The Table Tennis 49 - ITTF

The Table Tennis
Collector
Journal of the Table Tennis Collectors’ Society
49
Summer
2008
Beijing
Olympic Games
August 8 - 24

The Table Tennis
Collector
No.49 No. 49
Summer 2008
Editor and Publisher:
Chuck Hoey, Curator
ITTF Museum, Switzerland
www.ittf.com/museum
museum@ittf.com
From the Editor
This is the 10th issue of the Table Tennis Collector published by
the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Museum. I am
pleased to continue the following policies:
o Free subscriptions o Full color production
o pdf downloads o Free classified ads
o 4 issues per year o 24 pages per issue
I want to stress the continuing need for articles from the membership
for publication in our journal. With active participation the
journal can become more educational and diverse, reflecting the
interests of our global membership. Thanks for your help.
In this issue ...
Great
Shots
3
Meet the
Members:
Tang
Ganxian
14-15
Philatelic
Update
16-19
S
ummer has arrived, and our cover is a tribute to the upcoming Beijing Olympic
Games. The Competition Manager for the Table Tennis events, Yao Zhenxu, has kindly
donated the stylish porcelain statue, and has arranged for the donation of an official
torch to the ITTF Museum. Meet the Members features a popular philatelic specialist
from China, Tang Ganxian, who has staged award winning exhibitions. He will next
exhibit at the Beijing Olympic Philatelic Exhibition Fair.
Steve Grant continues his outstanding research in early American newspapers with
an article about Ping Pong fashions. We hope that someone can do similar research in
British newspapers.
Alan Duke sends an extensive update for his research on the Music of Ping-Pong,
old and new. The many titles from 1901-02 offer great cultural evidence of the Ping-
Pong craze, but it is even more amazing how many later titles have been released,
even modern day CDs!
Great Shots features an historic photo of two early World Champions, along with
another Mystery Photo to challenge our readers.
Your Editor unveils the recent discovery of the first celluloid balls, made in the 1870-
80s, the forebearers of the Ping Pong revolution. New Discoveries, Old Treasures
shows an unusual pair of net extenders, and our regular Heavy Metal page takes a
look at some medals and pins from the Athens 2004 Olympics.
Our friends from the Netherlands, Jos Zinkstok and Jan Nusteleyn have prepared
their always popular Philatelic Pages, with many Olympic items to report. Gerald
Gurney comments on a Racketlon tournament, and the Book Corner shows some
miniature books, along with a review of Richard Bergmann’s classic, 21-Up. And the
issue would not be complete without an update of recent auction results. As always,
constructive feedback is much appreciated. Enjoy!
BEIJING OLYMPICS: Pin Update
As expected, more pins & collectibles have
been issued for the Beijing Olympic Games.
Above, 9 days and also 6 days to go pins.
First
Celluloid
Balls
4
Old Treasures
20
A large 101x65cm banner has also been
released for the Table Tennis, showing
the mascot Yingying & official logo.
Publishing schedule:
Spring issue: May 1 Submit articles by April 15
Summer issue: August 1 Submit articles by July 15
Fall issue: Nov. 1 Submit articles by Oct. 15
Winter issue: Feb. 1 Submit articles by Jan. 15
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Online usage requires an operational link to the ITTF Museum site.
Research by
Steve Grant
Ping Pong
Fashion
6-8
Celebrity Photos
21
Music of
Table
Tennis
Alan Duke
9-11
Miniature
Books!
22-23
Auction Action
12-13
Heavy
Metal:
24
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Great Shots: Historic Photographs
The featured photo is kindly sent by Laszlo Kluksic of
Hungary. Laszlo is the son of the first woman World
Champion, legendary Maria Mednyanszky, who won 5
consecutive Singles titles. The photo shows Maria playing
with doubles partner Miklos Szabados, another of the great
Hungarian stars of the 1930s, and the 1931 World Singles
Champion. Of Maria’s record 18 Gold Medals, 3 were won
in the Mixed Doubles partnered with Szabados.
Myster My ery y Photo Phot
Quite a nice young Szabados in this photo, with a
full head of hair! Both Maria and Miklos were inducted into
the ITTF Hall of Fame in its foundation year of 1993.
Mr. Kluksic has written a book about his famous Mother,
in Hungarian, filled with many great photographs, and is
hoping to publish an English translation. We can all look
forward to that! Thank you Laszlo for sharing memories of
your great Mother.
Mystery Photo:
Several members correctly identified the
Spring Mystery Photo: M. Szabados, Lily
Palmer, and L. Bellak, who wrote “Katie My
Girl” under the girl next to him on the original
photo.
The Summer Mystery Photo is a postcard
showing a group of proud players and
their captain. Who can identify them, the
year and event? I have masked out their
autographs to hide the answers!
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You are looking at examples of
the first celluloid balls ever made!
An expert on celluloid has attested
that Cup and Ball Tennis- for Parlor
or Lawn was the first game to use
the new & highly volatile celluloid.
Furthermore, this may be the
first parlor game based on Lawn
Tennis. This marks the beginning
of an evolution of many short-lived
indoor tennis games that would
culminate in the development of
an action game of tennis on a
table by 1890.
The Rules indicate that the balls,
which are light and hollow, were
tossed & caught using celluloid
cups with handles, with Lawn
Tennis scoring.
Celluloid Destiny
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This American patent, filed in 1889 and granted in 1890,
both answers and poses a question about the development
of the celluloid ball. The Celluloid Novelty Company of New
York was licensed by John W. Hyatt, who developed, named
and patented celluloid. They produced many different products,
such as combs, dental fixtures, fans ... and celluloid
balls.
The excerpt above describes a process for joining the two
halves of the sphere, using a thin binding strip fitted inside
the ball along the seam. The patent is for an improvement
in the joining technique, such that the binding strip cannot
come loose during use. This must have been a tedious
manufacturing process, as a recess in each half sphere had
to be made to accommodate the binding strip.
Especially interesting are several references which prove
that celluloid balls were made well before this patent. First
the text refers to an improvement in their manufacture.
Second, the construction technique is described as “well
known.” Then (beyond the above excerpt) the text mentions
“As these spheres were before commonly constructed ...”
Since an improved celluloid ball was made as early as 1889,
the question remains, exactly when were celluloid balls first
made? After much research I have not been able to find a
patent for the earlier version. The Cup and Ball Tennis game
has dates in the early 1870s, but these may refer to when
the Celluloid Novelty Company was formed.
