Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-04
FIRST 20 IN MEMS LIST
REVEALS 5 NEW NAMES
Vincent Richards, of Yonkcrs,
Climbs From Twelfth
TO Third Place.
MEIER COMES FROM 81 TO 20
biggest Drop That OF X. Norris Will
lfnns. End. BOston. Twice National
Champion, who Fell From Third to
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NEW YORK. Jan. decomposition
OF Of the official tennis ranking lists for
e tie seasons ms Of l9fG and isSl inGieats
"EaF EfeGsrs tho ,MnSy
nlnyses o selected tS1 by the ranking
National Mems Singles list, more than
90 per cent advanced in an impressive
son. In fact: but two of the tourna-
mcnt stars hold tho same positions
IN the rankings announced Yesterday
1920 season.
William T. Tndcn, End. of Phla-
d d,, national and International
san francisco. holds the second place
In The United States ranking. Pass
ing below these two players the shift
ing OF positions Immediately becomes
marked: Vincent Richards, of Yonk-
ers, n y, has adyanccd from twelfth
to third piaee; Wallace +, Johnson.
in the national Championship. is
placed fourth instead Of tenth. as was
the case in 1920: Watson NJ. Wash
places.
Williams Drops Down.
The first drop in the list is that of
r. Norris Williams. md. OF Boston.
WILLIAMS dr9pped three PLACES. being
lchiEa kumagac. the Japanese star.
place is s.. Howard Voshcll, of New
mork;; a gain of iiye PLACES in twelve
among the first ten players was that
made by Lawrence b; Rice. of Newton
Center. Mass, who is ranked No. 9.
shirty:foSrih losi TG n' Nat Nat ~ Niles.
of Boston. dropped from No. TO
tenth place.
OF six points; Dean Mathey, of Gran
ford ford, n. j., also kT,, Slipped back three
proves that R"' years has no, dnIled his his
game by holding sixteenth place for
st ;r advance was thnt i made e'9 Hy
Phil Necr. OF Portland. Ore. who
moved up from ffty-fourth place 4
year ago to twentieth In the latest
ranking.
East Maintains Lend.
From a geographical standpoint
the. ranking shows that the East still
teen of the first twenty players hail
from Atlantic Coast cities; five from
the Pacific Coast; one from the Mid
although he is credited with playing
from an Eastern club.
The ranking OF the first twenty
players in mems singles for 1921. as
following table:
1921 1920
j. Nm. T. Tilden. end, Phila;. Pa.
.. Vim. NJ. Johnston. San Fran. . !
3. V. Richards. fonliers, y. y. II
4 w. T.. Johnson. Phila., Pa. l0l
s. w. Washburn. New York. y. Y. Z
G. L. y. Williams. End. Boston : !
{. 1chiya KumaGac. New York 4 I
s. S. Howard Voshell, BROOKLYN 13
.. l.. b, Rice. Newton Center "a
10. y. w. Niles. Boston. Mass. 3
IL. w. l.. Davis, San Francisco 5
IL. Robert Kinscy, San Francisco 10!
10. Howard Kinsey. San Francisco -
il. Walter r. Hayes. Chicago, Ill. 20
rs. s. w. Pearson. philadelphia 40
16. w. j. Clothier, Philadelphia 1t
Il. 1aan Mathey. Crawford, y. j. II
is. +. Il. Anderson, Brooklyn. y. Y. IS
10. Fred G. Anderson. Brooklyn IL
30. Phillip Ncer, Portland. Ore. 50
Omitted from ranking. owing to in
sufficient data. Roland Roberts. Wal l
lace Bates. Edmund Levy, G. !; Crit
samuel Hardy. Francis II. Hunter.
Carl Fischer. Marshall Allen. and the
teams from England and Australia.