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Pure fun follows Globetrotters worldwide
By STEVE TURCOTTE
Of the Emerald
The man in the red, white and
blue uniform rapidly brings the
ball upcourt after nabbing the
rebound.
But instead of laying the ball
in the hoop on the fastbreak for
an easy two points, he stops,
lets three opposing players
swoop past, and passes the ball
behind his back to an onrushing
teammate who crams the ball
into the basket.
A fancy play for the Oregon
basketball team?
No, just a routine play for the
world-famous Harlem Globe
trotters.
Monday night at McArthur
Court, the fabulous Globetrot
ters made their annual stop in
Eugene to display their basket
ball antics.
And to the fans at near
capacity Mac Court, it was truly
Ruggers fall to
Snake River
Oregon's rugby club lost 14-3
Saturday to Northwest cham
pion Snake River.
The Duck held Snake River to
only four points in the first half,
but two tries and a conversion in
the second half gave Snake
River its winning margin.
Oregon’s only score came on
a penalty kick by John Cartales.
The team's next game is Sat
urday at noon versus the Port
land Jesters at Delta Park.
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a night of pure fun.
“I really like to please the
crowd," said ‘Twiggy’ Sanders
from the Globetrotter bench
during the second half. "I really
get a personal enjoyment out of
pleasing and showing off to the
crowd. I get a bang out of it.”
But year after year, wouldn't a
Globetrotter fan get tired of the
same old tricks and routines?
"No way,” said Trotter Public
Relations Director, Hallie
Bryant. "We are like Santa
Claus. We come at you once a
year so people really never get
tired of us. If Santa Claus came
three or four times a year,
wouldn’t you get tired of him?”
“Since we only come to a
town once a year, we are able to
come up with new tricks and
routines,” Sanders said. “That
way it makes it more enjoyable
for both us and the fans.”
The Clown Princes of basket
ball are divided up into two units
— both “A” teams, according to
Bryant. One, the national unit,
features clowns such as Geese
Ausbie and Curly Neal and plays
in North America. The other, the
international unit, was the team
viewed at Mac Court.
And the two main performers
are Sanders and ‘Sweet’ Lou
Dunbar.
Not only can members of the
Globetrotters do almost any
thing with a basketball, but
many of them could be playing
in the National Basketball As
sociation.
Sanders is one Trotter who
had a shot at pro ball, but in
stead took the opportunity to
play with the Trotters.
"I got drafted in the first
round in the ABA draft by the
Carolina Cougars,” he said.
“But soon after, they folded and
I was without a job. The Trotters
invited me to tryout and I made
the squad.
"I would like to play in the
NBA, but I really enjoy what I am
doing — and I don't even have to
worry about being traded.”
The Trotter organization
began in 1926. The year an en
terprising man, Abe Saperstein,
molded five black basketball
players into a team. They played
across the United States in
search of the elusive dollar.
And they took basketball ser
iously, but later began to add
some clown acts when they
were far ahead.
Today the clown acts are the
part of the Trotter game which
lures fans to arenas.
According to the Trotters,
their aim is to please fans with
basketball.
“Not only do the fans have fun
watching us, but we have fun
too,” said Sanders, as he stood
up to sing along with the rest of
his team to the crowd. “Having
fun is really the whole part of it,
you know.
“Our major entertainment is
just good clean family fun,” he
continued. “It’s really good to
see all the kids here and really
getting involved in the game, I
just love it."
The Globetrotters have
entertained and pleased crowds
world wide, not only in basket
ball arenas but in drained out
swimming pools, a gymnasium
where the ceiling was only nine
feet from the floor and aboard
the deck of the aircraft carrier
U.S.S. Enterprise.
But no matter where they
play, making the audience feel
good is what the Trotters aim for
each time they take the floor —
night after'night.
Oh, by the way, the Harlem
Globetrotters beat the Califor
nia Chiefs 77-65 Monday night.
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