Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-21

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Bought For From $3.50 Up to $40
Rules Governing Play.
created such a sudden furore as ping
pong, says the Chicago Tribune Its
far flung battle line" extending from
Australia to half way across the Amer,
lean continent, is rapidly extending
westward and bids fair to soon encir-
Gle the globe. Chicago has the craze
well developed, and Omaha. Detroit
Kansas City and other western cities
have incipienl symptoms.
Pingpong, table tennis, pompom
whlfiWhaH and gossillla are some of
the names by which the new game is
known i'll different parts, but the first
two seem to be the most popular.
For two seasons the game has been
popular in Australia. New Zealand. In
dia and the British isles. Early last
fall it was introduced into the United
States and Canada, and inside Of two
months it had caught the popular fan
cy.
! q. 5. Cox. who managed the tour of
| Harry Nardon in the United States and
who recently returned from a visit to
! London. reports that the tournaments
in the English metropolis attract large
crowds and that the outfits there cost
| as high as SO. These expensive affairs
are used in swelldom and are made
with gold and silver sideposts and 9TH
| er costly accessories. So far the game
has not gone to such extremes on this
side of the water, and outfits can be
had from $3.50 to $40.
A Chicago dealer is authority for the
statement that at least 50 per cent of
the people whose names appear in the
blue book are possessors of q pingpong
outfit. From homes the game is spread
Ing to the clubs, and visitors on any
night to the Winter club, University
club and Chicago Athletic association
can hear the ping and pong of the eel.
luloid balls as they come in contact
with the racket of the players. Fol
lowing the wake of the clubs come the
hotels, the Virginia being one of the
first to secure an outfit for the benefit
or its guests Bowling alley keepers
who have the space are contemplating
Installing the game, and Captain A. c.
Arson has already made negotiations
Tor an equipment.
With the game catching on at such a
pace there appears to be every proba-
bility of the leading clubs PLAYING
matches, and the same condition of af-
fairs exists here as in London where
the National Sporting club has been
Obliged to set apart special rooms for
the game and where the billiard halls
are practically deserted.
Pingpong is sort of miniature lawn
tennis, which can be played on any
fair sized dining table, although for
special matches there are specified
measurements. The ball. which is con-
structed of cellulod. is slightly smaller
than golf ball and feels much like a !
blown birds egg 1t is about five inch |
es in circumference. The rackets. bats |
or battledores, as they are variously |
termed, are light rattan affairs covered
with parchment, sheep or calf skin, &C.
cording to their prices.
The laws of the game are as follows:
!. The game is for two players. They
Shall stand one at each end of the table
Inc player who first delivers the ball shall |
De called the server and the other the
striker out.
2. The server shall stand behind the ia
Die and within the limits of the width Of
the table
3. The service shall be strictly under
hand and from behind the table, that is
20 say, at the time of striking the ball
the racket may not be over the table. and
no part of the racket. except the handle.
may be above the waist.
q. The ball must drop on the table be-
yohd the net and is then in play. If it
drops into the net or off the table, 1t is
called fault and counts TO the striker
put.
b. There is no second service except
when the ball touches the net or posts in
passing over and drops on the table be-
'ond the net, when 1t is called a let"
and another service is allowed
g. If the ball in play strikes any object
Above or around the table before it drops
IN the table met or posts excepted, it
counts against the striker
Z. The server wins stroke If the striker |
tut fails to return the service or the ball
n play.
O. Inc strlker out wins a stroke II the
erver serves a fault" or fails to return
ne ball In play or returns the ball SO that
falls off the table.
>. NO volleyng is allowed, whether in
entional or otherwise and If any ball
hall be touched before striking the table
counts against the player touching it.
should. however, a ball pass the limits Of
he table without dropping on it 1t Is dead
nd counts against the striker.
10. The method of scoring shall be by
oints, twenty points up constituting a
anne, the service changing after each five
oints scored, Should the score reach
weve all 1t shall be called game ALL"
nd the best nine points shall decide the
anne.
Special match regulations: Size Of
able, 8 feet by s feet, 2 feet 6
1ches high. table to be painted dark
reen, with 34 inch white linen around
ne edges. Height of net, 81 inches.
Some players prefer to count as in
lwn tennis, the points being precisely
le same. At present most Of the Chi
ago games are singles, but by putting
line down the center of the table