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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Collector<br />
In this issue ...<br />
Auction Action<br />
14-15<br />
Great<br />
Shots<br />
3<br />
Gerald<br />
Gurney on<br />
Fred Perry<br />
4-5<br />
Meet the<br />
Members:<br />
Hans-Peter<br />
Trautmann<br />
16-17<br />
New<br />
Discoveries<br />
Old<br />
Treasures<br />
6<br />
Jos & Jan<br />
Philatelic<br />
Update<br />
18-20<br />
Alan Duke<br />
<strong>The</strong> Times<br />
7-9<br />
New Book<br />
OGI- Life of<br />
Ichiro<br />
Ogimura<br />
22<br />
<strong>53</strong><br />
Summer<br />
2009<br />
New<br />
Discovery<br />
- page 6<br />
Yokohama<br />
Exhibition<br />
Report:<br />
10-13<br />
Heavy<br />
Metal:<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Collector<br />
No.<strong>53</strong> No. <strong>53</strong><br />
Summer 2009<br />
Editor and Publisher:<br />
Chuck Hoey, Curator<br />
<strong>ITTF</strong> Museum, Switzerland<br />
www.ittf.com/museum<br />
museum@ittf.com<br />
This is the fourteenth issue of the <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Collector series published by the International <strong>Table</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Federation (<strong>ITTF</strong>) Museum.<br />
I am pleased to continue the following policies:<br />
1. Free subscriptions<br />
2. Full color production<br />
3. pdf downloads via the Museum website:<br />
www.ittf.com/museum<br />
4. Free classified ads<br />
5. An increase to 4 issues per year<br />
6. A 50% increase in content, to 24 pages<br />
Feedback is always welcome!<br />
Publishing schedule:<br />
Spring issue: May 1 Submit articles by April 15<br />
Summer issue: August 1 Submit articles by July 15<br />
Fall issue: Nov. 1 Submit articles by Oct. 15<br />
Winter issue: Feb. 1 Submit articles by Jan. 15<br />
From the Editor<br />
Summer 2009 already. Your editor was in a time warp for a while, staging a<br />
major exhibition at the recent World Championships in beautiful Yokohama.<br />
Such exhibitions are always exhausting, but all went well thanks to the<br />
Organizing Committee, good support from the volunteers, and a great exhibit<br />
coordinator, David Yip of Okinawa. A full report, including photos of 17 former<br />
World Champions who visited, is included in this issue.<br />
Great Shots features an historic photo from the Schoelers - wonder where<br />
that giant Dunlop Barna racket is now?<br />
New Discoveries, Old Treasures presents a previously unknown Earl<br />
Christy print, which graces our cover, and an elegant French menu card.<br />
Gerald Gurney reviews a new book on the life of Fred Perry, winner of the<br />
1929 World <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Championships, who went on to become a legendary<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> star. Meet the Members features world renowned philatelist Hans-<br />
Peter Trautmann of Germany.<br />
Researcher par excellence Alan Duke begins a series of English newspaper<br />
research, inspired by Steve Grant’s fascinating series based on American<br />
papers.<br />
Our friends from the Netherlands, Jos Zinkstok and Jan Nusteleyn have<br />
prepared their always popular Philatelic Pages.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Book Corner reviews the much anticipated Ogi - the Life of Ichiro<br />
Ogimura, along with a book by noted philatelist Reiko Miyagawa, and a book<br />
documenting the records of Hungarian World Champions.<br />
And the issue would not be complete without an update of recent auction<br />
results, and another Mystery Photo to challenge our readers.<br />
As always, constructive feedback is much appreciated. Enjoy!<br />
What’s this? A gloved racket,<br />
leather decorated turtle shell, &<br />
thick vellum on the other side,<br />
about the size of a No. 5 battledore.<br />
This was for the old game<br />
of Balle au Tamis, in some parts<br />
of France & Flanders. A sieve<br />
was used to initiate serve, with<br />
a 40mm ball made of wool and<br />
leather. Another variant of our<br />
ancient ancester, jeu de paume!<br />
Copyright Notice<br />
Because of numerous abuses in the past, previous permissions<br />
are now cancelled. If you want to use <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum images, you<br />
must now apply for permission in writing & agree to the <strong>ITTF</strong><br />
Museum copyright policy. Use of such images requires the following<br />
caption credit, clearly readable and immediately adjacent<br />
to each image:<br />
“Copyright © <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum All Rights Reserved<br />
www.ittf.com/museum”.<br />
If such images are used on the internet, then the museum website<br />
address must be an operational clickable hot link that when<br />
clicked transfers to the <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum website.<br />
Reminder: Submit your membership details, as well as<br />
comments, corrections & news to the editor:<br />
museum@ittf.com<br />
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Great Shots: Historic Photographs<br />
Great Shots features a photo from our friends Diane (Rowe) & Eberhardt<br />
Schoeler, seen holding the giant Dunlop Barna racket on the left. <strong>The</strong>re is Victor<br />
in the background, Eva Koczian 3rd from left, the others I need help to ID!<br />
Mystery Photo<br />
Our Mystery Photo asks the Readers to identify the players and the event. Send your answers to the<br />
Editor at: museum@ittf.com See page 23 for the answers to the previous Mystery Photo.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Last Champion: FRED PERRY<br />
A Review by Gerald Gurney (ENG)<br />
M<br />
any tennis enthusiasts will be astonished, on reading<br />
Jon Henderson’s <strong>The</strong> Last Champion - <strong>The</strong> Life of Fred<br />
Perry, that Perry was world champion of table tennis as<br />
well as a triple-winner of the Wimbledon lawn tennis title -<br />
in 1934, 1935 and 1936.<br />
<strong>The</strong> extent of Henderson’s research is most impressive;<br />
this is seen particularly in his discovery, in the English<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Association archives, of a typescript prepared<br />
by the Honourable Ivor Montagu in which the President -<br />
at that time also the non-playing captain of the English<br />
team - gives, as Henderson says, a “splendidly graphic”<br />
account of Perry’s victory in the Third World<br />
Championships, Budapest, 1929.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first paragraph reads:<br />
Perry is 19; following sensation after sensation he faces<br />
in the final Hungary’s newcomer of the year, Miklos<br />
Szabados, a 17-year-old genius, who had defeated the title<br />
holder by a wide margin in the previous round. A great<br />
