Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-26 | Page 9 | Tilden and Johnston to Clash in Finals of Illinois Net Tourney

fIL vv 1 EN AN TO CLASH IN FINALS F OF ILLINOIS NET TOURNEY 4 California Flash Ranked l lIn In Number One Mallory and Browne Battling for Number Two Position Goss and Jessup on Team NEW YORK July 25 AP Americas AP-America's Americas America's five ranking women tennis players will compose the team which will wear the Stars and Stripes against the invading English team in the international tennis matches for the Wightman cup at Forest Hills August 14 and 15 The They are Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley Cal Miss Mary K Browne of Los Angeles Mrs Molla Malia B. B Mallory of New York Miss Miss- Eleanor Goss of New York and Mrs Marion Z Jessup of Wilmington Del With the problem of the team out of the way the selection committee committee committee com com- is confronted with the task of ranking the th players on the basis of their 1925 performance Under the tho women's international team trophy agreement between the United States and England seven matches are to to constitute the program five fl singles and two doubles matches The number one and number two players on each eachearn team earn will wUl meet the corresponding correspond In players on the opposing team In singles and the number three players players play play- ers era on each team will meet in one singles match Two doubles combinations com com- from each team will meet in n the doubles The committee has as no difficulty In n selecting electing its number one player in n the person of Miss lIss Wills the national and Olympic champion champl n. n The ranking of ot the other players however however is a far more difficult task inasmuch as their ranking must depend on their 1925 play Mrs l Mallory l and Miss Browne according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the selection committee aro are battling on almost an equal plane in the race for the number two selection while Mrs Jessup and Miss lIss Goss are on equal terms for the reserve singles position The Davis cup selection committee commit tee which has the obligation and authority tp select the team asked the five players to participate in at least two of the tho following tournaments tournaments tournaments ments Essex County Country club Manchester Mass Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket clubRe club Rye Re N. N Y The Essex County Country tournament completed completed com corn this week saw every everyone one of the five In the competition with Miss Wills the victor The rankings will be based on the play In these three tournaments and will be announced Just before the international matches The score of the International matches at present Is oneall one the United States being victorious in 1923 and the English team winning in 1921 1924