Titus Sparrow was a leading tennis player in Boston and New England in the 1930s and 1940s. He was a tennis official of the old Boston Tennis Club and its offspring, the Roxbury Sportsmen. He was the winner of numerous trophies, including the New England Gardner Clase Bowl, awarded annually by the New England Tennis Association for exceptional contributions to the game. Sparrow Park in Boston's South End is named for this tennis giant who taught the game to Black and white youngsters for over 30 years.