Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
Van R Allison French Nemen Gs Drop Game Tribe
SHOEMAKER, 0'NE|L
TAKE CITY TITLE
Win Way Into National Net
Tourney by Beating Mitch
ell, Buchanan.
BY CORINNE FRAZIER.

- GORGE SHOEMAKER and
4 Maurice O'Neil will represent
r the Capital In the National
~ Public Parks doubles net
championships at Buffalo,
August 1924.
They won that right in q three-hour
endurance test yesterday In which they
downed the local defending champions,
Dooly Mitchell and william Buchanan,
Is, 6-8, 60, 3-6, Ga. BY their
victory they also donned the District
muny net crown in the doubles class
and won The Evening Star challenge
trophies held since last year by Blu
chanan and Mitchell.
This year was the first time that
O'Neil and Shoemaker had paired In
doubles and the Mitchell Buchanan
team was generally rated stronger.
But the challengers picked up the
marbles.
Today Mitchell will play Bob Con-
sidine for the privilege Of representing
Washington in singles play at the ma
tional muny nets. Considine yesterday
showed up stronger than at any time
Frank Shore, junior champion Of the
District, in a smashing attack. 60,
60. This was in the semi-flnal
round. Shore gained only half dozen
points in the first four games, so fast
was the pace set by the 1928 public
parks king. But after that his average
was little better, although he was UNI
able to break through for q game count
until the ninth session. His only two
scores were made on his own service
the first In the third game of the
second set and the other one when
games were standing 81 for Consi-
dine.
While Bob and Frank Shore reeled
through an entire set nearby. the dou-
bles finalistS were engaging in an
argument for points so elongated by
volleying duels and deuced tallies that
only two games were completed during
the set period on the singles court!
Set Local Record.
Those first two games were the long
est openers ever seen in a match on
local courts. They would have been q
hitting climax to any encounter, fea-
tured by fast driving, accurate place.
ments and dizzy volleying exchanges, in
at least one Of which the ball passed
from racket to racket six or eight times
before once touching the ground.
Shoemaker. supposed to be the weak
Buchanan, the vulnerable spot in the
other team, both covered themselves
with glory in their performance at the
start. Throughout the match Shoe
maker exhibited bursts of speed and
brilliance which left the gallery gasplng.
On the other hand, he served some
costly double faults which nearly
wrecked his Buffalo hopes.
It was left to Mitchell to put the
finishing touches upon the defenders
swan song. In his over-anxiety to score
decisive points, he smashed two kills
out Of bounds and one into the net for
the last points Of the match.
It was . heart-breaking contest to
lose and victory that must be doubly
sweet to the conquerors In view of their
uphill climb in the deciding set.
Mitchell and Buchanan led at 20 and
again at as In the fifth set. Coming
on top Of their sweeping victory In the
fourth, In which they had been very
much on top, 1t looked like 1t was all
over but the shouting after that seventh
game.
But O,Neil and Shoemaker had other
ideas on the subject and they put them
into telling points.
Mitchell and Buchanan led of in the
first set by breaking through Shoe
makers serve. In turn, they lost Mitch
ellis. At 40 the defenders stood on
top, but ONeil and Shoemaker evened
the count at a. and took the ninth
game for q So lead. The champs tied
things again at SIS. but O'Neil and
Shoemaker romped through the next
two sessions to annex the set.
Battle Nip and Tuck.
In the second the battle was nip and
tuck until games stood at 6-all. when
Mitchell and Buchanan crashed
through, evening the set score by their
IS victory. O'Neil and Shoemaker
took the third, the briefest of the match.
dropping but two games. Mitchell and
Buchanan rolled up SO lead in the
fourth, were momentarily checked by a
rally which netted three games IN a row
to the other side, and then pulled to-
gether to take the ninth game and the
set, 6-3.
Leading of once more In the deciding
set, Mitchell-Buchanan team smashed
and drove with precision until a change
Of tactics on their opponents part
forced them to change their pace ONeil
and Shoemaker began q lobbing attack
which drove Buchanan into costly err
rors. The lobs from Shoemakers racket
were particularly effective at this point.
Mitchell caught the overhead fever
late in the fray. and, on Shoemaker's
service In the deciding game. dubbed
every one that was popped In the air
over his head