New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Worlds Champion and Ford
ham Youth Placed No. |
in Doubles Play for Year
By Fred Hawthorne

1t is evident. IN studying the report
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton for TIE year 1921. that Holcombe
Ward the chairman. and Abraham Bass
ford jr.. B. 7. Thorward, r. n. Dana and
the body. haze given careful thought to
the task they had in hand and have ac-
complished it well.
There can be absolutely no fault
three men are placcd--Tilden Johnston
and Richards. Their tournament rec
ords sneak for themselves, louder than
ing them as the first three players in
the land, the committee recognizes ten
MS talent OF the highest degree.
doubt il there are three players in the
world to-day who are the equal Of TIL
den. Johnston and young Richards.
The remaining seven men in the "frst
ten" are narncd as follows by the com
miitee No. 1. Wallace i. Johnston;
No. 5. Watson VI. Washburn; No. 6,
Richard Norris Williams I'd; no. :,
Ichiya Kumagae; No. 8. s. Howard No-
y U. >E
Nathaniel ". Niles.
IN accordance with The instructions
OF the national governing body only
twenty men were placed il the singles
for the past season Of play--tcn doubles
teams. twenty women players, ten
juniors and ten boys. In addition. there
are ranking lists for the Twelve tennis
sections Of the country.
Miss Browne Placed Second
The first ten women players are
ranked AS follows: No. I, Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory; no. ,. Miss Mary X
Browne; No 8, Mrs. Marion Finder
stein Jessup; No. f. Mrs. May Sutton
Bundy; No. ), Miss Eleanor Goss; No.
6. Miss Helen Gilleaudeau; No. I. Mrs.
eniamin Il. Cole; No. s. Miss Leslie
Bancroft; No. 9, Mrs. Edward Ray
mond; No. 10. Miss Margaret Grove.
The Juniors are headed. of course.
by Richards, and then follow, in order,
Arnold W. Jones, ". ". Ingraham,
Franklin L. Osgood, n. l.. Godshall,
Charles " Wood ir., Fritz Mcrcur, Charles
Watson, Morton Bernstein and w. p.
Wear. Little Julius Saglowsky. Of In
dianapolis, truly new prodigy Of the
courts, tops the boys.
In naming my own selection of the
first ten among the men players in
The Tribune Of November 3. placed
the men in this order: No. /, Tilden;
4, Williams; No. ), Washburn; No. 6,
Johnson; No. +. Kumagac; No. s, vii
lis Davis; No. 8, Robert Kinsey; No.
~, Lawrence b. Rice.
Wallace Johnson at No.
I give you this list merely for the
sake Of comparison, not with the idea
Of putting my own choice ahead of
the committees. Ward and his fell
low members OF the committee were
evidently swayed considerably. in
placing Wallace Johnson at No. d, by
his showing in the national singles
tournament at Germantown. 1t is true
that Johnson went through to the final
round and finished as runner-up to
Tilden himself, and he should get due
credit for that, think.
The Phiadelphian chop stroke ex-
pert vanouished Washburn on his wav
in a furious tive-set match, but other
wise his path to the final was not un-
duly beset by difficulties, and his week
of play at Philadelphia was about the
only thing that stood out during the
season. Tilden simply smothered
Johnson in that final round match, as
was to be expected
an a firm believer in the impor-
tance to be placed on players actual
performance in the national champion
ship test; it is the supreme tennis
week Of the season, the peak to which
each player shapes his play for the
season, and yet it is a matter Of some
doubt in my mind whether johnson.
favored By the draw at Germantown
should 80 above Williams and Wash
burn. However. that is matter that
each reader Of this column may de-
eide for himself.
Williams put in an unusually busy
season OF tennis in 1921. and thia