The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1983, Image 14

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New tricks add new laughs
’Trotters make Rollie roll
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by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
It wasn’t exactly a nail-biting,
down-to-the-wire game, but the
Harlem Globetrotters defeated
the Washington Generals 70-
something to 50-something
Tuesday night at G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
The score didn’t matter.
But if a game were decided by
the amount of laughter a tearti
could produce, the ’Trotters
were in championship form.
The Globetrotters kept the
crowd buzzing with their
famous old antics and some hila
rious new tricks.
Led by ringleaders “Sweet”
Lou Dunbar and James “Twig
gy” Sanders, the Globetrotters
transformed the coliseum to ev
erything from a football Held to
a discotheque. Several times the
’Trotters drew “volunteers”
from the audience to participate
in some of their pranks that in
cluded a picture-taking session
and a water fight.
Sanders and Dunbar were
the main cogs in the Globetrot
ter’s familiar tricks, but the two
funnymen were aided by a great
supporting cast that included
former Texas A&M player
Albert Culton
Dribbling whizzard “Curly”
Neal didn’t make the trip to Col
lege Station, but his tricks with
the basketball were hardly mis
sed as talented Osborne Lock
hart more than filled the shoes
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of the quick-handed Neal.
Lockhart’s ball-handling and
several long-range shots, includ
ing a 48-footer by Sanders, were
proof enough to the crowd that
the Globetrotters are truly magi
cians with a basketball. But one-
liners by Dunbar and Sanders
kept the crowd from getting too
involved with the ’Trotters’ ta
lents.
A typical exchange between
Dunbar and the referee would
be:
Referee: “Foul on you 41 —
two shots.”
Dunbar: “What? I only hit
him one time.”
Although the Globetrotters
have used virtually the same
lines in their act for 57 years, the
delivery by Dunbar and Sanders
coupled with willingly gullible
referees makes the show seem
totally spontaneous.
Some portions of the show
were unrehearsed, however. At
one point during the game, San
ders stopped play and sang to a
woman walking to the coliseum
lobby, “I know where you’re
going.”
Sanders’ quick ad-libbing
brought the house down as did
most of the Globetrotters’ antics.
G. Rollie White wasn’t filled to
capacity, but the laughs were
enough to fill Kyle Field.
The Globetrotters have per
formed in front of more than
100 million people in more than
100 different countries, but
their personalities and one-to-
one relatipnship with the audi
ence during the show made
Tuesday’s performance seem
tailor-made for the Texas A&M
crowd.
ALTERNATIVE presents
Mr. M. Robert Schwab
— Houston Attorney
— President, Texas Human Rights
Foundation
discussing: the Status of the Gay Student Ser
vices’ lawsuit against Texas A&M University,
Harlem Globetrotter “Sweet” Lou Dun
bar congratulates a young fan after the
boy made a shot. The boy was gift
shirt and Dunbar was given asm
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1983
7:30 p.m. College Station
Community Center
Room #106
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TEXAS A&M CHAPf ct
OF MORTAR BOAR!
IS NOW SELECTING
MEMBERS FROM
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INFORMATION SHEEIS
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ATTEND INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS
FEBRUARY 2, 510 RUDDER, 7:00 FM
OR FEBRUARY 3, 302 RUDDER, 0:30 PM
Greetings to the students of Aggieland,
I wish to express my apology for the lack of seating at the Josh lectured
Thursday night, January 2?. As the national represtative for Campus CrusadeJi
Christ in the College Station area I was overwhelmed by the response of the
to the Josh McDowell lecture. It is my understanding that many dorms declared]
lecture a dorm function and didn't even begin to gather until 70° pm and by!
the auditorium was overflowing. We had to turn away as many as heard the 10
The overwhelming response shows that there are so many personal and spih“
needs that are very seldom even being addressed. Students seem to be bankrupt]
the area of interpersonal relationships. Our desire in Campus Crusade is to
provide programing that addresses the needs, interests, and issues that effec 1
today’s college students along with showing how a personal relationship with'
relates to every area of life.
In pursuit of this we are working on plans to bring another lecturer, M c, |
Purnell. Dick is a friend and associate of Josh McDowell. Dick will be doing*
three night lecture series on Dynamic Relationships April 6,7, and 8. We will
work as best we can to make sure we have plenty of seating for everyone that
wishes to attend. Make plans now to be there.
Sincerely,
Anderson
P.S.
In the mean time I would like to invite you to our regular Campus Crus#]
meetings on Thursday nights at 7*30 P m i n Kleberg 113.
Campus Crusade
for Christ
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