New-York tribune., 1901-10-07
LA WIN TENNIS.
OFFICIAL RANKING COMMITTEE AP-
POINTED-AMERICAN PLAYERS
TO GO ABROAD.

DIR. James Dwight of Boston, president of the
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
has appointed the usual committee to arrange the
official ranking Of the leading lawn tennis players
for the season just ended. Richard Stevens of
Hoboken. is chairman of the committee and
the other two members Holcombe Ward of
Orange. and Frederick B. Alexander. of Princeton
All three members of the committee from New
Jersey. and all three are expert PLAYERS
No meeting of this committee has been held but
now that the intercollegiate championship tourna-
ment is finished and the outdoor season is ended
the committee will soon get together and make up
the honor lists for the season. There will be sew
erai innovations this season In the ranking In the
first place. there Will be two lists instead of one
Tor the leading teams of the country in doubles
VIII also be CLASSIFIED according to their skill en-
tirely aside from the usual list singles PLAYERS
another change Will be in the method of adoption
USED this season Heretofore the list has been
made up by the committee appointed for that pur-
pose, and then made public. 1t submitted for
final adoption the annual convention in Febru-
airy. but by that time there little hope of hay-
ing any alterations made. despite the fact that
the official rankings OF the last few years have
all been freely criticised unjust. No change has
ever yet been made In list after the committee
first arranged it.
This year. however. the committees arrange
ment will not be considered final. and it will be
submitted to the executive committee of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Association for
approval before it is gvenou presented for final
adoption at the convention Much better results
are are expected by this system than heretofore, and
the players on the committee this year are much
better ntted 10 pass Judgment than the retired
Grams VINO have served in former years
Richard Stevens has written open letter to
Lawn Tennis the new technical magazine de-
ployment of official Handicapped for awn tennis
as IN athetics, bicycling. court tennis and other
sports. He urges that better results will be oh
tanned In the handicap tournaments. and also that
a trained professional observer like this would be
able to frame much better official ranking of the
players each year than any committee of players.
rms scheme is being generally talked over by the
American tennis players are likely to be we'll
represented abroad next season, for besides Davis
and Ward in doubles there is a good chance that
Larned. Whitman, Wright and Hobart will also
cross over In the spring TO play for the English
championship at Wimbledon. Miss Marion Jones
ana ner sister have also planned 10 play In English
tournaments next year, and two other possible
members OF the American contingent are r. D.
from short two weeks trip there.
IL Is expected that the national indoor cham
plonshlp tournament will be held this winter as
last year. In the 7th Regiment Armory here and
already plans are being made for this meeting
An old challenge cup first offered five or six years
ago in Boston. and which was then announced To
represent the indoor championship will be trans
ferred TO New-York for competition. 1t was won
playing ever since but plans now on foot to
have II transferred, and Ware will defend IL in
New-fork this winter against the winner OF the
tournament here.