Official Magazine of the English Table Tennis Association Edited by LESLIE S. WOOLLARD Published by Walthamstow Press, Ltd., Guardian House, London, E.17. Vol. 9 JANUARY, 1951 No.4

SENDING From THE EDITOR CONTRIBUTIONS HELD OVER Let t e r s, articles, anecdotes, On The Mark news, etc., are always welcome. ON'T be downhearted about losing our And y Donaldson Should be as brief as possible, titles. If you saw our young boys and girls (First English* Cham­ 1 D pion) on "Training and sent direct to The Editor : in action yon would be confident that we and Winning the LESLIE S. WOOLLARD, English"; Jack Car.­ have the potential talent to win the Swaytnling rington - "Swedish 21, Campbell Road, Bedford. Cup yet. Our greatest Hungary-beating team of National Coaching' ',-; Until increased circulation justifies Peg g y Franks ­ 1927 (Bull, Perry and Haydon) were 18, 18 and "Practice for La­ extra pages, space is limited, and some dies"; R.A.F. "FlY­ items may have to be condensed. Send 16 years old respectively and fearless as "wild­ ing High"; "Why early as possible. cats." That spirit is still alive. Some of our Affiliate," " The N.E.C. from the In­ articles are dedicated to building English world­ side," and "County A SPECIAL NOTE Associations," by Les­ beating combinations. aie Woqllard; U. S.A. Arti~les and opinions, etc., Will you please all try to sell an extra copy of Desp.atch by Reba . expressed in Table Tennis do Monness; "A m b i ­ Table Tennis? If you can all sell just one more ti::mB," by A. A. 2 not necessarily represent official cop~ Wall· Letters'· Car­ views. They may, in fact, be at vari­ a club (average) then we get 4 extra pages toon~; "Bats,' Covers ance. All articles published are the for our 6d. Let's try and make' this a, record and Grips" (Miscel­ lany) ; Photographs; individual viewpoint of the writer season for circulation. L.S.W. Official News, etc. whose name is given. Every reader has the same right of expression. Items WAS PINKIE RIGHT? under Official News are authoritative To win or to lose"gloriously, that is the question. Which is right? See and also where expressly stated. our note on page 4, col. 1. Pinkie could have probably beaten' Pritzi on a time limit. Here is her view of her heroic match. GETTING YOUR MAGAZINE " I f.elt I had a good chance against measure of my hitting, and by that REGULARLY Pritzi, as she is entirely defensive, so time I was considerably hotter than I was determined from the start to she. From then ,on it was a process Table Tennis should be readily m~ obtainable from your local h,it as nluch as I could. I knew if I of wearing down. Whatever I 3 Hon. Magazine -Secretary (in tried to play her type of game she did, the ball came back and back. England) through newsagents, or would get the better of me, and in Some people said I should have direct from the Circulation Manager: any case I think time limit games are played to win on a time linlit when GEOFF. R. HARROWER, a bad advertisement for T.T. So I I had an 11-6 le'ad in the third. decided to mix it a bit,..,~ith long and Audiences pay to see table tennis~ not 68, Gloucester Road, New Barn~t, Herts. short returns and '1'0 use a surprise hit. ping-pong, and if Betty Blackbourn To my great relief this worked so and Vera Dace have beaten her by Supscription Rates are Singles Copies well that I got the first two games. ·out and out hitting, I'm certainly not 7d. post free; Full season (9 copies) When it came to the third, however, going to be a bad advertisement for 5s. Ode post free. she suddenly began to- get the T.T. by winning on a time limit." ADVERTISEMENTS Cover Picture: Dorothea Munnings Enquiries or copy for Advert­ Lines County and Scunthorpe isements should be sent to E have been wai1ting for 12 months to give D'orothea ,the front paige 4 G. R. Harrower, 68, Gloucester honour, and she has certainly worked hard to earn it. Our very Road, New Barnet. W heartiest congratulations to her on winning the English Open Junior ,Girls and f.or her wonderful win ,over Austria's red-he:aded fury Linda Wertl. ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS Dorothea has a very steady all-round, orthodox game and has been earning ASSOCIATION, an increasing number of titles in the past 18 IffiiOlllths, all the more remarkable 5 214, Grand Buildings, because she is out of the big T.T. 'c~'~tres. Mr. Richards (of Scunthorpe) rafalgar Square, LONDON, W.C.2. prophesied a big future for her months ago. We're glad he's right, for Admin. Sec: Mrs. K. Pegg. Dorothea is the nices,t lass imaginable, undaunted in any company. 's U.S.A. Trophies

By JACK CARRINGTON

HIS month a word about T doubles tactics. The ques­ tion is often asked " Can we win doubles by pure defence?" An~ another " Should we try to attack every ball?" I had this latter theory, until the first time I played with Victor Barna, when he said: "What's the rush? Let's see if they are going to give us any points first." Since then I have often found that Photo by Peter Madge Photograph of the unique trophies won by JOHNNY LE~ACH in the U.S.A. Nationalls tip useful, but not every time, of last April, the first U.S.A. titles to come to England. Johnny and JACK C'ARRING­ course. It boils down to this: for TON ha,ve accepted an invitation to defend their titles. Good luck to both! consistent success, whether it's singles or doubles, you nlust be adaptable. In doubles, given the right partner, Candles~ you have the advantage that some­ Man of 80,000 body watching your play very closely can drop a hint to you when some­ By AUSTIN CARRIS, English Finalist, 1922 thing needs changing. Imagine how helpful this could be sometimes in GODFREY DECKER, ageless equip­ himself a great favourite with the singles! ment wizard of the E.T.T.A., retired early pioneers. It is impossible to lay down rules, from the P.L.A. last month after 40 but here is one of the secrets which years' service. ,He revolutionised lighting He was appointed Assistant Secre­ when he lns.talled a single 60-watt elec­ tary to the All-England T.T. Club in have ijelped Johnny Leach and myself tric lamp at St. Brides, and nzade this 1922-helping to organis,e the first to play smoothly together: glow into the 80,000 candle-power of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Champion­ We plan out our game on tradi­ lnodern, televised English finals. His ships at Selfridges, Oxford Street, in tional "Arsenal" lines. If we are experience is older than the Association. 1922, won respectiYely by Mrs. Scott attacking, at any given moment one is We invited E.T.T.A. Vice-President and A. Donaldson. .the half-back doing the feeding, the AUSTIN CARRIS, finalis,t of the first­ other is the centre-forward, looking ever English Open Championships and a He also helped considerably in former English International (now Hon. organising the first International for shots at goal. Secretary of the Hazards Golfing Society), Match - England v. Wales at the If we are waiting, not sure of the to remelnber this grand pioneer and London Club, Baker Street, W.l, in next developments, we are both worker. 1923. The teams were -eight a side, half-backs, hoping to attack but Mr. A. F. Carris is one of the Associa­ ready for defence. tion foundiers mentioned! in the Hi,story and he won all his eight singles. (Official Handbook). Mr. Decker was also The English team was: J. P. If we are defending, then the half­ Hon. Secretary of the E.T.T.A. for 19:32-33. Bromfield, E. Woods, J. W. Swann, back becomes the full-back, sure and G. W. Decker, T. Hollingsworth, G. steady, and the centre-forward be­ WAS first introduced to Godfrey Belsten, E. Tapper and A. F. Carris. comes the centre-half, lying back but Decker early in 1922 when he Reserves, G. J. Ross and R. H. Berry. longing to swing the game forward. joined the newly f.orm'ed All­ Now which role do we each take? I Along with your present Chairnlan, England Ping-Pong Club at Slater's And when do we decide to defend? in the Strand. the Han. Ivor Montagu, and others, It varies according to our mood As President of that Club (later he helped in the fight to change the and respective form, and the mood re-named the All-England Table name from P.P. to T.T., and was at and form of our opponents. Tennis Club) and of the T.T.A. and all times willing to play exhibitions It is by recognising the m-oods and one of the chief organisers, I soon and give tuition freely to new-comers. form of your partner, and by dis­ realised there had come into the fold Most of the outdoor and indoor ciplining your play accordingly, that an enthusiastic, energetic, self-sacri­ sports played in all parts of the world you can build yourself up as part of ficing lover ,of the game who never have emanated from our Island and a good doubles team. It all boils spared himself to further its interests owe a great deal to such ,enthusiastic down to "understanding "-and that and who, by his thoughtfulness, and self-:-sacrificing pioneers. is partly instinctive, partly the result modesty and personal charm, made AUSTIN F. CARRIS. of persistence and experience.

