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by the YAKIMA SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION and DA.RIGOLD Bob Dunbar was one of Yakima's best-loved and most active sportsmen, not only in softball, where he was an outstanding player and a respected opponent, but also in his dedication to young people - as Peewee baseball coach, Grid Kids football coach, Cub Scout leader, and family man. His presence In Com­ munity activity and service will be sorely missed by all who knew him.

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YAKIMA SOFTBAU ASSOCIATION PAST PRESIDENTS 1953- LYie Kosbab, Fairway Tavern 1954-Lyle Kosbab. Thom's Drapery 1955-LYI• Kosbab, Thom'I Drapery 1956-Chuck Thompson. Thorn's Drapery 1957-Mel King, Pletce R..lty 1958-Mel King, Jed's Athletics 1959-Mel King. Jed's Athletics 1960 -Al Emard, Pierce Really 1961 -B111 Andring, Highlanders

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TOURNAMENT RULES Times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. A grace period of 15 minutes will be allowed before a game is forfeited for failure to take the field.

All games will be seven innings (unless tied), except that If the visillng team Is 10 or more runs ahead at the end of five or six innings the game shall be terminated; and if the home team possesses a IO-run lead in its half of the fifth or sixth Inning, the game shall terminate lmmediate: ly.

Only team members are allowed on the players' benches (the team sponsor and one bat bat boy will be con• sidered team members). No smoking is permitted on the field or on the players' benches. Coaches must be In uniform or must wear learn jacket.

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MILESTONES IN YAKIMA SOFTBAU ASSOCIATION HISTORY 1946- YSA provides lunds lor Installation of 24-bulb lighting system at Larson Park.

1953-First scorer-statistician employed to provide better publicity coverage.

1956-Most valuable player trophy and other individual awards Initiated.

1956-Metropolitan Park District's 1955 bond issue provides 84-bulb lighting system at Larson Park.

1958-Player membership fee initiated; portable outfield fence constructed by members.

1958-Yakima Fruit Bowl Invitational tournament lnaugura1ted.

1958 -Budweisers win Yakima's first State champlonshi;, at Olympia tournament.

1959 -YSA sponsors Yakima's first Men's State tournament;, won by Bud Higgs' Lakers of Bremerton. League teams reach low of 6.

1960-League teams rise to 13 with organization of Major and new Minor League.

1960-Reesman's Dairy Maids revive women's softball. YSA sponsors 13th annual Women's State tournament, won

by Bremerton Skylarks.

1961- YSA provides 68% of funds for construction of 60' x 24' backstop at Larson No. 1.

1961-YSA sponsors Women's Northwest Regional tournament. Yakima Webb Cats win regional championship and participate in Women's World tournament at Portland.

1962-YSA publishes first "Tournament Softball" program, combining invitational, district and State tournaments in one publication.

1962-YSA sponsors 15th annual Women's State tournament. won by Port Angeles Blue Angels.

1962-Highlanders win State championship at Longview Tournament 1963-YSA constructs permanent concession-grandstand facility at La_rson Park.

1963-Four-team Girls' League organized; separate from Major and Minor Leagues.

1963-YSA sponsors 25th annual Men's State tournament Fruit Bowl Invitational expanded to 10 teams.

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The Washington State Softball Association is pleased to hold its 1963 Men's State Tournament in the City of Yakima.

We sincerely hope that the rans will enjoy watching the forty-six or forty-seven games that will be played over the four-day period.

Our thanks also to the Yakima Softball Association and to the city officialls who have worked hard In order to make this tournament a success.

Greetings to the sponsors, managers, and players on the twenty• four teams participating.

Let sportsmanship predominate and may the best team win.

ANDREW PENDERGAST Commissioner, Washington Stale Softball Association

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MEL KING, Yakima District Softball Commissioner Chairman, Men's Yakima District Sottball Tournament, 1963 Director, Men's Washington State Sottball Tournament, 1963 Mel was bOrn and raised in Virg1n1 a. p1·ay1ng basebaU through his. school years.

He served in the Na\,y from 1942 to 1948, playing shortstop on lhe team that claimed the 13th Naval Olstrict Championship and second Iace on the West Coast in l947. He played semlpro baseball In Wa•hlngton, 8. C. for two years after his disc.ha,-ge.

In 1951 the Kings, Mel, Ardelle and sons, David and Dtmnls, settled In Ya�ima and were first Introduced to •oftball, Mel played on and managed the Presbyter• Ian learn in the Church League lrom 1952 to 1955, and first entered the YSA with the Presbyterians In l954 as shortstop and manager. then played with the Tired 6uslnessemen in 1955. He mana�ed the first Pierce Realty team ,n 1956 until a knee Injury forced him out of action midway through the season; managed Jed's Athletics In 1957·59 while b"lng three tfmes elected presldent of the Yakima Softball Association, and was chairman of Yakima's first Men's Statt Touma� ment In 1959.

In 1959 he succeeded Gus Shinn who resigned as Yakima District Softball Com• missioner and has held that post slnce, revivins women's sollball In Yakima as manager of Reesrnan's Dairymaid$ in 1960, the women's Northwest Regional champion Yaklma Webb Cats in 1961, and Is now manager ol Me llotte·s Sports in the new Yakima Girl's Softball League.

MEL KING

ROLLAND RAAB President, Yakima Sottball Association, 1962-63

ROLLAND RAAB

Rolland Is a native of Fairview, Montana, but moved to Grandview in 1937 and is a graduate of Grandview High School. He served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956 and during those four years was a pltcheT at Parks AFB, California, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 011 the Ashiya, Japan, AFB softball team which played In various parts of the world. He attended Central Washington College of Education from 1956 to 1960, was graduated with a B. A. In physical education, and now is a resident of Yakima while teaching at Moxee Elemen• tary School. Met his wife Pat at college; they were married in 1959 and are the parents of a son, Rob!, who will be one year old Aug. 10.

