Ball Grounds
Ball Grounds
| Other Name(s) | Baseball Grounds |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports |
| Park Section | The Grove |
| Built | 1895 |
| Opened | 1895 |
| Closed | Unknown |
In its early years, local teams played games at the Ball Grounds on the Olentangy Park land.
In 1895, Milt West, manager and captain of the Columbus Base Ball Club, planned a grandstand to hold 1,800 people and bleachers for 3,000 people on the grounds and started holding games by August.[1] The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.[2] In 1896, the cost was 10 cents ($3.74 in 2024) per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.
The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.[3]
References
- ↑ "Boomed the Zoo." Columbus Evening Dispatch, March 20, 1895. Page 8.
- ↑ "Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." Columbus Evening Dispatch, September 3, 1895. Page 9.
- ↑ Delphi Collected Works of Zane Grey US (Illustrated). N.p.: Delphi Classics, 2014. Accessed through Google Books. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Delphi_Collected_Works_of_Zane_Grey_US_I/