Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-22
FEW SURPRISES IN
TENNIS RANKINGS
Mclaughlin, as Expected,
Heads List, With Williams
as Second Best.
JOHNSON PLACED SEVENTH

The placing of Maurice e. Nc
Loughlin, the California racquet mar
vel at the head of the list of lawn
tennis stars for 1918 occasioned no
surprise In tennis circules. Miss Mary
Browne was accorded first place in
the women's list, so that the highest
American honors go to Californians.
Mclaughlin and Thomas G. Bundy,
another Californian, are the leaders
in the doubles list. The rankings for
the year were issued by George t.
Adee, the secretary of the national
ranking committee. of which Miles s.
Charlock was chairman, and G. NJ.
Bull, jr., the third member
In the list of the mems singles,
Mclaughlin, the national champion
and the hero of the Davis Cup
matches, is followed by r. N. Will
iams William j. Clothier. the for
mer national champion, is third, a
number above William M. Johnston,
the wonderful seventeen -year-old
player from the Pacific coast.
It Is an upward move of one num-
Der for Clothier, and his slight adj
vantage over the boy Is accounted
for by the fact that, although john
ston won the historic Longwood Cup
at Boston and the New York State
title, thus succeeding to McLough-
Inns laurels, he failed to make q good
showing at Southampton and at the
All-Comers, at Newport.
The placing of Wallace #. Johnson
at No. caused some surprise, as he
was a member of the Davis Cup
team, Still the committee made the
statement that only competitions In
this country are to be counted in
the ratings and the showing of the
Philadelphia was therefore not up
to his work of year ago, when he
came so near beating Mclaughlin
for the national title.
The drop by T. C. Bundy. Karl III.
Behr and r. D. Little from the first
ten marks the passing of veterans In
the same manner as the absence or
the name of William A. Larned last
season marked the passing OF one OF
the greatest names in American lawn
tennis history.
Twenty pairs have been rated in
the doubles for the first time Nc
Loughlin and Bundy as tho leaders
are followed by the young California
pair, Strachan and Griffin, who were
their challengers for the national
championship.
The leaders in the various classes
follow:
singIes-First Ten.
Maurice Il. Mclaughlin, California.
r. Norris Williams, Philadelphia.
William J. Clothier, Philadelphia.
william M. Johnston, California.
Theodore Roosevelt Pell, New York.
Nathaniel w. Niles, Boston.
Wallace It. Johnson, Philadelphia.
Gustave II. Touchard, New York.
George Peabody Gardner, 1r Boston.
John Il. Strachan, California.
DoubIes--First Ten.
NJ. 70. Mclaughlin and T. c. Bundy,
California.
j. r. strachan and C. j. Grimm, Cali
fornia.
G. i. Touchard and W. NJ washburn,
New York.
II. d. Little and T. r. Pell. New York.
q. M. Church and Dean Mathey, New
N. W. Niles and A. s. Dabney, Bos-
Il. D. Little and F. C. Inman, New
York.
w. ]. Clothier and g. p. Gardner, jr.,
Philadelphia and Boston.
Ii. Il. Byford and II. ii. Burdick, Chi
]. c. Tyler and 2. S. Brain. Spokane.
singles-Women Players-First Ten.
Miss Mary Browne, California.
Mrs. b. o. Bruce, California.
Miss Florence Sutton, California.
Mrs. Marshall Mclean, New York.
Mrs. Robert Williams, Chicago.
Miss Marie Wagner, New York.
Mrs. Benjamin L. Briggs Miss Dor
pthy Green), Philadelphia.
Miss Edith 10. Rotch, Boston.
Miss Anita Myers, California.
Miss Gwendolin Rees, Minnesota.