Rolland Pitched for Pierce Realty and for the Grandview Pastime in 1957, for the Darigold team in 1958, won the most valuable player award In 1959 while complllng a 12-0 record with Blitz, continued with the 1960 Highlanders, then returned to Pierce In 1961 and has pitched lor the Realtors since then. He was elected to the YSA board in 1961, chosen president the following year, and reelected for the current season.

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From the Itemization (Page 3), it can be seen that Yakima Softball Association has been a most active organi­ zation on the Yakima sports scene, continually striving to improve its product - low-cost recreation for the players and low-cost entertainment for spectators. This has been accomplished by a continuous publicity effort, the addi­ tion of awards for individual accomplishment, sponsorship of an annual invitational tournament and of important championship events, and by a systematic program of phy3ical improvements to the Larson Park softball plant In cooperation with the Metropolitan Park District of Yakima.

Naturally, in any operation, financial considerations hav, e an important bearing on success. In league play, team sponsors pay all costs through the entry fees, which cover game officials, balls used, field supplies, lights and ad­ ministrative costs which include trophies, printing of schedules and team registrations. In tournaments, the entry fees provide only about half the funds needed to cover expenses, arid therefore we ask spectators for doriations oc­ casionaliy during tournaments to meet those costs.

The improvement of Larson Park comes under a different income category. Five years ago we begari to assess each player a fee for membership in the YSA with the explicit purpose of providmg funds for making the No. 1 field a better place to play. The outfield fence was the first project; it cost over $600 for materials and YSA members pro­ vided all the labor to construct IL A portable consession bJoth was next used to supplement the income during tour­ naments, and its profits were added to the membership fees so that, after sponsoring several tournaments, we were able to construct the large backstop which now graces the field. Its cost was almost $1300, part of which was provi­ ded by the Park District.

The next Item on our Improvement agenda for Larson Park was to be completion of the enclosure of the No, l playing field with chain-link fencing. However the condition of our portable concession booth made It mandatory that this be deferred temporarilt, and the Board of Directors voted In January to give first priority to a permanent con• (Continued an pag-e 7)

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cession booth as lhe first requisite for providing funds for future park improvements. This action and J)reliminary plans for the structure were approved by the membership ·in February, and at the same time the Board was author­ ized to incorporate the Association as a non-profit organization.

Hans M. Skov Construction Company began erection in April under a $3098 contract (plus sales tax). Plumb­ ing and wiring labor were donated by Arb Plumbing and Heating and former softballer Jim Jenkins, resJ)ectively.

Paint and stain were provided by Lyle Kosbab, lumber materials by Don Young, carpentry by Leonard Soden and additional labor for installing water and sewer service and painting of the grandstand by other YSA members.

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Second Row, left to right: Rolland Raab, Ed Fields, Dave Hammennelster, Howard Beckman, Ryken Kaut, Larry Mortimer, Bill Poulln.

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Manager Bill Fenton will bring a team composed ol eight letltermen from last year plus additional new races. Along with veteran coach Royle Brazler, lhe lettermen will Include Larry Thlen, ss; Bob Millard, of; Gordy Neilson, 3b; Ray Wagner, 2b; Jack Glenday, of; Jim Matthews, p; Duane Bower, p; and Jim Hogan, lb. Other former Feds back In uni­ lorm are outfielders Tom Richards and Jim Berard, along with Rico Parenti, ex mound ace of the team.

Making his tourney debut will be Art Wical, a 6'5" 220 pound pltch,er, who just recently graduated from the University of San Diego. Wical, a northwest boy, will foll'! the Federal pitching staff. Two other new stars on the team, both catchers, are George Bockelie and Claude Erskine. Ray Wagner's younger brother, Tom, joins the team In a reserve infielder's role.

THE 1963 TEAM ROSTER Back row, left to right: • Jim Hogan, Bill Lyon, •Larry Thien, Jerry Israel, George Karpach, "Bob Millard, •Gordy Neil• son, •Ray Wagner, • Jack Glenday, Bill Robbins, Bobby Beyers.

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cession committee and who not only procured the plans and negotiated the contract, but donated a great deal of personal labor to complete the structure, which Is valued at more than $3300. Marv has, regrettably for the YSA, now moved to Bellingham; his Impact on the Association was much greater than t,is short tenure on the board would indicate, and his energy was an Inspiration to all who worked with him on the project.

In order to avoid financing charges for the payment of the concession unit, the board, acting under authority of the membership, voted lo advance 1963 team entry fees, adding them to a $1000 carryover from 1962 and to the 1963 player memberships, to pay cash for the construction. Thus, while the contract has been paid in full, the re­ ceipts from the concession operation must now go to rebuild the fund for league expenses. Once the team entry (ContinYE<l on oage ll)

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fees have been replaced, we will then be able to consider the installation of the long-needed sideline fences -and at this writJng we hope that such installation can be made In time for the 1963 Men's Stale Tournament, It is now our plan to continue the construction of permanent spectator seating as soon as the financial situa­ tion will permit - hopefully, next year, but at feast by 19S5. Somewhere in the near future, too, is a place for ano• !her li ghted field, If the popularity of Yakima softball continues to grow on its present scale.

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L9fi2-0elorme's Tavern

(4)- Finished fourth al State tournament

1961-Mellotta's Sporting Goods

Today's Highlanders are the SLlccessors to Thom's Drapery, Budwe,se-r and 8Ht2 re.ams