Evening star., 1950-01-15
Maj Hppenste! Ann Gray Top New Mid Atlantic Net Ranking
Burrows Is Second,
Welsh Drops 10 No. a;
BogIey Heads Juniors
By Cospor Nonnes

Air Forces Maj. Charles Robin
Hippenstiel of Falls Church, Va.
and Mrs. Ann Gray of Washing
ton head the 1949 rankings for
men and women of the Middle
Atlantic Lawn Tennis Association
in the list released yesterday by
the associations annual meeting
ut Columbia Country Club.
Mai. Hippenstiel, winner of the
Middle Atlantic States tennis
tournament last summer, replaces
Barney Welsh Of Rockville, Md,
IN the top position. Welsh, peren-
nial District area standout, drop
ped to No. 4.
The mems doubles leaders are
c. Alphonso Smith and DR.. David
johnson, both of Washington,
while the women's top team Is
composed of Mrs. Harold Ayares
and Barbara Scarlet, both of Bal
timore. Mr.. Smith and DR.. John
sen were rated No. ! despite the
fact they lost to Maj. Hippenstiel
and 1t. Charles Oliver of the Air
Force in the final of the Middle
Atlantic tournament. 1t. Oliver
is not a resident of the Middle At
1antic area and cannot be ranked,
according to the rules of the as
sociation.
Four New to Top 10.
The top 10 in the mems rank
tngs present some new names and
some changes in the placing of
local fixtures. Newcomers to the
list are Harold Burrows of Char
lottesville, Va, No. 2; Shelton
Horsely of Richmond, who went
from % a year ago to 8; Phillip
Neff of Washington, from IL to
8, and Malcolm Fox of Baltimore,
from Is to 10.
Others in the top 10 are James
j. Thackara, 4 from in 1948;
DR.. Johnsen, 6 from 4; Donald
Leavens, 7 from S, and Hugh
Lynch, 8 from 6.
Newcomers to the women's top
10 are Mrs. Marion Ausness 4;
Dorothy Estes, 9, and Mrs. Pearl
Mccoy, 10. all of Washington.
Mrs. George Herbert went to q
from 3 and Charlotte Decker
dropped back one notch to take
the No. 3 spot. Others in the 10I
are Miss Scarlett, who stayed at
5; Mrs. Ayares, 6 from in 1948;
and Sara Moore and Sosie Girgi-
sian, who remained at the last
years respective rankings of 7I
and 8.
Bogley Retains Ranking.
Gilbert Bogley of Chevy Chase,
Md, national junior champion for
1948. retained his top Middle At
lantic ranking while Thomas
Bradford of Bethesda, Md, re-
placed Ted Rogers of Washington
at the top in boys singles. Susan
Devlin of Baltimore rated the No.
/ spot for the girls and with her
sister, Judy, the top position in
girls doubles.
Herbert Stansbury of Beckley,
Va, was elected president of the
association for 1850. He succeeds
Clarence E. Dawson of Washing
ton, who served in that post the
past three years. Mr.. Dawson was
elected sectional delegate, taking
the place of John A Magee of
Baltimore.
Allen O. White of Washington
was elected secretary for the fifth
successive time. A member of
Columbia Country Club, White
has been active in local tennis
affairs for many years.
w. E. Lamble, jr., and Frank
Roberts, both of Baltimore, were
chosen vice president and treas
urer, respectively.
M. A. Has SO Member Clubs.
The Middle Atlantic Lawn Ten
mis- Association has SO member
clubs in Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District of Co.
1umbia.
Lawrence A. Baker of Washing
ton, president of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association.
was present at the meeting.