1952 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1952 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 12 to June 15. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The sixth tournament's champion was the College of the Holy Cross coached by Jack Barry. The Most Outstanding Player was James O'Neill of the College of the Holy Cross.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	Colorado State College	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	15 - 7 (n/a)	Pete Butler	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	Duke University	Southern Conference	30 - 6 (18 - 3, 0 GB)	Jack Coombs	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 1	College of the Holy Cross		15 - 2 (n/a)	Jack Barry	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 5	University of Missouri	Big Seven Conference	17 - 5 (13 - 1, 0 GB)	Hi Simmons	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	Oregon State College		27 - 10 (10 - 6, 0 GB)	Ralph Coleman	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Pennsylvania State University		16 - 4 (n/a)	Joe Bedenk	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	18 - 7 (11 - 4, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	2 (last: 1950)	1st (1949, 1950)	8 - 1
District 4	Western Michigan College	Mid-American Conference	16 - 5 (8 - 0, 0 GB)	Charlie Maher	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
		Missouri	15
		Colorado St. Coll.	1
							Missouri	1
							Holy Cross	0
		Holy Cross	5
		Western Michigan	1
												Missouri	3
												Penn State	2
		Penn State	5
		Texas	3
							Penn State	12
							Duke	7
		Duke	18
		Oregon St.	7																			Missouri	3	4
																						Holy Cross	7	8
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
							Duke	1
		Colorado St. Coll.	6				Western Michigan	5									Penn State	4
		Western Michigan	8									Western Michigan	3				Holy Cross	15
												Holy Cross	15
							Holy Cross	2
		Texas	10				Texas	1
		Oregon St.	1

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 12	Game 1	Penn State	5 - 3	Texas
	Game 2	Duke	18 - 7	Oregon State
	Game 3	Holy Cross	5 - 1	Western Michigan
	Game 4	Missouri	15 - 1	Colorado State College
June 13	Game 5	Texas	10 - 1	Oregon State	Oregon State eliminated
	Game 6	Western Michigan	8 - 6	Colorado State College	Northern Colorado eliminated
	Game 7	Penn State	12 - 7	Duke
	Game 8	Missouri	1 - 0	Holy Cross
June 14	Game 9	Western Michigan	5 - 1	Duke	Duke eliminated
	Game 10	Holy Cross	2 - 1	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 11	Missouri	3 - 2	Penn State
June 15	Game 12	Holy Cross	15 - 3	Western Michigan	Western Michigan eliminated
	Game 13	Holy Cross	15 - 4	Penn State	Penn State eliminated
June 16	Game 14	Holy Cross	7 - 3	Missouri
June 17	Final	Holy Cross	8 - 4	Missouri	Holy Cross wins CWS

Notable Players

• Duke University: Dick Groat, Footer Johnson
• College of the Holy Cross: Pete Naton
• University of Missouri: Neal Hertweck
• Colorado State College:
• Oregon State University:
• Pennsylvania State University:
• University of Texas at Austin: Cliff Gustafson
• Western Michigan College: Ron Jackson

Related Sites

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