The Table Tennis 51

The Table Tennis

51

Collector

Winter

2009

Journal of the Table Tennis Collectors’ Society

Magnificent solid bronze sculptures. Whose hands are those? See back page for details.

In this issue ... Great Shots

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Meet the Members: Jorge Arango

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New Discoveries Old Treasures

Gerald Gurney Merely the Custodians

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Alan Duke Dictionary Trail

Jos & Jan Philatelic Update

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Steve Grant Ping Pong Articles Galore 6-7

Book Corner: Ron Crayden

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Auction Action

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Heavy Metal: Bronze Sculptures

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The Table Tennis

Collector

No. 51

From the Editor I am pleased to announce that our friends Tang Ganxian and Yao Zhenxu have won the gold & silver medals respectively for their philatelic exhibitions at the Beijing Olympics - congratulations! Our Winter 2009 issue begins with a stunning discovery of a huge pair of very heavy solid bronze sculptures, formerly trophies from a series of tournaments sponsored by the Daily Mirror newspaper in England. These works of art can now be enjoyed by all in the ITTF Museum. Great Shots features an historic photo from the 1933 World Championship Swaythling Cup. New Discoveries, Old Treasures presents a rare gold medal from the 1939 World Championships in Cairo, and the Rules for Gossima or Ping-Pong. Gerald Gurney observes that we are merely the custodians of our collections. Steve Grant concludes his series of research in early American newspapers with an article about Ping Pong Articles Galore. Meet the Members features Jorge Arango of Colombia, a great man who has devoted his life to Table Tennis. Researcher par excellence Alan Duke begins a dictionary trail of the early years of Table Tennis history. Our friends from the Netherlands, Jos Zinkstok and Jan Nusteleyn have prepared their always popular Philatelic Pages, with many Olympic items to report. The Book Corner takes a close-up look at some of the hand-inscribed books from the Ron Crayden Memorial Library. And the issue would not be complete without an update of recent auction results, and another Mystery Photo to challenge our readers. As always, constructive feedback is much appreciated.

W inter 2009 Editor and Publisher: Chuck Hoey, Curator ITTF Museum, Switzerland www.ittf.com/museum [email protected]

This is the twelth issue of the Table Tennis Collector series published by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Museum. I am pleased to continue the following policies: 1. Free subscriptions 2. Full color production 3. pdf downloads via the Museum website: www.ittf.com/museum 4. Free classified ads 5. An increase to 4 issues per year 6. A 50% increase in content, to 24 pages Feedback is always welcome! Publishing schedule: Spring issue: May 1 Summer issue: August 1 Fall issue: Nov. 1 Winter issue: Feb. 1

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The elegance of Table Tennis p.21

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Reminder: Submit your membership details, as well as comments, corrections & news to the editor: [email protected]

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Great Shots: Historic Photographs

Great Shots features a rare photo capturing the drama of the Swaythling Cup match between Hungary and Cyechoslovakia in the 1933 World Championships at Baden-bei-Wien. Not much room left for the players! Hungary won the Cup.

Mystery Photo

Our Mystery Photo asks the Readers to identify the player, the occasion and the young boy. Send your answers to the Editor at: [email protected] See page 23 for the answers to the previous Mystery Photo.

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New Discoveries Old Treasures

Rare racket fan with scenes of Italy. There are small strung rackets on both sides of the fan. Recall that in one of Steve Grant’s articles researching American newspapers he found mentions of Ping Pong fans for the ladies. Such fans are difficult to acquire as they are usually gobbled up by tennis collectors.

The Jaques rules pamphlet is fairly scarce under the name Ping-Pong or Gossima, but it is really rare with the earlier name of Gossima or Ping-Pong. No rules for Jaques 1891 game of Gossima have been found.

An impressive medal from the 1939 World Championships found its way into one of our member’s collection. The auctioneer claimed the medal was won by Hilde Bussmann of Germany, for her win of the Women’s Doubles, with 1938 World Singles Champion Trude Pritzi. But it was actually first place in the Men’s Team for the Swaythling Cup, won by Czechoslovakia, according to the Arabic inscription.

