Table Tennis 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 MARCH, 1951 No. 6

England Salutes MAGNIFICENT! 3 World Cham.pions UNDAY, March 11th, was a truly red-letter day for English S Table Tennis when, for the first time in the history of Inter­ * national Table Tennis, English-born players won two World titles. Johnny Leach Johnny LeaCh dis:posed of the briJUant young Frenchman~ Roothoft, in .the quarter-finals after a hard-fought g'ame, and followed this with a semi-final victory over Tereba, membe,r of the victorious ,Czechoslova!kian Swaythling Cup teant, to meet Ivan Andreadis_ in the final of the Men's Diane Rowe Singles. Andreadis had been playitlg in brilliant fonn throughout the * championships, and in the Swaythling Cup Final had won his three games to give Czechoslovakia their 5-4 victory over Hungary. Rosalind Rowe Johnny played a clever and often brilliant ganle in slowing down ibis mercurial opponent, and after he had contrived to win a close third game in 19 minutes the ultimate result was seldom in doubt. In the CorbiUon Cup the Rowe twins had been the mainstay of the England sid:e, and although they failed in the singles against Austria, t:hey won aU their doubles matches in convincing style. However, it was in the Women's Doubles Cham­ pionship that they really came into their own, and at their first atteIupt won the coveted cup­ a remarkable feat when one realises that they are still only seventeen years of age'. In the semi-final IDiane played supe'rbly, encouraging ber sister over an early attack of nerves, and they won a hard-fought game against tbe fonner,World CluJlDipion Mrs. G. Fa'rkas and Miss R. K'arpati of Hungary. In the final they were opposed to Miss A. Roseanu, who was the outstanding woman' pla,yer in the Cbam,pionships, and Mrs. Szasz of Rumania. Roseanu was play­ ing at her brilliant best and it was esseot;Jal for the twins to attack consistently and notwithstand­ ing the brilliant counter-hi1tting of Roseanu, their policy of relentless topspin eventually broke down the Rumanians and they won the finall ga'me to 12. SCQ'RES MEN'S SINGLES.-Semi-finals: J. Le~h (England) beat V. Tereba (C'zechoslovakia) -21.. 9, 22, 11. I. Andreadis (Czecboslovakia) beat F. Sido (Hungary) 14, 19, -13, 20. Final: J. Leach beat I. Andreadis -16, 18, 18,12. WOMEN'S DOUBLES.-Semi-finals, : Misses D. and R. Rowe (England) beat Mrs. G. Farkas and Miss R. Karpati (Hungary) 14, -6, 15, -15, 12. Miss A. Roseanu and l\'lrs. Szasz (Rumania,) beat Mrs. L. Thall­ Neuberger and 'Miss Ichkoff (U.S.A.) 17 19, -16, 19. Final: ,Misses 'D. and R. Row~ beat Miss Jobnny Leach and the Rowe twins arrived baolr in triumph after their Roseanu and Mrs. Szasz 20, 19, -19, -20, 12. ma,gnificent performances in Vienna. Results, reports and eyewitne~s accounts will appear in our April issue. Something Must Be Done Avoid These ...... do not let us argue County Matches Clashes OR Tournaments" urges MALCOLM SCOTT by IVOR C. EYLES Chairman, W olverhampton T.T. Hon. Sec. Glos. T. T.A. Association. ARLIER this season i saw the IN iGloucestershire we consider that The iHome ,Counties who normally .E finals of one of our best major ICounty Matches must take pride play on evenings other than Saturday Opens spoilt for the spectator, solely of place (immediately after Inter­ could, of course. because star players (who would nationals and National [Opens) in have prevented one-sided contests) I think C:ounty Mat'ches are more were required for county matches order to live. Yet we must face beneficial to the game than Open that Open T,ournam,ents must have elsewhere. Tournaments, which are (in my view) This is all wrong. It's not fair to stars to attract the public. There­ still too poorly organised, and the fore we must devise som,e method the organisers nor to the public. At of avoiding ,clashes between the expenses involved are beyond the present there is a conflict of opinion various competitions. pockets of many young players. as to which should have priority of County matches provide ideal 'con­ support, Open, Tournament or A solution I suggested (and which ditions, tense atmosphere, the tealm County match. Surely, even if not was well supported at the r,e·cent incentive, and expenses paid to travel simple, there is a practical solution. N .IC.IC. me,eting considering Rules) over the country meeting the best, Why can't the County Champion­ was that ICounty IMat,ches should all etc. I ,cannot imagine better training ships make a firm fixture list taking be played on a certain Saturday in for English tea'ms. into consideration the dates of the the month, ,on similar lines 'to Foot­ major Tournaments at the beginning ball Leagues. The fixtures, drawn ,But do not let us argue County of the season? up in June, could be circulated to Matches lOR Tournaments. Support I know there are difficulties and alllOpen Tournament or~anis,ers who, my proposal, or devise some other various points of view, but obviously I believe, could quite easily fit in their method by which both may go on something must be done, for the own particular tournaments. This in complete harmony. If you agree, position will 0 bviously get worse arrangen1ent need not bar any ,county write 'to IGeoff Harrower; I know every season. Has anyone a better from playing on a date more suitable. he w,ould appreciate your views. idea?

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Page Two SWAYTHLING AND CORBILLON CUPS Dispatches from Vienna