The examples found in this game are exceedingly rare, the
pioneers that would fulfill a destiny nearly 30 years later.
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F
rom ping-pong jewelry in Part V, we now turn to the ping-
pong wardrobe in Part VI of our journey through U.S. newspapers
from the early era. Apparel showed how greatly the new
game fired the nation's imagination.
This inspiration was on great
display in the accompanying
photograph, which may well
be from a new summer resort
entertainment described in the
New York Sun in July, 1902: In
the "Procession of Games, any
number of persons, preferably
young and pretty of course,
may take part, their costumes
representing different sports
and pastimes. Ping-pong (table
tennis), for instance, would
call for tennis suits, accompanied
by stringing of balls with
rackets-the last two in miniature,
of course. A woman's
costume might [be] a short,
Photo courtesy of Martin Holland
Collectibles from the Early Era ... As Seen
through U.S. Newspapers of the Day
Part VI: The Fashionable Fanatic
by Steve Grant (USA)
plain skirt in grass-green satin,
with flat bands in white satin
to represent the lines of the tennis courts. A tunic of tennis net
edged with balls trims the skirt."
An article in the Utica (NY) Tribune in June '02 described a
"pingpong costume....of white cloth and lace, with a willowy
green mesh embroidered with regulation rackets," adding that
a different definition of racket ensues when the costume comes
home with bill attached and the father roars, "'What's this fool
thing? What do you mean by pingpong anyhow?'," but then he
himself gets hooked on the new game.
From the Brooklyn Eagle in April '02: "The craze for ping-pong
has naturally attached the euphonious name to articles of
apparel. The ping-pong waist [bodice or shirt] is one of the
latest manifestations." Its long tie has "the distinctive pingpong
element, consisting of an embroidery of ping-pong racquets
and balls." According to the crosstown paper, the NY
Times, "These racquets are not half as attractive as the
genuine tennis racquets which appeared upon waists and ties
when tennis occupied a more prominent place in the public
mind. The cat-gut strung racquets made a showy basket work
for the embroiderer, but while similar racquets may be used for
ping pong, an attempt has to be made to reproduce the vellum-covered
heads, for otherwise the ignorant would never
know a ping pong racquet was intended."
From the NY Times in July: "A ping-pong waist in white
tucked muslin has the ping-pong racquet in tan set into it upon
the upper part, with the balls scattered like big dots around
them. They are outlined in red…"
"The ping-pong shirt waist has arrived,"
said the Syracuse (NY) Telegram
in May. "...the ends of the cravat are
ornamented with a ping-pong bat and
ball, embroidered in colored silk.
Sometimes the deep, turned back
cuffs are similarly adorned."
The drawing seen here from the
Ogden (UT) Standard in June shows
how those "who are devotees of the
game embroider crossed rackets upon
the left arm or upon one cuff."
"As may be supposed," said a May
article referring to Washington D.C.,
"the stores have not been slow to
take advantage of the commercial possibilities of the
craze...The ping-pong waist is prominently displayed in the
shop windows and is a phenomenal seller." "Specially interesting,"
says a Salt Lake (UT) Herald ad in June, "is our mammoth
stock of Ping-Pong Waists...These styles are universally
known to be the latest New York fad."
"Ping-pong shirt waists are very smart and new," said the
Oshkosh (WI) Northwestern in June. "On the left sleeve near
the shoulder ping-pong racquets are worked with washable silk
in blue or red or brown, as desired, and the belt shows a border
of the little designs over the entire surface. Hats come to
match these waists and these are
of the regulation sailor shape, but
developed in Panama straw finished
with a band of white taffeta.
Instead of having a bow at the left
side as customarily, the band
extends into streamers at the back
which reach to the waist, the end
being embroidered with ping-pong
racquets."
From the Cedar Rapids (IA)
Gazette in July: "While the game of
ping-pong rages it is going to give
its name to all sorts of things. We
are already familiar with the pingpong
waist [and] the ping-pong
gown…Now comes the ping-pong
hat. It is worn when the ping-pong
tables are placed on the lawn. It is
a novelty in shape and trimming
and said to be becoming."
An April '02 ad in the Brooklyn
Eagle introduces: "Ping-Pong
Veiling. Something new, and it is
pretty, too-for a veil or hat trim
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Sure to interest you." A July Hints from the Shops column in
that paper said, "The omnipresent ping-pong racquet appears
on veils in various shades of brown."
Said the Skaneateles (NY) Free Press in June, "From a popular
millinery establishment comes hats on the upturned brims of
which pingpong rackets and balls are appliqued in fancy straw.
The crowns, too, are trimmed with silk scarfs embroidered in
the same design. Then there are socks both in linen and silk in
which the pingpong emblem is used as a decorative feature."
"Pingpong hose, so called," said the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph-
Herald in August, "have tiny rackets and balls worked over their
surfaces."
A June ad in the
Brooklyn Eagle offered
"Ping-Pong and Tennis
Shoes for misses and children".
"PING PONG SHOE
LACES," said an ad in the
San Antonio (TX) Express
in June '02. "It's Ping Pong
this and Ping Pong that,
and the latest fad is the
Ping Pong Shoe Laces for
Oxfords. Lead the fashion
and wear a pair of them."
"Ping-pong...has become
the excuse for a dozen new and
fascinating little extravagances," said the Ogden Standard in
July '02. The "drawing room girl....was never seen to better
advantage,...with her skirts held tight in her one hand, while
she plays with the other." Ball pockets on each hip were a feature
of a dress illustrated in the paper in May, along with pleats
for freedom of movement, under the headline "Ping Pong
Fashions Foulard is the Acceptable Silk for Table Tennis Frocks."
"The influence of the ping-pong craze," said the Nebraska
State Journal in May '02, "is shown in nothing more remarkably,
perhaps, than in the fact that women are actually having corsets
made for the purpose of enabling them to play the game
more skillfully and easily than they could in the ordinary garment.
It has been found that the old-style corset not only hampers
the form, but lowers
the score." From the NY
Times in June '02: "Some of
the French corset covers are
charming....In one waist
there is a figure on either
side below the insertion and
edging. It is made of the
insertion curled into the
exact shape of ping pong
racket and handle."
Sometimes we collectors
must plead ignorance as to
whether a racquet image is
tennis or table tennis, as
with this ladies' belt in the
NY Times in May '02:
"Different from the other
belts, and yet with the five
slides and clasp over a soft
black satin, is a tennis-or
ping-pong-belt. The slide and clasps to this are a silver gilt, or
it is just possible a gilt without the silver. The slides are narrow
and with racquets upon them. The centre one is the longest,
the slides on either side graduating. The clasps, which are
shorter, are in butterfly shape, and have the racquets set diago-
nally upon them."