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We are merely the custodians ... by Gerald Gurney (ENG) Inglis, historian and sports writer - see Stheimon splendid and long-running Played in Britain

series - has made an appeal to sports clubs everywhere to care for the items lying about in their clubhouses which may be of historical importance. He has given me permission to quote from an article of his published in the catalogue of Graham Budd’s sporting auction held early in May. He discovered a hand-coloured, illuminated address “presented to each of the 88 clubs of The Football League on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 1938”, and offered this in the auction on behalf of Sport Relief. Estimated at £400-600, it made £400. I know of two long-standing tennis clubs where a newly appointed secretary threw out boxes of items (photographs, records, programmes, etc.) which may well have been important in telling the story of the club and, indeed, of tennis itself. The same principle applies to collectors; we are, as the saying goes, “merely the custodians of our collections”. Have we made any provision for their future and, meanwhile, are they properly protected from the ravages of time - specifically heat, dust and light?

Simon Inglis reminices: During nearly three decades of visiting sporting grounds and clubs, rummaging around in their archives and cupboards, in back offices and sheds, I have often come across abandoned or neglected items of historical interest, curled up and torn minute books, faded photographs, mouldy scrapbooks, rusting implements or, in some cases, even items damaged in fires or floods. Over the last decade or so, great progress has been made in securing our sporting heritage, thanks to heightened awareness and the auctions of our leading sports museums. But at club level it is still often the case that a lack of resources and awareness results in precious items being lost to future generations. Normally I would advise the owners how such forgotten treasures might be restored and perhaps displayed for public interest, but in this case the owners were not interested in the scroll and would have thrown it out. With their assent I therefore took it home, had it restored as best as my pocket could then afford, and wondered what I should do next. Many years, and many other found objects later, I thought of Sport Relief. I hope this beautiful artwork will be appreciated by its new owner, and that its sale will, in its own small way, help for us to remain the extraordinary sporting nation that we are. The message i append to this address is this. Too many priceless sports-related objects such as this have already been lost. If you belong to a sports club, please therefore make sure that you and your members seek out and guard your historic artifacts with love and care, and if not able to do this properly, professionally or securely, please, please, please seek advice or hand them over to a museum or to your nearest heritage centre for their safe keeping and conservation. ...

Editor’s note: A Case in Point ... As previously reported some years ago, this precious set of rackets with original watercolors of the members of the 1903 Invicta TT Team holding their rackets, was rescued by the ITTF Museum, at considerable expense. The rackets are displayed in the original glass fronted cabinet. A treasure? The Invicta TT club still exists today, but none of the members were interested in this discovery. The other unfortunate aspect of “custodial collectors” is financially driven, more like a business than a collection, where important pieces can be scattered to the winds, and possibly never seen again.

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Collectibles from the Early Era ... As Seen through U.S. Newspapers of the Day Part VIII: Ping Pong Articles Galore by Steve Grant (USA) n ad on the front page of the Daily Journal of A Telluride, Colorado, on Saturday, August 23, 1902, took the form entirely of a poem:

I can't say whether that store actually sold all those ping-pong goods, though I can easily believe it. In this final part of our journey through early U.S. newspaper archives, we look at other "Ping-pong articles galore" that emerged in the days of the early 1900s craze. "The ping-pong doll has made its appearance," stated a short item in the Brooklyn (NY) Eagle in July 1902. "It is a quaint little figure, prettily dressed in silk in Japanese style. A ping-pong racket is carried over one arm." Abraham & Strauss in October '02 advertised "Dressed Dolls" that included "Table Tennis Players, Golf and Lawn Tennis Players........69c. and $1.24." In November the ad read: "Dressed Dolls, two in a box. They represent Table Tennis boys and girls, Golfing and Lawn Tennis players, all in their true costumes, small sizes 49c a pair; large, 98c." Macy's, in the NY Sun that month, advertised "Ping-Pong Dolls, with racket and balls, $1.98." "If there is anything new in the doll line this year," said the Washington (D.C.) Times in December, "it is the one called the ping-pong doll. They are boy and girl. They come in a box. They are bound together by ribbon...As you must have a ping-pong set, if you are anybody, you must have the ping-pong doll." Animals came into play, too. "Among the ping-pong novelties," reported the Coshocton (OH) Democrat and Standard in July '02, "are two little bronze dogs playing a lively game of ping-pong." ¦

From the NY Times in June '02: "Two monkeys stand at ends of a ping-pong table, each with racquet in the hand, while the balls on the table show that a game is in progress. Is this a reflection upon ping-pong players? The monkeys and tables are small, and are set each upon two or three layers of flannel, which serve for a pen wiper." Mechanical toys offered in an ad in the Syracuse (NY) PostStandard in 1906 included "Mechanical Ping-Pong Setworth 75c. Price 49c." "The latest fad among smokers," according to the Salt Lake Herald in September '02, "is the ping pong pipe. The article is made of brier wood, the bowl resembling the ping pong ball and the base and mouthpiece being an imitation of a racket. Ping pong having become a game in which a couple of men would while away an evening this summer, a pipe had to be made in keeping, and the fad bids fair to last as long as the game is in vogue. The pipes are hideously ugly, but so was the Panama hat." I also found mention of Ping-Pong Smokers' Sets, $1.69, as well as "ping-pong cigarets."

