Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-12-08 | Page 42 | Tennis Players Are Given a Rating

TEIIS PLAYERS ARE CIVEIH RATI By International Nows Service. NEW YOPK, Dec. 7. Bankings of the lawn tennis w-orld for tho season of 1912, will bo officially issued ior publication next Suuday. according to the 6tatcmenL made bv Georgo T, Adoo o the Country cinh 'of' West Chester, chairman of the committee. The thing that seemed to impress Ir. Adee uiosL was that the tremendous tremen-dous task had been completed. He said that he felt that the committee had carefully -vveighod overy hit of evidence evi-dence presented to tho ranking of th.o players and that the list would stand, on. its merits as a complete piece of work, Unofficially, th,e loading players and followers of the amo have for several weeks mado up HbLs for the honored "first team." In all of these lists Maurice. E. McLoughlin, tho brilliant Californian. who camo through tho season sea-son without a defeat, finally crowning his career wjth tho national championship champion-ship title, is rated as No. 1. The majority ma-jority of the players favor Wallaco F. Johnson of Philadelphia for No. 2, The others in order are: Norris Williams. Wil-liams. Jr., No. 3; William J. Clothier, No. 4; Thomas Q. Bundy. No. 5; Eav-mond Eav-mond D. Little, No. 6; Nathaniel W. Niles, No. 7; George Peabody Gardner, Jr., No. S; Earl'H. Bebr, No. 9, and A. S. Dabuey, No. 10.