The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1953 Page: 3 of 4
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Friday, December 4, 1953
THE WESTERNER WORLD
Page 9
Westerner Cagers Defeat Sudan 44-38 To Open Season
“Last year we had the speed
and no height. This year, we have
the height and no speed.” Thus,
Coach David Cook summed up
his principal hinderance to suc-
cess this season.
An inexperienced group of
Westerner cagers took the floor
Saturday night and defeated Su-
dan 44 to 38 in their first game of
the ’53-’54 season. Only four let-
termen are returning from last
year’s squad.
Starters Are Given
Coach Cook stated that the
starters are Dale Ball, guard, and
Bill Chappelle, forward, co-cap-
tains; Monte Hasie, guard; Chuck
Key, forward; and Wade Wolf,
center. The team consists of four
seniors, nine juniors, and two
sophomores.
“It looks like Pampa, Borger,
and Amarillo are going to be the
big powers that we will face this
year,” commented the head men-
tor. “Pampa will have eleven of
its lettermen from their State
Championship team back this
year.”
Odessa, Borger, and El Paso are
the sites of the three tournaments
the Westerners will compete in
this year.
After the El Paso tournament,
they will open the district by
playing Pampa here on Jan. 15.
Tourneys Slated
Last year the black and gold
cagers won 15 out of 25 games,
and ended up in fifth spot in the
district. However, the season’s av-
erage was brightened somewhat
when they brought home the first
place trophy from the Odessa
tournament.
Roster Is Given
Roster for this year is: Dale
Ball, 6’, guard; Bill Chappelle,
6’1 y2”, forward; Don Daniel, 6’
3V2”, center; Monte Hasie, 6’3”,
forward; Wendell Hester, 510”,
forward; Chuck Key, 6’2%”, for-
ward; Butch Lawrence, 5’5”,
guard; Larry Merriman, 6’, for-
ward; Gene Pinson, 6’5”, center;
Morris Scales, 6’,* guard; Jerrell
Snodgrass, 6’, guard; Carrol Ste-
phens, 6’, forward; Jimmy Thrush,
6’, guard; Jimmy Washington, 5’
11”, guard; Wade Wolfe, 6’6”, cen-
ter. Paul Sides and Richard Es-
tes are the managers.
Schedule for the season is:
Date Opponent Place
Nov. 28 Sudan Sudan
Dec. 4 Borger Tourn. Borger
Dec. 5 Borger Tourn. Borger
Dec. 7 Snyder Lubbock
Dec. 12 Hobbs Lubbock
Dec. 14 Snyder Snyder
Dec. 17 Odessa Tourn. Odessa
Dec. 18 Odessa Tourn. Odessa
Dec. 19 Odessa Tourn. Odessa
Dec. 31 El Paso Tourn. El Paso
Jan. 1 El Paso Tourn. El Paso
Jan. 2 El Pdso Tourn. El Paso
Jan. 8 Pampa Pampa
Jan. 9 Borger Borger
Jan. 15 Midland Lubbock
Jan. 16 Odessa Lubbock
Jan. 22 Abilene Lubbock
Jan. 23 San Angelo Lubbock
Jan 26 Amarillo Amarillo
Jan. 29 Midland Midland
Jan. 30 Odessa Odessa
Feb. 5 San Angelo San Angelo
Feb. 6 Abilene Abilene
Feb. 12 Pampa Lubbock
Feb. 13 Borger Lubbock
Feb. 16 Amarillo Lubbock
Last 14 games—District.
'53 SEASON ENDS
Cowhand Squad Wins 5, Loses 3
Pioneers Close With 1-5 Record
At the end of a complete sea-
son of play the Cowhand football
squad’s record stands at five won,
and three lost. The Pioneer’s rec-
ord reads less favorably with
seven games lost and one won.
Losing their season opener with
the Amarillo Yannigans 12 to 7,
the Cowhands came back the next
week to win over the Hobbs Ea-
gles 27 to 6. After a free week-end
the 'Hands travelled to Odessa
where they were defeated 19 to 0.
Saturday, Oct. 17, the squad
evened up their won-lost record
with a victory over the Sweet-
water “B” team in Sweetwater.
The next Saturday afternoon
Sweetwater journeyed to Lubbock
and was defeated 33 to 14 once
again by the home-town boys.
Friday night, Nov. 13, was the
first time that any Lubbock team
was defeated in the new Ama-
rillo Stadium. The Amarillo Yan-
nigans defeated the Cowhands for
the second time 26 to 0. Spirited
Cowhand offensive maneuvers
enabled them to redge out the
Odessa “B” squad 26 to 20 the
next week at Chapman Field.
In their final game of the sea-
son, played Friday, Nov. 20, the
Cowhands beat Midland 34 to 0 to
put a bright and final note to
their schedule of play.
The Pioneers played their first
game of the year with the Level-
land “B” team and lost 12 to 7. In
their second tilt they were white-
washed by the Plainview Bull-
pups 20 to 0.
The Littlefield “B” squad hand-
ed the ‘Neers their next defeat.
Thursday, Oct. 8, they were vic-
tims of a thorough 46 to 0 shel-
lacking by Odessa. The next week
the Pioneers lost a return game
with Plainview.
Saturday, Oct. 31, the Pioneer
eleven won their first and last
victory of the year from a rough
Brownfield crew 25 to 20.
