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THE LAMESA LOBOS
Baseball in West Texas 1948 - 1950

Far from Fame, their Main Game was to Entertain.

by Steve Pinto
Vintage photos courtesy Dan and Steve Pinto
Lamesa Lobos Dan Pinto
Dan Pinto "Putting On Tag" Caption states: "...and then smile."
Lamesa Lobos 1949 Spring Training TX
Dan Pinto at Bat - 1949 Spring Training
Lamesa Lobos 1949 West Texas Baseball Team
Lamesa Lobos 1949 Official Team Photo
Lamesa Lobos 1948 Official Team Photo, Texas baseball

Lamesa Loboes 1948 Official Team Photo
Before they became the Lobos

Lamesa Lobo Park TX
Lamesa Lobo Park in the late 1940s
Vern Kohout, Ed Arthur and Ford Station Wagons, Texas 1950s
Vern Kohout and Ed Arthur with the Ford station wagons the team traveled in
John Catanzarita at Jay Haney's Service Station
John Catanzarita "The "Cat" at Jay Haney's Service Station
Dan Pinto and John Catanzarita by the Humble Station
Dan Pinto and John Catanzarita at Jay Haney's Humble Station
Joe Locke Tahoka Texas
Joe Locke in Tahoka Texas
Hank Mellilo and Stan Grzywacz sharing water melon
Sampling the local cuisine
Hank Mellilo and Stan Grzywacz
Hank Melillo and Dan Pinto Measuring Bowed Legs
Dan Pinto and Hank Melillo
"Measuring the bowlegs of a cowboy"
Dempsey Sterling and Hank Mellilo
Dempsey Sterling and Hank Mellilo
Dan Pinto on the patio of the Hotel Franciscan in Albuquerque
Dan Melillo, DanPinto, Gosney and Ellyson in front of the Dawson County Courthouse in Lamesa Texas
L to R- Dan Melillo, Dan Pinto, Gosney and Ellyson in front of the Dawson County Courthouse in Lamesa

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Subject: Lamesa Lobos

I was looking through some of your pictures & noticed those of the Lamesa lobos... My dad, Joe Locke, played on that team & I saw him in the team pic. Is there any way I could get pics of those? Please let me know, Thank you. - Patti Bradstreet, November 23, 2011. nanny779096@yahoo.com

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