Basketball and Volleyball

<TITLE> Basketball and Volleyball </TITLE>
<THEME> CruisingBen
<THEME> HallOfFame
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The next day began with the breakfast spread at the hotel
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where I chose to have a waffle and so poured the batter
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flipped the device
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and watched the timer
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until my waffle arrived
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and could be doused with syrup
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ad Ben had his breakfast.
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<p> Our first hall of fame was basketball in nearby Springfield
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which has a large shoe in front
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and so as we studied the entry which we could do because we were early
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we then approached the shoe
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and waited our turn
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to get pictures
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including the gum on the bottom
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before I made my way to the entry
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and we noted what else was on site
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before entering 
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and noting the feet of Cheryl Miller
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to which I compared mine
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and then Charles Barkley
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Uliana Semionova
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and Ben compared his to Bob Lanier (largest feats in basketball)
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and I compared mine to Bill Russell
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before using the men's room and noting the hand dryers.
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Then, after a comparison between Ben and Shaquille O'Neil
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we admired some stars of the game
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and some materials from tthe new inductees
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before making our way into the museum and up to the top floor
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where the new inductees were celebrated
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along with this logo
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and we admired the Olympics gold medal
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as we made our way around the membership including Dick Vitale (and his microphone)
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a ball signed by players on Texas Western (as in, Road to Glory)
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and Charles Barkley
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taking a break to record Charles Barkley
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and Maurice Stokes in the photo gallery above
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while looking down at the court
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and then noting the Harlem Globetrotters
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and the photo of Pete Carril
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and Pat Summit, the great women's coach
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and Danny Biasone, the inventor of the 24 second shot clock.
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Julius Erving
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and Connie Hawkins were next
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followed by Larry Bird
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and the ball he used to score his 20,000th point
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and then Pete Carril
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Julius Erving
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including his motion shot
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and Bob Lanier
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including his bronzed shoe
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and Connie Hawkins
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Bob Knight
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Pete Maravich (and his socks)
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Walt (Clyde) Frazier
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Billy Cunningham
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Senda Abbott (who began the women's game)
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and Dean Smith (Deandome) and Jack Twyman (guardian of Maurice Stokes).
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Next, Bill Bradley (with Willis Reed),
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Hal Greer,
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Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson,
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Pete Newell (tall man's camp)
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and Wilt Chamberlain
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with the ball from his 25,000th point
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Paul Arizin, Joe Fulks and Cliff Hagan,
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Tom Gola,
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Bill Russell,
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and John Wooden
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who was next to Dolph Schayes
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and Ed Gottlieb who helped get things started.
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There followed Abe Saperstein and Ed Diddle (original towel man)
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with Bob Cousy and Bob Pettit
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and Chuck Taylor (next to Adolph Rupp) who createed the Converse All Star shoe.
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Hank Iba,
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Red Auerbach and his cigar,
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John Russell (who had his Rosies),
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Nat Holman,
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John Wooden, as a player,
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Amos Alonzo Stagg,
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George Mikan,
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and the first team ever to play the game
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which brought us to Mind, Body and Spirit, the 3 attributes of good basketball.
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<p> Next we moved into the museum section where we saw this diploma awarded to James Naismith
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along with his swaddling blanket, his earliest artifact,
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and this statue.
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The history of the game was told
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in uniforms
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and balls
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including one signed by Calvin Coolidge
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and this one from the Georgia state championship
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and a piece of the original floor where the game was invented
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and a ball autographed by Naismith for his great-nephew
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and some hoops beginning with the original peach basket.
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We learned the early rules
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and saw a shirt worn by Maurice Stokes
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and a ball used to score 113 points (no wonder it is so beat up)
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and team jackets
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before seeing Wilt showing off his 100 point game
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and an ABA ball
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and memorabilia from the NCAA women's tournament
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and Patrick Ewing's college shirt (when they won the NCAA)
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and the ball that Notre Dame used to break UCLA's long win streak
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with Kareem Abdul Jabbar's shoe and Cazzie Russell's shirt
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and a poster showing salaries
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before we came to the foul shooting set up
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and a shoe display
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after which we saw Larry Bird
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and various memorabilia
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that caused Ben to try his hand at grabbing rebounds
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and the two of us to measure our wingspans
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and then to check out the shoe display
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before measuring our heights
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and seeing the artifact from ancient Greece that mentions basketball.
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After visiting the media room
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and looking down
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we saw the display on the Princeton offense
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one on the Sixers championship season
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and another about the Celtics
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before seeing the flag made of shoes
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and the collection of Olympic shirts
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and making our way to center court to shoot some hoops ourselves.
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After recording the hoops
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and the photos of the hall of famers
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we returned to the business of shooting
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before heading to Max's Tavern for lunch
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where Ben
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and I
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settled in and had bread
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and then he had a sandwich
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and I had an iceberg wedge.
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<p> Next we went to the Doctor Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
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where we began our tour with the Lorax
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and then after studying the map
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caught a glimpse of the Horton Court
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and the benches
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where the visitors
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invited Ben to join
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before we were back to Horton Court
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and the Cat and the Hat
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before going to the story teller
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and after a final spin by Horton Court, we were on our way
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to the volleyball hall of fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts
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where we found the door
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and made our way in past the displayed shirts
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to the story
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and face of William Morgan who was Naismith's friend and so invented volleyball to compete with basketball.
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The exhibits began with a display of the players in their roles
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and then we saw the rules for Olumpic qualification
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and the history of volleyball at the Olympics
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followed by this sculpture memorializing Flo Hyman
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and then the placards showing the members of the hall by year of induction.
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<p> Next we went to the diorama of Holyoke's Frog Circus first created in 1927 and well preserved in its construction of taxidermied frogs.  The images may seem weird but the whole experience was even weirder.
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<p> Having met our hall of fame (and other) obligations for the day, we headed to Johnstown, New York and checked in to the Microtel where this was our room
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and then made our way to Romana's for dinner 
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where I began with 2 Genesee's (because I know the Geneseecret)
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and Ben began with salad and bread
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before his pasta
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and my sandwich arrived.
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After dinner we returned to our hotel room and watched the Steelers soundly defeat the Giants.
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