Ping Pong pipe, ITTF Museum Collection

In November '02, the NY Times wrote about various new calendars available: "The inevitable 'Ping-Pong Calendar' has also made its appearance in a series of colored drawings from the crayon of William James Hurlbut. This is not comic, like so many pictures of the game that have recently found favor, but deals principally with the solemn theme of love that is sometimes incidental to the game. Mr. Hurlbut's pictures are well drawn, and would add a touch of light and color to any room where the calendar happened to be hung." The NY Sun described this calendar as having four tinted fashion plates from the C.D. Gibson school. An ad by John Wanamaker in the NY Times offered a Ping-Pong calendar with "four color plates, 13 ½ x 17 ½ in., $1." In December Abraham & Strauss offered "Ping-Pong Calendars and Match Safes .... 25c."

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A book column in the Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard in December said, "Seven pictures by Thomas Mitchell Pierce, of the tennis girl, the golf girl, the ping pong girl and others are comprised in the new 'Pierce Portfolio' just published by Robert Howard Russell." The consolation prize at a May '02 club tournament in Brooklyn was a picture entitled "Playing Ping-Pong," according to the NY World. Referring to Valentine's Day cards, the Galveston (TX) News in February '03 said, "This season the automobile and ping-pong come in for a large share of attention." Not all ping pong scorecards were actually for ping pong. An article in the Washington (D.C.) Times in 1904 described many scorecards made for card games, and on one of them, "An echo of the ping-pong craze shows a table set for the game, and the balls scattered about are to be punched out for the score." Similarly, at a playing card party, according to the Salt Lake (UT) Tribune in May 1903, "Ping-pong girls done in water colors were the tally cards in the game of euchre." Ping pong wallpaper was a popular design, according to the Newark (OH) Advocate in June 1903, but "chiefly for dens and clubrooms." "Ping Pong puzzles only five cents. Today at Alkon's." read an ad from the Portsmouth (NH) Herald in November 1902.

As an aside, I show here two English items from my collection---a sterling silver monocle case in the shape of a ping pong racket, hallmarked 1901, and a silver-topped ping pong dresser jar, hallmarked 1902.

Sellers often used the Ping Pong name simply because it lent the cachet of something hip and modern, as we saw already with apparel fashions in Part VI, Issue 49. The item itself might have little relation to the game. In the NY Times in October '02: "'Ping-pong soap they call it. It is soap in big balls, pink, pale green, white, and mottled, and it sells for 5 cents a cake, or 50 cents the dozen." "Ping Pong, the latest perfume," advertised McCue and Buss, Druggists, in the Janesville (WI) Gazette in November. "It is delightfully fragrant, it is everlastingly lasting, it is the very newest of all the new odors." One could also find Ping Pong sachet powder, Ping Pong fireworks, Ping Pong bags ("all colors, 50 cents each"), and a Ping Pong last (shoe mold). "This week Ping Pong Puffs 15 cents a dozen," said the W. Va. Baking Co. in January 1905 in Bluefield (WV) Telegraph.

A 1907 article in the Boston Globe gave the recipe for a candy called Ping Pong Balls, using rolled oats. Food items that took the Ping Pong name also included an ice cream flavor, a sundae, cookies, Walnut Ping Pong cake, Bayle's Ping Pong Pickles, "eggs ping-pong" (described as a "culinary triumph"), caramels, popcorn, soda water, fountain drinks, and more than one cocktail. Indeed, if you're thirsty, you can even today google the recipe for a Ping Pong cocktail. Fancy valentine racket made from suede and silk, in a lace-lined box, with Ping-Pong verse. Also made in pale blue for the boys. From the ITTF Museum Collection

Yes, something about ping pong just set the imagination running. How about ping pong balls as postcards? Pongmail. From the Chateaugay (NY) Record in April '02, sourcing an item in the London Mail (yes, the Mail): "It has recently become popular in Liverpool to stamp the ping-pong ball, cover the rest of it with a message of affection and post it to a friend. [Alternatively, correspondents inserted notes inside the ball and then resealed it.] The local pillar boxes have become full of the elusive celluloid, and distracted postmen are having an awful time chasing it around on the pavements." The postal service soon put an end to that fad. The ping pong fad itself soon died too, leaving future generations to embrace the game in a more lasting way. But many of the artifacts described in this series survived. Evoking the all-consuming enthusiasm of the game's first players, these ping pong articles galore transport us to an era that remains very much alive in our minds.

