Three key members
of the 1957 championship team,
catcher Jim Garrett (left),
pitcher Marvel Weekly
(centre) and pitcher Dick
Doepker (right).
1957 Championship
Season
Feb 22 COS 3 Monterey JC 0
COS
opened the season with a 3-0 win
over Monterey Peninsula College in
Visalia as Dick Doepker,
Ben Reniker and Jim Hansen
combined on a one-hitter and 14
strikeouts. Bill Ryan led COS
at the plate with three hits. Jim
Garrett had a pair of doubles.
Feb 26 COS 7
Bakersfield JC 1
Dick Doepker,
Ben Reniker and Jim
Hansen combined to limit
Bakersfield to six hits as COS
scored a 7-1 win in Visalia.
March
1 LA Valley JC 5 COS 4
Los
Angeles Valley College shaded COS
5-4 as the Giants made five costly
errors.
March
2 COS 6 Taft JC 1
Dick
Doepker and Jim Hansen
hooked up in a brilliant pitching
performance to lead COS to a 6-1
decision over Taft in the opening
conference game of the season. The
two combined for 19 strikeouts.
Doepker, who went the first six
innings, fanned 12 and Hansen
struck out another 7 in the final
three innings.
March
5 COS 6 Fresno St JV 5
A
three-run triple by Frank
Alves in the 8th inning gave COS
a 6-5 win over Fresno State College
Junior Varsity at the COS diamond.
March 9 COS 18
Hancock
JC 0
COS
whipped Hancock 18-0 in the first
game of a twin-bill in a contest
called at the end of five innings.
Dick Doepker and
Marvel Weekly combined to
hold Hancock to one hit while the
Giants banged out 14.
March
9 COS 13 Hancock JC 3
COS
pounded out 15 hits to trounced
Hancock 13-3 in the second game of
the double-header.
March
12 COS 17 Fresno JC 6 4
COS
roared back from a six-run, first
inning deficit to score 17
unanswered runs and whip Fresno
Junior College 17-6. The Rams drove
COS mound ace Dick Doepker
from the hill in the opening frame
but were limited to three hits the
rest of the way by Jim
Hansen and Ben Reniker.
Jerry Burcher took the
loss. Buddy Burgess,
Mel Silva and Bill
Key each had four hits for
COS. Frank Alves
belted a homer for the Giants.
March
15 Stockton JC 11 COS 3
March
16 Loyola LA ??
March
19 Porterville JC 2 COS 1
A
brilliant pitching duel highlighted
Porterville's 2-1, 10-inning win
over COS. Mountie Bedford
allowed just two hits and fanned 11
in taking the win while Jim
Hansen gave up just three
hits and struck out nine. The
Pirates scored the winner on a
sacrifice fly by Maynard
Summers.
March
22 Coalinga JC 3 COS 2
Leroy
Gregory doubled in Larry
Yogi with the winning run in
the 9th as Coalinga beat COS 3-2.
Dave Buss had a homer for
the Falcons.
March
26 Bakersfield JC 6 COS 3
March
30 Reedley JC 12 COS 6
Reedley College had 10 hits and
cashed in on 14 COS errors to whip
the Giants 12-6.
April
2 COS 16 Porterville 2
Centrefielder Glen
McMillan pounded two homers and
a single to pace COS to a 16-2 win
over Porterville. Buddy
Burgess had a homer and two
singles. COS erupted for nine runs
in the fifth to salt away the
victory. Jim Hansen
held the Pirates to two hits over
the first seven innings. Therman
Zearley and Mike
Guy finished up.
April
4 Fresno State JV 11 COS 10
Fresno exploded for seven runs in
the first inning then held on to top
COS 11-10. Each team collected 14
hits. COS committed seven errors.
L.H McDaniel blasted a
homer, double and three singles for
the Tigers. Buddy Burgess
had a homer for the Giants while
Jim Garrett chipped in
with a double and a single.
April
6 COS 3 Taft JC 1
Ben
Reniker tossed a four-hitter and
fanned 18 to lead COS to 3-1 win
over Taft JC in a CCJCA game in
Visalia. The win broke a six-game
losing streak for COS and kept alive
their chance for at least a tie for
the league title. Buddy
Burgess belted a two-run homer
in the second inning and rapped a
double in the fourth and scored on
Frank Alves' single.
