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Texas
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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 |
Dan Pinto "Putting
On Tag" Caption states: "...and then smile." |
Dan Pinto at
Bat - 1949 Spring Training |
Lamesa Lobos
1949 Official Team Photo |
Lamesa Loboes
1948 Official Team Photo
Before they became the Lobos
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Lamesa Lobo Park
in the late 1940s |
Vern Kohout and
Ed Arthur with the Ford station wagons the team traveled in |
John Catanzarita
"The "Cat" at Jay Haney's Service Station |
Dan Pinto and
John Catanzarita at Jay Haney's Humble Station |
Sampling the
local cuisine
Hank Mellilo and Stan Grzywacz |
Dan Pinto and
Hank Melillo
"Measuring the bowlegs of a cowboy" |
Dempsey Sterling
and Hank Mellilo |
Dan Pinto on
the patio of the Hotel Franciscan in Albuquerque |
Forum:
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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