The sun., 1916-12-10
WILLIAMS TOPS.
TENNIS RANKING
LIST FOR YEAR
Johnston Is Second, While
Church Gets Call Over
Murray.
McLOUGHLIN MISSING
FROM FAMED CIRCLE
~ DANIEL.

In American lawn tennis for 1919
and Philadelphia stands supreme. II
vas in September that williams estab
lisheh his leading position on the court
BY defeating william NJ. Johnston Of
San Francisco for the national cham.
picnshIp. Yesterday that supremacy was
acclaimed officially In the annual rank
ing lis, issued by the United States Ma
tional L.awn Tennis Association.
Williamss p~usition at the head of the
ranking comes AZ a natural and ex-
'pectcl sequence Of his brilliant work on
the turf at Forest Hills. Likewise john
ston's presence In second place is well
merited n cScites no surprise. The
national fnalists stood In a class by
themselves. However. the personnel of
the first ten does not altogether follow
,ne expected and in several cases the
~placinss are rather surprising.
laird position. last year accorded
Maurice r. McLougnlin. II occupied b.
his conqueror. George VI. Caurch. w..ilc
Robert l.!nd.ey Murray. who defeated
Church at Forest Hills. is placed fourth.
The great Mclaughlin is not among those
rated His star has set. Had McLoug.i-
In pay ed enough tournament tennis h.
would nave found II position anon, tho
lad ng ten. but the committee believed
that his short campaign In the a was
not enough OF "a foundation upon whicn
" base a rating.
ON seven Rsnkinx I.iSts.
Fo. seven successive Year, Mcl.ouxh-
IN hal been ranked among the top ten.
thrice in the leading position. and the
lFt looks rather tram minus the name
Of re famed native son. II was In 1903
that Mclaughlin fist obtained a posi-
ton amen; TIE leaders and h. was
ranked sixth. The next year saw him In
fcurtN ?,ace and then he was second. In
i9l! and the two succeeding years he
was rated FIRST and last season he fell TO
third rl,ce. Now he is out. n we
dou1t IL he will ever return.
Frh place in the 1916 ratings II g!v@-
~ lchi"p Eumayse ot Tokio. Janar.
whoe defeat Of Johnston in the hnal -
Newport last summer created one OF the
. greatest stlrs In the history of the game
N tbs country. There will be many to
iisput. the OIientai's right to 90 h!eh a
r'nking, for lie Was defeated twice by
Murray. once by church. in the alton
tourney. and ny Joseph j. Armstrong Of
Philadelphia and Watson NJ. Waslfburn
OF New York.
Kumagae Is the flrst foreigner to he
ranked since 1897. when w. ". Eaves,
n A. Nisbet and X. s. Mahony OF Eng
land were placed among the hrst ten.
In 1894 NJ. +. Goodbody OF Ireland was
rated third.
Behr On second Tea.
Clarence J. Griffin OF San Francisco.
who with Johnston holds the national
doubles title, Is ranked sixth, while
Washburn is placed seventh and Willis
T. Davis Of Leland Stanford University.
he national clay court champion. II
eighth. Armstrong 10 ninth n Dean
Ma,hey completes the select ten.
The name OF Karl Behr. last year
fourth. is this time found heading the
Second ten. The impression will exist
with any followers of the game That
u Behr had played enough tei.nis to he
rated he belongs among the leading ten.
Rohr Was ranked fourth Ia 1907. his FIRST
year on the list. His be ST position was
third. IN 1914.
Walter Merrill Hall Of this city. who
vas rated tenth last year. took the big
yes, drop OF all. for his ra' e will be
found among the fourth ten. Dick Harte
OF Harvard, whose playing seemed to
Place him higher. u also found In Halls
division There are numerous other
ratings which appear Inconsistent. but
there IL no question that. taken al "A
whole, the work Of the ranking commit
tee j. mer.torious. Zone except those
who attempt such work can have even a
senblance of an idea OF the difficulties
encountered or the a~rduousntss OF the
task.