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Harlem Beat - You're The One (PS 1)
The
Generals were created in 1952 by Louis "Red" Klotz as a redesignation
of the Philadelphia Sphas basketball team. Globetrotters’ owner Abe
Saperstein had invited Klotz to create a squad to accompany his team on
their tours. With a nod to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the team was named the
Washington Generals.The Generals provided deliberately ineffective
opposition as a foil for the Globetrotters' comedy routines. The
Globetrotters' acts often featured incredible coordination and skillful
handling of one or more basketballs, such as passing or juggling balls
between players, balancing or spinning balls on their fingertips, and
making unusual, difficult shots. The Generals on the other hand would
try to play a game of "serious" basketball in return.During the 1971-72
season, the Generals' name was alternated with the Boston Shamrocks, New
Jersey Reds, Baltimore Rockets, and Atlantic City
Seagulls. It was actually the same team of players but they would
change uniforms between games to give the appearance of more teams. The
team would rotate between these identities for a few seasons before
going back to the Generals identity full-time.From 1953 until 1995, the
Generals played exhibitions against the Globetrotters, winning only six
games, the last in 1971, and losing more than 13,000. It was as the New
Jersey Reds that the Generals' last win came in a game against the
Globetrotters. On January 5, 1971, the Globetrotters lost a game in
Martin, Tennessee, in overtime to the Reds. It was Klotz himself who
sank the winning basket for a 100-99 score that ended the Globetrotters'
2,499-game winning streak.Klotz eventually "disbanded" the Generals in
1995, forming a new team, the New York Nationals, which also has
achieved an impressive losing streak. In reality, of course, it was the
same team; Klotz merely retired the Washington Generals identity. The
Nationals remain a separate organization from the Globetrotters. Harlem
claims its exhibition games are "real" and "competitive" contests.After a
12-year hiatus, the Generals returned on October 9, 2007, playing
against the Globetrotters at the 369th Harlem Armory. The Globetrotters
won 54-50. In a landmark decision, Samuel Hochberg was hired as the
team's assistant general manager in early 2012.Just prior to the 2011-12
World Tour the Washington Generals underwent yet another name
change. They began facing the Harlem Globetrotters as both the
"International Elite" and the "Global Select", alternating between the
two from game to game.
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