March 4 (5.30 p.m.) turning point in the match, with Rosalind Rowe was comfortably The English Men's team had no Vogrinc beating Simons when England beaten 14-21, 14-21 by the 16· difficulty in winning their first three were leading 4-3. year-old Austrian girl Linda Wertl. matches, and it appears that their In the evening, however, Wales It was a big disappointment when only real obstacle to reaching the showed the form which enabled them Diane and Rosalind Rowe could not final will be Yugoslavia. to beat Scotland and Czechoslovakia, manage to beat Austria in the group and scored an excellent win over final of the Corbillon Cup, and so France, Audrey Bates again being in "England failed to reach the final of March 4 (11.30 p.m.) fine form to beat the French star, either team event. Only consolation Anxious hopes of regaining the Miss H. Beolet, at 21-11, 21-12. was the twins' very easy win over Corbillon Cup rose when Diane and This enabled Wales to win 3-1 Linda Wert! and Trudi Pritzi, 11-21, Rosalind Rowe put up a magnificent and move up to joint third place in 15-21, in the ladies' doubles. show against Hungary to win by their group. three matches to two. The two lost As anticipated, the Welshmen had matches were against former world SWAYTIILING ,CUP FINAL no difficulty in beating Luxembourg Czechoslovakia 5, HunKary 4 champion Gizelle Frarkas, but with 5-0, and they seem likely to take a little bit of luck they would each fourth place in their section. March 7 (9.30 p.m.) have beaten her. Details: Andreadis beat Koczian 21-17, 21-12, beat Sido 19-21, March 6 (5.30 p.m.) 21-17, 21-18, beat Szepesi 21-9, March 5 (5.30 p.m.) The Welsh and Scottish girls did 22-20; Tereba beat Szepesi 21-17, England continued to-day (Monday) extremely well to-day, beating Holland 21-13, lost to Koczian 14-21, theiF efforts to regain the Corbillon and India, both by 3-0, while Scot­ 15-21, lost to Sido 16-21, 15-21; Cup, with Peggy Franks and Joyce land had a sensational day beating Vana lost to Sido 18-21, 21-17, Roberts taking over during the morn­ Czechoslovakia 3-1 and France 19-21, beat Szepesi 21-12, 21-6, ing and afternoon sessions against 3-0. lost to Koczian 13-21, 20-22. Yugoslavia and Italy respectively, * * * In the afternoon Czechoslovakia easy wins being recorded in each The Welshmen, as expected, lost easily beat Yugoslavia by 5-1 once case. 5-0 to Yu~oslavia, but all three more, only Harangozo putting up a Meanwhile, our men also had an players put up a fine show, and Stan show. This evening, however, there easy win over Luxembourg, Leach Jones in partic~lar, by taking a game was a tense final between Czech0'" and Simons being rested for the from Dolinar, gave the Welsh con­ slovakia and Hungary. On paper evening match against Yugoslavia. tingent something to cheer for. Czechoslovakia should have won * * * fairly easily, but Sido and" Koczian Unfortunately, the Welsh girls * * put up a great. fight ~or Hungary, and There were some extraordinary winning two singles each levelled the could not keep up their big effort of feats of endurance to-day. In the Sa~urday and Sunday, and losses to score at four-all after being love-two Corbillon Cup Trudi Pritzi (Austria) down at one stage. Hungary nearly Rumania and Belgium put them out once again fi1:ured in a time-limit of, the running. Audrey Bates played won 5-3 with Sido leading Andreadis match, beating the Yugoslav Miss 17-13 in the third game, but at this well against last season's w'orld semi­ Temunovic 4-3, 21-9. finalist, Mrs. Szasz, nearly winning stage his back-'hand flick failed him It took 18 minutes to play the first and three quick points were lost. in two straight games. three points, and the players were * * * level at three-all after 20 minutes. The sensation of the tournament They were given five minutes to -play CORBILLO'N CUP FINAL has been the play of the 13-year-old a final point, and Miss Temunovic Rumania 3, Austria 1 Indian girl, Miss Sayeed Sultana. pushed the ball off after 1t n1inutes. March 7 (11.45 p.m.) Miss Sultana is the youngest player Later, an even lonier match took Details (Rumanian players first): ever to play in the tean1 events at the place between Phe Quoc Huy, of Miss Roseanu beat Miss Wert! world championships, and she has Viet-Nam, and Eckl, of Austria. The 21-17, 21-18; Mrs. Szasz beat Miss already won seven out of her ten Viet-Namese won the first game 8-4 Pritzi 21-15, 15-10; Roseanu and singles and taken a game from the with the score being only 2-1 at Szasz lost to Pritzi and Wert! 21-13, reigning world champion, Anglica 18t minutes, and the second game 16-21, 21-23; Miss Roseanu beat Roseanu. ended with the even more ridiculous Miss Pritzi 21-7, 21-2. This is the first time that an score of 3-2 to Eckl! There was an apprppriate finish to Eastern winning team has ever played four days of surprises, Austria, over· outside the Eastern hemisphere. whelmingly strong favourites to win March 6 (9.30 p.m.) the Corbillon Cup, were beaten 3-1 , Despite a brilliant display by their in the final by Rum~nia. March 5 (10 p.m.) No.1, Harangozo, Yugoslavia lost Even more surpr\sing was the fact England were surprisingly beaten 3-5 to Hungary in the first leg of that Trudi Pritzi was beaten in both by Yugoslavia 5-4 in the Swaythling the three-cornered Swaythling Cup her singles, losing an amazing final Cup to-night (Monday). Only Johnny final. match 21-7, 21-2 to Anglica Leach pIayed in anything like his Owing to the long rallies in this Roseanu. Earlier she had been out­ normal form and won his three match, the England versus Austria generalled by Mrs. Szasz, who often matches in good style. ladies' game did not start until after finished a lengthy pushing rally with The Yugoslavs sprang a surprise 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Greenwich mean an outright winner. Even so, the by dropping Dolinar and replaced time). second gqme ended on the .20-minute him by. Vogrinc, and this proved a It opened disastrously for us, for time limit. Page Three ? CLIMAX So you enjoyed that Final • Cllimax came when Sherwood led 18-17. Perspiration flooded his specta,cles. While he got busy with the towels, But- Greenbury soothed his own nerves by making a one-man circular tourr, pausing -t ? with el.aborate unconcern to remove a fag­ did you learn anything from I • end from the arena. Back came Alan Sherwood, anxious to This month's Tip is something quite different. The whole page is clinch a 3-0 victory. Too anxious. With devoted to a tournament match between two young players. It can teach monumental calm and every sign of a care­ fully prepared plan, he placed his first you how t6 learn by close observance, a lesson well known and constantly service-fun toss into the net! practised even by World Champions. Keen observation of others' play, 18-all, and before our sympathetic smiles AND learning from it, is one of the keys to success. had faded/, it was 18-21 ;and Stephen Greenbury was back in the fight. In fact, he, was completely on top, in that 4th T is common knowledge that we And the award to Greenbury: game, which Sherwood appeared to devote I all may learn from watching the CREDIT only for Courage, he fought to thinking over his lost cblance. best players in action. well but not wisely. FAULT, how­ ever, for (1) Tactics-this was a 5-game CRISIS 2: But, often enough, the inexperi­ match, his opponent was heavier and enced eye cannot pick out the lessons At 2 games-all I could now award slower, and had deliberately chosen a Greenbury: CREDIT for Tactics and behind the apparently effortless "sudden death" tempo. Greenbury, Judgment, for obvious reasons outlined stylese In fact, the lessons are some­ by rushing everywhere to the pitch of above. times clearer to us when watching the ball; by chancing his arm on doubtful balls, helped Sherwood to ex­ And the award to Sherwood: average performers, if we admit that FAULT mainly for Judgment. He change points rapidly with li~tle expen­ WHAT-NOT-TO-DO is' as valuable failed to note Greenbury's new tactics a lesson as WHAT-TO-DO. Of diture of physical or mental stamina. and failed to realise that he himself course, we get these ingredients in Fault (2) for Judgment-his natural was slowing a little and therefore no shots were: just failing him. He fell longer surprising Greenbury with his varying proportions according to the into the trap of trying even mor,~ diffi­ class of the players! cult "long shots." Particularly des­ snap hits. For our lesson this month, then, I perate was that frequently attempted (Club players do not have enough have selected an actual match be­ ·counter-flick on the reach against Sher­ .experience of best-of-5 tactics. One wood's wide-placed backhand drive. lesson, quickly learned, is that "rush" tween two players of fairly high tactics can bring a 2-0 lead, but standard but relatively inexperienced. Not one player in 50 can us.~ a counter-flick properly, Stephen. seldom a 3-0 win. Those of us who This was the final of the Men's have battled with Bergmann speak Singles of the' London University feeljngly on this point.) T.T. Association, in which ALAN FAULT, a bad one this, for SHERWOOD, of Bournemouth, and Tactics-too much bat-shaking after a London School of Economics, beat mistake, Alan. You must not give your STEPHEN GREENBURY, of Mid­ opporjO~nt the slightest excuse for dlesex, and Northampton Poly­ optimism. technic, by 21-15, 21-16, 18-21, FAULT here to both players for the 13--21, 21-14. Tactical error of missing their kills after working hard to l?roduce the The Cast positions. They persisted In trying to Both contestants are 18; there the put them away with every ounce of resemblance ends. Sherwood is their strength. dumpy, heavily built, jerky but re­ About thr~e-quarters strength allows sourceful in play; Greenbury is for more accurate timing and cuts out taller, better balanced and fluent in by Jack the balloon barrage efIects~ boys. stroke-play. FIFTH GAME FIRST GAME Carrington Sherwood set a f-ast pace, with whippy Grand stuff. Greenbury played confidently little forehand drives, alternated with small at last, like a man who h;as come :into his backhand pushes. His soft touch on these THE THIRD GAME own, but Sherwood took a new hold' on stop-shots was remarkably good, but as he Clearly Greenbury had been thinking himself and determined to ,c'hallenge his g·ave the ball a very minute top-spin effect, during the moment's pause between games. opponent at his own long game. it did generally sit up more than the classic ~ That's a good way to use the pause, boys After. a few fruitless snap-hitting ;at­ Bubley stop-shots which kill the ball dead and girls.) te:m:pts, he began to build up his rallies by a m nu"e back-spin effect. Playing coolly at last, he- revealed a with long dl'!ives. This turned out to be As luck had it, it was the very "loose­ severe low chop defence on both wings, far the master-move; the radical change at ness " of the,se shots which lured Greenbury preferable to the hasty pushing of the first this stage was just enough to unsettle to his undoing for 2 whole games. two games. Oc-casion.ally he would counter­ Grenbury. Greenbury was over-keyed for the OCC·:.l­ hit quite slowly from about 1-ft. behind the sion. I am prepared to believe that table; Nevertheless, Stephen, you showedl de­ normally he has a good degree of success Alan Sherwood, keyed up for speed, was fe,at in your face 4 points before: it had in killing such short balls, but .at 0-8 he at first completely puzzled; no longer could really arrived. should have realised that his touch was he play by impulse-instead he had to make well out. many decisions, for which his experlience Sherwood, looking a little surprised, soon was not quite adequate. Summing Up found himself 2 games up. So he trailed behind by 1-8. There was no hope of this game-until his opponent CRISIS 1: again took a hand. Greenbury fretted to I class this as a fine match, with At this point I award Sherwood exploit his 8-1 lead by speeding up ,again, something for all of us, because, CREDIT for (1) Tactics-rushing the and forgetlling entirely that the precious frankly, both players are of equal stylish stroke-player around· and br.~ak­ 8 points had been earned by the slowing­ capability, and everything hinged on ing the rhythm; (2) Nerve-standing his down process. When a ball sat up high, Studying the situations as they ground when Greenbury tried to knock he tried to atomise it, whereas a pl.aced him back from the table, and (3) Judg­ k.ill would easily pass Sherwood, who had developed. committed himself to half-volley defence. forgetting~studying ment-in his use of the unusual fore­ Result: Sherwood now led by 9-8! Both Not the man hand half-volley and counter-hits. players we're by now thoroughly scared, at the other end-AND THE MAN But we wen~ ye't to see' him really both of their opponent and of the:m,selves. AT THIS END! tested; he had been playing a leading Johnny Leach, also watching, commented: game throughout. " They're trying to give it to each other!" Thanks, Alan. Thanks, Stephen.