The Atlanta Constitution in September '03 had an ad for belts
known as "Chain Girdles, with large Indian beads at intervals,
Ping-Pong ball attached to each end..."
Abraham & Strauss in the Brooklyn Eagle in June '02 advertised
"Women's black pleated satin Belts, mounted with oxidized
buckles in back and front, nicely finished in ping-pong
design and several other styles....47c." A store in October
offered "Ladies' Ping Pong Belts...trimmed with back ornaments
and two side ornaments of miniature Ping Pong Racquets." In
the San Francisco Call in December, an ad offered "Buckle Sets,
25c...Which includes ornaments for the sides and back, some in
ping pong, others in flowers, medallions and other patterns,
gold or oxidized."
"Ping-Pong stocks [neckwear] and belts are innumerable and
exceedingly chic, the ecru linen embroidered leading in popularity,"
according to the Ogden (UT) Standard in June '02. Under
the heading of Women's Neckwear, an April ad in the Brooklyn
Eagle offered, among other things, "Mannish neckwear ...
Golfing and hunting stocks, Ping-Pong Stocks, Ascots, and Fourin-Hands."
From a NY Times column in June: "Ping-pong stocks
have the ping-pong rackets in black and white crossed on the
white duck stock in front, and other rackets crossed on the two
ends." One store the same month offered women "Windsor
Ties for Ping-Pong Collars, of colored Madras, at...15c each."
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Said the Philadelphia Wanamaker store in May, where Ping-
Pong Stocks in linen or silk cost $1.00 and $1.85: "Of course
you can wear them when you're not playing ping-pong, too-they
are pretty enough to wear anywhere." "The 'ping pong' stock is
of fine, striped imported Madras with ping pong emblems
embroidered in black, pink, blue and golf green," said the Lowell
(MA) Sun in May. A department store in the Salt Lake Herald in
June advertised "Ping-pong Ascots, the fad in large eastern
cities-65c." Theme neckwear could also be found in Colorado, as
seen in an ad in the Longmont Ledger in June '02, which offered
"Ping Pong Scarfs," and the following week, "Ping Pong
Ties," perhaps the same thing.
"Among the latest fancies in gloves are the ping-pong," said
the Chester (PA) Times, "... two little ping-pong racquets are
embroidered, crossed on the upper side of the lisle or silk
glove."
Let's not leave out the men. Those who belonged to the
Anglesey Castle ping-pong club in England were particularly fortunate.
The Marquis of Anglesey himself designed the club uniform,
which the Ogden (UT) Standard in November '03
called "one of his greatest triumphs. It consisted of a sort of
blazer of turquoise blue cloth, bound and lined with white
silk, and with white silk buttons. On the outside pocket was
worked in rich silk a pair of crossed ping-pong racquets, with
a ping-pong ball in the cross below."
From the Des Moines (IA)
Leader in May '02, headlined
The Ping-Pong Tie: "The pingpong
scarf for gentlemen is the
latest. It is a dizzy creation,
creates a sensation, is made up
in colors of every hue; to be in
the fashion, to look swell and
dashing, just purchase a pingpong
and put it on you." In July,
a store in San Antonio advertised
"Midsummer eckwear ...Ping
Pong narrow four-in-hands with
silk embroidered racquets."
Designers and marketers
attached the Ping Pong name to
every possible article of apparel
in 1902, though often the item
bore no visible connection to the
game. For ladies one finds Ping
Pong (PP) Sailor Suits, PP sweaters, PP jackets, PP vests, PP
weave petticoats, PP hair bows, PP hair clasps, and PP slippers;
and for men, the PP suit, jersey, striped flannel trousers, hat,
cap, and even PP golf shirt.
Now that the fashionable fanatic is dressed to kill, she must
bring her fan, too. "A ping pong fan is one of the pretty novelties
of the summer," says the Ogden Standard in July '02, "and
this will attract the girl whose record with the small vellum bat
and tiny ball is one of which she is proud. The ping pong fan
represents a series of racquets, the outer ones showing a surface
and edge in exact imitation of the genuine article. On the
upper side of the ivory satin-colored bat rests a single pearl, in
lieu of a celluloid ball." About fans in general, the article warns,
"In the hands of pretty women this instrument is the deadliest
weapon known, so beware of the one who understands how to
wield it with effect."
To the same end, the lady of society will also need this powder
puff wand, from the NY Times in December '02: "An opera pingpong
puff is a rather flat puff, which might, by a stretch of the
imagination, be considered to have something the appearance
of a ping-pong racket. It is mounted on a long black handle and
put up in a fan-shaped box. The cost is 95 cents." A wave or
two of this wand, followed by fluttering eyelashes from behind
the fan, may put a real spell on someone across the table, pingpong
or otherwise.
Showing off all this
pongwear, including
the jewelry we
reviewed in Part V,
demands a pingpong
party. In Part
VII we examine the
items necessary to
pull off the successful
soiree.
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THE MUSIC OF TABLE TENNIS
by Alan Duke
The following table is the promised update to the list of musical items published in Collector No.29 (plus related
amendments in No.30). For completion, the Editor’s discoveries listed as an addendum in No.31 have been included.
It is appreciated that this is never going to be a complete list, as further old items are discovered (usually by the Editor!),
and there does seem to be a fashion for issuing modern tracks including the words Ping Pong, but with no connection to
the game. This was mentioned in the original article, to which should be added the note that Ping Pong can also be a
reference to a type of drum in a West Indian steel band or to the melody played on such a drum.
