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Jessie Jay Purves
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Until 1933, only men were permitted to play in the National Championships of both the Parker Brothers’ American Ping-Pong Association (APPA) and its rival, the Sept., 1931-formed NYTTA. However, as early as 1930, Cecile Stewart, wife of the USTTA’s first President, Bill Stewart, won the Chicago District Open Women’s Championship; and…
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Sally Green Prouty
Courtesy of Tim Boggan The 1938 World Championships would be played in London, at Wembley, and, since all four members of last year’s winning U.S. Corbillon Cup Women’s Team–Ruth Aarons, Dolores Kuenz, Jay Purves, and Emily Fuller–were not interested in representing the U.S. this year, especially since they’d have to pay all, or at least…
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Lou Pagliaro
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Arresting, Louie and his table tennis play doubtless became, but his development as a young player of note was anything but arrested. By 1932 he’d won the New York City Boys’ Club and Inter-Settlement Championships for his age-group. In 1933, from a field of youthful players representing various schools, YMCAs, scout…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
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