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The Battle of the Paddle

By AAN Staff
september 5, 2002  05:55 pm
The Battle of the Paddle
The St. Louis Table Tennis Club is as strong as it's been in 20 years, boasting a still-active granddaddy who had his mug spread across a Wheaties box in 1936. Up Interstate 55, a fledgling movement financed by Chicago millionaire Robert Blackwell, Jr. is afoot -- squarely aimed at making the heartland a veritable China West for U.S. table tennis, which, some believe, is a Tiger Woods away from rubbing shoulders with more popular U.S. sports. Mike Seely of the Riverfront Times looks at this pingpong phenom.
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