TITLE COMPOSER(S) Date ARTIST(S)
Ping Pong! Theo Ward 1901
What A Funny Game
I’m A Lady
[“Ping Pong” in lyrics*]
A J Mills,
Bennett Scott
Ed Gardenier,
Maurice Levi
1901
-2
Ping Pong Waltzes W L Bingaman 1902
“Ping Pong” March
(Little People’s Set)
The Ping Pong March
& Two-Step
Alfred Fieldhouse 1902
Maud Robertson 1902
Ping Pong Waltzes W L Bingaman 1902
Ping-Pong Polka W P Chambers 1902
Ping Pong March –
Two Step
"The Latest Society Fad"
Ping Pong March and
Two Step
Ping Pong March and
Two Step
The Ping-Pong Girl
Song
Das Ping Pong Spiel
(couplet)
Harry P Wilkins 1902
L Ferrari 1902
Herbert D Fry 1902
Gustav Huth 1902
U.S. Everlasting
(cylinder 5460)
A Ping Pong Song R H Titherington 1902
Ping-Pong Heniot Levy 1935
Two Pastimes on the
Black Keys -
2. Ping Pong
Estelle Philleo 1937
George Robey
1902 Hattie Williams
Oscar
Stolberg
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Ping-Pong Hilda Nordstrom 1943
Ping Pong Eric Steiner 1946
Ping-Pong
Love-Is-A-Game-Type
Song
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
[same song as below]
Miss Ping Pong
[same song as above]
Ping Pong Baby
El Senor Ping Pong
Ping Pong Samba /
Ping Pong Lullaby
The 8 th Asian Table Tennis
Championship Song
Semangat Sukan
Fanfare
Olympic March
Asian-African Games
Cin Cin…. Ping Pong /
E’ Arrivato
L’Ambasciatore
Pingis Är Toppen –
Pingis Jorden Runt
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
Ping Pong / Ping Pong
Memories
THE MUSIC OF TABLE TENNIS
Abe Burrows 1955 Abe Burrows
Bradshaw, Glover,
Austin
King K9320
(78rpm) 4687
John Marascalco
East West 45-101 1957
Marascalco
Surf SU5016-45
Jack Hammer
Mercury
71315X45
Ramos, Vinagre
Palette PG.9023
Russell
Henderson
Mellodisc
Theseira Khoo,
Vincint Khoo
Victory Records Co
LP
Sergio Belloni,
Moretto
Signal S 615
MA-S 147
Depsa, G Pirazzoli,
G Fasano, Depsa,
Plastic Bertrand
Hansa 104 182
J Longo
Maxi MX-2001
Polydor 847 437-2
1958
Tiny Bradshaw
Sil Austin
(tenor sax)
Ella Fitzgerald?
The Glowtones;
Orch. Dir. by
Howard Biggs
Portuguese Joe
with
The Tennessee
Rockabillys
The
Voxpoppers
1961 The Boxeros
1960s
?
1967
1971
1972
1976
1982
Ping Pong 1992
Ping Pong tanzen /
Alles Ping Pong
[From a children’s TV
game-show]
Ping Pong
[House music]
F Meyer-Thurn,
Keykov,
S Sanlav / C Bühner,
J Mersmann-Abt,
C Ketels
DSB 3132-2
TP004 (Netherlands)
Sterling
Bettancourt
+ R Henderson’s
Calypso Band
Raffles Girls’
Secondary
School Choir
Dario and
coro de
“I Sanremini”
Kjell
(Johansson)
& Stellan
(Bengtsson)
Plastic
Bertrand
1990 Espresso
1991 Stamatis
1992
Endangered
Species,
feat. Jackie T
Die
Chaotenband
1996 The Freak &
Mac Zimms
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Ping Pong (Your Serve)
Ping Pong with
Hong Kong King Kong
(A Sing Song)
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
[Electronic + house]
Brainwashed
(Shakta Ping Pong Mix)
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
Bercy s’emballe!
La chanson officielle
(World Champs, Paris)
Michelle
Plays
Ping Pong
Backhand
[Record cover folds out
as table, with cutouts for
players, net, ball, etc]
Magic Ball – 2006 /
Straight for the top
Do You Know?
(The Ping Pong Song)
[Table tennis ball used
as percussion]
Enriched Records
Nick Currie
Momus plays ping
pong HRH004
EP
Harvest (4m52) 1999
S Taylor,
P Newman
Flying Records
celt 011
Strand 25039
Parton
Monument 45-1047
Rolande Bouhour,
Jean-Pierre Savelli 2003
M Goldie, J Trunk
Sunday Best
SBEST33
Whirlwind Heat
Brille Records
BRILS08S
Reinhard Neumann
/ Rick Brightman,
Norbert Beschke,
Andreas Koch
Sean Garrett,
Brian Kidd and
Enrique Iglesias
Interscope Records
1735807
Ping-Pong Karl Safaric
THE MUSIC OF TABLE TENNIS
1996 Mrs Ping and
Mr Pong
1997 Momus
1999 SNFU
Computerjockies
Shakta
The Tangiers
1967 Dolly Parton
Audrey and
Jean-Pierre
Savelli
2006 Daisy Daisy
2006
2006
2007
Whirlwind
Heat
Susanne Gisch,
Markus Fischer.
Rick Brightman
Enrique
Iglesias
Ping Pong Mary Parnell 1938 #
Ping Pong (Piano Solo) Evelyn Strum 1947 #
Ping-Pong Chatter Frieda Peycke 1956 #
Ping Pong (Piano solo) Louise Garrow 1960 #
Ping Pong
Timothy Gane,
Lætitia Sadier
1994 Stereolab
Many of the above additions are courtesy of Chuck Hoey and ITTF Museum - many thanks.
* “She tackles ev’ry course, Right from Ping Pong to divorce”
# Amended details to those in Collector No.29 are highlighted.
N.B. Titles in italics indicate that there is no obvious connection to the game of Table Tennis.
#
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Auction Action
AU$10
$61, Parker, Ogilvie publ., Paperback
Bussey Table Tennis in handsome wood box, plain wood bats, rules.
This set went unsold twice on ebay, listed at a modest 30GBP
Slazenger TEE TEE balls C$28
$10 Coleman Clark balls 1930s+
These two Galyon cards commanded 101 GBP
each! The set of 12 cards was published in 1901,
the first Ping Pong picture postcards. Several are
in the format of Ping Pong party invitations. One
card has no Ping Pong motif, a curiosity that makes
the set very difficult to complete.
Cylinder recording, Das Ping Pong Spiel, U.S. Phonograph Co., c.1907, sold for $128
L: Royal Bayreuth dish sold
for a surprising $206. Two
years ago another example
commanded $550.
R: Candy box with miniature
turned wooden legs,
which sold for 200GBP plus
commission & VAT.
Previously sold for a higher
price in a Christies auction
$21 Jimmy McClure balls 1940s+
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S
This Tony Special Stiga
picture bat sold for an
astonishing 9100 Swedish
Krona ($1500)!
A rare Stiga Ehrlich with
thick sponge, slant cut
handle without holes
sold for 1577 SEK
62GBP
48GBP
1125 SEK (~$190), a
bargain price for this
FLisan Expander with
thick waffle sponge.
