The San Francisco call., 1910-02-01
OFFICIAL RANKING
ADDS TO OUTRAGE
Psfng Given Mclaughlin and
Long fhe Work of a Pref
udiced Committee
By GRANT SMITH


lawn tennis association. which arrived
Yesterday. contains the Official rank
i"e and gives the reasons Of the rank
iug committee therefor The latter is
7-Aat we have been anxiously awaiting.
oud now that 81 Is here the local fans
r-I feel that Maurice Mclaughlin and
Melville Long. and particularly the
former, were treated unfairly by the
renkuE committee. This despite the
-tet THAI the ranking was approved by
fI0 executive committee and despite
tre fact thar the chairman OF the rank
iae committee states that the cloud
~ uncertainty surrounding the ques-
ron as To whether the Pacifc coast
players should he ranked has been
lifted in most gratifying and de-
ciSiTe fashion
The Pacific coast tennis interests are
long CIRCULATED by the worthy chairman
Tor furnishing IN the first year OF their
eastern play the entire Davis cup team
and the challenging team for our ma
-ionsl doubles. Sinus the California
players are worthy Of special mention.
'Ht should be satisfied with that. &C
N"foi2S 20 the ranking committee.
Every ian IN the city was sore at
The treatment given Mclaughlin, but
lending the arrival Of the commit
ices reasons Tor placing McLouehlin
-sd little TO say when the ranking
ras frs published.
: FLIMsh EXPLANATION
To Justify themselves in ranking
nSton. Niles, Little and McLough-
H -le committee goes into q detailed
."mDariSon Of the records Of the four
% King them in pairs. Following is the
.Hmpariscn of Johnston and McLough-
.-r. which viii do anything but justify
1ie ranking OF the easterner ahead of
Tie westerner.
During the sea son they each
net Icur men IS follows: Long.
ner. Bqll and Touchard. Against
long each registered a five set
1ictorH with Long al his best. over
Palmer Johnston's $ hollow victory
~ southampton in thich Palmer
1-fN Yea but two games, rather
"HerSladows McLoughlin's three
set victory. At Newport, although
Is lsdoubtless true that Palmer
.ounded into much better form at
newport than DE showed during the
previous week ~ Southampton.
Against Bull Mclaughlin has de-
i-oedlT the better Of the argu-
fnt- winning as he did il straight
Sets, whereas il took Johnston the
ti-i limit 10 win at Orange. Against
Ieuchard McLoug ghIin and Johnston
gain break even. The record OF
McLcughlln closes with two con-
tesfs with Bundy. one a victory. the
other defeat, and with victories
over Long Emerson and Gardner.
.t4LlcAtl record Is much longer.
.onseqlently. contains more vic
tories, and necessarily more de-
-eats. The fist shows. in addition
10 those above cited. Victories over
Le Roy. f. ? I.arned. LITTLE and
two victories over Niles. while in
tle debit column are recorded de-
teats by Behr. Little. Colston and
TIE Tounger Lsrned- II We were
ating tennis players solely upon
me basis 01 their best perform
anees. there. would be small mar
Hn.nTT kGff fer-z
~putlamptOn performances OF John
~tcu, together with his victories
over Niles and Little at Orange,
should be considered equally
-lerltorlous as the Newport achieve
ueuts n Mclaughlin. McLOugh-
lu's record is good throughout. but
n Is not extensive. Jobnstons is
much more extensive than Nc
Loughltn's. snc mainly because OF
this fact Is msrrsd by couple OF
L-in places the one at the Phila
le-DEla meeting being z mere film.
however when ali is said and done
eh4 every point wei threshed out,
ana certain that YOU viii agree
~itl the committees decision TO
place Johnston above Mclaughlin.
OVERLOOKED THIN SPOT
The chairman must have beaved a
sigh ~ relief when he got that out Of
lbs system. for IL sure was hard work
rstilytng himself in placing Johnston
ahead ~ Mclaughlin. Evidently the
most Important thin spot" OF the lot
WAS overlooked by the committee. That
IS Tie national championship event at
Newport In which Mclaughlin sue
cEnbed only 10 Clothier in the finals
after q hard four set match In this
same event. which is by far the most
important OF the year. Johnston was
put out in the early rounds BY a PLAYER
who ~ turn was badly beaten by Nc
Loughlin
furthermore. Mclaughlin is given
whereas he scored two. The commit
tee in making its comparisons lays
Sreat stress on the victory OF Johnston
over Long in the intercollegiate match.
As matter Of fact. Long had the
match within point Of being won. and
~ that bg Dig margin. Right here,
All Gardner. former teammste of
Longs. who was on the line. gave a de-
cision against the Californian that Was
atrocious- In fact. Long had so clearly
won the point that would have given
him the match and set that the specta-
TOTS were fling out when Gardner. who
had not been looking and missed the
shOt. just 10 prove that he would not
favor his fellow townsmen, called the
point in favor OF Johnston. Long i'm
medisgely became Disguised and delib-
erstely threw the match away. So
much for the defeat Of Long at the
hands Of Johnston.
The foregoing comparison speaks for
Itself and shows that Mclaughlin was
given anything but q square deal.
The records Of Mclaughlin and Niles
and Mclaughlin and Little are also
given in an effort by the committee to
justify the ranking, but they viii not
be reproduced here for the reason that
the conpar rison between Mclaughlin
and Johnston will suffice TO show that
the eastern players were given rank
ing ahead OF Mclaughlin that they did
nor earn.
The ranking committee was composed
0f Chairman Hawk. Beais c. Wright
and O. Frederick Watson Jr