A Crowd Gathers…

Daytonians are no strangers to the game of baseball, though the game’s popularity has ebbed and flowed here as in other cities. In peak times the city’s residents would clamor for access, whether it be at the local ball field or via the local newspapers’ many articles and game statistics lists. Crowds of men and women were even known to gather on city streets to watch a hand operated scoreboard, play out important games played elsewhere nationwide in near real time. This image shows one such event, where a large crowd of mostly young boys and men have gathered on the street and sidewalks beside the Dayton Journal Herald newspaper offices to watch the results of an All-Star Baseball Game. This photograph is from the William Preston Mayfield/Marvin Christian Collection at Dayton History.

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