Racket
Rackets continue to attract strong interest, and a
fine example of a Stiga Tony Special led the field
with a lively auction on tradera, ending at a huge
9100 SEK, about US$1500. This seldom seen
racket was named after Tony Larsson, a Swedish
star in the 1950s & early 60s. Another old Stiga
that attracted attention was a thick smooth
sponge Ehrlich Special. Paul Ehrlich, nephew of
Alex, found an extra Butterfly Alex Ehrlich model,
which he kindly donated to the ITTF Museum.
Barna hard rubber rackets always do well, especially
with one of his booklets.
Barna rackets with their familiar brown or reddish-brown color rubber (Barna in Hungarian means brown) are always popular & desirable,
among collectors and hardbat players worldwide. The classic hardbat game is making a comeback, with much activity in the USA as well as
England, France, Germany and elsewhere. we would be pleased to learn about hardbat activity in other countries.
N
Report
107 Euros for this rare boxed Butterfly ‘Alex Ehrlich’ bat with the familiar
slant cut grip with holes. A second example was kindly donated to the ITTF
Museum by Paul Ehrlich of Paris. This style of blade was also made by
Stiga and Hanno. They usually also have the holes in the grip, presumably
to lighten the blade somewhat while providing some ventilation. See left
middle for a Stiga Ehrlich without holes. Which came first, the model with
or without holes?
83GBP
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Meet the Members
TANG Ganxian
O
Shanghai 2005
ur featured collector is Tang Ganxian from Changshu, China, a specialist
in Table Tennis philately who is quite popular and well known in China. He
began playing Table Tennis at age 10, along with his younger brother, influenced
by Rong Guotuan’s great achievement of winning the World Men’s Singles
title in 1959. His brother went on to become a highly successful senior coach
who has trained World Champions, while Ganxian channeled his interests into
becoming a champion philatelist and exhibitor!
By communicating and exchanging with European collectors Mr Tang greatly
expanded his collection. One of the items he most wants to find is the private
mark used during the 1937 World Championships.
Ganxian has extensive exhibit experience and has won awards for his collection.
His Table Tennis collection was selected by the China Sports Association
for Olymphilex 2004 in Athens, when he won the Silver Medal. He will next
participate in the Beijing Olympic Philatelic Exhibition Fair, Aug. 8th to 18th.
Tang has met many collectors over the years, and I had the pleasure of
meeting him at the 2005 World Championships in Shanghai. He has a true
passion for his collection and enjoys sharing it through his exhibitions. Bravo
Tang Ganxian! The following photos are from his recent exhibit at Changshu
Museum and from his exhibit at the World Championships Shanghai in 2005.
Tang Ganxian
has a distinct flair for
exhibit style, often combining
motifs with great effect. In his
exhibition at the Changshu Museum,
he presented philatelic covers along
with impressive medals, pins, & badges
related to the event. Well done! Mr.
Tang also collects Table Tennis phone
cards, postcards, ceramics, books,
magazines & other objects.
e-mail: tangganxian@
yahoo.com.cn
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This postcard was sent by Tokyo sports shop
on August 26th, 1916. The back of the postcard
shows two photos and an article about
Table-tennis. The left photo shows that the
match was held on the stage in a theater, the
table was in the middle with a referee and
scores. The right photo shows the audience
on both the 1st and 2nd floors of the theater,
and it was so crowded that many people
were standing in the theater. This photo indicates
that Table-tennis was a very attractive
sport in Japan that time.
Here is a translation of the text on the card:
“I send my wish to you in the time of the end
in this summer, and really appreciate your
support. Between the 26th and 27th July, the
national female Table-tennis championship
was held in the theater of our shop in
Sanyue. Heiqi from Qiyue won the first prize
and Bamu from Jinggang got the second
prize. Meanwhile many players with potential
appeared in this tournament.”
“In addition, the senior school competition between east and west which
was held in Jingdu in June has completed. As you [Gaoshengmuzuo, the
receiver] know from the newspaper, the united league of Table-tennis in
Japan has been successfully set up under the strong support from the news
agency. At this time, we are looking forward to the visit and support of
Table-tennis friends. Commercial committee of sports shop”
From this we can conclude that Japan set up the united national league of
Table-tennis dating back to 1916.
Historic Discovery from Japan
Tang Ganxian sends this summary of his latest discovery:
As we all know, Table-tennis was transferred from Europe into
Japan in 1902, since then Japan began its Table-tennis activity.
The postal card of August 1916 which I will introduce reflected
that the game had been changed into sport 10 years later. This
post card indicated that Japan had held the female match that
time and had promoted to form a united team, the league of
Japanese Table-tennis.
So this is a very valuable postal stationery relevant to Table
Tennis. Meanwhile it is historic material about the early period
of Table-tennis in Japan.
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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
Bosnia: 2007 60 years of Uni
versity Sports Association
“Bosna” Sarajevo sheet with
Table-Tennis pictogramme
only in border
San Marino: 2008 Olympic
Games Beijing 2008 sheet with
3 different stamps of sports
STAMPS, SHEETS and VIGNETTES
Rep. of Guinea: 2007 Olympic Games in a historical
context with Ryu Seung-Min and Kong Linghui
Benin: 2007 featuring Olympic winning
Table-Tennis Champions Wang Liqin
and Jan-Ove Waldner between Disney
characters (Donald, Goofy, Tarzan)
Please send your contribution for
the philatelic pages to:
Jos Zinkstok
Neckarstraat 8
NL-9406 VN ASSEN
The Netherlands
E-mail: j.zinkstok@poveia.nl
Rep of Guinea: 2008
Olympic Games Beijing
2008 sheet with 4 different
stamps of sports
Guinee Bissau: 10.03.2008 Olympic
Games Beijing 2008 sheet with 4
different stamps of sports

