Old-timers and new-timers dressed as old-timers gathered in Columbus last weekend for the Ohio Cup Vintage Base Ball Festival. Yes, base ball with two words, just like in the 1860s. More than 25 teams from across the nation experienced the throwback weekend, including the home team, the Ohio Village Muffins.
PHOTOS BY FRED SQUILLANTE/COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Members of the Frosty Sons of Thunder, from Somerset, Pa., watch one of their strikers hit the ball during a game against the Ohio Village Muffins.
Nick “Goat” Vonbargen of the Cincinnati Monarchs pitches to a Fillmore Fungi player. The Fungi are from Minnesota.
Travis Clark of Baltimore, Ohio, keeps score during a game between the Ohio Village Muffins and the Frosty Sons of Thunder of Somerset, Pa.
Members of the Indianapolis Blues shout “Huzzah!” after one of their games.
Ray “Stache” Hanson, of the Minnesota Union Base Ball Club.