Lamesa Lobos Baseball in West Texas. (original) (raw)
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
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
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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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