this develops into a sport called hooverball. he is the only president to have a sport named after him. people throw a nine pound medicine ball over a net and people have to toss it back. the white house physician did this so hoover could lose weight. he was 210 when he took office. he did hooverball every day between 7:00 and 8:00. he dropped down to 175 pounds when he left office. next slide. when hoover left the presidency, it was not on the best of terms with franklin roosevelt. roosevelt and the new dealers constantly reminded the american public it was hoover's depression, and that hoover did not know how to solve the problems, and that is what the new deal was doing. it was very difficult when members of the brain trust would tell president roosevelt, you know, the smartest person on this issue is herbert hoover, we should bring him in for advice. you can't bring in someone for advice when you have already labeled them as being the person that has caused all the problems to begin with. when franklin roosevelt dies, harry t

ways the government tries to engage the public, obviously, in sports and exercise and so forth, so hooverball, i will have to talk to the curator to see if hooverball makes the cut. >> we'll send you one with instructions on how to play. >> excellent. i've also learned that there's a world championship in west branch. >> every year. >> it's still alive and well. >> yes. well, we didn't do it this year because of covid. >> sure. >> but you know, because he had lived abroad so long, no one knew what his political affiliation was. and then people thought he was a democrat. so, 1920, you had franklin roosevelt writing to the head of the democratic national committee saying, you know, hoover would be a wonderful candidate to head our presidential ticket. and hoover, then, had to come out and indicate, no, i'm a theodore roosevelt progressive republican. and how -- and there were even attempts in '28 to try to disqualify him because critics claimed he had lived abroad so long that he forfeited his american citizenship and right to vote and hoover had to get legal opinions to show that, in fact, he