This video was published on YouTube on November 5, 2017.
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: Here's a lengthy excerpt of ABC Wide World of Sports as aired on WLS
Channel 7, spotlighting a (mostly complete) appearance by the Harlem
Globetrotters at their training camp in the Barnes Field House at Fort
Huachuca in Sierra Vista, AZ, playing against the New Jersey Reds. The
play-by-play for this game, such as it was, was called by Howard Cosell.
The roster of the "Clown Princes of Basketball," as of this appearance
consisted of Meadowlark Lemon (#36; who would announce his retirement
from the team later in the year), Curly Neal (#22), Nate Branch (#32),
Geese Ausbie (#35), Jerry Venable (#38), Twiggy Sanders (#42), Mel Davis
(#19), Marques Haynes (#20), John Smith (#24), Dallas Thornton (#10)
and Wolfman Lee (#34). Reds players include General Holman and (?)
Buckner (#11). The referee is Andy Johnson, joined in the course of the
game in officiating by Riley Pitkoff and Bruce Briggs.
The play-by-play (with some shots of a banner saying "Sierra Vista / Ft.
Huachucha[sic] Welcomes ABC-TV") is intermixed with behind-the-scenes
with the team, and recurring filmed segments about various legends
retold Globetrotters style (narrated by Fred Foy).
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