Ping-Pong Cigars, lithographed tin box The ITTF Museum Collection

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Auction Action

$203, a strong price for this 1902 Spalding booklet

Battery powered version of the familiar automoton. An optimistic seller was disappointed when it failed to sell at first $800 then $500.

Fabian Scott’s Ping-Pong Polka with another cover variation £32

Early McLoughlin set with rules, pair of drum rackets with red leather trim & ball holder/ pick-up device sold for $433

Japan: 1st TT postmark, 1948 sold for a staggering $405

£26 1966 European Championships

This 1940s-50s folding valentine sold for an amaying $79, very high for that era.

Bussey set, £95 wrought iron netposts

28cm statue of Mao with TT racket, 101 Euros

Right: Rare Whiff-Waff tube, with Globe Metal Polish balls. £80 Left: Wooley TT set with free standing net fixture & elongated battledores. AU$295

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Racket

Stiga Flisan hardbat, a bargain at $204

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Report

Fine pair of Ayres strung rackets sold for £180

The global economic downturn as well as volatile currency market have had a major impact on many eBay auctions. The classic STiga Flisan hardbat sold for only $204 - in the past it has commanded nearly 3 times that price! Your Editor regrets having missed the superb pair of Stiga Greve Artist nard bats, in a spirited Tradera auction. Something strange happened in the Graham Budd live auctions listed on eBay. The auction was conducted well before the listed eBay time, and all three lots of beautiful strung rackets went for reasonable prices without the expected last minute activity.

Stiga Greve Artist pair, 4560 SEK

Cor du Buy Jimmy McClure sponge $101

Above: Well-preserved strung racket for Table Tennis, £180 Left: Rare pair, The Whiff strung rackets auctioned for £204

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Meet the Members

Jorge Arango (COL)

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ur featured collector has distinguished himself as a player, coach, referee, administrator and great collector. Jorge Arango began playing Table Tennis in 1950, and only 3 years later entered his first tournament. He won the national championship of Colombia in 1964 and 1965, played in 2 World Championships, and was part of the Colombian delegation on the historic Ping Pong Diplomacy trip to China in 1971. He was also national coach, and for 14 years served as General Secretary of the Colombian Federation Executive Committee. Jorge has always collected Table Tennis memorabilia, pennants, posters, balls, newspaper articles, philatelic items, and more recently has expanded into the antiques arena, thanks largely to eBay. This is an impressive summary of only part of his collection: o 600 books & booklets, in 18 languages o 90 boxed sets, 25 from circa 1900 o 1000 Table Tennis cartoons o 3000 Table Tennis images o assorted early articles, engravings & cartoons o Table Tennis ball collection Bravo Jorge, a truly outstanding collection created by a remarkable man with a great heart for Table Tennis!

Rare children’s booklets, each with 6 color prints

Scenes from the Royal Aquarium tournament Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Dec 1901

Jorge plans to create a Foundation to manage his museum, el museo Tenismesa. He has found a site for the museum and will soon begin the set-up. Great news, and a crowning glory for a man who has won awards for his lifetime dedication to Table Tennis. Jorge would like to acquire more antique items, a ball retriever, and several early books e-mail contact address: [email protected] French version of Spear set with elegant cover lithograph

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A Sampling from the Jorge Arango Collection Jorge collects most everything related to Table Tennis, but has a special affinity towards antique items. This sampling shows he has good taste! He has also donated several fine items to the ITTF Museum - would that other collectors be so kind and thoughtful!

French block puzzle

Child’s Tea Set, Japan c.1920s Parker Brothers boxed set with pyrographic rackets

Early Spalding boxed set with single vellum cane rackets

Hawaiian souvenir rackets made of Koa wood, with hand-decorated scenes.

