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Show A- F. Commercials vs. Ghosts ( , o- :,---. : ? H - m, V - X ; '' - 6 :' i -.t - I'JiBIIIIIllSS SUITCASE SULLINGEK, 6i2 FT. STAR reputation upon the games they have won, but the fans come out in overflow crowds because of the Colored lads ball handling and their clowning. Pete Hood is the. originator of basketball's hidden ball play, and the team as a whole is continually clowning clown-ing and performing. No matter I how good a ball player a man is, jhe cannot make the Ghost team,! unless he can also demonstrate individual showmanship of the highest degree. Led by cagey, old Les "Pops" Wilkinson the Original Negro Ghosts, world's craziest basketball basket-ball team, from Sioux City, Iowa, will make American Fork one of their stops on their fourteenth annual tour when they play the Jaycee team at the high school gymnasium March 3, 8:00 p. m. The only member left from the original team is the veteran Wilkinson. Wil-kinson. High school and college coaches for years have brought their teams out to watch the venerable "Pops" on the defensive. defen-sive. It is claimed by many that although Wilkinson has slowed down, he is still one of the greatest great-est if not the top, defensive basketball bas-ketball player in the country today. to-day. Another veteran with the Ghosts although he is tout 24 years old now is 6 foot 6J2 inches "Suitcase" SulHnger. The Satchel Sat-chel is a pivot man with an exceptionally ex-ceptionally large hand, providing him with an unusual grip. This is his third season with the team. The Ghosts have built their |