Awoke with an epiphany this morning… Cleveland is in Ohio ! well wait…okay, that was not the insight..I knew that. BUT… I didn’t know it was within an hour or so of the FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME !!!! in Canton Ohio.
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In the fog of yesterday’s fatigue I forgot to mention that on the way out of New York state we saw a sign for…. are you ready for this …. a Bocce Ball Tournament !
I made it into the 3rd Round before elimination and picked up yet another nickname… “Palomino’ … for my incorrect terminology of the ‘Pallino’, the smaller white target ball.
Now, where was I ???….oh right… Canton and the Hall of Fame. As with Cooperstown… it was better than I expected. Spent about 3 hours and could easily have taken most of the day.
Numerous displays of artifacts and audio/video exhibits. One of the simplest and most interesting is Jim Thorpe’s. I knew he was called “The Legend“ and was considered one of the most versatile atheletes of any era… playing pro football, pro baseball, and a 1912 Olympic Champion; but check out some of these statistics… he was a 1-man track team.
- 100 yard dash – 10 seconds
- 220 yds - 21.8 sec
- 440 yds - 51.8 sec
- 880 yds - 1:57
- Mile - 4:35
- Long Jump – 23 ft 6 in
- High Jump - 6 ft 5 in
- Pole Vault - 11 ft
- Javelin - 163 ft
- Discus - 136 ft
- Shot Put - 47 ft 9 in
Some amazing stuff… especially for 1912 !!
Once again, touring by myself…made for few arguments. But even I’m not goofy enough to antagonize Raider Fans. and the only Redskins and Steelers Fans I came across were actually rational.
Now, if I had only thought to look for the Basketball HoF while in Massachusetts… I could have pulled off the 1 Trip Hat Trick !!