Page Two Memoriall--;;"~ C-h~ The W. J. Pope 1- '-'-0( -Z-Z _. I .L fie ron ance or -English Open I ALEX(F~~~LICH Championships I Men's Singles Champion, 1950-51 1950

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Jack Carrington ... 5 ,Pinkie Barnes 4 Tony Miller 3,4 Stan Proffht 6 Leo Thompson 7 The Rock of Austria ] Corti 'Woodcock . 4 TRUDI PRITZl 'J Walloer Steinetz . 9 (Austria) ~I R,esults 6 Women's Singles Champion, 1950-51 J'. -- .- ...... ~~..e..-- ..... Men's Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles Surfey colleague, Ron Crayden, attack Bill McCav,e vastly amused the By TONY MILLER prooving superior to defence. Keith crowd with his windmill style. in ' the the steadily rising Surrey play~r who Collar disposed of Ernie Bubley 3-1, quarter-final against EHRLICH, bllt still further enhanced his reputation and in five nervous games Ken " The Iron Chancellor" was not by reaching the fourth round without Craigie put out Len Adams. Keith amused at some of Bill's angles. dropping a game. Consistent defence Hurlock then produc,ed his perennial Three close games for Ehrlich, these and sporadic well-timed a t t a c k s burst of scintillation, beating Bernard 19, 19 and 19. eclipsed Pho Quoc Buy, Brian Cart­ Crouch to 15 in the fifth game, and SIMONS, though not at his best, wright and international Brian Brum­ taking Lanskoy to 18 in the fifth. prevailed against Lanskoy and Ken­ well, and it needed the inspired nedy against Haguenauer, each drop­ BRIAN KENNEDY to put Tony out Geoff Harrower fought hard against ping one game to their French in four hard games. the inscrutable and puppet-like Viet­ opponents. Men's Singles namese, Trun Van Liu, but without Double~ LEX (Aloisjy) EHRLICH won luck. John Davies lea'sily beat H~ad, Men's , the Singles title for the second and Venner controlled Craigie. 'Gwyn ACK CARRINGTON / JOHNNY A time. His first victory was in Bebb beat Collar, and took the first LEACH were the popular w.in~ 1935. His steadiness proved too much game from "Haguenauer. Alan Thomp­ J, ners of this event, their well for Reisman, Amouretti, McCave, son (Yorks)" played 'extremely well to tried combination having that under­ ROQthoft, and finally a tired Brian beat Georges Rooland (Belgium No. standing which many of their "scratch Kennedy. Reisman lacked his former 1. It took Simons five hard games p'air" opponents lacked. - ,'~" speed and bite, while in the "Greek to dispose of Eric Filby, who showed R. Crayden/E. Filby caused __ a m,eets Greek" battle with Rene more of his old form. Bill McCave n1ajor upset in be.ating M. Haguen­ Roothoft (time limit), the Frenchman was too strong for Maurice Kriss, auer/V. Barna, both of these eminent had it in him'to win. and ,Michael Thornhill triulTlphed over players being below form. Kennedy! The honours, however, really go to Peter Skerratt (Lincs) in four close Thornhill beat the impressive pairings BRIAN KENNEDY. He beat Harry games, subsequently losing to Lans­ of Craigie/Sharman and Adams1 Venner comfortably, then Michel koy. }OHNNY LEACH disposed of Venner. Lanskoy/Roothoft beal-Ehr= Haguenauer, and next AUBREY Ron Sharman and Trun Van Liu with lich/Harrower in a close match after SIMONS in a tense and thrilling'semi­ care and attention, and'in the quarter­ the latter pair had won' -a great final, ending 26-24 in' the fifth game. filial took the first tw,o games from struggle with the' ii1spire~ ~-o Brian hit brilliantly and encour~g~d ~gEe and consistent RENE ROOT­ Thompson and Jimmy 'Low~.__ " hopes of:his emergence as -a world HOFT, but his lack of attacking . In the final Carrington/Leach class. player. variations; and final kill handicapped played _exce~dingly ,well to be~t th_~ First surprise of the tournament was him against his opponent, who bears ill-matched ,Simt)nsjReisman ~ -in ' four JACK HEAD'S 3-1 win over his the halln1ark of future' world clas$~ , entertaining g-ames-~

p,age. Three . ~- Mixed Doubles Another surprise was Joan Crosby's win over Betty Steventon. Betty has HE holders, Johnny Leach/ been in top form lately but Joan's quick • Our Visitors Peggy Franks, lost a great hit overpowered her in three straight five-game struggle to hitters games. And we mustn't forget Elsie by T Weaver's fight against Peggy Franks­ B E·R N A R D CROUCH / VERA Peggy beat Elsie 3-1, but they were all THOMAS, who provided the unusual very close. Then , in fine Corti Woodcock spectacle ·of man keeping the' ball hitting form, went through Peggy in going and the woman kiting it. They three games were as a relentless tide that swept HE foreign entry was a big one, Mrs. Cumberbatch, of Warwick, did and with one or two major all before them to the final, blit then well to beat G. Roland, Belgium No.2, ebbed against VICTOR BARNA, who T exc,eptions, confronted us with a but. she in turn was defeated by Helen series of formidable challenges from played cleverly in partnership with EllIot, who fought her way to the semi­ HELEN ELLIOT. final, disposing of in the Continent and elsewhere. Twelve four gamys. No doubt the Scottish overseas countri,es were represented, champion would find both the twins a including U.S.A., France, Germany, difficult proposition if they had a Sweden, Austria, Vietnam, Belgium .111I11~~iis~11111111111 chance to play her more frequently. and the Channel Islands. Scotland The finals between Pritzi and Elliot, and Wales sent big teams: Australia while not particularly spectacular, provided one and New Zealand three showed Pritzi's amazing ability and players to make their bow at Wem­ agility in getting back shots from any bley. Singles & Doubles part of the table, although she stands well to her backhand side. Helen hit Altogether, we welcO'med some 50 by well, but the better she hit, the more "invaders," including such pronlirient Pritzi liked it. In beating Helen Elliot officials as Dr. KUNODI, President with purely defensive play, Trudi of the Austrian T.T.A., Mr. ROY Pinkie Barnes Pritzi proved once again that her T.T.A~ " wearing-out" tactics can win titles. EVANS of the of Wales, and Yet nobody really enjoys that kind of Mr. J. M. MUIR, the new Secretary the famous English and Surrey star, who of the Scottish T.T.A. Another wel­ omits an account of her own heroic play. So it's up to the girls to get battle against Trudi Pritzi. Not only together and do something about beating come visitor was Dr. ECKHARDT, was IIPinkie" the only player to take any it ! President of the newly formed J.oint games from the II Rock of Austria," but Board ·contro:ling organised T.T. in came within an ace of beating her. In LADIES'DOUBLES Germany, both in the East and the, fact, all ngreed that with' two games up Players and fans are fast becoming West. Dr. Eckhardt, himself a Swath­ and a 11-6 lead, HPinkie" could have used to the Rowe twins retaining titles ling Cup player in the German team. won by playing out to a time limit. We all over the country, but when they win in London in !935, was accompanied interviewed IIPinkie" about this after the an English Doubles two years in succes­ by four men and two women, ·one of match - a real highlighler - and her sion that certainly is something to sing them .Hilde Bussmann, former holder opinion is an object lesson in tactics and about. Apart from their outstanding controversy for all English players. Don't play, they outshone in looks, too. Tele­ of the World's Women's Doubles miss it. On Page One. vision viewers noticed their trim tunics title with Trudi Pritzl. with initialled pockets. If there had OOKING round at the women's been coloured television, the viewers Pritzi, too, came with the Austrian ..L events during the English Open one would have got an even better eyeful, party and duly proceeded to steam­ couldn't help feeling just a little glow for the tunics were in deep red, which r:oller her way to the Singles title, of pride at the British contingent. It suited the twins' dark colouring particu­ disposing of Diane Rowe and Scot­ would be difficult to find a more healthy, larly well. land's Helen Elliot in the process. attractive bunch in any sport. Consider­ Two Surrey players, Mrs. D. Atherton Trudi's young compatriot, Linda ing 99 per cent. of the girls are wage­ and Miss M. Piper, deserve praise for Wertl, made a very good impression slaves and do all their T.T. after office their efforts against Pritzi and Wertl, and seems likely to go far: and the hours - unlike some of the foreign whom they took to five games. Our visitors who run T.T. saloons, etc.-both Belgian No.1, Mme. Roland, reached revived combination, Barnes/Franks, sur­ the final of the Women's Consolation the appearance and performance of our prisingly failed against the two French­ ladies delighted the eye. women, Beolet and Betling. In fact, event. Outstanding visitor was 16-year-old M. Beolet hit so effectively down either Among the men, Martin Reisman LINDA WERTL (Austrian No.2), who, wing that the English pair were put to already with several victories over the shame. Anyone wanting a lesson in failed to show the devastating form rocklike TRUDI PRITZl, would have wrist-hitting would have done well to we know him to possess and lost' in made an all-Austrian final but for watch Beolet. She uses the minimum of the third round of the Singles, to the HELEN ELLIOT'S tenacity in the effort yet gets maximum results. ultimate winner, Ehrlich. Of the semi, won 22-20 in the fifth game. But French, Haguenauer and Lanskoy Linda will remember the English girls The finals between the Rowe Twins and Elliot/Thomas lasted for five excit­ reached the quart,er-final, where Root­ all right, especially DOROTHEA MUN­ hoft distinguished himself by beating NINGS, who beat her 16, 17 in the ing games, both sides hitting and re­ Girls, and EILEEN GRIMSTONE, who trieving well. It's good to know that Johnny Leach after being two games took her to five games, and who had those tiresomely dull women's foursomes down. Robertson, fDO'm Melbourne, previously beaten the hard-hitting which have characterised so many finals and the New Zealand trio, Borough, French seed, HUGUETTE BEOLET. are becoming more rare-more power to Knowsley and Flint, found themselves the ladies' elbows! in rather deep water but tried hard. If MARGARET FRY doesn't get Well, the next big event in the T.T. Of the four, only Flint managed to international honours this season, she lives of our ladies is the World Cham­ survive a round. Pettersson and should 'be a cert for next. She beat pionship. The selection of the Rowe Malmquist, the Swedish Juniors, did Vera Dace Thomas in the first round twins has a~ready been made. If they're exceptionally well, and a-mong others ~early pulled it off against Joyce Robert~ backed by a wise choice of compatible who made a favourable im'pression In· the. n~xt, and thoroughly merited her team-m~tes" _ we've every. chance of Consolation Singles _win bY' beating winning both the Corbillon Cup and were the Austrian boys, Schindler and Betty Steventon and Ghislaine Roland other titles. Our fervent' wishes for Pitz, and the Vietnamese, Van Lui (Belgium No.2). success go with t4~m, and Quoe Huy.

