Beginning of Baseball at
the University of Oregon

Baseball was the University of Oregon’s oldest athletic program, the first competitive game having been played in 1877 against Monmouth College. The sport then disappeared until a short-lived revival in the mid-1890s. After another break, a "very creditable team" was turned out in 1905. The most important game played that season was against Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan, in which Oregon emerged victorious by a score of 3-0. This was the first international, intercollegiate contest held in the state.

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April 27, 2004
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