New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
LARNED ALL ALONE
HEADS HONOR ROLL.
Official Ranking Ont for La7on
Tennis PLAYERS.

Showing several radical changes, the of
fetal ranking of the lawn tennis players
OF this country was issued yesterday. AS
told in The Tribune on Wednesday. the
name of William Aymar Larned the hold
er of the national championship, heads the
singles list of ninety-three players and
in a class above William ]. C1othier the
Philadelphia who was his challenger for
the title at Newport last season Clothier
is also classed alone. II is the sixth time
that Larned has held a position at the
top, the other years being 1901 1902 1903
1907 and 1908. Clothier was placed first in
1906 Beals c. Wright in 1905 and Hol-
combe Ward in 1904. Both Wright and
Ward do not appear in the list this year
The surprising feature of the work of
the national ranking committee-Dr. P. B.
Hawk, Beals c. Wright and c. Frederick
Watson, jr.-was the fact that the young
University of Pennsylvania player, Wal
lace f. Johnson, Nathaniel w. Niles, of
Harvard and Raymond D. Little are placed
in the order named ahead of the two Cali
fornians Maurice e. Mclaughlin and Mel
Vile II. Long. The opinion was general
that Mclaughlin and Long would be with
in the first five because of their Journey
ing to Australia as the American challeng-
Ing team for the Davis International Cup
The names of Karl H. Behr Edward p
Larned and Robert LIE Roy. respectively
fill out the honor list of the leading ten
The list is the largest ever issued Last
season only eighty-six men were ranked
in the singles. Altogether the placing OF
the players was regarded last night by
several players as the most equitable that
has appeared in many years. The placing
of Johnson as No. was regarded as most
justifabe because of his remarka BILE series
of victories in seven important champion
ship tournaments out of eleven in which
he competed 1t was also considered as a
recognition of the younger players, as
Johnson moved up from ninth place. and is
followed by Nathaniel w. Niles, of Har-
ward. who was eighth last year.
The singles list follows:
Glass /, owe two-sixths of 15-WlIllam A.
Larned.
Class 2. owe one-sixth of 15-William j.
Clothier.
Glass g. scratch-WaIIace F. Johnson,
Nathaniel W. Niles, Raymond d. Little
Maurice E. Mclaughlin. Melville II. Long.
Edward P Larned, Robert Le Roy, Richard
II. Palmer, Thomas c. Bundy.
Class Class s. two-sxths + rot, of l5mFrederic c.
Roosevelt Pell. Frederick c. Inman, Ma
thaniel Emerson.
Glass 6. three-sixths of 15-Harvey NJ.
MacQuiston, Louis Henry Waidner, c. b.
Boyle. r. G. Seaver. J. D. f. Jones. F. j.
Sulloway, Nathaniel Thornton c. p
Gardner; jr:, r. A: Holden, tr, W r.
Charles NJ. Bull, jr., William b. Cragin,
jr.. Henry j. Mollenhauer. Neal c. stevens
Wylie, c; Grant. Otto II. Hinck. Stephen
c. Millett, Hugh Talant Samuel A. West
fall, Henry {. Martin, +. Fl. Whitney.
George N. Churcn
Glass Z. foursi of 15--None placed
baush, p. D. sivard, G. G, Peli. M John RillSe. G.
Neely. jr.. Walter Merrill Hall, A. D.
Thaysr. Joseph r.. r. CARPENTER jr;. Dean
p. B. Hawk, F. w. Cole. Lewis Perry, f.
T. Gross, c. Drummond Jones, G. A. l..
Dionne. Alfred Stillman. I'd. Arthur S.
Dabney. jr {. N Beard. G. Frederick
Watson, jr.
Class 3, ,d;.,aa 1Saf, Il; ! Harris. C. S: f Rogers.
ner, s. nH.s T. wSshe5I. C T,oi;a G PllRmpton. viii
Glass 10, IS and bisques-h,ng Smith,
Benjamin M. Phillips E. Taylor, II. d.
KirfovsT smtS George NJ q Tagf WagneT dSa e. W Pike
Walter v. Bennett, Arthur S. Cragin.
Glass Il, IS and bisques-J. C. Tomlin-
Bassford jr. Royal D. Richey. Kitcheii
NJ Boorman,' Norman G. Johnson, T. G.
Fulton.
Groesbeck F. NJ. Sheppard E. s. II. Pen
dergast. Spencer Gordon.
The doubles list follows:
Glass /. owe three-sixlhs of l5-Harold
II Uackett and Frederick Il. Alexander
Class . owe one-sixth of l5-Maurice E.
Mel I,oughlin and George j. James.
arthur s. Dabney jr., Harold H. Hackett
and Raymond ID. Little, William A
Iarned and Robert d. Wrenn. Raymond
Ciothier and Wallace Il. Johnson
class 4 two-sixths of 15-Theodore Roose-
yeit PeIl and Wylie c. Grant, c. B. Doyle
and III. Il. Doyle.
Glass 8. four-sixths of 15-H. T. Emerson
and n. x Holden, jr., Otto II. Hinck and
Harry Torrance. jr., Richard ii. Palmer
and Carl r. Gardner, II. Q. Johnson and
49, = Johnson, Nathaniel Emerson and l..
II Waidner, Hugh Tallant and Lyle e.
Mahsn. B. NJ. Grant and Nathaniel & Thorn
ton, wallace II. Johnson and a. -. Thayer.
nichard H. Palmer and J, d. E. Jones.