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...started when the New York Herald Tribune invited Smith to play on an 11-man Eastern College All-Star squad in that newspaper's sixth annual East-West game. The game was played on March 31 in New York's Madison Square Garden and the West...
Incidentally, Smith established a record of sorts during the game, since his four points are high for a Harvard player in East-West competition. George Hauptfuhrer, the Crimson's only other representative, scored three points in the 1948 game...
...best was still to come. After the East-West game, the fabulous Harlem Globetrotters organized an 18-game tour against the College All-Stars. Many of the collegians were asked to make the safari, but some declined in order to preserve their amateur status and play A.A.U. ball...
...tour began in New York on the afternoon following the East-West game. From there, the encourage proceeded to Hershey, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Smith plans to rejoin the group in St. Louis this Sunday, then play at Indianapolis on Monday, Detroit on Tuesday, Milwaukee on Wednesday, and Boston on Thursday in the final game of the trip. He will then fly to New York for a team banquet at Toots Shor's on Saturday. In addition to both teams, the troupe includes a few Jugglers, two Chinese acrobats, and a band...
...Smith, after competing in the East-West basketball game, was chosen last week a member of an all-star team that a presently engaging the Harlem Globe-Trotters on a barnstorming tour. Smith, who got only four points in the all-star game, has done considerably better on the tour. He scored six points the first night, and later led the all-stars to one of their few victories with a 22 point performance...