Newport High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport, OR)

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Below L to R Standing Mgr G White V. Passmore, S Thomas B Wheatley T Morgan C. Hunter, R. Litchfield W Conklin Kneeling R. Hart, A. Crisler I Zetterberg R Crisler I Rea, S. Penter. Pa t and Pre ent it was , The Newport Cubs baseball team started full scale practice March 18. The Cubs have very few returning let- termen, but several of the non letter- rnen have had considerable experi- ence. The first scheduled game was for March 29, but because of rain it was postponed. Postponements were frequent. The Cubs, having won the District Championship last year, had a high goal to shoot for. Senior players Rich Crisler, Doc Zetterberg, Bill Wheatley, and Richard Hart helped to make the season successful. and Crisler. his hunting form. Crisler and Conklin. V 4 ' adn? ff? M 'A ' IQ .fee-f'fg ' ' Top rightg two pitchers, Wheatley Center rightg Zetterberg shows Lower rightg the two backstops u S! fqfs tvs M4 if ,,,l,.a if rv. N

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tif. Q., , ' .r --11:-SWA.,, ' i :- M., NA . Q y z g K sq..--4. , fa 7 .'e+-fl'-0. QI ' Yi ny ,953 A 'WTR' ix. . Above: Moss throws to second. Newport's Baseball Team finished a very Memorie of... 'A ns. . Qqgarqew fi Above: Moss makes put-out at first. successful '56 season. The Cubs Won every Home 5 Siletz game in league play and defeated the Reeds- Home 15 Toledo port Braves in a best two out of three series. Home I2 Taft After the play-off with the Braves, the Cubs Home 7 Wqldport traveled to Seaside where they were dropped Home 7 Taft by the Gulls 3 to U. Newport had three play- Home 5 Siuslcw ers placed on the All-Coast Baseball Team, Home 13 Siletz they were Bill Wheatley - pitcher and out- Home 3 Waldport fielder, Richard Crisler - pitcher, and lim Home 6 Siletz Crowell - catcher. Wheatley and Crisler will Home 4 Siusluw be with the '57 squad. Newport lost through Home lo Toledo graduation: Dennis Simmonds - shortstop, Home 8 Taft Louie LeMaster - center fielder, lim Crowell Home ll Toledo -it catcher, Glenn Moss - right fielder, Home 5 Taft Dennis Hamilton -- first base, and Art Home 3 Reedsport Braxling - third base, The '56 squad was Home 5 Reedsport the first NHS team to represent our league at Home 8 Reedsport state play-offs. Home 0 Seaside Below: Back row, L. to R.: Coach Iohnson, Hunter, Hamilton, Abraham. Front Row: Crowell Litchfield, Penter, Thomas, Iohnson, Conklin, Manager A. Crisler, Zetterberg, Wheatley. Bateman. Row 2: LeMaster, Braxling, Moss, Simmonds, S- Xp QXNM . sf R. Crisle 6 2 4 l 7 4 4 1 5 O U 0 3 0 5 4 4 3 T, X t

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Left: Coach White. Memoric i ol... The Newport Track Team broke many records and won the Coast League cham- pionship to complete Newport's perfect year in all four sports. The Newport track squad won the Cen- tral Relays, the County, the Coast League, and the District ZA-2 track meets. Newport qualified six men for the state track meet, they were Reggie Comstock, Howard Carter, Harry Cure, Bruce Litke, and Louie LeMaster. At state, the 880 Re- lay team placed fourth in the finals, and Carter placed sixth in the 220 dash. lim Bailey broke the school record that was set by Chuck Mattucci in l949. Mattucci ran the 440 in 55.9 seconds, Bailey ran it in 54 seconds flat. Both rec- ords were set at the County Track Meet. , V i!-4. .-..... an-L Fmt? , . za. fl' , g . jf? Q. ., .,-z W A. k . L. 1,+ N V 'V wr- 4 yi 57 if k V I t --. . QM , - A . if I ' K ' . , ' Nl . f A 'K' . . W. 'Y 'Q Q + 'V gh .,.T,, 6' .....-. 4 . , 4 , My I My M, . -. L' if . uw-M K' Above: Litchfield places in 880. M W. M ' Raimi V- ,L 1 V 4 im x , , . Nxwnwk at Abovet Cure finishes in low hurdles. Below: Back Row, L. to R.: Coach White, Miltimore, Front Row: Manager O'Hara, Rasmussen, Litke, Lee, Pakulak, Graves, LeMaster, Edge, Werner, Bailey, Perry, Westerberq, Ward, H. Carter, Peterson, Smith, Cure, Litchfield, R. Carter, Hultin, Pratt, Burch. Schneider, Stubhlefielcl, Manager Gesik.