames be-
ing non-conferense and the last five
being conference games. The op-
posing teams will be the same as
last year although the game order
won’t be identical to last year’s.
Odessa’s highly rated Bronchos
will invade Lubbock for a game Frb
day night, September 13th, at Tech
stadium which will be the site of
all home games. The next Friday
night the Westerners will play host
to the San Angelo Bobcats.
The next three games the West-
erners will play out of twon, com-
peting first with the Big Spring
'Steers followed the next Friday
night by a game with Lamesa
Tornadoes. An open date in the
schedule will give the Westerners
two weeks to prepare themselves
for their tussle wti'h Abilene Eagles
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Coaches Over State
HEAD MENTOR—
Coach J. G. “Godber” Keyes, back
after three years of service, will
lead the Westerner gridders this
season.
October 18 at Abilene.
Conference play starts for the West-
erners when Borgers Bulldogs in-
vade Lubbock October 25. The fol-
lowing Friday the Lufobodk gridders
will travel westward to play the
Brownfield Cubs. Pampa will play
host to the Westerners the next
Saturday, November 9, after which
Lubbock will return home for
their last two scheduled games.
Amarillo’s Sandies will visit Lub-
bock November 23 for the tradition-
al tilt between the long-time foes.
November 28 will mark the date of
the last scheduled game when Plain-
view’s Bulldogs and the Westerners
Call Squads Together
With the 1946 grid season drawing
near, high school coaches over the
state called their squads together
last week to start conditioning for
what looks like some of the best
football' seasons seen in the state
for several years.
Now that the war’s over and
many coaches are back in the sad-
dle—or, rather on the field—teams
will be better coached . with more
individual help. Nearly every-
where schools have a coaching staff
of three or four coaches.
Several coaches took their boys to
a training camp to round them into
top physical conditions. For in-
stance, Sweetwater and Levelland
spent last week at Lake Sweet-
water.
But about the football picture.
Most sport writers are giving the
nod to Odessa and Amarillo as pre-
season favorities. Odessa, with sev-
en regulars back from 'the quarter-
finalist -team last year, will be tough
in any league. Amarillo, while ad-
mittedly fiielding the lightest team
in its history, is reported to have
a smooth working combination built
around five, returning regulars, in-
cluding three backs.
tangle in the annual Turkey-day
tussle.
Last year’s record,
Westerners
7
26
Odessa
”
13
13
San Angelo
25
0
Big Spring
a
25
6
Lamesa
“
19
21
Borger
6
12
Abilene
tt
7
13
Plainview
tt
20
0
Brownfield
“
0
0
Pampa
tt
6
33
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The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 3, 1946, newspaper, September 3, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662152/m1/3/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Lubbock+County+-+Lubbock%22: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lubbock High School.