The New York herald., 1922-10-15
Tilden and Johnston Head
Both American and World
Rankings.
VINCENT RICHARDS THIRD
Francis 7. Hunter One of Four
h~ Newcomers in List of
Topnotchers.
ry sAuuEL }. BRooKMAx.

A mass or data rs ping up at tennis
headquarters for the national ranking
committee to deve into. Most of the
scores Of the 250 sanctioned tourna-
ments held throughout the country
during the outdoor season are in al
ready. but there ere a number of
tardy clubs still to be heard from.
When the list IS complete or nearly
complete. the committee viii begin it's
task of checking up and comparing
performances of the leading players
of the country. and of drawing up an
official annual rating list, which viii
not be ready before midwinter.
SO far as selecting the first ten is
CONCERNED, the committee need scarcely
wade through any great mass of figures
for the performances of the topnotchers
have stood out boldly during the season
and their relative positions can readily
be determined. No two critics can be
expected to agree in every respect. but
the chances are that with one possible
exception the men named by THE NEW
YORK HERALD this morning for the select
circle of the first ten. will be found in
the official first ten ranking Of the ma
tional association.
Following she custom OF the associa
ton in emitting from consideration all
foreign players who have not been resi-
dents Of this country. we have not In
cluded in the national list such stars as
Gerald L. Patterson, James o. Anderson
and Pat O'Hara Wood of Australia and
Manuel. Alfonso of Spain, who undoubt-
edIy would rate pretty close to the top,
but we have found place for Zenza
Shimizu of Japan. a resident of New
York, just as the national association
found a place for Ichiya Kumagae
year ago before the latter returned to
Nippon.
No Room for Dispute.
There can be not the slightest room
for dispute as TO the men who deserve
first. second ard third places in ma
tional rank William NJ. Johnston of
California. runnerup in the national
championship is just as sure of second
position. and Vincent Richards OF third
as william r Tilden is of frst. Some
of Billy Johnston's ardent admirers. and
he has many OF them, may point to the
fact that the Californian defeated TIL
den three times during the season
whereas Tilden turned the tables only
once. but Tildens triumph came in the
national championship and was decisive
the tennis players of the country and
the rest of the tennis world for that mat
ter. Not even Johnston will question
Tilden's right TO first place.
The champion was the only player 10
triumph over Johnston during the sea-
son. Richards lost TO both Tilden and
Johnston and dropped a match to Wal
lace johnson IN the Church Cup series.
but the Yonkers youth had one victory
rTtIInye tn his QrpHff and atOnpd
for the setback at the hands of john
son by outplaying the latter in straight
sets later in the season. Besides that
Richards scored over Zenzo Shimizu,
Robert Kinsey and Howard Kinsey
and Francis T. Hunter and wound up
his string with a sensationally decisive
triumph over James O. Anderson OF
Australia.
r. Norris williams. fnalist both at
Longwood and at Seabright. appears en-
titled to fourth place. and Robert Kin
sew. who defeated Shimizu two matches
ont of three. has earned fifth position In
the standing. ShimiZu heads the next
five, with Wallace Johnson seventh,
Howard Kinsey eighth. Francis T. Hun
ter ninth and Watson NJ. Washburn
tenth. Washburn. fifth a year ago. had
n comparatively poor season, but came
along rapidly in the closing weeks of
the campaign and saved a place in the
select circle by his excellent play In the
national championship.
Newcomers I'm Select Circle.
The Kinseys, Shimizu and Hunter
are the newcomers to the first ten. They
take the places OF Ichiya Kumagae'
wliS Is now back in the land OF his
birth: 8. Howard Noshell. Lawrence b.
Rice and Nathaniel W. Niles. The lat
IAA 70 fiF4p~ IA
effectiveness. Rice in particular had
disappointing season. The year before
he had moved up from thirty-second
place to ninth, had beaten Tilden in one
match and had extended r. Norris
Williams and other topnotchers. But
the Longwood player ran into slump
early in the season and failed to MAIN
tain the confident aggressive pace OF
the previous year. Rice lapsed chiefly in
the matter OF control and speed. while
voshell and Niles could not summon
sufficient stamina in important matches.
Were we 10 include in our ranking
all the foreign players who appeared on
American courts this season. Gerald
Patterson Of Australia would be named
third, right behind Tilden. and Johnston,
who have proven unquestionably that
they are the greatest players IN the ten
mis- universe at present. Pattersons
every time they met and his decisive
victories over all other Americans he
opposed with the exception OF Johnston.
entities him TO preference over Vincent
Richards for third place.
Next to Patterson, Manuel Alfonso OF
Spain impressed as the strongest of the
foreigners, and he seems to have earned
fifth place. James o. /Anderson's selec-
tion for seventh place may be disputed
by many because OF the one sided de-
feats he met at the hands OF Johnston
and Richards, but the tall Australian, II
must be remembered, was taken SER
iously III Just before Davis Cup matches
and was scarcely able to do himself JUS
tice. At that he gave Tllden very in
teresting tussie in the international
challenge round.
or the fifteen players included in the
world ranking. United states has nine
six in the first ten. In the national
ranking the Pacific Coast has three. the
East seven. the Middle West none in
- first ten.