Photo shows Parker Stadium (under construction) in foreground; Gill Coliseum on the left; track and baseball fields and tennis courts in the upper left corner. This scan was taken from the photograph housed in the News and Communications Services Photograph Collection (P 057).
This parade might have been in 1938, not '39. In addition to celebrating the beginning of the conference baseball season, the parade was also an opportunity to campaign for student offices. Upward of 200 vehicles were said to be entered.
Wes Schulmerich was the Beavers' first player to make it to the Major League level. Schulmerich was born on Wednesday, August 21, 1901, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was 29 years old when he played his first big league game on May 1, 1931, with the Boston Braves. Schulmerich played for the Beaver from 1925-1927 Photo was used in the June 1983 Oregon Stater, vol. 17 no.4, page 19.
Photo was used in the 1944 Beaver Yearbook, page 189. Front row: Bill McCluskey, Robert Churchill, Frank Roelandt, Andrew Frahler, Donald Bower, Kenneth Johnson, Raymond Oberst. Second row: Don Cecil, William Frazer, Victor Brown, Jr., Mack, Schieble, Larson. Third row: Robert Ohling, Meier, Elmer Weimer, Dewaine Galloway, Walter Kirchner, Coach Ralph O. Coleman.
Wes Schulmerich was the Beavers' first player to make it to the Major League level. Schulmerich was born on Wednesday, August 21, 1901, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was 29 years old when he played his first big league game on May 1, 1931, with the Boston Braves. Schulmerich played for the Beaver from 1925-1927 Photo was used in the June 1983 Oregon Stater, vol. 17 no.4, page 19.
Home Game, Oregon State's scheduled opening day game at Coleman Field with Concordia University (Portland) on February 23, 1993 was cancelled due to snow.
Coileman Field opened in 1907 and was renovated prior to the 1999 season. It is one of the nation's oldest diamonds with one of the newer stadiums. Photo was used in the 2006 Oregon State Baseball Guide, page 22.