Ball Grounds - Revision history

http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ball_Grounds Ball Grounds - Revision history 2026-09-26T08:13:59Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.0 http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ball_Grounds&diff=15455&oldid=prev Parkadmin at 05:17, 18 December 2025 2025-12-18T05:17:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:17, 18 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l31">Line 31:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 31:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Added in 1895]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Added in 1895]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|description=In its early years, local teams played games at the Ball Grounds on the Olentangy Park land. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#seo:</del>|keywords=ball grounds, baseball, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Columbus, Clintonville}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description = In its early years, local teams played games at the Ball Grounds on the Olentangy Park land.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|keywords <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>= ball grounds, baseball, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Columbus, Clintonville</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> </table>

Parkadmin http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ball_Grounds&diff=15205&oldid=prev Parkadmin: Updated SEO 2025-12-03T16:47:10Z

<p>Updated SEO</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:47, 3 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In its early years, local teams played games at the [[Ball Grounds]] on the Olentangy Park land. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In its early years, local teams played games at the [[Ball Grounds]] on the Olentangy Park land. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of that year</ins>.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the grounds in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changed its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref> After around 1905, the team still played games, but at other locations.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the grounds in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changed its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref> After around 1905, the team still played games, but at other locations.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l32">Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|description=In its early years, local teams played games at the Ball Grounds on the Olentangy Park land. }}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|description=In its early years, local teams played games at the Ball Grounds on the Olentangy Park land. }}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|keywords=ball grounds, baseball, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Olentangy Park </del>Columbus<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Columbus amusement park, amusement park</del>, Clintonville<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, defunct amusement park</del>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|keywords=ball grounds, baseball, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Columbus, Clintonville}}</div></td></tr> </table>

Parkadmin http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ball_Grounds&diff=14752&oldid=prev Parkadmin at 19:15, 18 November 2025 2025-11-18T19:15:26Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:15, 18 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| built = 1895</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| built = 1895</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| opened = 1895</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| opened = 1895</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| closed = <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Unknown</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| closed = <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After 1904</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the grounds in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changed its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the grounds in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changed its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After around 1905, the team still played games, but at other locations.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Added info</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:13, 18 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitals played games in the ballpark.<ref>''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Delphi_Collected_Works_of_Zane_Grey_US_I/ Delphi Collected Works of Zane Grey US (Illustrated).]'' N.p.: Delphi Classics, 2014. Accessed through Google Books.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitals played games in the ballpark.<ref>''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Delphi_Collected_Works_of_Zane_Grey_US_I/ Delphi Collected Works of Zane Grey US (Illustrated).]'' N.p.: Delphi Classics, 2014. Accessed through Google Books.</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A Baseball Diamond was added on the site of the Whirlwind for the 1934 season.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== References ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== References ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Parkadmin http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ball_Grounds&diff=14089&oldid=prev Parkadmin: Updated links 2025-10-04T03:41:43Z

<p>Updated links</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:41, 4 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the grounds in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">changes </del>its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the grounds in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">changed </ins>its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitals played games in the ballpark.<ref>''Delphi Collected Works of Zane Grey US (Illustrated).'' N.p.: Delphi Classics, 2014. Accessed through Google Books. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.google.com/books/edition/Delphi_Collected_Works_of_Zane_Grey_US_I/</del></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitals played games in the ballpark.<ref>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Delphi_Collected_Works_of_Zane_Grey_US_I/ </ins>Delphi Collected Works of Zane Grey US (Illustrated).<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>'' N.p.: Delphi Classics, 2014. Accessed through Google Books.</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== References ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== References ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Parkadmin http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ball_Grounds&diff=12036&oldid=prev Parkadmin at 23:33, 13 July 2025 2025-07-13T23:33:45Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:33, 13 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Capitols </del>played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Capitals </ins>played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== References ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== References ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Parkadmin http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ball_Grounds&diff=12034&oldid=prev Parkadmin at 22:22, 12 July 2025 2025-07-12T22:22:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:22, 12 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Ball Grounds]] </del>in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changes its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Improvements were made to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">grounds </ins>in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changes its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Added info</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:21, 12 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Sept. 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Improvements were made to the [[Ball Grounds]] in 1903, and the Modern Woodmen baseball team changes its name to the Olentangy Athletic Club.<ref>"Amature Notes." ''Friday Columbus Dispatch.'' June 12, 1903. Page 11.</ref></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1919, Dick Gaa managed the team.<ref>{{Cite news |articletitle = Olentangy Ready|pub = Columbus Evening Dispatch|date = March 27, 1919|page = 26 }}</ref></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:59, 3 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In its early years, local teams played games at the [[Ball Grounds]] on the Olentangy Park land. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In its early years, local teams played games at the [[Ball Grounds]] on the Olentangy Park land. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">September </del>3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, Milton 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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sept. </ins>3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:38, 15 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In its early years, local teams played games at the [[Ball Grounds]] on the Olentangy Park land. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In its early years, local teams played games at the [[Ball Grounds]] on the Olentangy Park land. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Milt </del>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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' September 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1895, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Milton </ins>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.<ref>"Boomed the Zoo." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' March 20, 1895. Page 8.</ref> The grandstand and bleachers were moved to the ballpark on Schiller Street as part of a foreclosure on those structures right after being built.<ref>"Suit Against the Zoological Company for Work on the Bleachers, Etc." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' September 3, 1895. Page 9.</ref> In [[1896 Season|1896]], the cost was {{Tooltip |text = 10 cents|tooltip = $3.83 in 2025 dollars}} per game, and the grounds' overcrowding led to the need for repairs. It was improved and enclosed by 1904, having daily games.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Columbus Capitols played games in the ballpark.<ref>''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/</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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