Page "Four ERDICT on this year's English RUD] PRITZl, who has been She tried! The two redheads went Open? First-rate show, is the competing nearly as long as at it hammer and tongs, until He~en V answer from most people. T Ehrlich, won the Singles with led in the fifth game by 19-14. She comfortable-looking scores through­ might be pardoned for thinking her * * * out, but she suffered a terrific chal­ work was done. But no-a last blitz Less conlmanding Personalities than lenge from "PINKIE" BARNES in from Linda and Helen stood: match­ of-old, say some. Could it not be the second round. "Pinkie" led by point down, 19-20! that there is more person~lity amongst two games to nil by her mixed short­ Helen steeled herself and somewhat the general run of players to-day? and-long play. gingerly counter-drove Linda's, ser­ Less willingness to lie down and JtVhen Trudi settled down to her vice. It was a slow curling shot, accept the "commands" of the few? quite harmless rea~ly, but the "nerve" I certainly believe so. This tourna­ heartbreak defensive tactics, "Pinkie" resolutely refused to try to win the of it won that point, and youthful ment was vital, a merging of many disappointment settled the deuce interesting personal touches, and the odd game by "pushing" for a time­ limit lead. issue. test was that you could bring a neigh­ Helen collapsed in a chair wonder­ bour, a business friend, a parent, and "Pinkie" was gallant, indeed. Was ing how she had done it, and Linda say with pride: "Look, THIS is table she right? rushed away to sob her little heart tennis." * * * out like the Blue Danube in thaw­ * * * time. Nothing to worry about-this 0. nlany interesting matches hap­ is the intensity which wins the great pened, my notebook looked as matches later on. Ssolid as a hunk of cheese. But space is so short I have now to use * * the cheese-grater and feed you on the shavings. So here we go ... That DORO,THEA MUNiNINGS (Scunthofpe) could beat such a classy ENGLISH OPEN "AU GRATIN" p~ayer in 'the Junior Girl's makes ber title a most worthy honour. MARTY REISMAN. Back home to the States without a title! * * Tck-Tck! Yet the ace can plead, as so many humble readers have 0 MALMQUIST and LAS S E before him: PETTERSSON. These two "Had rotten luck, Dad. Met the B boys stood out during the winner in the third round." Swedish summer schools, -.when the Swedish officials sought my views on Seriously, it was bad luck that a their chances of making a showing, in man needing to play himself back England. They certainly made a good into form should find such a world­ showing, meeting in the final and class non-seeded player drawn right winning the doubles; but apart from near him in the list. This was ... their play, their table manner and ALOISJY EHRLICH. discipline was n1uch admired. Hard Now that we are all neatiy luck on Pettersson to be runner-up graded and seeded, like prize potatoes, for two years. At present he is a this man-whose international per­ mechanical type of player, whereas formances shriek for recognition­ Jack Malmquist likes to work his points apparently did not fit into any of the out like a chess player. He has the seeding boxes. He plodded through deft touches and the cheeky person­ in his own sweet way, and probably ality of Bergmann. Better learn to owes his second English title to one pronounce his name, because we are fantastic point in the semi-final. Carrington surely going to hear it a lot. ROOTHOFT led him by one game to nil, and the score stood 17-17 in at the ** * the second game. when the 20-minute During the.summer course, Petters­ time-bell struck. Given five minutes son did not sport a word of English, for the next point to decide that game, but this tin1f necessity overcame the two Frenchmen held the ball in English Open silence and he nlade the beginnings play for 220 strokes, until Ehrlich of a social life. finally lured the younger man into M alnlquist, however, whom we over-hitting. OR. a thrilling battle the palnl christened " Mickey .Mouse " in Two more time-limit games, by no goes to the W.S. semi-final, Sweden, has still got no further than means unenterprising nor uninterest­ F HELEN ELLIOT (Scotland) v. counting up to 21. ing, took Ehrlich to the final, where LINDA WERTL (Austria). This is not calculated .to expand he made shorter work of the oblig­ the social life, and I must award my ingly aggressive Brian Kennedy. Before this match 16-year-old Linda Medal of the Month to SHEILA asked me to play with her a while. SMITH, uncrowned queen of the * * During this time I managed to retrieve Bright Young Things of Ashford, for some of her over-arm forehand drives ENNEDY. A 19 - year - old her noble attempts at entertaining -an improvement on my Budapest young Bo. Sheila,.. who has been Englishman in the final? H.ow form, I nlay say! K ever did HE get there, you may known to talk enough for two before ask. By the sheer brilliance of his With a "Thank You" and a shake­ this, had to fall back in the end on left-handed attacking play. hands, she said: "I shall not beat the i1Jternational language of lemon­ Elliot. She is mush better as me. ade and cakes. But seldom have I * *" But ... I try." seen two such expressive pairs of ~yes.

