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Not surprising. For well over a century Ostermoor Mattresses have been known as the finest. And as progress in comfort has Ploying just os hord os big-leogucrs and in almost as many gomes, teoms in the minor as in vs. Hi-Tom game. come to mattresses, Ostermoor has stayed ahead in workman- circuit often sweat it out with stands half empty, this Danville _ ship and design all this time. • Today, there is no finer mattress made than an Ostermoor—- no better investment possible in comfort and good health. Be- cause Ostermoor has never compromised tfith quality, has never sacrificed comfort for economy. Yet, all this sleep-comfort costs explain Farm Team you up your He'll On A no more. soon. Life Look Ostermoor dealer why an Ostermoor stays so comfortable year after year. PAY Is low, the day la tong, and of the hard-work corrals for prospects who r[£most of the time fans couldn’t care need experience to bridge the gap from less whether you hit a home run or strike sandlot to stadium. For the Giants home ostermoor out. But it’s a chance to play baseball. office, Danville represents a $50,000 to AM MICA'S QUALITY MATTSISS SISCS IMS And that’s what matters to hundreds of $75,000 annual deficit. But Giant execu- OSTBSMOOS A CO.. Ine. has-beens and hopefuls who live by the tives are gambling on the chance that a league teams, great new ballplayer may some day emerge. aw Cat—at Hw, Chicags l>,ML • 30 Gmrge St., Mdgspwl 4, C—a. bat on the Nation's minor ranging from AAA down to rock-bottom Life on the Carolina circuit, which takes D and E. Possibly one in a hundred will In Durham, Greensboro, Kinston, Winston- ever play In a big league park and earn Salem and High Point-Thomasvllle, N. C., the fame and fortune of a bigtime leaguer, Is hardly glorious. Steady bus travel, living but the slim chance of success doesn’t fase in second-rate hotels, eating In hashhouse these ball-happy performers any more than after beanery, tow pay, losing sleep on actors hoping for their big parts. account of night games, and worry about This is especially true way down the the future, take a tollof hopefuls and vet- scale in the minors, such as with the Dan- erans alike. While a goodly crowd will ville (VaJ Leafs in the Carolina League. thrill any player’s heart, it’s rare that more Itsn: Though rated B on the books, each man than 1,000 fans drop around to see a game, Baek-10-Sehool on the team steps up to the plate swinging except when a team Is hot. For Danville, a shingle of hope. As a farm team for the which finished fifth in a league of six ? Guides to Greatness New York Giants, the Danville Club Is one during the first half of its split-half season, ? For Our Students --*¦ 11 fe, k(> >• 0k mgr , A. ... p„ilL - ... v-i ¦v ™ w ¥>r a'lit , Mr SCHOOLDAY TIPS FROM: ¦v ? president eisenhower ? HELEN KELLER ? DR. ALBERT SCHWEITZER ? MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - JR 'S# JMBa A Mm A Ml mi I ? WALT DISNEY a > ‘ l 11K1

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Manager Dave Garcia holds a bull session in the clubhouse for the Giants' farm team. Allowed 17 players, he's thankful if one moves up to a Class A team in a season.

16 TMC SUNDAY STAR MAGAZINf, WASHINGTON, D. C.. AUGUST It, 1957