Spinning the Globe (52 page)

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Abbott, Robert, 25

ABC television specials, 336, 347

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 301, 376–77

Abe Saperstein Enterprises, Inc., 340.
See also
Saperstein, Abe (Abraham Michael)

Acheson, Dean, 240, 244, 249

Adler, Buddy, 247

African Americans.
See also
integration; racial issues

basketball players, 7, 8, 10–11, 26

college players, 171

criticisms of Globetrotters by, 349–52

Great Migration of, to Chicago, 24–31

post-World War II, 262

revival of Globetrotters and, 378–79

sports and, ix

women and Abe Saperstein, 299–300

Afro-American
newspaper, 99

All-American college players.
See
All-Star Classic; College All-Star tours

All-Star Classic, 138–41, 217.
See also
College All-Star tours

Altaffer, Leland C., 226–27

alumni, Globetrotter, 380–82

Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 65, 86–90, 139, 310–11

ambassadors, Globetrotters as, 248–52

American Basketball Association (ABA), 309

American Basketball League (ABL), 233, 308–9

American Legion teams, 29–31, 34, 36–39

A. M. Saperstein Enterprises, 95, 187–90.
See also
Saperstein, Abe (Abraham Michael)

Amsterdam News
newspaper, 99

Anderson, Bobby, 39, 43–44

Anderson, Dave, 338, 345

Anderson, Lawrence “Rock,” 42, 44, 68, 73, 79, 81, 97, 123

Anzivino, Joe, 310, 315, 340, 352–53, 355, 359–60, 372

Armstead, Jimmie, 160–62

Around the World with the Harlem Globetrotters
(book), 250

Atlantic City Seagulls, 334

attendance records, 2, 10, 138, 142, 215, 219, 235, 340

Ausbie, Hubert “Geese,” 302–3, 337, 356–57, 365, 381, 388, 391

Babe Didrikson’s All-Americans, 75

Ball, Walter, 33–34, 37, 42

Banks, John Willie “Dean,” 156–59

Barnette, Don, 353

baseball

baseball park tours, 246, 268–69, 279, 311

integration of, 175

Negro League (
see
Negro League baseball)

popularity of, 20, 32

Abe Saperstein and, 33–34, 187, 308

Goose Tatum’s career in, 153, 157–63

basketball.
See also
Harlem Globetrotters

changes in, 68–69, 96–97, 263–64

Chicago, 21–22, 26–31, 38–40 (
See also
Chicago)

Hall of Fame (
see
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame)

increasing popularity of, 142–43

Abe Saperstein’s interest in, 19, 34

Goose Tatum vs. Meadowlark Lemon and, 294–95

white style vs. black style, 202

World War II and, 173

Basketball Association of America (BAA), 199, 201, 211

Basketball Writers Association tournament, 112

Basloe’s Globe Trotters, 37, 49

Bee, Clair, 219

Bell, Puggy, 111–12, 114, 119, 129, 130–131, 132–34

Bellamy, Walt, 220, 368

Berlin appearance, 235, 238–44

Birmingham Black Barons, 144, 153, 162

Black, Timuel, 209, 214

Blacklock, Jimmy, 358, 389

Bleach, Larry, 110, 113–16, 118, 128

Bloch, Allan, 259, 312, 339–40

Bonsignore, Michael, 374

Booker, Michael, 359–60

Borba, Harry, 172

Boskin, Joseph, 91, 348–49

Boston Brownskins, 94

Boston Celtics, 228, 289, 304, 316

Boston Garden, 215, 219

Boston Whirlwinds, 240–44, 269, 272

Boswell, Sonny, 123–26, 130–38, 140, 144, 145–46, 151, 165, 170, 202

Branch, Nate, 354–55

Bray, Agis, 26, 30, 128, 144

Broadway Clowns, 86

Bronzeville (South Side Chicago), 28–31, 36, 209–10

Brookins, Tommy, 30, 31, 36, 39, 42, 43–50, 56

Brooks, Hadda, 299–300, 308

Brown, Bill “Rookie,” 235, 248, 391

Brown, Hilary, 110, 114–15, 123, 124, 128, 130, 144, 151, 165, 169, 202

Brown, Tiny, 320, 322, 325, 327

Brownstein, Phil, 188–89, 221–22

Bryant, Hallie, 271, 302, 365

Buckhalter, Joe, 284

Buie, Boid, 191, 324

Burrell, Stanley “Chico,” 263

Byrd, Marjorie Tatum, 318, 326–27

Byrnes, James F., 172

Campbell, Willie, 342–43

cartoons, Globetrotter, 336–37, 342, 348

CBS television, 280–81, 302–5, 342

Chamberlain, Wilt

Legends Ring and, 381

Meadowlark Lemon and, 292, 300, 343

play of, with Globetrotters, 287–91, 300–301, 388

Bill Russell vs., 304

sexual activity of, 296–300

Soviet Union tour and, 283–87

Chicago, 12–31

beginning of Globetrotters in, 34–38

Great Migration of African Americans to, 24–31

history of, 12–14, 33

race riots, 28–29, 345

Abe Saperstein’s early life in, 14–24 (
See also
Saperstein, Abe (Abraham Michael))