Pa:ge Five MEN'S SINGLES (from too 5th Round) ENGLISH OPEN • M. Haguenauer (F) DETAILS -13,.11,8, 14}KennediY 1920 -17, 18 B. Kennedy , , ~ 15, 16, -9, :;'6 Kennedy , ~~ Rose Bouquets, M. Lanskoy (F) } 16} 19, -17, IB, -17, 24) S; 17, 16, ~2 Simons -19, 19, 18, White and Red A. Simons 10, 10, 1: \. S~=M By STAN PROFFITT w. McCave } i -17, 14, 13, -18,::'6 EhrliCh 19, 19, 19 T'S many winters since the North A. Ehrlich (F) 7, :5, 11 ! Ehrlich has had something to shout about, 10-0\ ; I but we raise our hats and cheer J. Leach 18, 10, 11 } Roothoft J-14, 18-17, 9-7, R. Roothof~fJ)10 8:4 -22, -11, 13, 15, 14 ~ BRIAN KENNEDY for his gr,eat . . , performance and for becoming the first Yorkshire Swaythling Cup player WOMEN'S SINGLE,S (from too 4tb Round) for 20 years, since H. L. Hookins G. Pritzi (A) } Pritz,i 14, 12, 4 way back in 1929-30. J. Roberts Brian is, incidentally, the only tPritzl 1B, 12, 2 } Eng:ish player ever to gain both a D. Rowe n.. D. Rowe 18, 18, 21 J ;S -i = Junior and Senior international badge M. Franks 5 E-l .... ,in the same season, but never ful­ H. Elliot (S) } Elliot 17. 19, -8, 19 ) , ~J~ filled his early promise. In the York­ R. Rowe lo- Elliot ,,_.-l shire Open this season I wrote that E. Grimstone Wert! \ -18. 13, -19, 13, 20 he was taking the ball too late and L. Wert! (A) } ----i117, 12, -13, 10, 15 } not hitting hard·enough, but now the lace is in the ·other boot. Not only is MEN'S DOUBLElS he hitting magnificently but he Quarter-Finals: R. Crayd1en/E. Filby beat B. Kennedy/M. Thornhill -14, 19, 15, 1'7; changes the. pace so cleverly that if M. Reusman/A. Simons beat B. Crouch/iF. Sl{erratt 13, 17,· -17, 16;. M. Lans'koy/R. he can maintain a consistent form' a Roothoft beat A. EhrlichlG. Harrower 12, -11'3, -19'. 23, 16; J. Carrington/J. Leach beat H. MacKay/M. Mobtadli 9, 7, 8. big future is prophesied. Good luck, Semi-I"1nals: Reisman/Simons beat Crayden/Filby 15. -14, 15, 1'8; Carrington/Leach Brian . . . I'll be in Vienna to cheer beat Lanskoy/Roothoft 10, 19, 17. you on. Final: Carrington/Leach beat Reis,man/Simons 110, 11, -12, 14. WOMlEN'S DOUBLEiS' A disappointing Northern entry. Quarter-Fil1la1s: L. vVertllG. Pritzi beat H. Bussmann/E. Bchmddrt -15, 16, 24, 15; Though apprieciating the difficulties, I D. Rowe/R. Rowe beat M. Jones/J. Roberts 9, 13, 17; H. Beolet/S. BetliIlJg beat L. am one of those diehards who con­ Barnes/M. Franks 10, '18, 12; ,H. Elliot/V. Thomas beat J. Crosby/M. Fry 13, 12, 17. Semi-Finals: Rowe/Rowe beat Wertl/Pritzi : 1, 15, 113; Elliot/Thomas beat Beolet/Betling sider it an honour to play in this -19" 112, 8. 8. event, which is unparalleled in the Final: Rowe/Rowe beat Elliot/Thomas' -18, 17, -17, 17, 15. world. High honours to those who MIXED DOUBLES . made the trek. JEAN TITTERING­ Semi-Finals: B. Crouch/V. Thomas beat. Reisman/Rowe 14, 15, -9, 14; V. Barna/H. Elliot beat Simons/Rowe 10, -22" 15, 12. TON (Manchester), in her first real Final: Barna/EIUot beat Crouch/Thomas -2'0, 18, 22, 18. season, reached the Gir:s' Single.s MEN'S CONSOLATION SINGLEIS final, shared title honours for the Semi-Finals: K. Craigie beat L. Adams 16, 13; B. Crouch beat G. Roland' }-3, -19, 15. Girls' Doubles, and was in the s,emi .. Final: Crouch beat Craigie 12. 16. WOMEN'S CONSOLATION SINGLE;S final of the Junior Mixed (losing to Semi-Finals: M. Fry beat E. Steventon 1:3, 15; G. Roland beat P. George 17, 14. the eventual winners). FinaJl: M. lrry beat G. Roland -19, 17, 15. Fifteen - year - old G E 0 F F R E Y MEN'S VE'T'ERANISt' BINGLIES PULLAR (who is also a Lancashire Final: L. Thompson beat L. G. Carter ---:::'9 1'7, 12. WOMEN'S VE!T~ERANS' SINGLEIS . boy cri,cketer) reached the semi-,final Final: Mrs. S. Betling (France) beat Mrs'. D. Ball 19, 8. of the Boys' Singles, losing a tight BOYS' JUNIOR SINGLEIS match to the ultimate winner, Swedish G. Pullar } Bo Malmquist, and was also a finalist J. Hunt Pullar 13, 18 1 Malmquist 11, -24, 13 ,£ in both the Boys' Doubles and the B. Malmquist (SW) lR Junior Mixed Doubles. S. Brockle'bank } :J\ilalmquist 10, 13 ) ) ALAN THOMPSON (Yorks) also ~ ti M. McMillan (S) I did well to reach the third round and A. Danton } McMillan 15, -15, 16 ) beating Georges Roland (Belgium ;.. Pettersson 8, 19 ) D. PhilliPs (W) N'o. 1) en route. He' needed the diffi­ } Pettersson 17, 1'3 J cult Guy Amour,etti to put him out. L. Petters,soh (SW) Congratulations a~so to EILEEN GIRLS' STNGL,ES I J. Titterington GRIMSTONE (Marple), who reached } Titterington -19, 17, 18 '1 D. Spooner rI).~ the quarter-finals ,of the Women's O~ Singles. She beat the French No. 1 i- Titterington 19 21 Z .. Y. Baker } ?a'ker 16. 20 ) . Z~ and seed, Huguette B,eolet, decisively, p. Ba:nks and only succumbed to Linda Wertl, D. Munnings } Munnings 14, 15 ~1 the Austrian junior tornado, by P. Inglis } scores -17, 12, -13-, 10, 15, which 1 Murmings 16, 17 W. Blades are oOl)1parable to Linda's scores L. Wertl (A) } Wertl 9, 10 ) with the redoubtable Scots lassie, BOYS' DOUBLiEfS. Helen Elliot. Semi-Finals: B. Malmquist/L. Pet,tersson (SW) beat D. PhillitpsjK. Pittard: (W) 13, 1'6; Eileen was thrilled to bits, and told J. Junt/G. Pullar beat S. Brockle1bank/A. Danton 13, 17. me afterwards that the whole tourna­ Final: Malmquist/Pettersson beat Junt/Pullar ----18. ~3, 17. GIRLS" DOUBLES ment is worth every penny that it Final: D. Munnings.jJ. TitteZ:jngton beat p. Banks/P. Inglis -19, 9, 17. costs to make the trip. That's the JUNIOR, MIXED DOUBLEIS spirit. Fiilal: L. Petterss,on/D. s'pooner beat G. Pullar/D. Munnings 7, -14, 14.

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you THREE enquiries, received in corre­ spondence refer to actual inci­ dents in local league play. They have everybody been put in question form and ar~ here answered by Mr. E. GEORGE WHITE, N.E.C., English Referee and Chairman of the 'Official Urnpires' Committee. I need hardly say hO~ tremendously Q. Can a player change his bat pleased I was to be honoured by the during, a game? presentation made to me at the Royal A. Yes,· there is nothing in the laws , Empire Society on November 8th. of the game which compels him to In connection with it, I received a use the same racket all the time. great number of messages of congratula­ Q. lOuring a rally, a player transfers tion and goodwill, from abroad a well his bat from one hand to the other as from allover Britain; and as it is and makes a good return. Is this really beyond me to acknowledge indivi­ allowed? dually, I would like to take this A. Yes; provided the racket IS in one hand or the other, it need not' be in opportunity of expressing my grateful the same one all the time. I remember thanks to all who have sho~n me such Ehrlich actually doing this in a kindness, including, of course, all second-round English Championship those who so generously co~tributed to match against Stan Proffitt at Padding­ ton Baths in 1936-the last time he the Fund sponsored by my gqod f~iends, won the Men's Singles title be/ore his the English Table Tennis Association. success this season. e~erybody, Thank you, Q. At 17-all in a deciding game, one player r,emoves his pullover, display­ ing a shirt of a totally different colour. Is this permissible? A. Our correspondent does not men­ London, tion what kind of match was taking November 9th, 1950 place. If it was a League match or some local closed competition. then he must consult the rules for that Picture: The Hon. Ivor Montagu, Chairman of tpe E.T.T.A. and of the LT.T.F. competition. But if the match was in making the Presentation to Victor Barna, Roy~l Empire SOCiiety, Nov. 8,' 1950. a competition which is sanctioned by the National Executive Committee­ ENGLISH OPEN ... VETERAN EVENTS for example, in the Wilmott Cup­ Former German Swaythling player then wle 23 of the E.T.T.A. Regula... by LEO THOMPSON and now President of the German Asso­ tions applies, and this states that if a who outsmarted the Editor by wil1:ning cia~ion, Dr. K. Eckhardt, I. Hecht cardigan is worn while playing it must the M.S. V. title, beating S. Sugarhpod" (France), J. Muir (Scotland), and our be the same shade of colour as the winner for past two years, and L. own Chairman, 1. Montagu, were among shirt. Carter (in the final). It is of interest dJstinguished entries. While the two * * * to note that at the other end of the veterans R. Spooner and C. Munnings had daughters, Doreen and Dorothea, " I read with interest the article by . scale, Leo· had had a hand in the jwho distinguished themselves in the Mr. George White, in your September coaching of at least a dozen of the junior events. magazine on the 'Official Umpire junior competitors. The ladies' event still, unfortunately, Scheme' •.. to forward a copy 0/ the HE " coming of age" of two leading attracts a very small entry. Perhaps the leaflet explaining the County Umpire T pre-war internationals, GILBERT fair sex do, not like it to be known that Scheme, and also a copy of the' Test MARSHALL and DAVIn JONES (once they have reached the milestone. Mrs. Paper' ,. England's No.1), made the M-en'~ S. --BETJ-JNG (France) proved just a Veterans of special interest this yea!. shade too gbod for- the ga,llaQLMrs. D. J. NIES, Hon. Sec., Both were expected to appear inl-e BALL in the final. -­ New South Wales T.T.A., final, but Marshall-unable to use. is ,Australia. ace services-couldn't get going ag nst LTHOUGH form:ed in 1935, Willesden the orthodox LIONEL KERSL.t\l<.E, A League played no inter-league. matches while Jones, after beating Ashfor~f's R.. until 1946. Now they're making up, MORRIS ROSE left Southampton in the SPOONER with his old defensive garrle, for lost time with four teams in the­ "Pretoria Castle" on 9th November en ~5under­ Middlesex Inter-League Championships and route to South Africa, where he will be went down to ED-GAR REAY' entl:ies in both WHmott ,Cup and Rose staying until early March. Ilis first stay land), winner in 1947-48, who in turn Bowl. They are the first Middlesex League will be at The Queens Hotel, Sea Point, lost to the hard-hitting L. C1\.RTER, of to run two junior repres'entative claims. Cape Town, and he will be pleased to Kent. League Secretary, W. G. RUTHERFORD. convey messages to any friends out there. 1.1II11~1["'I'lll'IUI'~ 1 ~II- II­ II­ ~1I1'ld IIIII~ IIIIII