Page Four Irish Lose 0-9 but They 'Challenged England Fight Hard Liverpool, 9th February It was a novel experience to sit in the plush comfort of a theatre and witness an international match on the stage. It :ffiiUS,1 have been a delight to players and audience to enjoy the clean air of "No Smoking." The magnificent ,Liverpool Philharmonic H~ll provided a venue of elegance and dignity for the visit of the "Fighting Irish" against the full England team for the World Cha:m­ pionships (with the exception of the Row,e Twins). And what improving players ,the~e Irish are. Undaunted by 'their for­ midable opponents, they stormed in like Spitfires with all guns blazing, and neither the result nor the scores give sufficient ,credit to a liv,ely match which was thoroughly ,enjoyed by all, including ,the gallant losers. A study of the scores is interesting. " The ¥oungesit Team in England " Results West Bromwich seems to lead the follorwers-in young ladies! j. LEACH beat V. Mercer 20, 17, 12; These teen-toppers (all under 12) reallly hoped that someone would take their A SIMONS beat 1. E. Martin 10, 20; challenge up, but though disappointed, they were not downhearted. They entered the B. KENNEDY beat H. 0'Prey 16, -20, 11; ~adies Team K.O. (receiving only 4 points) and met a local works team, average R. ALLCOCK beat J. Fox 2:1, -16, 15; age 22. Yes, they lost 1-8, but nearly took another game. Dorothy, indeed, once Miss M., - FRANKS beat Miss H. Agnew deputised in the ladies league match and won all her 3 games! May we introduce : 16, 17; Miss A. WOOD beat Miss C. A. '. Diana Badham, IIi; Josie SCiOUock, 11~; Barbara WaH, 1051; Dorotny WorraU, 11~, Egan 19, 12. and they reallly are a team. .J. LEAGH/R. ALLCOCK beat 1. E. Another 4-girl team-all under, 9-are practising hard to beat their "seniors," Martin/J. Fox 16, -20, 19; A. W. and if that enthusiasm is not enough, Barbara's 5-year-old sister must also "-have SIMONS/B. KENNEDY beat V. Mercer/ her go" standinK on a special little, platform! • H. O'Prey 13, 12. M. FRANKS/A. WOOD beat H. Agnew/C. A. Egan 9, 9.

North meets South England be,at Scotland 9-0 Stanley and Andree Jones in Cheltenham, 13th February win Irish Open Titles England's 9-0 win over Scotland was Belfast, 27th-28th January, 1951 J. M. Rose Bowl Battle decisive. With 5 of England's WorLd Championships teams, it was "facing INNER of the J .S. last year, the From FRANK GEE fearful odds" for Scotland, and the W steadily improving teen - ager scores do not do justice to the resilience The focal point of the Rose Bowl fixture and iIl1jproving qualirties of the visitors. ANDREE JONES (Liverpool) con­ Manchester v. West London was, of course, tinued and confirmed h€t. steady pro­ the fi~rst visit of the ROWE 'TWINS to M'an­ Best match of the evening was Rosalind gr,~ss to national honours by winning chester and, viewed fror,n playing ability, Rowe's win over Edinburgh's hard-hitting the Irish W.S. title. In her passage she turn-out, deportment, and personality, Man­ Betty Pithie. Helen Elliott, great Scots beat both C. Egan and H. Agnew, the chester has never before seen such a charm­ champion and world-ranking player, had Irish Nos. 1 and 2, and played coolly ing pair. ADELE WOOD proved that, at a bad night and found Diane Rowe's fast al1d cleverJy to beat the strong attack present, she is the only 'player of world class in Ma.nchester. She had difficulty with and forceful left-handed game much too of Miss Pithie, Scotland's No.2, in thi Diane's powerful and cleverly varied attack, good. final. She was subsequently se1.~cted as but against Rosalind it was a ~'toss-up" Cheltenham maintained their Itradi­ reserve for the England v. Ireland to the end, with two very sound tactical match in Liverpool. tional reputation of hospitality and mayers trying to outWit each other. presentation. More than 1,000 spectators A. H. COSTELLO (Bolton), now The Manchester weather dUly obliged in filled the fine Town Hall and the Mayor with the R.A.F., fast, keen and severe, the way it :~lone can and Mr. Wiggins (with presented commemorative plaques (on distinguished himself in beating Irish the West London team) even carried his umbrella everywhe,re he went inside the behalf of the 'C.T.T.L.) to each member int.~rnationals Mercer (No. 1) and J. of the -teams. After the match, pfficials, Fox (No.3) to reach the final. building. MancheSlterr beat London Civil Se'rvice 6-1 guests and players adjourned to an enjoy... Results in their Wilmott Cup match 'On 19th able supper party. ,M.S. Semi-final: A. Costello bt. J. Fox February, Ken Craig-ie, in a quickfire hitting Results 18, 16, "17. K. S.tanley bt. 1. Martin 16, match with Allcock, being the only visitor 17, 19. to win. J. LEAOH beat V. Garland 7, 4; A. Final: K. St,anley bt. A. Costello 16, 5, 16. SIMONS beat R. Forman 5, 8; B. W.S.: A Jones bt. B. Pithie- -18, 8, 12. West London 7, Manchester 0 KENNEDY beat M. McMillan 16, 16; K. M.D.: J .. Carrington/K. Stanley bt. 1. D. Rowe bt. A. Wood -17, 9, 11; bt. J. HURLOCK beat J. Hillan 14, 18 ; Miss R. Martin/J. Fox -16, 20, 19, 17. Titterington 15, 16 R. Rowe bt. A. Wood ROWE beat Mrs. B. Pith1,e 18, 18; Miss W.D.: A. Jones/H.Agnew bt. Boyle! 19, -15, 15. D. EUis bt. E. Grimstone 13, D.' ROWE beat Miss H. EUliott 10, 18. MerGer 19, 20. -14, 15; bt. J. Titteri~gton 22, -20, 14. J. LEAGH/K. HURLOCK beat V. Garland/ oR. Rowe/D. EHis bt. E. Grimstone/ R. Forman 10 16; A. SIMONS/B. X.D.: O. Prey/B. Pithie bt. Kerr/Coombe ~c,Millan 14" 12. J. T'itterington 15, -:-18, 9. R. Rowel KENNEDY beat' J. Hillan/M.. J.B.,s.: N. Hurkin bt. H. McBride 18, D. Rowe bt. E. Grimstone!A. Wood -15, 7, 10. D. ROWE/R. ROWE beat H. -9,16. 10, 18. EUiott/B. Pithie 15, 16.

Page Five Wilmott ,Cup and Rose Bowl Successful General E.T.T.A. Official Competitions. IT is proposed to recommend that Council Meeting News froDl the entry fee for these competitions should be increased to a flat rat,e of in the North Headquarters' 5/- instead of the existing 2/6 for each round. Important matters are summarised Liverpool, 10th Feb. here monthly. Festival of • Britain, 1951. ACK CARRINGTON has been HE Chairman, the Hon. Ivor The W. J. Pope Memorial T Montagu, opened the General Coun­ J asked to organise the demonstra­ cil with an omnibus report covering booklet has now been circulated, and tions of Table Tennis, which are to many letters of appreciation have Incorporation, Administration, the Selec­ be arranged in connection with the tion Committee, International T.T. been received. Mr. Austin Carris (a Festival of Britain in May and Federation matters, Bergmann, etc. Vice-Presid,ent) has donated 10/- to­ September. Delegates appreciated his scr~pulous wards the cost. Copies are available impartiality and .attenti.on to det.aI1, par­ from the E.T.T.A. at 1/- each. ticularly in dealIng WIth SelectIon and Bergmann and questions. Mr. Montagu spoke for nearly • three-quarters of an hour to an ,Dress Regulations. absorbed meeting, and few pr,esent knew or would have guessed. from his THE N.E.C. ba,ve been reviewing clear 'concise exposition, that some hours the rule regarding Dress, which before he had been at the draw of the in som,e cases is not being carried World Championships in Vienna, flying out. There were also complaints of half across Europe non-stop, catching _pullovers, etc., being in common use' Progress of County Umpire Scheme to the Liverpool express by a margin, con­ which wer.e of different colour than 1st February. ducting a three-hour session of the Extracted from the Report of the N .E.C. which (after the General the shirt. It w'as unanimously felt Hon. Secretary, Council) would continue until past desirable that all representative teams GEOFF JAMbS midnight. should be uniformly dressed. Mean­ 'TWENTY counties had fully qualified while, a sub-com'mittee bas been a,p­ Umpires' Committees, and 5 addi­ Adm in istration pointed to draft a rewording of Rule tional counties were in course of qualifi­ The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. A. K. Vint, 23. cation. Middlesex, using their closed made reference to the difficulty of championships to qualify Probationary adequately filling the void created by • UmJPires, now had 47 qualified umpires. Mr. Pope's death, and spoke apprecia­ Further Concession to Youth Clubs. Hants., Kent and Devon, with 16, 15 tively of the st,erling work of the and 14 respectively, were next in numbers. Admin. Sec., Mrs. K. Pegg, and the A FURTHER concession is to be There were 170 qualified Umpires (68 universal good will and co-operation. made to encourage the affiliation full, 102 probationary), and it was Matters of past, present and future of Youth Clubs to local leagues. In­ expected to have 600-700 by the end of importance were mentioned. stead of an affiliation fee of 4/- for the season. A practical Umpire's Guide and Handbook is being considered, and Following a brief discussion, it was each bona fide youth club; plus' 2/6 Devon, Kent and Suffolk have submitted unanimously recommended that the for each additional team, this is to be excellent recommendations. . offices of Hon. Secretary and Treasurer' 3/- and 1/6 respectively. In effect, Experience gained this year will, be be combined in the 1951 ele,ctions. Mr. this makes the E.T.T.A. affiliation fee valuable in improving the scheme in many, Vint, in a reply, agreed to stand for a nominal a,mount, for the cost of the ways and also extending it for a higher the joint office. Handbook and County Rebate costs grade. Badges aTe being issued and have The Magazine between 1/6 and 2/-. been very well received. The English Open was umpired exclusively by County The subject of Table Tennis Magazine Umpires. created a precedent by provoking the liveliest interlude of the meeting in • which many delegates took part. Many O'pen Tournaments. constructive suggestions wer,e made, and THE Open Tournaments Sub-'Com­ also some critical comments. " We Stolni Tenis have good photographers in the North," mittee bas recommended som,e THE words STOLNI TENIS ex­ reminded one. "Why were 3,200 words amendments to the Rules governing plain themselves when we used to cover the English and only so Open Tournaments which have not mention that the Yugoslavian T.T. many hundred for such and such an always been adequately covered this Federation now publish their own 'ev,ent ? " "Why were some events season. Thes'e refer to tbe classifica­ reported and in comparable ones only magazine under this ti tle. Tibor the results given ? " tion of tables and balls, the comple­ Harangozo, the offici'll national tion of all scheduled events, the coach, is editor. Incidentally, Tibor The Editor, Mr. Woollard, was calling of players long before has also recently been coaching the delighted with the healthy interest shown required, and tbe lat,e commencement Austrian teams for the World's and hoped the frank and friendly North and finish of the finals. would continue to bomba.rd him with Ch'lmpionships. such helpful criticisms and sugg1estions. Yugoslavia hav'e four major He mentioned ,economic and other diffi­ tournaments a year, and every cUlties; of how some lieagues had • quarter-finalist and up is awarded efficient magazine correspondents and Dress for the England Teams. points, the total result deciding his a sales organisation, and, through these THE England teams ta'king part in ranking and selection. During efforts bene,filed accordingly. Mr. G. Harrower gave figures of improved the World ChaimpiQnships in February, the Yugoslavian team is cir,culation and advertising, which, in Vienna are to be officially provided engaged in internation~l matches in face of the printing dispute and other with a uniform style of dress, con­ Germany, Sweden and DenmaFk hazards, must be considered as very sisting of track suits, shirts, shorts and prior to the World Ohampionships satisfactory. Mr. E. G. White (a former shoes. at Vienna. Editor of the Magazine) wound up.

