The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1950 Page: 3 of 4
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"Friday, February 24, 1950
WESTERNER WORLD
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By Richard Hitt
Lamesa sort of pulled a “Frank
Merriwell” finish on the West-
erners in their play-off for the
district championship last week,
coming from behind after losing
the first contest to take the next
two consecutive tussles. Although
the Lamesans’ spectacular (and
heartbreaking) rally didn’t leave
a favorable impression on this
scribe, it certainly left a lasting
one. ->
The game at Lamesa Friday
night turned into a near riot,
v/hen a host of Lubbock partisans
vociferously questioned the ac-
curacy of some of the officials’
decisions. The officials call ’em
as they see ’em, but evidently
Westerner fans didn’t agree with
some of them. Here’s one last
speculation on the play-off: we
wonder if the guy who proposed
the two-minute rule last year
was, by any chance, from La-
mesa? It’s possible, but not
probable. Food for thought,
anyway.
* * *
The host of L. H. S. fans who
remained after the game Satur-
day night received some consol-
ation, however, as the “Flying
Wheels” from Van Nuys, Cali-
fornia defeated Lubbock’s Thom-
as Tinkers 26 to 3 (that’s no
typographical error) in a wheel-
chair basketball game. The
“Wheels,” composed of war vet-
erans paralyzed from the waist
down, seemed to have as much
tun as anyone out there on the
-floor, and the games really seem
to take their minds off their dis-
abilities.
* * *
The intramural basketball
tournament should be well under
way by now, since it was slated
to start Monday afternoon. Sev-
eral boys, have inquired as to
why an entrance fee of 50 cents
per team was imposed. The
money collected by the WEST-
ERNER WORLD sports depart-
ment from the entrance charges
was used to purchase 14 jerseys,
seven for a team, to be used by
all entrants in the tourney. The
jerseys are gold with black num-
erals and green with gold num-
erals, and should aid the score-
keepers as well as the players a
lot this year, since identification
of players will be much easier.
Tornadoes Cop
3-A A Championship
Lamesa's Golden Tornadies and the law of averages combined
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights to break Lubbock High
school's record of four consecutive district titles in major sports.
Winning for the first time this year in the Westerner gym, the
Tornadoes annexed the District 3-AAA title Saturday night by
trouncing the Black and Gold 42 to 37 in the final tussle of the
best-two-out-of-three game playoff between the two aggregations.
Coach jlavid Cook’s Lubbock crew gained the top hand in the
playoff Thursday night, topping ----
the Gold and White by a 39 to 36 saw the Cook-men jump to an
count. Center Walter Norton of early 7 to 0 lead in the first two
the Westerners led scoring for and one-half minutes of the strug-
both sides, bombing the buckets gle. The Tornadoes narrowed the
for 22 points. Jimmy Sexton and margin to 7 to 5, and at the end
Richard Allen shared runner-up of the initial quarter the count
honors, each netting seven tallies, was Lubbock 14, Lamesa 9.
T. J. Womack and Royce King led Coach Follis’ charges pulled
Lamesa efforts, garnering ten abreast of the Cowpokes at half-
points apiece. time, as the teams left the floor
Tornadoes Take Second deadlocked, 18 to 18.
Moving to Lamesa'for the secon Lamesa gradually pulled away
contest, the quintets battled on from the ever-trying ’Pokes, and
even terms for three periods be- held a 37 to 34 advantage at the
fore the Golden Tornadoes pull- close of the third period,
ed away, with the help of the two- The Westerners only managed
minute rule, to a 47 to 36 win. to net three points in the entire
Norton again led scorers, turning last period, while the Follismen
in a 13-point performance. West- tallied five times to ice the game
erners Bobby Day and Carl Ince away, along with the district flag,
were next in line, netting seven Norton, easily the standout of
an six points, respectively, the series, repeated as high point
enter Royce King led Lamesa man, flipping in 16 markers to run
meshing 12 points. his playol( total t0 51 points
The Black and Gold basketeers Sexton was second in Westerner
held a 33 to 32 lead at the three- scoring with seven points, while
quarters mark, after overcoming King of the Tornadoes tossed in
a 30 to 25 deficit. Coach O. W. 12 tallies to lead his mates.
