Word: pong
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reactionary Southerner. Clan-conscious he undoubtedly is, but he says he is as conscious of his forbears' failings as of their fame. cites an Irish murderer and an opponent of Patrick Henry to prove it. "Even the best of us," says he. "have ancestors who were not ping-pong players...
...Beaver athletic director stated that the game as played under Intercollegiate rules was a little too rough on the girls. As a compensation, willingness was expressed to engage the boys in several other forms of play, ping-pong...
...position, he has compiled the best record of any singles man. Hubert Hauck holds down berth number three. Like Dorson, he is a good retriever, and his matches are generally filled with long rallies. Hauck has also made a name for himself in the world of University Ping Pong...
...teaches 22 pupils at the American Conservatory of Music, runs his own string quartet. He plays the piano almost as well as the violin. Students dread Mischakoff's caustic tongue but know that, at parties, he is a good fellow. A bachelor, he likes swimming, plays ping-pong gladly and badly, appears with hair mussed and bushy, clothes drooping as though too big for him. As a violin trader he is ready, shrewd, almost always wins. He regrets leaving Chicago but says he could not resist NBC's "fabulous contract...
Nineteen enthusiasts participated in the tournament which brought out, besides the fact that the Yardlings have some real Pong luminaries, the proof that the penholder grip has far reaching possibilities. Always frowned on by champion table netmen, this grip showed itself to be equal to the regulation clutch...