The Washington times., 1933-09-08
FINAL MATCH
/. GAINED WITH
'ELVENNY
BY DANNY GILL

You're not going to corral us
AL"
Absorbinr some of that West
ern twang, Alan Staubly has
come through and has saved the
honor of washington in tennis
dom by his semifinal round play
against Allan Blade. California
star, in the Government Employees
Tennis Tournament.
He will meet Ralph McElvenny
in the finals as a result OF his
fine play yesterday as Mac was
overcoming q stubborn Frank
Shore, Ga, Ga.
It was a battle of former ten
mis- captains in the match be-
tween the Alan with one '1')
and the double Il" Allan. Blade
in 1881 led the University of
California team, and as you
might have suspected, Ghese Cal
ifornians are brought up in a
tennis atmosphere, play it all
year round, and are good at it,
from the Vineses, Moodys and
Jacobs straight down the line.
Staubly, "the forgotten man"
Of the tournament, captained the
George washington lads. Possess
ing an unusually strong forehand
and a serve harder than you and
I care to face. he has ranked up
among the best in washington
the past few years.
Extended Considine in 1929
Back in 1929 he carried Bob
Considine to match point seven
times before losing out and in
those days Bob's racquet raised
o real disturbance in all affairs
of tennis in this locality. He
extended the great Dooly Mitch
ell on more than one occasion,
too. And Staubly had to be good
to take Blades number, as that
player had marched right through
four opponents without the loss
Of a single set and had dropped
only few games en- route.
Although you may think Nc
Elvenny is slipping, losing eight
games in those two sets as he
did is unusual for him. It was
the clever playing Of Frank
Shore that did it. Frank was
making his cross-court drives
good time and time again. His
serves, however, were not so good
as those of the Colorado adver-
sary, who outsteadied him.
Close Shave
This match is the closest shave
the Westerner has experienced in
Washington. He has now reached
the finals in the Government play
and in the Washington Grove
(Md) tournament, where he is to
meet Barney Welsh, jr., public
parks champion.
Watching the exponent of the
best in tennis in his last two
matches, this writer has learned
what makes him stand out in his
play. The secret is-he coaches
himself out loud. He could be
heard distinctly. and seriously
saying:
"Come on play tennis-that'S
good work, MAJ, now you're get
ting it. See?"
So take it for what it's worth
Alan, and you too, Barney, and
practice talking to yourself, be-
fore meeting him.
One of the rarest exhibitions of
courage seen on local courts in
years took place yesterday at
Columbia in the doubles match be-
tween Cowley and Allen and Gold
smith and Wallensteiu. When
Harry Goldsmith and his partner,
Sid took the court yesterday they
were facing almost sure defeat.
Play Like Demons
Their match had been halted
by darkness the day before and
they were trailing, having won
the first set IS, dropped the
second, 3-6, and the unfinished
set stood 5-3 in favor their op-
ponents. All Cowley and Allen
needed was two straight games
and the match was theirs.
But Harry and Sid, playing like
demons, gave their all and out
lasted their semifinal opponents,
12-10, winning the match. They
meet McElvenny and Phillips to-
day.