hall. Packed tiers on tiers, three thousand people, cabinet<br />
ministers like Christmas trees in evening dress, shouting<br />
students, a pushing crowd crammed against the police on<br />
every staircase, adding and oozing into every exit. Fred<br />
and I walked a little in the fresh air, then in the corridor to<br />
get used to the closeness, talking of other things than the<br />
night’s fate. A last word, ‘Keep it off his forehand,’ and the<br />
match begins.<br />
Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press<br />
ISBN 9780224082<strong>53</strong>2 May 2009<br />
Hardback 292 pages Price: £18.99<br />
In a later passage, Henderson quotes Montagu’s<br />
assessment of the new world champion as a man<br />
and player:<br />
His success in the one sport is not due to success<br />
in the other; both come from his inner qualities -<br />
quickness of thought and act, quickness to learn and<br />
a tremendous self-assurance. No player can reach<br />
the heights of any game without wholesome and<br />
boundless conceit, a conviction that nobody and<br />
nothing is too difficult for them to overcome, the<br />
ability to imagine themselves succeeding at any<br />
obstacle even if to others it looms like a mountain.<br />
Fred’s table tennis World Championship<br />
trophy and 17 medals on display, with a<br />
bat of the period, at the All-England Club,<br />
Wimbledon (until next Spring).<br />
Photo by Joan Gurney<br />
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In his 1984 autobiography, written with Ronald<br />
Atkin, Perry stated, “I was world champions at<br />
twenty, so I decided to retire while I was still at the<br />
top.” But he continued playing into the 1930s; I<br />
have 4 of his medals including one as late as 1933<br />
when he was, remarkably, “English <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Association Consolation Singles Winner”.<br />
In the later chapters, lawn tennis enthusiasts will<br />
find further evidence of Henderson’s immensely thorough<br />
research into Perry’s international success - in<br />
Australia, France and the United States as well as in<br />
the Davis Cup, the equivalent of the Swaythling Cup.<br />
Henderson gives a full chapter to Perry’s four marriages<br />
- under the neat heading “Mixed Doubles” -<br />
while the chapter describing the setting-up of Fred<br />
Perry Sportswear is headed “Rag Trader”. This lightness<br />
of touch is apparent throughout the book,<br />
making it (in the old-fashioned phrase) “a thoroughly<br />
good read”. This emerged most clearly and<br />
literally, when 5 sections of the book were read on<br />
Radio 4’s “Book of the Week”.<br />
A rare photograph of Fred with bat in hand.<br />
From Zdenko Uzorinac’s <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Legends<br />
Left: Fred Perry holding the trophy<br />
presented to him by the Budapest<br />
hosts for his win of the 1929 World<br />
Championship Singles. He also<br />
received the St. Bride Vase for one<br />
year.<br />
Right: Runner-up Miklos Szabados<br />
holds Fred’s racket from the 1929<br />
Finals. This photo, donated to the<br />
<strong>ITTF</strong> Museum by Miklos’ son,<br />
Sandor, was taken during a much<br />
later visit.<br />
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New Discoveries<br />
Old Treasures<br />
Several fine new discoveries and old treasures<br />
to report in this issue. Our cover picture is a<br />
previously unknown signed print by noted postcard<br />
artist F. Early Christy. An impressive table!<br />
On the reverse is a 1903 copyright date.<br />
An interesting find from France is a stylish large<br />
(19x11cm) menu card with advertising for Cherry<br />
Rocher Grande Liqueur. Looks like the players<br />
are having a cocktail after some <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong>.<br />
Any other menu cards with <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> motif?<br />
Below left is a 1930s card replete with a wood<br />
fork, to spear those martini olives at the swank<br />
Empire Room at the Hotel Schroeder (Milwaukee)<br />
<strong>The</strong> card announces the entertainment at dinner<br />
& supper: “It’s a Racquet! ... COLEMAN CLARK<br />
& Company ... World’s Foremost Exponents of<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> ... Whirlwind Matches & Amazing<br />
Trick Shots.” Clark, 1932 American Ping Pong<br />
Association champion & author of several well<br />
known books, was an avid self-promoter who<br />
turned to comic style exhibition play, touring the<br />
USA as a <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> circus, with stars such as<br />
Jimmy McClure, Sandor Glancz and even the<br />
legendary Victor Barna!<br />
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Early references in THE TIMES - Part 1: Tournaments<br />
by Alan Duke<br />
Prompted by Steve Grant’s excellent series of articles<br />
arising from his research into U.S. newspapers, I have<br />
put together two articles based on my (much more<br />
limited) searching of <strong>The</strong> Times (London) for the period<br />
1884 to the late 1920s.<br />
This first article gathers together all references to the<br />
very earliest table tennis / ping-pong tournaments. <strong>The</strong><br />
very first mention I could locate was in the edition of 20<br />
November 1901:<br />
<strong>The</strong> following week 1 brought the added information that<br />
the tournament was for “Ladies and Gentlemen”. This was<br />
repeated on the 30 th , although strangely the event had<br />
apparently been condensed to just December 11 th ! In<br />
subsequent editions of the newspaper 2 , the entry was<br />
just “<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament, Dec. 11”. On Monday 9 th ,<br />
this became “Next Wednesday, <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament”,<br />
until finally on the big day itself:<br />
On the 12 th the above notification was repeated but as<br />
“2 nd day”, and then “3 rd day” on the Friday.<br />
All the information about tournaments is taken from the<br />
Entertainments section, and, sadly, there did not<br />
appear to be any subsequent results in the paper.<br />
Notification followed soon after of an event held under<br />
the Laws of the Ping-Pong Association. <strong>The</strong> following<br />
announcement appeared on December 17 th 1901:<br />
Details for this event were published on Christmas Eve ;<br />
and Boxing Day (note also the Drury Lane entry -<br />
more in Part 3):<br />
Further information was given on 27 th December:<br />
Details of the final day appeared on 28 th December:<br />
Also over the same period, Crystal Palace ran <strong>Table</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Tournaments as part of its “Grand Xmas<br />
Programme”, with notices in the paper throughout the<br />
holiday period 3 :<br />