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A DICTIONARY TRAIL by Alan Duke This article outlines the results of a trail that I followed a few years ago, prompted by a reference in The Oxford English Dictionary under the heading table-tennis. The basic definition was much as you would expect: “a game resembling lawn-tennis, played upon a table: = PING-PONG”. This definition was followed by a number of selected references to the word, back as far as the earliest known usage. It is here that it got interesting. But first, ping-pong:

And now the examples of table-tennis which led to further research:

Steve Grant has found a slightly earlier date of 1884 (admittedly for Table Lawn Tennis), and he does make a specific reference to this 1887 advertisement (Collector No.44 Pages 6-7). Following the advice of the Oxford University Press, I next contacted the Library of Congress in Washington, where a copy of 75 Years of Fun is held (the source of the 1887 reference). This produced photocopies of pages from both the 1958 edition, and the 1973 update 90 Years of Fun.

It is on Page 19 of the above book where we find the quotation used in the OED (see next page).

Well, as the learned readers of this magazine will know, in his excellent series of articles on table tennis as seen through U.S. newspapers of the time,

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Finally, an approach was made to Parker Brothers enquiring about the 1887 catalog, and after a while they managed to “dig up” a copy and provided the following photocopy of the relevant page (the highlighted text is mine and is enlarged below):

Given the price and its position amongst other board and card games, this does support the view that this is not actually tennis played on a table, but in fact a board game.

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The following extract from 75 Years of Fun also kindly provided by Parker Brothers provides some interesting observations on their involvement with Ping-Pong.

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In the next issue of the Collector, we will feature the 1973 version of the above extract (from 90 Years of Fun), as it is interesting to compare how 15 years has produced subtle changes to the entry. With grateful thanks to all who so willingly helped with the information reproduced in this short article. References:

The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (1989); Clarendon Press (Oxford) Parker Brothers catalog (1887) 75 Years of Fun (1958); Parker Brothers, Inc, Salem, Massachusetts

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Philatelic Pages Jan Nusteleijn and Jos Zinkstok continue the regular contribution about table-tennis stamps, post-marks and other of philatelic interest

Please send your contribution for the philatelic pages to:

Jos Zinkstok Neckarstraat 8 NL-9406 VN ASSEN The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]

SHEETS

China: Olympic Games Beijing 2008. The Dream coming true. China has won all the Gold Medals in Table-Tennis. Women’s single: Zhang Yining; Men’s single: Ma Lin; Women’s team: Zhang Yining, Guo Yue and Wang Nan; Men’s team: Wang Liqin, Wang Hao and Ma Lin, honoured by eight sheets

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Cancellations

China: 2008 Olympic Games Beijing City Jiangmen and Gungzhou, two cancellations Gold Medal winners issued by fifteen different cities in Povince Qungdong

China: National Table-Tennis Championships 2008 held from 17-24 November in Zhangjiagang

China: 30.04.2008 Olympic Games Beijing provisional Dalian Postoffice Liaoning Provence Olympic Square (also known cancellation of Jinshow Primary School)

Switzerland: 28.07.2008 privat cancellation Olympic Flight Swiss team Zürich-Beijing

Croatia: 24.10.2008 60th anniversary of TT in Opatija

Germany: 17.10.2008 Redmeter slogan referring to the Top-12 held from 7-8 February in Düsseldorf

For their contribution to these pages we want to thank Tang Ganxian, Winfried Engelbrecht and Gao Yi-Bin

All sheets showed at about 33% and cancellations at about 100%

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This issue’s Book Corner focuses once again on the Ron Crayden Memorial Library, now housed at the ITTF Museum. Specifically, we will look at some of the many hand-written inscriptions on the first two blank pages at the beginning of the books. As is well known, Ron was an English international player, and he was also coach and non-playing Captain of the English team in many international events. After doing some research in the Library, I was greatly surprised and impressed at Ron’s incredibly neat hand and his attention to detail. He hand-printed summaries of each of England’s international matches, with all results and winners, most of the time with detailed scores. This is invaluable historical information and it is a pleasure to have this great resource in the ITTF Archives. But there is more ... Ron arranged for each player and official to autograph the pages, in specially designated areas that he outlined, not only the English players, but each of their opponents. So we see such stars as Chuang Tse-Tung, Li Furong, Victor Barna ... and most all the top players. Ron was a true historian who invested a lot of his time to make sure an accurate historical record of England’s Table Tennis matches was preserved. Bravo, and thank you Ron!

Book Corner

Cover photo of the January 1965 issue of Table Tennis, the ETTA magazine. Captain Ron Crayden returns home with the victorious English women’s team in the European Championships. He recorded the details below in one of his books.

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Ping Pong in the Snow! This is especially appropriate for our Winter edition, found by Steve Grant during his newspaper research.

