First page (page 103) of the baseball chapter of the Orange and Black, published by the Oregon State College Alumni Association in 1938. The top photo shows the first baseball team to wear the OAC uniform and includes: W.L. Sharp, Jesse Tharp, Bill Patterson, Harold Belt, Raymond Henkle; Henry Howells, Will Smith, Al Campbell, and Tom Allen. Fielder Jones is shown in the bottom right photograph. He was the Oregon State coach in 1910 and had previously been the professional baseball coach of the "White Sox Hitless Wonders." The bottom left photo shows the 1910 Northwest champion baseball team.
Back row (L-R): Adolph G. "Swat" Sieberts; Walter J. "Blinky" Morgan; Carl A. "Fry" Fryer; Captain elect Ray E. Goble; Charles V. "Robby" Robins; Hans Walter "Heine" Loof; Freeman W. "Free" Sinclair; Coach Wilkie Clark. Kneeling: Captain Benjamin C. "Benny" Culver; William "Bicky" Williams; Joseph E. "Sup" Supple; Julius C. "Jude" Moreland; Stanley M. "Chub" Weller.
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 that city's Federal League entry in 1914-1915. Jones also managed the American League St. Louis Browns in 1916-1918.
Frederick Mitchell Walker was head coach in 1911. Walker pitched for five different teams in the major leagues in 1910, and 1912-1915. He was known as "Mysterious Walker" in his playing days.