Woodard already getting in the act microphones so the fans in the back row run every game against their foils, the can bear the jokes But the biggest innova- Washington Generals New Globetrotter shows poise tion wears No. 16 and dresses in a separate Woodard, 28 years old, served as an as- locker area. sistant coach at her alma mater while wait- HBWVOtfcTtlBM fields and on the decks of battleships, but There is no sense that the Globetrotters ing for the 1984 Olympics, and she was rea-St- o never have they included a female in their were looking for a token female, somebody resume that rate when the BURBANK, Calif - "Our newest Har-le- m lineup, unless you want to count some of the who would merely impersonate a female Dbetrotters decided to change their Globetrotter holds the career scoring costumes and mannerisms that Goose Ta-tu- m player. The male players image They have been snow-bi- z for nearly record at the University of Kansas, eclips- and and Geese teamed that in the past week during a three decades, since black stars like Bill ing tte records of Witt Chan&erlato and Jo Ausbie and all the other clowns of the past training camp that saw 10 female hopefuls RusseU and Chamberlain and Jo White At 5 feet 11 Inches tall, ladies and affected when the mood hit them. fighting for one job and Oscar Robertson daimed their rightful gentlemen, meet LyDetteWoodard Woodard is the real thing: ace-capta-in of "I bad played a little ball with my sisters places in the National BasketbaU Associa- Naturally, Sweet Lou Dunbar stepped the United States' 194 OhmptegnM medal and their friends, but I didnt realize how tion. forward to acknowledge the ornate intro- team, an aU-Aroeri- can wnb do league, like good Lynette could be," says Ernest Augh-bum- s The Globtes haven't lost to Red Hob and duction. He continued to bask in the ap- the other superior female players produced from Walton High in the Bronx, a his Generals since 1971 in Martin, Tern., plause uota James (Twiggy) Sanders in recent years' all dressed op with no- gentk, well-spoke- n rookte who was the only and they may not lose in the next 14 years, puB Urn ba to reautywitha few taste- where to go. Tulane senior not implicated in the gam- either, but Duryea wants them to play a ful carving hand ges&m that indicated the "I am the lucky one, the chosen one," bling scandal lastseason. better grade of boll than in recent years applause was actually for somebody of an- Woodard said Fridaynignt Woodard says she has "good feelings" Given that mandate, Woodard sees her othergender. The Globetrotters have added a female about her acceptance by the male players, self as playing for all her sisters who cant Welcome to show las, . player because it seemed like a slick show- who call her "our sister" and have prom-ise- d make a living at their sport Ann Myers re- The modest little shuck was the first in her biz step for an organization fighting to hold to protect and include her onthe road. ceived an honest, if pobUdty-generate- d, career with the GloWes, at the tapmg of a its share of the eEtertauvnestinarket Operating on sheer energy after a flurry tryout with the Pacers a few commercial in a Ugh school gym Friday "It w&l refocus attention on the Globe- of commercials and interviews last week, years back, and Nancy Iieberman has night Somebody banded her a bouquet of trotters as the world's greatest baS-fcand-tt- ng Woodard continues to show the poise she done more than aD right b summer leagues roMS, and the act wiQ be repeated, with team," says Earl Duryea, the team's demonstrated during the Summer Games. PEfltftfft TrwV prffffripflflt. some improvisatiaj, for 8 days la Austra-li- a executive, "and lefs face it, the comedy She flunks of her new post "fa terms of art; "Those are the heights to shoot for," beginning this week, and far perhaps 950 wasgettingfrayed." rm going to be as creative as I can. Woodard says. "I don't know bow long it timeslnWoodard's rookie year. The Globetrotters have pared their oper-att- on She does not expect to fin one of the down win take, but a woman win play in the The Globta have played during dvfl from two squads to one in the past two rotes, but she wants to fit into the flow of NBA. I want people to see me play with the wan and the years, phased out oM staadbys like Geese the team as wen as the seven ''reams,' the Globetrotters and say a woman could also they have played InKPgfdusty Third Wcrid Anstae and CmiyNeaL and tried to pot live team's word for the familiar routines they have the aoility to play in the NBA.- "-