Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

| Tilden's ranking as No. l is the
sixth consecutive year in which he
| has been placed at the top of Amer
| ica's lawn tennis players by the rank
! ing committee of the national 1850
! citation, which, including his ranking
as No. 2 man in 1918 and 1919, gives
| him an average of one and a small
| fraction over a period Of eight years
| listing.
Tilden, however, must MAINTAIN this
| No. l placing for several years yet TO
equal the ranking record Of William A
| Larned, who was named eight times
| as leading singles player Of the
United States between the years 1901
| and 1911.
| This is the record ranking in L. S.
L. #. A. annals. although the late
! Robert d. Wrenn was four times
placed at the head of the list during
! the years from 1893 to 1897, which
record Tilden has tied this season.
! Other famous tennis stars to head the
! list at least three times include r. ID.
! Sears, 1857; Onie Campbell, 1902;
Malcolm D. Whitman, l898-1900, and
Maurice Z. McLoughlin, III 1924.
Johnston's Record Good.
Bill Johnston. No. man, and r. y.
| Williams, I'd, No. 4, also have impress
| sive ranking records. Johnston's be,
| ing the more consistent of the two.
| Between the years 1913 and 1929
| Johnston has been ranked among the
! leaders II times, being high with No.
| in 1915 and 1919 and low with No.
| in 1914, for an average Of approx
| mately 21s.
| Williams has been listed with the
! topnotch players of the Nation IL
| times between 1912 and 1925, being
| No. l in 1916 and No. in 1919, with
| two years absence from the ranking
| in 1918 and 1924, giving him an aver
! age position of and a small frac-
| ton for H.
Richards has been ranked for five
| years with No. 2 as high last season,
| and No. low in 1923, giving him ali
average of 8, while Howard Kin
| sey, No. 6 man, has been ranked
among the first 6, four times since
| 1922, for an average position of s.
| Manual Alfonso, placed No and
captain of the Spanish Davis Cup
team, is for record purposes now con-
sidered a resident of the United States,
and in according him this position i'll
| national ranking the committee rec
! ognizes his ability as one of the lead
| ing racket wielders Of the Nation.
| The national ranking in mems sin
giles and doubles was announced by
| the ranking committee, consisting of
w L lSSllCi Stidii mai. NC" Vi ~
! G.. Peabody Gardner, jr., Boston;
Harry S. Knox, Chicago; Coleman S.
| Mills, Philadelphia; John G.. Mckay,
| Miami, and DIR. Philip Il. Hawk, New
| York.
How They Rank.
| The leaders:
| SINGLES.
william william J Tldsa g San Frsneseo calf
Vincent RICHARDS. Yonkegs, n ~. "; :
N n "Slf. slonsO. Fuil er; Pa
Howard o. Kinsey. San Francisco. Calf. 6
craasaoS hoi nss1n SAM Francisco, Calf
b: G Norton. ST. Louis. No: ...... g
fsof'se n w L9tt IT, c Shisago hl.
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srs sd vi kS seas prsofafS Centre l.
Cedric MaiGs Nsy YORK City, Is
81 SissSs., sssiissslSRIs =
s. Howard Vosheil. Kew Gardens, L. l.. %
E Efds, White d1e, A Hs v dex 81
Eouis ThalSe hnen E Dallas s0 Tex a
Wi william v: ipsrahs@ oakiand. 4 i:;:i Ss
Hssnesses, f n Hanter. w? T. Johnson ,
sfa and Water watson
Vincent Richards and R. \, Williams. Cd. /
| William NJ. Johnston and C. j. Griffin a. :,
! Harvey Snodgrass and Walter Wesbrook. :;
| William T. Tilden. I'd. and A. L. Wiener, 4
Robert and How ard Kinsey. .......... 8
| B. ]. c. Norton and Wray d. Brown. 80.
| Louis Thalheimer and Lewis N White :
| W. w. Ingraham and A. W, Jones. ..... 6
1 H mi and III f. L. Johnson 81 81 vgs Isl
| Not ranked on account of insu f1icient data
z. NJ. Lott. ir., and l.. Z. Williams, Ray
| Casey and John Hennessey.
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