The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-13
William Johnson, by Virture Of
His Capture Of National Honors
Gets First Rating on Clay Courts
Of Season Are Easy Select But Others Are Very Difficult
Kumagae Clever Little Oriental Is Given Third Place and
Murray Gets Fourth

, Longwood Cup. Equally without ques-
ton. William r. Tilden, I'd, is entitled
/ To the place just below him, and these
| two stars might easily he bracketed
| far In advance of the rest of the field.
Johnston's only defeats of the season
were at the hands of Tilden, first in
the East West matches at Cincinnati.
/ and later in the final round of the
! Newport invitation tournament. But
he won both his national titles from
1 Tilden at Chicago and Forest Hills.
/ and. although they broke even on the
/ four matches played, the two which
/ involved national titles went to John
ston, Both are credited with victories
over Brookes and Patterson, the vet
eran taking only one set from, each,
while Patterson took two from John
ston and one from Tilden
! Johnston also numbers among his
victims OF the season Champion R.
I-indley Murray, fchiya Kumagae,
I Richard Norris Williams. I'd, Wallace
I Johnson. II c. johnson, w r. Hayes.
/ and l. c. Runay Tilden reached the
/ final round of every tournament he
/ entered. losing once to kumagae on
clay. but defeating him several times.
! most notably in the national tourna-
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except the two against Johnston. He
! defeated Williams four times, with a
/ total OF eleven sets To one, and also
! took the measure of Murray, tin ex-
! hibition matches } Washburn, Wallace
/ johnson, and s X. Noshen. His rec
! ord for the last two seasons has never
been eQuaied in the history Of tennis.
his total defeats being only five, count
+ ing the indoor final of last March.
/ which he lost 10 Vincent Richards
/ Third Place to- kumagae.
Third place should go this year TO
I 1Chiya kumagae, a vastly improved
/ layer over the back court expert of
ttEt6 and 1918, The only men to de-
! feat him were Johnston and Tilden
and he has one victory over the latter
To his credit, as We'll A. triumphs over
Murray. Voshctl. Garland. Biddle and
! other stars. His nearest competitor
/ is the 1918 titiehoider. Murray. who
might have beaten him at Newport If
flesh and who unquestionably de-
serves fourth place. Murray de-
| feated Williams in straight sets at
/ Greenwich and therefore ranks ahead
Of the 1916 champion. rho follows In
the fifth position. with no defeats
charged against him except those by
Iflden. Johnston and Murray and
with the credit OF beating Davis. Niles.
Mclaughlin. Richards and other stars.
After those FIVE top notchers have
| been placed, howee err, the selection be-
comes increasingly difficult. Judged
! hy the actual ability shown In tourna-
/ n ent competition, not merely by the
record of wins and losses the next
| Eve players in America this season
would seem to be Watson NJ Wash
turn, Wallace r Johnson. Charles
&c, Garland. Willis +, Davis and S
Howard Noshell. 1t may be that
/ Washburn will not achieve a ranking,
as he played very little, but his great
match against Patterson. when the
Australian was at his best. entities
/ h1ra To 7aerae.ss consideration for sixth
/ race, particularly as he gave Tiiden
/ has hardest battle in the Newport
! tournament. GA land on his actual
record, could easily dispute the
/ position with washburn and cannon
well be placed lower than seventh. He
took two sets from Brookes, defeated
Davis easily after the latter had
eliminated the Australian veteran at
/ southampton and gave Williams a
great argument al Newport His only
decisive defeat was by kumagae at
/ Ctica- Davis should follow close on
me heels Of Garland, If only because
or MS triumph over Brookes
Record of voshcll
/ Voshelfs defeat by c. r. Doyle in
the national championship is almost
enough to force him out of the tirst
ten. Yet his achievements of the
season as a whole cannot be over
looked. He won several champion
ships including the Metropolitan
tronx county ard Long Island. de-
! 1tated Mclaughlin and Grimm at
! Newport and took two sets from TIL
cen IN the same tournament and won
from Wallace Johnson in an inter
city match, Technically this should
Pace him ahead of the latter. al
though Johnson's showing in reach
me championship might easily bring
rim as nigh as rank as sixth
tentatively. therefore. the FIRST ten"
night be arranged as follows
!. William NJ Johnston.
2 William T. Tilden. "a.
3. 1chiya Kuniagae.
=. Robert Lindsey Murray
. Richard Norris Williams I'd.
/ .. Watson M. Washburn.
T. Charles s. Garland
5, Willis E. Davis.
.. s. Howard Vosheil
10 Wallace F. johnson.
For Second and Third Ten.
| ror tHe second ten there are many
candidates and an exact order OF
merit Is practically impossible. The
general grouping would seem to be
y W. Niles, G. b. Doyle. r. NJ. Kin
sey, NJ. e, Mclaughlin. w NJ. Hail
leonard Beekman. Craig Rriddle,
Dean Mathey. T. r. PeIl and H. q
Johnson. In tho group following
u csc would come Robert Leroy. G. J.
eirifin, Seiichiro Kashio. Vincent
hichards, Lyle f. Mahan. Axel
Craven, r. c. Seaver r. T, Hunter
Harold Throckmorton and Richard
Another natural group comprises
George King, III. H. Bassford. lingo
Hartman. Walter Wesbrook. r. I.
james. F, G. Roggs. the Anderson
boys, 9. A. L. Dionne and r. III. Bin
zen Other local stars who win prob
ally finish In or near the 1rst fftv
are pr. Rosenbaum. Harold Taylor. A.
y. Hammett. Alex Tier, r. G. Inman.
II. n. Manchester. Paul Martin. tho
Donaldson brothers, Gerald Emerson.
J. W.. Fox. P. l.. Kynaston, Charles
Chambers. Harr; Sachs. w. J. Tous-
saint. Fred I>etson and Peter BAH.