GEOFF JAMES sends the following DAGMAR ROM, Austrian world SOMEONE'S SLIP IS arnusing story recounted in a letter from champion skier known as the "Blonde SHOWING RON SYKES, a keen London player Venus," is reported nearly as hard to "Standardisation of table tennis dress and umpire now serving with the beat on the T.T. table. She recently is overdue. In our view athletic males R.A.M.C. in Africa: won the Women's Singles and Mixed in shorts of pastel shades look like "NANYICKI, Kenya, is 7,050 feet Doubles titles in the Kuftsein T.T. elephants in petticoats." above sea level, on the foothills of Championships. Sports Roundabout, Mount Kenya, and though the Equator Empire News. runs right through the hospital, it is * * * very cold indeed . . . at night we all use hot-water bottles. NO TRANSFER FEE FOR "On August Bank Holiday six of us EX-WORLD CHAMPION The 'ENGLISH' 0 went up into the forest to see the E hear that JOHNNY LEACH has elephants drinking, which they do about W recently been transferred from the as she is interpreted 4.30 p.nl. every day. To see this we Spurs to Crystal Palace, byt that's a had to clirrlb the trees surrounding the little misleading. Prior to his W orid by water-hole. While they were drinking 'Chanlpionship win, Johnny went into it poured with rain, but the joke of it hard and steady trai'ning and was given WALTER STEINITZ is that the damned things decided to the facilities at White Hart Lane. Sel­ TANDING in the wings during ,the stay there overnight! Consequently, we hurst Park is now nearer to his new S final between Malmquist and Petters~ had to stay up the trees all night long home. son, someone beside me started shouting until noon on the Tuesday in the tor­ And don't think this is just a stunt. "Come on, Lassie! Conle on, Lassie! " rential rain! We daren't get down whilst Older players will remember VICTOR It was one of the Rowe Twins (I'll be they were there as they are extremely BARNA'S insistence on field and blowed if I know which 0, but there dangerous when they have their young." athletic training when coaching the wasn't a single dog in sight, and cer­ English 1938 Swaythling team. As a tainly no lassies playing ... Then it * * * schoolboy, the young Victor was a star dawned. Pettersson's Christian name is SEEING STARS all-round athlete considered to be of LASSE . . . He may have lost, but he MONG the televiewers watching the international calibre, and there were SeelTIS to have won himself quite a fan A Champions v. The Rest Match was many sad-shaking of heads at the con­ there. the President of the E.T.T.A., Mr. siderable time Victor H wasted" on Table * * * HAROLD OLDROYD, and Johnny Tennis! ILDE BUSSMANN told us that Leach Junior. The President has writ­ It is all these extra little efforts thatl H although she and the: rest of the ten to say how much he enjoyed the nzake the difference between a Champion German team had to fight hard without performance. Young Johnny Leach, and a good player. getting placed, the playing conditions seeing Daddy for the fil st time on a Incidentally, if you see a figure in a and organisation of the tournament were television screen, couldn't quite make it natty claret track-zoot trotting round to her like a Tale of a Thousand and out. "Come in, Daddy," he kept London - Surrey byways before early One Nights come true. . saying. morning tea time, you'll recognise that "A sort of Bussmann's Ho~iday?" There have been good reports of the JACK CARRINGTON also practises suggested. six ten-minute T.T. lessons which are what he preaches. She agreed earnestly. running in Children's Hour Television * * * with Jack Carrington, Johnny Leach, * * * HERE was a sudden commotion and Cliff Michelmore, Elsie Weaver and T great excitement among umpire and young stars Jimmy Lowe, Doreen scorers. I was summoned in a hurry to Spooner, John Hunt and Peggy Piper. JOHN HANNA, w,ell-known Cali­ fornian T.T. enthusiast, has recently a worried group. One of the young Typical reports indicate that pal ents who juniors of the Austrian team had wanted have hitherto taken little or no interest been transferred to Hawaii, and is to walk' off between games for no in T.T. are now carrying bats to the already working with red-hot fervour apparent reason! The matter was screen on Friday evenings. to get table ten n i s thoroughly adjusted in- a jiffy, quite naturally . . . organised there. Please teacher? . . . * * * * * * A member of the Essendine Club Overheard during the Mixed Doubles: pulied me up last year, and when I ** * "Can you see Vera crouch?" explained that I had only been to the UMPIRE'S COMMANDMENTS! ' "No, but I can see Marty row." club on the day all the ce:ebrities were E are wondering if U is a fac!! that * * * ther,e, he told me that he had tele­ W an umpire candidate, asked what OOR little LINDA WERTL of phoned his club that very same matters he would refer to the referee in P Austria cried her eyes out after her splendid fight against Scotland's bonny evening, and asked the lady secretary an open tournament, replied: H All wh.ether there was anybody there who questions of misconduct between the HELEN ELLIOT, which she lost only players and cases of blasphemy." at 21-23 in the fifth game. could give him a good game. Regarding Helen's subsequent defeat "Oh, 'yes," she replied. "There's by Trudi Pritzi, I can only comment Vana, Andreadis, Stipek, Carrington * * * that the real Scotch only reaches full and others . . . " strength after being matured for s_even "·.Yes?" he said sarca.stically,." and A .nl0ralist lived in Sedan years, and I am looking forward to :aer~m.ann, Barna, LeaQh and who W h~ -thought table tennis was wrong; some intoxicating displays' in the future by this year's runner-up. .e.l~e ... ? " and hung up, fe,e:ing quite It's a curious thing su:re. she was pulling his.1eg. Naturally That he didn't mind Ping, OLLY JONES* *found fault * with the he didn't go. When he did find out But swooned at the mention of Pong. M service of one of her opponents. that those players really had been The umpire didn't. Jolly moans from there, he could have kicked himself. PIBWOB in Molly Jones. IWALTER iSTIEINIT'Z. The New Statesman. WALT'ER STEINITZ.

Page Nine --I ttThe Way to the Stars" How to Acquire - ~ the Essentials of a Champion I World-ranking players and Champions are very special p!eople. They have developed their natural qualities far beyond the average, and no one to a greater or more glorious degree than VIIClIO,R BARNA. I We believe that there are English Juniors to-day who can be WorId Champions if only they are prepared to give all that is necessary, and have therefore asked the great world title-holder to "Show us the Way to the Stars." I Questions are invited for Victor Barna's authoritative answers. by Victor Barna I amazing how the three of us disap­ --_-...... --,walking during week-ends just bef.ore peared about 9 -o'clock as s·oon as a championship. The fresh air and we .had finished our night's practice. brisk exercise, certainly in the early OWADAYS there are many If the question cropped up "What morning, gives a wonderful sense of books on table tennis. Every are you doing to-night?" well, we well-being, and many were the walks N stroke is described adequately were going to visit a relativ'e or we my friends and I used to take to­ and in full detail, yet, strangely had to join in a family reunion -or gether after a very early breakfast, enough, one rarely sees even the something of that kind. We were too sometimes in groups of 20. slightest mention of the all-important young, perhaps too sensitive, to admit Of course, I used to play a lot of points of fitness, training and stamina. to each other that in point of fact table tennis as well during the The Editor, my good friend Leslie we were off home to bed in order to summer, as this is the time to work Woollard, has suggest,ed that I should make quite sure of getting enough on improving one's stroke production. write something for the magazine and sleep and so being really fit for the Don't Overdo Practice that the best way to do it is to big occasion. As the season approached and the answer questions. So I was very glad The No. 1 Answer fixtures became known, I used to lay that his first question, for this issue, down a strict schedule to reach the turned out to be: "How to acquire There is no doubt that the No. 1 peak of my f,orm and condition by a The Will tp Win, Concentration and answ·er to the fitness question is certain date. Here let me say that I Fighting Spirit: and how to 'set about EARLY HOURS. From this it regard it of the utmost importance to reaching the standard of fitness essen­ follows that you are bound to neg:1ect, get one or two clear days of absolute tial to a champion?" and must neglect, your boy or girl rest immediately before a big event. You see, the first thought of every friend or friends as the case may be. Some p:ayers practise unceasingly, champion is to be mentaJy and phy­ I know that this is a delicate subject, but this can be very harmful. For sically at the very peak of condition which sports writers prefer to avoid: example, just look at what some of when the big moment coines. so I will do # the same except for our French friends did immediately I know my wife will not mind my quoting what our slogan used to be before the English Championships. mentioning that before I married, I in the old days: "I can see my girl They travelled from Paris to Man­ and my pals, Szabados and Benak, friend any time of the year, but there chester on a Friday, played in the used to love going to parties and is only one World Championship in Merseyside Championship on Satur­ having fun. So much so, that when 12 m,onths ! " day, in the international n1atch at Before going any further I would w,e undertook our exhibition tours in Birmingham on Monday~ travelled to this country, the late Bill Pope used like to 'emphasise that to become a London on Tuesday, and, a:though to send out a circular letter to all the World Champion deman-ds heavy they were due to play at Wembley local organisers concerned saying that sacrifices. Bergn1ann, Vana, Haguen­ the next day, they started right away in spite of their very strenuous pro­ auer, Ehrlich, among many others, to get all the practice they could. I gramme the three players were very didn't reach championship rank simply am sure that, following a good rest, fond of dancing and parties, and because they happened to be highly a long knock-up, or (if one is lucky would very much appreciate enter­ talent'ed. The fact is they worked ,enough t,o get one) an easy first tainment of that kind being offered. very hard indeed, and y.ou can take round match, is infinitely preferable to It is a matter of history now that ,it from me that no-one can expect incessant practice at the beginning of those social occasions, both formal to be.come a champion unless he is a tournament. and informal, he:ped a lot to stimu­ willing to put in a tremendous amount Rest Between Matches late table tennis and brought us, of work. Another thing. Make sure you 'rest under very cheery ·conditions, into Wha!t I Dld between your matches. If you have close contact with lots of people we I don't want to be too long-winded time, go home and lie down. What­ would not otherwise have met; and about it, but just let Ine· tell you what ever you do, don't just wait-about for who se,emed pleased to meet us, too. I used to do myself. During the your turn to play. Keep away from We Were Boys off-season I played all the sports I the practice table, and above all ··don't The fact is that whether we were -could which improved my footw·ork go trotting about from -·one .place to over here or at home in Budapest, (this being the basic requir~~ents of an:oJher chatting to· friends and we were boys. We used to practise first-class tabl'e tennis), and any sport - acquaintances. Nothing is more together and spent all our ,evenings which assists footwork is worth tiring, and it is certainly no way to 'in each other's co.mpany: yet when developing. I recommend pa'rticu~arly prepare oneself for hard matches a big championship was approaching athletics, jumping, running~ tennis and ahead. -the World's, or a National~it was swimming. Especially important is Continued on top ·opposite page.

