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| | USA Table Tennis - USATT Hall of Fame - Jimmy McClure--part I |
 | | McClure would later make the point that just the continuous threat of using these spin serves offered such a psychological advantage that many an opponent might be unnerved to the point where he's anticipating the worst from, and so fearful of the motion of, any serve. |
 | | The fiery McClure, having switched from sandpaper to a rubber racket ("Oh," he'd say later, "what a change it was to go to rubber!"), deserved to claim the unusual prize, for he downed the two best players in the East--Abe Berenbaum, 3-0, in the semi's, and Sol Schiff, 3-1, in the final. |
 | | Also, he'd earlier tested his own fingerspin-serve capabilities by serving against a wall, then, as the ball spun off--much like an opponent's fingerspin serve might be coming at him--he'd practice his returns. |
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