South Side (Bronzeville), 29, 36, 209–10

Chicago All-American Harmons, 107, 112–13

Chicago American Giants, 95, 97

Chicago American
newspaper, 107, 127–28

Chicago Brown Bombers, 143, 266, 269

Chicago Bruins, 41–42, 46, 128, 135–38, 149

Chicago Defender
newspaper, 25, 27, 30–31, 38, 99

Chicago Herald-American
newspaper, 107, 127–28, 139

Chicago Hottentots, 48, 56

Chicago Stags, 173, 204, 218, 232, 308–9

Chicago Studebakers, 165

Cicero riot, 245

civil rights movement, 11, 265, 271.
See also
racial issues

Clark, Dane, 264

Clayton, Zach, 97, 111, 119, 130, 131, 170, 176–79, 290

Cleveland All-Nations, 78, 94

Cleveland Rosenblums, 65, 75, 111

Clifton, Nathaniel “Sweetwater,” ix, 7, 10, 210–14, 218, 230–33, 250, 309, 320, 391

Clinkscales, Alvin, 263, 293

Clown Prince of Basketball.
See
Tatum, Reece “Goose”

coaches

honorary, 219

Inman Jackson, 97–99, 123, 144–45, 191, 340

Red Klotz (
see
Klotz, Red)

Ray Meyer, 200, 205, 209, 218–24, 301

Babe Pressley, 7, 197, 262

Winfield Welch, 144, 162, 179, 196, 259, 274, 278

College All-Star tours, 9–10, 216–24, 235, 281, 294–95, 300–301, 310–11, 377.
See also
All-Star Classic

college credentials, 37, 65, 97

Colored House of David, 86

colored world professional championship claim, 71, 74–75.
See also
World Professional Invitational Basketball Tournaments

comedy routines.
See also
showmanship

early, 55, 57–58, 67, 69, 75, 84–85

Mannie Jackson’s changes to, 373

Meadowlark Lemon’s, 293–95

Goose Tatum’s, 153–54, 167–68, 197–99, 279–80, 324

Condon, David, 316

Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company, 339–40

Cooper, Charles “Chuck,” 10, 228–33, 235, 269, 316

Cooper, Tarzan, 111, 114–15, 118, 130, 134, 166

copycat teams, 82, 86

Cosby, Bill, ix–xi, 350–51, 391

Courtney, Opal, 84

Cousy, Bob, 220

craps-shooting comedy routine, 92, 101

Cudjoe, Lance, 177, 183, 197

Cudjoe, Lawrence, 177, 179, 183, 197

Cumberland, Roscoe “Duke,” 123–24, 135, 137, 144, 151, 165, 170, 176–79, 191, 202, 235, 262, 298–99

Czechoslovakia, 302, 339

Dandridge, Dorothy, 235, 391

Davis, Mel, 345

Deep South tours, 171, 266–71

Deford, Frank, 295, 338

Dehnert, Dutch, 100

Detroit Eagles, 150–51, 163, 173

Didrikson, Babe, 75

discrimination, 11, 60, 69–70, 166, 175, 194–96, 220, 222, 251–52, 265–71, 389.
See also
racial issues

Dotson, Ovie, 358, 389

Douglas, Bob, 71, 74, 99, 101–2, 114–15, 119, 151, 199

drugs, 299, 312, 373

Dukes, Walter, 253, 271–72

Dunbar, Sweet Lou, 354, 357, 358, 389

Duryea, Earl W., 356–58

East Berlin, 239

Easter, George, 26, 30, 67–68, 74, 78, 86

East-West All-Star game, 95, 122, 173

Ed Sullivan Show, The
(show), 303–4

Edwards, Leroy “Cowboy,” 118–19, 128

Ellis, Newt, 159–60

England, 225–26, 254, 304

Erving, Julius, 11, 376

Ethiopian Clowns, 163

European tours, 10, 224–27, 236, 250, 254, 268, 356, 375–77

Fabulous Harlem Clowns, 282

Fabulous Harlem Magicians, 346

Faggen, I. J. “Jay,” 38–39, 43, 46

Famous Globe Trotters, 86

Farmer, Greene, 192

farm teams, 95, 143

fast-break offense, 176–77, 205, 212

Fawks, Al, 129, 137

films, 228, 234–35, 246–48, 254, 264–65, 303

financial issues

Mannie Jackson’s management, 382–83

marketing and merchandising, 245–46

player pay (
see
player pay)