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Following in rapid succession came announcements<br />
for <strong>The</strong> All England <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament 4 :<br />
8 Jan 1902<br />
This was repeated on 9 th January, with details of Finals<br />
on the 11 th :<br />
At around the same time 5 there appeared many<br />
announcements for a Ping-Pong Tournament later in<br />
January. Much information can be gained about the<br />
way in which these tournaments were run by the<br />
different newspaper notices over the period of the<br />
event:<br />
1 Jan 1902<br />
16 Jan 1902<br />
30 Jan 1902<br />
7<br />
4 Feb 1902<br />
Players in London at least were spoiled for choice<br />
around this period, with another tournament at the<br />
Royal Aquarium in February. Following the usual<br />
pattern, notices appeared in many of the same<br />
editions 6 as the previous Ping-Pong event, on the<br />
same page, Page 1 (the Front Page was different in<br />
those days!).<br />
16 Jan 1902<br />
Note the secretary’s name – he was co-author of a couple of<br />
books on <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> and Ping-Pong published in the same<br />
year.<br />
3 Feb 1902<br />
Meanwhile, since January 11 th (and then throughout<br />
February and March) Crystal Palace had been<br />
advertising that <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> was available as one of its<br />
attractions:<br />
3 Feb 1902<br />
<strong>The</strong>n on 22 nd February it was named as the venue for a<br />
“<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Club Tournament, at 7.0”:<br />
And yet another event was announced 7 for the Royal<br />
Aquarium:<br />
7 March 1902<br />
And finally for the season (if there was a season in<br />
those early days!), yet again at the Royal Aquarium, a<br />
Consolation event (but it is unclear for what it was a<br />
consolation!). This was publicised on each day of the<br />
event, from April 16 th to the Finals on 19 th :<br />
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A gap of a few months followed before the next event 8 :<br />
30 Sept. 1902 THE ROYAL AQUARIUM.–Several new items have<br />
lately been introduced into the long and varied programme at the Royal<br />
Aquarium, Westminster; ……………… On October 29 a table tennis<br />
tournament will take place at the Royal Aquarium under the auspices<br />
of the <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Association.<br />
29 Oct. 1902<br />
<strong>The</strong> next event advertised for the Royal Aquarium, in<br />
the edition of 12 th December 1902 appears to be a bit<br />
of a puzzle - was it really a tournament under another<br />
name?<br />
To-day. <strong>The</strong> All England <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Match. Ladies 3 to 5.<br />
Gentlemen 7 to 10.<br />
For the remaining events of this early period, Crystal<br />
Palace apparently became the venue of choice. Firstly,<br />
in February 1903, the UK Championships 9 :<br />
24 Feb. 1903<br />
On October 17 th 1903, there was an announcement for:<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament, Imperial Club v. Mason Club, at 6.0.<br />
Perhaps, in the reverse of the situation above, this was<br />
a tournament that was really a match?<br />
But a few days later, the only ambiguity in the<br />
announcements on 22 nd and 23 rd October is whether it<br />
is for a tournament each day or one tournament over<br />
the two days:<br />
22 Oct. 1903<br />
<strong>The</strong> wording the following day was:<br />
TO-DAY. <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament, at 6.0.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final event, during March 1904, was the next<br />
staging of the UK Championships 10 :<br />
5 March 1904<br />
During this hectic period of table tennis / ping-pong<br />
activity, there were probably many other similar events,<br />
which did not make the ‘Personal’ section of <strong>The</strong> Times.<br />
But it did seem that there were three favoured venues,<br />
at least for London events. Crystal Palace probably<br />
needs no explanation, as it is still a noted sports venue,<br />
but if, like me, you are puzzled about Queen’s Hall and<br />
the Royal Aquarium, this could be because they are no<br />
longer in existence!<br />
<strong>The</strong> latter was on the site of the current Central Hall,<br />
opposite Westminster Abbey.<br />
It opened as a general<br />
entertainments venue in<br />
1876 (though never as an<br />
aquarium!), but its popularity<br />
was short-lived and it was<br />
demolished in 1902-3. This<br />
must have made <strong>The</strong> All<br />
England <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Match one of the very last<br />
events to be staged there.<br />
Queen’s Hall was in<br />
Langham Place, next<br />
to All Souls Church. It<br />
opened in 1893 and<br />
was destroyed during<br />
the Blitz in 1941.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was then a lengthy gap with regard to any<br />
mention of tournaments until the period around the<br />
time of the first World Championships in 1926 (actually<br />
organised as European Championships). Part 2 will<br />
present a summary of the early tournaments, and a<br />
piece on the 1st World Championships.<br />
References:<br />
www.timesonline.co.uk/archive - editions of:<br />
1 28 November 1901<br />
2 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 December 1901<br />
3 24, 27, 28 and 31 December 1901<br />
4 31 December 1901; 1, 3, 6 and 8 January 1902<br />
5 1, 16, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Jan.; 3, 4 Feb. 1902<br />
6 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Jan.; 3, 4 Feb. 1902<br />
7 3, 4 and 7 March 1902<br />
8 30 September; 27, 29, 31 October 1902<br />
9 23, 24 February 1903<br />
10 2, 5 March 1904<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> Face of London’ by Harold P Clunn (1956) - Royal Aquarium<br />
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Report from Yokohama<br />
<strong>ITTF</strong> Museum Exhibition<br />
<strong>The</strong> World Championships in Yokohama are<br />
finished and we congratulate the Organizing<br />
Committee for a heroic job well done. <strong>The</strong><br />
LIEBHERR <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum Tour continued with<br />
an exhibition at the arena, which proved quite<br />
popular with the fans - over 10,000 visitors<br />
during the 8-day event. Special thanks to Tour<br />
sponsor LIEBHERR, Tour partners JOOLA and<br />
DHS, and to David Yip of Okinawa, my very<br />
capable coordinator, along with the dedicated<br />
team of volunteers & security.<br />
<strong>The</strong> exhibit was divided into 5 zones: the Japan<br />
zone, with only Japanese items, a Technical<br />
zone, which showed racket and ball evolution,<br />
