Summertime means baseball and Ridgeway has a long history of playing the game to the fullest. The earliest mention of Ridgeway baseball that I found was in the “From Ridgeway” column in the May 10, 1893, issue of the Bethany Republican: “Ridgeway has got three base-ball nines now. How’s that for a spring chicken?” Most game scores were mentioned only briefly (especially if the home team lost) but a 1906 series of three games between Albany and Ridgeway must have been exciting as it was mentioned several times in the same edition of Bethany Republican dated July 10, 1906. The two teams played three games over a weekend. Ridgeway won the first game 9-1, but Albany fought back and won the remaining games 2-0 and 7-5. The Albany team “received a warm welcome to our city” and while they were in Ridgeway “conducted themselves as perfect gentlemen”. Both teams then took the train to Albany to play another triple-header in that city.
You can read online about another exciting game that was played in 1928 between Ridgeway and Grant City. Go to https://sheridanexpress.blogspot.com and scroll down to the June 11, 2022, article titled “Wild Baseball Game in 1928 Saw Grant City Beat Ridgeway 17-16”.
