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ping pong started as a game the " higher class" would play after they ate dinner. they would turn their tables into a small tennis court and they would use kitchen utensils as paddles and rubber band balls or corks as the ball.
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ping pong actually "started" in the 1880s by an uppper class victorian gentleman.
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ping ping got its name from the sound the sport made when the game was being played. it was made by a trade mark group.
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engllish table tennis equipment wass first manufactured by the j. jaques and son LTD,
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table tennis ( ping pong ) was formed into the The International Table Tennis Federation in 1926 the first world table tennis championship. soon after tghey were put in the olympics.
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Jaques sold the rights of ping pong to Parker Brothers in the United States.
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S.W. Hancock Ltd., introduced rackets that had a rubber sheet along with an underlying sponge layer wraped around a peice of wood.
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James Gibb, visited the United States and discovered celluloid balls. the ball went from 38mm to 40mm. the ball was made bigger to slow down the pace of the game.
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