a Cultural zone, which included the celebrity<br />
photo gallery, Timeline history, and a semi-open<br />
air theater, with hourly films of vintage world<br />
champions in action.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 16-meter illustrated Timeline history was by<br />
far the most popular exhibit, drawing daily<br />
crowds from one end to the other. <strong>The</strong> Celebrity<br />
Photo Gallery provided much entertainment as<br />
usual, and the Ball Evolution display case<br />
consistently had the most fingerprint smudges<br />
at the end of each day, a clear sign of an interesting<br />
exhibit.<br />
I am pleased to report that 17 World<br />
Champions came into the exhibit and kindly<br />
posed for photographs, while pointing to their<br />
place in history on our Timeline. <strong>The</strong> photos<br />
below summarize the Yokohama experience.<br />
See page 21 for the official collectibles. Enjoy!<br />
Above right: <strong>The</strong> entrance, always staffed by a<br />
very polite white-gloved security<br />
guard<br />
Right: <strong>The</strong> Technical Zone, ball & racket<br />
evolution, + live matches on tv<br />
Below Right: Part of the Celebrity Photo Gallery<br />
Below: <strong>The</strong> Japan Zone, honoring the Emperor,<br />
as well as Ichiro Ogimura, Hikosuke<br />
Tamasu, and Japanese <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
tradition.<br />
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Above left: <strong>The</strong> Illustrated Timeline, which really drew crowds<br />
Above right: <strong>The</strong> open-air theater, showing videos of vintage<br />
World Championships, another popular feature.<br />
Right: I was impressed by the interest of the very young!<br />
Below: A special exhibit in honor of His Imperial Highness<br />
Emperor Akihito, the first exhibit upon entering the<br />
room. This includes a photo of the Emperor as a<br />
young Crown Prince playing <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong>, and a pair<br />
of rackets with traditional Japanese lacquered art.<br />
Bottom: Set of the Gold, SIlver & Bronze medals, in special<br />
presentation box, kindly donated by the Yokohama<br />
Organizing Committee.<br />
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Parade of<br />
Champions<br />
One of the highlights of the exhibition<br />
in Yokohama was the visit of 17 former<br />
World & Olympic Champions. What a<br />
great opportunity to photograph them,<br />
pointing to their place in history on our<br />
Timeline! Two Olympic Singles Gold<br />
Medalists, 2 Olympic Doubles Golds,<br />
6 World Singles Champs, 8 World<br />
Doubles Champs ... I have never<br />
before been in the presence of so<br />
much <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> royalty! Special<br />
thanks to all of them for sharing their<br />
time. Enjoy the parade!<br />
Kong Linghui Ryu Seung Min<br />
Sachiko Morisawa Jean-Philippe Gatien<br />
Qiao Hong<br />
Seiji Ono<br />
Shigeo Ito<br />
Tadaki Hayashi<br />
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Wang Tao Liang Geliang Liu Wei<br />
Peter Karlsson Thomas Von Scheele Erik Lindh<br />
Jorg Rosskopf Steffen Fetzner Gao Jun 13
Auction Action<br />
<strong>The</strong> Twins on <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong>,<br />
Diane & Rosalind Rowe, £25<br />
£113 for this “Golly” butter dish. <strong>The</strong> golliwog<br />
began as a storybook character, but now there are<br />
collectors’ clubs & a wide variety of golly items.<br />
A bargain at $27, but the ebay<br />
seller never delivered. Beware!<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fairyland cards usually do well on ebay.<br />
This example of No. III sold for $113. Card<br />
number VI seems to be the toughest to find.<br />
Royal Bayreuth porcelain toothpick<br />
holder in dice shape. $510<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chinese souvenir sheet from the 1961<br />
World Championships still commands big<br />
prices. This example, $688<br />
Left: Parker Brothers Ping Pong set, 1902, plain wood<br />
rackets, box in tatters, $1<strong>53</strong> - astonishing.<br />
Above: Empty wood box, Ping Pong or Gossima, £60<br />
Right: Ping Pong or Gossima, ordinary contents, £99<br />
Ping Pong in Fairyland I with no greetings<br />
overprint, sold low at £31<br />
Several variations of this card exist,<br />
this example selling for 181 Euros<br />
Hobo postcard, $103<br />
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Thick sponge racket, 1950s, $1<strong>53</strong><br />
Stiga Expert waffle thick sponge, $183<br />
Butterfly Jonyer picture racket, 1160SEK on Tradera.com<br />
Racket<br />
Our Racket Report features a mixture of old, middle<br />
period and new. Auction prices for drum battledores<br />
seem to have sagged, with a pair selling for only £30.<br />
Another pair sold for $25. In contrast some 1950s thick<br />
sponge rackets brought strong prices despite condition<br />
issues.<br />
Butterfly picture decal rackets are always popular, and<br />
these days seldom seen on ebay or tradera. A good<br />
example of the Jonyer picture racket surfaced on tradera.<br />
A unique sandpaper racket was donated to the <strong>ITTF</strong><br />
Museum, beautifully inlaid on the handle and blade edge.<br />
This handsome racket was made by Peter Cua of the Philippines. Inlaid<br />
extensively with Mother-of-Pearl and buffalo horn, the striking surface is<br />
sandpaper, or liha in Spanish. <strong>The</strong> sandpaper game is very popular in the<br />
Philippines, and the players are called Lihadors, reminiscent of matadors!<br />
You can watch some Liha <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> on youtube - quite impressive.<br />
Peter is a fine artist & craftsman, and an active Ambassador of the Liha<br />
game, which may also be making a comeback in the USA.<br />
Pair of English vellum battledores, 17-inches, £30<br />
N<br />
Report<br />
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Meet the Members<br />
Hans-Peter Trautmann<br />
O<br />
ur featured collector is Hans-Peter Trautmann of Germany, world famous<br />
for his outstanding philatelic collections. Hans-Peter started philatelic collecting<br />
in 1962 at the age of seven, with stamps from Germany. In 1975 he began to<br />
collect stamps and postmarks with chess and table tennis motif. He played<br />
table tennis from 1969 - 1977 and won some district championships. Hans-<br />
Peter owns a complete collection of all table tennis-stamps published until<br />
2002. Only a few pieces are missing from his collection of table tennis special<br />
postmarks and red meters.<br />
He is particularly interested in postally sent postmarks, postcards written<br />
from famous table tennis players with their autographs (of which he has<br />
a fine collection) and red meters.<br />
