The New York herald., 1922-07-30
WEST SETTING PACE
IN COLLEGE TENNIS
Fasteners Outnumbered In
Annual National Ranking
Il. f. Williams Leads.

Lucian e. williams OF Chicago, who
played on the Yale tennis team this
year, heads the list of ranking players
announced yesterday by Watson Wash
burn. chairman OF the Intercollegiate
committee Of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association. A national ranking
of intercollegiate players based upon
intercollegiate matches was made last
year for the first time and created so
much interest among college players
that the committee decided to prepare u
similar ranking this year.
This was done by DIR. r. w. Stephens
of Pittsburgh In cooperation with other
members of the committee. The records
of intercollegiate matches, including the
championship at the Merton Cricket
Club in Philadelphia the week OF June
26. were 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.
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..
Washburh in announcing the commit
tees report. "Of the twenty men ranked
in singles, eleven either reside In West
tutions. While illiams heads the list
playing for Yale, HIS home is In Chi
cago, and Of the first ten ranked only
the last two come from the East. From
the viewpoint Of the intercollegiate COM
mittee this Is most encouraging because
it indicates that In the middle West and
Southwest, 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 stand
ard of play throughout the country ID
being improved and It Is a most hopeful
sign when all sections Of the United
States can produce young players who
have q chance to win the intercollegiate
title.
Another noteworthy point In the
ranking Is the large number Of players
1t includes who have been prominent in
Junior and boys tournaments few sea-
sons 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 at the game and
are now winning intercollegiate honors.
seems to prove that the system Is fun
damentally sound and that it has the
cordial support Of the young tennis play
ers OF the country"
The rankings follow:
SINGLES.
IL. 4. williams, Chicago. H.. Yale Uni
versity.
2-wray brown. ST. Louis. Me-, Washing
| 3-W. J. Bates. San Francisco. Cal. Uni
versty of California.
| 4-Philip Neer. Portland. Ore. Leland STAN
ford University.
| Sd. A. Conrad, San Francisco. Cal, Uni
versity Of California.
8-James Davies Los Angeles. Cal. Leland
Stanford University.
7-walter Wesbrook, Detroit Mich. Uni
versity Of Michigan.
Sc Sander ,Tnjv.Jr,;v Jr St. Paul. Mnn'
| 9-Morris Duane, Cambridge, Mass. Har-
ward University.
iO-RGdSsy a,,lss;,v n Beck Philadelphia. Pa
l1-And rev Morgan, Philadelphia. Pa. Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
I3-G NJ Wheeler. Bridgeport. Conn. Yale
| University.
14--Geraid B. Emerson. Orange. N. j.. CO.
lumbia University.
f5-Karl Pfaffman. Boston. Mass, Harvard
| University.
16--Karl Kammann. St. Louis. Mo-. wash
ington University.
17-H. L. Taylor. Elmhurst. L. l.. Princeton
| University.
ls-w: .; Howe. Jr,. Bristol. R. l.. Dart
19-Paul " Green. Los Angeles, CAL. Uni
| versity OF Southern California.
20-Lewis White. Austin. Texas. University
| OF Texas.
| DOUBLES.
| 1-Philip Neer and James Davies, Leland
| Stanford University.
| 2-L. Il. Williams and G.. NJ. Wheeler. Yale
University.
&c. V. Nsanders. Jr.. and w. e. Howe.
| Jr.. Dartmouth.
4-Morris Duane and Karl Pfaffman. Har-
| ward University.
| 5--Charles Granger and Lewis White. Uni
e-B. s K. PARKS * ns' and George oconnen. okla
| homa University.
| T-wray Brown and Kari Kammann. Wash
| ington University.
/ s-Paul ". Greene and s. p. Walsh, Uni
versity OF Southern California.