It smells like wood in here. Old wood. Old wood and leather. It smells like basketball. Rollin Cutters bent rim hangs from a wall, still attached to the grayish wood backboard someone pried off a barn from old man Cutters farm. No net, just a gunny sack dangling from the hoop. This rim is one evolutionary step above Naismiths peach bucket. Kids from Milan shot on it. ... Jerseys from 1954 hang from the 15-foot ceilings. Theres a locker from Milan High School. An old letter jacket. Basketballs and photos and scrapbooks and newspaper clippings. Heres a 60-year-old picture from The Indianapolis Star of the coach – Norman Dale in the movie, Marvin Wood in real life – and hes dapper in a green tie. IndyStar columnist Gregg Doyel fell in love with the Milan 54 Hoosiers Museum, but it might be in peril. Read why.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:30:00 +0000
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