Page Six NATIONAL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS by GEOFF. HARROWER

There was an extraordinary finish I said "four challengers," for, of Middlesex Win Title For in the Premier Division, with at-the­ course, only one out of Cheshire or Fourth Time Running top-of-the-table Surrey just failing to Lincolnshire, whoever wins their post­ overl;1aul Middlesex, with Middlesex poned match, can be the challengers. Interest was maintained until the the winners by the smallest nlargin It should be explained that if a end in most divisions of the Cham­ since the championships began, whilst second team from C). county heads a pionships, with exceptionCllly exciting at the other end the finish was even divisional table, then the highest finishes in the Premier Division and closer, and Yorkshire and Warwick­ county, not a second team; can the Junior West Section shire tied on both points and games. challenge. This has happened in the Herewith the honours list (Divi- case of Cambridgeshire and either There is nothing in the Rules to sional winners): Lines. or Cheshire. cover this situation, and there will Premier-Middlesex, either have to be a play-off, or else It would not be right to close these Junior South-Kent, both counties remain in the Premier notes without especially congratu­ lating the Glqmorgan Juniors, who Junior West-Glamorgan. Division, and increase the number of counties to eight, which is now put up the best performance Qf the Southenl-Surrey, possible by the revised rules which month with their 9-1 win over Not­ N orthern-Yorkshire, come into force for next season. tingham to secure the title on games average. Home Counties-Bedfordshire. Four counties have challenged for a London readers, too, might like to North Midland-Lancashire, place in the Premier Division, and the draw resulted as follows:­ know that a special challenge rnateh East Angli~n-Essex, is being played between Surrey and and (not yet decided) Cambridgeshire v. Glamorgan. Middlesex (first teams) qt the Croydon South .. Western - Glamorgan or Bedfordshireev. Cheshire or Lin­ Baths on Monday, 19th March, start- Middlesex. ' colnshire. ing at 7 p.m. °

LATEST RESULTS AND LEAGUE TABLES FINAL TABLES SOUTHERN D'IVISION HOME COUNTIES DIVISION PREMIE,R DIVISION SUiSsex 4, Surrey 6 Hertfordshire 7, Berkshire 3 Lancashire 6, Oloucestersbire 4 Hampshire 8, Kent 2 P. W. D. L. F. A. Rts. Warwickshire 6, Gloucestershire 4 Surrey 5, Ham,pshire 5 BedifordlsbJire {) ,5, 0 0 '317 ll3 10 Surrey 9, Yorkshhoe 1 Kent 2, SU3sex 8 Bucking'shire 4 2 '1.' 1 '2'1 119' '5 Yorkshire 4, Lancashire 61 Hertfor'dlshire 6 2 3 2:7 33 5 Essex 4, Surrey 6 P. w. D. L. F. A. Pts. S'Ur~ey Berkshlre ,t) 0 0 5 1i5 3'5 0 P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 6 5 It 0 47 1;3 11 M1itdd1lesex 6 5 1 0 ~4: 116 '11 Hlarmipshire 6 2 2 2 218 132 6 Surrey 6 5 '1. 0 412 1'8 1'1 Sussex 5 2 :t '2 216 '2.!4 5 NORTH MIDLAND DIVISION IDs!sex 6 3 '1! 2 313 27 7 Ke,nt 5 0 IQ '5 9 41 0' Lancashire 6, Lincolnshire 4 LancJa'Shire 6 3 0 3 '218 3!2 6 GloUicestershire 6 1 1 4 21 1313 3 Derbyshire 3" Yorkshire 7 NORTHERN DIVISION Warwickshire 6 1\ 0 6 18 42 2 P. w. D. L. F. A. Flbs. Yor'kshire 6 il 0 5 18 42 2 Cumbedand 3, Durham 7 lJanlcasihire 6 5 1 10 415 15 '11 Yorkshire 7, Northumbedand 3 JUNIOR DiIVISION Ciheshire 5 4 1 0 3~ 1'6 9 (South Section) P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. LincO'lnshire 5 4 0 1 J3'6 1i4 8

1 Hertfordshire 6, Cambridgesbire 4 Yorkshire 6 6 0 0 4'9 11 1 2 Y'orkshir,e 6 2 11 '3 27 313 5 NtoritbJumb~rl' 3~5 N,dt'ting'\Slhire 2~ Middlesex 5, Essex 5 d 6 4 0 2 2:5 8 B 1 1 3 2,6 3 P., W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Durlham 6 2 0 4 211 3'9 4 Letcesfter'Shire 5 t 0 4 16 134 2 Kent 5 5 0 0 3'7 13 10 Cumibedand! 6 0 0 6 15 4'5 0 Derbyshire ,6 0 0 6 8 52 0 E:slSex 5 3 1 tt '33 17 7 Mid/diles,ex 5 3 1 11 '3!() 20 7 SOUTH-WESTERN DIVISION EAST ANGLIAN DIVISION Surrey 52'03U16 34 4 HertfrO'rd'Shire 5 1 0 4 17 3'3 2 Middlesex 6, Warwickshire 4 Essex 9, N orfoIk 1 Camibridigesb.ire 5 0 0 5 17 313 0 Warwicksbire 3, Middlesex 7 SuffOtlk 0, Essex 10 Glamorga.n, 10, Devonshire 0 SUffolk 6, Norfolk 4 (West Section:) P. W. D. L. Nottinghamsbire 1, Glamorgan 9 F. A. Pts. P. W. D. L. F. A. Plbs. Gl'aJmJorgan 5 4 1 0 P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 36 14 9 Essex 5 5 0 0 44 6 10 GIlamorgan 4 3 0 1 216 14 6 M1iddlesex 5 '3 1 1 30 20 7 Cambridiges1!ire 4 ' ' 3 0 1 2:1 ,1'91 6 Devonshire NotJting''Shire 4 3 0 1 2'6 14 6 5 2 0 3 1'8 32 4 Suffolk 6 2 0 4 18 412 4 Gl'oucestershire 4 0 0 4 113 27 0 Warwick'shire i 5 0 0 5 l 6 '34 0 Norfolk 5 0 0 5 11'7 3:3 0

Pa,ge Seven Selections from Readers' Letters I!::~ CHARLIE SEAMAN "rh-e More The Better Why Not? (Sussex and England) HARLIE SEAJMAN (Brighton) "In your February issue, Geoff. " TWO young friends have be­ developed a deep-Tooted affection Pacey complainl~d that the .EJ;1glish Open C come good at doubles play, but all for table tennis from the age of 12 Finals made too long a sIttIng. r~he Open Tournaments that are " Our party left Nottingham at 7 a.m. when grandfat!heT presented him. with ,a on the Saturday and arrived home at near enough for them to enter do set. Joining Sea House T.T.C. 1n 1931, 5 a.m. the following morning. On a not include JUNIOR doubles. he won the M.S. of the Brighton League day's· outing like this an extra. hour or WHY?" the following season, and repeat,ed the so of play makes it all the more worth­ F.F., London, N.2l. performance 9 times, in fact, he. is the current title-holder and has gaIned a while undertaking the journey. Brighto~ " I realise it is a strain on the play.~rs total of 21 titles in his career. to play a hard semi-final followed with Salute to England from Chile He first won the Sussex IClos-ed in 1933, the Final, but they don't seem· to com­ " Your review is just g,reat. The best and about 7 times since, winning 2 cups plain! These Finals are, perhaps, the of all. My ,congratulations•. for the outright. only time when we can see world-class superb work you are doing with the He has been "capped" 5 times for play.~rs, so the more we see the better. England' France twice, Wal,es twice, T.T. Magazine; I want to salute you Irela~d If the semi-finals were omitted on the and all the people concerned. and once, defeating Haguenauer Saturday night, we should miss the in one. Charlie says be was helped chance of studying the play of the " It is very good to see Victor Barna imm,ens,ely by the encouragement. and losing semi-finalists. now wTiting In the magazine; he ooaching of that grand playe,r, VIctor "I only wish the quarter-finals could knows so much about the game, and Barna. be played off in the afternoon of the Jack 'Carrington's articles (and his In 1939, he partnered..~lec Br

