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.
?? 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 ??
?? 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
?? COS 11 ??
Valley 3
?? COS 6
Coalinga 4
April 23 COS 6
Fresno State JV 4
?? Fresno 14
COS 6
?? 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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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.