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The Elegance of Table Tennis

This superb trophy from Austria really captures

a sense of motion and classic style in Table Tennis.

More Beijing Olympics Table Tennis pins have been discovered! Pins issued during the games include Day 10, 15 & 16, each with Table Tennis, and a second variety of the Bank of China sponsor pin. Collectors of pins should add these to the illustrated checklist that I published in TT Collector No. 50. Is there no end in sight? Many records were broken in the Beijing Olympic Games, including Most Table Tennis Pins ever issued for the Olympic Games!

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Membership Dir ectory We have many thousands of new readers who are not listed in our members directory. This is due to our online format, which opens the journal to all with internet access. New readers who are interested in collecting and wish to be included in the Directory can send your details to: [email protected]

Carlos Acevedo, Venezuela early Table Tennis items [email protected] ebay ID: zappiros

Gunther Angenendt ebay ID: thorin2001 Langacker 10a 44869 Bochum, Germany /Fax: +49-2327-77117 [email protected] Pre-war World Ch. programs; all TT items German boxed sets & bats; TT pins

Alan Duke

Rex Haggett

2 Shapwick Close Swindon WILTS. ENGLAND SN3 3RQ UK +44-01 793 531234 [email protected] History, music & photo record of TT items

27 Meadow Close, Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire, CV37 9PJ, England +44 (0) 1789 269352 [email protected] Interests: Philately ebay ID:

Sergio Durazzano Via Girardini 8, 33100 Udine ITALY 0432-21105 e-mail: [email protected] stamps and historical books

Winfried Engelbrecht Virgiliastr. 21, D-45131 Essen Germany +49 201 78 6795 [email protected] Philately: Stamps, FDCs, Sheets Postmarks, Phonecards, Books, tickets, stickers, W.C. Programs

Romualdas Franckaitis

Jorge Arango Cr. 35 No. 7 - 100 Medellin, Colombia [email protected] ebay ID: nofrah37 Philatelic & general TT items

Michael L. Babuin, PhD P.O.Box 3401, Cary N.C. 27519 USA [email protected] pre-1905 books (any language), copies of old films, programmes ebay ID: sircules

Oliver Born Germany [email protected] www.bornoli.de Old Butterfly rackets, especially Korpa

Keith Bowler 14 Ewell Street, Balmain, N.S.W. 2041 Australia (02) 98104128 Old magazines, publications up to 1961

Fabrice Chantriaux 10 Rue des Chevrefeuilles F-45130 Saint-Ay FRANCE 02.38.88.82.11 Fax: 02.38.46.94.29 f,[email protected] Stamps, cancels, postcards, posters (major events) old papers on TT

Colin Clemett 7 Brookmead Way, Havant PO9 1RT UK [email protected] Historical documents

Lithuania

e-mail: [email protected]

Gao Yi-bin 2-202 Lakeside Apartment, Jiangning, Nanjing. P.R.China 211100 +8625-5212 3334 [email protected] TT stamps, FDCs, postcards, phonecards, coins, medals, pins, cancellations

Roman Gelman

Esko Heikkinen Vaimoisenkatu 9 B 17, 00100 Helsinki, Finland +358 50 62532 [email protected] TT history, Stiga bats

Chuck Hoey Curator, ITTF Museum Chemin de la Roche 11 CH-1020 RENENS, Switzerland [email protected] ebay ID: ittfmuseum World Ch. programmes: 1928, 1930; Art bats, unusual bats, historic photos, museum quality items Martin Holland 44 Victoria Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria ENGLAND BA14 5JU [email protected] Postcards, trade cards

Rolf Jaeger USA [email protected] Tennis & Table Tennis items Custom jewelry: www.tennisboutique.com

[email protected] 24 Taverngreen Court, Baltimore, MD 21209 USA 410-602-0267 TT pins,badges,medals

Dean Johnson

David George

Jean-Francois Kahn

+ 44-01236 872350 No.1 Kingshill Cottages, Coatbridge Rd. Gartcosh GT69-8DS SCOTLAND UK Badges, keyrings, medals, olympics, pins

David Good 710 N.Waverly, Dearborn, MI 48128 USA +1 313 278 5271 [email protected] c.1900 sets, equipment, ephemera, memorabilia

Scott Gordon 5340 Shelato Way, Carmichael, CA USA 95608 +1 916 457 8482 www.hardbat.com [email protected] Acquire: films historic films; classic-era hardbats, old books

3404 Holly Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 USA (757) 478-3605 E-mail: [email protected]

49 rue Léonardo da Vinci 77330 OZOIR LA FERRIERE France +33 1 40779762 [email protected] TT philately : imperforated stamps, sheets, colour proofs, minister / artist sheets, errors, postmarks, red/blue meters, FDCs, specimens, etc.

