New-York tribune., 1911-10-29
At WORK ON RANKINGS
Committee Sitting Claims OF
Lawn Tennis Players.
TASK APPEARS RATHER EASY
Larned, Touchard and Three
Californians Will Hold Top
most Ratings.

Work upon the lawn tennis rankings for
the season that has just closed has been
begun by Raymond ID. Little, the national
champion I'm the doubles; Henry w. Slocum
and Miles s. Charlock, the latter or the
Crescent Athletic Club, who compose the
committee While the findings of the COM
mittee will not be officially known for a
month or more the players during the last
week have been busily engaged In making
selections for the honored first ten.
In the estimation OF many the task TINS
season should be an easy one for the COM
mittee. William \. Larned, the seven
times holder OF the national singles chafn-
pionship, is again at the top of the lst
as No. /. No player IN this or any other
country has ever approached Larned
record, and he stands I'm a class by NM
self His achievement on the courts IS
without parallel in the history Of the game
The second place is generally accorded
to Maurice Z. Mclaughlin. the young CALI
fornian, who was runner-up TO Larned this
year In the all comers championship AT
Newport Thomas c.. Bundy, also of Call
fornia IL regarded as the logical No. o.
which Is a drop Of one number TOT the
doughty Little Napoleon" Of the courts
on his rating a year ago. GustaNe r.
Touchard, the young wizard Of the racquet
and Melville II. Long, the tall Californian
are respectively placed AT No. and NO D.
The players named fill out the top five, and
the list again gives the largest share OF the
Iaurels to the players from the Pacihc
Coast. as was the case last year;
There is a slight disposition TO quibble
as to the placing of the second five on the
list, but the arrangement most favored IS
In the following order: Theodore Roosevelt
Pell. the national indoor champion
Nathaniel w. Niles Of Boston; Karl II
Behr, who made a sensational re-entry TO
the sport this season; Carleton r. Gardner
and Edwin T. Larned. Two of the most
formidable players in the country-Ray-
mond d. Little and BealS {. Wrght-are
not considered eligible for rating. Little
competed in only three tournaments ana
Wright appeared only at Newport. The
opinion prevails that 10 rank either player
on the work in these tournaments would
obviously result in his being dropped lower
on the list than he should be, and that
TO give them a complimentary rating would
be unfair TO others
The third five is likely to be a sitting
out of such men as Frederick c. lnman'
Arthur S. Dabney, Walter Merrill Hall,
Dean Mathey, Charles VI. Bull, jr., George
NJ. Church, Richard II. Palmer and few
others The entire list is expected 10 in
cude more than one hundred men.
While England has discontinued the Of
fetal rating OF its players, argent" one
Of the leading experts, names the best men
for the season on the English courts. His
list IS as follows: Anthony F. Wildng, the
champion: c. p. Dixon, who captained the
British Isles team sent TO this country IN
the international tie matches; Arthur II.
Lowe. also Of the international team; G. A.
Thomas and A. r. r. Kingscote, the army
champion. Roper Barrett, who played In
the final at Wimbledon, and A. Z. Beamish,
of the British Isles team, are bracketed
with the top men. From this selection II
would appear that the Americans In the
recent international contests on the courts
of the West Side Tennis Club defeated as
strong a team as England could bring
against this nation. The experts listing
of the British players at this time explains
the unexpected closeness Of the matches
which resulted in the Americans winning
the right TO challenge for the cup.