Photo was used in the 1948 Beaver yearbook, page 271. Roy Keene was a standout college star at Oregon State College. He went on to coach at Willamette University where their baseball stadium was eventually named for him. Mayor George Peavy was head of Department of Forestry at Oregon Agricultural College; dean of forestry when reorganized as a school; president of Oregon State College and was the mayor of Corvallis, Oregon.
Baseball team (about 1898), information from negative envelope: Allen '00, Heinkler '98, Sharp '98. In the 1938 Orange and Black, players are identified as: standing (l to r) WL Sharp, Jesse Tharp, Bill Patterson, Harold Belt, and Raymond Henkle. Seated (l to r) Henry Howells, Will Smith, Al Campbell, and Tom Allen. Published in Orange & Black 1938, p. 103.
Todd, Looney, pitchers; Wolfe, catcher; Beaty, first base; Swann, second base; Jones, third base; Crews, shortstop; Bilyeu, left field; Moore, center field; Murry, right field; Weatherford, Patterson, Pendergrass. Oregon State began playing intercollegiate baseball on the varsity level in 1907. Coached by F. C. McReynolds, who may have been an OAC music instructor, the 1907 team has a 5 win, 2 loss record in its initial season, including a 1-1 record against the University of Oregon. Photo was used in the Orange (yearbook)
The team line-up was Otto Moore, catcher; Lawrence Keene, pitcher; George Rieben, pitcher; Harry Cooper, first base; Mervin Horton, second base; Clifford Reed, third base; Ray Poff, left field and team captain; Walter Keck, center field; Emil Carrol, right field; Wren Crews, short stop, V.P. Gianella, manager; Fielder Jones, coach.
The 1925 varsity squad was 12-2, undefeated at home, and were the Pacific Northwest Conference Champions. Photo was used in the 1927 Beaver Yearbook, page 191.