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...little man who followed Perry to the ping-pong title presents an interesting contrast. Small, pale and agile, with a striking facial resemblance to Cinemactor Richard Dix, Viktor Gyözö ("Viki") Barna was brought up in Budapest, played real tennis as a child, gave it up when he got a table tennis set on his 13th birthday...
...time he was 18, he had proved himself a genius. Because the game is played more seriously in Europe than in the U. S., "Viki" Barna presently had patrons who made it possible for him to play what he prefers to call tisch tennis all year round. In the last four years, he has toured Europe, Africa, the U. S., won 524 trophies, never lost one of his 73 championships, except by default. He holds his rubber-faced racket with the tennis, not the penholder grip popular among his U. S. confreres. His best stroke is the backhand which...