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After the car trip from Winnipeg to
Moose Jaw, four recruits relax before beginning tryouts with the
new club. Left to right -- Reg Chopp, third baseman
from the Manitoba Senior League, Collins Jones,
playing-manager of the Dauphin Red Birds for two seasons,
pitcher Al Seymour from the Grandview Maroons, and
pitcher Don Gardner who played with Dauphin.
(Moose Jaw Times-Herald)
 Oh if the Mallards had had some
pitching! The club finished with four of the top seven hitters. Jones
and Chopp pictured, ran one-two for most of the
season. Jones finished as the runner-up while Chopp, the
lone Canadian to make the All-Star squad, took 5th spot. (Clipping
from Moose Jaw Times-Herald)
One of Chopp's former teammates in
Winnipeg, Mark Flynn, recalled Chopp's reaction when
approached about joining Moose Jaw. "Oh, I'll never hit
that kind of pitching", was Chopp's response. Good
hitter, poor forecaster !
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Saskatoon's formidable starting
staff. From left to right -- Bennie Griggs, Jim Morrow, Rolando
Garcia, Grant MacEwen, Bob Doig, Ted Wills and Don Kirk.
(Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
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Four
members of the 1954 Gonzaga University team who suited up in
Western Canada -- Bob Bourbeau, Keith Gustin,
Tom Mulcahy, Gary Ball,
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Bob Holowaty, Kamsack
Cyclones and Moose Jaw Mallards.19-year-old junior star from
Melfort, Saskatchewan. One of
Roy Taylor's stars at COS (College of the Sequoias).
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Roberto Zayas (centre) with
Lloydminster Meridians teammates in 1954. On the left is
Osvaldo Garcia and to the right is Vincente Diaz. (Photo
from Saskatchewan Archives Board R-A16662)
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 Bob Garcia (left) and Charlie
Beene (of the 1951 Saskatoon club). They had gone
into the army together but split after basic training.
Here they meet in Seoul, Korea at a dance in 1954. (Photo
courtesy Charlie Beene)
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Oh yes. The batboy was scorekeeper
too! A hand-made box score from 1954. An extra-inning game no
less! Looks like the Meridians got seven this day. Don't know if
they won or lost.
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