Page. Eighf to say 1 consider that Pinkie's views The Way 'to the Stars-No. 3 on ,the subject were a little hasty. .Probably the most long-standing and controversial Question in Table !ennis ,Look at it this way. She won the is boldly answered in no ambiguous terms by one who has an unnvalled first two games by hitting, and was hard~st leading 11-6 in the next, still playing reputation for winning in spectacular style from the opponents. the the same kind of game, still attacking. game has had. This is the unhesitating answer of a champIon of champIons, Up to that point, her me:thod had and his advice to those ambitious in international competition. paid a good dividend. Why, and how, could she possibly tell that as from that moment, chiselling would have been better ,tactics? Besides, THE QUESTION Pinkie is not good rut pushing, and "Wbich, in 'your oplOlon, is the right approach to the it is very, very doubtful whether she gam,e- (a) to win, regardless of how the ,match might appear could have bea,ten Pritzi at her own to spectators, or (b) to risk losing by attempting to maintain game. a more spectacular game?" Rem'embering the suoces,ses of Berg,mann, Soos, and r,ecently Ehrlich and Roothooft, we must admit 'that answered by Victor Barna the defensive type of rgam,e se,ems to be on top for the moment; very likely because the pr,esent standard IF any of you read World Sports Personally, 1 think Richard was (I am still talking about men) is not regularly, then you will already justified-and his justification is that as high as it has been in the past. know my answer to this question, as he won! That was the only thing Consequently 1 still maintain that the 1 recently had quite a battle on this that really mattered. If there was proper approach to the game for a subjoect in the correspondence nobody good enough' to out-hit him, real 'Champion is 'to learn and to columns of that 'm,agazine. know how to score points; not mer,ely 1 was accused of advocating "win­ to def.end and wait for Ithe other ning (or rather 'tryiing to 'win ')­ fellow's mistakes. never mind how," and' so 'oisf,egarding In any event when you are playing British sporting spirit and everybody's an important match, don't bother right to the enjoyment of a game whether you are playing a spectacular for its own sake. game or not. Have only one thing Just as 1 did on thalt occasion, 1 in your mind-that is, PLAY TO .must 'explain right away, before going WIN; .because if you are debating any further, that my, views are in in your mind whether or .not Ito play regard to international ,competition, to the gallery, your concentration is and not to sport on the village gr,e'en bound to suffer. And tha,t means cricket sense, which is quite a "you have had it!" different matter. Rightly or wrongly, the modern world (if you can call the world of Victor Barna talk'ing to Johnny Leach' and to-day " modern") regards inter­ Aubmy Simons. national,competHive spor,t in the same way that it does art or science, and then in Iny opinion he was not only aJtaches a lot of prestige to it. There­ justified in what he did, but deserved fore'I say ,that one. should' try with his win as well. ,everything possible to win-and never Besides, in the re,cord books it will ,mind how. Naturally this is not to not be stated how he won. P,eople be taken to. mean unfairly, be,cause have v,ery short me!ffilories, therefore that is a word which should not be in the long run it becomes of no in the vocabulary of any sportsman. importance. Tournament Types No, 1 m,ean 'that one should· try to This brings us to the other ques­ win by attack, by 'Qefence, by talc'tics, tion: willchiseUing ruin tabl'e tennis? No.1 by sheer' guts and fighting spirit; or Well, frankly, our gaime is now so "Friend-of-the-Stars" Type even by 'chiselling (if w,e are pinning well established, and so popular, ,that it down to table tennis). nothing can ruin il1. .Certainly not Up Ito the last 'World's M'e:eting in chiseHing. It would be jus,t as crazy Budapest, I maintained that the to say that cricket is done for, simply Men's 'World Singles ,title was always because there are times when players won 9Y an attacking player, or, shall spend hours at the wicket s,coring a 1 say, by an attacking galme. But verytew runs-pIaying a strictly last February it was all different, and def.ensiv'e game. Bergmann's ,chiselling grumes with Incidentally J read wi~th great Soos in the final went on for a very interest Pinkie Barne,s' and John long time indeed. Unfortunately, M,cIlveen's .bpinions on this subject Pritzi~Barnes Picks on slo'meone he'ls never seen lots of people blamed Bergmann for in relation ,'to the match ,before anki! te1l's 'the'm how ihe 1h1as this, and said that a player of his in the English Open; which, accord­ IadMi'sed seve~al World' Oha,mpi'Onship class should not allow himself :to drag ing to Pinkie, she only lost because winnerls. Fav:O'urilte ,glamibU: "So I ISIa!i'd Ito V'i1crt'Or, "The trouble Wli'th y10ur the game down to such a low level. after winning the first two games and flic'k, iOJ!<:Jt boy" ts • . . ' " Some went I~v,en. further, saying that having a good lead in the third, she if this sort of Ithing ,continued, table prefelired to continue her spectacular From the (Jr~ginal idea 'of Geoff tennis. as a .sport and as' a spe,ctacle play. Needless to say, 1 am on John's (Joulthread (Singapore) was finished. , side in this argum,ent and fe'el bound More "TyPes " coming up. Middlesex (Herga) Open Harrow, 17th February. TOMBLUNN The competition' was somewhat marred Chairman, Lanes. T.T.A. by the withdrawal of leading players for county matches, etc.-D. Burridge and A. Rhodes being particularly noted ; the latter will go a long way with a little Looks over the Accounts more consistency to his devastating attack. The Miner v. Adams was a dour fight ; Miller looked a beaten man I THINK the most significant fact can grumble at the costs provided when losing the 3rd gam,e to 10, yet they are within reasonable limits. emerged a worthy winner to a grand shown by the comparative figures loser. The Men's Doubles final was the is that the cost of administration has The receipt of £187 this year is a windfall from the previous year.. highlight of the 'evening, going to 5 increased 23 per cent., while revenue grand games. The young challengers in from affiliation fees has only in­ Incidentally, one or two 1949 iltems the ladi'es' events were a little nervous, creased by 17 per cent. have somehow managed to creep in. but showed promise for the future. Considering these figures (and also I seem for ever pointing out the ~Notes from S. W. Martin. necessity of increasing the entry fees that affilia1ted clubs have risen by Results only 7 per cent.), we must conclude for the Wilmott Cup and Rose Bowl M.S. A. R. MILLE'R beat L. Adams 17, that only an increase in affiliation competitions. Losses of £40, £46 -18, -10, 21, 16. fees can keep a working balance, and £112 in three successive years W.S. Miss J. ROBE'RT:S beat Miss D. Spooner 12, 17. particula.rly as new premises and in­ speak for themselves ! M.D. R. SHARMAN/L. ADAMS beat corporation will increase administra­ For the first time there has been A. R. Miller/D. Burridg.e 20, tive costs in subsequent years. -16, 15, -19, 16. a nelt profit on International nlatches. W.D. M'iss J. ROBERTS/Mrs. P. For several years the E.T.T.A. And surely Open Tournament Fees, GEORGE beat Misses S. Smith/ has exis\ted on the profit from the Ball and Shirt Rebates can be classi­ Y. Baker 15, 15. English Open, and the present X.D. J. HEAD/Miss D. SPOONE'R beat fied as " unearned income " ? D. Miner/Miss J. Roberts 15, 15. balance owes much to the proceeds Sundry expendi1ture of £150 is mainly J.B.S. S. BROCKLEBANK beat I. Jones of the past three years. in reispect of the Barna Fund. 19, 14. Postages, printing and stationery The Balance-sheet raises Iittle show increases, which, like telephone comment, but will somebody please IS IT A RECORD? charges (with an increase of nearly tell me what is the~" Comity Cup £100), reflect the ever increasing Fund" ? Husband Tony Miller won the activity of the Associa,tion. Head­ Again nothing has been included Men's Singles; Mrs. Tony Miller quarters rental is up by £130, and in respect of Office Equipment, (Joyce Roberts) the Women's Singles. will be even higher in a full year. Trophies and stock (e.g., stationery). Has this "Double Singles" been I a.m surprised to find no reserve These items must be considered as an done before? for legal charges, as a fair-sized bill undisclosed reserve. must be mounting up for incorpora­ Once more give thanks to an over­ tion activities over two years. worked Treasurer who stuck to his Na1tional champion'ships and tour­ job. It is a pity ,that the printer did Table Tennis in Russia ing teams, home and abroad, are the not do the same. business of the E.T.T.A. and nobody TOM BLUNN. INTEREST in table tennis is expanding in Soviet Russia as everywhere else in the world, and ,the Finals of the first U.S.S.R. A copy of the 189 pp. Official Annual E.T.T.A. Handbook Championships, held in Moscow in is 'sent FREB to the H on. Secretary of every affiliated club November, had an audience of more (and certain other officers), and is in this way available for the than 1,000. - use of every individual member. The accounts to which Mr. CompetHors came from as far Blunn refers are shown in detail on pp. 176-9 of the current afield as Armenia, Ukraine and the editi9n. The figures below are condensed from the detailed Baltic countries and included three comparisons prepared by Mr. Blunn. Our apologies 10r the former Sway;thling Cup 'players from brevity. Lithuania. This country, indeed took most of the tides. ' The tournament was played on Income and Expenditure Account (Condensed) for the Year Ended 30th June, 1950, all-play-all system, winners being with Comparative Figures. placed in order of results. VILlUS Expenditure. 1949. 1950. Income. 1949. 1950. £ £ £ £ VARIAKOJIS (Lithuania) just man­ Wages, etc. 627 798 Affiliation Fees. 2,513 2,937 aged to gain the title after equalis­ Travelling 355 316 Less County Rebates 291 365 ing with FIMA DUSKESAS five Rent ... 138 264 ~inner Administrative Expenses 736 1,102 £2,222 £2,572 times Moscow champion and Fees, Dona:tions, etc. 304 511 of the consolation in the World £1,956 £2,480 Rebates (Ball, Shirts) 490 781 Championships of 1938/39. ONA Add Cost Handbook ... 401 409 English Open ... 1,827 1,462 ZALIVICUTE, member of a cham­ World and N·ational International Matches ... 129 Championships . .. 580 637 Europe Cup 187 pion basketball team, easily won the International Matches 45 Touris,ts in England 73 women's title. . Europe Cup ' 361 Sundry Publierations 97 66 . The Soviet Sport wrote enthusias­ Touring Teams, etc. 151 272 Wilmott Cup and! Rose tically of table tennis as a sport and Bowl 46 112 a spectacle, saying that it merited Dress, Trials, etc. 102 6.9 equal place among other popular Sundries ... 150 SURPLUS for season ... 1,371 1,579 sports, and urging the equipment industry to increase and improve the £5,013 £5,703 £5,013 £5,703 supply of equipment.

