New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Mrs. MolIa Mallory Heads
the List of Women Stars
Cor the Sixth Time

ton Richards in the Metropolitan, not
to mention his humhling py Tiden in
straight sets at Providence and by
Wallace Johnston at Germantown.
kumagae seems we'll placed at 10.
:, even though his game did show a
material falling of from his previous
tournament records of other years
been favored a bit in getting the No. s
position. Noshers outstanding per
formances were his two victories over
henzo Shimidau. OF Japan, at Greenwich
and at Providence. and it was probably
these that persuaded the committee TO
boSt Ncshell's position in the list.
Lawrence Rice. at No. 9, is probably
about in his right niche. but how the
ranking committee considered Nathan
lel W. Niles, of Boston, entitled to the
NO. 10 position. confess cannot see.
- place the Bostonians above Willis
DAVIS and Bob klnsey, both of whom
nave better tournament records. is more
than can fathom. but it must not be
forgotten that the committee was
guided by a mass of accurate records
that are not available to outsiders. and
1t was evidently a perusal Of these
hgures that led to the placing OF Niles
where he is. SO be it.
Thc next ten men have been placed
N TINS order: Willis L. Davis. Robert
Nlnsey. Howard kinsey, Walter T..
Hayes. S. W. Pearson, ". J. Clothier
Dean Mathey, Frank T. Anderson. Fred
{. Anderson and Phil Neer.
Master and Pupil
Tilden and Richards. appropriately.
are placed in the No. / position in the
doubles and nobody can logically dis
n
two. master and pupil. are potentiallv
one of the greatest doubles teams that
ever played the game, in my estina-
ton, and they should be invincible for
the next few years if they continue as
team.
| did not make ranking Of the
women this year, owing to unavoidable
circumstances, but the list given out
py the ranking committee strikes me
as beng about correct in majority OF
cases. should have hesitated long
before before placing Mrs. Jessup above Mrs.
nunay' because OF the latter's splendid
matches n against Mrs. Mallory and Miss
browne; yet, perhaps. in the end !
would have decided in favor of the
Young woman from Wilmington. Miss
loss, Miss Gilleaudeau, Mrs. Cole and
MISS bancroft appear to fit in we'll in
me In places assigned them, but Mrs.
Raymond and Miss Grove would have
10 move down a step, / think, to make
room for Miss Helen Wills. the bril-
llant young junior from Berkeley.
Here Is one of the most remarkable
young players who ever came ont of
inc West, a veritable genius of the
courts. who. although in her earlv
teens, is ranked at No. 2 in the Calf
ornla sectional list, and who while in
the East last summer, defeated manv of
our most prominent players, besides
winning the girls national champ;on-
snip with convincing ease
Miss Wagner Slips From Heights
The committee has placed Miss Wills
at No. IA in the list, With Mrs. Edwin
A. falN, Miss Clare Cassel and Mrs
Robert lie Roy leading her, in addition
TO those already mentioned in the "hrst
ten. OF course, the fact that the Cali
lorna schoolgirl has several years vet
IN which to attain her full tennis
growth wilh give her plenty of oppor.
tunity to get within the first fight Of
players before she is out of her teens
1t VIII be noted that Miss Marie
W agner, long a member of the "frst
ten, is not even given ranking this
time; nor is it surprising, for the New
ORR player has been steadily slippinc
from the heights during the last two or
three years, and this probably marks
her departure from high class tennis.