Page Ten VICTOR BARNA of Continued from previous page. NORTH ENGLAND OPEN Consider, for example, the case of Manchester, 9th-11th November, 1950 Richard Mi:es and some other Ameri­ By FRANK GEE WOMEN'S SINGLES cans. It is no w,onder he has not yet FINAL become a World Champion. Time RESLTLTS COMMENTARY ADELE WOOD beat Eileen Grim- after time we have seen him and his MEN'S SINGLES stone 20, 8. team mates, during a str,enuous tour­ Se'mi-finals . First game attractive, Eileen ag~res- nament, using the lunch break to M. KRISS beat B. Casofs·ky 18, 17. sIve, Adele calmly confident. fhe practise and keep on practising. Kriss's b~tter all~r~und tactics. Casofsky's crowd's disagreenlent with umpire's usual hurrI,cane hIt~Ing absent,. and; clever decision on an edge ball at 20-all People of frail build like Miles find dll':op-shots never mliSsed by KrISS. . that their stamina, both mentally and L. COHEN beat R. Allcock 17, 15, 16 appeared to upset EIleen for the physica[y, just cannot hold lOUt. At Allcock's hitting faulty. Leslie Cohen match. the very mom,ent they need to nl..lke superior in experience and ,cast-iron d'e­ M.D. R. BAKER/G.· GOODMAN beat M. fence. Kri,ss/P. J. Walton 1'6, 12. their suprenle effort, they are flnLshed. w.n. E. GRIMSTON'E/J. T'ITT'ERINGTON So far I have said nothing about FINAL beat E. Mansell/K. Benson 19, 17. will-power and concentration. But you MAURICE KRISS beat Leslie Cohen X.D. B. CASOFSKY/E. ADAMS beat B. 15, 17. Hand,/A. Jones 18, 13. can see that if you have the deter­ J .B.S. G. PULLAR beat C Booth 9 18. mination and good sense to plan for D·our struggle. Two mainly defen­ J.G.S. J. TITTERINGTON' beat Valerie a long time ahead, and in so doing sive players. Lackman 1:, 20. to sacrifice both pleasure and leisure, SCORES then you have got what it takes: and England Beat France A. W. C. ,Simons beat H. Ha.guenauer 17, won't throwaway in fiv,e minutes 17; beat R. Roothoft 15, 22; beat G. ~o Amouretti 19, 20. what it has taken you months pre­ 6-3 J. Leach beat Haguenauer 11, 20; beat pare. Amouretti 8, -15, 11; lost to Roothoft I know, lof course, that a lot of -23, 17, -10. Simons justifies World Ranking H. Venner lost to Haguenauer -14, -18; people here in this country play the lost to Amouretti 15, -19, -12; beat game for the fun of it. We] and Roothoft 19, 18. good -1 But the question put to me fully justified had to do with the requirements 'of his world and England ranking by East Suburban Open a champion-and there you ~re 1 being the only one to win all his VICTOR BARNA. matches in the fast, furious and ex­ lIford, 11th Noven1ber, 1950 RESULTS citing encounter at the Birmingham M.S. H. T. Venner beat L. G. Adams * * * Sports Stadium, when Englan'd beat S.F. 17, 13; B. Brumwell beat R. Cray­ "Worth Every Bit'" France 6-3 on 27th November. den 18, -6, 13. MALCOLM SCOTT, lively Wol­ FINAI..I H. T. VENNER beat B. BruIDwell JOHNNY LEACH lost to the -19, 15, 12, 13. . verhampton League Chairman, left nimble-footed and deceptive RENE W.S. Miss R. ROWE beat Miss D. Rowe home at 3 p.m. to attend the Barna 13, 13. Presentation ceremony, and arrived ROOTHOFT, but found sp:endid M.D. H. Venner/L. Adams beat R. Cray­ form to beat HAGUENAUER, while den/K. Craigie 17, -19, 12. back at 8.30 a.n1. the following morn­ HARRY VE'NNER earned his place X.D. G. V. Barna/Miss R. Rowe beat H. ing just in time to take his young son by dynamiting the immaculate Root­ Venner/Miss E. Weaver 16, 19. to school. W.D. Misses D. and R. Rowe beat Miss "Was it worth it?" Says Malcolm, hoft in two tight games. E. M. Steventon/M.iss J. Mackay 8, "Every bit. As an old friend and fan of Victor Barna for many years" CHALLENGE my wife and I greatly enjoyed the few "May I here and, now issue a challenge to any association hours spent at the Presentation ... It (league) to a four-a-side match for girls under 12 years. These was once again a thrill to again meet girls only started playing last summer but are as keen as mustard. the great man' of table tennis and the many other ,famous players of the Are there any takers? " . early days, and to be in such a great A. A. WALL, l!0n. Treasurer, West Bromwich T.T.A. gathering of enthusiastic administra­ tors and renew old friendships." TO'MS. for the FI,NEST TABLE TENNIS EQUIPMENT IN TH,E WORLD Belgian Open Nationals PRICE £30 Brussels, 12 Nov., f950 Money back RESULTS Guarantee M.S. J. Leach beat Fritsch (Austria) 14, S.F. 7, -19, 17; G. Amouretti (France) A TOMS Tournament beat A. C. W. Simons 16, 20, -19, T.T. Table with I in. 16. FINAL J. LEACH beat G. Amouretti 19, SIRCH. plywood top, 16, 11. and hardwood bead­ W.S. Miss G. PRITZl (Austria) heat ing to protect table Miss M. Franks 12, 8, 14. M.D. J. Leach/A. W. Simons beat Trun edges. Van Liu/Pho Quoc Huy (V~etnam) 11, 15, 16. All Goods X.D. J. Leach/Miss M. Franks beat Just Carriage Pa ide /Miss G. Pritzi 11, 16, -18, 14. Miss J. Roberts, the fourth member of the English team, was beaten in the TOMS first round by Mlle. Delabarre in a 18. NORBETT RD., marathon match which included two time-limit games, the scores being: Arnold • - Noffs. 21-19, 23-21, 13-21, 12-16, 21-10.

Page Eleven FINAL H. T. VENNER beat L. G. Adams Merseyside Open 'Evening Chronicle' 19, -13, 19, 13. W.S. Miss E. M. STEVlnNTON beat MIss By STAN PROFFITT J. Mackay 20, 17. Tournam.ent-Manchester M.D. H. Venner/L. Adams beat A. A. LiverpQo[, 25th November, 1950 Haydon/R. J. Mackay 11, -14, 20. By FRANK GEE X.D. R. J. Mackay/Miss J. Mackay beat FINAL, RESULTS P. ,skerratt/Miss D. Munnings 14, 16. M.S. J. LEACH beat A. W. C. Simons Belle Vue, 4th December, 1950 W.D. Miss E. M. Steventon/Mrs. D. ~ 18, -19, 16. INALS of the Evening 'Chronicle were, 8mith beat Mrs. B. Harrower/Miss W.S. Mis:s A. BAT'IDS beat Miss M. Gray E. M. Grimstone -11, 19, 14. 15, -,lS, 16. F highlighted by the appealance "of B.S. G. PALING beat D. S.peirs 21, M.D. J. LElAGH/M. HkGUENAUEH beat Reisman, Lanskoy, Amouretti, Leach, -15, 16. A. Simons/B. Crouch 20, 8. Simons and Casofsky, who enthlaIled G.S. :Miss D. MUNNINGS beat Miss D. W.D. Misses V. ROWE/M. GRAY beat the very large crowd. JOHNNY LEACH Spooner 16, 15. Miss·es K. Benson/E. Mansell, and BENNY CASOFSKY were as J.D. D. Spiers/D. Lindley beat J. Ayers 14, 18. /G. Paling 14, 8. X.D. R. AUcock/Miss A. Wood versus D. popular as ever with their hard hitting Shaw/Mrs. V. Rowe (event not and deep returns. played.) JEAN TITTERINGTON was beaten by a better player, but the girls at least Sussex Open played attractive table tennis, which could hardly be said of the final of the Hastings, 29th October, 1950 Pontefract Open men's event., RESULTS rrHE excellent Report of the. Sussex By c. DARLEY, Junr. Section A. M. REISMAN 'beat M. Lans­ kay 16, -17, 14; beat A.· S,imons 21-, Open in our De!cember issue and Ponte/ract, 17-18th November, 1950 -17, 18. Simons beat Lanskoy 15, -11, the detailed resuHs herewith were :the 18. work of section B. G. AMOURETTI beat J. Leach FINALS DETAILS -11, 19, 17; beat B. Casofs.ky -16, 22, LESLIE M. BROMFIELD M.S•. R. ALLCOCK beat B. Kennedy 18, 10. Leach beat"' Casof,Slky 19, -23, 14. ICorrespo~dent -12, 19, -13, 16. FINALS County No.1. w.S. Miss A. WOOD beat M.iss E. Grim­ M. RE!ISMAN (U.,s.A.) beat G. Amouretti FINALS stone 8, 9. (France) -11, 16, 21. M.S. A. SIMONS beat A. R. Miller .9, M.D. D. s. HEAPS/W. DEVINE beat P. M.S. C. BOLTON beat R. Smith 17, 11. 14, 13. ISkerratt/G. Simpson 17, -17, 22. W.S. ANDREE JONES beat J. Tittering­ W.S. Miss R. ROWE beat Miss D. Rowe W.D. A. WOOD/V. TAYLOR beat A. ton 13, 16. -20, 16, 9. . Taylor/J. Senescal 14, 13. ~['D. A. SIMON-S/K. STANLEY beat J. X.D. R. ALLCOCK/A. WOOD beat B. Carrington/J. Leach 12, 23. Kennedy/K. Best 13, -19, 13. East Midland Open W.D. Mi3ses R. and D. ROWE beat Miss Y.S. G. KNOWLEIS beat M. Mackle'y 20, M. Franks/Miss J. Roberts 14, 5. -20, 12. Nottingham X.D. J. LEACH/Miss M. FRANK'S beat G.S. J. WALKER beat V. J. Whitaker RESULTS G. V. Barna/Miss D. Rowe-18, -13, 20, 12. M.S. H. T. Venner beat P. Skerratt -17, 15, 18. V.S. L. W. JONE'S beat A. E. Bell, 22, S.F. 19, 11; L. G. Adams ·beat W. T. J.S. D. M. EAGLES bea.t B. Leach 9, -13, 20, 12. Poole 11', 23. 20.