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TEN RI.JLES FOR T.T. PLAYERS Congratulations. Conspiracy? after Karlheinz Simon Gooseberry bushes are Qut-moded Two results from the Metropolitan in Tisch-Tennis (IGern1an official and T.T. babies are born under T.T. Open:­ bats, or so England's Veteran W.S., 2nd RdJ.: E. Weaver bt. M. Piper. magazine). Champion would have us believe. W.S., Cons.: Winner, M. Piper. Even if you are not a Champion: But we hoave to delightedly congratu­ Two results from the South London 1. Always give your best in play and late Miss TERESA (T'erry) Open:­ practice. THOMPSON-all 61b. 11oz. of her W.S., 2nd Rd.: E. Weaver bt. M. Piper. -on choosing Leo and Iris Thomp­ W.S., Gons.: Winner, M. Piper. 2. Always try to be an example of son, of Bucks, for her parents, * * * good sports,manship. arriving on Sunday the 11th Febru­ ary, Leo is 50 experienced at Spanish Ranking List 3. Always remember that you are C C fathering'; youngsters that she 1, Alberto DUESO; 2, Jaime only one among thousands work­ couldn't have made a better choice A'GUERRI and Jose Ma RAMON; ing for the good of the game. -particularly since she has those 4-6, Jaime CAPDEVILA, Carlos GIL, 4. Always fight your hardest for magic initials-T.T. Jorge SOLER; 7, Jaime BASSA; victory. 8-10, Juan SALOMa, Torruella, Jorge 5. Always see your opponent as a Valeri. fellow sportsman, not an enemy. RECIPE FOR SUCCESSFUL * * 6. Always be loyal to your club and TOIJRNAMENT J. M. ROSE was taken ill on his loyal to your team. by J. N. Renshaw (Watford) recent visit to South Africa, and had 7. Always support your 'club and J dash of Imagination ; to return to London, though success­ league, both by your presenoe and 1 enthusiastic ,CommiUee ; fully performing several useful ser­ what small services you can. 1 central Hall; vices for the E.T.T.A. May he soon 8. N,ever be fana:tical and prejudiced; 1 lighting and equipn1ent Expert; be well. ... NORMAN COOK seems Both hands full of Courage ; to have started something with his appreciate the opponent's good Bags of Hard Work. points and performance. recent broadcast in the Northern Stir up well for 12 months, add a Region, for both juniors JEFF 9. Be loyal to our sport, be,cause dash of L,each and Barna, and bring to you belong to a gr,eat family of Boiling Point on Finals Night. Serve INGBER and CLIFF BOOTH were table tennis players. with relish. Customers should receive subsequently called to the "Mike." 10. And-even if you ave not a with hands open, palm flat and thumb . . . Jeff wrote from Sweden to his Champion - always strive to free. uncle, Mr. J. LIVINGSTONE (Presi­ become one. dent, Manchester League) that in * * * visits to watch and pen factories they * * EASTER "FIXTURE" LIST had each been presented with a watch THOSE "WINNING" WAYS Our sincere good wishes to: and pen. Mr. Livingstone hopes they "I',m glad we've won-we're such do not visit a steam-roller factory! bad losers ! " · . . Popular, well - known LEN ... A well known T.T. official is re­ ADAMS (Middlesex and Civil Ser­ ported car-rooning round the country * * * vice) is to wed Miss JOY COLE, of with a parody on " I Taut I Taw .." No'RMAN WILSON, Hon. Sec. of the Kirkburton, Yorks, before Easter. The words are not officiaL... Irish T.T.A., is an inexhaustible Honeymoon, Bournemouth. Keynote Exhibition season everywhere. Prize bubble of good humour, and while he is A FLAT, unfurnished, London. to date goes to Watford, splendidly can speak with passionate ,eloquence on Need urgent. Any goodwill sugges­ successful and highly profitable. The the virtues of table tennis better than tions? most, he can tell a tale in a way that proceeds go mainly to youth develop­ is sheer delight. ' · . . Beds County player COLIN ment schemes. "Now Mr. L-- came to our meet­ CROWE is to marry Miss SYLVIA * * ing," recounted Mr. Wil~on, "and he MAXEY on 17th March. Interrupts ARTHUR WAITE, editor-publisher had a problem. It seemed his league honeymoon to play in Beds. Open. of Table Tennis Review, has been wanted a cup for their Ladies' Cham­ seriously ill, so that publication has pionship. Now cups cost a lot of · .. Yorkshire's ABE ABRAHAM­ been delayed. We are very pleased money, so, of course, we dithered a bit. SON, who recently married Miss to hear he is now thoroughly fit and Then Mr. L-- made it clear. It ROSE FELDLTN, of Hull. wasn't a cup he was after wanting. in harness again, and as maybe seen Appeared that they had had a cup given * * * from the announcement on page 14, them, but it was one of these second­ HARRY JOYCE (Middx.), holder the Review is to resume regular hand cups which already had an inscrip­ of the South of England junior title, publication immediately. on. All that was wanted was' to recondition the cup and put on a new notched his second "open" when he * * * inscription. It was felt that the present defeated Bob Stevens (Essex) in the

