Page 6B EUGENE REGISTER
NWL Opens Its Ninth Season Tuesday
By PAUL HARVEY III
Of lb Regtsler-tjiiaid
The Northwest League
opens its ninth baseball sea
son Tuesday night with the
same line-up of cities, a new
look and a big question.
How fast will the NWL be
under the new minor league
set-up that took all B, C and
D leagues and lumped them
into Class A?
The Northwest League,
Class B since its inception in
1955, is expected to be at the
top of the Class A heap or
at least that's what the base
ball brass promises.
While most Class A leagues
this year will allow only two
veterans, the Northwest
League has upped its limit to
eight who are in at least their
fourth season of pro ball.
All six clubs, each a charter
member when seven-club
league replaced the Western
International League nine
years ago, are back and all
with full working agreements
for the first time.
Four clubs Wenatchee
with the Chicago Cubs, Lew
iston with Kansas City, Yaki
ma with Mllwaukie and Salem
with the Los Angeles Dodgers
had the same arrangement
In 1062.
But Eugene has switched
from San Francisco to the
Chicago White Sox and Tri
Clty, which got help from a
group of major league clubs
last season, now has a full
pact with the Los Angeles An
gels. It marks the first time in
the history of the NWL that
all the clubs have had full
agreements.
Tri-City, with experience
and what some claim is the
best hitting team in the
league, may be the club to
beat.
Trl-City, after it got the
agreement with the Angels,
announced it was changing its
nickname from the Braves
to the Angels.
There is a 50 per cent turn
over in managers, rotund
Tommy Heath returning to
Tri-City, Stan Wasiak for a
Sports Slate
MONDAY
Trep Baseball
North Kua.n. at Wlllatnalla, 4
Bprlnafleld at Thursaon, 4
llratn at McK.nsta, 4
Central Unn at OanrldRo, 4
f.tmtra at Junction City, 4
t'raswall at Pl.aaant Mill, 4
Myrtle Creek at Douglas, 4
Crow at Moliawk, 3:30.
TUKNDItA V
' NWL Ilai.ball
Ktiffene at Salem, 7:30
Trl-City at Yakima, 7:30.
LowJaton at Wenalchoe, 8
Prep Ilaseball
Wtllametta at Tluinton, 4
South Eugene at North Ktiffene, 4
Maraliflold at North Bend, 7
Jteedsport at Sluslaw, 4
Voncalla at Klkton, 1:30
Camas Valley at Canyonvllle, 3:30
Coburg- at McKenila, 7
Taft at Waldport, 4
Riddle at Sutherlln, T
Elmlra at Crow, 4
Mohawk at llarrlibura, 4
Koaehurg at Grants Pass, 3:30
Lowell at Junction City, 4
Kiddle at Sutherlln, 7
Prep Track
Pleaaant lllll at OakrldKe, 4
Oakland-Glide at Douglas, 4
Junction City at Philomath, 4
Wcitrtr at (illchrlit, 3:30
CJrants Pasa at Marihfleld, 4
Lowell at Triangle Lake, 4
Mapleton-Taft at Sluslaw, 4
Prep Tcmili
Thurston at Sprlnnrield, 3:30
North Eugene at South Eugene, 3:30.
WKDNKSDAY
NWL Ilaseball
Eugene at Kslem, 7:30
Trl-City at Yakima. 7:30
Lawlston at Wenatchee. 8
Collene Ilaseball
Washington Stale at Oregon, 3
Oregon Fruit at Clark College (1),
1:30
Prep nasebsll
Thurston at North Eugene, 4
South Eugene at Springfield, 4
' Lowell at Oakrldge. 5:30
Junction City at t'nhurg, 4
Prep Track
Toledo at Newport. 3:45
College Tennis
Oregon Froah at Koscburg, 3:30.
Prep Tennis
alarshlleld at North Uend, 4
THURSDAY
NWL Ilaseball
Kugens at Salem, 7:30
TrWIty at Yakima, 7:30
Lewlston at Wenatchee, 8
College Ilaseball
Washington Slate at Oregon, a
Prep Ilaseball
Willamette at South Eugene, 4
North Eugene at Springfield, 4
Kiddle at Douglas. 4
Marshfleld at llandon, 7:30
Monroe at Crow, 3:30
Prep Track
Waldport at Sluslaw, 4
College Tennis
Springfield at Oregon Krosh. 3:30
Meetings Scheduled
The Eugene Men's Softball
League will hold a meeting
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at tho
Eugene City Hall.
