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.
Home Game, Chancellor Fredrick M. Hunter, head of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, opens the Northern Division of the Pacific Coast conference baseball season by throwing out the first ball for the Oregon State-Oregon game at Corvallis which the latter won 7-1. The opening celebration honored Carl Lodell, second from left, who was retiring from the graduate managership after 16 years of service. Behind Dr. Huner is Percy Locey, former Olympic club coach, who later became an OSC faculty member. Opening day records were broken with 2000 fans attending. The photo was published in the 1938 Beaver Yearbook, page 198. Note: There are a couple of other pictures in the database that go with this one. Also, pictures of the opening day parade are also probably part of this sequence.