Word: pingpong
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Versatile is the word which best describes blondthatched Dave Freeman, Pomona College sophomore, and 19-year-old champion athlete. Freeman divides his time between badminton, tennis, pingpong (table tennis) and golf. He holds the 1939 national men's badminton title and the 1938 national junior tennis championship. In ping pong he is California junior champion. Golf is strictly a division, yet he shoots near par. He won the first of his many titles in boys ping pong at the age of 13, won only a few small trophies until he was 17, since then has won scores of handsome gold...
...other fall sports are to begin with football, and trailing that in publicity though not in popularity, come cross country, soccer, tennis, squash, crew, singles sculling, handball, with impromptu touch touch football, and fall baseball filling in the remaining spots. There's also pingpong and pool. Other sports which come up during the remainder of the year are hockey, wrestling, boxing, basketball, fencing, track, lacrosse, baseball, rugby, golf, and polo. This is a variety which is almost sure to offer at least one sport that a Freshman hasn't tried and probably more...
...Union. The committee will take over the task of arranging for entertainment, refreshments, and souvenirs for the traditional social affair. The only plans released to date include speeches by the Freshman officers, and the award of silver trophics by the Class President to the winners of the Pingpong, Billiard and Pool Tournaments now being held at the Union...
Three tournaments in indoor sports for Freshmen have been scheduled for the winter season in the Union. Pingpong, pool, and billiard matches will be played, with a silver trophy as the prize for the champion in each division. Entries for the contests close on December...
...Pingpong has outdistanced billiards and backgammon in he race for 1935 indoor sports honors at the Harvard Union. A Freshman pingpong tournament conducted by the Union Committee, entries for which close Saturday, already has over 50 men signed...