Liechtenstein: 02.06.2008
Paralympics Beijing 2008
N.Corea: 2008 Olympic Games Beijing 2008 sheet with
2 Table-Tennis stamps and pictogramme in border below.
Picture of Table-Tennis also printed on aerogramme
Sao Tomé et Principe :
2008 Champions of
Ping-Pong sheets with
Guo Yue, Zhang Yining,
Wang Nan and
Deng Yaping (left);
Wang Liqin, Wang Hao,
Werner Schlager and
Kong Linghui (right)
China: 2007 The 18th Asian Table-Tennis Championships
held from 17 to 23 September in Yangzhou
All stamps showed showed at about 100%, sheets and sheetlets at about 50%
Liechtenstein: 02.06.2008
Olympic Games Beijing
with mascotte Ying Ying
Sao Tomé et Principe: Olympic
Games Beijing 2008 9 sheets with
famous Table-Tennis players
For their contribution to these pages we want to thank Tang Ganxian, Winfried Engelbrecht,
Toine Mens, Anton Zwiebel and Gao Yi-Bin

TT-Collector 2008/1 1-2
Sydney 2000: honouring the Gold Medal winners of Atlanta 1996
Deng Yaping women’s singles and Liu Guoliang men’s singles
China
and the Olympic Games
Sydney 2000: Gold Medal winners Kong Linghui men’s singles, Wang Nan women’s singles,
Wang Liqin/Yan Sen men’s doubles and Wang Nan/Li Ju women’s doubles
Athens 2004: Gold Medal winners Zhang Yining women’s singles,
Zhang Yining/Wang Nan women’s doubles and Ma Lin/Chen Qi men’s doubles

Cai Zhanghua, Deng Yaping
and Kong Linghui…..
The festival of the Olympic Games will be started by Air China
wish Beijing success in
bidding for hosting the
2008 Olympic Games

Racketlon
Gerald Gurney (ENG)
You have, perhaps, heard of Racketlon, a form of tournament
promoted by the ETTA and formerly
devised by the Harlow Super League, Essex, England. I am
much indebted to Keith Lasser (UK ranked #5) for his description
of the sport:
Racketlon is the sport in which you challenge your
opponent in each of the four racket sports: table
tennis, squash, badminton and tennis. A racketlon
match contains four sets, one in each sport. Each
set is played to 21 points, but the total winner of a
racketlon match is not the one that wins most sets,
but the one that scores the most points in total.
In May, I was pleased to visit the Ipswitch Sports Club
(only 30 minutes away), one of the dozen venues in the
UK selected for events in 2008. The impressive club was
well able to provide courts for 42 players - divided into
various groups according to standard and age - and complete
everything in one day. The only limitation was that
table tennis was played in a squash court with a white
background.
Previously I had thought that players who had little
experience of squash or badminton might find it difficult
to gain more than a very few points, but I did not
observe this in practice. Keith claims that Racketlon was
invented in Scandinavia in the 1980s, but a former notable
squash player tells me that he recalls competing in
similar “Superbat” tournaments as early as 1976. This
was at Blackheath Rectory Field. However, he never won
a tournament as he had little experience of table tennis
and found it difficult to cope with spin. Keith comments
that “with such a new sport, it is inevitable that the standard
of play is actually pretty poor.” I must concur with
this, though I did watch a quality squash match and several
keen encounters in other sports - where, however, it
was difficult to follow the score.
There is a full programme of UK and world events over
a year, and it seems that Racketlon is well-established,
but is there still time for it to be rechristened RACKE-
TATHLON - on the model of PENTATHLON and in respect
to the Greek language? (Table Tennis News, June 2008)
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New Discoveries - Old Treasures
Above: This cache of rare cloth-covered balls was found in
a Horsman (NY) boxed set.
Left: A pair of stylized net extenders of unusual shape, with
wire mesh, from a set of “Table Tennis, The Greatest of New
Games,” made by the North of England School Furnishings
Co., Blackwellgate, Darlington. Jaques-Hamley’s Ping-Pong
or Gossima sets are rarely found with their net extenders,
which were rectangular in shape, and much wider extensions
than this pair. Any other net extenders out there?
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Celebrity Photo
T
Gallery -
an Update
Celebrity photos are always a fun exhibit, and some
vintage and new photos have been found. Teen idol
Fabian wowed the girls in the late 1950’s & early
60s. Row 2: a rare photo of a young Crown Prince
Akihito (now Emperor of Japan), and a recent photo
of the President of China, Hu Jintao.
Row 3: Diego, star of the Werder-Bremen football
team, a very trim looking George Foreman, boxing
legend who is now at least twice that size! And Deng
Yaping plays Olympics President Juan Antonio
Samaranch at the Musee Olympique in 1998.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency
Photo: (c) IOC / J.P. Maeder
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We begin the Book Corner with an unusual book of
Simple Science Experiements with Ping-Pong Balls.
The experiments involve basic principles of physics, and
are intended as instructional demonstrations, aimed at a
very young audience.
Miniature books became popular hundreds of years
ago, because they were so easily concealed & portable.
Surprisingly 2 multi-lingual miniatures have been published
about Table Tennis, in 3 limited editions:
Zlatni Surbek, by Dorde Randelj (1984) is a brief
story about Dragutin Surbek, mainly a photographic
career summary of the 2-time World Doubles Champion
from Croatia. This is a limited edition of 500 copies, sized
80 x 60mm, in Croatian, Hungarian, Russian, English and
German.
Hetvenottev szaz Aranyerem, by Tibor Horvath
(1977) is even smaller, at 60 x 40mm, the story of
Hungarian Table Tennis history, in two different hard
cover editions of 500, in Hungarian, English and German.
These must be read with a strong magnifying glass!
Three technique books: one in English (2008), with
rather primitive illustrations, one from Brazil ( 2007), and
Manuale del Ping-Pong (Italy), published in the ‘30s.
1984 miniature: 80 x 60mm
Book
Corner
At 60x40mm, the world’s
smallest book on TT
Also 60x40mm, the same
book with different cover
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F
eatured Book: Twenty One Up, by legendary
4-time World Singles Champion, Richard Bergmann,
who many regard as the best defensive ace of all time. This
work is one of the all-time greatest classics of Table Tennis
literature. It is a fascinating read, filled with many wonderful
photos and stories of Bergmann’s colorful career.
The book is presented in 4 Parts. In Part 1 Bergmann relates
his early years, and then all the World Championships
from 1936 to 1949 in excellent personal detail. In Part 2 he
gives his observations about Table Tennis as a spectacle and
the future of professionalism, ending with an evaluation of
the top players, & a ranking for 1950: 1.Vana (CZE)
2.Bergmann (ENG), 3.Miles (USA) 4.Leach (ENG) 5.Koczian
(HUN) 6.Sido (HUN) 7.Reisman (USA) 8. Andreadis (CZE)
Part 3 contains 26 precious chapters about technique, on
every aspect of the game: equipment, grip, positioning, spin,
service, strokes, timing, footwork, tactics, practice, & how to
play against different styles. Part 4 gives complete statistics
of World Championships. A must have, fantastic book for all.