An Oregon State Softball
Assn. meeting is scheduled for
Con-all is April 28.
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- GUARD, Sunday, April 21, 1963
third straight year at Salem
and Buddy Hicks to Yakima.
George N o g a, 35-year-old
veteran of seven seasons as a
skipper in the White Sox or
ganization, takes over at Eu
gene and George Freese, long
time Pacific Coast League
mainstay, moves into We
natchee. Robbie Robertson, who
probably will be an active
player, steps in at Lewlston in
place of popular manager
catcher John McNamara who
was promoted to Binghamp
ton, N.Y., of the Class AA
Eastern League.
Attendance has been falling
off in recent years to 278,
124 last year, lowest in the
circuit's history.
But all six clubs are report
ed sound financially and NWL
President Jim Fleishman said
there's new interest that, he
said, should send attendance
rocketing upward, with a
break from the weather.
Eugene, traditionally the
attendance leader, fell off to
46,067 last year, lowest since
professional baseball returned
to the city in 1955 and 37,000
less than 1958.
When the split-season cam
paign opens Tuesday night
with Eugene at Salem, Lewis
ton at Wenatchee and Tri
City at Yakima, the fans will
see more than two dozen play
ers back from preceding
years:
Tri-City pitcher John Dc
wald is back for his fourth
season and the Angels also
have another pitching re
turnee in lefthander Bill
Harris.
Outfielder Don Marrs, who
led Lcwiston in hitting last
year with a .297 average, re
turns to the Broncos and so
does pitcher Gary Sanosian,
7-13 in 1062.
Seven are back at Salem
Including relief ace Kenny
Page, who had an 8-5 record
and catcher Bill Kelso, now
a pitcher who has been im
pressive in spring training.
Wenatchee has outfield
er Phil Borders who hit .305
and had 12 homers last year
and power hitter Spencer
Scott who hit .302 and
slammed 15 homers with Tri
City and the Chiefs in 1962.
Pitcher Ron Hcrr, 10-9
last year, inficlder Rafael
Gomcx (.299) and pitcher
Dick Lamcry who played part
of last year and also 1081 are
back at Yakima. Third base
man Juan Guzman was with
Tri-City last year.
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All-Time NWL Attendance
Year
Eugene Salem
1955 7M23
l5 83,745
1957 78,519
1958 83,879
1959 785
19W 0,5t2
1961 53,048
1982 48.067
88.441
66,629
83,029
47,71!
86.807
43,231
72,703
56,857
49,298
78,761
54,761
45.283
46.751
80,063
37317
68339
Total 550,127 483,253 461,131 408,301 400,331 389,945 1,803,474
brings 18 new faces into the
league.
Salem and Tri-City will be
looking for their first NWL
championships, each having
won half a seson but never
the full season crown.
Wenatchee, which won the
first half, beat second-half
winner Tri-City for the 1962
title.
Eugene will be looking for
its first title since the 1955
inaugural season while peren
nial contender Yakima will be
trying for its fifth.
Eugene
Noga will be bringing eight
players who played under
him at Sarasota of the then
Class D Florida Statu League
last year.
The pitching looks sound
but the hitting has not been
too impressive in spring camp
at Sarasota, Fla.
Noga doesn't seem too con
cerned about the hitting.
"I'm not worried," he said,
NWL (1955-1962)
Club W
Yakima 593
Eugene 599
Lewlston 560
Wenatchee . 543
Salem 532
Trl-City- 512
L
497
525
532
548
584
579
157
.544
.516
.513
.408
.485
.469
.396
'Spokane 103
'Member NWL 195356.
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TOiAY (SUNDAY)
LIVING ROOM GROUP
Lew
lston 43,276
53.472
47,102
84,976
55.998
39,398
49.802
38.123
Trl-Cltr Yakima aau-bre
League
395 488
476403
360 022
363,542
324,613
316,372
287,312
279,124
36.314
79,421
86 370
56,718
84.974
43395
80,166
42.BOS
35.059
59.155
59,773
57,074
43.97S
32,974
31,333
36,619
"I know what they can do."
First baseman Dale Rohde
was .319 with 106 runs batted
in at Visalia of the California
League last year.
The outfielders all hit well
a year ago, Ed Evans with
.300 at Sarasota, Jon Scott
with .301 at Clinton of the
Midwest league and .370 at
Sarasota and John Koehb?r
with .293 at Visalia.
