Evening star., 1938-12-25
Mako Raised 10 Third
Behind. Bulge, Riggs;
Marble Is Queen
Doto Insufficient, Two
Helens Are Ignored;
New ToIent Listed
By GAYLE TALBOT.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-J. Donald
Bulge. busy here preparing for his
professional debut on January 8
and Alice Marble, currently warbling
throaty torch songs in local night
spot, have been nominated as the
Nations top tennis players for the
= third straight term in the annual
rankings announced today by the
United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation.
Bobby Riggs retains his No. 2 po-
sition among the men. while Gene
Mako, doubles mate of Bulge and
runner-up to the redhead in the
national at Forest Hills, jumps from
eighth place to third, and the vet
eran Sidney Wood, jr., upranked In
1887. is rated No. 4.
Second to Miss Marble in the
,women's ranking is Mrs. Sarah Pal
frey. Fabyan, who was beaten by
the champion in thrilling semi
final of the nationals. Chubby
Dorothy May Bundy, winner of the
1888 Australian womens title, Is
ranked third, with Barbara WinsloW
fourth.
Missing from the women's ranking
are those two colorful fighters of a
decade, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody and
Helen Jacobs. Mrs. Moody beat Miss
Jacobs in the final at Wimbledon,
but did not compete at Forest Hills,
and Miss Jacobs made poor show
ing, 50 the committee scratched
them of because of insufficient
data.
Other Veterans Ignored.
Other veterans not considered for
the same reason were Wilmer ALI
son, champion in 1885; Francis x.
Shields. Wayne Sabin, Mrs. Mar
jorie Gladman Van Ryn. Mrs. Caro-
lin Babcock and Mrs. Bonnie Miller
Blank.
Bulge and Mako are ranked the
No. doubles combination without
an argument, with Allison and John
Van Ryn No. 2, and Sidney Wood
and Joe Hunt No. g.. No attempt
was made to rank the womens
tapdems, possibly because the girls
change partners every whipstitch.
In a manner. of speaking, these
rankings will not become Official
until they are approved by the an
nual meeting of the U. S.. L. T. A.
next February 4, but this usually is
a formality. Nobody, at least. is
going to object to Budge's placing.
They promised him the honor be-
fore he turned pro for 5000.
Gil Hunt Ranked Ninth.
Following is the mems list, giving
lin parenthesis) their respective
rankings last year:
Mems Singles.
70 No T.. Donald Budge. Oakland. Calf
No: 3. Gene Mako. Los Angeles 1s5; No. 4,
Sidney Wood. -ir.,.. Los Angeles Jun
sysn ars1 sSs Hunt M xtsn.a hSs anselei s No -
El.oPd Sopse Porslsnd 1;;S} 1res !as No
ssnt,a2' No; 1S' Francis Kovaes' Oakland Gun
=. No, il. ga1dnar Mulloy Miami t.c,:
e. Esnsm.( (2ln I,,v TS1 Ss1 n Doaals MeSe5ll; osIs
seived.re Gardens " calf iii 'sSK funranked: Arams5
No. !s, Owen Anderson. Hollywood Gs0; ;
Eoo X Eo5sTt Es4s,G 1dafsaan 1HaFman. oakland ca
t25}; No, 20, J. Gilbert Hall. New York M
, Mems Doubles.
No. !. Bulge and Mako; No . Allison
ana Van Ryn: No, 3 Joe HINT and Sid
ney Wood. jr. No. 4. Robert Harman and
Francis Kovaks: No. ;. Russell Bobbitt
Cooke and Wayne sabin: No. - :. M Mort i Bal Bal
!seh and Verne HUGHES: No. 6. Gardnar
hu noy h ana and Ernest Tssy Sitter M no TO- eD cbs
Ser Murphy and William Murphy.
women's Singles.
Fabyan: CAMBRIDGE. Mass. ts]: 8. 3, Dorothy a
s: Graeyn Wheeler. Santa Monica. . Calf.
c5,l,;;, 8; Dorothy Workman: Resemont,
san FsaneiseO (unranked':i ). Helen Pedef: Pedef.
GEN., Sensi stamfoTd. Conn. g.; 9 Virginia
10, katherine Winthrop. Boston tlo5: ii,
Mass iI35; +. Mrs Dorothy hS Andrus' DeAisee New
90: IA. Jane Stanton. Los Angeles 14):
3. Eunice Dean. San Antonio. Tex. 90:
ranted ' - s'HIen Helen seanhard New YoTk
lunranked9: ls, Millicent Hirsh. New
York us: 10. Patricia Cumming. West
deld. N: j. funranked): 20. Alison Harrison.
Philadelphia (unranked)
Some Glass A Material.
Rated rs "class A" material among
the men players are Russell Bobbitt,
Joseph Fishbach; Archie Henderson,
p. Morey Lewis, A. Ronald Lubin,
Chester Murphy, William Murphy,
Gerard Podesta, Carlton Rood, How
ard Stephens, jr.; George Toley and
Welby Van Horn.
The girls "class A" includes Pa
tricia Canning, Mary Cootes, Vir-