1955 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1955 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 16. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The ninth tournament's champion was Wake Forest University coached by Taylor Sanford. The Most Outstanding Player was Tom Borland of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 6	University of Arizona	Independents	41 - 6 (n/a)	Frank Sancet	1 (last: 1954)	6th (1954)	1 - 2
District 2	Colgate University		16 - 6 - 1 (n/a)	Red O'Hora	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 7	Colorado State College	Independents	24 - 2 (n/a)	Pete Butler	2 (last: 1953)	7th (1953)	0 - 4
District 5	Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College	Missouri Valley Conference	24 - 1 (8 - 0, 0 GB)	Toby Greene	1 (last: 1954)	4th (1954)	2 - 2
District 1	Springfield College		14 - 5 (n/a)	Archie Allen	1 (last: 1951)	5th (1951)	1 - 2
District 8	University of Southern California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	30 - 8 (14 - 2, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	3 (last: 1951)	1st (1948)	5 - 5
District 3	Wake Forest University	Atlantic Coast Conference	24 - 6 (11 - 3, 0 GB)	Taylor Sanford	1 (last: 1949)	2nd (1949)	2 - 2
District 4	Western Michigan College	Mid-American Conference	22 - 5 (9 - 0, 0 GB)	Charlie Maher	1 (last: 1952)	3rd (1952)	2 - 2

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Oklahoma A&M	5
		Springfield	1
							Oklahoma A&M	4
							Western Michigan	5
		Western Michigan	4
		Arizona	1
												Western Michigan	9
												Wake Forest	0
		Colorado St. Col.	2
		USC	1
							Colorado St. Col.	0
							Wake Forest	10
		Wake Forest	1
		Colgate	0
						Loser's bracket
							Springfield	0
							Arizona	6				Colorado St. Col.	0
												Arizona	20
							USC	4
							Colgate	6				Oklahoma A&M	4
												Colgate	2

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Western Michigan	7									Western Michigan	6
		Wake Forest	10									Wake Forest	7
							Wake Forest	2
							Oklahoma A&M	0
		Arizona	4
		Oklahoma A&M	5

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Oklahoma A&M	5 - 1	Springfield
	Game 2	Western Michigan	4 - 1	Arizona
	Game 3	Colorado State College	2 - 1	Southern California
	Game 4	Wake Forest	1 - 0	Colgate
June 12	Game 5	Arizona	6 - 0	Springfield	Springfield eliminated
	Game 6	Colgate	6 - 4	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
	Game 7	Western Michigan	5 - 4	Oklahoma A&M
	Game 8	Wake Forest	10 - 0	Colorado State College
June 13	Game 9	Arizona	20 - 0	Colorado State College	Northern Colorado eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma A&M	4 - 2	Colgate	Colgate eliminated
	Game 11	Western Michigan	9 - 0	Wake Forest
June 14	Game 12	Oklahoma A&M	5 - 4 (12 innings)	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 13	Wake Forest	10 - 7	Western Michigan
June 15	Game 14	Wake Forest	2 - 0	Oklahoma A&M	Oklahoma A&M eliminated
June 16	Final	Wake Forest	7 - 6	Western Michigan	Wake Forest wins CWS

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Don Gile, Don Lee, Carl Thomas
• Colgate University:
• Colorado State College:
• Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College: Tom Borland
• University of Southern California: Kent Hadley, Barry Latman, Jim McAnany, Buddy Pritchard, Al Silvera
• Springfield College:
• Wake Forest University:
• Western Michigan College: Dan Dobbek, Ken Hamlin

Related Sites

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