Catcher Ed Barbcrie, like
Rohde and pitcher John Zahn
an all-league selection, hit .281
at Sarasota.
The pitchers include right
hander Zahn who struck out
255 while compiling a 14-12
record and 2.70 carned-run
average at Sarasota.
Lefthander John Bauer, 14-9
at Clinton, and righthander
Manuel Carlos, 14-6 at Clin
ton, may be the keys. Carlos
has been tabbed for starting
duties in the opener at Salem.
Salem
The Dodgers have been im
pressive this spring, more
than holding their own against
such higher minor league
clubs as Spokane and Albu
querque. Kelso seems to have made
the conversion from catcher
to pitcher well. Myrle Calmus
had a 15-2 record in the Mid
west League and Terry Bar
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ber won five straight at Reno
of the California League last
year.
Infielders Lou Ertle, Jim
Shinn and Dick McLaughlin,
the latter also an outfielder,
are back.
Newcomers include Cleo
James who hit .280 and 25
homers with Great Falls of the
Pioneer League last year and
Tom McGarrey who hit .308
at Boise in the same circuit.
Wenatchee
Just as in the past, Wenat
chee comes in with a young
club that includes a pair of
25-year-olds infield returnee
Frank DeMoss and pitching
returnee Joe Zahn as the
oldest.
The Chiefs, who sent such
stars as Ken Hubbs and Nel
son Mathews to the Cubs, may
have an infield defense that
rivals 1962.
Freese predicts first base
man Mack Kuykendall will be
the next first baseman with
the Cubs.
Except for Zahn, the pitch
ing staff age ranges between
18 and 21. One of the top pros
pects is ' 18-year-old Harold
Haydel, who came to the Cubs
in the recent deal that sent
Murphy to Houston.
Haydel- is expected to team
with lefthander George I.amcc,
winner of 13 at St. Cloud of
the Northern League, and
righthander Bob Flynn to
form the "Big Three."
Lewiston
The Broncs are rated su
perior to the 1962 club with
three veteran minor league
players.
First baseman Chico Valen
tin, 31, hit .313 with Albu
querque of the Class AA Tex
as League, relief pitcher Ted
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The Eugene Emeralds ar
rive in town Sunday from
their Sarasota, Fla., spring
training base and plan an aft
ernoon workout at Bethel
Park.
That is, weather permitting.
The club hopes to have
another workout Monday aft
ernoon and then will meet the
fans in a 6:30 p.m. affair at
Bethel Park rain or shine.
Thicm, 27, is starting his 10th
season , and catcher Woody
Huyke was in the Army after
hitting .307 at Portsmouth of
the South Atlantic League in
1961.
The infield is all new and
the pitchers, none with any
standout win-loss records in
1962, had impressive strike
out performances. One of
them, Vern Handrahan, struck
out 241 while compiling a 13
14 mark at Boise.
Joining Marrs in the out
field are Allen Lewis and Luis
Rodriquez, both with the
Broncs briefly last year.
Tri-City
The Angels have three
mound veterans in Harris, De
wald and Rocco Giordano and
- the core of the San Jose club
that won the California
League crown last year.
Jack Ilialt, with .315 at San
Jose, will be the catcher. San
Jose teammates Dave Best
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(.284) at second, shortstop
third baseman Ernie Foli
( 283) and outfielders Terry
Banderas (.274) and Jack
Warner (.270 and 21 homers)
also should help the Angels.
Tri-City will have a $50,000
bonus baby in pitcher Pat
Rogan.
The Angels also may get
Dave Mann who has spent
most of the last 10 seasons as
an outfielder in the Pacific
Coast League.
Yakima
Yakima has good hitting,
some claim second only to
Tri-City, and the pitching is
reported as improved over last
year.
Dan Kern, who slammed 26
homers and had 105 RBls in
the Northern League and
Georgia-Florida circuit, could
be a prize. Gomez, a second
baseman last year, is being
shifted to third.
The Bears have a promising
righthander in Fred Alworth
who compiled a 12-6 record
with Boise last year in his
rookie season.
There is only one lefthand
er, Alexander Pietrewicz, who
had a 13-14 record in the
Georgia-Florida League. Lam
cry had a 14-11 record with
Yakima in 1961.
One of the Yakima catchers
is Ray Haroldson, former Uni
versity of Oregon athlete.
Marcel Allen, with Yakima
in 1961 when he hit .307 and
a .325 hitter last year at Boise
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