Word: mulloy
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frank Parker refused to consider the idea, even privately. Parker was 32, Billy Talbert 30 and Gardnar Mulloy 33-and they had all been playing the tennis circuit for years & years-but they were not oldtimers yet. Said Frank: "I don't let myself think that...
Neither did the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. In last week's national amateur tennis championships at Forest Hills, Davis Cuppers Parker, Talbert and Mulloy were seeded first, second and third. Young (25) Victor Seixas of the University of North Carolina filed a popular demurrer. Said he: "It's no longer a question of when the younger generation is going to arrive. We're here, brother...
Once before, in 1939, Australia had lost the first two matches, then come back with a thrilling three straight to take the cup. But in the doubles match this week, on the second day of play, Gardnar Mulloy and Billy Talbert were too much for Sidwell and Colin Long, winning 8-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5. For the fourth time in their five meetings, the U.S. had beaten Australia for the Davis...
...Just before the finals of the National Doubles, at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, Billy Talbert admitted: "Gardnar Mulloy and I want that Davis Cup doubles job the worst way." Talbert and Mulloy decided that the best way to get it was to beat their Davis Cup teammates, Frank Parker and Ted Schroeder, in the Longwood finals. Talbert fortified himself for the match with cold towels (against the 97° heat) and sugar (he has diabetes). Then he and Mulloy ganged up effectively on the erratic Schroeder with sharply angled placements, won their fourth National Doubles title...
...pretty lackluster lot. At Newport, R.I., last week, in the Casino Invitation tournament, the old familiar faces went through their old familiar paces in a last unofficial singles warmup before Forest Hills. This week the Davis Cup committee, to nobody's surprise, picked Veterans Ted Schroeder, Gardnar Mulloy, Frank Parker and Billy Talbert to represent the U.S. against Australia. But the real news at Newport was made by youngsters whom the committee did not consider ripe enough for the team...