Folios’ cagers held a 22 to 21 lead --—-
at halftime. The heated contest
was marked by a prodigious
number of fouls, with both teams’
total miscues running to 47. La-
mesa sank 13 for 31 charity shots,
while Lubbock displayed more
accuracy at the free-throw line,
cashing in on eight of 16 attempts.
Go Inio Third
The chips were down Satur-
day night as the quints, each
boasting one victory, returned to
Chapman fieldhouse for the do-
or-die finale.
A jam-packed crowd of 1,800
fans, approximately half o f
which were Lamesa partisans,
mm
'WE’RE W1D YA”
Through Thick,Thin, Bullock
“I’ve made a lot of trips with
the Westerners; a lot of them
have been short trips home anci
a lot of them have been long. I
hope tonight’s will be a short one.”
This is how Raymond Bullock
summarized his six years of
chauffering for Westerner teams
last Friday, just before embark-
ing for Lamesa, where the West-
erners were scheduled to play
that night.
For six years the six foot-two-
inch Bullock has pushed T.N.M.&
O. coaches packed with Western-
er football, basketball, track or
baseball teams over the ribbons
of grey.
Well liked . . . and well ribbed
by the boys, (and Mother Na-
ture), the 250-pound Bullock be-
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gins each trip with tie lusty sup-
port of his passenges. “I’m wit
’cha, Bullock,” or “I n behind ’ya,
Bullock—way behind’ya” are the
traditional means of letting trips
off to a good start. Twenty-nine
years old, Bullock, jiasspent some
eight of them pushing coaches
(mechanical and othervise) over
the road.
He has missed only me major
trip during that period That oc-
curred last year when the base-
ball team went to tie state
tournament at Austin while he
and Mrs. Bullock werevacation-
ing in California. “Wht a time
to take a vacation,” limed the
friendly driver.
An ardent Westerner rooter
through thick and thn, Bullock
by Shirley Cartwright
Girls who joined Westernettes
at mid-term will be called pledg-
es until they have’ earned at least
25 points by participating in two
or more sports regularly this
semester.
The point system as worked
out by Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Pittman is explained below.
Every member or pledge partici-
pating in regularly scheduled
sports, volleyball, basketball, ar\d
tumbling, sponsored by the club
will be given 15 points a semes-
ter. Any memben playing on a
tournament team will receive five
points, and three additional
points will be given for each of
the players on the winnhg team.
Two points will be giver the cap-
tain of a tournament teim.
For individual sporS a Wesi-
ernette can earn ten points by
hiking at least 30 mil«s each four
months, or riding e bicycle 30
miles during a four aonths’ per-
iod, or by skating ifyou average
going once each wek. You can
also earn ten point if you bowl
once a week or de horseback
(Continued a page 4)
would not be oihone by the var-
ious press surtys, and picked
the 1949 Westeaer-Sandie game
as the epic of fe half-century.
fes sir! No doubt abou it!
Tere s three powerful intetftin’
ad excitin’ pictures show# at
te CIRCLE DRIVE-IN thisveek
«d. First, showing throui Fri-
tay, is FIGHTING KENdCK.
AN, with ye old stand-b^avo-r-
ite, John Wayne. Vera alston
co-stars. Saturday ifs “VST OF
THE PECC'CT with HoDe Mitch-
um. Sunday lists “RACI-L AND
THE STRANGER/' staing Lor-
etta Young and RoberMitchum,
once more. Box offic opens at
6--30;yffrst show at 7Adults’ ad-
mission: 44c.
In
Midland Linksmen
Win Over Lubbock
a
top
Midland’s linksmen took
match from Lubbock High’s
seven men 17 V2 to 3y2 last Sat
urday in their hometown.
Three points were given for
each of the seven indviidual
matches, one point for each 9
holes and one point for the en-
tire 18 holes.
Lubbock also played a four
man team match with Midland
coming out on the wrong end of
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