East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-01-04
TENNIS STARS
MOVE TO FRONT N NEW
RATING GIVEN PLAYERS
Tilden Holds Place of Honor,
tombstone Gecond, i,ichards
Comes to Third From 18th.

Comes to Third From 18th.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA. P.)-
Comparison of the official tennis
ranking lists for the seasons of 1920
and 1921 indicate clearly the rapid ad-
vance Of the Younger generation of
tournament racquet wielders. of the
20 players selected by the ranking
committee of the L. $. L. 7. A. for the
National Mems Singles list more than
! so per cent advanced in an impressive
manner during the 1921 playing sea-
son. In fact but two of the tuurna-
/ ment stars hold the same position in
'Ihe rankings announced yesterday
that they occupied at the close OF the
1 1920 season.
'vin'rr' T Tilden. End, of Philadel-
! phia, national and international cham
4 p-o. Iur Inc past Two years, Is NO. J,
i While William NJ. Johnston. of San
1 Francisco, holds the second place in
| the United States ranking. Passing
below these two players the shifting OF
positions Immediately becomes mark
ed. Vincent Richards, Of Yonkers, N.
Y, has advanced from 18th to ard
/ place: Wallace F. Johnson( of Phila-
delphia, runner-up Of Tilden in the
National Championship, is placed 4th
/ instead of 10th, as was the case IN
1920. Watson NJ. Washburn of NewR
York, moved up two places.
The first drop in the list is that OF
. r. Norris Williams, End, of Boston,
s national champion Of 1914 and 1916.
I nIanaST hatnR
z No. 3, in 1920 and No. 6 in 1921.
Z Ichiya Kumagae, the japanese star
also slipped back in the ranking 60
= ing from No. to No. I. In eighth
q place is s. Howard Voshell of New
York, gain of five places in IL
months. The most startling advance
q among the first 10 players was that
made by Lawrence b. Price, Of New
ton Center, Mass, who Is ranked No.
Il 8, whereas year ago he was placed
in "a position. Nat w. Miles, Of Bos-
ton, dropped from No. Q to 18th place.
!. In the second ten Willis Davis, of
San Francisco, is ranked No. II, loss
Ct six points; Dean Mathey, of Gran
= ford. y. j., also slipped back three
. places while William j. Clothes. of
IHildltlpilId, L SlittiHPlou III ioVV,
proves that years has not dulled his
q game by h lding 10th place for anoth-
er season. Probably the most strik
ing advance was that made by Phil
!. Neer, of Portland, Ore, who moved up
from saith place year ago to 30th in
the latest ranking.
e From a geographical standpoint the
. ranking shows that the East still
maintains the lead in tennis Thirteen
s. of the first 20 players hail from Allan.
81 tic Coast cities; five from the Pacific
Coast; one from the middle west and
= Kumasae from Japan, although he Is
vredited with playing from an eastern
y club.
The r1nbino of the first 20 players
. in mems singles for 1921 as compared
with 1920 is shown in the following
\ table:
= 1921 Ranking 1920 Ranking
l w. T. Tilden End, Phil, Pa. 1
w. NJ. Johnston. San-Fran. 2
. V. Richards, Yonkers, y. Y. II
w. F. Johnson, Phil, Pa. 10
w. Washburn, n. Y, n. Y, z
4. r. N. Williams. End. Boston 8
Ichiya Kumagae, n. YIN. Y. 4
s. H. Voshell, Brooklyn, N Y. 13
L. b. Rice, n. Center, Mass. "a
10 n. w. Niles, Boston, Mass. 3
II w. s. Davis, San Fran, Cal. s
II r. Kinsey, San Fran, Cal. 10
l3 II. Kinsey, San Fran, Cal. %
IA w. T. Hayes, Chicago, Ill. 20
Is s. w. Pearson, Phila., Pa. 40
is w. j. Clothier, Phila., Pa. Is
II D. Mathey Crawford, N, J. II
IS F. T. Anderson. Brooklyn, ranis
IS Frank T. Anderson. brooklyn 2s
70 +. c. Anderson, Brooklyn Al
20 Phillip Neer, Portland, Ore. 81
+. Omitted from ranking, owing to in
sufficient data, Roland Roberts, Wal
lace Bates, Edmund Levy, C. ]. Grif-
g fin, Zenzo Shimidzu, w. Marrill Hall,
Samuel Hardy, Francis #. Hunter.
Carl Fischer, Marshall Allen, and tho
= members of the visiting Davis Cup
teams from England and Australia.