Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-11
in THE
1912 TENNIS
RANKINGS
Several 0Id-TimerS Will Be
Dropped from the List Be-
cause They Did Not Play This
Year

Year
| The lawn tennis championship tour
namentS Of America for 1912 have.
with few exceptions, been completed,
and the ranking committee of the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton is now collecting data on which
to rank the players for 1928.
The ranking committee consists of
NJ. S. Charlock. Charles NJ. Bull and
G. T. Adee, all of New York. These
gentlemen are mailing to all players
who have competed in two or more
tournaments blank forms which will
show to the committee just what each
contestant has accomplished in, actual
play. !.
These forms should reach the com
mittee by December / and the new
ranking list Wilt probably be com,
pleted and published early in Decem-
Der.
Present Rank of Players.
The ranking players of America
last season were placed as follows:
No. l, w. A. Larned; No. q, Maurice
McLoughlin: No. 3, Thomas Bundy;
No. 4, g. F. Touchard; No. 5, Mel
vile H. Long; No. IS, Nat Niles; No.
! 7, T. r. PeIl; No. 8, A. D.. Little;e No.
8, Karl Behr; No. 10, w. Han.x
The positions in the ranking ten
are gained with great difficulty and
the changes made year by year are
generally slight, but the. year 1912 is
record breaker in this respect, and
the personnel of the ranking players
has been more thoroughly upset than
in any year since the list, was opened.
Old-time experts will drop entirely
out of sight and new blood will show
UP strongly. in the new list, although
some of the youthful experts of 1911
have slumped quite as badly as their
/ older rivals. ,-:-t -.
In the new ranking list California
will certainly be the greatest gamer,
and will probably also be the greatest
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That State has secured the first
place in both singles aid doubles, as
Maurice Mclaughlin has earned the
first singles position, and Mclaughlin
and Bundy have earned the first
place in doubles. Outside of these
honors, however, the State is in rather
bad luck.
Last season four Californians-Mc
LOughlin, Bundy, Touchard and Long
held positions in the first ten, but
owing to the fact that Long failed to-
compete this season in any of the reg
ular events, while Touchard was un-l
able to reach his form at all, the for.
mer must lose his place entirely,
while Touchard is sure barely to make
the ten. Bundy, on account of illness,
met with so small measure Of sue
cess that he is due to rank nearer
the bottom than the top of the list
Many Changes Necessary.
The 1912 record of the players who
ranked in the first ten at the end of
last seasons play is as follows:
No. Nv. A. Larned did not play
in any tournament in 1912, conse-
quently will not appear in the next
list.
No Maurice Mclaughlin of Sap
Francisco won seven tournaments
the. Central California, the San Fran
cisco, Pacific States, the Western
States, the Longwood, the New York
States and the American National:
championship. He has beaten in
| these tournaments nearly every &C
tive tournament player of importance,
including E. p. Larned, T. Bundy, w.
J. ClOthier, Karl Behr, NJ! II. Long.
Dabney w. Washburn, r. Palmer and
Il. n. Williams. On his record this
season he is certain to be placed as
No. / in the next list.
No. ST. Bundy of Los Angeles
has this season been defeated by Nc
LOughlin, Niles and Church, and has
beaten among the topnotchers only
Inman and Behr 1t is recognized
that illness during his Eastern trip
prevented him from making a fair
showing; but as the players are to be
ranked purely on performances this
year, he will probably lose about five
places.
Touchard Going Down.
No. &c. F, Touchard has won sew
cral tournaments, including Engle-
wood, the Bronx and Long Island, but
he has been beaten by Niles, Mathey.
Williams, Wallace, Johnson, G. B.
Doyle and Schafcr, some of whom
are second and third-clasS men He
will probably land in the next list at
about No. 9.
No. 5-Melville H. Long of San
Francisco has played in none Of the
ranking tournaments this season, and
so much drop out of the list
No. 6-Nat Niles of Boston has won
several important tournaments and
has beaten Harris, Touchard, Cloth
Ter. Behr. Church and Dabney. He
has lost to Little. Gardner and Hall,
all of whom he outranks.
No. IT. r. Pell has been abroad
all season and will consequently not
br ranked.
No %-R. D. Little has a long list
of victories to his credit. but has only
beaten Touchard, Niles and Dabney
of the leading players He has lost