Ohio Village Muffins to host 19th Annual Ohio Cup

Special to The Travel Trolley

The Ohio Historical Society’s Ohio Village Muffins will host the 19th Annual Ohio Cup Vintage Base Ball Festival, a two-day sporting event featuring the largest gathering of vintage base ball clubs in the nation.

The festival will be held over Labor Day weekend, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 4  and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 5 at the Ohio Historical Center and Ohio Village, located at Interstate 71 and 17th Avenue in Columbus.

Men’s and women’s clubs from eight states will play “base ball” on five fields on the grounds of the Ohio Historical Center and at the Ohio Village. The clubs will use rules, costumes and equipment of 1860 for the games.