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IMMY L,O,WE has already dealt very well with the subject of "Stepping INTRODUCING (Right) J Into the Seniors," but he did forget one other s.tep that has tio be taken Gloucester's BRYAN MERRETT, selected shoDdy afte·r by most male juniors-one that takes them right into the land of for the England Junior team to play Wales boots and brass. Here then is MI,CHAEL THORNHILL to offer a few words on the 21st of this month. Bryan is 16 and has one more season of advice :and comfort ,to those awaiting Call-up. in the junior grade. Says he has no other reason for livling than table-tennis! ! ! A defender in the Bergmann tradition, he STEPPING INTO THE SERVICES occasionally ,essays a burst of hitting that By Michael Thornhill is forceful if not tactical. L,ikes playing dn tourn,aments and wishes they were not Mpst ex-jul}iors will have ex­ as Aubrey Simons, Ken Craigie and so scarce around his part of the world. Bryan has the hallmark of' the West perienced* only one season in senior Len Adams. * Countryman-even temper and quiet deter­ table-tennis be£ore being called up for ,On the last two occasions of the mination. If he has iany marked like,s or two years' service in the Forces. This, English Open the R.A.F. entered dislikes they re.late to-dress and wishe~ an~ tournament committees would take a firmer we know, is a long ,time :to be away Brian Kennedy myself, and what hand in this matter. He likes to see Irom the game, but it need 110t be 'a reward they had for taking this doubles pairs dressed exactly ialike. looked upon as wasted itime, for in enterprising step. Brian's feat in manyca1ses valuable experience can reaching the final of the Men's * * * be gained. Singles is now oommon knowledge, AT HEnNE BAY. I would advise T.T. enthusiasts 'to and to crown this marvellous display Under-21's broke through to every serve their two years in Ithe R.A.F., he has now been picked for the final at the Kent Op.~n, but pride of as this is the only Service which is Swaythling Cup team to go to place must go to DEREK BURRIDGE affiliated to the E.T.T.A. If any Vienna. for his fine performance in reaching the league has an outstanding player who The annual R.A.F. Championships final of the men's singles. He disposed of both Louis Devereaux and Keith is, about to join the R.A.F.~ please are held at Slough Community Centre Hurlock before losing to Harry V.enner. cdntact FLt.-Lt. Butler, H.Q., Bomber and IaSit year they w,e,re a great Partnered by Tony Miller, Derek also Command, High Wyc,on1be, Bucks. success. Inter-command and inter­ reached the doubles final, where once The R.A.F. 'has a full fixt~re list, station matches are played through­ more he found himself on the losing 'out the season on a knock-out system, side against V·enner. including matches with the Civil S.er­ Derek will soon be called up for his vice and the United States Air Force. and the finals of these are played at fi1J.~als National Service, but is meanwhile These matches are apart from inter­ Slough on the same day as the enjoying a "final fling" of good form; struHon and inter-,command events, of the individual events. This year recent victims including Tony Miller and you will also find that most the Championships will be held on and Ken Craigie. camps have one or two teams in the the 4th and 5th of April, with the EDDIE SPIELBERG, 20-y.ear-old local league, so there is plenty of finals on the 6th. London player, is fast improving ... Tio all players about to enter the his straight games win over title-holder competition. Jackie Head should not be the last we The R.A.F. team is very strong, in­ R.A.F., very best of luck, and may hear of him. cluding such players als B. Kennedy, you be as fortunate as I have been. Yorkshire fans will be interested to D. Shaw, A. Costello, J. Thurston, know that MAURICE SHEADER is as M. Isaacs, ,Po :Smith, J. Cornwall and keen as ev,er. He .made an all-night many others. Michael modestly omits to 140-mile motor-bike trip to Hernte Bay To give you some idea of ·the nzention that he, too, has been from his R.A.F. camp in Wiltshire. He selected to go to Vienna with was unlucky to find Derek Burridge in streng,th of the R.A.F. team, here are his group-thejr three-galne struggle some of this season's fix.tures and the SwaythUng Cup team . . . Here is a classic example of was as spectacular as any of the day; result,s :­ sr...~ctators were impressed by Maurice's R.A.F. v. Civil Servi'ce, won 7-3. a player who has fought his immaculate forehand liitting-a delight R.A.F. v. U.S.A.A.F., won 9-0. way into the top flight ... no to watch. R.A.F. v. Manchester, drawn 5-5. meteoric rise to fam.e for R.A.F. v. CiVil Ser'Vlice, lost 4----5.. R.A.F. v. Bristol,. lost 1-8. Micky; it was way back in Interesting side-light on this tourna­ 1945 that he first started to play ment was that the single coach from The opposifiiQ'n is very strong in all London returned bearing the winners these matches, including such players and runners-up of all events.

Pa.ge .Thirteen Hampshire Open English Junior Internationals Midland Counties Open Southampton, 18 February Lose to Sweden Birmingham, 8-10 February THE entry of Victor Barna and the Semi-finals THE English Junior International M.S. L. W. Muller beat L. De,vereux team which, under the cap­ Rowe Twins proved a big attrac­ 20, 9. taincy of T. E. Sears, has recently tion, and the latter enhanced their H. Venner beat S. Minter 19, returned from their Swedish tour, growing reputation with a spectacular -18, 16. were placed second in the Inter­ display in the Finals. W.S. Miss E. Weaver beat Miss N. Piper 19,13. national Junior Tournament by losing There were n1any surprises. The Mrs. D. Atherton beat Mrs. A. to Sweden. Eye witness accounts biggest, the defeat of Barna/Haydon. Fry -14, 12, 14. report, however, that the scores do Leading 18-12 in the third set, Finals not give justice to the fight put up by Casofsky was hitting magnificently M.S. H. VENNER beat L. W. Muller the English boys, who, throughout against Haydon, and with Stanley -12, 16, 12. surged ahead to take the title. W.S. Miss E. WEAVER beat Mrs. D. the tour had played with great success Atherton -16, 11, 7. and were of comparable standard Hazel Egerton (Birmingham) beat M.D. H. VENNER/J. HE'AD beat B. with our junior teams of previous Betty Steventon and junior G. Pullar Crouch/B. Brumwell 15 18. years. Fuller details in the next issue beat Keith Hurlock 18, -24, 18, in W.D. Mrs. D. ATHERTON/Miss N: PIPER beat Misses E. Weaver/ of Table Tennis. the first round, and W. Poole subse­ D. Spooner 20, 20. quently beat Pullar comfortably, X.D. H. VENNER/M,iss N. PIPER beat SWEDEN v. ENGLAND (JUNIORS) although this promising Oldham boy "B. Crouch/Miss E. Weaver -19, B. Malmquist beat J. Hunt 16, 17 ; lost J. -14, -19. 14, 14. to Ingber L. Pettersson beat easily won the Junior title. J. Ingber 11, 16 ; beat C. Booth 16, 15; One of the best matches of the day J.S. S. BROCKLEBANK beat D. House beat J. Hunt -17, 8, 19. Skaj beat J. 18, 12. Ingber 20, 15; lost to C. Booth -20, was the exciting' semi-final in which 13. -19. Diane Rowe beat Margaret Fry (Bristol) 18, -19, 14. Southampton Open Head and Stanley both fought On Sale March 14th ... well I for the finals, but Aubrey January 21st Simons again proved his match to all but Leach. Altogether, a very good 15-year-old D. HOUSE (Bath) reached TABLE TENNIS REVIEW tournament. the last 16 from an entry of 187, his 1\1.S. A. SIMONS beat K. Stanley 16, victims including international B. Brum­ March issue, to be followed by 20, 14. well and R. Dale. Of the two New W.S. Miss R. ROWE beat Miss D. Rowe Zealanders, Trevor Flint was beaten in issues on 15, -15, 17. M.D. B. CASOFSKY/K. STANLEY beat the quarter finals in a sparkling game April 15th and May 15th V. Barna/A. A. Haydon 20, with S. Minter (Portsmouth), and Jack -13, 18. Knowsley (partnered by Mrs. Atherton) Place an order with your newsagent NOW W.D. ,Misses D. & R. ROWE beat Miss lost the semi-final of the mixed doubles J. Mackay/Mrs. D. Smith 19, 17. X.D. A. SIMONS/R. ROWE beat V. to B. Crouch/Miss E. Weaver. L. W. Barna/D. Rowe 11, 10. Muller (Southampton) gave H. Venner or post 3/3d. for three issues to V.S. D. PAT'T'ERSON beat F. Smith 20, a shock by taking the first game in the -'2U 1'4 final, and was formidable enough to J.S. G. PULLAR beat G. BaUng (No'tits) TABLE TENNIS REVIEW 1'4 1'" prevent the England player taking any J.G. D. S'POONER. beat J. Ti1t'terington chances. Results in February issue. 83, Bridge St., Manchester, 3 19" 1'5, J.D. B. MERRErrT/M. MORGAN beat -Notes from Miss L. Ferguson. A. Good1mlan/J. Gwill'ilam 19, -,10, 116. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE MEMBERS The 'Cabinet' of the E.T.T.A. F you were trespassing, Mr. W. (" Billie") STAMP has the kind of aggressive personality you can imagine, with inner misgivings, bearing down on you, only II to find your hand firmly grasped in warm friendShip. Billie is blunt, direct, as rugged as a rock, and may sometimes appear just as uncompromising. He is "quick to resolve and slow to yield." Yet the bluff exterior conceals a warm personality, rich with all the human qualities which draw one's affection like a magr~~t. Our photographer has caught that ray of kindly humour nicely. Yet Billie stands four-square to the world and will face any storm that blows like a Captain Ahab. He started playing T.T. 20 years ago, becoming first a club secretary and, in 1937, the Hon. Organising Secretary and Treasurer of the Liverpool League, where he has been ev.er since. During the war, almost single-handed, he kept that league alive, and, largely by his own herculean efforts, has since seen it flourish into 16 divisions with 1,300 players. Many International matches and tournaments have been staged on Men:·..~yside under his guidance, and with outstanding distinction. He despises thos.~ people who wish to take everything out of the game and give nothing in return. His great hope is to hear individual members clamouring and working for their own h~adquarters where T.T. could be taught, developed and talked about to the benefit of all. The Liverpool League has been fortified by his shrewd guidance, the Lancs. and W. ("BILLIE") STAMP Cheshire League, of which he is a member, m,uch helped by his counsel, and the N.E.C. (N th W t R') a wise counsellor, and members a good fr iend. or - es ern eglon. Mr. Stamp, who is a member of the Lancs Selection Committee, Chairman of the Registered Players Panel, former Chairman oj the La,ncs League, and former member of the English Selecti on Committee, wears in his buttonhole the distinctive badge to which only Members of the E.T.T.A. U Cabinet" are entitled to wear. Under the England badge is a plinth imprinted "Member of the National Executiye Committee."

