TOO OLD AT 25.
Table Tennis Rigours. Press Association—Copyright. ‘ London, February 20. j Miss Ruth Aarons, aged 18, the | American who showed superlative ! ability and stamina in winning the ; singles final of the English table ten- I nis championships in London this j week- considers that she has at. most j only seven more years’ to “live.” “I do not mean that by the time I 1 am 25 I expect the undertakers to be ! dealing with me; I nirim I shall be ■' well and truly ‘dead’ as a champion- ' ship table tennis player,” she ex- I plained. “Top-class table tennis is a game only for the young and perfect- | ly fit. 11 “I do not diet or take special exer- j cise to keep fit. I find that swimming | provides a pleasant vla.y of "keeping in trim, and regular games of lawn tennis and table tennis help a good deal.”
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 2
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