The Magicians

"What did you expect? Me to pull a rabbit out of a hat" quipped the TennisTitan at the conclusion of play this morning at Kinsley Park. The 'bombastic blowhard' was still smarting from his second consecutive tie breaker defeat when 'Happy Jack' Carey inquired if the Titan was a fan of Harry Houdini. "HJ' had nailed the last three points in the breaker (6-7 [4]) against a hapless Stuart 'not Espn' Scott to lead he and Carl the 'Anonymous Gas Man' to their hard fought victory. "I thought you might be Titan, because you'd have to be an escapologist to get out of the set with a victory with Stuart." "Happy, Stuart did his best and kept us in the match. The first set against George 'Chemist' Hauss and Frank 'Slats' Slattery was another matter." "Pray tell" interjected the 'Anonymous Gas Man.' "Carl, you guys followed the same formula as did 'Chemist'/'Slats' in the opener. You played 'keep away' - keep the ball away from the Titan and your chance of winning the point and game will improve." "Well, 'egotistical egomaniac,' your game was hotter than today's temperature" observed 'Happy Jack.' "You were tired too, Titan, but with you, it's all about heart." "Yeah, but 'Dave the Rave' did a disappearing act in the first set breaker (6-7 [8]). How does a guy try and quit at 8-8 and walk off the court with 'I'm tired. What's up with that?" HJ replied, "I knew you didn't have a chance when he came back on the court...the final points: that woeful return on a nothing Slattery serve, followed by an over hit on the next point that would have made the 'Kraut' proud. He quit but didn't tell you." 'Gas Man' observed, "Maybe, 'Dave the Rave' is a fan of Edgar Bergen or Paul Winchell,- he seems to like to play with dummies!"