Evening star., 1915-12-05
JOHNSTON AT HEAD
Coast Tennis Star Ranked
First by National Association.
ALSO LEADS IN DOUBLES
Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway
Tops List of Woman
Players.
ALSO LEADS IN DOUBLES

NEW YORK, December 4.-William
M. Johnston of San Francisco was
placed at the top of the national tennis
ranking list for the season in the sin :
giles, and paired with Clarence ]. Grit :.
nm OF San Francisco, at the top of the
doubles. in the report officially issued
today by the committee of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton. The findings were made by F. c.
1nman, W. L. Pete and W. NJ. Hall.
Miss Molla BjGTstedt of Norway head
ed the list of woman players who were
rated.
Johnston's right to No. was estab-
lished by his record in the national
championship in which he defeated
Karl H. Behr of New York, r. Norris
Williams, I'd, Of Philadelphia and Maui
rice E. Mclaughlin. San Francisco, on
successive days. The committee adj
mitted that there was only a slight
shade between Williams and McLough-
lin, and that justice might have been
done in rating Mclaughlin in second
place instead Of third.
Ratings Of First Ten.
The ratings of the first ten and the
class one in the singles, out of 100
names, follow:
Norris Williams, I'd; No. 8, Maurice e.
Mclaughlin: No. 4, Karl H. Behr: No.
5, T. r. Pell; No. 6. e. w. Niles: No. Z,
C. J. Griffin; No. g. w. NJ Washburn;
No. 3. George M. Church: No. 10, W. NJ.
Hall.
Beekman. c. NJ. Bull. jr.- H T. Byford.
W. F. johnson. Robert LIE. Roy. Dean
Il. Vosheii and l. G wright
A. a
No. !. W. NJ. Johnston and c. J. Grif-
fin: No. 2. NJ. E. Mclaughlin and T. c.
Bundy; No. 3. G. N. Church and Dean
Mathey; No: 4. R n. Williams. I'd. and
and R. n Burdick; No. 6, /. c. Wright
and w. F. Johnson; No. z, T. r. Pell
and B. c. Prentice: No. 8. H. H. Hack
ett and w. M. Hall; No. 8. F. c. Baggs
and F. C. Inman.
Rating of frst ten women in singles
out of twenty-five names: No., /, Miss
Moila BJurstedt; No. 2. Mrs. George
Lean: No. 4. Miss Florence Sutton; No.
5, Mrs. Barger -Wallach; No. 6, Miss
Marie Wagner; No. Z. Miss Anita My
ers; No. s. Miss Sara Livingston; No.
8, Miss Clare Cassel; No. 10. Miss Flea
nora Sears.
Want Complete Record.
In its report the ranking committee,
because less than 100 players sent in
their records, recommends that 1t be
made compulsory Tor clubs holding
tournaments to file a complete record
OF the tourney within ten days of its
completion with the committee, on
penalty Of losing its tournament the
following year.
r. D. Wrenn, president of the associa-
tion, in issuing the report, stated he
had been delegated to attend the con-
ference on an amateur rule called by
the Intercollegiate Association Of ANA
.teur Athletes of America.
The executive committee appointed
Edwin Sheafe. Boston: Rernon 8. Prem
tice, New York, and F. c. Inman, New
York. a committee to make nomina-
tions for officers to be presented and
voted upon at the annual meeting next
February.
P. E. Presbrey. Boston; Richard Ste
vens and George T. Adee of New York
were appointed to report plans to de-
yelop the interest in Junior tennis
throughout the country.
The net receipts of the national tour
nament at the West Side Tennis Club
were $4,000. slightly larger than any
sum ever received when the tourna.
ment was at Newport, r. j.