Page Fourteen Dress Reform ELL done, Surrey. First county A T (', 7\Totel(' Wto adopt official blazers (maroon 1 Vewl4 "I 1 'V ~ J with Cambridge blue piping) for county players. Nor do their supporters have to and languish unseen. The Surrey tie is already gracing some hundreds of nlasculine necks. Just a little some­ thing wanted now for the lady sup­ GOIJJ"'-'l·P porters, Surrey, and then many counties will be following suit. Or should it be suits? The Hand That Launched * * * a TboUiS'and Flicks Donor: "Anonymous" Another true tale: FTER seeing Victor Barna in action Isn't life frustrating? The sort of A for the first time, a young York­ person with the strength of character shire player remark.~d: "What.a lovely to donate a silver cup anonymously, backhand he has. He keeps It UD so is just the sort of person we'd like to ~asily, without any footwork at. all'~.! thank publicly ! Young lady, the maestro II?-. thIS respect is a brother of the magIcIan­ by the Quickness of the Foot deceiv,~s the H'eye. * * * Anyone who employs backhand as his main line of attack needs more The Great Leveller active and accurate footwork than most. Jack T the Middlesex Championships, I You will not see Barna plodding or A spotted one of the Rowe twins. scampering around, but he c.~rtainly You know how to tell th~m apart, of covers the ground at tremendous speed course. One is left and t'other right­ in between his strokes. "Gliding" is handed. the word, I t1:link. Carrington But this one had both hands in her coat pockets. Again one is slightly taller than the * * * other. :. Sitting down? But I have a little private means of The Lion Shows His Teeth now in Vienna with the identification (and it's not a mole on SUCCESS of the Teen-Age Page the left shoulder, Buck Ryan!) English Teams and writing I went confidently up to Rosalind. prompts the thought-ought we "Hallo," I said. "Isn't Diane playing to have a Veterans' Page, too? up the story of the World to-night? " H ow about Leo Thompson, veteran The answer shook me . .. "Yes, champion of England, for the first I'm playing, but Ros is staying at home Vet., Ed.? Championshipsfor the April to-night." Incidentally, Leo, did you misread I apologised, and confided to Di that our January issue ? We said you issue. my secret system was this: Rosalind had a Lion's Heart, but you showed has decidedly rounder cheeks than Diane. us your Lion's Teeth at the Met. "That's right," said Di cheerfully, Finalist in a major tournament of 400 " bpt I had a tooth out this afternoon." entrants, indeed ! ! ! Careful now, you'll frighten all the * * * Teeny Teen-Agers ! Your Best Friend Will Tell You ERE'S a true tale :­ A young fan exclaimed: " One of these H days I'm going to come home from the Last Month's Problem Merseyside Open with that Cup." His pal replied: " The only way you will ONE answer to the block-shot ever do that is to buy a c·ar and give Johnny Leach a lift back." E-F, is to lift your drive higher and slower than usual, towards c * * * SAMMY SENIOR'S backhqnd cor­ ner, Le. the corner nearest to D. o ND talking of Leach, I am in­ But far the best answer is to E A debted to Johnny Leach, junior, RECOGNISE TEMPORAR Y for this STORY OF THE "WEEK": TACTICAL D E F EAT AND Young Johnny" aged four, proudly REFRAIN FROM DRIVING told his daddy that he had been learn­ AT ALL. Instead, learn to scoop ing the days of the we.~k at school. "WeII, let me hear you say them," the ball back with chop, low and says Daddy. slow. Let it drop even further be­ " Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday ­ low the table before playing it, so G F Friday-Saturday-Sunday," pipes up that it has a long journey back to Sonny. the table. During tha!t long journey "Haven't you left one out?" asked A Big Johnny. JIMMY JUNIOR can recover his B "Oh, I don't lik.~ Thursdays," said stance and position central to the the Modern Child. STICK TO table with little advantage to his TABLE TENNIS, Daddy! crafty opponent.

Page Fifteen There are several alterations in the Diary to previously published Important lists. Attention is particularly drawn t~ notes in Col. 3 ~ Note SCARBOR'O'UGH presents for the ENGAGEMENTS fourth year, their Easter holi­ In the Open Tournaments belOW, evenrs snown in the column day Open by the Sea: the North­ are additional to M.S., W.S., M.D., W.D., and X.D. in every East England. Play commences early case. Intending entrants are recommended to apply as early afternoon on Easter Saturday, but as possible. Juniors and Youth events will only be Date(s) Title and Venue Extra Events Nanle and address oj Sec. played on the Monday, instead of the March full week-ends, thus reducing their 2-11 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Vienna. expenses. The Y.S. eventoovers ages Danube Cup Invitation only. 16-19; 8-12 tables; first-class condi­ 13-18 Hungarian Championships ;Home and Invitation only. tions (including shower baths). Czechoslovakian Championships Home and Invitation only. See partitulars under " Engagements." Swiss Cham,pionships 17 Grimsby Open Y.S. .t. Browne, 321, Hainton Cleethorpes Pie.r Pavilion. Avenue, Grimsby, Lines. Refere'e: W. E. Pa~ker. 17 Semis and Finals-ROSE BOWL West of England Whhe Rock Pavilion, Hastings. 17 Semis and Finals-WILM'OTI C·-U-p----­ now at Exeter Drill Hall, Maidenhead. THE West of England 0 pen 21 Junior -International L. Presland, Aylesford Paper ENGLAND v. WALES Mills, K'ent. Tournament is Ito be held at Ayl'esford Paper ,Mills, K'ent. EXETE,R on 31st March, and N'OT 24 Bedfordshire Open J.B.S. 'D. W. Ironmonger, 47, Rye- at Bristol, as stated in last month's Vauxhall Motors 'Rec. 'Club, J.G.S. croft W'ay, Stopsl,ey, Luton. "Engage,ments." Applications should Kimpton Road, Luton. be made to Mr. H. J. Amery, 12, Referee: G. James. Kennerley Avenue, Exeter. 24-26 North-East of England Open J.S. E. Moorhouse, 26, Sherwood See Engagements Burniston Road Barracks, Y.S. Street, Scarborough. Scarborough, Yorks. Referie,es : L. E. Forrest, ,We Wilson. * Se,e news report in CoL 3, this page. 31 West of England Open J.B.S. H. J. Amery, 12, Kennerley Exete'r. J.G.S. Avenue, Exeter. THE T.T. ,CUPS * See note in 'Col. 3, this page. THE WILMOTT CUP April 4-6 West Middlesex Open B.S. J. Joyce 7, ICroft Gardens, Fourth Round. 9-14 West Ealing Club, G.,S. Hanwei1, W.7. Mervyn ,!toad, London, W. Manohester heat Liverpool 7-2; Referee: D. P. Low,en. Southampton IC.S. beat Brighton 5-4. 6-8 U.S.A. National Open Zone Finals. 7-8 Bucks Open B.S. L. Thompson, "Auchm,ead," London 'C.S. beat C'entral 7-2; Slopgh Centre, Slough, Bucks. G.S. The Avenue, Sunnymeads, South London heat Fellows Cranleigh Refer'ee: H. Edwards. Wraysbury, Bucks. 6-3 ; Bromley beatCante,rbury 6-3 ; 13-14 Cheshire Open B.S. R. P. Stabbs, 13, Milford Luton beat W,elwyn GaTden City 5-3; Fairey Aviation Works Canteen, G.S. Driv,e, Levenshulme, Man­ Scunthorpe T.T.C. beat Lincoln 5-4 ; 'Cliossley Road, H,eatonChapel, V.S. chester, 19. Manchester beat Birmingham 5-4; Stockport. Southampton 'C.S. beat Bristol 5-2. 14-15 Liege Open Championship 21-22 North-West Kent Open B.S. F. Burvill, 2, Lime Avenue, Quarter Fin~ls County Modern School,.·" G.S. Northfleet, K,ent. Brook Street, J.X. Manchester beat London C.S. 6-1 ; Northumberland Heath, Erith. South London beat Lu.ton 5-4; L,~eds Referee: C. F. Simmons. beat Scunthorpe 6-3; Southampton 30 to Thanleside Open B.S. L. R. Norminton, 12, De~ham C.S. beat Bromley 7-2. May 5 ,Hydro Hall, Y.M.C.A., G.S. Gardens, Upnlinster, Essex. Greengate Street, Plaistow, E.13. THE J. M. ROSE BOWL Ref.eree: G . James. Zone Finals London. 28 Annual General Meeting, E.T.T.A. West London beat Central 6-3; W.S. S/F G. Farkas beat L. Gyorgy South London be.at Ilford 7-2; Grimsby THE HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2-0; R. Karpati beat Sagi beat Cambridge 5--4; Wool'wich beat 2,126 teams have entered for the 2-0. Byfleet 5-4; Manchester beat Leeds Hungarian team championships. The Final G . ,FARKAS be,at R. Karpati 5-2 ; Birmingham beat Luton 9--0 ; men's teams are 5 a side, and the 2~O. The (Netherlands) Dutch T.T. Board Brighton beat Leatherhead 8-1; women's and juniors' are played on Bristol beat South Devon 7-2~ S,waythl'ing Cup lines. has nearly reached an affiliated mem­ bership of 10,000. In the national In the individual Hungarian Champion­ championships, COR DU BUY pro­ Quarter Finals ships the results were :­ vided a surprise by losing to COR M.S. S/F Sido beat J. Farkas 3-0; PELSER, at 26-24 in the fifth game; a Birmingham beat Bristol 5-3; West Koczian Ibeat 8008 3-0. controversial edge ball deciding the London beat Manchester 7-0; Brighton ~i.nal J. KOCZIAN ,beat F. Sido winning point. Henny van Woezik is beat Woolwich 7--0; South London 12, 17, 18. the new Women's Champion. beat Grimsby 9-0.

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