Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-02-06 | Page 23 | Tilden is Given 1st Place Rating

TILDEN IS GIVEN 1ST PLACE RATING PHILADELPHIA Feb By 6 E ByThe The Associated Press Excluding Press Vincent Richards from Its ranking list as asS professional proCessional the United States Lawn Tennis asso asso- association asso- asso association clation today elevated William 1 1 Tilden to first place among the nations nation's amateur players for tor the seventh consecutive year By a vote ot or 0 to representing the decision of ot its en- en entire en entire tire Uro membership the association eliminated Richards from the field fieldin fieldIn In adopting an amendment to It Its rules which confined the tho ranking privilege to those who were ama tours at the tha time such rankings rankinS's are aro officially approved This blanket measure also elim elim- elimInated dim dim- eliminated mated possibility of a ranking for Mary K Browne Drowne former women's national champion an and Howard O 0 Kinsey former holder of o the na- na national na national doubles title with his broth broth- brother brother er Cr Robert Hobert Doth Both players joined the professional tour of C C ryle Pyle last fall tall with Richards and Mlle Mile Suzanne Lenglen among ainone others Support for Richards from hi his old rival Tilden also came by wa way of a letter to President Jones V IV reau The Tho deposed national champion expressed the th view that Richards had fairly earned reco as s No 1 player Opposed to the tho ranking commit commit- committee's committee's committee's tees tee's recommendation were Julian JulianS S Myrick of New York chairman ot of the Davis cup committee and Carl Grawn of Detroit who held that the ranking should be based on meritorious conduct through through- throughout throughout throughout out the years as well ivell as on playing ability 00 00