The Washington times., 1918-12-22
MURRAY IS FIRST
AMONG TENNIS MEN


NEW YORK. Dec. 2-Robert Lind
ley Murray. southpav meteor. formerly
of California, but now OF Niagara
Falls. N. Y. il ranked at the head OF
Americas wartime tennis players in
the first list Of ratings made public
by the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association since the fall Of
1916. Equally prominent with Murray,
with the exception OF the fact that he
Is ranked number 1.-TWO in the first
class, is william T. Tilden, IT.. OF
Philadelphia The difference between
the records of these players was 50
slight that the ranking committee did
not separate them.
No Pacific Coast player who did not
take part in Eastern tournaments was
given ranking. owing to a request by
The California Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton.
There were LA ranking players. divided
into nineteen classes, new departure
in ranking players. Originally the list
of players was divided into classes Of
ten each, This year players Of ap-
proximately the same ability were
ranked in the same class, one instance
being the ranking Of Murray and III
den. each OF whom was ranked In the
FIRST class. Paul W. Gibbons. OF Phila-
delphia, one member Of the COMMITTEES.
fled a minority report. asserting the
belief that Tflden should have been
ranked first instead OF second.
Alexander Fellows.
Corresponding to the old-time hrst ten
players, and following the two leaders
are placed: Second class. Frederick B.
Alexander. New York third class, WAL
ter Merrill Hall. New York; William
I. Hayes. Chicago: Nathan W. Niles,
Boston (: fourth class, Ichiya. Kunagae,
New York: Charles S. Garland. PITTS
burg; s. Howard Voshell, Brooklyn,
and Theodore Roosevelt Pell, New
York.
r. II. Burdick. Chicago. heads class
5: Lyle =. Nahan. New York. heads
class @: Elliott Binzen, New York,
class 4: Theodore Drews. st. Louis
class s; II. II. Hodge. Buffalo. class 0;
p. p. Hawk. Philadelphia, class 10;
DR.. William Rosenblum. New York,
class IL; II. 3. O'BoyIe. Pelham Naval
TrsHhing Station, class ~; J. MoGee
| st. Paul, Mlnn.. class Is: Feninnore
I
W. U. Knight. Minneapolis, class IS;
w. II. Benedict. Belmar. N. J., class
16: II. r. Hathaway. New York, class
II; Herman Dornheim. Philadelphia
class Is: Cecil Donaldson. Brooklyn
| class 10.
Harold Throckmofton. former Junior
champion. was ranked eighteenth
landing in class 8.
MolIa Placed First.
In ranking Miss Molla Bjursted
best of the women players. the con-
mittee expressed regret that at leas
two prominent women players Of caii.
| fornia were not rated becauAa Of th.
| request of the California Assockatioh
The players were not named. In al
dition to Miss Bjurstedt, the hrst ter
women included:
Mrs. George Wightman, Boston
Miss Eleanor Goss, New York; MrI
Stuart Green, Tarrytown, n. Y; Mis-
Marie Wagner, New York; Miss Car
rie Neely. Chicago; Miss Helene Pol
lax, New York; Miss Glare Cassel
New York; Miss Elesnora Sears, Bos
ton: Mrs. Jack Rameson (Adelaid
Yeager). Los Angeles, in the orde
named. Glass 1 also includes Mis-
Florence Ballin, New York: Mia
Marguerite chesney, Phoenix, ArIs.
Miss Corrin Gould. st. Louis: Mis-
Edith B. Handy, TompkinsvillI
n. Y; Miss Marion Leighton, Chi
cago: Mrs. Malcolm Maeneill, Chicago
Mrs. John Rogge, New York; Mis-
Catherine Waldo. Chicago; Miss Rut
Wise. Cleveland; Miss Marion Zin
dsrstein, Boston.
| w. T. Tilden and Vincent Richard
were ranked at the top OF the dou
bles teams, and also included Il
Class I were Fred p. Alexander an
Beals c. Wright. Nat Niles and
r. PelI were also alone In Class
with c. 8. Garland and Samuel Hard
and william r. Hayes and r. II. Bui
lick IN Class l.