Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-03
TENNIS RULES
ARE ADOPTED
Regulations of National Lawn
Tennis Association Have
Been Set.

Rules for the guidance Of ranking
committees were adopted at the
March meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee of the U. S. N. L.. T. A., thus
standardizing a procedure which is of
tremendous interest to players
throushout the country. Charles Gar
land of Pittsburg, secretary Of the
1915 committed; Walter L.. Pate ana
Miles Charlock of New York. mem-
bers of previous committees, had
charge of the codifcation Of ranking
rules. They represented the a five
ranking committees and to their per-
sonal knowledge Of procedure in re-
cent years, they added much investi-
CATION OF the associations records, In.
the effort to find all data relating to
ranking.
With n exception. the regulations
contain nothing new, so far as the
team must now compete in three
events, instead Of two. as previously,
in order to be considered in the
ranking. In recommending this
change the committee declared it
would tend to keep teams together.
The ranking committee shall con-
stst Of five members, to be appointed
before April / Of each year by the
executive committee. There shall al
so be a subcommittee of three wom-
en- appointed before June /, to assist
the ranking committee. The first
three rules provide that all events
sanctioned by the U. s. N. L. T. A.
during the season under considera-
ton. including international and
team matches, shall be considered;
that all returns of UGH matches shall
be filed with the secretary Of the
committee at the Office Of the field
secretary; that the field secretary
shall keep a detailed record for each
player In mems and women's singles
and mems doubles, the data to be the
basis of h ranking committees re-
port. The rules then provide.
Each year there shall be three
rankings as follows:
l.. Mems singles; in which at least
100 individuals shall be named.
2. Mems doubles; in which at
least 20 teams shall be named.
g.. Women's singles, in which at
least 80 individuals shall be named.
, In each case the individuals or
teams shall be, divided into classes.
Their may be one or more individuals
or teams placed in any class. The
player or players with the best sea-
sons records shall be placed In class
l; the player Or players with the next
best records shall be placed in class
:. and SO on for any number Of class
es, according to the decision Of the
ranking committee.
To be considered for a ranking an
individual or team must participate
during the season in at least three
sanctioned events, but on the unant-
nous vote of the ranking committee
occasional exceptions to this rule may
be made. An individual or team.
however, need o necessarily be
ranked because Of having qualifea
under this rule, If in the opinion of
a majority of the committee the data
furnished by the record in question: is
insufficient for the purpose or the
standard of play does not warrant
any ranking.
The ranking shall be based solely
upon the records of the players for
n season under consideration and
not upon the opinion Of the ranking
committee Middle and late season
performance shall be given greater
season.
Any individual or team may be
ranked irrespective Of nationality or
place of residence,
The winners OF national champion
ships shall be ranked on their sea-
sons records as are other players and
snall n be arbitrarily placed at the
ieau OF tne rankings, but In q COM
par1son OF, their records with those OF
otner players, they shall be given the
neneft OF any reasonable doubt az to
Inc relative merits Of such records.
The ranking committee shall SUBJ
mit its report to the executive COM
mittee at the meeting of the exacu-
I committee held in December Of
n year for which the rankings are
made. The executive COMMITTEES NAV
alter the rankings as submitted.
!ne last three rules relate to the
publication Of the report and the
amendment of the rules