<strong>The</strong> album pages of his collections were written and designed by his late<br />
father, who was a graphic illustrator by profession (example: see tt-collector<br />
Nr. 41 page 11).<br />
Following are some of Hans-Peter’s favorites, all very difficult to find:<br />
Below: <strong>The</strong> postmarks from European youth tournament at Bad Blankenburg<br />
1961, and postmark in red, for the 1961 Chinese championships,<br />
Tai Yuen, Peoples Republic of China<br />
Beside table<br />
tennis items Hans-Peter<br />
owns a large collection of<br />
postal history (postmarks since<br />
1805 and stamps since 1852) from his<br />
hometown Reichelsheim. He is a member<br />
of the philatelic societies Thurn und Taxis,<br />
Poststempelgilde (postmark union) and<br />
IMOS.<br />
Hans-Peter seeks red meter franking<br />
postmark for Germany 1960 28th<br />
National TT Ch. Essen and<br />
special postmarks from<br />
Novi Sad 1961.<br />
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Other favorites of Hans-Peter:<br />
Right: Rare postmark from Nanking, China, 1964<br />
Below: Postmark from Viseu, Portugal, 1971<br />
Highlights<br />
<strong>The</strong> highlight of his collection is the<br />
artist sheet from the 1977 French<br />
stamp<br />
(left, detail) of which only 20 exist.<br />
Other special items include:<br />
o Imperforated issues from Nicaragua<br />
1948, Yugoslavia 1965 and 1981<br />
o <strong>The</strong> oldest red meter franking postmarks<br />
from 1935, used by the company<br />
Franz Krebs in Hannover Linden, Hanno<br />
Tischtennis<br />
o A postcard written from the first<br />
World <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Championships<br />
1926. (see tt-collector Nr. 33 page 15)<br />
o All postmarks from the World <strong>Table</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Championships of the fifties -<br />
most of them written and with autographs<br />
of famous table tennis players.<br />
See example below from 1955 Worlds.<br />
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Philatelic Pages<br />
Jan Nusteleijn and Jos Zinkstok continue the regular<br />
contribution about table-tennis stamps, post-marks and<br />
other of philatelic interest<br />
Haiti: 2007 Olympic Games<br />
Beijing sheet of 6 stamps with<br />
the 5 Fuwa's and 1 Olympic<br />
emblem TT pictogram in border<br />
STAMPS and SHEETS<br />
Rep. Of Guinea: 2006 mini-sheet pictured TTplayers<br />
Ma Lin and Wang Hao and TT-player<br />
in the border supplementary issue see TTC 45<br />
Rep. of Guinea: 2008 Olympic Games Beijing sheet with six<br />
stamps of Olympic Medail winners TT-player Guo Yue in border<br />
Please send your contribution for<br />
the philatelic pages to:<br />
Jos Zinkstok<br />
Neckarstraat 8<br />
NL-9406 VN ASSEN<br />
<strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />
E-mail: j.zinkstok@poveia.nl<br />
Sao Tomé et Principe: 2008 sheet<br />
with Olympic stamp on stamp<br />
pictures issue Mozambique 1991<br />
N. Corea: 02.05.2009 sheet with nine<br />
stamps of sports TT in the border<br />
Rep. of Guinea: 2008 Winners of World and Olympic Gold Medails with Wang Hao, Ma Lin,<br />
Chen Qi, Deng Yaping, Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Wang Nan and Zhang Yining.<br />
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France: 02.03.2009 <strong>The</strong> Looney Tunes, Disney characters with<br />
<strong>Table</strong>-<strong>Tennis</strong> player Sylvester the cat serie of 3 different stamps<br />
(1 with <strong>Table</strong>-<strong>Tennis</strong>), sheet, sheetlet and booklet<br />
Micronesia: 2009 Sports of the Summer<br />
Games China 2009 World Stamp<br />
Exhibition<br />
China: 02.08.2008 Opening of Anhui Sports<br />
Philatelic Exhibition title welcoming the<br />
Olympic Games City: Huabei<br />
Singapore: 2009 Asian Youth Games, divice Asia's Youth,<br />
Our Future sheetlet with 10 identical stamps and tabs with<br />
different sports<br />
All stamps showed at 100% and sheets showed at about 50%<br />
Cancellations<br />
China: 08.08.2008 Opening Olympic Games<br />
Beijing City: Panjin<br />
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China: 06.09.2008 Opening<br />
of the Paralympics Beijing<br />
City: Fuzhou<br />
France: 21.-23 May Redmeter slogan<br />
referring to the 79th French Senior<br />
<strong>Table</strong>-<strong>Tennis</strong> Championships 2009<br />
held in Dreux<br />
Germany: 2009 International<br />
Philatic Exhibition held from<br />
6 to 10 May in Essen<br />
For their contribution to these pages we want to thank Marc Templereau, Winfried Engelbrecht and Gao Yi-Bin<br />
All cancellations showed at about 100%<br />
China: 17.09.2008<br />
Paralympic Games Beijing<br />
City Bengbu<br />
Germany: 18.-22.03 Redmeter<br />
slogan referring to the German<br />
Open 2009 in Bremen with or<br />
without text 'par Avion'<br />
Germany: 13.-20.9 two Redmeter slogans referring to the European <strong>Table</strong>-<strong>Tennis</strong> Championships 2009<br />
held in Stuttgart with or without text 'Par Avion' or 'Standardbrief int. Zusatzleistung' (registered mail)<br />
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Beautiful postcard. Sadly no thematic postmarks<br />
were issued for the World Championships, quite<br />
a departure from tradition!<br />
2 Pins<br />
Collectibles from the<br />
Yokohama 2009<br />
World Championships<br />
Wood racket with traditional<br />
Japanese doll attached.<br />
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This issue’s Book Corner features several new <strong>Table</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> books. <strong>The</strong> much anticipated English translation of<br />
Ogi - the Life of Ichiro Ogimura, by Mitsuru Jojima, was<br />
released at the recent World <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Championships<br />
in Yokohama. Originally published by Kodansha in<br />
Japanese as Ping Pong-san (2007), the book is a biography<br />
of legendary Ichiro Ogimura, 2-times World Singles<br />
Champ-ion, former President of the International <strong>Table</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Federation (<strong>ITTF</strong>) who is widely respected as an<br />
innovator, author and visionary. According to the press<br />
release, the book “also documents his close relationship<br />
with Mrs. Hisae Uehara, owner of the table tennis hall that<br />
gave him continuous support.”<br />
Having had the honor of meeting both protagonists of this<br />
wonderful book, I can observe that they were not only<br />
heroes of the sport, but also heroes of the heart. Order<br />
your copy (US $20 + post) at:<br />
enami02@attglobal.net<br />
Noted philatelic collector Mrs. Reiko Miyagawa of Japan<br />
has published a fine book about her wonderful collection:<br />
