 Watson's quintet won 18-4, and he was hailed by the black "Chicago Defender" newspaper as a hero, despite the newspaper's preference for the all-black Wendell Phillips club.Remaining in Chicago after high school, Watson went on to become a founding member of the Giles Post Legion squad and the Savoy Big Five, both direct precursors of today's Harlem Globetrotters.Legendary GlobeTrotters owner Abe Saperstein created a 'mirror' Globetrotters club patterned after the team founded by Watson's friend and old Wendell Phillips rival, Tommy Brookins.