The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-02
TILDEN OFFICIALLY
PLACED AT NO. lin
TENNIS RANKINGS
Washington Players Fare
Well in Middle Allan
/ tic Section Ratings.

Young Vincent Richards. Of Ford
nam University. has climbed to third
place in the national tennis rank
ings. In 1921 he was ranked No.
IL, and some of his friends thought
he deserved a far better place In
che list. Now he is placed just below
William T., Tilden, I'd. and William
NJ. Johnston, the Californian. The
ponderous national ranking list of 1921
has been reduced to just twenty
| places.
Tilden and Richards are given first
| place in the national ranking for
mems doubles. Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory is the woman's singles cham
mon without any doubt and Mrs,
May Sutton Bundy, of Los Angeles, who
| was called back to the courts after
! years of retirement when the Amer
lean women were alarmed over the
! prowess of Mile. Suzanne Lenglen,
wins back fourth place in the list.
Miss Mary X. Browne, of Los An
geles, is second, and Mrs. Marion
|inderstciE. Jessup, Of Wilmington
Del. is third.
Richards remains junior champion,
but probably will abdicate this year.
Announcing the standings, the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton explains that there was insuffi-
cient data upon which to rank the
members OF foreign Davis Cup teams
which unsucccssfully tried to lift the
cupat Forest Hills last summer. ex
cept the steady Japanese star. Ichiya
kumagae, three years a resident of
| New York. who is placed seventh
in the mems singles.
In addition TO the various national
/ rankings, the association gives the
| rankings generally in all divisions
| for the twelve territorial districts
| into which the country is divided un.
der the associations administrative
Dlan. Committees local to each o.
these sections established these rat
| ings.
Seven Washington players are &C
! corded places in the Middle Atlantic
| section. mems singles. Arthur Hell
| len is ranked at No. ) on the list
| Arthur HcnclIcn is No. 3: T. J. Man
gan, No. IL; y. J. Gore and l.. ].
| Bates are ranked II and II, respec-
| lively; j. 7. Graves, ir.. is ranked
No. II, while J. Il. Ballenger barely
managed to get into the charmed
circle. being ranked No. . Don the list
] III hiNh . III lne SdI.le sec
| ton ranking Arthur Yencken and
Jack Dudley lead local players
being ranked at No. 6. A. NJ. Gore
while Lieut. Col. w. g. johnson and
! 7. NJ. Mangan are ranked at No. .
In women's styles Mrs. Ellis gets
the highest ranking of Washington
players. being placed at No 6. Mrs
. q l.. nj AF-
| 5; Miss Louise Kelly is n'aced at
No. IL; Miss Delphine HeyI : Il Miss
Elizabeth Pyle are placed at - ano
Is, respectively, while Miss Mary.
| will Wakeford is ranked at IS; Mrs
NJ. Hanna is placed at Nc. 20.
Two Washington youths were
placed in the junior singles, ranking
Don Dudley, former Central High
star, leading the list of ten, while
Larry Phillips; also former Gen.
trail player. is ranked at No. 6,
Following are the national rank
ings and the Middle Atlantic Sec
ton rankings:
NATIONAL RANKING, MEMS SINGLES
/ William T. Tilden. End. Philadelphia
2. William NJ. Johnston, San Francisco
Cal
3. Vincent Richards. Yonkers. y. Y.
=. Wallace y. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa
.. watson washburn, New York, y. Y
y. X. Norris Williams, md Boston Mass
| Z. lchiya Kumagae. New York, n Y.
= y Howard VOshell, Brooklyn, " Y
| Mass.
! 10. Nathaniel W. Niles, Boston, Mass.
II. Willis Il. Davis, San Francisc o, Cal
II. Robert Kinsey. San Francisco, Cal.
10. Howard Kinsey. San Francisco. Cal
| - Walter T. Hayes, Chicago. Ill
10. 5. W. Pearson, Philadelphia. Pa.
10: w. J. Clothier. Philadelphia, Pa.
! u. Dean Mathey, Crawford. n. J.
is Frank T. Anderson. Brooklyn. " Y
| ~ Fred c. Anderson, Brooklyn. n. Y.
% Philip Neer, Portland. Greg.
Inc committee decided 10 omit from the
ranking, owing to Insufficient data, Roland
| Roberts, Wallace Bates, Edmund Levy c
J. Griffin, Zenzo Shimidzu, W. Merrill Hall
Samuel Hardy, Francis T. Hunter. Car
| Fischer. Marshall Allen and the member,
| Of the visiting Davis Cup teams frou
| England and Australia.
NATIONAL RANKING. MEMS DOUBLES
! !. William T. Tildcu and Vincent Rich
| ards
:, Watson washburn and II. y. will
Jams, end
3. Howard Kinscy and Robert Kinsey.
| she'll
5. Willis Davis aud william NJ Johnston
.. Fred Bastian and Lucien Z. Williams
!. Wallace Bates and Edmund l.. Levy
y James Davies and Phillip Neer.
.. W. 7. Hayes and C. d. Herd
10. J. c. Bell, jr., and E. NJ Edwards
NAT. RANKING, woMEN's SINGLES
]. Mrs. Franklin I. Mallory. New York
y. Y.
2. Miss Mary K. Browne. Los Angeles, Cal
3. Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup. Viii.
mington, Del.
T. Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, Los Angeles,
Cal
5. Miss Eleanor Goss. New York. N.Y.
.. Miss Helen Gilleaudeau, Mamoroneck
n. Y.
I. Mrs. H. E. Cole, North Apdover, Mass.
s. Miss Leslie Bancroft, West Newton, Mass,
g. Mrs. Edward Raymond. Hartsdale, NY.
10. Miss Margaret Grove, New York, n. Y.
IL. Mrs. Helene Pollak Falk. New York,
N. Y.
~ Miss Clare CasseI. New York. N. Y.
10 Mrs. Robert Leroy, New York, n. Y.
u Miss Helen Wills, San Francisco, Cal.
10 Miss Edith Sigourney, Boston, Mass
IS Miss Martha Bayard, Short Hills, n. j.
u Miss Anne b. Townsend, Overlook, Pa.
is. Miss Molly d. Thayer, Philadelphia. Pa.
III. Mrs. NJ. B. Hun, New York, N. Y.
90 Miss Phyllis Walsh, Overlook, Pa.
NATIONAL RANKING, JUNIOR SINGLES.
1. Vincent Richards, Yonkers, Ny.
?. Arnold W. Jones, Providence, R. i.
3. W. W. Ingraham, Providence, r. /.
T. Frank 7. OsgoOd, Pleasantville, N. Y.
.. II. L. Godshall, San Francisco, Cal.
.. Charles Wood Jr., New York. ". Y.
z. Fritz Mercur. Harrisburg, Pa.
.. Charles Watson, Bird. Philadelphia, Pa.
.. Morton Bernstein, New York, N. Y.
10: W. p. Wear. Philadelphia, Pa.
Inc committee decided to omit from the
ranking, on account Of insufficient data, the
names OF Herbert suhr. Philip Bettens, e.
Onandler, L. Heilbron and Armand Marion.
NATIONAL RANKING, BOYS SINGLES.