1950 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1950 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 15 to June 23. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The fourth tournament's champion was the University of Texas at Austin coached by Bibb Falk. The Most Outstanding Player was Ray VanCleef of Rutgers University.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 3	University of Alabama	Southeastern Conference	20 - 10 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Tilden Campbell	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 5	Bradley University	Missouri Valley Conference	17 - 14 (7 - 1, 0 GB)	Leo Schrall	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 7	Colorado A&M College		17 - 2 (n/a)	Mark Duncan	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Rutgers University		14 - 2 - 1 (n/a)	George Case	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	22 - 5 (14 - 1, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	1 (last: 1949)	1st (1949)	3 - 0
District 1	Tufts University		16 - 4 (n/a)	John Ricker	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	Washington State College	Pacific Coast Conference	29 - 4 (12 - 2, 0 GB)	Buck Bailey	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 4	University of Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	17 - 7 (9 - 3, 0 GB)	Arthur Mansfield	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Rutgers	4
		Texas	2
							Rutgers	5
							Wisconsin	3
		Wisconsin	7
		Colorado A&M	3
												Rutgers	1
												Washington St.	3
		Washington St.	3
		Tufts	1
							Washington St.	9
							Alabama	1
		Alabama	9
		Bradley	2
						Loser's bracket
							Texas	3
							Colorado A&M	1				Texas	7
												Tufts	0
							Tufts	5
							Bradley	4				Wisconsin	3
												Alabama	1

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Washington St.	1									Washington St.	0
		Texas	12									Texas	3
							Texas	15
							Rutgers	9
		Rutgers	16
		Wisconsin	2

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 15	Game 1	Rutgers	4 - 2	Texas
	Game 2	Wisconsin	7 - 3	Colorado A&M
June 16	Game 3	Washington State	3 - 1	Tufts
	Game 4	Alabama	9 - 2	Bradley
June 17	Game 5	Texas	3 - 1	Colorado A&M	Colorado A&M eliminated
	Game 6	Tufts	5 - 4	Bradley	Bradley eliminated
June 18	Game 7	Rutgers	5 - 3	Wisconsin
	Game 8	Washington State	9 - 1	Alabama
June 19	Game 9	Texas	7 - 0	Tufts	Jim Ehler throws a no-hitter, Tufts eliminated
	Game 10	Wisconsin	3 - 1	Alabama	Alabama eliminated
June 20	Game 11	Washington State	3 - 1 (10 innings)	Rutgers
	Game 12	Texas	12 - 1	Washington State
June 21	Game 13	Rutgers	16 - 2	Wisconsin	Wisconsin eliminated
June 22	Game 14	Texas	15 - 9	Rutgers	Rutgers eliminated
June 23	Final	Texas	3 - 0	Washington State	Texas wins CWS

Notable Players

• University of Alabama: John Baumgartner, Frank Lary, Al Lary, Guy Morton, Ed White, Al Worthington
• Bradley University: Bill Tuttle, Andy Varga
• Colorado A&M College:
• Rutgers University: Hardy Peterson
• University of Texas at Austin: Charlie Gorin, Kal Segrist, Murray Wall
• Tufts University:
• Washington State College: Gene Conley, Ted Tappe
• University of Wisconsin: Thornton Kipper, Red Wilson

Tournament Notes

Texas becomes the first team to win two consecutive College World Series. Jim Ehler throws the first no-hitter in College World Series history.

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball