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
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.
Home Game, The 1914 C. E. apprentice team was comprised of players from classes that an instructor taught. C. E. is undoubtedly for the Civil Engineering Association, a student group.