Jan Kleeven Margrietstraat 63, 6373 NN Landgraaf Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] Pins, flags, pennants, stamps, phonecards,stickers

Matti Kolppanen Kollekannaksent 12E, FI-02720 Espoo, FInland [email protected] TT history, TT postcards

Gordan Gotal Ron Crayden (ENG) in Memoriam Andre Demeure

Place de Mai, 10

B-1200 Brussels BELGIUM 02/770.55.29 [email protected] Cancellations, red meter, stationaries, stamps (perf+imperf), color proofs, artist sheets, postcards, phonecards, coins

Jean Devys Residence La petite vigne 20 rue Edgar Quinet A/16 F-59100 Roubaix FRANCE 33.320828444 Fax: 33.320660849 Table Tennis Philately, Cycling Axel Dickhaus Atzlenbacherf Str. 88 D-51381 Leverkusen GERMANY +49 (0)2171 32108 Fax: +49(0)2171.731478 [email protected] TT balls, phone cards

Meduliceva 23 Zagreb 10000 Croatia +3851 4848 687 [email protected] Exch: TT pins, medals, postcards Acquire: Official badges from WC & EC (guest, organizer, player, press, etc.)

Steve Grant NY, NY USA [email protected] Ping Pong Diplomacy

ebay ID: prompt101 Early 1900s Table Tennis

Randy Koo Torenwacht 37 2353 DB Leiderdorp Netherlands +31 071 5417413 [email protected] Stamps mint, special postmarks, red meters, FDC

Hans Kreischer Avenue les Comargues 21 03111 Busot_Alicante SPAIN +34965698195 [email protected] www.ttmuseum.nl

Gerald Gurney

Kevin Lau, 7544 N.Claremont Ave.

Guildhall Orchard, Great Bromley Colchester, ESSEX CO7 7TU England /Fax: +44-1206-230330 All racket games, Table Tennis, Tennis, Badminton. All equipment, ephemera. Historian & author. Worldwide exhibitions. Also swimming items. Exch: boxed sets, postcards, books, rackets

Chicago, IL 60645 USA Phone: 773-719-0860 Fax:773-338-1831 [email protected] Philatelic items, pins, coins, souvenir items, memorabilia, decorative items

Caron Leff 9201 LaLique Lane #1602 Ft. Myers, FL 33919 USA [email protected] Interests: pins

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Membership Dir ectory Francis Leibenguth

Lutz Schoenfeld Germany

Damir Uzorinac

231 rue du Maréchal Oudinot 54000 Nancy - FRANCE +33383578422 [email protected] Vintage bats (especially hardbats), vintage sets Website: http://raquettes-collection.blog4ever.com/

selling Table Tennis items on ebay ID: pongiste e-mail: [email protected]

Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 20 10000 Zagreb Croatia [email protected] 38598474982 Books, pins, stamps, cancellations

Jorgen Lindh Egnahemsgatan 13D S-43242 Varberg SWEDEN [email protected] ebay ID: joliswede

Steve Luck,

Essex, U.K.

[email protected] racket sports, rowing, billiards, croquet, archery – most sports

Eldon Mohler 3910 Pecos-McLeod, A100 Las Vegas. NV 89121 USA Fax: +1-702-453-8472 [email protected]

Erik Kenneth Muhr 2 Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst KENT TN18 4LB ENGLAND UK 01580 752676 [email protected] History of Table Tennis

Rudolf Muller Bahnhofstr. 58 D-57250 Netphen GERMANY 02738-1461 Stamps, cancels, letter, error, red meter marks

Jan Nusteleyn Weserstraat 21, 9406 VP Assen The Netherlands 0592-356050 e-mail: [email protected] Stamps, mint perforated FDCs red meters, cancels WC, EC, EC-Youth, Top-12

Robert Op de Beeck

+03/455.41.59 J.F.Willemstraat 66 2530 Boechout BELGIUM

Florian Pagel Germany [email protected] Older bats: Banda, Stiga, Joola, Butterfly, Imperial

Jeong-Kye Park P.O.Box 555 BUSAN 600-605 KOREA SOUTH 016 242 2075 [email protected] Stamps, cancellations, covers

Robin Radford 16 St Edmund Cr TAWA, Wellington, NZ +64 04 232 5672 [email protected] TT cartoons, comic strips, clip art

