Elyria High Sports Cartoon – March 13, 1970

It’s been months since I posted any The Passing Scene cartoons from the usual 50-years-ago perspective. Gene Patrick took a break from his creation starting in the last half of 1969, and continuing right into 1970; I still haven’t encountered any new strips.

But I did find this great sports cartoon (below) from the pen of Bob Smith. It depicts Elyria mascot Petey the Pioneer (on the left) with guns a-blazin’, and the Elyria High basketball coach (note the tiny fedora), on the way to the Class AA basketball tournament in Toledo. It appeared in the Journal on March 13, 1970.

The cartoon is great. It’s bursting with energy and wonderful ink work, and is as fresh today as when it was drawn.

Of course, showing smoking guns in such a comic today would probably be verboten.

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By the way, note that the Cavaliers were not listed in the NBA Standings box. They didn’t exist yet; the 1970-71 season would be the team’s first.