After another loss to the Level-
land “B” 19 to 6, the Pioneers
completed their tough, rugged
schedule Friday afternoon, Nov.
13 when they lost a close 19 to 13
game from Plainview.
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Although here in Lubbock High
football is finished for the year,
elsewhere in the state gridiron
competition is still going strong.
This week end Class AAAA dis-
trict winners will go into their bi-
district playoffs. Mighty Odessa,
1-AAAA champion, will meet
Bowie of El Paso tomorrow after-
noon in El Paso. Paschal of Fort
Worth, 3-AAAA winner, will go
against Wilson of Dallas, 4-AAAA
title holder, tonight in Fort
Worth. Waco of 5-AAAA and
Corpus Christi Ray of 6-AAAA
will play tomorrow at Waco. Port
Arthur of 8-AAAA will be the
scene of the number one game
when it hosts Lamar of Houston,
7-AAAA champ.
The only unbeaten and untied
teams will be Wilson and Waco.
Lamar and Port Arthur are un-
beaten but have each tied one
game. Lamar boasts the best scor-
ing record of any Class AAAA
team.
Tomorrow the Westerner golf
team will be the host in a three-
way match with Pampa and Ama-
rillo. Tee-off time will be 9 a. m.
Last Tuesday afternoon the
LHS tennis team tied a match
with Plainview in Plainview.
Walter Schuler and the girls’
team of Sandra Dudley and Lynn
Milner won matches.
In the all-school tennis tourna-
ment which is still under way, the
singles were completed and the
doubles matches began Wednes-
day afternoon. Kay Kraser de-
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Westerners Edge Out Amarillo Sandstorm 13-12
In Last Game Of Season; Place 3rd In District
Never giving up and showing a
determined will to win, the Lub-
bock Westerners fought to a 13 to
12 victory over the Amarillo-
Golden Sandstorm in a fast mov-
ing game played in Amarillo Sta-
dium Saturday afternoon.
Amarillo drew first blood by
climaxing an 80-yard run with a
three yard plunge by Herschel
Smith late in the initial period.
Welch went over right guard for
the tying tally just before the
half. Then guard Edward Haney
made the all-important conver-
sion to put the Westerners in the
lead and give them their winning
one-point margin.
Lubbock Has Field Day
It was a field day for the Lub-
bock tackles with Wendell Turn-
er showing a desire for vicious
blocking along with that of
Charles Moore. Phil Williams ac-
companied by Moore and Turner
helped spirit the hard-hitting de-
fensive line.
Hallmark broke loose to score
in the final stanza and give the
Westerners a seemingly safe mar-
gin. But, in the last two minutes
of play, Sandie Halfback Wick
Alexander romped over for the
final tally. Amarillo, having failed
to make either of the conversions,
feated Kay Burnam in the finals
of the girls’ singles novice divi-
sion six to four, four to six, and
seven to five. Lynn won over
Mary Ann Sharp and Diana
Smith in the advanced girls’
singles. She was scheduled to
play Sandra in the finals.
In the boys' novice division.
Gordon Graves beat Burl Webb
and L. D. Casey won over Billy
Hewett. Gordon and L. D. were
to have played in the finals.
Larry Bridges defeated Dick
Mcllhaney six to three and six to
three to gain the finals berth in
the advanced boys’ singles. He
was scheduled to play the winner
of a match between Walter and
Roy Boyd.
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again took the one point losing
margin.
The final win put the Lubbock
crew in third place in district and
gave them a seven-won, three
lost record for the season.
Statistics
Lubbock Amarillo
15 First downs 15
234 Net yds. rushing 266
9 Passes attempted 7
3 for 55 Pass, comp., ydg. 3 for 51
1 Pass intcpd. by 0
1 Fumbles lost by 1
3 for 104 Punts, yardage 3 for 138
5 for 57 Penalties, ydg. 2 for 20
Score by quarters:
LUBBOCK ........ 0 7 0 6—13
AMARILLO .... 6 0 0 6—12
Scoring
Lubbock:
Touchdowns — Welch, Hall-
mark. Extra point — Haney.
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Amarillo:
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Smith, Alexan-
Lineups And Substitutions
Lubbock;
Quarterbacks — Wofford, Day.
Halfbacks — Hallmark, Hogue,
Berly. Fullback — Welch. Ends—
Hartsfield, McMullen, McCollum,
Herrin. Tackles — Moore, Turn-
er, Williams, Rutledge. Guards—
Barton, Haney. Centers — Wil-
liamson, Cooper, Samson.
Amarillo:
Quarterbacks—Canova, Bechtol,
Halfbacks — Alexander, Graham,
Stevenson. Fullbacks — Kent,
Smith. Ends — Smith, McCarthy,
Reed, Curtis. Tackles — Lynch,
Claiborne, Daffern, Short. Guards
—Olivo, Meyers, Frazer, Lewis.
Centers — Glenn, Williams.
Wendell Turner
"Football has helped me
greatly. It is a wonderful exper-
ience and a lot of tun," stated
Wendell Turner, Westerner of
the Week.
During the Amarillo game,
the 178 lb. tackle played almost
the entire game. On defense, he
played end and on offense,
tackle. Wendell was responsi-
ble for several key blocks
throughout the game.
When asked abouti future
plans, he stated that he plans
to attend Texas Tech, but isn't
interested in playing football.
In college he plans to major in
business administration.
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