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TABLE TENNIS OR PING-PONG?
The game of ping-pong, also known as table tennis, was a direct
offshoot of the English outdoor game of lawn tennis, itself derived
from traditional tennis, which is played on a hard court.
Improvised versions of table tennis were probably played in England
in the 1880s. There is a rumor that the very first games were played
with cigar box lids for paddles, carved champagne corks for balls,
and a row of upended books for a divider in the center of the court.
The first commercial version of table tennis was a game called
"Gossima" which was registered in 1891 in England, although no
physical evidence remains that actual Gossima sets were ever
produced. A similar game called "Gossima or Ping-Pong" is known
from just before 1900. But it was not until 1902, with the publication
of a book called "Table Tennis and How to Play It" that the game became
widely known.
The history of ping-pong: HERE!!!
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