OH THERE USED TO BE
Feb 25, 2020 09:08 am | Larry Adamson
Just some thoughts:
OH THERE USED TO BE
Frank Sinatra used to sing “There Used to Be A Ballpark.”
It was lamenting the fact that old baseball ballparks were gone. Well, that can also go for old high school gymnasiums back in my home state of Indiana. These old gyms once were the center of the universe for young kids and communities.
“And the people played their crazy game
with a joy I’d never seen.”
The below picture is of the old high school gym I believe in Sullivan, Indiana. I played my last high school game there, February, 1960. On one of my trips back home I ventured off Highway 41 and drove into Sullivan. Just off the square still stands the old gym. I parked my car walked across the street. The old doors were chained but I was able to push them open enough and squeeze thru, walk in, stand and remember. I’m one of thousands of kids from that special time (1950s’) and era.
“Oh there used to be a gymnasium”
I’ll make one a bet. Anyone that played from that time, “What was your jersey number?” Hands down they could tell you. I’m thinking right now how many times I pulled that jersey off and on over my head. Also, how many times one would be so tired or the jersey so wet that a teammate would have to help one pull the jersey off.
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February 25, 2020
Keep on,
Larry Adamson
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