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...tete-a-tete with Tatum...
...lying in a crumpled heap on top of a "scope." I guess one of the Master Minds had knocked all the sparks out of him, because when I approached, he bowed reverently toward the East in an oriental fashion and muttered "Chaffee is the only God and Tatum is his prophet...
Professor Tatum with no fuss...
...Tatum never meant to be a professional basketball player. But Abe Saperstein, the sapient impresario of the Globe Trotters, happened to see him playing first base with Cincinnati's Negro American League Ethiopian Clowns last summer. Last week Tatum's extensible equipment was helping the Globe Trotters to be one of the most successful professional basketball teams...
Comedy has always been an added attraction of the Trotters. Tatum deliberately capers around the court in a rocking chimpanzee gait, his long arms swinging, his teeth bared. Going for the ball, he often flaps his arms gooselike; when he jumps, can reach eleven feet into the air to block opponents' shots. Sometimes he hides the ball under his shirt, perches it on top of a bewildered opponent's head...