New-York tribune., 1921-01-25
Has More High Ranking
Players Than Any
Other Tennis Center
By Fred Hawthorne

the Juniors-boys and girls-was made
public the other day by the committee
in charge of this work, William t.
Tilden I'd and Paul W. Gibbons, Of
Philadelphia, and it discloses an in
teresting study of the manner in which
the game nas been developed among
! the younger set. Twenty three cities
and eleven states f1ave representatives
among the sixty-four juniors, twenty
three boys and ten girls given rank
ing for 1920.
Even as surely as Tildcn earned his
place at No. | among the players OF
! the world, in fact, by more decisive
margin, has Vincent Richards, of Ford
ham Preparatory School, won the right
to the top position among the junior
players OF the United States. do not
! believe there is any cause to doubt
that were all the juniors in the tennis
playing countries of the world given q
ards would be unanimously elected for
the premier position, and Justly so.
There is still the potent influence Of
the California brand of tennis evident
in the names we find in the first ten
among the juniors, for no less than
four of these hail from San Francisco; ;
Providence and Philadelphia boast two
each, New York one and East Orange
! one.
Arnold W. Jones, the brilliant son of
the veteran j. D. E. Jones, is placed at
No. 2, a great tribute to the very
clever brand Of tennis he showed in
last season. But in filing the No. 8
position Tildcn and Gibbons have a
surprise in store for US, for they have
named a young Japanese, Sekiso Yosh-
J ikawa, of San Francisco, for the place.
Japanese at No. 3
I have never seen Yoshikawa play
but Tilden has, and it is on his yudg
ment that the little Oriental has been
ranked SO high, and we must respett
! Tilden's choice, even as we do his
playing. 1t is surprising thing that
F.! this young man from Japan has risen
so rapidly, and it indicates that the
race from Nippon is going to take an
| increasingly prominent place in our
! courts.
Harold L. Godshall. Of San Francisco,
who, paired with young R. l.. Hinckley,
i fellow townsman, made such splen-
doubles in the East last season, is given
| the No. 4 position, and then comes
W. w. Ingraham, OF Providence, who
is court pupil Of the great Tilden, as
are Charles W. Watson Sd and Milo
F! Miller, both Of Philadelphia, and
ranked at Nos. s and 7, respectively.
| California places two more Juniors in
the first ten in the persons of Phillip
Bettens and Hinckley, eight and nine in
position, and the last place is filled by
Louis B. Daley jr of East Orange, N. J..
James l.. Farquhar, of New York City,
who won the national boys Champion
ship title last year, gets first place
among the boys, followed in order by
Valentine, Philadelphia; J. II. Old
hausen, Philadelphia; Neil Sullivan,
Philadelphia; Fred Haas, Washington,
D. c.; Rudge Nichols, Boston; Arthur
! Ingraham Jr, Providence; Meredith w.
Jones, Providence, and Frank Donovan,
Detroit Mich.
Honors for Philadelphia
Philadelphia may fairly Jay claim to
the lions share of the tennis honors for
1920, for there are more Of the high
ranking players from the Quaker City
thar from any other one tennis center
The first ten in the girls list shows four
young Quakeresses in prominent posi-
and four boys in the other two lists,
truly brave showing for the "City of
Tilden."
l rather suspect that Tilden's ire
mendous feats on the court within the
last two years are more or less re-
sponsble for the striking development
| OF these young players in his home
town. "Big Bill" is a very popular
player, not only in Philadelphia, but in
Providence, and, in fact, wherever he
appears on the courts.
Miss Louise Dixon, Of Philadelphia,
who won the girls national champion
hip last year, is one Of those strong,
reliable, steady players who arc bound
to 60 ahead in the game, and her work
last year fully earned the proud posi-
tion she is given as the No. player in
{ the ranking list. The following nine
Sewell, Philadelphia; Miss Mary
Ileaton, Greenwich, Conn; Miss Martha
| p Bayard, Short Hills, N. j.; Miss
Brenda Hedstrom, Buffalo; Miss Kath-
crime Porter, Philadelphia; Miss Ceres
Baker, South Orange, N. j.; Miss Pencil
opc Anderson, Vest Hampton, Va;
Miss Virginia Carpenter, Philadelphia,
and Miss Ann Fuller. Boston.
There are some of these who, I be-
ieve, are destined to achieve greater
triumphs than Miss Dixon, for they
have greater variety of strokes and
are more versatile in their court tao
! tics, lacking only experience to bring
them to the front ranks.
Praise for Buffalo Girl
Miss Hedstrom is one Of those who
holds every promise of future develop
ment, in my opinion. Strong and 1.-the,
the young Buffalo girl has a remark
ably free and easy stroke, and. alth ough
yet in its nfantcy, her volleying shows
daring and versatility. Her forehand
drive is even now stronger than the
average woman's.
Miss Heaton is another who should
go far on the road to tennis fame, for
her game is we'll rounded and she can
volley better than majority of the
juniors. Two others who impressed me
very favorably last season, from what
saw of their playing, were Miss Bayard