The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1950 Page: 3 of 4
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"Friday, February 17, 1950
WESTERNER WORLD
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By Richard Hitt
After viewing last week’s West-
erner-Lamesa “contest”, we’ve be-
come inclined to join that stead-
ily-increasing faction commonly
known as the “Anti-Two Minute
Rule society”. As you know, the
two-minute rule provides that any
team fouled with less than two
minutes remaining in the game
receives a free shot and also pos-
session of the ball from the side
court. Originally designed to help
the underdog and more or less
curb stalling tactics, the contro-
versial measure has succeeded
only in enabling the team ahead
at the two-minute mark to ice the
game away.
Last week’s tussle was a per-
fect example of the evils of the
:rule. With two minutes remain-
ing and Lamesa leading by some-
thing like 37 to 32, the Tornadoes
proceeded to stall in a manner
that would make even the West
Texas State college Buffaloes en-
vious. It was simple. Each time a
Westerner made an attempt to
steal the ball, the refrees called
a foul, giving the Lamesans a free
shot in addition to prossession of
the ball. Even with that golden
opportunity to ice the game away,
the Tornadoes still only managed
to eke out a 40 to 37 victory.
* * *
Adding insult to injury, the La-
mesa band proceeded to blare
away at the game’s end, drowning
out the Lubbockites’ attempt at
singing the Call to Loyalty. One
of the hasty excuses offered by
Lamesa fans was that “they didn’t
know we were singing our school
song, which, incidentally, Lub-
bock students have sung after
each athletic contest for about 15
years. As one Westerner partisan
put it, maybe they thought we
were simply standing up, stunned,
chanting in unison “How did we
lose! How did we lose!”, etc.
H: * *
We’re willing to give Lamesa
the benefit of a doubt, since this
is the first year of district com-
petition between the two schools,
and it is possible that they weren’t
acquainted with our customs.
However, it is peculiar that they
didn’t apply the same tactics at
Lubbock about 3 weeks ago when
they had their band here.
Intramural Basketball To StartPiMeers' Han,ls E"d ln Wins
Both Lubbock High school lived 21 to 20 lead before the Al-
The third Annual WESTERNER
WORLD Intramural Basketball
tourney will open at 4 o’clock
Monday afternoon in the gym-
nasium, according to announce-
ment by the Student council
Tuesday.
Sponsored by the WESTERNER
WORLD Sports staff in co-opera-
tion with the physical education
department, the tournament is
open to any homeroom desiring
to enter.
The first game will be played
at 4 o’clock each afternoon with
the second following immediately
after the first. The first teams
must be on the court by 4 o’clock,
while the second pair must be
ready 10 minutes following the
first game. Failure to be on the
court at the required time will
draw a forfeit.
Quarters will be 6 minutes long
with one minute between time.
Halves will be 3 minutes.
Regular rules will be followed
with a referee, timekeeper, and
scorekeeper present at every
gam.e A faculty representative
will be present at every game.
Any boy who has received or
who is elgible to receive either
a Westerner, Cowhand or Pio-
neer basketball award is ineligi-
ble.
An entrance fee of 50 cents will
be charged each team entering.
Payment must be made by 4
o’clock this afternoon.
Cookmen Defeat Midland, 73-51;
Outscore Amarillo Sandies, 51-41
Lubbock High’s Westerners as-
sured themselves of at least a
tie in the 3-AA hardwood race by
trouncing Midland’s Bulldogs 73
to 51 last Friday night in their
highest scoring fracas of the year.
Shooting from every position
and distance the Cowpokes sup-
ported a 40.1 percent shooting
average by dumping 30 shots on
73 trys, while Walter Norton and
•Jimmy Sexton paced the Hub
City boys with 23 and 22 points
respectively.
Next in scoring honors came
Carl Ince with 8 and Wayne No-
land with 5 points each.
