Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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The Harlem Globetrotter ' s bench enter- tains the crowd with their version of a Stevie Wonder song. Twiggy Sanders and Tiny Pinder show their basketball skills by out-shooting and out-jumping their opponent. Sweet Lou Dunbar takes time from the game to visit with young fans. Dunbar replaced the popular Meadowlark Lemon on the team. IjTOr ?B? T ■• ' v% ' ;

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Inslruclor Dave Bauman and his daughter Kathleen play some hot icnnis. PulntinK on the Alumni House, Rick Eulcr takes the chance to go shirtless and work on a tan. Klephanis were among the 30 different animals who came to town with the Car- son and Barnes Circus. Summer School 21

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om f-W ii Wizards on court The clown princes of Basket- ball, better known as the Harlem Globetrotters, played their unique style of basketball wizardry to a capacity house crowd in Lamkin Gymnasium last March 16. The world famous Globetrotters dribbled their way into the hearts of both young and old by showing their skills of out-shooting and out- smarting the California Chiefs, by more than 30 points. I had never seen the Globetrot- ters in person before, said Sandie Morgan, but I ' d heard a lot about them and I really enjoyed getting to see them. While performing in 97 countries in their 55 year history, the Trotters have performed in more than 1,500 games and delighted more than 98 million people. Sweet Lou Dun- bar, a replacement for the ex- Trotter Meadowlark Lemon, now playing for the Buckatteers, v as the master prince of the court. He pro- vided most of the laughs, by tangl- ing with the referee over who should get the ball, singing songs over the loud speaker and dancing with the fans. They ' re going to be missing something wi thout some of the old players, said Karl Steele. But times change, and I thought their new players were just as amusing and excellent ball players. Twiggy Sanders, Dunbar and the Harlem Globetrotters bench serenaded the crowd with their own rendition of a Stevie Wonder hit, while St. Joseph ' s own Larry Gator Rivers and the rest of the team, gave the old Trotters routines seen on television. I thought it would be nice if they had some new routines, but the routines they used were still funny, said Steele. The Trotter ' s world famous magic circle to Sweet Georgia Brown was performed as it has been since the team was formed and still received the same smiles it has always created since the team first whistled to that famous tune. Harlem Globetrotters 23