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Kasia Dawidowicz
Courtesy of Tim Boggan It was Oct., 1972, and (Photo #1) the appearance of a father-daughter combination at the Southwestern Open in Bartlesville, Oklahoma caused quite a stir. The father, Bohdan “Bob” Dawidowicz, the hat trick winner at this Open and a house painter by profession, had come to the States from Poland where reportedly
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Mae Clouther
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Reportedly, Mae Clouther “declined an offer from the Ziegfeld Follies to marry a Boston accountant.” One can believe it. And believe, too, that after said husband had “laughed at her” for thinking she might be able to play ping-pong, she began taking the game seriously enough to venture forth from her
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Bernice Charney Chotras
Courtesy of Tim Boggan A newcomer to the USTTA tournament world makes her first appearance at the April, 1941 U.S. Open, played at New York City’s Manhattan Center—she’s Bernice Charney, who, on paying her dues, will be the 1946 U.S. Open Champion, and who, a remarkable 17 years later, as Mrs. Bernice Chotras, will again
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