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George Schein
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Indispensible to any attempt to recreate the early History of U.S. Table Tennis are the published books and private scrapbooks of those active in 1930’s table tennis–specifically, the popularizations of Neil Schaad, Bill Stewart, and Coleman Clark, and the lovingly kept (if not always so chronologically ordered) clippings of Marcus Schussheim…
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William R. Price
Courtesy of Tim Boggan The Aug. 31, 1934 Cleveland Great Lakes Open–played before maybe 1,000 spectators on 40-50 tables set up outdoors at the windy Euclid Beach Amusement Park–was clearly unique. It was also significant in that it provided us with the first mention in Topics of three great St. Louis players–Robert “Bud” Blattner, Garrett…
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William C. Holzrichter
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Billy Holzrichter, born New Year’s Day, 1922, began playing at the Larabee Y in Chicago in 1934. Two years later, in the Illinois Open, he had a sensational win over Ralph Muchow (MUCK-ow), U.S. #9 for the ’36-37 season. This prompted Yoshio Fushimi, Coleman Clark’s exhibition partner and one of the…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States