Eleven Columbus businessmen put up $10,000 each and in January , 1955 , Harold Cooper purchased the Ottawa club of the International League and moved them to Columbus .
For the first time in the 20th century Columbus was temporarily without a baseball team .
Eleven Columbus businessmen put up $10,000 each and in January , 1955 , Harold Cooper purchased the Ottawa club of the International League and moved Columbus to Columbus .
For the first time in the 20th century Columbus was temporarily without a baseball team .