Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-01-25 | Page 14 | Tilden and Wills Ranked as Nation's Best Net Performers

TILDEN TILDE A AS NATIONS NATION'S BEST NET ET PERFORMERS j Ascent of of Vin Richards Is ils Outstanding Fatur Johnston and Mallory Both Lose Second Place Positions in Rankings 1 f By Henry L. L Farrell l United Press Staff Correspondent J 1 N NEW EW YORK Jan 24 Ascent Ascent of young Vinnie Richar q the former wonder of the tennis boy courts to seco I place on the national ranking list and the descent to third place of Mrs Molla l rall l Mallory ry former queen oj 01 j the American cuorts are the outstanding features fea fe tures of the tile list of tennis standings anno announced ced the United States Lawn today by Tennis Tenni asso ss c William T. T Tilden champion of the me men and Miss Helen Wills champion of the women are arc the leaders j 1 For the thc first time in years rears th the familiar r roll rol ll call of tennis tennis- Tilden first Bill Johnston second has been changed with Richards t if 34 second place and Johnston third While Eastern critics were expecting that thai the ranking committee would recognize th thy rIlDE former Fordham boys boy's great year on thi courts in national and international competition there may b I 1 L l violent protest from California where Johnston is an Mat Friends of Johnson are ready t claim that Richards was given en seCond sep sect ond place on the strength of a vie tory that the boy scored over over Johnston in the west east Inter inti i sectional matches matchel and that ston Stan didn't take those matches se i I 1 There may be no protest or ovir r the action of the committee i if in placing Miss Mary K Browne for foe mer champion second behind Miss Mis Iss Wills with Mrs Mallory l in place It was generally that the veteran California laye would v. be rewarded for a that resulted in one of ot her besl seasons j Th first ten in the mens men's cla elas s ranking list are Richard Johnston on Howard O. O Kinsey WIiT Wal lace F. F Johnson Watson Washburn Harvey Snodgrass John Hennessey Hennessey Hennes Hennes' Hennessey sey sey B. B I. I C C. Norton and Dr Georg George King It is surprising that Dick hams liams Manuel Alonzo Francis T Hunter and anti Frank Anderson were wen er not ranked at all The committee committe said it lacked sufficient data o otheir 05 their competition i iThe The rise of John Hennessey th young oung Indianapolis star from below below below be be- low last years year's twenties to eighth position was one of the features feature Johnson and Washburn also ad advanced advanced from below Inc first ten of ol last year 1 In the women's class the committee com corn named for the first ten ten- Miss Wills Miss Browne Browse Mrs Mallacy Mallory Mal lIal lory Miss Eleanor Goss Mrs Manon Marion Ma Ma- Maj rion non Jessup Mis Miss Martha Bayard Miss iss Mayme McDonald McDonald Mc Mc- Donald Mrs Irs B. B E. E Cole Mrs Molly D. D Thayer and Miss Leslie Ban- Ban croft In the mens men's doubles Howard and Robert Kinsey were ranked first Bill Johnston and Clarence Griffin Grit Grif fin second and Frank Hunter an and Vinnie Richards the Olympic champions th third The ran rankings kings of the intermountain intermountain tam tain tennis players released today by the United States Lawn Lawn- Tennis Tenni association were the same as those published In Salt Lake a sho short time ago