The Washington times., 1922-07-30
WILLIAMS is
RANKING MAN
ON TENNIS
Twenty Singles Players Are
Classified, al Are Eight
Teams in Doubles.

heads the list of ranking players
announced by Watson Washburn,
p, chairman of the intercollegiate
committee Of the United States
Lawn Tennis Association.
A national ranking of intercol-
legiate players, based on inter-
collegiate matches, was made last
year for the first time and
created so much interest among
college players that the committee
decided to prepare a similar rank
ing this year. .; r'
This was made by DR.. T. W.
stephens, OF Pittsburgh. in co-oper,.
ton with other members Of the com.
mittee. The records of inter
conegiate matches, including the
championship at the Merton Cricket
Club In Philadelphia the week OF
June 26, We're considered in detail.
twenty singles players were ranked
and eight teams in doubles. phil
Neer and James Davies, of Leland
stanford, are given first honors in
doubles. V..--
Win Places on List.
The most significant thing about
the ranking, is the large number of
players from the Middle West and
Pacific coast who won places on the
list" said Mr.. Washburn in an.
houncing the committees report. "Of
the twenty men ranked in singles,
eleven either reside in Western
cities or represented Western
institutions.
While Williams heads the list.
playing for Yale, ais home is in
Chicago and of the first ten ranked,
only the last two come from the
East. From the viewpoint OF the
intercollegiate committee, this is
most encouraging because II indicates
that In the Middle West and South
west, as well as on the Pacific coast.
Young PLAYERS are developing In the
colleges who are better than those
in the East
This means that the standard Of
play throughout the country is being
improved and II Is a most hopeful
sign when all sections Of the United
States can produce young players
who have q chance to win the In
tercollegiate title.
Prominent Years Back.
Another noteworthy point in the
ranking Is the large number Of
players 1t includes who hayes been
prominent in junior and boys tourna-
ments a few seasons back. More
than half of the twenty ranked In
singles began to make their tennis
records In those tournaments for
youngsters that are fostered by the
clubs Of the National Association.
The fact that they continued al
winning intCr-
collegiate honors, seems TO prove
that the system Is fundamentally
sound and that 1t has the cordial sup:
port Of the young tennis players of
the country"
The rankings follow: -
Singles.
l.. e. Williams. Chicago. H.. Yale
University; wray Brown, st. Louis,
Mo-. Washington University; w. J.
Bates. San Francisco, Cal, Univer-
sity of California;: Philip Neer. Port
land. Ore, Leland Stanford Univers-
ity; A. Conrad. San Francisco. CAL,
University of California: James
Davies, Los Angeles, Cal. Leland
Stanford University; Walter Wes-
brook. Detroit, Mich, University OF
Michigan; c. v. Sanders, jr., st. Paul,
MINI. Dartmouth University; Morris
Duane, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard
University: Rodney NJ. Beck, Phila'
delphia, Pa, Lehigh University; An
drew Morgan Philadelphia, Pa, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania: ]. e. How
ard, Baltimore, Md, Princeton Uni
versity; G. M. Wheeler, Bridgeport,
Conn, Yale University; Gerald b.
Emerson. Orange, N. j.. Columbia
University: Karl Pfaffman, Boston,
Mass, Harvard University: Karl
Kammann, st. Louis, Mo-, Washing
ton University; II. L. Taylor, Elm
hurst, L. l., Princeton University: W.
e. Howe, jr., Bristol, r. l.. Dart
mouth University; Paul v. Green. Los
Angeles, Cal, University Of Southern
California. and Lewis White, Austin,
Texas, University of Texas. ..s
Doubles. .,..
Philip Neer and James Davies, Le-
land Stanford University; l.. e. Will
liams and G.. M. Wheeler, Yale Uni
versity; c. v. Sanders, jr., and w. e.
Howe, jr., Dartmouth; Morris Duane
and Karl Pfaffman, Harvard Uni
versity; Charles Granger and Lewis
White, University of Texas: B. K.
Parks and George O'Connell, Okla
homa University; Wray Brown and
Karl Kammann, Washington Uni
versity, and Paul v. Greene and s,
p. Walsh, University Of Southern
California. .-......