New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
4 Ranking
in LaWn Tennis

4 and Niles at No. 5, also occasion soiile
comment among the close followers Oh
the game. In the opinion OF many the
positions might properly be reversed
Niles has a longer list OF trlumphs 10
his credit. At Sesbright he defeated
Clotbier in the final 4-6, 6-3, I'll IS.
He took the Massachusetts state, one OF
the classics of the game, defeating A. >
Dabney, 81, Go, -, Is, and he won
at Southampton. dispOsing Of Johnson III
q hard match, IS. e.. 80 81. Against
this. Clothier's strong performance in the
national championship at Newport seems
to have turned the balance in his favor
In the eyes of the committee, as ne ar
rived in the senli-finals only 10 iaH be-
fore McLoughlln's tremendous speed
Clothier is the highest ranked OF any OF
those who may be counted as veterans
In the rating Of the doubles. McLough-
lin and Bundy, the great Pacific Coast
champions who won the national title by
defeating Little and Touchard At New
port. take the first place. As IS always
the case, the changing Of partnerships
shows its effect on the list Harold H.
Hackett. the former national champion,
with Frederick y. Alexander is rated as
the No. 2 pair with Walter Merrill Hail
as his associate This pair performed well,
their best victory being in the metro
politan championship. But Hacketts abil-
ity as a doubles player causes him also 10
be ranked in the pair al No. Z, along with
Little. and in the pair at No. Q, with Lyle
L. Mahan.
The ratings IN singles and doubles fol-
lows:
The first ten men were ranked in sin
giles as follows:
ris Williams 90 Wallace +. Johnson, ca Will
lam J. Clothier 90 Nathaniel ". Niles. 90
Thomas c. Bundy, "a Kari II. Bchr % Ray
IT,. Q0) Gustsye r. IOuchsrd.
The other players were grouped in nine
classes of ten each as follows
Glass 1-George ". Church, Alfred S. Dab
Hayes. a. Il. Nan, jr, Lyle +. Mahan, Dean
Mathey, 7. r. Pell and Frank J. Sulioway,
Class %; }. ArmstronS' , rag blquIe'
ned w. S McElroy, W. H. Mace, J. G. Nell
son. z. d. Siverd -~d Watson NJ. Washburn.
Glass 3-Heath Byford. Charles VI Bull
Palmer, Howard Plummer. George g. scha-
fer Neale Stevens. 5. II. Voshell and V. p.
Class cia Al. c. Carpenter, J. S. Cushmon.
G. 4. L. Dionne. Rowland Evans jr, VI.
GalVaO, Wylle e. Grant, \. +. Kennedy, li.
c. Drummond Jones, G. S. Rogers and X. c.
Seaver.
G. c. Gamer, Charles i; Johnson IL Cedric
A. Major, Hoffman Nickerson y. NJ Phil
lips, DR. William Rosenbaum, J. c. ROyon
ana c. Y. Smith.
Glass G-s. J. Adams. jr., Gardner Beals.
S. l. Besls. Louis Graves. j. G. Mackerel,
II. A Mckinney, Walter l. Pate, the Rev.
ID j. Kendall, Jere Weber and A Tobey.
Class 7--R. I. Bags, Leonard Beekman.
Jack Cannon, E V. Carter Alfred 5. Ham
NETT, Rowland NJ. Hoerr Wendal s. Kuhn,
w /. McKim, Nat Thornton and 1. c.
Class 81. T Bailey. George 3 Groesbecl,
r. l. James r. b. McClave, ID. 3. Niles,
T. w. Peases. C. w Pike Seston Porter.
Walter Roberts and r. II. Woods.
Glass Ell. L. Boyer, J. $ Brown, jry
Walter Hazard. Harry Grnstcss II. V.
Jones, I. II. Martin, Spencer Miller. jr.. J r.
Montgomery. j. J.. Replogle and r. w. Sea-
bury.
Not ranked on account Of insufficient data
j W Adams. ir, John Barton, g. o. Ben
ton. Richard Bishop, II. II. Brady, Charles
Brook y II. Bundy. Ward Q. Burton F. G.
COlston, +. II. Doughty {. Il. Doyle. Carl r.
Gardner, r. A. Holden. ir., J. Il. ID. Jones,
Harry Koch, W. A. Larned, A. w. Ludke,
Jack Mckay, Paul MacQustOn, J. W. Morey,
Ralph Payne, Scmp Russ, \. Squair. $. Stell-
wagon Richard stevens {. T. Trssk, j. g.
Tyler. II. L. Wsidner T.. H. Whitney and
Il. G. Wright.
At the request Of the Pacific Coast Tennis
Association none OF the Pacific Coast players
Is ranked except those who have played in
the East this year.