Stamps: Connecting the <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> World. <strong>The</strong> book<br />
is well presented in 6 separate categories.<br />
Róbert Szentgyörgyi has compiled an excellent record of<br />
Hungarian World Champions, with many great photos, in<br />
English and Hungarian.<br />
Book<br />
Corner<br />
Mrs. Hisae Uehara, now 90 years young, a true hero<br />
of the heart. An honor to meet her in Yokohama<br />
during the World Championships. Read about this<br />
remarkable woman in the new book, OGI.<br />
While many books note the 12 World Championship<br />
Gold Medals that the mercurial Ichiro Ogimura won<br />
during his career, this book adds the personal touch,<br />
a compelling story about his rise to stardom as seen<br />
through the gentle eyes of Mrs. Uehara.<br />
We see Ogimura as a teenager honing his skills at<br />
her home <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> hall, where he showed his<br />
tremendous desire to become the best, his relentless<br />
work ethic, his iron will. “What matters isn’t extraordinary<br />
ability but extraordinary effort.” <strong>The</strong> book<br />
reveals that his aloof self-centered demeanor sometimes<br />
caused strains in relations with his friends and<br />
fellow <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> players.<br />
Another surprising revelation was Ogimura’s claim<br />
of anti-Japanese treatment at the 1954 World Championships<br />
in London, on and off the table, in the media<br />
as well as in the venue, with loud boos from the<br />
crowds, cheers & foot stomping whenever an error<br />
was made by a Japanese player.<br />
<strong>The</strong> book provides colorful details throughout his<br />
entire career, from his World Championship victories,<br />
his difficulties with Koji Goto, to becoming <strong>ITTF</strong><br />
President in 1987, the debut of <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> at the<br />
Olympic Games, his triumph in negotiating a united<br />
Korea team at the 1991 Worlds ... and sadly to his<br />
untimely passing at age 62 in 1995.<br />
A must read for all <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> enthusiasts!<br />
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Hungarian <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> World Champions is a fine<br />
compilation about the achievements of so many great<br />
players. <strong>The</strong> book begins with an interesting history of<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> in Hungary, where an international event<br />
was organized in 1904; their first national championship<br />
was in 1905.<br />
<strong>The</strong> author then presents a table documenting all<br />
Hungarian Gold Medalists in the World Championships<br />
from 1926 to 1979.<br />
This is followed by a series of biographies with career<br />
highlights and photo of each Gold Medallist. One photo<br />
could not be located, and perhaps our Readers can help:<br />
Erno Foldi, a member of the 1938 World Championship<br />
team. Please contact Robert via the Hungarian TTA if<br />
anyone can find this photo: moatsz@moatsz.hu<br />
<strong>The</strong> book concludes with a series of delightful and historic<br />
photos of many of the great Hungarian legends.<br />
From Jacobi to Gergely, Mednyanszki to the Koczians,<br />
Barna, Mechlovits, Gizi Farkas, Bellak, Sido ... Klampar,<br />
Jonyer ... a remarkable 151 World Championship Gold<br />
Medals.<br />
Congratulations to Robert Szentgyörgyi for this great<br />
addition to the history of <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong>.<br />
Mrs. Miyagawa and your editor share a remarkable<br />
connection: both of our collections began by noticing<br />
the same stamp, issued by Sweden for the 1967 World<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Championships!<br />
Her book is beautifully presented in 6 categories:<br />
o World Championships<br />
o Olympic Games<br />
o International Championships<br />
o Europe, Asia, Japan<br />
o Worldwide Regional events<br />
o Other philatelic items<br />
This book is bursting with very clear and colorful<br />
photos of stamps, postmarks and cards, a great guide<br />
for the collector, and highly recommended. Well done<br />
Reiko!<br />
After publication Mrs. Miyagawa kindly donated parts<br />
of her collection to the <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum.<br />
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We have many thousands of new readers<br />
who are not listed in our Directory. This is<br />
due to our online format, which opens the<br />
journal to all with internet access. New<br />
readers who are interested in collecting and<br />
wish to be included in the Directory can<br />
send your details to: museum@ittf.com<br />
Carlos Acevedo, Venezuela<br />
early <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> items<br />
carlosacevedo69@cantv.net<br />
ebay ID: zappiros<br />
Gunther Angenendt ebay ID: thorin2001<br />
Langacker 10a 44869 Bochum, Germany<br />
/Fax: +49-2327-77117 ttanpp@gmx.de<br />
Pre-war World Ch. programs; all TT items<br />
German boxed sets & bats; TT pins<br />
Jorge Arango<br />
Cr. 35 No. 7 - 100 Medellin, Colombia<br />
jharango@epm.net.co ebay ID: nofrah37<br />
Philatelic & general TT items<br />
Michael L. Babuin, PhD<br />
P.O.Box 3401, Cary N.C. 27519 USA<br />
mike.babuin@townofcary.org<br />
pre-1905 books (any language), copies of old films,<br />
programmes ebay ID: sircules<br />
Oliver Born Germany<br />
born4TT@freenet.de www.bornoli.de<br />
Old Butterfly rackets, especially Korpa<br />
Keith Bowler<br />
14 Ewell Street, Balmain, N.S.W.<br />
2041 Australia (02) 98104128<br />
Old magazines, publications up to 1961<br />
Fabrice Chantriaux<br />
10 Rue des Chevrefeuilles F-45130 Saint-Ay<br />
FRANCE 02.38.88.82.11 Fax: 02.38.46.94.29<br />
f,chantriaux@wanadoo.fr Stamps, cancels, postcards,<br />
posters (major events) old papers on TT<br />
Colin Clemett<br />
7 Brookmead Way, Havant PO9 1RT UK<br />
colin@clemett.demon.co.uk<br />
Historical documents<br />
Ron Crayden (ENG) in Memoriam<br />
Andre Demeure Place de Mai, 10<br />
B-1200 Brussels BELGIUM 02/770.55.29<br />
a.m.demeure@skynet.be Cancellations, red<br />
meter, stationaries, stamps (perf+imperf), color<br />
proofs, artist sheets, postcards, phonecards, coins<br />
Jean Devys Residence La petite vigne<br />
20 rue Edgar Quinet A/16 F-59100 Roubaix<br />
FRANCE 33.320828444 Fax: 33.320660849<br />
TT Philately, Cycling jean.devys@orange.fr<br />
Axel Dickhaus<br />
Atzlenbacherf Str. 88<br />
D-51381 Leverkusen GERMANY<br />
+49 (0)2171 32108 Fax: +49(0)2171.731478<br />
axel.dickhaus@freenet.de TT balls, phone cards<br />
Collector Collector<br />
Directory Directory<br />
Alan Duke<br />
2 Shapwick Close Swindon WILTS.<br />
ENGLAND SN3 3RQ UK<br />
+44-01 793 <strong>53</strong>1234 alan-duke2@talktalk.net<br />