Jose Ransome ”Conifers” Church Lane ORMESBY Middleborough TS7 9AU ENGLAND 01642 322223 [email protected]

Geoff Reed 21 Beaulieu Park, St Helier. Jersey JE24RN [email protected] 44.01534.730132 Table Tennis history Helmut Reinhardt Lion-Fuchtwanger-Str. 6 D-18435 Stralsund, GERMANY +49-(0)3831-397141 [email protected]

Martin Senn St. Gallen, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] Seeks old Stiga blades & catalogues

Luigi Simeoni Via Ponte S.Pancrazio 2/a 37133 Verona ITALY 0039 045 532033 [email protected] TT Balls, catalogue available

Harry Sintemaartensdijk Julianastraat 8, 2651 DP Berkel en Rodenrijs The Netherlands. 0031 105114621 [email protected] Tischtennis Aufklebers/stickers

Tang Gan Xian Qing Hu 4-35-104, ChangShu 215500 P.R.China 86-512-52722359 [email protected] Philately: TT stamps, FDCs, postmarks, postcards, phonecards,tickets, pins

Marc Templereau 16 Hameau des cerisiers 38150 Roussillon France Secretary, AFCTT (French TT Collectors Assoc) website: http://afc3t.free.fr Collections : stamps, FDC, players postcards, autographs, programs e-mail: [email protected]

Michael Thomson 1 Kinnoull Terrace, PERTH PH2 7DJ SCOTLAND UK 01738 622052 ebay ID: thetartatrader [email protected] Jaques and history of Table Tennis

Russ Walker 4316 Irving Ave N, MPLS MN 55412 USA +1-612-522-7905 [email protected] ebay ID: russw58 Early 1900s equipment & boxed sets

Yao Zhenxu Table Tennis Competiton Manager Sport Department, Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Room 903A No.267 North Si Huan Zhong Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China +86-10 66690508 (Fax):86-10 66693298 [email protected] TT stamps, FDC, postcards, coins, phonecards, pins, postal material, tickets etc.

Jos Zinkstok Neckarstraat 8 NL9406 VN ASSEN The Netherlands +31 592 350486 Fax: 0031 592 355861 [email protected] website: www.poveia.nl TT cancellations, stamps, vignettes, on real used letters/covers/cards, FDC ebay ID: joszi_nl

Anton Zwiebel Kerkweg 30, 9439 PG Witteveen, Netherlands +31 593 552788 [email protected] Exch: Stamps, cancellations, postcards Acquire: postcards ebay ID: pongist

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Solazzi Tonino Via Millefonti 6 / 5 10126 Torino, Italy 00393391870279 [email protected] Table Tennis pins

Hans-Peter Trautmann Siegfriedstr. 17 64385 Reichelsheim GERMANY [email protected] ebay ID: hpt146 Stamps mint, perforated, imperforated, sheets, colour proofs, minister/artist sheets, errors, postmarks, red/blue meters

Graham Trimming Rosemount Juniper Lane Wooburn Green, Bucks HP10 0DE England +44 (0) 1628 529609 [email protected] All TT items pre-1939, esp. c.1900s Acquire: Gossima 1891; other early unusual items; early World Ch items. ebay ID:graham-ttcollector

Nikola Turk Ulica Pavla Hatza 26, Zagreb 10000 Croatia [email protected] Sport historian, Sport-recreation activist, journalist Professor of Kinesiology, Philatelic collector

Mystery Photo TTC50 Answer Günther Angenendt correctly identified the proud winners in the Mystery Photo TTC #50: Top: Barna, Bellak Bottom: Pesci, Metzger, Mednyanszky, and Liebster Special thanks to Laszlo Kluksic (HUN) for this photograph.

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Heavy Metal These stunning bronze sculptures were designed by John Matthews A.R.C.A. as trophies for a series of tournaments sponsored by the Daily Mirror newspaper in England. The goal of the tournaments was to find new British talent, and judging by the winner in the 1949-50 season, young Diane Rowe, they were certainly successful. Diane would soon afterwards confirm her talent by winning the Women’s Doubles title in the 1951 and 1954 World Championships, partnered by her sister Rosalind. I am pleased to announce that these sculptures have found their way to the ITTF Museum. They are about 18 inches (45cm) tall and very heavy, each weighing in at 17 kilograms. These beautiful works of art have another interesting international feature: the hand was modelled after the hand of a 2time World Singles Champion, none other than Johnny Leach!

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