Frankie Parker is a 19-year-old tennist from Milwaukee. Two years ago, his promise made such a profound impression upon Mercer Beasley that that famed coach not only undertook to improve his game but legally adopted him, sent him to Lawrenceville. Last week, at Forest Hills, N. Y., Frankie Parker played Champion Fred Perry in the fourth round of the National Men's Singles Championship and lost, 4-6, 2-6, 0-6. Other things being equal, he should therewith have disappeared from public notice. Instead it rained for four days in a row and the U. S. sports...
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