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Mark Schussheim Matthews
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Let’s credit not only Parker Brothers but New York City’s Tompkins Square (Ave. A and Tenth St. ) Boys’ Club–led by its star player and all-around athlete (swimming, basketball, the shot-put, volley ball, handball, tennis), Marcus “Mark” Schussheim–for helping to bring Ping-Pong here in the U.S. back into popularity from its…
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Dolores Probert Kuenz
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Dolores (originally Delores?) Probert’s first National’s was the Parker Brothers-sponsored American Ping-Pong Association’s last one–at the Hotel Carter in Cleveland, Apr. 6-8, 1934. She lost in the 2nd round, badly, to Chicago veteran Helen Ovenden, and was ranked APPA #12 for the ’33-34 season. At the Apr. 5-7, 1935 unifying USTTA…
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General Sportcraft Co., LTD
Courtesy of Tim Boggan The General Sportcraft Company Ltd. was founded in 1926 by Walter Holdstein. Its first ad to appear in Topics was for the Feb., 1934 issue and featured the imported French Reina ball, “the official ball of the New York Table Tennis Association” that would be used in their 1934 National’s. With…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States