A tight defense and good ball
handling served the Cowpokes in
good stead as they turned back
Amarillo’s Golden Sandstorm 51
to 41 last Saturday in their last
scheduled game. Their victory
over the Sandstorm avenged an
early 55 to 44 defeat. Although
close in the initial and part of the
second quarters the Westerners
began to pull away in the last of
the second and the two remain-
ing quarters to lead 26 to 17 at the
half and 41 to 29 going into the
final quarter. A half-hearted
Sandie splurge in the fourth suc-
ceeded in cutting the Lubbock
lead only two points.
Sexton and Norton once more
led scoring with 14 and 13 points,
respectively. Next in line came
Carl Ince with 10 markers Vern
Irwin led the Sandies with 10
points.
Slugger Dan
In State Finals
Last February 3 there climbed
into the ring in the Texas Tech
gym what might well have been
two of the most determined boys
in Lubbock. In one corner sat
Light-Heavy Tommy West of
Roswell, New Mexico, while in
the other sat Dan Williams, a 173-
pound six-footer from Lubbock
High. Ten minutes later Williams
had beat out an all-expense-paid
trip to the state finals in Fort
Worth.
Williams and the 8 other re-
gional winners, one from Lub-
bock and four from Roswell,
left for Fort Worth Monday
afternoon in the Avalanche-Jour-
nal Station wagon. While in Cow-
town the fighters will stay at the
Texas hotel.
Hal Alstien of Dallas originally
started Dan on his ventures in
the square circle some three years
ago. In those years Williams has
won 26 fights while loosing only
five. Among his 26 victories Dan
has taken fights from such boxers
as the East New Mexico heavy
and the New Mexico middle and
light-heavy champions.
A junior, Dan is preparing for
a career in aeronautical engineer-
ing.
junior squads closed their respect-
ive seasons last week, with Coach
Bill Floyd’s Pioneers nosing out
the Midland Bullpups, 48 to 36;
while the Cowhands concluded
their season with a 29 to 26 vicory
over the Lamesa “B”.
Bobby Sexton set the scoring
pace for Coach DeWitt Alexand-
er’s Cowhand crew, netting nine
points. Bill Davis was runner-up
with six tallies. The ’Hands held
a seemingly safe 17 to 7 lead at
halftime, but the roof fell in dur-
ing the third quarter, and the
Lamesans jumped into a short-
exandermen finally recovered.
The Pioneers had an easy time
of it Friday against Midland,
building up a 10 to 0 lead before
the visitors could manage to
break the ice. The Floydmen led
by 16 to 4 at the end of the first
quarter, 25 to 18 at the half, and
37 to 23 at the three-quarters
mark.
Jerry Van Pelt led Pioneer
scoring, garnering 14 points. John-
ny Tatum and Bob Wassom were
close on the big center’s heels,
with 11 and 8 markers, re-
spectively.
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by Shirley Carlwrighi
For ihe first time most of us are
playing volleyball by girls’ rules.
Below are listed three of the
main differences: (1) a player
may help a serve over with one
hit, (2) a player may hit the ball
twice in succession, and (3) a
player is allowed another serve if
the first one is a net ball.
About 45 girls showed up for
Westernette volleyball last Thurs-
day afternoon. The girls were
divided into five teams, and the
captains are Carol Ham, Bonnie
Chestnut, Marian Hunt, Myrna
Lawrence, and Wilma Shepherd.
There have been about 20 girls
practicing their tumbling each
Tuesday after school for the open
house tumbling exhibit that was
held last night. These girls also
tumble for the teachers conven-
tion later this year.
Bad Weather Ahead
Why Walk??
Be Safe - -
Ride The Bus
LUBBOCK BUS CO.
Midland Challenged;
Tourney Date Set
“We have challenged Midland
for a match Saturday and Abilene
will be challenged one -week lat-
er,” Mr. Floyd Honey, Golf club
sponsor, announced in their last
meeting.
It was also announced that in
the event of a Midland refusal
Odessa would be challenged.
March 17 has been set as the
tentative date for a three-way
tournament between Lubbock,
Amarillo, and Odessa at the Lub-
bock Country club.
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