profits after Minneapolis Lakers games, 214–15

profits during World War II, 172–73

Abe Saperstein’s losses, 308–12

Abe Saperstein’s ownership claim, 52, 76–81

Abe Saperstein’s wealth, 339

play of, with Globetrotters, 300–301, 388

Finney, Gus, 74, 79, 81, 122

Fischer, Leo, 114, 138

football, 20, 32, 36–37, 122, 229

Ford, Bill, 97, 109, 123, 144

Fort Wayne Harvesters, 107, 110, 128

Foster, Rube, 29

Francis, Bevo, 272

Frank, Aaron M., 87–90

Frank, Stanley, 20, 148–49, 150

Franklin, Sylvia.
See
Saperstein, Sylvia Franklin

Frazier, William “Razor,” 73, 78, 81

FUBU sponsorship, 378

Gaffney, Paul “Showtime,” 385, 387

Gaines, Clarence “Big House,” 269

Gardner, Willie, 263

Garrett, Bill, 220

Gates, Pop, 111–14, 118, 130, 166, 202, 235, 262, 264, 391

Gayles, Zip, 175–78, 183–87

Germany, 235, 238–44

Gibson, J. C., 262–63, 302, 381

Giles Post American Legion teams, 29–31, 34, 36–39

Gillette, George, Jr., 340–47

Globe Trotters, Basloe’s, 37, 49

Globe Trotters, Harlem.
See
Harlem

Globetrotters

Globe Trotters, Tommy Brookins’s, 43–50

Globetrotter University, 385

Globie mascot, 374, 386–87

Go, Man, Go!
(film), 264–65, 303

Gola, Tom, 220, 221

Gomez, Thomas, 235

Goodman, Elliott, 338, 344

Gottlieb, Eddie, 249–50, 255, 272, 288, 300, 309

Graves, Lotti, 319–21

Great Depression era, 58, 156

Great Migration of African Americans to Chicago, 24–31

Green, Carl, 263

Greeson, Stan, 343, 346–47, 353–54

Grider, Josh, 223, 293, 316, 331–32

Grund, Bobby, 86, 88

Halas, George, 41, 46, 108, 138.
See also
Chicago Bruins

halftime entertainment, 37, 95, 191, 220, 356

Hall, Bob “Showboat,” 263, 281, 284, 292–93, 348, 381

Hall of Fame.
See
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Hannin, Harry, 107, 218, 221, 224, 249, 289–90, 300–301

Harlem Clowns, 288, 324

Harlem Globetrotters

All–Star Classic, 138–41

barnstorming tours (
see
barnstorming tours; Jackson, Inman; Pullins, Albert “Runt”)

Basketball Hall of Fame induction, 387–92

beginnings of, in Chicago, 34–38, 43–50 (
See also
Chicago)

Wilt Chamberlain and (
see
Chamberlain, Wilt)

coaches (
see
coaches)

College All-Star tours, 9–10, 216–24, 235, 281, 294–95, 300–301, 310–11, 377

Bill Cosby on, ix–xi current popularity of, 384–87

death of Abe Saperstein and decline of, 305–16, 333–35, 354–60

films, 228, 234–35, 246–48, 254, 264–65, 303

first Madison Square Garden game, 1–11, 292

Marques Haynes and (
see
Haynes, Marques)

international tours, 224–33, 235–45, 248–52, 283–87, 297, 305–6, 312–13, 383

Meadowlark Lemon and (
see
Lemon, George Meadow “Meadowlark”)

ownership of (
see
Jackson, Mannie; ownership; Globetrotter; Saperstein, Abe (Abraham Michael))

player revolts, 76–82, 150–52, 338–49, 253–59 (
See also
players)

racial discrimination against, 265–71 (
See also
African Americans; discrimination; racial issues)

racial stereotypes and minstrel show issue, 58, 90–93, 101–2, 163, 293–94, 349–52, 373

recruitment of Sonny Boswell and Duke Cumberland, 121–26 (
See also
Boswell, Sonny; Cumberland, Roscoe “Duke”)