Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
RANKING LIST Of
TENNIS PLAYERS
William A. Larned Best in
America and in a Class
by Himself.

NEW YORK. January "-Wnliam \.
Larned four times holder of the national
lawn tennis championship o. Amerca-
leads the ranking list OF players an
nounced by the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association today for thu
season of 1908. Based on the perform
ances Of last summer. the champion is
placed in class by himself with hand.-
cap of % of IL
He is followed by class - containing tho
scratch players. only two i'm humble.
They are Beals c. Wright and T.. y. Alex
ander the interna tionaists. who have not
yet returned from their vain guest in
Australia for the Davis cup. First place
In this class. thus making him second on
the whole list only TO the champion.
Larned. is given to Wright. who In win
ming both his single matches i'm the Davis
cup contest in the aTtipodes last month
placed TO his credit the defeat of the Aus
tralan. Brooks the former holder Of the
all England tennis championship. Alex
andcr is third
Glass , n-G OF l., per cent? contains ". j.
Clothier. No. 4. and RAYMOND y. Little the
former international rms. c"rtsn No . Little was
Class C Of Ia Robert Leroy. Maj Emnr-
son i. n W Niles " Johnson Mn1i.n r. H. ram,r
Pell. G. r. TouciarI Il. Il. Dewhurst. /. {.
Wright. II. l.. Wcstfal i. II. r. Jones
Doyle in Class 6.
Glass t4-6 of 15l-C. NJ Bull. jr.. y. G..
Anderson. C. B. Doyle. F. r. Sulloway T.. n.
Wadner. J. o. Ames. Hugh Tallant.
Class (5-6 Of 15,-Nat Thornton. f. c. IN
man. Calhoun Crasin. c. 5. Peters. Dean
Mathey. A. S. Dabney. jr.. II. NJ Tilden. C. f.
Watson jr.
c, stevens. G. H. NettIeion, o. H. Hlnck. Henry
Te GIsss " ! A. cs rs snri Tess II
Hayes, G. D; Jones. \; II; Bundy G. NJ Church;
sr 9 wGedbary Holden NJ Ha1 ! a LITTLE, FHss' r'"l
Marlin. f Il. WSitncy T. y. rayne 4: L.
Hoskins. Il. L. James r. W Cole. q. o. Wa--
A f'sss :? Amend csnson v s orsds@.
gcmefy: /: i; sweeissr. T. b; rIimgson: r.
Hatime kawask l.. H. Fitch G. w. pike.
Class IL n5.3,-H. G. Bridgers. l.. II. Roper,
NJ. S. Charlock. r. d. Rlchey, A. Bassford. jr..
N 6. Johnson.
Players Not Ranked.
A list of sixty-seven players. who wcre
not ranked because of insufficient data,
also is given out by the committee.
The notable names in it are Karl Behr.
former internationalist; Wylie &. Grant.
often figuring in the indoor doubles and
Singles SldTeilcc I1ODdft,
f. P. Larned, a brother of the present
champion in singles, and Harold II.
Hackett, who holGs the national cham
pionship in doubles with F. B. Alexander.
AS in the singles, I'm the doubles. the
present championship holders in
class by themseives-owe % OF ff-
teen. They are +. h. Alexander and
Harold III. Hackett. They are followed
by four scratch teams in the order
named: Beals C. Wright and Raymond ID.
Little, w. A. Larned and G.. l.. Wrenn,
j.. Holcomb Ward and Raymond ID. Lit
tie and Robert d. Wren and w. y.
Larned. The western pair. Emerson and
Waidner, sixth. and CIothier and T..
w. Leonard and Rex Fincke and c. f.
Watson. jr, are seventh and eighth. re-
spectivelN, these three teams forming
class three CO of fifteen).
w. +. Johnson and I'll. j. Rendel are
ninth: L. c. Wright and III. Torrance il.
tenth: Theodore Roosevelt Pell and r. :.
Prentiss. eleventh: B. Fl. Palmer and q.
r. Touchard. twelfth: c. B. Doyle and II.
+. Doyle, thirteenth Fl. G.. Whitehead
and j. III. Winston. fourteenth. and H. NJ.
Tilden and Alexander Thayer fifteenth.
The ranking committee was composed
of DR.. p. B. Hawk, chairman, and Il. F.
Torrey and c. F. Watson, jr.