Thursday, July 21, I960 D-2 TORRANCE PRESS Mike Callas Local Gridder Preps for '60 Season; * * * HEMUS AND MUSIAL ELEVATE 'Pressure' Big Difference in College By Gary Palmer utes before game time, and "Usually In silence," ad<ls RAMPAGING CARDS A letter arrived in the just sit for a solid h o u r," r.reminger, "unless Prothro the pre- Three score and seven games had not been played by mail of Tot-ranee resident, (^eminger said. is unhappy with Red Bird fans, and Prank Greminger tlie other "Prothro does this to f«t game practice or has some the St. Louis Cardinals this year before minute strategy for us." Missouri newspaper writers, had decided that Solly Hefnui day and Krank was well our minds fully on the game, last no longer an asset to the ball club. The front office, aware of its contents without and believe me, it works," re* What are Prothro's chief was the envelope. fullback. however, remained calm and issued a vote of confidence for even opening marked the husky coaching tactics'.' "Concentra­ .The letter was postmarked "It serves as a psychological tion and quickness are the the fiery mentor. Corvallis, Ore. and to further more than anything primarily this week the Cardinal* moved into t h*i r d factor two t hi n g s he Early identify its sender, in the 1 (ireminger added,. "It the big fullback Angeles, Milwaukee and else/ stresses." place, a definite threat to Los upper left hand corner was you all up and the ten­ us concen- effort in due to Hemuft keys said. "He makes Pittsburgh. Most of this glorious the personalized return ad­ sion mounts until it's often trate with 'the waiting game.' and a rejuvenated hero known ai Stan Musial. dress of Oregon State College. unbearable." and by 'quickness' Prothro Followers of the sport can­ Clarifying it still further was "It even makes a lot of the means getting to your assign not reason why the new gas- the stamp of the OSC athletic guys momentarily sick," he ment as fast as possible, if house gang is where it is to­ department. said, "but it serves its pur­ I'm to take out the left line day. They know that the club The letter could mean only pose when the game finally backer, the quicker 1 get U» has a mediocre pitching staff, one thing tireminger had gets under-way." him. the happier Prothro \vil! few good hitters and Kenny ju*t received orders to start The day of a game, the be!" Boyer's sub-par batting aver- preparing himself for the squad rises early and all eat Frank is not the tirst mem ago. coming football season un­ an identical breakfast of ber of the Gnemincjer familv Sin re Solly took'over the der Coach Tommy Prothro. baked potato with honey (no to star on the gridiron. Me rein* at St. Louis in* lf)."»K, The former Gardcna High butter allowed), orange juice, has a cousin. Hank1 Greming- the cluh ha* been making grid star, who was t w i c e peas and tea. "Steaks eome er, who plays professional trades and shuffling play­ named to the All-Marine after the game," relates Gre­ football with the Green Bay er* in an attempt to bring League team in his junior minger. "This is Prothro's Packers. the Red Birds a flag no .ind senior years, m-ade a special 'game day' dietfc" Nor is Greminger I h e later than 19HI. However, mental note of the orders and After playing the "wait­ only local gridder playing behind Solly's inspiration, headed for the beach. ing game" in the locker room ball at Oregon State. the Cardinals feel as if they Tomorrow there would be prior to the clash, the grid- Former North High great, have a darn good chance of no more beach, no more leis­ ders take to the field for a Ernie Thompson, is also un­ to of Prothro wrapping up the pennant ure, for he would have 15 minute pre-game practice der the tutelage preparation attack. this year, despite the pitch­ start workouts in session, running quickly and his single wing ing. i for the three month grind through the drills. Both of them will be seen MLSiAi, 1 ahead. ' | Returning to the locker in action at the Coliseum No Greater Love Prothro, former assistant; room 15 or '20 minutes before when the Beavers tackle USC During a Community Chest drive in 11)59 in Sun Pedro. coach under the late Red the opening whistle, the in the season lidlifter Sept. Stan was asked to speak to a group composed of sport Sanders at UCLA, would be squad again sits and waits. writers, religious leaders, business and professional men. unhappy with the fi-1, mus­ Musial was by no means the greatest baseball playing cular fullback if he returned speaker I had ever hoard, but he made you realize that to fall practice out of condi­ no greater love ever existed but the love and admiration tion. for the popular game of baseball. Regardless of his busi­ Now a junior at OSC, Gre­ ness holdings and the enormous salary he commands, Thr minger is considered a "sea­ WE DO-IT- Man convinced you that he was in the game as a bust lor. soned veteran" for the Beav­ there always and swing that ba! ers, but to hear him tell it. eager to got. in would get the impression Together, Hcmus and Musial and the rest of the one this he was a scared first year Cardinals might surprise everyone but themselves man, trying to make the year Next time the Red Birds come to town, try and get team. YOURSELF! seat behind their dugout between home and third "Pressure." declares Gre­ you'll see and hear why I think they are a threat to wrest minger, "is the biggest differ­ (he pennant away to St. Louis. ence between high school and Room Additions... Alterations * * * college ball." . Sheehon Not a Manager "There's no end, to the Remodeling that When Horace Stoneham of the Giants decided to fire amount of tension before game," said Bill Rigney and replace him with Tom Sheehan. ho must mounts the h i g fullback, "but," he YOUR CHOICE OF PLANS have thought that thr latter would make a gorxl manager. added, "this i* pnrt of thr Evidence of Shcchan's failure it evident-in the pres­ Prothro system of coaching. % ent standings. When he took over from Rigney. the club COMPLETE PtAN: the Loi Angelei preparation for the Redikin charity garni "There's pressure from the was ju*t four games out of first in second place. Ktnnd- JON ARNETT, the terror of We do the entirt job, from ttert to finish, «t in which will be played Aug. 19 at the Coliseum. coaches watching you in Ings a* of two days ago show the (Hants in fifth place, Rams in 1959. joined tho re»t of th« club practice, pressure from your Crown's traditionally low prices. 8'z games gehind the leading Pirates. opponents, pressure from If this isn't bad enough, how, about SheHian Uirming Taxable Transactions First Loss studies, pressure from team­ COOPERATIVE PtAN: out.-Willie McCovey. Perhaps h* wax only batting .244. but Reach Quarter High mates vying for a spot on what would happen if all manager* <lprided to remove the squad, and mainly the We do the bask, K*aw work and you finish-it- that long bnll, and 1 Taxable transactions sub­ McCoveys who hit in the clutch, hit Torrance Upsets Culver City, 5-3 California's 3 percent pressure in the locker room yourself . with additional savings for you. a decent figure in the RBf column? 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