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Seventeen CompeteGlobetrotters Will Conduct TryoutsTULSA, Okla. (UPI) -Seventeen basketball playersfrom across the nation are exercising and sharpening their shooting skills this week, hoping to be selected for an opening on the legendary Harlem Globetrotters.“A lot of people think we look for a clown on the floor,” said Stan Greeson, president of the Globetrotters. “Nothing could be further from the truth. We are looking for the fine athlete/*Greeson said the young hopefuls, who gathered in Tulsa Monday, are from all over the United States—“anywhere from a tiny town in Mississippi to New York City.”He stipulated that all candidates must either have graduated college or been members of a class that has graduated.“If a kid comes out in his third year, we won't allowthat,” he said. “We won't raid.”Greeson said the team would take an aspiring and talented high school graduate — but scouts for the team did not find any this year.The athlete chosen for one of the Globetrotters' two teams can look forward to a $15,000 salary and plenty of fringe benefits, such as travel expenses, hotel expenses, $24 a dayfor food, life insurance, dependent insurance and a pension.The Globetrotters say the training camp is “one of the toughest weeks a basketball player can go through.”The players drill twice daily. They start with free shooting, then exercise, followed by shooting drills and finally a scrimmage. The camp lasts six days. One of the two Globetrotter trainers and a referee also are attending the trainingsessions.
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 27, 1976
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