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)
Lawrence Keene was the pitcher for the 1910-1912 OAC baseball teams. He should not to be confused with Roy "Spec" Keene, also played baseball and later became OSU athletic director.
Group portrait of Gamma Tau Beta fraternity members, Oregon Agricultural College around 1918. Top row from left to right: Larence Hamilton, Harold Bumbough, Linus Pauling, Theodore Bryant, Stephen Nye, William Wightman. Second row: George Wait, Harold Branrud, Guy Butler, Leonard Freeman, James Torrence Gaither, Lloyd Raab, Newton Strahl, Elmer Ramsay. Third row: William Eilertsen, Irving Mather, Ralph Coleman, Harold M. Tennant, Charles Beatie, Robert Kyle, and Robert Watt.
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.
Wren Crews was the short stop for the 1910 OAC baseball team. Wren Clark Crews earned letters for the Beaversfrom 1907-1910. He actually played for the Beavers for 5 years. He was also a memberof the 1906 team, the year before baseball wasmade a varsity sport at OAC.
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.
The drawing was used in the 1913 Orange Yearbook, page 286.Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig's humorous drawings were used extensively throughout the 1913 Beaver Yearbook. Colvig attended OAC in 1911-1913 and gained fame as the voice of Goofy for Walt Disney Studios and Bozo the Clown for Capitol Records. Photo was used in the 1913 Orange yearbook, page 286.
Home Game, "Slats" Gill played from 1919-1921. He has the following honors: Oregon State Athletic HOF, 1988; State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame (1980). He was the OSU baseball coach 1932-1937 (56-70); OSU basketball coach 1928-1964 (599-392); and OSU athletic director 1964-1966.Gill Coliseum on OSU campus is named in his honor.