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Media contacts: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org
For Immediate Release
Ohio Village Muffins Hosts 17th Annual Ohio Cup AUG. 30-31
Two-day Tournament Features 23 Vintage Base Ball Teams
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Historical Society’s Ohio Village Muffins will host the Ohio Cup Vintage Base Ball Festival, a two-day festival featuring the largest gathering of vintage base ball clubs in the nation, Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30-31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ohio Historical Center and Ohio Village, I-71 and 17th Avenue in Columbus.
In the 17th annual event, 23 men’s and women’s teams from seven states will play base ball on three fields on the grounds of the Ohio Historical Center and at the Ohio Village. The teams will use rules, costumes and equipment of 1860 for the games.
Visitors to the Ohio Cup can get a double header by also catching the final days of the exhibit Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, which closes Sept. 14 at the Ohio Historical Center. Admission per day to both the Ohio Cup and the center is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $4 for children (ages 6-12); free for Ohio Historical Society members and children ages five and under. Parking is $4 per vehicle and is free to members.
Out-of-State Men’s Teams:
Rochester Grangers (Rochester, MI); St. Louis Perfectos (St. Louis, MO); Indianapolis Blues (Indianapolis, IN); Rock Springs Ground Squirrels (Decatur, IL); Deep River Grinders (Hobart, IN); Addison Mountain Stars (Addison, PA); Somerset Frosty Sons of Thunder (Somerset, PA); St. Croix BBC (Stillwater, MN)
Ohio Men’s Teams:
Wyandotte Ghost Riders (Wharton, OH); Cincinnati Red Stockings (Cincinnati, OH) Akron Black Stockings (Akron, OH); Clodbusters BBC (Dayton, OH); Carey Cayugas (Carey, OH); Great Black Swamp Frogs (Sylvania, OH); Columbus Capitals (Columbus, OH); Forest City BBC (Chagrin Falls, OH); Cincinnati Buckeyes (Cincinnati, OH); Fulton Mules (Canal Fulton, OH); Champion City Reapers (Springfield, OH); Hoover Sweepers (North Canton, OH); Ohio Village Muffins (Columbus, OH)
Women’s teams (playing Sunday):
Ohio Village Lady Diamonds (Columbus, OH); Lady Clodbusters BBC (Dayton, OH)
This year also marks the Muffins’ 28th season of interpreting base ball of the 1860s. As the oldest program of its type in the country, the Muffins have been the model for scores of other vintage clubs across the United States and Canada. They have been featured in Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, Life, and Country Living magazines, as well as on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the Canadian Broadcasting Company and other national outlets, along with being the subject of an award-winning PBS/WOSU documentary. They have traveled to 20 states and Canada, four Major League and numerous Minor League stadiums, playing before countless thousands of spectators-educating and entertaining along the way.
Visitors can meet Muffins players: Tracy Martin, a collector of vintage baseball items; Jim Tootle, who wrote a book on the history of baseball in Columbus; and Charley Trudeau, who manufactures vintage baseball bats as owner of the Phoenix Bat Co. To learn more about the Ohio Village Muffins, visit www.ohiovillagemuffins.org.
A re-created town of the 19th century, Ohio Village is one of 58 sites administered by the Ohio Historical Society that serves as the state’s partner in interpreting Ohio’s history, archaeology and natural history. Upcoming events at Ohio Village include All Hallow’s Eve on Saturdays, Oct. 18 and 25 and a series of December holiday events under the theme, Dickens of a Christmas.
Throughout the year, the Ohio Village also hosts school groups and private events. For more information about Ohio Historical Society activities, visit www.ohiohistory.org or call 614.297.2300 or 800.686.6124.
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