Dempsey-Willard Fight

Historical marker location:

3910 North Summit Street, Toledo, Ohio

( Marker is on North Summit Street, 0.3 miles north of East Manhattan Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2003

"The Fight of the Century".

The Cincinnati Reds, one of Ohio's two Major League Baseball teams (along with the Cleveland Indians), were the first professional baseball team to wear uniforms with numbers on them. They did so in 1911, to help fans identify players more easily.