The Austrian team at the 1937 World Championships in Baden-bei-Wien. Bergmann
(R) defeated Alex Ehrlich to win the first of his 4 Men’s Singles titles, at age 17.
Trophies won by Bergmann in a single season, including the St.Bride Vase
for the World Singles title, & the prestigious English, Swedish, & Welsh Open
Bergmann demonstrates the shot that made him famous, his forehand chop stroke
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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: museum@ittf.com
Carlos Acevedo, Venezuela
early Table Tennis items
carlosacevedo69@cantv.net
ebay ID: zappiros
Gunther Angenendt ebay ID: thorin2001
Langacker 10a 44869 Bochum, Germany
/Fax: +49-2327-77117 ttanpp@gmx.de
Pre-war World Ch. programs; all TT items
German boxed sets & bats; TT pins
Jorge Arango
Cr. 35 No. 7 - 100 Medellin, Colombia
jharango@epm.net.co ebay ID: nofrah37
Philatelic & general TT items
Michael L. Babuin, PhD
P.O.Box 3401, Cary N.C. 27519 USA
mike.babuin@townofcary.org
pre-1905 books (any language), copies of old
films, programmes ebay ID: sircules
Oliver Born Germany
born4TT@freenet.de 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,chantriaux@wanadoo.fr Stamps, cancels, postcards,
posters (major events) old papers on TT
Colin Clemett
7 Brookmead Way, Havant PO9 1RT UK
colin@clemett.demon.co.uk
Historical documents
Ron Crayden (ENG) in Memoriam
Andre Demeure Place de Mai, 10
B-1200 Brussels BELGIUM 02/770.55.29
a.m.demeure@skynet.be 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
axel.dickhaus@freenet.de TT balls, phone cards
Alan Duke
2 Shapwick Close Swindon WILTS.
ENGLAND SN3 3RQ UK
+44-01 793 531234 alan-duke@zoom.co.uk
History, music & photo record of TT items
Membership Directory Directory
Sergio Durazzano
Via Girardini 8, 33100 Udine ITALY
0432-21105 e-mail: durazzano@aruba.it
stamps and historical books
Winfried Engelbrecht
Virgiliastr. 21, D-45131 Essen Germany
+49 201 78 6795
winfried.engelbrecht@imail.de
Philately: Stamps, FDCs, Sheets Postmarks, Phonecards,
Books, tickets, stickers, W.C. Programs
Romualdas Franckaitis Lithuania
e-mail: rfranckaitis@gmail.com
Gao Yi-bin
2-202 Lakeside Apartment, Jiangning,
Nanjing. P.R.China 211100
+8625-5212 3334 gaoybd@yahoo.com.cn
TT stamps, FDCs, postcards, phonecards, coins, medals,
pins, cancellations
Roman Gelman
24 Taverngreen Court, Baltimore, MD 21209 USA
410-602-0267 Rgpinman@aol.com
TT pins,badges,medals
David George
No.1 Kingshill Cottages, Coatbridge Rd.
Gartcosh GT69-8DS SCOTLAND UK
+ 44-01236 872350
Badges, keyrings, medals, olympics, pins
David Good
710 N.Waverly, Dearborn, MI 48128 USA
+1 313 278 5271
dgood42@yahoo.com ebay ID: dipp
c.1900 sets, equipment, ephemera, memorabilia
Scott Gordon
5340 Shelato Way, Carmichael, CA USA 95608
+1 916 457 8482
sgordon@hardbat.com www.hardbat.com
historic films; classic-era hardbats, old books
Acquire: films ebay ID: scottgordon
Gordan Gotal
Meduliceva 23 Zagreb 10000 Croatia
+3851 4848 687 mim-borovo@zg.htnet.hr
Exch: TT pins, medals, postcards
Acquire: Official badges from WC & EC (guest, organizer,
player, press, etc.)
Steve Grant NY, NY USA
nyman455@yahoo.com ebay ID: prompt101
Ping Pong Diplomacy Early 1900s Table Tennis
Gerald Gurney
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
Rex Haggett
27 Meadow Close, Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire, CV37 9PJ, England
+44 (0) 1789 269352 rex.haggett@ntlworld.com
Interests: Philately ebay ID:
Esko Heikkinen
Vaimoisenkatu 9 B 17, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
+358 50 62532 esko.heikkinen@diacor.fi
TT history, Stiga bats
Martin Holland
44 Victoria Road Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria ENGLAND BA14 5JU
mjh44now@yahoo.co.uk
Postcards, trade cards
Chuck Hoey Curator, ITTF Museum
Chemin de la Roche 11
CH-1020 RENENS, Switzerland
museum@ittf.com ebay ID: ittfmuseum
World Ch. programmes: 1928, 1930; Art bats,
unusual bats, historic photos, museum quality items
Rolf Jaeger USA tennisheritage@aol.com
Tennis & Table Tennis items
Custom jewelry: www.tennisboutique.com
Dean Johnson
3404 Holly Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 USA
(757) 478-3605 E-mail: djab2b@aol.com
Jean-Francois Kahn
49 rue Léonardo da Vinci
77330 OZOIR LA FERRIERE France
+33 1 40779762 kahn@ccr.jussieu.fr
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: sjang.kleeven@planet.nl
Pins, flags, pennants, stamps, phonecards,stickers
Matty Kolppanen
Kollekannaksent 12E, FI-02720 Espoo, Finland
matti.kolppanen@kolumbus.fi
TT history, TT postcards
Randy Koo
Torenwacht 37 2353 DB Leiderdorp Netherlands
+31 071 5417413 rkoo@planet.nl
Stamps mint, special postmarks, red meters, FDC
Hans Kreischer
Avenue les Comargues 21
03111 Busot_Alicante SPAIN
+34965698195 hanskreischer@hotmail.com
www.ttmuseum.nl
Kevin Lau, 7544 N.Claremont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645 USA Phone: 773-719-0860
Fax:773-338-1831 kevintennis@yahoo.com
Philatelic items, pins, coins, souvenir items, memorabilia,
decorative items
Caron Leff
9201 LaLique Lane #1602
Ft. Myers, FL 33919 USA
csleff@aol.com Interests: pins
Francis Leibenguth
231 rue du Maréchal Oudinot
54000 Nancy - FRANCE
+33383578422 stanfl54-hardbat@yahoo.fr
Vintage bats (especially hardbats), vintage sets
Website: http://raquettes-collection.blog4ever.com/
Jorgen Lindh
Egnahemsgatan 13D S-43242 Varberg SWEDEN
joli@mbox303.swipnet.se ebay ID: joliswede
Steve Luck, Essex, U.K.
