Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication September 15, 2004)

The 1914 Grandview Heights football team is shown in this photo. Just behind the boys are the railroad tracks that parallel Rt. 33. On the hill in the background are the Charles C. and Mary Jane Price Griswold home on the left (current site of the French Quarter), and the Butler Sheldon mansion directly behind them. The field is the former location of Columbia Gas. The field and adjacent property along this stretch of Rt. 33 was donated to Marble Cliff by Mrs. Griswold for public use, and the village later sold it for development in order to increase the tax base for the community. Mrs. Griswold also donated a significant amount of money to build the YWCA building in downtown Columbus.

Ed. Note: The players have been identified as - Back row L to R: Herbert Ford, Louis Geer, Hiram Bronson, Alford Bradbury; Middle Row: Julius Stone, Frances Paddock, John Guy; Front Row: Joe Thomas, Robert Page, Elis Rogers, Bradley Skeele