New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Rapid Progress National Championship Tourney Aory
Johnson Back !
In Fifth Place
On Tennis List
Philadelphia Player Regains
Position From Williams;
Other Changes Are Made

Wallace F.. Johnson. of Philadelphia,
will ;retain his ranking of No 5 in
the rating of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association, according to an
announcement made following meet
ing of the executive committee at the
Hotel Vanderbilt late yesterday after
noon. Richard Norris Williams, Of
Boston, will therefore remain No. 6.
Howard Voshell, of Brooklyn. be-
Church Cup matches. moved ur from
No. ia to No. IL. Nathaniel Niles is
placed at No. 13 and Willis Davis at
No. Ia. Other changes announced
were those of Alexander Her and DR..
William Rosenbaum. The former is
moved down to so from 49 and the lat
ter, due to his defeat Of Her in the
Edgemere tournament, is advanced
from 108 to 90.
The ranking committee was empow-
cred at the annual meeting to revise
the rankings which were at that time
announced. Since then the members
had been going over the various recS
ords, with the foregoing results.
Miss Tenant Reinstated
A request of the Calis sornia LawE
Tennis Association for the reinstates
ment of Miss Eleanor Tenant, of Lc@<
Angeles, to the amateur tennis rank
was favorably acted upon. The Pacifi-
Coast organization stated that Miss
Tenant formerly gave instruction IL
tennis playing. which placed her in =
professional class, but for more than q
year she had discontinued her teaching
which, they contended, made her eH-
gible to rejoin the amateurs.
The following organizations were ad-
mitted to membership In the United
fofo
chester County Council of the Boy
Scouts, Johnstown, Pa, Tennis League.
Woman's Club of Mountain Lake Park.
Md; Audubon Country Club, Louis
vile; Fort Dodge, Iowa, Lawn Tennis
Club; Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club,
Ridgeield Club, of Brooklyn, and the
Riverton, N. j., Country Club.
Edward Conlon, as president of the
Tennis Umpires' Association. appeared
at the meeting and asked for ruling
on the question of linesmen being per-
mitted to change their decisions, The
executive committee ruled that lines
men may at all times change a mis-
| taken decision.
9TH Regiment Seeks Meet
The 7th Regiment Tennis Club sent
letter to the committee asking
whether or not it were to be awarded
the women's indoor championship for
next year. This matter was laid over
at the annual meeting in February. and
at yesterdays meeting it was decided
to defer action.
Samuel Hardy, secretary of the Davis
Cup committee, made his report. He
said the American team, which will
play the South African team in the
first draw in the Davis Cup competi-
tion, will leave New York for England
on June l. 1t will return here some
time in August, and if victorious will
leave these shores for the Australian
contests on November /.
Letters have been sent to the first
ten, with the exception of Kumagae,
the Japanese player, who is ineligible
because of his nationality, asking them
II they are in a position to make the
trip: Kumagae's place will be taken by by
Richard Harte. who has been playing
phenomenal indoor tennis for some
time and is one of the best all-around
college athletes in this country.
A cable was sent to V. R. Gauntlet
secretary of the South Africa Lawn
Tennis Union, at Johanne sburg. ask
ing him If his organization will play
the American team in the Davis Cup
series in England on July 8.
New Davis Cup Body
The personnel Of the new Davis Gun
committee fallows: Julian S. Myrick.
Robert D. Wrenn, George T. A6ee'
Beals c. Wright. Carl H. Hackett,
Samuel Hardy and George H. Wight
man.
Abraham Bassford jr. was again
named to head the ranking committee.
Others on this committee are w. NJ.
Hall. Samuel Hardy, Paul W. Gibbons.
n. w: Niles, R. p. Woods and Paul
B. Williams
The committee found that it could
not accept the invitation of the Union
des Societies Franchises de Sports Ath-
letiques, Of France, and the Boldklub-
ben, of Copenhagen, 20 send American
teams to their meets because it would
interfere with our tournaments.
Applications have been received from
1875 clubs for senior events, while sixty
five are in the field for the junior com
petitions. The full schedule will be an
nounced within the next fortnight, it
was announced by the secretary.