Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-27
COAST Tennis
MEMS RANKING
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SAN I'm s-NCiSC0 The rankinf
list OF lawn tennis PLAYERS on the Pa
.uific sf;nast VIII very likely cause con-
siderable discussion. hut Is probably
the best that could be made. In 1918.
AZ In 1919. the PLAYER OF Northern
aud Southern California met only In
Southern GaltfoIn.a and the list Of
star players from this portion OF the
state comprised only FottrelI. John
stem Strackan. Griffin and Davis
a-he toutnarents OF Northern Cali
foInia were al well contested BY the
hest local men. and those OF Southern
California showed 4 much better sci
rf entry lists than In 1879. though
they could stu have been consider
ably Improved In this respect. Meth
Ter McLOnghlin nor B1ndy MS able 10
nay in the two singles Journeys which
are called for by q Coast ranking. and
SO neither appears on the list
Position No. / was indlsputahiy
earned by Johnston. as be won the Pa.
ellie Coast championship at Del Monte
Ia June. IN addition. he carried off
the championships Of Coronado, Long
Bach. San Francisco city 0jar Val
ley. California State, and Central Cal
fforhia Throughout the season he.
lest only one match In minor tour
liament 1t Pasadena, where he was
Heaten b. Clarence Griffin.
StrscIsan Strong Nos
Position No. 2 was quite as clearly
won By John Strachan, though he
captured only one California singles
during the season., Iie|
won the bay counties at San FEaNc' seoa
lin November, and was RUNNER ~ tp'
johnson ii four other t0uFnai1e nts.l
Johnston beat him In each instance,
hut ne Inst 10 only one other player
during the season. namely, to Marshall
|Kefciinm 81 Pasadena.
Position No. 8 has been given to-
Ella FottreIl, though he was closely
sIressed ~ Clarence Griffin.
Ills best performance Of the seq.
son was IN the senltfinal Of the Pacb1
.fic Coast tourney ii which he gave
Johnston hard match.
& He beat Griffin IN the semkf finals Of
the Central Iaiifofnia &C Stpck tOn, and
rlayed another fine match agaips
skhlte4s
Clarence Grimm played throughout|
the season some flile matches against
both SfrAchan and Johnston, losing
only on the coast to Johnston Stra-
chan. Fottrell and Norman Ambrose.
He fairly earned the position OF No. 4
son the list. and had he not been beaten
BY Fottrelf on the only occasion when
they met he would have been entitled
to rate No. 3, Is otherwise their per-
formances were about even, and he
played In greater number Of tournar
mentss
sta0dfordlte No. 5.
Position No. was given to r. Ii
Murray, who barely filed ranking re-
auirements BY playing ia the Califor
MIA state and Id the bay counties. In
each Of these events he reached the
final round In the California state
he beat Batlin and forced Johnston
to q fonr-set match In the finals. In
the bay counties he beat Batkin again.
and lost to Strachan In the final
match ii three straight sets.
B. III Batkin WAS the sixth position
place, as he made good shOwings
against ali the experts he met during
the season. and defeated Fottrell and
Davis, losing only, against form, to
Roland Roberts
Willis Davis was runner.up IN the
Southern California championship, and
lost the final match to Bundy in four
hard sets. He lost 3 very close match
10 Fottrell in the coast championships.
and another In the California state.
and was beaten by Batkin In the bay.
counties, but lost no match during the
season to players Of less note, and is5
placed as No. Z.
mo. s, Marshall Ketchum, played
wen against Johnston and beat Stfa-
chan. Scr,
mi the Doubles. s.~s.s s NJ a. IL
b doubles. the two teams, Strachan
and Griffin and Johnston and Fottrell,
hate fairly divided the honors Of the
season. Each team suffered one de-.
feat Johnston and Fottrell lost In.
the Central California to Rohlfs and
Radcliffe of Berkeley. and In the bay
counties Strachan and Griffin lost to-
Fottfell and Batkin, bat Strachan and
Griffin won the coast doubles cham
pionship decisiyely and thereby earn
ed position No. /.
Position No. clearly falls to John
ston and Fottrell 81 s. ,ss+'2
Position No. was earned by Sinsa-
haugh and Wayne, who captured the
doubles championship Of Southern
California and the coast doubles. and
took one set from Strachan and Grit.
fin. #
Position No. 4 has been given 20
ROfffb and Ratclfffe on account or
their win at Stockton over Johnston
and Fottrell, and on good. consistent
play In the coast and state Journeys
Position No. has been awarded to
Herd and Dawson, who we're the run
ners-1p In the coast tourney. and po
sition No. s Is given to Browne and
Duncan, Who were the runnefs.up I'd
the champiOnshfps Of Southern Cali.