Tricksters in the Madhouse Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948 / John Christgau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christgau, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports rivalries--United States.

Sports rivalries.

Harlem Globetrotters--History.

Harlem Globetrotters.

Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team)--History.

Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p. )

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In February 1948 the brand-new, all-white Minneapolis Lakers were arguably the greatest basketball team in America, favored to win the World Professional Basketball Tournament later that year. Meanwhile the Harlem Globetrotters, at the center of black basketball, were riding their own incredible 103-game winning streak. Best known to white audiences for their clowning and comedy, the Globetrotters were not even thought to be in the same league with the mighty Lakers. So when these two powerhouses met for the first time - on February 19, 1948, before an audience of eighteen thousand in Chicago Stadium - basketball fans everywhere were in for an eye-opening performance."

"Tricksters in the Madhouse is the story of this pivotal meeting, a game that would encapsulate the growing racial tensions of the era, particularly the struggle of black Americans to gain legitimacy in the segregated world of sports. Play by play, John Christgau recreates the heart-stopping game that would shock white basketball fans raised to view black athletes in separate and unequal terms. Through in-depth interviews and extensive research, Christgau brings this critical match-up to life. By looking beyond the drama in the arena to the broader events of the day, he also puts the game in its sociological context, revealing how, even as it enacted the racial inequalities of the time, this crucial game represented an important step toward equality."--Jacket.

Contents:

The Race

Ma Piersall

The Kangaroo Kid

Babe

Goose

Ermer

The Fastest Runner on Sixty-first Street

Blackie

The King of Basketball

The Crisco Kid

Olson's Terrible Swedes

Sambo

Johnny and Abe

Bucky

Pop

Marques

Ted

The Wee Ice Mon

David and Goliath

The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost

The shot

Sweetwater

Over time

Shaq

Rigo.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-215).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-42371-4

9786610423712

0-8032-0443-4

OCLC:

57437067