1948 National Championship Team
1948 National Championship Team USC’s first national championship came in Roster 1948 with co-head coaches Sam Barry and Rod Dedeaux leading the Trojans. At the second-ever Dick Bishop, rhp College World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich., USC Jim Brideweser, ss battled Yale in a best-of-three confrontation for Mike Catron, if the title. Troy won the first game, 3-1, ending the Henry Cedillos, 1b game with a spectacular triple play in the ninth. Dick Fiedler, rhp The next day Yale sent its ace right-hander, Chuck Freeman, of Art Quinn, to the mound for game two. He posted Harry Gorman, c an 8-3 victory over the Trojans to force a decisive James Hardy, if Record: 26-4, 13-2 game three. Dave Haserot, 1b M5 Pepperdine W 11-0 M15 * Stanford W 13-6 In the final game, the hero for the Trojans George Hefner, if M20 * UCLA W 13-0 M18 * UCLA (13) W 4-3 was second baseman Art Mazmanian, who went Gail Henley, of M23 Loyola W 14-4 M21 * at St. Mary’s W 13-7 3-for-3 with a sacrifice and scored a run in the first Wally Hood, rhp M27 Loyola W 15-7 M22 * at California W 4-2 inning, which gave USC a lead it never relinquished Maynard Horst, rhp A9 at Santa Barbara College W 6-5 M28 ^ Washington State W 7-5 on the way to a 9-2 championship victory. Dick Gordon Jones, of A10 at Santa Barbara College L 6-7 M31 ^ Washington State W 6-3 Bishop scattered 10 hits to go the distance and Tom Kipp, lhp A13 at San Diego State W 10-7 J16 # Baylor W 8-0 get the victory while adding two hits of his own.
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