As I am nearing my 80th birthday, I find that my memory of anything that occurred over 40 years ago is easily recalled. The problem is I do not remember what I had for lunch yesterday. After we moved to Columbus in the early 50s, my father retained his prized Ohio State football tickets. He had some interest in OSU basketball, so we attended some games. Dad decided to order four seasons basketball tickets for the 53-54 season. Ohio State played its home games at the Fairgrounds Coliseum, the largest arena in town. The coliseum had about 5,500 permanent seats. The floor seats called boxes sat another 1,500. The so-called boxes were folding chairs on risers. They did not obstruct the permanent seats as there was a large aisle separation between permanent and boxes. Mike Sussman is a regular guest column feature for the Newark Advocate. Our seats were five…
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