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Congratulations to BRIAN KENNEDY for his magnificent performance in the English Open. by As JIMMY LOWE said on last month's T-A PAGE, the youngsters of to-day must fight to get on top with the Seniors, and eventually on top of them . . . Brian showed the way . . . he fought AND got ON top of I AUBREY SIMONS (Joint England No.1) MICHEL HAGUENAUER (France No.1) TONY MILLER (Surrey) HARRY VENNER (England No.4) Great s,how, Brian. You've given the grandest of leads to us ofl what to do and how to do it. N reading the W. J. Pope quotations in the programme, R. A. A. WALL (an officer of the T.T. honours' in the future. Playing for O it seems fitting that youth West Bromwich League for 17 the R.A.C.S. in Kent's cham'pion league­ should have made such a good im­ M WoolWich-and againslt seasoned senior pression in his Memorial Champion­ years) is a veteran with the right idea. ,competitors, she is already knocking the Tht, Editor has shown me a unique form book about more than s,omewhat. ships, for it seems he was ever mind­ challenge. H ••• we are hoping to sur­Let's have some more of this' Joy-ful ne,ws', ful of the younger players. Surely, prise people in a few years' time," writes please. then, he would wish for no better Mr. Wall to Mr. Woollard. H Mean­* * * tribute than for the accent to be on while, may I here and now issue a yout!). throughout organised T.T. in challenge to any Association to a four­SWEDISH LEASE LEND players-a-side match for GIRLS UNDER YVONNE BAKER (Highams Park and England? 12. These girls only started last sumlner Essex), 16-year-old, had the privi­Only too often one hears of a but they are as keen as mustard. Are lege of beating Pam 16, 20 in the league proudly boasting that it has there any takers?" Three cheers ·for quarter-finals of the English Open. Big been represented by· the same players West Bromwich, T.A'ers. This is the things are expected of Yvonne. At the for many years! Surely there must spil it which will win England those end of last season she took the Essex hav,e been occasions when they could treasured trophies a few years hence. G.S. and the West Ealing G.S. titles, and very early this season made T-A have afforded to risk dropping a game * * * history by winning a Swedish junior title or so to blood their junior champion? WATCH Tt:iIS MAN!­ . . . Perhaps that encouraged BO The English se:,ectors have set the LAN RHODES, Wembley's 18-year­ MALMQUIST to make sure of the example by inviting BRIAN KEN­ A old hitter, made his mark in the English! South of England Open by defeating NEDY and the ROWE TWINS to BOBBY MACI(A'Y (Warwick) and BILL * * represent Engla:nd in the Swaythling McCAVE (Essex), both Premier County AT HASTINGS and Corbillon competitions of the If the 'Stars were off form at the ,Sussex players. Open the juniors certainly were not. Such 1951 World Championships. If selec­ * * * e~thusiasm! SUch energy! Why, some of tors in every league In the country -AND THIS WOMAN ! them, not content with playing all day, were to follow their lead and think spent the interval before the finais letting AM BANKS (Camb), also in her off thunder-flashes in the Pier Pavilion; I of bui:ding for the future rather than P first big tournament at the South of am told, that the fireworks in us'e were of immediate results they MUST give England, where she defeated BARBARA known as Boy Scout Startlers! I personally youth a chance and experience. think that a noise like that would scare' MILBANK (Essex Premier) in the first the pants off a District Commissioner, 'but One rarely thinks of Flanagan with­ round. She already plays for Cam­ then I'm not a Scout. out his Allen. Natural as partners as bridge County in both Senior and David E1agles, of Kent, won the junior Junior matches, and has some creditable title, beating Brian Leach in the final. Fish and Chips. SImilarly one thinks wins, including Betty Carter and Pearl Brian was the more attractive player but, of THORNHILL and KENNEDY, Swales among her victims. as is so often the case, one stroke on one potentially one of England's best side beat the whole works on the other. * * * Incidentally, a story with a moral stems young pairs ... I'd like-I think THE JOY OF KENT from the Eagles-Leach duel. Brian had many would--:-to see the English chewed, his way steadily through the rounds selectors send MICHAEL THORN­ RTHUR' FIELDER, was well known as and then lost in the final, so take a tip A'. an England and Kent cricketer, and friends, never change to spearmint in the HILL with the team to Vienna for his great-niece, 12-year-old JOY fi~al if you have won all your rounds on experience. And as an investment FIELDER, looks a gOod bet for similar bubble-gum ! ' t.oward'winning that treasured trophy.

Pa:ge Thirteen NATIONAL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS by GEOFF. HARROWER

A study of the league tables underneath will show difference between the strength of the 1st and 2nd that, with Ithe half-way stage of the s,eason reached, Surrey teams, and personally I wouldn't like to be a competi1tion is still fier'ce in half the divisions, whilst in Surrey sele'ctor just now! the other half little imagination is needed to :forecast Bed£ordshire, by their big win over Bucks, look likely the eventual winners. to win their division for the' first tim,e, and a note In two sections (Pre,mier and North Midland) no less received from them 'ffiientions "when we meet you in than three ,counties ar,e undefeated, and now that the the Pr,emier Division next year." Glamorgan wiU have 10 !match games are with us, Ihe possibility lof many som,ething to say about this, and :their match wi,th draws between the top teams makes "goal average" Middlesex 2nds was the tightest of last month, nearly more important than ever. every point being hotly contested and warmly applauded In ,the Pre'mier Division, Middlesex meet Surrey at by an appreciative audience, 'who saw a big match :for the Prince of Wales Baths on the 1Sth January; Essex the first :ti'me in Port Talbot. m~et Middlesex at (the Corn Ex,change, IChelmsford, on K'ent just bealt Essex in the Junior section, and meet the 24th January, and Essex meet .surrey at the Ekco ;Middlesex '

LANCASHIRE WHIRLWIND JEAN TITTERINGTON, 16 - year - old engagelnents, she'll certainly be a pin-up girl machine operator, is a real chip off the old for future English selectors. She's certainly a Manchester talent-Diamond. With business­ credit to her coach, Frank Andrews. like b,.iskness and an infectious grin, she blew Fond of cycling, she has also an open-air into Wembley for the English. "Ah've coom," freshness, and nice sense of fun. She recently she declared, and "bai' goom" she had, and shared the W.D. title of Yorkshire Open; her with the healthy vigour of older Mancunian last and winning shot was a hard and deep style, swept through to the final of the English return, and she bustled off briskly from the Girls' Singles and Girls' Doubles (victims in­ table with a " That's that" air, leaving partner cluding Yvonne Baker, Doreen Spooner and EILEEN GRIMSTONE to perform the cour­ Sheila Smith), and to the' third round of the tesies! We asked her her ambition, likes and W.S., falling to Ros Rowe. dislikes. Pat came the answers: to play for Popular off the table, she's an aggressive England, Potato Pie (lots of it), ill-mannered whirlwind on it, and if two years can make boys. JEAN TITT'ERINGTON her this good and she can keep up n1ajor That's Jean, that was. Manchester Junior

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,.. ORTI WOODCOCK, 51-year-o'ld company director, is the enfant terrible of , . chiselling, intolerance, bad sportsmanship and anything li,kely to adversely ~ affect the popular appeal of T.T. based on speed, skIll, spectacle and athleticism. He has something of the outlook of a modern Drake, fearlessly potting the lubberly galleons of lordly Dons. His historical knowledge of T.T. is profound. His words uncompromising, varying from a depth-bomb of scathing criticism to wise counsel, or a dazzling gem of wit. As a man that is forthright, single-minded and different, he has sometimes been the" Target for To-night," but no one has ever questioned his sincerity and devotion to the gan1e. His most ardent desire is to see England win the Swaythling Cup and win it gloribusly.. Mr. Woodcock's T.T. experience is prodigious and his offices uncountable. He was the Hon. Secretary of the famous St. 'Bride All-England Club of 1926, when, inspired by Fred Perry's magnificent world victory, he presented the St. Bride Vase (the World's Singles trophy). He was E.T.T.A. Chairn1an 1933-36. Has captained England and also New Zealand teams in Swaythling, Corbillon and Internationals. Represented Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada on the International Congress. Was founder and first Editor of Table Tennis. Umpired rt:he World C. CORTI WOODCOCK Singles final of 1935, refereed scores of Opens, was singles champion of West (Co-opted) Essex 1934 . . . in fact, he seems to have been proficient in every sphere, and his T.T. travels range from United States to Hungary. President: Essex T.T. Association. His other interests include Golf, Astronomy and 'Music. His offices in golfing Vice-President: Central T.T. League, circles are nearly as many, ranging from local, county and public schools societies. Has a charming wife (too rarely seen) and an eight-year-old daughter. Guildford and District T.T. League. Corti Woodcock is a good man to have in the" Cabinet," and not only for his Chairman: West Essex T.T. League. independent individualism.

