The clue word here was “Paddle” because that is another name for the hand held flat surface which propels the ball over the net and across the table.
According to the ITTF, it is officially to be called a racket.
However, by usage, it is probably best known as a bat, for that is its name across Asia and Europe. In America it is known as a paddle, but only because a bat is primarily used in baseball and that is a more popular game out there.
This card shows a very famous tug-of-war which took place in on the third of April 1845, just off the East Anglian coastline. What it aimed to prove was whether the old or new propulsion system was actually best, so they strung a rope between the ships H.M.S. Alecto (who was paddle wheeled) and H.M.S. Rattler (who was screw-propelled). Then the orders were given to tighten the rope and reverse away from each other. This seems a rather odd way to do this, but never mind.
H.M.S. Rattler won the contest, and therefore paved the way for the new screw system to slowly take over.
You can read more at BowcreekToAnathan – and do look, because the writer actually starts the page by showing the event on another cigarette card.
Anyway, after all that, the clue word was “Paddle” because that is another name for the hand held flat surface which propels the ball over the net and across the table.
According to the ITTF, it is officially to be called a racket. However, by usage, it is probably best known as a bat, for that is its name across Asia and Europe. In America it is known as a paddle, but only because a bat is primarily used in baseball and that is a more popular game out there.
Murray was founded in 1810 and first issued cards between 1901 and 1907, these being the “Actresses BLARM” (twenty cards also issued by several other companies, hence the acronym) and a curious untitled set that is known as “Irish Scenery”, which can be found with five different Murray branded backs, but is numbered 101-125. Where cards 1-100 are, who knows?
Murray continued issuing cards in fits and starts, and finally in 1939-40 they brought out our set and a set of “Steam Ships” which were totally dissimilar, being twenty five black and white halftones. Our set is catalogued in the original World Tobacco Issues Index as :
THE STORY OF SHIPS. Sm. 66 x 39. Nd. (50) … M164-52
It is exactly the same write-up in our updated version of this book, but the code has changed to M970-770