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Show McLaughlin Is First Among Tennis Players of the United States NEW YORK", Doc. 14. -Mauri co E. McLaughlin of San Ifrancisco heads tho list of tho first ton among the tenuis players of tho country, according accord-ing to tho roport mado iublic today by tho ranking committee pf thc United States Lawn Tenuis association. associa-tion. With T. C. Bundy of Los An golos, McLaughlin also bends the list :u tho doubles class.' Tho raukings aro based on tho standing of tho players for tho season of 3932 and on the judgment judg-ment of, tho committco as to the relative rela-tive merits of tho individual men. For ranking in tho singles class, oach player play-er must havo participated in al. least three tournaments and in the doubles class oach pair must hav0 talcon part ,in two tournaments. At tho request of tho Pacific Coast Tennis association none of tho players of that division is rankod except thoso who plnyod in caBtorn tournaments this year. Others in tho "first tan'' in numerical numer-ical ordor nro: It. Norris Williams, Wallace F. Johnson, Wynnowood, JL'u.; William ,1. Clothior, Wynnowood; W. Nilcs, Boston; Thomas C. Bundy, Los Angeles; Karl IT. Bohr, !Now York: Raymond J). Little, Now York; Gcorgo P. Gardnor, Cambridge, Mass,, arid Gustavo F. Touchnrd, New York. Ninoty players in classes of ten each also wore ranked by tho committee commit-tee according to their stunding in tournaments tour-naments this season. No numerical standing was awarded in these classes, as tho playors thus designated wore fonnd to have mado about tho saiuo records. Thoy also listod thirty players play-ers whoso records probably entitled them to places in some one of the tun classes for singles, but who failed to file thoir season's cards- with tho association. |