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Las Vegas 8 COS 7
The
Las Vegas Wranglers of the
Arizona-Mexico League opened its
spring training with an 8-7 win over
COS. Buddy Burgess had
a three-run homer for the Giants.
April 9 COS 5
Fresno
JC 0
Dick
Doepker allowed just two hits in
pitching COS to a 5-0 win over
Fresno JC. The win gave Roy Taylor's
Giants a 6-3 record in the Central
California Junior College
Association. Reedley leads the loop
with a 5-1 mark. Doepker gave up a
single to Stan Busch
in the third and another to
Cloyce Keeney in the
fifth. He fanned 10 and walked
three.
April
11-12-13 Azusa Tournament
COS
10 SB 1 ??
LACC 3 COS 0 ??
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COS 8 Las Vegas 7
Jim
Garrett slammed a homer to led
COS to an 8-7 win over Las Vegas
April
17-18-19 Bakersfield Tournament
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COS 11 ?? Valley 3
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COS 6 Coalinga 4
April
23 COS 6 Fresno State JV 4
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Fresno 14 COS 6
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Fresno JV 5 COS 3
The
Fresno State Junior Varsity defeated
COS 5-3, their second win in three
starts against the Giants. Paul
Millhorn pitched a
five-hitter with 12 strikeouts.
Columbus Craig belted a
homer, triple and two doubles.
Buddy Burgess had the big
blow for the Giants, a third inning
homer.
April
26 COS 4 Coalinga JC 3
COS
took a 4-0 lead then held on for a
4-3 win over Coalinga. Giants scored
three in the fourth, two on Babe
Castillo's single to break a
scoreless game. Marvel
Weekly and Jim Hansen
combined on a six-hitter.
April
30 Fresno State JV 5 COS 2
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COS 15 Popular?? 2
May 4
COS 15 Reedley JC 8
COS
remained in the hunt for the CCJCA
title with a 15-8 win over Reedley
College. COS scored six in the first
and coasted to the win. Jim
Hansen tossed seven shutout
innings before the Tigers erupted
for seven in the 8th inning. Bud
Silva led the Giants with
four hits.
?? COS 9
Coalinga 5
COS
won the CCJCA title downing Coalinga
9-5 in a one-game playoff. Buddy
Burgess belted a pair of two-run
homers. Jim Hansen
went the distance scattering nine
hits for the win.
?? COS 7
Sierra 2
COS
advanced to the semi-finals of
California JC playoffs with a 7-2
win over Sierra College. Jim
Hansen tossed a seven-hitter
for the win. The right-hander fanned
13 and allowed just one base on
balls. Jim Garrett led
the offensive with a homer and two
singles.
?? COS 3
Modesto 0
Marvel
Weekly threw a four-hit shutout
as COS downed Modesto 3-0 in the
first game of a best-of-three series
for the Northern California Junior
College title
?? COS 7
Modesto 3
Jim
Hansen's six-hitter led COS to a
7-3 win over Modesto Pirates. to win
the series in two straight games.
?? COS 4 San
Diego 1
 COS
won the opening game of the final
series with a 4-1 win over San Diego
JC as Marvel Weekly
tossed a three-hitter. The freshman
from Exeter pitched hitless ball
over the final six innings. Catcher
Jim Garrett sparked
the offense and performed
brilliantly on defense as he picked
two runners off first base and
handled a pair of bunts flawlessly.
?? COS 6 San
Diego 5
 COS
won the Cal JC title with a 6-5
victory of SD College to take the
best-of-three final in two straight
games. Jim Hansen went
the distance to picked up his fourth
straight playoff victory after
finishing the regular season with a
6-3 mark. Jim Garrett
scored the winning run in the eighth
after reaching on a walk and being
driving home on Bill
Ryan's single.
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The
beloved Roy Taylor took over
the reins of the COS baseball
program in 1951 and over 17 seasons
compiled a 285-199-6 record. His
1957 team captured the California
Junior College title with many of
those with a Western Canada
connection in starring roles
including Marvel Weekly, Jim Hansen,
Jim Garrett, Dick Doepker, Buddy
Burgess, and Ben Reniker. 