tennis@steveluck.freeserve.co.uk
racket sports, rowing, billiards, croquet, archery –
most sports
Eldon Mohler 3910 Pecos-McLeod, A100
Las Vegas. NV 89121 USA
Fax: +1-702-453-8472 eam2@ix.netcom.com
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Erik Kenneth Muhr
2 Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst KENT
TN18 4LB ENGLAND UK
01580 752676 kenmuhr@btopenworld.com
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: nleyn@hotmail.com
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 flo.p@mx.net
Older bats: Banda, Stiga, Joola, Butterfly, Imperial
Jeong-Kye Park
P.O.Box 555 BUSAN 600-605 KOREA SOUTH
016 242 2075 fifaball@hanmail.net
Stamps, cancellations, covers
Robin Radford
16 St Edmund Cr TAWA, Wellington, NZ
+64 04 232 5672 rradford@paradise.net.nz
TT cartoons, comic strips, clip art
Jose Ransome ”Conifers” Church Lane
ORMESBY Middleborough TS7 9AU ENGLAND
01642 322223 ajransome@aol.com
Geoff Reed 21 Beaulieu Park, St Helier.
Jersey JE24RN geoffr@googlemail.com
44.01534.730132 Table Tennis history
Helmut Reinhardt Lion-Fuchtwanger-Str. 6
D-18435 Stralsund, GERMANY
+49-(0)3831-397141
H.Reinhardt-Stral@t-online.de
TT Philately, all variations
Lutz Schoenfeld Germany
selling Table Tennis items on ebay ID: pongiste
e-mail: rulusch@T-Online.de
Membership Directory Directory
Martin Senn St. Gallen, Switzerland
e-mail: keys@swissonline.ch
Seeks old Stiga blades & catalogues
Luigi Simeoni Via Ponte S.Pancrazio 2/a
37133 Verona ITALY
0039 045 532033 luigi.simeoni@tin.it
TT Balls, catalogue available
Harry Sintemaartensdijk
Julianastraat 8, 2651 DP Berkel en Rodenrijs
The Netherlands. 0031 105114621
emal: harry.smd@wanadoo.nl
Tischtennis Aufklebers/stickers
Tang Gan Xian
Qing Hu 4-35-104, ChangShu
215500 P.R.China
86-512-52722359 tangganxian@yahoo.com.cn
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: tpam@free.fr
Solazzi Tonino
via Millefonti 6/5 10126 Torino, ITALY
+393391870279 solton66@alice.it
Table Tennis pins
Hans-Peter Trautmann
Siegfriedstr. 17 64385 Reichelsheim GERMANY
hpt@hptrautmann.de ebay ID: hpt146
Stamps mint, perforated, imperforated, sheets,
colour proofs, minister/artist sheets, errors,
postmarks, red/blue meters
Michael Thomson
1 Kinnoull Terrace, PERTH
PH2 7DJ SCOTLAND UK
01738 622052 ebay ID: thetartatrader
thomsonmfamily@blueyonder.co.uk
Jaques and history of Table Tennis
A Guide to Online History Retrieval
For the benefit of our new readers, here are some helpful tips
on retrieving free historical information using online resources,
starting from the ITTF Museum website: www.ittf.com/museum
o The first magazine about Table Tennis (1902):
- Click on the racket and then select the “1st TT magazine”
gallery. To download the pages FREE, simply right click
on the picture, and then Save to your hard disk
o Illustrated list of all World Singles Champions:
- Look in the yellow menu bar on the left of the museum
page, and click on the World Champions pdf link
o A detailed Evolution of the Rules, by Colin Clemett (UK)
- Look in the yellow menu bar on the left of the museum
page, and click on the Rules Evolution link (EXCEL chart)
o Find Programs, Meeting Minutes, & Documents from
any World Championships:
- Click on the “Archives website” link in the lower right
corner of the museum homepage, then select a year
o View the Career Results of any international player, or
statistics from major international events:
- Click on “Statistics” in the bottom right corner of the
museum homepage, then follow the prompts
Graham Trimming Rosemount Juniper Lane
Wooburn Green, Bucks HP10 0DE England
+44 (0) 1628 529609 graham.trimming@virgin.net
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
nikola.turk@zg.t-com.hr
Sport historian, Sport-recreation activist, journalist
Professor of Kinesiology, Philatelic collector
Damir Uzorinac
Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 20 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Damir.Uzorinac@pliva.hr 38598474982
Books, pins, stamps, cancellations
Russ Walker
4316 Irving Ave N, MPLS MN 55412 USA
+1-612-522-7905 rj_wal@msn.com
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
cttayao@china.com 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
j.zinkstok@poveia.nl 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 a.zwiebel@hotmail.com
Exch: Stamps, cancellations, postcards
Acquire: postcards ebay ID: pongist
o Find back issues of the Table Tennis Collector:
- Click on the small icon of the journal to view a page
with links to issues 40 through 49 (older issues pending)
o View detailed match results of all Men’s & Women’s
World Team Championships, from 1926 to 1939:
- Click on “Results” at the bottom right of the museum
homepage, then select a year
o View galleries of vintage rackets & balls:
- Click on the racket & then select a gallery of interest
o View galleries of art, postcards, stamps, photos &
objet:
- Click on the painting in the center, then select a gallery
o View galleries about international tournament history:
- Click on the trophy at middle right, then select a gallery
o Read about the history of Table Tennis in the Olympics:
- Click on “Olympic Table Tennis” link at bottom center
o Illustrated list of all ITTF Hall of Fame members:
- Click on the Hall of Fame icon at the bottom of the page
o Read a summary of Table Tennis history:
- Look in the yellow menu bar on the left and click on the
Table Tennis History link
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Heavy Metal
he Beijing Olympic Games are about to
begin, the greatest celebration of sport
on the planet. Pins from the Olympic
Games are always popular with collectors.
In past issues we have already looked at
many pins already issued for the Beijing
Games, and doubtless there will be more.
In this issue Heavy Metal looks at the
pins from the previous Olympic Games in
Athens. Please send any pins not shown!
Published by the ITTF Museum on behalf of the Table Tennis Collectors’ Society, August 2008
Contact: ITTF Museum, Chemin de la Roche 11, CH-1020 RENENS, SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41-21-340-7096 e-mail: museum@ittf.com Website: www.ittf.com/museum
© ITTF Museum 2008 - No part of this journal may be reproduced without prior consent of the publisher
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