The Washington times., 1937-08-02
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GAMETODEFEAT
FOE IN ADVANCE
Tip From Brother
How to Stop Rival
BY HARRY COSTELLO
Prepare . game-plan.

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Alter it, here and there, so that
it will prove elastic and yet re-
main a definite game-plan.
That's the rule in athletics,
among those who succeed.
Today, Allie Ritzenberg, one OF
three tennis-playing brothers, is
Washington Public Parks cham
pion. He's champion because he
prepared a game-plan, studied it,
thought about it constantly, al
tered it to make it elastic, and then
carried it out as definite thing.
Before Allie Ritzenberg met Mel.
vim Tarpley, former Tampa, Fla,
star, for the title, the 18-year-old
youngSter consulted with his
brothers.
Long Before Match
AS a matter of fact, the consul
tation took place days before Allie
met the unruffled Tarpley.
Said Hy Ritzenberg, the middle
brother:
"Tarpley is not in the best of
condition. Allie, if you can win
your way into the final match,
you're almost certain to meet
Tarpley. He'll win over Ray
StOcklinski, in the semifinal,
which is best two Of three sets.
In the final, it's best three Of
five sets, which gives you an
enormous advantage. You've got
to figure at least a Asset match.
Make your plan accordingly"
Well, Allie made his plan &C.
cordingly. He won his way into
the final. Tarpley was there as
his opponent. The youngest OF
the three Ritzenbergs-the third
being Nathan, who last year held
the title now held by his younger
brother-the youngest OF the
three Ritzenbergs defeated Tarp-
ley, rs, ga, As, 60, as some 1900
tennis enthusiasts, most of them
Ritzenberg partisans, looked on.
The match was played on a reser-
Voir court.
Knew What He Was Doing
Young Gutenberg knew at all
times against Tarpley just what
he was doing. Every time he
made a move, it was move which
he had practiced, in his mind,
dozens of times. The result never
was in doubt.
Tarpley, a really fine tennis
player, but one who needs much
more tennis than he's been haV-
ing, went down before the youth
full Ritzenberg with colors flying,
but that isn't the point. The
point is that young Gutenberg
prepared-waS ready for the is
sue. I know, for Hy Gutenberg
told me the whole story last
Thursday, as the doubles team of
Hy Ritzenberg and Allie Ritzen-
berg prepared to meet the team
of Bob Bradley and Harry Gold
smith.
Allie Ritzenberg, the new Wash
ington Public Parks champion, is
a headlong, devil-may-care player
who loves to sock the ball. In
action, he's colorful, for he's al
ways willing to put on a show. He
has confidence-supreme conf
dence-in his ability to execute
shots perfectly. He's fast, agile,
always in excellent physical con-
dition. He's stubborn, just as all
great athletes are stubborn, but
it's an understandable Stub
bornneSS.
Thinks of Attack
Young Gutenberg thinks in
terms of attack, which means
that he's aggressive almost to the
point of pugnacity. While he is
momentarily upset when things
go against him, he has the happy
faculty of forgetting quickly and
concentrating on winning the
next point. He's the ideal COM
petitive athlete, for he has the
heart to come from behind, the
native ability necessary to a good
game and the mechanical ability
essential to a proper execution
Of shots. His is an all-court
game, and one which should i'm
prove, provided his aggressive
ness does not carry him outside
the bounds of tenniS-reason.
There's nothing much to be
said about the Ritzenberg-Tarp
ley match for the championship,
other than that the unruffled
Tarpley was just no match for
Ritzenzerg. Tarpley made a Stub
born stand in the third set,
when his rather peculiar chop
strokes puzzled Allie. But shot
for shot, after the first 10 games
OF the match had been played,
Ritzenberg was the superior. To
the observer. it was merely a
question of how long the match
would go, rather than a question
Of who would win.
Incidentally, when Allie won the
singles title yesterday it was his
second public parks championship
in two days. On Saturday, with
his brother Hy as partner, Allie
won the doubles, defeating Harry
March and Ray Stocklinski, Ga,
60.
In Saturdays match, Hy was
the star.
Eleven years his brothers
senior. Hy made fewer errors
than any of the other three in
volved in the match. He was con-.
Sidered the weaker member of the
Gutenberg and Ritzenberg combi-
nation. but in this championship
match he didn't show it. He