"To Tell The Truth"

As Bud Collyer would have said forty years ago, "Will the real TennisTitan please stand up?" Well, that's how panelists 'Big Al' Dio Dati, Jim Addiss 'Abada' and Max 'Tutor' Tuchman would've querried the "Man of Limited Movement" this date were this an episode of "To Tell the Truth." Titan absolutely dominated play both offensively and defensively as he led 'Tutor' to impressive (6-4, 6-2, 2-2) victories against 'Big Al'/'Abada' in play at the YTC. Your Titan had the alley painted with deft returns just out of reach of 'Abada's flailing backhand or well placed approach shots that split the middle, interspersed with short, sharp-angled returns or deep lobs to 'Big Al's backhand that had that loud-mouth bombastic behemoth yammering from start to finish. How many times can one person offer himself that self-congratulatory "that's too good" comment without offending even his partner's sensibilities? We got some indication today as 'Tutor' commented as the victorious pair left the court, "Titan, did you talk your wife to an early death?" Big Al contributed "Max, you really paid a heavy price for victory today; we all should have Roy's ears when we play with TT." 'Abada' quipped, "Titan, lose 30 pounds, run twice as fast, talk half as much and I might have confused you with 'EBL' Tully today!" "High praise, indeed" chortled Titan as he reached for his camera.