The origin of the name „pingpong” – slang for table tennis – is a story always told about James Gibbs. According to the tale, after he created the first balls he started to call the game pingpong imitating the sound of the balls on the table. Although as a matter of fact noone can say when and who gave the name pingpong to the game, because there are evidence of postcards issued around 1878 that people were already using the title.