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.
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.
Home Game, Ralph O. Coleman served the longest tenure of any coach in Beaver baseball history--35 seasons from 1923-1966. His teams were 561-315 with 10 Northern Division titles and a berth in the 1952 College World Series. Coming to Oregon Agricultural College as a student from Canby High, Coleman pitched for OAC in 1918. His main interest was track and field, though, and Coleman lettered three years as a standout trackman for the Beavers before trying baseball his senior year.
Home Game, This picture is taken on Jefferson Street in front of the men's gym. Notice that the Memorial Union is not there yet. In the background are Fairbanks (then Cauthorn) Hall, and to its right, the women's gym.
Coaches shown in photo are: Roy Lamb, instructor in physical education and assistant coach; Paul J. Schissler; football coach, 1924-1933; Verne Eilers, trainer. Roy Lamb was the baseball coach in 1929.
The aerial view shows the athletic fields with Coleman field in the center of the photo. The football field is in the lower left center and the track field is in the lower right center of the photo. Photo was taken June 24, 1984.
Better known for his 599 wins over 36 seasons as Oregon State's basketball coach, Gill was also the baseball coach from 1932-1937 while Ralph Coleman concentrated on other duties in the school's Division of Physical Education. Gill's teams were 56-70 during his six years as coach.
Howard Maple played from 1927-1929 and was from Corvallis. Howard lettered in football at Oregon State from 1926-1928. He was a second team All-American quarterback as a senior. He earned All-Coast recognition twice. Knute Rockne called him "the ideal quarterback." He went on to play pro football for the Chicago Cardinals and baseball for the Washington Senators in 1932. An arm injury he suffered playing football cut short his major league baseball career. Maple was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and the OSU athletic hall of fame in 1991.
Roelandt was from Franklin High School, Portland, Oregon, and played in 1943 and 1947-1949. He also played basketball. Photo was published in the March 1947 Oregon Stater (page 9). A print of the image is available at P17:1032.