Page Fifteen ENGAGEMENTS The T.T. CUPS In the Open Tournaments below, events shown in the column are additional to M.S., W.S" M.D., W.D., and X.D. in' every First R,o-und Results case. Intending entrants are recommended to apply as early (Because of s'pace limitation, all Byes as possible. have been omitted in both events.) Date(s) Title and Venue Extra Events - Name and address of Sec. THE WILl\IOTT CUP Ian., 1951 Zone I.-Land/on Business Houses, 3, 1-6 Metropolitan Open B.S. E. S. Lee, Polytechnic, 309, Willesd1en 6; West Landlon 3, Croydon 6; Regent .Street, London, W.1. Central 9, High Wycombe 0; North M'iddle­ Polytechnic Extension, Little, sex 9, Maidenhead 0; Staines 4, Lond1on Titchfield Street, W.I. Civil Service 5. Referee: J. Kurzman. ZOl1la 2.-University of Lond'on 4 Londlon 6-10 French Open Championships At Paris. Banks 5; N.A.L.G.O. 7, Insurance Offices 2: Southend 6, East London 3. 13 South Yorkshire Open B.S. Mrs. M. Cowen, 13, Gregg Zone 3. - By:fleet 3, Canterbury 6; House Road, Sheffield, 5. Bromley 8, Graves-end 1· Beckenham 5 Woolwich 4; Medway T'owns 1, Sitting~ 13 WALES v. ENGLAND At Newport. bourne 5. 18B3th-Open M.S. and L. LeGren, c/o P.D.S.A., 4, Zono 4.-Luton W /0 OXford University T.C.C.; Watf·Jrd 7, St. Albans 2; Leighton The Pavilion,_B_a_th_. W_.S_._O--=-n_l...:;y_-:-_N_e=w_a_I=k_S_tr7""e_e-':t,:-:--B_a=-:th::7..:-::---=-_ Buzzard 1, Bedford 8. 18-20 Lancashire Open B.S. W. E. Wood, 44, Hill Lane, ZOllO 5,. - Peterborough 4, Newark 5' Drill Hall, 645 H.A.A., R.A., G.S. Blackley, Manchester, 4. Cam'bridge 8, Bishops Stortford 1. ' Stretford, Manchester, 4. V.S. Zone 6 (North). '-- ·Carlisle 5, West Cumberland 4; Hartlepools 4, Nor,thumber­ 21 Southampton Open J.S. R. Sherry,' 7, Thornleigh Road, land 5. Blighmont Drill Hall, Soolston, Southampton. Zono 6 (South) .-Chesterfield 2, Sheffield -:-:---:-:::---=--S_outhampt_o_n_.~ --::-: ---:~-:----::-:-:- =------:", 7; Huddersfi::lId 5, Halif1ax Y.M. C.A. 4; Leeds 9, Bridllington O. 22-27 South-London Open B.S. K. F. Havill, 4, Chestnut Road, Zone 7 (North) .-Blackpool 0 Liverpool West NOl'wood Brotherhood, G.S. West Norwood, London, 9; Manchester 6, Hyde 1. • Knights Hill, West Norwood, Cons. S.E.27. Zono 7 (South) .-Des,borough 5 Kidd'er­ SE.27. minste..• 4; Birmingham 8 Dudley 'Te:mp. 1· Referee: E. A. B. Swayne. Burton 1, Worcester 8. • , Zone 8 (South) .-Brigbton 9, Bexhill O. 25-27 Irish- Ope_n A_t_B_e_lf_a_st_. _ Zone 8 (West). - Salisbury 3, Chard 6' -28KentOpen F. G. Mannooch, 161, Borden Bath 1, Bristol 8; Taunton 2, South Devon 7. Grand Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay. Lane, Sittingbourne. J. M. ROSE BOWL Feb. Zone I.-Slough 0, Willesd'en 9· Maiden­ 4 Portsmouth Open A. W. Williams, 85, Lyndhurst head 0, West London 9; London Civil Road, North End, Ports­ Service 8, Wem,bley l. Zone 2.-Thames Valley 2 Insurance 7' mouth. Laind/on 5, N.A.L.G.O. 4. ' , 7-8 Middlesex (Herga) Open B.S. S. W. Martin, 55, Kings Way, Zone 3.-Cam'bridge 6, Kings Lynn 3. Herga L.T. Club, G.S. Wealdstone, Middlesex. Zone 4.-Beckenham 1, Byfleelt 8' Wool­ ~iddlesex. ~ ~ wich 5, Croyd'on 4; Gravesend 7, 'Sitting­ Harrow, __ __ bourne 2. --9-ENGLAND v. IRELAND At Liverpool. Zone 5 (East) .-Sheffield 2, Bradford 7 Enquiries: W. Stamp, Buena Ventura, Farmdale Close, Liverpool, 18. Zone 5 (West). - Manchester 5 South: ~Mid~and po,rt 0; Burnley 0, Liverpool 9. • Counties Open B.S.-M.-Goldstein,- 415, -Moseley Zona 6.-Bedford 9, Welwyn Garden Gity Indoor Sports Stadium, G.S. Road, Birmingham, 12. 0: St. Albans lost to Birmingham W /0. Pershore Road, BiImingham, 5. J.D. ~one 7.-Leatherhead 7, Horsham 2; Referee: A. A. Haydon. V.S. BrIghton 7, GUildford 2. --I-I-Jutland Open(Aarhus)------­ Zone 8.--salis'bury C. 0, South Devon 9.

---Norwegian (h_o_ffi__e---:;p:.....l_ay;;-.e_r_s_o_n...... :;ly_)_.__-=-:::--- -:----::- _ 18 HantpshireOpen J.S. Not yet appointed. Blighnlont DriB Hall, !(ENT County are, to our eyes, a Millbrook Road, Southampton. model of efficient administration 19-23 Surrey Open G.S. C. A. Bourne, 46, Elm Park and enterprise, largely, we suspect, due Municipal Hall, B.S. Gardens, Selsdon, Surrey. to the years of tremendously hard work East Street, Epsom. put in by Secretary GEORGE MAN­ ___R_ef_e_ree: K. C. Joyes. NOOCH, who last year issued 600 cir­ ~ote 24-25 Nether_Ia_n:-:-d_s_O....;::.p_e:-:-n ...,-­ A_t_U_tr_ech__t. _ culars and 545 individual letters. 24-25 Danish (home players only) The ,County has added nearly another 1,000 members since last year, the line-up for 1950-51 being 19 leagues with "Could you recommend a club (in To Solve Service Problem approxi"!ately 5,210 members. Really the Croydon area) available f.or week­ good gOIng, and with the steadily increas­ end practice? I am quite experienced D. c. F. CRISP (Lensbury T.T.C.) ing strength of its juniors, it looks as at T.T. and require to keep my hand suggests that the following amend­ though Kent will be hammeri'ng at the in ... " ment to the "new" service rule would top door in the not too distant future. Suggestions will be -promptly for­ prevent finger-spin, controversy, etc., warded to the writer. and yet permit spin to be used in * * service: * * * "The service shall be delivered ENNIS THO'MPSON, first Chairman " Although I am an Aussie on the by the server p!acing the ball on D and founder-member of the Gloucester the bat and balancing it without County T.T.A. and for many years other side of the world, I really look Chairman of the Cheltenham League, bouncing. The ball shall then be recently left after ten years' residence, and forward every month to your maga­ projected into the air with the zine. I hope you continue to pub:ish the most unfaiaing, IndustriJUS and con­ bat and then be struck so that it scientious serv.ice to T.T. in the area which plenty of international as well as shall first touch the server's court any man could give. He has taken up a your own English news ... " • • • The ball shall be in play ,business appointment at Norwich. The considerable loss to Gloucestershire will be JACK MURPHY, from the time it is projected into the air ••• The free hand shaH the gain of Norfolk, and we feel sure that of Executive Committee, Dennis will have a right royal welcome not come into contact with the-" there, by the keen and hospitable Norfolk Vic·torian T.T.A., Australia. bat or ball." enthusiasts.

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