The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1964 Page: 4 of 4
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THE WESTERNER WORLD
Wednesday, November 25, 1964
'SOonld arf Ttimnod
Team Finishes Fourth;
Silver Spurs Stay Home
BY BRUCE CURRY
It seemed like Christmas in November last Friday after-
noon when the Westerners tromped over cross-town rival
Monterey by the tune of 19-13.
IT WAS THE third Lubbock victory in the nine tries
against the Plainsmen and the first time we have kept the Sil-
ver Spurs two years in a row.
Moving behind tremendous support of an enthusiastic
student body chanting "Go for Mr. Price", the Westerners
rolled up a storybook fourth quarter touchdown to make the
difference.
ONLY A FEW minutes earlier, with the score tied at 13-13,
the loud speaker had announced to the over-
flow crowd of 8,100 at Lowrey Field, that a tie
game would result in each school receiving one
Spur apiece. A few minutes after that it was
announced that the captains would meet at
midfield for the presentation of the Spurs.
"I think the boys played an almost per-
fect game," laughed a smiling Coach Carl
Spoonemore as he relaxed following the game.
SPOONEMORE FELT that quarterback
Mike Bowman had played "perhaps the finest
game of his career," but singled out the entire
BRUCE line, especially the defense for "its best per-
formance all year."
"In the late stages of the game there were three big in-
terceptions by Chuck King, Tommy Jenkins and Nickie Gage
that helped a whole lot. Another big thing was staying away
from the penalties."
THE VICTORY over Monterey not only left the Silver Spurs
in the Lubbock trophy case for another year, but also turned
what was beginning to look like a disastrous season into a fair
showing.
The upset victory over Amarillo High two weeks ago,
coupled with this last win, ran the Westerners' district record
to 4-4, tying with Monterey and equaling last year's Lubbock
team. The season record ended at 5-5.
DISTRICT 3-4A teams ended all their regular season
games over the weekend. None had any bearing on the loop
championship as Tascosa had already won the right to be play-
off representative, but several local rivalries were on tap.
Leading the slate was Tascosa's come-from-behind win
over Plainview, 22-13. In other contests Borger stopped
Pampa, 21-0, Amarillo beat Palo Duro, 28-6 and Lubbock
defeated Monterey, 19-13.
Cowhands Face Big Spring ’B’
In First Of Pre-District Games
Lubbock’s Cowhands Basketball
team opens their season this Fri-
day at Big Spring against the Big
Spring ‘B’ team.
THE PROBABLE starting lineup
for the game will be juniors Tom-
my Keyton, James Wallace and
Nello Armstrong, and sophomores
Tommy Mattison and either Gary
Steward or Brad Hardy. Freddy
Dickson and Bruce Redford, jun-
iors, apd Joe Hayhhrst and Gary
Doyle, sophomores, are expected
to see action in the contest.
Tuesday the Cowhands take on
the Odessa ‘B’ team at Odessa
with a varsity game afterwards.
DEC. 4 and 5 the Cowhands will
play in the Snyder tournament
meeting Andrews in their first
game. District games begin Dec.
8 as the ’Hands play the Tascosa
‘B’ team in Amarillo and the Pam-
pa Shockers in Pampa Dec. 11.
Lubbock’s first home game is Dec.
15 against Big Spring at Chapman
Fieldhouse at 5:15 p. m.
“We continue to work on fun-
damentals and different phases of
the game,” comments Coach Don
Apple. “The boys are progressing
normally in cartain parts of the
5-5 Mark
Lubbock Ends Grid Season With Win
Playing perhaps their finest
game of the year in a 19-13 upset
of Monterey last Friday, the Wes-
terners finished their 1964 grid
campaign with a 5-5 season rec-
ord and a 4-4 district mark.
THE WIN OVER the Plainsmen
enabled Coach Carl Spoonmore’s
crew to finish in a two way tie
for fourth place
in District 3-4A
with Monterey.
The Westerners
were outscored
149-171 in sea-
son play and
135-146 for dis-
trict action.
They split a pair
of non - confer-
ence games to
SPOONEMORE open the season,
losing to Midland Lee 19-7 while
defeating Odessa 7-6.
Tascosa, the state’s number one
ranked team, was Lubbock’s first
district opponent on Sept. 26 and
the Rebels had to come from be-
hind late in the game for a 13-7
victory. Tascosa will represent the
district in bi-district action next
week. They finished first with an
8-0 record.
offensive and defensive work. We
still need a lot of work before
becoming a well polished team.”
SPOONEMORE'S crew posted
their first district win the follow-
ing week with a 21-13 triumph ov-
er Amarillo Caprock. The locals
had to protect an early lead in
the fourth quarter to edge the
Longhorns.
Playing their third Amarillo op-
ponent in as many weeks on Oct.
9 the Westerners were defeated 19-
14 by Palo Duro in the Panhandle
city. The Dons capitalized on two
Westerner fumbles inside the 20-
yard line in the first three min-
utes of play, and then hung on to
win. Lubbock had one touchdown
called back in this one.
PROVING NO match for Bor-
ger the Westerners lost their sec-
ond game in a row the next week
at Lubbock, 25-7. Lubbock simply
could not stop the massive Bull-
dog ground attack after tying the
game 7-7 in the first quarter.
After a week’s lay-off the Black
and Gold journeyed to Pampa and
played their best game of the sea-
son in blasting the Harvesters 32-
14. It was 32-0 before Spoone-
more’s substitutes allowed Pampa
two late scores.
THE POOREST SHOWING the
Westerners made this season came
in a 35-17 loss to Plainview the
, , t
next week. After taking an early
14-0 lead Lubbock barely led, 17-
14, at the half, and was slaught-
ered in the second half.
Startling the powerful Amarillo
Sandies with a 20-14 upset on Nov.
13, the Westerners scored three
touchdowns in the space of three
minutes after trailing most of the
way.
THE MONTEREY win finished
the season on a happy note as it
marked the first time in the his-
tory of the season that Lubbock
has won two straight.
FINAL DISTRICT
STANDINGS
Team
W
L
Pts
Opp
Tascosa
8
0
212
63
Borger
7
1
142
44
Amarillo
5
3
147
53
Monterey
4
4
145
151
Lubbock
4
4
127
146
Plainview
3
5
133
138
Palo Duro
3
5
123
210
Pampa
1
7
62
220
Caprock
1
7
145
220
PLANNING A SKI TRIP!
Visit HOLT'S SKI
SHOP for the
most complete
ski stock in town.
HOLT'S features ....
Skis
• Boots
• Ski Poles
• Car Racks
Make your Ski Rental reservations today,
as almost all ski areas are open. Come
in or call . . .
• Ski Pants
• Sweaters
• Parkas
• Accessories
BO
401 College PO 2-0151
5 Convenient Locations
• 2107 19th Street
• 1212 Ave. E
• 34th & Boston Ave.
• 24th & Ave. Q
• SOth & Quaker Ave.
All five locatiuns teatuie one-
stop laundry and dry cleaning
service, and all five offer 15 per
cent discount for cash and carry.
In the long run, this can add up
to a tremendous saving for you.
COIN-OP DRY CLEANERS
CONNER 34th and BOSTON
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING
1612 - 13th
LEI'S GET A
VICTORY OVER
BIG SPRING
Sporting Goods Are Plentiful and
Selection is Varied.
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Monterey Center
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