History, music & photo record of TT items<br />
Sergio Durazzano<br />
Via Girardini 8, 33100 Udine ITALY<br />
0432-21105 e-mail: durazzano@aruba.it<br />
stamps and historical books<br />
Winfried Engelbrecht<br />
Virgiliastr. 21, D-45131 Essen Germany<br />
+49 201 78 6795<br />
winfried.engelbrecht@imail.de<br />
Philately: Stamps, FDCs, Sheets Postmarks,<br />
Phonecards, Books, tickets, stickers, W.C. Programs<br />
Romualdas Franckaitis Lithuania<br />
e-mail: rfranckaitis@gmail.com<br />
Gao Yi-bin<br />
2-202 Lakeside Apartment, Jiangning,<br />
Nanjing. P.R.China 211100<br />
+8625-5212 3334 gaoybd@yahoo.com.cn<br />
TT stamps, FDCs, postcards, phonecards, coins,<br />
medals, pins, cancellations<br />
Roman Gelman Rgpinman@aol.com<br />
24 Taverngreen Court, Baltimore, MD 21209 USA<br />
410-602-0267 TT pins,badges,medals<br />
David George + 44-01236 872350<br />
No.1 Kingshill Cottages, Coatbridge Rd.<br />
Gartcosh GT69-8DS SCOTLAND UK<br />
Badges, keyrings, medals, olympics, pins<br />
David Good<br />
710 N.Waverly, Dearborn, MI 48128 USA<br />
+1 313 278 5271 dgood42@yahoo.com<br />
c.1900 sets, equipment, ephemera, memorabilia<br />
Scott Gordon<br />
<strong>53</strong>40 Shelato Way, Carmichael, CA USA 95608<br />
+1 916 457 8482 www.hardbat.com<br />
sgordon@hardbat.com Acquire: films<br />
historic films; classic-era hardbats, old books<br />
Gordan Gotal<br />
Meduliceva 23 Zagreb 10000 Croatia<br />
+3851 4848 687 mim-borovo@zg.htnet.hr<br />
Exch: TT pins, medals, postcards<br />
Acquire: Official badges from WC & EC (guest, organizer,<br />
player, press, etc.)<br />
Steve Grant NY, NY USA<br />
nyman455@yahoo.com ebay ID: prompt101<br />
Ping Pong Diplomacy Early 1900s <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Gerald Gurney<br />
Guildhall Orchard, Great Bromley<br />
Colchester, ESSEX CO7 7TU England<br />
/Fax: +44-1206-230330<br />
All racket games, <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong>, <strong>Tennis</strong>, Badminton.<br />
All equipment, ephemera. Historian & author.<br />
Worldwide exhibitions. Also swimming items.<br />
Exch: boxed sets, postcards, books, rackets<br />
Rex Haggett<br />
27 Meadow Close, Stratford-upon-Avon<br />
Warwickshire, CV37 9PJ, England<br />
+44 (0) 1789 269352<br />
rex.haggett@ntlworld.com<br />
Interests: Philately ebay ID:<br />
Esko Heikkinen<br />
Vaimoisenkatu 9 B 17, 00100 Helsinki, Finland<br />
+358 50 62<strong>53</strong>2 esko.heikkinen@diacor.fi<br />
TT history, Stiga bats<br />
Chuck Hoey Curator, <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum<br />
Chemin de la Roche 11<br />
CH-1020 RENENS, Switzerland<br />
museum@ittf.com ebay ID: ittfmuseum<br />
World Ch. programmes: 1928, 1930; Art bats,<br />
unusual bats, historic photos, museum quality items<br />
Martin Holland<br />
44 Victoria Road Barrow-in-Furness<br />
Cumbria ENGLAND BA14 5JU<br />
mjh44now@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Postcards, trade cards<br />
Rolf Jaeger USA tennisheritage@aol.com<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> & <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> items<br />
Custom jewelry: www.tennisboutique.com<br />
Dean Johnson<br />
3404 Holly Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 USA<br />
(757) 478-3605 E-mail: djab2b@aol.com<br />
Jean-Francois Kahn<br />
49 rue Léonardo da Vinci<br />
77330 OZOIR LA FERRIERE France<br />
+33 1 40779762 jean-francois.kahn@upmc.fr<br />
TT philately : imperforated stamps, sheets, colour<br />
proofs, minister / artist sheets, errors, postmarks,<br />
red/blue meters, FDCs, specimens, etc.<br />
Jan Kleeven<br />
Margrietstraat 63, 6373 NN Landgraaf<br />
Netherlands e-mail: sjang.kleeven@planet.nl<br />
Pins, flags, pennants, stamps, phonecards,stickers<br />
Matti Kolppanen<br />
Kollekannaksent 12E, FI-02720 Espoo, FInland<br />
matti.kolppanen@kolumbus.fi<br />
TT history, TT postcards<br />
Randy Koo<br />
Torenwacht 37 23<strong>53</strong> DB Leiderdorp Netherlands<br />
+31 071 5417413 rkoo@planet.nl<br />
Stamps mint, special postmarks, red meters, FDC<br />
Hans Kreischer Avenue les Comargues 21<br />
03111 Busot_Alicante SPAIN<br />
+34965698195 hanskreischer@hotmail.com<br />
www.ttmuseum.nl<br />
Kevin Lau, 7544 N.Claremont Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL 60645 USA Phone: 773-719-0860<br />
Fax:773-338-1831 kevintennis@yahoo.com<br />
Philatelic items, pins, coins, souvenir items, memorabilia,<br />
decorative items<br />
Caron Leff 9201 LaLique Lane #1602<br />
Ft. Myers, FL 33919 USA<br />
csleff@aol.com Interests: pins<br />
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Francis Leibenguth<br />
231 rue du Maréchal Oudinot<br />
54000 Nancy - FRANCE<br />
+33383578422 stanfl54-hardbat@yahoo.fr<br />
Vintage bats (especially hardbats), vintage sets<br />
Website: http://raquettes-collection.blog4ever.com/<br />
Jorgen Lindh<br />
Egnahemsgatan 13D S-43242 Varberg SWEDEN<br />
joli@mbox303.swipnet.se ebay ID: joliswede<br />
Steve Luck, Essex, U.K.<br />
tennis@steveluck.freeserve.co.uk<br />
racket sports, rowing, billiards, croquet, archery –<br />
most sports<br />
Eldon Mohler 3910 Pecos-McLeod, A100<br />
Las Vegas. NV 89121 USA<br />
Fax: +1-702-4<strong>53</strong>-8472 eam2@ix.netcom.com<br />
Erik Kenneth Muhr<br />
2 Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst KENT<br />
TN18 4LB ENGLAND UK<br />
01580 752676 kenmuhr@btopenworld.com<br />
History of <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Rudolf Muller Bahnhofstr. 58 D-57250<br />
Netphen GERMANY 02738-1461<br />
Stamps, cancels, letter, error, red meter marks<br />
Jan Nusteleyn<br />
Weserstraat 21, 9406 VP Assen <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />
0592-356050 e-mail: nleyn@hotmail.com<br />
Stamps, mint perforated FDCs red meters,<br />
cancels WC, EC, EC-Youth, Top-12<br />
Robert Op de Beeck +03/455.41.59<br />
J.F.Willemstraat 66 2<strong>53</strong>0 Boechout BELGIUM<br />
Florian Pagel Germany flo.p@gmx.net<br />
Older bats: Banda, Stiga, Joola, Butterfly, Imperial<br />
Gregory Pinkhusovich<br />
Apt.10, h.2 Sheshet Ha-Yamim Str<br />
Ariel 40700 ISRAEL gpinkhusovich@yahoo.com<br />
+972-54-3394739 TTpins, badges, medals, coins<br />
Jeong-Kye Park<br />
P.O.Box 555 BUSAN 600-605<br />
KOREA SOUTH 016 242 2075<br />
fifaball@hanmail.net<br />
Stamps, cancellations, covers<br />
Robin Radford<br />
16 St Edmund Cr TAWA, Wellington, NZ<br />
+64 04 232 5672 rradford@paradise.net.nz<br />
TT cartoons, comic strips, clip art<br />
Jose Ransome<br />
”Conifers” Church Lane ORMESBY<br />
Middleborough TS7 9AU ENGLAND<br />
01642 322223 ajransome@aol.com<br />
Geoff Reed 21 Beaulieu Park, St Helier.<br />
Jersey JE24RN reedgeo@googlemail.com<br />
44.01<strong>53</strong>4.730132 <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> history<br />
Collector Collector<br />
Directory Directory<br />
