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Other men entered are: G. Avery '33, E. S. Babbit, T. Baldwin, M. L. Baughman '35, F. B. Beasley 2GB, R. M. Bernstein '35, D. C. Braggiotti '35, R. A. B. Braggiotti '33, H. C. Brooks '36, Clark Bryan '33, Lincoln Bryant...
Spectators at Forest Hills last week were well aware of Frankie Parker, most amazing tennis phenomenon of the year, who has four times this season beaten the No. 2 U. S. player, George Lott Jr. Most spectators knew that he had been tutored by Mercer Beasley, tennis coach at Tulane University and instructor at the Detroit Tennis Club. Beasley's other pupils- Vines, Sutter, Carolyn Babcock-have done so well this year and last that Beasley has become the best known teacher in the history of U. S. tennis. Had he been at Forest Hills last week instead...
...Lawrenceville, where he went to school, Mercer Beasley used to play tennis with Karl Behr but it did not look as if the game would turn out to be his career. Even with Notlek Amusement Corp. in Manhattan which had vacant lots for skating in winter, tennis in the summer, Beasley's job as assistant manager had nothing to do with instruction. He took it upon himself to improve the calibre of Notlek tennis, was rewarded by an offer to become tennis coach at the Indian Hill Club in Winnetka, Ill. Said William Tatem Tilden II, when they...
...Beasley Methods: "I rarely change natural grips. . . . We find that if the pivot comes in, direction will follow if the racket follows in a line to where the ball is sent. . . . We try to have the footwork done ahead of time and then at the moment of hitting, perfect control, no falling over sideways, no off balance. . . . There is no lack of decision. The training calls for audible calling of where the ball is to be sent. We have used semaphores placed back of the player receiving the ball, the other fellow would follow the signals. . . . I do not allow...
...Beasley: "I cannot play tennis. . I understand the strokes . . . expect absolute attention and concentration . . . have now acquired...