New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

1t is lawn tennis am considering, not
the individual.
Was. burn, in bsirg placed ct No. 10
does not appear to be getting any the
oest of it, but his case is not nearly
SO much at variance with the i4cts, !
would seem, as those Of Roberts and
Hayes.
In the second ten we find Robert NJ.
Kinsey, of Ca ifornia; n w Niles
Willj Z. Dav.s, S. II. Voshell. Conr d
B. Doyle, Wa ter Merrill Hall 7. r.
II. c. J hnson. Far down, at No. 90. is
Vincent Richards q young player, who
numbered Ii den and Kumagae among
lis victims, and who to-day is the ma
.ional indoor champion. saw him
crush Craven, No. 10 on the list, by an
)vervhe ming score in the East West
matches in Cincinnati, last July.
Norman Broohes and Gerald Patter
son are correctly paced at the top
among the doubles teams of the eoun
try, having und oubtedly earned the
onor by their splendid playing at
Lorgwood, where they won the national
title, and in other sections Of the coun-
ry. where they were almost uniformly
iuccessful against the greatest combi
ations that could be br sught against
hem. Then follow in order Johnston
ID Griffin; F. b. Alexander and S. II.
Vo hell; Mclaughlin and Pundy;
'ohert and Howard Kinsey; Williams
nd Washb rn; Rich rds and Tilden;
AXel Craven and R obert K nsev; Ichiyf
umagae and Peals C. Wright; Leonard
,eeknan and Walter Merrill Hall.
Tilden and Dicharis Low
Beyond saying that Tilden and Rich
rated rather low, invew OF their gre
IT ggle g inst Brookes and Patter
son in the challenge round at Long
wood, l have little fault to find witt
ne work of the committee. 1t is
ificu!t task we'll done.
The ranking of the women will not
meet with general approval, i. seems
to me, for here again there are what
ook like surprising discreps ncles be-
tw~ &. ar'u worth and relative rank
ips. - official list is as follows
e.. /. Mrs Geo &, W. Wi ntman; No.
2, Miss Eleanor Goss; No 3, Mrs.
rankin l.. v.lsory; No. SIS lrion
Zinderste:.. no. 5, Miss Helen Baker;
No 6, Mrs. E@Sard w. Raymond; No.
7 Miss He =. uilleaudeau; No 8. Miss
Could; No. 10 Mss Helene Pollak.
splendid and pro.e'.lng player though
ne is. IS not ent't'' d to the NJ. pusi-
tion this year, her record of sing es
tournament play ct being on par
with that of Miss Zinderstein. Miss
r'nne Go Id. OF 81. Lo s, is indeed
fortunate in gaining the No. place. 1t
true she won the national clay court
it e at Chicago, but against the poorest
competition | have seen in an impor-
ant women's turn" mont in several
years 1t is not stretching the point
0 say thct an. player named in tn.
lrst thirty could vanqulsh Miss Gou.d
VII >se game is based entirely on the
standard prevalent among women some
-wNnty or thirty years ago.
Mrs. Gilbert Harvey, of Philade ph!a
whom ! named For thu No. position;
Miss are Cassel, Mss w orner
Mss Po ok. amo-~ o'hc~s could de-
feat the ST. Louis girl with ease.
The comn,i tee cons idered tf records
of more than s 600 rlayers in arriving
pr its decisions and ranked l53 men in
tho ng'es 80 tears N the doubles
and II women in the sirg'es. In ex-
planning its working methods the COM
n.,.. sc stated:
"The difference in the rate of each
consecu' i've rlaver on the ranking Est
is SO slight with the execution Of the
champ; ms that the committee feels it
would work an INJUSTICE tn separate
them by classes. For instance, the
first man in any class would be nearer