Baseball diamond, first athletic field, 1892-1893 (on the right) and lower campus view near what is now Jefferson Street. The Experiment Station gardens are on the left with the Court House, Central School, old Corvallis College are also left of the walkway.
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.
Silver Lake baseball team. Left to right (back): Joe Long, Mike Hough, Rufus Cochrane, Gus Shroeder, unknown, John McCoubeach. Center: unknown, George Drum. Seated in front: Burt Goudy, - McCurley, Billy Southerland.
Prior to the beginnings of varsity baseball in 1907, Oregon State played baseball on an occasional basis beginning as early as 1883. In 1899, the school began playing an indoor version of the game. In 1900, the indoor baseball team compiled a 3-1 record, which included wins over the University of Oregon, Albany College, and the Salem YMCA. Baseball players in photo are: A. J. Bier (lf), Harold Belt (rf), R. D. Burgess (c), Elwood Clark (2b), Arthur Derby (1b), J. G. Elgin (mgr), Ira Hamilton (lf), James Hartley (3b), Raymond Heinkler (nf Cayst), C. E. Small (p)
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)
Only four years after leading the Chicago White Sox to the World Series championship, Fielder Jones was enlisted to coach the OAC baseball team. A salary dispute with Sox owner Charles Comiskey led to Jones' departure from the Windy City and he came to the Pacific Northwest to look after timber and land interests. Coach Jones traveled back and forth between Portland and Corvallis for team practices and games. Jones eventually went to St. Louis to coach the city's entry in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915. He was also coach of the American League St Louis Browns from 1916-1918