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Word: tsuboi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ladies' doubles (also won by Rumania) and the mixed doubles (won by the U.S.), the Japanese reasserted their dominance of a sport that was once little more than a parlor pastime for upper-class Englishmen. They have been building up their skill ever since Professor Seizo Tsuboi brought the game home from England in 1902. Now, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, every community has its table-tennis center, and it is practically a national game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Yoshi! Yoshi! | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

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