Helmut Reinhardt Lion-Fuchtwanger-Str. 6<br />
D-18435 Stralsund, GERMANY<br />
+49-(0)3831-397141<br />
H.Reinhardt-Stral@t-online.de<br />
Lutz Schoenfeld Germany<br />
selling <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> items on ebay ID: pongiste<br />
e-mail: rulusch@T-Online.de<br />
Martin Senn St. Gallen, Switzerland<br />
e-mail: keys@swissonline.ch<br />
Seeks old Stiga blades & catalogues<br />
Luigi Simeoni<br />
Via Ponte S.Pancrazio 2/a<br />
37133 Verona ITALY<br />
0039 045 <strong>53</strong>2033 luigi.simeoni@tin.it<br />
TT Balls, catalogue available<br />
Harry Sintemaartensdijk Julianastraat 8,<br />
2651 DP Berkel en Rodenrijs <strong>The</strong> Netherlands.<br />
0031 105114621 harry.smd@wanadoo.nl<br />
Tischtennis Aufklebers/stickers<br />
Tang Gan Xian<br />
Qing Hu 4-35-104, ChangShu 215500 P.R.China<br />
86-512-52722359 tangganxian@yahoo.com.cn<br />
Philately: TT stamps, FDCs, postmarks, postcards,<br />
phonecards,tickets, pins<br />
Marc Templereau<br />
16 Hameau des cerisiers 38150 Roussillon France<br />
Secretary, AFCTT (French TT Collectors Assoc)<br />
website: http://afc3t.free.fr<br />
Collections : stamps, FDC, players postcards, autographs,<br />
programs e-mail: tpam@free.fr<br />
Michael Thomson 1 Kinnoull Terrace, PERTH<br />
PH2 7DJ SCOTLAND UK<br />
01738 622052 ebay ID: thetartatrader<br />
thomsonmfamily@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Jaques and history of <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Solazzi Tonino<br />
Via Millefonti 6 / 5 10126 Torino, Italy<br />
00393391870279 solton66@alice.it<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> pins<br />
Hans-Peter Trautmann<br />
Siegfriedstr. 17 64385 Reichelsheim GERMANY<br />
hpt@hptrautmann.de ebay ID: hpt146<br />
Stamps mint, perforated, imperforated, sheets,<br />
colour proofs, minister/artist sheets, errors, postmarks,<br />
red/blue meters<br />
Graham Trimming Rosemount Juniper Lane<br />
Wooburn Green, Bucks HP10 0DE England<br />
+44 (0) 1628 529609<br />
graham.trimming@virgin.net<br />
All TT items pre-1939, esp. c.1900s<br />
Acquire: Gossima 1891; other early unusual items;<br />
early World Ch items. ebay ID:graham-ttcollector<br />
Nikola Turk<br />
Ulica Pavla Hatza 26, Zagreb 10000 Croatia<br />
nikola.turk@zg.t-com.hr<br />
Sport historian, Sport-recreation activist, journalist<br />
Professor of Kinesiology, Philatelic collector<br />
Damir Uzorinac<br />
Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 20 10000 Zagreb Croatia<br />
Damir.Uzorinac@pliva.hr 38598474982<br />
Books, pins, stamps, cancellations<br />
Russ Walker<br />
4316 Irving Ave N, MPLS MN 55412 USA<br />
+1-612-522-7905<br />
rj_wal@msn.com ebay ID: russw58<br />
Early 1900s equipment & boxed sets<br />
Yao Zhenxu TT Competiton Manager<br />
Sport Department, Beijing Organizing Committee<br />
for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad<br />
Room 903A No.267 North Si Huan Zhong Road,<br />
Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China<br />
+86-10 66690508 (Fax):86-10 66693298<br />
cttayao@china.com TT stamps, FDC, postcards,<br />
coins, phonecards, pins, postal material, tickets etc.<br />
Jos Zinkstok<br />
Neckarstraat 8 NL9406 VN ASSEN<br />
<strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />
+31 592 350486 Fax: 0031 592 355861<br />
j.zinkstok@poveia.nl website: www.poveia.nl<br />
TT cancellations, stamps, vignettes, on real used<br />
letters/covers/cards, FDC ebay ID: joszi_nl<br />
Anton Zwiebel<br />
Kerkweg 30, 9439 PG Witteveen, Netherlands<br />
+31 593 552788 a.zwiebel@hotmail.com<br />
Exch: Stamps, cancellations, postcards<br />
Acquire: postcards ebay ID: pongist<br />
Name not on the list? Send your details<br />
to the Editor: museum@ittf.com<br />
Mystery Photo<br />
TTC52 Answer<br />
Jorge Arango & Gunther Angenendt<br />
correctly identified the Mystery Photo<br />
TTC #52: the French team at the 1936<br />
World Championships (l-r): Captain<br />
Jean Badre, Paul Wolshoefer, Daniel<br />
Guerin, Charles Dubouille, Michel<br />
Haguenauer.<br />
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We have seen this style medal before (issue 43), but<br />
this heavy medal was witness to the tragic defaults of both<br />
women’s singles finalists, Ruth Aarons (USA) and Trude<br />
Pritzi (AUT) in the 1937 World Championships, because of<br />
the new timelimit rule. <strong>The</strong> title was declared vacant,<br />
unprecedented in all of World Championship history.<br />
This medal is of special interest, as D. III is for women’s<br />
(Damen) singles, 3rd place, shared by Kettnerova (CZE)<br />
and Bussmann (GER), the highest survivors after the<br />
unfortunate defaults.<br />
Young Ruth Aarons never returned to the World Championship<br />
arena as a result of this fiasco. <strong>ITTF</strong> President<br />
Hon. Ivor Montagu regarded the rule as “thoroughly bad.”<br />
Master historian Tim Boggan, in his monumental History<br />
of U.S. <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> (Vol. I) notes that the time limit rule<br />
was not being consistently enforced; both the Bergmann-<br />
Ehrlich Final and the Pritzi-Adelstein match exceeded the<br />
1 hour 45 minute limit for a 5-game match.<br />
A difficult time for our sport - what was the best way to<br />
discourage the pushing style play? Another new rule gave<br />
the final word to the Tournament Committee or jury. <strong>The</strong><br />
jury voted in favor of the default by a two vote margin; the<br />
Austrian juror voted against default. This sad episode in<br />
<strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> history was postumously corrected when<br />
both players were declared co-champions in 2001.<br />
Heavy Metal<br />
Our Heavy Metal page features the rare<br />
and unusual. <strong>The</strong> large and very rare<br />
medal below is from the 1937 World<br />
Championships held in Baden-bei-Wien in<br />
Austria. It brings back some controversial<br />
memories.<br />
<strong>The</strong> unusual and stylish medal shown on<br />
the left is actually from Japan. Based on<br />
other Japanese <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong>/Ping Pong<br />
medals presented in the previous issue<br />
(especially the cover picture), there is<br />
clear evidence of not only <strong>Table</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
activity, but also a strong art deco movement<br />
during the 1930s in Japan. Perhaps<br />
one of our readers can do some research<br />
to identify these artists.<br />
This particular example has a rather<br />
abstract flavor in the image of the player,<br />
quite striking, even surprising to the eyes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hungarian medal shown in issue 44<br />
is another impressive example.<br />
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