Carlton World

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Good question...I assume while at yale...

I thought that kind of thing wasn’t allowed for amateur athletes….

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I thought that kind of thing wasn’t allowed for amateur athletes….

The NCAA did not exist back then. The only athletes who were held to a higher, and many times obscene/unreasonable, standard back then were those who compete in AAU competitions. Football was not an AAU sport. Athletics (track and field) and swimming were the sports that fell under that purview. James 'The Tyrant' Sullivan was responsible for creating those high standards and they remained in place even after he died in 1914. He was a bit of a hypocrite though. He refused to recognize U.S. and world records if the athletes did not wear Spalding track shoes. He was partially employed by them and thus in their pocket.

[CarltonHendricks]

https://www.sportsantiques.com/2013natrt2.htm
Show your hat boxes...here is probably the best I've ever seen...saw it tonight in an old 2013 National story linked above...it was in the Springfield Antiques Center in Springfield Ohio...probably should have bought it...priced right and all, I just didn't want to deal with getting all the way home...plus the size...hat boxes....cigar boxes....that crate I just bought...take up a lot of real estate...nevertheless I should have bought and had them ship it...never seen a better...

[Michael B]

https://www.sportsantiques.com/2013natrt2.htm
Show your hat boxes...here is probably the best I've ever seen...saw it tonight in an old 2013 National story linked above...it was in the Springfield Antiques Center in Springfield Ohio...probably should have bought it...priced right and all, I just didn't want to deal with getting all the way home...plus the size...hat boxes....cigar boxes....that crate I just bought...take up a lot of real estate...nevertheless I should have bought and had them ship it...never seen a better...

Carlton,

Those Springfield, OH antique centers are pretty extensive. There are 3 good ones within two exits on Rte 70. I stopped at them on my way to The National last summer. I found a certificate signed by BB HOFer Morgan Bulkeley and an item signed by one of the original photographers from the 1896 Olympics, Burton Holmes. I sort of skimmed the display cases since I still had a little bit of a drive to Indianapolis. Seeing 15-20 rows of 8 foot tall glass cases is pretty impressive. I saw a lot of Ohio State items and other sports memorabilia. If you wanted to look real close in every case you could spend a day in each one.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Michael B

https://www.sportsantiques.com/2013natrt2.htm
Show your hat boxes...here is probably the best I've ever seen...saw it tonight in an old 2013 National story linked above...it was in the Springfield Antiques Center in Springfield Ohio...probably should have bought it...priced right and all, I just didn't want to deal with getting all the way home...plus the size...hat boxes....cigar boxes....that crate I just bought...take up a lot of real estate...nevertheless I should have bought and had them ship it...never seen a better...

Carlton,

Those Springfield, OH antique centers are pretty extensive. There are 3 good ones within two exits on Rte 70. I stopped at them on my way to The National last summer. I found a certificate signed by BB HOFer Morgan Bulkeley and an item signed by one of the original photographers from the 1896 Olympics, Burton Holmes. I sort of skimmed the display cases since I still had a little bit of a drive to Indianapolis. Seeing 15-20 rows of 8 foot tall glass cases is pretty impressive. I saw a lot of Ohio State items and other sports memorabilia. If you wanted to look real close in every case you could spend a day in each one.

Oh yeah it's target rich...I hit um all whenever I come thru there...

[CarltonHendricks]

Here's my latest boat stuff...I struck gold recently...picked up these two pieces back to back...I was on the lookout for one of these air intake cowls a long time...passed on ones I later wished I'd gotten...when I was still learning stage...but recently I got this one that blows the others out of the water...I wasn't expecting to find one this good....in person it's stunning...practically looks like a statue in my collection...
















And then...there was this boat steering wheel...best boat steering wheel I'd ever seen...guesstimate about c1920...Paid more than I wanted to go but good ones like this just don't show up so went for it...it's my third one...

[Ron]

Would like to add to my knowledge
what makes this a boat steering wheel and not a car steering wheel is it the size?